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[[1776|http://www.amazon.com/1776-David-McCullough/dp/0743226712/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1244386031&sr=8-1]] by David McCullough
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Product Details
* Hardcover: 400 pages
* Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (May 24, 2005)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0743226712
* ISBN-13: 978-0743226714
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[[1776 (book)|http://is.gd/1p43x]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Part One: The Siege
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Chapter One: Sovereign Duty. The book begins with King George III making his way to the Parliament building on October 26, 1775. He announces to Parliament that America is in an uprising and must be dealt with accordingly. Both branches of Parliament, the House of Lords and the House of Commons, vote for the use of force to stay the American uprising.
4b. 3 cherubs: England, Scotland, Ireland
4c. George III yr22 in 1760
5c. affected good nature of George III
6a. [[Porphyrias|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria]] are a group of inherited or acquired disorders of certain enzymes in the heme biosynthetic pathway (also called porphyrin pathway).
7b. June 17th: Bunker Hill
8c. John Singleton Copley: portrait painter
14c. John Wilkes, Mayor of London
18c. ... ready to punish, but are nevertheless ready to forgive ... honorable reconciliation
19a. Edward Gibbon
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Chapter Two: Rabble in Arms and Chapter Three: Dorchester Heights deal with the first major American offensive during the Revolutionary War at Dorchester Heights, located in southern Boston. Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, General William Howe, had been ordered by England to abandon Boston with his forces and make way to New York before winter. Due to the large amount of time it took to cross the Atlantic, Howe did not receive the news until winter had already come. Therefore, he decided to hold his troops and remain in Boston until winter had passed.
In order to gain the advantage in the war, Washington knew he had to achieve victory at Boston. His council of war drew up a plan to fortify the Heights of Dorchester peninsula, putting them in cannon's range of the British forces. The date of this fortification was to take place on March 5, 1776, the sixth anniversary of the Boston Massacre. In order to prepare for such a large offensive, Washington's Army paraded Boston with sounds of gunfire and racket, in order to hide the noise of the movement of the cannons. In one night, Washington’s men dug trenches and prepared twenty cannons. The British officials were awestruck. Washington's goal had been achieved.
The British tried to hit the Continental Army at first, but the British cannons could not reach that height of the Americans. The British could not gain any advantage against their attack in Dorchester, so, on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, the British moved out. More than 8,000 British troops marched in the streets of Boston and headed to the nearly 120 ships along with over 1,000 women and children, and 1,000 Loyalists who sought refuge. The British troops were seeking refuge in Halifax, but General Howe later sought to gain New York.
21c. Ezra Stiles, president of Yale
24a. watchfulness and industry
27b. "Mount Whoredom"
27c. Reverend William Emerson - Concord
32b. N.B. Benjamin Thompson -> Rumford
33a. tricorn hat
34b. hardship and setbacks of life
34c. Israel Putnam: hero of Bunker Hill
36c. Washington didn't want Negros in Army
40c. Washington: Seeing things as they were, and not as he would wish them to be ...
41c. John Vassall, Loyalist
42c. accustomed to respect and to being obeyed
43a. Putnam example
45c. bravado of a callow youth
46c. Washington: dislikes disorder
48b. loves precision
48c. serving without pay
50b. CT colonel, [[Benedict Arnold|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold]]
51c. even in uniform, [[Charles Lee|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lee_(general)]] looked perpetually unkempt
52a. Lee: self-assured, opinionated
55a. Samuel Ward: a defense of all that's dear and valuable in life
55b. Hancock of Harvard
57b. Washington dislike New Englanders
57c. New Englanders vs. Virginian: Adams
58a. Henry Knox
58b. Tory
69a. Continental Army was 90% New Englanders
69a. new flag on 1-1-1776: crosses of St. George and St. Andrew; mistook as flag of surrender
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Chapter Three: Dorchester Heights
71c. Grant had extreme low opinion of Americans
73c. Liberty Tree: Essex and Orange streets
74a. Public whipping of soldier and wife
77b. Howe, Clinton, and Burgoyne
88a. Twin hills of Dorchester
100b. Henry Carver: Kings Chapel
104b. John Rowe (Wharf)
108a. evacuation: for Halifax, not New York
111c. GB: no longer speaks ill of New Englanders
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Part Two: Fateful Summer
Chapter Four: The Lines are Drawn and Chapter Five: Field of Battle illustrate the fortification and battle for New York. Washington’s army did not stay long at Boston. Washington knew that the British were on the run and he must gain any advantage necessary to come to nothing short of victory in the New England colonies. On April 1, five regiments led out of Boston and made their way to defend New York.
There was much tension in Washington's army. Yet, Taylor Lee, a veteran, had been there to help support the army with words of encouragement and finances. The British were gathering their strength to attack in New York; however, Washington did not know where they would attack. He fully understood the importance of both New York Island and Long Island. McCullough states on page 127 that "Washington agreed with...the premise that an effective defense of New York City would depend on the defense of Long Island. If New York was the key to the continent, then Long Island was the key to New York."
- April 1776
115b. [[Nathanael Greene|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathanael_Greene]], Quaker yr33, youngest general
115b. Israel Putnam: valor
122c. regarding New York: women were "handsome" ... negro slaves
123a. Knox: about New York as ... pride and conceit ... profaneness, Toryism
123c-124. Lt. Isaac Bangs' comments: walking tour
124c. comments about prostitutes
- April 22nd
133a. [[Riding the rail|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_the_rail]] was a punishment of Colonial America in which a man was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two men, with other men on either side to keep him upright on the rail.
137a. ** Stiles: ... Congress tied a Gordian knot
138a. without sea power, New York was indefensible
138b. 19yr captain, Alexander Hamilton
147b. ships ... "Friendship"
148c-149. Joseph Reed comment
- August 18th-20th
153c. Washington regarding Sullivan: "tincture of vanity"
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Chapter Five: Field of Battle
158b. Americans grown rich at expense of Britain
164b. Martha destroyed Washington letters?
174b. their fear of the Hessian troops
175c. quoted: contempt for officers
178c-179a. first battle of revolution
180b. very few Americans acknowledged how severe a defeat ...
181a. ** Hessian reputation: but no mass atrocities
- August 28th
186c. ... desperate measure, almost suicidal
- August 29th
190a. Scammell-Mifflin-Washington blunder
194c. criticism of Howe for not continuing with attack
195b. N.B.
196a. Howe: conferred with the [[Order of the Bath|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath]]
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Part Three: The Long Retreat
Chapter Six: Fortune Frowns illustrates the retreat from New York past the Delaware River. At this time, the British were making their way toward Staten Island in large numbers. Washington was unsure of whether the British would make a landing on Long Island or on New York. In one of the most climactic parts of 1776, Washington goes against one of the most fundamental rules of war and splits his army in equal parts. However, the British came back and drove the rebels (who could be referred to as Americans at this point, seeing as the Declaration of Independence had been drafted just a month earlier) toward Brooklyn Heights. Gen. Howe planned to move British troops forward against the Americans, but by what many conceived as "Providence, the hand of God," intervened. A fog formed over the East River and the Americans landed safely on Manhattan Island while the British were totally unaware until the next morning.
The British, however, gained a victory in the capture of Fort Washington on November 16. They had captured over 2,000 American prisoners, fifty-nine Americans had been killed, and over 100 had been wounded. Washington was devastated and knew that he could not allow another ambush like the one at Fort Washington to happen again. He received news that the British planned to attack Fort Lee. Almost immediately, Washington ordered for the retreat of Fort Lee.
201b. [[Joseph Reed (jurist)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Reed_(jurist)]]
202c-203a. "who when fortune frowns will not be discouraged"
204c. about Joseph Reed
206b. Greeene advise damage to New York, but Hancock said no
206c. Washington agrees with Greene
207c. delegation of three: Franklin, Adams, and Edward Rutledge
- September 12th
212c. Washington: "are these the men with which I defend America?"
214a. Aaron Burr saved Putnam
215a. CT militia: tagged with cowardice
216a. Mrs. Robert Murray of "Murray Hill"
- September 16th
217a. Dutch Village of Harlem
221b. fire September 20-21
223c. Captain Nathanel Hale yr21, hanged Sept 21 as spy
224c. Hale quote: "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
225c. shot for desertion
226a. Washington: seemed imperturbable, entirely in control, keep up appearances
226b-c. Washington's comment
226c. dragged from tender scene of domestic life
227a. "lust and plunder"
227c. Washington's concern about fireplace
230c. Fort Constitution -> Fort Lee
- October 18th
235b. [[Investment|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_(military)]] is the military tactic of surrounding an enemy fort (or town) with armed forces to prevent entry or escape. to lay siege not necessarily attack all out
- November 12th
239a. Washington crossing the Hudson
241b. Hessian as professional, never asked which side was right
- November 16th
243a. Colonel Magaw surrenders Fort Washington
243b. American prisoner, less than yr15 or else old men
243c. General Knyphausen stopped Colonel Rall and Hessian from entering fort
245a. Lee to Washington: "why would you be over-persuaded by men of inferior judgment to your own?"
- November 13th
245c. repay loyalty with loyalty
245c. Margaret (Molly) Corbin
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Chapter Seven: Darkest Hour highlights the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton. The plans for this attack on the British and Hessian forces were finalized on Christmas Eve. They called for a force of about 2,000 men who were to attack toward Burlington, a smaller force of about 700 who were to hold a bridge that and the largest group of 2,400 men would cross the Delaware, divide into two columns and advance on the British troops; led by Washington and three other generals. The British possessed two to three thousand men. The Americans opened fire on December 26 in the morning hours, and in forty-five minutes, the Americans had defeated the Hessian forces in a decisive victory.
247b. Washington retreats to NJ on November 21st
247c. James Monroe
247c. regarding Washington as composed (c.f. Obama)
249c. Washington started with 20K troops; lost 4 battles: Brooklyn, Kips Bay, White Plains, Fort Washington. now only 3,000 troops
250c. Paine (Quaker) volunteer for Greene's staff; later "The Crisis"
252c. about Cornwallis
- November 25th
254c. Washington reading Lee's letter to Reed
255a. Washington more hurt than angry
258a. How's proclamation
- December 13th
267a. Howe suspends war for winter
278c. Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall yr56, Hessian
287a. Benjamin Rush (signer) few to see war first-hand
291c. "Affliction is the good man's shining time" - Edward Young
294b. "the outcome seemed little short of a miracle"
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[[Reading Lists|http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-prof.htm#reading]]
# Chairman of the JCS Professional Reading List (Local copy, as of Dec 2001)
# AF Chief of Staff Professional Reading Program
# Army Chief of Staff Professional Reading List
# Navy Professional Reading Program
# Navy Professional Reading List, as posted by the U.S. Naval Academy
# Marine Corps Professional Reading Program as listed by Marine Corps Association
# Marine Corps Professional Reading Program as listed by Marine Corps University
# Commandant's Reading List, USCG
# National Security Book List, by Congressman Ike Skelton - fifty books "that Skelton recommends as required reading to all officers of the Armed Forces, to Members of Congress, and to those interested in national security issues." [Air University Library has all the books on the list.]
# Military Classics, reading list by Dr Robert H. Berlin, Combat Studies Institute
# Books for the Military Professional, reading list at Combined Arms Research Library
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[[Navy Professional Reading Program|http://www.navyreading.navy.mil/]]
The Navy Professional Reading Program was developed to encourage a life-long habit of reading and learning among all Sailors. The books included in these collections can provide readers with a deeper understanding and appreciation for naval heritage, the profession of arms, and the complex modern world in which we operate.
The recommended readings included in these collections have been categorized by experience level as well as the nature of the subject matter.
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[[CSAF Professional Reading Program|http://www.af.mil/information/csafreading/index.asp]]
The 2009 Chief of Staff reading list will provide Airmen of all ranks a guide to further their education and expertise. The professional reading list enhances warrior ethos, and is divided into three areas: Mission, Doctrine and Profession; Our Nation and World; and Military History.
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[[John Trumbull|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Trumbull]] (June 6, 1756 – November 10, 1843) was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War famous for his historical paintings including his Declaration of Independence, which appears on the reverse of the [[$2 dollar bill|http://againstfreedom.com/media/blogs/Main/2dol.jpg]].
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Horton's Historical Articles
by Gerald Horton
[[Timeline for 1776|http://hortonsarticles.org/Timeline1776.htm]]
Jan-Mar 1776 General Henry Knox drags 50 large cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston (Dorchester Heights). The placement of the cannon on the heights increases the rebel threat to the city and British General Howe abandons Boston. (see entry for Mar 17, 1776).
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 8:41 AM
[[Dorchester Heights|http://www.nps.gov/bost/historyculture/dohe.htm]]
[[It Happened in Dorchester|http://www.dotnews.com/dorheights.html]]
"A Work Which the King's Troops Most Fearfully Dreaded"
Dorchester Heights Decided Boston's Fate in 1776
[[Conflict and Revolution: 1775 to 1776|http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-75.htm]]
[[Fort Ticonderoga|http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org/]]
[[1776 Timeline|http://www.din-timelines.com/1776_timeline.shtml]]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 8:58 AM
[[1750 1776 Timeline|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twKdIURJk7Y]]
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 9:49 AM
[[American Revolution: The Causes|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W2Mvax1DdI&feature=related]]
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HAPPINESS
Money is less important than friends
The rich may have lots of playthings -- luxury cars, clubhouse memberships, and vacations in tropical climes -- but the link between wealth and happiness is mostly an illusion, researchers report. An article published in the journal Science found that, contrary to popular belief, people with above-average incomes do not spend more time enjoying leisure activities. They also tend to be more tense than the the less-wealthy, and report being only slightly happier than others in their day-to-day experiences. Based on a survey as well as federal statistics on how people of varying incomes spend their time, the researchers found that simple everyday things have a strong affect on mood. ``One thing that is very important to raising people's happiness is to spend time with friends, and you don't need much money to do that," said Alan B. Krueger a Princeton University economist and a lead author of the study.
BOTTOM LINE: The commonly held belief that money buys happiness may not be true. ``When you look at how people live their lives moment to moment, income is vastly overrated in terms of generating happiness," Krueger said.
CAUTIONS: The current study focused primarily on women. Similar studies that define happiness in more general terms of overall satisfaction in life found a stronger correlation between income and happiness.
WHAT'S NEXT: Krueger and his colleagues are now conducting a larger nationwide poll of men and women that they hope will substantiate the current study.
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[[Lec 2-Time: 48:07 Biochemistry 1 (Prof. Robert A. Weinberg) Thursday, July 24, 2008|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CovlKXmuWo&feature=PlayList&p=9F0B2048DA4690AF&index=1]]
[[Lec 4-Time: 50:14 Biochemistry 3 (Prof. Robert A. Weinberg) Friday, July 25, 2008|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Y89b-3Zvc&feature=PlayList&p=9F0B2048DA4690AF&index=2]]
[[Lec 5-Time: 51:36 Biochemistry 4 (Prof. Robert A. Weinberg) Friday, July 25, 2008|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3XHn35BLfo&feature=PlayList&p=9F0B2048DA4690AF&index=3]]
[[Lec 6-Time: 50:59 Genetics 1 (Prof. Eric Lander) Thursday, July 24, 2008|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iaoypSrIT0&feature=PlayList&p=9F0B2048DA4690AF&index=4]]
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* Freeman, Scott. [[Biological Science|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0130819239/ref=sr_11_1/102-9902695-7068935?ie=UTF8]]. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN: 0130819239.
* Spencer, Charlotte A. [[Genetic Testimony: a Guide to Forensic DNA Profiling|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/013142338X/ref=sr_11_1/102-9902695-7068935?ie=UTF8]]. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 013142338X.
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by [[Helene Hanff|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Hanff]] (Author)
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* Publisher: Grossman; De luxe gift ed edition (1975)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0670290742
* ISBN-13: 978-0670290741
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Amazon.com Review
84, Charing Cross Road is a charming record of bibliophilia, cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. For 20 years, an outspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained London bookseller carried on an increasingly touching correspondence. In her first letter to Marks & Co., Helene Hanff encloses a wish list, but warns, "The phrase 'antiquarian booksellers' scares me somewhat, as I equate 'antique' with expensive." Twenty days later, on October 25, 1949, a correspondent identified only as FPD let Hanff know that works by Hazlitt and Robert Louis Stevenson would be coming under separate cover. When they arrive, Hanff is ecstatic--but unsure she'll ever conquer "bilingual arithmetic." By early December 1949, Hanff is suddenly worried that the six-pound ham she's sent off to augment British rations will arrive in a kosher office. But only when FPD turns out to have an actual name, Frank Doel, does the real fun begin.
Two years later, Hanff is outraged that Marks & Co. has dared to send an abridged Pepys diary. "i enclose two limp singles, i will make do with this thing till you find me a real Pepys. THEN i will rip up this ersatz book, page by page, AND WRAP THINGS IN IT." Nonetheless, her postscript asks whether they want fresh or powdered eggs for Christmas. Soon they're sharing news of Frank's family and Hanff's career. No doubt their letters would have continued, but in 1969, the firm's secretary informed her that Frank Doel had died. In the collection's penultimate entry, Helene Hanff urges a tourist friend, "If you happen to pass by 84, Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me. I owe it so much." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Review
' Unmitigated delight from cover to cover' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A real-life love story . . . A timeless period piece. Do read it' WALL STREET JOURNAL 'A Charmer. Will beguile an hour of your time and put you in tune with mankind' NEW YORK TIMES
An exchange of letters, all through the '40's and '50's, between Miss Hanff and Marks & Co., Booksellers, 84 Charing Cross Road (London of course) and much of its charm depends on whether you respond to Miss Hanff. She's one of those instantly informal types - send me "just a nice book small enough to stick in a slacks pocket and take to Central Park" - or it might be the Bible or the Canterbury Tales. During the austerity she sends food packages; in time her correspondents at 84, Chafing Cross Road become more familiar - particularly one Frank Doel who dies at the end. . . . As a book it's not much more than a bibelot - casual squiggles with a little space for sentiment between the lines. (Kirkus Reviews)
The classic, funny and erudite correspondence between an American bookworm and a London bookshop owner. A hit in the first issue of the Guide and still popular 20 years on. (Kirkus UK) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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1a. [[Saturday Review of Literature|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Review_(US_magazine)]]
1a. Barnes and Noble
9b. Mr. Marks, Mr. Cohen, Frank Doel
12. Old Mr. Martin, Cecily Farr, girl yr5, boy yr4
16. Doug Farr, Megan Wells (secretary), Ben Marks
17. [[Samuel Pepys|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pepys]] [[Diary|http://www.pepysdiary.com/]]
17. [[Q anthology|https://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/5482047/used/Q%20anthology]] by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Frederick Brittain
20. Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex; Brian's birthday dinner?
23. Earl's Terrace, Kensington Hight Street;
24. Tunbridge Road, Southend-On-Sea, essex; Bill Humphries, great-aunt yr75
25 ... express our appreciation ...
28. Backstage, Hogarth nose, Maxine
33. Churchill election? 10-1951
37. Geo. Martin, W. Humphries, Janet Pemberton, etc.
39. 37 Oakfield Court, Mrs. Mary Boulton
41. Frank, 1st wife died during war, Sheila from first wife; Mary yr4 1-1952
42.-43. ground ground-nuts
44. [[Brentano's|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentano%27s]]
45. Martin and King dies
50. Cecily left shop
51. Jane Austen 5-1952?
52. Coronation next year
53. car 1939 model
54. never read a second time ... don't remember a word a year later
54. capped teeth ... Elizabeth throne
57. Adlai
61. Brooklyn Dodger 9-1955
65. Boulton taken to a home
66. moving to 305 E. 72nd Street
68. Ginny and Ed as "friends of Hanff"
79. all lawyers except for Humphrey
82-83. Gene (female) a Chinese editor at Harper's? 1961
84. Sheila at yr24
86. [[Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare|http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/lambtales/LAMBTALE.HTM]]
88. no news from Cecily but Wells tired of Africa and is now in Australia
91. Mary engaged? 10-1968: yr 20?
92. Joan Todd (secretary); Frank died Sun 12-22-1968, ruptured appendix, [[peritonitis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peritonitis]]; with store for 40 years
94. Katherine and Brian
97. Epilogue from Sheila 10-1969
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[[84 Charing Cross Road (1987)|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090570/]], The movie:
Anne Bancroft ... Helene Hanff
Anthony Hopkins ... Frank P. Doel
Judi Dench ... Nora Doel
Jean De Baer ... Maxine Stuart
Maurice Denham ... George Martin
Eleanor David ... Cecily Farr
Mercedes Ruehl ... Kay
Daniel Gerroll ... Brian
Wendy Morgan ... Megan Wells
Ian McNeice ... Bill Humphries
J. Smith-Cameron ... Ginny
Tom Isbell ... Ed
Anne Dyson ... Mrs. Boulton
Connie Booth ... The Lady from Delaware
Ronn Carroll ... Businessman on Plane
Sam Stoneburner ... New York Bookseller
Charles Lewsen ... The Print Buyer
Bernie Passeltiner ... Willie, the Deli Owner
Michael John McGann ... Maxine's Stage Manager
Gwen Nelson ... Bill's Great Aunt
Roger Ostime ... Stately Home Butler
John Bardon ... Labour Party Canvasser
Betty Low ... Maxine's Mom
James Eckhouse ... Joey, the Dentist
David Davenport ... Coronation Party Friend
Max Harvey ... Coronation Party Friend
Rupert Holliday-Evans ... Coronation Party Friend
Freda Rogers ... Coronation Party Friend
Marty Glickman ... Baseball Commentator
Tony Todd ... Demolition Workman
Kevin McClarnon ... Arresting Cop at Columbia
Janet Dale ... Joan Todd (Mrs) Secretary
Zoe Hodges ... Mary Doel, Aged 4
Kate Napier Brown ... Mary Doel Aged 21
Rebecca Bradley ... Sheila Doel, Aged 12
Barbara Thorn ... Sheila Doel Aged 29
Danielle Burns ... Cecily Farr's daughter
Lee Burns ... Cecily Farr's son
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nelson Aspen ... Student Union Leader (uncredited)
Jill Powell ... (uncredited)
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[[84 Charing Cross Road|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/84_Charing_Cross_Road]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bibliography
Partial list of the books Helen Hanff ordered from Marks & Co. and mentioned in 84 Charing Cross Road:
First edition back cover
Current edition
* Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice, (1813)
* Arkwright, Francis trans. Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon
* Belloc, Hillaire. Essays.
* Catullus - Loeb Classics
* Chaucer, Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales translated by Hill, published by Longmans 1934)
* Delafield, E.M., Diary of a Provincial Lady
* Dobson, Austen ed.. The Sir Roger De Coverley Papers
* Donne, John Sermons
* Elizabethan Poetry
* Graham, Kenneth, The Wind in the Willows
* Greek New Testament
* Grolier Bible
* Hazlitt, William. Selected Essays Of William Hazlitt 1778 To 1830, Nonesuch Press edition.
* Horace - Loeb Classics
* Hunt, Leigh. Essays.
* Johnson, Samuel, On Shakespeare, 1908, Intro by Walter Raleigh
* Jonson, Ben. Timber
* Lamb, Charles. Essays of Elia, (1823).
* Landor, Walter Savage. Vol II of The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor (1876) - Imaginary Conversations
* Latin Bible
* Latin New Testament
* Latin Vulgate Dictionary
* Leonard, R. M. ed. The Book-Lover's Anthology, (1911).
* Newman, John Henry. Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education. Addressed to the Catholics of Dublin- "'Idea of a University" (1852 and 1858)
* Pepys, Samuel. Pepys Diary - 4 Volume Braybrook ed. (1926, revised ed)
* Plato's Four Socratic Dialogues, 1903
* Quiller-Couch, Arthur, The Oxford Book Of English Verse
* Quiller-Couch, Arthur, The Pilgrim's Way
* Quiller-Couch, Arthur, Oxford Book of English Prose
* Sappho - Loeb Classics
* St. John, Christopher Ed. Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw : A Correspondence / The Shaw - Terry Letters : A Romantic Correspondence
* Sterne, Lauence, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, (1759)
* Stevenson, Robert Louis. Virginibus Puerisque
* de Tocqueville, Alexis Journey to America (1831–1832)
* Wyatt, Thomas. Poems of Thomas Wyatt
* Walton, Izaak. The Complete Angler . J Major's (2nd ed., 1824).
* Walton, Izaak. The Lives of - John Donne - Sir Henry Wotton - Richard Hooker - George Herbert & Robert Sanderson
* Woolf, Virginia, the Common Reader, 1932.
[[84, Charing Cross Road stageplay official website|http://www.84-charingcrossroad.com/authors.asp]]. Helene Hanff bio by James Roose-Evans
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Starred Review. In the 17 years since the publication of A Brief History of Time, Dr. Hawking's bestselling exposition of physics, new data from particle physics and observational astronomy have shed light on efforts to find a Grand Unified Theory of Everything that Hawking and Mlodinow use to enhance and update their answers to basic questions about the universe: where it's going and how it began. Discussed at length are the mysterious dark matter and dark energy-both of which can only be observed by their gravitational effects and are believed to make up 90 percent of the universe. Another area of research that has exploded in the past 20 years is string theory. Hawking and Mlodinow provide one of the most lucid discussions of this complex topic ever written for a general audience. Readers will come away with an excellent understanding of the apparent contradictions and conundrums at the forefront of contemporary physics. Recognizing that much of their audience will also be science fiction buffs, they include a chapter on the possibility of time travel. "Don't bet on it," the authors advise. Throughout these discussions, the authors maintain the same wry, lively tone that made the original Brief History such a delight. They close with a discussion of where physics ends and philosophy begins, "Why does the universe exist at all?" They cannot provide the answer, but they do provide an immense amount of food for thought. Highly recommended.
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Hawking's A Brief History of Time, published in 1988, was a surprise best-seller but a tough read for most people who tackled it. Hawking received many requests for a version that would make his discussion of deep questions about the universe more accessible. This book does that. Hawking and Mlodinow, a physicist turned science writer, proceed by small and careful steps from the early history of astronomy to today's efforts to construct a grand unified theory of the universe.
Editors of Scientific American
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
FOREWORD 1
1. THINKING ABOUT THE UNIVERSE 3
2. OUR EVOLVING PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE 6
3. THE NATURE OF A SCIENTIFIC THEORY 13
13. theory: 1. model, 2. prediction
4. NEWTON'S UNIVERSE 19
23c. Newton vs. Bishop Berkeley -> Dr. Johnson
5. RELATIVITY 26
26b. Ole Christensen Roemer in 1676: light at fast speeds
26c. Jupiter eclipse - doesn't make sense
31c. Michaelson (1st American Nobel in Physics) & Morley in 1887
36a. baloney!!
6. CURVED SPACE 38
44c. Einstein's "principle of equivalence"
44c. Friedmann models
64b. and that is not allowed!?
7. THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE 50
8. THE BIG BANG, BLACK HOLES, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE 68
79a. we know that black holes are common phenomena ???
9. QUANTUM GRAVITY 86
86b. Newton -> Laplace
88b. Planck: discrete packets, quanta
91b. Heisenbery Uncertainty Priniciple ends LaPlace's deterministic universe
10. WORMHOLES AND TIME TRAVEL 104
106b. Gödel: time travel backwards
110c. worm holes: 1935, Einstein and Rosen
11. THE FORCES OF NATURE AND THE UNIFICATION OF PHYSICS 117
130a. "anthropic principle"
136a. "since theories can't be proven"? ... mathematically consistent
12. CONCLUSION 138
142a. philosophers haven't kept up with science
142c. "mind of God"
ALBERT EINSTEIN 143
GALILEO GALILEI 145
ISAAC NEWTON 147
147. interesting personality observations
GLOSSARY 149
INDEX 155
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* Publisher: [[State University of New York Press|http://www.sunypress.edu/p-133-a-conspiracy-of-cells.aspx]]; First Printing, First Edition edition (January 1986)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0887060994
* ISBN-13: 978-0887060991
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[[Cell culture forensics|http://www.pnas.org/content/98/14/7656.full]] from PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
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[[TABLE OF CONTENTS|http://www.sunypress.edu/p-133-a-conspiracy-of-cells.aspx]]
1. SPECIAL DELIVERY
1b. Jim Duff, boss of ->
1b. [[Walter Nelson-Rees|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Nelson-Rees]] (11 January 1929 – 23 January 2009) was a cell culture worker and cytogeneticist who helped expose the problem of cross-contamination of cell lines. Nelson-Rees used chromosome banding to show that many immortal cell lines, previously thought to be unique, were actually HeLa cell lines. The HeLa cells had contaminated and overgrown the other cell lines.
2b. [[War on Cancer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_cancer]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971 by then U.S. President Richard Nixon is generally viewed as the beginning of the war on cancer
2c. Rees's discovery that a technician has used a hallway in the "clean section" of the cell bank to fold up his parachute after hours. "His spore-infested parachute!"
3c. from Russia
41. November 1972: set of 30 viruses
7b. Ward Peterson, a colleague at the Child Research Center in Detroit
7c. Rees noticed all have no Y chromosomes
9b. Duff to Rees: "don't rock the boat" until 100% sure
10b. Wade Parks, an institute virologist
12b. Lacks, housewife with 4 children, died in 1951
2. THE SEED THAT TOOK
13c. Lacks: stuffed-up nose, [[deviated septum|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_septum_deviation]]
14c. [[George Otto Gey|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gey]] (July 6, 1899 – November 8, 1970) was the scientist who propagated the HeLa cell line.
15a. George Gey is also credited for creating the roller drum.
16. he married Margaret K.
16c. extracted blood from chicken heart ...
17b. Mary Kubicek, the laboratory assistant who discovered that HeLa cells lived outside the body
20a. Lacks between Sept 29 and October 4, 1951: 8 months
21c. [[Uremia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uremia]] or uraemia (see spelling differences) is a term used to loosely describe the illness accompanying kidney failure (also called renal failure), in particular the nitrogenous waste products associated with the failure of this organ
22a. Gey's glass tubes
3. HELAGRAM
27a. 1966: [[Stanley Michael Gartler|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Gartler]] (born June 9, 1923) is a cell and molecular biologist and human geneticist. He was the first scientist to offer conclusive evidence for the clonality of human cancers. He and Walter Nelson-Rees identified that HeLa cells had contaminated many cell lines thought to be unique. Stanley Gartler is currently Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Genome Sciences at the University of Washington.
29c. [[Leonard Hayflick|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Hayflick]]: is best known for discovering that human cells divide for a limited number of times in vitro[1] (refuting the contention by Alexis Carrel that normal body cells are immortal). This is known as the Hayflick limit.
30a. Robert Chang: Cell Biology at Harvard
31a. Gartler regarding Rees
4. OUT OF THIN AIR
34a. [[Lewis L. Coriell, 90, Virologist Who Set Stage for Polio Vaccine|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/02/us/lewis-l-coriell-90-virologist-who-set-stage-for-polio-vaccine.html]]
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Published: July 2, 2001
Lewis L. Coriell, a virologist who helped create the technology used to develop the polio vaccine and who founded the Coriell Institute
36a. Cyril S. Stulberg 1919–1977 by WD Peterson - 1978
CYRIL S. STULBERG. 1919-1977. Cyril S. Stulberg, Senior Research Associate at the Child Research Center of Michigan and Pro- ...
5. IN THE PURPLE PALACE
41c. National Cancer Institute in Bethesda
41c. [[Frank J. Rauscher III, Ph.D.|http://www.wistar.org/research_facilities/rauscher/research.htm]] a former director of the National Cancer Institute
41c. appointed by Nixon; boss of John B. Moloney
44a. Russian [[Viktor Zhdanov|http://www.gordoni.com/thoughts/zhdanov.html]]
6. KEEPER OF THE CELLS
41b. Rees in Germanany in 1940's; spoke Spanish and English
50a. Spencer Brown at UC Berkley
51. Oakland Cell Bank vs. [[American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Type_Culture_Collection]]
7. MUG SHOTS
53c. "cell culture lab of UC Berkeley" in Oakland
55b. technician: montonous chores
56b. Bob Flandermayer
57a. [[Karyology|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyology]]: The scientific study of chromosomes, this usually involves the study of their general shape and banding patterns.
58a. new banding technique: [[Trypsin|http:/</span>/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypsin]]
58a. [[Giemsa stain|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giemsa_stain]], named after </span>Gustav Giemsa, an early malariologist, is used in cytogenetics and</span> for the histopathological diagnosis of malaria and other parasite</span>s.
61a. Russian case is first practical application of new banding</span>
61b. Nelson-Rees had become suspicious of the two cultures severa</span>l weeks earlier after walking in on a conversation between Adeline</span> Hackett and Trudy Buehring, ...HBT3, HBT
64c. about Mic</span>hael Crichton's [[The Andromeda Strain|http://en.wikipedia.or</span>g/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain]]
8. SPREADING THE WORD
74c. cel</span>l mixup -> sloppiness
76a. Stevenson (easy going) and Rees (stiff)</span> met in 1962
80c. Rees (6'3") and Relda (Adler spelled backwards) </span>Cailleau (5'0")
83a. The normal [[G6PD|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose-6-phosphate_dehydrogenase]] is called as Type B. Type A- has two base substitutions and is seen in people from central Africa. ...
83a. G6PD type A enzyme not found in caucasians
86a. Offers Rees one-way ticket to Uganda
9. DAMAGE REPORT
87c. Ernest Plata: HBT39B
88b. Bob Bassin; Brenda GErwin
10. PROVENANCE
94c. [[Provenance|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provenance]], from the French provenir, "to come from", means the origin, or the source of something, or the history of the ownership or location of an object.[1] The term was originally mostly used for works of art, but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including science and computing.
11. ANOTHER RUN-IN WITH RELDA
103c. Richard Akeson of UCLA
111c. Flandermeyer recommends that Rees tone it down .... Rees return to office and put the venom back.
12. SHOWDOWN
13. EVEN THE BEST OF LABS
126c. even if injected directly into human, Hela does not cause cancer
131a. evolutionary theory: drift towards Hela, has a loyal following
14. THE LITTLE DUTCH BOY
133b. Frank Rauscher resigned; Carter appoints Arthur Upton
15. BATTLE FATIGUE
143c. no Nobels awarded for finding things that are wrong
16. LEGACY
17. EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SOURCES
INDEX
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It was called A Conspiracy of Cells: One Woman 's Immortal Legacy and the Medical Scandal It Caused. No one in the Lacks family remembers how they learned about Gold's book, but when Deborah got a copy, she flipped through it as fast as ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
First edition cover
Author Khaled Hosseini
Pages 384 pp (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN ISBN 978-1-59448-950-1 (first edition, hardcover)
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Persian: ?? ?? ????????) is a 2007 novel by Afghan author Khaled Hosseini, his second, following his bestselling debut, The Kite Runner (2003). The book was released on May 22, 2007, and received favorable prepublication reviews from Kirkus,[1] Publishers Weekly[2], Library Journal,[3] and Booklist, as well as reaching #2 on Amazon.com's bestseller list before its release.
Contents
* 1 Title
* 2 Plot
o 2.1 Part One
o 2.2 Part Two
o 2.3 Part Three
o 2.4 Part Four
* 3 Characters
* 4 Critical reaction
* 5 Film
* 6 Footnotes
* 7 External links
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The title of the book refers to a 17th century poem of the Persian poet Saib-e-Tabrizi called Kabul. The poem is translated into English by Josphine Davis. The English translation is not a literal translation of the original.
[edit] Plot
The novel is divided into four parts. The first part focuses exclusively on Mariam, the second and fourth parts focus on Laila, and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each chapter.
[edit] Part One
Fate Of Illegitimate Mariam The novel opens with the introduction of Mariam. She is 5 years old and lives with her mother (Nana) in a small hut (kolba). She was born out of wedlock after a wealthy business man (Jalil) slept with his house maid (Nana) and got her pregnant but did not marry her. Jalil and his two sons build a kolba in the outskirts of Herat in western Afghanistan, near the village stream for Nana to live in and have the child. From a very young age, Mariam is constantly and bitterly reminded by her mother Nana that she is a harami (bastard) and that she is destined to suffer and endure all her life, just like Nana has done. Mariam spends her lonely childhood waiting for her father to visit her every Thursday, she gets lessons in reading and writing the Koran from Mullah Faizullah, an elderly, kind-hearted cleric. Mariam has often heard of her father's other wives and 9 legitimate children, who live with him at his lavish home in Herat, but has never visited them due to the stigma of her being an illegitimate child. She secretly dreams of going and living with her father and her brothers and sisters but does not dare to voice her wishes due to Nana's bitter dislike towards Jalil.
On her fifteenth birthday, Mariam asks her father to take her to see Pinocchio at the movie theater that he owns. Mariam also wants to meet her brothers and sisters who live with Jalil. Nana is against the idea and begs Mariam not to go anywhere. Jalil asks Mariam to wait for him and says he will pick her up, but the time comes and goes and Jalil does not turn up. Hurt and upset by his rejection, Mariam takes a bold step and travels to Herat alone and finds her father's house herself despite her mother, Nana, mentioning that she will die if Mariam goes to she leaves. Upon arriving at Jalil's lavish house, Mariam catches a glimpse of Jalil through the window. (important because of use in connection towards the end of the book) Jalil does not allow her in the house, and she stubbornly sleeps outdoors on the porch hoping that her father will let her in.
In the morning, Jalil's driver insists on dropping Mariam back to the kolba. She gives up and returns home - only to find that her mother has committed suicide by hanging herself. Mariam is distraught and has to go and live in her father's house, where she feels isolated and spends most of her time alone in her room. Jalil and his wives quickly arrange for her to be married away to an older widower named Rasheed, who is a middle-class shoemaker in Kabul. Despite Mariam's protests, she and Rasheed marry, and before they leave for Kabul, Mariam disowns Jalil, telling him never to come visit her.
In Kabul, Mariam begins adjusting to her new life as the wife of a man she barely knows. After initially staying out of her way giving her time to adjust, Rasheed soon makes it clear that he is not running a hotel and Mariam will have to start doing the housework and cooking. Mariam soon becomes pregnant, and Rasheed, having lost his own son in a drowning accident years earlier, is overjoyed and hopes for a boy. But Mariam suffers a miscarriage and slowly her marriage takes a turn for the worse. Rasheed is no longer cordial to her, and verbally and physically abuses her; the abuse worsens over the years as Mariam goes through several failed pregnancies.
[edit] Part Two
In Part 2 we are introduced to Laila. Down the street from Rasheed and Mariam's house, a beautiful baby girl - named Laila - is born to the ethnic Tajik couple - Hakim, a progressive-minded high school teacher, and Fariba who already has two sons, Ahmad and Noor. Hakim encourages Laila in her education and aspires her to do something for her country when she grows up. Unfortunately things are out of her hands.
Over the years, Laila's two older brothers have joined the mujahideen fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Laila is now a young girl and lives a lonely childhood with her quiet father and a mother who forever talks about and reminisces the sons who are at war, and makes plan for their futures when they are back, almost forgetting that she has another child that lives with her - unloved and forgotten. Laila's childhood companion is Tariq, a young boy in the neighbourhood, who has lost 1 leg in the war, and is often made fun of by the local boys.
One day the dreaded news arrive that Ahmad and Noor have become shaheed (martyrs) in the war. Fariba is inconsolable. She constantly mourns the loss of her two sons, and spends most of her time confined in her room hoping to see the day that their sons could not see. During this time, Tariq and Laila grow closer and develop a deep love for each other.
After the victory of the Mujahideen, civil war comes to Afghanistan, and Kabul is bombarded by rocket attacks. Laila's school friend is killed in the attacks and several houses in the neighbourhood destroyed. Hakim is forced to stop Laila from going to school and homeschools her instead. Tariq's family eventually decides to leave Kabul, and Tariq begs Laila to come with him, he asks her to marry him and they can get away from all the bloodshed. Laila refuses on the grounds that her father has no one left, but her("sometimes Laila, it feels you're all I have left.") The emotional farewell between Laila and Tariq leads to them sleeping together in Laila's house.
Seventeen days after Tariq's departure, due a bullet passing inches away from Laila, Laila's father convinces Fariba that it's time to leave Kabul. Overjoyed at the possibility of seeing Tariq again, Laila starts packing, however, a stray rocket destroys the house; while Laila survives with some injuries, both of her parents are killed and their home is destroyed.
[edit] Part Three
While recovering from her injuries, Laila discovers that she is in Rasheed and Mariam's home. It turns out that Rasheed entered the house after the bombing and took her out of the rubble.
One day a man calling himself Abdul turns up at their doorstep asking for Laila - he tells her that he met Tariq in a hospital; Tariq, according to Abdul, was badly injured, lost his other leg, and eventually passed away. Tariq asked Abdul to meet Laila and tell her how much he cared for her. Laila has now lost everyone she ever had in her life.
Meanwhile Mariam notices a change in Rasheed's behaviour, he is being very cordial to Laila, talking about politics and other things. With a shock Mariam realises Rasheed's intentions towards the young Laila. Rasheed orders Mariam to give Laila a deadline for marrying him. He claims that as he saved her life and she has no where else to go, he is actually doing her a favour by marrying her. Laila says yes immediately, having recently realized she is pregnant - with Tariq's child.
Despite Mariam's severe dislike to the idea, Rasheed does not waste any time, he marries the young and attractive girl, and immediately consummates the marriage, meanwhile Laila hopes that she can pass the child off as his. Upon discovering Laila's pregnancy, Rasheed is overwhelmed with hope of having another son. He treats Laila like royalty and calls her the malika (queen) of the house and treats Mariam like a slave and orders her to obey Laila and her needs. However, in spring of 1993, Laila gives birth to a baby girl, Aziza, and Rasheed abandons his initially friendly behavior towards Laila.
When baby Aziza cries at night, Rasheed's dislike towards the baby intensifies and he kicks Laila and Aziza out of the room. After an initially hostile relationship, Mariam and Laila eventually become confidantes when Rasheed becomes enraged at Laila for giving into his sexual demands, and puts the blame on Mariam. As he goes into Mariams room with a belt to beat her, Laila follows begging him to stop. He ignores her and raises his hand, but Laila grabs his arm, crying out that he has won. Rasheed feels triumphant as Laila follows him back to their bedroom. The next day, Mariam admits to Laila that no one has ever stood up for her before. Laila asks her to take a cup of tea together, and the women begin a ritual. Aziza becomes very close to Mariam as she grows up, and Mariam treats Laila like a daughter. Laila asks Mariam if she can braid Mariams hair, and Mariam tells Laila about her child hood, her father and her own mother. Laila confides in Mariam about Aziza's true father, and explains why she married Rasheed. She tells her that she has been planning to run away from Rasheed and has been stealing money from his purse and begs Mariam to come with her. Mariam agrees. They leave Kabul for Peshawar, Pakistan, but they are betrayed at the bus station by a man they thought they could trust, arrested, and returned to Rasheed. An enraged Rasheed severely beats the two women, locks them up in different rooms and deprives them of food and water for several days, almost killing Aziza and threatening the women never to try such an antic again or he will kill them.
A few years later, Laila is pregnant again. She contemplates abortion, because she is not sure she can love Rasheed's child, but cannot bring herself to do it and keeps the baby. By this time, the Taliban have risen to power in Afghanistan. They have banned television, movies and books other than the Koran, and women are not allowed to work, wear fashionable clothes, or even wear nail polish. They have also made it difficult (if not impossible) for women to get medical attention, so when Laila goes into labor, it takes the family some time to find a hospital that is willing to admit Laila. In addition, the hospital that finally takes Laila in is desperately lacking in supplies, as the Taliban has essentially prevented those hospitals that admit women from getting them. When the baby turns out to be breech, the doctor informs Laila that they must perform a Caesarean section in order to deliver the baby. However, Laila has to endure the procedure without any anaesthetic, because the hospital has none to give her. When she is told, Laila screams at them, "Then cut me open! Cut me open but give me my baby!". Mariam is amazed at the depth of love that a mother can feel. The love she has for Laila and her children. Mariam stays with her for the procedure, and after always admired Laila for how much time passed before she screamed.
With the baby's birth, Rasheed's dream of having a son finally comes true. Laila and Rasheed name the baby boy Zalmai. Rasheed adores Zalmai and is very partial towards his son. A few years after Zalmai is born, a drought sets in, which eventually leads to widespread hunger and food shortages. When Rasheed's shop burns down in a fire, the family is thrust into destitution. As their financial situation worsens, despite Laila's protests, Aziza is sent to an orphanage several kilometers away, whilst the remaining family survives on very little or no food. Laila tries to visit Aziza regularly, but starts becoming be difficult because the Taliban do not allow women to be outside unaccompanied by a male family member. Rasheed accompanies her the first few times, but after a while, he complains that it is too hard of a walk and refuses to. Laila often tries to go by herself to visit Aziza at the orphanage, but, more often than not, she is beaten and sent home by the Taliban. She wears several layers despite the heat to avoid getting beaten badly and tries new streets to get to Aziza. There is little food and Rasheed finds himself reduced to working as a porter at a hotel.
Then one day, a man with a limp appears at Laila's doorstep - Laila cannot believe her eyes and runs towards him - it is Tariq.
Tariq and Laila talk whilst Mariam takes Zalmai to another room. It is soon discovered that Rasheed paid the man (Abdul) who told Laila that Tariq was dead, so she would give up on Tariq and marry him. Tariq and Laila are reunited, and Tariq explains how he and his parents became refugees in Pakistan, his parents dying from disease and Tariq sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for drug smuggling. He further tells Laila of how he has found a home and employment at a hotel in Murri, near Rawalpindi. She tells Tariq that he is Aziza's father and asks him to return the next day so she can take him to meet his little girl.
That day Rasheed returns home from work, little Zalmai unwittingly tells his father about the male visitor with a limp. Rasheed is enraged beyond limit, he locks up a crying Zalmai in a room and starts to savagely beat Laila with his belt and reveals her that he knew all along about her harami child (Aziza), in his rage he tries to strangle her, but Laila fights back. Mariam cannot watch this anymore and realises that Rasheed really will kill Laila this time. She runs to the shed and returns with a shovel. Mariam calls his name so he will see it coming. And with all her strength, Mariam kills Rasheed.
When Laila gains consciousness, she sees Rasheed's dead body and Mariam sitting nearby. Mariam begs Laila to leave Kabul with Tariq, Aziza, and Zalmai. Laila states she will only go if Mariam will come as well. Mariam says she cannot. Laila initially refuses to leave without Mariam and begs her to come, but Mariam insists that the Taliban will be after them forever if they find a murdered man and two missing wives. Laila reluctantly leaves for Pakistan with the children and Tariq, where they marry and settle down . Mariam turns herself in to the Taliban, confesses to killing Rasheed, and is executed in public. When Mariam is led to the block she becomes nervous, but simply thinks of Laila and her children and their freedom. The executioner orders her to place her head down, and for the last time Mariam does what she is told. Mariam is at peace when she dies. She has, with Laila and her children, loved more deeply than she had imagined, and most surprising to her, that love has been returned.
[edit] Part Four
In 2003 (almost two years after the fall of the Taliban to US/European forces), Laila and Tariq decide to return to Afghanistan. They stop in the village near Herat where Mariam was raised, and discover a package that Mariam's father had left behind for her: a videotape of Pinocchio, her share of the family inheritance, and a note from Jalil explaining how much regret he felt in marrying her off just to save face. They return to Kabul and help renovate the orphanage. It is implied that they used the money that was supposed to be Mariam's share of the inheritance in order to do this. Laila also becomes a teacher at the orphanage, seen teaching a class of Dari. The book ends with a reference to them debating new names for Laila's new baby, but they're only debating male names, because Laila already knows the name if it's a girl. It is implied that the name would be Mariam.
[edit] Characters
In order of appearance:
* Mariam, an ethnic Tajik born in Herat, 1959. She is the illegitimate child of Jalil and Nana, and suffers shame throughout her childhood because of the circumstances of her birth. She is executed in public at the end of part three.
* Nana is Mariam's mother, who used to be a servant in Jalil's house and had an affair with him. She hangs herself when Mariam is fifteen, after she (Mariam) journeys to Jalil's house on her birthday, which Nana perceives to be betrayal.
* Mullah Faizullah is Mariam's elderly Koran teacher and friend. He dies of natural causes in 1989.
* Jalil is Mariam's father, a wealthy man who had three wives before he had an affair with Nana. He marries Mariam to Rasheed after Nana's death, but later regrets sending her away. Long after leaving Herat, Mariam finds out that he died of natural causes in 1987.
* Laila is an ethnic Tajik, born in 1978, she is a beautiful and intelligent girl coming from a working class family when first introduced. Her life becomes tied to Mariam's when she marries Rasheed as his second wife.
* Hakim is Laila's father. He is a well-educated and progressive school teacher. He is killed in a rocket explosion along with Fariba.
* Fariba is Laila's mother. In Part One, during her brief meeting with Mariam, she is shown to be cheerful, but her happy nature is brutally disrupted when her two sons, Ahmad and Noor, leave home to go to war and are later killed. She spends nearly all of her time in bed mourning her sons until the Mujahideen are victorious. She is killed in a rocket explosion along with Hakim.
* Rasheed is an ethnic Pashtun, a shoemaker, and the antagonist of the novel. He marries Mariam through an arrangement with Jalil, and later marries Laila as well. After years of domestic abuse towards the two women, Mariam bludgeons Rasheed to death with a shovel during a violent struggle.
* Tariq, an ethnic Pashtun born in 1976, is a boy who grew up in Kabul with Laila. They eventually evolve from best friends to lovers, and are married and expecting a child by the end of the novel.
* Aziza is the daughter of Laila and Tariq, conceived when Laila was 15 and causing her to marry Rasheed in very early pregnancy after Tariq and his family decide to leave Kabul. Aziza is born in the spring of 1993 and becomes a peacemaking figure between Mariam and Laila, when her cries for Mariam's attention trigger Mariam's maternal instinct and respect for Laila.
* Zalmai, born in September 1997, is Laila and Rasheed's spoiled son. Despite the conditions presented onto his mother and figurative aunt (Mariam), Zalmai idolizes Rasheed and is unaware of the fact that Mariam killed him. At the end of the novel, Zalmai continuously asks about Rasheed to Laila, who lies to him saying he simply left for some time. After initially blaming Tariq for his father's mysterious disappearance, he comes to accept him as a father-figure.
[edit] Critical reaction
* Time magazine's Lev Grossman named it at number three in the Top 10 Fiction Books of 2007, and praised it as a "dense, rich, pressure-packed guide to enduring the unendurable."[4][5]
* Jonathan Yardley said on the The Washington Post Book World: "Just in case you're wondering whether Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns is as good as The Kite Runner, here's the answer: No. It's better. "[6]
[edit] Film
Columbia Pictures owns the movie rights to the novel, but production has yet to begin; Steven Zaillian is currently writing a screenplay and is also slated to direct, Scott Rudin has signed on as a producer. [7]
[edit] Footnotes
1. ^ ""[[A Thousand Splendid Suns|http://www.kirkusreviews.com/kirkusreviews/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003549149]]"". Kirkus Reviews. March 1, 2007. . Retrieved on 2007-04-12.
2. ^ ""[[Monday's Reviews Today: Hosseini's Second and a Scientific Look at Dieting|http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6419040.html?q=%22thousand+splendid+suns%22]]"". Publishers Weekly. February 23, 2007. . Retrieved on 2007-04-12.
3. ^ ""[[A Thousand Splendid Suns|http://marinet.lib.ca.us/search?/tthousand+splendid/tthousand+splendid/1%2C1%2C1%2CB/webfrombib0~1646417&FF=tthousand+splendid&1%2C1%2C]]"". Library Journal (review archived at MARINet). January 2007. . Retrieved on 2007-04-12.
4. ^ Grossman, Lev; "The 10 Best Fiction Books"; Time magazine; December 24, 2007; Pages 44 - 45.
5. ^ Grossman, Lev; Top 10 Fiction Books; time.com
6. ^ Yardley, Jonathan;"The Washington Post Book World";May 20, 2007
7. ^ Siegel, Tatiana Zaillian takes shine to 'Suns', Variety (16 September 2007)
[edit] External links
* Khaled Hosseini's Official Website
* Review of 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'
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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water is a novel written by Michael Dorris and published in 1987. It is written from the viewpoints of three people, Rayona, Christine, and Aunt Ida, exchanging viewpoints between different sections of the book.
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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water follows a young woman named Rayona, her birth mother Christine, and Christine's adoptive mother Aunt Ida. The novel begins with Rayona playing cards with Christine in the hospital, when Rayona's African American father Elgin visits, angering Christine. Christine leaves the hospital with Rayona, threatening suicide at the spot where Rayona was conceived. Christine eventually leaves Rayona with Aunt Ida, where over time, Rayona begins to learn about herself and where she came from. Rayona eventually runs away and lives with a family at Bear Paw Lake until she returns to Aunt Ida.
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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water summary and study guide, with notes, essays, quotes, and pictures.
# Title: Introduction
# Summary
# Michael Dorris Biography
# Themes
# Style
# Historical Context
The Status of Native Americans in the 1980s
The political situation of Native Americans in the United States is unique. Among many ethnic groups, Indians alone have land called reservations set aside by the government on which they can live without paying the usual land and property taxes. Indians who do not live on reservations pay the same taxes as other citizens. All Indians pay federal and state income taxes and have full voting rights, and receive some special job and health benefits, to which Christine refers. Usually the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs administers...
# Critical Overview
# Character Analysis
# Aunt Ida George
Ida calls herself "a woman who's lived fifty-seven years and worn resentment like a medicine charm for forty... If I were to live my life differently, I would start with the word No: first to him, my father; to Clara, then to Willard, before they left me; to Lee, to save his life, I was different with Christine, but it turned out no better." In her stubborn isolation, Ida distorts the truth that in the end it was she who rejected Clara and Willard Pretty Dog, not vice-versa. Yet Ida alone knows all the secrets that bind the main characters in the story.
# Christine Taylor
As a young adult, Christine describes herself as "the bastard daughter of a woman [Ida] who wouldn't even admit she was my mother." In fact, however, Christine is the illegitimate daughter of Ida's father Lecon and her sister Clara. Christine, however, is brought up as "Aunt" Ida's daughter and never learns the truth about her real parents. As a child, Christine "was never satisfied," but she develops a blind loyalty to her younger brother Lee and a strong faith in Catholicism, especially the martyred saints.
# Rayona Taylor
Rayona is the fifteen-year-old daughter of Christine and Elgin Taylor, a black serviceman Christine met soon after she learned that Lee was missing in action in Vietnam. Christine and Elgin marry but stop living together around the time Ray is born, and Christine raises her alone. Life has not been easy for Ray. When we first meet her, she is visiting her mother in the hospital. Elgin arrives, and her parents soon start to argue. Rayona doesn't believe that her mother is really sick, but Ray is soon left with the task of persuading Christine not to take a suicidal journey back to...
# Other Characters
Andy
One of Rayona's work colleagues on the maintenance crew at Bearpaw Lake State Park. Rayona thinks he probably lifts weights or plays football. He has a crush on Ellen.
Charlene
Charlene is Christine's "best friend," according to Rayona. She lives in Christine's apartment building and works in the pharmacy of the hospital where Christine is frequently a patient. Christine depends on Charlene to send her illegal refills of percocet to control the pain of her cancer, although we don't learn the nature of her disease until much later. Charlene reappears...
# Essays and Criticism
# The Complexity of History
Michael Dorris' A Yellow Raft in Blue Water develops an intricate plot structure that weaves together the lives of three Native American women. Instead of using an all-knowing narrator to tell their stories from a single, consistent perspective, however, Dorris has each character narrate one section of the story from her own biased perspective. Consequently, the novel's three main characters all assume dual functions as combined character-narrators. While this multiplication of character-narrators may initially seem to be a minor part of the plot, a careful reader will recognize...
# Erdrich and Dorris' Mixed-bloods and Multiple Narratives
At the end of Michael Dorris' novel A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1987), one of the book's three narrators and protagonists, Aunt Ida, is braiding her hair as a priest watches: "As a man with cut hair, he did not identify the rhythm of three strands, the whispers of coming and going, of twisting and tying and blending, of catching and of letting go, of braiding." The metaphor of braiding—tying and blending—illuminates the substance of this novel, for it is, like [Louise] Erdrich's works, a tale of intertwined lives caught up in one another the way distinct narrative...
# Character Conflicts
This three-generational story unfolds backward. Its narrators, each telling one large chunk of the story, are what we have been persuaded to call Native American, but what they themselves call Indian. The first to narrate is fifteen-year-old Rayona whose father is black but who is raised by her Indian mother, about whom she knows much and doesn't know more;...
# Topics for Further Study
# Media Adaptations
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water was recorded on an audiocassette by Colleen Dewhurst for Harper Audio in 1990.
# What Do I Read Next?
In Cloud Chamber (1997), Dorris returns to Ida, Christine, and Rayona, focusing this time on their ancestors, including a shipwrecked Spaniard who washed up on the shores of Ireland and his descendant, Rose Mannion. Rose is the central character in this five-generation epic that covers more than one hundred years.
Paper Trail (1994) is a collection of essays by Dorris written during the 1980s and 1990s on topics ranging from family and Indians to fetal alcohol syndrome and libraries. Of special interest to readers of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water are the...
# Bibliography and Further Reading
# Pictures
http://www.enotes.com/yellow-raft/pictures/michael-dorris
A group of American Indians march to mark the 50th anniversary of the battle of Little Big Horn, where American troops were defeated by the Sioux in 1876.
http://www.enotes.com/yellow-raft/pictures/american-indians-marching-mark-anniversary-battle
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[[Bearpaw Lake|http://russell.visitmt.com/listings/3887.htm]]
Characters in "A Yellow Raft in Blue Water"
* Rayona Diane Taylor – a main protagonist
* Christine George Taylor – a main protagonist, mother of Rayona
* Aunt Ida George – a main protagonist, legal mother of Christine
* Elgin Taylor – Christine's husband and Rayona's father
Lee George – Christine's brother
* Dayton Nickles – Lee's friend
Pauline George-Cree – Ida's sister
Dale Cree – Pauline's husband and Foxy's father
Pauline Cree – Dale's mother
Buster Cree – Dale's father
Willard Pretty Dog – a reservation boy, biological father of Lee
Mrs. Pretty Dog – Willard's mother
Kennedy "Foxy" Cree – Rayona's cousin son of Pauline
Annabelle – Foxy's Girlfriend
Clara – Christine's biological mother
Annie George – Ida and Pauline's mother; Lecon's wife
Lecon George – Ida, Pauline, and Christine's father; Annie's husband
Ellen DeMarco – lifeguard at Bearpaw Lake
* Norman "Sky" Dial – owner of the Conoco gas station nearby Bearpaw Lake
* Evelyn Dial – chef at Bearpaw Lake; wife of Sky
John, Andy, and Dave – other Bearpaw lake employees
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 5:42 PM
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/yellowraft/section5.rhtml
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 8:29 AM
http://groups.google.com/group/talk.politics.misc/browse_thread/thread/4ea388bceafd7611
A Chicago Sun-Times article also analyzes the hand-clasp:
When Bush and Abdullah held hands walking into their meeting, the
gesture prompted questions about two men showing that kind of physical
intimacy.
Fred Jones, the National Security Council spokesman, said hand-holding
is an Arab expression of "friendship, respect and trust."
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World>Terrorism & Security
posted April 26, 2005, updated 12:34 p.m.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0426/dailyUpdate.html
Diplomatic hand-holding
Symbolic hand-clasp between Bush and Saudi prince showcases solidarity, especially on oil policy.
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Monday, June 8, 2009 at 9:51 AM
[[We Shall Remain|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/]]
This groundbreaking project allows Native Americans to give voice to their heritage.
* [[1 After the Mayflower|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/the_films/episode_1_trailer]]: 1:13:51
* [[2 Tecumseh's Vision|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/the_films/episode_2_trailer]]: 1:22:20
* [[3 Trail of Tears|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/the_films/episode_3_trailer]]: 1:12:31
* [[4 Geronimo|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/the_films/episode_4_trailer]]: 1:14:16
* [[5 Wounded Knee|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/the_films/episode_5_trailer]]: 1:19:25
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[[Fighting Alcohol and Substance Abuse among American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth|http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9221/indian.htm]]. ERIC Digest.
[[Many Native American Deaths Linked to Alcohol|http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2006/many-native-american-deaths.html]]: March 30, 2006
[[Why are so many indians alcoholics?|http://www.peele.net/faq/indians.html]]
Native Americans are a group to whom genetic and disease theories have been applied promiscuously without resulting good to the peoples themselves. There is a strong counter movement today to among these Native peoples to explore nondisease theories that build on individual, community, and cultural strengths.
[[Indians and Alcohol|http://www.answers.com/topic/indians-and-alcohol]]
Ever since the seventeenth century, observers of Indian alcohol use have suggested that something about the indigenous peoples of the Americas made them particularly susceptible to alcohol abuse. Some have claimed that their problems stem from a genetic trait that makes them more likely to become alcoholics. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, there was no evidence that Native Americans possess any greater genetic predisposition to alcoholism than the general population. Alcohol, however, continued to take a devastating toll in Indian country, a tragic legacy of the European colonization of the Western Hemisphere.
Friday, June 12, 2009 at 8:44 AM
American Journeys | Navajo Nation
[[Where Navajo Tales, and Rugs, Are Woven|http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/travel/escapes/12Amer.html?th&emc=th]]
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[[Audio Slide Show: Weaving a Navajo Tradition|http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/06/12/travel/escapes/20090612-navajo-audio/index.html]]
In New Mexico, continuing the art of hand-crafting rugs is a struggle.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 10:01 AM
[[Thriller instinct|http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/01/31/a_tale_of_a_troubled_couple_marks_a_departure_for_erdrich/]]
A tale of a troubled couple marks a departure for Erdrich as her lyricism grows fast-paced
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January’s topic, "Aesthetics and Elites: What Accounts for Good Taste?," will focus on the following:
When critics pronounce a work of art a masterpiece, this suggests it has objective merit, something that exists outside the aesthetic preferences of the beholder. Are they detecting something real, or simply cementing their status as elite arbiters of good taste? Are there aesthetic qualities that exist independently of the social functions of art, and if so, how do we account for them?
[["Of the Standard of Taste" by David Hume|http://www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/361r15.html]]
[[10 Rules of a Good Taste|http://magazine.gem-fashion.com/taste-rules.html]]
[[The Conspiracy of Good Taste|http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2479/is_n4_v22/ai_16531246]]: William Morris, Cecil Sharp, Clough Williams-Ellis and the Repression of Working Class Culture in the 20th Century. - book reviews
[[Part of the introduction|http://www.spunk.org/texts/pubs/wp/sp000341.txt]] from 'The Conspiracy of Good Taste' by Stefan Szczelkun published by WORKING PRESS 1993 9.95 pounds sterling. ISBN 1 870736 69 9.
[[Good Taste: How What You Choose Defines Who You Are|http://www.iconbooks.co.uk/book.cfm?isbn=1-84046-479-8]]
Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Ken Milne:
Also see discussion regarding "The Blank Slate", S.Pinker, below, toward end beginning with the question: "What about implications for other fields?"
[[A BIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN NATURE: A TALK WITH STEVEN PINKER 9.9.02|http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/pinker_blank/pinker_blank_print.html]]
And on the related topic of beauty, Nancy Ectoff, "[[Survival of the Prettiest/the science of beauty|http://hsack.journalspace.com/?entryid=69]]"
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 3:35 PM
[[readings for Aesthetics and Elites: What Accounts for Good Taste?|http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Davis_Sq_Philosophy_Cafe/message/198]]
Here's the description of the topic, with readings below. Have fun, and hope to see you on the 15th, details at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Davis_Sq_Philosophy_Cafe/message/196.
best,
Tom
January's topic, "Aesthetics and Elites: What Accounts for Good Taste?," will focus on the following:
When critics pronounce a work of art a masterpiece, this suggests it has objective merit, something that exists outside the aesthetic preferences of the beholder. Are they detecting something real, or simply cementing their status as elite arbiters of good taste? Are there aesthetic qualities that exist independently of the social functions of art, and if so, how do we account for them?
Readings:
Mitch Hampton: [[The New Philistinism or Why I'm not an elitist|http://www.naturalism.org/philistine%20(2).pdf]].
[[Phil·is·tine|http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=Philistine]]: A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values.
Heather McDonald: [[The Abduction of the Opera|http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_3_urbanities-regietheater.html]]
Tom Wolfe's [[The Painted Word|http://www.amazon.com/Painted-Word-Tom-Wolfe/dp/0553380656]]
Boston Globe: [[Art Without the Artist|http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/01/06/art_without_the_artist/]]
Blog post: [[The Death of the Cultural Elite|http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2007/12/the_death_of_the_cultural_elit.html]]
Chris Whitcombe: [[Art for Art's Sake|http://witcombe.sbc.edu/modernism/artsake.html]]
Pierre Bourdieu, Agent Provocateur, by Michael Grenfell, excerpts at [[Google preview|http://books.google.com/books?id=cnlgp4SKykkC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=bourdieu+art&source=web&ots=9G9HveTrQg&sig=EE2fMIXkJgvqSfPKaFOM_6zpQCA#PPA96,M1]], e.g., p. 99 "Bordieu and Artistic Production".
The objectivity of artistic merit:
Andrew Ward's "[[Putting Value Into Art|http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Aest/AestWard.htm]]" (discusses Hume's article below): "...the crucial aesthetic question is how imaginatively or creatively the artistic conventions are employed when the work is viewed as seeking to fulfill its purpose within its cultural milieu."
Hume's "[[Of the Standard of Taste|http://www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/361r15.html]]": "The same Homer, who pleased at Athens and Rome two thousand years ago, is still admired at Paris and at London. All the changes of climate, government, religion, and language, have not been able to obscure his glory. Authority or prejudice may give a temporary vogue to a bad poet or orator, but his reputation will never be durable or general. When his compositions are examined by posterity or by foreigners, the enchantment is dissipated, and his faults appear in their true colours. On the contrary, a real genius, the longer his works endure, and the more wide they are spread, the more sincere is the admiration which he meets with."
The social construction and function of artistic taste:
Thanks to Dr. Henry White, here are some quotes and links on Bourdieu, author of the book Distinction:
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/bourd.htm:
In Distinction, based on empirical material gathered in the 1960s, Bourdieu argued that taste, an acquired "cultural competence," is used to legitimize social differences. The habitus of the dominant class can be discerned in the notion that 'taste' is a gift from nature. Taste functions to make social "distinctions".
http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=7850:
Some of Bourdieu's most original work showed how the apparently autonomous world of artists and intellectuals had historically specific social roots. In 'The Rules of Art' (1992) he traced the emergence of aesthetic Modernism in 19th century Paris. He analysed an endless competitive struggle in which, as each artistic innovation became accepted and assimilated by the larger society, new schools would emerge, developing styles and techniques that were even more at odds with common sense. Despite modern art's assertion of absolute autonomy, its development was rooted in the social logic of what Bourdieu called the artistic field.
http://www.jahsonic.com/PierreBourdieu.html:
Taste: When culture can be bought and sold, taste becomes an increasingly useful social marker. It was commerce that gave 'culture' to the middle classes, but commerce could also sully it. So the Georgians set about building a national culture - from the plays of Shakespeare to the music of Handel - that only the qualified could properly enjoy. As this culture widened, paradoxically the separation of high and low ('polite' and 'vulgar') sharpened. --John Mullan (see "Art as commerce" below!)
and: Old Money: Bourdieu's relentlessly empirical investigations into the taste for modernist works as symbolic goods show that its public are not just drawn from other artists, but principally from those patrician families who have "old money", often bankers, liberal professionals and higher education teachers (1984). Thus, once aesthetically certified by a leading critic and authenticated by the artists' signature, the works of the contemporary avant-garde have moved into the arms of power. "Legitimate taste" ("good" taste) is far from randomly scattered: it is the possession of an "aristocracy of culture". -- Brigit Fowler
http://www.variant.ndtilda.co.uk/8texts/Brigit_Fowler.html
Art as commerce:
From the Boston Globe, 5/11/04, "[[Appreciating Picasso|http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/05/11/appreciating_picasso/]]" by Bruce Taub at:
The inevitable democratization of the art market will spark a flow of new capital into the art economy, with exciting consequences not just for investors but also for the public. Creating a world in which the average investor owns shares of a Duchamp alongside shares of DuPont will reinvigorate interest in art history, appreciation, and sensibility. It will trigger deeper exploration of less-well- known artists from all periods, as well as more support for new talent, styles and mediums. Employment opportunities will blossom for those with superior abilities to understand and forecast the value of our cultural heritage.
Until this happens, it is heartening to remember that the inexplicable value within art -- its meaning and wonder -- remains available to almost anyone with the desire to experience it. But it is imperative that art's economic value, which is formidable and growing, be equally accessible to everyone with the desire to harness it. After all, it is the economic value of "Garcon a la Pipe" that will contribute so significantly to the Whitneys' lasting legacy.
Finally a bit on neuroaesthetics:
"[[In science's eyes, beauty of art often in the brain of the beholder|http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/community/article/0,1626,ECP_737_2635255,00.htm]]"
By Blake Gopnik The Washington Post (excerpt)
February 8, 2004
BERKELEY, Calif. - Does a Rembrandt portrait or a van Gogh still life press some special buttons in every human being's brain? Will a red painting speak to us in ways a blue one never could? Are we wired in ways that make every one of us enjoy a smiling bust and shiver at a frowning one?
And if our brains determine how art works on us, what does that tell us about art, or us - could studying the way we're wired determine crisply that the "Mona Lisa" is truly great, or do we need some history to tell us how a complex painting speaks, or not, to all its different viewers?
The Third International Conference on Neuroaesthetics, subtitled "Emotions in Art and the Brain," was held last month at the Berkeley Art Museum and tried to get a start on answering such questions. It was a showcase for the progress that's been made in figuring out what goes on in the brain when art is seen or made. The fundamental premise of the field, stated by several of the invited speakers, is that every time something out there in the world makes us feel a certain way, it's because some particular bits of our brains are being tickled by it. A close look at a brain (the "neuro" part of the discipline) as it gets lit up by art (the "aesthetics" part) should give us insight into the links that exist between the two.......
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Mitch Hampton:
[[The New Philistinism or Why I'm not an elitist|http://www.naturalism.org/philistine%20(2).pdf]]
Liddia:
[[Thomas Kinkade|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kincade]]
Thomas Kinkade (born January 19, 1958 in Sacramento, California) is an American painter of realistic, bucolic, and idyllic subjects. He is most notable for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via the Media Arts Group, Inc. (a public company in which Kinkade is a primary investor). He is self described as "Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light" (a trademarked phrase), and as "America's most-collected living artist".[1]
He has received criticism for the extent to which he has commercialized his art (for example, selling his prints on the QVC home shopping network). Others have written that his paintings are merely kitsch, without substance,[2] and described it as chocolate box art.[3]
Ted:
http://www.metacritic.com/
Reena:
slam poetry or is it [[Poetry slam|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slam_poetry]]
A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work (or, more rarely, that of others). These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience.
Loren:
[[Zion National Park|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_National_Park]]
Zion National Park is a United States National Park located in the Southwestern United States, near Springdale, Utah. A prominent feature of the 229-square-mile (593 km²) park is Zion Canyon, 15 miles (24 km) long and up to half a mile (800 m) deep, cut through the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, this unique geography and variety of life zones allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. A total of 289 bird species, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), 32 reptiles and numerous plant species inhabit the park's four life zones: desert, riparian, woodland, and coniferous forest. Notable megafauna include Mountain Lions, Mule Deer and Golden Eagles, along with reintroduced California Condors and Bighorn Sheep. Common plant species include Cottonwood, Cactus, Datura, Juniper, Pine, Boxelder, Sagebrush and various willows.
Tom Clark:
[[John Cage|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_cage]]
Cage is perhaps best known for his 1952 composition 4'33?, the three movements of which are performed without a single note being played. Although 4'33? in fact consists of the sounds of the environment that the listeners hear while it is performed,[5] it is frequently erroneously perceived as four minutes, thirty three seconds of silence[6] and has become one of the most controversial compositions of the century.
[[Darwin Day Celebration|http://www.darwinday.org/]] on February 12th at 7pm at Redline
Hom:
[[There is no accounting for taste|http://hsack.journalspace.com/?entryid=957]]
Rya:
[[Azerbaijan|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan]]
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[[1. Fallen|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-fallen-lyrics.html]]
[[2. World On Fire|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-world-on-fire-lyrics.html]]
[[3. Adia|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-adia-lyrics.html]]
[[4. Hold On|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-hold-on-lyrics.html]]
[[5. Perfect Girl|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-perfect-girl-lyrics.html]]
[[6. Drifting|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-drifting-lyrics.html]]
[[7. Push|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-push-lyrics.html]]
[[8. Witness|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-witness-lyrics.html]]
[[9. Answer|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-answer-lyrics.html]]
[[10. Angel|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-angel-lyrics.html]]
[[11. Train Wreck|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-train-wreck-lyrics.html]]
[[12. Building A Mystery|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-building-a-mystery-lyrics.html]]
[[13. Sweet Surrender|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-sweet-surrender-lyrics.html]]
[[14. Stupid|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-stupid-lyrics.html]]
[[15. Dirty Little Secret|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-dirty-little-secret-lyrics.html]]
Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 10:36 AM
Disc: 2 DVD
[[1. Fallen|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-fallen-lyrics.html]]
[[2. World On Fire|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-world-on-fire-lyrics.html]]
[[3. Adia|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-adia-lyrics.html]]
[[4. Hold On|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-hold-on-lyrics.html]]
[[5. Perfect Girl|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-perfect-girl-lyrics.html]]
[[6. Drifting|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-drifting-lyrics.html]]
[[7. Push|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-push-lyrics.html]]
[[8. I Will Remember You|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-i-will-remember-you-live-version-lyrics.html]]
[[9. Ice|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-ice-lyrics.html]]
[[10. Wait|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-wait-lyrics.html]]
Under a blackened sky
far beyond the glaring streetlights
sleeping on empty dreams
the vultures lie in wait
You lay down beside me then
you were with me every waking hour
so close I could feel your breath
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold that precious little thing
like every generation yields
the new born hope unjaded by their years
Pressed up against the glass
I found myself wanting sympathy
but to be consumed again
oh I know would be the death of me
and there is a love that's inherently given
a kind of blindness offered to appease
and in that light of forbidden joy
oh I know I won't receive it
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold that precious little thing
like every generation yields
the newborn hope unjaded by their years
You know if I leave you now
it doesn't mean that I love you any less
it's just the state I'm in
I can't be good to anyone else like this
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold that precious little thing
like every generation yields
the new born hope unjaded by their years
[[11. Witness|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-witness-lyrics.html]]
[[12. Answer|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-answer-lyrics.html]]
[[13. Angel|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-angel-lyrics.html]]
[[14. Fear|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-fear-lyrics.html]]
[[15. Train Wreck|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-train-wreck-lyrics.html]]
[[16. Building A Mystery|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-building-a-mystery-lyrics.html]]
[[17. Sweet Surrender|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-sweet-surrender-lyrics.html]]
[[18. Possession|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-posession-lyrics.html]]
[[19. Blackbird|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-blackbird-lyrics.html]]
[[20. Ice Cream|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-ice-cream-lyrics.html]]
[[21. Stupid|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-stupid-lyrics.html]]
[[22. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-fumbling-towards-ecstacy-lyrics.html]]
[[23. Dirty Little Secret|http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarah-mclachlan-dirty-little-secret-lyrics.html]]
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* [[Winning the Oil Endgame|http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/346/]]
* [[Charlie Rose - Amory Lovins / Ian Schrager|http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4569577556800822039&q=AMORY+LOVINS&hl=en]]
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Course Lecture Titles
Tape 1:
1. Greece and the Western World
2. Minoan Crete
3. Schliemann and Mycenae
4. The Long Twilight
5. The Age of Heroes
6. From Sicily to Syria—The Growth of Trade and Colonization
7. Delphi and Olympia
8. The Spartans
9. Revolution
10. Tyranny
11. The Origins of Democracy
12. Beyond Greece—The Persian Empire
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14. The Athenian Empire
15. The Art of Democracy
16. Sacrifice and Greek Religion
17. Theater and the Competition of Art
18. Sex and Gender
19. The Peloponnesian War, Part I
20. The Peloponnesian War, Part II
21. Socrates on Trial
22. Slavery and Freedom
23. Athens in Decline?
24. Philip, Alexander, and Greece in Transition
The Ancestors of Us All
Why do the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in conceptions of Western culture and identity? What about them made generations of influential scholars and writers view Hellenic culture as the uniquely essential starting point for understanding the art and reflection that define the West? Does this view tell the whole story?
Clearly, the Greeks are a source of much that we esteem in our own culture: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, poetry both epic and lyric, history-writing, our aesthetic sensibilities and ideals of athletic competition, and more. Blazoned above the portal of Apollo's temple at Delphi were the words, "Know thyself." For us, this injunction to self-awareness also commands knowledge of the Greeks.
With Professor Jeremy McInerney as your teacher, you'll come away with fresh knowledge on one of mankind's most golden ages. A native Australian, Professor McInerney is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He also serves on the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. He has excavated Greek sites in Israel, at Corinth, and on Crete.
Our customers are very enthusiastic about Professor McInerney. "The quality of the course is so high, I hate to see it end," writes one. Another judges: "Professor McInerney's lectures are among the finest I have ever heard. He is articulate, thoughtful, and engaging. I learned more from this course than from any book I have read on the subject."
Our Mediterranean Origins
Spanning roughly 1,000 years, from 1500-400 B.C.E., this course covers the entire period from the Late Bronze Age to the time of Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great in the late 4th century B.C.E. Professor McInerney traces the complex web of links between our present and its Mediterranean origins. With him, you explore ancient Greek civilization in the light shed by the newest and best research and criticism. The course expands understanding of history, literature, art, philosophy, religion, and more.
The lectures pay special attention to the two crucial centuries from 600-400 B.C.E.—the era of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars and of classical Athens as described in the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides and the philosophic dialogues of Plato.
Ancient Greece: Magnificent and Mysterious Minoan Crete and Mycenae
The first 12 lectures introduce you to Greek civilization from its earliest discernible beginnings up to the Persian War. In them, you learn to see ancient Greece split in two: a period of magnificent achievement that plunged to darkness, and a second flowering of that civilization that is the foundation of our own.
Minoan civilization on the island of Crete and Mycenaen civilization on the mainland were the two great Greek civilizations of the Bronze Age. They left behind magnificent ruins, art, and artifacts, but no written histories. In Lectures 1 through 8 you:
* explore these extraordinarily advanced cultures
* learn why their collapse around 1200 B.C.E. intrigues and puzzles scholars to this day
* hear the full story of Heinrich Schliemann, who found Mycenae by following the clues in Homer's poems
* review the finding made only in the 1950s that showed us that Mycenae was, in fact, Greek
* see how a new and distinct Archaic culture—one that revered Homer's epics—arose in the "Age of Heroes" after the collapse of Crete and Mycenae
* discover how much the Greeks received from their contacts with other ancient societies (the alphabet, among other things, came from the Semitic peoples of Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean)
* understand how Spartan warrior culture was forced upon the Spartans because they enslaved a nearby region
* explore the causes and effects of Greek colonization from France to the Ukraine in this period
* see how a uniquely "Greek" identity was based in part on the Oracle at Delphi and the Olympic Games; non-Greeks were not admitted to either.
The first section of the course examines the origins of democracy, which grew out of authoritarian government. And you see here how much of our freedom we owe to Cleisthenes, who created the democratic government under which Athens flourished for two centuries—and how he ingeniously designed it to undermine established power and allegiance.
The Persians, The Peloponnesian War, and the Arrival of the Macedonians
The course's second 12 lectures include the compelling histories of the Persian War (490-479 B.C.E.) and the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.E.).
First united by their common enemy in Persia, Professor McInerney explains how much the Persian War came to define the Greeks—and us. The notion of freedom they developed in response to Persian power is one we inherit. After the Persian War, the Greeks developed their sense of identity as the antagonists of the Eastern world, a tension to which the West has been heir ever since.
After the defeat of the Persians, Athens rose to hegemony over the Greek world. You see how the Athenians' trade and power were developed and imposed on the Mediterranean. And you learn some surprising facts about this Golden Age:
* Greek tragedy began as a religious ritual to purge the audience of "uncivilized" emotions.
* Greek art was often an intensely and explicitly competitive enterprise.
* Athenian culture depended heavily on slavery. Professor McInerney addresses the charge that Athens only prospered because it had slaves under its heel.
Two lectures are devoted to the clash between Athens and Sparta in the Peloponnesian War. Socrates served as a soldier in that struggle.
After Athens was defeated, its philosophers rose to their full achievement in the work and lives of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, reinforcing the old axiom that defeat is the greatest muse for political philosophy. Professor McInerney delivers a provocative interpretation of the trial of Socrates.
In its period of post-war "decline," Athens defined the contours of philosophy and science for more than a thousand years and produced great drama, art, and literature.
Toward the end of the 4th century B.C.E., Macedonian kings dominated Greece. Philip and his son, Alexander (who was tutored by Aristotle), created a Pan-Hellenic culture again to unite the Greeks against their common enemy—Persia.
In short decades, Greek power would extend from Egypt to the Hindu Kush.
Differences and Affinities
Just as the divide between East and West still exists, so does one separating our world from that of the ancients. We must remember that the Hellenic world had many values, beliefs, and mores at odds with our own. In ancient Greece:
* slavery was common
* women suffered complete exclusion from public life
* homosexuality was an accepted aristocratic practice in Athens, Sparta, and other city-states.
As Professor McInerney shows, such differences do not imply that the culture of ancient Greece holds no meaning for us. Rather, they should spur us to deepen our engagement with the Greeks, for their differences from us can teach as much as our affinities with them.
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by Sinclair Lewis (Author), E. L. Doctorow (Afterword)
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Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451526910
ISBN-13: 978-0451526915
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[[Arrowsmith|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowsmith_(novel)]] is a novel by American author and playwright Sinclair Lewis that was published in 1925. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Lewis but he refused to accept it. Lewis was greatly assisted in its preparation by science writer Dr. Paul de Kruif, who received 25% of the royalties on sales, but Lewis is listed as sole author. Arrowsmith is arguably the earliest major novel to deal with the culture of science.
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[[Sinclair Lewis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Lewis]] (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as their strong characterizations of modern working women.
Lewis' success in the 1920s continued with Arrowsmith (1925), a novel about an idealistic doctor which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (which he refused). The controversial Elmer Gantry (1927), which exposed the hypocrisy of hysterical evangelicalism, was denounced by religious leaders and was banned in some U.S. cities.
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[[Arrowsmith|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowsmith_(film)]] is a 1931 film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Sidney Howard from the Sinclair Lewis novel Arrowsmith, and directed by John Ford.
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SPARKNOTES: [[Arrowsmith|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/]] Sinclair Lewis
[[Context|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/context.html]]
[[Plot Overview|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/summary.html]]
[[Character List|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/characters.html]]
[[Analysis of Major Characters|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/canalysis.html]]
[[Themes, Motifs, and Symbols|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/themes.html]]
[[Chapters 1—3|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section1.html]]
Chapter 1:
Martin Arrowsmith's great- grandmother
... he is fourteen and sitting in Doc Vickerson's office reading Gray's Anatomy
Chapter 2:
It is 1904, and Martin is a junior in college, preparing for Medical school
... head of the chemistry department named Edward Edwards, whom all the students call "Encore."
During this meeting, the strange German, Jewish professor Max Gottlieb comes up in conversation.
Ira Hinkley, for instance, is Martin's dissecting partner, a twenty-nine-year-old medic who wants to become a medical missionary and who preaches and attempts to convert everyone he meets.
The members of the fraternity include one Angus Duer, whom Martin both hates and envies for his determination and intelligence. Fatty Pfaff, another member of the fraternity is a gullible freshman who is not very smart. Then there are Clif Clawson and Irving Watters, who, along with Fatty Pfaff, room with Martin. Clif is the school's clown whom Martin quite likes, and Irving Watters is simply dull.
He expresses his views often with his classmates and with Madeleine Fox, a girl he had gone to college with and has re- discovered in "medical school."
Chapter 3:
Analysis:
It is important, however, to realize that another reason for the use of "types" in the novel is that this is not a novel about many characters; instead it is the journey of one man. It is a bildungsroman: the personal education and development of a single person (Martin Arrowsmith, in this case).
[[Chapters 4—6|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section2.rhtml]]
Chapter 4:
He tells him also of his children and encourages Martin. Gottlieb notes that he will probably not make a good physician but, instead, a good laboratory scientist.
Chapter 5:
Madeleine is, however, not all together perfect. She is what Martin calls an "improver," a woman who is always trying to "improve" or change her man in the ways of vocabulary, taste, etc.
Chapter 6:
At one point, Gottlieb asks Martin to run a laboratory errand for him and go to Zenith General Hospital to obtain a specimen. It is here that he meets a seemingly impertinent and strong-minded nurse named Leora, whom he later gets to know and begins to like.
He proposes to her and finds himself engaged to two women at once. Not knowing how to solve his dilemma, or how to choose between them, Martin invites them both to lunch at the same time leaving them to decide for him. Madeleine is insulted and leaves him, whereas Leora stays and commits herself to him.
Analysis:
Perhaps the best thing that happens to Martin in these chapters is that Madeleine leaves him, and Leora accepts him. Madeleine is too much of an "improver" for Martin to find himself feeling the freedom he needs to become the kind of man he wants to become. Martin feels freer with Leora because, although he occasionally likes the luxuries of life, he is "simple" in many ways. Leora accepts him for who he is, likes Vaudeville, is not impressed by big dinners, prefers simplicity, and better complements Martin in this way.
[[Chapters 7—9|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section3.rhtml]]
Chapter 7:
Chapter 8:
Chapter 9:
Analysis:
[[Chapters 10—12|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section4.rhtml]]
Chapter 10:
Chapter 11:
Chapter 12:
This chapter focuses wholeheartedly on Gottlieb, his life, and what had happened to him in the three or so years since Martin had last worked with him. The narrator tells us that when Martin ran into him in the street, Gottlieb was a ruined man. He then proceeds to tell his story.
Analysis:
[[Chapters 13—15|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section5.rhtml]]
Chapter 13:
Chapter 14:
Chapter 15:
Analysis:
[[Chapters 16—18|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section6.rhtml]]
Chapter 16:
Chapter 17:
Chapter 18:
Analysis:
[[Chapters 19—21|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section7.rhtml]]
Chapter 19:
Chapter 20:
Chapter 21:
Analysis:
. And yet, it is obvious that Martin feels guilt and that he knows what he has in Leora—companionship, love, and what he calls a "sure solace." In short, it is to the laboratory and to Leora that Martin should be faithful because, in so doing, he would be faithful to himself. However, Martin strays from his path in these chapters and finds himself caught in the spiral of the Nautilus.
[[Chapters 22—24|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section8.rhtml]]
Chapter 22:
Chapter 23:
Chapter 24:
. Nevertheless, Martin finds that he has more time for the laboratory and makes a considerable discovery regarding hemolysin and strep. [[Hemolysins|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemolysin]] are exotoxin protein produced by bacteria which causes lysis of red blood cells in vitro. Visualization of hemolysis of red blood cells in agar plates facilitates the categorization of some pathogenic bacteria such as Streptococcus.
Analysis:
[[Chapters 25—27|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section9.rhtml]]
Chapter 25:
Chapter 26:
. Gottlieb talks to him about the dangers of success and about the "religion" of science.
. Meanwhile, America has joined the war, and Tubbs has offered the services of the institute to the War Department.
Chapter 27:
Analysis:
. The McGurk institute is supposed to be a double of the real life Rockefeller Institute. In fact, Sinclair Lewis wrote this book because he had met a man named Paul De Kruit who had been unemployed by the Rockefeller Institute for having written a kind of "exposé" of American medicine. Lewis drew from De Kruit's opinions and experiences at the institute and in medicine in general. And from this comes the hierarchical critique of the McGurk Institute and others that came before it in the novel. De Kruit was, of course, a laboratory man, who much like Arrowsmith had come to the conclusion that the laboratory scientists within institutions only existed to bring fame to each institute.
[[Chapters 28—30|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section10.rhtml]]
Chapter 28:
Chapter 29:
Chapter 30:
Analysis:
. In a way, people like Tubbs are necessary in the scientific world. The laboratory scientist, himself, does not have the business savvy required to run an institution, as is proven by the failure of Gottlieb's venture as director. And, thus, even if the institutions and institution heads are corrupt and commercial, it is evident that they are necessary. This does not diminish Lewis's critique, it simply complicates the matter, as it is in reality.
. The character of Sondelius is important because of his willingness to work for what he believes. He works for free, which even Terry Wickett and Martin Arrowsmith will not do. Perhaps, Sondelius is gratified with other forms of success aside from money. Perhaps he is more content with fame or power, although this would be the pessimistic way of assessing Sondelius's character. Looking at him in a positive light, one might say that he has a true desire to care for his fellow man and to rid the world of disease. Perhaps his desire to venture out into the "tropics" and study different diseases is purely altruistic. Perhaps it is a little of both.
[[Chapters 31—33|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section11.rhtml]]
Chapter 31:
Chapter 32:
Chapter 33:
Analysis:
[[Chapters 34—36|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section12.rhtml]]
Chapter 34:
. Martin leaves St. Hubert for St. Swithin, leaving Leora behind for fear that it will not be safe for her and promising to send for her if he sees that it is alright. Once in St. Swithin, however, Martin meets a widower named Joyce Lanyon, a rich New Yorker who had gone to St. Hubert to check on her plantations and had become caught in the quarantine. Martin is attracted to her and feels tempted as he had with Orchid.
Chapter 35:
Chapter 36:
Analysis:
. Martin has learned a great deal and, as Terry Wickett suggests, his scientific life is really just beginning. All that has passed has been merely his education.
[[Chapters 37—40|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/section13.rhtml]]
Chapter 37:
Chapter 38:
Chapter 39:
. Martin is back to working with phage but does the worst work of his life and without the counter balance of Terry's friendship he has become "board" with Joyce's rich acquaintances.
Chapter 40:
. As the novel comes the reader receives a briefing of what the main characters of the novel are doing—for instance, Duer now has his own clinic and is a professor, and Joyce tells Latham that if she divorces Martin, she will marry him. Gottlieb is senile. And as for Martin, he is happy at what feels to be the beginning of his real work.
Analysis:
[[Important Quotations Explained|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/quotes.html]]
[[Key Facts|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/facts.html]]
author · Sinclair Lewis
type of work · Novel
genre · Bildungsroman, satire, American novel
language · English
time and place written · 1920's; New York
date of first publication · 1925
publisher · First publication by Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1998 edition by Signet Classic
narrator · An anonymous, third-person, omniscient narrator
point of view · The third-person omniscient narrator mostly follows the life of Martin Arrowsmith, marking the narration with his opinions. However, there are episodes in which the narrator travels through the thoughts of other characters, yet the narrator mostly seems to express the opinions of the protagonist and author, even if it is through farce or satire.
tone · Critical and satirical. Often humorous, serious in intent (even didactic at times), and yet, optimistic, by the end
tense · Mostly past tense, sometimes drifting into the actual moments being narrated and switching to the present tense
setting (time) · The novel encompasses the early part of the twentieth century, spanning from the early 1900s to post-WWI.
setting (place) · The novel is mostly set in America with a brief stint in the Caribbean (on the island of St. Hubert). The narration follows Martin from the provincial Elk Mills, to Winnemac, to the small city of Nautilus, to Chicago, to New York, and, finally to Vermont. These places are meant to represent most of the United States.
protagonist · Martin Arrowsmith
major conflict · Martin's major conflict is remaining true to his research and his search for truth through constant temptations: science versus commercialism.
rising action · Martin moves from job to job, from institution to institution, and from town to town. He is a doctor in Wheatsylvania, a public Health officer in Nautilus, a pathologist in Chicago, and a researcher under the wing of the McGurk Institute. All the while he is met with temptations from women, success, power, and fame.
climax · Leora's death in St. Hubert constitutes the first climax because Leora has been Martin's sole companion, and her death causes him to stop his research on the island, to which he had been true up until that point. The second climax is Martin's fight with Joyce Lanyon when he decides to resign from the institute and join Terry Wickett in his private laboratory.
falling action · After Leora dies, Martin stops his research only to return to it after he rejects Joyce's friendship, when he has a newfound courage to complete his experiment. Martin returns to New York and becomes well known for his experiments with the phage in the West Indies (even though he believes them to be incomplete). He marries Joyce, does well with his research, and is pressured to publish. It is at this point that the second climax of resigning from the institute comes, after which he retreats to Vermont with Terry.
themes · The corruption within American medicine; the plight of the scientist; the salvation found in retreat.
motifs · Science versus religion; men of measured merriment; the idea of success
symbols · The magnifying glass; Terry Wickett; and the Centrifuge at the McGurk Institute
foreshadowing · The first section of the novel—outlining the life of Martin's great- grandmother who has suffered and who, despite it all, remains determined—foreshadows Martin's own life.
[[Study Questions and Essay Topics|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/study.html]]
Study Questions
Is Martin Arrowsmith a good doctor?
Answer for Study Question #1
Describe the relationship between Martin and Gottlieb.
Answer for Study Question #2
Is the end of the novel optimistic or pessimistic?
Answer for Study Question #3
Suggested Essay Topics
. Discuss the use of symbolism in the novel.
. Discuss the role of women in the novel by analyzing the characters of Leora, Madeleine, Orchid, and Joyce. What are their strengths? Weaknesses? What is their purpose in the novel, and how do they relate to Arrowsmith and his life?
. Of what is Arrowsmith a satire?
. Is this novel a morality tale? If so who are the "moral" characters in the novel, if any?
. What purpose does Terry Wickett serve in the novel?
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[[Suggestions for Further Reading|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/arrowsmith/bibliography.html]]
. Bucco, Martin, ed. Critical Essays on Sinclair Lewis. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1986.
. Dooley, David Joseph. The Art of Sinclair Lewis. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967.
. Hutchisson, James M. The Rise of Sinclair Lewis: 1920—1930. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996.
. Light, Martin. The Quixotic Vision of Sinclair Lewis. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 1975.
. Lundquist, James. Sinclair Lewis. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1973.
. Sherman, Stuart P. The Significance of Sinclair Lewis. Folcroft, Pennsylvania: Folcroft Library Editions, 1973.
. Smith, Harrison. Sinclair Lewis. New York: Harcourt and Brace, 1925.
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PREFACE
vii. emergent
1 AT HOME IN THE UNIVERSE 3
5b. [[James Mill|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mill]] (6 April 1773 – 23 June 1836) was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and philosopher. He was the father of influential philosopher of classical liberalism, John Stuart Mill.
8c. not we the accidental, but we the expected.
16b. chutzpah?
17c. when water freezes
19b. chutzpah again?
21a. [[Great Red Spot|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_red_spot#Great_Red_Spot]] as living
21b. free living systems
22a. computer as just such dummies?
24b. [[Ontogeny|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontogeny]] (also ontogenesis or morphogenesis) (ontos present participle of 'to be', genesis 'creation') describes the origin and the development of an organism from the fertilized egg to its mature form.
25c. evolution is not merely "chance caught on the wing"
28a. edge of chaos
28c. self-organized criticality -> sandpile
29a. A [[power law|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law]] is a special kind of mathematical relationship between two quantities. If one quantity is the frequency of an event, the relationship is a power-law distribution, and the frequencies decrease very slowly as the size of the event increases.
29c. long term prediction
2 THE ORIGINS OF LIFE 31
45b. "we the expected"?
3 WE THE EXPECTED 47
53b. A [[Belousov–Zhabotinsky|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belosov-Zhabotinski_reaction]] reaction, or BZ reaction, is one of a class of reactions that serve as a classical example of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, resulting in the establishment of a nonlinear chemical oscillator.
58a. In mathematics and information science, a [[toy problem|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_problem]] is a problem that is not of immediate scientific interest, yet is used as an expository device to illustrate a trait that may be shared by other, more complicated, instances of the problem, or as a way to explain a particular, more general, problem solving technique.
69b. "life emerged whole, not piecemeal ..."
4 ORDER FOR FREE 71
90c. N.B. ... edge of chaos ... need to read chapter
98b. [[Kaufman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Kauffman]]: Dartmouth 1961; philosophy, psychology, physiology
5 THE MYSTERY OF ONTOGENY 93
94a. 50 cell divisions
97c. Monad's quote: "Evolution is change caught on the wing"
98c. ... the world will tell us if we are right or wrong.
6 NOAH'S VESSEL 113
123a. ** N.B.
7 THE PROMISED LAND 131
8 HIGH-COUNTRY ADVENTURES 149
150c. organism are [[Rube Goldberg machine|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine]]s.
151b. In botany, [[phyllotaxis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllotaxis]] or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of the leaves on the stem of a plant.
163b. humans are [[diploid|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploids#Diploid]]s, bacteria are [[haploid|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haploid#Haploid_and_monoploid]]s.
9 ORGANISMS AND ARTIFACTS 191
191a. The [[Cambrian explosion|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian_explosion]] or Cambrian radiation was the seemingly rapid appearance of most major groups of complex animals around 530 million years ago, as evidenced by the fossil record.
203b. ** power law of "learning curves"
204b. NK landscape model?
10 AN HOUR UPON THE STAGE 207
215a. .. in life, who preys on whom, who is parasite and who is host?
216c. The Red Queen's Hypothesis, [[Red Queen|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Queen]], "Red Queen's race" or "Red Queen Effect" is an evolutionary hypothesis. The term is taken from the Red Queen's race in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass. The Red Queen said, "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." ... Originally proposed by Leigh Van Valen (1973)
11 IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE 245
245b. [[Sidney Graham Winter|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Winter]] (* 1935) is an American economist and professor emeritus of management and technological change at University of Pennsylvania. He is one of the leading figures in the revival of evolutionary economics and publish at lot together with Richard R. Nelson.
245b. The four horsemen: technology, global competition, restructuring, defense conversion.
247a. chess is a finite game, yet no grand master can after two moves concede defeat because teh ultimate checkmate by his opponent 130 moves later ...
248c. [[the travelling salesman problem|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem]] -> satisfice
12 AN EMERGING GLOBAL CIVILIZATION 273
274a. [[Autopoiesis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopoesis]] literally means "auto (self)-creation" (from the Greek: auto – a?t? for self- and poiesis – p???s?? for creation or production), and expresses a fundamental dialectic between structure and function. The term was originally introduced by Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela in 1973:
BIBLIOGRAPHY 305
INDEX 307
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Improving Your Retirement
[[Your 2007 Personal Finance Calendar|http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=182937]]
By Sue Stevens, CFA, CFP, CPA | 01-18-07 | 06:00 AM
As I discussed in a recent issue of Morningstar Practical Finance, organization is key to getting anything accomplished-especially when you are so busy. As you fill in birthdays and anniversaries on your 2007 calendar, block out time each month to complete financial goals.
First Quarter 2007: Plan Goals with Deadlines
Nobody really likes deadlines, but the truth is that they give us the "oomph" we need to actually get something done. So take time in the first quarter to set your intentions and assign due dates.
January
Start the year with a fresh look at your net worth. The market was relatively good in 2006, so you may find the encouragement you need by comparing where you were last year at this time with where you are today. Click here for tips on setting up a Net Worth Statement.
Think about the following:
* Do you have enough liquidity in your taxable assets to be able to cover your expenses and any emergencies?
* Are your retirement assets accumulating?
* Have you insured your personal property?
* Is your total net worth increasing from year to year?
Set up a budget. If your compensation increased in 2007, you'll see your new take-home pay on your first pay stub in January. Multiply that figure by the number of pay periods you have in 2007, and you'll see how much income you have to work with. (Of course, you can do this even if you didn't receive a raise.)
-Set targets for how much you plan to spend in major categories, such as:
* Household: mortgage, real estate taxes, association fees, repairs and updates, landscaping, utilities, food, pets, etc.
* Insurance: life, disability, health, long-term care, property and casualty, etc.
* Recreation: Eating out, sports, entertainment, hobbies, vacations, cable/satellite TV, books, movies, gifts, etc.
* Health/personal care: health club dues, out-of-pocket medical expenses, clothing, grooming, etc.
* Dependent care: parents, children, others.
-Take a step back and make sure that you are comfortable with how you're spending your money. For example, are you so bogged down with household expenses that you have little left for enjoyment? Maybe you can reprioritize how you're spending your money and take control of creating a life you are excited about.
-Set up a system to track your expenses using Microsoft Excel, Quicken, or Microsoft Money, or any other method that will help you track where all that money goes. If you find you've veered off course, just get back on track as soon as possible.
February
Get your tax information collected and submitted to your accountant. Your W-2s and 1099s should have arrived or will shortly. Start rounding up other information you'll need to complete your tax return. If you have an accountant, you'll probably get a tax organizer from him or her. If you are your own accountant, pick up a copy of whatever software you use to complete your return and start working through the inputs.
If you are planning to contribute to an IRA for 2006 and haven't already done that, make your contribution now. You have until April 16 to make your contribution, but why wait? The sooner you get the money in, the longer it has to grow. In fact, why not go ahead and fund your 2007 IRA early this year?
Get your emergency fund in place. Everyone needs an emergency fund. You need to know if something unexpected comes up, you'll be okay. For more on emergency funds, click here.
March
Get your investment plan in place.
-Start by defining your goals, asset-allocation targets, return expectations, and so forth in your Investment Policy Statement (IPS). By committing your intentions in writing, you've taken a major step in getting your investments on the right track. You'll use this document to set up your investments and then to monitor them over time. For help on how to set up an IPS, read "How to Analyze Your Portfolio."
-"Save more money" is not an investment plan. The only way you'll make any real progress is to set a dollar amount to save each month and then automate the investment process.
* You can do this in taxable accounts by setting up auto-deposit from your checking account to your investment accounts. You may also be able to have a portion of your paycheck directly deposited to your investment account.
* Your retirement savings plan at work is also a good way to automatically invest money. Start with at least the minimum contribution to get any employer match. By the time you're in your 40s or older, you should be maxing out on contributions. For 2007, you can put away $15,500 plus another $5,000 if you're over age 50.
-Rebalance your portfolio periodically. Compare your current portfolio's asset allocation to the parameters you've set in your IPS. If you find too much or too little in various asset classes, think about how you can get back to your policy while being tax efficient. That may mean using retirement accounts to rebalance back to your target allocation first. For more on "asset location" (tax-efficient ways to hold assets), read "The Beauty of Asset Location."
Second Quarter 2007: Protect Yourself
Turn your attention this quarter to putting a strong defense in place. Cover your downside, and you'll sleep easier knowing your family is protected.
April
Get your estate planning in order. Have you been procrastinating about getting this done? It's so important, yet so difficult to contemplate for many people. Set a date to call an estate attorney and a date to finish choosing the people you want to name in the documents.
-The 2007 exemption equivalent amount that you can pass to heirs free of estate tax is $2 million. But even if you have less than that, you still need to think about who would care for your minor children, how you would want your assets distributed, who would administer your estate, and so forth.
-Find an attorney who specializes in estate planning to prepare your documents. You can go to www.lawyers.com and look under Trusts and Estates/Estate Planning for specialists in your area.
May
Protect your family and your property with insurance.
-Life insurance: Most people need life insurance when their kids are little and they have a mortgage. If this describes you, compare the dollar amount of life insurance coverage you have with the cost of putting those tykes through college and paying off your mortgage. Term insurance is the most cost-effective way to go for short-term needs. There are also many other situations and reasons to hold more permanent types of insurance such as whole life. Assess this need with someone who is objective and not trying to sell you something.
-Disability insurance: Unfortunately, people get hurt. Injuries, auto accidents, and a whole host of other things can happen that may prevent you from working. If you can get this coverage through work, it will be more cost effective. Usually policies cover about two thirds of your current income.
-Homeowners insurance: Most of you will have homeowners or renters insurance. This will protect you from fires, storms, and other disasters, but not necessarily floods or hurricanes. Read your policy closely to know what's covered. If necessary, add riders to your policy to cover you should the most devastating types of disasters happen.
-Car insurance: Everyone who drives needs auto insurance. Make sure yours covers at least $250,000 per individual and $500,000 per accident. Ask about discounts for alarms, air bags, or automatic seat belts.
-"Umbrella" insurance: Personal liability coverage is often referred to as an "umbrella" policy. It provides additional coverage on top of your homeowners and auto policies. Most of you should have a minimum of $1 million of coverage in case you're sued for an accident on your property. The cost-usually $100-$300 per year
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|''Name:''|BackupOptionsPlugin|
|''Version:''|1.0.1 (2007-09-29)|
|''Source:''|None|
|''Author:''|Tyler Akins|
|''Licence:''|Public domain|
|''TiddlyWiki:''|2.0+|
|''Browser:''|Firefox 1.0.4+; InternetExplorer 6.0|
!Description
Tired of having thousands of backups made due to saving every minor edit? Do you only want one backup per hour, day, or just one backup ever? Not a problem.
This plugin lets you define a file format that you want to use when saving backups. Because backups will overwrite each other if they have the same name, you can now control how often new backup files are created. If you want one created every day, just include the year, month, and day in your format and avoid using the hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds. If you want only one backup, set a static name and it will just keep overwriting the old file.
!Configuration
Select what attributes you want to include in the backup filename in the order you like. Dates are all in UTC format. If the format field is left blank, it defaults to what the backups would normally be named: {{{%N.%Y%M%D.%h%m%s%n.html}}}
{{wideInput{<<option txtBackupOptionsFormat 40>>}}}
|!Code|!Description|!Example|
| ''%D'' |Day of month, two digits| 18 |
| ''%h'' |Hour, two digits, 24 hour format| 21 |
| ''%M'' |Month number, two digits| 11 |
| ''%m'' |Minute, two digits| 59 |
| ''%N'' |Base name of the wiki| TiddlyWiki |
| ''%n'' |Millisecond, four digits| 8441 |
| ''%s'' |Seconds, two digits| 06 |
| ''%Y'' |Year, four digits| 2006 |
| ''%y'' |Year, two digits| 06 |
| ''%%'' |A percent symbol| % |
!Examples
Based on a base filename of "TiddlyWiki.html", and a date of 2006-11-18 21:59:06.8441, here are a few format options:
|!''Format''|!Description|
|!//Sample//|~|
| ''%N.bak'' |Saves only one backup, ever. Always overwrites the .bak file with a new backup, keeping just one file around.|
| //TiddlyWiki.bak// |~|
| ''%N.%Y%M%D.%h%m%s%n.html'' |This is the default format that TiddlyWiki uses when making a new backup.|
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| ''%N-%Y-%M-%D.html'' |Keep around only one backup per day. When a new backup is made, it will overwrite any other backups made on that day.|
| //TiddlyWiki-2006-11-18.html// |~|
| ''Backups\%Y%M\%N-%D-%h%m.bak'' |Save all backups in a set of directories, with one directory that contains all, then another subdirectory that holds a year and month, and then the backup file.|
| //Backups\200611\TiddlyWiki-18-2159.bak// |~|
!Revision history
* v1.0.0 (2007-09-29)
** Initial release
!Code
***/
//{{{
//============================================================================
// BackupOptionsPlugin
// Ensure that the BackupOptionsPlugin is only installed once.
//
if (!version.extensions.BackupOptionsPlugin) {
setStylesheet(".wideInput input { width:30em; }","BackupOptionsStylesheet");
version.extensions.BackupOptionsPlugin = {
major: 1, minor: 0, revision: 0,
date: new Date(2007, 9, 11),
type: 'plugin',
source: "http://rumkin.com/tools/tiddlywiki/#BackupOptionsPlugin"
};
if (!config.options.txtBackupOptionsFormat)
config.options.txtBackupOptionsFormat = "%N.%Y%M%D.%h%m%s%n.html"; // Same as default format
if (config.optionsDesc)
config.optionsDesc.txtBackupOptionsFormat = "Filename format for backups."
if (version.major < 2) alertAndThrow("BackupOptionsPlugin requires TiddlyWiki 2.0 or newer.");
//============================================================================
// Overwrite the built-in functions
getBackupPath = function(localPath) {
var formatString = config.options['txtBackupOptionsFormat'];
if (formatString == undefined || ! formatString || formatString == '')
formatString = '%N.%Y%M%D.%h%m%s%n.html';
var backSlash = true;
var dirPathPos = localPath.lastIndexOf("\\");
if (dirPathPos == -1)
{
dirPathPos = localPath.lastIndexOf("/");
backSlash = false;
}
var backupFolder = config.options.txtBackupFolder;
if (! backupFolder || backupFolder == '')
backupFolder = '.';
backupFolder += (backSlash ? "\\" : '/');
var backupPath = localPath.substr(0, dirPathPos) + (backSlash ? "\\" : '/') + backupFolder;
var backupBase = localPath.substr(dirPathPos)
backupBase = backupBase.substr(0, backupBase.lastIndexOf('.'));
var d = new Date()
while (formatString.length > 0)
{
var formatHandled = 0;
if (formatString.length > 1 && formatString.charAt(0) == '%')
{
formatHandled = 1;
switch (formatString.charAt(1))
{
case 'D':
backupPath += String.zeroPad(d.getUTCDate(), 2);
break;
case 'h':
backupPath += String.zeroPad(d.getUTCHours(), 2);
break;
case 'M':
backupPath += String.zeroPad(d.getUTCMonth(), 2);
break;
case 'm':
backupPath += String.zeroPad(d.getUTCMinutes(), 2);
break;
case 'N':
backupPath += backupBase;
break;
case 'n':
backupPath += String.zeroPad(d.getUTCMilliseconds(), 4);
break;
case 's':
backupPath += String.zeroPad(d.getUTCSeconds(), 4);
break;
case 'Y':
backupPath += String.zeroPad(d.getUTCFullYear(), 4);
break;
case 'y':
backupPath += String.zeroPad(d.getUTCFullYear() % 100, 4);
break;
case '%':
backupPath += '%';
break;
default:
formatHandled = 0;
}
if (formatHandled)
formatString = formatString.substr(2);
}
if (! formatHandled)
{
backupPath += formatString.charAt(0);
formatString = formatString.substr(1);
}
}
return backupPath;
}
} // of "install only once"
//}}}
/***
!Licence and Copyright
You are free to use this however you like. I place this code into the public domain.
***/
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Product Details
* Paperback: 184 pages
* Publisher: Anchor (October 29, 2002)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0385722206
* ISBN-13: 978-0385722209
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The Cultural Revolution of Chairman Mao Zedong altered Chinese history in the 1960s and '70s, forcibly sending hundreds of thousands of Chinese intellectuals to peasant villages for "re-education." This moving, often wrenching short novel by a writer who was himself re-educated in the '70s tells how two young men weather years of banishment, emphasizing the power of literature to free the mind. Sijie's unnamed 17-year-old protagonist and his best friend, Luo, are bourgeois doctors' sons, and so condemned to serve four years in a remote mountain village, carrying pails of excrement daily up a hill. Only their ingenuity helps them to survive. The two friends are good at storytelling, and the village headman commands them to put on "oral cinema shows" for the villagers, reciting the plots and dialogue of movies. When another city boy leaves the mountains, the friends steal a suitcase full of forbidden books he has been hiding, knowing he will be afraid to call the authorities. Enchanted by the prose of a host of European writers, they dare to tell the story of The Count of Monte Cristo to the village tailor and to read Balzac to his shy and beautiful young daughter. Luo, who adores the Little Seamstress, dreams of transforming her from a simple country girl into a sophisticated lover with his foreign tales. He succeeds beyond his expectations, but the result is not what he might have hoped for, and leads to an unexpected, droll and poignant conclusion. The warmth and humor of Sijie's prose and the clarity of Rilke's translation distinguish this slim first novel, a wonderfully human tale. (Sept. 17)Forecast: Sijie's debut was a best-seller and prize winner in France in 2000, and rights have been sold in 19 countries; it is also scheduled to be made into a film. Its charm translates admirably strong sales can be expected on this side of the Atlantic.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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[[Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balzac_and_the_Little_Chinese_Seamstress]]: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[[Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (film)|http://is.gd/30eVV]]
[[Cultural Revolution|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
was a period of widespread social and political upheaval in the People’s Republic of China between 1966 and 1976, resulting in nation-wide chaos and economic disarray.
[[Ha Jin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha_Jin]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 4:04 PM
[[Dai Sijie|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_Sijie]] (Chinese: ???, pinyin: Dài Sijié; born 1954) is a French author and filmmaker of Chinese ancestry.
[[Sichuan|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[[EXCAVATION OF BURNT RICE AND ARTIFACTS AT PHOENIX (FENGHUAN) MOUNTAIN, CHENGDU, SICHUAN PROVINCE, PR CHINA|http://http-server.carleton.ca/~bgordon/Rice/papers/XUPZ98A.htm]]
Chengdu is at 104° 04¢ E Long. and 30° 40¢ N Lat., with Phoenix Mountain N of Wudan Mountain, E of Chengpeng Highway and W of Chuanshan Provincial Highway. Wudan Mountain is in north suburban Chengdu, while Phoenix Mountain is 2-5 km N of the city. Not high, it stands like a phoenix opening its wings on the broad Chengdu plain, covered with trees and bamboo. Tranquil and beautiful, ancient people said "with the red sparrow in front, seven constellations in back, green dragon on left and white tiger on right, there is such precious fengshui" that various dynasty officials built tombs for their ancestors and themselves. After 1949, many emerged in Phoenix Mountain construction, with 1950's Chengdu archaeologists finding many artifacts. The Western Han Dynasty tomb with wood outer coffin was found on the south slope of Phoenix Mountain.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 4:25 PM
[[Mt. Gaofeng Daoist Temple 1 (Pengxi County, Sichuan)|http://eng.taoism.org.hk/general-daoism/grotto-heavens-blissful-realms/pg1-5-6-88.htm]]
Lying 20 kilometers north of the Pengxi County seat, Sichuan, the elegant Mt. Gaofeng (High Peak) is also called the High Phoenix Mountain, for its shape looks like a resting phoenix.
[[A Mountain of Stories|http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/publications/steep_stairs/volume1/review04]]
Dai Sijie (Ina Rilke trans.), Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Chatto & Windus: London, 2001
Reviewed by Glen Jennings
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 4:33 PM
[[On libraryThing|http://www.librarything.com/author/sijiedai]]
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 4:42 PM
[[Ursule Mirouët|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursule_Mirou%C3%ABt]]
Ursule Mirouet , is a 1842 novel by Honoré de Balzac as part of his series La Comédie humaine.
[[Honore De Balzac - Ursule Mirouet (1841)|http://www.oldandsold.com/articles22/honore-de-balzac-14.shtml]]
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* Publisher: Basic Books; Rev Exp edition (December 23, 2003)
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
A well-known conservative columnist, author and economist, Sowell (A Personal Odyssey, etc.) presents an introductory course in economics with an emphasis on public policy. Forgoing jargon, equations, graphs and complicated exposition, he's produced a book that's easy to read and understand, though it tends to be superficial and is written in an angry tone, often accusing others of economic ignorance, as if that is the only possible explanation for disagreement with the author's views. Sowell is at his best discussing microeconomics in the first two-thirds of the book. Unlike most accounts, which cover the subject from the point of view of business or investment, Sowell concentrates on government action, in an effort to prepare the reader for civic participation. He addresses price controls and subsidies in detail, both as important political issues in their own right and to demonstrate how prices work by showing what happens when they are constrained. In the final third of the book, he wades into more complex and controversial territory--macroeconomics, international economics and popular fallacies--and his effort to cover them at the elementary level results in a muddled treatment. Overall, his defense of certain conservative tenets is wielded with a sledgehammer rather than a rapier. Agent, Carol Mann. (Feb. 15)Forecast: Sowell's many fans will appreciate this book (which is supported by a radio satellite tour), though it is probably most appropriate as a gift to junior high school relatives, accompanied by a bribe to read it. General readers can--and some of them will--find better written, more sophisticated introductions to economics, including such middle-of-the-road overviews as From Here to Economy: A Short Cut to Economic Literacy by Todd G. Buchholz or New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought by Todd G. Buchholz and Martin Feldstein. For a conservative viewpoint, Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman has yet to be topped.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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From Library Journal
Syndicated columnist Sowell (economics, Hoover Inst.) is the author of 31 books and monographs on a broad range of topics, including race, culture, education, social policy, philosophy, and economics. In this groundbreaking work, he explains the basics of economics without resorting to the graphs, equations, and jargon that typically fill the textbooks and literature in the field. Along the way, he explains exactly what economics is and what its guiding principles are. Sowell covers a broad range of topics, from scarcity, the balance of trade, and price controls to minimum-wage laws, competition, profits and losses, and the role of government. Intended as a primer for the citizen not trained in the basics of economic theory, this book is flawed only in a somewhat confusing organization that leads to repetition. Recommended for public libraries. Norm Hutcherson, California State Univ., Bakersfield
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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[[TABLE OF CONTENTS|http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=0465081452#TOC]]
PREFACE
ix-b. incentives they create
ix-b. consequences matter more than intentiohns
ix-b. highly intelligent people want to understand more about the way the economy works
x-a. most of us are necessarily ignorant of many complex fields, from botany to brain surgery
1 WHAT IS ECONOMICS? 1
1c. without scarcity, there is no need to economize
2b. "just getting by"
3a. "scarcity" and "alternative uses"
4a. life does not ask us what we want ... it presents us with options
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PT. I PRICES AND MARKETS
2 THE ROLE OF PRICES 7
7b. "market economy"
9a. "free market economic system" -> profit system -> profit and loss system
9. -- prices and costs
10a. resources flow to most valued uses
11b. glastnost (openness), perestroika (restructuring)
15b. ** foreseen by Marx and Engels
15. -- prices in action
16a. fixed quantity of "need" or demand
17. ---- rationing by prices
18c. comment regarding renting ...
19. ---- prices and supplies
19b. rush to them at "maximum speed"
20a. demands for saddles, more shoes, etc.
3 PRICE CONTROLS 21
22. -- price ceilings and shortages
23. ---- demand under rent control
23c. rent control in Sweden 1940
24b. shortage and surplus -> matter of price
24c. economist vs. politician vs. public
26. ---- supply under rent control
28b. Massachusetts 1994 ban on rent control
28. ---- the politics of rent control
29c. with no serious attempt to guage actual impact of ...
30. ---- scarcity versus shortages
30b. example of 1906 earthquake
32b. price control prevents buyers nad sellers from making mutual advatagous transactions ...
32. ---- black markets
33. -- price floors and surpluses
34c. 1933, US government bought $6M hogs and destroyed them
37b. ** political POV, support from two different set of voters
37. -- quality deterioration
39. -- the politics of price control
4 AN OVERVIEW 41
41b. ** understanding
43. -- cause and effect
43a. "systemic causation" interaction
43. ---- systemic causation
43c. Engel's quote
44a. **
44c. high prices in low income neighborhood
46b. "asystemic causation" vs. "intentional causation"
47. ---- complexity and causation
47b. earth axis tilt as example
48. ---- individual versus systemic rationality
49a. **
49. -- incentives versus goals
50b. knowing what is not possible ...
51a. scarcity vs. shortage
51c. Roman Emperor [[Diocletian|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian]]
53. -- scarcity and competition
54. ---- economic institutions
55. ---- incremental substitution
55b. incremental substitution
57. ---- subsidies and taxes
59. ---- the meaning of "costs"
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PT. II INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE
5 THE RISE AND FALL OF BUSINESSES 63
63. -- adjusting to changes
63c. A&P grocery chain
66c. Graflex -> Leica -> Nikon
68b. ** knowledge is the most scarce resource; insight from knowledge is scarcer
68c. Ward began as mail order business
69c. Ward fired for his suggestions, then went to Sears
70a. James Cash, Penney (JC Penney) where Sam Walton worked as clerk
72. -- the coordination of knowledge
77a. ** Often the knowledge that is economically crucial is highly specific to a particular location or group of people.
6 THE ROLE OF PROFITS - AND LOSSES 78
79. -- profits
80. ---- profits as incentives
83. ---- profit rates
85. -- costs of production
85. ---- economies of scale
86b. "diseconomies of scale"
86. ---- diseconomics of scale
88. ---- costs and capacity
90. -- specialization and distribution
91. ---- middle men
94. ---- socialist economies
7 BIG BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT 99
99. -- monopolies and cartels
102a. origin of taxicab monopolies
105. -- regulatory commissions
110. -- anti-trust laws
110c. Morton Salt Co. and Standard Oil Co.
8 AN OVERVIEW 119
120. -- changing conditions
121a. W.T. Grant
121c. White Castle
124. -- leadership
126. -- knowledge and decisions
128a. power trumps truth
130. ---- agents
131. ---- franchises
137. -- winners and losers
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PT. III WORK AND PAY
9 PRODUCTIVITY AND PAY 141
143a. baseball slugger analogy
144. -- pay differences
149a. ** definitions
144. ---- income "distribution"
146b. income and wealth as two different things
149. ---- differences in skills
151. ---- job discrimination
155. -- capital, labor, and efficiency
157a. resource not to remain idle
10 CONTROLLED LABOR MARKETS 159
159. -- job security
161c. NATO military has job security
162b. regarding General Motors
163. -- minimum wage laws
164. ---- unemployment
166. ---- informal minimum wages
168. ---- differential impact
169. -- collective bargaining
170. ---- employer organizations
172. ---- labor unions
172c. ** John L. Lewis and union effect
173a. ** made no connection
11 AN OVERVIEW 176
176. -- the mystique of "labor"
177a. "unearned income"
177c. everything we consume is produced by human labor?
180. -- allocation and inequalities
181f. -> clothing not stolen from the dead
182a. "iron rice bowl"
183a. "winner-take-all"
183. ---- occupational pay differentials
184. ---- income distribution
185c. ** 1994 poverty level ...
187a. ** Infosys
187b. [[Sam Pitroda|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Pitroda]]
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PT. IV TIME AND RISK
12 INVESTMENT AND SPECULATION 191
192a. putting things away ... explain ... avoids misunderstanding
192c-193a. **
193c. India's [[Tata Group|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Group]], [[Birla family|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birla_family]]
194. -- speculation
198a. economic speculation ... knowledge
198. -- inventories
199. -- return on investment
201b. [[Chettiar|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chettiar]] and [[Marwaris|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwaris]] in India
202. -- present value
203. ---- prices and present values
203c. difference between economics and politics
205. ---- natural resources
206b. ** oil -> books :-) ?
207b. difference between economic and hysterical approach
13 RISKS AND INSURANCE 210
211. -- bonds
213. -- variable returns versus fixed returns
213. ---- stocks and bonds
217. ---- risk and time
218. ---- risk and diversification
219. ---- investing in human capital
221. -- insurance
223a. self-insurance
225a. earthquake philosophy
275b. insurance co. avoid being late in paying
229c. ** Brazil's pension system
14 AN OVERVIEW 229
230. -- financial institutions
231a. London depends on Jews and [[Lombard|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard]]s
231c. complexity of financial institutions ...
232. -- time and money
233c. government default in social security delays
235. -- economic adjustments
237. ---- time and politics
239. ---- time and foresight
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PT. V THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
15 NATIONAL OUTPUT 245
246. -- the fallacy of composition
246a. "fallacy of composition"
247. -- output and demand
248a. [[Vance Packard|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance_Packard]]
249. -- measuring national output
249c. GDP & GNP
250. ---- the composition of output
251. ---- comparisons over time
251. ---- international comparisons
254. ---- statistical trends
255a. correlation is not causation
16 MONEY AND THE BANKING SYSTEM 257
257b. 1790's France
257. -- the role of money
258f. [[Gresham's law|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham%27s_law]] is commonly stated: "Bad money drives out good."
259. -- inflation
261b. ** gold prices
262b. use of inflation
262c. inflation as hidden tax
263c. inflation in Germany in 1920's
264. -- deflation
265c. Federal Reserve: Wilson 1907 ... est1914 ... 1929 ...
266. -- the banking system
267b. "fractional reserve banking"
17 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT 271
272a. ** bitter experiment
272. -- law and order
275. ---- the framework of laws
277. ---- property rights
179b. ** animal extinction comment
283. ---- social order
283a. honesty and reliability and cooperation
284b. [[Palanpuri Jains|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palanpur]] in international diamond trading
284c. ... rewarding dishonest behavior ...
285b. tenants burn down buildings
286. -- external costs and benefits
287b. "external benefits"
288. -- incentives and constraints
289c. cancellation of "Bonanza"
290b. "failure to look ahead"
294a. RFC and SBA
18 AN OVERVIEW 295
295b. 1. fallacy of composition; 2. economy as if zero-sum
295. -- zero-sum thinking
297. -- fallacy of composition
297b. "composition": what is true of part is true of whole
298b. "power trumps knowledge"
298. -- the role of government
198c. ** "irrational"
300b. government works on behalf of itself
300c. **
301a. ** Hoover and Roosevelt made matter worse
301. -- economic measurement
303b. ** ... best way to see what happens when that function does not exist or malfunctions
304a. **
304c. leisure time
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PT. VI THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
19 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 307
308c. Holmes: "need to think things instead of words"
310. -- the basis for international trade
310a. gains: 1. absolute advantage; 2. comparative advantage; 3. exonomies of scale
310. ---- absolute advantage
311. ---- comparative advantage
313c. forgone alternatives
314. ---- economies of scale
316. -- international trade restrictions
317. ---- the high-wage fallacy
320. ---- "infant industries"
321. ---- national defense
321. ---- "dumping"
323. ---- kinds of restrictions
324. -- changing conditions
20 INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF WEALTH 327
328. -- international investments
330b. "balance of payments" vs. "balance of trade"
333. -- other transfers
333. ---- remittances
334. ---- emigrants and immigrants
334c. [[Moriscoes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morisco]] - Moorish Christians - expelled from Spain
335c. [[Tsingtao|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsingtao_Brewery]] created by Germans
336a. welfare: 2% Japan; 46% Laos
336. ---- imperialism
336b. [[Guantánamo Bay|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantaanamo_Bay]]
338. ---- foreign aid
341. -- the international monetary system
344. -- zero-sum thinking
341c. gold standard; WW-I; 1930's
345a. ended exploitation
21 AN OVERVIEW 346
346c. not having fact and enough knowledge of economics
347b. Ralf Nader as anti-free trader
348. -- the role of trade
351. -- the role of international investment
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PT. VII SPECIAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
22 "NON-ECONOMIC" VALUES 359
359b. economics as "dismal science"
359c. Adam Smith and [[Henry Thornton|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thornton_(abolitionist)]]
360a. [[J. R. D. Tata|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._D._Tata]] 'Jeh', or 'JRD' as he was commonly known, came to be regarded as the most famous industrial pioneer in modern India.
361a. trade offs
361. -- markets and greed
364c. wealth means options
367. -- saving lives
367. -- "unmet needs"
369b. ** trade offs
369c. nothing is a "need"
370. -- what is "waste"?
370b. definition
371a. waste vs. efficiency
23 MYTHS ABOUT MARKETS 372
372. -- morality and markets
373b. Antwerp ... Jews and Indians
379b. ** about beauty
375. -- prices
375. ---- different prices for the "same" thing
377. ---- "predatory" pricing
377b. regarding Microsoft, choose to believe it
378. -- brand names
379b. brand name reduces range of uncertainty when information is lacking
380b. [[Josiah Wedgewood|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Wedgewood]]
381. -- the role of profits
381. ---- business and the market
382a. Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Milton Friedman
382b. "mercantilism"
382f. ** Sowell standing behind conviction
383b. Data General
383c. "fair" competition
384b. what matter most is not motivation but results
385. ---- non-profit organizations
386b. criticism of academia
387c. ** non-profit definition
388. -- "trickle down" theory
24 PARTING THOUGHTS 390
391a. careful use and definition of words ...
392c. goals ... Paul Johnson quote ...
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QUESTIONS 397
SOURCES 407
INDEX 433
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* Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (January 6, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0547203888
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[[beautiful boy: a father's journey through his son's addiction|http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Boy-Fathers-Journey-Addiction/dp/0618683356]] by [[David Sheff|http://www.davidsheff.com/]] (Paperback - Jan. 6, 2009)
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM
February 6, 2005
[[My Addicted Son|http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/magazine/06ADDICT.html?pagewanted=print&position]]
By DAVID SHEFF
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 5:39 PM
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* 1. In the New York Times Book Review, Janet Maslin wrote, “Addiction is a compulsion to do the same thing over and over, despite knowing that the outcome will almost certainly be the same. Addiction memoirs often illustrate this same definition of insanity…Yet the genre itself remains so addictive that readers keep hoping to discover something new.” Why are addiction memoirs so addictive? Why were you drawn to this one?
-- I wasn't drawned to this book at all. I read it because it was a book club selection. Having read it, I would not have been interested.
* 2. David Sheff writes that “drug stories are sinister” (p. 87). What does he mean by that? How are drug stories different than addiction memoirs, if at all?
-- Perhaps these stories seem the most hopeless of all addictions.
* 3. In the introduction, Sheff writes, “I have felt and thought and done almost everything an addict’s parent can feel and think and do” (p. 13). Which of his experiences, thoughts, and actions were most affecting to you? Which could you relate to and which were totally foreign?
-- They were all affecting and most were totally foreign.
* 4. Sheff begins his story with the statement, “We are among the first generation of self-conscious parents. Before us, people had kids. We parent” (p. 20). What does it mean to parent, as opposed to just having kids? At the end, Sheff writes, “I wish I had gotten here quicker, but I couldn’t. If only parenting were easier” (p. 310). What does he learn about “parenting” over the course of the book?
-- I don't think
* 5. Discuss Nic’s upbringing. What privileges did he have? What disadvantages? Did Sheff seem to you a “good parent”?
-- Nic had a spoiled privileged upbringing with non of the disadvantages. Sheff did not set a good example with his drug use and therefore in that regard not a good parent.
* 6. How does the integration of pop culture references—quotes from literature, song lyrics, movie dialogue—contribute to the book? Look particularly at what Sheff used as the epilogues to each section of the book: John Lennon, Kurt Cobain for Part I, Shakespeare for Part II, etc. Why might Sheff have chosen these particular passages? How do they help your understanding of events, and of Sheff’s mindset?
-- The additions were entertaining and slightly instructive. Afterall, they were part of his cultural education. They fit well with his mindset.
* 7. What is the extent of David Sheff’s own drug use? What is your philosophy of discussing drugs with kids? Would you be—or have you been—honest about your past with your own kids?
-- Sheff shouldn't have used drugs. If he hadn't, Nic would not have that as an excuse to use them himself.
* 8. Discuss Nic’s descent. At what point do you think you would have noticed Nic had a serious problem and needed help? Were there times you disagreed with David Sheff’s course of action? What might you have done differently?
-- My disagreement with Sheff's course of action occurred half way through the book. He should have cut his losses and stopped enabling Nic.
* 9. When David smoked pot with Nic, what was your reaction?
-- That was stupid, was my reaction.
* 10. A friend of David’s expresses surprise at Nic’s addiction and says the Sheffs don’t seem like a dysfunctional family. Sheff responds, “We are dysfunctional…I’m not sure I know any ‘functional’ families” (p. 14) How would you define a functional family? Which are the Sheffs? How you would describe your own family?
-- Only Nic was "dysfunctional". The rest of the family was relatively "functional".
* 11. On page 195, Sheff explores the idea of what it means to have a “normal life,” concluding, “Now I live with the knowledge that, never mind the most modest definition of a normal or healthy life, my son may not make it to twenty-one.” How would you define a “normal life”? How do these socially-accepted definitions—a normal life, a functional family—contribute to, or hinder, Sheff’s ability to understand and accept his son’s situation? How have these definitions affected some of the decisions you’ve made about your own life?
-- A normal life is one that is relatively conflict free and content. Sheff's action in the beginning was reasonable until he became addicted to Nic's addition.
* 12. In his suicide note, Kurt Cobain quoted Neil Young and wrote “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” When Sheff interview John Lennon, Lennon said, “I worship the people who survive. I’ll take the living and the healthy” (p. 118). Who do you agree with, Cobain or Lennon? Why does society glamorize those rock stars and other artists who burn out? Nic Sheff’s glamorization of alcoholics and drug-addicted artists ostensibly contributed to his own downfall. How should we counsel children and young adults on the dangers of idolizing such people?
-- Lennon of course.
* 13. As a journalist and someone with the means to do so, Sheff consults a wide variety of experts on the causes, effects, and treatment of addiction. What did you find most helpful? What else might be behind Sheff’s impulse to do more and more research?
-- The three C's advice was most helpful. Sheff should have taken them early on.
* 14. Much of chapter 15 is devoted to the exploration of the disease of addiction. What is your understanding of addiction as a disease? Do you think of it as a behavioral or a brain disorder?
-- It is both behavioral and a disorder. It his the behavior that turned into a disorder.
* 15. Many of the counselors and family members of addicts tell David and Karen, “Be allies. Remember, take care of yourselves. You’ll be good for no one—for each other, for your children—if you don’t” (p. 132). Do Karen and David take care of one another? Does David take care of himself?
-- They could have done so sooner.
* 16. A recovering addict tells Sheff, “You will believe in God before this over” (p. 133). Later, Sheff quotes John Lennon, “God is a concept by which we measure our pain” (p. 256). What does this last statement mean? How do David and Nic each come to believe in a higher power? Discuss their struggle with faith and their ultimate understanding of God.
-- I missed this completely. Therefore, I have no opinion.
* 17. After David Sheff suffers a cerebral hemorrhage, he can’t remember his own name, but he cannot forget Nic and his worry over his son. What is the extent of the damage of the hemorrhage? What good comes out of it?
-- The good I suspect is that it sharpened his focus on addressing Nic's addiction.
* 18. What toll does Nic’s addiction take on Jasper and Daisy? How do David and Karen help them to understand their brother’s behavior?
-- The toll on them is obvious.
* 19. At the end of his memoir, Sheff writes, “Now I am in my own program to recover from my addiction to [Nic’s addiction]” (p. 305). How is Sheff addicted to Nic’s addiction? How does David’s addiction affect his family, his job, and his life? What is his program for recovery?
-- His program for recovery is coming to terms with the three C's.
* 20, Nic Sheff’s own memoir, Tweak, was published simultaneously with Beautiful Boy. Having only read the latter, would it surprise you to learn that Nic, during the height of his drug abuse, dealt drugs? That he prostituted himself for drug money? As a parent, do you think it would be worse knowing or not knowing such details? Think about what’s missing in David Sheff’s memoir and how that might have colored your interpretation of events.
-- As a parent, it shouldn't be worse. Knowing would have helped coming to terms sooner.
* 21. When the book ends, Nic is once again in recovery. Are you left hopeful he will stay that way?
-- At the end of the book, it is unlikely that Nic will stay recovered.
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[[Shakespeare|http://www.consolatio.com/2005/04/grief_fills_the.html]]: Grief fills the room up of my absent child
-- Constance fears that her son Prince Arthur, heir to the throne of England, will be murdered at the order of his uncle, King John. He does indeed die while trying to escape from his murderers.
-- Shakespeare's son was called Hamnet, who died in infancy. Hamnet had a twin sister, Judith and both were baptised on 22 February 1585. King John was written about ten years later.
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Friday, April 30, 2010 at 9:37 AM
[[Scientists Find Genes That Influence Brain Wave Patterns|http://www.physorg.com/news191570658.html]]
April 27, 2010
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified new genes and pathways that influence an individual's typical pattern of brain electrical activity, a trait that may serve as a useful surrogate marker for more genetically complex traits and diseases. One of the genes, for example, was found to be associated with alcoholism.
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-- Introduction
5. dropped out of Berkeley
14c. divorce from Vicki
15b. our children live or die with or without us
Part 1: stay up late
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19b. Vicki wife; 1982; dur in July
21c. 3yrs; broken marriage; his fault
34a. marriage in May
43a. Karen's family
44a. Oct 1993; Karen 7 months pregnant; Jasper born Dec 1993
45c. [[Kurt Cobain|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_cobain]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
-- 4
57a. teacher, Ichabod Crane; Nic yr12 in 8th grade?
58c. blame the divorce
63c. to LA to visit Vicki
63c. Daisy born in June or July
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67c. [[Judith Wallerstein|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Wallerstein]] is a psychologist and researcher who has created a 25-year study on the effects of divorce on the children involved.[1] [2] From 1966 to 1992, Dr. Wallerstein was Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley.
-- 6
73c. expensive high school
83a. Nic in Paris for 3 weeks; ulcer at yr 17
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89b. "you smoked tons of pot ... you're a great one to talk"
90b. smoked with Nic
93b. "Fuck you"
94c. arrest; Jasper at yr6
103. "meth" - own experience with drug too
Part 2: his drug of choice
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107c. blocks reuptake back into storage pouches
108c. amphetamine in 1887; meth in 1919
112b. main ingredient - pseudo ephedrine
116. Nic > yr18
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118a. Hemingway Hendrix, or Basquiat:
[[Jean-Michel Basquiat|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Michel_Basquiat]] (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist and is cited by Graham Thompson as the first painter of African descent to become an international art star.[1] He started as a graffiti writer in New York City, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting.
Part 3: whatever
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125c. turned livid - supercilious and condescending
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169a. Nic and GF Julia
170b. steals Jasper's money
Part 4: if only
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173c. you're as sick as your secrets: [[Al-Anon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Anon]]/Alateen, known as Al-Anon Family Groups, is an international "fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope in order to solve their common problems.
179c. "just pity that may come with thinly veiled condescension"
179c. [[Nora Volkow|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Volkow]] is director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She is Leon Trotsky's great-granddaughter.
180b. ... note: Buddy Gray's obesity
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195. -- JUST CUT YOUR LOSSES NOW!! --
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200c. Nic would have been dead already
201a. draw line in sand
202c. flies to NY
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207. [[Requiem for a Dream|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_for_a_dream]] is a 2000 film adaptation of the 1978 novel of the same name. The novel was written by Hubert Selby, Jr.; the film adaptation was directed by Darren Aronofsky
211b. Nic at yr21 in July
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217. Moondog - cancer, pain
221c. house broken in
224c. http://www.anywho.com/ in April
227c. "What's different this time?"
228c. co-dependent
230a. [[The Royal Tenenbaums|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Tenenbaum]] is a 2001 American dramedy film directed by Wes Anderson about three gifted siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment and failure after their eccentric father leaves them in their adolescent years. An off-beat, ironic, absurdist sense of humor pervades the entire film.
232c. separate jets; Nic to LA; he to San Francisco
233. Nic's letter to Jasper
Part 4: never any knowing
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237b. February 6, 2005 [[My Addicted Son|http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/magazine/06ADDICT.html?pagewanted=print&position]] By DAVID SHEFF
239a. A [[cerebral haemorrhage|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_hemorrage]] (or intracerebral haemorrhage, ICH), is a subtype of intracranial haemorrhage that occurs within the brain tissue itself. Intracerebral haemorrhage can be caused by brain trauma, or it can occur spontaneously in hemorrhagic stro
239a. A [[subarachnoid hemorrhage|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subarachnoid_hemorrhage]] (SAH, pronounced /?s?b??rækn??d ?h?m(?)r?d?/, or subarachnoid haemorrhage in British English) is bleeding into the subarachnoid space—the area between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater surrounding the brain. This may occur spontaneously, usually from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, or may result from head injury.
245a. answered 6-11-05
249b. ... they close the door ... dead to me ...
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255. relapse after two years
255c. happy ending
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267b. in purgatory
269b. [[The Year of Magical Thinking|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Year_of_Magical_Thinking]] (2005), by Joan Didion (b. 1934), is an account of the year following the death of the author's husband John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003).
271c. grieving
272a. King John quote:
William Shakespeare > King John > Act 3, Scene 4
lines in King John, beginning with "Grief fills the room of my absent child" (Act III, scene IV), reflects Shakespeare's grief. The full quote, spoken by the character of Lady Constance, is: "Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do. I will not keep this form upon my head, When there is such disorder in my wit. O Lord! my boy, my Arthur, my fair son! My life, my joy, my food, my all the world! My widow-comfort, and my sorrows' cure!
272c. Nicolas Eliot Sheff; [[nes|http://jhom.com/topics/miracles/hebrew.htm]], hebrew word for miracle
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276a. NIc at yr25; sober for 3 years
276c. "public" resources
279a. "rehab industry is like the auto repair industry ..."
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285a. Hazeldon
285b. costs $40K/month
291a. [[See's Candies|http://www.sees.com/]]???
299c. married yr23, Nic's age now? in <3weeks David turns yr50; white hair
-- epilogue
307a. Ha Jin reference
308c. turned yr 50 in December 2007?
310c. the 3C's: cause, control, cure
310c. ** N.B. ... had gotten here quicker ...
316a. Daisy yr10 in June
-- afterword
319b. [[Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines|http://www.amazon.com/Tweak-Growing-Methamphetamines-Nic-Sheff/dp/1416972196/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272642715&sr=8-1]] by Nic Sheff (Paperback - Jan. 6, 2009) book published; [[one star|http://www.amazon.com/Tweak-Growing-Methamphetamines-Nic-Sheff/product-reviews/1416972196/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar]] reviews.
322. Nic at yr26; Daisy at yr12
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Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Books of The Times
[[When Addicted Son Hurts, Father Feels His Own Pain|http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/books/21masl.html]]
By JANET MASLIN
Published: February 21, 2008
The older Mr. Sheff approaches the family story more conventionally, with more of the baby boom parent’s standard narcissism. As a father he is inclined to place himself tearfully at the center of Nic’s troubles. “People outside can vilify me,” he writes. “They can criticize me. They can blame me. Nic can. But nothing they can say or do is worse than what I do to myself every day. ‘You didn’t cause it.’ I do not believe it.”
So he traces Nic’s unhappiness back to his own divorce — and to his own drug use, which he once regarded as a relatively harmless recreation. Now he is mortified that he ever found Hunter S. Thompson funny and that he tried father-son marijuana smoking as a way of bonding with Nic.
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[[Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines|http://www.amazon.com/Tweak-Growing-Methamphetamines-Nic-Sheff/dp/1416972196/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272824796&sr=1-1]] by Nic Sheff (Paperback - Jan. 6, 2009)
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. for Lee and friend?
Part 1 - day 1
1b. all my family did it
2a. grandfather drank himself to death?
4a. Zelda; 14yrs senior; Mike
5a. Akira introduced him to Meth at yr18
11a. father's affair with Flika (Misha, son), left mother (Vicki)
18b. "I came from a good family ..."
31a. talk about movies and books
34a. meth as trump card
36b. uglier and uglier
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Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 12:24 PM
[[Tweak, on David Sheff's Site|http://www.davidsheff.com/tweak_by_nic_sheff.html]]
[[Tweak|http://books.simonandschuster.com/Tweak/Nic-Sheff/9781416972198]]
Product Details
Atheneum, January 2009
Trade Paperback, 352 pages
ISBN-10: 1416972196
ISBN-13: 9781416972198
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Grades: 9 and up
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Henry Charles [[Bukowski|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski]], born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, (August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife."[4]
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 6:56 PM
[[Drug films|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_movies]] are films that depict drug usage, either as a major theme or as a few memorable scenes. Drug cinema ranges from the ultra-realistic to the utterly surreal; some movies are unabashedly pro- or anti-drug, while others are less judgmental. The drugs most commonly shown in films are alcohol, cocaine, heroin, LSD, cannabis (see Stoner film) and methamphetamine.
[[Methamphetamine|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 3:04 PM
April 21, 2010: Philosophy Cafe at Harvard Book Store topic:
[[Addiction: Disease or Disorder of Choice?|http://www.naturalism.org/philo_cafe.htm]]
Controversy about addiction has centered on the virtues and drawbacks of the disease model: is addiction justly portrayed as akin to mental illnesses such as depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and schizophrenia, and perhaps even physical illness? Or does the disease model conceal important dissimilarities to these conditions, and therefore compromise our efforts to treat and prevent addiction? Is it, as some contrarians claim, a disorder of choice?
Readings:
* [[Addiction: A Disorder of Choice|http://www.amazon.com/Addiction-Disorder-Gene-M-Heyman/dp/0674032985]], book by psychologist Gene Heyman. -- OnPoint: [[Is Addiction a Matter of Choice?|http://www.onpointradio.org/2009/08/is-addiction-a-matter-of-choice]] on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 11:00 AM EDT
* [[Disease model of addiction|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_model_of_addiction]] at Wikipedia.
* [[Addiction is a brain disease, and it matters|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_model_of_addiction]], by Alan Leshner, former director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
* [[Objectivity in mental health: who has a real disease?|http://www.naturalism.org/Pies.htm]] by Ron Pies, clinical professor of psychiatry, Tufts-New England Medical Center. -- We attribute disease to ourselves or to others when we are experiencing suffering and incapacity in the absence of such obvious external causes; or when we observe others to be in such a state of suffering and incapacity.
* [[Review of Heyman’s book|http://www.tnr.com/book/review/addiction-and-freedom]] by Sally Satel, Tom Clark’s review [[here|http://www.naturalism.org/Heyman.htm]].
* [[Should addiction be criminalized?|http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/should-addiction-be-criminalized/]] – with Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
* [[The addictive situation of fatty food|http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/the-addictive-situation-of-fatty-food/]] at the Situationist.
* [[Obesity: addiction or free will?|http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewmcfbrown/100031840/obesity-addiction-or-free-will/]] – Andrew Brown in the Telegraph.
* [[Choice and free will: beyond the disease model of addiction|http://www.jointogether.org/news/yourturn/commentary/2006/choice-and-free-will-beyond.html]], at JoinTogether.Org.
* [[Weakness of will|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/weakness-will/]] at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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Greetings,
Below are a few readings for our April topic. First, here's the thumbnail:
How do you know you're not dreaming? Why are you sure the sun will rise tomorrow? On what grounds do you believe, or not believe, in a god? In answering such questions, we might appeal to evidence, intuition, authority or faith. But what justifies confidence in our grounds for belief? Is there an unimpeachable basis for confidence,
and if not, why do we trust our beliefs at all?
Case study on grounds for belief: homeopathy and alternative medicine vs. mainstream medicine: [[Degrees in homeopathy slated as unscientific|http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070319/full/446352a.html]] and [[Faith-based degree ‘damages science’|http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article1550602.ece]]
On the importance of evidence: [[William K. Clifford|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_K._Clifford]]’s [[The Ethics of Belief|http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/w_k_clifford/ethics_of_belief.html]] quote: "It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."
Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 2:55 PM
[[William Kingdon Clifford, FRS (May 4, 1845 - March 3, 1879)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_K._Clifford]]
He is also well known for arguing that it was immoral to believe things for which one lacks evidence, in his 1879 essay "The Ethics of Belief", which contains the famous principle: "it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence." As such, he was arguing in direct opposition to religious thinkers which claim faith (i.e. belief in things in spite of the lack of evidence for them) to be virtuous. This paper was famously attacked by pragmatist philosopher William James in his "Will to Believe" lecture. Often these two works are read and published together as touchstones for the debate over evidentialism, faith, and overbelief.
From Philosophy Talk blog:
[[“The place of skepticism and skeptical arguments”|http://theblog.philosophytalk.org/2007/03/the_place_of_sc.html]]
[[“Two skeptical arguments”|http://theblog.philosophytalk.org/2007/03/two_skeptical_a.html]]
From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
[[Skepticism (putting the possibility of knowledge into doubt)|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/skepticism/]]
[[Are we brains in a vat? (a variation on how do you know you’re not dreaming?)|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/brain-vat/]]
[[The problem of induction, Hume’s specialty (how do you know the sun will rise tomorrow?)|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/induction-problem/#IndJus]]
[[Religious vs. scientific epistemology|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-science/#EpiSciRel]]
[[Evidentialism and religious epistemology|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-epistemology/]]
[[Coherentism (as opposed to looking for indubitable foundations for belief)|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justep-coherence/]]
[[On the possible natural foundations of reliable beliefs|http://www.naturalism.org/plantinga.htm]]
Hope to see you on the 17th, at our usual time and place, about which see here.
Tom
PS – just a final plug for the New Humanism conference in Cambridge, April 20-22, with a great line up of speakers, [[see|http://www.thenewhumanism.org/?page_id=13]] .
Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 3:18 PM
[[Brain in a vat|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat]]
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Friday, October 17, 2008 at 12:34 PM
[[Benito Cereno|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Cereno]] is a novella or short novel by Herman Melville. It was first serialized in Putnam's Monthly in 1855 and later included in slightly revised version in his collection The Piazza Tales (1856).
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Melville Stories
Herman Melville
[["Benito Cereno" (Part I)|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/melvillestories/section6.rhtml]]
[["Benito Cereno" (Part II)|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/melvillestories/section7.rhtml]]
[["Benito Cereno" (Part III)|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/melvillestories/section8.rhtml]]
[[Duxbury, MA|http://maps.google.com/maps?q=duxbury,+ma&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNFA,RNFA:1970--2,RNFA:en&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title]]
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Amasa Delano - Amasa Delano is the main character of "Benito Cereno." He is the captain of the Bachelor's Delight, a whaling ship from Massachusetts. Delano is a pleasant, good-natured man, slow to become suspicious, but he is not naive.
Benito Cereno - Benito Cereno is the character after whom the story is named. He is a tall, thin man. He is Chilean, and primarily speaks Spanish, though he knows some English. He is the captain of the San Dominick, a merchant vessel.
Babo - Babo is the leader of the slaves in "Benito Cereno." Babo led the slave revolt against the sailors, taking over the San Dominick. For most of "Benito Cereno," Babo masquerades as Cereno's servant. However, he is actually there to keep an eye on Cereno and to make sure that Cereno doesn't betray Babo and the slaves to Captain Delano. Babo is small, but he is wily and intelligent.
Atufal - Atufal is Babo's main co-conspirator in "Benito Cereno." He is a huge black slave, tall and muscular, and he uses his size and strength to intimidate and threaten Benito Cereno throughout the story.
Alexandro Aranda - The owner of the slaves on the San Dominick, and a friend of Benito Cereno. Aranda's death is ordered by Babo.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 10:17 AM
[[The text of "Benito Cereno"|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/]], by Herman Melville, published in 1856, is in the public domain. This html edition, prepared by Ken Roberts, is also in the public domain. The section numbers and captions have been added for convenience, and were not in the original text.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 -- [[A SHIP|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s001.html]]
. IN THE year 1799, Captain Amasa Delano, of Duxbury, in Massachusetts
. The term berth is used to describe a bed on a boat or train
... into long roods of swells ...
... The sky seemed a grey mantle ...
... kith and kin: One's acquaintances and relatives.
. a person of a singularly undistrustful good nature,
... imputation: a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"
... freebooter: Another name for a pirate or buccaneer, Dutch pirates were known as "vrijbuiters," the word "vrij" meaning free, " ...
. a Spanish merchantman of the first class
. Her keel seemed laid, her ribs put together, and she launched, from Ezekiel's Valley of Dry Bones.
... Froissart pattern:
. "Seguid vuestro jefe" (follow your leader)
. ship's name, "SAN DOMINICK,"
2 -- [[ABOARD SAN DOMINICK|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s002.html]]
... Lascars or Manilla men:
... their heads like black, doddered willow tops
... quarter-deck: The part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. Usually reserved for ship's officers, guests ...
. By his side stood a black of small stature, in whose rude face, as occasionally, like a shepherd's dog, he mutely turned it up into the Spaniard's, sorrow and affection were equally blended.
... saturnine mood of ill health
. Marking the noisy indocility of the blacks in general, as well as what seemed the sullen inefficiency of the whites, it was not without humane satisfaction that Captain Delano witnessed the steady good conduct of Babo.
. What the San Dominick wanted was, what the emigrant ship has, stern superior officers. But on these decks not so much as a fourth mate was to be seen.
3 -- [[DON BENITO'S STORY|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s003.html]]
. "It is now a hundred and ninety days (6.3 months)," began the Spaniard, in his husky whisper, "that this ship, well officered and well manned, with several cabin passengers -- some fifty Spaniards in all -- sailed from Buenos Ayres bound to Lima,
. the captain at the earliest opportunity had made for Baldivia, the southermost civilized port of Chili and South America;
4 -- [[THE BLACKS|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s004.html]]
. "Pretty serious sport, truly," rejoined Captain Delano. "Had such a thing happened on board the Bachelor's Delight, instant punishment would have followed."
... Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibre used in shipbuilding, for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships, as well as cast iron plumbing applications. ...
... poop: The short, aftermost deck raised above the quarterdeck of a ship. It usually formed the 'coachroof' over the area where the master had his cabin.
... [[Quarter Deck and Poop, Wheel and Binacle|http://www.victorymodel.com/Images/Photographs/HullChronology/images/deck2_jpg.jpg]]
. "Some sixty days." (two months)
. "Yes," said the servant, entering a word, "those slits in Atufal's ears once held wedges of gold; but poor Babo here, in his own land, was only a poor slave; a black man's slave was Babo, who now is the white's."
5 -- [[QUESTIONS|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s005.html]]
... Grandee is a word either to render in English the iberic high aristocratic title 'Grande', used by the Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian peerage
... BENITO, Gender: Masculine, Usage: Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: be-NEE-to [key]
Spanish form of BENEDICT. This name was borne by Mexican president Benito Juárez, and also by Benito Mussolini (who was named after Juárez), the fascist dictator of Italy during World War II.
... BENEDICT, Gender: Masculine, Usage: English
Pronounced: BEN-?-dikt [key]
From the Late Latin name Benedictus which meant "blessed". Saint Benedict was an Italian monk who founded the Benedictines in the 6th century. After his time the name was common among Christians, being used by 16 popes. In England it did not come into use until the 12th century, at which point it became very popular. This name was also borne by the American defector Benedict Arnold (1741-1801).
. The alleged Don Benito was in early manhood, about twenty-nine or thirty.
... hidalgo: Spanish nobleman of lowest rank
... subterfuge: something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a ...
6 -- [[THE BOAT APPEARS|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s006.html]]
... doubloon: Aluminum coin-like objects bearing the krewe's insignia on one side and the parade's theme on the reverse; first introduced by Rex in 1960 ...
... doubloon: The word doubloon (from Spanish doblón, meaning double), meaning a double-sided token coin, often refers to a seven-gram (0.225 troy ounce) gold ...
. this ursine air was somehow mixed with his sheepish one.
... whiskerando: a facetious term for a Spanish old man
. The old man looked like an Egyptian priest, making Gordian knots for the temple of Ammon.
... congé: ceremonious bow
... pshaw: Indicating disapproval, irritation, impatience or disbelief
7 -- [[THE BOAT ARRIVES|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s007.html]]
... Amasa: Commander of David's army until murdered by Joab.
... Amasa: Amasa - burden. * Was a son of Abigail ; Abigail was sister to both King David , and to Zuriah, the mother of Joab. ...
. "They were stove in the gales, Senor."
8 -- [[IN THE CUDDY|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s008.html]]
... cuddy: forward cabin in a small boat
. while Babo here lathers and strops."
. The place called the cuddy was a light deck-cabin formed by the poop, a sort of attic to the large cabin below.
... malacca: stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
. In fact, like most men of a good, blithe heart, Captain Delano took to Negroes, not philanthropically, but genially, just as other men to Newfoundland dogs.
. For here, by your account, have you been these two months and more getting from Cape Horn to St. Maria, a distance which I myself, with a good wind, have sailed in a few days. True, you had calms, and long ones, but to be becalmed for two months, that is, at least, unusual. Why, Don Benito, had almost any other gentleman told me such a story, I should have been half disposed to a little incredulity."
... A panegyric is a formal public speech, or (in later use) written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing, a generally highly studied and discriminating eulogy, not expected to be critical. It is derived from Greek meaning a speech "fit for a general assembly" (panegyris). ...
. Is it possible, thought Captain Delano; was it to wreak in private his Spanish spite against this poor friend of his, that Don Benito, by his sullen manner, impelled me to withdraw? Ah, this slavery breeds ugly passions in man! Poor fellow!
. salaam: a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation
. "Francesco is a good man," rather sluggishly responded Don Benito, like a phlegmatic appreciator, who would neither find fault nor flatter.
9 -- [[BUSINESS|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s009.html]]
... querulous: fretful: habitually complaining; "a whiny child"
... splenetic: splenic: of or relating to the spleen; bristly: very irritable;
... splenetic: bad-tempered, spiteful, habitually angry; relating to the spleen
... transom: A window or opening installed above a door or window.
... chafe: painful from having the skin abraded
. a little to refresh his spirit by the silent sight of fidelity.
10 -- [[SAFE HARBOUR|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s010.html]]
... halyard: The rope by which a flag is raised and lowered.; 2. A line used to hoist a sail or spar. The tightness of the halyard can affect sail shape.; 3. A line attached to the head of sail and run up the mast to lower and raise the sail
... ague: fever
... iniquity: 1. absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"; 2. evil: morally objectionable behavior; 3. injustice: an unjust act
. Or was the Spaniard less hardened than the Jew, who refrained not from supping at the board of him whom the same night he meant to betray?
11 -- [[INTO THE BOAT|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s011.html]]
. But, as if not equally obtuse, three Spanish sailors, from three different and distant parts of the ship, splashed into the sea, swimming after their captain, as if intent upon his rescue.
... tocsin: a warning bell
... smote: Simple past of smite; 2. inflicted a heavy blow
... smite: affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"
. At the sight, Don Benito, covering his face, wailed out: "'Tis he, Aranda! my murdered, unburied friend!"
12 -- [[PURSUIT|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s012.html]]
. About this time, owing to causes hereafter to be shown, two Spaniards, in the dress of sailors and conspicuously showing themselves, were killed; not by volleys, but by deliberate marksman's shots; while, as it afterwards appeared, during one of the general discharges, Atufal, the black, and the Spaniard at the helm likewise were killed. What now, with the loss of the sails, and loss of leaders, the ship became unmanageable to the Negroes.
. Nearly a score of the Negroes were killed. Exclusive of those by the balls, many were mangled; their wounds -- mostly inflicted by the long-edged sealing-spears -- resembling those shaven ones of the English at Preston Pans, made by the poled scythes of the Highlanders.
13 -- [[A DEPOSITION|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s013.html]]
. Senegal Negroes of the ship San Dominick, the following declaration before me was made.
. "Keep faith with the blacks from here to Senegal, or you shall in spirit, as now in body, follow your leader," pointing to the prow;
. after seventy-three days' navigation, reckoned from the time they sailed from Nasca, during which they navigated under a scanty allowance of water, and were afflicted with the calms before mentioned, they at last arrived at the island of Santa Maria, on the seventeenth of the month of August, at about six o'clock in the afternoon, at which hour they cast anchor very near the American ship, Bachelor's Delight
14 -- [[CONCLUSION|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s014.html]]
. "I think I understand you; you generalize, Don Benito; and mournfully enough. But the past is passed; why moralize upon it? Forget it. See, yon bright sun has forgotten it all, and the blue sea, and the blue sky; these have turned over new leaves."
. "Because they have no memory," he dejectedly replied; "because they are not human."
. where, three months after being dismissed by the court, Benito Cereno, borne on the bier, did, indeed, follow his leader.
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Key Literary Elements
• Setting
• Character List
• Conflict
• Short Plot/Chapter Summary (Synopsis)
• Themes
• Mood
• Background Information - Biography
• Literary/Historical Information
Summaries with Notes
• First Half of Narrative
• Second Half of Narrative
• Deposition Section
Overall Analyses
• Character Analysis
• Plot Structure Analysis
• Themes - Theme Analysis
Questions
• Study Questions
Comment
• Comment on the Study of Literature
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[[9 -- BUSINESS|http://books.mirror.org/melville/benitocereno/s009.html]]
[[Glossary of Terms|http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/cereno/terms.html]]
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Title [[Better : a surgeon's notes on performance / Atul Gawande.|https://library.minlib.net/patroninfo/1213023/item&2470551]]
Publication Info. New York : Metropolitan, 2007.
Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 273 p. ; 22 cm.
"The struggle to perform well is universal: each of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives may be on the line with any decision. Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and actual performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable." "Gawande's stories of diligence, ingenuity, and what it means to do right by people take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, labor and delivery rooms in Boston, a polio outbreak in India, and malpractice courtrooms around the country. He discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections, examines the influence of money on modern medicine, and recounts the contentious history of hand washing. And as in all his writing, Gawande gives us an inside look at his own life as a practicing surgeon, offering an honest firsthand account of work in a field where mistakes are both unavoidable and unthinkable."-BOOK JACKET.
by Atul Gawande
[[Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (Hardcover)|http://www.amazon.com/Better-Surgeons-Performance-Atul-Gawande/dp/0805082115/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196177158&sr=8-2]]
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by Atul Gawande
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...............................................................1
PART I DILIGENCE...........................................................11
ON WASHING HANDS...........................................................13
19b. [[MRSA|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRSA]] (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
THE MOP-UP.................................................................29
CASUALTIES OF WAR..........................................................51
PART II DOING RIGHT........................................................71
NAKED......................................................................73
WHAT DOCTORS OWE...........................................................84
PIECEWORK..................................................................112
THE DOCTORS OF THE DEATH CHAMBER...........................................130
ON FIGHTING................................................................154
154. [[Cushing's syndrome|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cushing%27s_syndrome]]
159b. Many talk about the border between what we can do and what we can't as if it were a bright line drawn across the hospital bed. Analysts often note how riduculous it is that we spend more than a quarter of public health care dollars on the last six months of life. Perhaps we could spare this fruitless spending - if only we knew when people's last six months would be.
In absence of certainty, the truth is we want doctors who fight ...
... cf Konrad Lorenz On Aggression ... about doctors
PART III INGENUITY.........................................................167
THE SCORE..................................................................169
175. These situations are dangerous. When a baby is stuck, the umbilical cord, the only source of fetal blood and oxygen, eventually becomes trapped or compressed, causing the baby asphyxiate. Mothers have sometimes labored for astonishing lengths of time, unable to deliver, and died with their child in the process. In 1817, for example, Princess Charlotte of Wales, King George IV's twenty-one-year-old daughter, spent four days in labor. Her nine-pound boy was in a sideways position with a head too large for Charlott's pelvis. Only after the fiftieth hour of active labor did he finally emerge—stillborn. Six hours later, Charlotte herself died, from hemorrhagic shock. As she was George’s only child, the throne passed to the brother instead of her, then to his niece—which is how Victoria became queen.
178. [[Peter Chamberlen|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Chamberlen]]
[[Richard Croft|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Croft]]
[[Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Charlotte_Augusta_of_Wales]]
At the time of Princess Charlott's failed delivery in 1817, her obstetrician, Sir Richard Croft, was widely reviled for failing to use forceps to assist. In remorse for her death, he shot himself to death not long afterwards.
THE BELL CURVE.............................................................201
227b. [[The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation|http://www.cff.org/]]
FOR PERFORMANCE............................................................231
AFTERWORD: SUGGESTIONS FOR BECOMING A POSITIVE DEVIANT.....................249
NOTES ON SOURCES...........................................................259
PART I DILIGENCE........................................11
ON WASHING HANDS........................................13
* 15. [[The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries)|http://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Plague-Childbed-Semmelweis-Discoveries/dp/039332625X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196379800&sr=8-9]] (Paperback) by Sherwin B. Nuland
* 24. [[Positive Deviance|http://www.positivedeviance.org/]]
* 24. [[Positive Deviant|http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/41/sternin.html]] at Fast Company
THE MOP-UP..............................................29
* 50. [[Global Polio Eradication Initiative|http://www.polioeradication.org/]]
CASUALTIES OF WAR.......................................51
* 51. [[U.S. CASUALTY STATUS|http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf]]
PART II DOING RIGHT.....................................71
NAKED...................................................73
WHAT DOCTORS OWE........................................84
PIECEWORK...............................................112
* 128. [[The Cost of Talent: How Executives And Professionals Are Paid And How It Affects America|http://www.amazon.com/Cost-Talent-Executives-Professionals-Affects/dp/0743236327/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196435722&sr=8-1]] by Derek Bok
* 132. [[The Execution Protocol: Inside America's Capital Punishment Industry|http://www.amazon.com/Execution-Protocol-Americas-Punishment-Industry/dp/0385471785/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196435887&sr=8-1]] by Stephen Trombley
* 132. [[The Last Face You'll Ever See: The Private Life of the American Death Penalty|http://www.amazon.com/Last-Face-Youll-Ever-See/dp/006017448X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196435974&sr=8-1]] by Ivan Solotaroff
* 134. [[Society of Correctional Physicians|http://www.corrdocs.org/]]
* 136. [[Death Penalty Information Center|http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions.php]]
* 152. [[Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror|http://www.amazon.com/Oath-Betrayed-Torture-Medical-Complicity/dp/140006578X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196436270&sr=8-1]] by Steven Miles (Author
THE DOCTORS OF THE DEATH CHAMBER........................130
ON FIGHTING.............................................154
PART III INGENUITY......................................167
THE SCORE...............................................169
THE BELL CURVE..........................................201
FOR PERFORMANCE.........................................231
AFTERWORD: SUGGESTIONS FOR BECOMING A POSITIVE DEVIANT..249
* 255. [[Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher|http://www.amazon.com/Lives-Cell-Notes-Biology-Watcher/dp/0140047433/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196436413&sr=8-1]] by Lewis Thomas
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS............................................................271
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 9:03 AM
[[Our Enemy Hands|http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/opinion/27ashenburg.html?th&emc=th]]
By KATHERINE ASHENBURG
Learn from science as well as the wisdom of our ancestors, and wash your hands.
[[Gates group gives $100m to polio fight|http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2007/11/27/gates_group_gives_100m_to_polio_fight?mode=PF]]
Rotary pledges to match grant over next 3 years
By John Donnelly, Globe Staff | November 27, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 12:25 PM
[[Practice made perfect|http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2007/04/15/practice_made_perfect/]]
A doctor explores the ingenuity and discipline involved in improving medical care
By Gail Caldwell | April 15, 2007
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
By Atul Gawande
Metropolitan , 273 pp., $24
[[The Way We Age Now|http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/30/070430fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all]]
Medicine has increased the ranks of the elderly. Can it make old age any easier?
by [[Atul Gawande|http://gawande.com/bio.htm]]
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117. fullfilling role
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213c. spelling error, peak -> pique your interest
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246. Book website: [[Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate|http://www.beyond-reason.net/]]
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[[Bioinformatics For Dummies, 2nd Edition|http://www.dummies.com/store/product/Bioinformatics-For-Dummies-2nd-Edition.productCd-0470089857.html]] Jean-Michel Claverie, Ph. D., Cedric Notredame, Ph.D.
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Bioinformatics For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Jean-Michel Claverie, Ph. D., Cedric Notredame, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-0-470-08985-9
Paperback
456 pages
December 2006
INTRODUCTION.
PART I: GETTING STARTED IN BIOINFORMATICS.
CHAPTER 1: FINDING OUT WHAT BIOINFORMATICS CAN DO FOR YOU.
CHAPTER 2: HOW MOST PEOPLE USE BIOINFORMATICS.
PART II: A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO BIOINFORMATICS.
CHAPTER 3: USING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE DATABASES.
CHAPTER 4: USING PROTEIN AND SPECIALIZED SEQUENCE DATABASES.
CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH A SINGLE DNA SEQUENCE.
CHAPTER 6: WORKING WITH A SINGLE PROTEIN SEQUENCE.
PART III: BECOMING A PRO IN SEQUENCE ANALYSIS.
CHAPTER 7: SIMILARITY SEARCHES ON SEQUENCE DATABASES.
CHAPTER 8: COMPARING TWO SEQUENCES.
CHAPTER 9: BUILDING A MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT.
CHAPTER 10: EDITING AND PUBLISHING ALIGNMENTS.
PART IV: BECOMING A SPECIALIST: ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS TECHNIQUES.
CHAPTER 11: WORKING WITH PROTEIN 3-D STRUCTURES.
CHAPTER 12: WORKING WITH RNA.
CHAPTER 13: BUILDING PHYLOGENETIC TREES.
PART V: THE PART OF TENS.
CHAPTER 14: THE TEN (OKAY, TWELVE) COMMANDMENTS FOR USING SERVERS.
CHAPTER 15: SOME USEFUL BIOINFORMATICS RESOURCES.
INDEX.
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Table of Contents
Introduction - p.1
What This Book Does for You - p.1
Foolish Assumptions - p.2
How This Book Is Organized - p.2
Part I: Getting Started in Bioinformatics - p.3
Part II: A Survival Guide to Bioinformatics - p.3
Part III: Becoming a Pro in Sequence Analysis - p.3
Part IV: Becoming a Specialist: Advanced
Bioinformatics Techniques - p.3
Part V: The Part of Tens - p.4
Icons Used in This Book - p.4
Where to Go from Here - p.4
Part I: Getting Started in Bioinformatics - p.7
Chapter 1: Finding Out What Bioinformatics Can Do for You - p.9
What Is Bioinformatics? - p.9
Analyzing Protein Sequences - p.10
A brief history of sequence analysis12
Reading protein sequences from N to C - p.13
Working with protein 3-D structures - p.14
Protein bioinformatics covered in this book - p.16
Analyzing DNA Sequences - p.17
Reading DNA sequences the right way - p.17
The two sides of a DNA sequence - p.18
Palindromes in DNA sequences - p.20
Analyzing RNA Sequences - p.21
RNA structures: Playing with sticky strands - p.22
More on nucleic acid nomenclature - p.23
DNA Coding Regions: Pretending to Work with Protein Sequences - p.23
Turning DNA into proteins: The genetic code - p.24
More with coding DNA sequences - p.25
DNA/RNA bioinformatics covered in this book - p.26
Working with Entire Genomes - p.26
Genomics: Getting all the genes at once - p.27
Genome bioinformatics covered in this book - p.28
Chapter 2: How Most People Use Bioinformatics - p.29
Becoming an Instant Expert with [[PubMed/Medline|http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed]] - p.29
Finding out about a protein by its name - p.30
Searching PubMed using author’s names - p.32
Searching PubMed using fields - p.35
Searching PubMed using limits - p.38
A few more tips about PubMed - p.41
Retrieving Protein Sequences - p.42
[[ExPASy|http://www.expasy.org/sprot/]]: A prime Internet site for protein information - p.42
More advanced ways to retrieve protein sequences - p.45
Retrieving a list of related protein sequences - p.48
Retrieving DNA Sequences - p.51
Not all DNA is coding for protein - p.51
Going from protein sequences to DNA sequences - p.52
Retrieving the DNA sequence relevant to my protein - p.53
http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P06968.html
http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P06968.html#section_x-ref
Using [[BLAST|http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi]] to Compare My Protein Sequence to Other Protein Sequences - p.57
Making a Multiple Protein Sequence Alignment with ClustalW - p.62
[[Protein Information Resource|http://pir.georgetown.edu/]]
Part II: A Survival Guide to Bioinformatics - p.67
Chapter 3: Using Nucleotide Sequence Databases - p.69
Reading into Genes and Genomes - p.70
Prokaryotes: Small bugs, simple genes - p.70
Eukaryotes: Bigger bugs, complex genes - p.72
Making Use (and Sense) of GenBank - p.73
Making sense of the GenBank entry of a prokaryotic gene - p.73
Making sense of the GenBank entry of an eukaryotic mRNA - p.78
Making sense of a GenBank eukaryotic genomic entry - p.79
Working with related GenBank entries - p.84
Retrieving GenBank entries without accession numbers - p.85
Using a Gene-Centric Database - p.86
Working with Whole-Genome Databases - p.88
Working with complete viral genomes - p.89
Working with complete bacterial genomes - p.92
More bacterial genomics at TIGR - p.94
Microbes from the environment at DoE - p.96
Exploring the Human Genome - p.97
Finding out about the Ensembl project - p.98
Chapter 4: Using Protein and Specialized Sequence Databases - p.105
From Translated ORFs to Mature Proteins - p.107
ORFs: What you see is NOT what you get - p.107
A personal final destination for each protein - p.109
A combinatorial diversity of folds and functions - p.109
Reading a Swiss-Prot Entry - p.110
Deciphering the EGFR Swiss-Prot entry - p.110
General information about the entry - p.111
Name and origin of the protein - p.112
The References - p.114
The Comments - p.114
The Cross-References - p.116
The Keywords - p.118
The Features - p.119
Finally, the sequence itself - p.123
Finding Out More about Your Protein - p.123
Finding out more about “modified amino acids - p.124
Some advanced biochemistry sites - p.125
Finding out more about biochemical pathways - p.125
Finding out more about protein structures - p.126
Finding out more about major protein families - p.127
Chapter 5: Working with a Single DNA Sequence - p.129
Catching Errors Before It’s Too Late - p.130
Removing vector sequences - p.130
Cases when you shouldn’t discard your sequence - p.133
Computing/Verifying a Restriction Map - p.134
Designing PCR Primers - p.135
Analyzing DNA Composition - p.138
Establishing the G+C content of your sequence - p.138
Counting words in DNA sequences139
Counting long words in DNA sequences - p.140
Experimenting with other DNA composition analyses - p.142
Finding internal repeats in your sequence - p.142
Identifying genome-specific repeats in your sequence - p.145
Finding Protein-Coding Regions - p.145
ORFing your DNA sequence - p.146
Analyzing your DNA sequence with GeneMark - p.148
Finding internal exons in vertebrate genomic sequences - p.149
Complete gene parsing for eukaryotic genomes - p.151
Analyzing your sequence with GenomeScan - p.151
Assembling Sequence Fragments - p.153
Managing large sequencing projects with public software - p.154
Assembling your sequences with CAP3 - p.155
Beyond This Chapter - p.157
Chapter 6: Working with a Single Protein Sequence - p.159
Doing Biochemistry on a Computer - p.160
Predicting the main physico-chemical properties of a protein - p.161
Interpreting ProtParam results - p.164
Digesting a protein in a computer - p.166
Doing Primary Structure Analysis - p.166
Looking for transmembrane segments - p.168
Looking for coiled-coil regions - p.174
Predicting Post-Translational Modifications in Your Protein - p.174
Looking for PROSITE patterns - p.175
Interpreting ScanProsite results - p.177
Finding Known Domains in Your Protein180
Choosing the right collection of domains - p.182
Finding domains with InterProScan - p.183
Interpreting InterProScan results - p.185
Finding domains with the CD server - p.187
Interpreting and understanding CD server results - p.189
Finding domains with Motif Scan - p.190
Discovering New Domains in Your Proteins - p.194
More Protein Analysis for Free over the Internet - p.194
Part III: Becoming a Pro in Sequence Analysis - p.197
Chapter 7: Similarity Searches on Sequence Databases - p.199
Understanding the Importance of Similarity - p.200
The Most Popular Data-Mining Tool Ever: BLAST - p.201
BLASTing protein sequences - p.201
Understanding your BLAST output209
BLASTing DNA sequences - p.216
The BLAST way of doing things - p.218
Controlling BLAST: Choosing the Right Parameters - p.219
Controlling the sequence masking - p.220
Changing the BLAST alignment parameters - p.223
Controlling the BLAST output - p.224
Making BLAST Iterative with PSI-BLAST - p.226
PSI-BLASTing protein sequences - p.226
Avoiding mistakes when running PSI-BLAST - p.228
Discovering and using protein domains
with BLAST and PSI-BLAST - p.230
Similarity Searches for Free over the Internet - p.231
Chapter 8: Comparing Two Sequences - p.235
Making Sure You Have the Right Sequences and the Right Methods - p.236
Choosing the right sequences - p.236
Choosing the right method - p.237
Making a Dot Plot - p.239
Choosing the right dot-plot flavor - p.240
Using Dotlet over the Internet - p.241
Doing biological analysis with a dot plot - p.249
Making Local Alignments over the Internet - p.254
Choosing the right local-alignment flavor - p.255
Using Lalign to find the ten best local alignments - p.256
Interpreting the Lalign output - p.258
Making Global Alignments over the Internet - p.261
Using Lalign to Make a Global Alignment262
Aligning Proteins and DNA - p.262
Free Pairwise Sequence Comparisons over the Internet - p.262
Chapter 9: Building a Multiple Sequence Alignment - p.265
Finding Out if a Multiple Sequence Alignment Can Help You - p.266
Identifying situations where multiple alignments do not help - p.267
Helping your research with multiple sequence alignments - p.267
Choosing the Right Sequences - p.270
The kinds of sequences you’re looking for - p.271
Gathering your sequences with online BLAST servers - p.275
Choosing the Right Method of Multiple Sequence Alignment - p.281
Using ClustalW - p.282
Aligning sequences and structures with Tcoffee - p.287
Crunching large datasets with MUSCLE - p.291
Interpreting Your Multiple Sequence Alignment - p.291
Recognizing the good parts in a protein alignment - p.292
Taking your multiple alignment further - p.294
Comparing Sequences That You Can’t Align - p.297
Making multiple local alignments with the Gibbs sampler - p.298
Searching conserved patterns - p.299
Internet Resources for Doing Multiple Sequence Comparisons - p.299
Making multiple alignments with ClustalW around the clock - p.300
Finding your favorite alignment method - p.300
Searching for motifs or patterns - p.301
Chapter 10: Editing and Publishing Alignments - p.303
Getting Your Multiple Alignment in the Right Format - p.305
Recognizing the main formats - p.307
Working with the right format - p.307
Converting formats - p.309
Watching out for lost data - p.312
Using Jalview to Edit Your Multiple Alignment Online - p.313
Starting Jalview - p.314
Editing a group of sequences - p.316
Useful features of Jalview - p.318
Saving your alignment in Jalview - p.318
Preparing Your Multiple Alignment for Publication - p.319
Using Boxshade - p.319
Logos322
Editing and Analyzing Multiple Sequence Alignments
for Free over the Internet - p.323
Finding multiple-sequence-alignment editors - p.323
Finding tools to interpret your multiple sequence alignment - p.324
Finding tools for beautifying your multiple alignments - p.325
Part IV: Becoming a Specialist: Advanced Bioinformatics Techniques - p.327
Chapter 11: Working with Protein 3-D Structures - p.329
From Primary to Secondary Structures - p.330
Predicting the secondary structure of a protein sequence - p.330
Predicting additional structural features - p.334
From the Primary Structure to the 3-D Structure - p.336
Retrieving and displaying a 3-D structure from a PDB site - p.337
Guessing the 3-D structure of your protein - p.340
Looking at sequence features in 3-D - p.343
Beyond This Chapter - p.350
Finding proteins with similar shapes - p.350
Finding other PDB viewers - p.350
Classifying your PDB structure - p.351
Doing homology modeling - p.351
Folding proteins in a computer - p.351
Threading sequences onto PDB structures - p.351
Looking at structures in movement - p.352
Predicting interactions - p.352
Chapter 12: Working with RNA - p.353
Predicting, Modeling and Drawing RNA Secondary Structures - p.354
Using Mfold - p.355
Interpreting mfold results - p.359
Forcing interaction in mfold - p.361
Searching Databases and Genomes for RNA Sequences - p.362
Finding tRNAs in a genome - p.363
Using PatScan to look for RNA patterns - p.363
Finding the “New” RNAs: miRNAs and siRNAs - p.367
Doing RNA Analysis for Free over the Internet - p.368
Studying evolution with ribosomal RNA - p.369
Finding the small, non-coding RNA you need - p.369
Generic RNA resources - p.370
Chapter 13: Building Phylogenetic Trees - p.371
Finding Out What Phylogenetic Trees Can Do for You - p.372
Preparing Your Phylogenetic Data - p.373
Choosing the right sequences for the right tree - p.374
Preparing your multiple sequence alignment - p.380
Building the Kind of Tree You Need - p.383
Computing your tree - p.383
Knowing what’s what in your tree - p.398
Displaying your phylogenetic tree - p.399
Doing Phylogeny for Free over the Internet - p.400
Finding online resources - p.400
Finding generic resources - p.401
Collections of orthologous genes - p.402
Part V: The Part of Tens - p.403
Chapter 14: The Ten (Okay, Twelve) Commandments
for Using Servers - p.405
Keep in Mind: Your Data Is Never Secure on the Web - p.406
Remember the Server, the Database, and the Program
Version You Used - p.406
Write Down the Sequence-Identification Numbers - p.407
Write Down the Program Parameters - p.407
Save Your Internet Results the Right Way - p.407
Use E-Values - p.408
Make Sure You Can Trust Your Alignments - p.408
Use Different Programs to Check Borderline Results - p.409
Stay Away from Unpublished Methods! - p.409
Databases Are Not Like Good Wine - p.409
Just Because It Looks Free Doesn’t Mean It Is Free - p.410
Biting the Bullet at the Right Time - p.410
Chapter 15: Some Useful Bioinformatics Resources - p.411
Ten Major Databases - p.411
Ten Major Bioinformatics Software Programs - p.412
Ten Major Resource Locators - p.414
Some Places to Find Out What’s Really Going On - p.415
Index - p.417
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Genetics For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science)) by T. R. Robinson (Paperback - May 3, 2010)
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Duke University
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1. The Scope of "Life"
2. More on the Origin of Life
3. The Organism and the Cell
4. Proteins—How Things Get Done in the Cell
5. Which Molecule Holds the Code?
6. The Double Helix
PT1DVD2 ---- OK
7. The Nuts and Bolts of Replicating DNA
8. The Central Dogma
9. The Genetic Code
10. From DNA to RNA
11. From RNA to Protein
12. When Mistakes Happen
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13. Dividing DNA Between Dividing Cells
14. Mendel and His Pea Plants
15. How Sex Leads to Variation
16. Genes and Chromosomes
17. Charles Darwin and "The Origin of Species"
18. Natural Selection in Action
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19. Reconciling Darwin and Mendel
20. Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change
21. What Are Species and How Do New Ones Arise?
22. More on the Origin of New Species
23. Reconstructing Evolution
24. The History of Life, Revisited
PT3DVD1 ---- OK
25. From Cells to Organisms
26. Control of Gene Expression I
27. Control of Gene Expression II
28. Getting Proteins to the Right Place
29. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
30. How Cells Talk—Signals and Receptors
PT3DVD2 ----
31. How Cells Talk—Ways That Cells Respond
32. From One Cell to Many in an Organism
33. Patterns of Early Development
34. Determination and Differentiation
35. Induction and Pattern Formation
36. Genes and Development
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37. Homeostasis
38. Hormones in Animals
39. What is Special about Neurons?
40. Action Potentials and Synapses
41. Synaptic Integration and Memory
42. Sensory Function
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43. How Muscles Work
44. The Innate Immune System
45. The Acquired Immune System
46. Form and Function in Plants I
47. Form and Function in Plants II
48. Behavior as an Adaptive Trait
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49. Energy and Resources in Living Systems
50. How Energy is Harnessed by Cells
51. Enzymes—Making Chemistry Work in Cells
52. Cellular Currencies of Energy
53. Making ATP—Glycolysis
54. Making ATP—Cellular Respiration
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55. Making ATP—The Chemiosmotic Theory
56. Capturing Energy from Sunlight
57. The Reactions of Photosynthesis
58. Resources and Life Histories
59. The Structure of Populations
60. Population Growth
PT6DVD1 ----
61. What Limits Population Growth?
62. Costs and Benefits of Behavior
63. Altruism and Mate Selection
64. Ecological Interactions Among Species
65. Predators and Competitors
66. Competition and the Ecological Niche
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68. Nutrients in Ecosystems
69. How Predictable Are Ecological Communities?
70. Biogeography
71. Human Population Growth
72. The Human Asteroid?
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Exercise -- Rule #1 : exercise boosts brain power -- Our brains love motion -- The incredible test-score booster -- Will you age like Jim or like Frank? -- How oxygen builds roads for the brain --
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Survival -- Rule #2 : The human brain evolved, too -- What's uniquely human about us -- A brilliant survival strategy -- Meet your brain -- How we conquered the world --
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Wiring -- Rule #3 : Every brain is wired differently -- Neurons slide, slither, and split -- Experience makes the difference -- Furious brain development not once, but twice -- The Jennifer Aniston neuron --
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Attention -- Rule #4 : We don't pay attention to boring things -- Emotion matters -- Why there is no such thing as multitasking -- We pay great attention to threats, sex, and pattern matching -- The brain needs a break! --
83a. gist - K. Anders Ericsson
84b. [[How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School [Hardcover]|http://www.amazon.com/How-People-Learn-Experience-School/dp/0309065577/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283266702&sr=1-3]] [[John D. Bransford|http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=John%20D.%20Bransford]] (Editor), Ann L. Brown (Editor), Rodney R. Cocking (Editor)
85c. Posner's trinity
88c. forgot what it was like being a novice
89c. can be traced back with minimal effort
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Short-term memory -- Rule #5 : Repeat to remember -- Memories are volatile -- How details become splattered across the insides of our brains -- How the brain pieces them back together again -- Where memories go --
97b. Laurence [[Kim Peek|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Peek]] (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant.
98a. declarative memory
98c. HM
100a. [[Hermann Ebbinghaus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Ebbinghaus]] (January 24, 1850 — February 26, 1909) was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory, and is known for his discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect. He was also the first person to describe the learning curve.[1] He was the father of the eminent Neo-Kantian philosopher Julius Ebbinghaus.
200c. spaced learning
201b. declarative vs. non-declarative memories
105c. "binding problem"
109b. engram
109c. [[Balint's syndrome|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balint%27s_syndrome]], identified by the Austro-Hungarian neurologist Rezs? Bálint in 1909,[1][2] is a disjointed psychic paralysis of gaze with haphazard scanning. It is characterized by optic ataxia (incoordination of hand and eye movement), oculomotor apraxia (the inability to voluntarily guide eye movements/ change to a new location of visual fixation), and [[simultanagnosia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultanagnosia]] (the inability to perceive more than one object at a time, even when in the same place).
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Long-term memory -- Rule #6 : Remember to repeat -- If you don't repeat this within 30 seconds, you'll forget it -- Spaced repetition cycles are key to remembering -- When floating in water could help your memory --
124a. [[Miguel Najdorf|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Najdorf]] (born Mendel (Mieczys?aw) Najdorf in Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warsaw, Poland, April 15, 1910 – died in Málaga, Spain, July 4, 1997) was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation.
124c. [[Alan Baddeley|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Baddeley]] FRS, CBE is professor of psychology at the University of York. He is known for his work on working memory, in particular for his [[multiple components model|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baddeley%27s_Model_of_Working_Memory]].
124c. [[Baddeley's model of working memory|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baddeley%27s_Model_of_Working_Memory]]: 1. auditory (info); 2. visual (info); 3. controlling function, central executive; 4. episodic buffer
125c. consolidation
134a. "available"
134b. not romance
134b. In neuroscience, [[long-term potentiation (LTP)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_potentiation]] is a long-lasting enhancement in signal transmission between two neurons that results from stimulating them synchronously.
143a. [[Daniel Schacter|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Schacter]]'s The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
--
Sleep -- Rule #7 : Sleep well, think well -- The brain doesn't sleep to rest -- Two armies at war in your head -- How to improve your performance 34 percent in 26 minutes -- Which bird are you? -- Sleep on it! --
153. [[William Charles Dement|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Dement]] (born 1928) is a pioneering US sleep researcher, and founder of the Sleep Research Center, the world's first sleep laboratory, at Stanford University. He is a leading authority on sleep, sleep deprivation, and the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy.
153. [[Randy Gardner|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)]] holds the scientifically documented record for the longest period of time a human being has intentionally gone without sleep not using stimulants of any kind. In 1964—as a 17-year-old high school student in San Diego, California—Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours (eleven days), breaking the previous record of 260 hours held by Tom Rounds of Honolulu.
154. [[Nathaniel Kleitman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Kleitman]] (April 26, 1895 Chi?in?u – August 13, 1999)[1][2] was Professor Emeritus in Physiology at the University of Chicago. Author of the seminal 1939 book Sleep and Wakefulness, he is recognized as the father of American sleep research. Kleitman, along with his student Eugene Aserinsky, was the first to discover rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and demonstrate that it was correlated with dreaming and brain activity.
155. The [[suprachiasmatic nucleus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suprachiasmatic_nucleus]] or nuclei, abbreviated SCN, is a tiny region on the brain's midline, situated directly above the optic chiasm. It is responsible for controlling circadian rhythms. The neuronal and hormonal activities it generates regulate many different body functions in a 24-hour cycle, using around 20,000 neurons.
160b. [[Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev]] (also romanized Mendeleyev or Mendeleef; Russian: ???????? ????????? ?????????? About this sound listen (help·info)) (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1834 – 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1907), was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements. Using the table, he predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered.
160b. Mendeleev: suicide threat; table came to him during sleep
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Stress -- Rule #8 : Stressed brains don't learn the same way -- Stress is good, stress is bad -- A villain and a hero in the toxic-stress battle -- Why the home matters to the workplace -- Marriage intervention for happy couples --
172b. [[Martin Seligman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seligman]] regarding: [[Learned helplessness|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness]], as a technical term in animal psychology and related human psychology, means a condition of a human being or an animal in which it has learned to behave helplessly, even when the opportunity is restored for it to help itself by avoiding an unpleasant or harmful circumstance to which it has been subjected. Learned helplessness theory is the view that clinical depression and related mental illnesses result from a perceived absence of control over the outcome of a situation.
174b. adrenalin and cortisol
182a. [[Bruce McEwen|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McEwen]] is the Alfred E. Mirsky professor of neuroscience and runs the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University.
185c. [[Lisa Nowak|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak]]
--
Sensory integration -- Rule #9 : Stimulate more of the senses -- Lessons from a nightclub -- How and why all of our senses work together -- Multisensory learning means better remembering -- What's that smell? --
199c. [[Synesthesia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia]] (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia, plural synesthesiae or synaesthesiae)—from the Ancient Greek ??? (syn), "together," and ???????? (aisth?sis), "sensation"—is a neurologically-based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.
201a. [[The McGurk effect|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGurk_effect]] is a perceptual phenomenon which demonstrates an interaction between hearing and vision in speech perception. It suggests that speech perception is multimodal, that is, that it involves information from more than one sensory modality. The McGurk effect is sometimes called the McGurk-MacDonald effect. It was first described in a paper by Harry McGurk and John MacDonald in 1976.
208a. learning is less effective in a unisenory environment
208c. [[Richard E. Mayer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Mayer]] is an American educational psychologist who has made significant contributions to theories of cognition and learning, especially as they relate to problem solving and the design of educational multimedia. Mayer's best known contribution to the field of educational psychology is multimedia learning theory, which posits that optimal learning occurs when visual and verbal materials are presented together simultaneously.
208c. supra-additive integration
209b. [[Solomon Veniaminovich Shereshevsky|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Shereshevsky]] (1886–1958) (Russian: ??????? ???????????? ???????????), also known simply as '?' ('S'), was a Russian journalist and mnemonist active in the 1920s.
210b. Richard Mayer: hearing and vision: 1. multimedia; 2. temporal configuity; 3. spacial, nearness; 4. coherence, exclude extraneous material; 5. modality, animation and narration
211c. [[Proust effect|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_memory]]; novel In Search of Lost Time (or Remembrance of Things Past)
215c. [[Judith Viorst|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Viorst]] quote
--
Vision -- Rule #10 : Vision trumps all other senses -- Playing tricks on wine tasters -- You see what your brain wants to see, and it likes to make stuff up -- Throw out your PowerPoint --
229b. [[Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bonnet_syndrome]] is a condition that causes patients with visual loss to have complex visual hallucinations, first described by Charles Bonnet in 1760[1][2] and first introduced into English-speaking psychiatry in 1982.
233b. According to the [[picture superiority effect (PSE)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_superiority_effect]], concepts are much more likely to be remembered experientially if they are presented as pictures rather than as words.
235c. babies: preference - patterns of high contrast
237. [[Donald in Mathmagic Land|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land]] is a 27 minute Donald Duck featurette released on June 26, 1959.
--
Gender -- Rule #11: Male and female brains are different -- Sexing humans -- The difference between little girl best friends and little boy best friends -- Men favor gist when stressed; women favor details -- A forgetting drug --
245b. X chromosome: SRY (Sex Reversal Y) gene for male
245b. [[David C. Page, MD|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_C._Page]], is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the director of the Whitehead Institute, where he has a laboratory devoted to the study of the Y-chromosome. His lab mapped the human Y chromosome in 1992. In 2003, his research group sequenced the human Y chromosome.
246a. [[X-inactivation|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-inactivation]] (also called lyonization) is a process by which one of the two copies of the X chromosome present in female mammals is inactivated.
251a. [[Larry Cahill Ph.D.|http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/people/expert/larry-cahill-phd]] is an Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on neural mechanisms of memory formation for emotionally arousing events.
251a. [[Propranolol|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propranolol]] to treat ...
251c. female: "tend and befriend"
252a. [[Deborah Frances Tannen|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Tannen]] (born June 7, 1945) is an American academic and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C..
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Exploration -- Rule #12 : We are powerful and natural explorers -- Babies are great scientists -- Exploration is aggressive -- Monkey see, monkey do -- Curiosity is everything.
270b. Dr [[Edmond H. Fischer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_H._Fischer]] (born April 6, 1920, Shanghai, China) is a Swiss-American biochemist. He and his collaborator [[Edwin G. Krebs|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_G._Krebs]] were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes.
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C'MON, GET HAPPY!
Author(s): David Mehegan, Globe Staff Date: May 20, 2006 Page: D1 Section: Living
CAMBRIDGE Happiness is a bundle of mysteries. How to get it. How to know it when you've got it. Why some people seem happy even when their luck is rotten while others languish in misery as they go from one triumph to the next.
One of the subtler mysteries is the subject of Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert's new book, "Stumbling on Happiness": What will make us happy in the future? You may think you know, but Gilbert's finding, after years of research, is that people are lousy at predicting what will make them happy or unhappy. Gilbert is a bouncy, irrepressible, articulate, 48-year-old professor whose own research (and that of his graduate students) underlies much of his book. Yes, teachers are supposed to be articulate, but few scientists speak with his quotable clarity and puckish sallies. During an interview in his office, he spoke as if his lifework is just the most fun thing and he never tires of celebrating it.
His field is social psychology. Around 1993, he said, "a friend and I were exchanging stories about the ways life had surprised us, and it had surprised us in similar ways. When bad things happened, we were doing better than we had expected. And the good things that happened, accolades and achievements, were not as good as we expected." He looked for the scientific literature on this phenomenon but found there was none. Thus began years of research on people's expectations of happiness, and why they're usually wrong.
"To me it was a lunch, to him it was a research paradigm," said Jonathan Jay Koehler, who teaches behavioral decision making at the University of Texas. "That's the difference between Dan Gilbert and the rest of us. He took the idea and ran with it."
"When I started studying this topic," Gilbert said, "I was amazed at how robust the data was. Everywhere we looked, we saw the same results. People overestimated the hedonic [i.e., pleasure-giving] consequences of future events `If that future thing happens, it's going to make me feel great for a long time, but if that bad thing happens, I'll be devastated.' Neither prediction turned out to be right. We looked at voting, falling in love, sporting events, medical results every time, the same phenomenon appears. The other discovery was the almost universal denial of this phenomenon."
It seems we're all hopelessly infected with "presentism," the tendency to think that how we feel about something now is how we will feel about it in the future (it works backward, too how we feel now affects our memory of how we felt in the past). This tendency affects big and small things, the near as well as distant future. One study, for example, showed that when people do weekly food shopping after a large meal, without a list, they buy less for the next week than they need. On an empty stomach, they buy too much.
Another reason for the distortion, Gilbert says, is that when we think about the future we conjure peak moments or experiences. We imagine a wonderful or terrible moment and exclude everything else: "People say, `If I get that job, I'll have happiness.' If you get the job, you'll experience happiness upon getting it. You may also experience happiness on and off while you're doing it. But you can't think of a job or car or marriage as putting you in a state of happiness for the rest of your life."
Likewise, when asked to imagine an accidental death in the family, all that most people can imagine is shock, horror, and misery. But research shows that when horrible things happen (or less horrible things, such as job loss or divorce), most people bear up better than they would have predicted and do not become permanently unhappy or depressed.
Hooked on psychology
Though Gilbert's own life seems fairly ordinary he's married, with an adult son by a first marriage, and a grandchild it had decidedly unconventional turns.
"I am one of the very few tenured professors on the Harvard faculty who doesn't have a high school diploma," he said.
Raised near Chicago, son of an entomologist father and actress/artist mother, he hated school and dropped out at age 15. "I hitchhiked around the country, played my guitar, grew long hair, and read Eastern philosophy. I was into questions of the mind," he said. "What it is, how it came to be, why I feel like myself, all the things teens care about."
In his late teens, he settled in Denver and tried to be a science fiction writer, "pounding out stories on my little typewriter, sending them off and having them rejected. After I wrote about 30, an editor took pity on me and bought some. I thought, `I'm a real writer now,' but I didn't know anything about literature, wasn't even a good speller." He applied to take an English course at a community college, but all the sections were full. He took a psychology course instead and soon became hooked on the subject.
"It occurred to me that I could learn a lot more about psychology if I went to a real university," he said, "so I went to the University of Colorado at Denver and said, `Would it bother you if I didn't have a high school diploma?' They said, `If you take the GED test and pass it, we could overlook it.' So I took it, passed it, spent four years there, went to Princeton for a PhD, taught at the University of Texas for 11 years, and have been at Harvard since 1996."
Gilbert's teaching methods are legendary. Koehler, his friend from Texas, had a stint as a visiting professor at Harvard and attended the first session of Gilbert's statistics class. "It was a large class," Koehler said, "and he came in and started roaring around the stage, like an animal. After that silly act, he said, `That, ladies and gentlemen, is as frightened as you should ever be of statistics.' "
Daniel Gilbert takes pleasure in uncostly, uncomplicated things. He enjoys walking to work. He loves to write. He likes weird jazz, what he calls "the sound of an animal dying in a blender," and playing his guitar. He always wears cargo pants (except in the shower, he says) that he buys in quantity at Costco. "I don't like to do things that take me far out of my chair. I love nature, so I have the Discovery Channel. I love traveling, so I get magazines. All the things I enjoy in life are in my mind."
"Stumbling on Happiness" is not a self-help book. But given his choice of subject, Gilbert can't avoid the Big Question.
"If someone said to me, `Dan, you've read the scientific literature. What do you think is the secret to happiness?' I would say, `Stop working so hard to earn money, and spend more time with family and friends.' We know from the data that after a certain level of income, more money doesn't make more happiness. It's also clear that one of the best predictors of happiness is the extent and goodness of social networks."
But it seems that people don't want that answer.
"Every rabbi, philosopher, and grandmother has been telling us that for 2,000 years," Gilbert said. "What we want to hear is, `Assume the following position, cross your knees and hum, take this pill.' We want a quick fix and we want something exotic. We want unhappiness to be cured like an infection, with a magic medicine. It's not going to happen."
Discomfort and joy
So what is happiness?
"In English, happiness is a noun, and we often make the mistake of thinking that nouns are things we possess," Gilbert said. "Happiness is a property of events, not something in and of itself. It's a compass. What good is a compass that is always stuck on north? We are meant to move between happiness and unhappiness, and the game of life is to try to get over to happiness as often as possible, knowing that you will inevitably come back to unhappiness as well."
Is it hopeless, then, to try to plan our future happiness? Not quite, according to Gilbert. We might just stumble on it, as the book title suggests. Aside from that, Gilbert says experiments show that the best way to find out whether we will be happy or unhappy with a future circumstance is not to try to imagine it but to consult those we trust who have been there, done that.
As with Grandmother's advice, though, we don't want that answer.
"People are convinced that they are unique, that everybody likes different things," Gilbert said. However, he insists, "People agree about 95 percent on what brings happiness." Almost everyone likes family, friends, sex, good food, gorgeous sunsets, and laughter. Almost no one thinks nausea, war, poverty, grave illness, or an earthquake will make them happy. "Human beings are remarkably similar in what they like, but they disagree at the margins, and these disagreements loom larger than they really are."
So, is Daniel Gilbert happy? One expects a nuanced, carefully qualified answer, but here was another surprise.
"I am a very happy guy," he wrote in an e-mail. "Not all the time, but usually. My guess is that it has to do with the two women who occasionally sit on my lap. One is my wife, and the other is my granddaughter. Both are beautiful and smart, but only one can be bribed with candy (which is how I got her to marry me)."
David Mehegan can be reached at mehegan@globe.com.
SIDEBAR:
We asked five local celebrities a simple question: What makes you happy?
Gregory Maguire
author of
"Wicked"
"Seeing the kids get on the school bus in the morning and get off the bus in the afternoon."
Amanda Palmer
singer-pianist of the Dresden Dolls
"I am happy when I am alone, reading or writing, in a warm and dimly lit cafe surrounded by happy talking people who I don't know."
Mike Dreese
CEO of Newbury Comics
"Watching my daughter play softball . . . and playing chess with my son."
Ken Oringer
chef-owner of Clio, Uni, Toro
"Cooking at any of my restaurants, traveling, and gathering new ideas. What really puts a smile on my face is my fiancee, Celine."
Keith Lockhart
conductor of the Boston Pops
"Spending time out amidst nature by myself."
Bobby Hankinson</blockquote>
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/***
''Name:'' Calendar plugin
''Version:'' <<getversion calendar>> (<<getversiondate calendar "DD MMM YYYY">>)
''Author:'' SteveRumsby
''Configuration:''
|''First day of week:''|<<option txtCalFirstDay>>|(Monday = 0, Sunday = 6)|
|''First day of weekend:''|<<option txtCalStartOfWeekend>>|(Monday = 0, Sunday = 6)|
''Syntax:''
|{{{<<calendar>>}}}|Produce a full-year calendar for the current year|
|{{{<<calendar year>>}}}|Produce a full-year calendar for the given year|
|{{{<<calendar year month>>}}}|Produce a one-month calendar for the given month and year|
|{{{<<calendar thismonth>>}}}|Produce a one-month calendar for the current month|
|{{{<<calendar lastmonth>>}}}|Produce a one-month calendar for last month|
|{{{<<calendar nextmonth>>}}}|Produce a one-month calendar for next month|
***/
// //Modify this section to change the text displayed for the month and day names, to a different language for example. You can also change the format of the tiddler names linked to from each date, and the colours used.
// // ''Changes by ELS 2005.10.30:''
// // config.macros.calendar.handler()
// // ^^use "tbody" element for IE compatibility^^
// // ^^IE returns 2005 for current year, FF returns 105... fix year adjustment accordingly^^
// // createCalendarDays()
// // ^^use showDate() function (if defined) to render autostyled date with linked popup^^
// // calendar stylesheet definition
// // ^^use .calendar class-specific selectors, add text centering and margin settings^^
//{{{
config.macros.calendar = {};
config.macros.calendar.monthnames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
config.macros.calendar.daynames = ["M", "T", "W", "T", "F", "S", "S"];
config.macros.calendar.weekendbg = "#c0c0c0";
config.macros.calendar.monthbg = "#e0e0e0";
config.macros.calendar.holidaybg = "#ffc0c0";
//}}}
// //''Code section:''
// (you should not need to alter anything below here)//
//{{{
if(config.options.txtCalFirstDay == undefined)
config.options.txtCalFirstDay = 6;
if(config.options.txtCalStartOfWeekend == undefined)
config.options.txtCalStartOfWeekend = 5;
config.macros.calendar.tiddlerformat = "0DD/0MM/YYYY"; // This used to be changeable - for now, it isn't// <<smiley :-(>>
version.extensions.calendar = { major: 0, minor: 6, revision: 0, date: new Date(2006, 1, 22)};
config.macros.calendar.monthdays = [ 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31];
config.macros.calendar.holidays = [ ]; // Not sure this is required anymore - use reminders instead
//}}}
// //Is the given date a holiday?
//{{{
function calendarIsHoliday(date)
{
var longHoliday = date.formatString("0DD/0MM/YYYY");
var shortHoliday = date.formatString("0DD/0MM");
for(var i = 0; i < config.macros.calendar.holidays.length; i++) {
if(config.macros.calendar.holidays[i] == longHoliday || config.macros.calendar.holidays[i] == shortHoliday) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
//}}}
// //The main entry point - the macro handler.
// //Decide what sort of calendar we are creating (month or year, and which month or year)
// // Create the main calendar container and pass that to sub-ordinate functions to create the structure.
// ELS 2005.10.30: added creation and use of "tbody" for IE compatibility and fixup for year >1900//
// ELS 2005.10.30: fix year calculation for IE's getYear() function (which returns '2005' instead of '105')//
//{{{
config.macros.calendar.handler = function(place,macroName,params)
{
var calendar = createTiddlyElement(place, "table", null, "calendar", null);
var tbody = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tbody", null, null, null);
var today = new Date();
var year = today.getYear();
if (year<1900) year+=1900;
if (params[0] == "thismonth")
{
cacheReminders(new Date(year, today.getMonth(), 1, 0, 0), 31);
createCalendarOneMonth(tbody, year, today.getMonth());
}
else if (params[0] == "lastmonth") {
var month = today.getMonth()-1; if (month==-1) { month=11; year--; }
cacheReminders(new Date(year, month, 1, 0, 0), 31);
createCalendarOneMonth(tbody, year, month);
}
else if (params[0] == "nextmonth") {
var month = today.getMonth()+1; if (month>11) { month=0; year++; }
cacheReminders(new Date(year, month, 1, 0, 0), 31);
createCalendarOneMonth(tbody, year, month);
}
else {
if (params[0]) year = params[0];
if(params[1])
{
cacheReminders(new Date(year, params[1]-1, 1, 0, 0), 31);
createCalendarOneMonth(tbody, year, params[1]-1);
}
else
{
cacheReminders(new Date(year, 0, 1, 0, 0), 366);
createCalendarYear(tbody, year);
}
}
window.reminderCacheForCalendar = null;
}
//}}}
//{{{
//This global variable is used to store reminders that have been cached
//while the calendar is being rendered. It will be renulled after the calendar is fully rendered.
window.reminderCacheForCalendar = null;
//}}}
//{{{
function cacheReminders(date, leadtime)
{
if (window.findTiddlersWithReminders == null)
return;
window.reminderCacheForCalendar = {};
var leadtimeHash = [];
leadtimeHash [0] = 0;
leadtimeHash [1] = leadtime;
var t = findTiddlersWithReminders(date, leadtimeHash, null, 1);
for(var i = 0; i < t.length; i++) {
//just tag it in the cache, so that when we're drawing days, we can bold this one.
window.reminderCacheForCalendar[t[i]["matchedDate"]] = "reminder:" + t[i]["params"]["title"];
}
}
//}}}
//{{{
function createCalendarOneMonth(calendar, year, mon)
{
var row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarMonthHeader(calendar, row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon] + " " + year, true, year, mon);
row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarDayHeader(row, 1);
createCalendarDayRowsSingle(calendar, year, mon);
}
//}}}
//{{{
function createCalendarMonth(calendar, year, mon)
{
var row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarMonthHeader(calendar, row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon] + " " + year, false, year, mon);
row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarDayHeader(row, 1);
createCalendarDayRowsSingle(calendar, year, mon);
}
//}}}
//{{{
function createCalendarYear(calendar, year)
{
var row;
row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);
var back = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
var backHandler = function() {
removeChildren(calendar);
createCalendarYear(calendar, year-1);
};
createTiddlyButton(back, "<", "Previous year", backHandler);
back.align = "center";
var yearHeader = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, "calendarYear", year);
yearHeader.align = "center";
yearHeader.setAttribute("colSpan", 19);
var fwd = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
var fwdHandler = function() {
removeChildren(calendar);
createCalendarYear(calendar, year+1);
};
createTiddlyButton(fwd, ">", "Next year", fwdHandler);
fwd.align = "center";
createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 0);
createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 3);
createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 6);
createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 9);
}
//}}}
//{{{
function createCalendarMonthRow(cal, year, mon)
{
var row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarMonthHeader(cal, row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon], false, year, mon);
createCalendarMonthHeader(cal, row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon+1], false, year, mon);
createCalendarMonthHeader(cal, row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon+2], false, year, mon);
row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarDayHeader(row, 3);
createCalendarDayRows(cal, year, mon);
}
//}}}
//{{{
function createCalendarMonthHeader(cal, row, name, nav, year, mon)
{
var month;
if(nav) {
var back = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
back.align = "center";
back.style.background = config.macros.calendar.monthbg;
/*
back.setAttribute("colSpan", 2);
var backYearHandler = function() {
var newyear = year-1;
removeChildren(cal);
cacheReminders(new Date(newyear, mon , 1, 0, 0), 31);
createCalendarOneMonth(cal, newyear, mon);
};
createTiddlyButton(back, "<<", "Previous year", backYearHandler);
*/
var backMonHandler = function() {
var newyear = year;
var newmon = mon-1;
if(newmon == -1) { newmon = 11; newyear = newyear-1;}
removeChildren(cal);
cacheReminders(new Date(newyear, newmon , 1, 0, 0), 31);
createCalendarOneMonth(cal, newyear, newmon);
};
createTiddlyButton(back, "<", "Previous month", backMonHandler);
month = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, "calendarMonthname", name)
// month.setAttribute("colSpan", 3);
month.setAttribute("colSpan", 5);
var fwd = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
fwd.align = "center";
fwd.style.background = config.macros.calendar.monthbg;
// fwd.setAttribute("colSpan", 2);
var fwdMonHandler = function() {
var newyear = year;
var newmon = mon+1;
if(newmon == 12) { newmon = 0; newyear = newyear+1;}
removeChildren(cal);
cacheReminders(new Date(newyear, newmon , 1, 0, 0), 31);
createCalendarOneMonth(cal, newyear, newmon);
};
createTiddlyButton(fwd, ">", "Next month", fwdMonHandler);
/*
var fwdYear = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
var fwdYearHandler = function() {
var newyear = year+1;
removeChildren(cal);
cacheReminders(new Date(newyear, mon , 1, 0, 0), 31);
createCalendarOneMonth(cal, newyear, mon);
};
createTiddlyButton(fwd, ">>", "Next year", fwdYearHandler);
*/
} else {
month = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, "calendarMonthname", name)
month.setAttribute("colSpan", 7);
}
month.align = "center";
month.style.background = config.macros.calendar.monthbg;
}
//}}}
//{{{
function createCalendarDayHeader(row, num)
{
var cell;
for(var i = 0; i < num; i++) {
for(var j = 0; j < 7; j++) {
var d = j + (config.options.txtCalFirstDay - 0);
if(d > 6) d = d - 7;
cell = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, config.macros.calendar.daynames[d]);
if(d == (config.options.txtCalStartOfWeekend-0) || d == (config.options.txtCalStartOfWeekend-0+1))
cell.style.background = config.macros.calendar.weekendbg;
}
}
}
//}}}
//{{{
function createCalendarDays(row, col, first, max, year, mon)
{
var i;
for(i = 0; i < col; i++) {
createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
}
var day = first;
for(i = col; i < 7; i++) {
var d = i + (config.options.txtCalFirstDay - 0);
if(d > 6) d = d - 7;
var daycell = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
var isaWeekend = ((d == (config.options.txtCalStartOfWeekend-0) || d == (config.options.txtCalStartOfWeekend-0+1))? true:false);
if(day > 0 && day <= max) {
var celldate = new Date(year, mon, day);
// ELS 2005.10.30: use <<date>> macro's showDate() function to create popup
if (window.showDate) {
showDate(daycell,celldate,"popup","DD","DD-MMM-YYYY",true, isaWeekend);
} else {
if(isaWeekend) daycell.style.background = config.macros.calendar.weekendbg;
var title = celldate.formatString(config.macros.calendar.tiddlerformat);
if(calendarIsHoliday(celldate)) {
daycell.style.background = config.macros.calendar.holidaybg;
}
if(window.findTiddlersWithReminders == null) {
var link = createTiddlyLink(daycell, title, false);
link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(day));
} else {
var button = createTiddlyButton(daycell, day, title, onClickCalendarDate);
}
}
}
day++;
}
}
//}}}
// //We've clicked on a day in a calendar - create a suitable pop-up of options.
// //The pop-up should contain:
// // * a link to create a new entry for that date
// // * a link to create a new reminder for that date
// // * an <hr>
// // * the list of reminders for that date
//{{{
function onClickCalendarDate(e)
{
var button = this;
var date = button.getAttribute("title");
var dat = new Date(date.substr(6,4), date.substr(3,2)-1, date.substr(0, 2));
date = dat.formatString(config.macros.calendar.tiddlerformat);
var popup = createTiddlerPopup(this);
popup.appendChild(document.createTextNode(date));
var newReminder = function() {
var t = store.getTiddlers(date);
displayTiddler(null, date, 2, null, null, false, false);
if(t) {
document.getElementById("editorBody" + date).value += "\n<<reminder day:" + dat.getDate() +
" month:" + (dat.getMonth()+1) +
" year:" + (dat.getYear()+1900) + " title: >>";
} else {
document.getElementById("editorBody" + date).value = "<<reminder day:" + dat.getDate() +
" month:" + (dat.getMonth()+1) +
" year:" + (dat.getYear()+1900) + " title: >>";
}
};
var link = createTiddlyButton(popup, "New reminder", null, newReminder);
popup.appendChild(document.createElement("hr"));
var t = findTiddlersWithReminders(dat, [0,14], null, 1);
for(var i = 0; i < t.length; i++) {
link = createTiddlyLink(popup, t[i].tiddler, false);
link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(t[i].tiddler));
}
}
//}}}
//{{{
function calendarMaxDays(year, mon)
{
var max = config.macros.calendar.monthdays[mon];
if(mon == 1 && (year % 4) == 0 && ((year % 100) != 0 || (year % 400) == 0)) {
max++;
}
return max;
}
//}}}
//{{{
function createCalendarDayRows(cal, year, mon)
{
var row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
var first1 = (new Date(year, mon, 1)).getDay() -1 - (config.options.txtCalFirstDay-0);
if(first1 < 0) first1 = first1 + 7;
var day1 = -first1 + 1;
var first2 = (new Date(year, mon+1, 1)).getDay() -1 - (config.options.txtCalFirstDay-0);
if(first2 < 0) first2 = first2 + 7;
var day2 = -first2 + 1;
var first3 = (new Date(year, mon+2, 1)).getDay() -1 - (config.options.txtCalFirstDay-0);
if(first3 < 0) first3 = first3 + 7;
var day3 = -first3 + 1;
var max1 = calendarMaxDays(year, mon);
var max2 = calendarMaxDays(year, mon+1);
var max3 = calendarMaxDays(year, mon+2);
while(day1 <= max1 || day2 <= max2 || day3 <= max3) {
row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarDays(row, 0, day1, max1, year, mon); day1 += 7;
createCalendarDays(row, 0, day2, max2, year, mon+1); day2 += 7;
createCalendarDays(row, 0, day3, max3, year, mon+2); day3 += 7;
}
}
//}}}
//{{{
function createCalendarDayRowsSingle(cal, year, mon)
{
var row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
var first1 = (new Date(year, mon, 1)).getDay() -1 - (config.options.txtCalFirstDay-0);
if(first1 < 0) first1 = first1+ 7;
var day1 = -first1 + 1;
var max1 = calendarMaxDays(year, mon);
while(day1 <= max1) {
row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarDays(row, 0, day1, max1, year, mon); day1 += 7;
}
}
//}}}
// //ELS 2005.10.30: added styles
//{{{
setStylesheet(".calendar, .calendar table, .calendar th, .calendar tr, .calendar td { font-size:10pt; text-align:center; } .calendar, .calendar a { margin:0px !important; padding:0px !important; }", "calendarStyles");
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 8:03 PM
[[Catch-22|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22]] From Wikipedia by [[Joseph Heller|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Heller]]
Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American satirical novelist, short story writer and playwright.
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[[Catch-22 study guide|http://www.shmoop.com/intro/literature/joseph-heller/catch-22.html]] - analysis, themes, quotes, and teaching guide
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Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 8:18 AM
[[Catch-22 (1970)|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065528/]]
Director: [[Mike Nichols|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Nichols]]
Writers: Joseph Heller (novel) Buck Henry (screenplay)
Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 8:13 AM
[[Film: Mike Nichols, Master of Invisibility|http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/movies/12mcgr.html?th&emc=th]]
By CHARLES McGRATH; Published: April 10, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 5:24 PM
[[Catch-22|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catch22/]] by Joseph Heller
Character List
--
Alan Arkin Captain John Yossarian, (Bombardier) 26 March 1934
Yossarian - The protagonist and hero of the novel. Yossarian is a captain in the Air Force and a lead bombardier in his squadron, but he hates the war. His powerful desire to live has led him to the conclusion that millions of people are trying to kill him, and he has decided either to live forever or, ironically, die trying.
--
Jon Voight 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder: 29 December 1938 (yr31)
Milo Minderbinder - A fantastically powerful mess officer, Milo controls an international black-market syndicate and is revered in obscure corners all over the world. He ruthlessly chases after profit and bombs his own men as part of a contract with Germany. Milo insists that everyone in the squadron will benefit from being part of the syndicate and that “everyone has a share.” He also takes his job as mess officer very, very seriously; as a result, the troops in Yossarian's division eat better than any others.
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Jon Voight 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder: 29 December 1938 (yr31)
. Catch-22 can be found in the novel not only where it is explicitly defined but also throughout the characters' stories, which are full of catches and instances of circular reasoning that trap unwitting bystanders in their snares—for instance, the ability of the powerful officer Milo Minderbinder to make great sums of money by trading among the companies that he himself owns.
--
Jack Gilford Dr. "Doc" Daneeka
Doc Daneeka - The medical officer. Doc Daneeka feels very sorry for himself because the war has interrupted his lucrative private practice in the United States, and he refuses to listen to other people's problems. Doc Daneeka is the first person to explain Catch-22 to Yossarian.
--
Anthony Perkins Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
The chaplain - A friend of Yossarian. Timid and thoughtful, the chaplain is haunted by a sensation of déjà vu (the feeling of having seen or experienced a particular thing before) and begins to lose his faith in God as the novel progresses.
--
Martin Balsam Colonel Cathcart (CO, 256th Squadron)
Colonel Cathcart - The ambitious, unintelligent officer in charge of Yossarian's squadron. Colonel Cathcart wants to be a general, and he tries to impress his superiors by bravely volunteering his men for dangerous combat duty whenever he gets the chance. As he tries to scheme his way ahead, he considers successful actions “feathers in his cap” and unsuccessful ones “black eyes.”
--
Martin Balsam Colonel Cathcart (CO, 256th Squadron)
Buck Henry Lt. Colonel Korn (XO / Roman policeman)
. He is eventually arrested for being in Rome without a pass, and his superior officers, Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn, offer him a choice. He can either face a court-martial or be released and sent home with an honorable discharge.
--
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Hungry Joe - An unhinged member of Yossarian's squadron. A former photographer for Life magazine, Hungry Joe is obsessed with photographing naked women. He has horrible nightmares on nights when he is not scheduled to fly a combat mission the next morning.
--
Art Garfunkel (as Arthur Garfunkel) Captain Nately: 5 November 1941 (yr29)
Nately - A good-natured nineteen-year-old boy in Yossarian's squadron. Nately, who comes from a wealthy home, falls in love with a whore in Rome and generally tries to keep Yossarian from getting into trouble.
--
Art Garfunkel (as Arthur Garfunkel) Captain Nately: 5 November 1941 (yr29)
. His friend Nately falls in love with a whore from Rome and woos her constantly, despite her continued indifference and the fact that her kid sister constantly interferes with their romantic rendezvous. Finally, she falls in love with Nately, but he is killed on his very next mission. When Yossarian brings her the bad news, she blames him for Nately's death and tries to stab him every time she sees him thereafter.
--
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Nately's whore - The beautiful whore with whom Nately falls in love in Rome.
--
McWatt - A cheerful, polite pilot who often flies Yossarian's planes. McWatt likes to joke around with Yossarian and sometimes buzzes the squadron.
--
Clevinger - An idealistic member of Yossarian's squadron. Clevinger firmly believes in such concepts as country, loyalty, and duty, and argues about them with Yossarian.
--
Martin Sheen 1st Lt. Dobbs: 3 August 1940 (yr30)
Dobbs - A co-pilot, Dobbs seizes the controls from Huple during the mission to Avignon, the same mission on which Snowden died.
--
Dunbar - A friend of Yossarian and the only other person who seems to understand that there is a war going on. Dunbar has decided to live as long as possible by making time pass as slowly as possible, so he treasures boredom and discomfort.
--
Bob Newhart Major Major
Major Major Major Major - The supremely mediocre squadron commander. Born Major Major Major, he is promoted to major on his first day in the army by a mischievous computer. Major Major is painfully awkward and will see people in his office only when he is not there. His promotion to squadron commander distances him from the other soldiers, reducing him to loneliness.
--
Major —— de Coverley - The fierce, intense executive officer of the squadron. Major —— de Coverley is revered and feared by the men. They are afraid to ask his first name, even though all he does is play horseshoes and rent apartments for the officers in cities taken by American forces.
--
Aarfy - Charles Grodin Captain "Aarfy Aardvark" - Yossarian's navigator, even though he gets lost wherever he goes. Aarfy infuriates Yossarian by pretending that he cannot hear Yossarian's orders during bombing runs.
--
Orr - Bob Balaban Captain Orr: 16 August 1945 - Yossarian's often-maddening roommate. Orr is a gifted fix-it man who is always constructing little improvements to the tent that he shares with Yossarian. He almost always crashes his plane or is shot down on combat missions, but he always manages to survive.
--
Appleby - A handsome, athletic member of the squadron and a superhuman Ping-Pong player. Orr enigmatically says that Appleby has flies in his eyes.
--
Captain Black - The squadron's bitter intelligence officer. Captain Black wants nothing more than to be squadron commander. He exults in the men's discomfort and does everything he can to increase it; when Nately falls in love with a whore in Rome, Captain Black begins to buy her services regularly just to taunt him.
--
Buck Henry Lt. Colonel Korn (XO / Roman policeman)
Lieutenant Colonel Korn - Colonel Cathcart's wily, cynical sidekick.
--
Major Danby - The timid operations officer. Before the war, Danby was a college professor; now, he does his best for his country.
--
Orson Welles Brigadier General Dreedle
General Dreedle - A grumpy old general in charge of the wing in which Yossarian's squadron is placed. General Dreedle is the victim of a private war waged against him by the ambitious General Peckem.
--
Paula Prentiss Nurse Duckett
Nurse Duckett - A nurse in the Pianosa hospital who becomes Yossarian's lover.
--
Chief White Halfoat - An alcoholic Native American from Oklahoma who has decided to die of pneumonia.
--
Havermeyer - A fearless lead bombardier. Havermeyer never takes evasive action, and he enjoys shooting field mice at night.
--
Huple - A fifteen-year-old pilot who was flying the mission to Avignon on which Snowden was killed. Huple is Hungry Joe's roommate; his cat likes to sleep on Hungry Joe's face.
--
Washington Irving - A famous American author whose name Yossarian signs to letters during one of his many stays in the hospital. Eventually, military intelligence believes Washington Irving to be the name of a covert insubordinate, and two C.I.D. (Criminal Investigation Division) men are dispatched to ferret him out of the squadron.
--
Luciana - A beautiful girl Yossarian meets, sleeps with, and falls in love with during a brief period in Rome.
--
Mudd - Generally referred to as “the dead man in Yossarian's tent,” Mudd was a squadron member who was killed in action before he could be processed as an official member of the squadron. As a result, he is listed as never having arrived, and no one has the authority to move his belongings out of Yossarian's tent.
--
Lieutenant Scheisskopf - Later a colonel and eventually a general. Scheisskopf, whose name is German for “shithead,” helps train Yossarian's squadron in America and shows an unsettling passion for elaborate military parades.
--
The soldier in white - A body completely covered with bandages in Yossarian and Dunbar's ward in the Pianosa hospital. The body terrifies the men.
--
Snowden - The young gunner whose death over Avignon shattered Yossarian's courage and caused him to experience the shock of war. Snowden died in Yossarian's arms with his entrails splattered all over Yossarian's uniform, a trauma that is gradually revealed over the course of the novel.
--
Corporal Whitcomb - The chaplain's atheist assistant, and later a sergeant. Corporal Whitcomb hates the chaplain for holding back his career and makes the chaplain a suspect in the Washington Irving scandal.
--
Ex-p.f.c. Wintergreen - The mail clerk at the Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters, Wintergreen is able to intercept and forge documents and thus wields enormous power in the Air Force. He continually goes AWOL (Absent Without Leave) and is continually punished with loss of rank.
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General Peckem - The ambitious special operations general who plots incessantly to take over General Dreedle's position.
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Kid Sampson - A pilot in the squadron.
--
Colonel Moodus - General Dreedle's son-in-law. General Dreedle despises Colonel Moodus and enjoys watching Chief White Halfoat bust him in the nose.
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Flume - Chief White Halfoat's old roommate, who is so afraid of having his throat slit while he sleeps that he has taken to living in the forest.
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Lieutenant Scheisskopf's wife - The lieutenant's wife and the lover of all the men in her husband's squadron, including Yossarian, with whom she debates about God.
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Susanne Benton Dreedle's WAC
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Norman Fell First Sgt. Towser
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Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 12:08 PM
[[Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Voight]] (born December 29, 1938)
Spouse(s) Lauri Peters (1962-1967)
Marcheline Bertrand (1971-1978)
In 1962 he married actress Lauri Peters
Voight's film debut did not come until 1967 ... That year he and Lauri Peters were divorced, after five years of marriage.
On 12 December 1971 Voight married model and actress Marcheline Bertrand. Their son James Haven was born in 1973, followed by daughter Angelina Jolie in 1975. Both children would go on to enter the film business, James as an actor and writer, and Angelina as a movie star in her own right.
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[[Robert Elmer "Bob" Balaban|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Balaban]] (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author and director, best known for his collaborations with Christopher Guest.
His uncle Barney Balaban was president of Paramount Pictures[3] for nearly 30 years from 1936 to 1964. His grandmother's second husband, Sam Katz, was a vice president at MGM beginning in 1936. Sam had early partnered with Bob's uncles Abe, Barney, John and Max to form Balaban and Katz. Sam also served as President of the Publix theatre division of Paramount Pictures.
Balaban had a recurring role on the fourth season of Seinfeld as Russell Dalrymple, the fictional president of NBC and eventually Elaine's love interest.
[[Bob Balaban|http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000837/]] ... Capt. Orr
2010 (1984) .... Dr. R. Chandra
... aka 2010: The Year We Make Contact (USA: promotional title)
[[The Children|http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?id=3219&search_by=show]]
Joseph Papp Public Theater
Opening Date: November 28, 1972
Closing Date: January 21, 1973
Number of Performances: 64
Bob Balaban Christopher
Kevin McCarthy Dan
Fern Sloan Kathleen
George Welbes Alexander
[[Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival|http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=&middle=&last=Joseph%20Papp%20Public%20Theater%2FNew%20York%20Shakespeare%20Festival]]
[[Delacorte Theatre|http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=theater&id=250]]
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07/31/1973 Two Gentlemen of Verona
07/26/1973 King Lear
06/21/1973 As You Like It
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08/10/1972 Much Ado About Nothing
07/20/1972 Ti-Jean and His Brothers
06/20/1972 Hamlet
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08/12/1971 The Tale of Cymbeline
07/22/1971 Two Gentlemen of Verona
06/25/1971 Timon of Athens
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06/25/1970 Richard III
06/24/1970 The Chronicles of King Henry VI, Part 2
06/23/1970 The Chronicles of King Henry VI, Part 1
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08/06/1969 Twelfth Night
07/08/1969 Peer Gynt
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08/07/1968 Romeo and Juliet
06/18/1968 Henry IV Part 2
06/11/1968 Henry IV Part 1
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08/04/1965 Troilus and Cressida
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Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Harvard Book Store Presents...
Wednesday, May 6th
Price: $19.95
RUTH REICHL
discusses
Not Becoming My Mother:
And Other Things She
Taught Me Along the Way
http://www.harvard.com/events/press_release.php?id=2273
$5 and $60 tickets on sale now.
Harvard Book Store is delighted to welcome RUTH REICHL, editor in chief of Gourmet and the author of three bestselling memoirs, for a reading from Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way, Reichel's intimate examination of the woman who was her mother.
Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Get "Time Traveller's Wife" book
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Author Kaplan, Michael.
Title Chances are-- : adventures in probability / Michael Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan.
Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2006.
Description 319 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
1 THINKING 1
1b. 125c. [[John Graunt|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graunt]] (April 24, 1620-April 18, 1674) was one of the first demographers, though by profession he was a haberdasher.
1b. inductive by example or deductively by axiom
2a. [[Blaise Pascal|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal]] (pronounced [bl??z paskal]), (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher.
2c. [[Thomas Bayes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bayes]]; [[Francis Galton|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton]] [[John von Neumann|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann]]
3b. [[Gorgias|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgias]] (Greek: G????a?, ca. 487-376 BC), Greek sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician, was a native of Leontini in Sicily.
5a. what makes our assumptions different from mere prejudice?
5a. [[Francis Bacon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon]], 1st Viscount St Alban (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist.
5b. Induction's three faces: proverb; mathematical; scientific
7a. what are you looking for? where should you look? how will you know you've found it? how will you find it again? ...
9c. [[Amos Tversky|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tversky]] (March 16, 1937 - June 2, 1996) was a cognitive and mathematical psychologist, and a pioneer of cognitive science, a longtime collaborator of Daniel Kahneman, and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk.
9c. [[Daniel Kahneman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kahneman]] (born March 5, 1934 in Tel Aviv), is an Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel laureate, notable for his pioneering work on behavioral finance and hedonic psychology.
10b. [[Ramon Llull|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llull]] (1232[1] – June 29, 1315) (sometimes Raymond Lully, Raymond Lull, in Latin Raimundus or Raymundus Lullus, or in Spanish Raimundo Lulio) was a Majorcan writer and philosopher born into a wealthy family in Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands, then part of the Crown of Aragon, now part of Spain.
Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 1:28 PM
2 DISCOVERING 12
12a. [[Croesus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croesus]] (pronounced /'kri?s?s/, CREE-sus) (595 BC – c. 546 BC) was the king of Lydia from 560/561 BC until his defeat by the Persians in about 547 BC.
12c. Cleromancy is a form of divination using [[sortilege|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleromancy]], casting lots or casting bones in which an outcome is determined by random means, such as the rolling of dice.
17c. [[Gerolamo Cardano|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Cardano]] or Girolamo Cardano (English Jerome Cardan, Latin Hieronymus Cardanus; September 24, 1501 - September 21, 1576) was a celebrated Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler
22c. [[Blaise Pascal|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal]] --- as in [[Pascal's Wager|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager]]; [[Pascal's triangle|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_triangle]]
22c. Antoine Gombaud, [[chevalier de Méré|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Mere]] was a French writer, born at Poitou in 1607, and died on December 29, 1684.
3 ELABORATING 33
33b. [[Abraham de Moivre|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_de_moivre]] (May 26, 1667 in Vitry-le-François, Champagne, France – November 27, 1754 in London, England; pronounced as /ab?am d? mwav?/) was a French mathematician famous for de Moivre's formula, which links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1697, and was a friend of Isaac Newton, Edmund Halley, and James Stirling. Among his fellow Huguenot exiles in England, he was a colleague of the editor and translator Pierre des Maizeaux.
35b. tweezers to move mountains
36b. multiply by adding logs
38c. even his curves are now named for Gauss and Poisson
40c. [[Pierre-Simon|, marquis de Laplace|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Simon_Laplace]] (March 23, 1749 - March 5, 1827) was a French mathematician and astronomer whose work was pivotal to the development of mathematical astronomy.
42b. LaPlace's refutation of the Pascal Wager
43c. LaPlace's student [[Siméon-Denis Poisson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Poisson]] (June 21, 1781 – April 25, 1840), was a French mathematician, geometer, and physicist. The name is pronounced [simeõ d??ni pwasõ] in French.
44b. [[Ladislaus Josephovich Bortkiewicz|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_Bortkiewicz]] (August 7, 1868 - July 15, 1931) was a Russian economist and statistician of Polish descent. Some of his works in German language are published using the name Ladislaus von Bortkewitsch
45c. Woody Allen's bi-sexual comment as compared to Poisson's probability
46b. [[Henri Léon Lebesgue|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_lebesgue]] [?~?i? le?~ l?'b?g] (June 28, 1875, Beauvais – July 26, 1941, Paris) was a French mathematician, most famous for his theory of integration.
47a. [[Richard Edler von Mises|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_mises]] (Lemberg(now Lviv) 19 April 1883 - Boston, 14 July 1953) was a scientist who worked on fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, statistics and probability theory.
47b. [[Lviv|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemberg]] (Ukrainian: Image:Ltspkr.png ?????, L’viv [ljviw], Polish: Lwów; German: Lemberg; Russian: ?????, L'vov; see also other names) is a major city in western Ukraine, the administrative center of Lviv Oblast, and designated as its own raion (district) within that oblast. It is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.
50b. [[Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_cantor]] (March 3, 1845[1] – January 6, 1918) was a German mathematician. He is best known as the creator of set theory, which has become a fundamental theory in mathematics.
51a. [[Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Kolmogorov]] (Russian: ?????´? ??????´???? ???????´???) (April 25, 1903 - October 20, 1987) was a Soviet mathematician who made major advances in different scientific fields (among them probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics and computational complexity). Kolmogorov is widely considered one of the prominent mathematicians of the 20th century.
54b. [[William (Vilim) Feller|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Feller]] (July 7, 1906 - January 14, 1970), born Willibrord, was a Croatian-American mathematician specializing in probability theory.
54b. [[Joseph Leo Doob|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Doob]] (February 27, 1910-June 7, 2004) was an American mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory.
55a. [[Joseph Louis François Bertrand|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bertrand]] (March 11, 1822 – April 5, 1900, born and died in Paris) was a French mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, and thermodynamics.
56b. [[Charles Sanders Peirce|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Peirce]] (pronounced purse[1]), (September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American polymath, physicist, and philosopher, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 2:38 PM
4 GAMBLING 57
58b. [[Joseph Hobson Jagger|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jaggers]] (1830–1892) was a British engineer, referred to as, but not an exclusive holder of the title of, The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.
59b. [[Charles Wells|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wells_%28gambler%29]] (1841-1926), gambler and confidence trickster, is one of the men that broke the bank at Monte Carlo, made famous by the song.
59b. [[Claude Elwood Shannon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon]] (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001), an American electrical engineer and mathematician, has been called "the father of information theory"
59b. [[Norman Packard|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Packard]] (born 1954 in Silver City, New Mexico) is a chaos theory physicist and one of the founders of the Prediction Company and ProtoLife.
59b. [[J. Doyne Farmer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doyne_Farmer]], born 1952, in Houston, Texas is an American physicist and one of the founding fathers of chaos theory. He was also a member of Eudaemonic Enterprises.
66b. [[Persi Warren Diaconis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persi_Diaconis]] (born January 31, 1945) is an American mathematician and former professional magician.
67c. [[Edward Oakley Thorp|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_thorp]] (born in August 14, 1932, Chicago) is an American mathematics professor, author, and blackjack player. He is widely known as the author of the 1962 book Beat the Dealer, which was the first book to prove mathematically that blackjack could be beaten by card counting.
69a. [[Archie Karas|http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,67,00.html]]
69b. [[Sir William Petty|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petty]] (May 27, 1623 – December 16, 1687) was an English economist, scientist and philosopher.
69c. [[John Law|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Law_%28economist%29]] (bap. 21 April 1671 - 21 March 1729) was a Scottish economist who believed that money was only a means of exchange that did not constitute wealth in itself, and that national wealth depended on trade. He is said to be the father of finance, responsible for the adoption or use of paper money or bills in the world today.
72a. Warren Buffet eating in Diner ...
73b. [[Zia Mahmood|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zia_Mahmood]] (born January 7, 1946 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a famous Pakistani bridge player who now plays mostly in Great Britain and the United States.
73b. [[Principle of restricted choice (bridge)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_restricted_choice]]
74c. [[Paul Mellon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mellon]] KBE (11 June 1907 – 1 February 1999) was an American philanthropist, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder.
77a. [[Sir Ernest Cassel|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Cassel]] GCB GCMG GCVO (3 March 1852 – 21 September 1921) was a British merchant banker and capitalist.
80b. [[J. M. R. Parrondo|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._R._Parrondo]],[1][2] also Juan Manuel Rodríguez Parrondo, (b. January 9, 1964) is a Spanish physicist best known for the strikingly counterintuitive [[Parrondo's paradox|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrondo%27s_paradox]], where switching between losing strategies can in some cases win.
Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 4:08 PM
5 SECURING 83
88a. [[The weak law of large numbers|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_law_of_large_numbers#The_weak_law]] states that the sample average converges in probability towards the expected value
88c. [[Daniel Bernoulli|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bernoulli]] (Groningen, February 8, 1700 – March 17, 1782) was a Dutch-born mathematician who spent much of his life in Basel where he died.
100a. [[Nicholas Barbon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Barbon]] (c. 1640 - 1698) (Full name: Nicholas Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon) was an English economist, physician and financial speculator. He is counted among the critics of mercantilism and was one of the first proponents of the free market.
104a. satalite cost $180M, $5.5M to salvage
105a. [[Sydney Smith|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Smith]] (June 3, 1771, Woodford, Essex, England– February 22, 1845 London), was an English writer and clergyman.
108b. [[Swiss Re|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_re]] is the world’s largest reinsurer, now that it has acquired GE Insurance Solutions (Ligi 2006). Founded in 1863, Swiss Re now operates in more than 30 countries.
Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 4:26 PM
6 FIGURING 111
111c. [[Abraham de Moivre|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Moivre]]'s Bell Curve
113c. [[Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Condorcet]]
117c. [[Tycho Brahe|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_brahe]] lost part of his nose in a duel with rapiers with Manderup Parsbjerg, a fellow Danish nobleman.
119c. [[Quincunx|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincunx]]
For Sir Francis Galton's machine for demonstrating the normal distribution named "quincunx", see bean machine.
[[Bean machine|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_machine]]
A large-scale working model of this device can be seen at the Museum of Science, Boston.
121c. [[Adolphe Quetelet|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet]]: Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet (February 22, 1796 – February 17, 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist. He founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences. Some French-language sources give his last name as Quetelet, with no accent.
123c. "... beauty is innate in the normal ..." Body Mass Index is his invention?
125c. [[John Graunt|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graunt]] (April 24, 1620-April 18, 1674) was one of the first demographers, though by profession he was a haberdasher.
127c. [[Sir William Petty|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petty]] (May 27, 1623 – December 16, 1687) was an English economist, scientist and philosopher.
131b. [[Henry Thomas Buckle|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Buckle]] (November 24, 1821 - May 29, 1862) was an English historian, author of a History of Civilization.
133c. [[Auguste Comte|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Comte]] (full name: Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte; January 17, 1798 – September 5, 1857) was a French thinker who coined the term "sociology."
134a. [[Wilhelm Lexis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Lexis]] (July 17, 1837, Eschweiler – October 25, 1914, Göttingen) was an eminent German statistician, economist, and social scientist and a founder of the interdisciplinary study of insurance.
135b. [[Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Sinclair]] (May 10, 1754 – December 21, 1835) Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture and the first person to use the word statistics in the English language, in his vast, pioneering work, Statistical Account of Scotland, in 21 volumes.
136c. [[John Snow|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow_%28physician%29]] (16 March 1813 – 16 June 1858) was a British physician and a leader in the adoption of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered to be one of the fathers of epidemiology, because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, England, in 1854.
137b. [[Florence Nightingale|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale]], OM, RRC (in her own pronunciation IPA: ['fl???ns 'na?t??ge?l]; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as "The Lady with the Lamp", was a pioneer of modern nursing, a writer and a noted statistician
139b. [[Charles Booth|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Booth_%28philanthropist%29]] (30 March 1840 - 23 November 1916) was an English philanthropist and social researcher. He is most famed for his innovative work on documenting working class life in London at the end of the 19th century, work that along with that of Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree influenced government intervention against poverty in the early 20th century
145a. [[Karl Pearson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_pearson]] FRS (March 27, 1857 – April 27, 1936) established the discipline of mathematical statistics.
145c. [[Walter Frank Raphael Weldon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.F.R._Weldon]] (15 March 1860 — 13 April 1906) was an English evolutionary zoologist and biometrician.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 9:52 PM
7 HEALING 149
151c. [[Walter of Henley|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_of_Henley]] (Walter de Henley) was an English agricultural writer of the thirteenth century, writing in French. His known work is called Le Dite de Hosebondrie, written about 1280, and deals with manorial farm management.[1] The Catholic Encyclopedia states[2] that Robert Grosseteste had it translated from Latin.
152c. [[Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Aylmer_Fisher]], FRS (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was an English statistician, evolutionary biologist, and geneticist. He was described by Anders Hald as "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science"[1] and Richard Dawkins described him as "the greatest of Darwin's successors".[2]
154a. A [[Latin square|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_square]] is an n × n table filled with n different symbols in such a way that each symbol occurs exactly once in each row and exactly once in each column.
155b. In statistics, [[analysis of variance (ANOVA)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_of_variance]] is a collection of statistical models, and their associated procedures, in which the observed variance is partitioned into components due to different explanatory variables.
155b. [[William Sealy Gosset|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sealy_Gosset]] (June 13, 1876–October 16, 1937) was an English chemist and statistician, best known by his pen name Student and for his work on Student's t-distribution.
155c. [[A t-test|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student%27s_t_test]] is any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a Student's t distribution if the null hypothesis is true. It is applied when sample sizes are small enough that using an assumption of normality and the associated z-test leads to incorrect inference.
157b. [[Austin Bradford Hill|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Bradford_Hill]] (July 8, 1897 - April 18, 1991), English epidemiologist and statistician, pioneered the randomized clinical trial and, together with Richard Doll, was the first to demonstrate the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
158a. [[Blind experiment|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-blind]]
160a. In statistics, a [[meta-analysis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-analysis]] combines the results of several studies that address a set of related research hypotheses. The first meta-analysis was performed by Karl Pearson in 1904, in an attempt to overcome the problem of reduced statistical power in studies with small sample sizes; analyzing the results from a group of studies can allow more accurate data analysis.
160c. [[Dicing with Death: Chance, Risk and Health (Paperback)|http://www.amazon.com/Dicing-Death-Chance-Risk-Health/dp/0521540232/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197315136&sr=8-1]] by Stephen Senn
Monday, December 10, 2007 at 2:57 PM
8 JUDGING 176
176c. [[Abraham|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham]] 1760 B.C. ... "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
177a. "Law" etymologically, means "that which lies beneath"
177b. "are these facts likely to be true?" and "If they are true, is this hypothesis the most likely one to explain them?"
180b. [[Justinian I|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian]]: [[Corpus Juris Civilis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Juris_Civilis]]
180c. [[Simon de Montfort|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Montfort%2C_5th_Earl_of_Leicester]], 5th Earl of Leicester, also Simon IV de Montfort (1160 – June 25, 1218) was a French nobleman who took part in the Fourth Crusade (1202 - 1204) and was a prominent leader of the Albigensian Crusade. He died at the siege of Toulouse in 1218.
181c. [[Legal fiction|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_fiction]]: In the common law tradition, legal fictions are suppositions of fact taken to be true by the courts of law, but which are not necessarily true.
183c. [[Thomas Bayes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_bayes]] (c. 1702 – April 17, 1761) was a British mathematician and Presbyterian minister, known for having formulated a special case of Bayes' theorem, which was published posthumously.
186b. Bayes c.f. Raskolnikov
187a. Bayes vs. Humes regarding the sun rising tomorrow.
188b. The principle of indifference (also called [[principle of insufficient reason|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_insufficient_reason]]) is a rule for assigning epistemic probabilities.
191c. [[The prosecutor's fallacy|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor%27s_fallacy]] is any of several fallacies of statistical reasoning often used in legal arguments.
192c. [[Sally Clark|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Clark]] (15 August 1964 – 15 March 2007)[1] was a British lawyer. She was the victim of a miscarriage of justice; her convictions in 1999 for the murder of two of her sons were quashed in 2003.
196a. [[Francis Galton|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton]] devised a method for classifying fingerprints that proved useful in forensic science.
196b. The [[Daubert standard|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daubert_standard]] is a legal precedent set in 1993 by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the admissibility of expert witnesses' testimony during legal proceedings.
197b. [[John Henry Wigmore|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Wigmore]] (4 March 1863 – 20 April 1943) was an American jurist and expert in the law of evidence.
197c. [[A Wigmore chart|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigmore_chart]] is a graphical method for the analysis of legal evidence in trials, developed by John Henry Wigmore.[1][2] It is an early form of the modern belief network.[3]
204b. ... deified virtues of the ancient world - wisdom, domesticity, revenge - we have statues only for justice
205c. [[The man on the Clapham omnibus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_omnibus]] is a descriptive formulation of a reasonably educated and intelligent but non-specialist person — a reasonable man; a hypothetical person against whom a defendant's conduct might be judged in an English law civil action for negligence.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 10:08 PM
9 PREDICTING 207 ( the weather )
208a. [[Hesiod|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiod]] (Greek: ?s??d?? Hesiodos) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC.
208a. his [[Works and Days|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiod#Works_and_Days]]
208a. [[Theophrastus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophrastus]] (Greek: Te?f?ast??; 370 — about 285 BC), a native of Eressos in Lesbos, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school.
208b. [[Aratus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aratus]] (Greek Aratos) (ca. 315 BC/310 BC – 240 BC) was a Greek didactic poet, known for his technical poetry. "red sky at night, shepherd's delight"
210b. [[Alexander von Humboldt|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt]] was a Prussian naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt. Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography was foundational to the field of biogeography.
212b. bird-watching instinct in humans: a willingness to observe and record things for which we have no clear expanation.
212c. [[Charles Darwin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin]] and [[Robert FitzRoy|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_FitzRoy]] (captain of HMS Beagle and as a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality. He was an able surveyor and hydrographer and served as Governor of New Zealand from 1843 to 1845.)
214a. dissed by [[Francis Galton|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton]]
214b. "but observation, however diligent, is not the same as understanding the forces that generate phonomena. ..."
214b. [[Jean Leray|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_leray]] (7 November 1906–10 November 1998) was a French mathematician, who worked on both partial differential equations and algebraic topology.
214c. [[Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Bjerknes]] (March 14, 1862 - April 9, 1951) was a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who did much to found the modern practice of weather forecasting.
217a. [[Lewis Fry Richardson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_fry_richardson]] (October 11, 1881 - September 30, 1953) was an innovative mathematician, physicist and psychologist.
218c. [[Warren Weaver|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Weaver]] (b. July 17, 1894 in Reedsburg, Wisconsin d. November 24, 1978 in New Milford, Connecticut) was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator. He is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of machine translation, and as an important figure in creating support for science in the United States.
218c. interesting commentary about D-Day's success
219b. [[John von Neumann|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann]]'s "computer" for weather forecasting
220b. [[Edward Norton Lorenz|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lorenz]] (born May 23, 1917)[1] is an American mathematician and meteorologist, and an early pioneer of the chaos theory. He discovered the strange attractor notion and coined the term butterfly effect.
220c. [[Sensitivity to initial conditions|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory]] means that each point in such a system is arbitrarily closely approximated by other points with significantly different future trajectories. Thus, an arbitrarily small perturbation of the current trajectory may lead to significantly different future behaviour.
221b. [[David Pierre Ruelle|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruelle]] (b. August 20, 1935 Ghent, Belgium) is a Belgian-French mathematical physicist. He has worked on statistical physics and dynamical systems.
222c. [[Nicole Oresme|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Oresme]], also known as Nicolas Oresme, Nicholas Oresme, or Nicolas d'Oresme (c. 1323 - July 11, 1382) was one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the later Middle Ages.
223a. [[Henri Poincaré|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Poincar%C3%A9]]
227b. [[Stanislaw Marcin Ulam|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislas_Ulam]] (April 13, 1909 – May 13, 1984) was a Polish mathematician who participated in the Manhattan Project and proposed the Teller–Ulam design of thermonuclear weapons. He also invented nuclear pulse propulsion and developed a number of mathematical tools in number theory, set theory, ergodic theory, and algebraic topology.
227c. A [[Monte Carlo method|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method]] is a computational algorithm which relies on repeated random sampling to compute its results.
229a. ... shift from asking "What will happen?" to "What difference does what could happen make to me?"
230a. N.B. wise observation about range of risks
235c. ... Fated to conceive children in pleasure, bear them in pain and raise them in debt, we do not easily link current sacrifice with future benefit. Instead ...
236c. [[Thomas Midgley, Jr.|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley]] (May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944), was an American mechanical engineer turned chemist. He developed both the tetra-ethyl lead (TEL) additive to gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and held over a hundred patents. While lauded at the time for his discoveries, today his legacy is seen as far more mixed considering the serious negative environmental impacts of these innovations. One historian remarked that Midgley "had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth history." [1
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10 FIGHTING 238 ( warfare )
238b. [[Rupert Chawner Brooke|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Brooke]] (middle name sometimes given as Chaucer)[1] (August 3, 1887–April 23, 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), as well as for his poetry written outside of war, particularly The Old Vicarage, Grantchester and The Great Lover. He was also known for his boyish good looks, which prompted the Irish poet William Butler Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England".
239b. [[Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Younger]] (May 25, 1848 – June 18, 1916), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a nephew of Field Marshal Count Moltke and served as the Chief of the German General Staff from 1906 to 1914. His role in the development of German war plans and the instigation of the First World War is extremely controversial.
240c. Publius [[Flavius Vegetius|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavius_Vegetius]] Renatus was a writer of the Later Roman Empire. Nothing is known of his life or station beyond what he tells us in his two surviving works: Epitoma rei militaris (also referred to as De Re Militari), and the lesser-known Digesta Artis Mulomedicinae, a guide to veterinary medicine.
242c. [[Earl Waldegrave|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Waldegrave]] is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1729 for James Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Waldegrave.
242c. his [["Le Her"|http://www.svgs.k12.va.us/math/Statistics/GameTheory/Le%20Her.html]] game
244a. War and Peace's French exile [[Joseph de Maistre|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_de_Maistre]] Joseph-Marie, Comte de Maistre (April 1, 1753- February 26, 1821) was a French-speaking Savoyard lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher.
246b. [[Kriegsspiel|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsspiel_%28wargame%29]], from the German for wargame, was a system used for training officers in the Prussian army. The first set of rules was Instructions for the Representation of Tactical Maneuvers under the Guise of a Wargame, produced in 1824 by [[von Reisswitz|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsspiel_%28wargame%29]], a lieutenant in the Prussian army, based on earlier work by his father.
246c. (of the French) These patriotic (red stripped) trousers would prove a greate aid to the aim of the field-gray Germans in 1914.
247a. The [[Schlieffen Plan|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan]] was the German General Staff's overall strategic plan for victory both on the Western Front against France and against Russia in the east, taking advantage of expected differences in the three countries' speed in preparing for war. ... violated Belgian neutrality in part because there was not enough room to maneuver such large forces on the Franco-German border?
247b. The [[Maxim gun|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_gun]] was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by the American-born Briton Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884.
247c. [[Émile Borel|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Borel]] (January 7, 1871 – February 3, 1956) was a French mathematician and politician.
248b. ?? [Br'er Rabbit|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brer_rabbit]] (also spelled Bre'r Rabbit or Brer Rabbit) is a central figure in the Uncle Remus stories derived from (via African American folktales) Cherokee mythology of the Southern United States.
250b. money is one measure of success. but utility is a better measure.
250c. [[Theory of Games and Economic Behavior|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Games_and_Economic_Behavior]], published in 1944 by Princeton University Press, is a book by mathematician John von Neumann and economist Oskar Morgenstern which is widely considered the pathbreaking text that created the interdisciplinary research field of game theory.
250c. [[Oskar Morgenstern|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Morgenstern]] (January 24, 1902 - July 26, 1977) was a German born Austrian economist who, working with John von Neumann, helped found the mathematical field of game theory (see Neumann-Morgenstern utility).
252a. Athenians to the Melians: [[Thucydides|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides]] in [[History of the Peloponnesian War|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Peloponnesian_War]] ... hard realism: [[The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melian_Dialogue]].
250a. [[Klaus Fuchs|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs]] (December 29, 1911 – January 28, 1988), was a German-born theoretical physicist and atomic spy who was convicted of surreptitiously supplying information on the British and American atomic bomb research to the USSR during, and shortly after, World War II.
253b. [[John Forbes Nash, Jr.|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash]], (born June 13, 1928), is an American mathematician who works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations, serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University.
253c. American Civil War: interesting take on [[George B. McClellan|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan]]: by valuing lives and reputation over victory, he had failed to find the equilibrium.
255a. c.f. [[Ulysses S. Grant|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant]], that politicians would forgive anything for victory.
255c. [[Thermopylae|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermopylae]] and [[Dunkirk|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk]]
256b. [[Francisco Solano López|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Solano_Lopez]] (24 July 1826 – 1 March 1870) was president of Paraguay from 1862 until his death in 1870. He was the eldest son of president Carlos Antonio López, whom he succeeded. Considered ambitious, perhaps arrogant, and possibly insane, Solano López is widely regarded as being responsible for the War of the Triple Alliance, which led to his death.
257b. McGeorge Bundy's excellent explanation of the escallation of the war
258a. [[Trembling hand|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trembling_hand_perfect_equilibrium]] perfect equilibrium is a refinement of Nash Equilibrium due to Reinhard Selten. A trembling hand perfect equilibrium is an equilibrium that takes the possibility of off-the-equilibrium play into account by assuming that the players, through a "slip of the hand" or tremble, may choose unintended strategies, albeit with negligible probability.
262a. [[The Battle of Inkerman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inkerman]], a battle of the Crimean War, was fought on November 5, 1854 and resulted in a British and French victory under General Bosquet against the Russian forces under General Menshikov. In this battle British soldiers fought bravely under the remote leadership of Lord Raglan. The battle was eventually won by a counter-offensive by the French soldiers under General Bosquet.
263b. Sir John Clerk (10 December 1728–10 May 1812), known as [[John Clerk of Eldin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clerk_of_Eldin]], was the seventh son of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik. Clerk of Eldin was a figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, best remembered for his influential writings on naval tactics in the Age of Sail. He was the great uncle of James Clerk Maxwell.
264c. [[Naval War College|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_War_College]] ... and most famously Captain (later, Rear Admiral) [[Alfred Thayer Mahan|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Thayer_Mahan]], who soon became renowned for the scope of his strategic thinking and influence on naval leaders worldwide. There's a chapter in [[Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age|http://www.amazon.com/Makers-Modern-Strategy-Machiavelli-Nuclear/dp/0691027641]] (Paperback) by Peter Paret (Editor), Gordon A. Craig (Editor), Felix Gilbert (Editor) about Mahan.
268b. [[Paul K. Van Riper|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Van_Riper]]: Lieutenant General Paul K. Van Riper is a retired officer of the United States Marine Corps. Van Riper is critical of the current transformation efforts in the military, especially changes originating from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. He gained notoriety after he claimed that the [[Millennium Challenge 2002|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002]] wargame, in which he played the opposing force commander, was "fixed" to falsely validate these transformation efforts. He is also critical of post-war Iraq plans and implementation. On April 24, 2006, he joined several other retired generals in calling for Rumsfeld's resignation.
269c. [[Carl von Clausewitz|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz]]'s [[On War|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_War]]
270c. [[Prisoner's dilemma|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemna]]
272b. The Communist Party of Peru (Spanish: Partido Comunista del Perú), more commonly known as the [[Shining Path|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path]] (Sendero Luminoso), is a Maoist guerrilla organization in Peru that launched the internal conflict in Peru in 1980.
272b. [[Radovan Karadžic|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radovan_Karadzic]] (Serbian Cyrillic: ??????? ???????) (born June 19, 1945) is a former Bosnian Serb politician, poet and psychiatrist and is currently a fugitive indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
273b. [[Gordon Woo|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/102-7222253-0339343?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Gordon%20Woo]]
275b. [[Herman Kahn|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahn]] (February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983) was a military strategist and systems theorist employed at RAND Corporation, USA. His theories contributed to the development of the nuclear strategy of the United States.
275c. [[Anatol Rapoport|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatol_Rapaport]] (Russian: ?????´??? ????´????? ??????´??, born May 22, 1911- January 20, 2007) was a Russian-born American Jewish mathematical psychologist. He contributed to general systems theory, mathematical biology and to the mathematical modeling of social interaction and stochastic models of contagion. He won a computer tournament in the 1980s, based on Robert Axelrod's The Evolution of Cooperation. This sought to understand how cooperation could emerge through evolution. Rapoport's entry, Tit-For-Tat has only four lines of code. The program opens by cooperating with its opponent. It then plays exactly as the other side had played in the previous game. If the other side had defected, the program also defects; but only for one game. If the other side cooperates, the other side continues to cooperate. According to Peace Magazine author/editor Metta Spencer, the program "punished the other player for selfish behaviour and rewarded her for cooperative behaviour -- but the punishment lasted only as long as the selfish behaviour lasted. This proved to be an exceptionally effective sanction, quickly showing the other side the advantages of cooperating. It also set moral philosophers to proposing this as a workable principle to use in real life interactions."
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 7:51 PM
11 BEING 277 ( quantum mechanics, etc.? )
277a. [[John William Colenso|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Colenso#Life_in_Africa]] (1814–1883), first Anglican bishop of Natal, mathematician, theologian, Bible scholar and social activist.
283b. [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Boltzmann]] (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics. He was one of the most important advocates for atomic theory when that scientific model was still highly controversial.
295b. [[Joshua Tenenbaum|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_learning#Rule-Based_Theories_of_Concept_Learning]] has been a contributor to the field of concept learning; studying the computational basis of human learning and inference using behavioral testing of adults, children, and machines from Bayesian statistics and probability theory, but also from geometry, graph theory, and liner algebra. Tenenbaum is working to achieve a better understanding of human learning in computational terms and trying to build computational systems that come closer to the capacities of human learners.
299b. [[Hervey Milton Cleckley|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hervey_Cleckley]] (1903 - January 28, 1984) was an American psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of psychopathy.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 8:35 PM
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xi. 40K years is his assumption
xxc. values
Chapter 1. The Shattered Mirror
* a traveler's tale
* beyond the mirror
8b. the deepest mistake is to think that your little shard of the mirror can reflect the whole.
Chapter 2. The Escape From [[sitivism|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positivism]]
* professional relativism
* the exile of value
17. facts and values; Keynes and Hume
18. belief and desire
20. Hume: judgment of about how things are and how things ought to be
* positivist problems
* values reclaimed
29a. [[Epic of Gilgamesh|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh]]
Chapter 3. Facts On The Ground
* living with spirits
* arguing with Akosua
37c. ... she had her explanations too.
* Duhem's discovery ([[Pierre Duhem|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Duhem]] He gave his name to the [[Quine-Duhem|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_holism]] thesis, which holds that for any given set of observations there are an innumerably large number of explanations. Thus empirical evidence cannot force the revision of a theory.
Chapter 4. Moral Disagreement
* through thick and thin
* family matters
* red peppers on wednesdays
51c. ... offence against morality, "I didn't mean to do it" counts as a substantial defense, ....
* gross points
* terms of contentment
* fool's gold
* which values matter most?
65b. efficiency as a value
66b. either side of the capital-punishment debate who share the same values, but weigh them differently.
* disputing with strangers
66c. three different kinds of disagreement about value:
1. fail to share a vocabulary of evaluation
2. give the same vocabulary different interpretations
3. same values different weights
Chapter 5. The Primacy Of Practice
* local agreements
* changing our minds
75c. Chinese foot-binding; 4000yrs; obsolete in one generation (1910-1920)
* fighting for the good
* winners and losers
84a. we all have deep habits about gender. a man and a woman on a date ...
Chapter 6. Imaginary Strangers
* waiting for the king
* going home
* do we need universals?
96b. [[Human Universals by Donald E Brown|http://www.amazon.com/Human-Universals-Donald-E-Brown/dp/007008209X/sr=8-1/qid=1158696413/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]
97b. [[Zeno's paradoxes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradox]]
Chapter 7. Cosmopolitan Contaminiation
* global villages
* don't ever change
* the trouble with "cultural imperalism"
* in praise of contamination
112c. bagpipe origin: Egypt taken to Scotland by the Romans
Chapter 8. Whose Culture Is It, Anyway?
* the spoils of war
* the patrimony perplex
* precious bane
* living with art
* culture (TM)
* human interest
131. c.f. John Locke's [[Two Treatises of Government|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Treatises_of_Government]] regarding apples
* imaginary connections
Chapter 9. The Counter-Cosmopolitans
* believers without borders
* competing universalities
* Eid al-Fitr with the Safis
* little platoons
144b. [[Fallibilism|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallibilism]]
151b. [[Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy by Bernard Williams|http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Limits-Philosophy-Bernard-Williams/dp/067426858X/sr=1-1/qid=1158695743/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]
Chapter 10. Kindness To Strangers
* killing the mandarin
* the shallow pond
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* decisions, decisions
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INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1. THE WHITE SWAN 13
14b. Great Depression of 1929
14c. South Sea Bubble 1720- British; and 1825; Japan (1991-2000)
15. -- creatures of habit
15c. ... disbelief and denial
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17c. "this time is different"
20. -- the dark ages
20c. 1630 - tulip bubble
24. Bretton Woods (dollar exchange); IMF -> World Bank; U.S. still in gold -> 1971 -> flex exchange
25b. staflation = inflation and recession
25c. (LIBOR)
26. -- the not-so-great moderation
31. -- crisis redux
CHAPTER 2. CRISIS ECONOMISTS 38
39. -- when markets behave badly
42c. "biased self-attribution"
43. -- the cradle of crisis economics
47. -- the long shadow of john maynard keynes
54. -- to austria and back
59. -- the use of history
CHAPTER 3. PLATE TECTONICS 61
62. -- financial innovation
68. -- moral hazard
69b. ** moral hazard and principal-agent problem
69c. asymetric information problem
70c. unintended consequences
71b. GOD as lender of last resort
72. -- government and its discontents
74b. Glass-Stegall Act 1933
76. -- the shadow banks
80. -- a world awash in cash
82. -- the lure of leverage
82b. loeveage ** review
CHAPTER 4. THINGS FALL APART 86
88. -- the minsky moment
91. -- the unraveling
94. -- fear of the unknown
97. -- illiquid and insolvent
100. -- the eye of the storm
103. -- the reckoning
106. -- the center cannot hold
106c. "prism of that one event ... "
109. -- mere anarchy is loosed upon the world
111b. "broke the buck"
CHAPTER 5. GLOBAL PANDEMICS 115
117. -- financing a pandemic
121. -- disease vectors
125. -- shared excesses
129c. N.B. India's experience
130. -- emerging economies, existing problems
132. -- the death of decoupling
CHAPTER 6. THE LAST RESORT 135
137. -- deflation and its discontents
142. -- the liquidity trap
143c. the Fed creates money out of thin air
148. -- last lender standing
151. -- nuclear options
CHAPTER 7. SPEND MORE, TAX LESS? 158
159b. Hover and Keynes
163c. governments can cheat ... print money "monitized" the deficit
178c. ** in 1946; public debt = 122% of GDP
160. -- conventional fiscal policy
165. -- let the bailouts begin
169. -- a capital idea?
173. -- toxic waste
176. -- the aftermath
CHAPTER 8. FIRST STEPS 182
184. -- cutting compensation
185b. "double agent conflict"
187a. ** "gambling for redemption"
188a. bonus pooling - [[Raghuram Rajan|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghuram_Rajan]]
191. -- making better sausage
195. -- reforming ratings
198. -- dealing with derivatives
203. -- basel and beyond
204a. Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
206b. "procyclical"
209. -- the coming crisis
CHAPTER 9. RADICAL REMEDIES 211
212. -- avoiding arbitrage
215. -- enforcement and coordination
219. -- quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
221b. "regualtory capture"
223. -- breaking up is hard to do
228a. citygroup and goldman sachs -> Lloyd Blankfein
230. -- glass-steagall on steroids
223. -- banishing bubbles
CHAPTER 10. FAULT LINES 238
240. -- accounting for the current account
243. -- lessons from emerging-market crises
247. -- roshomon
251. -- dangers and dilemmas
255. -- the decline of the dollar
258. -- the almighty renminbi?
261. -- global governance
264. -- the road ahead
CONCLUSION 266
266b. Lloyd Blandfein
267. -- tragedy and farce
267c. tragedy and farce; crisis begins modestly
272. -- the road to redemption
272a. ... what's past is prologue
275a. crisis cannot be abolished ... just managed and mitigated
OUTLOOK 276
277a. http://www.roubini.com/
277. -- V, U, or W?
280. -- europe on the edge
280c. PIGS: Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain
282. -- whither japan?
285. -- BIC? BRIC? BRICK?
285c. BIC: Brazil, India, China
285c. BIIC: Brazil, India, Indonesia, China
285c. BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, China
285c. BRICK: Brazil, Russia, India, China, S. Korea
290. -- a new bubble?
291. -- defaulting on debt
295. -- all that glitters
297. -- inflation or deflation?
298. -- globalization and its discontents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 303
NOTES 309
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 329
INDEX 337
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Ball (an NBCC award finalist for Bright Earth) enthusiastically demonstrates how the application of the laws of modern physics to the social sciences can greatly enrich our understanding of the laws of human behavior: we can, he says, make predictions about society without negating the individual's free will. He opens his lucid and compelling study with an account of Thomas Hobbes's mechanistic political philosophy and shows how Adam Smith, Kant, Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill expanded on Hobbes's scientific but anti-utopian theories of government and society. Ball notes a return to such a scientific view of the social sciences in the past two decades, and he examines the application of physical laws to economics, politics, even the inevitable synchronization of a theater audience's applause. First, he exhaustively details the development of key concepts in contemporary physics, such as self-organization, phase transitions, flocking behavior, chaos, bifurcation points, preferential attachment networks and evolutionary game theory. Next, he shows how social scientists apply these concepts to the study of human organization. Ball's primary assertion is that we must attend to the relationship between global phenomena and local actions. In other words, noticing the impact of individual decisions on laws and institutions is more worthwhile than trying to predict the behavior of individuals (as Ball's discussion of the logic of voting habits makes all too clear). Ball's carefully argued disagreements with conventional economic theory make for particularly engaging reading. Nonspecialist readers who enjoy a steep learning curve will relish the thought-provoking discussions Ball provides. Photos, illus.
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In this wide-ranging investigation of pioneering attempts to explain social behavior by applying formulas borrowed from physics, Ball explains how maverick social theorists are now using discoveries about molecular motion and crystal formation to predict the behavior of various human groups, including crowds of soccer fans and clusters of pedestrians. Ball acknowledges that past "political arithmeticians" have often dehumanized their subjects by adopting mechanistic assumptions about individual psychology and have sometimes legitimated totalitarian rulers by giving them a putatively scientific charter. But Ball's numerous detailed examples of the new social physics show how statistical models from physics can yield highly reliable predictions for large-group outcomes without abridging the unpredictable freedom of individual choice. These same examples teach that a consistent physics of society yields not an ideological straitjacket stipulating how people should act but rather a detailed portrait of how people do act. Because the new social physics can help managers and policy makers in dozens of fields, this accessibly written book will attract a very diverse audience. Bryce Christensen
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Table of Contents
Introduction : political arithmetick 3
1 [[Raising Leviathan : the brutish world of Thomas Hobbes|http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Critical-Mass/Philip-Ball/e/9780374281250/?itm=2#CHP]] 9
2 Lesser forces : the mechanical philosophy of matter 33
3 The law of large numbers : regularities from randomness 48
4 The grand ah-whoom : why some things happen all at once 80
5 On growth and form : the emergence of shape and organization 98
6 The march of reason : chance and necessity in collective motion 118
7 On the road : the inexorable dynamics of traffic 156
8 Rhythms of the marketplace : the shaky hidden hand of economics 178
9 Agents of fortune : why interaction matters to the economy 204
10 Uncommon proportions : critical states and the power of the straight line 226
11 The work of many hands : the growth of firms 250
12 Join the club : alliances in business and politics 270
13 Multitudes in the valley of decision : collective influence and social change 295
14 The colonization of culture : globalization, diversity, and synthetic societies 337
15 Small worlds : networks that bring us together 352
16 Weaving the web : the shape of cyberspace 372
17 Order in Eden : learning in cooperate 402
18 Pavlov's victory : is reciprocity good for us? 429
19 Toward utopia? : heaven, hell, and social planning 449
Epilogue : curtain call 467
Notes 471
Bibliography 489
Acknowledgments 503
Index 505
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION : POLITICAL ARITHMETICK 3
1 RAISING LEVIATHAN : THE BRUTISH WORLD OF THOMAS HOBBES 9
10a. Norsemen - Ragnarok - France 1651
In Norse mythology, [[Ragnarök|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok]] (IPA: /r?gn?r?k/, Old Norse "Final destiny of the gods"[2]) refers to a series of major events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Freyr, Heimdall, and the jötunn Loki), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water.
10a. [[Naseby|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naseby]] and [[Battle of Marston Moor|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marston_Moor]], [[First Battle of Newbury|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_English_Civil_War#First_Battle_of_Newbury]] and [[Battle of Edgehill|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Edgehill]] ...
10a. [[Oliver Cromwell|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell]] (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
10a. The [[English Civil War|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_civil_war]] (1642-1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists.
10a. [[Papist|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papist]] is a term, usually disparaging or an anti-Catholic slur, referring to a member of the Catholic Church. It was coined during the English Reformation to indicate that a Christian's loyalties were to the Pope, rather than to the anti-papal Church of England.
11a. [[Thomas Hobbes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes]] (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.
11b. 1-30-1649 when the ax fell
11c. 30 years war
12a. [[Martin Luther|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther]] (November 10, 1483–February 18, 1546)
and [[John Calvin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin]] (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564),
Galileo,
[[Nicolaus Copernicus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus]]
13a. physics -> traffic flow ... economy, math?
-- THE LEVIATHAN WAKES
14b. "lust for power"
16b. Hobbes met [[Galileo Galilei|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo]] in 1636
-- THE MECHANISTIC PHILOSOPHY
-- THE UTOPIANS
22b. Grotius's "minimal society"
[[Hugo Grotius|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotius]] or Huig de Groot, or Hugo de Groot; (Delft, 10 April 1583 – Rostock,
-- HOW TO BUILD A COMMONWEALTH
-- A CALCULUS OF SOCIETY
28 August 1645) worked as a jurist in the Dutch Republic and laid the foundations with Francisco de Vitoria for international law, based on natural law. He was also a philosopher, Christian apologist, playwright, and poet.
23a. state of nature = power
23a. [[Robert Morrison MacIver|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_MacIver]] (April 17, 1882 - June 15, 1970), was a U.S. (Scottish-born) sociologist.
23c. [[Lewis Mumford|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Mumford]] (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian of technology and science. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a tremendously broad career as a writer that also included a period as an influential literary critic. Mumford was influenced by the work of Scottish theorist Sir Patrick Geddes.
24a. "he buys it" (power over others)
25c. creation of despotism by democratic means
26a. a commonwealth, a Leviathan
27a. using science?
28c. Hume's comment about Hobbes
30a. Bentham, Locke, Rousseau
30a. Marx -> Darwinism?
30b. political theories ought to be scientific ... on the way things are
30b. the physics of society
2 LESSER FORCES : THE MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY OF MATTER 33
33c. laws of physics do not need enforcing
-- PIECES OF EVERYTHING
34c. [[Leucippus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucippus]] or Leukippos (Greek: ?e???pp??, first half of 5th century BC) was among the earliest philosophers of atomism, the idea that everything is composed entirely of various imperishable, indivisible elements called atoms.
34c. [[Democritus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democritus]] (Greek: ??µ????t??) was a pre-Socratic Greek materialist philosopher (born at Abdera in Thrace ca. 460 BC - died ca 370 BC). Democritus was a student of Leucippus and co-originator of the belief that all matter is made up of various imperishable, indivisible elements which he called atoma (sg. atomon) or "indivisible units", from which we get the English word atom. It is virtually impossible to tell which of these ideas were unique to Democritus and which are attributable to Leucippus.
34c. [[Anaxagoras|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaxagoras]] (Greek: ??a?a???a?, c. 500 BC – 428 BC) was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher famous for introducing the cosmological concept of Nous (mind), the ordering force.
34c. [[Epicurus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus]] (Greek ?p???????) (341 BCE, Samos – 270 BCE, Athens) was an ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism.
-- DISSAPATION AND DEATH
-- THE DANCE OF PROBABILITY
-- FAITH IN NUMBERS
46c. S-klogW on Boltzmann's tombstone
46c. [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann]] (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics. He was one of the most important advocates for atomic theory when that scientific model was still highly controversial.
3 THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS : REGULARITIES FROM RANDOMNESS 48
49b. [[The Man Without Qualities Vol. 1: A Sort of Introduction and Pseudo Reality Prevails|http://www.amazon.com/Man-Without-Qualities-Vol-Introduction/dp/0679767878/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220106908&sr=8-1]] by Robert Musil (Paperback - Dec 9, 1996)
-- MEASURING SOCIETY
-- THE CHURCH OF NEWTON
54a. Book in 1793: Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de [[Condorcet|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet]] (September 17, 1743 – March 28, 1794) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he advocated a liberal economy, free and equal public education, constitutionalism, and equal rights for women and people of all races. His ideas and writings were said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and rationalism, and remain influential to this day. He died a mysterious death in prison after a period of being a fugitive from French Revolutionary authorities.
54b. Maximilien François Marie Isidore de [[Robespierre|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robespierre]] (IPA: [maksimilj?~ f??~swa ma?i izid?? d? ??b?spj??]); (6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) is one of the best-known figures of the French Revolution. He studied at College of Louis-le-Grand in Paris and became a lawyer. His supporters called him "The Incorruptible." He was an influential member of the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror that ended with his arrest and execution in 1794.
54b. Condorcet became friend of [[Voltaire|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire]]
54b. Jean le Rond [[d'Alembert|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Alembert]] (November 16, 1717 – October 29, 1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. He was also co-editor with Denis Diderot of the Encyclopédie. D'Alembert's method for the wave equation is named after him.
55b. [[Thomas Paine|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine]] (29 January 1737–8 June 1809) was an English pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, inventor, and intellectual.
56b. The English political economist and demographer [[Thomas Robert Malthus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthus]] FRS (13 February 1766 – 23 December[1] 1834) expressed views on population growth and noted the potential for populations to increase rapidly, and often faster than the food supply available to them.
58a. [[Auguste Comte|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Comte]] (full name: Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte; January 17, 1798 – September 5, 1857) was a French thinker who is generally credited for having coined the term "sociologie" (French, meaning "sociology") (from the Latin: socius, "companion"; and the suffix -ology, "the study of", from Greek ?????, lógos, "knowledge"
-- ORDER FROM CHAOS
58b. [[Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet]] (22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist. He founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences. Some French-language sources give his last name as Quetelet, with no accent.
-- THE SHAPE OF ERROR
60b. Pierre-Simon, marquis de [[Laplace|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace]] (March 23, 1749 - March 5, 1827) was a French mathematician and astronomer whose work was pivotal to the development of mathematical astronomy.
60b. Siméon-Denis [[Poisson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson]] (June 21, 1781 – April 25, 1840), was a French mathematician, geometer, and physicist.
61b. error curve - normal distribution
61b. [[Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss]]
62a. [[Jakob Bernoulli|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Bernoulli]] (1654–1705), also known as Jean or Jacques, after whom Bernoulli numbers are named
62a. [[Daniel Bernoulli|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bernoulli]] (1700–1782), developer of Bernoulli's principle
63a. [[Joseph Fourier|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Fourier]] (1768–1830), a French mathematician and physicist
-- ORDERLY BEHAVIOR
64a. Quetelet's "average man"
64c. Sir [[John Frederick William Herschel|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herschel]], 1st Baronet KH, FRS (March 7, 1792 – May 11, 1871) [2] was an English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and experimental photographer/inventor.[2] He was the son of astronomer Sir William Herschel and the father of 12 children.[2]
64c. [[Florence Nightingale|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale]] (1820-1910), British pioneer of modern nursing
-- THE SCIENCE OF HISTORY
66b. [[Henry Thomas Buckle|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Buckle]] (November 24, 1821 - May 29, 1862) was an English historian, author of a History of Civilization.
66c. [[Nassau William Senior|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau_Senior]] (September 26, 1790 - June 4, 1864), English economist, was born at Compton, Berkshire, the eldest son of the Rev. JR Senior, vicar of Durnford, Wiltshire.
-- FROM PEOPLE TO ATOMS
70a. Darwin's cousin Francis Galton: better and worse men -> selective breeding
70b. [[Herbert Spencer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Spencer]]'s "survival of the fittest"
-- WILL AND DESTINY
75b. Dostoevsky: men will always strive to exdrt their volition, even to the extent of making themselves act irrationally or insanely ...
-- THE WILLFUL DEMON
4 THE GRAND AH-WHOOM : WHY SOME THINGS HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE 80
80b. [[Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut]] (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007): [[Cat's Cradle|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_Cradle]] (1963) ... AH-WHOOM
81c. [[Malcolm Gladwell|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell]]: [[The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tipping_Point]]
-- CONTINUITY PROBLEMS
-- A UNIFYING PRINCIPLE
88a. [[Wilhelm Lenz|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Lenz]] "atomic needle" spin
88b. The [[Curie point|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curie_Point]] (Tc), or Curie temperature, is a term in physics and materials science, named after Pierre Curie (1859-1906), and refers to a characteristic property of a ferromagnetic or piezoelectric material.
90a. Ising model, not Lenz: The [[Ising model|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ising_model]], named after the physicist Ernst Ising, is a mathematical model in statistical mechanics. It has since been used to model diverse phenomena in which bits of information, interacting in pairs, produce collective effects.
92b. "universality"
-- NEAR ZERO
-- TIME FOR A CHANGE
5 ON GROWTH AND FORM : THE EMERGENCE OF SHAPE AND ORGANIZATION 98
110a. bacteria - free will
-- HISTORY MATTERS
-- THE SHAPE OF CULTURES
-- ICE FLOWERS
6 THE MARCH OF REASON : CHANCE AND NECESSITY IN COLLECTIVE MOTION 118
-- THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF SWARMS
121a. swarms
121a. slime mold ... note
-- NEWTON'S PUPPETS
125c. [[The Game of Life|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life]] is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician [[John Horton Conway|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horton_Conway]] in 1970. It is the best-known example of a cellular automaton.
126a. Craig Reynolds 1987: physicist, rule based axiomatic; biologist, phenomonological
[[Craig Reynolds|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Reynolds_(computer_graphics)]] (born March 15, 1953), is an artificial life and computer graphics expert, who created the [[Boids|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boids]] artificial life simulation in 1986. Reynolds worked on the film Tron (1982) as a scene programmer, and on Batman Returns (1992) as part of the video image crew. He is the author of the OpenSteer library.
126b. emergence
-- THE PHYSICS OF GROUP MOTION
-- MOB RULES
131c. [[Karen Horney|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Horney]]'s moving toward, moving away, and against people theory
-- THE LANGUAGE OF SPACE
-- QUICK EXIT
-- CITY LIMITS
149c. [[Diffusion-limited aggregation|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion-limited_aggregation]] (DLA) is the process whereby particles undergoing a random walk due to Brownian motion cluster together to form aggregates of such particles.
7 ON THE ROAD : THE INEXORABLE DYNAMICS OF TRAFFIC 156
-- KEEPING TRACK
159a. [[Michael Schreckenberg|http://www.ptt.uni-duisburg.de/en/mitglieder/schreckenberg/]] with Kai Nagel: traffic maps
-- WAVES AND PARTICLES
159b. [[Nagel-Schreckenberg model|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopic_traffic_flow_model]] (NaSch, 1992)
-- RISK AND CONTIGENCY
163a. [[metastable|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metastable]] vs. unstable
165b. A system with [[hysteresis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteresis]] can be summarised as a system that may be in any number of states, independent of the inputs to the system.
-- THREE FORMS OF TRAFFIC
170a. Kerner and Rehborn's three basic flow states: free flow, synchronized flow, and jams
-- DISTURBING THE FLOW
-- JAMS TOMORROW?
8 RHYTHMS OF THE MARKETPLACE : THE SHAKY HIDDEN HAND OF ECONOMICS 178
178b. [[Adam Smith|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith]] (baptised 16 June 1723 – 17 July 1790 [OS: 5 June 1723 – 17 July 1790]) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economy.
182a. [[Econophysics|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econophysics]] is an interdisciplinary research field, applying theories and methods originally developed by physicists in order to solve problems in economics, usually those including uncertainty or stochastic elements and nonlinear dynamics. Its application to the study of financial markets has also been termed statistical finance referring to its roots in statistical physics.
182b. physicist as snobs
182b. [[Paul Krugman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman]]'s comment: sociology > economics > physics
-- THE IRON LAW
183b. [[The felicific calculus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicific_calculus]] is an algorithm formulated by utilitarian philosopher [[Jeremy Bentham|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham]] for calculating the degree or amount of pleasure that a specific action is likely to cause.
184b. Richardo's
The Subsistence Theory of Wages, also known as the "[[Iron Law of Wages|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_wages]]," was an alleged law of economics that asserted that real wages in the long run would trend toward the value needed to keep the workers' population constant. The alleged law was named and popularized by the German socialist Ferdinand Lassalle in the mid 1800s.
185b. The South Sea Company (1711 – c1850s) was an English company granted a monopoly to trade with South America under a treaty with Spain. Following the South Sea Company Act of 1720, it became better known for the "[[South Sea Bubble|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Bubble]]", an economic bubble that occurred through overheated speculation in the company shares. The stock price collapsed after reaching a peak in September 1720.
-- CAN THE MARKET BE STEADY?
187a. "business cycle"
190c. Pareto efficiency, or [[Pareto optimality|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_optimum]], is an important concept in economics with broad applications in game theory, engineering and the social sciences. The term is named after Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist who used the concept in his studies of economic efficiency and income distribution.
-- RANDOM WALKS
192a. Louis Bachelier studied under Poincare
[[Louis Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Bachelier|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bachelier]] (March 11, 1870 - April 28, 1946)[1] was a French mathematician at the turn of the 20th century. He is credited with being the first person to model Brownian motion, which was part of his PhD thesis The Theory of Speculation, (published 1900).
-- FAT TAILS
196a. [[Benoît B. Mandelbrot|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit_Mandelbrot]][1] (born November 20, 1924) is a French-American mathematician, best known as the "father of fractal geometry". He was born in Poland, but his family moved to France when he was a child; he is a dual French and American citizen and was educated in France. Mandelbrot now lives and works in the United States. He is Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Emeritus at Yale University; IBM Fellow Emeritus at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center; and Battelle Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
196c. "Levy flight"
-- THE SHAPE OF CHANGE
-- THE RIGHT WIGGLES
9 AGENTS OF FORTUNE : WHY INTERACTION MATTERS TO THE ECONOMY 204
-- THE RATIONAL TRADER
206c. Krugman's Indian economist reborn story
210a. [[Real Business Cycle Theory|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_business_cycle]] (or RBC Theory) is a macroeconomic school of thought that holds that the business cycle is caused by random fluctuations in productivity. (The four primary economic fluctuations are secular (trend), business cycle, seasonal, and random.) Unlike other leading theories of the business cycle, it sees recessions and periods of economic growth as the efficient response of output to exogenous variables. That is, RBC theorists argue that at any point in time, the level of national output necessarily maximizes utility, and government should therefore not intervene through fiscal or monetary policy designed to offset the effects of a recession or cool down a rapidly growing economy.
-- IGNORANCE AND BELIEF
212c. [[Thorstein Veblen|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen]]: behavior governed by custom and foolishness as by planning and logic
-- FOLLOW YOUR NEIGHBOR
-- NOTHING FUNDAMENTAL
-- LET IT BE?
10 UNCOMMON PROPORTIONS : CRITICAL STATES AND THE POWER OF THE STRAIGHT LINE 226
226c. test of faith for economists, c.f. walking on hot coal
-- PHYSICS ON A KNIFE EDGE
228c. heat capacity, divergences
229a. critical component
229f. math explanation about cubing?
-- THE SHAKY BALANCE
-- CRITICAL CRASHES
-- THE SELF-ORGANIZED MARKET
237b. self-organized criticality
-- HARD-LINE ECONOMICS
-- THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW
243c-244a. Lewis Fry Richardson: arms race; [[Gutenberg–Richter law|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg-Richter_law]]
[[Lewis Fry Richardson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Fry_Richardson]], FRS (11 October 1881 - 30 September 1953) was a mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them. He is also noted for his pioneering work on fractals.
-- THE LEAST ON CAN DO
245a. [[George Kingsley Zipf|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kingsley_Zipf]]: [[Principle of least effort|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_effort]]
247c. Pareto's 80:20 re wealth in any country/society
-- UNIVERSAL ORDER?
249a. social engineering
11 THE WORK OF MANY HANDS : THE GROWTH OF FIRMS 250
-- KEEPING COMPANY
-- BUSINESS LAW
258a. [[Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus_Kapteyn]], (January 19, 1851–June 18, 1922) was a Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation.
258b. [[Gibrat's law|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibrat%27s_law]], sometimes called Gibrat's rule of proportionate growth is a rule defined by Robert Gibrat (1904-1980) stating that the size of a firm and its growth rate are independent. Gibrat's law is also applied to cities size and growth rate as well, where proportionate growth process may give rise to a distribution of city sizes satisfying Zipf's law.
-- FIRM PRINCIPLES
-- RISE AND FALL
12 JOIN THE CLUB : ALLIANCES IN BUSINESS AND POLITICS 270
-- SETTING STANDARDS
-- HEAD FOR THE VALLEYS
273c. [[Ostwald ripening|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostwald_ripening]] is an observed phenomenon in solid (or liquid) solutions which describes the evolution of an inhomogenous structure over time. The phenomenon was first described by Wilhelm Ostwald in 1896.[1] When a phase precipitates out of a solid, energetic factors will cause large precipitates to grow, drawing material from the smaller precipitates, which shrink.
-- BALANCE OF POWER
-- EUROPE DIVIDED
-- REWRITING HISTORY
289b. [[Counterfactual history|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfactual_history]], also sometimes referred to as virtual history, is a recent form of historiography which attempts to answer "what if" questions known as counterfactuals. It seeks to explore history and historical incidents by means of extrapolating a timeline in which certain key historical events did not happen or had an outcome which was different from that which did in fact occur.
-- THE EDGE OF HISTORY
13 MULTITUDES IN THE VALLEY OF DECISION : COLLECTIVE INFLUENCE AND SOCIAL CHANGE 295
297a. [[Psephology|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psephology]] (from Greek psephos ??f??, 'pebble', which the Greeks used as ballots) is the statistical analysis of elections. Psephology uses compilations of precinct voting returns for elections going back some years, public opinion polls, campaign finance information and similar statistical data. The term was coined in the United Kingdom in 1952 by historian R. B. McCallum to describe the scientific analysis of past elections. In Britain the term occasionally appears in scholarly literature.
-- CAST YOUR VOTE
303c. [[Condorcet|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet]] (Marquis de Condorcet) (see p59) and the [[Condorcet Internet Voting Service|http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html]].
-- WHICH WAY TO TURN?
309b. the fickleness of human nature
-- WORLDS APART
310c. [[Thomas Schelling|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Schelling]]'s (1978), Micromotives and Macrobehaviour, W. W. Norton
310c. [[Teleology|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleology]] (Greek: telos: end, purpose) is the philosophical study of design and purpose. A teleological school of thought is one that holds all things to be designed for or directed toward a final result, that there is an inherent purpose or final cause for all that exists.
-- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
-- THE TIES THAT BIND
324c. In social anthropology and sociobiology, [[polyandry|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry]] (Greek: poly- many, andros- man) refers to a form of polygamous marriage, or other sexual union, in which one individual is married to two or more husbands at the same time. Polygyny, on the other hand, refers to polygamy in which one man has two or more wives.
325b. division of labor
-- CONJUGAL CHOICE
-- MINORITY RULE
14 THE COLONIZATION OF CULTURE : GLOBALIZATION, DIVERSITY, AND SYNTHETIC SOCIETIES 337
-- CULTURE SHOCKS
340c. [[George Bernard Shaw|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw]]: "divided by a common language" or was it [[Oscar Wilde|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_wilde]] that said it.
340c. [[Robert Axelrod|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Axelrod]]
-- THE LAND OF SUGAR AND SPICE
348a. [[SimCity (series)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcity]] preceeded by [[Sugarscape|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_sciences]]
350c. [[Project 2050|http://www.project2050.org/]]??
351b. Thomas Schelling and [[Herbert Simon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Simon]]
15 SMALL WORLDS : NETWORKS THAT BRING US TOGETHER 352
352c. low Bacon number?
353c. The [[Erdos number|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number]] (IPA: [?rdø??]), honouring the late Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdos, one of the most prolific writers of mathematical papers, is a way of describing the "collaborative distance", in regard to mathematical papers, between an author and Erdos.
-- THE SIX DEGREES
355b. strenghs of friendship ties; strength of weakness ties
356b. [[Stanley Milgram|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_milgram]]'s [[Six degrees of separation|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation]]
337c. [[John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation#John_Guare.27s_Six_Degrees_of_Separation]]
-- BETWEEN ORDER AND CHAOS
359b. [[Alfréd Rényi|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Renyi]] (March 20, 1921 – February 1, 1970) was a Hungarian mathematician who made contributions in combinatorics and graph theory but mostly in probability theory.[1][2]
360c. relational vs. spatial graphs
-- OF CAVEMEN AND CHAT ROOMS
364c. The [[Watts and Strogatz model|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_and_Strogatz_model]] is a random graph generation model that produces graphs with small-world properties, including short average path lengths and high clustering. It was proposed by [[Duncan J. Watts|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_J._Watts]] and [[Steven Strogatz|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Strogatz]] in their joint 1998 Nature paper.[1] The model also became known as the (Watts) beta model after Watts used ß to formulate it in his popular science book Six Degrees.
365b. [[The Naked Sun|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Sun]] is the second novel in Isaac Asimov's Robot series.
-- DO I KNOW YOU?
369c. Kevin Bacon not the most important hub. Rod Steiger is.
16 WEAVING THE WEB : THE SHAPE OF CYBERSPACE 372
-- THE NET IS CAST
-- NO SENSE OF SCALE
-- CYBER-ATTACK
-- SPREADING IT AROUND
-- WORLD OF WEBS
395c. [[Marvel Comics|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics]]
-- DO THE RICH ALWAYS GET RICHER?
17 ORDER IN EDEN : LEARNING IN COOPERATE 402
404b. game theory
-- IS GOVERNMENT NECESSARY?
405b. Sir [[Robert Filmer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Filmer]] (1588 – 26 May 1653) was an English political theorist. His most known work, Patriarcha, published in 1680, was a defense of the divine right of kings to rule. Its publication was an impetus for [[John Locke|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke]] to write the first of his famous [[Two Treatises of Government|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Treatises_of_Government]].
More fearsome than Hobbes
409a. [[Peter Kropotkin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin]]: Prince Peter (Pyotr) Alexeyevich Kropotkin (Russian: ???? ??????´???? ?????´????) (9 December 1842 - 8 February 1921) was one of Russia's foremost anarchists and one of the first advocates of anarchist communism: most of his life he advocated for a communist society free from central government. Because of his title of prince and his prominence as an anarchist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he was known by some as "the Anarchist Prince". Some contemporaries saw him as leading a near perfect life, including Oscar Wilde, who described him as "a man with a soul of that beautiful white Christ which seems coming out of Russia."[1] He wrote many books, pamphlets and articles, the most prominent being The Conquest of Bread and Fields, Factories and Workshops, and his principal scientific offering, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. He was also a contributor to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition.
409b. ... its free loader and criminals
409c. [[The Tragedy of the Commons|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons]] is the title of an influential article written by Garrett Hardin, first published in the journal Science in 1968.[1] The article describes a dilemma in which multiple individuals acting independently in their own self-interest can ultimately destroy a shared resource even where it is clear that it is not in anyone's long term interest for this to happen.
-- WHO SHOULD RULE THE WORLD?
411a. [[Robert Kagan|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kagan]] (born September 26, 1958 in Athens, Greece) is an American political commentator.
411c. just wars ... see [[Michael Walzer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walzer]]'s # Just and Unjust Wars (Basic Books, 1977, second edition, 1992, third edition, 2000, Fourth edition, 2006) ISBN 0-465-03705-4
-- WAR IN THE TRENCHES
412a. [[Eric Hobsbawm|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hobsbawm]]: Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm CH, FBA, (born June 9, 1917) is a British Marxist historian and author.
413c. tit for tat: which is which?
-- THE GRAND TOURNAMENT
416a. temptation
416b. [[The Prisoner's Dilemma|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_Dilemma]] constitutes a problem in game theory. It was originally framed by [[Merrill Flood|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill_Flood]] and [[Melvin Dresher|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Dresher]] working at RAND in 1950. Albert W. Tucker formalized the game with prison sentence payoffs and gave it the "Prisoner's Dilemma" name (Poundstone, 1992).
417a. [[Theory of Games and Economic Behavior|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_games_and_economic_behavior]], published in 1944 by Princeton University Press, is a book by mathematician [[John von Neumann|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann]] and economist [[Oskar Morgenstern|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Morgenstern]] which is widely considered the groundbreaking text that created the interdisciplinary research field of game theory. In the introduction of its 60th anniversary commemorative edition from the Princeton University Press, the book is described as "the classic work upon which modern-day game theory is based."
419c. Iterative Prisoner's Dilemma
421c. "nice strategy"
-- THE SECRET OF COOPERATION
-- FOR YOUR OWN GOOD
18 PAVLOV'S VICTORY : IS RECIPROCITY GOOD FOR US? 429
429a. Machiavelli quote
-- ACCIDENTS HAPPEN
431c. Generous TFT (GTFT) and Contrite TFT (CTFT)
431c. TF2T devised by Professor [[John Maynard Smith|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_maynard_smith]],[1] F.R.S. (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he then took a second degree in genetics under the well-known biologist J.B.S. Haldane. Maynard Smith was instrumental in the application of game theory to evolution and theorized on other problems such as the evolution of sex and signalling theory.
-- DARWIN'S ALGORITHMS
435a. unforgiveness
437. softies ... rogue defectors
437a. [[Grim trigger|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grim_trigger]] (also called the grim strategy or just grim) is a trigger strategy in game theory for a repeated game, such as an iterated prisoner's dilemma. Initially, a player using grim trigger will cooperate, but as soon as the opponent defects (thus satisfying the trigger condition), the player using grim trigger will defect for the remainder of the iterated game. Since a single defect by the opponent triggers defection forever, grim trigger is the most strictly unforgiving of strategies in an iterated game.
-- MAGIC CARPETS
-- GOVERNED BY REASON?
443a. [[Karl Popper|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper]]'s unusual view
443a. The other modern plans for a [[perpetual peace|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_peace]] descend from Immanuel Kant's 1795 essay, "Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch".
444b. [[Herman Kahn|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahn]] (February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983) was a military strategist and systems theorist employed at RAND Corporation, USA. He was famous for realistically and objectively analyzing the likely consequences of nuclear war and recommending ways to improve survivability.
445a. [[Fair division|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_division]], also known as the cake cutting problem, is the problem of dividing a resource in such a way that all recipients believe that they have received a fair amount. The problem is hard because each recipient may have a different measure of value of the resource: in the "cake cutting" version, one recipient may like marzipan, another like cherries, and so on.
See: Bryan Skyrms (1996). The Evolution of the Social Contract Cambridge University Press. ISBN-13: 9780521555838
447a. better to respond quickly
19 TOWARD UTOPIA? : HEAVEN, HELL, AND SOCIAL PLANNING 449
450c. the aim of utopia -- eliminate real people
-- GOOD FROM BAD
-- IS A SCIENTIFIC SOCIOLOGY GOOD FOR US?
456b. "just price"
-- CHOICE AND CERTAINTY
-- PLANNING FOR FREEDOM
EPILOGUE : CURTAIN CALL 467
468. clapping?
NOTES 471
BIBLIOGRAPHY 489
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 503
INDEX 505
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Publisher: The Dial Press (February 26, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 038533611X
ISBN-13: 978-0385336116
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Canadian writer Mary Lawson's debut novel is a beautifully crafted and shimmering tale of love, death, and redemption. The story, narrated by 26-year-old Kate Morrison, is set in the eponymous Crow Lake, an isolated rural community where time has stood still. The reader dives in and out of a year's worth of Kate's childhood memories--when she was 7 and her parents were killed in an automobile accident that left Kate, her younger sister Bo, and two older brothers, Matt and Luke, orphaned. When Kate, the successful zoologist and professor who is accustomed to dissecting everything through a microscope, receives an invitation to Matt's son's 18th birthday party, she must suddenly analyze her own relationship and come to terms with her past before she forsakes a future with the man she loves. Kate is still in turmoil over the events of that fateful summer and winter 20 years ago when the tragedy of another local family, the Pyes, spilled over into their lives with earth-shattering consequences. But does the tragedy really lie in the past or the present? Lawson's narrative flows effortlessly in ever-increasing circles, swirling impressions in the reader's mind until form takes shape and the reader is left to reflect on the whole. Crow Lake is a wonderful achievement that will ripple in and out of the reader's consciousness long after the last page is turned. --Nicola Perry, Amazon.co.uk
From Publishers Weekly
Four children living in northern Ontario struggle to stay together after their parents die in an auto accident in Lawson's fascinating debut, a compelling and lovely study of sibling rivalry and family dynamics in which the land literally becomes a character. Kate Morrison narrates the tale in flashback mode, starting with the fatal car accident that leaves seven-year-old Kate; her toddler sister, Bo; 19-year-old Luke; and 17-year-old Matt to fend for themselves. At first they are divided up among relatives, but the plan changes when Luke gives up his teaching college scholarship to get a job and try to keep them together. The fractured family struggles mightily against the grinding rural poverty of Crow Lake, and the brothers conduct a fierce battle of wills to control their fate, until they both finally land jobs and the family gets some assistance from a neighbor. Unfortunately, that assistance can't overcome the deranged rage of a neighboring farmer, Cyrus Pye, and when Matt becomes involved with Pye's daughter, Maria, a tragic incident robs the brilliant young man of a chance to pursue a career as a naturalist. Kate goes on to become a zoologist at a Toronto college and marry a fellow academic, but her frustration with her brother's fate renders her unable to return to Crow Lake to visit him until the pivotal climax. Lawson delivers a potent combination of powerful character writing and gorgeous description of the land. Her sense of pace and timing is impeccable throughout, and she uses dangerous winter weather brilliantly to increase the tension as the family battles to survive. This is a vibrant, resonant novel by a talented writer whose lyrical, evocative writing invites comparisons to Rick Bass and Richard Ford. (Mar.)Forecast: The combination of orphan protagonists and effortless prose makes this an irresistible first effort. Foreign rights have already been sold in nine countries, and similar enthusiasm should be expected in the U.S.
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BOOK REVIEWS, ETC.:
* [[The Other Side of the Bridge|http://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Bridge-Mary-Lawson/dp/0676977464/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1217332527&sr=11-1]] (Hardcover) by Mary Lawson (Author)
* [[Mary Lawson at Random House|http://www.randomhouse.ca/newface/marylawson.php]]
* [[In Praise of Late Bloomers|http://januarymagazine.com/fiction/crowlake.html]] Reviewed by Margaret Gunning
* [[Crow Lake at my Tiddlyspot|http://tiddlyspot.com/hsack/#[[Crow%20Lake]] or http://xrl.us/ok5tm
* [[Those Who Read Fiction Better at Reading People|http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/12/20/those_who_read_fiction_better_at_reading_people.htm]]
* is there an online religious sect timeline?
* [[Crow Lake at Wikipedia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow_Lake_(novel)]]
* [[Northern_Ontario|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ontario]]
* [[Ontario|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario]]
* [[Review of Books|http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/crow_lake/]]
* [[EXCERPT Prologue|http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385337632&view=excerpt]]
* [[The Girl She Left Behind By JANET BURROWAY Published: March 24, 2002|http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E4D91039F937A15750C0A9649C8B63]]
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MINDMAP DATA:
Crow Lake
Characters
Crane Family
Father m. Mother Crane
Daniel Crane
Pye Family
Jackson m. Pye
(F) twin girl died
(F) twin girl died
1. Norman, ran away
2. Edward, slow, walked away
3. Pete, teased, left
4. Arthur m.
Calvin m. Alice Pye
Laurie (M) yr14
Marie Pye
Rosie
5. Henry, left too
Morrison Family
Annie Morrison
Emily and Ian
Child 1
Child 2
Child 3
Child 3
Robert m. Wife Morrison
Luke Morrision, yr19
Matt Morrison, yr17
Simon
Kate Morrison, zoologist, yr7
Elizabeth (Bo) Morrison (F), yr1.5
Setting <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ontario>
Summary
Amazon description <http://www.amazon.com/Crow-Lake-Alex-Awards/dp/038533611X/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1216865824&sr=11-1>
Wikipedia description <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow_Lake_(novel)>
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NOTES:
INSIDE COVER
Pye Family; Matt +10; Kate Morrison, Zoologist
PROLOGUE
4. Great Grandmother, 14 children in 13 years
4. [[Gaspé Peninsula|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9_Peninsula]]
PART 1
CHAPTER 01
7. Pye = Morrison
9b. Struan
9c. low key, understatement was rule of house
10a. Luke (19), Matt (17), Kate (7), Bo (1.5)
11c. Calvin Pye
12b. slow to anger
14a. Pye m. Alice; Laurie (14), Marie, Rosie
15b. Sally McLein
CHAPTER 02
20b. Daniel
21a. Sim's 18th birthday (son of Matt)
21c. [[Highway 400|http://xrl.us/ok3e4]], north 400 miles
21c. Scottish
22a. Calvin Pye, Laurie Pye
26a. Struan ... leasure time to read then ... the point was he had a choice
26c. Katherine, Elizabeth (Bo)
29a. Uncle Jaime from [[Labrador|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador]]
32b. Miss Carrington, teacher
33b. Mrs. Lily Stanovich m. Gabby
CHAPTER 03
35. Daniel Crane, microbiologist
36b. talk about problems in relationship; far less bewilderment, people say why
36a. so tell me the story of your life
38. Struan and [[Barrie, ON|http://xrl.us/ok33j]]
39c. [[New Liskeard|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temiskaming_Shores]]
40b. Frank Jamie
41a. Jackson Pye, Ms. Vernon
42a. Norman Pye
CHAPTER 04
49a. Reverend Mitchell; Marie Pye
52b. Aunt Emily m. Uncle Ian, [[Rivière-du-Loup|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riviere-du-Loup]]
CHAPTER 05
54. North Richmond?
59. Kate's father Robert beholden to ...
CHAPTER 06
61b. fragile little incidents
66b. three boys, one girl
66c. Jim Sumack's boat - Luke
CHAPTER 07
71a. Alice Pye
72c. Matthew James Morrison
76c. living not the same as being responsible form them
77b. what you want now ... you'd lost your chance
PART 2
CHAPTER 08
82a. Daniel yr34, Kate yr28?
89c. ... people I love ... don't think too much about future ... just hope for best
CHAPTER 09
98. about Laurie's visit
99. Sally McLean
CHAPTER 10
104c. Jackson Pye; Miss Vernon; 7 kids (5 boys, 2 girls, twin girls died)
105c. farmers need sons, girls aren't worth as much
106a. (1)Norman ran away; (2)Edward, slow walked off; (3)Pete, teased
109b. (4)Arthur proposed to Nellie; (5) Henry
109c. three families: Pye, Frank Jamie, and ???
111c. more to life than be brainy
113b. Henry left too
114a. there goes my last chance
116a. Arthur married ???: 6kids 3boys, 3girls: oldest is Calvin
116b. "pied Piper"
117a. Calvin m. Alice: Rosie, Marie, Laurie
CHAPTER 11
122b. Kate was yr15 when told this story
112b. sympathetic or understanding
112c. the very young are self-centered
123b. fireweed, milkweed, goldenrod, Queen Anne's lace, harebell, goat's beard
125a. Miss Carrignton on of 4 children, other 3 are boys
127a. Dr. Christopherson
131a. Alex Kirby: farm boy, bully; fight with Laurie Pye
132. small horse shoe marks
CHAPTER 12
134c. Annie died one year ago (yr26-1); Uncle William
136b. Mrs. Stanovich
141a. Sally McLean (red hair); Luke's boss's daughter
PART 3
CHAPTER 13
149. I don't understand people
152b. Luke leaves the employ of the McLeans
154c. Hugo Crane
160c. turning points in a relationship where if you take the wrong course you drift apart like boats in a fog.
162a. how do you explain what you don't understand?
CHAPTER 14
165b. Reverend Mitchell's children: Martha yr10, Janie yr11; Tadsworths
CHAPTER 15
182. Matt's fight with Luke resulting injury ... calls doctor
183a. Molly, Dr. Christopherson's dog
PART 4
CHAPTER 16
188a. the distance between us seemed so huge and that part of my life so far in the past that I couldn't imagine that we had anything left in common at all.
188a. Toronto, ON
189c. [[Water boatman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corixidae]], Notonecta
189c. [[Notonectidae|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notonectidae]] is a cosmopolitan family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly called backswimmers because they swim upside down. They are all predators, up to nearly 2 cm in size. They are similar in appearance to corixidae (Water boatmen), but can be separated by differences in their dorsal-ventral coloration, front legs, and predatory behavior. Their dorsum convex is light colored without cross striations. Their front tarsi are not scoop-shaped and their hind legs are fringed for swimming. There are two subfamilies, Notonectinae and Anisopinae, each containing four genera.
192c. would you be interested in a coffee
196c. research ... patience, precision and methodical approach
198c. beetle har pile
201a. Professor Kylie
201b. Matt ... somehow I had betrayed him ... Matt betrayed himself
CHAPTER 17
206a. [["Read the Riot Act"|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_act#.22Read_the_Riot_Act.22]]: Because the authorities were required to read the proclamation that referred to the Riot Act before they could enforce it, the expression to read the riot act entered into common language as a phrase meaning "to reprimand severely", with the added sense of a stern warning. The phrase remains in everyday use in English despite the fact that the act itself has long since passed into history.
208a. Mr. Turkle fell off roof?
210a. "character is destiny" (tied to each other's destiny)
210a. Luke deterministic, refusal to consider possibility of failure
210c. And Matt ... never been able to explain ... no wish to analyze him
211a. Lily Stanovitch not bless with beauty
211c. [[Presbyterianism|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian]] is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity. Hallmarks include Calvinist theology and the presbyterian form of church governance. A form of Calvinism, Presbyterianism evolved primarily in Scotland before the Act of Union in 1707. Most of the few Presbyteries found in England can trace a Scottish connection. Although some modern adherents still hold to the theology of Calvin and his immediate successors, there is a wide range of theological views within contemporary Presbyterianism.
213b. she wasn't doing to only for us
CHAPTER 18
217b. Laurie's confrontation with Calvin ... leaves
217b. we were all bumbling along ... and all others, side by side, week in, week out, our paths similar in some ways and different in others, all apparently running paralle. But parallels never meet.
CHAPTER 19
218b. desecrated
219b. purpose of life was to reproduce... strange that something should exist only in order to cause something else to exist. ... rather pointless, like traveling for the sake of it.
219c. farm wives more educated that their husbands
221b. police or RCMP? [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCMP]]
221c. Jamie Mitchell
222b. Kate turned 8 at end of May
225c-226a. in ideal world, effort, like virtue is rewarded and it simply makes sense not to act as if its an ideal world.
229b. wanted to leave so badly.
230. to be part of such a glorious plan
PART 5
CHAPTER 20
223. Toronto: ~400 mile trip (not in km?)
234. Struan??
236a. Fiona deJong, student, pregnant
236b. I don't look the sympathic type
237. Quebec
241. ** Kate's thoughts about Matt
241c. something unbridgeable between us, and we had nothing to say.
CHAPTER 21
243a. to New Liseard: 314 mi – about 6 hours 36 mins http://xrl.us/ok26w
243b. [[Cobalt, Ontario|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt%2C_Ontario]] http://xrl.us/ok3e4
243b. unlikely place to produce and academic (c.f. [[E. O. Wilson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.O._Wilson]] from Alabama)
243c. Luke and Bo yr21 in house
244a. Sudbury, ON
244b. Luke makes furniture
244c. Sally McLean - Tomek Lucas
246b. told him (Daniel) he was a romantic
246b. Luke yr38, self denial, resisting temptation
248b. how soft she was (Matt with Marie)
CHAPTER 22
255b. defined by one moment ... (prediction: Marie pregnant, Simon their son)
PART 6
CHAPTER 23
260b. Matt burn down Calvin's barn
260c. physical attempt to close an emotional distance
262. Matt yr37, Daniel yr34
244a. Kate and Marie stick to practicalities
265c. Laura Carrington
265c. Janie Mitchell was Janie Laplant
266a. Struan county
267c. ** picked up story about Marie and Matt
268c. Calvin killed Laurie ... kills self in front of wife
270b. St. Thomas, ON? Mrs. Pye died with a year
CHAPTER 24
275b. it is the approach that is important ... the openess, the ability to really see, without being blinded by preconceptions
275c. (Kate says about Matt) he had slowed down
279a. Marie ... about Kate's disappointment of Matt
281c. Matt is married to someone who has no idea, really no idea, what he's all about
282c. (Matt) has come to terms with himself a long time ago ...
283b. ** ... comes to a conclusion ... and outsider (Daniel)
285c. New Richmond, near Montreal
288b. "shooting the messenger"
AUTHOR'S NOTE
293b. [[Gaspé Peninsula|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9_Peninsula]]
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There are quite a few calendar generators, reminders, to-do lists, 'dated tiddlers' journals, blog-makers and GTD-like schedule managers that have been built around TW. While they all have different purposes, and vary in format, interaction, and style, in one way or another each of these plugins displays and/or uses date-based information to make finding, accessing and managing relevant tiddlers easier. This plugin provides a general approach to embedding dates and date-based links/menus within tiddler content.
You can ''specify a date using a combination of year, month, and day number values or mathematical expressions (such as "Y+1" or "D+30")'', and then just display it as formatted date text, or create a ''link to a 'dated tiddler''' for quick blogging, or create a ''popup menu'' containing the dated tiddler link plus links to ''tiddlers that were changed'' as well as any ''scheduled reminders'' for that date.
!!!!!Usage
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When installed, this plugin defines a macro: {{{<<date [mode] [date] [format] [linkformat]>>}}}. All of the macro parameters are optional and, in it's simplest form, {{{<<date>>}}}, it is equivalent to the ~TiddlyWiki core macro, {{{<<today>>}}}.
However, where {{{<<today>>}}} simply inserts the current date/time in a predefined format (or custom format, using {{{<<today [format]>>}}}), the {{{<<date>>}}} macro's parameters take it much further than that:
* [mode] is either ''display'', ''link'' or ''popup''. If omitted, it defaults to ''display''. This param let's you select between simply displaying a formatted date, or creating a link to a specific 'date titled' tiddler or a popup menu containing a dated tiddler link, plus links to changes and reminders.
* [date] lets you enter ANY date (not just today) as ''year, month, and day values or simple mathematical expressions'' using pre-defined variables, Y, M, and D for the current year, month and day, repectively. You can display the modification date of the current tiddler by using the keyword: ''tiddler'' in place of the year, month and day parameters. Use ''tiddler://name-of-tiddler//'' to display the modification date of a specific tiddler. You can also use keywords ''today'' or ''filedate'' to refer to these //dynamically changing// date/time values.
* [format] and [linkformat] uses standard ~TiddlyWiki date formatting syntax. The default is "YYYY.0MM.0DD"
>^^''DDD'' - day of week in full (eg, "Monday"), ''DD'' - day of month, ''0DD'' - adds leading zero^^
>^^''MMM'' - month in full (eg, "July"), ''MM'' - month number, ''0MM'' - adds leading zero^^
>^^''YYYY'' - full year, ''YY'' - two digit year, ''hh'' - hours, ''mm'' - minutes, ''ss'' - seconds^^
>^^//note: use of hh, mm or ss format codes is only supported with ''tiddler'', ''today'' or ''filedate'' values//^^
* [linkformat] - specify an alternative date format so that the title of a 'dated tiddler' link can have a format that differs from the date's displayed format
In addition to the macro syntax, DatePlugin also provides a public javascript API so that other plugins that work with dates (such as calendar generators, etc.) can quickly incorporate date formatted links or popups into their output:
''{{{showDate(place, date, mode, format, linkformat, autostyle, weekend)}}}''
Note that in addition to the parameters provided by the macro interface, the javascript API also supports two optional true/false parameters:
* [autostyle] - when true, the font/background styles of formatted dates are automatically adjusted to show the date's status: 'today' is boxed, 'changes' are bold, 'reminders' are underlined, while weekends and holidays (as well as changes and reminders) can each have a different background color to make them more visibly distinct from each other.
* [weekend] - true indicates a weekend, false indicates a weekday. When this parameter is omitted, the plugin uses internal defaults to automatically determine when a given date falls on a weekend.
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!!!!!Examples
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The current date: <<date>>
The current time: <<date today "0hh:0mm:0ss">>
Today's blog: <<date link today "DDD, MMM DDth, YYYY">>
Recent blogs/changes/reminders: <<date popup Y M D-1 "yesterday">> <<date popup today "today">> <<date popup Y M D+1 "tomorrow">>
The first day of next month will be a <<date Y M+1 1 "DDD">>
This tiddler (DatePlugin) was last updated on: <<date tiddler "DDD, MMM DDth, YYYY">>
The SiteUrl was last updated on: <<date tiddler:SiteUrl "DDD, MMM DDth, YYYY">>
This document was last saved on <<date filedate "DDD, MMM DDth, YYYY at 0hh:0mm:0ss">>
<<date 2006 07 24 "MMM DDth, YYYY">> will be a <<date 2006 07 24 "DDD">>
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!!!!!Installation
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import (or copy/paste) the following tiddlers into your document:
''DatePlugin'' (tagged with <<tag systemConfig>>)
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!!!!!Revision History
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''2006.02.14 [2.0.5]''
when readOnly is set (by TW core), omit "new reminders..." popup menu item and, if a "dated tiddler" does not already exist, display the date as simple text instead of a link.
''2006.02.05 [2.0.4]''
added var to variables that were unintentionally global. Avoids FireFox 1.5.0.1 crash bug when referencing global variables
''2006.01.18 [2.0.3]''
In 1.2.x the tiddler editor's text area control was given an element ID=("tiddlerBody"+title), so that it was easy to locate this field and programmatically modify its content. With the addition of configuration templates in 2.x, the textarea no longer has an ID assigned. To find this control we now look through all the child nodes of the tiddler editor to locate a "textarea" control where attribute("edit") equals "text", and then append the new reminder to the contents of that control.
''2006.01.11 [2.0.2]''
correct 'weekend' override detection logic in showDate()
''2006.01.10 [2.0.1]''
allow custom-defined weekend days (default defined in config.macros.date.weekend[] array)
added flag param to showDate() API to override internal weekend[] array
''2005.12.27 [2.0.0]''
Update for TW2.0
Added parameter handling for 'linkformat'
''2005.12.21 [1.2.2]''
FF's date.getYear() function returns 105 (for the current year, 2005). When calculating a date value from Y M and D expressions, the plugin adds 1900 to the returned year value get the current year number. But IE's date.getYear() already returns 2005. As a result, plugin calculated date values on IE were incorrect (e.g., 3905 instead of 2005). Adding +1900 is now conditional so the values will be correct on both browsers.
''2005.11.07 [1.2.1]''
added support for "tiddler" dynamic date parameter
''2005.11.06 [1.2.0]''
added support for "tiddler:title" dynamic date parameter
''2005.11.03 [1.1.2]''
when a reminder doesn't have a specified title parameter, use the title of the tiddler that contains the reminder as "fallback" text in the popup menu. Based on a suggestion from BenjaminKudria.
''2005.11.03 [1.1.1]''
Temporarily bypass hasReminders() logic to avoid excessive overhead from generating the indexReminders() cache. While reminders can still appear in the popup menu, they just won't be indicated by auto-styling the date number that is displayed. This single change saves approx. 60% overhead (5 second delay reduced to under 2 seconds).
''2005.11.01 [1.1.0]''
corrected logic in hasModifieds() and hasReminders() so caching of indexed modifieds and reminders is done just once, as intended. This should hopefully speed up calendar generators and other plugins that render multiple dates...
''2005.10.31 [1.0.1]''
documentation and code cleanup
''2005.10.31 [1.0.0]''
initial public release
''2005.10.30 [0.9.0]''
pre-release
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!!!!!Credits
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This feature was developed by EricShulman from [[ELS Design Studios|http:/www.elsdesign.com]].
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!!!!!Code
***/
//{{{
version.extensions.date = {major: 2, minor: 0, revision: 5, date: new Date(2006,2,14)};
//}}}
//{{{
// 1.2.x compatibility
if (!window.story) window.story=window;
if (!store.getTiddler) store.getTiddler=function(title){return store.tiddlers[title]}
if (!store.addTiddler) store.addTiddler=function(tiddler){store.tiddlers[tiddler.title]=tiddler}
if (!store.deleteTiddler) store.deleteTiddler=function(title){delete store.tiddlers[title]}
//}}}
//{{{
config.macros.date = {
format: "YYYY.0MM.0DD", // default date display format
linkformat: "YYYY.0MM.0DD", // 'dated tiddler' link format
weekendbg: "#c0c0c0", // "cocoa"
holidaybg: "#c0ffee", // "coffee"
modifiedsbg: "#bbeeff", // "beef"
remindersbg: "#ffaace", // "face"
holidays: [ "01/01", "07/04", "07/24", "11/24" ], // NewYearsDay, IndependenceDay(US), Eric's Birthday (hooray!), Thanksgiving(US)
weekend: [ 1,0,0,0,0,0,1 ] // [ day index values: sun=0, mon=1, tue=2, wed=3, thu=4, fri=5, sat=6 ]
};
//}}}
//{{{
config.macros.date.handler = function(place,macroName,params)
{
// do we want to see a link, a popup, or just a formatted date?
var mode="display";
if (params[0]=="display") { mode=params[0]; params.shift(); }
if (params[0]=="popup") { mode=params[0]; params.shift(); }
if (params[0]=="link") { mode=params[0]; params.shift(); }
// get the date
var now = new Date();
var date = now;
if (!params[0] || params[0]=="today")
{ params.shift(); }
else if (params[0]=="filedate")
{ date=new Date(document.lastModified); params.shift(); }
else if (params[0]=="tiddler")
{ date=store.getTiddler(story.findContainingTiddler(place).id.substr(7)).modified; params.shift(); }
else if (params[0].substr(0,8)=="tiddler:")
{ var t; if ((t=store.getTiddler(params[0].substr(8)))) date=t.modified; params.shift(); }
else {
var y = eval(params.shift().replace(/Y/ig,(now.getYear()<1900)?now.getYear()+1900:now.getYear()));
var m = eval(params.shift().replace(/M/ig,now.getMonth()+1));
var d = eval(params.shift().replace(/D/ig,now.getDate()+0));
date = new Date(y,m-1,d);
}
// date format with optional custom override
var format=this.format; if (params[0]) format=params.shift();
var linkformat=this.linkformat; if (params[0]) linkformat=params.shift();
showDate(place,date,mode,format,linkformat);
}
//}}}
//{{{
window.showDate=showDate;
function showDate(place,date,mode,format,linkformat,autostyle,weekend)
{
if (!mode) mode="display";
if (!format) format=config.macros.date.format;
if (!linkformat) linkformat=config.macros.date.linkformat;
if (!autostyle) autostyle=false;
// format the date output
var title = date.formatString(format);
var linkto = date.formatString(linkformat);
// just show the formatted output
if (mode=="display") { place.appendChild(document.createTextNode(title)); return; }
// link to a 'dated tiddler'
var link = createTiddlyLink(place, linkto, false);
link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(title));
link.title = linkto;
link.date = date;
link.format = format;
link.linkformat = linkformat;
// if using a popup menu, replace click handler for dated tiddler link
// with handler for popup and make link text non-italic (i.e., an 'existing link' look)
if (mode=="popup") {
link.onclick = onClickDatePopup;
link.style.fontStyle="normal";
}
// format the popup link to show what kind of info it contains (for use with calendar generators)
if (!autostyle) return;
if (hasModifieds(date))
{ link.style.fontStyle="normal"; link.style.fontWeight="bold"; }
if (hasReminders(date))
{ link.style.textDecoration="underline"; }
if(isToday(date))
{ link.style.border="1px solid black"; }
if( (weekend!=undefined?weekend:isWeekend(date)) && (config.macros.date.weekendbg!="") )
{ place.style.background = config.macros.date.weekendbg; }
if(isHoliday(date)&&(config.macros.date.holidaybg!=""))
{ place.style.background = config.macros.date.holidaybg; }
if (hasModifieds(date)&&(config.macros.date.modifiedsbg!=""))
{ place.style.background = config.macros.date.modifiedsbg; }
if (hasReminders(date)&&(config.macros.date.remindersbg!=""))
{ place.style.background = config.macros.date.remindersbg; }
}
//}}}
//{{{
function isToday(date) // returns true if date is today
{ var now=new Date(); return ((now-date>=0) && (now-date<86400000)); }
function isWeekend(date) // returns true if date is a weekend
{ return (config.macros.date.weekend[date.getDay()]); }
function isHoliday(date) // returns true if date is a holiday
{
var longHoliday = date.formatString("0MM/0DD/YYYY");
var shortHoliday = date.formatString("0MM/0DD");
for(var i = 0; i < config.macros.date.holidays.length; i++) {
var holiday=config.macros.date.holidays[i];
if (holiday==longHoliday||holiday==shortHoliday) return true;
}
return false;
}
//}}}
//{{{
// Event handler for clicking on a day popup
function onClickDatePopup(e)
{
if (!e) var e = window.event;
var theTarget = resolveTarget(e);
var popup = createTiddlerPopup(this);
if(popup) {
// always show dated tiddler link (or just date, if readOnly) at the top...
if (!readOnly || store.tiddlerExists(this.date.formatString(this.linkformat)))
createTiddlyLink(popup,this.date.formatString(this.linkformat),true);
else
createTiddlyText(popup,this.date.formatString(this.linkformat));
addModifiedsToPopup(popup,this.date,this.format);
addRemindersToPopup(popup,this.date,this.linkformat);
}
scrollToTiddlerPopup(popup,false);
e.cancelBubble = true;
if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation();
return(false);
}
//}}}
//{{{
function indexModifieds() // build list of tiddlers, hash indexed by modification date
{
var modifieds= { };
var tiddlers = store.getTiddlers("title");
for (var t = 0; t < tiddlers.length; t++) {
var date = tiddlers[t].modified.formatString("YYYY0MM0DD")
if (!modifieds[date])
modifieds[date]=new Array();
modifieds[date].push(tiddlers[t].title);
}
return modifieds;
}
function hasModifieds(date) // returns true if date has modified tiddlers
{
if (!config.macros.date.modifieds) config.macros.date.modifieds = indexModifieds();
return (config.macros.date.modifieds[date.formatString("YYYY0MM0DD")]!=undefined);
}
function addModifiedsToPopup(popup,when,format)
{
if (!config.macros.date.modifieds) config.macros.date.modifieds = indexModifieds();
var indent=String.fromCharCode(160)+String.fromCharCode(160);
var mods = config.macros.date.modifieds[when.formatString("YYYY0MM0DD")];
if (mods) {
mods.sort();
var e=createTiddlyElement(popup,"div",null,null,"changes:");
for(var t=0; t<mods.length; t++) {
var link=createTiddlyLink(popup,mods[t],false);
link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(indent+mods[t]));
createTiddlyElement(popup,"br",null,null,null);
}
}
}
//}}}
//{{{
function indexReminders() // build list of tiddlers with reminders, hash indexed by reminder date
{
var reminders = { };
if(window.findTiddlersWithReminders==undefined) return; // reminder plugin not installed
var matches = store.search("reminder",false,false,"title","excludeSearch");
var macroPattern = "<<([^>\\s]+)(?:\\s*)([^>]*)>>";
var macroRegExp = new RegExp(macroPattern,"mg");
var arr = [];
for(var t=matches.length-1; t>=0; t--)
{
var targetText = matches[t].text;
do {
// Get the next formatting match
var formatMatch = macroRegExp.exec(targetText);
if(formatMatch)
{
if (formatMatch[1] != null && formatMatch[1].toLowerCase() == "reminder")
{
//Find the matching date.
var params = formatMatch[2].readMacroParams();
var dateHash = getParamsForReminder(params);
var date = findDateForReminder(dateHash);
if (date != null)
{
var dateindex = date.formatString("YYYY0MM0DD")
if (!reminders[dateindex])
reminders[dateindex]=new Array();
reminders[dateindex].pushUnique(t);
}
}
}
} while(formatMatch);
}
return reminders;
}
function hasReminders(date) // returns true if date has reminders
{
if (window.reminderCacheForCalendar != null)
return window.reminderCacheForCalendar[date] != null;
return false; // ELS 2005.11.03: BYPASS due to performance issues
if (!config.macros.date.reminders) config.macros.date.reminders = indexReminders();
return (config.macros.date.reminders[date.formatString("YYYY0MM0DD")]!=undefined);
}
function addRemindersToPopup(popup,when,format)
{
if(window.findTiddlersWithReminders==undefined) return; // reminder plugin not installed
var indent = String.fromCharCode(160)+String.fromCharCode(160);
var reminders=findTiddlersWithReminders(when, [0,31],null,1);
var e=createTiddlyElement(popup,"div",null,null,"reminders:"+(!reminders.length?" none":""));
for(var t=0; t<reminders.length; t++) {
link = createTiddlyLink(popup,reminders[t].tiddler,false);
var diff=reminders[t].diff;
diff=(!diff)?"Today":((diff==1)?"Tomorrow":diff+" days");
var txt=(reminders[t].params["title"])?reminders[t].params["title"]:reminders[t].tiddler;
link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(indent+diff+" - "+txt));
createTiddlyElement(popup,"br",null,null,null);
}
if (readOnly) return; // omit "new reminder..." link
var link = createTiddlyLink(popup,indent+"new reminder...",true); createTiddlyElement(popup,"br");
var title = when.formatString(format);
link.title="add a reminder to '"+title+"'";
link.onclick = function() {
// show tiddler editor
story.displayTiddler(null, title, 2, null, null, false, false);
// find body 'textarea'
var c =document.getElementById("tiddler" + title).getElementsByTagName("*");
for (var i=0; i<c.length; i++) if ((c[i].tagName.toLowerCase()=="textarea") && (c[i].getAttribute("edit")=="text")) break;
// append reminder macro to tiddler content
if (i<c.length) {
if (store.tiddlerExists(title)) c[i].value+="\n"; else c[i].value="";
c[i].value += "<<reminder day:"+when.getDate()+" month:"+(when.getMonth()+1)+" year:"+(when.getFullYear())+' title:"Enter a title" >>';
}
};
}
//}}}
<html>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_venice" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Death_venice.jpg" align="right" title="Death in Venice" width="250" border="1"></a>
</html>
The novella Death in Venice was written by the German author Thomas Mann, and was first published in 1912 as Der Tod in Venedig. It was first published in English in 1925 as Death in Venice and Other Stories, translated by Kenneth Burke - W. H. Auden called it the definitive translation.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 3:52 PM
[[Robbins Library Book Group|http://www.robbinslibrary.org/what/book-groups]]
The group meets from 7:00-9:00 p.m. on the first Monday of each month, re-scheduled only for Monday holidays. Meetings are held in the fourth floor conference room of the Robbins Library. Anyone may join at any time, and there are no membership fees. Attendance at any given meeting ranges from ten to twenty members.
Monday June 2 - 1) DEATH IN VENICE by Thomas Mann 2) MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
[[Book Group Selections: 2008|http://www.robbinslibrary.org/what/book-group-08]]
[[Death in Venice|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_venice]]
[[Death in Venice by Thomas Mann|http://home.arcor.de/mdoege/div/Death%20in%20Venice.html]]
Translated from the German 1912 edition by Martin C. Doege
[[TXT page|http://home.arcor.de/mdoege/div/Death%20in%20Venice.txt]]
[[At SparkNotes|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/venice/]]
[[Chapter 4 Summary|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/venice/section5.rhtml]]
Up until now in Death in Venice, the narrator is quite intertwined with Aschenbach: Mann uses a narrative style known as "erlebte Rede," or "free indirect discourse." A more typical third-person narration makes a clear distinction between narrator and character, for example, "He thought, 'Where will I go now?'" However, in free indirect discourse, the distinction is much harder to pinpoint: the characters' thoughts are not denoted as such but are simply woven into the text, for example, "Where would he go now?" Does the character wonder this, or the narrator, or both?
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[[Apollonian and Dionysian|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysian]]
The Apollonian and Dionysian is a philosophical and literary concept, or dichotomy, based on certain features of ancient Greek mythology.
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In Greek mythology, Apollo and Dionysus are both sons of Zeus. Apollo is the god of the Sun, lightness, music, and poetry, while Dionysus is the god of wine, ecstasy, and intoxication. In the modern literary usage of the concept, the contrast between Apollo and Dionysus symbolizes principles of individualism versus wholeness, light versus darkness, or civilization versus primal nature. The ancient Greeks did not consider the two gods as opposites or rivals.
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Allusions
The novella is constructed on a framework of references to Greek mythology, and Aschenbach's Venice seems populated by the gods. By dedicating himself to Apollo, the god of reason and the intellect, Aschenbach has denied the power of Dionysus, god of unreason and of passion. Dionysus seems to have followed Aschenbach to Venice with the intent of destroying him: the red-haired man who keeps crossing von Aschenbach's path, in the guise of different characters, is none other than Silenus, chief follower of the god of unreason[original research?]. Silenus' role is disputed, since he bears no physical resemblance to the secondary characters in the book. In the Benjamin Britten opera these characters (The Traveller, the Gondolier, The Leading player and the Voice of Dionysus) are played by the same baritone singer, who also plays the Hotel Manager, The Barber and the Old Man on the Vaporetto. The trope of placing Classical deities in contemporary settings was popular at the time when Mann was writing Death in Venice: in England, at almost the same time, E.M. Forster was at work on an entire short-story collection based on this premise. The idea of the opposition of the Apollonian and Dionysian seems to have been introduced by Nietzsche, and was also a popular motif of the time.
Gustav von Aschenbach's name seems to be inspired by the homosexual German poet August von Platen. The character's last name may be derived from von Platen's birthplace, Ansbach. However, it still has another clear significance: Aschenbach literally means "ash brook". The character of von Aschenbach may have been based in part on the composer Gustav Mahler (the soundtrack of the film based on the novella makes use of Mahler's compositions, particularly the "Adagietto" movement from the Symphony No. 5). Mann claimed to have based Aschenbach's physical appearance, but not his character, on Mahler.
The boy who inspired "Tadzio" was Baron Wladyslaw Moes, whose first name was usually shortened as Wladzio or just Adzio. This story was uncovered by Thomas Mann's translator Andrzej Dolegowski around 1964, and was published in the German press in 1965. Some sources report that Moes himself did not learn of the connection until he saw the 1971 film version of the novel.
Moes was born in 1900, and was aged 11 when he was in Venice, significantly younger than Tadzio in the novella. Moes died in 1986 and is interred at the Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw. Moes was the subject of a biography The Real Tadzio (Short Books, 2001) by Gilbert Adair.
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 3:43 PM
[[Sirocco|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirocco]], scirocco, jugo or, rarely, siroc is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe. It is known in North Africa by the arabic word qibli (???? i.e. "coming from the qibla".)
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The Sirocco causes dusty, dry conditions along the northern coast of Africa, storms in the Mediterranean Sea, and cold, wet weather in Europe. The Sirocco's duration may be a half day or many days. Many people attribute health problems to the Sirocco either because of the heat and dust along the African coastal regions or the cool dampness in Europe. The dust within the Sirocco winds can degrade mechanical devices and invade domiciles.
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Film and opera
A memorable film of Death in Venice starring Dirk Bogarde was made by Luchino Visconti in 1971. Benjamin Britten transformed Death in Venice into an opera, his last, in 1973.
October 28th, 2005: Britten, Bach, and Elgar at the Tsai last night
[[BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20|http://hsack.journalspace.com/?entryid=551]]
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Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 3:58 PM
[[Death in Venice (film)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_Venice_%28film%29]]
Death in Venice (in Italian Morte a Venezia) is a 1971 film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Dirk Bogarde and Björn Andrésen. The film is based on the novella Death in Venice by Thomas Mann.
Behind the scenes
In his autobiography, A Postillion Struck by Lightning, Bogarde recounts how the film crew created the deathly white skin which his character displays in the final scenes of the film, just as he dies. Bogarde recalls that the make-up department had tried various face paints and creams, none of which had been satisfactory, as they smeared. When a suitable cream was found and the scenes were being shot, Bogarde recalls that his face began to burn terribly. The tube of cream was found and written on the side was "Do not let this come into contact with the skin": the director had ignored this and had been testing it out, as small patches, on various members of the film crew, before finally having it applied to Bogarde's face.
In another volume of his memoirs, An Orderly Man, Dirk Bogarde relates that, after the finished film was screened for them by Visconti in Los Angeles, the Warner Bros. executives wanted to write off the project, fearing it would be banned in the United States for obscenity because of its subject matter. They eventually relented when a gala premiere of Death in Venice was organized in London, with Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne in attendance, to gather funds for the sinking city.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 6:38 PM
[[Making Of "Death in Venice"|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbAdDoUsHhI]]
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Paul [[Thomas Mann|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mann]] (June 6, 1875–August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modernized German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer.
Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, principally in recognition of his popular achievement with the epic Buddenbrooks (1901), The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg 1924), and his numerous short stories. (Precisely, due to the personal taste of an influential committee member, only the Buddenbrooks was explicitly cited.)[3
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Mann's diaries, unsealed in 1975, tell of his struggles with his sexuality, which found reflection in his works, most prominently through the obsession of the elderly Aschenbach for the 14-year-old Polish boy Tadzio in the novella Death in Venice (Der Tod in Venedig, 1912). Anthony Heilbut's biography Thomas Mann: Eros and Literature (1997) was widely acclaimed for uncovering the centrality of Mann's sexuality to his oeuvre. Gilbert Adair's work The Real Tadzio describes how, in the summer of 1911, Mann had been staying at the Grand Hôtel des Bains in Venice with his wife and brother when he became enraptured by the angelic figure of Wladyslaw Moes, an 11-year-old Polish boy.
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[[Gustav Mahler|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler]] (July 7, 1860 – May 18, 1911)
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* Publisher: Viking Adult (April 1, 1999)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0670883395
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We've all been there: We know we must confront a coworker, store clerk, or friend about some especially sticky situation - and we know the encounter will be uncomfortable. So we repeatedly mull it over until we can no longer put it off, and then finally stumble through the confrontation. Difficult Conversations, by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen, offers advice for handling these unpleasant exchanges in a manner that accomplishes their objective and diminishes the possibility that anyone will be needlessly hurt. The authors, associated with Harvard Law School and the Harvard Project on Negotiation, show how such dialogues actually comprise three separate components: the "what happened" conversation (verbalizing what we believe really was said and done), the "feelings" conversation (communicating and acknowledging each party's emotional impact), and the "identity" conversation (expressing the situation's underlying personal meaning). The explanations and suggested improvements are, admittedly, somewhat complicated. And they certainly don't guarantee positive results. But if you honestly are interested in elevating your communication skills, this book will walk you through both mistakes and remedies in a way that will boost your confidence when such unavoidable clashes arise. - Howard Rothman
From Publishers Weekly
Bringing together the insights of such diverse disciplines as law, organizational behavior, cognitive, family and social psychology and "dialogue" studies, Stone, Patton and Heen, who teach at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Negotiation Project, illustrate how to handle the challenges involved in effectively resolving "difficult conversations," whether in an interpersonal, business or political context. While many of their points are simplistic. Don't ignore your feelings, consider the other person's intentions, take a break from the situation. They're often overlooked in stressful moments. Most useful are the strategies for disarming the impulse to lay blame and for exploring one's own contribution to a tense situation. Also of value are specific recommendations for bringing emotions directly into a difficult discussion by talking about them and paying attention to the way they can subtly inform judgments and accusations. If these recommendations aren't followed, the authors contend, emotions will seep into the discussion in other, usually damaging, ways. Stone, Patton and Heen illustrate their points with anecdotes, scripted conversations and familiar examples in a clear, easy-to-browse format. While "difficult conversations" may not have the intrinsic appeal of the Harvard Negotiation Project's previous bestseller, Getting to Yes, this book is a cogent resource for those who see the sense in preparing for tough talks in advance. Agent, Esther Newberg. Ad/promo; author tour. (Apr.) FYI: Patton is the co-author of Getting to Yes.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD by Roger Fisher VII
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
INTRODUCTION XV
- a difficult conversation is anything you find hard to talk about
- the dilemma: avoid or confront, it seems there is no good path
-- there is no such thing as a diplomatic hand grenade
- this book can help
-- skeptical? a few thoughts
-- we need to look in a new place
- difficult conversations are a normal part of life
THE PROBLEM 1
1 SORT OUT THE THREE CONVERSATIONS 3
- decoding the structure of difficult conversations
-- there's more here than meets the ear
-- each difficult conversation is really three conversations
1. the "what happened?" conversation
2. the feelings conversation
3. the identity conversation
- the "what happened?" conversation: what's the story here?
-- the truth assumption
-- the intention assumption
-- the blame frame
- the feelings conversation: what should we do with our emotions?
-- an opera without music
- the identity conversation: what does this say about me?
-- keeping your balance
- moving towards a learning conversation
SHIFT TO A LEARNING STANCE 21
-- THE "WHAT HAPPENED?" CONVERSATION 23
2 STOP ARGUING ABOUT WHO'S RIGHT: EXPLORE EACH OTHER'S STORIES 25
- why we argue, and why it doesn't help
-- we think they are the problem
-- they think we are the problem
-- we each make sense in our story of what happened
-- arguing blocks us from exploring each other's stories
-- arguing without understanding is unpersuasive
- different stories: why we see the world differently
1. we have different information
. we noticed different things
. we each know ourselves better than anyone else can
2. we have different interpretations
. we apply different implicit rules
3. our conclusions reflect self-interest
- move from certainty to curiosity
-- curiosity: the way into their story
-- what's your story?
- embrace both stories: adopt the "and stance"
- tow exceptions that aren't
-- I really am right
-- giving bad news
- to move forward, first understand where you are
3 DON'T ASSUME THEY MEANT IT: DISENTANGLE INTENT FROM IMPACT 44
- the battle over intentions
- two key mistakes
- the first mistake: our assumptions about intentions are often wrong
-- we assume intentions from the impact on us
. we assume the worst
. we treat ourselves more charitably
. are there never bad intentions?
-- getting their intentions wrong is costly
. we assume bad intentions mean bad character
. accusing them of bad intentions creates defensiveness
- the second mistake: good intentions don't sanitize bad impact
-- we don't hear what they are really trying to say
-- we ignore the complexity of human motivations
-- we aggravate hostility - especially between groups
- avoiding the two mistakes
-- avoiding the first mistake: disentangle impact and intent
-- share the impact on you; inquire about their intentions
-- don't pretend you don't have a hypothesis
-- some defensiveness is inevitable
-- avoiding the second mistake: listen for feelings, and reflect on your intentions
. listen past the accusation for the feelings
. be open to reflecting on the complexity of your intentions
4 ABANDON BLAME: MAP THE CONTRIBUTION SYSTEM 58
- in our story, blame seems clear
- we're caught in blame's web
- distinguish blame from contribution
-- blame is about judging, and looks backwards
-- contribution is about understanding, and looks forward
-- contribution is joint and interactive
- the costs of the blame frame
-- when blame is the goal, understanding is the casualty
-- focusing on blame hinders problem-solving
-- blame can leave a bad system undiscovered
- the benefits of understanding contribution
-- contribution is easier to raise
-- contribution encourages learning and change
- three misconceptions about contribution
-- misconception #1: I should focus on my contribution
-- misconception #2: putting aside blame means putting aside my feelings
-- misconception #3: exploring contribution means "blaming the victim"
- finding your fair share: four hard-to-spot contributions
1. avoiding until now
2. being unapproachable
3. intersections
4. problematic role assumptions
- two tools for spotting contribution
-- role reversal
-- the observer's insight
- moving from blame to contribution - an example
-- map the contribution system
. what are they contributing?
. what am I contributing?
. who else is involved?
-- take responsibility for your contribution early
-- help them understand their contribution
. make your observations and reasoning explicit
. clarify what you would have them do differently
THE FEELINGS CONVERSATION 83
5 HAVE YOUR FEELINGS (OR THEY WILL HAVE YOU) 85
- feelings matter: they are often at the heart of difficult conversations
- we try to frame feelings out of the problem
-- unexpressed feelings can leak into the conversation
-- unexpressed feelings can burst into the conversation
-- unexpressed feelings make it difficult to listen
-- unexpressed feelings take a toll on our self-esteem and relationships
- a way out of the feeling bind
- finding your feelings: learn where feelings hide
-- explore your emotional footprint
. accept that feelings are normal and natural
. recognize that good people can have bad feelings
. learn that your feelings are as important as theirs
. find the bundle of feelings behind the simple labels
. use the urge to blame as a clue to find important feelings
- don't treat feelings as gospel: negotiate with them
- don't vent: describe feelings carefully
1. frame feelings back into the problem
2. express the full spectrum of your feelings
3. don't evaluate - just share
. express your feelings without judging. attributing, or blaming
. don't monopolize: both sides can have strong feelings at the same time
. an easy reminder: say "i feel ..."
- the importance of acknowledgment
-- sometimes feelings are all that matters
THE IDENTITY CONVERSATION 109
6 GROUND YOUR IDENTITY: ASK YOURSELF WHAT'S AT STAKE 111
- difficult conversations threaten our identity
-- three core identities
. am I competent?
. am I a good person?
. am I worthy of love?
-- and identity quake and knock us off balance
-- there's no quick fix
- vulnerable identities: the all-or-nothing syndrome
-- denial
-- exaggeration
. we let their feedback define who we are
- ground your identity
-- step one: become aware of your identity issues
-- step two: complexify your identity (adopt the And Stance)
-- three things to accept about yourself
1. you will make mistakes
2. your intentions are complex
3. you have contributed to the problem
- during the conversation: learn to regain your balance
-- let go of trying to control their reaction
-- prepare for their response
-- imagine that it's three months or ten years from now
-- take a break
- their identity is also implicated
- raising identity issues explicitly
- find the courage to ask for help
CREATE A LEARNING CONVERSATION 129
7 WHAT'S YOUR PURPOSE? WHEN TO RAISE IT AND WHEN TO LET GO 131
- to raise or not to raise: how to decide?
-- how do I know I've made the right choice?
-- work through the three conversations
- three kinds of conversations that don't make sense
-- is the real conflict inside you?
-- is there a better way to address the issue than talking about it?
-- do you have purposes that make sense?
. remember, you can't change other people
. don't focus on short-term relief at long-term cost
. don't hit-and-run
- letting go
-- adopt some liberating assumptions
-- it's not my responsibility to make things better: it's my responsibility to do my best
-- this conflict is not who i am
-- letting go doesn't mean I no longer care
- if you raise it: three purposes that work
1. learning their story
2. expressing your views and feelings
3. problem-solving together
-- stance and purpose go hand in hand
8 GETTING STARTED: BEGIN FROM THE THIRD STORY 147
- why our typical openings don't help
-- we begin inside our own story
-- we trigger their identity conversation from the start
- step one: begin from the third story
-- think like a mediator
-- not right or wrong, not better or worse - just different
-- if they start the conversation, you can step to the third story
- step two: extend an invitation
-- describe your purpose
-- invite, don't impose
-- make them your partner in figuring it out
-- be persistent
- some specific kinds of conversations
-- delivering bad news
-- making requests
. "I wonder if it would make sense ..."
-- revisiting conversations gone wrong
-- talk about how to talk about it
- a map for going forward: third story, their story, your story
-- what to talk about: the three conversations
. explore where each story comes from
. share the impact on you
. take responsibility for your contribution
. describe feelings
. reflect on the identity issues
-- how to talk about it: listening, expression, and problem-solving
9 LEARNING: LISTEN FROM THE INSIDE OUT 163
- listening transforms the conversation
-- listening to them helps them listen to you
- the stance of curiosity: how to listen from the inside out
-- forget the words, focus on authenticity
-- the comentator in your head: become more aware of your internal voice
-- don't turn it off, turn it up
-- managing your internal voice
. negotiate your way to curiosity
. don't listen: talk
- three skills: inquiry, paraphrasing, and acknowledgment
- inquire to learn
-- don't make statements disguised as questions
-- don't use questions to cross-examine
-- ask open-ended questions
-- ask for more concrete information
-- ask questions about the three conversations:
. can you say a little more about how you see things?
. what information might you have that I don't?
. how do you see it differently?
. what impact have my actions had on you?
. can you say a little more about why you think this is my fault?
. were you reacting to something I did?
. how are you feeling about all this?
. say more about why this is important to you?
. what would it mean to you if that happened?
-- make it safe for them not to answer
- paraphrase for clarity
-- check your understanding
-- show that you've heard
- acknowledge their feelings
-- answer the invisible questions
-- how to acknowledge
-- order matters: acknowledge before problem-solving
-- acknowledging is not agreeing
- a final thought: empathy is journey, not a destination
10 EXPRESSION: SPEAK FOR YOURSELF WITH CLARITY AND POWER 185
- orators need not apply
-- you're entitled (yes, you)
. no more, but no less
-- beware of self-sabotage
-- failure to express yourself keeps you out of the relationship
-- feel entitled, feel encouraged, but don't feel obligated
- speak the heart of the matter
-- start with what matters most
-- say what you mean: don't make them guess
. don't rely on subtext
. avoid easing in
-- don't make your story simplistic: use the "me-me" and
- tell your story with clarity: three guidelines
1. don't present your conclusions as the truth
2. share where your conclusions come from
3. don't exaggerate with "always" and "never": give them room to change
- help them understand you
-- ask them to paraphrase back
-- ask how they see it differently - and why
11 PROBLEM-SOLVING: TAKE THE LEAD 201
- skill for leading the conversation
- reframe, reframe, reframe
-- you can reframe anything
-- the "you-me" and
- it's always the right time to listen
-- be persistent about listening
- name the dynamic: make the trouble explicit
- now what? begin to problem-solve
-- it takes two to agree
-- gather information and text your perceptions
. propose crafting a test
. say what is still missing
. say what would persuade you
. ask what (if anything) would persuade them
. ask their advice
-- invent options
-- ask what standards should apply
-- the principle of mutual caretaking
-- if you still can't agree, consider your alternatives
- it takes time
12 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER 217
- step one: prepare by walking through the three conversations
- step two: check your purposes and decide whether to raise it
- step three: star from the third story
- step four: explore their story and yours
- step five: problem-solving
A ROAD MAP TO DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS 235
A NOTE ON SOME RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS 249
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The luminous Audrey Tautou (Amelie) stars in Dirty Pretty Things, a riveting thriller about an illegal immigrant in London named Okwe (Chiwetal Ejiofor, Amistad), a doctor in his homeland who now works days as a taxi driver and nights as a hotel desk clerk. When a hooker tells him there's a mess in one of the hotel's bathrooms, Okwe finds a human heart in the toilet. He soon discovers a snare of desperation, poverty, and black-market body organs--and finds that his only friend, a Turkish hotel maid (Tautou), may be the next to be caught. Dirty Pretty Things, skillfully directed by Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, Dangerous Liaisons, My Beautiful Laundrette), fuses taut suspense with an unsettling portrait of life among the British underclass of immigrant service workers. Thanks to the excellent cast and script, the movie makes its social points subtly, while the gripping story coils itself around you. --Bret Fetzer </i></blockquote>
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Product Details
* Paperback: 286 pages
* Publisher: Prometheus Books (May 2, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1591024080
* ISBN-13: 978-1591024088
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Do you believe that you can consistently beat the stock market if you put in the effort? —that some people have extrasensory perception? —that crime and drug abuse in America are on the rise? Many people hold one or more of these beliefs although research shows that they are not true. And it’s no wonder since advertising and some among the media promote these and many more questionable notions. Although our creative problem-solving capacity is what has made humans the successful species we are, our brains are prone to certain kinds of errors that only careful critical thinking can correct. This enlightening book discusses how to recognize faulty thinking and develop the necessary skills to become a more effective problem solver. Author Thomas Kida identifies "the six-pack of problems" that leads many of us unconsciously to accept false ideas:
#We prefer stories to statistics.
#We seek to confirm, not to question, our ideas.
#We rarely appreciate the role of chance and coincidence in shaping events.
#We sometimes misperceive the world around us.
#We tend to oversimplify our thinking.
#Our memories are often inaccurate.
Kida vividly illustrates these tendencies with numerous examples that demonstrate how easily we can be fooled into believing something that isn’t true. In a complex society where success—in all facets of life—often requires the ability to evaluate the validity of many conflicting claims, the critical-thinking skills examined in this informative and engaging book will prove invaluable.
About the Author
Thomas Kida (Amherst, MA) is a professor in the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the author of many articles on decision-making.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
*[[The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark|http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/0345409469/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229117946&sr=1-1]] by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan (Paperback - Feb 25, 1997)
*[[Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time|http://www.amazon.com/People-Believe-Weird-Things-Pseudoscience/dp/0805070893/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118004&sr=1-1]] by Michael Shermer and Stephen Jay Gould (Paperback - Sep 1, 2002)
*[[How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age|http://www.amazon.com/How-Think-About-Weird-Things/dp/0073386626/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118060&sr=1-1]] by Theodore Schick and Lewis Vaughn (Paperback - Dec 5, 2007)
*[[How To Think Straight About Psychology (8th Edition)|http://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Straight-About-Psychology/dp/0205485138/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118114&sr=1-1]] by Keith E. Stanovich (Paperback - Jul 23, 2007)
*[[Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition|http://www.amazon.com/Believing-Magic-Superstition-Stuart-Vyse/dp/0195136349/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118158&sr=1-1]] by Stuart A. Vyse (Paperback - May 18, 2000)
On decision Making:
*[[The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making|http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Judgment-Decision-Making/dp/0070504776/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118229&sr=1-1]] by Scott Plous (Paperback - Jan 1, 1993)
*[[How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life|http://www.amazon.com/How-Know-What-Isnt-Fallibility/dp/0029117062/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118300&sr=1-1]] by Thomas Gilovich (Paperback - Mar 5, 1993)
*[[Irrationality: Why We Don't Think Straight!|http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b_1_13?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=irrationality+why+we+don%27t+think+straight&x=0&y=0&sprefix=irrationality]] by N. S. Sutherland (Hardcover - Oct 1994)
On memory:
*[[The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers|http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Sins-Memory-Forgets-Remembers/dp/0618219196/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118432&sr=1-1]] by Daniel L. Schacter (Paperback - May 7, 2002)
*[[The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse|http://www.amazon.com/Myth-Repressed-Memory-Memories-Allegations/dp/0312141238/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118472&sr=1-1]] by Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine Ketcham (Paperback - Feb 1, 1996)
*[[The Fortune Sellers: The Big Business of Buying and Selling Predictions|http://www.amazon.com/Fortune-Sellers-Business-Selling-Predictions/dp/0471358444/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118511&sr=1-1]] by William A. Sherden (Paperback - Dec 20, 1999)
*[[A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, Ninth Edition|http://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street/dp/0393330338/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118545&sr=1-1]] by Burton G. Malkiel (Paperback - Dec 24, 2007)
INTRODUCTION: A SIX-PACK OF PROBLEMS
1 WEIRD BELIEFS AND PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC THINKING
2 A GREMLIN ON MY SHOULDER
55b. so, has Kida ever walked over coal?
57a. entertains a thought without accepting it?
3 THINKING LIKE A SCIENTIST
72a. Shermer's nice definition of "science"
72c. self-correcting mechanism; detail the study
4 THE ROLE OF CHANCE AND COINCIDENCE
91b. when we want to believe in something ...
106b. seeing what we want
117c. ** beliefs are like possessions
5 SEEING THINGS THAT AREN'T THERE
6 SEEING ASSOCIATIONS THAT AREN'T THERE
7 PREDICTING THE UNPREDICTABLE
8 SEEKING TO CONFIRM
157a. ... indicative of the amazing lenghts ... to rationalize what they want to believe
158c. again, a resounding NO!
160a. ask four questions first
163a. confirm the hypothesis
163c. Karl Popper ... general hypothesis; black swan
9 HOW WE SIMPLIFY
167c. heuristics
180a. ** anchoring
10 FRAMING AND OTHER DECISION SNAGS
194b. just because we think we know something doesn't always mean that we do
11 REMEMBERING WRONG
12 THE INFLUENCE OF OTHERS
EPILOGUE: SOME FINAL THOUGHTS
NOTES
INDEX
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Amboseli National Park, near Mt. Kilimanjaro in southern Kenya, is home ground to some 600 elephants; this herd has been relatively free from human interference and was a major focus for field study. Moss, author of Portraits in the Wild, has been involved with the elephants of Amboseli since 1973; she and her colleagues have made a substantial contribution to our knowledge of elephant biology and behavior. Here, she follows one extended family through 13 years of good times and bad times, observing details of their daily lives. The book is organized by year and topic: each chapter begins with a synthesized narrative that introduces a single phase of lifesuch as mating, migration, social behavior, births and calves (this is the first study of elephant newborns and their development)that relates to family history. This is a captivating story of individual animals', rather than the author's, adventures. Moss affirms the old tale about elephants assisting one of their own who is injured or dying; she also reports that they recognize bare and bleached bones of their species. Any reader interested in animals will be captivated. Photos.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Moss builds upon earlier elephant studies, such as Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton's Among the Elephants (1975), by producing a complete census of the elephants in one area, Amboseli National Park in Kenya, and focusing on population dynamics and such little-understood behavior as childbearing and -raising. Moss focuses on a single family and uses semi-fictionalized episodes written from the elephants' point of view to generate sympathy, but also provides detailed and objective information. Her final chapter addresses the problems of elephant control and conservation, arguing pragmatically that ivory dealers have a stake in preserving the species. Suitable for both general libraries and zoological collections. Beth Clewis, S.I.L.S., Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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[[TABLE OF CONTENTS|http://www.powells.com/biblio?show=TRADE%20PAPER:NEW:9780226542379:19.00#table_of_contents]]
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
15. INTRODUCTION
19. I. AN AMBOSELI DAY 1973-1975
27a. The [[Maasai|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai]] are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania.
28a. Ol Tukai
31a. Enkongo Narok Swamp
31b. "pretty" elephants
37b. [[One Hundred Years of Solitude|http://www.amazon.com/One-Hundred-Years-Solitude-P-S/dp/0060883286/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202598704&sr=8-1]] (P.S.) (Paperback) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
41. II. DROUGHT 1976
49a. [[Amboseli Reserve|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amboseli]]
[[Amboseli National Park Map|http://www.safarimappers.com/area.aspx?lngareaid=31]]
54c. Harvey Croze
63. III. MIGRATION 1977
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89. IV. MATING 1978
93. [[Musth|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musth]] is a periodic condition in bull elephants, characterized by a thick, tar-like secretion called temporin from the temporal ducts and, far more notably, by highly aggressive behaviour.
96a. [[Estrous cycle|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrus]]
119. V. SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS 1979
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[[Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II (Paperback)|http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Defeat-Japan-Wake-World/dp/0393320278/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197293613&sr=8-1]]
by John W. Dower
Product Details
Paperback: 680 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (June 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393320278
ISBN-13: 978-0393320275
Amazon.com
Embracing Defeat tells the story of the transformation of Japan under American occupation after World War II. When Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Allied Forces in August 1945, it was exhausted; where America's Pacific combat lasted less than four years, Japan had been fighting for 15. Sixty percent of its urban area lay in ruins. The collapse of the authoritarian state enabled America's six-year occupation to set Japan in entirely new directions.
Because the victors had no linguistic or cultural access to the losers' society, they were obliged to govern indirectly. Gen. Douglas MacArthur decided at the outset to maintain the civil bureaucracy and the institution of the emperor: democracy would be imposed from above in what the author terms "Neocolonial Revolution." His description of the manipulation of public opinion, as a wedge was driven between the discredited militarists and Emperor Hirohito, is especially fascinating. Tojo, on trial for his life, was requested to take responsibility for the war and deflect it from the emperor; he did, and was hanged. Dower's analysis of popular Japanese culture of the period--songs, magazines, advertising, even jokes--is brilliant, and reflected in the book's 80 well-chosen photographs. With the same masterful control of voluminous material and clear writing that he gave us in War Without Mercy, the author paints a vivid picture of a society in extremis and reconstructs the extraordinary period during which America molded a traumatized country into a free-market democracy and bulwark against resurgent world communism. --John Stevenson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
The writing of history doesn't get much better than this. MIT professor Dower (author of the NBCC Award-winning War Without Mercy) offers a dazzling political and social history of how postwar Japan evolved with stunning speed into a unique hybrid of Western innovation and Japanese tradition. The American occupation of Japan (1945-1952) saw the once fiercely militarist island nation transformed into a democracy constitutionally prohibited from deploying military forces abroad. The occupation was fraught with irony as Americans, motivated by what they saw as their Christian duty to uplift a barbarian race, attempted to impose democracy through autocratic military rule. Dower manages to convey the full extent of both American self-righteousness and visionary idealism. The first years of occupation saw the extension of rights to women, organized labor and other previously excluded groups. Later, the exigencies of the emergent Cold War led to American-backed "anti-Red" purges, pro-business policies and the partial reconstruction of the Japanese military. Dower demonstrates an impressive mastery of voluminous sources, both American and Japanese, and he deftly situates the political story within a rich cultural context. His digressions into Japanese cultureAhigh and low, elite and popularAare revealing and extremely well written. The book is most remarkable, however, for the way Dower judiciously explores the complex moral and political issues raised by America's effort to rebuild and refashion a defeated adversaryAand Japan's ambivalent response to that embrace. Illustrations.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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[[Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ|http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553375067]]
Product Details
* Paperback: 368 pages
* Publisher: Bantam (June 2, 1997)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0553375067
* ISBN-13: 978-0553375060
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
There was a time when IQ was considered the leading determinant of success. In this fascinating book, based on brain and behavioral research, Daniel Goleman argues that our IQ-idolizing view of intelligence is far too narrow. Instead, Goleman makes the case for "emotional intelligence" being the strongest indicator of human success. He defines emotional intelligence in terms of self-awareness, altruism, personal motivation, empathy, and the ability to love and be loved by friends, partners, and family members. People who possess high emotional intelligence are the people who truly succeed in work as well as play, building flourishing careers and lasting, meaningful relationships. Because emotional intelligence isn't fixed at birth, Goleman outlines how adults as well as parents of young children can sow the seeds.
From Publishers Weekly
New York Times science writer Goleman argues that our emotions play a much greater role in thought, decision making and individual success than is commonly acknowledged. He defines "emotional intelligence"?a trait not measured by IQ tests?as a set of skills, including control of one's impulses, self-motivation, empathy and social competence in interpersonal relationships. Although his highly accessible survey of research into cognitive and emotional development may not convince readers that this grab bag of faculties comprise a clearly recognizable, well-defined aptitude, his report is nevertheless an intriguing and practical guide to emotional mastery. In marriage, emotional intelligence means listening well and being able to calm down. In the workplace, it manifests when bosses give subordinates constructive feedback regarding their performance. Goleman also looks at pilot programs in schools from New York City to Oakland, Calif., where kids are taught conflict resolution, impulse control and social skills.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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[[TABLE OF CONTENTS|http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Emotional-Intelligence/Daniel-P-Goleman/e/9780553383713/?itm=1#TOC]]
PART ONE: THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN
CHAPTER 1: WHAT ARE EMOTIONS FOR? ..... 3
CHAPTER 2: ANATOMY OF AN EMOTIONAL HIJACKING ..... 13
PART TWO: THE NATURE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
CHAPTER 3: WHEN SMART IS DUMB ..... 33
CHAPTER 4: KNOW THYSELF ..... 46
CHAPTER 5: PASSION'S SLAVES ..... 56
CHAPTER 6: THE MASTER APTITUDE ..... 78
CHAPTER 7: THE ROOTS OF EMPATHY ..... 96
CHAPTER 8: THE SOCIAL ARTS ..... 111
PART THREE: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE APPLIED
CHAPTER 9: INTIMATE ENEMIES ..... 129
CHAPTER 10: MANAGING WITH HEART ..... 148
CHAPTER 11: MIND AND MEDICINE ..... 164
PART FOUR: WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY
CHAPTER 12: THE FAMILY CRUCIBLE ..... 189
CHAPTER 13: TRAUMA AND EMOTIONAL RELEARNING ..... 200
CHAPTER 14: TEMPERAMENT IS NOT DESTINY ..... 215
PART FIVE: EMOTIONAL LITERACY
CHAPTER 15: THE COST OF EMOTIONAL ILLITERACY ..... 231
CHAPTER 16: SCHOOLING THE EMOTIONS ..... 261
APPENDIX A: WHAT IS EMOTION? ..... 289
APPENDIX B: HALLMARKS OF THE EMOTIONAL MIND ..... 291
APPENDIX C: THE NEURAL CIRCUITRY OF FEAR ..... 297
APPENDIX D: W.T. GRANT CONSORTIUM: ACTIVE INGREDIENTS OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS ..... 301
APPENDIX E: THE SELF SCIENCE CURRICULUM ..... 303
APPENDIX F: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING: RESULTS ..... 305
NOTES ..... 311
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..... 341
INDEX ..... 343
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Yale / Psychology
Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Love (Guest Lecture by Professor Peter Salovey)
By Paul Bloom | Introduction to Psychology Lecture 9 of 20
http://academicearth.org/lectures/evolution-emotion-and-reason-love
Lecture Description:
Guest lecturer Peter Salovey (Professor of Psychology and Dean of Yale College) introduces students to the dominant psychological theories of love and attraction. Specific topics include the different types of love, the circumstances that predict attraction, and the situations where people mistakenly attribute arousal for love.
Friday, April 17, 2009 at 8:47 AM
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[[Daniel Goleman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Goleman]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Books
Books authored by Goleman, Daniel[1][2].
* Hot to Help: When can empathy move us to action? (2008) Greater Good Science Center. ISBN 074-470041931
* [[Social Intelligence: The New Science of Social Relationships|http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553803522]] (2006) Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0553803525
* Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama (2003) Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0553381054
* Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance (2001) Co-authors: Boyatzis, Richard; McKee, Annie. Harvard Business School Press. ISBN 978-1578514861
* The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace (2001) Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0787956905
* Harvard Business Review on What Makes a Leader? (1998) Co-authors: Michael MacCoby, Thomas Davenport, John C. Beck, Dan Clampa, Michael Watkins. Harvard Business School Press. ISBN 978-1578516377
* Working with Emotional Intelligence (1998) Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0553378580
* Healing Emotions: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health (1997) Shambhala. ISBN 978-1590300107
* [[Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ|http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553375067]] (1996) Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0553383713
* The Meditative Mind (1988) Tarcher. ISBN 978-0874778335
* [[Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self Deception|http://www.amazon.com/Vital-Lies-Simple-Truths-Self-Deception/dp/0684831074/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240078144&sr=1-10]] (1985) Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0747534136
* Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything" (2009) Broadway Business. ISBN-10: 0385527829, ISBN-13: 978-0385527828
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 2:29 PM
[[Emotional Intelligence|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrUQTq35R3A&feature=related]]
David Rakel, MD, talks about the importance of emotional experience in lecturing and connecting to your audience. Part of the Art of Lecturing seminar.
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 2:55 PM
[[Welcome to the website and blog of psychologist Daniel Goleman|http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/]]
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[[Every Landlord's Legal Guide|http://www.nolo.com/product.cfm/ObjectID/A5659B5E-99B5-455F-B162622144C09F45/213/]]
by Marcia Stewart, Attorney Ralph Warner & Attorney Janet Portman
# Paperback: 576 pages
# Publisher: NOLO; 7th Bk&Cdr edition (October 20, 2004)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 1413300723
[[MLN|https://library.minlib.net/patroninfo/1213023/item&2140337]]
Table of Contents
I. How Landlords Can Use This Book
A. What This Book Covers-And How to Use It
B. What This Book Doesn't Cover
C. Guide to Icons Used in This Book
1. Screening Tenants: Your Most Important Decision
A. Avoiding Fair Housing Complaints and Lawsuits
B. How to Advertise Rental Property
http://homestore.com
http://www.apartments.com
http://www.rent.com/
http://www.apartmentguide.com/
http://www.forrent.com/
C. Renting Property That's Still Occupied
D. Dealing With Prospective Tenants and Accepting Rental Applications
E. Checking References, Credit History, and More
F. Choosing-And Rejecting-An Applicant
G. Finder's Fees and Holding Deposits
2. Preparing Leases and Rental Agreements
A. Which Is Better, a Lease or a Rental Agreement?
B. Using the Forms in This Book
C. Completing the Lease or Rental Agreement Form
D. Changing a Lease or Rental Agreement
E. Signing a Lease or Rental Agreement
F. About Cosigners
3. Basic Rent Rules
A. How Much Can You Charge?
B. Rent Control
C. When Rent Is Due
D. Where and How Rent Is Due
E. Late Charges and Discounts for Early Payments
F. Returned Check Charges
G. Partial or Delayed Rent Payments
H. Raising the Rent
4. Security Deposits
A. Purpose and Use of Security Deposits
B. Dollar Limits on Deposits
C. How Much Deposit Should You Charge?
D. Last Month's Rent
E. Interest and Accounts on Deposits
F. Nonrefundable Deposits and Fees
G. How to Increase Deposits
H. Handling Deposits When You Buy or Sell Rental Property
5. Discrimination
A. Legal Reasons for Rejecting a Rental Applicant
B. Sources of Antidiscrimination Laws
C. Types of Illegal Discrimination
D. Valid Occupancy Limits
E. Managers and Discrimination
F. Unlawful Discrimination Complaints
G. Insurance Coverage in Discrimination Claims
6. Property Managers
A. Hiring Your Own Resident Manager
B. How to Prepare a Property Manager Agreement
C. Your Legal Obligations as an Employer
D. Management Companies
E. Your Liability for a Manager's Acts
F. Notifying Tenants of the Manager
G. Firing a Manager
H. Evicting a Manager
7. Getting the Tenant Moved In
A. Inspect the Rental Unit
B. Photograph the Rental Unit
C. Send New Tenants a Move-In Letter
D. Cash Rent and Security Deposit Checks
E. Organize Your Tenant Records
F. Organize Income and Expenses for Schedule E
8. Cotenants, Sublets, and Assignments
A. Cotenants
B. What to Do When a Tenant Wants to Sublet or Assign
C. When a Tenant Brings in a Roommate
D. Guests and New Occupants You Haven't Approved
9. Landlord's Duty to Repair and Maintain the Premises
A. The Implied Warranty of Habitability
B. How to Meet Your Legal Responsibilities
C. Tenant Responses to Unfit Premises: Paying Less Rent
D. Tenant Responses: Calling Inspectors, Filing Lawsuits, and Moving Out
E. Minor Repairs
F. Delegating Landlord's Responsibilities to Tenants
G. Avoiding Problems by Adopting a Good Maintenance and Repair System
H. Tenant Updates and Landlord's Regular Safety and Maintenance Inspections
I. Tenants' Alterations and Improvements
J. Cable TV Access
K. Satellite Dishes and Antennas
10. Landlord's Liability for Dangerous Conditions
A. Landlord Liability for Tenant Injuries
B. If a Tenant Is at Fault, Too
C. How Much Money the Tenant May Be Entitled To
D. How to Prevent Liability Problems
E. Liability and Other Types of Property Insurance
11. Landlord's Liability for Environmental Health Hazards
A. Asbestos
B. Lead
C. Radon
D. Carbon Monoxide
E. Mold
12. Landlord's Liability for Criminal Acts and Activities
A. Your Responsibility to Keep Tenants Safe
B. How to Protect Your Tenants From Criminal Acts
C. Protecting Tenants From Each Other
D. Landlords and the Fight Against Terrorism
E. Your Responsibility for an Employee's Criminal Acts
F. Protecting Neighbors From Drug-Dealing Tenants
13. Landlord's Right of Entry and Tenants' Privacy
A. General Rules of Entry
B. Entry in Case of Emergency
C. Entry With the Permission of the Tenant
D. Entry to Make Repairs or Inspect the Property
E. Entry to Show Property to Prospective Tenants or Buyers
F. Entry After the Tenant Has Moved Out
G. Entry by Others
H. Other Types of Invasions of Privacy
I. What to Do When Tenants Unreasonably Deny Entry
J. Tenants' Remedies If a Landlord Acts Illegally
14. Ending a Tenancy
A. Changing Lease or Rental Agreement Terms
B. How Month-to-Month Tenancies End
C. How Leases End
D. If the Tenant Breaks the Lease
E. When a Tenant Dies
F. Condominium Conversions
15. Returning Security Deposits and Other Move-Out Issues
A. Preparing a Move-Out Letter
B. Inspecting the Unit When a Tenant Leaves
C. Applying the Security Deposit to the Last Month's Rent
D. Basic Rules for Returning Deposits
E. Deductions for Cleaning and Damage
F. Deductions for Unpaid Rent
G. Preparing an Itemized Statement of Deductions
H. Mailing the Security Deposit Itemization
I. Security Deposits From Cotenants
J. If a Tenant Sues You
K. If the Deposit Doesn't Cover Damage and Unpaid Rent
L. What to Do With Property Abandoned by a Tenant
16. Problems With Tenants: How to Resolve Disputes Without a Lawyer
A. Negotiating a Settlement: Start by Talking
B. When Warning Notices Are Appropriate
C. Understanding Mediation
D. Using Arbitration
E. Representing Yourself in Small Claims Court
F. How to Avoid Charges of Retaliation
17. Terminations and Evictions
A. The Landlord's Role in Evictions
B. Termination Notices
C. Late Rent
D. Other Tenant Violations of the Lease or Rental Agreement
E. Violations of a Tenant's Legal Responsibilities
F. Tenant's Illegal Activity on the Premises
G. How Eviction Lawsuits Work
H. Illegal "Self-Help" Evictions
I. Stopping Eviction by Filing for Bankruptcy
18. Lawyers and Legal Research
A. Finding a Lawyer
B. Types of Fee Arrangements With Lawyers
C. Saving on Legal Fees
D. Resolving Problems With Your Lawyer
E. Attorney Fees in a Lawsuit
F. Doing Your Own Legal Research
G. Where to Find State, Local, and Federal Laws
H. How to Research Court Decisions
Appendix I:
State Landlord-Tenant Law Charts
Attachment to Florida Leases and Rental Agreements
State Landlord-Tenant Statutes
State Rent Rules
Notice Required to Change or Terminate a Month-to-Month Tenancy
State Security Deposit Rules
States That Require Landlords to Pay Interest on Deposits
State Laws on Rent Withholding and Repair and Deduct Remedies
State Laws on Landlord's Access to Rental Property
State Laws on Handling Abandoned Property
State Laws Prohibiting Landlord Retaliation
State Laws on Termination for Nonpayment of Rent
State Laws on Termination for Violation of Lease
State Laws on Unconditional Quit
Appendix II:
How to Use the CD-ROM
A. Installing the Form Files Onto Your Computer
B. Using the Word Processing Files to Create Documents
C. Using PDF Files to Print Out Forms
D. Files Provided on the Forms CD-ROM
Appendix III:
Tear-Out Forms
Rental Application
Consent to Contact References and Perform Credit Check
Tenant References
Notice of Denial Based on Credit Report or Other Information
Notice of Conditional Acceptance Based on Credit Report or Other Information
Receipt and Holding Deposit Agreement
Month-to-Month Residential Rental Agreement
Month-to-Month Residential Rental Agreement (Spanish Version)
Fixed-Term Residential Lease
Fixed-Term Residential Lease (Spanish Version)
Cosigner Agreement
Agreement for Delayed or Partial Rent Payments
Property Manager Agreement
Landlord-Tenant Checklist
Move-In Letter
Landlord-Tenant Agreement to Terminate Lease
Consent to Assignment of Lease
Letter to Original Tenant and New Cotenant
Resident's Maintenance/Repair Request
Time Estimate for Repair
Semiannual Safety and Maintenance Update
Agreement Regarding Tenant Alterations to Rental Unit
Disclosure of Information on Lead-Based Paint and/or Lead-Based Paint Hazards
Disclosure of Information on Lead-Based Paint and/or Lead-Based Paint Hazards (Spanish Version)
Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home Pamphlet
Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home Pamphlet (Spanish Version)
Notice of Intent to Enter Dwelling Unit
Amendment to Lease or Rental Agreement
Tenant's Notice of Intent to Move Out
Move-Out Letter
Letter for Returning Entire Security Deposit
Security Deposit Itemization (Deductions for Repairs and Cleaning)
Security Deposit Itemization (Deductions for Repairs, Cleaning, and Unpaid Rent)
Warning Letter for Lease or Rental Agreement Violation
Index
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My Notes:
01-19. info to keep on rejected applicants
01-20. rating applicants on a numerical scale
02-15. consider water submetering. ***
02-16. renters' insurance
02-23. tenant rules and regulations
04-09. security deposit to be unavailable to creditors
07-03. landlord/tenant checklist ***
07-09. move-in letter
07-11. organize tenant records ***
07-12. organize for Schedule E ***
08-05. when couples separate
09-32. you may have to pay Fed and State Tax on tenant-repair person
09-39. tenant semi-annual safety and maint update
09-39. landlord's annual safety inspection ***
10-16. liability and other types of property insurance ***
14-06. insist on tenant's writtne notice of intent to move
14-15. landlord's duty to rerent the premise
14-16. keep good records
15-03. prepare a move-out letter ***
15-11. what can you charge for?
15-12. when to charge the tenant for repainting
15-17. letter for returning entire security deposit
15-19. security deposit ittemization
18-03. how not to find a lawyer
AppxI-3. State Landlord-Tenant Statues: MGL Ann. ch. 186, SS 1 to 21
AppxI-4. State Rent rules: MGL Ann. ch. 186S15B(c); S15B(1)(c)
AppxII. Tenant references ***
AppxII. Landlord-tenant checklist ***
AppxII. Semi-annual safety and maint update ***
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by Attorney Janet Portman & Marcia Stewart
Pub. Date: May 2005
Edition: 4th
Pages: 480 pp
ISBN: 1-4133-0144-4
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction
1. Finding a Place to Rent
A. Setting Your Rental Priorities
B. How to Find an Apartment or House for Rent
5. Online Finding Services:
http://www.rentnet.com/apartments/home.jhtml
http://www.rentnet.com/apartments/home.jhtml
http://www.apartmentguide.com/
http://www.rentals.com/
http://www.apartmentsearch.com/
http://www.forrent.com/
C. Visiting Prospective Rentals
D. Checking Out the Neighbors
E. Rental Applications and Credit Reports
F. How Landlords Reject Tenants
G. Finder's Fees and Holding Deposits
H. Choosing Roommates
2. Leases and Rental Agreements
A. How Written Leases and Rental Agreements Differ
B. Oral Leases and Rental Agreements
C. Typical Provisions in Leases and Rental Agreements
D. Negotiating With the Landlord
E. Changing a Lease or Rental Agreement
F. Signing a Lease or Rental Agreement
G. Cosigners
3. Basic Rent Rules
A. How Much Can Your Landlord Charge?
B. Rent Control
C. When Is Your Rent Due?
D. Grace Periods for Late Rent
E. Where and How Rent Is Due
F. Late Charges and Discounts for Early Payments
G. Returned Check Charges
H. Negotiating Partial or Delayed Rent Payments
I. Rent Increases
J. Talking the Landlord Out of a Rent Increase
4. Security Deposits
A. Dollar Limits on Deposits
B. How Landlords May Increase Deposits
C. Last Month's Rent
D. Nonrefundable Deposits and Fees
E. Interest on Deposits and Separate Accounts
F. How the Deposit May Be Used
G. If Your Landlord Sells the Property
5. Discrimination
A. Kinds of Discrimination Prohibited by Federal Laws
B. Kinds of Discrimination Prohibited by State and Local Law
C. How to Fight Back
6. Inspecting the Rental Unit and Moving In
A. How to Inspect the Rental Unit
B. Photographing the Rental Unit
C. How to Handle Problems
D. Clarifying Important Terms of the Tenancy
E. Organizing Your Rental Records
7. Roommates
A. Renting a Place With Others
B. Adding a New Roommate
C. Taking In a Roomer
8. Major Repairs and Maintenance
A. Your Basic Right to Livable Premises
B. State Laws and Local Housing Codes
C. Court-Imposed Rules
D. Your Repair and Maintenance Responsibilities
E. Making Tenants Responsible for Repairs
F. How to Get Action From Your Landlord
G. What to Do If the Landlord Won't Make Repairs
9. Minor Repairs and Maintenance
A. Minor Repairs: What Are They?
B. The Landlord's Responsibilities
C. Your Responsibilities
D. Getting the Landlord to Make Minor Repairs
E. Making Minor Repairs Yourself
10. Making Improvements and Alterations
A. Improvements That Become Part of the Property
B. Improving Your Rental Unit Without Enriching Your Landlord
C. Cable TV Access
D. Satellite Dishes and Other Antennas
11. Your Right to Privacy
A. Entry by the Landlord
B. Entry by Others
C. Other Invasions of Privacy
D. What to Do About Invasions of Privacy
12. Injuries on the Premises
A. What to Do If You're Injured
B. Is the Landlord Liable?
C. If You're at Fault, Too
D. How Much Money You're Entitled To
13. Environmental Hazards
A. Asbestos
B. Lead
C. Radon
D. Carbon Monoxide
E. Mold
14. Crime on the Premises
A. The Landlord's Basic Duty to Keep You Safe
B. Problems With Other Tenants
C. Illegal Activity on the Property and Nearby
D. Getting Results From the Landlord
E. Protecting Yourself
15. How Tenancies End or Change
A. Changing Terms During Your Tenancy
B. How Month-to-Month Tenancies End
C. How Fixed-Term Leases End
D. Retaliation and Other Illegal Tenancy Terminations
E. How to Stay When Your Landlord Wants You Out
F. Getting Out of a Lease
G. Condominium Conversions
H. If the Landlord Sells or Goes Out of Business
16. Moving Out and Getting Your Security Deposit Back
A. Basic Rules for Returning Deposits
B. Deductions for Cleaning and Damage
C. Deductions for Unpaid Rent
D. Avoiding Fights Over Deposits
E. Security Deposits From Cotenants
F. How to Handle Deposit Disputes
G. Suing Your Landlord in Small Claims Court
H. If Your Deposit Doesn't Cover What You Owe
I. Your Abandoned Property
17. Termination Notices Based on Nonpayment of Rent and Other Illegal Acts
A. Termination Notices
B. Late Rent
C. Other Violations of the Lease or Rental Agreement
D. Violations of Your Legal Responsibilities as a Tenant
E. Illegal Activity on the Premises
F. Negotiating With the Landlord
G. Getting Help From a Mediator
H. Refusing to Move Out
I. Cutting Your Losses and Moving
18. Evictions: An Overview
A. When to Fight-And When to Move
B. Illegal "Self-Help" Evictions
C. How Eviction Lawsuits Work
D. Stopping Eviction by Filing for Bankruptcy
19. Resolving Problems Without a Lawyer
A. How to Negotiate a Settlement
B. Using a Mediator
C. Suing in Small Claims Court
D. Tenants Working Together
20. Lawyers and Legal Research
A. How a Lawyer Can Help You
B. Finding a Good Lawyer
C. Fee Arrangements With Lawyers
D. Resolving Problems With Your Lawyer
E. Doing Your Own Legal Research
Appendix I: State Laws and Agencies
Appendix II: Tear-Out Forms
Index
Forms in This Book
Looking For and Finding a Rental
Rental Priorities Worksheet
Apartment-Finding Service Checklist
Rental Application
Consent to Background and Reference Check
Receipt and Holding Deposit Agreement
Moving In and Making Changes
Landlord-Tenant Checklist
Agreement Regarding Tenant Improvements to Rental Unit
Amendment to Lease or Rental Agreement
Moving Out and Getting Your Deposit Back
Tenant's Notice of Intent to Move Out
Termination of Lease
Consent to Assignment of Lease
Demand for Return of Security Deposit
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My Notes:
1-7. consent to background and reference check form/letter
1-21a. how to impress prospective landlords **
1-23. credit check fees
1-24. [[Single While Female|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105414/]]
2-11. late fees
2-15. renter's insurance
2-21. tenant rules and regulations **
6-3. landlord-tenant checklist: test smoke detector while present
6-7. states that require landlord-tenant-checklist: MA **
6-11. organizing your rental records
7- ROOMMATES
7-6. roommate agreement
10-5. tenant improvement to rental unit **
11-7. notice required before landlord may enter: MA-no notice requirement in statute **
13-21. CO detector requirement **
15-25. landlord's duty to re-rent premises: MA-no **
16-4. deadline for landlords to itemize and return deposit: MA-30 days **
16-8. what can your landlord charge for? **
16-12. and 16-13 cleaning plan **
17-5. states that can limit number of times a tenant can pay and stay: MA-one in last 12 months
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Every Landlord's Guide to Finding Great Tenants by Janet Portman Attorney Nolo
Managing Editor (Paperback - Jul 8, 2009)
Pub. Date: Jun 2009
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 496 pp
ISBN: 9781413308648
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Table of Contents
1. Choosing Good Tenants Makes Good Business Sense
What's the law got to do with it?
Is this book for you?
Ten ways to keep your rental business profitable
How to use the Landlord's Forms Library
Why good record keeping is so important-and how to do it
Icons used in this book
2. Complying With Discrimination Laws
Fair housing complaints are numerous and costly
Legal discrimination: Valid reasons for rejecting applicants
Rental properties exempt from antidiscrimination laws
Types of illegal discrimination
Occupancy standards: How many tenants are too many?
Managers and discrimination
3. How to Deal With Current Tenants-Before You Look for New Ones
Send departing tenants a move-out letter
Do a pre-move-out inspection of the rental
Inform tenants of your plans to advertise and show the rental
Ask departing tenants to complete an exit questionnaire
How to work with tenants who are not leaving voluntarily
What happens when you can't deliver the rental on time?
4. How to Advertise Effectively
Identify your market
Create a Marketing Worksheet
Use word of mouth
Set up a tenant referral program
Post "For Rent" signs
Advertise in the newspapers
Check out rental magazines
Post flyers on neighborhood bulletin boards and online
Use an online rental service
Make your own website
Take advantage of free listings on craigslist.org
List with local employers
Use a real estate office to advertise for and screen tenants
5. How Should You Show Your Rental?
Individual property tours
Private open houses
Public open houses
6. Preparing Your Rental Application and Screening Materials
Your Rental Policies
Your Rental Application
Consent to Contact References and Perform Credit Check
Credit Check Payment
Receipt for Credit Check Fee
Consent to Criminal and Background Check
Legal Status in the United States
Lease or Rental Agreement
7. Fielding Initial Questions and Phone Screening
Make it easy to reach you
Prepare a Rental Property Fact Sheet
Prepare a Rental Property Comparison Chart
Prepare a Tenant Information Sheet
How to prescreen over the phone or in person
Carefully document your conclusions
Dealing with on-the-fence callers
Schedule a site visit
Should you negotiate on the first call or conversation?
8. Prepare Your Rental for an Open House or Showing
Prepare the rental unit for an attractive showing
Prepare the rental unit for a safe showing
Prepare the rental unit for a secure showing
How to plan for and do repairs and refurbishing
9. Face to Face: Showing the Rental and Negotiating with Prospective Tenants
How to hold an open house
How to conduct an individual showing
Talk with your visitors and answer questions
Field questions thoughtfully
Sell your property, but don't puff
How to negotiate with prospective tenants
Discussions with disabled applicants
Identify prospective tenants
What's the next step for your visitors?
Conduct a wrap-up
10. Evaluating Rental Applications
Log in every application
Confirm receipt of credit check fee and consent form
How to review Rental Applications
Step 1: Summing up the answers
Step 2: Evaluating the application answers
Step 3: Rank your applications
Step 4: Decide how many applications will advance to credit checks and reference checks
11. Checking Applicants' Credit Reports
How to get a credit report
What's in a credit report?
The limits of credit reports
How to evaluate an applicant's credit report
Rerank your applications
Handle credit reports, criminal background reports, and tenant-screening reports carefully
12. Checking Landlord, Employer, and Personal References
Contact past and current landlords
Contact current employer
Contact personal references
Reranking and rejecting applicants after talking with references
13. Checking Applicants' Criminal Backgrounds
Your qualified legal right to reject tenants with criminal backgrounds
How to avoid renting to people with dangerous criminal backgrounds
The basics of criminal background checks
The risks of running a criminal background check
The risks of not running a criminal background check
How to decide whether to do a criminal background check
Inform prospective tenants of your policy and get consent
How to do a Megan's Law search on your own
How to get a criminal background report
How to reject following a Megan's Law or criminal background check
14. How to Choose and Work With a Tenant-Screening Agency
How useful are tenant-screening services?
Obtain written consent from applicants
How to find a tenant-screening service (and how much they cost)
How to evaluate services provided by tenant-screening firms
How to use the screening report
Accepting and rejecting applicants based on screening reports
15. Choosing Your New Tenant
What to do when you have no qualified applicants
How to choose among qualified applicants
How to communicate an acceptance
Conditional acceptances and adverse action letters
How to deal with cosigners
Holding deposits
Signing the lease or rental agreement
16. How to Reject-What to Say, What to Write
Ten tips on how to reject
Adverse action letters
Rejections: How to say them, how to write them
Communicate postapplication rejections by mail or email
Appendix: How to Use the CD-ROM
Installing the files on to your computer
Using your word processor to create forms
Listening to the audio files
Index
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Referred to in Chapter 2 Fault of Others page 73 in [[The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom]]
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1 Escaping The Self : Alcoholism, Spirituality, Masochism, And Other Flights From The Burden Of Selfho / Roy F. Baumeister. BOOK c1991
2 Evil : Inside Human Cruelty And Violence / Roy F. Baumeister. BOOK c1997
3 Identity : Cultural Change And The Struggle For Self / Roy F. Baumeister. -- BOOK 1986
4 Self-Esteem : The Puzzle Of Low Self-Regard / edited By Roy F. Baumeister. BOOK c1993
5 The Self In Social Psychology / edited By Roy F. Baumeister. BOOK c1999
6 Social Psychology And Human Sexuality / edited By Roy F. Baumeister. BOOK c2001
7 Your Own Worst Enemy : Understanding The Paradox Of Self-Defeating Behavior / Steven Berglas And Roy F. Baumeister. BOOK c1993
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ISBN-13: 9780805071658
Format: Paperback, 448pp
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated
Table of Contents
Preface
Ch. 1 The Question of Evil, and the Answers 30
2c. evil strikes at people's fundamental beliefs
PART I: IMAGE AND REALITY
Ch. 2 Victims and Perpetrators 33
35c. [[Zygmunt Bauman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygmunt_Bauman]] book on Holocaust:
[[1991: Modernity and Ambivalence. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-2603-0|http://www.amazon.com/Modernity-Ambivalence-Zygmunt-Bauman/dp/0745612423/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4631182-3291002?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176733982&sr=8-1]]
35c. passion is disruptive
37c. John Keegan as best writer to describe the cause of WWII
43. magnitude gap between WWI
47b. ** what can be concluded about how perpetrators think? ...
86a. [[John W. Dower|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Dower]], [[War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War|http://www.amazon.com/War-Without-Mercy-Power-Pacific/dp/0394751728/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4631182-3291002?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176734137&sr=8-1]]
86c-87a. Jew's cleaniness the reason for less impact on plague
91b. Hans Toch [[Violent Men: An Inquiry into the Psychology of Violence|http://www.amazon.com/Violent-Men-Inquiry-Psychology-Violence/dp/1557981728/ref=sr_1_2/103-4631182-3291002?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176734227&sr=8-2]]
96a. myth allows evil to masqurade as good
Ch. 3 The Myth of Pure Evil 60
PART II: THE FOUR ROOTS OF EVIL
Ch. 4 Greed, Lust, Ambition: Evil as a Means to an End 99
123c-124a. self-inflicted destructive behavior. focus on short term goals
Ch. 5 Egotism and Revenge 128
132c. Bert Brown
144b. Hitler and Sadam who think of themselves as Gods?
160a. Deuteronomy: taking "vengeance upon my enemies ..."
167c. identification
Ch. 6 True Believers and Idealists 169
171c. God and Abraham
176c. Sir Alfred Milner regarding the Boer War
187a. ... idealism merely dressed up or concealed; selfishness
189c. Heinz Höhne re SS guards
190c. Stanley Milgram; groups
192a. Arthur Koestler; communist groups
194b. guillotine reserved for traitors
194c-195a. Richard Wright -> lunatic
201c. Faustian bargain
Ch. 7 Can Evil Be Fun? The Joy of Hurting 203
208a. Gini Graham Scott
209b. Christopher Browning "Ordinary Men"
210c-211a. not in moral terms
218a. Tuchman - French village buying criminals to execute
218b. auto-de-fé
220c. empathy is an important inhibitor
242c. ppower, intimacy, and achievement
PART III: HOW THEY DO IT
Ch. 8 Crossing the Line: How Evil Starts 251
256b. John Dean in Blind Ambition
259b. ** once you accept the premise
259c. ** do not recognize the issue as a great moral test of character at that crucial moment
260c. ** ... objections seem safe ... they do not offend the authorities in the sam way as saying "what you are doing is criminal and wrong".
267a. ** doubt and reluctance - Katrina
268b. hear and now
Ch. 9 How Evil Grows and Spreads 282
285b. no place to deport unwanted Jews
301b. Lifton; Nazi Doctors
303c. Garold Strasser and William Titus
Ch. 10 Dealing with Guilt 305
312b. social attachment
315b. Napoleon: "soldiers are meant to be killed"
329b. ... better off dead, because longer life entails greater sin
331b. ** perpetrators belief; self deception
332b. self-deception
333a. Kathleen McGraw: study guilt over unintentional consequences
334b. Karl Koch
336c. mental tricks
336c. Rudolph Höss: Nazi camp commander
337c. Höss's "low-level thinking"
338a. "philosophy of action"
339a. frontline ... avoid deep thoughts
Ch. 11 Ambivalence and Fellow Travelers 343
346a. Zulu tragedy
350b. "what a pity. It was a fine canoe"
352b. ... reserve greater animosity for those whom who the know well
353b. ** live lives away from grand socialpolitical ...
354b. blaming the United States
355c. prior to Armenian ... was Bulgarian revolt in 1876
359c. author's sympathy with the inactive bystanders ...
364c-365a. different views of Kurds boycott
PART IV: CONCLUSION
Ch. 12 Why Is there Evil? 375
. four roots of evil
379b. the myth is a victim's myth
385a. ** parents -> 2-part answer ...
Notes 388
Index 419
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
CH. 1 THE QUESTION OF EVIL, AND THE ANSWERS 30
. a brush with evil
. what is evil?
. once more, without feeling
. impulse and commitment
. true crime and false
. the magnitude of evil
. a pair of hate crimes
. a young woman's faith
PART I: IMAGE AND REALITY
CH. 2 VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS 33
. killer dressed in black
. Nazi Idealists
. righting past wrongs
. cruelty as an unfortunate by-product
. how perpetrators think
. how bad was it?
. deliberate and intentional?
. what to do with bygones: the elastic time frame
. seeing onself under attack
. mixing and blurring the roles
. when perpetrators become victims
. mutual fault and shared blame
. is no one to blame, then?
CH. 3 THE MYTH OF PURE EVIL 60
. images of evil
. evil at the movies
. religion and the devil
. bad guys for kids
. the new war
. pure evil
. pure evil in modern life
. crime and evil in the news
. drugs and alcohol: the chemical demons
. the hated face: enemies in war
. innocent victims
. but what about reciprocal violence?
PART II: THE FOUR ROOTS OF EVIL
CH. 4 GREED, LUST, AMBITION: EVIL AS A MEANS TO AN END 99
. the killer horsemen
. evil means to acceptable ends
. turning bad
. why choose evil means?
. are evil means effective?
. the rewards of stealing
. organized crimes and drugs
. political murders
. government repression and torture
. warfare
. murder and other violent crimes
. adding it up
. suffering, dominance, and power
. violence as self-destruction: the price of living in the present
. the victim's lot
CH. 5 EGOTISM AND REVENGE 128
. but what about low self-esteem?
. ego threats and insecure arrogance
. who turns violent, and when
. inflated self-esteem
. unstable egotism: insecure grandiosity
. what about deep down inside?
. playing to the audience
. the logic of revenge: when getting even isn't even
. out of proportion to the offence
. the spiral of revenge
. the goal of revenge
. suffering and satisfaction: why does it feel good to get even?
. the trivial victim
CH. 6 TRUE BELIEVERS AND IDEALISTS 169
. noble ideals, evil actions
. ends justify means
. license to hate
. the treatment of victims
. isn't it just a rationalization?
. beyond individuals
. are groups nastier than individuals?
. the group itself as an end
. can evil serve good?
CH. 7 CAN EVIL BE FUN? THE JOY OF HURTING 203
. what it feels like to hurt someone
. why do they laugh?
. the fascinating spectacle of violence
. empathy, children, and psychopaths
. can people really enjoy hurting?
. a natural basis for sadism
. addiction processes
. sadism: pleasure in the backwash
. a vaccine against sadism?
. having a little fun
. power
. when empathy serves cruelty
PART III: HOW THEY DO IT
CH. 8 CROSSING THE LINE: HOW EVIL STARTS 251
. bluring the line: ambiguity, uncertainty, misinformation
. once you accept the premise ...
. why isn't there more evil?
. violence starts when self-control stops
. conflicting obligations
. here and now
. emotional distress
. alcohol and evil
. a culture of violence?
. the fruitless search for subcultures that endorses violence
. subcultures, irresistible impulses, and self-control
. how cultures exert influence
CH. 9 HOW EVIL GROWS AND SPREADS 282
. escalation: growing nastier over time
. getting used to it
. getting away with it
. discovering the pleasure
. tit for tat and vicious circles
. the ambiguous, expanding mandate
. trust and responsibility
. diffusion of responsibility: all in this together
. division of labor
. trust and loyalty
. groups suppress private doubts
CH. 10 DEALING WITH GUILT 305
. lame rationalizations and loopholes
. the nature of guilt
. not one of us
. language as smoke screen
. i had no choice: justification through necessity
. group evil and individual guilt
. for their own good
. empty excuses or sincere self-deceptions?
. changing the dance, not the tune
. or just to escape
. erasing guilt with alcohol
CH. 11 AMBIVALENCE AND FELLOW TRAVELERS 343
. people who switch sides
. the question of motives
. passive companions
. the uninvolved authorities
. indirect help
. keeping them happy
PART IV: CONCLUSION
CH. 12 WHY IS THERE EVIL? 375
. magnitude and banality
. nature and culture
. the future of evil
. after understanding, what?
NOTES 388
INDEX 41
Monday, April 23, 2007 at 7:16 PM
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Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 9:21 AM
[[University program focuses on psychology of genocide|http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/05/16/university_program_focuses_on_psychology_of_genocide/]]
By Bob Salsberg
Associated Press / May 16, 2010
/***
''Export Tiddlers Plugin for TiddlyWiki version 2.0''
^^author: Eric Shulman - ELS Design Studios
source: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#ExportTiddlersPlugin
license: [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/]]^^
When many people edit copies of the same TiddlyWiki document, the ability to easily copy and share these changes so they can then be redistributed to the entire group is very important. This ability is also very useful when moving your own tiddlers from document to document (e.g., when upgrading to the latest version of TiddlyWiki, or 'pre-loading' your favorite stylesheets into a new 'empty' TiddlyWiki document.)
ExportTiddlersPlugin let you ''select and extract tiddlers from your ~TiddlyWiki documents and save them to a local file'' or a remote server (requires installation of compatible server-side scripting, still under development...). An interactive control panel lets you specify a destination, and then select which tiddlers to export. A convenient 'selection filter' helps you pick desired tiddlers by specifying a combination of modification dates, tags, or tiddler text to be matched or excluded. ''Tiddler data can be output as ~TiddlyWiki "storeArea ~DIVs" that can be imported into another ~TiddlyWiki or as ~RSS-compatible XML that can be published for RSS syndication.''
!!!!!Inline interface (live)
<<<
<<exportTiddlers inline>>
<<<
!!!!!Usage
<<<
Optional "special tiddlers" used by this plugin:
* SiteUrl^^
URL for official server-published version of document being viewed (used in XML export)
default: //none//^^
* SiteHost^^
host name/address for remote server (e.g., "www.server.com" or "192.168.1.27")
default: //none//^^
* SitePost^^
remote path/filename for submitting changes (e.g., "/cgi-bin/submit.cgi")
default: //none//^^
* SiteParams^^
arguments (if any) for server-side receiving script
default: //none//^^
* SiteNotify^^
addresses (if any) for sending automatic server-side email notices
default: //none//^^
* SiteID^^
username or other authorization identifier for login-controlled access to remote server
default: current TiddlyWiki username (e.g., "YourName")^^
* SiteDate^^
stored date/time stamp for most recent published version of document
default: current document.modified value (i.e., the 'file date')^^
<<<
!!!!!Example
<<<
<<exportTiddlers>>
<<<
!!!!!Installation
<<<
Import (or copy/paste) the following tiddlers into your document:
''ExportTiddlersPlugin'' (tagged with <<tag systemConfig>>)
create/edit ''SideBarOptions'': (sidebar menu items)
^^Add {{{<<exportTiddlers>>}}} macro^^
<<<
!!!!!Revision History
<<<
''2006.05.11 [2.2.2]''
in createExportPanel, removed call to addNotification() to no longer auto-refresh the list every time a tiddler is changed. Instead, call refreshExportList(0) only when the panel is first rendered and each time it is made visible. Prevents unneeded feedback messages from being displayed and increases overall document performance, since the listbox is no longer being updated each time a tiddler is saved.
''2006.05.02 [2.2.1]''
Use displayMessage() to show number of selected tiddlers instead of updating listbox 'header' item after each selection. Prevents awkward 'scroll-to-top' behavior that made multi-select via ctrl-click nearly impossible. Reported by Paul Reiber.
''2006.04.29 [2.2.0]''
New features: "Notes" are free-form text that is inserted in the header of a TWDIV export file. When exporting to a server, the "notify" checkbox indicates that server-side script processing should send an email message when the export file is stored on the server. Comma-separated addresses may be typed in, or pre-defined in the SiteNotify tiddler.
''2006.03.29 [2.1.3]''
added calls to convertUnicodeToUTF8() for generated output, so it better handles international characters.
''2006.02.12 [2.1.2]''
added var to unintended global 'tags' in matchTags(). Avoids FF1501 bug when filtering by tags. (based on report by TedPavlic)
''2006.02.04 [2.1.1]''
added var to variables that were unintentionally global. Avoids FireFox 1.5.0.1 crash bug when referencing global variables
''2006.02.02 [2.1.0]''
Added support for output of complete TiddlyWiki documents. Let's you use ExportTiddlers to generate 'starter' documents from selected tiddlers.
''2006.01.21 [2.0.1]''
Defer initial panel creation and only register a notification function when panel first is created
in saveChanges 'hijack', create panel as needed. Note: if window.event is not available to identify the click location, the export panel is positioned relative to the 'tiddlerDisplay' element of the TW document.
''2005.12.27 [2.0.0]''
Update for TW2.0
Defer initial panel creation and only register a notification function when panel first is created
''2005.12.24 [0.9.5]''
Minor adjustments to CSS to force correct link colors regardless of TW stylesheet selection
''2005.12.16 [0.9.4]''
Dynamically create/remove exportPanel as needed to ensure only one instance of interface elements exists, even if there are multiple instances of macro embedding.
''2005.11.15 [0.9.2]''
added non-Ajax post function to bypass javascript security restrictions on cross-domain I/O. Moved AJAX functions to separate tiddler (no longer needed here). Generalized HTTP server to support UnaWiki servers
''2005.11.08 [0.9.1]''
moved HTML, CSS and control initialization into exportInit() function and call from macro handler instead of at load time. This allows exportPanel to be placed within the same containing element as the "export tiddlers" button, so that relative positioning can be achieved.
''2005.10.28 [0.9.0]''
added 'select opened tiddlers' feature
Based on a suggestion by Geoff Slocock
''2005.10.24 [0.8.3]''
Corrected hijack of 'save changes' when using http:
''2005.10.18 [0.8.2]''
added AJAX functions
''2005.10.18 [0.8.1]''
Corrected timezone handling when filtering for date ranges.
Improved error checking/reporting for invalid filter values and filters that don't match any tiddlers.
Exporting localfile-to-localfile is working for IE and FF
Exporting server-to-localfile works in IE (after ActiveX warnings), but has security issues in FF
Cross-domain exporting (localfile/server-to-server) is under development
Cookies to remember filter settings - coming soon
More style tweaks, minor text changes and some assorted layout cleanup.
''2005.10.17 [0.8.0]''
First pre-release.
''2005.10.16 [0.7.0]''
filter by tags
''2005.10.15 [0.6.0]''
filter by title/text
''2005.10.14 [0.5.0]''
export to local file (DIV or XML)
''2005.10.14 [0.4.0]''
filter by start/end date
''2005.10.13 [0.3.0]''
panel interaction
''2005.10.11 [0.2.0]''
panel layout
''2005.10.10 [0.1.0]''
code framework
''2005.10.09 [0.0.0]''
development started
<<<
!!!!!Credits
<<<
This feature was developed by EricShulman from [[ELS Design Studios|http:/www.elsdesign.com]]
<<<
!!!!!Code
***/
// // +++[version]
//{{{
version.extensions.exportTiddlers = {major: 2, minor: 2, revision: 2, date: new Date(2006,5,2)};
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[macro handler]
//{{{
config.macros.exportTiddlers = {
label: "export tiddlers",
prompt: "Copy selected tiddlers to an export document",
datetimefmt: "0MM/0DD/YYYY 0hh:0mm:0ss" // for "filter date/time" edit fields
};
config.macros.exportTiddlers.handler = function(place,macroName,params) {
if (params[0]!="inline")
{ createTiddlyButton(place,this.label,this.prompt,onClickExportMenu); return; }
var panel=createExportPanel(place);
panel.style.position="static";
panel.style.display="block";
}
function createExportPanel(place) {
var panel=document.getElementById("exportPanel");
if (panel) { panel.parentNode.removeChild(panel); }
setStylesheet(config.macros.exportTiddlers.css,"exportTiddlers");
panel=createTiddlyElement(place,"span","exportPanel",null,null)
panel.innerHTML=config.macros.exportTiddlers.html;
exportShowPanel(document.location.protocol);
exportInitFilter();
refreshExportList(0);
return panel;
}
function onClickExportMenu(e)
{
if (!e) var e = window.event;
var parent=resolveTarget(e).parentNode;
var panel = document.getElementById("exportPanel");
if (panel==undefined || panel.parentNode!=parent)
panel=createExportPanel(parent);
var isOpen = panel.style.display=="block";
if(config.options.chkAnimate)
anim.startAnimating(new Slider(panel,!isOpen,e.shiftKey || e.altKey,"none"));
else
panel.style.display = isOpen ? "none" : "block" ;
if (panel.style.display!="none") refreshExportList(0); // update list when panel is made visible
e.cancelBubble = true;
if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation();
return(false);
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[Hijack saveChanges] diverts 'notFileUrlError' to display export control panel instead
//{{{
window.coreSaveChanges=window.saveChanges;
window.saveChanges = function()
{
if (document.location.protocol=="file:") { coreSaveChanges(); return; }
var e = window.event;
var parent=e?resolveTarget(e).parentNode:document.body;
var panel = document.getElementById("exportPanel");
if (panel==undefined || panel.parentNode!=parent) panel=createExportPanel(parent);
exportShowPanel(document.location.protocol);
if (parent==document.body) { panel.style.left="30%"; panel.style.top="30%"; }
panel.style.display = "block" ;
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[IE needs explicit scoping] for functions called by browser events
//{{{
window.onClickExportMenu=onClickExportMenu;
window.onClickExportButton=onClickExportButton;
window.exportShowPanel=exportShowPanel;
window.exportShowFilterFields=exportShowFilterFields;
window.refreshExportList=refreshExportList;
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[CSS] for floating export control panel
//{{{
config.macros.exportTiddlers.css = '\
#exportPanel {\
display: none; position:absolute; z-index:12; width:35em; right:105%; top:6em;\
background-color: #eee; color:#000; font-size: 8pt; line-height:110%;\
border:1px solid black; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px;\
padding: 0.5em; margin:0em; -moz-border-radius:1em;\
}\
#exportPanel a, #exportPanel td a { color:#009; display:inline; margin:0px; padding:1px; }\
#exportPanel table { width:100%; border:0px; padding:0px; margin:0px; font-size:8pt; line-height:110%; background:transparent; }\
#exportPanel tr { border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px; background:transparent; }\
#exportPanel td { color:#000; border:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px; background:transparent; }\
#exportPanel select { width:98%;margin:0px;font-size:8pt;line-height:110%;}\
#exportPanel input { width:98%;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:8pt;line-height:110%; }\
#exportPanel textarea { width:98%;padding:0px;margin:0px;overflow:auto;font-size:8pt; }\
#exportPanel .box { border:1px solid black; padding:3px; margin-bottom:5px; background:#f8f8f8; -moz-border-radius:5px; }\
#exportPanel .topline { border-top:2px solid black; padding-top:3px; margin-bottom:5px; }\
#exportPanel .rad { width:auto;border:0 }\
#exportPanel .chk { width:auto;border:0 }\
#exportPanel .btn { width:auto; }\
#exportPanel .btn1 { width:98%; }\
#exportPanel .btn2 { width:48%; }\
#exportPanel .btn3 { width:32%; }\
#exportPanel .btn4 { width:24%; }\
#exportPanel .btn5 { width:19%; }\
';
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[HTML] for export control panel interface
//{{{
config.macros.exportTiddlers.html = '\
<!-- output target and format -->\
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width=50%>\
export to\
<select size=1 id="exportTo" onchange="exportShowPanel(this.value);">\
<option value="file:" SELECTED>this computer</option>\
<option value="http:">web server (http)</option>\
<option value="https:">secure web server (https)</option>\
<option value="ftp:">file server (ftp)</option>\
</select>\
</td><td width=50%>\
output format\
<select id="exportFormat" size=1>\
<option value="DIV">TiddlyWiki export file</option>\
<option value="TW">TiddlyWiki document</option>\
<option value="XML">RSS feed (XML)</option>\
</select>\
</td></tr></table>\
\
<!-- export to local file -->\
<div id="exportLocalPanel" style="margin-top:5px;">\
local path/filename<br>\
<input type="file" id="exportFilename" size=57 style="width:100%"><br>\
</div><!--panel-->\
\
<!-- export to http server -->\
<div id="exportHTTPPanel" style="display:none;margin-top:5px;">\
<table><tr><td align=left>\
server location, script, and parameters<br>\
</td><td align=right>\
<input type="checkbox" class="chk" id="exportNotify"\
onClick="document.getElementById(\'exportSetNotifyPanel\').style.display=this.checked?\'block\':\'none\'"> notify\
</td></tr></table>\
<input type="text" id="exportHTTPServerURL" onfocus="this.select()"><br>\
<div id="exportSetNotifyPanel" style="display:none">\
send email notices to<br>\
<input type="text" id="exportNotifyTo" onfocus="this.select()"><br>\
</div>\
</div><!--panel-->\
\
<!-- export to ftp server -->\
<div id="exportFTPPanel" style="display:none;margin-top:5px;">\
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="32%"><tr valign="top"><td>\
host server<br>\
<input type="text" id="exportFTPHost" onfocus="this.select()"><br>\
</td><td width="32%">\
username<br>\
<input type="text" id="exportFTPID" onfocus="this.select()"><br>\
</td><td width="32%">\
password<br>\
<input type="password" id="exportFTPPW" onfocus="this.select()"><br>\
</td></tr></table>\
FTP path/filename<br>\
<input type="text" id="exportFTPFilename" onfocus="this.select()"><br>\
</div><!--panel-->\
\
<!-- notes -->\
notes<br>\
<textarea id="exportNotes" rows=3 cols=40 style="height:4em;margin-bottom:5px;" onfocus="this.select()"></textarea> \
\
<!-- list of tiddlers -->\
<table><tr align="left"><td>\
select:\
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="exportSelectAll"\
onclick="onClickExportButton(this)" title="select all tiddlers">\
all </a>\
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="exportSelectChanges"\
onclick="onClickExportButton(this)" title="select tiddlers changed since last save">\
changes </a> \
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="exportSelectOpened"\
onclick="onClickExportButton(this)" title="select tiddlers currently being displayed">\
opened </a> \
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="exportToggleFilter"\
onclick="onClickExportButton(this)" title="show/hide selection filter">\
filter </a> \
</td><td align="right">\
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="exportListSmaller"\
onclick="onClickExportButton(this)" title="reduce list size">\
– </a>\
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="exportListLarger"\
onclick="onClickExportButton(this)" title="increase list size">\
+ </a>\
</td></tr></table>\
<select id="exportList" multiple size="10" style="margin-bottom:5px;"\
onchange="refreshExportList(this.selectedIndex)">\
</select><br>\
</div><!--box-->\
\
<!-- selection filter -->\
<div id="exportFilterPanel" style="display:none">\
<table><tr align="left"><td>\
selection filter\
</td><td align="right">\
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="exportHideFilter"\
onclick="onClickExportButton(this)" title="hide selection filter">hide</a>\
</td></tr></table>\
<div class="box">\
<input type="checkbox" class="chk" id="exportFilterStart" value="1"\
onclick="exportShowFilterFields(this)"> starting date/time<br>\
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="center"><td width="50%">\
<select size=1 id="exportFilterStartBy" onchange="exportShowFilterFields(this);">\
<option value="0">today</option>\
<option value="1">yesterday</option>\
<option value="7">a week ago</option>\
<option value="30">a month ago</option>\
<option value="site">SiteDate</option>\
<option value="file">file date</option>\
<option value="other">other (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm)</option>\
</select>\
</td><td width="50%">\
<input type="text" id="exportStartDate" onfocus="this.select()"\
onchange="document.getElementById(\'exportFilterStartBy\').value=\'other\';">\
</td></tr></table>\
<input type="checkbox" class="chk" id="exportFilterEnd" value="1"\
onclick="exportShowFilterFields(this)"> ending date/time<br>\
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="center"><td width="50%">\
<select size=1 id="exportFilterEndBy" onchange="exportShowFilterFields(this);">\
<option value="0">today</option>\
<option value="1">yesterday</option>\
<option value="7">a week ago</option>\
<option value="30">a month ago</option>\
<option value="site">SiteDate</option>\
<option value="file">file date</option>\
<option value="other">other (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm)</option>\
</select>\
</td><td width="50%">\
<input type="text" id="exportEndDate" onfocus="this.select()"\
onchange="document.getElementById(\'exportFilterEndBy\').value=\'other\';">\
</td></tr></table>\
<input type="checkbox" class="chk" id=exportFilterTags value="1"\
onclick="exportShowFilterFields(this)"> match tags<br>\
<input type="text" id="exportTags" onfocus="this.select()">\
<input type="checkbox" class="chk" id=exportFilterText value="1"\
onclick="exportShowFilterFields(this)"> match titles/tiddler text<br>\
<input type="text" id="exportText" onfocus="this.select()">\
</div> <!--box-->\
</div> <!--panel-->\
\
<!-- action buttons -->\
<div style="text-align:center">\
<input type=button class="btn3" onclick="onClickExportButton(this)"\
id="exportFilter" value="apply filter">\
<input type=button class="btn3" onclick="onClickExportButton(this)"\
id="exportStart" value="export tiddlers">\
<input type=button class="btn3" onclick="onClickExportButton(this)"\
id="exportClose" value="close">\
</div><!--center-->\
';
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[initialize interface]>
// // +++[exportShowPanel(which)]
//{{{
function exportShowPanel(which) {
var index=0; var panel='exportLocalPanel';
switch (which) {
case 'file:':
case undefined:
index=0; panel='exportLocalPanel'; break;
case 'http:':
index=1; panel='exportHTTPPanel'; break;
case 'https:':
index=2; panel='exportHTTPPanel'; break;
case 'ftp:':
index=3; panel='exportFTPPanel'; break;
default:
alert("Sorry, export to "+which+" is not yet available");
break;
}
exportInitPanel(which);
document.getElementById('exportTo').selectedIndex=index;
document.getElementById('exportLocalPanel').style.display='none';
document.getElementById('exportHTTPPanel').style.display='none';
document.getElementById('exportFTPPanel').style.display='none';
document.getElementById(panel).style.display='block';
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportInitPanel(which)]
//{{{
function exportInitPanel(which) {
switch (which) {
case "file:": // LOCAL EXPORT PANEL: file/path:
// ** no init - security issues in IE **
break;
case "http:": // WEB EXPORT PANEL
case "https:": // SECURE WEB EXPORT PANEL
// url
if (store.tiddlerExists("unawiki_download")) {
var theURL=store.getTiddlerText("unawiki_download");
theURL=theURL.replace(/\[\[download\|/,'').replace(/\]\]/,'');
var title=(store.tiddlerExists("unawiki_host"))?"unawiki_host":"SiteHost";
var theHost=store.getTiddlerText(title);
if (!theHost || !theHost.length) theHost=document.location.host;
if (!theHost || !theHost.length) theHost=title;
}
// server script/params
var title=(store.tiddlerExists("unawiki_host"))?"unawiki_host":"SiteHost";
var theHost=store.getTiddlerText(title);
if (!theHost || !theHost.length) theHost=document.location.host;
if (!theHost || !theHost.length) theHost=title;
// get POST
var title=(store.tiddlerExists("unawiki_post"))?"unawiki_post":"SitePost";
var thePost=store.getTiddlerText(title);
if (!thePost || !thePost.length) thePost="/"+title;
// get PARAMS
var title=(store.tiddlerExists("unawiki_params"))?"unawiki_params":"SiteParams";
var theParams=store.getTiddlerText(title);
if (!theParams|| !theParams.length) theParams=title;
var serverURL = which+"//"+theHost+thePost+"?"+theParams;
document.getElementById("exportHTTPServerURL").value=serverURL;
// get NOTIFY
var theAddresses=store.getTiddlerText("SiteNotify");
if (!theAddresses|| !theAddresses.length) theAddresses="SiteNotify";
document.getElementById("exportNotifyTo").value=theAddresses;
break;
case "ftp:": // FTP EXPORT PANEL
// host
var siteHost=store.getTiddlerText("SiteHost");
if (!siteHost || !siteHost.length) siteHost=document.location.host;
if (!siteHost || !siteHost.length) siteHost="SiteHost";
document.getElementById("exportFTPHost").value=siteHost;
// username
var siteID=store.getTiddlerText("SiteID");
if (!siteID || !siteID.length) siteID=config.options.txtUserName;
document.getElementById("exportFTPID").value=siteID;
// password
document.getElementById("exportFTPPW").value="";
// file/path
document.getElementById("exportFTPFilename").value="";
break;
}
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportInitFilter()]
//{{{
function exportInitFilter() {
// start date
document.getElementById("exportFilterStart").checked=false;
document.getElementById("exportStartDate").value="";
// end date
document.getElementById("exportFilterEnd").checked=false;
document.getElementById("exportEndDate").value="";
// tags
document.getElementById("exportFilterTags").checked=false;
document.getElementById("exportTags").value="";
// text
document.getElementById("exportFilterText").checked=false;
document.getElementById("exportText").value="";
// show/hide filter input fields
exportShowFilterFields();
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportShowFilterFields(which)]
//{{{
function exportShowFilterFields(which) {
var show;
show=document.getElementById('exportFilterStart').checked;
document.getElementById('exportFilterStartBy').style.display=show?"block":"none";
document.getElementById('exportStartDate').style.display=show?"block":"none";
var val=document.getElementById('exportFilterStartBy').value;
document.getElementById('exportStartDate').value
=getFilterDate(val,'exportStartDate').formatString(config.macros.exportTiddlers.datetimefmt);
if (which && (which.id=='exportFilterStartBy') && (val=='other'))
document.getElementById('exportStartDate').focus();
show=document.getElementById('exportFilterEnd').checked;
document.getElementById('exportFilterEndBy').style.display=show?"block":"none";
document.getElementById('exportEndDate').style.display=show?"block":"none";
var val=document.getElementById('exportFilterEndBy').value;
document.getElementById('exportEndDate').value
=getFilterDate(val,'exportEndDate').formatString(config.macros.exportTiddlers.datetimefmt);
if (which && (which.id=='exportFilterEndBy') && (val=='other'))
document.getElementById('exportEndDate').focus();
show=document.getElementById('exportFilterTags').checked;
document.getElementById('exportTags').style.display=show?"block":"none";
show=document.getElementById('exportFilterText').checked;
document.getElementById('exportText').style.display=show?"block":"none";
}
//}}}
// //===
// //===
// // +++[onClickExportButton(which): control interactions]
//{{{
function onClickExportButton(which)
{
// DEBUG alert(which.id);
var theList=document.getElementById('exportList'); if (!theList) return;
var count = 0;
var total = store.getTiddlers('title').length;
switch (which.id)
{
case 'exportFilter':
count=filterExportList();
var panel=document.getElementById('exportFilterPanel');
if (count==-1) { panel.style.display='block'; break; }
document.getElementById("exportStart").disabled=(count==0);
clearMessage(); displayMessage("filtered "+formatExportMessage(count,total));
if (count==0) { alert("No tiddlers were selected"); panel.style.display='block'; }
break;
case 'exportStart':
exportTiddlers();
break;
case 'exportHideFilter':
case 'exportToggleFilter':
var panel=document.getElementById('exportFilterPanel')
panel.style.display=(panel.style.display=='block')?'none':'block';
break;
case 'exportSelectChanges':
var lastmod=new Date(document.lastModified);
for (var t = 0; t < theList.options.length; t++) {
if (theList.options[t].value=="") continue;
var tiddler=store.getTiddler(theList.options[t].value); if (!tiddler) continue;
theList.options[t].selected=(tiddler.modified>lastmod);
count += (tiddler.modified>lastmod)?1:0;
}
document.getElementById("exportStart").disabled=(count==0);
clearMessage(); displayMessage(formatExportMessage(count,total));
if (count==0) alert("There are no unsaved changes");
break;
case 'exportSelectAll':
for (var t = 0; t < theList.options.length; t++) {
if (theList.options[t].value=="") continue;
theList.options[t].selected=true;
count += 1;
}
document.getElementById("exportStart").disabled=(count==0);
clearMessage(); displayMessage(formatExportMessage(count,count));
break;
case 'exportSelectOpened':
for (var t = 0; t < theList.options.length; t++) theList.options[t].selected=false;
var tiddlerDisplay = document.getElementById("tiddlerDisplay");
for (var t=0;t<tiddlerDisplay.childNodes.length;t++) {
var tiddler=tiddlerDisplay.childNodes[t].id.substr(7);
for (var i = 0; i < theList.options.length; i++) {
if (theList.options[i].value!=tiddler) continue;
theList.options[i].selected=true; count++; break;
}
}
document.getElementById("exportStart").disabled=(count==0);
clearMessage(); displayMessage(formatExportMessage(count,total));
if (count==0) alert("There are no tiddlers currently opened");
break;
case 'exportListSmaller': // decrease current listbox size
var min=5;
theList.size-=(theList.size>min)?1:0;
break;
case 'exportListLarger': // increase current listbox size
var max=(theList.options.length>25)?theList.options.length:25;
theList.size+=(theList.size<max)?1:0;
break;
case 'exportClose':
document.getElementById('exportPanel').style.display='none';
break;
}
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[list display]
//{{{
function formatExportMessage(count,total)
{
var txt=total+' tiddler'+((total!=1)?'s':'')+" - ";
txt += (count==0)?"none":(count==total)?"all":count;
txt += " selected for export";
return txt;
}
function refreshExportList(selectedIndex)
{
var theList = document.getElementById("exportList");
var sort;
if (!theList) return;
// get the sort order
if (!selectedIndex) selectedIndex=0;
if (selectedIndex==0) sort='modified';
if (selectedIndex==1) sort='title';
if (selectedIndex==2) sort='modified';
if (selectedIndex==3) sort='modifier';
// get the alphasorted list of tiddlers
var tiddlers = store.getTiddlers('title');
// unselect headings and count number of tiddlers actually selected
var count=0;
for (var i=0; i<theList.options.length; i++) {
if (theList.options[i].value=="") theList.options[i].selected=false;
count+=theList.options[i].selected?1:0;
}
// disable "export" button if no tiddlers selected
document.getElementById("exportStart").disabled=(count==0);
// update listbox heading to show selection count
if (theList.options.length) { clearMessage(); displayMessage(formatExportMessage(count,tiddlers.length)); }
// if a [command] item, reload list... otherwise, no further refresh needed
if (selectedIndex>3) return;
// clear current list contents
while (theList.length > 0) { theList.options[0] = null; }
// add heading and control items to list
var i=0;
var indent=String.fromCharCode(160)+String.fromCharCode(160);
theList.options[i++]=
new Option(tiddlers.length+" tiddlers in document", "",false,false);
theList.options[i++]=
new Option(((sort=="title" )?">":indent)+' [by title]', "",false,false);
theList.options[i++]=
new Option(((sort=="modified")?">":indent)+' [by date]', "",false,false);
theList.options[i++]=
new Option(((sort=="modifier")?">":indent)+' [by author]', "",false,false);
// output the tiddler list
switch(sort)
{
case "title":
for(var t = 0; t < tiddlers.length; t++)
theList.options[i++] = new Option(tiddlers[t].title,tiddlers[t].title,false,false);
break;
case "modifier":
case "modified":
var tiddlers = store.getTiddlers(sort);
// sort descending for newest date first
tiddlers.sort(function (a,b) {if(a[sort] == b[sort]) return(0); else return (a[sort] > b[sort]) ? -1 : +1; });
var lastSection = "";
for(var t = 0; t < tiddlers.length; t++)
{
var tiddler = tiddlers[t];
var theSection = "";
if (sort=="modified") theSection=tiddler.modified.toLocaleDateString();
if (sort=="modifier") theSection=tiddler.modifier;
if (theSection != lastSection)
{
theList.options[i++] = new Option(theSection,"",false,false);
lastSection = theSection;
}
theList.options[i++] = new Option(indent+indent+tiddler.title,tiddler.title,false,false);
}
break;
}
theList.selectedIndex=selectedIndex; // select current control item
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[list filtering]
//{{{
function getFilterDate(val,id)
{
var result=0;
switch (val) {
case 'site':
var timestamp=store.getTiddlerText("SiteDate");
if (!timestamp) timestamp=document.lastModified;
result=new Date(timestamp);
break;
case 'file':
result=new Date(document.lastModified);
break;
case 'other':
result=new Date(document.getElementById(id).value);
break;
default: // today=0, yesterday=1, one week=7, two weeks=14, a month=31
var now=new Date(); var tz=now.getTimezoneOffset()*60000; now-=tz;
var oneday=86400000;
if (id=='exportStartDate')
result=new Date((Math.floor(now/oneday)-val)*oneday+tz);
else
result=new Date((Math.floor(now/oneday)-val+1)*oneday+tz-1);
break;
}
// DEBUG alert('getFilterDate('+val+','+id+')=='+result+"\nnow="+now);
return result;
}
function filterExportList()
{
var theList = document.getElementById("exportList"); if (!theList) return -1;
var filterStart=document.getElementById("exportFilterStart").checked;
var val=document.getElementById("exportFilterStartBy").value;
var startDate=getFilterDate(val,'exportStartDate');
var filterEnd=document.getElementById("exportFilterEnd").checked;
var val=document.getElementById("exportFilterEndBy").value;
var endDate=getFilterDate(val,'exportEndDate');
var filterTags=document.getElementById("exportFilterTags").checked;
var tags=document.getElementById("exportTags").value;
var filterText=document.getElementById("exportFilterText").checked;
var text=document.getElementById("exportText").value;
if (!(filterStart||filterEnd||filterTags||filterText)) {
alert("Please set the selection filter");
document.getElementById('exportFilterPanel').style.display="block";
return -1;
}
if (filterStart&&filterEnd&&(startDate>endDate)) {
var msg="starting date/time:\n"
msg+=startDate.toLocaleString()+"\n";
msg+="is later than ending date/time:\n"
msg+=endDate.toLocaleString()
alert(msg);
return -1;
}
// scan list and select tiddlers that match all applicable criteria
var total=0;
var count=0;
for (var i=0; i<theList.options.length; i++) {
// get item, skip non-tiddler list items (section headings)
var opt=theList.options[i]; if (opt.value=="") continue;
// get tiddler, skip missing tiddlers (this should NOT happen)
var tiddler=store.getTiddler(opt.value); if (!tiddler) continue;
var sel=true;
if ( (filterStart && tiddler.modified<startDate)
|| (filterEnd && tiddler.modified>endDate)
|| (filterTags && !matchTags(tiddler,tags))
|| (filterText && (tiddler.text.indexOf(text)==-1) && (tiddler.title.indexOf(text)==-1)))
sel=false;
opt.selected=sel;
count+=sel?1:0;
total++;
}
return count;
}
//}}}
//{{{
function matchTags(tiddler,cond)
{
if (!cond||!cond.trim().length) return false;
// build a regex of all tags as a big-old regex that
// OR's the tags together (tag1|tag2|tag3...) in length order
var tgs = store.getTags();
if ( tgs.length == 0 ) return results ;
var tags = tgs.sort( function(a,b){return (a[0].length<b[0].length)-(a[0].length>b[0].length);});
var exp = "(" + tags.join("|") + ")" ;
exp = exp.replace( /(,[\d]+)/g, "" ) ;
var regex = new RegExp( exp, "ig" );
// build a string such that an expression that looks like this: tag1 AND tag2 OR NOT tag3
// turns into : /tag1/.test(...) && /tag2/.test(...) || ! /tag2/.test(...)
cond = cond.replace( regex, "/$1\\|/.test(tiddlerTags)" );
cond = cond.replace( /\sand\s/ig, " && " ) ;
cond = cond.replace( /\sor\s/ig, " || " ) ;
cond = cond.replace( /\s?not\s/ig, " ! " ) ;
// if a boolean uses a tag that doesn't exist - it will get left alone
// (we only turn existing tags into actual tests).
// replace anything that wasn't found as a tag, AND, OR, or NOT with the string "false"
// if the tag doesn't exist then /tag/.test(...) will always return false.
cond = cond.replace( /(\s|^)+[^\/\|&!][^\s]*/g, "false" ) ;
// make a string of the tags in the tiddler and eval the 'cond' string against that string
// if it's TRUE then the tiddler qualifies!
var tiddlerTags = (tiddler.tags?tiddler.tags.join("|"):"")+"|" ;
try { if ( eval( cond ) ) return true; }
catch( e ) { displayMessage("Error in tag filter '" + e + "'" ); }
return false;
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[output data formatting]>
// // +++[exportHeader(format)]
//{{{
function exportHeader(format)
{
switch (format) {
case "TW": return exportTWHeader();
case "DIV": return exportDIVHeader();
case "XML": return exportXMLHeader();
}
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportFooter(format)]
//{{{
function exportFooter(format)
{
switch (format) {
case "TW": return exportDIVFooter();
case "DIV": return exportDIVFooter();
case "XML": return exportXMLFooter();
}
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportTWHeader()]
//{{{
function exportTWHeader()
{
// Get the URL of the document
var originalPath = document.location.toString();
// Check we were loaded from a file URL
if(originalPath.substr(0,5) != "file:")
{ alert(config.messages.notFileUrlError); return; }
// Remove any location part of the URL
var hashPos = originalPath.indexOf("#"); if(hashPos != -1) originalPath = originalPath.substr(0,hashPos);
// Convert to a native file format assuming
// "file:///x:/path/path/path..." - pc local file --> "x:\path\path\path..."
// "file://///server/share/path/path/path..." - FireFox pc network file --> "\\server\share\path\path\path..."
// "file:///path/path/path..." - mac/unix local file --> "/path/path/path..."
// "file://server/share/path/path/path..." - pc network file --> "\\server\share\path\path\path..."
var localPath;
if(originalPath.charAt(9) == ":") // pc local file
localPath = unescape(originalPath.substr(8)).replace(new RegExp("/","g"),"\\");
else if(originalPath.indexOf("file://///") == 0) // FireFox pc network file
localPath = "\\\\" + unescape(originalPath.substr(10)).replace(new RegExp("/","g"),"\\");
else if(originalPath.indexOf("file:///") == 0) // mac/unix local file
localPath = unescape(originalPath.substr(7));
else if(originalPath.indexOf("file:/") == 0) // mac/unix local file
localPath = unescape(originalPath.substr(5));
else // pc network file
localPath = "\\\\" + unescape(originalPath.substr(7)).replace(new RegExp("/","g"),"\\");
// Load the original file
var original = loadFile(localPath);
if(original == null)
{ alert(config.messages.cantSaveError); return; }
// Locate the storeArea div's
var posOpeningDiv = original.indexOf(startSaveArea);
var posClosingDiv = original.lastIndexOf(endSaveArea);
if((posOpeningDiv == -1) || (posClosingDiv == -1))
{ alert(config.messages.invalidFileError.format([localPath])); return; }
return original.substr(0,posOpeningDiv+startSaveArea.length)
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportDIVHeader()]
//{{{
function exportDIVHeader()
{
var out=[];
var now = new Date();
var title = convertUnicodeToUTF8(wikifyPlain("SiteTitle").htmlEncode());
var subtitle = convertUnicodeToUTF8(wikifyPlain("SiteSubtitle").htmlEncode());
var user = convertUnicodeToUTF8(config.options.txtUserName.htmlEncode());
var twver = version.major+"."+version.minor+"."+version.revision;
var pver = version.extensions.exportTiddlers.major+"."
+version.extensions.exportTiddlers.minor+"."+version.extensions.exportTiddlers.revision;
out.push("<html><body>");
out.push("<style type=\"text/css\">");
out.push("#storeArea {display:block;margin:1em;}");
out.push("#storeArea div");
out.push("{padding:0.5em;margin:1em;border:2px solid black;height:10em;overflow:auto;}");
out.push("#javascriptWarning");
out.push("{width:100%;text-align:left;background-color:#eeeeee;padding:1em;}");
out.push("</style>");
out.push("<div id=\"javascriptWarning\">");
out.push("TiddlyWiki export file<br>");
out.push("Source: <b>"+convertUnicodeToUTF8(document.location.toString())+"</b><br>");
out.push("Title: <b>"+title+"</b><br>");
out.push("Subtitle: <b>"+subtitle+"</b><br>");
out.push("Created: <b>"+now.toLocaleString()+"</b> by <b>"+user+"</b><br>");
out.push("TiddlyWiki "+twver+" / "+"ExportTiddlersPlugin "+pver+"<br>");
out.push("Notes:<hr><pre>"+document.getElementById("exportNotes").value.replace(regexpNewLine,"<br>")+"</pre>");
out.push("</div>");
out.push("<div id=\"storeArea\">");
return out;
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportDIVFooter()]
//{{{
function exportDIVFooter()
{
var out=[];
out.push("</div></body></html>");
return out;
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportXMLHeader()]
//{{{
function exportXMLHeader()
{
var out=[];
var now = new Date();
var u = store.getTiddlerText("SiteUrl",null);
var title = convertUnicodeToUTF8(wikifyPlain("SiteTitle").htmlEncode());
var subtitle = convertUnicodeToUTF8(wikifyPlain("SiteSubtitle").htmlEncode());
var user = convertUnicodeToUTF8(config.options.txtUserName.htmlEncode());
var twver = version.major+"."+version.minor+"."+version.revision;
var pver = version.extensions.exportTiddlers.major+"."
+version.extensions.exportTiddlers.minor+"."+version.extensions.exportTiddlers.revision;
out.push("<" + "?xml version=\"1.0\"?" + ">");
out.push("<rss version=\"2.0\">");
out.push("<channel>");
out.push("<title>" + title + "</title>");
if(u) out.push("<link>" + convertUnicodeToUTF8(u.htmlEncode()) + "</link>");
out.push("<description>" + subtitle + "</description>");
out.push("<language>en-us</language>");
out.push("<copyright>Copyright " + now.getFullYear() + " " + user + "</copyright>");
out.push("<pubDate>" + now.toGMTString() + "</pubDate>");
out.push("<lastBuildDate>" + now.toGMTString() + "</lastBuildDate>");
out.push("<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>");
out.push("<generator>TiddlyWiki "+twver+" plus ExportTiddlersPlugin "+pver+"</generator>");
return out;
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportXMLFooter()]
//{{{
function exportXMLFooter()
{
var out=[];
out.push("</channel></rss>");
return out;
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportData()]
//{{{
function exportData(theList,theFormat)
{
// scan export listbox and collect DIVs or XML for selected tiddler content
var out=[];
for (var i=0; i<theList.options.length; i++) {
// get item, skip non-selected items and section headings
var opt=theList.options[i]; if (!opt.selected||(opt.value=="")) continue;
// get tiddler, skip missing tiddlers (this should NOT happen)
var thisTiddler=store.getTiddler(opt.value); if (!thisTiddler) continue;
if (theFormat=="TW") out.push(convertUnicodeToUTF8(thisTiddler.saveToDiv()));
if (theFormat=="DIV") out.push(convertUnicodeToUTF8(thisTiddler.title+"\n"+thisTiddler.saveToDiv()));
if (theFormat=="XML") out.push(convertUnicodeToUTF8(thisTiddler.saveToRss()));
}
return out;
}
//}}}
// //===
// //===
// // +++[exportTiddlers(): output selected data to local or server]
//{{{
function exportTiddlers()
{
var theList = document.getElementById("exportList"); if (!theList) return;
// get the export settings
var theProtocol = document.getElementById("exportTo").value;
var theFormat = document.getElementById("exportFormat").value;
// assemble output: header + tiddlers + footer
var theData=exportData(theList,theFormat);
var count=theData.length;
var out=[]; var txt=out.concat(exportHeader(theFormat),theData,exportFooter(theFormat)).join("\n");
var msg="";
switch (theProtocol) {
case "file:":
var theTarget = document.getElementById("exportFilename").value.trim();
if (!theTarget.length) msg = "A local path/filename is required\n";
if (!msg && saveFile(theTarget,txt))
msg=count+" tiddler"+((count!=1)?"s":"")+" exported to local file";
else if (!msg)
msg+="An error occurred while saving to "+theTarget;
break;
case "http:":
case "https:":
var theTarget = document.getElementById("exportHTTPServerURL").value.trim();
if (!theTarget.length) msg = "A server URL is required\n";
if (document.getElementById('exportNotify').checked)
theTarget+="¬ify="+encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById('exportNotifyTo').value);
if (document.getElementById('exportNotes').value.trim().length)
theTarget+="¬es="+encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById('exportNotes').value);
if (!msg && exportPost(theTarget+encodeURIComponent(txt)))
msg=count+" tiddler"+((count!=1)?"s":"")+" exported to "+theProtocol+" server";
else if (!msg)
msg+="An error occurred while saving to "+theTarget;
break;
case "ftp:":
default:
msg="Sorry, export to "+theLocation+" is not yet available";
break;
}
clearMessage(); displayMessage(msg,theTarget);
}
//}}}
// //===
// // +++[exportPost(url): cross-domain post] uses hidden iframe to submit url and capture responses
//{{{
function exportPost(url)
{
var f=document.getElementById("exportFrame"); if (f) document.body.removeChild(f);
f=document.createElement("iframe"); f.id="exportFrame";
f.style.width="0px"; f.style.height="0px"; f.style.border="0px";
document.body.appendChild(f);
var d=f.document;
if (f.contentDocument) d=f.contentDocument; // For NS6
else if (f.contentWindow) d=f.contentWindow.document; // For IE5.5 and IE6
d.location.replace(url);
return true;
}
//}}}
// //===
* [[D:\data\Real Estate|file:///D:\data\Real Estate]]
----
* [[Firefox Bookmarks|http://www.connactivity.com/~hom/FireFoxBM.html]]
* [[My Google|http://www.google.com/ig?sourceid=navclient-ff]]
* [[My Journalspace|http://hsack.journalspace.com]]
* [[hsackTiddyWiki|http://www.connactivity.com/~hom/hsackTiddlyWiki.html]] on connact.com
* [[Google Group TiddlyWiki|http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki]]
----
tiddlyspot.com
* http://tiddlyspot.com/hsack/ My hosted Wiki
----
~MonkeyPirate ~TiddlyWiki
* [[hsack's MonkeyPirate TiddlyWiki|file:///D:/Applications/TiddlyWiki/hsackMPTW.html]] on local computer
* http://simonbaird.com/mptw/#TagglyTaggingTutorial
----
* [[Test of taggly on a tag|file:///D:/Applications/TiddlyWiki/mptw.html#BookNotes]]
* [[D:\Applications\TiddlyWiki|file:///D:\Applications\TiddlyWiki]]
* [[Original TiddlyWiki|http://www.tiddlywiki.com/]]
* [[TiddlyWiki - Calendar Generator|http://zrenard.com/tiddlywiki/cal.php?]]
* [[Tiddly Wiki Tips|http://tiddlywikitips.com/]] Tips: esp. alternative backup
* [[Euicho|http://euicho.com/index.php?p=123]]
* [[JTidy.de|http://www.jtidy.de/jtidy/]] HTML to Wiki converter: use Tidy Text
* [[TiddyWiki Reference|file:///D:/Applications/TiddlyWiki/tutorial.html]] Reference
* [[Wikipedia:Tools/Editing tools|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_tools]]
Link to Folders:
* [[this link to a Unix-style folder|file:///D:/path/name]]
* [[this link to a Windows network share|file://///server/share/folder/path/name]]
<html>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579549543/sr=8-1/qid=1142637356/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-9902695-7068935?%5Fencoding=UTF8" target="_blank"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZF8GEB91L.jpg" align="right" title="Fantastic Voyage : Live Long Enough to Live Forever" width="250" border="1"></a>
</html>
[[Fantastic Voyage : Live Long Enough to Live Forever|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579549543/sr=8-1/qid=1142637356/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-9902695-7068935?%5Fencoding=UTF8]] by Ray Kurzweil, Terry Grossman
http://www.kurzweilai.net/index.html?flash=1
Friday, March 17, 2006 at 6:17 PM
http://www.fantastic-voyage.net/
http://www.jetpress.org/volume15/vest.html
1. Bridge One involves aggressively applying what we know now, sooner rather than later, to dramatically slow down the aging process
2. Bridge Two relies on advances in biotechnology that will allow you to directly intervene to stop disease and actually reverse aging.
3. Three, will enable us to vastly expand our physical and mental capabilities by directly interfacing our biological systems with human-created technologies.
Friday, March 17, 2006 at 6:30 PM
“Fantastic Voyage gives us a wonderful and exciting vision of what new advances in the biological and physical sciences will bring to the health and quality of human life. Kurzweil and Grossman’s program of simple lifestyle modifications to forestall chronic disease is so comprehensive that anyone can find easy-to-implement actions that will enhance their health.”
--George King, M.D., Director of Research, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Finding a Practitioner Near You
(Referenced in Fantastic Voyage- Chapter 1 page 12)
http://www.fantastic-voyage.net/CertifiedPractitioners.htm
http://www.acam.org/dr_search/index.php?q=02138&search=Search&field=zip&submitted=1 02138
http://www.acam.org/dr_search/index.php?q=02478&search=Search&field=zip&submitted=1 Belmont
Friday, March 17, 2006 at 6:48 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil
Raymond Kurzweil (pronounced /'k?tz.wa?l/) (b. February 12, 1948)
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 10:48 AM
Fantastic Voyage : Live Long Enough to Live Forever (Hardcover)
Available through the Minuteman Library Network
by Ray Kurzweil, Terry Grossman
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579549543/sr=8-1/qid=1146582178/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-9902695-7068935?%5Fencoding=UTF8
4c. proteone; Audbrey de Grey
8. Francis Fukiyama
. dypertension - stroke
17. RNAi
November 19, 2008
Feelings vs. Freedom: Is There a Right Not to Be Offended?
http://www.naturalism.org/philo_cafe.htm
People sometimes deeply identify with their worldview and take offense when it’s criticized. In many secular societies, freedoms of conscience and speech trump any requirement to respect another’s fundamental beliefs, while in some religious societies such freedoms are limited or non-existent. This dispute is now playing out in the UN, where an amendment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been proposed to prohibit insults to religion. Should deeply held convictions be protected from ridicule? Or are there good reasons for all individuals and societies to agree that worldviews should be fair game for free speech?
Readings:
* UN resolution [[Combating Defamations of Religion|http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/E/CHR/resolutions/E-CN_4-RES-2005-3.doc]].
. too dry and expository.
* Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on [[Freedom of Speech|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freedom-speech/]].
. The task, therefore, is not to argue for an unlimited domain of free speech; such a concept cannot be defended. Instead, we need to decide how much value we place on speech in relation to the value we place on other important ideals: “speech, in short, is never a value in and of itself but is always produced within the precincts of some assumed conception of the good” (Fish, 1994, 104).
* International Ethical and Humanist Union: [[Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of universal human rights|http://www.iheu.org/node/3123]].
. ???
* Tarek Fatah, founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress, on why [[The OIC does not speak for Muslims|http://www.iheu.org/node/3277]].
. Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
. Why should Muslims only enjoy human rights and freedom of expression to discuss their own religion where they live as minorities, yet never be able to do so where they form a majority? Why should I fear for my life simply because I ask why so many Muslim societies have failed despite their enormous natural wealth?
. N.B. they could form another sect.
* Hilary Charlesworth: [[Resist attempts to dilute our rights|http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/resist-attempts-to-dilute-our-human-rights-20081001-4rzo.html?page=-1]] – “Although it is clear that there has been inadequate attention given to understanding Islam in the West, the [OIC] resolution seems more intent on protecting religious ideas rather than individuals' right to religious freedom.”
. THE 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly will be celebrated on December 10.
* Austin Dacey’s statement on [[Islam and Human Rights|http://www.centerforinquiry.net/uploads/attachments/ISLAM_AND_HUMAN_RIGHTS.pdf]] (PDF).
. ???
* New York Times: Unlike others, [[U.S. defends freedom to offend in speech.|http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/us/12hate.html]]
. It is a crime to deny the Holocaust in Canada, Germany and France.
. “The world didn’t suffer because too many people read ‘Mein Kampf,’ ” Mr. Silverglate said. “Sending Hitler on a speaking tour of the United States would have been quite a good idea.”
. “The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market,” Justice Holmes wrote.
. “I think that we should be eternally vigilant,” he added, “against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death.”
. Only Klan members and journalists were present. Because Mr. Brandenburg’s words fell short of calling for immediate violence in a setting where such violence was likely, the Supreme Court ruled that he could not be prosecuted for incitement.
. In Canada, however, laws banning hate speech seem to stem from a desire to promote societal harmony. While the Ontario Human Rights Commission dismissed a complaint against Maclean’s, it still condemned the article.
. Mr. Steyn, the author of the article, said the Canadian proceedings had illustrated some important distinctions. “The problem with so-called hate speech laws is that they’re not about facts,” he said in a telephone interview. “They’re about feelings.”
* [[National Center for Science Education|http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/9256_cans_and_cants_of_teaching_ev_2_13_2001.asp]] - [[this one|http://ncseweb.org/evolution/education/cans-cants-teaching-evolution]]: “The 1968 Supreme Court decision, Epperson v Arkansas, struck down antievolution laws such as that under which John T. Scopes was tried in 1925 in Tennessee. Noting that antievolution laws were passed because they offended certain religious views, the court wrote, '... the First Amendment does not permit the state to require that teaching and learning must be tailored to the principles or prohibitions of any religious sect or dogma....'"
. So it is perfectly legal for a teacher to teach about religion, although it has to be in a nondevotional context.
. So, in summary: a teacher can teach about religion (though not advocate it), and teach evolution. A state, district or school cannot ban evolution, require equal time for creationism, or require a disclaimer on evolution. An individual teacher cannot teach creationism or creation science "freelance."
* “[F]rom the standpoint of freedom of speech and the press, it is enough to point out that the state has no legitimate interest in protecting any or all religions from views distasteful to them which is sufficient to justify prior restraints upon the expression of those views. It is not the business of government in our nation to suppress real or imagined attacks upon a particular religious doctrine, whether they appear in publications, speeches, or motion pictures.” From the Supreme Court decision in [[Burstyn vs. Wilson|http://atheism.about.com/library/decisions/religion/bl_l_BurstynWilson.htm]] . See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Decision.
. interesting.
* [[US comes out against UN resolution|http://www.forward.com/articles/14318/]]: “The issue is somewhat thorny for several E.U. members who have Holocaust-denial laws on the books. Muslim countries have referred to such legislation to justify the need for legal protection of Muslims against what they deem insulting attitudes and words. But the OIC’s willingness to equate defamation of religion with racism as well as the Danish cartoon flap prompted the Europeans to come closer to America’s position, a staunch defense of free speech based on the First Amendment.”
. ???
* Edmund Standing: [[The Free Speech Deniers|http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=352]] – on what he considers to be the mistake of criminalizing holocaust denial.
. reminder: And Deborah Lipstadt, who defeated a libel action brought against her by the British Holocaust denier David Irving, ...
* Blog from [[Norman Geras|http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2008/09/free-speech-not-lost.html]]: “The liberal principle that we may interfere with the actions of another (only) to prevent harm to others does have its difficulties since, like many other conceptual boundaries, the boundaries of the concept of harm are fuzzy. But the principle, if it is one, that freedom of speech must be curbed to avoid offending people, is manifestly a qualification of the right of free speech that all but destroys the usefulness of the right. For there are no boundaries on what people can be offended by. Liberals favouring that particular qualification of the right should be put upon their mettle to say in what their liberalism consists. Offending people is sometimes wrong; but no one has a [[right|http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2008/09/right-against-right.html]] against being offended and everyone has the right, accordingly, to give offence.”
. interesting.
* [[The Open Interrogation of Faith|http://www.naturalism.org/secularism.htm]], a review essay on The Secular Conscience by Austin Dacey.
. too wordy and not sufficiently engaging writing style.
* Stanley Fish: [[There is no such thing as free speech|http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-February-1998/fish.html]].
[[There's No Such Thing As Free Speech: And It's a Good Thing, Too|http://www.amazon.com/Theres-Such-Thing-Free-Speech/dp/0195093836/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227041376&sr=8-1]] by Stanley Fish (Paperback - Dec 15, 1994)
. [[Critical Race Theory (CRT)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory]] is the branch of critical legal studies concerned with issues of racism and racial subordination and discrimination. It emphasizes the socially constructed nature of race, considers judicial conclusions to be the result of the workings of power, and opposes the continuation of all forms of subordination.
. Those who utter racist speech (as we call it) would not accept that designation. The people that we think of as racist do not wake up in the morning and say to themselves "Today I'm going to go out and spew racist speech". What they say (and it's exactly what we say) is, "Today I am going to go out and tell the truth." Once you realise that racists don't think of themselves as racists but as tellers of the truth, then you realise that hate speech or racist speech as we designate it is not an anomaly, is not a cognitive mistake, is not a correctable error, is not something that can be diagnosed and therefore cured, but is in fact the rationality and truth telling of a vision we happen to despise.
* Haroon Sidiqui: [[Free speech cannot be an excuse for hate|http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/443340]] – “People will always differ on what constitutes hate or where to draw the line on free speech. But most people would agree that free speech is not a licence to target vulnerable groups, let alone risk rupturing the common good in Canada.”
. who defines "hate"?
* Letter: “[[There’s no such thing as free speech|http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/oct/01/civilliberties]] - and a good thing too. There are rather just degrees of tolerance, permissiveness and relative freedom, with boundaries, legal, social and cultural.”
* Christopher Howse: [[Salman Rushdie taught liberals to hate Islam|http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/christopher_howse/blog/2008/10/01/salman_rushdie_taught_liberals_to_hate_islam]] – “The secularist haters of Islam pretend that that they have a sacred principle of their own, which is freedom of speech, freedom to publish.”
* Mark Mike at the Calgary Herald: [[A bureaucratic, political and court addiction to speech suppression|http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=dadc852d-35d4-49f7-a5e6-ad90e475826a]].
. ???
* Wall Street Journal [[article|http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121581460304047109.html]] on the Danish cartoon controversy.
. He's also worried that his identity will get exposed if he goes to court. This, says the cartoonist, could make him a target for attack like Theo van Gogh, a polemical filmmaker and foul-mouthed celebrity murdered by an Islamic extremist in November 2004. Mr. Van Gogh was a fan of Mr. Nekschot's work and posted his drawings on his own Web site, The Happy Smoker.
. Justice Minister Hirsch Ballin, when grilled about the cartoon affair in Parliament, promised to protect Mr. Nekshot's anonymity so as "to guarantee the suspect's safety." (The Wall Street Journal also agreed not to publish Mr. Nekschot's real name.)
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 8:52 AM
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[[First Impressions: What You Don't Know About How Others See You|http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UN32aw9NOE&isbn=0553803204&itm=1]]
Ann Demarais, Valerie White
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Evaluate your First Impressions style:
Take your First Impression knowledge on a "test drive": View and download this table and assess what you do when you meet someone new. At the end of the table, we'll tell you whether those behaviors are generally seen in a positive or negative way by most people.
Throughout our book we include tables that you can use to assess your unique first impressions style by noting whether you do each behavior usually, sometimes, or rarely. We've also included them here so you can print them for your private use. If you haven't read the book yet, you can use the tables to identify your first impressions strengths, and things you could do even better, so you can focus on those in the book.
The Seven First Impressions Fundamentals
1. Accessibility
Positive Accessibility Behaviors (pg. 56 in book)
Common Misconceptions (pg. 57)
2. Showing Interest
Positive Interest Behaviors (pg. 81)
Common Miscommunications (pg. 82)
3. The Subject Matter of First Communications
Positive Topic Behaviors (pg. 108)
Common Miscommunications (pg. 109)
4. Self Disclosure
Positive Self Disclosure Behaviors (pg. 128)
Common Miscommunications (pg. 129)
5. Conversational Dynamics
Positive Conversational Dynamics Behaviors (pg. 145)
Common Miscommunications (pg. 146)
6. Perspective
Positive Perspective Behaviors (pg. 164)
Common Miscommunications (pg. 165)
7. The Subtleties of Sex Appeal
Positive Sexual Appeal Behaviors (pg. 182)
Common Miscommunications (pg. 183)
In Chapter 11 of First Impressions, we help you examine the overall impression you make. Use this table to gain insight into the social gifts you provide to others.
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Introduction
. our experience
. our clients
. our approach
. the benefits to you
. what you may not know
. how this book is structured
-- first impression behavior --
. ways to read this book
. tips on how to get the most from this book
1. open your mind to seeing yourself in an objective, nonjudgmental way.
2. self-assess as you go.
3. apply what you learn right away.
4. read this book with a friend.
Part One: The Psychology Of First Impressions
1. How First Impressions Are Formed
. the filter
1. take in initial information
2. base on initial information, form an impression ...
3. they see you through this filter. ... and ignore other information
. filtering errors
. personality or situation?
. halo and horns
2. How You Make Others Feel
. four ways to focus
1. how you feel about yourself
2. how you feel about the other person
3. how the other person feels about you
4. how the other person feels about himself or herself
. self-check: where is my emotional focus when I meet someone for the first time?
do I think about how I feel? or do I think about how others are feeling about themselves?
. after you: social generosity
[ the balance sheet ]
. getting what you want
3. The Four Universal Social Gifts
. appreciation
. connection
. elevation
. enlightenment
. the importance of balance
. what do you give?
. self-check: what benefits do I provide others? Do I have a strong suit?
Of all the social benefits-appreciation, connection, elevation, and
enlightenment - which am I strongest in? How would others describe how they
feel after a conversation with me? Are there any gifts that I tend not to give to others?
. summary
Part Two: The Seven Fundamentals Of A First Impression
4. Opening The Door: Accessibility
. your accessibility style
. the art of being approachable
. self-check: Do I appear open and interested, or closed and withdrawn?
What do I do to sen out these messages? What do strangers infer about
me based on my body language?
- body talk
. self-check: do I make an effort to smile when I meet new people or am in
a new situation, even if I am uncomfortable?
[ most like it hot ]
. risk management
. fitting in
. looking good
[ the spotlight illusion ]
. the first opportunity
. waiting for an introduction: the passive approach
. making the introduction: the active approach
. self-check: am I more comfortable as the introducer or the introduced?
Can I take an active role in a new situation and introduce myself to strangers?
. creating the tone
. what's your Mood Quotient (MQ)?
. whether you are aware of it or not, your mood changes people - how the feel about
themselves, how they feel about you, and the way they respond to you.
. the elements of your Mood Quotient
. physical energy
. facial expression
. emotional tone of speech
. vocabulary - whether you use weak or powerful words
. orientation of focus: positive or negative
[ the warp speed of emotional expression ]
[ the chicken or the egg ]
. self-check: Do I make an effort to present a slightly more positive mood?
What is the easiest thing for me to change about my MQ: smiling more,
using more positive language, or changing my emotional tone?
. the wait-and-see approach
. self-check: Do I actively jump into interactions and create a welcoming tone,
or do I sometimes hold back and wait for the others to make me comfortable before
I warm up?
. content: what do you say after you say hello?
. striking up a conversation: the moment method
. self-check: Am I in the moment when I meet someone new? Can I find ways to open up
conversations by connecting to the time and place, before jumping into a more personal
or abstract discussion?
. note on opening lines
. opening a prearranged meeting
. self-check: Do I consider how opening topics might affect the impression I make?
Do I suppress negative top-of-mind topics and open with a positive comment when I
meet someone for the first time?
. summary
[ handshake messages ]
-- positive accessibility behavior --
-- common miscommunications --
5. Enough About Me: Showing Interest
. the process: how you show interest
. the poser of physical focus
. self-check: Do I notice what my body conveys when I meet new people?
Do I lean toward them, nod, smile? Do I consider how someone might
feel if I don't attend to him to the same extent that I am attending to others?
. look at me
[ shifty eyes ]
. self-check: Do I make less eye contact than average? (Since this is hard to know
about yourself, you may want to ask a close friend or family member for feedback. )
Am I usually the first person to break eye contact? Try looking at people a little
longer than you usually do, ad see if they look away first.
. the way you voice your interest
. what's in a name?
. the art of asking questions
. self-check: Do I end interactions knowing as much about the other person as they know
about me?
. some questions are better than others
. self-check: Do I find myself exchanging surface information without getting to know people at a deeper level? Or do I ask open-ended questions that solicit the other person's thoughts, feelings, or interests?
. self-check: Do I let others take the lead or introduce topics? Do I ever notice myself interrupting others responses with another question?
. the faux segue
. the art of listening
. live listening
[ liking your observer ]
. managing mental interruptions
. uh-huh
. faux listening: uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
. the art of responding
. how are you? Or, How are you really?
. self-check: When asked a question, do I respond with my honest feelings and emotions, but briefly? Do I avoid excessive descriptions, and focus on the important and interesting information, so as not to bore or burden my listener?
. that reminds of me
. self-check: Do I give others the opportunity to finish their story or idea before adding any spontaneous associations I may have?
STYLE: YOUR INTEREST INTENSITY
[ more about me: conversational narcissism ]
. overdoing it: the one-sided approach
. to compliment or not to compliment
[ flattery will get you far ]
[ "sucking up" at work ]
. underplaying it: undisclosed interest
. self-check: Am I comfortable expressing genuine interest and respect for someone I've just met, even if I feel inferior to the person in some way?
. the third way: confident interest
SUMMARY
-- positive interest behavior --
-- common miscommunications --
6. Pass The Topic: The Subject Matter Of First Conversations
PROCESS: THE LOGISTICS OF DISCUSSION
. the usual order
. level 1. the field: where we are
. level 2. the facts: what's happening
. level 3. the fun stuff: ideas and opinions
[ attitudes of attraction ]
. situation variation
. casting a line: generating topics
. getting stuck
[ a recipe for boredom ]
. getting out of a jam
. self-check: Am I able to move a conversation beyond the warm-up stage by generating topics of discussion? Do I have a sense of what topics may be interesting to others? Can I charge up a conversation when needed?
. taking a bite: responding to topics
. topics you don't know
. self-check: How do I respond when others bring up topics of which I have no knowledge? Do I try to learn from them, or do I try to maneuver to a topic in which I have more confidence?
. topics you know yet don't love
[ topic tools ]
. self-check: When I am uninterested in a topic, do I surrender to boredom, escape the scene, or take the initiative to change the topic?
. yawn
. checking and ending
. self-checking: When talking about a topic I'm excited about, am I careful to be brief and then turn the conversation to the other? Do I give others the social freedom to either introduce a new topic or follow up on something I'm talking about?
YOUR TOPICS STYLE
. the engaging style - "talking with"
. demanding an audience - "talking to"
[ secrets of skilled conversationalists ]
. "talking at" style 1: the lecture circuit
. "talking at" style 2: storytelling
. "talking at" style 3: sermonizing
. self-check: Do I sometimes attempt to convince people I've just met on the merits of my life philosophy, values, religion, or politics? Am I ever dogmatic about an issue?
. curbing your convictions
. self-check: Do I walk away from interactions with new people having learned something new on a topic that I have strong opinions on?
. "talking at" style 4: telling jokes
CONTENT: CONVERSATIONAL FODDER
. the simple and the relevant
. self-check: Do I make a point of reading the newspaper or preparing topics before new situations where I fear I might be tongue-tied?
. the heavy and the banal
. heavy topics
. talking details: the banal
. self-check: Do I often open conversations with whatever is on my mind, even if it's detailed and banal?
SUMMARY
-- positive topic behavior --
-- common miscommunications --
7. Showing Your Cards: Self-Disclosure
PROCESS: HOW WE DISCLOSE
. the warm-up
. self-check: Am I comfortable talking about where I live, my occupation, and my background? Are there basic things about myself that I avoid revealing or significantly distort?
. following the rules
. self-check: Do I make others comfortable by exchanging common and safe elements - where I am from, what I do - before jumping to topics that are of personal interest to me?
. playing your cards
[ sharing and liking ]
. matching your messages: the disclosure strip
. self-check: Do I pay attention to people's comfort with opening up and then match my level of disclosure to theirs?
SELF-DISCLOSURE STYLE: CUES TO YOUR EMOTIONAL NEEDS
. let yourself be discovered
. the self-disclosure agenda
. bragging rites
. self-check: Do I have a self-disclosure agenda? Are there specific facts about myself that I try to work into conversations?
. by the way: the parenthetical style
[ my friend once met madonna ]
. self-check: When revealing information about myself, do I typically wait to be asked before providing impressive details?
CONTENT MATTERS: WHAT TO SHARE
. passions are positive
. blunders are sexy
. self-check: How often do I reveal blunders with people I've just met?
. over-sharing can be costly
[ respect or rapport ]
. weight restrictions
. self-check: Do I ever notice a new acquaintance saying things like "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that" or "How awful"? Do I challenge the conversational "weight restrictions" and give the impression that I want support or empathy?
. complaining as explaining
. self-check: Do I suppress complaints about everyday events when meeting someone new? Or am I all too ready to talk about the mishaps of the day?
[ another recipe for boredom ]
SUMMARY
-- positive self-disclosure behaviors --
-- common miscommunications --
8. Got Rhythm?: Conversational Dynamics
STYLE PART 1: THE ENERGY YOU PUT FORTH
. floor space
. my way or yours?
[ i like the way you move ]
. self-check: Do I know how much I speak compared to others? Do I normally speak proportionately more or less than my share of the time? If so, how strong is my tendency? Is the proportion 90/10, 70/30, and so on? How uncomfortable is it for me to participate at a different level?
. intensity
. shifting gears
. self-check: Am I aware of how quickly I speak relative to others? Do people ever finish my sentences? Do people look like they're having trouble keeping up with me?
. air space
[ just my speed ]
. self-check: How long do I pause between my words and sentences? Do I give others space to jump in? Do I pause so long that others have a hard time staying focused?
. can you hear me?
. self-check: Am I naturally loud or quiet of voice? Do I adjust mu volume to match others with a different volume?
. STYLE PART 2: SYNCHRONIZING WITH OTHERS
. back and forth
[ harmonizing bodies ]
. self-check: How long do I speak when it's my turn? Is my input shorter or longer than others? Can I adapt, and speak for longer or shorter times?
. after you: how to respond to interruptions
SUMMARY
[ INTERRUPTERS: FRIEND OR FOE? ]
-- positive conversational dynamics behaviors --
-- common miscommunications --
9. How You See The World: Perspective
STLE: SHOWING YOUR SENSE OF SELF
. going with the flow
. self-check: What are my flexibility hot buttons? What trips me up? Is it about space, food, time, personal comfort? How do I react when a button is pressed?
. status: one-up, one-down, or equal
. self-check: What personal dimension am I most insecure about? Do I often compare myself to others in this area? Does it change the way I present myself?
. status style 1: the one-up position
. self-check: Do I ever try to communicate my social or financial status to strangers? Do I try to establish it right off the bat, or respond to others' expression of rank?
[ your body and your status ]
. status style 2: the one-down position
. modesty methods
. self-check: Do I make a conscious effort to be just a little modest about my positive features when I meet someone new?
. status style 3: the parity position
[ the invisible influence ]
. control issues
. the over-controlling approach
. the out-of-control approach
. the in-control approach
CONTENT: WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON
. is it cloudy or bright? the outlook you convey
. Pollyanna Perils
[ you're glue ]
SUMMARY
-- positive perspective behaviors --
-- common miscommunications --
10. Expressing Yourself: The Subtleties Of Sex Appeal
PROCESS: SHOWING YOUR SEX APPEAL
. appreciation: responding to others
. the window to the heart
[ trying to impress the other sex ]
. reaching out
[ how many glances does it take to get a man? ]
. interest begets attraction
[ a touchy subject ]
. comfort in your own skin: body emotion
[ your beliefs may come true ]
[ charm versus cheekbones ]
. embracing your physical self
. self-check: how do others think I feel about my body? Do I appear comfortable in my own skin?
. the comb-over
. self-check: Do I have any body sensitivities that I try to compensate for when I meet new people? Am I aware of how I appear when I do so?
STYLE: YOUR SEXUAL INTENSITY
. self-check: Am I more or less sexually expressive than other in most situations? Do I tend to flaunt or downplay my sexuality? If 10 is extremely sexy, and 1 is not at all, what number describes me?
. flaunting: the aggressive approach
. suppressing: the passive approach
. the playful approach
[ tough or tender? ]
SUMMARY
-- positive sex appeal behavior --
-- common miscommunications --
Part Three: Tweaking Your First Impression Style
11. Awareness: Do I Do That?
WHAT KIND OF IMPRESSION DO YOU ACTUALLY MAKE?
STEP 1: KNOW YOUR SOCIAL GIFTS
STEP 2: EXPLORE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION FUNDAMENTALS
-- first impression behaviors by social gifts --
When I meet someone new, do I:
. do I make others feel appreciated?
do I complement others on their talents and accomplishments?
do I smile and lean toward others when I listen to them?
do I ask questions about others?
do I listen actively when others speak?
. do I make others feel connected?
do I match my self-disclosures to those of others?
do I pay attention to how much people like to speak, and then add a complementary amount?
do I share some vulnerabilities and laugh at myself?
am I modest about my position relative to others?
. do I elevate others mood?
do I smile when I meet someone new?
do I create a positive mood and draw others out?
do I instill energy and emotion in my voice?
do I start with positive comments, and save my critical commentary for later?
. do I enlighten others?
do I generate a variety of topics?
do I share observations about everyday life?
do I share my passions and interests?
do I check the urge to talk about the minutiae of my life?
STEP 3: IDENTIFY PARTICULAR BEHAVIORS THAT ARE YOUR BEST AND WORST ASSETS
STEP 4: REFLECT ON YOUR SECRET SENSITIVITIES
STEP 5: THINK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED TO YOU IN THE PAST
STEP 6: SOLICIT FEEDBACK ABOUT YOUR STYLE
STEP 7: SYNTHESIS
STEP 8: EXPLORE YOUR "STYLE IDEAL"
STEP 9: IDENTIFY THE OBSTACLES TO BEING YOUR IDEAL
12. Closing The Gap
STRATEGY: PSYCHING YOURSELF FOR IT
. start with one behavior
. keep your eye on others
. prepare for discomfort
. liberate yourself from your own habits
EXECUTION: ACTUALLY DOING IT
. try out your new tricks
CHARTING YOUR PROGRESS
. make a goal
. reassess yourself
TAKING ON ANOTHER
13. Sometimes It Happens: Overcoming A Bad First Impression
DIRECT APPROACH
. heads-up
. stop it in its tracks
. the post-impression jump start
[ meetings with a future ]
INDIRECT APPRACHES
. letting time tip the scale
. tipping the scale with social generosity
SUMMARY
14. Cutting Others Slack
REVERSE ENGINEERING
REVERSING THE FILTER: KNOW YOUR BIASES
. some common filtering errors
. your unique biases
. my own stereotype: she reminds me of someone I know
. too close to home: he reminds me of ... me
[ biased by your own distraction ]
CHANGING THE COURSE
LETTING GO OF A GRUDGE
SUMMARY
Conclusion
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
I possess tremendous power to make a life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture, or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or deescalated, and a person humanized or dehumanized.
If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.
- Goethe
References
index
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Free Software For Dummies
By Mary Leete
ISBN: 0-7645-9579-2
Format: Paper
Pages: 428 Pages
Pub. Date: July 2005
Introduction.
Part I: Plunging Into Free Software.
Chapter 1: How to Use Tons of Powerful, Free Software — Fast.
Chapter 2: The Best Places to Get Free Software.
Part II: Using Powerful, Free Office Software.
Chapter 3: Word Processing with OpenOffice.org Writer.
http://www.openoffice.org/
Chapter 4: Formatting Your Writer Documents.
http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html
Chapter 5: Creating Spreadsheets with OpenOffice.org Calc.
http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html
Chapter 6: Juggling Numbers in Calc.
Chapter 7: Building Databases with OpenOffice.org Base.
http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html
Chapter 8: Creating Reports from Your Database.
Part III: Exploring the Internet — More Easily, More Securely, and More Featurefully.
Chapter 9: Surfing and Searching the Web Securely with Mozilla Firefox.
Chapter 10: Reading E-mail with Mozilla Thunderbird.
Chapter 11: Publishing Your Own Web Pages with OpenOffice.org Writer.
http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html
Chapter 12: Enjoying Podcasts with iPodder.
Chapter 13: Making Free Phone Calls with Skype.
http://www.skype.com/
Part IV: Using Powerful, Free Multimedia Software.
Chapter 14: Creating Graphics with OpenOffice.Org Draw.
Chapter 15: Making Presentations with OpenOffice.Org Impress.
http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html
Chapter 16: Digital Imaging with the GIMP.
http://www.gimp.org/
Chapter 17: Drawing and Filtering Images in the GIMP.
Chapter 18: Drawing Diagrams with Dia.
http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/
Chapter 19: Creating 3D Animations with Blender.
http://www.blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html
Chapter 20: Recording Sound with Audacity.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Part V: More Powerful, Free Software.
Chapter 21: Learning with Free Educational Software.
http://www.solfege.org/
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/
http://gcompris.net/
http://www.flightgear.org/
Chapter 22: Fun with Arcade, Simulation, Puzzle, Strategy, and 3D Games.
http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/
http://www.freeciv.org/index.php/Freeciv
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/supertux/
http://trackballs.sourceforge.net/
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/circus-linux/
http://aluminumangel.org/attack/
http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/
http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f355.html
http://www.gltron.org/
http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LBreakout2
Chapter 23: A Friendly, Free, and Powerful Alternative to Windows XP.
http://www.mepis.org/
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 24: Ten Lists of More Great Free Software and Stuff: A Directory.
Podcasting:
http://www.easypodcast.com/
Internet:
http://www.gnomemeeting.org/
http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/
http://www.nvu.com/index.php
http://www.oscommerce.com/
http://project5.freezope.org/pears/index.html/#
http://www.cpan.org/
http://php.net/
http://www.tightvnc.com/
Graphics:
http://www.inkscape.org/
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html
http://www.wings3d.com/
Utilities:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/
http://www.clamwin.com/
Learning:
http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/
http://www.claroline.net/
http://www.dokeos.com/
http://jdictionary.sourceforge.net/
http://www.stellarium.org/
http://www.porpoisehead.net/mysw/stellarium_user_guide_html-0.8.0-1/
The OSSwin project: Open Source for Windows!
http://osswin.sourceforge.net/
Multimedia:
http://jazzplusplus.sourceforge.net/
http://kino.schirmacher.de/
http://www.zinf.org/
Office:
http://www.abisource.com/
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net/
http://www.gnucash.org/
http://www.mysql.com/
http://www.ofbiz.org/
http://www.openworkbench.org/
http://www.oscommerce.com/
http://www.linuxcanada.com/
http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/
http://www.turbocashuk.com/ http://www.turbocash.co.za/
http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php
Photos and Graphics:
http://gimp-savvy.com/ http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/index.html
http://www.gnuart.org/
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
http://www.openclipart.org/
http://www.pdphoto.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources
Music and Sound:
http://hebb.mit.edu/FreeMusic/ (down)
http://www.redferret.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php
http://cyber-media.com/freemusic/
http://www.archive.org/details/audio
http://www.archive.org/details/texts
http://www.goingware.com/tips/legal-downloads.html
http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/fma.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/mutopia/
http://www.opsound.org/
Font:
http://fonts.goldenweb.it/
Chapter 25: Ten Unreasonable Advantages of Free Software.
Appendix: Installing Programs Using KPackage and Installation Wizards.
The KPackage Handbook http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdeadmin/kpackage/index.html
Index.
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0. Prologue
The nature of time, the importance of entropy, and the role of cosmology.
. time since the big bang
. what we see isn't all there is
. there will always be skeptics
Part One: Time, Experience, and the Universe
1. The Past is Present Memory
Time has different meanings: a label on different moments, the duration between events, and a medium of change. We can think of the past, present, and future as equally real.
. what we mean by time
1. time labels moments in the universe
2. time measures the duration elapsed between events
3. time is the medium through which we move
2. The Heavy Hand of Entropy
The direction of time is governed by the Second Law of Thermodynamics: in a closed system, entropy only increases or stays the same. Entropy measures the disorder of a system.
. through the looking glass
. [[the arrow of time|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time]]
. future and past vs. up and down
. nature's most reliable law
. the rise of atoms
. entropy and disorder
. entropy and life
. why can't we remember the future?
. the art of the possible
3. The Beginning and End of Time
The evolution of the universe through time, beginning with a hot, dense Big Bang (which may not be the true beginning), expanding and forming stars and galaxies, eventually accelerating into emptiness.
. the visible universe
. big and getting bigger
. the big bang
. hot, smooth beginnings
. turning up the contrast knob on the universe
. the universe is not steady
. but it is accelerating
. the mystery of vacuum energy
. the deepest future
. the entropy of the universe
Part Two: Time in Einstein's Universe
4. Time is Personal
Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity. You can’t go faster than the speed of light; you stay within a light cone in spacetime. Time measures the duration elapsed along different trajectories.
. lost in space
. the key to relativity
. spacetime
. staying inside your light cone
. einstein's most favorite equation
5. Time is Flexible
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. Spacetime is curved, which we experience as gravity. The curvature of spacetime underlies black holes and the expansion of the universe.
. curving straight lines
. einstein's most important equation
. holes in spacetime
. white holes: black holes run backward
6. Looping Through Time
Closed timelike curves would allow you to visit the past without violating the rules of relativity. A time machine of this sort doesn’t necessarily lead to paradoxes, but might be impossible to create according to the laws of physics.
. creating spacetime
. circles in time
. the gate to yesterday
. one simple rule
. entropy and time machines
. predictions and whimsy
. flatland
. studying time machines in flatland (and in cambridge)
. wormholes
. time machine construction made easy
. protection against time machines
Part Three: Entropy and Time's Arrow
7. Running Time Backwards
The fundamental laws of physics, as we understand them, conserve information: the future and past can be predicted and retrodicted from perfect knowledge of the present state. Microscopic processes are reversible.
. checkerboard world
. flipping time upside down
. through the looking glass
. the state-of-the-system address
. newton in reverse
. running particles backward
. three reflections of nature
. conservation of information
8. Entropy and Disorder
Ludwig Boltzmann discovered our modern understanding of entropy: the number of ways microscopic constituents can be arranged to form the same macroscopic system. It’s natural for entropy to increase, but only if we assume a “Past Hypothesis” that entropy started very low.
. smoothing out
. entropy a la boltzmann
. box of gas redux
. useful and useless energy
. don't sweat the details
. running entropy backward
. the deconstruction of benjamin button
. entropy as disorder
. the principle of indifference
. other entropies, other arrows
. proving the second law
. when the laws of physics aren't enough
. the past hypothesis
9. Information and Life
The growth of entropy powers our experience of life: the ability to remember the past, to metabolize free energy, and to process information. Maxwell’s Demon illustrates the connection between entropy and information.
. pictures and memories
. cognitive instability
. cause and effect
. maxwell's demon
. recording and erasing
. information is physical
. does life makes sense?
. life in motion
. free energy, not free beer
. complexity and time
10. Recurrent Nightmares
A finite system spends most of its time in high-entropy equilibrium, with occasional fluctuations to lower entropy. A finite universe that lasts for all time would behave just that way, and most observers would be disembodied “Boltzmann brains.”
. poincare's chaos
. zermelo vs. boltzmann
. troubles of an eternal universe
. fluctuating around equilibrium
. the anthropic appeal
. swerving through antiquity
. un-breaking an egg
. boltzmann brains
224a. [[Richard Feynman|http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman]]
. who are we in the multiverse?
. endings
11. Quantum Time
Quantum mechanics says that what we can observe is much less than what exists. The act of observation seems to be irreversible. One interpretation is that the irreversibility is only apparent, as we exist in “branches of the wave function” that lose touch with other branches.
. quantum cat
. how wave functions work
. interference
. collapse of the wave function
. irreversibility
. uncertainty
. the wave function of the universe
. entanglement
. the epr paradox
. many worlds, many minds
. decoherence
. wave function collapse and the arrow of time
Part Four: From the Kitchen to the Multiverse
12. Black Holes: The Ends of Time
Stephen Hawking showed that black holes aren’t completely black: they emit radiation. That implies that they have entropy, and that they will eventually evaporate away. Black holes provide a crucial clue to the connection between entropy and gravity.
. black holes have no hair
. laws of black-hole mechanics
. bekenstein's entropy conjecture
. hawking radiation
. evaporation
. information loss?
. how many states can fit in a box?
. the holographic principle
. hawking gives in
. a string theory surprise
13. The Life of the Universe
Near the Big Bang, the entropy of the universe was extremely low. It grew as the universe expanded, as gravity pulled matter together to form stars, galaxies, and black holes. But it remains much smaller than it could be; a state of truly high entropy would look like empty space.
. our hot, smooth early days
. what we mean by our universe
. conservation of information in an expanding spacetime
. lumpiness
. the evolution of entropy
. maximizing entropy
. empty space
. the real world
. vacuum energy
. why don't we live in empty space?
14. Inflation and the Multiverse
The smooth state of the early universe can be explained by inflation – a period of high-energy acceleration at very early times. But inflation itself requires that the universe began in a state of even lower entropy; by itself, it doesn’t answer our questions. It does open a new possibility in the form of eternal inflation and the multiverse.
. the curvature of space
. magnetic monopoles
. inflation
. the horizon problem
. true and flase vacua
. eternal inflation
. the multiverse
. what good is inflation?
. our comoving patch revisited
. setting the stage
15. The Past Through Tomorrow
There are a number of possible explanations of our observed arrow of time, including fundamentally irreversible laws and a boundary condition outside the laws of physics. To explain the arrow using only reversible laws requires that we situate the universe we observe within a time-symmetric multiverse. This and other speculative scenarios are topics of ongoing research.
. evolving the space of states
. irreversible motions
. a special beginning
. a symmetric universe
. before the big bang
. an arrow for all time
. a middle hypothesis
. baby universes
. a restless multiverse
. bringing it home
16. Epilogue
The origin of the universe and the arrow of time are major unsolved problems in our understanding of the natural world. But there is every reason to expect that they will someday be understood using the laws of physics. The quest to answer these questions helps make it all meaningful.
. what's the answer?
. the empirical circle
. the multiverse is not a theory
. the search for meaning in a preposterous universe
. next steps
Appendix: Math
. exponentials
. big numbers
. logarithms
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* [[Time|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* [[Arrow of time|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1 History of term
2 Overview
3 Arrows
* 3.1 The thermodynamic arrow of time
* 3.2 The cosmological arrow of time
* 3.3 The radiative arrow of time
* 3.4 The causal arrow of time
* 3.5 The particle physics (weak) arrow of time
* 3.6 The quantum arrow of time
* 3.7 The psychological/perceptual arrow of time
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 10:11 AM
* [[Sean Carroll,From Eternity to Here Quest for the Ultimate Theo|http://fenopy.com/torrent/Sean+Carroll+From+Eternity+to+Here+Quest+for+the+Ultimate+Theo/Mjg0MDk5NQ]]
* [[Video: Author Sean Carroll on "From Eternity to Here"|http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m2KCIMOUF3SPL4]]
* [[From Eternity to Here: Book Club|http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/01/12/from-eternity-to-here-book-club/]] by Sean
[[Sean M. Carroll Bibliography on Amazon.com|http://www.amazon.com/Sean-M.-Carroll/e/B001KHLHGS/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1270562633&sr=8-1]]
Biography
I'm a physicist who occasionally writes things. I have a home page at preposterousuniverse.com, and blog at http://cosmicvariance.com. My main interest these days is in the arrow of time: why the past is different from the future, and its relationship to cosmology. Very early on, our observable universe was in a state of almost perfect order; from there, it is evolving toward a state of almost total chaos. We're caught in the middle, riding the wave of increasing entropy. It's not a bad place to live.
[[The Arrow of Time|http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/R27AXZY2YTXL3L?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&ref_=cm_lm_pthnk_view&lm_bb=]]
A Listmania! list by Sean Carroll (Los Angeles)
[[From his website|http://preposterousuniverse.com/eternitytohere/]]
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Amazon.com Review
This is a long, satisfying, commanding novel of the soldiers who were poised on the brink of real manhood when World War II flung them unceremoniously into that abyss. Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt is the nonconformist hero who refuses to box at Schofield Barracks and is slowly destroyed by his own rebelliousness. Around him, others are fighing their own small battles - and losing. It's worth noting that Jones' 1951 audience was shocked by his frank language and the sexual preoccupations of his characters. - This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
Make no mistake about it, From Here to Eternity is a major contribution to our literature, written with contempt for the forces that waste human life, and out of compassion for men who find love and honor and courage in the lower depths, where they are less apparent but sometimes more enduring. - The New York Times Book Review - This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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[[James Ramon Jones|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jones_(author)]] (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American author known for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath.
Trilogy:
* [[From Here to Eternity (novel)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Here_to_Eternity_(novel)]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* [[The Thin Red Line (1962 novel)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_(1962_novel)]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* [[Whistle (novel)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_(novel)]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 12:00 PM
[[Time|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time]]
[[Sean Carroll|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Carroll]] may refer to:
* Sean B. Carroll (born 1960), US evolutionary biologist
* [[Sean M. Carroll|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_M._Carroll]] (born 1966), US theoretical physicist
* Seán Carroll (Irish politician) (1892–1954), Irish Sinn Féin politician
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[[Wave Function - Sixty Symbols|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRRnMS1sm6Y&feature=watch_response_rev]]
If you think you understand this video, you probably don't. Another adventure into the world of quantum mechanic...
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[[Thermodynamics|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[[The Four Laws|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics#The_Four_Laws]]
hese four laws are:
* Zeroth law of thermodynamics, about thermal equilibrium:
If two thermodynamic systems are separately in thermal equilibrium with a third, they are also in thermal equilibrium with each other.
If we grant that all systems are (trivially) in thermal equilibrium with themselves, the Zeroth law implies that thermal equilibrium is an equivalence relation on the set of thermodynamic systems. This law is tacitly assumed in every measurement of temperature. Thus, if we want to know if two bodies are at the same temperature, it is not necessary to bring them into contact and to watch whether their observable properties change with time.[15]
This law was considered so obvious[citation needed] it was added as a virtual afterthought, hence the designation Zeroth, rather than Fourth. In short, if the heat energy of material A is equal to the heat energy of material B, and B is equal to the heat energy of material C. then A and C must also be equal.
* First law of thermodynamics, about the conservation of energy:
The change in the internal energy of a closed thermodynamic system is equal to the sum of the amount of heat energy supplied to or removed from the system and the work done on or by the system. So, we can say (1) "Energy is neither created nor destroyed" and (2) "There is no free lunch."[16]
* Second law of thermodynamics, about entropy:
The total entropy of any isolated thermodynamic system always increases over time, approaching a maximum value or we can say, "In an isolated system, the entropy never decreases". Another way to phrase this: Heat cannot spontaneously flow from a colder location to a hotter area - work is required to achieve this.
* Third law of thermodynamics, about the absolute zero of temperature:
As a system asymptotically approaches absolute zero of temperature all processes virtually cease and the entropy of the system asymptotically approaches a minimum value; also stated as: "the entropy of all systems and of all states of a system is smallest at absolute zero" or equivalently "it is impossible to reach the absolute zero of temperature by any finite number of processes". Absolute zero, at which all activity would stop if it were possible to happen, is ?273.15 °C (degrees Celsius), or ?459.67 °F (degrees Fahrenheit) or 0 K (kelvins, formerly sometimes degrees absolute).
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 10:46 AM
[[STEPHEN HAWKING: How to build a time machine|http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1269288/STEPHEN-HAWKING-How-build-time-machine.html]]
By STEPHEN HAWKING
Last updated at 10:08 AM on 3rd May 2010
All you need is a wormhole, the Large Hadron Collider or a rocket that goes really, really fast
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This is the Global Positioning System, or GPS. A network of satellites is in orbit around Earth. The satellites make satellite navigation possible. But they also reveal that time runs faster in space than it does down on Earth. Inside each spacecraft is a very precise clock. But despite being so accurate, they all gain around a third of a billionth of a second every day. The system has to correct for the drift, otherwise that tiny di fference would upset the whole system, causing every GPS device on Earth to go out by about six miles a day. You can just imagine the mayhem that that would cause.
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t really is that simple. If we want to travel into the future, we just need to go fast. Really fast. And I think the only way we're ever likely to do that is by going into space. The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000mph. But to travel in time we'll have to go more than 2,000 times faster. And to do that we'd need a much bigger ship, a truly enormous machine. The ship would have to be big enough to carry a huge amount of fuel, enough to accelerate it to nearly the speed of light. Getting to just beneath the cosmic speed limit would require six whole years at full power.
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Friday, May 7, 2010 at 11:59 AM
[[Zeno's paradoxes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 12:13 PM
. why would you want to remember the future?
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 12:28 PM
. remember ->> and observer and unique state
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 12:52 PM
[[FlashForward|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlashForward]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 11:54 AM
[[From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the Ageless Purpose of God|http://www.amazon.com/Eternity-Here-Rediscovering-Ageless-Purpose/dp/1434768708]] by Frank Viola
Product Details
* Paperback: 320 pages
* Publisher: David C. Cook; New edition (March 1, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1434768708
* ISBN-13: 978-1434768704
[[Web Site|http://www.frometernitytohere.org/]]
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Course No. 8320
Taught by Kenneth J. Hammond
New Mexico State University
Ph.D., Harvard University
Course Lecture Titles
Part1:
1. Geography and Archaeology
2. The First Dynasties
3. The Zhou Conquest
4. Fragmentation and Social Change
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5. Confucianism and Daoism
6. The Hundred Schools
7. The Early Han Dynasty
8. Later Han and the Three Kingdoms
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10. Northern and Southern Dynasties
11. Sui Reunification and the Rise of the Tang
12. The Early Tang Dynasty
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13. Han Yu and the Late Tang
14. Five Dynasties and the Song Founding
15. Intellectual Ferment in the 11th Century
16. Art and the Way
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17. Conquest States in the North
18. Economy and Society in Southern Song
19. Zhu Xi and Neo-Confucianism
20. The Rise of the Mongols
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21. The Yuan Dynasty
22. The Rise of the Ming
23. The Ming Golden Age
24. Gridlock and Crisis
Part 3:
25. The Rise of the Manchus
26. Kangxi to Qianlong
27. The Coming of the West
28. Threats from Within and Without
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29. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
30. Efforts at Reform
31. The Fall of the Empire
32. The New Culture Movement and May 4th
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33. The Chinese Communists, 1921-1937
34. War and Revolution
35. China Under Mao
36. China and the World in a New Century
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In a world grown increasingly smaller, China nonetheless seems to remain as most of us have always seen it: a land far away and exotic, suggestive of secrets and mysteries, its history and thoughts veiled from most Westerners.
Yet behind that veil lies one of the most amazing civilizations the world has ever known.
In fact, evidence argues that for the greater part of its 5,000-year history, China has been the largest, most populous, wealthiest, and mightiest nation on Earth.
For example:
* China had a theory of social contract, the "Mandate of Heaven," in place by 1500 B.C.E.
* It had seen the rule of three classical dynasties before 200 B.C.E.
* It developed agriculture and writing independently of outside influence.
* In Confucius and Laozi—among others—it had philosophers of the Axial Age as influential as were Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle in ancient Greece.
* While the Roman Empire was at its zenith, China’s Han dynasty ruled over an empire superior in almost every measurable way, including technological advancement.
A Civilization So Advanced, Its Wonders Were Thought to Be Lies
This veil that hides China’s extraordinary past from many of us today is far from a new one.
When Marco Polo wrote of the wonders he had seen over his 20 years in China, the majority of his fellow Venetians were simply unwilling to accept his descriptions of a level of civilization to rival their own.
In fact, they contemptuously referred to the book in which he shared his adventures as "The Millions"—the number of lies they believed marched across its pages.
Those Venetians had chosen to turn away from a precious opportunity to glimpse China’s wonders and better understand the world.
But it’s an opportunity you can claim—in a course that delivers a nuanced understanding of one of the most fascinating and complex cultures in world history.
A Journey across a Virgin Landscape
Every lecture of this course may well seem like a journey across a virgin landscape, for the ground it covers is terrain largely unexplored in the history courses most of us in the West have taken.
You learn about:
* the great dynasties that have ruled China over the years
* the philosophical and religious foundations—particularly Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism—that have influenced every iteration of Chinese thought
* the larger-than-life personalities, from both inside and outside her borders, who have shaped China’s history.
As you listen to these lectures, you see how China’s politics, economics, and art reflect the forces of her past.
Explore Several Major Themes
In guiding you through 5,000 years of Chinese history, Professor Kenneth J. Hammond—who received his doctorate in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University and is head of the history department at New Mexico State University—has organized his lectures around several major themes:
* the evolution of the social and political elite and how they acquired and asserted their power as rulers
* the history of political thought and the ways in which the Chinese have organized their society and government
* the ways in which the Chinese have thought and written about themselves and the world around them
* the connections between economic and social life and the worlds of art, literature, and philosophy
* the interaction among cosmological ideas, the metaphysical insights of Buddhism and religious Daoism, and the perennial mysticism of popular religion
* China’s history as it relates to the world beyond its borders.
A Compelling Foray into China’s Story: From Night Skies Ablaze to Opium
Dr. Hammond’s lectures are richly detailed, and lead you on compelling forays across many aspects of China’s story, including:
* how the short-lived Qin dynasty—with "Legalism" as its often brutal ideology of governance—became the first unified empire, laying the basis for an enduring imperial order
* how the fighting Buddhist monks of the Shaolin Monastery became famous as bodyguards for the founder of the Tang dynasty, becoming the forerunners of many martial arts and a subject of popular myth that continues to this day
* how a concubine named Wu Zetian rose to become the first and only empress to rule China in her own right
* the crucially important implementation of the imperial civil service examination system by the Song dynasty in the late 10th century, giving intellectual issues renewed importance and making the 11th century flower with great debate and discussion about literature, philosophy, government, and art
* the dramatic description of the great ceramic center at Jingdezhen, which, in the 12th century, became one of the first true industrial cities in world history, its massive production lines setting the night sky ablaze with the glow from their great kilns
* the "neo-Confucianist" teachings of Zhu Xi, one of the great figures in Chinese intellectual history, whose sharply divergent commentaries on the classical Confucian texts placed an emphasis on moral self-cultivation and the role of the individual and became their only officially accepted interpretation
* the conquering of China by the Mongols, including a riveting discussion of their culture and tactics
* the golden age of the Ming dynasty, when art and literature flourished amidst economic growth and the revival of a great merchant class, including the invention of a postal system that became the foundation of a great trading network
* how opium became the commodity that allowed Great Britain to pry open China to the avarice of the West, making millions of Chinese into addicts and bringing about the Opium Wars and a profound humiliation for China
* the extraordinary story of a failed examination candidate named Hong Xiuquan, whose certainty that he was Jesus’ younger brother drove him to lead a revolution that nearly succeeded in overthrowing the Qing dynasty
* the eye-opening story of how China was betrayed by the allies at Versailles, precipitating riots in Beijing and helping pave the way for the emergence of the Chinese Communist Party.
These samplings can only hint at the pleasures of this course and the immensity of its scope.
China: A Major Player
At a moment in history when China is clearly reemerging as a major force on the world stage, these lectures offer a reminder that this vast nation is no stranger to that stage and, indeed, has more often than not been the most extraordinary player upon it.
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* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1594200777
* ISBN-13: 978-1594200779
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From Publishers Weekly
In his attempt to take eBay into the realm of social theory, Nissanoff leans heavily on "temporary ownership," an endless cycle of consumption where each purchase is looked at not as an acquisition, but as a stopgap that will be auctioned off after its utility has been extracted, and the next bigger and better thing will be partially bankrolled with the proceeds won (at auction, naturally) from the last. It's sort of "One man's trash is another man's treasure," but substitute "used designer briefcase" for "trash." Nissanoff stresses buyers only purchase things that really excite them and carry a high resale value (big ticket swag from Chanel, Fendi, Rolex, Hermes and the like). "The money you recoup when you turn in your expensive stroller, for example, can be put into a new bike for your child." The book, however, ignores a large segment of society: poor and lower middle class people, many of whom don't have computers or the means to buy a $4,600 watch. Similarly, Nissanoff's model assumes people will want to spend the time and energy tracking auctions, bidding, hawking their own stuff and making endless trips to the post office to send off their used handbags. Though it has an exciting promise-people buy newer, bigger, better, shinier possessions all the time, so why not put them to work?-Nissanoff's theory is directed at too narrow a range of consumers to carry a revolutionary consumption wallop.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Ignore the all-too-familiar bizspeak paradigm shift and business model (among other phrases). Instead, focus on Internet entrepreneur Nissanoff's germ of an idea, spawned by eBay and a fairly new luxury auction e-company that just could curb America's love of materialistic spending. Think of the brilliant "pre-owned certification" programs hawked by such upscale brands as Lexus, Rolex, and BMW. Consider millions of gifts and items left languishing in closets, thanks to duplication or nonnecessity purchases. Remember the rage over Beanie Babies, a true phenomenon in e-trading. All of those trends, coupled with a yearning for alte zakhen ("old things"), may well convince U.S. consumers and companies that temporary ownership has its psychic and financial rewards. The author is persuasive, acknowledging present-day e-auction issues such as the lack of true liquidity in specific categories and forecasting a dramatic rise in auction facilitators, "dropshops," restorers, and new market channels. But the underlying question still persists: How many Americans will truly change buying behavior to create a robust trading marketplace? Barbara Jacobs
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INTRODUCTION 1
1 PRIMITIVE VALUES: THE ACCUMULATION NATION 15
2 SECONDHAND NATION: MINDING THE LIQUIDITY GAP 37
40c. history of flea markets
47b. Sotheby and Christie
51c. Les Kelly of Kelly Books
3 AUCTION FEVER: CATALYST FOR A CULTURAL REVOLUTION 57
64a. eBay con't
70b. Overstock.com
73a. "constant experience" for its buyers
4 TRUE LIQUIDITY: CREATING A PERFECT MARKET 77
81c. Rolex in 1905, Swiss
83b. mile wide, inch deep
84a. history of Wall Street; Dutch, New Amsterdam. New York vs. Old York?
85a. Buttonwood Agreement -> NYSE
86. N.B.
92a. reserve price
92a. opportunity vs. transaction costs
5 FUTURE VALUE: EMBRACING THE AUCTION CULTURE 103
117a. origin of baby stroller
6 FOR THE GOOD OF ALL: THE NET EFFECT 131
132a. [[Jane Birkin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Birkin]]: [[Hermès|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm%C3%A8s]] named and designed a handbag - the Birkin bag - for her in 1984 after the actress was seen in 1981 by the head of Hermès struggling with several bags while boarding an aeroplane. The Birkin bag has become one of Hermès' most popular and expensive handbags.
135b. [[Nintendo|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo]]
143a. The DUX Bed. Exclusively at [[DUXIANA|http://www.duxiana.com/]] Stores
7 TO FIGHT OR NOT TO FIGHT: CORPORATE RESPONSES TO CHANGE 155
8 SETTING A COURSE: WINNING BUSINESS STRATEGIES 181
217c. ... to say "yes" and then work thru the "how"
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228b. change threatening for those who benefits from the status quo and those who can't adapt to new ways of doing things.
9 THE EVOLUTION OF A NEW ECOSYSTEM: TOMORROW'S OPPORTUNITIES 209
A NOTE ON THE DATA 229
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 231
SELECTED REFERENCES 233
INDEX 235
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THE DAILY SPECIAL - p1.
BACKSTORY - p7.
7b. [[Warren McClamroch Hoge|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Hoge]] (born 1941[1]) is an American journalist, much of whose long career has been at The New York Times. Since 2004, he has been the Times 's foreign correspondent at the United Nations bureau.
7b. Bryan Miller
8c. [[James Beard Award|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beard_Award]]: The James Beard Foundation presents two awards yearly for Best Restaurant Review or Critique. One award is for newspaper writers and the other is for magazines.
[[James Andrew Beard|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beard]] (May 5, 1903 – January 21, 1985) was an American chef and food writer.
[[Food critic|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_critic]]
9b. Molly O'Neill
9c. Nicky at yr4
11a. [[Max Frankel|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Frankel]] (born in 1930 in Gera, Germany) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He was educated at Columbia University, where he wrote for and edited the Columbia Daily Spectator.
and [[Joseph Lelyveld|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lelyveld]] (born April 5, 1937) was executive editor of the New York Times from 1994 to 2001, is a Pulitzer Prize-wining journalist and author, and a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books.
13a. New York Hospital - where she was born
14b. [[Al Siegal|http://www.observer.com/node/38919]]
MOLLY - p23.
28c. well scrubbed ... free of lipstick, foundation, powder or blush
30. [[Le Cirque|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Cirque]] is a French restaurant in Manhattan owned and operated by Sirio Maccioni. Currently at One Beacon Court (151 East 58th Street), it is a 16000 square foot restaurant designed by interior designer Adam Tihany, architect Costas Kondylis. There is another location at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.[1] The Maccioni family also owns and operates Osteria del Circo.
THE KING OF SPAIN - p35.
35b. Le Cirque - Warren Hoge, Sirio Maccioni
[[A conversation about the restaurant "Le Cirque"|http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2004/08/03/2/a-conversation-about-the-restaurant-le-cirque]], Show Date: 08/03/2004, Sirio Maccioni, Peter Elliot
36b. masthead
39c. Johnny (nephew)
LOOKING FOR UMAMI - p57.
59b. [[Honmura An|http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/honmura-an/]]
60a. [[Soba|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soba]] (?? or ??, Soba?) is a type of thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour. It is served either chilled with a dipping sauce, or in hot broth as a noodle soup. Moreover, it is not uncommon in Japan to refer to any thin noodle as soba in contrast to udon which are thick noodles made from wheat.
64c. about Bryan Miller ... he's not the critic anymore ...
65a. [[Frank J. Prial|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Prial]], who graduated from Georgetown University in 1951, was the wine columnist for the The New York Times for 25 years, writing the weekly "Wine Talk" column since 1972 until his retirement in 2005.[1]
65b. Warren Christopher; Gregory Peck
66a. [[Raymond Sokolov|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Sokolov]] (born 1 August 1941 in Detroit, Michigan) is a journalist who has written extensively about food. He currently writes the "Eating Out" column for The Wall Street Journal's weekend edition.
67c. Banchan also spelled [[panchan|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchan]], refers to small side dishes served along with cooked rice in Korean cuisine. This word is used both in the singular and plural. The most famous banchan is kimchi.
MIRIAM - p81.
89b. restaurant 21 then Four Seasons
MEAT AND POTATOES - p103.
CHLOE - p125.
127b. [[Amy M. Spindler|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Spindler]] (b. 1963, Michigan City, Indiana - d. 27 February 2004, New York City) was an American journalist who had been style editor of The New York Times Magazine. She died of a brain tumor in 2004[1].
regarding [[Fashion Designer Romeo Gigli|http://www.infomat.com/whoswho/romeogigli.html]] dress
129c. [[Lespinasse|http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/lespinasse/]] restaurant
131c. foundation ... (before and after)
132. 1st husband Dan is doctor; nurse; dye blonde
135a. The [[Palio di Siena|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palio_di_Siena]] (known locally simply as Il Palio), the most famous palio in Italy, is a horse race held twice each year on July 2 and August 16 in Siena, in which ten horses and riders, dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen Contrade, or city wards
136c. jealousy: don't know how to do it
137a. yr45
138a. pot belly, incipient
BRENDA - p153. red head?
154c. Myron Rosen of NYT
165b. [[Benihana|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benihana]]: no self-respecting food critic
171. A [[gougère|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goug%C3%A8re]], in French cuisine, is a savory choux pastry with cheese. Grated cheese may be mixed into the batter, cubes of cheese may be pushed into the top, or both. Gougères are sometimes called cheese puffs in English.
DINNER WITH CHAIRMAN PUNCH - p181.
181b. [[Janet Maslin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Maslin]] (born 1948) is an American journalist. She is best known as a book and film critic for The New York Times.
182b. [[Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ochs_Sulzberger]] (b. February 5, 1926 New York City) is an American publisher and businessman. He succeeded his father, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, and maternal grandfather as publisher and chairman of the New York Times in 1963, passing the positions to his son Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. in 1992.
181b. [[Abraham Michael "A.M." Rosenthal|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.M._Rosenthal]] (May 2, 1922 – May 10, 2006), born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, was a New York Times executive editor (1977-88) and columnist (1987-1999) and New York Daily News columnist (1999-2004).
189b. Tae Guan Yin is known as [[Iron Goddess of Mercy|http://www.rishi-tea.com/store/product.php?productid=5029&cat=5&page=1]] and is the most famous oolong tea.
192b. head chef: dai si fu
196b. [[Ken Hom|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hom]] (born May 3, 1949 in Tucson, Arizona, United States) is
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by Charlotte A. Spencer
Titel: Genetic Testimony:A Guide to Forensic DNA Profiling 1 Book Paperback (limp)
Reihe: Prentice Hall
Author: Charlotte Spencer
Verlag: Prentice Hall
Einband: Softcover
Auflage: 1
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 37
Erschienen: August 2003
EAN: 9780131423381
ISBN: 0-13-142338-X
[[Table of Contents|http://www.pearson.ch/HigherEducation/Biology/GeneralBiology/1469/013142338X/GeneticTestimonyA.aspx]]
Preface.
Introduction.
Questions About DNA Profiling Methods.
* What Is the Biological Basis for Forensic DNA Profiling?
# The same DNA is found in virtually all cells in our bodies
# Genetic information is contained within the base pari sequence of DNA
# DNA seuqences differ between individuals
* What Methods Are Used in Forensic DNA Profiling and How Do They Work?
# Variable Number of Tandem Repeat (VNTR) Methods.
** background
** methods for VNTR profiling
# -- The Colin Pitchfork Story.
# Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based Methods.
# Short Tandem Repeats (STRs)
** background
** methods for STR profiling
# Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs)
# Mitchondrial DNA (mtDNA)
# Y Chromosome Analysis
Questions About Interpreting DNA Profiles.
* Why are DNA Profiles Interpreted in Terms of Probabilities?
* How Are DNA Profile Probabilities Calculated and Presented?
# The CSF1PO locus
# The TPOX locus
# The TH01, vWA, and D5S818 loci
* Is a Person's DNA Profile Unique?
* If a Defendant's Profile Matches That of the Crime Scene Sample, Does That Prove the Defendant's Guilt?
Questions About the Use of Forensic DNA Profiling.
* What Sort of Crime Evidence Is Suitable for DNA Analysis?
* What Are the Uses of Forensic DNA Profiling?
* What Are the Advantages of DNA Evidence Over Other Types of Biological Forensic Evidence?
* How Reliable is DNA Profile Technology?
* What Are the Main Problems with Forensic DNA Profiling?
Questions About the Use, Collection, and Storage of DNA Profiles.
* How Many Profiles Are in the CODIS Databanks?
* Whose DNA Profile Should Be Included in DNA Databases?
* After Profiling and Electronic Storage of the Profile, Should the Tissue Sample Be Retained or Destroyed?
* Can Personal or Medical Information Be Obtained from DNA Profiles?
Questions About DNA Profiling and the Criminal Justice System.
* How Can DNA Evidence Exonerate Those Who Are Wrongly Convicted?
* Why Are Innocent People Convicted of Violent Crimes and Then Exonerated?
* Is It Possible for an Innocent Person to Be Convicted Based on DNA Evidence?
* How Is DNA Evidence Changing the American Criminal Justice System?
Boxes.
* The Colin Pitchfork Story.
* The Polymerase Chain Reaction.
* Forensic DNA Databases.
* DNA Profiling Identifies September 11 Victims.
* DNA Identifies Victims of Srebrenica Massacre.
* Polish Dragnet Apprehends Serial Rapist.
* The O.J. Simpson Story. The Sotolusson Story.
* The Earl Washington Story.
* The Marvin Anderson Story.
References and Resources:
Publications
... etc.
Web Sites
* [[The Innocence Project |http://www.innocenceproject.org/]]
* [[Forensic mathematics of DNA matching|http://dna-view.com/profile.htm]]
* [[DNA Technology links|http://www.law-forensic.com/dnalinks.htm]]
* [[Criminal Investigations, DNA & Forensic Science|http://www.karisable.com/crdna1.htm]]
* [[Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet DataBase|http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/]]
* [["The Case for Innocence" Why do inmates remain in prison despite DNA evidence that exonerates them|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/case/]]
* [[What Jennifer Saw|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dna/]]
* [[Kennewick Man|http://www.cr.nps.gov/archeology/kennewick/]]
* [[Romanovs find closure in DNA|http://users.rcn.com/web-czar/dna.htm]]
* [[The Innocence Protection Act of 2001|http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.912:]]
* [[How DNA is reshaping judicial process and outcome CSIS and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research May 2001|http://www.csis.org/tech/Biotech/nbpp/Seminar2Brief.htm]]
* [[DNA Forensics|http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml]]
* [[Forensic Bioinformatics|http://www.bioforensics.com/]]
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In the last decade, forensic DNA profiling has emerged as a powerful method to identify the guilty and exonerate the innocent. What makes it such a powerful technique? How does DNA profiling work? What are the advantages and drawbacks to the technology, and how is DNA profiling changing the way the criminal justice system functions? This guide answers these questions by outlining the basic methods used in forensic DNA profiling and explaining how DNA evidence has the power to convict or exonerate. Extraordinary stories illustrate how this new technology is expanding and transforming criminal justice systems across the globe.
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"This is an excellent work. Spencer has done an excellent job of converting difficult scientific concepts into terms that can be understood by the public." Elliott Goldstein, Associate Professor of Biology, Arizona State University
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[[Getting Together : Building Relationships As We Negotiate (Paperback)|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140126384/sr=8-1/qid=1142617496/ref=sr_1_1/102-9902695-7068935?%5Fencoding=UTF8]]
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by Roger Fisher, Scott Brown
MATERIAL: Book AUTHOR: Fisher, Roger, 1922-
TITLE: Getting together: building a relationship that gets to yes
by Roger Fisher and Scott Brown
PUBLICATION: Boston Houghton Mifflin 1988.
DESCRIPTION: 216 p. ; 22 cm.
ADDED ENTRY: Brown Scott.
I. An Overview
1. the goal:
a relationship that can deal with differences
what we want and what we need in a relationship are unclear
we use the words ‘relations’ and ‘relationship’ in many ways
we confuse good relations with approval
we are confused by the role of shared values
we see our goal us avoiding disagreement
who "we" are is treated as fixed
a goad relationship: having what we need to get what we want
what we want: good substantive outcomes
we also want inner peace
what we need: an ability to deal with differences
the ability to deal with differences depends upon a few basic elements
1. it helps to balance reason and emotion
2. understanding helps
3. good communication helps
4. being reliable helps
5. persuasion is more helpful than coercion
6. mutual acceptance helps
some features are not essential to a good working relationship
approval
shared values
knowing the goal is not enough
2. first step:
disentangle relationship issues from substantive ones
think separately about the relationship as a process
pursue relationship and substantive goals independently
don’t make a relationship contingent on agreement
don’t try to buy a better relationship
3. a strategy:
be unconditionally constructive
beware of partisan perceptions: don’t forget how different people see things
don’t rely on reciprocity to build a relationship by expecting others to follow our lead or following theirs
the golden rule
1. rationality
2. understanding
3. communication
4. reliability
5. coercion/persuasion
6. acceptance
an eye for an eye
requirements of a successful strategy
independent of disagreement
independent of concessions
independent of partisan perceptions
independent of reciprocity
independent of permanent ‘sides’
a prescriptive approach: be unconditionally constructive
II. Basic elements of a working relationship
4. rationality:
balance emotions with reason
rational decision-making requires a balance
too little emotion impairs motivation and understanding
how can we balance emotions and reason?
develop an awareness of emotions - - ours and theirs
don’t react emotionally; take charge of our behavior
take a break
count to ten
consult
acknowledge emotions
prepare for emotions before they arise
5. understanding:
learn how they see things
we can’t solve differences without understanding them
explore their thinking; we may not know how little we know
always assume a need to learn more
start by asking ‘what do they care about?’
interests
perceptions
values
don’t be afraid to learn something new
be open and confident
use tools to break into their world
learn their story
reverse roles
draft a chart of their currently perceived choice
use a third party
6. communication:
always consult before deciding - and listen
... three barriers to effective communication
1. we assume there is no need to talk
2. we communicate in one direction: we ‘tell’ people
3. we send mixed messages
mixed purposes
multiple audiences
mixed emotions
three ways to strengthen the relationship
1. always consult before deciding
consult to help balance emotion with reason
consult to promote better understanding
consult to promote two-way communication
consult to be more reliable
consult to avoid a fait accompli
consult to establish acceptance
2. listen actively
find the listening needs and match them
engage the other person
inquire
speak clearly in ways that promote listening
speak for ourselves, not them
use short clear statements - and pause
3. plan the communication process to minimize mixed messages
clarify our purpose
be honest about ambivalence
convert long-term interests into short-term actions
use privacy to minimize the problem of multiple audiences
plan encounters to minimize emotional interference
plan an approach to troublesome questions
think ahead about candor
plan where and how to communicate
implementation: monitor with the relationship in mind
7. reliability:
be wholly trustworthy, but not wholly trusting
... dealing with our own reliability
our conduct: they may have reason to mistrust us
is our conduct erratic?
do we communicate carelessly?
do we treat even clear promises lightly?
are we deceptive or dishonest?
improve trustworthiness by improving conduct
be predictable
be clear
take promises seriously
be honest
the assessment of our conduct: are they wrong about our reliability?
help them perceive our conduct as trustworthy
dealing with their reliability
their conduct: do we encourage their unreliable conduct?
do we overload trust?
do we trust too little?
do we criticize no matter what they do?
help them be more reliable
do not overload trust; act to reduce risks
- give both praise and blame - precisely
treat problematic conduct as a joint problem, not a crime
our assessment of their conduct: do we evaluate it wrongly?
do we misperceive their behavior?
do we confuse different kinds of unpredictability?
incompatible intentions
forgetfulness
unpredictability
do we judge morality rather than risk?
base trust on risk analysis, not moral judgment
gain an accurate perception of their conduct
distinguish among kinds of unreliability
distinguish hostile intentions from dishonesty
distinguish unpredictability from dishonesty
rely on risk analysis
... dealing with systems that affect reliability
systems sometimes discourage reliability
strengthen systems that reward reliability
8. persuasion, not coercion:
negotiate side by side
the way people negotiate can wreck a relationship
coercion tends to damage a working relationship To the extent that I feel coerced:
emotion of anger and frustration become more likely to overwhelm reason;
mutual understanding becomes less likely;
there is less need and less chance for effective communication;
I will find you less trustworthy; and
I will feel that my interest and views have been rejected
coercion tends to damage the quality of an agreement If I am coerced into accepting an agreement,
it is unlikely that the agreement will:
have been crafted to meet my interests as well as it might have been;
have had the benefit of any of my creative thinking;
be legitimate as measured by standards of fairness that appeal to me
negotiators often use coercive tactics
attack the individual vs. attacking the problem
attacking an individual is psychological coercion
attack the problem
winning a contest vs. solving a problem
commit early vs. remain open
early commitment says the other must change
remain open to persuasion
focus on positions vs. explore interests
positions take the discussion away from interests
explore interests
either/or vs. multiple options.
as I limit choices, you feel coerced
invent multiple options
break their will vs. persuade of what’s fair
worsen their walk-away alternative vs. improve ours
worsening their walk-away alternative threatens them
improve our walk-away alternative
9. acceptance:
deal seriously with those with whom we differ
rejection creates physical obstacles to problem-solving
rejection creates psychological obstacles
accept unconditionally
deal with respect
look behind the stereotype
deal with the real people
give their interest the weight they deserve
they are equally entitled to have interests
apply due process
treat them as equals - in basic respects
we need not ignore differences
presume equality unless objective merits warrants differences
but what if ...
fear: won’t acceptance encourage bad behavior?
accept as a matter of policy
fear: won’t supping with the devil contaminate me?
by supping with the devil, we learn more ways to deal with him
fear: won’t I give up a bargaining chip?
accepting you allows me to bargain more effectively
behave as if we care - and we will
apply the theory to practice
Ill. The elements as parts of a whole
10. congruence:
put it all together so that it fits
be congruent with the particular relationship and situation
consider what is special about the other side
emotion
expectations
pace
what is and isn’t done
formality; reserve
evaluate the state of the relationship
how good is our relationship? a checklist
goal
am I trying to win the relationship or improve it?
how well do we resolve differences?
how often do I think about the improving the process for working together over the long term?
general strategy
do serious substantive issues disrupt our ability to work together?
do I tend to retaliate by doing things that weaken our ability to deal with each other in the future?
do I ignore problems or sweep them under the rug rather than deal with them?
balance of emotion and rationality
awareness: what emotions, mine and yours are affecting our interactions?
effect: how are emotions helping and hurting our decision-making?
degree of understanding
how well do I empathetically understand your: perceptions? interests? values? motivation?
how well can I state them your satisfaction?
how well do you understand mine?
can you state them to my satisfaction?
how effective is our two-way communication?
how regularly do I consult you before making decisions?
what important subjects don’t we discuss? why?
how extensively and frequently do we communicate? do I listen?
reliability: how much confidence do you have in my future conduct?
might I be more reliable? how?
how could I be more worthy of trust?
do your perceptions suggest some changes I might make?
what risks do I see in relying on you? Are those risks well founded?
persuasion or coercion
do I try to persuade you on the merits?
could I be more open to persuasion? how?
how well do I avoid threats, warnings, and commitment tactics?
degree of mutual acceptance
do I fully accept you as someone with whom to deal?
do you matter in my scheme of things?
am I giving serious attention to your interests and views?
do I recognize the potential long term quality of this relationship?
pay more attention to the more important relationships
make our actions congruent with each other
use the same guidelines even if the relationship is brief
revise our behavior and beliefs until they are congruent
joint work on a relationship helps bring things together
A note of tit-for-tat
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ANDREW KING: Just imagine today that the government introduced award of, say, a million pounds for someone who could produce a 2-liter motor car that could do a thousand miles to the gallon. We'd all laugh at the idea. But supposing someone from the remote regions of the country comes down to London with a car and says to the government, "This car will do a thousand miles to the gallon. Where's my million pounds"? And so they say, oh come on, what's under the bonnet? "I want my million pounds then I'll tell you". And so the arguments start. He's not going to tell you what's under the bonnet because he knows perfectly well somebody's going to pinch the idea. And Harrison was in exactly the same position.
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The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents a historic and interdisciplinary exploration of science and nature through exhibitions, self-guided tours, and educational programs.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/
Harvard University Art Museums consists of the Arthur M. Sackler, Busch-Reisinger, and Fogg Museums, Straus Center for Conservation, Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, and the U.S. Headquarters for the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis. The public is welcome to experience the collections and exhibitions.
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/home/index.html
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http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/index.html
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http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/chsi.html
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http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/museum.html
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http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/
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http://www.countway.med.harvard.edu/warren/
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http://www.researchmatters.harvard.edu
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http://www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn/
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http://www.hms.harvard.edu/longwood_seminars
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http://chge.med.harvard.edu/publications/
Human Health and Global Environmental Change course at Harvard Medical School can teach you more about the relationship between human health and global environment in a course open to the public, for which all materials are available free online.
http://chge.med.harvard.edu/about/index.html
Harvard School of Public Health lectures bring experts from the U.S. and other nations to Harvard School of Public Health to share their views on the critical issues facing public health over the years.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ddl/
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http://www.focus.hms.harvard.edu/
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* Paperback: 400 pages
* Publisher: Penguin Classics (February 25, 2003)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0142437298
* ISBN-13: 978-0142437292
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[[Saul Bellow|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bellow]] (June 10, 1915 – April 5, 2005) was a Canadian-born American writer. For his literary contributions, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.[2] He is the only writer to have won the National Book Award three times, and the only writer to have been nominated for it six times.
[[Times review|http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/25/reviews/bellow-herzog.html?_r=1]] (Sep. 20, 1964)
September 20, 1964
The Way Up From Rock Bottom
By JULIAN MOYNAHAN
Monday, June 28, 2010 at 10:40 AM
[[Sparknotes study guide on Herzog|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/]]
# Context
# Plot Overview
# [[Character List|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/characters.html]]
# Analysis of Major Characters
# [[Themes, Motifs, and Symbols|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/themes.html]]
Summary & Analysis
* [[Section 1|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/section1.rhtml]]
. Moses had bought the house in the Berkshires, using a twenty thousand dollar inheritance from his father, in order to please Madeleine.
. Moses had already helped Gersbach find a radio job in Chicago, not knowing that Gersbach was already Madeleine's lover.
. They were both seeing a psychiatrist, Dr. Edvig; Moses says that Edvig helped Madeleine decide on divorce.
. Moses also talks also about their lawyer, Sandor Himmelstein, who offered Moses a place to stay after Moses' split with Madeleine.
. We learn that Moses has two brothers, Will and Shura, and one sister, Helen.
. decided to escape his lover, Ramona, by fleeing to Martha's Vineyard to see his friend Libbie Vane and her husband.
* [[Section 2|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/section2.rhtml]]
. One of his first letters is to Tennie, Madeleine's mother and Moses' ex- mother-in-law.
. He had heard from his lawyer, Simkin (the man he employs after his first lawyer, Himmelstein), that Tennie was upset that Moses had not visited her since the divorce.
. Still standing on the Grand Central Platform, Moses begins a letter to Aunt Zelda, Madeleine's aunt.
. He writes to his good friend Lucas Asphalter, who is in a terrible state because of the death of his monkey, Rocco.
. In his letter to Lucas, Moses reveals to the reader that it was Lucas who told Moses about Madeleine's affair with Valentine Gersbach. There is mention of a letter from Geraldine, the babysitter of June, Moses and Madeleine's daughter.
. He writes to Dr. Bhave, the leader of an Indian Utopian movement, and thinks about joining the movement. He writes to the President about taxes, to the New York Times about radiation, and to Dr. Emmett Strawforth about the evils of Hiroshima.
ANALYSIS
. Bellow uses doubles throughout the novel, one of which appears in this chapter. Tennie is a kind of double for Moses, which Moses does not realize.
. The name "Herzog" means "Duke," and for the first time in this chapter, we wonder if Moses Herzog is a cruel master or a fallen one. Moses says of himself, "I do seem to be a broken-down monarch of some kind…like my old man, the princely immigrant an ineffectual bootlegger."
. n this chapter, we see Moses' aversion to what he calls "Reality-Instructors," those people like his lawyers and his brother Shura who lecture him on the necessity of realism.
* [[Section 3|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/section3.rhtml]]
. The longest letter in the section is to Shapiro, a scholar and writer whose monograph Moses reviewed while he was still in Europe, getting over his divorce.
. According to Moses, "ideas and culture" took the place of religion for her. Moses continues his letter to Shapiro, criticizing Shapiro's aesthetic views of history in the face of war.
. He moves on to a letter to his brother Shura.
. The next long letter in this section is addressed to Sandor Himmelstein, who took in Moses when his wife divorced him.
. Libbie waves at him and blows him a kiss when she sees him coming from afar, and Moses feels guilty for planning to exploit her kindness.
. The chapter ends with Geraldine's letter, which was mentioned in the previous chapter. Geraldine, the babysitter, writes that Valentine and Madeleine were having a fight, and Valentine locked June in the car and left her crying there while he went inside to Madeleine. Moses is appalled at the contents of this letter.
ANALYSIS
. Moses also criticizes Shapiro for forgetting his immigrant and Jewish roots.
* [[Section 4|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/section4.rhtml]]
. It is morning on the day after Moses' return from Martha's Vineyard, and he is writing letters. He begins by addressing Monsignor Hilton, who converted Madeleine to the Church.
. He was also sleeping with a Japanese woman named Sono Oguki.
. Moses remembers wanting to marry Madeleine and visiting her parents, Pontritter (who insisted on being called Fritz) and Tennie.
. Moses thinks of his life with Mady in the country. He was separated from Daisy when he moved with Mady to the Berkshires, living in the house Moses bought with his inheritance from his father.
. Moses jumps from thought to thought, landing on the memory of a friend named Nachman who grew up with him on Napoleon Street. Moses recently saw Nachman him on 8th street, and Nachman ignored him.
ANALYSIS
. This section deals primarily with Madeleine's character development and Moses' childhood memories of Napoleon street.
. The section ends with the thought that Nachman's love, Laura, must have committed suicide. Death ends a section of the novel that was full of love. Death is a focus throughout the novel, sometimes looming over happy moments.
* [[Section 5|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/section5.rhtml]]
. During their phone conversation, Ramona lectures Moses on self-confidence and mentions her Aunt Tamara, with whom she lives.
. Moses and Ramona sleep together. Moses thinks of George Hoberly, Ramona's ex- boyfriend. He is an assistant television producer who pines for Ramona.
ANALYSIS
* [[Section 6|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/section6.rhtml]]
. Moses begins to remember Valentine lighting Chanukah candles for his son, Ephraim, and then dancing around with the boy in utter happiness, an expression of pure love on his face. He remembers Madeleine's expression at this scene, and realizes that it was an expression of true love.
ANALYSIS
. The novel will eventually make the claim that one must overcome the idea of death in order to live happily.
* [[Section 7|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/section7.rhtml]]
ANALYSIS
* [[Section 8|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/section8.rhtml]]
ANALYSIS
* [[Section 9|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/section9.rhtml]]
. The novel ends with Moses getting ready for Ramona's dinner visit. He is preparing her meal, and Mrs. Tuttle is cleaning. He feels that he has finished his letter writing; the letters do not seem necessary anymore. The novel concludes with the words, "At this time he had no messages for anyone. Nothing. Not a single word."
ANALYSIS
* [[Key Facts|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/herzog/facts.html]]
full title · Herzog
type of work · Novel
genre · Modernist Novel, American Novel
language · English
time and place written · The 1960s, in the United States (New York and Chicago)
date of first publication · 1964
publisher · First published in the United States by Viking Press and then, in the same year, in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
narrator · An anonymous third-person narrator. The narrator is simply an outside voice, recounting Moses Herzog's history. The narrator describes Moses mainly by narrating Moses's memories and his fictional letters. Occasionally, the novel uses first person narration, and events unfold through Moses' perspective.
point of view · Third person, with occasional first person narration. The point of view is consistently Moses'. The anonymous third-person narrator sometimes apprises the reader of facts that Moses does not yet know.
tone · Ambiguous
tense · Present. Past tense is used when memories are being described.
setting (time) · 1960s
setting (place) · Massachusetts, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Canada
protagonist · Moses Herzog
major conflict · Moses' interior struggle to find truth successfully balance the contradictions of his thoughts and of his life. Moses struggles to balance the outside world and his interior world, and society and himself.
rising action · Moses buys a house in the Berkshires, divorces his wife, and becomes miserable. He recounts his life and writes letters.
climax · Moses and his daughter have a car accident in Chicago
falling action · Moses goes to jail, returns to the Berkshires, and arranges a meeting with Ramona. He ceases to write his letters and comes to terms with his life and self.
themes · The power of ambiguity; the internal journey of modern man
motifs · The letters, philosophy and psychology, and women and sex
symbols · Flowers, the clock, the house in the Berkshires
foreshadowing · The memory of Jonah threatening Moses with a gun, foreshadows Moses's own intentions. The gun itself also foreshadows violence and finality.
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Hugo Marie de Vries (16th February 1848-21st May 1935)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_de_Vries
Carl Erich Correns (born: September 10, 1864, died: February 14, 1933)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Erich_Correns
Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg (1871 – 1962) was an Austrian agronomist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Tschermak_von_Seysenegg
3. Flemming and chromosomes
Matthias Jakob Schleiden (April 5, 1804 - June 23, 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Jakob_Schleiden
Theodore Schwann (December 7, 1810 - January 11, 1882) was a German physiologist, histologist and cytologist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Schwann
Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold (February 16, 1804 - April 7, 1885) was a German physiologist and zoologist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Theodor_Ernst_von_Siebold
Robert Brown (December 21, 1773–June 10, 1858) is acknowledged as the leading British botanist to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Brown_%28botanist%29
Walther Flemming (born April 21, 1843 in Sachsenberg, Germany; died August 4, 1905 in Kiel)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Flemming
Edouard Van Beneden (1846-1910) was a professor of zoology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edouard_Van_Beneden
4. Morgan and fruit flies
Walter Stanborough Sutton (April 5, 1877 - November 10, 1916) was an American biologist whose most significant contribution to present-day biology was his theory that the Mendelian laws of inheritance could be applied to chromosomes at the cellular level.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sutton
Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (February 3, 1857 - November 11, 1927) was a Danish botanist. In 1909, he coined the word gene (using the Greek for "to give birth to").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Johannsen
Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 – December 4, 1945) was an American geneticist and embryologist.
Morgan's research moved to the study of mutation in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
. color-blindness is sex-linked and is almost always male.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morgan
Alfred Henry Sturtevant (November 21, 1891–April 5, 1970) was an American geneticist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Henry_Sturtevant
5. Muller and X-rays
Hermann Joseph Muller (December 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) was an American geneticist and educator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Joseph_Muller
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[[How Doctors Think|http://www.amazon.com/dp/0618610030]] by Jerome Groopman
Product Details
* Hardcover: 307 pages
* Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company; 1st edition (March 19, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0618610030
* ISBN-13: 978-0618610037
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. SignatureReviewed by Perri KlassI wish I had read this book when I was in medical school, and I'm glad I've read it now. Most readers will knowJerome Groopman from his essays in the New Yorker, which take on a wide variety of complex medical conditions, evocatively communicating the tensions and emotions of both doctors and patients.But this book is something different: a sustained, incisive and sometimes agonized inquiry into the processes by which medical minds—brilliant, experienced, highly erudite medical minds—synthesize information and understand illness. How Doctors Think is mostly about how these doctors get it right, and about why they sometimes get it wrong: "[m]ost errors are mistakes in thinking. And part of what causes these cognitive errors is our inner feelings, feelings we do not readily admit to and often don't realize." Attribution errors happen when a doctor's diagnostic cogitations are shaped by a particular stereotype. It can be negative: when five doctors fail to diagnose an endocrinologic tumor causing peculiar symptoms in "a persistently complaining, melodramatic menopausal woman who quite accurately describes herself as kooky." But positive feelings also get in the way; an emergency room doctor misses unstable angina in a forest ranger because "the ranger's physique and chiseled features reminded him of a young Clint Eastwood—all strong associations with health and vigor." Other errors occur when a patient is irreversibly classified with a particular syndrome: "diagnosis momentum, like a boulder rolling down a mountain, gains enough force to crush anything in its way." The patient stories are told with Groopman's customary attention to character and emotion. And there is great care and concern for the epistemology of medical knowledge, and a sense of life-and-death urgency in analyzing the well-intentioned thought processes of the highly trained. I have never read elsewhere this kind of discussion of the ambiguities besetting the superspecialized—the doctors on whom the rest of us depend: "Specialization in medicine confers a false sense of certainty." How Doctors Think helped me understand my own thought processes and my colleagues'—even as it left me chastened and dazzled by turns. Every reflective doctor will learn from this book—and every prospective patient will find thoughtful advice for communicating successfully in the medical setting and getting better care.Many of the physicians Dr. Groopman writes about are visionaries and heroes; their diagnostic and therapeutic triumphs are astounding. And these are the doctors who are, like the author, willing to anatomize their own serious errors. This passionate honesty gives the book an immediacy and an eloquence that will resonate with anyone interested in medicine, science or the cruel beauties of those human endeavors which engage mortal stakes. (Mar. 19)Klass is professor of journalism and pediatrics at NYU. Her most recent book is Every Mother Is a Daughter, with Sheila Solomon Klass.
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From The Washington Post
Reviewed by David Brown
Why is it that How Doctors Think is likely to find an audience while How Automotive Engineers Think would be a tough sell, and How Bookkeepers Think wouldn't have a prayer?
Part of the reason is that most of us believe, rightly or wrongly, that our lives might one day depend on the right decision by a doctor -- a belief we share about few other occupations. Most, as well, have watched doctors work, an experience, whether good or bad, that tends to lend an oracular quality to what a doctor does. And then there's the drama and heroism that's supposed to be -- and occasionally is -- part of medicine.
Jerome Groopman, a physician at Harvard Medical School who is also a writer for the New Yorker, does not debunk the notion of medical "exceptionalism." His book contains all kinds of smart, often selfless, occasionally heroic doctors making good decisions and sometimes saving lives. But it is far from a narcissistic paean to his profession. It is an effort to dissect the anatomy of correct diagnosis, successful treatment and humane care -- and also of diagnostic error, misguided therapy and thoughtless bedside manner. His task is to offer practical advice to both patients and physicians. He succeeds at both.
Groopman catalogues the many species of clinical errors, a whole taxonomy of misperceptions and wrong conclusions illustrated with real examples offered as representative types. All are fascinating, a few are chilling.
Into the latter category falls the case of a woman who for 15 years suffered from chronic diarrhea, vomiting and eventually anemia, osteoporosis and severe weight loss. Doctors said she had anorexia, bulimia and irritable bowel syndrome -- a proliferation of diagnoses that should have been a hint they were wrong. After initially resisting, she had come to accept this explanation of her problem, dutifully taking antidepressants and forcing down 3,000 calories of largely indigestible food each day. By the time she consulted one of Groopman's colleagues at Beth Israel Deaconness Hospital in Boston, she weighed 82 pounds. He diagnosed celiac disease, an allergy to the protein gluten found in many grains. The disease denudes the inner surface of the small intestine, reducing its ability to absorb nutrients; it explained all her symptoms.
The woman "was fitted into the single frame of bulimia and anorexia nervosa from the age of twenty," writes Groopman. "It was easily understandable that each of her doctors received her case within that one frame. All the data fit neatly within its borders. There was no apparent reason to redraw her clinical portrait, to look at it from another angle.
Many of the mistakes Groopman describes are variants of this one. They come from the physician's inability to keep his or her mind open, a reluctance to abandon initial impressions or received wisdom, and a willingness to ignore (often unconsciously) contradictory evidence. At the same time, the facts of biology rightly steer physicians away from endlessly pursuing improbable diagnoses -- a truth captured in such medical-school aphorisms as: "When you hear hoofbeats, don't immediately think of zebras" and "Don't forget that common things are still common."
"It is a matter," Groopman writes, "of juggling seemingly contradictory bits of data simultaneously in one's mind and then seeking other information to make a decision, one way or another. This juggling . . . marks the expert physician -- at the bedside or in a darkened radiology suite."
This need for self-awareness during the act of thinking and working extends to the physician's emotional state and personal beliefs. How a doctor feels about a patient can have a major effect on the care provided to people who are obese, poor, stupid, mentally ill, addicted, foreign, criminal, deviant or ill-smelling -- as well as to those who are rich, powerful, famous, personally familiar or smarter than the doctor.
Groopman doesn't go much into the sociology of medicine, which is unfortunate because it has quite a bit to do with laying the groundwork for the cognitive errors he describes. Many medical students and doctors are surprisingly incurious about human narrative, to which they have almost unparalleled access. Most have little exposure to unintelligent, inarticulate or life-weary people. Few have done manual labor or been in the position of taking orders rather than giving them (outside of medical training, that is). Many are poor listeners and like to hear themselves talk. If it is true, as one is taught in medical school, that 80 percent of diagnoses can be made purely on the medical history -- what the patient says before the physical exam or any tests are done -- these traits can be impediments to good care.
So what is Groopman's advice for ways to help doctors think better?
An entire chapter illustrates the first commandment of pediatrics: Always take seriously the mother's theory of what's happening, no matter how harebrained it sounds. Patients should feel free to voice what they suspect the doctor may be thinking. "With a disarming sense of humor, she communicated that she understood she fit a certain social stereotype, and that stereotype had caused her doctors to fail to fully consider her complaints," Groopman notes admiringly of a patient who admitted she was "a little crazy" but doubted that menopause was the cause of her severe headaches and crawling skin. (She turned out to have a tumor that floods the body with hormones.) Another doctor tells Groopman she was helped when her patient said, "Don't save me from an unpleasant test just because we're friends."
Simple questions can help refocus a physician's attention: "What's the worst thing this can be?" and "What body parts are near where I am having my symptom?" Before calling the pediatrician, parents should ask themselves "what it is that scares them the most about their child's condition." And everyone should be leery of lazy generalities: "No one -- no doctor, no patient -- should ever accept, as a first answer to a serious event, 'We see this sometimes.' "
For their part, doctors should be wary of diagnoses that appear instantly obvious. Groopman quotes one doctor who jumped to the conclusion that a woman had pneumonia when, in fact, she had an aspirin overdose, which can cause some of the same signs and symptoms. "I learned from this to always hold back, to make sure that even when I think I have the answer, to generate a short list of alternatives."
Groopman notes that having adequate time to think helps (but of course doesn't guarantee) good decision making. Much of medicine, however, is practiced with the consumer waiting for the product to be delivered, whether it's the proposed work-up, the diagnosis, the treatment options or the long-term prognosis. This expectation of instant knowledge and service is something few people would consider reasonable for tasks such as having a will drawn up or even getting a pair of skates sharpened. This is perhaps worth keeping in mind as doctors are increasingly asked to do more in shorter appointments for the same or less money.
When it comes to medical care, we Americans want everything -- limitless access to drugs, diagnostic studies, surgical procedures, experimental therapies. We might want to push the system to give us more of the most potent intervention in medicine -- a doctor with time to think and talk.
Copyright 2007, The Washington Post. All Rights Reserved.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
21b. expertise: receiving feedback that helps you understand ...
22a. "eyeball test"
23b. trust in sincerety and motivaton; language spoken and unspoken; trust and mutual liking
24b. question assumptions; cognitive traps
25b. emotions and blur ability to listen and think
Chapter 1: FLESH-AND-BLOOD DECISION-MAKING 27
30a. [[Crepuscular|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepuscular]] is a term used to describe some animals that are primarily active during twilight, that is at dawn and at dusk
36c. [[Yerkes-Dodson|http://books.google.com/books?id=RjY2iwqIuIwC&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=Yerkes-Dodson+psychomotor+skill&source=bl&ots=rN3QEqY0cm&sig=1DhcIP5ZfuXxyEsq1QGkQX5TfZA&hl=en&ei=EdwwS-lkicWUB-zG1ZIH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Yerkes-Dodson%20psychomotor%20skill&f=false]] psychomotor skill
37a. "productive anxiety"
38a. ... when the novice is no longer a novice
Chapter 2: LESSONS FROM THE HEART 41
43c. unstable angina
44c. attibution errors
Chapter 3: SPINNING PLATES 59
Chapter 4: GATEKEEPERS 77
97a. [[Doctoring: The Nature of Primary Care Medicine|http://www.amazon.com/Doctoring-Nature-Primary-Care-Medicine/dp/0195158628]] by Eric J. Cassell
Chapter 5: A NEW MOTHER'S CHALLENGE 101
128a. diagnosis momentum
129b. God as friend
Chapter 6: THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE EXPERT 132
142b. if there is distress during birth, infant defecates this liquid fetal stool, called meconium, and breathes it in during the struggle
147a. most doctors are unaware of cognitive errors
Chapter 7: SURGERY AND SATISFACTION 156
168c. [[s being left-handed a handicap? The short and useless answer is “yes and no.”|http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2446422/]]
Adrian E. Flatt, MD, FRCScorresponding author
A classic paper by hand surgeon Paul W. Brown, titled “Less than ten—surgeons with amputated fngers” (18), surveyed 183 surgeons who had lost parts of their hands.
. 18. Brown PW. Less than ten—surgeons with amputated fngers. J Hand Surg. 1982;7(1):31–37.
169b. Dr. A: commission bias
169c. Dr. B: "satisfaction of search" or "search satisficing"
170c. "vertical line failure" "thinking inside the box"
173b. the perfect is the enemy of the good
174a. you don't want them leave dissatisfied; clarify expectations up front.
Chapter 8: THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 177
Chapter 9: MARKETING, MONEY, AND MEDICAL DECISIONS 203
214a. N.B. philosophy
215c. journal pecking order
217b. voice of authority
Chapter 10: IN SERVICE OF THE SOUL 234
EPILOGUE: A PATIENT'S QUESTIONS 260
AFTERWORD 271
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 283
NOTES 286
INDEX 304
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[[A Commotion in the Blood: Life, Death, and the Immune System (The Sloan Technology Series)|http://www.amazon.com/Commotion-Blood-Immune-System-Technology/dp/0805058419/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261494116&sr=8-1-spell]] by Stephen S. Hall
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AIM has developed an introductory website for kids and adults showing how various items are made. It covers over 40 different products and manufacturing processes, and includes almost 4 hours of manufacturing video. It is targeted towards non-engineers and engineers alike. Think of it as your own private online factory tour, or a virtual factory tour, if you wish.
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Product Details
* Hardcover: 240 pages
* Publisher: Jim Collins (May 19, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0977326411
* ISBN-13: 978-0977326419
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 10:47 AM
http://www.jimcollins.com/
How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In
How the Mighty Fall presents the well-founded hope that leaders can learn how to stave off decline and, if they find themselves falling, reverse their course – in part by understanding the five step-wise stages of decline uncovered in the four year research project behind the book.
Every institution, no matter how great, is vulnerable to decline. Anyone can fall, and most eventually do. But decline, it turns out, is largely self-inflicted, and the path to recovery lies largely within our own hands. We are not imprisoned by our circumstances, our history, or even our staggering defeats along the way. As long as we never get entirely knocked out of the game, hope always remains. The mighty can fall, but they can often rise again.
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APPENDIX 6
Synopsis:
Level 5 Leadership:
First who, the what:
Confronting the brutal facts:
Hedgehog concept:
Culture of discipline:
flywheel, not doom loop:
Clock building, not time telling:
Preserve the core/stimulate progress:
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115b. [[The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Hardcover)|http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Legendary-Antarctic-Expedition/dp/0375404031]] by Caroline Alexander
116c. quote from economist Paul Romer: [["A crisis is a terrible thing to waste."|http://blog.phds.org/2007/4/6/a-crisis-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste]] ... from Dick Clark?
121c. Lady Astor's visit with Stalin ... about Churchill ... "Oh, he's finished"
174c. Nordstrom ... idea of hiring based on values an character, not skills
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[[Lessons From the Doom Loop|http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/82/playbook.html]]
By: Ted Harro Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:50 AM
What to do when your company and career are caught in a death spiral.
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Thursday, July 6, 2006 at 11:55 AM
If you turn HTML on in comments, you'll see the links I provided. To do this:
* Click on Configurator at the bottom of your journal, or else click on "Customize" in your Profile page, or else go to http://www.journalspace.com/configurator/
* Click on "Comments" (Select how comments from readers will appear on your journal or blog.)
* Check the box: "Allow readers to use HTML tags in comments"
* Click "Save Change" at the bottom of the page
Need a dividing line? Type four hyphens in a row on a line by themselves.
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That'll keep your sheep and goats separated.
Here's the ridiculously simple code to create that line:
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Let's say that, for some reason, you need to have a single Tiddler with multiple headings. Put the headings on lines by themselves and add an exclamation point (!) at the beginning of the line. If you want a subheading, use two exclamation points, like so:
!Heading1
!!Subheading1
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Here's the code for the above stack of subheadings:
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"But!" you interrupt, "what if I want to use mixed case and //not// create a tiddler, like if I'm talking about ~JavaScript?" Easy: Just precede the word with a single tilde (~).
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An embedded image looks like this:
[img[Dog shakes hand with soldier|http://www.blogjones.com/Images/dogsoldier.jpg][http://www.blogjones.com/Images/dogsoldier.jpg]]
Here's how the code works:
{{{
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The Alternate Text and Link parameters are optional. You can use just {{{img[filename]}}} if you want, although it is better to include alternate text in case the image does not load for some reason.
[>img[Same dog, floating right|http://www.blogjones.com/Images/dogsoldier.jpg][http://www.blogjones.com/Images/dogsoldier.jpg]You can also set images to float to the left or the right of the text in your tiddler by using {{{[<img[...]}}} to float left or {{{[>img[...]}}} to float right.
Two notes about using images:
#First, if you add images to the wiki, the wiki becomes less portable--you have to make sure that the wiki can get to the images you link to.
#Second, it's considered rude to "hotlink" images on other people's servers. Don't just directly link to someone else's image; download it onto your computer and upload it back to your own server or to a free image host like [[Image Shack|http://www.imageshack.us/]].
TiddlyWiki supports all kinds of formatting options:
*You can create ''Bold'' text by enclosing it in pairs of single quotes:
{{{
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*You can create ==Strikethrough== text by enclosing it in pairs of equal signs:
{{{
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*You can __Underline__ text by enclosing it in pairs of underscores:
{{{
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*You can create //Italic// text by enclosing it in pairs of forward slashes:
{{{
//italic text//
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*You can create ^^superscript^^ text by enclosing it in pairs of carets:
{{{
^^superscript text^^
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*You can create ~~subscript~~ text by enclosing it in pairs of tildes:
{{{
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*You can @@highlight text@@ by enclosing it in pairs of at-signs.
{{{
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*You can also change many other CSS attributes by adding arguments to the highlight command. For example, you can change the text color to @@color:red;red@@ or give it a background-color of @@background-color:#0000FF;color:white;blue@@.
{{{
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You can find out more about CSS from the excellent [[w3schools tutorial|http://w3schools.com/css/default.asp]].
*Finally, you can add new CSS classes to the Tiddlywiki so that you can style a number of items with the same CSS formatting. Simply add the new class to the StyleSheet [[ShadowTiddler|ShadowTiddlers]], such as:
{{{
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margin-left:120px;
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Then, when you want to use that CSS class, use the following formatting:
{{{
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{{moveover{So, for example, this paragraph has been formatted using the moveover CSS class.}}}
You are by no means confined to this standard blue and white TiddlyWiki style. It's fairly easy to restructure and reformat this page to meet your needs if you know a little CSS and HTML. (If you don't know CSS and HTML, now's a great time to learn. Check out http://www.w3schools.com for more information on those topics.)
All you have to do to alter the style and structure of this page is to change a few ShadowTiddlers. The primary ones you're going to be interested in are the following:
*PageTemplate -- Contains the overall structure of the page, including the gradient macro for the masthead.
*EditTemplate -- Contains the structure and order of the tiddler editor screen
*ViewTemplate -- Contains the structure and order of the tiddler view screen
*StyleSheetColors -- Contains the CSS for the colors used by the TiddlyWiki
*StyleSheetLayout -- Contains the CSS for the layout of the TiddlyWiki
*StyleSheetPrint -- Contains the CSS used when printing from the TiddlyWiki
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So, let's say for example that you want the tag list to appear below your tiddlers instead of floating to the right of them. This is the process that you'd follow:
1. Open the "StyleSheetLayout" tiddler
2. Edit this tiddler and scroll down to the line marked "{{{.tagged {}}}"
3. Delete the "{{{float:right;}}}" from this CSS class.
4. Add the following code to the tiddler:
{{{
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display:inline;
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5. Click "Done" and close the StyleSheetLayout tiddler.
6. Open and edit the "ViewTemplate" tiddler
7. Move the line marked "{{{<div class='tagged' macro='tags'></div>}}}" to the end of the list.
8. Click "Done" and close the ViewTemplate tiddler
9. [[Save you changes|HowToSaveYourChanges]] and refresh the page. Your tags should now be after each post and on a single line.
You aren't restricted to only linking to your own tiddlers: Here's how you link to something offsite, like the [[TiddlyWiki Home Page|http://www.tiddlywiki.com]].
{{{
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Lists are one of the easiest things to do in TiddlyWiki, and that's saying a lot. Put an asterisk (*) at the beginning of any line you want added to a bulleted list. If you use two or three asterisks, you'll create second and third level bullets. Like this:
*Entry One
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***Sub-sub-entry ii
**Sub-entry B
*Entry Two
*Entry Three
Here's the code for the above list:
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Numbered lists are pretty easy too: Just use number signs (#'s) instead of asterisks:
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#Entry Three
And, once again, here's the code:
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You can create a table by enclosing text in sets of vertical bars (||, or shift-backslash on your keyboard).
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Here's the code for the above table:
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Well, it seems like a good idea to choose the map that best conforms to the coastline we see unveiling before us. We choose the map that best fits the territory. We choose the map that best matches ''reality'' – the objective, external, indisputable reality of bays and promontories, capes and gulfs and rivers and shoals.
We can, indeed, lay out competing philosophies on the table, and see where each conforms to reality and where it does not. No maps are without distortions; none of these are likely to be, either. And one map may conform perfectly to the coastline in one area, and be dreadfully amiss in another. We can cut and paste them as we wish. This is too important for us to be arguing about who is right – all our energies must go to //getting it// right.
And before we start, we must agree to one thing, and one thing only: we will never be so full of arrogance and blinded by pride that we dare confront a place where the map does not match the coastline, and proclaim that ''the coastline must be wrong.''
Navigation by means of reason and logic, taking sightings from historical landmarks and always keeping the firm hand of common sense on the wheel, can steer us clear of these dangerous and confusing times. This sort of thinking, what is essentially scientific thinking, is a new tool, relatively speaking. It is a powerful tool, one that makes powerful demands of us, asking us to forgo pride and ego and preconception. It asks us, as blind men and women in the darkness of the present, to walk into the future not by closing our eyes and glibly imagining a map that is to our liking, but rather to learn to navigate like bats and dolphins, pinging our surroundings, interrogating nature and history at every turn, finding fixed points of reference that we can use to triangulate where we are and where we are headed.
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Pushing the economy-car frontier, DaimlerChrysler AG plans in early 2008 to sell a two-seat minicar in the United States, making available a vehicle that may be only slightly longer than some Hummers are wide, gets 40 miles per gallon, and will cost less than $15,000.
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[[I, Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54|http://www.amazon.com/dp/067972477X]] (Vintage International) (Paperback) by Robert Graves
Product Details
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* Paperback: 468 pages
* Publisher: Vintage (October 23, 1989)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 067972477X
* ISBN-13: 978-0679724773
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[[I, Claudius|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[[Robert Graves|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Graves]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[[Julio-Claudian dynasty|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio-Claudian_Dynasty]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. . . A story that was the subject of every variety of misrepresentation, not only by those who then lived but likewise in succeeding times: so true is it that all transactions of pre-eminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.
[[Tacitus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus]]
Chapter 3:
42b. Tiberius: "Let them hate me, so long as the obey me"
Chapter 5:
55b. " ... Donkeys are sensible beings by comparison - he's as stupid as ... as ... Heavens, he's as stupid as my son Claudius!"
56c. (about Augustus) ... his dislike of me was without malice ...
61a. many Spaniards committed suicide, with all their families, rather than taste of Roman vengeance
67c. called me Cercopithecion ["little marmoset"]
Chapter 7:
91b. coming of age celebrations always took place in March
102b. Romans are superstitious about days
106c. Augustus: "To be always under the necessity of taking vengeance and inflicting punishments is a very painful position for any honourable man to be in ..."
107a. Livia: " ... for there is such a thing as an incurable and persistent depravity on which kindness is wasted. ..."
Chapter 10:
127a. Tiberius ... adopted Germanicus ... Claudian into the Julian family.
128a. ... a Roman bride is always lifted over it.
Chapter 12:
165c. about Germans
Chapter 14:
190a. Pollio: Germanicus has told me about you. He sais that you are loyal to three things - to your friends, to Rome, and to the truth ..."
205b. "Here, take my sword. It's sharper!"
Chapter 19:
261c. Germans have always been very chaste in their morals and Roman officers openly practised vices which in Germany ...
Chapter 20:
271b. "The power and majesty of Rome"
Chapter 22:
293a. Caligula had in general only two ways of behaving: he was either insolent or servile...
294c. As was the custom in such cases, the pear tree was charged with murder and sentenced to be uprooted and burned.
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[[Julio-Claudian Family Tree|http://cominganarchy.com/2006/03/30/judeo-claudian-family-tree/]]
[[CLASSICS 219: THE ROMAN EMPIRE|http://www.princeton.edu/~champlin/cla219/219links.htm]]
Classical Resources on the Web
[[Julio-Claudian genealogy chart|http://www.princeton.edu/~champlin/cla219/JC_stem.JPG]]
[[I, Claudius|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/famtree4.htm]]
Julio - Claudian Emperors
[[Family Tree|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/images/claudius_lg.jpg]]
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Friday, August 14, 2009 at 10:41 AM
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[[Biography of Robert Graves|http://www.gradesaver.com/author/robert-graves/]]
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Study Guide for I, Claudius
[[I, Claudius Study Guide & Essays|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/]]
[[Short Summary|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/short-summary/]]
[[About I, Claudius|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/about/]]
[[Character List|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/character-list/]]
[[Glossary of Terms|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/glossary-of-terms/]]
[[Major Themes|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/major-themes/]]
Republic vs. Empire
[[Summary and Analysis of Chapters 1-4|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/section1/]]
[[Summary and Analysis of Chapters 5-8|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/section2/]]
[[Summary and Analysis of Chapters 9-14|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/section3/]]
[[Summary and Analysis of Chapters 15-20|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/section4/]]
Antonia
Drusus' wife; Claudius' mother. Antonia is an extremely proud and noble woman. Although she does not treat with Claudius with any special consideration and seems to view him as a complete idiot, she witnesses the omen of the wolf cub and thus knows that Claudius will rule Rome. When she discovers Livilla's treachery with Sejanus, she locks Livilla in her room and starves her to death, forcing herself to hear the death of her daughter as punishment for her failure as a mother. Antonia kills herself in order to escape Caligula's reign of terror.
Drusillus
the son of Claudius and Urgulanilla. Sejanus suggests that Drusillus be engaged to his daughter. Claudius is willing to agree, despite his dislike of his son, but Livia arranges for Drusillus' murder before the wedding can take place.
Calpurnia
Claudius' mistress. The prostitute Calpurnia is an intelligent and good-hearted woman who truly seems to care for Claudius. Although they cannot always be together, depending on who he is married to at the time, Calpurnia is always there for Claudius when he needs any help.
[[Summary and Analysis of Chapters 21-25|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/section5/]]
[[Summary and Analysis of Chapters 26-28|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/section6/]]
[[Summary and Analysis of Chapters 29-34|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/section7/]]
[[Fact or Fiction: The Historical Inaccuracies of "I, Claudius"|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/section8/]]
[[Related Links on I, Claudius|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/related-links/]]
[[Suggested Essay Questions|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/essay-questions/]]
[[Test Yourself! - Quiz 1|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/quiz1/]]
[[Test Yourself! - Quiz 2|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/quiz2/]]
[[Test Yourself! - Quiz 3|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/quiz3/]]
[[Test Yourself! - Quiz 4|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/quiz4/]]
[[Author of ClassicNote and Sources|http://www.gradesaver.com/i-claudius/study-guide/bibliography/]]
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Friday, August 14, 2009 at 11:47 AM
[[I, Claudius Study Guide|http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-iclaudius/]]
Friday, August 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM
[[1. A TOUCH OF MURDER|http://www.anselm.edu/internet/classics/I,CLAUDIUS/sum01.html]]
The Sibyl relates to Claudius a long prophesy, but the gist of it is that Claudius' voice will be heard clearly in about 1900 years, which is of course the publication date of the book on which this series is based. I,Claudius is the autobiography that Claudius hid away.
Friday, August 14, 2009 at 11:59 AM
[[I, Claudius|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/index.htm]]
[[SPQR|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senatus_Populusque_Romanus]] is an initialism from a Latin phrase, Senatus Populusque Romanus ("The Senate and the People of Rome" or "The Senate and Roman People"), referring to the government of the ancient Roman Republic, and used as an official signature of the government.
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[[From LibraryThing|http://www.librarything.com/work/7289]]
Friday, August 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM
[[Robert Graves's "I, Claudius": A Study Guide from Gale's "Novels for Students"|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009KANR6/gradesaver-20/]] (Volume 21, Chapter 4) [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (Digital)
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Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 4:31 PM
[[Roman naming conventions|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_naming_conventions]]
By the Republican era and throughout the Imperial era, a name in ancient Rome for a male citizen consisted of three parts (tria nomina): praenomen (given name), nomen (or nomen gentile or simply gentilicium, being the name of the gens or clan) and cognomen (name of a family line within the gens). Sometimes a second or third cognomen, called agnomen, was added. The nomen, and later, cognomen were virtually always hereditary. This system was derived from the Etruscan civilization.
Females were officially known by the feminine form of their father's nomen gentile, followed by the genitive case of their father's (husband's if married) cognomen and an indication of order among sisters. By the late Roman Republic, women sometimes also adopted the feminine of their father's cognomen. A woman usually did not have the praenomen and agnomen, unless the parents chose to give her those.
Well-known nomina include many of the familiar names of ancient Rome, such as Aemilius, Claudius, Cornelius, Domitius, Julius, Junius, Pompeius, Antonius, and Valerius.
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 4:32 PM
[[Meaning of "Caesar"|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_the_name_of_Julius_Caesar]]
* from caesaries, 'hair', because the founder of this branch of the family was born with a full head of hair. (Julius Caesar himself was balding in later life.) This is the etymology favored by Festus.
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 4:43 PM
[[A Brief History of Rome|http://www.roman-empire.net/children/history.html]]
... But what is generally referred to as 'the Fall of Rome' doesn't include the eastern empire. This, with its centre in Constantinople, managed to cling on for almost another thousand years until it was eventually conquered by the Turks under their leader Mohammed II in the year AD 1453.
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM
[[1st century AD|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Ancient_Rome#1st_century_AD]]
[[History of Rome|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rome]]
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I, Claudius (1977)
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Friday, August 14, 2009 at 12:21 PM
[["I, Claudius" (1976)|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074006/]]
[[Episode list for "I, Claudius" (1976)|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074006/episodes]]
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[[The Episodes|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/ichome3.htm]]
This is one of three films that cover the transition of Rome from Republic to Empire. The others (Spartacus and Cleopatra) are also available here. They are part of the larger History in Film web site that supports teaching history using popular films. It includes films from Rome up to the war in Vietnam.
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DISC 1:
Episode 1: A Touch of Murder
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline1.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot1.htm]]
Episode 2: Family Affairs
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline2.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot2.htm]]
Episode 3: Waiting in the Wings
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline3.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot3.htm]]
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DISC2:
Episode 4: What shall we do about Claudius?
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline4.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot4.htm]]
[[Roman legion|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_legion]]
Monday, August 31, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Episode 5: Poison is Queen
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline5.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot5.htm]]
Monday, August 31, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Episode 6: Some Justice
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline6.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot6.htm]]
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DISC3:
Monday, August 31, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Episode 7: Queen of Heaven
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline7.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot7.htm]]
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Episode 8: Reign of Terror
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline8.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot8.htm]]
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Episode 9: Zeus, by Jove
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline9.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot9.htm]]
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DISC4:
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Episode 10: Hail Who?
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline10.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot10.htm]]
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Episode 11: Fool's Luck
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline11.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot11.htm]]
Silanus repeats the story that Messalina told to him - that he was brought to Rome to keep Messalina "amused". She twists the story completely around. He, she says, was the one who approached her. Domitia confirms the lie and Claudius condemns Silanus to death. Messalina begs for mercy - "Banish him.", she pleads. But an attempted assassination cannot be punished that way. It must be death.
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Episode 12: A God in Colchester
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline12.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot12.htm]]
This time Messalina is barred from the chance to manipulate Claudius. They surreptitiously slip Messalina's execution order into a stack of papers that Claudius must sign. The guards arrive at her villa and offer her the dagger first. But, she's too wimpy to use it, so……
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DISC5:
Episode 13: The Epic that never was
1. Old King Log
2. a marriage of duty
3. going mad?
4. a plan foretold
5. final speech
6. father and son
7. a story to be told
8. end credits
[[Outline|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icline13.htm]]
[[Plot Summary|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot13.htm]]
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Friday, August 14, 2009 at 12:59 PM
[[I, Claudius (1977)|http://www.amazon.com/I-Claudius-Derek-Jacobi/dp/B00004U12X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1250269143&sr=8-1]]
Product Details
* Actors: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Flora Robson, Emlyn Williams, Eileen Corbett
* Directors: Herbert Wise
* Format: Box set, Color, Full Screen
* Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
* Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
* Rating: NR (Not Rated)
* Studio: Image Entertainment
* DVD Release Date: August 15, 2000
* Run Time: 740 minutes
* Average Customer Review:
* ASIN: B00004U12X
Many important scenes have been cut (censored?) from the original Masterpiece Theater version including the contest between Claudius' wife and the prostitute, Caligula's horse Incitatus being made senator, and others. These omissions sacrifice the overall continuity and flow. These omissions are unnecessary and unforgivable given the DVD format. A general disappointment for those who remember the original version. Other than the above this is highly enjoyable.
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[[I Claudius ep1 A Touch of Murder (1/10)|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4U02VnWs1A&feature=PlayList&p=4B1F40BE2EC4455D&index=0&playnext=1]]
Friday, August 14, 2009 at 11:59 AM
[[I, Claudius|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/index.htm]]
[[Episode 1 A Touch of Murder|http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/icplot1.htm]]
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See [[The Roman Empire in the First Century]]
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Use this to import tiddlers from another TiddlyWiki. You can use a local file (click Browse...) or type the url of an online TiddlyWiki.
<<importTiddlers inline>>
To change your colour scheme you can edit the styles in StyleSheet. (Refer to StyleSheetColors and StyleSheetLayout for all styles used).
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''Import Tiddlers Plugin for TiddlyWiki version 1.2.x and 2.0''
^^author: Eric Shulman - ELS Design Studios
source: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#ImportTiddlersPlugin
license: [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/]]^^
When many people share and edit copies of the same TiddlyWiki document, the ability to quickly collect all these changes back into a single, updated document that can then be redistributed to the entire group is very important. This plugin lets you selectively combine tiddlers from any two TiddlyWiki documents. It can also be very useful when moving your own tiddlers from document to document (e.g., when upgrading to the latest version of TiddlyWiki, or 'pre-loading' your favorite stylesheets into a new 'empty' TiddlyWiki document.)
!!!!!Inline interface (live)
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creates import control panel directly in tiddler content
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non-interactive 'automatic' import.
''filter'' determines which tiddlers will be automatically selected for importing. Use one of the following keywords:
>''"new"'' retrieves only tiddlers that are found in the import source document, but do not yet exist in the destination document
>''"changes"'' retrieves only tiddlers that exist in both documents for which the import source tiddler is newer than the existing tiddler
>''"updates"'' retrieves both ''new'' and ''changed'' tiddlers (this is the default action when none is specified)
>''"all"'' retrieves ALL tiddlers from the import source document, even if they have not been changed.
''source'' is the location of the imported document. It can be either a local document or an URL:
>filename is any local path/file, in whatever format your system requires
>URL is any remote web location that starts with "http://" or "https://"
''"quiet"'' (optional)
>supresses all status message during the import processing (e.g., "opening local file...", "found NN tiddlers..." etc). Note that if ANY tiddlers are actualy imported, a final information message will still be displayed (along with the ImportedTiddlers report), even when 'quiet' is specified. This ensures that changes to your document cannot occur without any visible indication at all.
''"ask"'' (optional)
>adds interactive confirmation. A browser message box (OK/Cancel) is displayed for each tiddler that will be imported, so that you can manually bypass any tiddlers that you do not want to import.
''Special tag values: importReplace and importPublic''
By adding these special tags to an existing tiddler, you can precisely control whether or not to allow updates to that tiddler as well as decide which tiddlers in your document can be automatically imported by others.
*''For maximum safety, the default action is to prevent existing tiddlers from being unintentionally overwritten by incoming tiddlers.'' To allow an existing tiddler to be overwritten by an imported tiddler, you must tag the existing tiddler with ''<<tag importReplace>>''
*''For maximum privacy, the default action for //outgoing// tiddlers is to NOT automatically share your tiddlers with others.'' To allow a tiddler in your document to be shared via auto-import actions by others, you must tag it with ''<<tag importPublic>>''
//Note: these tags are only applied when using the auto-import processing. When using the interactive control panel, all tiddlers in the imported document are available in the listbox, regardless of their tag values.//
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!!!!!Interactive Usage
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When used interactively, a control panel is displayed consisting of an "import source document" filename input (text field plus a ''[Browse...]'' button), a listbox of available tiddlers, a "differences only" checkbox, an "add tags" input field and four push buttons: ''[open]'', ''[select all]'', ''[import]'' and ''[close]''.
Press ''[browse]'' to select a TiddlyWiki document file to import. You can also type in the path/filename or a remote document URL (starting with http://)and press ''[open]''. //Note: There may be some delay to permit the browser time to access and load the document before updating the listbox with the titles of all tiddlers that are available to be imported.//
Select one or more titles from the listbox (hold CTRL or SHIFT while clicking to add/remove the highlight from individual list items). You can press ''[select all]'' to quickly highlight all tiddler titles in the list. Use the ''[-]'', ''[+]'', or ''[=]'' links to adjust the listbox size so you can view more (or less) tiddler titles at one time. When you have chosen the tiddlers you want to import and entered any extra tags, press ''[import]'' to begin copying them to the current TiddlyWiki document.
''select: all, new, changes, or differences''
You can click on ''all'', ''new'', ''changes'', or ''differences'' to automatically select a subset of tiddlers from the list. This makes it very quick and easy to find and import just the updated tiddlers you are interested in:
>''"all"'' selects ALL tiddlers from the import source document, even if they have not been changed.
>''"new"'' selects only tiddlers that are found in the import source document, but do not yet exist in the destination document
>''"changes"'' selects only tiddlers that exist in both documents but that are newer in the source document
>''"differences"'' selects all new and existing tiddlers that are different from the destination document (even if destination tiddler is newer)
''Import Tagging:''
Tiddlers that have been imported can be automatically tagged, so they will be easier to find later on, after they have been added to your document. New tags are entered into the "add tags" input field, and then //added// to the existing tags for each tiddler as it is imported.
''Skip, Rename, Merge, or Replace:''
When importing a tiddler whose title is identical to one that already exists, the import process pauses and the tiddler title is displayed in an input field, along with four push buttons: ''[skip]'', ''[rename]'', ''[merge]'' and ''[replace]''.
To bypass importing this tiddler, press ''[skip]''. To import the tiddler with a different name (so that both the tiddlers will exist when the import is done), enter a new title in the input field and then press ''[rename]''. Press ''[merge]'' to combine the content from both tiddlers into a single tiddler. Press ''[replace]'' to overwrite the existing tiddler with the imported one, discarding the previous tiddler content.
//Note: if both the title ''and'' modification date/////time match, the imported tiddler is assumed to be identical to the existing one, and will be automatically skipped (i.e., not imported) without asking.//
''Import Report History''
When tiddlers are imported, a report is generated into ImportedTiddlers, indicating when the latest import was performed, the number of tiddlers successfully imported, from what location, and by whom. It also includes a list with the title, date and author of each tiddler that was imported.
When the import process is completed, the ImportedTiddlers report is automatically displayed for your review. If more tiddlers are subsequently imported, a new report is //added// to ImportedTiddlers, above the previous report (i.e., at the top of the tiddler), so that a reverse-chronological history of imports is maintained.
If a cumulative record is not desired, the ImportedTiddlers report may be deleted at any time. A new ImportedTiddlers report will be created the next time tiddlers are imported.
Note: You can prevent the ImportedTiddlers report from being generated for any given import activity by clearing the "create a report" checkbox before beginning the import processing.
<<<
!!!!!Installation
<<<
copy/paste the following tiddlers into your document:
''ImportTiddlersPlugin'' (tagged with <<tag systemConfig>>)
create/edit ''SideBarOptions'': (sidebar menu items)
^^Add "< < ImportTiddlers > >" macro^^
''Quick Installation Tip #1:''
If you are using an unmodified version of TiddlyWiki (core release version <<version>>), you can get a new, empty TiddlyWiki with the Import Tiddlers plugin pre-installed (''[[download from here|TW+ImportExport.html]]''), and then simply import all your content from your old document into this new, empty document.
<<<
!!!!!Revision History
<<<
''2006.02.17 [2.6.0]''
Removed "differences only" listbox display mode, replaced with selection filter 'presets': all/new/changes/differences. Also fixed initialization handling for "add new tags" so that checkbox state is correctly tracked when panel is first displayed.
''2006.02.16 [2.5.4]''
added checkbox options to control "import remote tags" and "keep existing tags" behavior, in addition to existing "add new tags" functionality.
''2006.02.14 [2.5.3]''
FF1501 corrected unintended global 't' (loop index) in importReport() and autoImportTiddlers()
''2006.02.10 [2.5.2]''
corrected unintended global variable in importReport().
''2006.02.05 [2.5.1]''
moved globals from window.* to config.macros.importTiddlers.* to avoid FireFox 1.5.0.1 crash bug when referencing globals
''2006.01.18 [2.5.0]''
added checkbox for "create a report". Default is to create/update the ImportedTiddlers report. Clear the checkbox to skip this step.
''2006.01.15 [2.4.1]''
added "importPublic" tag and inverted default so that auto sharing is NOT done unless tagged with importPublic
''2006.01.15 [2.4.0]''
Added support for tagging individual tiddlers with importSkip, importReplace, and/or importPrivate to control which tiddlers can be overwritten or shared with others when using auto-import macro syntax. Defaults are to SKIP overwriting existing tiddlers with imported tiddlers, and ALLOW your tiddlers to be auto-imported by others.
''2006.01.15 [2.3.2]''
Added "ask" parameter to confirm each tiddler before importing (for use with auto-importing)
''2006.01.15 [2.3.1]''
Strip TW core scripts from import source content and load just the storeArea into the hidden IFRAME. Makes loading more efficient by reducing the document size and by preventing the import document from executing its TW initialization (including plugins). Seems to resolve the "Found 0 tiddlers" problem. Also, when importing local documents, use convertUTF8ToUnicode() to convert the file contents so support international characters sets.
''2006.01.12 [2.3.0]''
Reorganized code to use callback function for loading import files to support event-driven I/O via an ASYNCHRONOUS XMLHttpRequest. Let's processing continue while waiting for remote hosts to respond to URL requests. Added non-interactive 'batch' macro mode, using parameters to specify which tiddlers to import, and from what document source. Improved error messages and diagnostics, plus an optional 'quiet' switch for batch mode to eliminate //most// feedback.
''2006.01.11 [2.2.0]''
Added "[by tags]" to list of tiddlers, based on code submitted by BradleyMeck
''2006.01.09 [2.1.1]''
When a URL is typed in, and then the "open" button is pressed, it generates both an onChange event for the file input and a click event for open button. This results in multiple XMLHttpRequest()'s which seem to jam things up quite a bit. I removed the onChange handling for file input field. To open a file (local or URL), you must now explicitly press the "open" button in the control panel.
''2006.01.08 [2.1.0]''
IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE!!! re-write getImportedTiddlers() logic to either read a local file (using local I/O), OR... read a remote file, using a combination of XML and an iframe to permit cross-domain reading of DOM elements. Adapted from example code and techniques courtesy of Jonny LeRoy.
''2006.01.06 [2.0.2]''
When refreshing list contents, fixed check for tiddlerExists() when "show differences only" is selected, so that imported tiddlers that don't exist in the current file will be recognized as differences and included in the list.
''2006.01.04 [2.0.1]''
When "show differences only" is NOT checked, import all tiddlers that have been selected even when they have a matching title and date.
''2005.12.27 [2.0.0]''
Update for TW2.0
Defer initial panel creation and only register a notification function when panel first is created
''2005.12.22 [1.3.1]''
tweak formatting in importReport() and add 'discard report' link to output
''2005.12.03 [1.3.0]''
Dynamically create/remove importPanel as needed to ensure only one instance of interface elements exists, even if there are multiple instances of macro embedding. Also, dynamically create/recreate importFrame each time an external TW document is loaded for importation (reduces DOM overhead and ensures a 'fresh' frame for each document)
''2005.11.29 [1.2.1]''
fixed formatting of 'detail info' in importReport()
''2005.11.11 [1.2.0]''
added 'inline' param to embed controls in a tiddler
''2005.11.09 [1.1.0]''
only load HTML and CSS the first time the macro handler is called. Allows for redundant placement of the macro without creating multiple instances of controls with the same ID's.
''2005.10.25 [1.0.5]''
fixed typo in importReport() that prevented reports from being generated
''2005.10.09 [1.0.4]''
combined documentation with plugin code instead of using separate tiddlers
''2005.08.05 [1.0.3]''
moved CSS and HTML definitions into plugin code instead of using separate tiddlers
''2005.07.27 [1.0.2]''
core update 1.2.29: custom overlayStyleSheet() replaced with new core setStylesheet()
''2005.07.23 [1.0.1]''
added parameter checks and corrected addNotification() usage
''2005.07.20 [1.0.0]''
Initial Release
<<<
!!!!!Credits
<<<
This feature was developed by EricShulman from [[ELS Design Studios|http:/www.elsdesign.com]]
<<<
!!!!!Code
***/
// // Version
//{{{
version.extensions.importTiddlers = {major: 2, minor: 6, revision: 0, date: new Date(2006,2,17)};
//}}}
// // 1.2.x compatibility
//{{{
if (!window.story) window.story=window;
if (!store.getTiddler) store.getTiddler=function(title){return store.tiddlers[title]}
if (!store.addTiddler) store.addTiddler=function(tiddler){store.tiddlers[tiddler.title]=tiddler}
if (!store.deleteTiddler) store.deleteTiddler=function(title){delete store.tiddlers[title]}
//}}}
// // IE needs explicit global scoping for functions/vars called from browser events
//{{{
window.onClickImportButton=onClickImportButton;
window.loadImportFile=loadImportFile;
window.refreshImportList=refreshImportList;
//}}}
// // default cookie/option values
//{{{
if (!config.options.chkImportReport) config.options.chkImportReport=true;
//}}}
// // ''MACRO DEFINITION''
//{{{
config.macros.importTiddlers = { };
config.macros.importTiddlers = {
label: "import tiddlers",
prompt: "Copy tiddlers from another document",
countMsg: "%0 tiddlers selected for import",
src: "", // path/filename or URL of document to import
inbound: null, // hash-indexed array of tiddlers from other document
newTags: "", // text of tags added to imported tiddlers
addTags: true, // add new tags to imported tiddlers
listsize: 8, // # of lines to show in imported tiddler list
importTags: true, // include tags from remote source document when importing a tiddler
keepTags: true, // retain existing tags when replacing a tiddler
index: 0, // current processing index in import list
sort: "" // sort order for imported tiddler listbox
};
config.macros.importTiddlers.handler = function(place,macroName,params) {
// LINK WITH FLOATING PANEL
if (!params[0]) {
createTiddlyButton(place,this.label,this.prompt,onClickImportMenu);
return;
}
// INLINE TIDDLER CONTENT
if (params[0]=="inline") {
createImportPanel(place);
document.getElementById("importPanel").style.position="static";
document.getElementById("importPanel").style.display="block";
return;
}
// NON-INTERACTIVE BATCH MODE
switch (params[0]) {
case 'all':
case 'new':
case 'changes':
case 'updates':
var filter=params.shift();
break;
default:
var filter="updates";
break;
}
if (!params[0]||!params[0].length) return; // filename is required
config.macros.importTiddlers.src=params.shift();
var quiet=(params[0]=="quiet"); if (quiet) params.shift();
var ask=(params[0]=="ask"); if (ask) params.shift();
config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound=null; // clear the imported tiddler buffer
// load storeArea from a hidden IFRAME, then apply import rules and add/replace tiddlers
loadImportFile(config.macros.importTiddlers.src,filter,quiet,ask,autoImportTiddlers);
}
//}}}
// // ''READ TIDDLERS FROM ANOTHER DOCUMENT''
//{{{
function loadImportFile(src,filter,quiet,ask,callback) {
if (!quiet) clearMessage();
// LOCAL FILE
if ((src.substr(0,7)!="http://")&&(src.substr(0,8)!="https://")) {
if (!quiet) displayMessage("Opening local document: "+ src);
var txt=loadFile(src);
if(!txt) { if (!quiet) displayMessage("Could not open local document: "+src); }
else {
var s="<html><body>"+txt.substr(txt.indexOf('<div id="storeArea">'));
if (!quiet) displayMessage(txt.length+" bytes in document. ("+s.length+" bytes used for tiddler storage)");
config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound = readImportedTiddlers(convertUTF8ToUnicode(s));
var count=config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound?config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length:0;
if (!quiet) displayMessage("Found "+count+" tiddlers in "+src);
if (callback) callback(src,filter,quiet,ask);
}
return;
}
// REMOTE FILE
var x; // XML object
try {x = new XMLHttpRequest()}
catch(e) {
try {x = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")}
catch (e) {
try {x = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}
catch (e) { return }
}
}
x.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (x.readyState == 4) {
if (x.status == 200) {
var sa="<html><body>"+x.responseText.substr(x.responseText.indexOf('<div id="storeArea">'));
if (!quiet) displayMessage(x.responseText.length+" bytes in document. ("+sa.length+" bytes used for tiddler storage)");
config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound = readImportedTiddlers(sa);
var count=config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound?config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length:0;
if (!quiet) displayMessage("Found "+count+" tiddlers in "+src);
if (callback) callback(src,filter,quiet,ask);
}
else
if (!quiet) displayMessage("Could not open remote document:"+ src+" (error="+x.status+")");
}
}
if (document.location.protocol=="file:") { // UniversalBrowserRead only works from a local file context
try {netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege('UniversalBrowserRead')}
catch (e) { if (!quiet) displayMessage(e.description?e.description:e.toString()); }
}
if (!quiet) displayMessage("Opening remote document: "+ src);
try {
var url=src+(src.indexOf('?')<0?'?':'&')+'nocache='+Math.random();
x.open("GET",url,true);
x.overrideMimeType('text/html');
x.send(null);
}
catch (e) {
if (!quiet) {
displayMessage("Could not open remote document: "+src);
displayMessage(e.description?e.description:e.toString());
}
}
}
function readImportedTiddlers(txt)
{
var importedTiddlers = [];
// create frame
var f=document.getElementById("importFrame");
if (f) document.body.removeChild(f);
f=document.createElement("iframe");
f.id="importFrame";
f.style.width="0px"; f.style.height="0px"; f.style.border="0px";
document.body.appendChild(f);
// get document
var d=f.document;
if (f.contentDocument) d=f.contentDocument; // For NS6
else if (f.contentWindow) d=f.contentWindow.document; // For IE5.5 and IE6
// load source into document
d.open(); d.writeln(txt); d.close();
// read tiddler DIVs from storeArea DOM element
var importStore = [];
var importStoreArea = d.getElementById("storeArea");
if (!importStoreArea || !(importStore=importStoreArea.childNodes) || (importStore.length==0)) { return null; }
importStoreArea.normalize();
for(var t = 0; t < importStore.length; t++) {
var e = importStore[t];
var title = null;
if(e.getAttribute)
title = e.getAttribute("tiddler");
if(!title && e.id && (e.id.substr(0,5) == "store"))
title = e.id.substr(5);
if(title && title != "") {
var theImported = new Tiddler();
theImported.loadFromDiv(e,title);
importedTiddlers.push(theImported);
}
}
return importedTiddlers;
}
//}}}
// // ''NON-INTERACTIVE IMPORT''
// // import all/new/changed tiddlers into store, replacing or adding tiddlers as needed
//{{{
function autoImportTiddlers(src,filter,quiet,ask)
{
var count=0;
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound) for (var t=0;t<config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length;t++) {
var theImported = config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t];
var theExisting = store.getTiddler(theImported.title);
// only import tiddlers if tagged with "importPublic"
if (theImported.tags && theImported.tags.find("importPublic")==null)
{ config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status=""; continue; } // status=="" means don't show in report
// never import the "ImportedTiddlers" history from the other document...
if (theImported.title=='ImportedTiddlers')
{ config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status=""; continue; } // status=="" means don't show in report
// check existing tiddler for importReplace, or systemConfig tags
config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status="added"; // default - add any tiddlers not filtered out
if (store.tiddlerExists(theImported.title)) {
config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status="replaced";
if (!theExisting.tags||(theExisting.tags.find("importReplace")==null))
{ config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status="not imported - tiddler already exists (use importReplace to allow changes)"; continue; }
if ((theExisting.tags.find("systemConfig")!=null)||(theImported.tags.find("systemConfig")!=null))
config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status+=" - WARNING: an active systemConfig plugin has been added or updated";
}
// apply the all/new/changes/updates filter
if (filter!="all") {
if ((filter=="new") && store.tiddlerExists(theImported.title))
{ config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status="not imported - tiddler already exists"; continue; }
if ((filter=="changes") && !store.tiddlerExists(theImported.title))
{ config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status="not imported - new tiddler"; continue; }
if (store.tiddlerExists(theImported.title) && ((theExisting.modified.getTime()-theImported.modified.getTime())>=0))
{ config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status="not imported - tiddler is unchanged"; continue; }
}
// get confirmation if required
if (ask && !confirm("Import "+(theExisting?"updated":"new")+" tiddler '"+theImported.title+"'\nfrom "+src))
{ config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status="skipped - cancelled by user"; continue; }
// DO THE IMPORT!!
store.addTiddler(theImported); count++;
}
importReport(quiet); // generate a report (as needed) and display it if not 'quiet'
if (count) store.setDirty(true);
// always show final message when tiddlers were actually imported
if (!quiet||count) displayMessage("Imported "+count+" tiddler"+(count!=1?"s":"")+" from "+src);
}
//}}}
// // ''REPORT GENERATOR''
//{{{
function importReport(quiet)
{
if (!config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound) return;
// DEBUG alert('importReport: start');
// if import was not completed, the Ask panel will still be open... close it now.
var askpanel=document.getElementById('importAskPanel'); if (askpanel) askpanel.style.display='none';
// get the alphasorted list of tiddlers
var tiddlers = config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound;
tiddlers.sort(function (a,b) {if(a['title'] == b['title']) return(0); else return (a['title'] < b['title']) ? -1 : +1; });
// gather the statistics
var count=tiddlers.length;
var added=0; var replaced=0; var renamed=0; var skipped=0; var merged=0;
for (var t=0; t<count; t++)
if (tiddlers[t].status)
{
if (tiddlers[t].status=='added') added++;
if (tiddlers[t].status.substr(0,7)=='skipped') skipped++;
if (tiddlers[t].status.substr(0,6)=='rename') renamed++;
if (tiddlers[t].status.substr(0,7)=='replace') replaced++;
if (tiddlers[t].status.substr(0,6)=='merged') merged++;
}
var omitted=count-(added+replaced+renamed+skipped+merged);
// DEBUG alert('stats done: '+count+' total, '+added+' added, '+skipped+' skipped, '+renamed+' renamed, '+replaced+' replaced, '+merged+' merged');
// skip the report if nothing was imported
if (added+replaced+renamed+merged==0) return;
// skip the report if not desired by user
if (!config.options.chkImportReport) {
// reset status flags
for (var t=0; t<count; t++) config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status="";
// refresh display since tiddlers have been imported
store.notifyAll();
// quick message area summary report
var msg=(added+replaced+renamed+merged)+' of '+count+' tiddler'+((count!=1)?'s':"");
msg+=' imported from '+config.macros.importTiddlers.src.replace(/\\/g,'/')
displayMessage(msg);
return;
}
// create the report tiddler (if not already present)
var tiddler = store.getTiddler('ImportedTiddlers');
if (!tiddler) // create new report tiddler if it doesn't exist
{
tiddler = new Tiddler();
tiddler.title = 'ImportedTiddlers';
tiddler.text = "";
}
// format the report header
var now = new Date();
var newText = "";
newText += "On "+now.toLocaleString()+", "+config.options.txtUserName+" imported tiddlers from\n";
newText += "[["+config.macros.importTiddlers.src+"|"+config.macros.importTiddlers.src+"]]:\n";
newText += "<"+"<"+"<\n";
newText += "Out of "+count+" tiddler"+((count!=1)?"s ":" ")+" in {{{"+config.macros.importTiddlers.src.replace(/\\/g,'/')+"}}}:\n";
if (added+renamed>0)
newText += (added+renamed)+" new tiddler"+(((added+renamed)!=1)?"s were":" was")+" added to your document.\n";
if (merged>0)
newText += merged+" tiddler"+((merged!=1)?"s were":" was")+" merged with "+((merged!=1)?"":"an ")+"existing tiddler"+((merged!=1)?"s":"")+".\n";
if (replaced>0)
newText += replaced+" existing tiddler"+((replaced!=1)?"s were":" was")+" replaced.\n";
if (skipped>0)
newText += skipped+" tiddler"+((skipped!=1)?"s were":" was")+" skipped after asking.\n";
if (omitted>0)
newText += omitted+" tiddler"+((omitted!=1)?"s":"")+((omitted!=1)?" were":" was")+" not imported.\n";
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.addTags && config.macros.importTiddlers.newTags.trim().length)
newText += "imported tiddlers were tagged with: \""+config.macros.importTiddlers.newTags+"\"\n";
// output the tiddler detail and reset status flags
for (var t=0; t<count; t++)
if (tiddlers[t].status!="")
{
newText += "#["+"["+tiddlers[t].title+"]"+"]";
newText += ((tiddlers[t].status!="added")?("^^\n"+tiddlers[t].status+"^^"):"")+"\n";
config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status="";
}
newText += "<"+"<"+"<\n";
// output 'discard report' link
newText += "<html><input type=\"button\" href=\"javascript:;\" ";
newText += "onclick=\"story.closeTiddler('"+tiddler.title+"'); store.deleteTiddler('"+tiddler.title+"');\" ";
newText += "value=\"discard report\"></html>";
// update the ImportedTiddlers content and show the tiddler
tiddler.text = newText+((tiddler.text!="")?'\n----\n':"")+tiddler.text;
tiddler.modifier = config.options.txtUserName;
tiddler.modified = new Date();
store.addTiddler(tiddler);
if (!quiet) story.displayTiddler(null,"ImportedTiddlers",1,null,null,false);
story.refreshTiddler("ImportedTiddlers",1,true);
// refresh the display
store.notifyAll();
}
//}}}
// // ''INTERFACE DEFINITION''
// // Handle link click to create/show/hide control panel
//{{{
function onClickImportMenu(e)
{
if (!e) var e = window.event;
var parent=resolveTarget(e).parentNode;
var panel = document.getElementById("importPanel");
if (panel==undefined || panel.parentNode!=parent)
panel=createImportPanel(parent);
var isOpen = panel.style.display=="block";
if(config.options.chkAnimate)
anim.startAnimating(new Slider(panel,!isOpen,e.shiftKey || e.altKey,"none"));
else
panel.style.display = isOpen ? "none" : "block" ;
e.cancelBubble = true;
if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation();
return(false);
}
//}}}
// // Create control panel: HTML, CSS, register for notification
//{{{
function createImportPanel(place) {
var panel=document.getElementById("importPanel");
if (panel) { panel.parentNode.removeChild(panel); }
setStylesheet(config.macros.importTiddlers.css,"importTiddlers");
panel=createTiddlyElement(place,"span","importPanel",null,null)
panel.innerHTML=config.macros.importTiddlers.html;
store.addNotification(null,refreshImportList); // refresh listbox after every tiddler change
refreshImportList();
return panel;
}
//}}}
// // CSS
//{{{
config.macros.importTiddlers.css = '\
#importPanel {\
display: none; position:absolute; z-index:11; width:35em; right:105%; top:3em;\
padding: 0.5em; margin:0em; text-align:left; font-size: 8pt;\
background-color: #eee; color:#000000; \
border:1px solid black; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; -moz-border-radius:1em;\
}\
#importPanel a { color:#009; }\
#importPanel input { width: 98%; margin: 1px; font-size:8pt; }\
#importPanel select { width: 98%; margin: 1px; font-size:8pt; }\
#importPanel .importButton { padding: 0em; margin: 0px; font-size:8pt; }\
#importPanel .importListButton { padding:0em 0.25em 0em 0.25em; color: #000000; display:inline }\
#importAskPanel { display:none; margin:0.5em 0em 0em 0em; }\
';
//}}}
// // HTML
//{{{
config.macros.importTiddlers.html = '\
<span style="float:left; padding:1px; white-space:nowrap">\
import from source document\
</span>\
<span style="float:right; padding:1px; white-space:nowrap">\
<input type=checkbox id="chkImportReport" checked style="height:1em; width:auto"\
onClick="config.options[\'chkImportReport\']=this.checked;">create a report\
</span>\
<input type="file" id="fileImportSource" size=56\
onKeyUp="config.macros.importTiddlers.src=this.value"\
onChange="config.macros.importTiddlers.src=this.value;">\
<span style="float:left; padding:1px; white-space:nowrap">\
select:\
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="importSelectAll"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)" title="select all tiddlers">\
all </a>\
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="importSelectNew"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)" title="select tiddlers not already in destination document">\
added </a> \
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="importSelectChanges"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)" title="select tiddlers that have been updated in source document">\
changes </a> \
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="importSelectDifferences"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)" title="select tiddlers that have been added or are different from existing tiddlers">\
differences </a> \
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="importToggleFilter"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)" title="show/hide selection filter">\
filter </a> \
</span>\
<span style="float:right; padding:1px; white-space:nowrap">\
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="importListSmaller"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)" title="reduce list size">\
– </a>\
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="importListLarger"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)" title="increase list size">\
+ </a>\
<a href="JavaScript:;" id="importListMaximize"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)" title="maximize/restore list size">\
= </a>\
</span>\
<select id="importList" size=8 multiple\
onchange="setTimeout(\'refreshImportList(\'+this.selectedIndex+\')\',1)">\
<!-- NOTE: delay refresh so list is updated AFTER onchange event is handled -->\
</select>\
<input type=checkbox id="chkAddTags" checked style="height:1em; width:auto"\
onClick="config.macros.importTiddlers.addTags=this.checked;">add new tags \
<input type=checkbox id="chkImportTags" checked style="height:1em; width:auto"\
onClick="config.macros.importTiddlers.importTags=this.checked;">import source tags \
<input type=checkbox id="chkKeepTags" checked style="height:1em; width:auto"\
onClick="config.macros.importTiddlers.keepTags=this.checked;">keep existing tags\
<input type=text id="txtNewTags" size=15 onKeyUp="config.macros.importTiddlers.newTags=this.value" autocomplete=off>\
<div align=center>\
<input type=button id="importOpen" class="importButton" style="width:32%" value="open"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)">\
<input type=button id="importStart" class="importButton" style="width:32%" value="import"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)">\
<input type=button id="importClose" class="importButton" style="width:32%" value="close"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)">\
</div>\
<div id="importAskPanel">\
tiddler already exists:\
<input type=text id="importNewTitle" size=15 autocomplete=off">\
<div align=center>\
<input type=button id="importSkip" class="importButton" style="width:23%" value="skip"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)">\
<input type=button id="importRename" class="importButton" style="width:23%" value="rename"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)">\
<input type=button id="importMerge" class="importButton" style="width:23%" value="merge"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)">\
<input type=button id="importReplace" class="importButton" style="width:23%" value="replace"\
onclick="onClickImportButton(this)">\
</div>\
</div>\
';
//}}}
// // refresh listbox
//{{{
function refreshImportList(selectedIndex)
{
var theList = document.getElementById("importList");
if (!theList) return;
// if nothing to show, reset list content and size
if (!config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound)
{
while (theList.length > 0) { theList.options[0] = null; }
theList.options[0]=new Option('please open a document...',"",false,false);
theList.size=config.macros.importTiddlers.listsize;
return;
}
// get the sort order
if (!selectedIndex) selectedIndex=0;
if (selectedIndex==0) config.macros.importTiddlers.sort='title'; // heading
if (selectedIndex==1) config.macros.importTiddlers.sort='title';
if (selectedIndex==2) config.macros.importTiddlers.sort='modified';
if (selectedIndex==3) config.macros.importTiddlers.sort='tags';
if (selectedIndex>3) {
// display selected tiddler count
for (var t=0,count=0; t < theList.options.length; t++) count+=(theList.options[t].selected&&theList.options[t].value!="")?1:0;
clearMessage(); displayMessage(config.macros.importTiddlers.countMsg.format([count]));
return; // no refresh needed
}
// get the alphasorted list of tiddlers (optionally, filter out unchanged tiddlers)
var tiddlers=config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound;
tiddlers.sort(function (a,b) {if(a['title'] == b['title']) return(0); else return (a['title'] < b['title']) ? -1 : +1; });
// clear current list contents
while (theList.length > 0) { theList.options[0] = null; }
// add heading and control items to list
var i=0;
var indent=String.fromCharCode(160)+String.fromCharCode(160);
theList.options[i++]=new Option(tiddlers.length+' tiddler'+((tiddlers.length!=1)?'s are':' is')+' in the document',"",false,false);
theList.options[i++]=new Option(((config.macros.importTiddlers.sort=="title" )?">":indent)+' [by title]',"",false,false);
theList.options[i++]=new Option(((config.macros.importTiddlers.sort=="modified")?">":indent)+' [by date]',"",false,false);
theList.options[i++]=new Option(((config.macros.importTiddlers.sort=="tags")?">":indent)+' [by tags]',"",false,false);
// output the tiddler list
switch(config.macros.importTiddlers.sort)
{
case "title":
for(var t = 0; t < tiddlers.length; t++)
theList.options[i++] = new Option(tiddlers[t].title,tiddlers[t].title,false,false);
break;
case "modified":
// sort descending for newest date first
tiddlers.sort(function (a,b) {if(a['modified'] == b['modified']) return(0); else return (a['modified'] > b['modified']) ? -1 : +1; });
var lastSection = "";
for(var t = 0; t < tiddlers.length; t++) {
var tiddler = tiddlers[t];
var theSection = tiddler.modified.toLocaleDateString();
if (theSection != lastSection) {
theList.options[i++] = new Option(theSection,"",false,false);
lastSection = theSection;
}
theList.options[i++] = new Option(indent+indent+tiddler.title,tiddler.title,false,false);
}
break;
case "tags":
var theTitles = {}; // all tiddler titles, hash indexed by tag value
var theTags = new Array();
for(var t=0; t<tiddlers.length; t++) {
var title=tiddlers[t].title;
var tags=tiddlers[t].tags;
for(var s=0; s<tags.length; s++) {
if (theTitles[tags[s]]==undefined) { theTags.push(tags[s]); theTitles[tags[s]]=new Array(); }
theTitles[tags[s]].push(title);
}
}
theTags.sort();
for(var tagindex=0; tagindex<theTags.length; tagindex++) {
var theTag=theTags[tagindex];
theList.options[i++]=new Option(theTag,"",false,false);
for(var t=0; t<theTitles[theTag].length; t++)
theList.options[i++]=new Option(indent+indent+theTitles[theTag][t],theTitles[theTag][t],false,false);
}
break;
}
theList.selectedIndex=selectedIndex; // select current control item
if (theList.size<config.macros.importTiddlers.listsize) theList.size=config.macros.importTiddlers.listsize;
if (theList.size>theList.options.length) theList.size=theList.options.length;
}
//}}}
// // Control interactions
//{{{
function onClickImportButton(which)
{
// DEBUG alert(which.id);
var theList = document.getElementById('importList');
if (!theList) return;
var thePanel = document.getElementById('importPanel');
var theAskPanel = document.getElementById('importAskPanel');
var theNewTitle = document.getElementById('importNewTitle');
var count=0;
switch (which.id)
{
case 'fileImportSource':
case 'importOpen': // load import source into hidden frame
importReport(); // if an import was in progress, generate a report
config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound=null; // clear the imported tiddler buffer
refreshImportList(); // reset/resize the listbox
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.src=="") break;
// Load document into hidden iframe so we can read it's DOM and fill the list
loadImportFile(config.macros.importTiddlers.src,"all",null,null,function(src,filter,quiet,ask){window.refreshImportList(0);});
break;
case 'importSelectAll': // select all tiddler list items (i.e., not headings)
importReport(); // if an import was in progress, generate a report
for (var t=0,count=0; t < theList.options.length; t++) {
if (theList.options[t].value=="") continue;
theList.options[t].selected=true;
count++;
}
clearMessage(); displayMessage(config.macros.importTiddlers.countMsg.format([count]));
break;
case 'importSelectNew': // select tiddlers not in current document
importReport(); // if an import was in progress, generate a report
for (var t=0,count=0; t < theList.options.length; t++) {
theList.options[t].selected=false;
if (theList.options[t].value=="") continue;
theList.options[t].selected=!store.tiddlerExists(theList.options[t].value);
count+=theList.options[t].selected?1:0;
}
clearMessage(); displayMessage(config.macros.importTiddlers.countMsg.format([count]));
break;
case 'importSelectChanges': // select tiddlers that are updated from existing tiddlers
importReport(); // if an import was in progress, generate a report
for (var t=0,count=0; t < theList.options.length; t++) {
theList.options[t].selected=false;
if (theList.options[t].value==""||!store.tiddlerExists(theList.options[t].value)) continue;
for (var i=0; i<config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length; i++) // find matching inbound tiddler
{ var inbound=config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[i]; if (inbound.title==theList.options[t].value) break; }
theList.options[t].selected=(inbound.modified-store.getTiddler(theList.options[t].value).modified>0); // updated tiddler
count+=theList.options[t].selected?1:0;
}
clearMessage(); displayMessage(config.macros.importTiddlers.countMsg.format([count]));
break;
case 'importSelectDifferences': // select tiddlers that are new or different from existing tiddlers
importReport(); // if an import was in progress, generate a report
for (var t=0,count=0; t < theList.options.length; t++) {
theList.options[t].selected=false;
if (theList.options[t].value=="") continue;
if (!store.tiddlerExists(theList.options[t].value)) { theList.options[t].selected=true; count++; continue; }
for (var i=0; i<config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length; i++) // find matching inbound tiddler
{ var inbound=config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[i]; if (inbound.title==theList.options[t].value) break; }
theList.options[t].selected=(inbound.modified-store.getTiddler(theList.options[t].value).modified!=0); // changed tiddler
count+=theList.options[t].selected?1:0;
}
clearMessage(); displayMessage(config.macros.importTiddlers.countMsg.format([count]));
break;
case 'importToggleFilter': // show/hide filter
case 'importFilter': // apply filter
alert("coming soon!");
break;
case 'importStart': // initiate the import processing
importReport(); // if an import was in progress, generate a report
config.macros.importTiddlers.index=0;
config.macros.importTiddlers.index=importTiddlers(0);
importStopped();
break;
case 'importClose': // unload imported tiddlers or hide the import control panel
// if imported tiddlers not loaded, close the import control panel
if (!config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound) { thePanel.style.display='none'; break; }
importReport(); // if an import was in progress, generate a report
config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound=null; // clear the imported tiddler buffer
refreshImportList(); // reset/resize the listbox
break;
case 'importSkip': // don't import the tiddler
var theItem = theList.options[config.macros.importTiddlers.index];
for (var j=0;j<config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length;j++)
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[j].title==theItem.value) break;
var theImported = config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[j];
theImported.status='skipped after asking'; // mark item as skipped
theAskPanel.style.display='none';
config.macros.importTiddlers.index=importTiddlers(config.macros.importTiddlers.index+1); // resume with NEXT item
importStopped();
break;
case 'importRename': // change name of imported tiddler
var theItem = theList.options[config.macros.importTiddlers.index];
for (var j=0;j<config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length;j++)
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[j].title==theItem.value) break;
var theImported = config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[j];
theImported.status = 'renamed from '+theImported.title; // mark item as renamed
theImported.set(theNewTitle.value,null,null,null,null); // change the tiddler title
theItem.value = theNewTitle.value; // change the listbox item text
theItem.text = theNewTitle.value; // change the listbox item text
theAskPanel.style.display='none';
config.macros.importTiddlers.index=importTiddlers(config.macros.importTiddlers.index); // resume with THIS item
importStopped();
break;
case 'importMerge': // join existing and imported tiddler content
var theItem = theList.options[config.macros.importTiddlers.index];
for (var j=0;j<config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length;j++)
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[j].title==theItem.value) break;
var theImported = config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[j];
var theExisting = store.getTiddler(theItem.value);
var theText = theExisting.text+'\n----\n^^merged from: [['+config.macros.importTiddlers.src+'#'+theItem.value+'|'+config.macros.importTiddlers.src+'#'+theItem.value+']]^^\n^^'+theImported.modified.toLocaleString()+' by '+theImported.modifier+'^^\n'+theImported.text;
var theDate = new Date();
var theTags = theExisting.getTags()+' '+theImported.getTags();
theImported.set(null,theText,null,theDate,theTags);
theImported.status = 'merged with '+theExisting.title; // mark item as merged
theImported.status += ' - '+theExisting.modified.formatString("MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss");
theImported.status += ' by '+theExisting.modifier;
theAskPanel.style.display='none';
config.macros.importTiddlers.index=importTiddlers(config.macros.importTiddlers.index); // resume with this item
importStopped();
break;
case 'importReplace': // substitute imported tiddler for existing tiddler
var theItem = theList.options[config.macros.importTiddlers.index];
for (var j=0;j<config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length;j++)
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[j].title==theItem.value) break;
var theImported = config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[j];
var theExisting = store.getTiddler(theItem.value);
theImported.status = 'replaces '+theExisting.title; // mark item for replace
theImported.status += ' - '+theExisting.modified.formatString("MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss");
theImported.status += ' by '+theExisting.modifier;
theAskPanel.style.display='none';
config.macros.importTiddlers.index=importTiddlers(config.macros.importTiddlers.index); // resume with THIS item
importStopped();
break;
case 'importListSmaller': // decrease current listbox size, minimum=5
if (theList.options.length==1) break;
theList.size-=(theList.size>5)?1:0;
config.macros.importTiddlers.listsize=theList.size;
break;
case 'importListLarger': // increase current listbox size, maximum=number of items in list
if (theList.options.length==1) break;
theList.size+=(theList.size<theList.options.length)?1:0;
config.macros.importTiddlers.listsize=theList.size;
break;
case 'importListMaximize': // toggle listbox size between current and maximum
if (theList.options.length==1) break;
theList.size=(theList.size==theList.options.length)?config.macros.importTiddlers.listsize:theList.options.length;
break;
}
}
//}}}
// // re-entrant processing for handling import with interactive collision prompting
//{{{
function importTiddlers(startIndex)
{
if (!config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound) return -1;
var theList = document.getElementById('importList');
if (!theList) return;
var t;
// if starting new import, reset import status flags
if (startIndex==0)
for (var t=0;t<config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length;t++)
config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[t].status="";
for (var i=startIndex; i<theList.options.length; i++)
{
// if list item is not selected or is a heading (i.e., has no value), skip it
if ((!theList.options[i].selected) || ((t=theList.options[i].value)==""))
continue;
for (var j=0;j<config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound.length;j++)
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[j].title==t) break;
var theImported = config.macros.importTiddlers.inbound[j];
var theExisting = store.getTiddler(theImported.title);
// avoid redundant import for tiddlers that are listed multiple times (when 'by tags')
if (theImported.status=="added")
continue;
// don't import the "ImportedTiddlers" history from the other document...
if (theImported.title=='ImportedTiddlers')
continue;
// if tiddler exists and import not marked for replace or merge, stop importing
if (theExisting && (theImported.status.substr(0,7)!="replace") && (theImported.status.substr(0,5)!="merge"))
return i;
// assemble tags (remote + existing + added)
var newTags = "";
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.importTags)
newTags+=theImported.getTags() // import remote tags
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.keepTags && theExisting)
newTags+=" "+theExisting.getTags(); // keep existing tags
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.addTags && config.macros.importTiddlers.newTags.trim().length)
newTags+=" "+config.macros.importTiddlers.newTags; // add new tags
theImported.set(null,null,null,null,newTags.trim());
// set the status to 'added' (if not already set by the 'ask the user' UI)
theImported.status=(theImported.status=="")?'added':theImported.status;
// do the import!
store.addTiddler(theImported);
store.setDirty(true);
}
return(-1); // signals that we really finished the entire list
}
//}}}
//{{{
function importStopped()
{
var theList = document.getElementById('importList');
var theNewTitle = document.getElementById('importNewTitle');
if (!theList) return;
if (config.macros.importTiddlers.index==-1)
importReport(); // import finished... generate the report
else
{
// DEBUG alert('import stopped at: '+config.macros.importTiddlers.index);
// import collision... show the ask panel and set the title edit field
document.getElementById('importAskPanel').style.display='block';
theNewTitle.value=theList.options[config.macros.importTiddlers.index].value;
}
}
//}}}
<html>
<center>
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</center>
</html>
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By Matthew Gilbert
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<html>
<center>
<object width="510" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/V1VsGTLFsC7cYSr3WpMI3A"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/V1VsGTLFsC7cYSr3WpMI3A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="510" height="295"></embed></object>
</center>
</html>
/***
''InlineJavascriptPlugin for ~TiddlyWiki version 1.2.x and 2.0''
^^author: Eric Shulman - ELS Design Studios
source: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#InlineJavascriptPlugin
license: [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/]]^^
Insert Javascript executable code directly into your tiddler content. Lets you ''call directly into TW core utility routines, define new functions, calculate values, add dynamically-generated TiddlyWiki-formatted output'' into tiddler content, or perform any other programmatic actions each time the tiddler is rendered.
!!!!!Usage
<<<
When installed, this plugin adds new wiki syntax for surrounding tiddler content with {{{<script>}}} and {{{</script>}}} markers, so that it can be treated as embedded javascript and executed each time the tiddler is rendered.
''Deferred execution from an 'onClick' link''
By including a label="..." parameter in the initial {{{<script>}}} marker, the plugin will create a link to an 'onclick' script that will only be executed when that specific link is clicked, rather than running the script each time the tiddler is rendered.
''External script source files:''
You can also load javascript from an external source URL, by including a src="..." parameter in the initial {{{<script>}}} marker (e.g., {{{<script src="demo.js"></script>}}}). This is particularly useful when incorporating third-party javascript libraries for use in custom extensions and plugins. The 'foreign' javascript code remains isolated in a separate file that can be easily replaced whenever an updated library file becomes available.
''Defining javascript functions and libraries:''
Although the external javascript file is loaded while the tiddler content is being rendered, any functions it defines will not be available for use until //after// the rendering has been completed. Thus, you cannot load a library and //immediately// use it's functions within the same tiddler. However, once that tiddler has been loaded, the library functions can be freely used in any tiddler (even the one in which it was initially loaded).
To ensure that your javascript functions are always available when needed, you should load the libraries from a tiddler that will be rendered as soon as your TiddlyWiki document is opened. For example, you could put your {{{<script src="..."></script>}}} syntax into a tiddler called LoadScripts, and then add {{{<<tiddler LoadScripts>>}}} in your MainMenu tiddler.
Since the MainMenu is always rendered immediately upon opening your document, the library will always be loaded before any other tiddlers that rely upon the functions it defines. Loading an external javascript library does not produce any direct output in the tiddler, so these definitions should have no impact on the appearance of your MainMenu.
''Creating dynamic tiddler content''
An important difference between this implementation of embedded scripting and conventional embedded javascript techniques for web pages is the method used to produce output that is dynamically inserted into the document:
* In a typical web document, you use the document.write() function to output text sequences (often containing HTML tags) that are then rendered when the entire document is first loaded into the browser window.
* However, in a ~TiddlyWiki document, tiddlers (and other DOM elements) are created, deleted, and rendered "on-the-fly", so writing directly to the global 'document' object does not produce the results you want (i.e., replacing the embedded script within the tiddler content), and completely replaces the entire ~TiddlyWiki document in your browser window.
* To allow these scripts to work unmodified, the plugin automatically converts all occurences of document.write() so that the output is inserted into the tiddler content instead of replacing the entire ~TiddlyWiki document.
If your script does not use document.write() to create dynamically embedded content within a tiddler, your javascript can, as an alternative, explicitly return a text value that the plugin can then pass through the wikify() rendering engine to insert into the tiddler display. For example, using {{{return "thistext"}}} will produce the same output as {{{document.write("thistext")}}}.
//Note: your script code is automatically 'wrapped' inside a function, {{{_out()}}}, so that any return value you provide can be correctly handled by the plugin and inserted into the tiddler. To avoid unpredictable results (and possibly fatal execution errors), this function should never be redefined or called from ''within'' your script code.//
''Accessing the ~TiddlyWiki DOM''
The plugin provides one pre-defined variable, 'place', that is passed in to your javascript code so that it can have direct access to the containing DOM element into which the tiddler output is currently being rendered.
Access to this DOM element allows you to create scripts that can:
* vary their actions based upon the specific location in which they are embedded
* access 'tiddler-relative' information (use findContainingTiddler(place))
* perform direct DOM manipulations (when returning wikified text is not enough)
<<<
!!!!!Examples
<<<
an "alert" message box:
{{{
<script>alert('InlineJavascriptPlugin: this is a demonstration message');</script>
}}}
<script>alert('InlineJavascriptPlugin: this is a demonstration message');</script>
dynamic output:
{{{
<script>return (new Date()).toString();</script>
}}}
<script>return (new Date()).toString();</script>
wikified dynamic output:
{{{
<script>return "link to current user: [["+config.options.txtUserName+"]]";</script>
}}}
<script>return "link to current user: [["+config.options.txtUserName+"]]";</script>
dynamic output using 'place' to get size information for current tiddler
{{{
<script>
if (!window.story) window.story=window;
var title=story.findContainingTiddler(place).id.substr(7);
return title+" is using "+store.getTiddlerText(title).length+" bytes";
</script>
}}}
<script>
if (!window.story) window.story=window;
var title=story.findContainingTiddler(place).id.substr(7);
return title+" is using "+store.getTiddlerText(title).length+" bytes";
</script>
creating an 'onclick' button/link that runs a script
{{{
<script label="click here">
if (!window.story) window.story=window;
alert("Hello World!\nlinktext='"+place.firstChild.data+"'\ntiddler='"+story.findContainingTiddler(place).id.substr(7)+"'");
</script>
}}}
<script label="click here">
if (!window.story) window.story=window;
alert("Hello World!\nlinktext='"+place.firstChild.data+"'\ntiddler='"+story.findContainingTiddler(place).id.substr(7)+"'");
</script>
loading a script from a source url
{{{
<script src="demo.js">return "loading demo.js..."</script>
<script label="click to execute demo() function">demo()</script>
}}}
where http://www.TiddlyTools.com/demo.js contains:
>function demo() { alert('this output is from demo(), defined in demo.js') }
>alert('InlineJavascriptPlugin: demo.js has been loaded');
<script src="demo.js">return "loading demo.js..."</script>
<script label="click to execute demo() function">demo()</script>
<<<
!!!!!Installation
<<<
import (or copy/paste) the following tiddlers into your document:
''InlineJavascriptPlugin'' (tagged with <<tag systemConfig>>)
<<<
!!!!!Revision History
<<<
''2006.01.05 [1.4.0]''
added support 'onclick' scripts. When label="..." param is present, a button/link is created using the indicated label text, and the script is only executed when the button/link is clicked. 'place' value is set to match the clicked button/link element.
''2005.12.13 [1.3.1]''
when catching eval error in IE, e.description contains the error text, instead of e.toString(). Fixed error reporting so IE shows the correct response text. Based on a suggestion by UdoBorkowski
''2005.11.09 [1.3.0]''
for 'inline' scripts (i.e., not scripts loaded with src="..."), automatically replace calls to 'document.write()' with 'place.innerHTML+=' so script output is directed into tiddler content
Based on a suggestion by BradleyMeck
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* Hardcover: 353 pages
* Publisher: Scribner (September 15, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1416583408
* ISBN-13: 978-1416583400
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[[Book's website|http://insideofadog.com/index.php]]
[[An interview with Alexandra Horowitz|http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Inside-of-a-Dog/Alexandra-Horowitz/e/9781416583400/?itm=1&USRI=inside+of+a+dog+what+dogs+see+smell+and+know#ITV]]
[[A Dog’s Eye View|http://www.onpointradio.org/2009/09/a-dogs-eye-view]] OnPoint: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 11:00 AM EDT
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 9:56 PM
[[Why We Love Cats and Dogs|http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/why-we-love-cats-and-dogs/video-full-episode/4673/]]
Video: Full Episode
Americans own 73 million dogs and 90 million cats. They become best friends, soul mates, family members, and even surrogate children. Relationships with cats and dogs are some of the longest and most intimate of our lives. Why are we so attached? Animal behavior experts, evolutionary biologists, veterinarians, and pet owners share insights and observations about these animals and their impact on us.
Four-time Emmy Award winner, filmmaker and director Ellen Goosenberg Kent kept the 10-month production of NATURE’s Why We Love Cats and Dogs on the right track. Ellen brings a strong visual sense to the art of storytelling and was able to illuminate the dynamic human-pet relationship, revealing how dogs and cats share our emotions in many significant ways.
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[NOVA's Dogs and More Dogs|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/dogs/]]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRELUDE
UMWELT: FROM THE DOG'S POINT OF NOSE
24b. [[Jakob von Uexküll|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_von_Uexk%C3%BCll] regarding functional tone
24b. According to Jakob von Uexküll and Thomas A. Sebeok, umwelt (plural: umwelten; the German word [[Umwelt|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umwelt]] means "environment" or "surrounding world") is the "biological foundations that lie at the very epicenter of the study of both communication and signification in the human [and non-human] animal."[citation needed] The term is usually translated as "self-centered world". Uexküll theorised that organisms can have different umwelten, even though they share the same environment.
BELINGING TO THE HOUSE
35b. [[Dmitri Konstantinovich Belyaev|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_K._Belyaev]] (Russian: 1917 – 1985) was a Russian scientist, and academician. In the 1950s Dmitri Belyaev and his team spent many years breeding the silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) and selecting only those individuals that showed the least fear of humans. Eventually, Belyaev's team selected only those that showed the most positive response to humans. He ended up with a population of foxes whose behavior and appearance was significantly changed. After about ten generations of controlled breeding, these foxes no longer showed any fear of humans and often wagged their tails and licked their human caretakers to show affection. They also started to have spotted coats, floppy ears, and curled tails.
36b. gene change
41c. attentive to their pack mates; unwolfy
42b. dogs don't open eyes for > 2 weeks; wolf don't open eyes in 10 days
43a. sensitive or critical period ...
43b. dogs show "attachment"
44c. cognitive difference between wolves and dogs
45b. ... what dogs lack in physical skill, they make up in people skills ... and our eyes meet ... fancy dogs
47F. temperament vs. personality
49b. [[The American Kennel Club|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Kennel_Club]] (or AKC) is a registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States.
54a. threshold of response
56b. [[atavistic|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atavism]] tendencies
56b. unsympathic biology
58c. ... maintain social unity
59c. dogs are social opportunists
SNIFF
73a. [[The vomeronasal organ|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomeronasal]] (VNO), or Jacobson's organ, is an auxiliary olfactory sense organ that is found in many animals. It was discovered by Frederik Ruysch and later by Ludwig Jacobson in 1813.
73b. [[Coprophagia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophagia]] is the consumption of feces, from the Greek copros ("feces") and phagein ("to eat"). Many animal species practice coprophagia as a matter of course; other species do not normally consume feces but may do so under unusual conditions. Coprophagy refers to many kind of feces eating including eating feces of other species (heterospecifics), other individuals (allocoprophagy), or its own (autocoprophagy), those once deposited or taken directly from the anus.
74a. [[The flehmen response|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flehmen]] (English pronunciation: /fle?m?n/, German: [?fl??m?n]), also called the flehmen position, flehmen reaction, flehming, or flehmening (from German flehmen, meaning to curl the upper lip), is a particular type of curling of the upper lip in ungulates, felids, and many other mammals, which facilitates the transfer of pheromones and other scents into the vomeronasal organ, also called the Jacobson's organ.
74b. gross, stop licking that!!
MUTE
93F. teenage repellent
DOG-EYED
125c. "[[tapeturn lucidum|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum]]" or "carpet of light": The tapetum lucidum (Latin: "bright tapestry", plural tapeta lucida)[1] is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrate animals, that lies immediately behind or sometimes within the retina. It reflects visible light back through the retina, increasing the light available to the photoreceptors.
127a. only primates have [[fovea|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fovea]]
127a. dogs have [[Area centralis|http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Area_centralis]]
127c. Labradors regarding "balls"
130b. The flicker fusion threshold (or [[flicker fusion rate|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flicker_fusion_rate]]) is a concept in the psychophysics of vision. It is defined as the frequency at which an intermittent light stimulus appears to be completely steady to the observer (this article centers around human observers). Flicker fusion threshold is related to persistence of vision.
131b. dogs don't like TV!!
132a. [[Akinetopsia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akinetopsia]], also known as cerebral akinetopsia or motion blindness, is an extremely rare neuropsychological disorder in which a patient cannot perceive motion in their visual field, despite being able to see stationary objects without issue. Most of what is known about akinetopsia was learned through the case study of one patient, LM. There is currently no effective treatment or cure for akinetopsia.
136a. A [[saccade|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccades]] (pronounced /sæ?k??d/, sa-KAAD) is a fast movement of an eye, head or other part of an animal's body or device. It can also be a fast shift in frequency of an emitted signal or other quick change. Saccades are quick, simultaneous movements of both eyes in the same direction.[1] Initiated by eye fields in the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain, saccades serve as a mechanism for fixation, rapid eye movement and the fast phase of optokinetic nystagmus.[1] The word appears to have been coined in the 1880s by French ophthalmologist Émile Javal, who used a mirror on one side of a page to observe eye movement in silent reading, and found that it involves a succession of discontinuous individual movements.
136b. about cows lead to slaughter
SEEN BY A DOG
141b. ... towards warmth, food, or safety
141F. [[Ethology|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethologist]] (from Greek:, ethos, "character"; and -, -logia) is the scientific study of animal behavior, and a sub-topic of zoology.
141F. [[Konrad Lorenz|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Lorenz]]
CANINE ANTHROPOLOGISTS
163a. [[Clever Hans|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans]] (in German, der Kluge Hans) was an Orlov Trotter horse that was claimed to have been able to perform arithmetic and other intellectual tasks.
168c. "must live dogs"
169F. [[Confirmation bias|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias]] (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency for people to favor information that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses whether or not it is true.
NOBLE MINDS
178F. [[Neophile|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neophilia]] or Neophiliac is a term used by counterculture cult writer Robert Anton Wilson to describe a particular type of personality. A neophile or neophiliac can be defined as a personality type characterized by a strong affinity for novelty.
194c. 1. functional; 2. intentional; 3. conservative
198a. fun, as risk
204c. fairness in dogs
205a. nefarious ways?
207a. our drive to affirm our superiority
INSIDE OF A DOG
210a. what does a dog know?; what is it like to be a dog?
212a. About "time"
213a. [[The suprachiasmatic nucleus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suprachiasmatic_nucleus]] or nuclei, abbreviated SCN, is a tiny region on the brain's midline, situated directly above the optic chiasm. It is responsible for controlling circadian rhythms. The neuronal and hormonal activities it generates regulate many different body functions in a 24-hour cycle, using around 20,000 neurons.
215c. bees learn to restrain themselves
226F. "ontogenetic ritualization"
YOU HAD ME AT HELLO
261b. oxytocin and vasopressin (dopamine -> prairie voles
272a. Lorenz: "redirected appeasement ceremony"
273a. face licking: prompts to regurgitate
274c. mouse heart beat 200/minute, 18 yrs, [[Butyric acid|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butyric_acid]]
275. ethology: [[allelomimetic behavior|http://www.answers.com/topic/allelomimetic-behavior]] ( psychology ) Behavior in social animals in which each animal does the same thing.
THE IMPORTANCE OF MORNINGS
287. bread matters
288a. exhibits handedness; punish ... simply does not know his nature; novelty
291b. cameras
POSTSCRIPT: ME AND MY DOG
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 2:42 PM
[[Introduction to Political Philosophy|http://academicearth.org/courses/introduction-to-political-philosophy]]
Steven B. Smith, Yale
Course Description:
This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition. Three broad themes that are central to understanding political life are focused upon: the polis experience (Plato, Aristotle), the sovereign state (Machiavelli, Hobbes), constitutional government (Locke), and democracy (Rousseau, Tocqueville). The way in which different political philosophies have given expression to various forms of political institutions and our ways of life are examined throughout the course.
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PLSC 114: Introduction to Political Philosophy (Fall, 2006)
[[Syllabus|http://oyc.yale.edu/political-science/introduction-to-political-philosophy/content/Syllabus.html]]
Texts:
* Plato, Trial and Death of Socrates
* [[Plato, Republic|http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/plato/section5.rhtml]]
* Aristotle, Politics
* Machiavelli, The Prince
* Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
* John Locke, Second Treatise of Government
* Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Political Writings
* Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 2:50 PM
[[Introduction: What is Political Philosophy?|http://academicearth.org/lectures/what-is-political-philosophy]]
By Steven B. Smith | Introduction to Political Philosophy Lecture 1 of 24 | 37:05 minutes
Lecture Description:
Professor Smith discusses the nature and scope of "political philosophy." The oldest of the social sciences, the study of political philosophy must begin with the works of Plato and Aristotle, and examine in depth the fundamental concepts and categories of the study of politics. The questions "which regimes are best?" and "what constitutes good citizenship?" are posed and discussed in the context of Plato's Apology.
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LECTURES
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 2:50 PM
[[Lecture 1 - Introduction: What is Political Philosophy?|http://academicearth.org/lectures/what-is-political-philosophy]]
| 37:05 minutes
Professor Smith discusses the nature and scope of "political philosophy." The oldest of the social sciences, the study of political philosophy must begin with the works of Plato and Aristotle, and examine in depth the fundamental concepts and categories of the study of politics. The questions "which regimes are best?" and "what constitutes good citizenship?" are posed and discussed in the context of Plato's Apology.
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Lecture 2 - Socratic Citizenship: Plato, Apology
The lecture begins with an explanation of why Plato's Apology is the best introductory text to the study of political philosophy. The focus remains on the Apology as a symbol for the violation of free expression, with Socrates justifying his way of life as a philosopher and defending the utility of philosophy for political life.
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Lecture 3 - Socratic Citizenship: Plato, Crito
In the Apology, Socrates proposes a new kind of citizenship in opposition to the traditional one that was based on the poetic conception of Homer. Socrates' is a philosophical citizenship, relying on one's own powers of independent reason and judgment. The Crito, a dialogue taking place in Socrates' prison cell, is about civil obedience, piety, and the duty of every citizen to respect and live by the laws of the community.
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Lecture 4 - Plato's Republic I-II
Lecture 4 introduces Plato's Republic and its many meanings in the context of moral psychology, justice, the power of poetry and myth, and metaphysics. The Republic is also discussed as a utopia, presenting an extreme vision of a polis--Kallipolis--Plato's ideal city.
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Lecture 5 - Philosophers and Kings: Plato, Republic, III-IV
The discussion of the Republic continues. An account is given of the various figures, their role in the dialogue and what they represent in the work overall. Socrates challenges Polemarchus' argument on justice, questions the distinction between a friend and an enemy, and asserts his famous thesis that all virtues require knowledge and reflection at their basis.
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Lecture 6 - Philosophers and Kings: Plato, Republic, V
In this last session on the Republic, the emphasis is on the idea of self-control, as put forward by Adeimantus in his speech. Socrates asserts that the most powerful passion one needs to learn how to tame is what he calls thumos. Used to denote "spiritedness" and "desire," it is associated with ambitions for public life that both virtuous statesmen as well as great tyrants may pursue. The lecture ends with the platonic idea of justice as harmony in the city and the soul.
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Lecture 7 - Aristotle's Politics
The lecture begins with an introduction of Aristotle's life and works which constitute thematic treatises on virtually every topic, from biology to ethics to politics. Emphasis is placed on the Politics, in which Aristotle expounds his view on the naturalness of the city and his claim that man is a political animal by nature.
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Lecture 8 - Aristotle's Politics, part 2
The lecture discusses Aristotle's comparative politics with a special emphasis on the idea of the regime, as expressed in books III through VI in Politics. A regime, in the context of this major work, refers to both the formal enumeration of rights and duties within a community as well as to the distinctive customs, manners, moral dispositions and sentiments of that community. Aristotle asserts that it is precisely the regime that gives a people and a city their identity.
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Lecture 9 - Aristotle's Politics, part 3
This final lecture on Aristotle focuses on controlling conflict between factions. Polity as a mixture of the principles of oligarchy and democracy, is the regime that, according to Aristotle, can most successfully control factions and avoid dominance by either extreme. Professor Smith asserts that the idea of the polity anticipates Madison's call for a government in which powers are separated and kept in check and balance, avoiding therefore the extremes of both tyranny and civil war.
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Lecture 10 - Machiavelli, The Prince
The lecture begins with an introduction of Machiavelli's life and the political scene in Renaissance Florence. Professor Smith asserts that Machiavelli can be credited as the founder of the modern state, having reconfigured elements from both the Christian empire and the Roman republic, creating therefore a new form of political organization that is distinctly his own. Machiavelli's state has universalist ambitions, just like its predecessors, but it has been liberated from Christian and classical conceptions of virtue. The management of affairs is left to the princes, a new kind of political leaders, endowed with ambition, love of glory, and even elements of prophetic authority.
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Lecture 11 - Machiavelli, The Prince, cont.
The discussion of Machiavelli's politics continues in the context of his most famous work, The Prince. A reformer of the moral Christian and classical concepts of goodness and evil, Machiavelli proposes his own definitions of virtue and vice, replacing the vocabulary associated with Plato and the biblical sources. He relates virtue, or virtu, to manliness, force, ambition and the desire to achieve success at all costs. Fortune, or fortuna, is a woman, that must be conquered through policies of force, brutality, and audacity. The problem of "dirty hands" in political and philosophical literature is discussed in detail.
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Lecture 12 - The Sovereign State: Hobbes, Leviathan
This is an introduction to the political views of Thomas Hobbes, which are often deemed paradoxical. On the one hand, Hobbes is a stern defender of political absolutism. The Hobbesian doctrine of sovereignty dictates complete monopoly of power within a given territory and over all institutions of civilian or ecclesiastical authority. On the other hand, Hobbes insists on the fundamental equality of human beings. He maintains that the state is a contract between individuals, that the sovereign owes his authority to the will of those he governs and is obliged to protect the interests of the governed by assuring civil peace and security. These ideas have been interpreted by some as indicative of liberal opposition to absolutism.
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Lecture 13 - The Sovereign State: Hobbes, Leviathan
Hobbes' most famous metaphor, that of "the state of nature," is explained. It can be understood as the condition of human life in the absence of authority or anyone to impose rules, laws, and order. The concept of the individual is also discussed on Hobbesian terms, according to which the fundamental characteristics of the human beings are the capacity to exercise will and the ability to choose. Hobbes, as a moralist, concludes that the laws of nature, or "precepts of reason," forbid us from doing anything destructive in life.
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Lecture 14 - The Sovereign State: Hobbes, Leviathan
The concept of sovereignty is discussed in Hobbesian terms. For Hobbes, "the sovereign" is an office rather than a person, and can be characterized by what we have come to associate with executive power and executive authority. Hobbes' theories of laws are also addressed and the distinction he makes between "just laws" and "good laws." The lecture ends with a discussion of Hobbes' ideas in the context of the modern state.
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Lecture 15 - Constitutional Government: Locke, Second Treatise (1-5)
John Locke had such a profound influence on Thomas Jefferson that he may be deemed an honorary founding father of the United States. He advocated the natural equality of human beings, their natural rights to life, liberty, and property, and defined legitimate government in terms that Jefferson would later use in the Declaration of Independence. Locke's life and works are discussed, and the lecture shows how he transformed ideas previously formulated by Machiavelli and Hobbes into a more liberal constitutional theory of the state.
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Lecture 16 - Constitutional Government: Locke, Second Treatise (7-12)
In the opening chapters of his Second Treatise, Locke "rewrites" the account of human beginnings that had belonged exclusively to Scripture. He tells the story of how humans, finding themselves in a condition of nature with no adjudicating authority, enjoy property acquired through their labor. The lecture goes on to discuss the idea of natural law, the issue of government by consent, and what may be considered Locke's most significant contribution to political philosophy: the Doctrine of Consent.
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Lecture 17 - Constitutional Government: Locke, Second Treatise (13-19)
In this lecture, two important issues are addressed in the context of Locke's Second Treatise. First, there is discussion on the role of the executive vis-a-vis the legislative branch of government in Locke's theory of the constitutional state. Second, Locke's political theories are related to the American regime and contemporary American political philosophy. The lecture concludes with John Rawls' book, A Theory of Justice, and how his general theory relates to Locke's political ideas.
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Lecture 18 - Democracy and Participation: Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality (author's preface, part I)
This lecture is an introduction to the life and works of Rousseau, as well as the historical and political events in France after the death of Louis XIV. Writing in a variety of genres and disciplines, Rousseau helped bring to fruition the political and intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment. Among his most important works is the Second Discourse (Discourse on Inequality), in which Rousseau traces the origins of inequality and addresses the effects of time and history on humans. He goes on to discuss a number of qualities, such as perfectibility, compassion, sensitivity, and goodness, in an attempt to assess which ones were a part of our original nature.
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Lecture 19 - Democracy and Participation: Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality (part II)
The discussion on the origins of inequality in the Second Discourse continues. This lecture focuses on amour-propre, a faculty or a disposition that is related to a range of psychological characteristics such as pride, vanity, and conceit. The Social Contract is subsequently discussed with an emphasis on the concept of freedom and how one's desire to preserve one's freedom is often in conflict with that of others to protect and defend their own. General will becomes Rousseau's solution to the problem of securing individual liberty.
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Lecture 20 - Democracy and Participation: Rousseau, Social Contract, I-II
The concept of "general will" is considered Rousseau's most important contribution to political science. It is presented as the answer to the gravest problems of civilization, namely, the problems of inequality, amour-propre, and general discontent. The social contract is the foundation of the general will and the answer to the problem of natural freedom, because nature itself provides no guidelines for determining who should rule. The lecture ends with Rousseau's legacy and the influence he exercised on later nineteenth-century writers and philosophers.
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Lecture 21 - Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville, Democracy in America
With the emergence of democracies in Europe and the New World at the beginning of the nineteenth century, political philosophers began to re-evaluate the relationship between freedom and equality. Tocqueville, in particular, saw the creation of new forms of social power that presented threats to human liberty. His most famous work, Democracy in America, was written for his French countrymen who were still devoted to the restoration of the monarchy and whom Tocqueville wanted to convince that the democratic social revolution he had witnessed in America was equally representative of France's future.
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Lecture 22 - Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Three main features that Tocqueville regarded as central to American democracy are discussed: the importance of local government, the concept of "civil association," and "the spirit of religion." The book is not simply a celebration of the democratic experience in America; Tocqueville is deeply worried about the potential of a democratic tyranny.
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Lecture 23 - Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Professor Smith discusses the moral and psychological components of the democratic state in the context of Tocqueville's Democracy in America. He goes on to explore the institutional development of the democratic state, the qualities of the democratic individual, and the psychological determinants of the democratic character. The ethic of self-interest is addressed, understood as an antidote to an ethic of fame and glory. Finally, Tocqueville is presented as a political educator and his views on the role of statesmen in a democratic age are expounded.
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Lecture 24 - In Defense of Politics
This final lecture of the course is given "in defense of politics." First, the idea and definition of "politics" and the "political" are discussed with reference to the ideas of Immanuel Kant and twentieth-century political scientists, novelists, and philosophers such as Bernard Crick, E. M. Forster, and Carl Schmitt. Patriotism, nationalism, and cosmopolitanism are also addressed as integral parts of political life. Finally, the role of educators--and "old books"--is discussed as essential to developing a proper understanding of the political.
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[[Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing by Henry Petroski (Hardcover - Nov 1, 1996)|http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Design-Engineers-Thought-Thing/dp/0674463676/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1229099745&sr=8-1]]
Product Details
* Hardcover: 256 pages
* Publisher: Harvard University Press (November 1, 1996)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0674463676
* ISBN-13: 978-0674463677
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Invention, Petroski has steadfastly maintained, comes from a failure of design. The paperclip that can only be used in one direction, that becomes easily tangled in a box, or that tears the paper has led inventors to a cycle of improvements and patents. That's the story of the case studies here, many of which Petroski has used in other books?the paperclip, zipper and aluminum can appeared in The Evolution of Useful Things, the pencil in The Pencil; and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in Engineers of Dreams. But Petroski still manages to add something new. When talking about the Bay Bridge, for example, he goes into great depth here about the impact of factors far removed from statics, dynamics and hydraulics. He looks at the importance of John Roebling's personal charisma and the impact of the 1879 failure of the Firth of Tay bridge on the subsequent construction of bridges. In the same way, his sections on "Facsimile and Networks" and "Airplanes and Computers" offer very interesting insights into the economics of implementing large-scale projects (fax machines became popular in part because of Federal Express's promotion of its new ZapMail, which turned into a $300 million bath for the company). Those who don't know Petroski's work will find this an enjoyable introduction. Those who do, will appreciate the additional gloss.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Petroski (The Pencil, LJ 3/1/90) has done much to make the nerdy world of engineering interesting and accessible to the reader. Here, he's after a different audience, one interested in the philosophy and cultural study of the process of invention. By examining the relationship between the invention of devices and their refinement over time by others, Petroski identifies design principles that engineers use to make things work. Written as a series of case studies ranging from the paper clip to the zipper to the FAX machine to the Boeing 777, this book is engaging but tends to instruct rather than entertain. Little exercises that ask the reader to, say, imagine refinements to the basic plastic sandwich bag hint at this book's history as an engineering course curriculum, but it's still good reading for those interested in the gestalt of engineering design. Quotations and illustrations from patent applications are particularly fascinating and are used well. For popular science collections.?Mark L. Shelton, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Ctr., Worcester
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE vii
1: INTRODUCTION 1
3. -- case studies
2: [[PAPER CLIPS|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_clip]] AND DESIGN 8
9. -- the springiness of materials
10c. [[Robert Hooke|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke]], FRS (18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703)'s anagrams
13. -- forming wire into paper clips
13b. 20 pins/day/person
13b. [[John Ireland Howe|http://www.famousamericans.net/johnirelandhowe/]], 1830's machine to make pins
16. -- the GEM paper clip
16c. GEM -> William Middlebrook, CT 1899
19. -- improvements in paper clips
25. -- change and competition
26a. "total design"
27. -- form and function
29c. Engineers and inventors are not so easily pleased with the object in the abstract. While they are not averse to designing things that look attractive, that is not the only criterion for elegance and beauty, which can only be skin deep.
30. -- a model paper clip patent
3: PENCIL POINTS AND ANALYSIS 43
43. -- cantilever beams
47a. diagram arrows shown in wrong directions?
47c. Edmé Mariotte
48a. A. Parent
51a. ceramic vs. plastic leads
51. -- wood-cased pencils
54. -- broken-off pencil points
55c. definition of "Engineering Science"
58. -- closer look at BOPPS
60. -- further analysis
62. -- analyzing analysis **
63a. errors in engineering can have disastrous consequences
64. ridges?
4: ZIPPERS AND DEVELOPMENT 66
66b. [[Elias Howe|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Howe]] Jr. invented sewing machine; zipper patent in 1851
68. -- slide fastener
68c. [[Whitcomb L. Judson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitcomb_L._Judson]] 1891 , shoe fastener (knows Elias Howe)
70a. financial backer, Lewis A. Walker
70b. chain making machine
70c. [["C-curity"|http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/745.php]]
72-73. engineering curricula -> cross disciplinary
73. -- hookless fasteners
75c. B.F. Goodrich - Mystik Boot; 1923 TM name Zippers
75c. "Hookless Fastener Co." renamed to Talon
77. -- related developments
78c. 1948 Swiss [[George de Mestral|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Mestral]] (June 19, 1907–February 8, 1990) was an electrical engineer who invented Velcro.
80a. portmanteau Velcro, from French Velour and crochet; hook and loop fastener
81. -- plastic zippers
81b. waterproof, dust-proof, air tight
81c. Flexigrip
82a. plastic can be heat-welded
84a. Kakuji Naito
84b. Minigrip, Inc.
84b. MAYA: [[Most Advanced Yet Acceptable|http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/henry-petroski-most-advanced-yet-acceptable]]
84c. DOW -> Ziploc
5: [[ALUMINUM CANS|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_can]] AND FAILURE 89
89a. failure
89b. failure criteria
89c. difference between engineer and technician
90b. failure can be take no technical forms
91. -- the aluminum beverage can
92b. church key
93a. [[Ermal Fraze|http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2637]]
98. -- environmental failure
99b. Stay tabs (also called colon tabs) were invented by Daniel F. Cudzik of Reynolds Metals in Richmond, Virginia, in 1975
6: FACSIMILE AND NETWORKS 104
105. -- the facsimile transmittal machine
106b. yr1843 patent to [[Alexander Bain|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bain]] (11 June 1818 – 18 September 1903) was a Scottish philosopher and educationalist.
109b. Telex: Teleypewriter Exchange Service
109. -- telephone networks
112. -- standards for facsimile transmission
113a. International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee ([[CCITT|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCITT]]), (from the French name "Comité Consultatif International Téléphonique et Télégraphique") was created in 1956. It was renamed ITU-T in 1993.
113b. Group1 and Group2
114a. Group3
114. -- social and cultural factors
116. -- further developments in fax machines
118c. Group4
7: AIRPLANES AND COMPUTERS 120
120b. [[Frank Whittle|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Whittle]] yr1930, turbojet engine
120b. [[Hans von Ohain|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Ohain]]
120c. metal fatigue
123. -- conceptual design
125b. "gang of eight"
127. -- traditional aircraft design
128c. TQM and CQI
129. -- computer-aided design
129b. [[CATIA|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CATIA]] (Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application) is a multi-platform CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite developed by the French company [[Dassault Systemes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Systemes]] and marketed worldwide by IBM.
130b. CLASH
132a. CATIA-man
132. -- fly-by-wire
134. -- engines and economics
135a. flight engineer regarding fly-by-wire?
137. -- human factors
8: WATER AND SOCIETY 141
141a. engineering -> social end and economy
142. -- water supply and removal
142b. [[Sextus Julius Frontinus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontinus]] was first Water Commissioner of Rome in 97AD
145b. "sanitation engineer"
145. -- sanitary sewers
147c. [[Joseph Bazalgette|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bazalgette]], [[Victoria Embankment|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Embankment]]
147c. - civil engineer [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel]] (1806-1859), British engineer; Michael Faraday
148. -- the case of Chicago
149. -- design problems
151. -- mathematical and computer models
154b. twin towers initially lack of toilet water pressure
154. -- water quality
154c. Panama Canal yr1880, French
157. -- other problems
9: BRIDGES AND POLITICS 160
160c. deference to traditional material and methods ...
161b. The [[River Severn|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn]] is the longest river in Great Britain, at 220 miles (354 km) 161b. [[The Severn Valley|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Valley_(England)]] is a rural area of mid-western England, through which the River Severn runs and the Severn Valley Railway steam heritage line operates, starting at its northernmost point in Bridgnorth, Shropshire and running south for 16 miles (26 km) to Bewdley, Worcestershire in the Wyre Forest.
163. [[OTHMAN H. AMMANN|http://enr.construction.com/aboutUs/125enrHistory/125enrhistory-people1.asp#]] (1879-1966) After investigating the 1940 collapse of the too slender Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Ammann made a major contribution to graceful, suspension bridge design. As chief engineer of the Port of New York Authority, he developed a tubular stiffening framework, devised for the slender, then-record-span 4,260-ft Verrazano Narrows Bridge that opened in 1965. Decades earlier, he set an example that encouraged others to permit greater flexibility of stiffening girders. While doubling the record for the length of any previous bridge, Ammann designed the 3,500-ft George Washington Bridge without stiffening trusses. Opened in 1931, it was stiffened up with a second roadway in 1962.
163. [[Gustav Lindenthal|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Lindenthal]] (May 21, 1850 – July 31, 1935) was a civil engineer who designed the Hell Gate Bridge among other bridges.
164. -- San Franscico bridges
165b. bascule bridge Company; Aeroscope ride
166. -- early proposals for a bay bridge
168. -- cantilever bridges
168b. [[Firth of Forth|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth_of_Forth]] and [[Firth of Tay|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth_of_Tay]] yr1878
175. -- further proposals
175a. WW-I
175b. [[Clifford Holland|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Holland]], Chief Engineer yr1927
177. -- selecting a site
180. -- the final design
183. -- bridges and traffic
185. -- bridges and earthquakes
10: BUILDINGS AND SYSTEMS 188
189. -- the crystal palace
189c. first world's fair yr1851 in London
191a. Prince Albert in yr 1851
191c. The Great Exhibition, also known as [[Crystal Palace|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition]], was an international exhibition that was held in Hyde Park, London, England, from 1 May to 15 October 1851 and the first in a series of World's Fair exhibitions of culture and industry that were to be a popular 19th century feature.
193. -- towers and elevators
194a. [[Elisha Graves Otis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Otis]] (August 3, 1811 — April 8, 1861), son of Stephen Otis Jr. and wife Pheobe Glynn, invented a safety device that prevented elevators from falling if the hoisting cable broke.
194b. [[Flatiron Building (New York)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building]], 1902 had hydrolic elevator until 19xx: [[Flatiron Building (disambiguation)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Iron_Building]]
197a. Eiffel Tower yhr1889; Exposition - French Revolution
197. -- the woolworth building
200. -- skyscrapers and elevators
200c. Woolworth 1913; Chrysler 1930; Empire State 1931
204. -- motion of tall buildings
205b. Empire State - plane crash in 1945
205c. tuned mass dampers
208. -- unexpected problems
213. -- environmental factors
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING 217
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 229
INDEX 231
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Although sequencing the human genome has brought speculation about all kinds of results--from curing to cloning--another sort of scientific payoff is in the works. In Jacob's Ladder, former UCLA professor Henry Gee shifts focus from the applied science of genomics to the basic research questions that can be addressed with this new information. "To describe the sequencing of the genome as a technical feat," he writes, "is to miss the point." Gee is most excited about the possibilities of understanding what makes us all human, rather than the individual genetic variances that make us individuals. He examines the genome as a motif representing the "pinnacle of human self-knowledge." Further, he claims that the philosophical shadow of Darwin has made us forget that one of the central questions of our being is how all of us are made from nothing, or rather from everything. To redirect thought, he closely describes how genes control the development of every human, both within and before each individual lifetime. While Gee's ideas are large enough to support a book on this by now well-covered subject, general readers will likely be put off by his somewhat dry and academic style. --Therese Littleton
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So we've sequenced the human genome. Now what? Gee, a writer for Nature and former professor at UCLA, tackles this question in his examination of how nature generates "form from the formless." Gee takes his title seriously, describing not only the history of human understanding of biology, but also the history of the evolution of the genome itself. Stories of homunculi and Darwin's legendary journey to the Galápagos lead seamlessly into discussions of the first life to appear on earth. Gee uses comparative genomics to draw a vivid history of the evolution of life, tying together the usually distinct fields of embryology, genetics and evolution. The crowning gem of this work is the last section on the new network theory of genomics. Gee draws the reader into the new field of computational biology and shows that having the sequence of the human genome is just the beginning. By modeling how the thousands of genes act on and with each other, we can finally begin to answer questions like, where do new species come from? How does a single egg turn into a human baby? How does natural selection affect the genome? Why is there any variation at all? The author knows the details of molecular biology, and he's not afraid to use them. The text is littered with terms like "blastocyst," "T4 bacteriophage" and "Hox genes," though all are carefully defined. Because of this level of sophistication, this fine book is difficult enough to be more suitable for the amateur scientist than for the dabbler. 25 illus. not seen by PW.
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Jacob's Ladder: The History of the Human Genome
. UCLA evolution biologist
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
ix. 2-12-2001: decipher of Genome announcement
1 Birth 3
3. in 200 days? that's only 7 months
4. first 3 - 4 weeks critical
5. in 37 weeks; Zygote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygote
-> Morula http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morula
-> Blastocyst http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastocyst
6. Embryo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo down
Fallopian tube http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallopian_tubes
-> Implantation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implantation
11c. Lancelet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelet
13c. pharyngeal grooves (or clefts) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharyngeal_cleft
15c. The Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum http://www.nhm.ac.uk/tring/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rothschild%2C_2nd_Baron_Rothschild
2 Ex Ovo, Omnia 20
21. Pliny the Elder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_The_Elder
Aristotle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle
22. apocryphal http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?apocryphal
23. William Harvey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harvey
23b. William Harvey quote: 'Ex ovo omnia.' Everything from an egg.
27c. Epigenesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenesis
28a. Marcello Malpighi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Malpighi
tubules
29a. Robert Hooke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hook
Robert Boyle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyle
30a. Jan Swammerdam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swammerdam
31a. Preformation
3 Unfolding 33
33. Anton van Leeuwenhoek http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_van_Leeuwenhoek
Nicolas Hartsoeker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Hartsoeker
Constantijn Huygens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantijn_Huygens
Christiaan Huygens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Huygens
36. Spermism n. 1. (Biol.) The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoön contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.
- preformation
4 Revolution 48
48. Preformation vs. Epigenesis
http://www.christianhubert.com/hypertext/Epigenesis_Preformation.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenesis
5 Evolution 66
75. Transmutation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmutation
78c. variation - change
82a. Linnean Society of London http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnean_Society
86a. Pangenesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangenesis
90a. William Bateson (August 8, 1861 – February 8, 1926)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bateson
6 Monsters 91
93a. Tunicate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunicate
96b. meristic
adj. Biology
1. Having or composed of segments; segmented.
2. Relating to a change in the number or placement of body parts or segments: meristic variation.
7 Genetics 104
106. Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20[1], 1822 – January 6, 1884)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendel
112. Bateson acknowledged Mendel's work and coined "genetics"
113b. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffon
113b. Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 – December 4, 1945) was an American geneticist and embryologist.
Morgan's research moved to the study of mutation in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
. color-blindness is sex-linked and is almost always male.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morgan
120a. Karl Ernst von Baer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_von_Baer
was a Baltic German biologist and a founding father of embryology.
8 'It has not escaped our notice ...' 131
131b. Friedrich Miescher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Miescher
nuclein => nuclieic acid; deoxyibose nucleaic acid DNA
protein (as polymers) > aminoacids
134b. Oswald Avery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Avery
148c. 1. Transcription (genetics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcription_%28genetics%29 -> RNA
2. Translation (genetics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_%28genetics%29
152b. Allele http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allele
159c. gene vs. trait
9 Operon 156
156b. Archibald Garrod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Garrod
157a. Phenylketonuria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylketonuria
enzymes (catalyst) are proteins made of amino acids
160b. George Wells Beadle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beadle
Edward Lawrie Tatum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lawrie_Tatum
161b. Operon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operon
165c. Walter Gilbert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Gilbert sequencing in 1967
167a. virus hide out for long time, e.g, herpes in humans
167c. ultaviolet causes mutations - link between sun bathing and skin cancer
10 Monsters reloaded 173
174b. Homeosis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeosis
Homeosis is the transformation of one body part into another, arising from mutation in or misexpression of specific developmentally critical genes. It may be caused by mutations in Hox genes, found in animals, or others such as the MADS Box family in plants. Homeosis is a characteristic that has helped insects become as successful and diverse as they are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorax
Homeobox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hox_gene
A particular subgroup of homeobox genes are the Hox genes, which are found in a special gene cluster, the Hox cluster (also called Hox complex). Hox genes function in patterning the body axis. Thus, by providing the identity of particular body regions, Hox genes determine where limbs and other body segments will grow in a developing fetus or larva. Mutations in any one of these genes can lead to the growth of extra, typically non-functional body parts in invertebrates, for example aristapaedia complex in Drosophila, which results in a leg growing from the head in place of an antenna and is due to a defect in a single gene (this mutation is also known as Antennapedia). Mutation in vertebrate Hox genes usually results in spontaneous abortion.
Arthropod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod
11 Scars of evolution 200
Eukaryote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote
Prokaryote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokaryote
202a. HIV-1 as example of a Retrovirus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrovirus
12 My travels' history 227
234. reference to Dawkin's [[Selfish Gene, The]]
13 Jacob's ladder 238
Notes 253
Index 265
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[[K. Eric Drexler|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Drexler]]
* [[Engines of Creation (1986)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engines_of_Creation]]: [[Full text of the book|http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Cover.html]]
*[[Unbounding the Future (1991; with Chris Peterson and Gayle Pergamit) (ISBN 0-688-12573-5)|http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/]]
* [[Nanosystems Molecular Machinery Manufacturing and Computation (1992)|http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/Nanosystems/toc.html]]
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55 Events (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616)
[[William Shakespeare|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Histories
* [[King John|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_John]]
* Richard II
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* Henry VI, part 1† [f]
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06/11/1968 Henry IV Part 1
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2/12. late charges
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C. How Fixed-Term Leases End
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State Landlord-Tenant Statutes
Notice Required to Change or Terminate a Month-to-Month Tenancy
State Rent Rules
State Security Deposit Rules
States That Require Landlords to Maintain a Separate Account for Security Deposits
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Disclosure of Information on Lead-Based Paint or Lead-Based Paint Hazards (Spanish version)
Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home Pamphlet
Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home Pamphlet (Spanish version)
Rental Application
Consent to Background and Reference Check
Tenant References
Notice of Denial Based on Credit Report Information
Landlord-Tenant Checklist
Move-In Letter
Amemdment to Lease or Rental Agreement
Tenant's Notice of Intent to Move Out
Move-Out Letter
Index
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# Hardcover: 240 pages
# Publisher: Hyperion (May 9, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 1401302564
Introduction: True To Myself
Chapter 1: From This Day Forward
NAMING THE LIE
TRUTH: THE SECRET INGREDIENT
WAKE UP TO YOURSELF
SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES
Chapter 2: Show Up And Grow Up
TRUTH IN MATING
THE RING OF TRUTH
MARRIAGE IS FOR GROWN-UPS
SHOW UP AS A GROWN-UP
Chapter 3: To Love, Honor, And Cherish
WRITE A FRESH SCRIPT
CHERISH IS ACTION
HOW TO ASK FOR WHAT YOU NEED
HONOR THE ONE YOU'VE WITH
Chapter 4: Forsaking All Others
THE MARRIAGE TABLE
WHO'S NUMBER ONE?
LOVE ME, LOVE MY CHILD
NEW MAP, NEW RULES
A NEW DEFINITION OF FIDELITY
86c. closing the exits
Chapter 5: For Better Or Worse
LIVING IN THE LIGHT
THE TOXIC POWER OF OLD WOUNDS
HEALING THE SCARS OF RACISM
THE ABANDONED CHILD
DO YOU LOVE YOUR BATTLEFIELD?
YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN
false repairs
patchwork repairs
RITUALS FOR BETTER OR WORSE
Chapter 6: For Richer Or Poorer
MONEY AND EQUALITY
PAYING YOUR WAY
KEEPING SECRETS
THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
RELATION RICHES: A SYSTEM OF CREDITS AND DEBITS
Chapter 7: In Sickness And In Health
THE MEANING OF CARE
SELF-CARE COMES FIRST
SEXUAL HEALTH
ADDITION: THE BIGGEST LIE
Chapter 8: Till Death Do Us Part
THE FANTASY RETURNS
EVEN IF IT KILLS YOU?
TRANSFORMING FAILURE
Chapter 9: Eyes Wide Open
276 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE YOU MARRY
157. did you discuss this before marriage?
159. 276 questions to ask before you marry
183c. "no surprises"
Chapter 10: How To Write True Vows To Live By
THE WEDDING RITUAL
THE VOWS
ritualize your vows in life
who will officiate?
in the presence of the community
195c. ... re new car
Chapter 11: It's Never Too Late To Renew Your Vows
RENEWAL IN TRUTH
YOUR BROKENNESS CAN MAKE YOU WHOLE
RENEWING YOUR VOWS
RITUALS OF RENEWAL
Chapter 12: Light Three Candles
YOUR THREE CANDLES
Appendix: Marriage Exercises
SHOW UP AND GROW UP
TO LOVE, HONOR, AND CHERISH
FORSAKING ALL OTHERS
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
FOR RICHER OR POORER
MARRIAGE VOWS
MARRIAGE VOW RENEWAL
FAMILY TIME LINE WORKSHEET
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WORK
1. Are you working on your chosen field?
2. How many hours a week do you work?
3. What does your job entail? (For example, do you often travel for business, work at home, performs dangerous tasks?)
4. What is your dream job?
5. Have you ever been called a workaholic?
6. What is your retirement plan? What do you plan to do when you stop working?
7. Have you ever been fired?
8. Have you ever quit a job suddenly? Have you changed jobs a lot?
9. Do you consider your work a career or just a job?
10. Has your work ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
HOME
11. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
12. Do you prefer urban, suburban, or rural settings?
13. Is it important to have your own private home, or do you prefer apartment or condo living, with a management company responsible for the maintenance? Are you a do-it yourselfer, or would you rather hire professionals? Do you prefer to clean your own home or hire a housekeeper?
14. Do you think of your home as a cocoon, or is your door always open? What do you need to feel energized and inspired in your home?
15. Is quiet important in your home, or do you prefer having music or some background noise most of the time? Is it important to have a TV in the bedroom? Living room? Kitchen? Do you like to sleep with the TV or radio on?
16. How important is it for you to have a space in your home that is yours alone?
17. Have differences about home style ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
18. If you had unlimited resources, how would you live?
19. How important is it for you to make a lot of money?
20. What is your annual income?
21. Do you pay alimony or child support?
22 Do you believe in prenuptial agreements? Under what circumstances?
23. Do you believe in establishing a family budget?
24. Should individuals within a marriage have separate bank accounts in addition to joint accounts? Do you feel that bills should be divided based on a percentage of each person's salary?
25. Who should handle the finances in your family?
26. Do you have significant debts?
27. Do you gamble?
28. Did you have a paying job when you were in high school? Before high school?
29. Have you ever been called cheap or stingy?
30. Do you believe that a certain amount of money should be set aside for pleasure, even if you’re on a tight budget?
31. Have you ever used money as a way of controlling a relationship? Has anyone ever tried to control you with money?
32. Has money ever been a factor for you in the breakup of a relationship?
RELATIONSHIP HISTORY
33. Have you ever felt deeply insecure in a relationship? Were you able to name your fear?
34. When was the first time you felt that you were in love with another person? What happened in that relationship, and how have you come to terms with it?
35. What is the longest relationship you have ever had prior to this one? Why did it end, and what lesson did you learn?
36. Have you ever been married? If so, are you divorced or widowed? How do you think you handled the loss?
37. If you have a current partner, do they know of behaviors that you exhibited in your previous relationship that you’re not proud of?
36. Do you believe that past relationships should be left in the past and not talked about in your current relationship?
39. Do you tend to judge current partners on past relationships?
40. Have you ever sought marriage counseling? What did the experience teach you?
41. Do you have children from previous marriages or non-marital relationships? What is your relationship with them? How do you see your relationship with them in the future?
42. Have you ever been engaged to be married but didn’t go through with the wedding?
43. Have you ever had a live-in partner? Why did you choose to live together instead of marrying? What did your experience teach you about the importance of marriage and about commitment?
44. Do you harbor fears that the person you love might reject you or fail out of love with you?
SEX
45. What sexual activities do you enjoy the most? Are there specific sexual acts that make you uncomfortable? Be specific! This is no time to hedge.
46. Do you feel comfortable initiating sex? If yes, why? If no, why?
47. What do you need in order to be in the mood for sex?
48. Have you ever been sexually abused or assaulted?
48. What was the attitude toward sex in your family? Was it talked about? Who taught you about sex?
50. Do you use sex to self-medicate? If something upsets you, do you use sex to try and help you feel better?
51. Have you ever felt forced to have sex to “keep the peace”? Have you ever forced someone or been told that you forced someone to have sex with you to “keep the peace”?
52. Is sexual fidelity an absolute necessity in a good marriage?
53. Do you enjoy viewing pornography?
54. How often do you need or expect sex?
55. Have you ever a sexual relationship with a person of the same sex?
56. Has sexual dissatisfaction ever been a factor for you in the breakup of a relationship?
HEALTH
57. How would you describe the current state of your health?
58. Have you ever had a serious illness? Have you ever had surgery?
58. Do you believe it is a sacred responsibility to take care of yourself? Do you believe that taking care of your physical and mental health is a part of honoring your marriage vows?
60. Are there genetic diseases in your family or a history of cancer, heart disease, or chronic illness?
61. Do you have health insurance? Dental insurance?
62. Do you belong to a gym? If so, how much time do you spend at the gym every week?
63. Do you play sports or take exercise classes?
64. Have you ever been in a physically or emotionally abusive relationship?
65. Have you ever suffered from an eating disorder?
66. Have you ever been in a serious accident?
67. Do you take medication?
68. Have you ever had a sexually transmitted disease?
P.. Have you ever been treated for a mental disorder?
70. Do you see a therapist?
71. Do you smoke, or have you ever smoked?
72. Do you consider yourself an addictive personality, and have you ever suffered from an addiction? Have you ever been told you have an addiction problem, even though you might disagree?
73. How much alcohol do you drink every week?
74. Do you use recreational drugs?
75. Do you have a medical problem that impacts your ability to have a satisfying sex life (for example, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, vaginal dryness, drug/alcohol addiction, etc)?
76. Have any of these health problems ever been a factor for you in the breakup of a relationship?
APPEARANCE
77. How important is it that you always look your best?
78. How important is your spouse’s appearance? Do you have strong preferences about being with a particular physical “type”?
70. Are there cosmetic procedures that you regularly undergo?
80. Is weight control important to you? Is your spouse’s weight important to you? What would your reaction be if your partner were to gain a significant amount of weight?
81. How much money do you spend on clothing every year?
82. Do you worry about getting old? Do you worry about losing your looks?
83. What do you like and dislike about your appearance? When you were a child, were you often complimented or shamed about your looks?
84. What would your reaction be if your spouse lost a limb? A breast? How would you handle this loss?
85. Do you feel that you can have good chemistry with someone who is moderately physically attractive to you, or is a strong physical attraction necessary? Has physical appearance or “chemistry” ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
PARENTHOOD
86. Do you want children? When? How many? Are you unable to have children?
87. Would you feel unfulfilled if you were unable to have children?
88. Who is responsible for birth control? What would you do if there were an accidental pregnancy before you planned to have children?
88. What is your view of fertility treatments? Adoption? Would you adopt if you were unable to have a child naturally?
90. What is your view of abortion? Should a husband have an equal say in whether his wife has an abortion? Have you ever had an abortion?
91. Have you ever given birth to a child or fathered a child who was put up for adoption?
92. How important is it to you that your children are raised near your extended family?
93. Do you believe that a good mother will want to breast-feed her baby? Do you believe a mother or father should stay at home with a child during the first six months of life? The first year? Longer?
94. Do you believe in spanking a child? What type of discipline do you believe in (time-out, standing in the corner, taking away privileges, etc.)?
95. Do you believe that children have rights? Do you feel that a child’s opinion should be considered when making family and life decisions, such as moving or changing schools?
96. Do you believe that children should be raised with some religious or spiritual foundation?
97. Should boys be treated the same as girls? Should they have the same rules for conduct? Should you have the same expectations for their sexual behavior?
96. Would you put your teenage daughter on birth control if you knew that she was sexually active?
97. How would you handle it if you didn’t like your child’s friends?
98. Would you put your teenage daughter on birth control if you knew that she was sexually active?
99. How would you handle it if you didn't like your child's friends?
100. In a blended family; should birth parents be in charge of making decisions for their own children?
101. Would you ever consider getting a vasectomy or having your tubes tied? Do you believe it’s your choice, or does your partner have a say?
102. Have differences concerning conception or child-raising ever been a factor for you in the breakup of a relationship?
EXTENDED FAMILIES
103. Are you close to your family?
104. Are you or have you ever been alienated from your family?
105. Do you have a difficult time setting limits with family?
106. Have you identified the childhood wound that may have sabotaged your relationships in the past—the deeply imprinted fear that made you want to escape? How were you most hurt in your family; and who hurt you?
107. How important is it that you and your partner be on good terms with each other’s families?
106. How did your parents settle conflicts when you were a child? Do people in your family carry long-term grudges?
109. How much influence do your parents still have over your decisions?
110. Have unresolved or ongoing family issues ever been a factor for you in the breakup of a relationship?
FRIENDS
111. Do you have a “best friend”?
112. Do you see a close friend or friends at least once a week? Do you speak to any of your friends on the phone every day?
113. Are your friendships as Important to you as your life partner is?
114. If your friends need you, are you there for them?
115. Is it important to you for your partner to accept and like your friends?
116. Is it important that you and your partner have friends in common?
117. Do you have a difficult time setting limits with friends?
118. Has a partner ever been responsible for breaking up a friendship? Have friends ever been a factor for you in the breakup of a relationship?
PETS
119. Are you an animal lover?
120. Do you have a dog, cat, or other beloved pet?
121. Is your attitude “Love me, love my dog [cat; potbellied pig]?”
122. Have you ever been physically aggressive with an animal? Have you deliberately hurt an animal?
123. Do you believe a person should give up his or her pet if it interferes with the relationship?
124. Do you consider pets members of your family?
125. Have you ever been jealous of a partner’s relationship with a pet?
126. Have disagreements about pets ever been a factor for you in the breakup of a relationship?
POLITICS
127. Do you consider yourself liberal, moderate, or conservatives, or do you reject political labels? What was the attitude in your family about political involvement and social action?
128. Do you belong to a political party? Are you actively involved?
128. Did you vote in the last presidential election? Congressional election? Local election?
130. Do you believe that two people of differing political ideologies can have a successful marriage?
131. Do you believe that the political system is skewed against people of color, poor people, and the disenfranchised?
132. Which political issues do you care about? (For example, equality national security, privacy, the environment, the budget; women’s rights, gay rights, human rights, etc.).
133. Has politics ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
COMMUNITY
134. Is it important for you to be involved in your local community?
135. Do you like having a close relationship with your neighbors? For example, would you give a neighbor a spare key to your home?
136. Do you regularly participate in community projects?
137. Do you believe that good fences make good neighbors?
138. Have you ever had a serious dispute with a neighbor?
139. Do you take pains to be considerate of your neighbors (for example, keeping a lid on loud music, barking dogs, etc.)?
CHARITY
140. How important is it to you to contribute time or money to charity?
141. Which kind of charities do you like to support? How much of your annual income do you donate to charity?
142. Do you feel that it is the responsibility of the “haves” of the world to help the “have-nots”?
143. Have attitudes about charitable contributions ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
MILITARY
144. Have you served in the military?
145. Have your parents or other relatives served in the military?
146. Would you want your children to serve in the military?
147. Do you personally identify more with a nonviolent approach, or with making change through military force and action?
148. Has military service or attitudes about military service ever been a factor for you in the breakup of a relationship?
THE LAW
149. Do you consider yourself a law-abiding person?
150. Have you ever committed a crime? If yes, what was it?
151. Have you ever been arrested? If yes, for what?
152. Have you ever been in jail? If yes, why?
153. Have you ever been involved in a legal action or lawsuit? If yes, what were the circumstances?
154. Have you ever been the victim of a violent crime? If yes, describe what happened.
156. Do you believe it’s important to be rigorously honest when you pay taxes?
156. Have you ever failed to pay child support? If so, why?
157. Have legal or criminal issues ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
MEDIA
158. Where do you get your news (for example, TV news programs, radio, newspapers, newsmagazines, the Internet, friends)?
159. Do you believe what you read and see in the news, or do you question where information is coming from and what the true agenda is?
100. Do you seek out media with diverse perspectives on the news?
161. Have media differences ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
RELIGION
162. Do you believe in God? What does that mean to you?
163. Do you have a current religious affiliation? Is it a big part of your life?
164. When you were growing up, did your family belong to a church, synagogue, temple, or mosque?
185. Do you currently practice a different religion from the one in which you were raised?
166. Do you believe in life after death?
167. Does your religion impose any behavioral restrictions (dietary, social, familial, sexual) that would affect your partner?
168. Do you consider yourself a religious person? A spiritual person?
169. Do you engage in spiritual practices outside of organized religion?
170. How important is it to you for your partner to share your religious beliefs?
171. How important is it to you for your children to be raised in your religion?
172. Is spirituality a part of your daily life and practice?
173. Has religion or spiritual practice ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
CULTURE
174. Does popular culture have an important impact on your life?
175. Do you spend time reading about, watching, or discussing actors, musicians, models, or other celebrities?
176. Do you think most celebrities have a better, more exciting life than you do? (By the way, if they do, maybe it's because they are living their lives, while you are watching them live their lives. Are you wasting the opportunity and gift to live your own life?)
177. Do you regularly go to the movies, or do you prefer to rent movies and watch them at home?
178. What is your favorite style of music?
179. Do you attend concerts featuring your favorite musicians?
180. Do you enjoy going to museums or art shows?
181. Do you like to dance?
182. Do you like to watch TV for entertainment?
183. Have attitudes or behaviors around popular culture ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
LEISURE
184. What is your idea of a fun day?
185. Do you have a hobby that’s important to you?
186. Do you enjoy spectator sports?
187. Are certain seasons off-limits for other activities because of football, baseball, basketball, or other sports?
168. What activities do you enjoy that don’t involve your partner? How important is it to you that you and your partner enjoy the same leisure activities?
189. How much money do you regularly spend on leisure activities?
190. Do you enjoy activities that might make your partner uncomfortable, such as hanging out in bars drinking, going to strip clubs, or gambling?
191. Have leisure time issues ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
192. Do you enjoy entertaining, or do you worry that you’ll do something wrong or people won’t have a good time?
193. Is it important for you to attend social events regularly, or does the prospect rarely appeal to you?
194. Do you look forward to at least one night out every week, or do you prefer to enjoy yourself at home?
195. Does your work involve attending social functions? If so, are these occasions a burden or a pleasure? Do you expect your spouse to be present, or do you prefer that your spouse not be present?
196. Do you socialize primarily with people from work, or with people from the same ethnic/racial/religious/ socioeconomic background? Or do you socialize with a diverse mix of people?
197. Are you usually the “life of the party," or do you dislike being singled out for attention?
198. Have you or a partner ever had an argument caused by one or the other’s behavior at a social function?
199. Have differences about socializing ever been a factor for you in the breakup of a relationship?
HOLIDAY AND BIRTHDAYS
286. Which (if any holidays do you believe are the most important to celebrate?
201. Do you maintain a family tradition around certain holidays?
202. How important are birthday celebrations to you? Anniversaries?
203. Have differences about holidays/birthdays ever been a factor for you in the breakup of a relationship?
TRAVEL / VACATIONS
204. Do you enjoy traveling, or are you a homebody?
205. Are vacation getaways an important part of your yearly planning?
206. How much of your annual income do you designate for vacation and travel expenses?
207. Do you have favorite vacation destinations? Do you believe it's wasteful to spend money on vacations to distant places?
206. Do you think it's important to have a passport? To speak a foreign language?
209. Have disputes about travel and vacation ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
EDUCATION
210. What is your level of formal education? Is your education a source of pride or shame?
211. Do you regularly sign up for courses that interest you, or enroll in advanced-learning programs that will help you in your career or profession?
212. Do you think that college graduates are smarter than people who didn’t attend college? Have disparities in education ever been a source of tension for you in a relationship, or ended a relationship?
213. How do you feel about private school education for children? Do you have a limit on how much you would be willing to invest in private school education?
214. Have education levels or priorities ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
TRANSPORTATION
215. Do you own or lease a car? Would you ever consider not having a car?
216. Is the year, make, and model of the car you drive important to you? Is your car your “castle”?
217. Are fuel efficiency and environmental protection factors when you choose a car?
218. Given the availability of reliable public transportation, would you prefer not to drive a car at all?
219. How much time do you spend maintaining and caring for your vehicle? Are you reluctant to let others drive your car?
220. How long is your daily commute? Is it by bus, train, car, or carpool?
221. Do you consider yourself a good driver? Have you ever received a speeding ticket?
222. Have cars or driving ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
COMMUNICATION
223. How much time do you spend on the phone every day?
224. Do you have a cell phone? A BlackBerry?
225. Do you belong to any Internet chat groups? Do you spend significant time each day writing c-mails?
226. Do you have an unlisted telephone number? If yes, why?
227. Do you consider yourself a communicator or a private person?
228. What are the circumstances under which you would not answer the telephone, cell phone, or BlackBerry?
229. Has modem communication ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
MEALTIME
230. Do you like to eat most of your meals sitting at the table, or do you tend to eat on the run?
231. Do you love to cook? Do you love to eat? 232. When you were growing up, was it important that everybody be present for dinner?
233. Do you follow a specific diet regimen that limits your food choices? Do you expect others in your household to adhere to certain dietary restrictions?
234. In your family is food ever used as a bribe or a proof of love?
235. Has eating ever been a source of shame for you?
236. Have eating and food ever been a source of tension and stress in a relationship? Have they ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
GENDER ROLE
237. Are there household responsibilities you believe to be the sole domain of a man or a woman? Why do you believe this?
238. Do you believe that marriages are stronger if a woman defers to her husband in most areas? Do you need to feel either in control or taken care of?
239. How important is equality in a marriage? Define what you mean by “equality.”
340. Do you believe that roles in your family should be filled by the person best equipped for the job, even if it is an unconventional arrangement?
341. How did your family view the roles of girls and boys, men and women? In your family; could anyone do any job as long as it got done well?
242. Have different ideas about gender roles ever been a source of tension for you in a relationship, or the cause of a breakup?
RACE, ETHNICITY, AND DIFFERENCES
243. What did you learn about race and ethnic differences as a child?
244. Which of those beliefs from childhood do you still carry; and which have you shed?
245. Does your work environment look more like the United Nations, or like a mirror of yourself? How about your personal life?
246. How would you feel if your child dated someone of a different race or ethnicity? The same gender? How would you feel if he or she married this person?
247. Are you aware of your own biases regarding race and ethnicity? What are they? Where did they come from? (We aren’t born biased, we learn it, and it’s important to trace where it was learned.)
248. Have race, ethnicity, and differences ever been a source of tension and stress for you in a relationship?
249. What were your family’s views of race, ethnicity, and difference?
250. Is it important to you that your partner shares your vision of race, ethnicity, and difference?
251. Have different ideas about race, ethnicity~ and difference ever been a factor in the breakup of a relationship?
LIVING EVERY DAY
252. Would you consider yourself a morning person or a night person?
213. Do you judge people who have a different waking and sleeping clock than you?
254 Are you a physically affectionate person?
255. What is your favorite season of the year?
256. When you disagree with your partner, do you tend to fight or withdraw?
257. What is your idea of a fair division of labor in your household?
258. Do you consider yourself an easygoing person, or are you most comfortable with a firm plan of action?
256. How much sleep do you need every night?
260. Do you like to be freshly showered and wearing clean clothes every day, even on weekends or vacations?
261. What is your idea of perfect relaxation?
262. What makes you really angry? What do you do when you’re really angry?
263. What makes you most joyful? What do you do when you are joyful?
264. What makes you most insecure? How do you handle your insecurities?
265. What makes you most secure?
266. Do you fight fair? How do you know?
267. How do you celebrate when something great happens? How do you mourn when something tragic happens?
268. What is your greatest limitation?
269. What is your greatest strength?
270. What most stands in the way of your creating a passionate and caring marriage?
271. What do you need to do today to move toward making your dream marriage a reality?
272. What makes you most afraid?
273. What drains you of your joy and passion?
274. What replenishes your mind, body, and spirit?
275. What makes your heart smile in tough times?
276. What makes you feel the most alive?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE FIRST LINK INTRODUCTION 1
THE SECOND LINK THE RANDOM UNIVERSE 9
9a. Euler 9-18-1783
9a. In graph theory, the [[Erdos–Rényi model|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93R%C3%A9nyi_model]], named for Paul Erdos and Alfréd Rényi, is either of two models for generating random graphs, including one that sets an edge between each pair of nodes with equal probability, independently of the other edges. It can be used in the probabilistic method to prove the existence of graphs satisfying various properties, or to provide a rigorous definition of what it means for a property to hold for almost all graphs.
20c. international reputation
20c. [[Goldbach's conjecture|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbach_conjecture]] is one of the oldest unsolved problems in number theory and in all of mathematics. It states: Every even integer greater than 2 is a Goldbach number, a number that can be expressed as the sum of two primes.
22b. In probability theory and statistics, the [[Poisson distribution|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution]] (pronounced [pwas??]) (or Poisson law of small numbers[1]) is a discrete probability distribution that expresses the probability of a number of events occurring in a fixed period of time if these events occur with a known average rate and independently of the time since the last event. (The Poisson distribution can also be used for the number of events in other specified intervals such as distance, area or volume.)
THE THIRD LINK SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION 25
25b. [[Paul Erd?s|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erd%C5%91s]] (occasionally spelled Erdos or Erdös; Hungarian: Erd?s Pál, pronounced [??rdø?? ?pa?l]; 26 March 1913 – 20 September 1996) was an immensely prolific and notably eccentric Hungarian mathematician. Erd?s published more papers than any other mathematician in history, working with hundreds of collaborators. He worked on problems in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, classical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probability theory.
25b. [[Frigyes Karinthy|Frigyes Karinthy (25 June 1887 in Budapest – 29 August 1938 in Siófok) was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, Chains (Láncszemek). Karinthy remains one of the most popular Hungarian writers. He was the father of poet Gábor Karinthy and writer Ferenc Karinthy.]] (25 June 1887 in Budapest – 29 August 1938 in Siófok) was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, Chains (Láncszemek). Karinthy remains one of the most popular Hungarian writers. He was the father of poet Gábor Karinthy and writer Ferenc Karinthy.
27b. [[Stanley Milgram|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_milgram]] (August 15, 1933 – December 20, 1984) was an American social psychologist most notable for his controversial study known as the Milgram Experiment. The study was conducted in the 1960s during Milgram's professorship at Yale.[1] Milgram was influenced by the events of the Holocaust to carry out an experiment that would prove the relationship between obedience and authority. Shortly after the obedience experiment, Milgram conducted the small-world experiment (the source of the six degrees of separation concept) while at Harvard.
30b. [[Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_berners-lee]], OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA (born 8 June 1955,[1] also known as "TimBL"), is a British engineer and computer scientist and MIT professor credited with inventing the World Wide Web, making the first proposal for it in March 1989.[2] On 25 December 1990, with the help of Robert Cailliau and a young student at CERN, he implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet.
32b. [[AltaVista|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista]] and Google
34b. [[Caenorhabditis elegans|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans]]
37a. [[Stanley Milgram|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_milgram]] was born in 1933 to a Jewish family in New York City, the child of a Hungarian father and Romanian mother.
THE FOURTH LINK SMALL WORLDS 41
41b. [[Mark Granovetter|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Granovetter]] is an American sociologist at Stanford University who has created theories in modern sociology since the 1970s. He is best known for his work in social network theory and in economic sociology, particularly his theory on the spread of information in social networks known as "The Strength of Weak Ties" (1973).
45b. [[Duncan J. Watts|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Watts]] (born 1971) is an Australian researcher and a principal research scientist at Yahoo! Research, where he directs the Human Social Dynamics group. He is also an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute and a former professor of sociology at Columbia University, where he headed the Collective Dynamics Group[1]. He is author of the book Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age.
46b. His PhD advisor [[Steven Strogatz|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Strogatz]]
47b. [[The Erd?s number|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number]] (Hungarian pronunciation: [??rdø??]) describes the "collaborative distance" between a person and mathematician Paul Erd?s, as measured by authorship of mathematical papers.
47c. [[The Erdös Number Project|http://www.oakland.edu/enp/]] maintained by Jerry Grossman at Oakland University
50a. [[Caenorhabditis elegans|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans]] (pronounced /?si?n?ræb?da?t?s ??l??ænz/) is a free-living, transparent nematode (roundworm), about 1 mm in length,[2] which lives in temperate soil environments. Research into the molecular and developmental biology of C. elegans was begun in 1974 by [[Sydney Brenner|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Brenner]] and it has since been used extensively as a model organism.[3]
THE FIFTH LINK HUBS AND CONNECTORS 55
55b. [[The Tipping Point (book)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tipping_Point_(book)]], by Malcolm Gladwell
59c. [[The Oracle of Bacon|http://oracleofbacon.org/]]
THE SIXTH LINK THE 80/20 RULE 65
65b. [[Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilfredo_Pareto]] (Italian pronunciation: [vil?fre?do pa?re?to]; 15 July 1848 – 19 August 1923), born Wilfried Fritz Pareto, was an Italian industrialist, sociologist, economist, and philosopher.
65b. [[Gustav von Schmoller|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_von_Schmoller]] (June 24, 1838 – June 27, 1917) was the leader of the "younger" German historical school of economics.
67a. [[A power law|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law]] is a special kind of mathematical relationship between two quantities. When the number or frequency of an object or event varies as a power of some attribute of that object (e.g., its size), the number or frequency is said to follow a power law.
70c. A [[scale-free network|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale-free_network]] is a network whose degree distribution follows a power law, at least asymptotically.
THE SEVENTH LINK RICH GET RICHER 79
81a. [[Peer review|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_review]] process
82a. number of actors in 1900 = 53??
85b. unconscious bias ... with what we know ... Hubs ... preferential attachment
THE EIGHTH LINK EINSTEIN'S LEGACY 93
93b. AltaVista, Inktomi, Yahoo, and Google in yr 2000
94b. Newton by Palm
95c. "fitness"
99c. A [[Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensation]] is a state of matter of a dilute gas of weakly interacting bosons confined in an external potential and cooled to temperatures very near to absolute zero (0 K or ?273.15 °C). Under such conditions, a large fraction of the bosons occupy the lowest quantum state of the external potential, at which point quantum effects become apparent on a macroscopic scale.
102a. "winner takes all"
THE NINTH LINK ACHILLES' HEEL 109
111a. robustness
118b. Ricard V. Solé and José Montoya re ecosystem collapse
THE TENTH LINK VIRUSES AND FADS 123
124a. [[Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaposi%27s_sarcoma]] is a tumor caused by Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). It was originally described by Moritz Kaposi (KUH-po-shee), a Hungarian dermatologist practicing at the University of Vienna in 1872.[1] It became more widely known as one of the AIDS defining illnesses in the 1980s. The viral cause for this cancer was discovered in 1994. Although KS is now well-established to be caused by a virus infection, there is widespread lack of awareness of this even among persons at risk for KSHV/HHV-8 infection
127b. ** questions before adopting innovation
131a. In mathematical or statistical modelling a [[threshold model|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_model]] is any model where a threshold value, or set of threshold values, is used to distinguish ranges of values where the behaviour predicted by the model differs in some important way. A particularly important instance arises in toxicology, where the model for the effect of a drug may be that there is zero effect for a dose below a critical or threshold value.[1] Certain types of regression model may include threshold effects.
131a. "spreading rate" -> "critical threshold"
THE ELEVENTH LINK THE AWAKENING INTERNET 143
THE TWELFTH LINK THE FRAGMENTED WEB 161
THE THIRTEENTH LINK THE MAP OF LIFE 179
179c. bipolar - Scottish family on Chromosome 4
184. Watson 1970: [[Molecular Biology of the Gene|http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Gene-James-Watson/dp/080539592X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282226419&sr=8-1]]
186b. [[Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine_triphosphate]] is a multifunctional nucleotide used in cells as a coenzyme. It is often called the "molecular unit of currency" of intracellular energy transfer.[1] ATP transports chemical energy within cells for metabolism
186b. [[Adenosine diphosphate, abbreviated ADP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine_diphosphate]], is a nucleotide. It is an ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleoside adenosine. ADP consists of the pyrophosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase adenine.
188b. [[Stanley Fields|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Fields]] is an American biologist best known for developing the [[yeast two hybrid method|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast_two_hybrid]] for identifying protein-protein interactions [1]. He is currently a professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington.
190b. about hemoglobin
191b. [[p53|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P53]] (also known as protein 53 or tumor protein 53), is a [[tumor suppressor|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumor_suppressor]] protein that in humans is encoded by the TP53 gene.
THE FOURTEENTH LINK NETWORK ECONOMY 199
THE LAST LINK WEB WITHOUT A SPIDER 219
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 227
NOTES 231
INDEX 267
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n. intellectual depth and clarity
PART I: THE PHOENIX
-- 1. IMMORTAL LONGINGS
9a. someone is going to benefit
9c. grace
-- 2. THE PROBLEM OF MORTALITY
26b. [[Gilgamesh|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh]]
29b. [[Christopher Marlowe|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe]] (baptised 26 February 1564–30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. As the foremost Elizabethan tragedian[citation needed], next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his mysterious death.
29b. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, normally known simply as [[Doctor Faustus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tragical_History_of_Doctor_Faustus]], is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge. Doctor Faustus was first published in 1604, eleven years after Marlowe's death and at least twelve years after the first performance of the play. ... 1588 or 1589
31a. [[Francis Bacon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_bacon]], 1st Viscount of St. Alban, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author. He is known as the Father of Empiricism and famously died of pneumonia contracted while studying the effects of freezing on the preservation of meat.
32b. [[Roger Bacon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bacon]], O.F.M. (c. 1214–1294), also known as Doctor Mirabilis (Latin: "wonderful teacher"), was an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on empirical methods. He is sometimes credited as one of the earliest European advocates of the modern scientific method[1] inspired by the works of Plato and Aristotle via early Islamic scientists such as Avicenna and Averroes.
36a. [[Thomas Hobbes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes]] was secretary to Francis Bacon
36b. [[René Descartes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes]] 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650)
37a. [[Benjamin Franklin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_franklin]] and [[Marquis de Condorcet|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Condorcet]]
38a. use science to buy time
40a. [[Eugen Steinach|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Steinach]] (January 28, 1861 - May 14, 1944) was a leading
Austrian physiologist and pioneer in endocrinology.
40a. "Steinached": Sigmund Freud and Yeats in 1934
44c. Well of Gilgamesh
-- 3. LIFE AND DEATH OF A CELL
46a. [[Chariots of Fire|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariots_of_fire]] is a 1981 British film. It tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice.
54c. [[Hydra (genus)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(genus)]] as immortal
63b. [[Lysosomes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysosome]] are spherical organelles that contain enzymes (acid hydrolases) that break up endocytized materials and cellular debris.
64c. [[Alexander Comfort|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Comfort]], M.D., Ph.D. (10 February 1920 – 26 March 2000) was a medical professional, gerontologist, anarchist, pacifist, conscientious objector and writer, best known for The Joy of Sex, which played a part in what is often called the sexual revolution. He was also the author of many other books on a variety of topics.
-- 4. INTO THE NEST OF THE PHOENIX
73b. human body consists of 200 trillion cells?
74c. ATP: [[Susanna Törnroth-Horsefield|http://www2.chem.gu.se/bcbp/mpkc/sth.html]] and [[Richard Neutze|http://www.csb.gu.se/neutze/]]
78b. [[Denham Harman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denham_Harman]] first proposed the [[free radical theory of aging|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-radical_theory]] in the 1950s, and in the 1970s extended the idea to implicate mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species
79c. "Every day, you burn through your body's weight in ATP"
82b. The [[American Aging Association (AGE)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_aging_association]] is a non-profit, tax-exempt biogerontology organization of scientists and laypeople dedicated to biomedical aging studies intended to slow the aging process.
PART II: THE HYDRA
-- 5. THE EVOLUTION OF AGING
103b. inflamation is the single most important factor in the decline of old age
113b. [[The Blind Watchmaker|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_watchmaker]] is a 1986 book by Richard Dawkins in which he presents an explanation of, and argument for, the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. He also presents arguments to refute certain criticisms made on his previous book The Selfish Gene. (Both books are intended to popularise the gene-centric view of evolution.)
-- 6. THE GARBAGE CATASTROPHE
117. [[Robin Holliday|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Holliday]] PhD, FRS, FAA (6 November 1932 - ) has a distinguished career in molecular biology. He proposed a mechanism of DNA-strand exchange that attempted to explain gene-conversion events that occur during meiosis in fungi. That model first proposed in 1964 is now known as the [[Holliday Junction|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holliday_Junction]].
117b. [[The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Double_Helix]] is an autobiographical account of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA written by James D. Watson and published in 1968.
117b. Watson and Crick: "Secret of Life"?
118b. 150 genes devoted to [[DNA repair|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_repair]]
121b. [[Janet R. Sparrow, Ph.D.|http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/gsas/anatomy/Faculty/Sparrow/index.html]]
121c. [[Macular degeneration|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macular_degeneration]] ...
122a. [[Vitamin A|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_a]] is a vitamin that is needed by the retina of the eye in the form of a specific metabolite, the light-absorbing molecule retinal. This molecule is absolutely necessary for both scotopic and color vision.
122a. 11-cis-retinal ... A2E ... [[Lipofuscin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipofuscin]]
123c. [[Drusen|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drusen]] (singular, "druse") are tiny yellow or white accumulations of extracellular material that build up in Bruch's membrane of the eye.
124a. [[Geodes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geode]] (Greek ?????? - j?-?ds, "earthlike") are geological rock formations which occur in sedimentary and certain volcanic rocks. Geodes are essentially rock cavities or vugs with internal crystal formations or concentric banding. The exterior of the most common geodes is generally limestone or a related rock, while the interior contains quartz crystals and/or chalcedony deposits. Other geodes are completely filled with crystal, being solid all the way through. These types of geodes are called nodules.
126c. [[Ana Maria Cuervo, MD PhD|http://www.einstein.yu.edu/cuervo/]] studies lysosomes
130a. lysosome -> macro and micro autophages
126c. In cell biology, [[autophagy|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autophagy_(cellular)]], or autophagocytosis, is a catabolic process involving the degradation of a cell's own components through the lysosomal machinery. It is a tightly-regulated process that plays a normal part in cell growth, development, and homeostasis, helping to maintain a balance between the synthesis, degradation, and subsequent recycling of cellular products. It is a major mechanism by which a starving cell reallocates nutrients from unnecessary processes to more-essential processes.
131b. Collagen Cross Links
132a. [[Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_glycation_end_product]] are the result of a chain of chemical reactions after an initial glycation reaction. The intermediate products are known, variously, as Amadori, Schiff base and Maillard products, named after the researchers who first described them.
133c. John Archer, head of microbial genomics at Cambridge University
134a. [[Bioremediation|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioremediation]] can be defined as any process that uses microorganisms, fungi, green plants or their enzymes to return the natural environment altered by contaminants to its original condition.
134b. bacteria eats rubber dust?
135a. Ulf Brunk
142b. [[Amyloid beta|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_amyloid]] (A? or Abeta) is a peptide of 39–43 amino acids that appears to be the main constituent of amyloid plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients
143a. [[Proteasomes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteasome]] are very large protein complexes inside all eukaryotes and archaea, as well as in some bacteria. In eukaryotes, they are located in the nucleus and the cytoplasm
-- 7. THE SEVEN DEADLY THINGS
145. 1. cross-links; 2. mitochondria failure; 3. junk in cells; 4. junk in space between cells; 5. usless cells; 6. dead cells that poison other cells; 7. tumor cells
151b. Alteons breakdown dicarbonyl linkages
153a. mitochondria DNA => 37 genes and codes for 13 proteins
158a. [[Michael Hecht|http://www.princeton.edu/~hecht/]]: Princeton chemist
159a. Beta-Amyloid Protein (BAP) vs. [[Tau protein|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_(protein)]], i.e. Baptists vs. Tauists
167a. ... still very attached to our bodies ... "meat puppets"
168b. [[knurd|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knurd#Klatchian_coffee]] ("drunk" spelled backwards; compare the entry in the Jargon File[1]). Knurdness is described as the opposite of being drunk: not sober, which is merely the absence of drunkenness, but just as far away from sobriety in the opposite direction, resulting in a terrible, existential clarity.
172b. Wiener's wife comment about de Grey " ... more sure than God"
-- 8. THE METHUSELAH WARS
175b. [[Methuselah|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah]] or Metushélach (; "Man of the dart/spear", or alternatively "when he dies/died, it shall be sent/has been sent") is the oldest person whose age is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, given as 969 years.
175b. two types of biologists: skin-out and skin-in
176. Crick's comment about Gould: "why" before "how"
177a. [[Leslie Eleazer Orgel|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Orgel]] FRS (12 January 1927 – 27 October 2007) was a British chemist.
178b. "If you couldn't understand a problem at the level of molecules, you weren't a biologist, you were just a philosopher"
178c. Michael R. Klass ... longevity gene in C. Elegans
179a. caloric restriction diet
179c. Thomas Johnson: [[age-1 gene|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_life_span]]
180b. [[Cynthia Jane Kenyon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Kenyon]] (born c. 1955) is an American molecular biologist and biogerontologist known for her genetic dissection of aging in a tiny worm, Caenorhabditis elegans.
182c. [[Michael R. Rose|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Rose]] ... on flies
188c. [[Sir2|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir2]] (whose homolog in mammals is known as SIRT1, SIR2L1 or Sir2?) was the first gene of the sirtuin genes to be found. It was found in budding yeast, and, since then, members of this highly conserved family have been found in nearly all organisms studied
188c. [[Indy|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_not_dead_yet]], short for I'm not dead yet, is a gene of the model organism, the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. Mutant versions of this gene doubles the fruitflies' average life span (this is subject to controversy)[1]. Its name originates from a repeated comic line in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
188c. [[Leonard P. Guarente|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_P._Guarente]] is an American biologist best known for his research on life span extension in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. He is currently at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he is Novartis Professor of Biology.
189a. [[David A. Sinclair|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sinclair_(biologist)]] PhD is a biologist best known for his research on the biology of lifespan extension and driving research towards treating diseases of ageing
189a. n 2004, Dr. Sinclair co-founded Sirtris Pharmaceuticals with Christoph Westphal,[9], to develop drugs that harness the body's own defences against diseases of ageing. Sirtris was featured on the cover of Fortune magazine in Jan 2007.
190a. Sirolimus (INN/USAN), also known as [[rapamycin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapamycin]], is an immunosuppressant drug used to prevent rejection in organ transplantation; it is especially useful in kidney transplants.
193c. [[Lewy bodies|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewy_bodies]] are abnormal aggregates of protein that develop inside nerve cells in Parkinson's disease (PD)and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and some other disorders. They are identified under the microscope when histology is performed on the brain.
196a. Four stages of acceptance: 1. this is worthless nonsense; 2. this is interesting but a perverse point of view; 3. this is true but quite unimportant; 4. I always said so.
-- 9. THE WEAKEST LINK
200c. [[Ravenna|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna]] [ra'ven:a] About this sound listen (help·info) is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The city is inland, but is connected to the Adriatic Sea by a canal. Ravenna was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 till 476.
PART III: THE GOOD LIFE
-- 10. LONG FOR THIS WORLD
228a. [[Laura L. Carstensen, MA, PhD|http://healthpolicy.stanford.edu/people/lauralcarstensen/]]: Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, Professor of Psychology, and CHP/PCOR Associate
228a. Laura L. Carstensen, “The Influence of a Sense of Time on. Human Development,” Science 312, no. 5782 (2006): 1913-15.
228a. [[The Influence of a Sense of Time on Human Development|http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790864/]]: This theoretical shift has helped to make sense of a number of findings in the literature previously referred to as the “paradox of aging” (10). Older people were observed to have smaller social networks, to be drawn less than younger people to novelty, and to reduce their spheres of interest; at the same time, however, they were as happy as (if not happier than) younger people. This makes sense if motivational changes with age lead people to place priority on deepening existing relationships and developing expertise in already satisfying areas of life.
237c. God ... to be accepted with or without understanding
239a. Hindu
-- 11. THE TROUBLE WITH IMMORTALITY
247c. boredom (is that the point to be able to choose to die?)
249c. they already feel too long for this world
251a. [[The Denial of Death|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Denial_of_Death]] is a work of psychology and philosophy written by Ernest Becker and published in 1973.[1] It was awarded the Pulitzer prize for general non-fiction in 1974, two months after the author's death.[2] The book builds largely on the works of Søren Kierkegaard, Sigmund Freud, and one of Freud's colleagues, Otto Rank.
251b. "time to read everything ... "
254b. [[Martin Raff|http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lmcb/research-groups/raff.htm]] ... metaphysical hangover ... talking to Aubrey
257c. Gavin Borden, publisher of [[Molecular Biology of the Cell (textbook)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_Biology_of_the_Cell_(textbook)]]
258c. ** about [[Medawar|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medawar]] ... still wants to live
260b. science advances funeral by funeral
264c. ** ... there is no going back ...
266b. [[Joshua Lederberg|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Lederberg]] (May 23, 1925 – February 2, 2008)[1] was an American molecular biologist known for his work in genetics, artificial intelligence, and space exploration. He was just 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes.[2] He shared the prize with Edward L. Tatum and George Beadle who won for their work with genetics.
266b. [[The Ellison Medical Foundation|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Medical_Foundation]], a 501(c)(3) Private Nonoperating Foundation, was founded in 1997 and is located in Walnut Creek, California. The foundation supports research in the following discipline areas: biomedical research on aging, age-related diseases and disabilities. Its major philanthropic support comes from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. As of 2007, the Foundation owned 1.3 million shares of Oracle Corporation.
-- 12. THE EVERLASTING YES AND NO
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES ON SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
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* Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (October 1, 1996)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0140258795
* ISBN-13: 978-0140258790
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing story of the clockmaker, John "Longitude" Harrison, who solved the problem that Newton and Galileo had failed to conquer, yet claimed only half the promised rich reward. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
This look at the scientific quest to find a way for ships at sea to determine their longitude was a PW bestseller for eight weeks.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
1. IMAGINARY LINES 1
2a. The [[ecliptic|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic]] is the apparent path that the Sun traces out in the sky during the year.
3a. [[Ptolemy|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy]] was an ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and astrologer. He lived in Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD.[1]
3c. [[THE CANARY ISLANDS|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_islands]] "[[The Fortunate Islands|http://www.freewebs.com/nestorm2/]]"
6c. 10-22-1707 at [[Isles of Scilly|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scilly_Isles]]
7a. [[King George III|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_III]] of England and [[King Louis XIV|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Louis_XIV]] of France
7c. longitude =>
8a. weight of earth, star distance, and speed of light?
8b. [[The Longitude Prize|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_prize]] was a reward offered by the British government through an Act of Parliament in 1714 for a simple and practical method for the precise determination of a ship's longitude. The prize was administered by the Board of Longitude.
8c. The [[Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevil_Maskelyne]] (6 October 1732 – 9 February 1811) was the fifth English Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811.
10a. Longitude Prize was finally awarded in 1773
2. THE SEA BEFORE TIME 11
11b. [[Sir Cloudesley Shovell|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudesley_Shovell]] died 10-22-1707 at yr57
14a. [[Dead reckoning (DR)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning]] is the process of estimating one's current position based upon a previously determined position, or fix, and advancing that position based upon known speed, elapsed time, and course.
14b. [[Scurvy|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy]] (N.Lat. scorbutus) is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans.
15a. 1592 ...
16a. 1683 [[Samuel Pepys|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pepys]], FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary.
16c. 1736 [[John Harrison|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison]]
17a. John Harrison's H2 in 1740
17c. 3-7-1741 Commodore [[George Anson, 1st Baron Anson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Anson,_1st_Baron_Anson]]
18a. [[Tierra del Fuego|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_del_Fuego]]
3. ADRIFT IN A CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE 21
23a. in 1514 [[Johann(es) Werner|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Werner]] (14 February 1468 in Nuremberg, Germany – May 1522):
Problem of longitude
Main article: History of longitude
To determine longitude in navigation, Werner proposed determining time by measuring the position of the moon relative to the background stars. He published this in In hoc opere haec continentur Nova translatio primi libri geographiae Cl' Ptolomaei... (Nürnberg 1514). The method was discussed in detail by Petrus Apianus in his Cosmographicus liber (Landshut 1524). This became known as the lunar distance method.
24b. Galileo named Jupiter's moons the Medicean stars after Cosimo de'Medici
25b. An ephemeris (plural: [[ephemerides|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemerides]]; from the Greek word ?f?µe??? ephemeros "daily") is a table of values that gives the positions of astronomical objects in the sky at a given time or times.
26a. [[Celatone|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celatone]]: A device invented by Galileo Galilei to observe Jupiter's moons with the purpose of finding longitude on Earth. It took the form of a piece of headgear with a telescope taking the place of an eyehole.
27c. Cassini's ephemerides
29a. [[Ole Christensen Rømer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Roemer]] in Danish; 25 September 1644, Århus – 19 September 1710, Copenhagen) was a Danish astronomer who in 1676 made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. In scientific literature alternative spellings, such as "Roemer", "Römer", and "Romer", are common.
31b. [[John Flamsteed|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamsteed]] FRS (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal.
33a. ... comfort of his cabin, ...pocket watch with correct time at home port.
4. TIME IN A BOTTLE 34
35a. 1530 [[Gemma Frisius|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Frisius]] (or Reiner Gemma, December 9, 1508-May 25, 1555) was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation.
35c. William Cunningham in 1559
37a. Galileo - pendulum clock
37b. Huygens built first pendulum clock in 1656
37c. [[Horology|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horology]] (from Greek , "hour, time"; and ?????, logos, "study, speech"; lit. the study of time) is the art or science of measuring time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, clepsydras, timers, time recorders and marine chronometers are all examples of instruments used to measure time.
39a. [[Robert Hooke|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke]], FRS (18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703): Huygens' competitor
5. POWDER OF SYMPATHY 41
41c. wounded dog theory 1689
41c. [[Kenelm Digby|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenelm_Digby]]
43a. [[John Davis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davis_(English_explorer)]] (1550?-December 29 1605), was one of the chief English navigators and explorers under Elizabeth I, especially in Polar regions.: backstaff
44c. magnetic variation method
45b. 1699 [[People/Characters: Samuel Fyler|http://www.librarything.com/character/Samuel+Fyler]]
46b. [[William Whiston|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiston]] and Humphrey Ditton
50a. William Whiston again in 12-10-1713
6. THE PRIZE 51
51c. Newton yr72 in 1714
51c. Halley
56c. Jeremy Thacker coined "chronometer" in 1714
60c. Newton dies in 1727
7. COGMAKER'S JOURNAL 61
62. [[John Harrison|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison]] (24 March 1693 – 24 March 1776) in Yorkshire
69a. John Harrison didn't like Shakespeare
69a. John Harrison made 1st pendulum clock in 1713 < 29yr
66a. John Harrison poor writer
68b. 1722, clock in Brocklesby Park still runs after > 270 years
69a. [[Lignum vitae|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignum_vitae]] has its own grease
70b. John Harrison's brother James
70c-71a. "grid iron" and "[[Grasshopper escapement|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_escapement]]"
72c. [[Thomas Tompion|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tompion]] (1639–1713) was an English master clockmaker and watchmaker known today as the father of English watchmaking.
72c. [[George Graham|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Graham_(clockmaker)]] (1674?-1751) was an English clockmaker and inventor and a member of the Royal Society. A Friend (Quaker) like his mentor Thomas Tompion, Graham left Cumberland in 1688 for London to work with Tompion.
73b. John Harrison off to London in 1730, 200 miles away
8. THE GRASSHOPPER GOES TO SEA 74
75a. John Harrison knows Edmund Halley
75a. [[John Flamsteed|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flamsteed]] FRS (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal.
Astronomers Royal
* 1675-1719 John Flamsteed
* 1720-1742 [[Edmond Halley|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Halley]]
* 1742-1762 [[James Bradley|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bradley]]
* 1762-1764 [[Nathaniel Bliss|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Bliss]]
* 1765-1811 [[Nevil Maskelyne|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevil_Maskelyne]]
76a. Halley sent John Harrison to George Graham
77a. H-1 in next five years
85b. hl didn't like his H-2
9. HANDS ON HEAVEN'S CLOCK 88
88b. moon: gibbons
88c. sighting taken seven times in a row
89a. rival to clocks is [[lunar distance method|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_distance_method]]
90b. [[Hadley's quadrant|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octant_(instrument)]]: The Octant, also called reflecting quadrant, is a measuring instrument used primarily in navigation. It is a type of reflecting instrument.
90c. cross-staff, backstaff, astrolabe, for determining lattitude
94a. Greek nad Chinese astronomers
94b. Halley at yr83 still hale and hearty
94c. "reversal of fortune"
96b. [[Tobias Mayer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Mayer]] (17 February 1723 – 20 February 1762) was a German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon. died at yr39.
97b. Euler
97c. [[The Seven Years' War|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_years_war]] (1756-1763) involved all of the major European powers of the period, causing 900,000 to 1,400,000 deaths.
99a. In comparison, John Harrison offered the world a ticking thing in a box. Preposterous!
99b. ... something facile, flukish
99c. H-4 in 1759
10. THE DIAMOND TIMEKEEPER 100
100b. "Rome wasn't built in a day"
101a. John Harrison took 14 years? to build H-3
101c. [[The Copley Medal|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copley_Medal]] is a scientific award for distinguished achievement in any field of science established by the Royal Society of London in 1731. It is the Society's highest and oldest award, which predates the Nobel Prize by 170 years.
Medalists
* 1748: James Bradley
* 1749: John Harrison
* 1753: Benjamin Franklin
* 1766: ...; Henry Cavendish
* 1772: Joseph Priestley
* 1775: Nevil Maskelyne
* 1776: James Cook
* 1922: Ernest Rutherford
* 1925: Albert Einstein
102c. about H-3: "never cursed nor rue its long rule over their lives"
103b. John Harrison's H-3 legacy in thermostats, bi-metal strip
103c. H-3: caged ball-bearings
104c. [[John Jefferys|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison#The_longitude_watches]]
110a. "Mona lisa" or "The Night Watch" of horology
11. TRIAL BY FIRE AND WATER 111
111b. a story that hails a hero .. hiss at a vilain
111c. anti-hero vs. villain
112c. [[The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevil_Maskelyne]] (6 October 1732 – 9 February 1811) was the fifth English Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. was 40 years younger than John Harrison
114b. island of Saint Helena: Napoleon
116a. William Harrison 1761: sea trial in Jamaica with H-3
116b. James Bradley motive
117a. H-4 in 1760
123b. 1762-1764 [[Nathaniel Bliss|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Bliss]] as 4th Astronomy Royal
124b. no money ... no information
125a. henchman?
12. A TALE OF TWO PORTRAITS 126
126c. degradation and dispair
134c-135a. Nevil Maskelyne published first volume in 1766 and used > 1907
137b. dropped H-1
13. THE SECOND VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK 138
138c. 1772, James Cook's second voyage; sauerkraut
139b. lemon juice
144a. John Harrison's writing defies understanding
144a. [[Larcum Kendall|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larcum_Kendall]] (21 September 1721 in Charlbury, Oxfordshire to 22 November 1795 in London) was a British Watchmaker.
144c. [[K-1|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larcum_Kendall#K1]]'s curlicues
148a. [[Lodestone|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loadstone]] or loadstone refers to naturally occurring pieces of intensely magnetic magnetite that were used for magnetizing compasses.
150b. James Cook with K-1 on 7-12-1776 ... later murdered
14. THE MASS PRODUCTION OF GENIUS 152
152b. John Harrison died on the same birth date
153a. John Harrison facilitated England's mastery of the oceans
153c. clock costs £200; Sextant and lunar tables cost £20
154a. [[Remontoire|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remontoire]] missing in K-2
[[The remontoire mechanism|http://www.antiquorum.com/html/vox/vox2002/remontoire/remontoire.htm]]
154b. N.B. the sea life of K-2 ...
155a. about K-3
155b. [[Thomas Mudge|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mudge_(horologist)]], (1715 – 1794) was an English horologist who invented the [[lever escapement|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever_escapement]], the greatest single improvement ever applied to pocket watches. See: [[Berthoud Pouzait Lever Escapement|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnIjR16eWA4]]
156a. [[John Arnold|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Arnold]] (1736 in Bodmin, Cornwall – 1799 in London) was an English watchmaker who developed and patented [[escapement|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escapement]] and [[balance spring|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_spring]] designs.
156c. "chronometer" from Jeremy Thacker in 1714
159a. [[Thomas Earnshaw|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Earnshaw]] (4 February 1749 in Ashton-under-Lyne – 1 March 1829 in London) was an English watchmaker who first simplified the process of marine chronometer production, making them available to the general public.
159c. "spring detent" escapement
160a. [[Mechanical escapements|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escapement#Mechanical_escapements]]
* [[Verge escapement|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verge_escapement]]
* [[Lever escapement|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever_escapement]]: used in Mickey Mouse and TIMEX
* [[Grasshopper escapement|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_escapement]]
164a. Beagle in 1831 carried 22 chronometers
15. IN THE MERIDIAN COURTYARD 165
168b. [[Universal Time (UT)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_time]] is a timescale based on the rotation of the Earth. It is a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), i.e., the mean solar time on the meridian of Greenwich, and GMT is sometimes used loosely as a synonym for UTC. In fact the expression "Universal Time" is ambiguous, as there are several versions of it, the most commonly used being UTC and UT1 (see below). All of these versions of UT are based on sidereal time, but with a scaling factor and other adjustments to make them closer to solar time.
175b. a visual [[Synecdoche|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche]] meaning "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which:
* a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing, or
* a term denoting a thing (a "whole") is used to refer to part of it, or
* a term denoting a specific class of thing is used to refer to a larger, more general class, or
* a term denoting a general class of thing is used to refer to a smaller, more specific class, or
* a term denoting a material is used to refer to an object composed of that material.
SOURCES 177
177b. horology: [[William Andrewes|http://www.longitudedial.com/about_will.html]], creator of the [[Longitude Dial|http://www.longitudedial.com/]]
INDEX 181
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ANDREW KING: Just imagine today that the government introduced award of, say, a million pounds for someone who could produce a 2-liter motor car that could do a thousand miles to the gallon. We'd all laugh at the idea. But supposing someone from the remote regions of the country comes down to London with a car and says to the government, "This car will do a thousand miles to the gallon. Where's my million pounds"? And so they say, oh come on, what's under the bonnet? "I want my million pounds then I'll tell you". And so the arguments start. He's not going to tell you what's under the bonnet because he knows perfectly well somebody's going to pinch the idea. And Harrison was in exactly the same position.
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* [[Finally, ten years later|http://hsack.journalspace.com/?entryid=930]] posted 12/19/07
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* [[41N 72W: A science writer's site|http://www.davasobel.com/]]:
One of the nicest things I learned from writing Longitude is that a book can actually improve by virtue of being read. Numerous attentive readers took the trouble to write to me to point out typos or other errors in the text, which the publisher then corrected in subsequent editions. (For example, the typesetter had inexplicably swapped the word “latitude” for “longitude”—and vice versa—on several pages.)
Many more people wrote to say they'd enjoyed reading the book, and quite a few asked questions that the story had raised in their minds. Almost all of the correspondence about Longitude went back and forth by ordinary mail, and although I still answer reader's letters by hand, with a fountain pen, I see this personal web site as a way to continue and perhaps widen the dialog.
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[[John Harrison|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison]]'s Clocks:
# H-1 in 1737
# H-2 in 1741 4yrs
# H-3 in 1859 18yrs
# H-4 in 1760 1yr
# H-5 in 1770 10yrs
total of 23 years
Friday, December 5, 2008 at 2:21 PM
[[January - December 1998|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/listseason/25.html]]
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
Go to the companion Web site
It was one of humankind's most epic quests - a technical problem so complex that it challenged the best minds of its time, a problem so important that the nation that solved it would rule the economy of the world. The problem was navigation by sea—how to know where you were when you sailed beyond the sight of land - establishing your longitude. While the gentry of the 18th Century looked to the stars for the answer, an English clockmaker, John Harrison, toiled for decades to solve the problem. His elegant solution made him an unlikely hero and remains the basis for the most modern forms of navigation in the world today. This film will be both a celebration of Harrison's invention and an adventure story. An expedition on a period sailing vessel as it sails the open sea will demonstrate the life and death importance of finding your longitude at sea.
Original broadcast date: 10/06/98
Topic: social sciences/misc, technology/engineering, technology/weapons and warfare
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/
Friday, December 5, 2008 at 3:32 PM
[[The history of longitude|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_longitude]] is a record of the effort, by navigators and scientists over several centuries, to discover a means of determining longitude.
[[Celatone video|http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/museum/esim.asp?c=500174]]
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Friday, December 5, 2008 at 6:32 PM
. The product plate says ... ; use VOM to test
. If it sounds too good to be true ...
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H.D.S. GREENWAY
[[The ghost following Bush|http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/18/the_ghost_following_bush?mode=PF]]
By H.D.S. Greenway | December 18, 2007
ON AN Autumn night 300 years ago, Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell, hero of the British Navy, was approached on his quarterdeck by a sailor with a warning. According to the sailor's calculations, the fleet was headed straight for disaster. But Sir Clowdisley was a bold leader unburdened by doubt. He was dead certain he was headed in the right direction.
"Such subversive navigation by an inferior was forbidden in the Royal Navy," according to Dava Sobel in her brilliant book "Longitude," and so "Admiral Shovell had the man hanged for mutiny on the spot."
The 57-year-old Sir Clowdisley stayed the course, oblivious in his ignorance and upright in his optimism, until, one by one, his ships wrecked in the Scilly Isles with great loss of life, including his own.
Sir Clowdisley kept coming to mind as I was reading Robert Draper's "Dead Certain, the presidency of George W. Bush." Dissenters were not hanged in the Bush White House, but their exclusion from the quarterdeck was the bureaucratic equivalent of the long drop. At least Admiral Shovell had a man in uniform willing to bring him bad news.
In the Bush White House, no one said: "Let's slow down and rethink this," Draper writes.
"I made the decision to lead," Bush told Draper. "And therefore there'll be times when you make those decisions; one, it makes you unpopular; two, it makes people accuse you of unilateral arrogance. And that may be true. But the fundamental question is: Is the world better off as a result of your leadership?"
Sir Clowdisley might have made the same statement and asked the same question. For an essential part of leadership is not just dead certainty, but finding the right course, and being flexible enough to change it when the circumstances warrant.
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Author: Andy Zucker
Posted: 2008-12-07 15:21:28.115804-05
The Greenwich Observatory has a collection of Harrison's instruments and related objects and memorabilia. A quick search leads to: [[harrison|http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/requestHandlers/doQuickSearch.cfm?searchterm=harrison&x=21&y=10]]
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 11:46 AM
NARRATOR: Navigators knew that the height of the noon-day sun varies. On the equator, it would be high in the sky, but in the far north, the sun remains low on the horizon.
By measuring the angle between the sun and the horizon, latitude could be calculated—if the navigator could survive the hazards lurking in his own instruments.
Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM
[[The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University|http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/chsi.html]]
Harvard University has been acquiring scientific instruments on a continuous basis for teaching and research since 1672. The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, which was established in 1948 to preserve this apparatus as a resource for teaching and research in the history of science and technology, has become one of the three largest university collections of its kind in the world. Originally associated with the Harvard library system, the Collection was placed under the stewardship of the Department of History of Science in 1987.
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Book Description<blockquote><i>Love, marriage, and sex with robots? Not in a million years? Maybe a whole lot sooner. From a leading expert in artificial intelligence comes an eye-opening, superbly argued book that explores a new level of human intimacy and relationships—with robots. </i></blockquote>From Pygmalion falling for his chiseled Galatea to Dr. Frankenstein marveling at his "modern Prometheus" to the man-meets-machine fiction of Philip K. Dick and Michael Crichton, humans have been enthralled by the possibilities of emotional relationships with their technological creations. Synthesizing cutting-edge research in robotics with the cultural history and psychology of artificial intelligence, Love and Sex with Robots explores this fascination and its far-reaching implications.
Using examples drawn from around the world, David Levy shows how automata have evolved from the mechanical marvels of centuries past to the electronic androids of the modern age, and how human interactions with technology have changed over the years. Along the way, Levy explores many aspects of human relationships—the reasons we fall in love, why we form emotional attachments to animals and to virtual pets such as the Tamagotchi, and why these same attachments could extend to love for robots. He also examines the needs we seek to fulfill through sexual relationships, tracking the development of life-sized dolls, machines, and other sexual devices, and demonstrating how society's ideas about what constitutes normal sex have changed—and will continue to change—as sexual technology becomes increasingly sophisticated.
Shocking but utterly convincing, Love and Sex with Robots provides insights that are surprisingly relevant to our everyday interactions with technology. This is science brought to life, and Levy makes a compelling and titillating case that the entities we once deemed cold and mechanical will soon become the objects of real companionship and human desire. Anyone reading the book with an open mind will find a wealth of fascinating material on this important new direction of intimate relationships, a direction that, before long, will be regarded as perfectly normal.</i></blockquote>
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INTRODUCTION - 1
PART ONE: LOVE WITH ROBOTS
1. [[FALLING IN LOVE (WITH PEOPLE)|http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9780061359750&pwb=1&z=y#CHP]] - 25
Sunday, January 27, 2008
2. LOVING OUT PETS - 46
Monday, January 28, 2008
49a. "theory of mind" -> anthropopomorphism of pets
53. http://www.marryyourpet.com
3. EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ELECTRONIC OBJECTS - 64
73c. enchantment
82a. [[ethopoeia|http://grammar.about.com/od/e/g/ethopoeiaterm.htm]]:Putting oneself in place of another so as to both understand and express his or her feelings more vividly.
84b. _Understanding Relationships_ by Steve Dick ... four key benefits of human friendship:
1. a sense of dependability
2. emotional stability
3. providing physical support, psychological support
4. providing reassurance about one's worth as a person
4. FALLING IN LOVE WITH VIRTUAL PEOPLE (HUMANOID ROBOTS) - 105
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
114b. ... men more prone to eschewing human friendships, ...
114c. women more prone to ... measure of emotional closeness with their robot
120a. Turing Test
125a. affective communication: [[Affective Computing|http://www.amazon.com/Affective-Computing-Rosalind-W-Picard/dp/0262661152/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202220578&sr=8-1]] (Paperback) by Rosalind W. Picard
129c. pornographic movies
Thursday, January 31, 2008
139-140. "[[Better than people|http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5323427]]" Economist 12-20-2005.
143. ten factors for human-robot relationships
1. similarity
2. desirable characteristics of the other
3. reciprical liking
4. social influences
5. filling needs
6. arousal/unusualness
7. specific cues
8. readiness for entering a relationship
9. isolation from others
10. mystery
170. http://www.androidworld.com
172. [[RoboSapien|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboSapien]]
PART TWO: SEX WITH ROBOTS
INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO - 177
5. WHY WE ENJOY SEX - 182
186b. Table 4
188. procreation with robots
189a. David Bass University of Michigan "twenty most effective male acts"
190a. transference vs. attachment
190c. John Suler [[Mom, Dad, Computer (Transference Reactions to Computers)|http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/comptransf.html]] - One reason why some people become so attached to their computer is that it satisfies intense (and often unconscious) interpersonal needs from their past.
http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/
192a. [[The Internet Regression|http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/holland.html]] (by Norman Holland)
Jan 1996 - v1.0 (45k)
This is one of the earliest articles to be written about how the anonymity of cyberspace invites people to regress - usually by becoming hostile or extremely benevolent. Holland also explores the various sexual and parental fantasies that computers stir up in their users.
6. WHY PEOPLE PAY FOR SEX - 193
7. SEX TECHNOLOGIES - 220
Monday, February 4, 2008
243b. Matt McMullen in 1996: [[RealDoll|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealDoll]], 34A - 44FF
see also [[Sex doll|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_doll]]
Howard Stern of radio fame mentioned that a modern doll was "the best sex I've ever had." Stern also purchased a RealDoll, which he posed in his studio as a gag prop, and often referred to during interviews with guests. This might be the same doll mentioned above.
244c. [[CyberOrgasMatrix|http://www.cyborgasmatrix.com/Home.htm]] and http://www.fuckingmachines.com/
249b. [[Dutch wife|http://www.wordpress.tokyotimes.org/index.php?p=158}]]; see also [[Dutch wife for hire|http://www.wordpress.tokyotimes.org/?p=376]]
249b. http://www.orient-doll.com/
255a. [[The Gräfenberg spot, or G-spot|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafenberg_spot]]
265a. [[Haptic|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic]]
269a. [[John McCarthy|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_%28computer_scientist%29]] coined the term "artificial intelligence"
271a. Ray Kurzweil's prediction in year 2027
272a. MIT Media Lab's [[Erotic Computation Group|http://www.monzy.com/ecg]]. See [[http://www.alternet.org/story/12064/]]
8. THE MENTAL LEAP TO SEX WITH ROBOTS - 274
289c. [[Betterhumans|http://www.betterhumans.com]]
290c. [[Cheyenne|http://cheyennelive.com]], an online sex-show host ...
294. Roy Baumeister, Kathleen catanese, Kathleen Vohs
Vohs, Kathleen D., Kathleen Catanese, and Roy F. Baumeister (2004), “[[Sex in "His". Versus "Her" Relationships|http://books.google.com/books?id=LohEE9kwRxUC&pg=PA455&lpg=PA455&dq=Roy+Baumeister,+Kathleen+catanese,+Kathleen+Vohs&source=web&ots=X_uxBrYkLJ&sig=H5YXzqiOAR-_auu0yD8Rc24m2DA]],” In Handbook of sexuality in close ...
Conclusion - 303
Notes - 331
Index - 319
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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* [[Love and Sex with Robots|http://hsack.journalspace.com/?entryid=945]]
* [[21st Century SexBots?|http://predicto.blogspot.com/2008/01/21st-century-sexbots.html]]
* [[The story that caused me to stop reading LiveScience|http://genomicron.blogspot.com/2007/10/story-that-caused-me-to-stop-reading.html]]
* [[Love and Sex with Robots? — the interview|http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/01/20/love-and-sex-with-robots-the-interview/]]
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 12:07 PM
[[Lung cancer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer]]
About 10% of people with lung cancer do not have symptoms of it at the time of diagnosis; these cancers are usually found on routine chest x-rays.[12]
Adenocarcinoma is the most common subtype of NSCLC, accounting for 32% of lung cancers.[12] It is a form which starts near the gas-exchanging surface of the lung. Most cases of adenocarcinoma are associated with smoking. However, among people who have never smoked ("never-smokers"), adenocarcinoma is the most common form of lung cancer.[41] A subtype of adenocarcinoma, the bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, is more common in female never-smokers, and may have different responses to treatment.[42]
Note 41: [[Lung cancer in never smokers: a review|http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17290066]]
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Although tobacco smoking accounts for the majority of lung cancer, approximately 10% of patients with lung cancer in the United States are lifelong never smokers. Lung cancer in the never smokers (LCINS) affects women disproportionately more often than men. Only limited data are available on the etiopathogenesis, molecular abnormalities, and prognosis of LCINS. Several etiologic factors have been proposed for the development of LCINS, including exposure to radon, cooking fumes, asbestos, heavy metals, and environmental tobacco smoke, human papillomavirus infection, and inherited genetic susceptibility. However, the relative significance of these individual factors among different ethnic populations in the development of LCINS has not been well-characterized. Adenocarcinoma is the predominant histologic subtype reported with LCINS. Striking differences in response rates and outcomes are seen when patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are lifelong never smokers are treated with epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (EGFR-TK) inhibitors such as gefitinib or erlotinib compared with the outcomes with these agents in patients with tobacco-associated lung cancer. Interestingly, the activating mutations in the EGFR-TK inhibitors have been reported significantly more frequently in LCINS than in patients with tobacco-related NSCLC. This review will summarize available data on the epidemiology, risk factors, molecular genetics, management options, and outcomes of LCINS.
[[Carcinoma|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoma]]
[[Adenocarcinoma|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenocarcinoma]]
Note 42: [[Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchioloalveolar_carcinoma]]
Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma is a type of lung cancer. It occurs more frequently among never-smokers, women and Asians.[1]
Although it is a type of adenocarcinoma of the lung, it has distinct differences in presentation and response to treatment.
[[Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: a review|http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16640802&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus]]
Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) is classified as a subset of lung adenocarcinoma but has a distinct clinical presentation, tumor biology, response to therapy, and prognosis compared with other subtypes of non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma disproportionately affects women, never-smokers, and Asians and is characterized by growth along alveolar septae without evidence of stromal, vascular, or pleural invasion. Although pure BAC accounts for approximately 4% of lung cancers, tumors with histologically mixed BAC and adenocarcinoma account for > 20% of all NSCLCs, and the incidence of BAC might be increasing. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma histology is most commonly found in small lesions identified incidentally on chest radiographs or computed tomography scans and might represent a precursor lesion to invasive adenocarcinoma. As with other subsets of NSCLC, surgical resection is the only potentially curative treatment. Patients with unresectable BAC are more likely to respond to the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib than patients with other subtypes of NSCLC. Stage for stage, patients with BAC have a higher rate of long-term survival but might have an increased rate of intrathoracic recurrence than patients with other subtypes of NSCLC.
[[Performance status|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_status]]
In medicine (oncology and other fields), performance status is an attempt to quantify cancer patients' general wellbeing. This measure is used to determine whether they can receive chemotherapy, whether dose adjustment is necessary, and as a measure for the required intensity of palliative care. It is also used in oncological randomized controlled trials as a measure of quality of life.
# 1 Scoring systems
# 2 Karnofsky scoring
# 3 ECOG/WHO/Zubrod score
# 4 Lansky score
# 5 References
# 6 External links
# 1 Scoring systems
# 2 Karnofsky scoring
# 3 ECOG/WHO/Zubrod score
# 4 Lansky score
# 5 References
# 6 External links
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[[Types of lung cancer|http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=2965]]
[[Why Does Lung Cancer Occur in Non-Smokers?|http://www.medicinenet.com/lung_cancer/article.htm]]
[[Improved survival in never-smokers vs current smokers with primary adenocarcinoma of the lung|http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15302716]]
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Non-small cell lung cancer
The non-small cell lung cancers are grouped together because their prognosis and management are roughly identical. When it cannot be subtyped, it is frequently coded to 8046/3. The subtypes are:
* Squamous cell carcinoma, accounting for 29% of lung cancers,[12] also starts in the larger bronchi but grows slower. This means that the size of these tumours varies on diagnosis.
* Adenocarcinoma is the most common subtype of NSCLC, accounting for 32% of lung cancers.[12] It is a form which starts near the gas-exchanging surface of the lung. Most cases of adenocarcinoma are associated with smoking. However, among people who have never smoked ("never-smokers"), adenocarcinoma is the most common form of lung cancer.[41] A subtype of adenocarcinoma, the bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, is more common in female never-smokers, and may have different responses to treatment.[42]
* Large cell carcinoma is a fast-growing form, accounting for 9% of lung cancers,[12] that grows near the surface of the lung.
[[Non-small cell lung cancer staging|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-small_cell_lung_cancer_staging]]
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
[[Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (PDQ®): Treatment|http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/non-small-cell-lung/healthprofessional]]
[[NSCLC Standard Therapies|http://www.lungcanceronline.org/treatment-nsclc/index.html]]
[[Treatment of the Elderly NSCLC Patient|http://www.lungcanceronline.org/treatment-nsclc/elderly.html]]
General Information - Overview
[[NSCLC in the Elderly|http://www.lungcanceronline.org/treatment-nsclc/elderly.html]] (The Oncologist)
by Paris Makrantonakis, et al.
v.9, no.5 The Oncologist (Sept. 2004): 556-560
Review article summarizing recent research regarding treatment of elderly patients with NSCLC. Published studies have provided strong evidence of improved progression-free survival, overall survival and quality of life in elderly patients with appropriately treated NSCLC. In deciding treatment strategies for elderly patients, the biological rather than the chronological age should be carefully assessed, and treatment should only be modified or withheld for very good reason. [9/04]
Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 8:52 AM
[[How Is Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Staged?|http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3x_How_Is_Non-Small_Cell_Lung_Cancer_Staged.asp?sitearea=]]
[[What Should You Ask Your Doctor About Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?|http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_5x_What_Should_You_Ask_Your_Doctor_About_Non-Small_Cell_Lung_Cancer.asp?rnav=cri]]
It is important for you to have honest, open discussions with your cancer care team. They want to answer all of your questions, no matter how trivial you might think they are:
* What kind of lung cancer do I have?
* Has my cancer spread beyond the primary site?
* What is the stage of my cancer and what does that mean in my case?
* What treatment choices do I have?
* What do you recommend and why?
* What is my expected survival rate, based on my cancer as you view it?
* What risks or side effects are there to the treatments you suggest?
* What are the chances of recurrence of my cancer with these treatment plans?
* What should I do to be ready for treatment?
[[Caring for the Patient with Cancer at Home: A Guide for Patients and Families|http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MBC/MBC_2x_OtherEffects.asp]]
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* Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated (January 1994)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0932633277
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"If the people crash, it does not matter that the program runs. The purpose of Karten's book is to make the people run." -- Nicholas Zvegintzov, Software Management News
Product Description
People have expectations. Your clients, for example. Sometimes their expectations of you seem unreasonable. But sometimes your expectations of them seem just as unreasonable (in their eyes).
The problem is that these mismatched expectations can lead to misunderstandings, frayed nerves, and ruffled feathers. More seriously, they often lead to flawed systems, failed projects, and a drain on resources.
Yet how often do you openly acknowledge these differences in expectations and take steps to better manage them? And how often are you a victim of your own expectations of yourself?
Expectations are difficult to control and impossible to turn off. Naomi Karten offers concrete ways to manage them, and in the process, to dramatically improve the effectiveness of your services.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Expectations . . .
Guard Against Conflicting Messages
Use Jargon with Care
Identify Communication Preferences
Listen Persuasively
Help Customers Describe Their Needs
Become an Information-Gathering Skeptic
Understand Your Customers' Context
Try the Solution On for Size
Clarify Perceptions
Set Uncertainty-Managing Service Standards
When Appropriate, Just Say Whoa
Build Win-Win Relationships
Formulate an Action Plan
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[[Table of Contents|http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Managing-Expectations/Naomi-Karten/e/9780932633279/#TOC]]
Forword ..... xvii
Preface ..... xix
Introduction: The Expectations Challenge ..... 1
The Expectations - Managing Framework ..... 2
Communication ..... 2
Information Gathering ..... 2
Policies and Practices ..... 3
Involving Customers ..... 3
Formulating an Action Plan ..... 4
Getting Started ..... 5
Taking the Challenge ..... 6
Section 1: Communication ..... 9
1. Guard Against Conflicting Messages ..... 11
Communicating Conflict ..... 12
Conflict #1: What You Promise vs. What You Do ..... 12
Conflict #2: What You Say You Won't Do vs. What You Do ..... 14
Conflict #3: What You Imply vs. What You Do ..... 16
Conflict#4: What You Say vs. How You Say It ..... 17
Conflict#5: What You Write vs. What You Mean ..... 19
Conflict #6: What You Say vs. What Else You Communicate ..... 20
Circumventing the Conflict ..... 22
Notes ..... 22
2. Use Jargon with Care ..... 23
Miscommunicating with Technical Terms ..... 24
Muddling Messages ..... 24
Alienating Listeners ..... 25
Speaking Technobabble ..... 26
Miscommunicating with Familiar Language .....27
Differing Definitions ..... 27
Ambiguous Statements ..... 30
Misguided Labels ..... 32
Code Words ..... 35
Misinterpreting Customers' Language ..... 36
Jargon-Checking Kept in Perspective ..... 37
3. Identify Communication Preferences ..... 38
Communicating Status Information ..... 39
Nathan's Preference ..... 40
Building a Skyscraper ..... 41
Communicating Ideas ..... 42
Accommodating Differences in Preferences ..... 44
Gaining Consensus and Achieving Buy-In ..... 46
A Technique for Building Consensus ..... 47
Learning from Preferences ..... 48
Notes ..... 49
4. Listen Persuasively ..... 50
Appearing Not to Listen ..... 51
Dividing Your Attention ..... 51
Closing a Conversation ..... 52
Testing Your Tolerance ..... 52
Demonstrating Listening ..... 53
Eye Contact ..... 53
Responsive Behavior ..... 54
Moderation ..... 55
Listening Actively ..... 56
Listen Before Drawing Conclusions ..... 56
Listen to Customers' Questions ..... 57
Listen for Statements of Expectations ..... 58
Helping Customers to Listen ..... 58
Speaking the Way You Listen ..... 59
Observing Cultural Differences ..... 60
Learning to Listen ..... 61
Notes ..... 61
Section 2: Information Gathering ..... 63
5. Help Customers Describe Their Needs ..... 65
Analysis with Focal Points ..... 66
Saying That's Not It ..... 66
Missing a Focal Point ..... 68
Techniques for Describing Needs ..... 68
Types of Focal Points ..... 70
Prototypes as Focal Points ..... 70
Service Requests as Focal Points ..... 71
Bargaining Chips as Focal Points ..... 72
Pitfalls of Focal Points ..... 72
Thinking with Focal Points ..... 73
Finding More Focal Points ..... 74
Notes ..... 75
6. Become an Information-Gathering Skeptic ..... 77
Learn from a Model Skeptic ..... 78
Clarify Service Requests ..... 78
Challenge Your Assumptions ..... 79
Allow for Inaccuracy ..... 82
Pose Strategic Questions ..... 84
Learn to Think Like a Skeptic ..... 87
Notes ..... 88
7. Understand Your Customers' Context ..... 89
Categorize the Context ..... 89
Consider All Factors ..... 90
Develop Your Own Questions ..... 92
Draw Conclusions from the Responses .... 93
Case Study: Peak Workload ..... 93
Group Brainstorming ..... 96
Unforeseen Interconnections ..... 96
Focus on the Customer ..... 97
Questioning Strategies ..... 98
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Monday June 2 - 1) DEATH IN VENICE by Thomas Mann 2) MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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[[Memories of My Melancholy Whores|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_My_Melancholy_Whores]]
Memories of My Melancholy Whores (original Spanish-language title: Memoria de mis putas tristes) is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez.
The book was originally published in Spanish in 2004, with an English translation by Edith Grossman published in October 2005.
Plot
As with María dos Prazeres in Strange Pilgrims, the protagonist, an old man, finds love at the end of his life, when he only waits for death. This is the story of a relationship of love and sex between an aging journalist and a working-class child, who sells her virginity to help her family. It deals with memories and solidarity, but also childhood happiness and the discovery of first love.
Quotation
In my ninetieth year, I decided to give myself the gift of a night of love with a young virgin.
This was something new for me. I was ignorant of the arts of seduction and had always chosen my brides for a night at random, more for their price than their charms, and we had made love without love, half-dressed most of the time and always in the dark, so we could imagine ourselves as better than we were ... That night I discovered the improbable pleasure of contemplating the body of a sleeping woman without the urgencies of desire or the obstacles of modesty.
It is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things.
We do not waste away with time; time is a tool that carves away our excess, like a chisel chips away marble to reveal a work of art.
I have never gone to bed with a woman I didn't pay ... by the time I was fifty there were 514 women with whom I had been at least once ... My public life, on the other hand, was lacking in interest: both parents dead, a bachelor without a future, a mediocre journalist ... and a favorite of caricaturists because of my exemplary ugliness.
Time period of the novel
The action of the story takes place on or after the narrator's 90th birthday. The time period of the novel appears to be some time between 1950-1970 but cannot be more closely determined because of the narrator's vagueness and inconsistencies. Among other data that could be used to date the story are these:
* He says that "as a young man" he once patronized outdoor theaters; but lost his liking for film because of "the cult of Shirley Temple".
* Later on he says he has been working for the same newspaper "for 50 years", but also "since the last century".
* There are newspaper and radio reporters at his birthday party but no television reporters and no mention of television at all in the story.
* There is a military presence in his city which is actively searching for communist terrorists.
* Finally, the fee for his "virgin" is only five pesos.
Banning in Iran
A Persian edition of Memories of My Melancholy Whores was published in Iran in October 2007, under the title Memories of My Melancholy Prostitutes. The first edition of 5,000 sold out within three weeks of publication[1], after which it was banned, after the Ministry of Culture received complaints from conservatives who believed the novel was promoting prostitution.
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[[Gabriel García Márquez|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez]]
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (born March 6, 1927[1]) is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, is one of Latin America's most famous writers. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, and in 1982 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years he was strongly influenced by his grandfather who raised him. As he grew, he pursued a highly self-directed education that resulted in his quitting law school in order to begin a career in journalism. Early in this career he demonstrated he had no inhibitions to be critical of politics within Colombia and beyond. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha and they have since had two sons together.
He started out as a journalist, and has written many acclaimed non-fiction works, and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). He has achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism in which he uses certain magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works take place in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.
Nobel Prize
In 1982, García Márquez received the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts".[116][117] His acceptance speech was entitled "Solitude of Latin America".[118] García Márquez was the first Colombian and fourth Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for Literature.[119] After becoming a Nobel laureate, García Márquez told a correspondent: "I have the impression that in giving me the prize they have taken into account the literature of the sub-continent and have awarded me as a way of awarding all of this literature."[72]
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[[Dying For Love|http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/07/051107crbo_books1]]
A new novel by García Márquez.
by John Updike November 7, 2005
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“Memories of My Melancholy Whores” feels less about love than about age and illness. Furtively vivid images give us whiffs of the underlying distress: “My heart filled with an acidic foam that interfered with my breathing”; “I’d rather die first, I said, my saliva icy.” The narrator’s asshole, we are told more than once, burns. His sense of reality keeps slipping, as it does with old people, sometimes into a startling loveliness: “The full moon was climbing to the middle of the sky and the world looked as if it were submerged in green water.” Magic realism has always depended on the subaqueous refractions of memory. So does love: “From then on I had her in my memory with so much clarity that I could do what I wanted with her. . . . Seeing and touching her in the flesh, she seemed less real to me than in my memory.” As both de Rougemont and Freud (in 1912’s essay “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life”) suggest, the woman present in the flesh, the wife or surrogate mother with her complicated, obdurate reality and pressing needs, is less aphrodisiac than the woman, imagined or hired, whose will is our own.
September 17, 2008
Mental vs. Physical: Does Folk Metaphysics Get It Right?
http://www.naturalism.org/philo_cafe.htm
The distinction between mental and physical is basic to commonsense conceptions of reality and a central concern of philosophy of mind. Where do our notions of mind and body come from, and are they justifiable? Are we natural born dualists, as psychologist Paul Bloom has suggested? If so, is the split between mental and physical an accurate reflection of reality, or an artifact of how we're predisposed to represent it?
Readings:
~ See the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy’s (SEP) entry on [[dualism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/]] for a good overview of various distinctions between the mental and physical and their history. Here’s a quote describing some basic territory:
Mental states are characterized by two main properties, subjectivity, otherwise known as privileged access, and intentionality. Physical objects and their properties are sometimes observable and sometimes not, but any physical object is equally accessible, in principle, to anyone. From the right location, we could all see the tree in the quad, and, though none of us can observe an electron directly, everyone is equally capable of detecting it in the same ways using instruments. But the possessor of mental states has a privileged access to them that no-one else can share. That is why there is a skeptical ‘problem of other minds’, but no corresponding ‘problem of my own mind’. This suggests to some philosophers that minds are not ordinary occupants of physical space.
Physical objects are spatio-temporal, and bear spatio-temporal and causal relations to each other. Mental states seem to have causal powers, but they also possess the mysterious property of intentionality — being about other things — including things like Zeus and the square root of minus one, which do not exist. No mere physical thing could be said to be, in a literal sense, ‘about’ something else. The nature of the mental is both queer and elusive. In Ryle's deliberately abusive phrase, the mind, as the dualist conceives of it, is a ‘ghost in a machine’. Ghosts are mysterious and unintelligible: machines are composed of identifiable parts and work on intelligible principles. But this contrast holds only if we stick to a Newtonian and common-sense view of the material. Think instead of energy and force-fields in a space-time that possesses none of the properties that our senses seem to reveal: on this conception, we seem to be able to attribute to matter nothing beyond an abstruse mathematical structure. Whilst the material world, because of its mathematicalisation, forms a tighter abstract system than mind, the sensible properties that figure as the objects of mental states constitute the only intelligible content for any concrete picture of the world that we can devise. Perhaps the world within the experiencing mind is, once one considers it properly, no more — or even less — queer than the world outside it.
~ For alternatives to dualism that suggest how mind and body might be related, or reduce to one another, see the SEP entries on [[physicalism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physicalism/]], [[functionalism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/functionalism/]], [[neutral monism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neutral-monism/]] and [[panpsychism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/panpsychism/]], and see the Wikepedia entry on [[idealism|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism]]. That the SEP doesn’t have an entry on idealism per se suggests that it’s not considered a live option by contemporary philosophers.
~ Paul Bloom’s essay at Edge.Org on how we might be [[Natural Born Dualists|http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bloom04/bloom04_index.html]].
-- Over 300 years ago, a philosopher named Henry Moore expressed this view in even sharper terms, writing: "No spirit, no God."
~ V.S. Ramachandran and William Hirstein’s paper on the [[Three Laws of Qualia|http://www.imprint.co.uk/rama/qualia.pdf]].
~ G.E. Moore’s classic paper( Mind 12 (1903) ) [[The Refutation of Idealism|http://www.ditext.com/moore/refute.html]].
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[[Dualism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/]]
First published Tue Aug 19, 2003; substantive revision Wed Oct 10, 2007
This entry concerns dualism in the philosophy of mind. The term ‘dualism’ has a variety of uses in the history of thought. In general, the idea is that, for some particular domain, there are two fundamental kinds or categories of things or principles. In theology, for example a ‘dualist’ is someone who believes that Good and Evil — or God and the Devil — are independent and more or less equal forces in the world. Dualism contrasts with monism, which is the theory that there is only one fundamental kind, category of thing or principle; and, rather less commonly, with pluralism, which is the view that there are many kinds or categories. In the philosophy of mind, dualism is the theory that the mental and the physical — or mind and body or mind and brain — are, in some sense, radically different kinds of thing. Because common sense tells us that there are physical bodies, and because there is intellectual pressure towards producing a unified view of the world, one could say that materialist monism is the ‘default option’. Discussion about dualism, therefore, tends to start from the assumption of the reality of the physical world, and then to consider arguments for why the mind cannot be treated as simply part of that world.
[[Physicalism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physicalism/]] is the thesis that everything is physical, or as contemporary philosophers sometimes put it, that everything supervenes on the physical. The thesis is usually intended as a metaphysical thesis, parallel to the ancient Greek philosopher Thales's thesis that everything is water, or the idealism of the 18th Century philosopher Berkeley, that everything is mental. The general idea is that the nature of the actual world (i.e. the universe and everything in it) conforms to a certain condition, the condition of being physical. Of course, physicalists don't deny that the world might contain many items that at first glance don't seem physical -- items of a biological, or psychological, or moral, or social nature. But they insist nevertheless that at the end of the day such items are wholly physical.
[[Functionalism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/functionalism/]] in the philosophy of mind is the doctrine that what makes something a mental state of a particular type does not depend on its internal constitution, but rather on the way it functions, or the role it plays, in the system of which it is a part. This doctrine is rooted in Aristotle's conception of the soul, and has antecedents in Hobbes's conception of the mind as a “calculating machine”, but it has become fully articulated (and popularly endorsed) only in the last third of the 20th century. Though the term ‘functionalism’ is used to designate a variety of positions in a variety of other disciplines, including psychology, sociology, economics, and architecture, this entry focuses exclusively on functionalism as a philosophical thesis about the nature of mental states.
[[Neutral monism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neutral-monism/]] is a monistic metaphysic. It holds that ultimate reality is all of one kind. To this extent neutral monism is in agreement with idealism and materialism. What distinguishes neutral monism from its better known monistic rivals is the claim that the intrinsic nature of ultimate reality is neither mental nor physical. This negative claim also captures the idea of neutrality: being intrinsically neither mental nor physical in nature ultimate reality is said to be neutral between the two.
[[Panpsychism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/panpsychism/]] is the doctrine that mind is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe. Unsurprisingly, each of the key terms, “mind”, “fundamental” and “throughout the universe” is subject to a variety of interpretations by panpsychists, leading to a range of possible philosophical positions. For example, an important distinction is that between conscious and unconscious mental states, and appeal to it allows a panpsychism which asserts the ubiquity of the mental while denying that consciousness is similarly widespread. Interpretations of “fundamental” range from the inexplicability of mentality in other, and non-mentalistic, terms to the idealist view that in some sense everything that exists is, and is only, a mental entity. And, although the omnipresence of the mental would seem to be the hallmark feature of panpsychism, there have been versions of the doctrine that make mind a relatively rare and exceptional feature of the universe.
[[Idealism|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism]] is any system or theory that maintains that the "real" is of the nature of thought or that the object of external perception consists of ideas. It can also be the tendency to represent things in an ideal form, or as they might or should be rather than as they are, with emphasis on values.
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# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0312422156
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974." And so begins Middlesex, the mesmerizing saga of a near-mythic Greek American family and the "roller-coaster ride of a single gene through time." The odd but utterly believable story of Cal Stephanides, and how this 41-year-old hermaphrodite was raised as Calliope, is at the tender heart of this long-awaited second novel from Jeffrey Eugenides, whose elegant and haunting 1993 debut, The Virgin Suicides, remains one of the finest first novels of recent memory.
Eugenides weaves together a kaleidoscopic narrative spanning 80 years of a stained family history, from a fateful incestuous union in a small town in early 1920s Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit; from the early days of Ford Motors to the heated 1967 race riots; from the tony suburbs of Grosse Pointe and a confusing, aching adolescent love story to modern-day Berlin. Eugenides's command of the narrative is astonishing. He balances Cal/Callie's shifting voices convincingly, spinning this strange and often unsettling story with intelligence, insight, and generous amounts of humor:
Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." … I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic traincar constructions like, say, "the happiness that attends disaster." Or: "the disappointment of sleeping with one's fantasy." ... I'd like to have a word for "the sadness inspired by failing restaurants" as well as for "the excitement of getting a room with a minibar." I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need them more than ever.
When you get to the end of this splendorous book, when you suddenly realize that after hundreds of pages you have only a few more left to turn over, you'll experience a quick pang of regret knowing that your time with Cal is coming to a close, and you may even resist finishing it--putting it aside for an hour or two, or maybe overnight--just so that this wondrous, magical novel might never end. --Brad Thomas Parsons --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
From Publishers Weekly
As the Age of the Genome begins to dawn, we will, perhaps, expect our fictional protagonists to know as much about the chemical details of their ancestry as Victorian heroes knew about their estates. If so, Eugenides (The Virgin Suicides) is ahead of the game. His beautifully written novel begins: "Specialized readers may have come across me in Dr. Peter Luce's study, 'Gender Identity in 5-Alpha-Reductase Pseudohermaphrodites.' " The "me" of that sentence, "Cal" Stephanides, narrates his story of sexual shifts with exemplary tact, beginning with his immigrant grandparents, Desdemona and Lefty. On board the ship taking them from war-torn Turkey to America, they married-but they were brother and sister. Eugenides spends the book's first half recreating, with a fine-grained density, the Detroit of the 1920s and '30s where the immigrants settled: Ford car factories and the tiny, incipient sect of Black Muslims. Then comes Cal's story, which is necessarily interwoven with his parents' upward social trajectory. Milton, his father, takes an insurance windfall and parlays it into a fast-food hotdog empire. Meanwhile, Tessie, his wife, gives birth to a son and then a daughter-or at least, what seems to be a female baby. Genetics meets medical incompetence meets history, and Callie is left to think of her "crocus" as simply unusually long-until she reaches the age of 14. Eugenides, like Rick Moody, has an extraordinary sensitivity to the mores of our leafier suburbs, and Cal's gender confusion is blended with the story of her first love, Milton's growing political resentments and the general shedding of ethnic habits. Perhaps the most wonderful thing about this book is Eugenides's ability to feel his way into the girl, Callie, and the man, Cal. It's difficult to imagine any serious male writer of earlier eras so effortlessly transcending the stereotypes of gender. This is one determinedly literary novel that should also appeal to a large, general audience.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 3:15 PM
[[The Pulitzer Prize|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Award]], is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition. It is administered by Columbia University in New York City.
D34: Pulitzer Prize, The Bates, J. Douglas
Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 3:21 PM
[[Middlesex (novel)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_(novel)]]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Middlesex is a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. It was published in 2002 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003.
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Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 6:13 PM
CALLIOPE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Pronounced: k?-LIE-?-pee (English) [key]
Latinized form of KALLIOPE
KALLIOPE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: ?a????p? (Ancient Greek)
Means "beautiful voice" from Greek ?a???? (kallos) "beauty" and ?? (ops) "voice". In Greek mythology she was a goddess of epic poetry and eloquence, one of the nine Muses.
Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 6:15 PM
[[Intersexuality|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersexuality]] is the state of a living thing of a gonochoristic species whose sex chromosomes, genitalia, and/or secondary sex characteristics are determined to be neither exclusively male nor female.
Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 6:23 PM
[[5-alpha-reductase deficiency|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-alpha-reductase_deficiency]] (5-ARD) is an autosomal recessive intersex condition caused by a mutation of the 5-alpha reductase type 2 gene.
[[Consanguinity|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consanguinity]] ("con- (with) sanguine (blood) -ity") refers to the property of being from the same lineage as another person.
[[Sericulture|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sericulture]], or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.
Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Volume 49, Number 17 · November 7, 2002
Mighty Hermaphrodite
By Daniel Mendelsohn
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15794
. Middlesex. (The title ostensibly refers to the name of the street in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, where much of the novel is set.)
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Monday, November 3, 2008 at 8:27 AM
[[Middlesex (novel)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_(novel)]]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Middlesex is a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. It was published in 2002 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003.
The narrator and protagonist, Calliope Stephanides (later called "Cal"), an intersexed person of Greek descent, has 5-alpha-reductase deficiency. The bulk of the novel is devoted to telling his coming-of-age story growing up in Detroit, Michigan in the late 20th century. This story, however, is intertwined with elements of a family saga, meditations on the era's zeitgeist and bits of contemporary history.
Plot summary
The novel begins with the narrator, aged 41, deciding to tell the story of his recessive gene that caused him to be born Calliope and later to become Cal. The narration periodically returns to the frame story of present-day Cal, who is bearded, male and interested in women, foreshadowing the personal revelations of Calliope. The narration briefly explains how Desdemona, Cal's grandmother, predicted her grandchild to be male while Calliope's parents had already made schemes they believed would result in a daughter. The narration in the story periodically jumps from Cal as an omniscient narrator to present day Cal, who identifies as male and references his XY chromosomal status, and who dates women. This foreshadows the revelations of young, female-identified Calliope.
The story starts again further back in time, in a small village in Asia Minor, with the story of the protagonist's Greek paternal grandparents. In the aftermath of the 1922 war between Greece and Turkey, and amid graphic scenes of the Great Fire of Smyrna, the orphaned siblings Eleutherios ("Lefty") Stephanides and his sister Desdemona seek refuge by emigrating to America. With great ambivalance, but with few other options amidst tremendous upheaval and trauma, Desdemona agrees to marry her brother, who has been increasingly regarding her not as a sister, but as a potentional lover. Fleeing incognito by ship, they are free to marry without risking the legal and social prohibitions of marriage between siblings. While traveling to the United States, they plan and carry out a feigned courtship in which they genuinely attempt to suppress (or at least deny) memories of their former life together as brother and sister. Having successfully deceived their fellow passengers, the ship's officers, and to some extent themselves, Lefty and Desdemona are married by the captain in as traditional a Greek Orthodox ceremony as can be improvised. They reach the United States, and settle in Detroit, Michigan, home of their cousin Sourmelina ("Lina"), their American sponsor, and her husband Jimmy Zizmo. Learning the ups and downs of the American culture, Desdemona and Lefty run into many hardships. Lefty soon goes into an illegal business run by Jimmy. After both Sourmelina and Desdemona become pregnant on the same night after seeing a sexual play, Jimmy soon becomes suspicious. Increasingy paranoid, Jimmy starts to question Lefty on the pregnancy of Sourmelina while driving across thin ice to Canada. Realizing that both men could die if the car plunged into the ice, Lefty jumps out the car leaving Jimmy driving. After a while, the car is heard plunging into the ice, making the reader think that Jimmy died. In time, Desdemona gives birth to a son, Milton, while Lina gives birth to a daughter, Theodora, who will almost always be called "Tessie".
Desdemona is made aware of the potential for disease in children due to consanguinity and becomes anxious about her pregnancy. After the death of his brother-in-law, and a decline of his marriage, Lefty decides to open a bar and gambling room, calling it the Zebra Room. The Zebra Room was a great success for the family until the Great Depression, which forces Desdemona to get a job as well. Only having experience with sericulture, she is hired by the early Nation of Islam and hears the leader named Fard, speak through the building ventilation system. Since Desdemona is white, she is restricted from hearing or even participating in the teachings of Islam. After the church is closed down because of FBI accusations, curiosity gets the best of her and she decides to examine the restricted area. She accidentally bumps into Fard who identifies himself as Jimmy Zizmo, Lina's husband and Lefty's business partner in running liquor in the 1920s. After yelling at Jimmy for leaving Lina alone to care for their child, Jimmy states to her that he faked his death out of his distrust of his wife, Desdemona and Lefty. He believed that the three of them used him to get into the United States and that Lefty later impregnated Lina. After Jimmy and Desdemona's argument, Jimmy soon leaves, never to be seen again.
Lefty and Desdemona have a son, Milton, who marries Lina's daughter, Tessie. Milton and Tessie, who are second cousins, have two children. "Chapter Eleven" (possibly a reference to the fact that he eventually bankrupts the family business) is a normal boy, but Calliope is intersexed, although the family doesn't know about it for many years, and is raised as a girl. The family lives a comfortable life after Milton opens a restaurant. Since Lefty was getting older, Milton decided to take over the Zebra room and make it into the business he always wanted. During the Detroit race riots, Calliope rides her bicycle behind the tanks looking for her father. Milton afraid for his business, stays at the restaurant even while the riots take place. Calliope and Milton are soon reunited and watch as the restaurant is burned. From the present, Cal states that he doesn't think that decision had anything to do with hormone levels or chromosomal status.
At fourteen, Calliope falls in love with her female best friend (referred to in the novel as "The Obscure Object") and has her first sexual experiences with both sexes. After an accident, a doctor discovers that Calliope is intersexed, and she is taken to a clinic in New York where she undergoes a series of tests and examinations. Faced with the prospect of sex reassignment surgery, Calliope runs away and takes the male identity of Cal. Cal hitchhikes cross-country, finally arriving in San Francisco, where he becomes an attraction in a burlesque show.
Milton, back in Detroit, repeatedly receives phone calls from an anonymous man saying he knows where Calliope is, and will release her to him if he gives him $25,000. Milton, to make sure, asks the man what village Calliope's grandparents are from, and the man replies, Bithynios, near Smyrna, which is the correct answer. Milton goes to the agreed upon location (the train station where Desdemona and Lefty met Sourmelina when they first came to Detroit), and drops the money. He changes his mind though, figuring that something isn't right, and finds that it's his priest brother-in-law and his wife's former fiancé, Father Mike. This leads to a car chase to the Canadian border, where Milton is killed in a pile-up, and Father Mike is arrested.
The club where Cal worked is raided by police (because Cal is underage), and Cal is returned into Chapter Eleven's custody, and the two fly back to Grosse Pointe for the funeral. Desdemona sees Cal as male for the first time, and the book ends when Desdemona confesses to Cal that Lefty was her brother. Cal stands in the doorway to the family's Middlesex home (a Greek tradition touted to keep spirits of the dead out of the family home) while Milton's funeral takes place.
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Our knowledge of the human genome – our DNA – is transforming the way we think about healthcae, justice, technology, ethnicity and so much more.
Cambridge, Mass., is the home for much of this work, and it holds immense promise for this community. Therefore, you are invited to explore the implications of this new knowledge at Midsummer Nights’ Science, a free adult education series presented by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. You will hear from and interact with enthusiastic scientists who can translate difficult concepts into easy to understand language.
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* Met Ted, retired MIT alum. Gave tip about: [[7.012 Introduction to Biology, Fall 2004|http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-012Fall-2004/CourseHome/]]
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Tues, July 11: The Genome Diaries
Eric Lander, PhD
Looking for a good summer read? How about your own genome, the book that makes you biologically unique. Eric Lander weaves true tales of genome biology that scientists are learning from DNA studies of humans and other species.
Tues, July 18: Catching a Summer Bug
Dyann Wirth, PhD
How can measles be making a come-back? How did West Nile virus get from Africa to Arlington? Dyann Wirth retraces the steps of infectious diseases, and shows how researchers are using genomics to prevent future epidemics.
Tues, July 25: DNA: A double-edged helix
Fintan Steele, PhD
Should insurance companies have access to your genetic information? Should genes be patented? Are your genes also your destiny? Fintan Steele explores societal and ethical concerns such as these that are arising out of the "new genetics."
Tues, Aug 1: Genomics & Medicine
David Altshuler, MD, PhD
When will all this genetic knowledge start paying off with better medicine? David Altshuler talks about reasonable expectations in the era of genomic medicine, the amazing progress to date, and the promise of the not-too-distant future.
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[[Mindfulness|http://www.amazon.com/1776-David-McCullough/dp/0743226712/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1244386031&sr=8-1]] by [[Ellen J. Langer|http://www.ellenlanger.com/]]
Product Details
* Paperback: 234 pages
* Publisher: (January 21, 1989)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0201523418
* ISBN-13: 978-0201523416
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[[TABLE OF CONTENTS|http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~langer/books2.html]]
1 INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: MINDLESSNESS
Monday, June 1, 2009
2 WHEN THE LIGHT'S ON AND NOBODY'S HOME
10c. 1. entrapment by category; 2. automatic behavior; 3. acting from single perspective
11. -- Trapped by Categories
12. -- Automatic Behavior
13a. [[Gertrude Stein|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein]] - Harvard with [[William James|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James]]
14a. [[Benzion Chanowitz|http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/Faculty_Details5.jsp?faculty=242]]
16. -- Acting from a single Perspective
3 THE ROOTS OF MINDLESSNESS
19c. premature cognitive commitment
20. -- The Mindless "Expert"
22. -- The Sacrilegious Poodle
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
23b. interpretation - "bible in mouth of dog"
25. -- Mindlessness and the Unconscious
26b. "motivated-not-knowing" - Freud
26b. Plato: "In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild beast nature which peers out in sleep"
27. -- Belief in Limited Resources
27a. [[Coolidge Effect|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolidge_effect]]
30c. Chief Chocorua about [[Mount Chocorua|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Chocorua]]
31. -- Entropy and Linear Time as Limiting Mindsets
33. -- Education for Outcome
34c. "no failures, only ineffective solutions"
35. -- The Power of Context
37a. [[cytnet|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan]] or swan
40a. [[Allport and Vernon Study of Values|http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Allport-_Vernon_classification_of_values]]
40c. context confusion .. people assume others motives and intentions are the same as theirs
41a. context confused behavior: to be accomplishing one, you are necessarily not accomplishing the other
41b. ** out group and in group behavior
4 THE COSTS OF MINDLESSNESS
43b. "bread end cutting story"
44. -- A Narrow Self-Image
45b. HBR in 1975 regarding railroads: [[Marketing myopia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing_myopia]] is a term used in marketing as well as the title of an important marketing paper written by Theodore Levitt.[1][2] This paper was first published in 1960 in the Harvard Business Review; a journal of which he was an editor.
47b. "self-induced dependence"
48. -- Unintended Cruelty
48c. Milgram experiment
49a. taking small steps; small gradual escalation
49c. categories; pets, livestock
50. -- Loss of Control
51. ... attribute all our troubles to a single cause
52b. [[Einstellung|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstellung]] is the creation of a mechanized state of mind. Often called a problem solving set, Einstellung refers to a person's predisposition to solve a given problem in a specific manner even though there are "better" or more appropriate methods of solving the problem. The Einstellung effect is the negative effect of previous experience when solving new problems.
52b. Abraham Luchins and Edith Hirsch regarding math; simpler solution
53. -- Learned Helplessness
53c. [[Martin Seligman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seligman]]
54c. Dante's Gates of Hell: Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
55. -- Stunted Potential
57. [[Miss Havisham|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Havisham]] is a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations (1861). ... she allows her disappointment at being stood up at the altar to ruin her life. She lays waste to her estate, symbolic of herself, and tries to spread her cynicism and malaise to everyone she touches.
PART TWO: MINDFULNESS
5 THE NATURE OF MINDFULNESS
61c. Napoleon vs. [[Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutuzov]]
63. -- Creating New Categories
66. -- Welcoming New Information
68. -- More Than One View
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
72. -- Control over Context: The Birdman of Alcatraz
75. -- Process before Outcome
75b. "faulty comparison"
75c. every outcome is preceded by a process
77. -- Mindfulness East and West
6 MINDFUL AGING
85b. ** definition of meaningful choice
88. -- Reversing Memory Loss
90. -- Outgrowing Mindsets
90a. opinion value; influence; useful to community; respect
91b. ... they're here because they have no place to go
92b. old age and poor health
92c. tricked body back 20 years
92c. [[The Measure of My Days|http://www.amazon.com/Measure-My-Days-Florida-Scott-Maxwell/dp/0140051643/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244744949&sr=8-1]] by [[Florida Scott-Maxwell|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Scott-Maxwell]]
95. -- Growth in Age
96c. "development" in later years
100. -- Putting Age in Context: An Experiment
Thursday, June 4, 2009
7 CREATIVE UNCERTAINTY
116. -- Mindfulness and Intuition
116a. logic vs. intuition
119. -- Creativity and Conditional Learning
123a. dyslexics more mindful or creative
126a. test to measure creativity
128c. students taught as true and context free
129b. "how can you argue with what everyone knows to be true?"
129. -- Distinctions and Analogies
Friday, June 5, 2009
8 MINDFULNESS OF THE JOB
134. -- Welcoming the Glitch
134a. avert the trouble not yet arisen
135. -- Second Wind
136c. fatigue was lifted by a shift in context by "someone else"
138. -- Innovation
138b. "re framing"
139c. [[Getting to YES|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_to_Yes]]
141c. [[Theodore Levitt|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Levitt]]: [[Marketing myopia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing_myopia]]
143. -- The Power of Uncertainty for Managers
147c. [[The Importance of Being Earnest|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_Being_Earnest]]; [[Miss Julie|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Julie]]; [[The Merchant of Venice|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_of_Venice]]
148. -- Burnout and Control
9 DECREASING PREJUDICE BY INCREASING DISCRIMINATION
155. -- A Patient by Any Other Name
158. -- The Painted Cast
160. -- Mindfully Different
164. --Disabling Mindset
167. -- Discrimination Without Prejudice
Saturday, June 6, 2009
10 MINDING MATTERS: MINDFULNESS AND HEALTH
172b. psychology as branch of philosophy
173. -- Dualism: A Dangerous Mindset
176. -- The Body in Context
182. -- Addiction in Context
183a. able to stop smoking "cold-turkey" (Langer used to smoke)
187. -- The Traditional Placebo: Fooling the Mind
191. -- The Active placebo: Enlisting the Mind
195c. "Everyone should be able to give a reason for the faith that is in him" - Thomas Huxley
EPILOGUE: BEYOND MINDFULNESS
199b. choose what to be mindful about
201a. ... individual value ... c.f. doctor
203c. hermit story. :-)
NOTES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 5 Up-Opening with the classic line, "Call me Ishmael," the narrator's New England accent adds a touch of authenticity to this sometimes melodramatic presentation. The St. Charles Players do a credible job on the major roles, but some of the group responses, such as "Aye, aye Captain," sound more comic than serious. This adaptation retains a good measure of Melville's dialogue and key passages which afford listeners a vivid connection with the lengthy novel. Background music and appropriate sound effects enhance the telling of the story about Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of the malevolent white whale. The cassettes are clearly marked, and running times are noted on each side of the tapes. Announcements at the beginning of each side and a subtle chime signal at the end make it easy to follow the story, but a stereo player must be used to hear some dialogue. The lightweight cardboard package is inadequate for circulation. Done in a radio theatre format, the recording does a nice job of introducing the deeper themes of the book and covering the major events. For school libraries that support an American literature curriculum, this recording offers a different interpretation of an enduring classic.
Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library. Rocky Hill, CT
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
In a sense, this work is the piece de resistance of the textual revolution in American scholarship of the past generation. The first half is the final MLA "Approved Text" of the classic novel, prepared under the auspices of the Center for Editions of American Authors. The second half consists of an Historical Note detailing background, genetic composition, publication, and ensuing critical reception; a discussion of its textual history; and some relevant marginalia. The work is not only thorough and rigorous, but, considering the scholarly grittiness of the endeavor, surprisingly lucid and graceful in its exposition. Highly recommended for special collections. Earl Rovit, City Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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[[Moby-Dick|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_dick]]
[[Herman Melville|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville]] (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) (aged 72)
New York City, New York was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously after only a few years. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick — largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville's fall from favor with the reading public — was recognized in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.
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[[Context|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mobydick/context.html]]
[[Plot Overview|]]
[[Character List|]]
[[Analysis of Major Characters|]]
[[Themes, Motifs & Symbols|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mobydick/themes.html]]
[[Etymology & Extracts|]]
[[Chapters 1–9|]]
[[Chapters 10–21|]]
[[Chapters 22–31|]]
[[Chapters 32–40|]]
[[Chapters 41–47|]]
[[Chapters 48–54|]]
[[Chapters 55–65|]]
[[Chapters 66–73|]]
[[Chapters 74–81|]]
[[Chapters 82–92|]]
[[Chapters 93–101|]]
[[Chapters 102–114|]]
[[Chapters 115–125|]]
[[Chapters 126–132|]]
[[Chapter 133–Epilogue|]]
Important Quotations Explained
Key Facts
Study Questions & Essay Topics
Quiz
Suggestions for Further Reading
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Directed by
John Huston
Writing credits
Herman Melville (novel "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale")
Ray Bradbury (writer) &
John Huston (writer)
Norman Corwin uncredited
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Gregory Peck ... Captain Ahab
Richard Basehart ... Ishmael
Leo Genn ... Starbuck
James Robertson Justice ... Captain Boomer
Harry Andrews ... Stubb
Bernard Miles ... The Manxman
Noel Purcell ... Ship's Carpenter
Edric Connor ... Daggoo
Mervyn Johns ... Peleg
Joseph Tomelty ... Peter Coffin
Francis De Wolff ... Captain Gardiner
Philip Stainton ... Bildad
Royal Dano ... 'Elijah'
Seamus Kelly ... Flask
Friedrich von Ledebur ... Queequeg (as Friedrich Ledebur)
Orson Welles ... Father Mapple
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tamba Allenby ... Pip (uncredited)
Tom Clegg ... Tashtego (uncredited)
Ted Howard ... Perth (uncredited)
A.L. Bert Lloyd ... Lead shantyman (and shanty adviser) (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard ... (uncredited)
Joan Plowright ... Starbuck's Wife (uncredited)
Iris Tree ... Bible Woman (uncredited)
Carol White ... Young girl (uncredited)
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[[Billy Budd, Sailor|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/billybudd/]]
[[Billy Budd|http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/36/1006/frameset.html]] is a novella by Melville, who is most famous for his novel Moby Dick that was written some forty years earlier. Foretopman Billy Budd, to give the book its full title, was written in 1891 but was not published until 1924. It is the story of ‘the handsome sailor’ Billy who, though a decent man, is treated badly by his master-at-arms called Claggart and strikes this nasty character down, killing him outright but unintentionally. The cause of this sorry circumstance is Billy’s stammer that prevents him from defending himself in words when he is wrongfully accused by Claggart. The tale follows his trial under Captain Vere and his subsequent hanging. After his death we are told of his apparent Christ-like return in "glory as... the Lamb of God", and his fellow sailors begin to question whether the man has died at all. The opera of the story by Britten (1951) is extremely popular and one of the most important modern works in the classical repertoire. Melville’s purpose in writing the story originates in the part his older brother played in presiding over the court martial of a sailor involved in insubordination whose punishment was execution.
[[Short Summary|http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/budd/shortsumm.html]]
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* [[ETYMOLOGY and EXTRACTS|http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/hmelville/bl-hmel-mobydick-0.htm]]
1. [[Loomings|http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/hmelville/bl-hmel-mobydick-1.htm]]
2. [[The Carpet-Bag|http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/hmelville/bl-hmel-mobydick-2.htm]]
3. The Spouter-Inn
4. The Counterpane
5. Breakfast
6. The Street
7. The Chapel
8. The Pulpit
9. The Sermon
10. A Bosom Friend
11. Nightgown
12. Biographical
13. Wheelbarrow
14. Nantucket
15. Chowder
16. The Ship
17. The Ramadan
18. His Mark
19. The Prophet
20. All Astir
21. Going Aboard
101.
22. Merry Christmas
23. The Lee Shore
24. The Advocate
25. Postscript
26. Knights and Squires
27. Knights and Squires
28. Ahab
29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb
30. The Pipe
31. Queen Mab
32. Cetology
33. The Specksynder
34. The Cabin-Table
35. The Mast-Head
36. The Quarter-Deck
37. Sunset
38. Dusk
39. First Night Watch
40. Midnight, Forecastle
41. Moby Dick
42. The Whiteness of The Whale
43. Hark!
44. The Chart
45. The Affidavit
200.
46. Surmises
47. The Mat-Maker
48. The First Lowering
49. The Hyena
50. Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah
51. The Spirit-Spout
52. The Albatross
53. The Gam
54. The Town-Ho’s Story
55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales
56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales and the True Pictures
57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone;
58. Brit
59. Squid
60. The Line
61. Stubb Kills a Whale
62. The Dart
63. The Crotch
64. Stubb’s Supper
65. The Whale as a Dish
66. The Shark Massacre
67. Cutting In
68. The Blanket
69. The Funeral
70. The Sphynx
71. The Jeroboam’s Story
72. The Monkey-Rope
301.
73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Over
74. The Sperm Whale’s Head - Contrasted View
75. The Right Whale’s Head - Contrasted View
76. The Battering-Ram
77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun
78. Cistern and Buckets
79. The Prairie
80. The Nut
81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin
82. The Honor and Glory of Whaling
83. Jonah Historically Regarded
84. Pitchpoling
85. The Fountain
86. The Tail
87. The Grand Armada
88. Schools and Schoolmasters
89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish
90. Heads or Tails
91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud
92. Ambergris
93. The Castaway
94. A Squeeze of the Hand
95. The Cassock
96. The Try-Works
97. The Lamp
98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up
99. The Doubloon
401.
100. Leg and Arm
101. The Decanter
102. A Bower in the Arsacides
103. Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton
104. The Fossil Whale
105. Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish? - Will He
106. Ahab’s Leg
107. The Carpenter
108. Ahab and the Carpenter
109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin
110. Queequeg in His Coffin
111. The Pacific
112. The Blacksmith
113. The Forge
114. The Gilder
115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor
116. The Dying Whale
117. The Whale Watch
118. The Quadrant
119. The Candles
120. The Deck Toward the End of the First Night Watch
121. Midnight - The Forecastle Bulwarks
122. Midnight Aloft.-Thunder and Lightning
123. The Musket
124. The Needle
125. The Log and Line
126. The Life-Buoy
127. The Deck
128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel
129. The Cabin
130. The Hat
131. The Pequod Meets The Delight
132. The Symphony
133. The Chase - First Day
502.
134. The Chase - Second Day
135. The Chase - Third Day
136. Epilogue
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Please note earlier starting time: 7:00 pm, ending 8:30 pm
Moral Politics: Are Liberals Missing Core Values?
http://www.naturalism.org/philo_cafe.htm
Despite having most human things in common, liberals and conservatives disagree sharply about politics and values. Why? Research by University of Virginia psychologist [[Jonathan Haidt|The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom]] suggests that liberals have a narrow, individualist system of morality centered on equality and welfare, while conservatives add the values of group loyalty, respect for authority, and honor for what’s pure and sacred. Are liberals wrong to discount such values? Are there standards outside these divergent moral systems by which we could decide which is best? If not, then how can liberals, or conservatives, be sure they’re in the right?
Readings:
* [[What Makes People Vote Republican?|http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/haidt08/haidt08_index.html]], by Jonathan Haidt at Edge.Org, plus [[commentary|http://www.edge.org/discourse/vote_morality.html]].
* [[When Morality Opposes Justice: Conservatives Have Moral Intuitions That Liberals May Not Recognize|http://faculty.virginia.edu/haidtlab/articles/haidt.graham.2007.when-morality-opposes-justice.pdf]], by Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham.
* [[Planet of the Durkheimians, Where Community, Authority, and Sacredness are Foundations of Morality|http://faculty.virginia.edu/haidtlab/articles/haidt.graham.planet-of-the-durkheimians.doc]], by Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham.
* Haidt's page on [[moral foundations|http://faculty.virginia.edu/haidtlab/mft/index.php]].
* [[The Social Animal|http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/12/opinion/edbrooks.php]], op-ed by David Brooks, suggesting that conservatives, not liberals, are more individualist in some respects.
* [[Moral Politics|http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Politics-Liberals-Conservatives-Think/dp/0226467716/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223066985&sr=8-1]], by George Lakoff, contrasts the liberal and conservative mindsets and worldviews.
* [[Empiricism and Equality: The Prospects for Enlightenment 2.0|http://www.naturalism.org/enlightenment1.htm]] at Naturalism.Org, includes an analysis of Haidt's descriptive and normative commitments.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 8:09 AM
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To learn more about "Moral Foundations Theory" and political psychology you can read this paper: Haidt, J., & Graham, J. (2007). When morality opposes justice: Conservatives have moral intuitions that liberals may not recognize. Social Justice Research, 20, p. 98-116 or visit http://www.moralfoundations.org.
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* [[WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? 9.9.08|http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/haidt08/haidt08_index.html]]
By Jonathan Haidt
. [[Elliot Turiel|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Turiel]] is an American psychologist and Chancellor’s Professor at the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches courses on human development and its relation to education.
. (A few even praised the efficiency of recycling the flag and the dog).
. David Hume's dictum that reason is "the slave of the passions, and can pretend to no other office than to serve and obey them."
. [[Richard A. Shweder|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shweder]], is an American cultural anthropologist and a significant figure in cultural psychology.
. Honoring elders, gods, and guests, and fulfilling one's role-based duties, were more important.
. ... punishing the deviants and free-riders who eternally threaten to undermine cooperative groups.
. People who call themselves strongly conservative, in contrast, endorse statements related to all five foundations more or less equally. (You can test yourself at www.YourMorals.org.)
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[[Re: WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? By Jonathan Haidt|http://www.edge.org/discourse/vote_morality.html]]
DANIEL EVERETT
Linguist; Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Illinois State University; Author, Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazon Jungle (November)
. At the other end of the spectrum, Noam Chomsky has often said that the choice between Democrat vs. Republican is about the same as the choice between Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola, not much to get hot and bothered about.
HOWARD GARDNER
Psychologist, Harvard University; (currently) Jacob K. Javits Visiting Professor, New York University; Author, Changing Minds
. Wilde famously quipped that "Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue."
. Festinger, an important social psychologist during the middle of the 20th century, demonstrated that individuals continue to hold on to views, despite (or even because) the empirical evidence against them mounts.
MICHAEL SHERMER
Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American; Author, Why Darwin Matters; and How We Believe
SCOTT ATRAN
Anthropologist, University of Michigan; Author, In Gods We Trust
JAMES FOWLER
Political Scientist, University of California, San Diego; Coauthor, Mandates, Parties, and Voters: How Elections Shape the Future
ALISON GOPNIK
Psychologist, University of California, Berkely; Author, The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds tell us About Truth, Love and the Meaning of Life (forthcoming).
SAM HARRIS
Neuroscience Researcher; Author, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation
JAMES O'DONNELL
Classicist; Cultural Historian; Provost, Georgetown University; Author, The Ruin of the Roman Empire (forthcoming)ROGER SCHANK
Formerly Professor, Stanford, Yale, and Northwestern; Latest projects: grandparentgames.com; and an alternative to the existing school systems described on engine4ed.org.
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* [[When Morality Opposes Justice: Conservatives Have Moral Intuitions That Liberals May Not Recognize|http://faculty.virginia.edu/haidtlab/articles/haidt.graham.2007.when-morality-opposes-justice.pdf]], by Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham.
. Lawrence Kohlberg(1969)founded the modern field of moral psychology.
. One psychological universal (part of the in group foundation)is that when you call someone evil you erect a protective moral wall between yourself and the other, and this wall prevents you from seeing or respecting the others point of view ([[Baumeister, 1997|Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty]], calls this process the myth of pure evil.)
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* [[Planet of the Durkheimians, Where Community, Authority, and Sacredness are Foundations of Morality|http://faculty.virginia.edu/haidtlab/articles/haidt.graham.planet-of-the-durkheimians.doc]], by Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham.
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* [[The Social Animal|http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/12/opinion/edbrooks.php]], op-ed by David Brooks, suggesting that conservatives, not liberals, are more individualist in some respects.
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* [[Empiricism and Equality: The Prospects for Enlightenment 2.0|http://www.naturalism.org/enlightenment1.htm]] at Naturalism.Org, includes an analysis of Haidt's descriptive and normative commitments.
. [[Beyond Belief I|http://thesciencenetwork.org/BeyondBelief/]]: Sunday, November 5, 2006
. [[Beyond Belief II|http://thesciencenetwork.org/BeyondBelief2]]: October 31-November 2, 2007
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Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 11:09 PM
[[Bench Mysteriously Appears Near Fresh Pond Reservoir|http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1994/9/29/bench-mysteriously-appears-near-fresh-pond/]]
By Sewell Chan,
Published: Thursday, September 29, 1994
A mysterious red granite bench, estimated to weigh 800 pounds, was placed in a Cambridge park Sunday morning, baffling joggers, residents and city officials alike.
"Everybody was surprised how it got there," Cambridge Police Det. Frank T. Pasquarello said yesterday.
A substantive excerpt from Virginia Woolf's novel "Orlando" is inscribed on the bench, which mentions both the author and title of the work, but not the bench's donor or for whom the bench was created.
The granite monument is set in a raised clearing at the tip of the Fresh Pond Reservation in north Cambridge, next to the Fresh Pond Reservoir and near the intersection of Fresh Pond Parkway and Huron Avenue.
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Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:19 AM
[[Mrs Dalloway (1997)|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119723/]]
I can't help feel sorry for those people who don't get this film. If Virginia Woolf isn't your cup of tea fair enough, but to think this and therefore the book is boring can only mean a lack of understanding or appreciation of Woolf's views on the point of life.
[[Film adaptation|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Dalloway#Film_adaptation]]
A film version of Mrs Dalloway was made in 1997 by Dutch feminist film director Marleen Gorris. It was adapted from Woolf's novel by British actress Eileen Atkins and starred Vanessa Redgrave in the title role. The cast included Natascha McElhone, Lena Headey, Rupert Graves, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox, Sarah Badel and Katie Carr.
[[Full cast and crew for Mrs Dalloway (1997)|http://is.gd/7nBeJ]]
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Mrs Dalloway was a key element of the plot of both the Michael Cunningham novel The Hours and its subsequent [[screen adaptation|http://is.gd/64gOk]]. Cunningham's title was derived from Woolf's original title for Mrs Dalloway.
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:30 AM
[[Michael Cunningham|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cunningham]] (born November 6, 1952)[1] is an award-winning American writer, best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999.
[[The Hours (novel)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hours_(novel)]] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 9:57 AM
[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/afraidofwoolf/section1.html]]
Edward Albee
Act I, Part i
Summary
The meaning of the title, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, becomes clearer as the play progresses, but so far we know that it comes from a joke at a cocktail party. The song usually goes, "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?" Virginia Woolf was an English writer during the first half of the twentieth century. She wrote in the style of stream-of-consciousness, which tried to mimic the thought patterns of her characters. One might be afraid of Virginia Woolf because she tries to understand the intricacies of the human mind and heart. She is so honest that she might frighten characters like George and Martha, who hide behind their insults. At the same time, her writing is also very complex and intellectual. Therefore, one might be afraid of not understanding her. In the competitive world of a University, no one would want to admit to being afraid to read something by her. The title, then, could also refer to the competition that George feels at his job, and the need that all people within that academic environment have to puff up their own intelligence.
[[Reality vs. Illusion|http://www.gradesaver.com/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/study-guide/major-themes/]]
Edward Albee has said that the song, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" means "Who is afraid to live without illusion?"
[[What is the meaning of Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf in the play by Edward Albee?|http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_Who_is_afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf_in_the_play_by_Edward_Albee]]
Answer
When I started to write the play it cropped up in my mind again. And of course, who's afraid of Virginia Woolf means who's afraid of the big bad wolf . . . who's afraid of living life without false illusions. And it did strike me as being a rather typical, university intellectual joke.
— Edward Albee
Friday, January 15, 2010 at 10:15 AM
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Monday, January 18, 2010 at 8:15 PM
[[Evening (film)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_(film)]]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Evening is a 2007 American drama film directed by Lajos Koltai. The screenplay by Susan Minot and Michael Cunningham is based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Minot.
Critical reception
Manohla Dargis of the New York Times said, "Stuffed with actors of variable talent, burdened with false, labored dialogue and distinguished by a florid visual style better suited to fairy tales and greeting cards, this miscalculation underlines what can happen when certain literary works meet the bottom line of the movies. It also proves that not every book deserves its own film."[2]
In the San Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle observed, "The film arrives at a pessimistic and almost nihilistic view of life as something not very important - and then invites us to take strength and comfort in the notion. It's not what you'd expect, and it's certainly not the typical message. It might be the most interesting thing about the picture."[3]
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone rated the film 2½ out of a possible four stars and commented, "the actors . . . provide flashes of brilliance. Hugh Dancy scores as the plot's catalyst for tragedy. And Claire Danes is stellar as the young Ann . . . [Mamie] Gummer proves her talent is her own in a star-is-born performance that signals an exceptional career ahead."[4]
In the St. Petersburg Times, Steve Persall graded the film C and added, "Strong performances and an author's weak backbone make Evening a curious mistake . . . [it] is memorable only for lovely period designs and for casting mothers and daughters to ensure better continuity."[5]
Justin Chang of Variety said, "The more immediate problem with this ambitious, elliptical film is Koltai and editor Allyson C. Johnson's difficulty in establishing a narrative rhythm, as the back-and-forth shifts in time that seemed delicately free-associative on the page are rendered with considerably less grace onscreen. In ways reminiscent of Stephen Daldry's film of The Hours, the telling connections between past and present feel calculated rather than authentically illuminating."[6]
In Time, Richard Schickel said the film "represents perhaps the greatest diva round-up in modern movie history . . . Wow, you might think, how bad can that be? To which one responds, after two lugubrious hours in their company, really awful. Rarely have so many gifted women labored so tastefully to bring forth such a wee, lockjawed mouse . . . This may in part because it was Michael Cunningham, author of the book The Hours, another stupefying exercise in unspoken angst, who was hired to punch up the script Susan Minot was trying to make out of her novel. They share screenplay credit for Evening, but even in the press kit you can sense her loathing for his work. He's sort of Henry James without the cojones and definitely the most constipated sensibility the literary community has lately been in awe of. But I suspect that the director, Lajos Koltai, a Hungarian, has even more to do with the film's inertness."[7]
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly rated Evening as the 2nd worst movie of 2007.[8]
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Friday, January 22, 2010 at 9:55 PM
E.K. Sparks
Clemson University
October 2002
[[The London Walks of Mrs. Dalloway|http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~sparks/TVSeminar/dallwalkmap.html]]
* [[PowerPoint|http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~sparks/TVSeminar/mrsdalloway.ppt]]
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[[A Mrs. Dalloway Walk in London|http://www.virginiawoolfsociety.co.uk/vw_res.walk.htm]]
[[Virginia Woolf Biography|http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Mrs-Dalloway-Virginia-Woolf-Biography.id-81,pageNum-5.html]]
Friday, January 22, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Summary and Analysis
[[Part 1|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dalloway/section1.rhtml]]: From the opening scene, in which Clarissa sets out to buy flowers, to her return home. Early morning–11:00 a.m.
[[Part 2|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dalloway/section2.rhtml]]: From Clarissa’s return from the shops through Peter Walsh’s visit. 11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
[[Part 3|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dalloway/section3.rhtml]]: From Peter leaving Clarissa’s house through his memory of being rejected by Clarissa. 11:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.
[[Part 4|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dalloway/section4.rhtml]]: From little Elise Mitchell running into Rezia’s legs to the Smiths’ arrival on Harley Street. 11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
* Huxley and [[William Tyndale|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyndale]] (c. 1494 – 1536), 16th century reformer
[[Part 5|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dalloway/section5.rhtml]]: From Septimus’s appointment with Sir William Bradshaw to lunchtime at half-past one. 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
[[Part 6|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dalloway/section6.rhtml]]: From Hugh Whitbread examining socks and shoes in a shop window before lunching with Lady Bruton through Clarissa resting on the sofa after Richard has left for the House of Commons. 1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
[[Part 7|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dalloway/section7.rhtml]]: From Elizabeth telling her mother she is going shopping with Miss Kilman through Elizabeth boarding an omnibus to return home to her mother’s party. 3:00 p.m.–late afternoon
[[Part 8|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dalloway/section8.rhtml]]: From Septimus observing dancing sunlight in his home while Rezia works on a hat through Septimus’s suicide. Late afternoon–6:00 p.m.
* Holmes would rather the world sleep quietly and drugged, as he forces Rezia to do, rather than wake up and ask questions about human cruelty. Acknowledging Septimus’s motivations would threaten the beliefs that are the foundation of the doctors’ lives.
[[Part 9|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dalloway/section9.rhtml]]: From Peter Walsh hearing the sound of an ambulance siren to his opening his knife before entering Clarissa’s party. 6:00 p.m.–early night
[[Part 10|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dalloway/section10.rhtml]]: From servants making last- minute party preparations through the end of the party and the appearance of Clarissa. Early night–3:00 a.m.
* She feels angry that the Bradshaws brought death to her party.
* ... true communication becomes harder as one grows older and more isolated.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM
Title: [[Mrs. Dalloway|http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200991h.html]] (1925) Author: Virginia Woolf * A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook *
3. Lucy Rumpelmayer Bourton Peter Walsh Durtnall Scrope Purvis
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Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 2:13 PM
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Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 4:37 PM
The Mind and Times of Virginia Woolf (2003)
[[Playlist: The Mind and Times of Virginia Woolf - 3 videos|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN_lpbEOzbM&feature=PlayList&p=E54F7D525790670B&index=0&playnext=1]]
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manic depressive; Hermione Lee, biographer
sunday 4-16-1939 ...
Dr. Francis Spalding; art historian, critic and biographer
. Leslie stephen ... Sir
Molly Hite; professor of English, cornell university
. didn't have education like her brothers
. brother sexual assaults
. Vanessa sister; painter
. mother Julia Stephen died at yr13
. then step sister Stella Duckworth died
. the father died
Alastair Upton; director, the charleston trust
. Dalloway: this is my life ...? not in text!
. 1904 moved from Hyde Park gate to bloomsbury
. friends: roger fry, toby stephen brother from cambridge friends;
. 46 gorden square: gay and bi;
. [[Lytton Strachey|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytton_Strachey]]; [[Duncan Grant|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Grant]]; [[John Maynard Keynes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes]]; [[T. S. Eliot|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot]]
. [[Bloomsbury Group|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsbury_Group]]: relationships
. 1906 to Greece; toby and vanessa fell ill
. toby died later
. adrian, brother
. Angelica; Vanessa; Clive Bell
. 1912 marriage to Leonard Woolf
Nigel Nicolson; son of Vita Sackville-West
. moved to Richmond to Hogarth house
. 1915 at yr 33 published 1st novel "Voyage Out"
. relationship in what they didn't say to each other
. stream of consciousness; body language without the body ... sister painting w/o faces
. at yr38
. 1916 [[Hogarth Press|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogarth_Press]]
. "to the lighthouse"
. "kew gardens"
. "jacob's room" at yr40 ... best work according to Leonard
. 1919 lived in Sussex and London
. in lodge ... standing desk
. avid walker
. adopted other children
Olivier Bell; niece of Virginia Woolf
. "a room of one's own" feminist
. 1938 "three guineas"
. WWII ... suicide
. she could swim very well ...
. advice to keep a diary
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Monday, February 1, 2010 at 2:16 PM
Kathleen Mansfield Murry (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of [[Katherine Mansfield|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Mansfield]], which is in itself a short form of her real name as she was born Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp. Mansfield left for Great Britain in 1908 where she encountered Modernist writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf with whom she became close friends. Her stories often focus on moments of disruption and frequently open rather abruptly. Among her most well known stories are "The Garden Party," "The Daughters of the Late Colonel," and "The Fly." During the First World War Mansfield contracted tuberculosis which rendered any return or visit to New Zealand impossible and led to her death at the age of 34.
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[[Mucus Cyst|http://www.mikehayton.co.uk/Mucus_cyst.htm]]
Mr Mike Hayton
BSc(Hons). MBChB. FRCS(Trauma and Orth)
Consultant Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon
Other common names
None
Who does it affect?
Usually females over 40 years.
Why does it occur?
It is a fluid filled sac, that occurs at the end finger joint (DIP joint), on its back surface to one side or the other. They are caused by a small extra bit of bone around the joint ([[osteophyte|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_spur]]) that occurs as a result of arthritis in the joint. The cyst and bone can cause pressure on the nail bed to cause uneven nail growth.
Symptoms
A small lump that develops on the back of the joint to one side. The joint itself may be stiff and tender. The outline is quite smooth and may feel tense like a small ball or balloon (cystic). The overlying skin may become thin and even breakdown.
Clinical Examination
A mucus cyst has quite typical features both in its location and appearance.
Investigations
An x-ray will usually show wear and tear (osteoarthritis) in the joint.
Non-operative treatment
If it does not cause a problem I recommend leaving it alone.
Operative treatment
If causing problems I usually recommend surgery. The surgery is a day case procedure usually under local anaesthetic and takes about 10 minutes. Some patients prefer general anaesthetic. A tourniquet is used; which is like a blood pressure cuff around the upper arm that prevents blood from obscuring the surgeons view. It is quite tight, but well tolerated for up to 20 minutes.
Local anaesthetic is infiltrated at the base of the finger. Once numb the skin is incised and the skin flap elevated. The ganglion is dissected taking care not to puncture it. The base of the [[ganglion|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganglion]] is identified and excised. A small extra bony area ([[osteophyte|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_spur]]) is seen and needs to be removed. The skin is sutured and a bulky dressing is applied.
Post-operative rehabilitation
The patient is fit to go home soon after the operation. The anaesthetic will wear off after approximately 6 hours. Simple analgesia usually controls the pain and should be started before the anaesthetic has worn off. The hand should be elevated as much as possible for the first 5 days to prevent the hand and fingers swelling. Gently bend and straighten the fingers from day 1. My preference is to remove the dressing at 2 days. The wound is cleaned and redressed with a simple dressing. The sutures are removed at about 10 days.
Return to activities of daily living
It is my advice to keep the wound dry until the stitches are out at 10 days.
Return to driving:
The hand needs to have full control of the steering wheel and left hand the gear stick. It is probably advisable to delay returning to driving for at least 7 days or even when the stitches are removed.
Return to work:
Everyone has different work environments.
Returning to heavy manual labour should be prevented for approximately 4 to 6 weeks. Early return to heavy work may cause the tendons and nerve to scar into the released ligament. Please ask your surgeon for advice on this.
Complications
Overall, greater than 95% are happy with the result. However complications can occur.
There are complications specific to Mucus Cyst surgery and also general complications associated with hand surgery.
General complications:
Infection (Less than 1%),
Neuroma (Less than 1% coiled painful nerve bundle),
Numbness,
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy - RSD (2% bad reaction to surgery with painful stiff hands - this can occur with any hand surgery from a minor procedure to a complex reconstruction.)
Specific complications:
Recurrence: We are not sure whether it is the same ganglion recurring or simply another one forming nearby. The joint is arthritic and may need treatment in the future.
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[[Ganglion (Cyst) of the Wrist|http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=183&topcategory=Hand]]
[[A Patient's Guide to Ganglions of the Wrist|http://www.handuniversity.com/topics.asp?Topic_ID=37]]
[[Ganglion Cyst|http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/ganglion.html]]
The fingertip, just below the cuticle, where they are called mucous cysts
* The ganglion cyst usually appears as a bump (mass) that changes size.
* It is usually soft, anywhere from 1-3 cm in diameter (about .4-1.2 inches) and doesn't move.
* The swelling may appear over time or appear suddenly, may get smaller in size, and may even go away, only to come back at another time.
* Most ganglion cysts cause some degree of pain, usually following acute or repetitive trauma, but up to 35% are without symptoms, except for appearance.
* The pain is usually nonstop, aching, and made worse by joint motion.
* When the cyst is connected to a tendon, you may feel a sense of weakness in the affected finger.
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Friday, June 1, 2007 at 12:11 PM
[[A Patient's Guide to Mucous Cysts of the Fingers|http://www.eorthopod.com/eorthopodV2/index.php/fuseaction/topics.detail/ID/8ecc09b02bc8eb9010a76c099e052232/TopicID/5027f61820b8d21ff7e92d019ba411c4/area/11]]
MUCOUS CYSTS
OVERVIEW
Ganglion Cysts are very common swellings (lumps) that sometimes grow in the hand and wrist. These cysts are not malignant (cancerous).
http://www.orthosports.com.au/hand_mucous_cysts.html
[[Synovial fluid|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synovial_fluid]]
[[Ganglion cyst|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganglion_cyst]]
[[Ganglion cyst|http://www.eatonhand.com/hw/hw013.htm]] Best Explanation!!
Cyst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyst
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Regis, E. (1996). Nano : The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology (1st ed., p. 336). Back Bay Books.
Nano: The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology
by Edward Regis
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Pub. Date: March 1995
ISBN-13: 9780316738583
325pp
Edition Description: 1st ed
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Science advances, funeral by funeral. - Anonymous
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[[Table of Contents|http://www.ecampus.com/book/9780788157141]]
PROLOGUE
MR. NANO COMES TO WASHINGTON 3 (18)
3b. 6-2-1992: Drexler with Al Gore
5b. [[Molecular nanotechnology|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_nanotechnology]]
6a. Sickle-cell disease or [[sickle-cell anaemia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle_cell_anaemia]] (or anemia) is a blood disorder characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape.
6b. Drexler in 1970's
9a. "15 years for major, large scale application" => yr2007
11a. Feynman talk in 12-1959
11b. 1989: ability to pin atoms
13b. [[Ralph C. Merkle|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Merkle]] (born February 2, 1952) is a pioneer in public key cryptography, and more recently a researcher and speaker on molecular nanotechnology and cryonics.: at Xerox PARC
13c. Karl Erb: Congress established the White House [[Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSTP]] in 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the President and others within the Executive Office of the President (EOP) on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.
15c. [[Fullerenes|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerene]] are a family of carbon allotropes, molecules composed entirely of carbon, in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, tube, or plane . Spherical fullerenes are also called [[buckyballs|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckyball]], and cylindrical ones are called carbon nanotubes or buckytubes.
15c. Sir [[James Fraser Stoddart|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Stoddart]] (born May 24, 1942) is a Scottish chemist currently at the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University, one of the world's premier institutes for nanoscience.: "molecular train set"
16c. 1970's: [[Recombinant DNA|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recombinant_dna]] is a form of artificial DNA that is engineered through the combination or insertion of one or more DNA strands, thereby combining DNA sequences that would not normally occur together.
PART I: LIMITS
Chapter 1: THE KT IRONY 21 (13)
22a. about atoms: exists or thought they knew they exist
22a. [[Leucippus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucippus]] or Leukippos (Greek: ?e???pp??, first half of 5th century BC) was among the earliest philosophers of atomism, the idea that everything is composed entirely of various imperishable, indivisible elements called atoms.
22a. [[Democritus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democritus]] (Greek: ??µ????t??) was a pre-Socratic Greek materialist philosopher (born at Abdera in Thrace ca. 460 BC - died ca 370 BC). Democritus was a student of Leucippus and co-originator of the belief that all matter is made up of various imperishable, indivisible elements which he called atoma (sg. atomon) or "indivisible units", from which we get the English word atom. It is virtually impossible to tell which of these ideas were unique to Democritus and which are attributable to Leucippus.
22b. 1799: observation of whole number chemical combinations by [[Joseph Louis Proust|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Louis_Proust]] (September 26, 1754 - July 5, 1826) was a French chemist.
22c. [[John Dalton|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalton]] FRS (September 6, 1766 – July 27, 1844) was an English chemist, meteorologist and physicist. He is best known for his pioneering work in the development of modern atomic theory, and his research into colour blindness (sometimes referred to as Daltonism, in his honour).
23b. [[Jean Baptiste André Dumas|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Dumas]] (July 14, 1800 - April 10, 1884), French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relative atomic masses) by measuring vapor densities.: "...in chemistry, we should never go further than experience"
23c. [[Brownian motion|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownian_motion]] (named in honor of the botanist Robert Brown) is the random movement of particles suspended in a liquid or gas or the mathematical model used to describe such random movements, often called a particle theory.
26a. Einstein in 1905 connects atoms with Brownian motion
26c. In 1851, George Gabriel Stokes derived an expression, now known as [[Stokes' law|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokes_Law]], for the frictional force — also called drag force — exerted on spherical objects with very small Reynolds numbers (e.g., very small particles) in a continuous viscous fluid.
27b. 1908: [[Jean Baptiste Perrin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Perrin]] (September 30, 1870 – April 17, 1942) was a French physicist and Nobel laureate.: Brownian Experiments in 1908
28c. Perrin awarded Nobel prize in Physics in 1926
29b. 25um is low limit to human vision
29c. [[Ribosome|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosome]] ~25nm across
30c. [[kT|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KT_(energy)]] (energy) is the product of the Boltzmann constant, k, and the temperature, T. This product is used in physics as a scaling factor for energy values in molecular-scale systems (sometimes it is used as a pseudo-unit of energy), as the rates and frequencies of many processes and phenomena depend not on their energy alone, but on the ratio of that energy and kT, that is, on E / kT (see Arrhenius equation).
33b. [[Ralph C. Merkle|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Merkle]]
Chapter 2: THE OLD TECHNOLOGY 34 (15)
36a. Drexler's advisor told him to see [[Philip Morrison|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Morrison]]
36b. [[Gerard Kitchen O'Neill|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_O%27Neill]] (February 6, 1927–April 27, 1992) was a U.S. physicist and space pioneer.
37b. [[MIT's Independent Activities Period: IAP|http://web.mit.edu/iap/]] during January break
39c. [[Max Theodor Felix von Laue|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_von_Laue]] (October 9, 1879 – April 24, 1960) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
41a. 1973: [[Genetic engineering|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering]], recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation (GM) and gene splicing are terms that apply to the direct manipulation of an organism's genes
41c. discovery of two families of enzymes: 1. biochemical catalysts
42a. 2. [[Ligase|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligase]]
43b. [[Erwin Wilhelm Müller|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Wilhelm_M%C3%BCller]] (or Mueller) (June 13, 1911, in Berlin – May 17, 1977, in Washington D.C.) was a German physicist who invented the [[field emission microscope|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_emission_microscope]], the field ion microscope, and the atom probe. He was the first person to experimentally observe atoms.
44b. [[Field emission microscopy (FEM)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_emission_microscope]] can see 20 anstrom across
44c. [[Field ion microscope|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_ion_microscope]]
45b. Atoms bashful ... submitted to inquiry upon being approached correctly.
Chapter 3: THE WORD-CLASS AUTO-DA-FE 49 (14)
51c. most welcomed and unexpected sight ... young woman
60a. 1974 ban on genetic engineering
60a. The [[Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomar_conference_on_recombinant_DNA]] was an influential conference organized by Paul Berg discussing the potential biohazards and regulation of biotechnology held in February 1975 at a conference center Asilomar State Beach.
Chapter 4: "FEYNMAN WAS ROBBED" 63 (15)
63b. [[William Aaron Nierenberg|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nierenberg]] (1919 – 2000) was an American physicist and the director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1965 through 1986. A building on that campus is named after him, as is the [[Nierenberg Prize|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nierenberg_Prize]].
63b. The [[William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition]], often abbreviated to the Putnam Competition, is an annual mathematics competition for undergraduate college students of the United States and Canada, awarding scholarships and cash prizes ranging from $250 to $2,500 for the top students and $5,000 to $25,000 for the top schools.
64a. Feynman, like Fermi has different styles of delivery
69c. [[N. Richard Werthamer|http://home.nyc.rr.com/werthamer/]] was the Executive Officer of The [[American Physical Society|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Physical_Society]]
70a. the feeling as like a great enlightenment, bordering on an eqpihany.
71a. [[Arthur Robert von Hippel|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_R._von_Hippel]] (November 19, 1898 – December 31, 2003)[1] was a German-American materials researcher and physicist and a pioneer in the study of dielectrics, ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials, as well as semiconductors. He was also one of the codevelopers of radar during the Second World War. ... He was the author of the pioneering book Molecular Science and Molecular Engineering (1959). The term [[molecular engineering|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_engineering]] was coined by him in the 1950s, and he suggested the feasibility of constructing nanomolecular devices. The premier award of the Materials Research Society is named in his honor.
73b. [[William McLellan|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McLellan_(nanotechnology)]] ... achieved this feat by November 1960 and won the prize;[1] his 250-microgram 2000-rpm motor consisted of 13 separate parts.
Chapter 5: ETERNITY AND CLOUDS 78 (17)
78. [[K. Eric Drexler|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Eric_Drexler]] (born April 25, 1955 in Oakland, California) is an American engineer best known for popularizing the potential of molecular nanotechnology (MNT), from the 1970s and 1980s.
80. mother is Hazel Gassmann ... married three times
89c. Drexler a 19 year old Freshman?
Chapter 6: RICHARD COMES TO CHRIS AND ERIC'S 95 (20)
95b. [[Project Xanadu|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu]] was the first hypertext project. Founded in 1960 by Ted Nelson, the project contrasts its vision with that of paper: "Today's popular software simulates paper. The World Wide Web (another imitation of paper) trivializes our original hypertext model with one-way ever-breaking links and no management of version or contents."[1] Wired magazine called it the "longest-running vaporware story in the history of the computer industry". The first attempt at implementation began in 1960, but it wasn't until 1998 that an implementation (albeit incomplete) was released.
96b. [[Theodor Holm Nelson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson]] (born 1937) is an American sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer of information technology. He coined the term "hypertext" in 1963 and published it in 1965. He also is credited with first use of the words hypermedia, transclusion, virtuality,
98b. 1974 book [[Computer Lib/Dream Machines|http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Lib-Dream-Machines-Tempus/dp/0914845497/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218134311&sr=8-1]]
98c. everything is possible, nothing is easy
100c. [[Autodesk|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk]]
103a. In chemistry, [[sigma bonds|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_bond]] (s bonds) are the strongest type of covalent chemical bond.
105b. Phillip Morrison
108a. attracted to people who are very, very, smart.
108c. [[Douglas Richard Hofstadter|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter]] (born February 15, 1945 in New York, New York) is an American academic whose research focuses on the nature of thinking, consciousness, and creativity. He is best known for his book Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid[1] which was published in 1979, and which won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction.
112b. likes intellectual stimulation
114a. "that simple stuff ..." Feynman says of Drexler's interest in nanotechnology
Chapter 7: BROTHER ERIC'S NANOTECH REVIVAL 115 (22)
115b. prediction and cause
116c. Molecular technology: Designing proteins and peptides by [[Carl Pabo|http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v301/n5897/abs/301200a0.html]]
118b. [[1978|http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmallery/150/gene/hisbiotech/hisbiotech.htm]]: Human insulin cloned into E. coli by Genentech scientists. Genentech licenses , the human insulin technology to Eli Lilly. In 1982, human insulin, Humulin, becomes the first recombinant DNA drug approved by FDA.
122a. "Tree Sap Answer" as [[Grey goo|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_Sap_Answer]]?
122c. A [[HeLa cell|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hela_cell]] (also Hela or hela cell) is an immortal cell line used in medical research. The cell line was derived from cervical cancer cells taken from [[Henrietta Lacks|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks]], who died from her cancer on October 4, 1951.
124c. [[Manichean nanowar|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichean]]??
127a. ... the chosen
128a. A [[bacteriophage|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage]] (from 'bacteria' and Greek phagein, 'to eat') is any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria. The term is commonly used in its shortened form, phage.
128a. [[Enterobacteria phage T4|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T4_phage]] is a phage that infects E. coli bacteria. Its DNA is 169-170 kbp long; one of the longest DNAs in phages, and is held in an icosahedral head. T4 is also one of the largest phages, at approximately 90 nm wide and 200 nm long (most phages range from 25 to 200 nm in length).
128c. ... religion ...
129a. The [[CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRC_Press]], widely regarded as an important resource for research scientists, is in its 88th edition (published June 25th 2007)[1]. It is sometimes nicknamed the 'Rubber Bible'. As such, "check the CRC" has become a metaphor, online and in personal communication, for "look up the answer in a published reference."
130a. [[518 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, MA|http://maps.google.com/maps?q=518+Putnam+Avenue,+Cambridge,+MA&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNFA,RNFA:1970--2,RNFA:en&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title]]
PART II: ESCAPE
Chapter 8: TINY TALE GETS GRAND 137 (18)
137c. [[Donald Arthur Glaser|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_A._Glaser]] (born September 21, 1926), is an American physicist, neurobiologist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his invention of the bubble chamber.
144. [[Electron beam lithography|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_beam_lithography]]
152c. science fiction
153a. A remote manipulator, also known as a telefactor, telemanipulator, or [[waldo|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_manipulator]] (after the short story "Waldo" by Robert A. Heinlein which features a man who invents and uses such devices), is a device which, through electronic, hydraulic, or mechanical linkages, allows a hand-like mechanism to be controlled by a human operator. The purpose of such a device is usually to move or manipulate hazardous materials for reasons of safety.
Chapter 9: ASTRID AND PRISCILLA 155 (19)
156a. [[Hans Georg Dehmelt|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Dehmelt]] (born September 9, 1922 in Görlitz, Germany) is a German-born American physicist, who co-developed the ion trap technique with Wolfgang Paul, for which they both received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989.[1] The technique was used for high precision measurement of the electron g-factor.
158a. blue barium ion they named [[Astrid|http://www.madehow.com/inventorbios/8/Hans-Dehmelt.html]]
158a. One of these positrons, which he named [[Priscilla|http://www.madehow.com/inventorbios/8/Hans-Dehmelt.html]]
159b. [[Foresight Institute|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foresight_Institute]]
166a. "overlapping repulsion force" and "[[van der Waals force|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_der_Waals_force]]"
166c. Vince Rotello, MIT chemist
167b. [[sigma bonds|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_bond]] (s bonds) are the strongest type of covalent chemical bond.
Chapter 10: MONOTONY, HATE, AND UTOPIA 174 (15)
175a. N.B. Luddite nightmare
175b. dangers it poses to social and economic order
175b. MIT "nanotechnology study group" notebook
179c. In chemistry, a [[carbyne|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbyne]] is a monovalent carbon radical species. It occurs in several ways.
182c. when past history is no guide?
183a. [[Jeff MacGillivray|http://www.foresight.org/Updates/Update05/Update05.2.html]], also of MIT NSG, looked at the economics to be expected in a world with nanotechnology. He asked "what will be of value?" His answers included land, resources, and human services
185a. human nature won't change ( what about other animal species?)
Chapter 11: "THREE LITTLE GEARS" 189 (22)
193c. [[Scanning tunneling microscope (STM)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_tunneling_microscope]] is a powerful technique for viewing surfaces at the atomic level. Its development in 1981 earned its inventors, [[Gerd Binnig|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_Binnig]] and [[Heinrich Rohrer|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Rohrer]] (at IBM Zürich), the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986.
194b. [[Calvin F. Quate|http://www.stanford.edu/group/quate_group/]]
197c. 1986: sharp needle tip
200a. 1987/80 first artificial protein
201b. alpha helix, beta sheets, turns, loop
202c. Applied Biosystems desktop DNA for $42.5K
205b. [[John Storrs Hall (JoSH)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Storrs_Hall]] is regarded as one of the most significant thinkers in the field of molecular nanotechnology. He founded the sci.nanotech Usenet newsgroup and moderated it for ten years, and served as the founding chief scientist of Nanorex Inc. for two years. He has written several papers on nanotechnology and developed several ideas such as the Utility fog, the Space Pier and a novel flying car.
Chapter 12: CAPTAIN FUTURE 211 (19)
211b. [[Susan G. Hadden|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Hadden]] (1945–January 15, 1995) was a Professor in the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs and the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
211c. Austin Energy head Roger Duncan of Future Trends 1988-1989 (MAST)
213b. [[Omertà|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omert%C3%A0]] is a popular attitude, common in areas of southern Italy, such as Sicily, Calabria, and Campania, where criminal organizations like the Mafia, 'Ndrangheta, and Camorra are strong. A common definition is the "code of silence".
228. [[Simson Garfinkel|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simson_Garfinkel]] critical of nanotechnology
Chapter 13: "ARE MOLECULES SACRED?" 230 (23)
232b. Machiavelli quote: "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order to things."
234c. [[Hans Georg Dehmelt|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Dehmelt]]
238a. Media Lab's poor reputation within MIT
238b. up the infinite corridor
240b. [[Stoddart|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Stoddart]]'s "molecular train set"
242a. Ralph Merkle
246b. Lomer dislocations?
247b. only takes one mole of flagellan to power the Queen Mary
250c. MIT's Media Lab: building that looks like an elephant
Chapter 14: THE GREEK CHROUS OF WOE 253 (22)
253. Drexler's second book in 1992 [[Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation|http://www.amazon.com/Nanosystems-Molecular-Machinery-Manufacturing-Computation/dp/0471575186/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218156822&sr=8-1]]
258a. [[Unbounding the Future: the Nanotechnology Revolution|http://www.amazon.com/Unbounding-Future-Peterson-Pergamit-Drexler/dp/0688091245/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218156897&sr=1-3]] by K. Eric; Peterson, Chris; Pergamit, Gayle Drexler (1991)
Chapter 15: "GOOD LUCK STOPPING IT" 275 (18)
275. [[Richard Errett Smalley|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Smalley]] (June 6, 1943 – October 28, 2005) was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas.
276b. buckyballs in 1985
278a. nanofingers
279a. Japanese factor
282b-c. Adenosine deaminase deficiency, or [[ADA deficiency|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADA_deficiency]], is an autosomal recessive immunodeficiency syndrome.
283a. [[Viral vectors|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_vector]] are a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic material into cells.
280c. 20 natural amino acids, but 60+ are possible
286c. oligocarbamate??
PART III: PAYING THE PIPER
Chapter 16: SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE AMERICAN SUBURBS 293 (16)
298a. [[Mihály Csíkszentmihályi|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mih%C3%A1ly_Cs%C3%ADkszentmih%C3%A1lyi]] (pronounced ['miha?j t?i?k's?ntmiha?ji]) (born September 29, 1934, in Fiume, Croatia) is a Croatian-born American psychology professor at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California and is the former head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago and of the department of sociology and anthropology at Lake Forest College. He is noted for his work in the study of happiness, creativity, subjective well-being, and fun, but is best known as the architect of the notion of [[flow|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)]] and for his years of research and writing on the topic.
298c. [[Clifford James Geertz|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Geertz]] (August 23, 1926, San Francisco – October 30, 2006, Philadelphia) was an American anthropologist and served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.
299a. [[Garrett James Hardin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Hardin]] (April 21, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was a leading and controversial ecologist from Dallas, Texas, who was most known for his 1968 paper, The Tragedy of the Commons. He is also known for Hardin's First Law of Ecology, which states "You cannot do only one thing", and used the ubiquitous phrase "Nice guys finish last" to sum up the "selfish gene" concept of life and evolution.
299b. worthwhile "activities"
300b. about "cats"!
301b. "unwholesome"
307b. Dr. Pangloss of [[Candide|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide]]?
307b. the best way to predict the future is to create it
SELECTED SOURCES 309 (6)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 315 (2)
315. [[James Gleick|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gleick]] (born August 1, 1954) is an author, journalist, and biographer, whose books explore the cultural ramifications of science and technology. Three of them have been Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists, and they have been translated into more than twenty languages.
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Nanotechnology For Dummies
By Richard D. Booker, Earl Boysen
ISBN: 0-7645-8368-9
Format: Paper
Pages: 384 Pages
Pub. Date: August 2005
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/productCd-0764583689.html
This title demystifies the topic for investors, business executives, and anyone interested in how molecule-sized machines and processes can transform our lives. Along with dispelling common myths, it covers nanotechnology's origins, how it will affect various industries, and the limitations it can overcome. This handy book also presents numerous applications such as scratch-proof glass, corrosion resistant paints, stain-free clothing, glare-reducing eyeglass coatings, drug delivery systems, medical diagnostic tools, burn and wound dressings, sugar-cube-sized computers, mini-portable power generators, even longer-lasting tennis balls, and more.
* Nanotechnology is the science of matter at the scale of one-billionth of a meter or 1/75,000th the size of a human hair
* Written in the accessible, humorous For Dummies style, this book demystifies nanotechnology for investors, business people, and anyone else interested in how molecule-sized machines and processes will soon transform our lives
* Investment in nanotechnology is exploding, with $3.7 billion in nanotechnology R&D spending authorized by the U.S. government in 2003 and international investment reported at over $2 billion
Introduction.
Part I: Getting Small with Nanotechnology.
Chapter 1: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Nanotechnology.
Chapter 2: Nano in Your Life.
Chapter 3: Gathering the Tools of the Trade.
Part II: Building a Better World with Nanomaterials.
Chapter 4: Nanomaterials Galore.
Chapter 5: Adding Strength with Composites.
100c. Eddie Bauer
107a. "self cleaning"
Part III: “Smarter” Computers! Faster Internet! Cheaper Energy!
Chapter 6: Building a Better Digital Brain.
120. software clone of "you"
Chapter 7: Routing Information at the Speed of Light.
Chapter 8: Nano-fying Electronics.
190a. Crichton's "Prey"; MEMS
193c. molecular electronics
Chapter 9: Getting Energy and a Cleaner Environment with Nanotech.
210. lithium-ion batteries
212. catalytic converter
Part IV: Living Healthier Lives.
Chapter 10: Diagnosing Personal Health Quickly, Easily, and Pain-Free.
244. pharmacogenetics
Chapter 11: The Fantastic Voyage into Medical Applications.
Part V: Investing in Nanotech.
Chapter 12: Industries Going Small.
Chapter 13: Countries Investing In a Nano Future.
Chapter 14: Nanotechnology Goes to School.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 15: Ten (or So) Nanotech Movers and Shakers.
Chapter 16: Further Reading on the Web and in Your Library.
Friday, June 16, 2006 at 11:03 AM
http://www.nanotechnologyfordummies.com/
Websites:
http://nanobot.blogspot.com - Howard Lovy's Nanobot blog. Howard scours the Internet, looking for anything nanotech-related, and invites viewers to expand upon his more-than-able synopses by posting comments. This site provides surprisingly good compilations and coverage.
http://www.azonano.com - “The A to Z of Nanotechnology,” this Web site provides a wealth of knowledge about anything nano. Answers to virtually any question you may have on nanomaterials, applications, or industries are laid out from A to Z.
http://www.nano.gov - the United States Government's National Nanotechnology Initiative Web site. It details the initiative's background, lists the government agencies involved with nano, and points you to research and university centers doing nano stuff. It is certainly a good starting point for determining the government's flow of money and which research is being pursued.
http://www.forbesnanotech.com - The Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report's Web site provides some great, easy to read, semi-technical articles expanding upon topics you may have read about in this book.
http://www.nanobusiness.org/ is first industry to promote nanotechnology.
http://www.phantomsnet.com/ reports an consulting expertise for large companies
http://www.fda.gov/nanotechnology/
http://www.nano.org.uk/
http://www.foresight.org/
http://www.nsti.org/ Nano Science and Technology Institute
http://www.nanotech-now.com/ ... "Best of Nanotechnology"
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Magazines:
http://www.technologyreview.com/
Technology Review - A journal published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which aims to promote the understanding of emerging technology. Although not exclusively nanotech, it certainly picks some winners when describing which new technology makes it from the lab into the marketplace.
http://www.smalltimes.com/
Small Times - A nanotech magazine - and nothing but a nanotech magazine - providing comprehensive news coverage and searchable archives for those who want it all nanotech all the time.
http://pubs.acs.org/journals/nalefd/
Nano Letters - A strictly nanotechnology journal providing cutting-edge scientific articles - not for the technologically timid. However, if you're truly interested in
http://sciencemagazine.com/
http://www.nature.com/index.html
http://www.sciam.com/nanotech/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.wired.com/
http://www.popularmechanics.com/
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/
Glossary.
Index.
From [[Al Fin|http://alfin2100.blogspot.com/2007/06/fascinating-nanotechnology-video.html]]
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[[Book Club for the Curious|http://www.mos.org/doc/1377]]
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Before the Dawn : Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors (Hardcover)
by Nicholas Wade
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From Booklist:
Genetics has been intruding on human origins research, long the domain of archaeology and paleoanthropology. Veteran science journalist Wade applies the insights of genetics to every intriguing question about the appearance and global dispersal of our species. The result is Wade's recounting of "a new narrative," which also has elements of a turf war between geneticists and their established colleagues. He efficiently explains how an evolutionary event (e.g., hairlessness) is recorded in DNA, and how rates of mutation can set boundary dates for it. For the story, Wade opens with a geneticist's estimate that modern (distinct from "archaic") Homo sapiens arose in northeast Africa 59,000 years ago, with a tiny population of only a few thousand, and was homogenous in appearance and language. Tracking the ensuing expansion and evolutionary pressures on humans, Wade covers the genetic evidence bearing on Neanderthals, race, language, social behaviors such as male-female pair bonding, and cultural practices such as religion. Wade presents the science skillfully, with detail and complexity and without compromising clarity. Gilbert Taylor
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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The Singularity Is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology (Paperback)
by Ray Kurzweil
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From Bookmarks Magazine:
Kurzweil is one of the world’s most respected thinkers and entrepreneurs. Yet the thesis he posits in Singularity is so singular that many readers will be astounded—and perhaps skeptical. Think Blade Runner or Being John Malkovich magnified trillion-fold. Even if one were to embrace his techno-optimism, which he backs up with fascinating details, Kurzweil leaves some important questions relating to politics, economics, and morality unanswered. If machines in our bodies can rebuild cells, for example, why couldn’t they be reengineered as weapons? Or think of singularity, notes the New York Times Book Review, as the "Manhattan Project model of pure science without ethical constraints." Kurzweil’s vision requires technology, which we continue to build. But it also requires mass acceptance and faith.
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The Third Chimpanzee : The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) (Paperback)
by Jared M. Diamond
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From Library Journal:
Research biologist (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands) Diamond argues that the human being is just a third species of chimpanzee but nevertheless a unique animal essentially due to its capacity for innovation, which caused a great leap forward in hominoid evolution. After stressing the significance of spoken language, along with art and technology, Diamond focuses on the self-destructive propensities of our species to kill each other (genocide and drug abuse) and to destroy the environment (mass extinctions). He also discusses human sexuality, geographic variability, and ramifications of agriculture (metallurgy, cultivated plants, and domesticated animals). Absent from Diamond's work is the role religion plays in causing both war and the population explosion as well as long-range speculations on the future of our species. This informative, most fascinating, and very readable book is highly recommended for all libraries.
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Challenging Nature : The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life (Hardcover)
by Lee M. Silver
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From Publishers Weekly:
Silver, a molecular biologist at Princeton, examines new dimensions of the contentious debate between science and religion over cloning and other biotechnologies, and brings fresh insights to it. Many Western religious people believe biotechnology is an attempt to play God and that human clones would be created not in God's image but in the image of humankind. Such arguments rest on the nature of humanity, and Silver points out that the only characteristic that makes us human is not that we have a soul but that we have human parents. Silver also explores the debate over genetically modified foods and synthetic crops. He argues that the organic and natural foods movements make their case on spiritual grounds, imbuing Mother Nature with a spiritual force equal to the force of the Christian God. Silver points out, however, that Mother Nature is a violent, not a benevolent, deity, and can cause more disasters than the making of synthetic foods ever will. Finally, Silver points out that biotechnology presents little problem for Eastern religions that believe in reincarnation. In the words of one Buddhist scientist, therapeutic cloning "restarts the cycle of life." Silver's provocative ideas and his graceful prose open new avenues for discussion of the challenges that face science and spirituality. (June 1)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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An Inconvenient Truth (Paperback)
by Al Gore
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The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles (Hardcover)
by Bruce H. Lipton
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Book Description:
The Biology of Belief is a groundbreaking work in the field of New Biology. Author Dr. Bruce Lipton is a former medical school professor and research scientist. His experiments, and those of other leading-edge scientists, have examined in great detail the processes by which cells receive information. The implications of this research radically change our understanding of life. It shows that genes and DNA do not control our biology; that instead DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell, including the energetic messages emanating from our positive and negative thoughts. Dr. Lipton's profoundly hopeful synthesis of the latest and best research in cell biology and quantum physics is being hailed as a major breakthrough showing that our bodies can be changed as we retrain our thinking.
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The Seven Daughters of Eve (Paperback)
by Bryan Sykes
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From Library Journal:
Sykes (genetics, Oxford Univ.; editor, Human Inheritance: Genes, Language, and Evolution) is passionate about his work in decoding mitochondrial DNA and about using this knowledge to trace the path of human evolution. To lure readers into this specialized work, he relates personal and historical anecdotes, offering familiar ground from which to consider the science. A discussion of the history of genetics and descriptions of the early landmark work of Sykes and his associates culminate with his finding that 90 percent of modern Europeans are descendents of just seven women who lived 45,000 to 10,000 years ago. Brief biographies serve to place these "seven daughters" into historical context as understood by archaeology. This is an example of good popular science writing that makes difficult concepts accessible and relevant to the general reader. Recommended for public libraries.
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Genome (Paperback)
by Matt Ridley
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From Publishers Weekly:
HSoon we'll know what's in our genes: next year, the Human Genome Project will have its first-draft map of our 23 chromosomes. Ridley (The Red Queen; The Origins of Virtue) anticipates the genomic news with an inventively constructed, riveting exposition of what we already know about the links between DNA and human life. His inviting prose proposes "to tell the story of the human genome... chromosome by chromosome, by picking a gene from each." That story begins with the basis of life on earth, the DNA-to-RNA-to-protein process (chapter one, "Life," and also chromosome one); the evolution of Homo sapiens (chromosome two, which emerged in early hominids when two ape chromosomes fused); and the discovery of genetic inheritance (which came about in part thanks to the odd ailment called alkaptonuria, carried on chromosome three). Some facts about your life depend entirely on a single gene--for example, whether you'll get the dreadful degenerative disease Huntington's chorea, and if so, at what age (chromosome four, hence chapter four: "Fate"). But most facts about you are products of pleiotropy, "multiple effects of multiple genes," plus the harder-to-study influences of culture and environment. (One asthma-related gene--but only one--hangs out on chromosome five.) The brilliant "whistle-stop tour of some... sites in the genome" passes through "Intelligence," language acquisition, embryology, aging, sex and memory before arriving at two among many bugbears surrounding human genetic mapping: the uses and abuses of genetic screening, and the ongoing debate on "genetic determinism" and free will. Ridley can explain with equal verve difficult moral issues, philosophical quandaries and technical biochemistry; he distinguishes facts from opinions well, and he's not shy about offering either. Among many recent books on genes, behavior and evolution, Ridley's is one of the most informative. It's also the most fun to read.
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The Road to Reality : A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe (Hardcover)
by Roger Penrose
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From Publishers Weekly:
At first, this hefty new tome from Oxford physicist Penrose (The Emperor's NewMind) looks suspiciously like a textbook, complete with hundreds of diagrams and pages full of mathematical notation. On a closer reading, however, one discovers that the book is something entirely different and far more remarkable. Unlike a textbook, the purpose of which is purely to impart information, this volume is written to explore the beautiful and elegant connection between mathematics and the physical world. Penrose spends the first third of his book walking us through a seminar in high-level mathematics, but only so he can present modern physics on its own terms, without resorting to analogies or simplifications (as he explains in his preface, "in modern physics, one cannot avoid facing up to the subtleties of much sophisticated mathematics"). Those who work their way through these initial chapters will find themselves rewarded with a deep and sophisticated tour of the past and present of modern physics. Penrose transcends the constraints of the popular science genre with a unique combination of respect for the complexity of the material and respect for the abilities of his readers. This book sometimes begs comparison with Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, and while Penrose's vibrantly challenging volume deserves similar success, it will also likely lie unfinished on as many bookshelves as Hawking's. For those hardy readers willing to invest their time and mental energies, however, there are few books more deserving of the effort.
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A Briefer History of Time (Hardcover)
by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
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From Scientific American:
Hawking's A Brief History of Time, published in 1988, was a surprise best-seller but a tough read for most people who tackled it. Hawking received many requests for a version that would make his discussion of deep questions about the universe more accessible. This book does that. Hawking and Mlodinow, a physicist turned science writer, proceed by small and careful steps from the early history of astronomy to today's efforts to construct a grand unified theory of the universe.
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West with the Night (Paperback)
by Beryl Markham
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The Nation:
With the skill of someone who has filled long nights with stories, Markham recounts her adventures--discoveries, rescues, and narrow escapes, the glint of an airplane abandoned in the desert, the look of a lion about to pounce.... Much more than a pilot's memoir, West With the Night is a wise, funny, and inspiring exploration of a life well lived.
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The Works: Anatomy of a City (Hardcover)
by Kate Ascher
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Amazon.com:
Kate Ascher could not have chosen a much drier topic for a book than water mains, parking meters, railroad classification yards, and the other doodads of city infrastructure. But in Ascher's captivating book, The Works, the innards of New York City come alive. Wonderfully illustrated, the book combines text, maps, and other graphics to tell the story of the systems that keep America's greatest city running smoothly. How are traffic lights coordinated? How do potholes form and which areas have streets with the best "smoothness score"? How is mail processed? What happens when you flush the toilet? Ascher, who has a PhD in government from the London School of Economics and is now executive vice president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, dissects the colorful workings of all these systems and much more.
The Works contains a section on pretty much every aspect of the Big Apple's infrastructure. You'll learn the mystery of the shiny silver tanks that have become a familiar sight on New York streets. (They prevent moisture from damaging underground phone lines.) Ascher explains how the city's 23 million daily pieces of mail are processed. We also learn about the 27-mile underground pneumatic mail tube that used to carry canisters with 500 letters up to 30 miles per hour around Manhattan. Also interesting: the story of the nine-foot-long, 800-pound robot submarine that city engineers send to probe leaks in the Delaware Aqueduct--which, it might interest you to know, is the world's longest continuous underground tunnel. And you'll find out all about Colonel Waring and his "White Wings." A great coffee table book for New York lovers or anyone with a curiosity bone. --Alex Roslin
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The Giza Power Plant : Technologies of Ancient Egypt
By Christopher Dunn
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From Amazon.com:
Suspicion naturally arises when you read a promo line on a back cover that says, "This is the most important book concerning the Great Pyramid written in the last 20 years." In this case, however, it may be fact. In writing The Giza Power Plant, mechanical engineer Christopher Dunn reverse-engineered the Great Pyramid at Giza to discover its use. His startling conclusions blow the heck out of traditional Egyptology's rather silly notions that it was built with copper tools by a society that lacked the wheel. While revisionist pyramid studies are rife with ridiculous theories that give the topic a bad name, The Giza Power Plant takes into account existing fact and artifact without having to rely on unprovable assertions. A must-read for truth seekers who aren't afraid to consider the idea that Western culture of the 21st century may not be the pinnacle of human evolution and achievement. --P. Randall Cohan
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Spychips : How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID
By Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre
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From Amazon:
RFID, which stands for Radio Frequency IDentification, is a technology that uses computer chips smaller than a grain of sand to track items from a distance. And as this mind-blowing book explains, plans and efforts are being made now by global corporations and the U.S government to turn this advanced technology, these spychips, into a way to track our daily activities-and keep us all on Big Brother's short leash. Compiling massive amounts of research with firsthand knowledge, Spychips explains RFID technology and reveals the history and future of the master planners' strategies to imbed these trackers on everything-from postage stamps to shoes to people themselves-and spy on Americans without our knowledge or consent. It also urgently encourages consumers to take action now-to protect their privacy and civil liberties before it's too late.
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The Republican War on Science
By Chris Mooney
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From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. Does the Bush administration ignore or deny mainstream research to please its conservative base? Have business groups and certain religious lobbies helped it do so? Does Bush-era treatment of scientists differ from that of Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Reagan? Has a Republican Congress passed laws designed to disable clean air and water efforts, and has it dismantled safeguards, such as the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, meant to give legislators unbiased advice? Mooney's passionate, thoroughly researched volume answers these questions with an urgent "yes." A former American Prospect writer who is making his book debut, Mooney uses interviews and old-fashioned document-digging to explain how, over two decades, right-wing politicians built institutions designed to discredit working scientists; how some energy companies have allied themselves with powerful Republicans (such as Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma) to block or reverse U.S. steps to curb global warming; and how the present administration defies expert consensus on climate change, on mercury pollution, even on how to read statistics. Mooney tracks Bush White House efforts to spread misinformation about stem cells; the work of religious right regulators like Dr. David Hager (formerly on the FDA's Reproductive Health Drugs advisory committee) in restricting access to birth control; and the attempts of the Discovery Institute (and other think tanks linked to the Bush base) to fight the teaching of evolution. In the past five years, Mooney documents, many formerly apolitical physicists, biologists and doctors have come to believe there is a "pattern" of science abuse under Bush, a push back against the methods of science itself. Conservatives may react with indignation; liberals, moderates and working scientists will find few surprises,but Mooney's very readable, and understandably partisan, volume is the first to put the whole story, thoroughly documented, in one place.
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Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at 4:11 PM
[[PSYCHOLOGY 1504 – POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY|http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=940CE1DB173BF937A2575AC0A9659C8B63]]
- [[Syllabus|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/syllabus/1504-Syllabus-2006.htm]]
Spring 2006; T, Th, 11:30-1; Sanders Theatre
The course focuses on the psychological aspects of a fulfilling and flourishing life. Topics include happiness, self-esteem, empathy, friendship, goalsetting, love, achievement, creativity, mindfulness, spirituality, and humor.
Instructor: Tal Ben-Shahar
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* Boston Globe: [[Harvard's crowded course to happiness|http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/10/harvards_crowded_course_to_happiness/]] 'Positive psychology' draws students in droves
* [[The Science of Smiling|http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=511334]]
* [[Psych! Students Show, Tests Don't|http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=513542]]
* [[More money, more problems|http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/10/15/more_money_more_problems?mode=PF]]
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* [[Lecture Videos|http://my.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?course=fas-psy1504&pageid=tk.page.psy1504.video]]
* [[Lecture Slides on local computer|file:///D:\data\education\Positive psychology]]
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February 2: Introduction
[[Lecture Slides: Intro 01-xx|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-01-Intro.ppt]] - [[February 2nd '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060202-v1-hi.rm]] - Tuesday, September 5, 2006
February 7: Why do we need a Positive Psychology?
[[Lecture Slides: Intro xx-xx|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-01-Intro.ppt]] - [[February 7th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060207-v1-hi.rm]] - Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Bibliography and Recommendations
* Excellent website: http://www.psychologymatters.org/
* Antonovsky (1979). [[Health, Stress, and Coping|http://www.amazon.com/Coping-Jossey-Bass-Social-Behavioral-Science/dp/0875894127/sr=1-1/qid=1157744984/ref=sr_1_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass.
* Masten, A. S. & Reed, M. J. (2002). Resilience in development. In C. R. Snyder and S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of * * * Positive Psychology, 528-540. Oxford University Press.
* Seligman, M. E. P., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive Psychology. American Psychologist, 55, 5-14.
* Sheldon, K. M. & King, L (2001). Why Positive Psychology Is Necessary. American Psychologist, 56, 216-217.
* Snyder, C. R. & Lopez, S. J. (Eds.) (2002). [[Handbook of Positive Psychology|http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Positive-Psychology-R-Snyder/dp/0195182790/sr=1-1/qid=1157744890/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]], 528-540. Oxford University Press.
* Collins, M. & Tamarkin, C. (1990). [[Marva Collins’ Way|http://www.amazon.com/Marva-Collins-Way-Updated/dp/0874775728/sr=1-1/qid=1157744844/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Putnam: New York.
* Werner, E. & Smith, R. (2001). [[Journeys from Childhood to Midlife: Risk, Reilience and Recovery|http://www.amazon.com/Journeys-Childhood-Midlife-Resilience-Recovery/dp/0801487382/sr=8-1/qid=1157744785/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Cornell University Press.
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February 9: Basic Premises I (what’s this class about, anyway?)
[[Lecture Slides: Premises 01-xx|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-02-premises.ppt]] - [[February 9th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060209-v1-hi.rm]] - Thursday, September 7, 2006|
February 14: Basic Premises II (oh, I see)
[[Lecture Slides: Premises xx-xx|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-02-premises.ppt]] - [[February 14th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060214-v1-hi.rm]] - Friday, September 8, 2006
Bibliography and Recommendations
* Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Lucas, R. E., & Smith, H. L. (1999). Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress. Psychological Bulletin, 125: 276-302.
* Gilbert, D. T., Pinel, E. C., Wilson, T. D., Blumberg, S. J., & Wheatley, T. P. (1998). Immune Neglect: A Source of Durability Bias in Affective Forecasting. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 617-638.
* Lykken, D., & Tellegen, A. (1996). Happiness is a stochastic phenomenon. Psychological Science, 7, 186–189.
* Maslow, A. H. (1993). [[The Farther Reaches of Human Nature|http://www.amazon.com/Farther-Reaches-Human-Nature-Esalen/dp/0140194703/sr=1-1/qid=1157745479/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Arkana.
* Snyder, C. R. & Lopez, S. J. (Eds.) (2002). Handbook of Positive Psychology, 528-540. Oxford University Press.
* Sowell, T. (2002). [[A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles|http://www.amazon.com/Conflict-Visions-Ideological-Political-Struggles/dp/0465081428/sr=1-1/qid=1157745540/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Basic Books.
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February 16: Beliefs as self-fulfilling prophecies I (psychology of success)
[[Lecture Slides: Beliefs 01-15|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-03-beliefs.ppt]] - [[February 16th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060216-v1-hi.rm]] - Saturday, September 9, 2006
February 21: Beliefs as self-fulfilling prophecies II (and more success)
[[Lecture Slides: Beliefs 16-33|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-03-beliefs.ppt]] - [[February 21st '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060221-v1-hi.rm]] - Saturday, September 9, 2006
Bibliography and Recommendations
* Ayres, J. & Hopf, T. (1992). Visualization: Reducing Speech Anxiety and Enhancing Performance. Communication Reports, 5, 1-10.
* Bandura, A. (1999). Perceived Self-Efficacy in Cognitive Development and Functioning. Educational Psychologist, 28 (2), 117-148.
* Benson, H. (1997). [[Timeless Healing|http://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Healing-Herbert-Benson/dp/0684831465/sr=1-1/qid=1157745793/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Scribner.
* Burns, D. (1999). [[Feeling Good : The New Mood Therapy|http://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-Therapy-Revised-Updated/dp/0380810336/sr=1-1/qid=1157745833/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Avon.
* Langer, E. (1989). [[Mindfulness|http://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Ellen-J-Langer/dp/0201523418/sr=1-1/qid=1157745870/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Addison-Wesley.
* Leahy, R. L. (2003). [[Cognitive Therapy Techniques: A Practitioner’s Guide|http://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Therapy-Techniques-Practitioners-Guide/dp/1572309059/sr=1-1/qid=1157745915/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Guilford Publication.
* White, S. S. & Locke, E. A. (2000). Problems with the Pygmalion Effect and Some Proposed Solutions. Leadership Quarterly, 11, 389-415.
* Rosenthal, R., and Jacobson, L. (1968). [[Pygmalion in the Classroom|http://www.amazon.com/Pygmalion-Classroom-Expectation-Intellectual-Development/dp/1904424066/sr=1-1/qid=1157745961/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. New York: Rinehart and Winston.
* Selgiman, M. (1998). [[Learned Optimism : How to Change Your Mind and Your Life|http://www.amazon.com/Learned-Optimism-Change-Your-Mind/dp/0671019112/sr=1-1/qid=1157746001/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Free Press.
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February 23: Question of focus I (hey, look here)
[[Lecture Slides: Focus 01-xx|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-04-Focus.ppt]] - [[February 23rd '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060223-v1-hi.rm]] - Sunday, September 10, 2006
February 28: Question of focus II (so much to look at...)
[[Lecture Slides: Focus xx-xx|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-04-Focus.ppt]] - [[February 28th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060228-v1-hi.rm]] - Monday, September 11, 2006
Bibliography and Recommendations
* Ayres, J. & Hopf, T. (1992). Visualization: Reducing Speech Anxiety and Enhancing Performance. Communication Reports, 5, 1-10.
* Bandura, A. (1999). Perceived Self-Efficacy in Cognitive Development and Functioning. Educational Psychologist, 28 (2), 117-148.
* Benson, H. (1997). [[Timeless Healing|http://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Healing-Herbert-Benson/dp/0684831465/sr=1-1/qid=1157745793/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Scribner.
* Burns, D. (1999). [[Feeling Good : The New Mood Therapy|http://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-Therapy-Revised-Updated/dp/0380810336/sr=1-1/qid=1157745833/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Avon.
* Langer, E. (1989). [[Mindfulness|http://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Ellen-J-Langer/dp/0201523418/sr=1-1/qid=1157745870/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Addison-Wesley.
* Leahy, R. L. (2003). [[Cognitive Therapy Techniques: A Practitioner’s Guide|http://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Therapy-Techniques-Practitioners-Guide/dp/1572309059/sr=1-1/qid=1157745915/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Guilford Publication.
* White, S. S. & Locke, E. A. (2000). Problems with the Pygmalion Effect and Some Proposed Solutions. Leadership Quarterly, 11, 389-415.
* Rosenthal, R., and Jacobson, L. (1968). [[Pygmalion in the Classroom|http://www.amazon.com/Pygmalion-Classroom-Expectation-Intellectual-Development/dp/1904424066/sr=1-1/qid=1157745961/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. New York: Rinehart and Winston.
* Selgiman, M. (1998). [[Learned Optimism : How to Change Your Mind and Your Life|http://www.amazon.com/Learned-Optimism-Change-Your-Mind/dp/0671019112/sr=1-1/qid=1157746001/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Free Press.
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* Danner, D., Snowdon, D., and Friesen, W. (2001). Positive emotions in early life and longevity: Finding from the nun study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 804-813.
* Emmons R. A. & McCullough M. E. (2004). [[The Psychology of Gratitude|http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Gratitude-Affective-Science/dp/0195150104/sr=8-1/qid=1158022070/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Oxford University Press.
* Seligman, M. (2002). [[Authentic Happiness|http://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Happiness-Psychology-Potential-Fulfillment/dp/0743222989/sr=1-1/qid=1158022119/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Free Press.
* Brother David Steindl-Rast (1984). [[Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer|http://www.amazon.com/Gratefulness-Heart-Prayer-Approach-Fullness/dp/0809126281/sr=1-1/qid=1158022175/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Paulist Press.
* Wiseman, R (2003). [[The Luck Factor|http://www.amazon.com/Luck-Factor-changing-Essential-Principles/dp/0786869143/sr=1-1/qid=1158022214/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Miramax.
* Wiseman’s website: http://www.luckfactor.co.uk/
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March 2: Can we change?
[[Lecture Slides: Change 01-xx|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-06-change.ppt]] - [[March 2nd '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060302-v1-hi.rm]] - Tuesday, September 12, 2006
March 7: Yes, we can change
[[Lecture Slides: Change xx-28|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-06-change.ppt]] - [[March 7th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060307-v1-hi.rm]] - Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Notes: [[Factors affecting motivation survey|http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/fpep/]]
March 9: Physical health (sleep is good i.e. why this class starts at 11:30)
[[Lecture Slides: Change 29-46|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-06-change.ppt]] - [[March 9th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060309-v1-hi.rm]] - Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Slide 37
Combining ABC’s: Journaling
Coping through writing (Pennebaker, 1997)
Slide 38
“Write continuously about the most upsetting or traumatic experience of your entire life. Don’t worry about grammar, spelling, or sentence structure. In your writing, I want you to discuss your deepest thoughts and feelings about the experience. You can write about anything you want. But whatever you choose, it should be something that has affected you very deeply. Ideally, it should be about something you have not talked about with others in detail. It is critical, however, that you let yourself go and touch those deepest emotions and thoughts that you have. In other words, write about what happened and how you felt about it, and how you feel about it now. Finally, you can write on different traumas during each session or the same one over the entire study. Your choice of trauma for each session is entirely up to you.”
Slide 40
Combining ABC’s: Journaling
Writing about intense positive experiences (Burton & King, 2004)
Slide 41
“Think of the most wonderful experience or experiences in your life, happiest moments, ecstatic moments, moments of rapture, perhaps from being in love, or from listening to music, or suddenly ‘being hit’ by a book or painting or from some great creative moment. Choose one such experience or moment. Try to imagine yourself at that moment, including all the feelings and emotions associated with the experience. Now write about the experience in as much detail as possible trying to include the feelings, thoughts, and emotions that were present at the time. Please try your best to re-experience the emotions involved.”
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March 14: Setting goals I (from lofty todo lists...)
[[Lecture Slides: Goals 01-23|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-07-goals.ppt]] - [[March 14th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060314-v1-hi.rm]] - Thursday, September 14, 2006; duration: 1:17:04
March 16: Setting goals II (... to earthly visions)
[[Lecture Slides: Goals 24-54|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-07-goals.ppt]] - [[March 16th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060316-v1-hi.rm]] - Thursday, September 14, 2006; duration: 1:18:51
Bibliography and Recommendations
* Csikszentmihaly, M. (1991). [[Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience|http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Mihaly-Csikszentmihalyi/dp/0060920432/sr=8-1/qid=1158259695/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]], 71-93. Harper Collins Publishers.
* Kasser, T., & Ryan, R. M. (1993). A dark side of the American dream: Correlates of financial success as a central life aspiration. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 410-422.
* Locke, E. A. (1998). [[“Study Methods and Motivation.”|http://www.amazon.com/Study-Methods-Motivation-Practical-Effective/dp/1561144444/sr=1-1/qid=1158259806/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]] New Milford, CT: Second Renaissance Books.
* Mumford, M. D., Schultz, R. A. & Van Doorn, J. R. (2001). Performance in Planning: Processes, Requirements, and Errors. Review of General Psychology, 5, 213-240.
* Sheldon, K. M. & Elliot, A. J. (1999). Goal striving, need-satisfaction, and longitudinal well-being: The Self-Concordance Model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 482-497.
* [[Self-test based on Stephen Covey’s distinction between urgent and important|http://www.franklincovey.com/ez/urgencyanalysis/ua-prof.html]]
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March 21: Midterm
March 23: Review and questions (everything you wanted to know, and... have a wonderful break)
SPRING BREAK
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April 4: Perfectionism I (at Harvard???)
[[Lecture Slides: Perfection 01-15|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-08-perfection.ppt]] - [[April 4th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060404-v1-hi.rm]] - Friday, September 15, 2006; duration: 1:17:35
April 6: Perfectionism II
[[Lecture Slides: Perfection 15-27|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-08-perfection.ppt]] - [[April 6th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060406-v1-hi.rm]] - Friday, September 15, 2006; duration: 1:19:44
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April 11: Mindfulness (Ohmmmmmm)
[[Lecture Slides: Mindfulness 01-24|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-10-mindfulness.ppt]] - [[April 11th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060411-v1-hi.rm]] - Monday, October 2, 2006; duration: 1:18:18
Bibliography and Recommendations
* Bennett-Goleman, T. (2002). [[Emotional Alchemy|http://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Alchemy-Mind-Heal-Heart/dp/0609607529/sr=8-2/qid=1159815150/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Three Rivers Press.
* Benson, H. The [[Relaxation Response|http://www.amazon.com/Relaxation-Response-M-D-Herbert-Benson/dp/0380815958/sr=1-2/qid=1159815206/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. HarperTorch.
* Carrington, P. et al. (1980). The Use of Meditation: Relaxation Techniques for the Management of Stress in a Working Population. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 22, 221-231.
* Derezotes, D. (2000). Evaluation of Yoga and Meditation Trainings With Adolescent Sex Offenders. Human Science Press, 17, 97-113.
* Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). [[Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness|http://www.amazon.com/Full-Catastrophe-Living-Wisdom-Illness/dp/0385303122/sr=8-1/qid=1159815479/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Delta.
* Hall, S. S. (2003). [[Is Buddhism Good for Your Health?|http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=940CE1DB173BF937A2575AC0A9659C8B63]] New York Times Magazine, September 14.
* Shapiro, S. L. et al. (2002). Meditation and Positive Psychology. In C. R. Snyder and S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology, 632-645. Oxford University Press.
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April 13: Humor (finally, some fun in this class) Lecturer: Shawn J. Achor
[[Lecture Slides: Shawns Humor Lecture|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/Shawns%20Humor%20Lecture.ppt]] - [[April 13th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060413-v1-hi.rm]] - Monday, October 2, 2006; duration: 1:15:57
Deep Friendship
“At the heart of my program is the simple truth that happy marriages are based on a deep friendship. By this I mean a mutual respect for and enjoyment of each other’s company. These couples tend to know each other intimately—they are well versed in each other’s likes, dislikes, personality quirks, hopes, and dreams. They have an abiding regard for each other and express this fondness not just in the big ways, but in little ways day in and day out.”
John Gottman
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April 18: Relationships I (love, friendship, and other good stuff)
[[Lecture Slides: Relationships 01-17|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-11-Relationships.ppt]] - [[April 18th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060418-v1-hi.rm]] - Monday, October 2, 2006; duration: 1:17:13
“There are few stronger predictions of happiness than a close, nurturing, equitable, intimate, lifelong companionship with one’s best friend.” David Myers
April 20: Relationships II
[[Lecture Slides: Relationships 18-37|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-11-Relationships.ppt]] - [[April 20th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060420-v1-hi.rm]] - Monday, October 2, 2006; duration: 1:15:11
Bibliography and Recommendations
* Bem, D. J. (1996). Exotic Becomes Erotic: A Developmental Theory of Sexual Orientation. Psychological Review, 103 (2), 320-335)
* Branden, N. (1985). [[The Psychology of Romantic Love|http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Romantic-Love-Nathaniel-Branden/dp/0553275550/sr=8-1/qid=1159830190/ref=sr_1_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Bantam
* Fraley, R. C. & Shaver, P. R. (2000). Adult Romantic Attachment: Theoretical Developments, Emerging Controversies, and Unanswered Questions. Review of General Psychology, 4 (2), 132-154.
* Gottman, J. M. (2000). [[The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert|http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Principles-Making-Marriage-Work/dp/0609805797/sr=1-1/qid=1159830255/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Three Rivers Press.
* Murray, S. L., & Holmes, J. G. (1997). A leap of faith? Positive illusions in romantic relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 586-604.
* Schnarch, D. (1998). [[Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships|http://www.amazon.com/Passionate-Marriage-Emotionally-Committed-Relationships/dp/0805058265/sr=1-4/qid=1159830350/ref=sr_1_4/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Owl Books.
* Sternberg, R. J. & Barnes, M. L. (1989). [[The Psychology of Love|http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Love-Robert-J-Sternberg/dp/0300045891/sr=1-1/qid=1159830437/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Yale University Press.
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April 25: Self-esteem I
[[Lecture Slides: Self-Esteem 01-17|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-12-Self-Esteem.ppt]] - [[April 25th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060425-v1-hi.rm]] - Tuesday, October 3, 2006; duration: 1:17:07
April 27: Self-esteem II
[[Lecture Slides: Self-Esteem 18-29|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-12-Self-Esteem.ppt]] - [[April 27th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060427-v1-hi.rm]] - Tuesday, October 3, 2006; duration: 1:19:56
Bibliography and Recommendations
* Bandura, A. (1997). [[Self-efficacy: The exercise of control|Self-efficacy: The exercise of control]]. W.H. Freeman and Company: New York.
* Bednar, R. L. and Peterson, S. R. (1995) [[Self Esteem: Paradoxes and Innovations in Clinical Theory and Practice|http://www.amazon.com/Self-Esteem-Paradoxes-Innovations-Clinical-Practice/dp/1557982902/sr=1-1/qid=1159881037/ref=sr_1_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. (2nd edition). American Psychological Asssociation.
* Coopersmith, S. (1967). [[The antecedents of self-esteem|http://www.amazon.com/antecedents-self-esteem-books-behavioral-science/dp/0716709120/sr=1-1/qid=1159881081/ref=sr_1_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. New York: W.H. Freeman.
* Crocker, J., Luhtanen, R. K., Bouvrette, S. (2003). “Contingencies of self-worth in college students: theory and measurement.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 85, 894-908.
* Kernis, M. H. (Ed.). (1995). [[Efficacy, agency, and self-esteem|http://www.amazon.com/Efficacy-self-esteem-Springer-Clinical-Psychology/dp/030644934X/sr=1-1/qid=1159881133/ref=sr_1_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. New York: Plenum.
* Locke, E. A., McClear, K., Knight, D. (1996). “Self esteem and work.” In C. Cooper & I. Robertson (Eds), International Review of Industrial & Organizational Psychology. Chichester, England: Wiley Ltd.
* Swann, W. B., Jr. (1997). The trouble with change: Self-verification and allegiance to the self. Psychological Science, 8, (3), 177-180.
Notes:
* [[John Yeager|http://faculty.culver.org/~yeagerj/biograph.asp]] is the director of the Center for Character Excellence at The Culver Academies in Culver, Ind.
* [[Scrapbooking|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapbook]]
* [[Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment|http://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Happiness-Psychology-Potential-Fulfillment/dp/0743222989/sr=8-1/qid=1159885907/ref=sr_1_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]] by Martin Seligman
* [[Master of Applied Positive Psychology|http://www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/graduate/mapp/]] The Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP)
* [[How to Write a Response Paper|http://www.usd.edu/fye/sjwriteresp.html]]
* [[Epigenetics|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics]]
* [[Self-esteem|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-esteem]] Roy Baumeister confirmed that high self-regard per se is not necessarily good nor does it translate into higher estimates by others of a person's intellect, appearance or virtue
* The Case of Relationships: “Differentiation is your ability to maintain your sense of self when you are emotionally and/or physically close to others—especially as they become increasingly important to you. Differentiation permits you to maintain your own course when lovers, friends, and family pressure you to agree and conform. Well-differentiated people can agree without feeling like they’re ‘losing themselves,’ and can disagree without feeling alienated and embittered.” - David Schnarch (1997)
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May 2: The good life (wait, what was the course about until now?)
[[Lecture Slides: Health 01-28|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-13-Health.ppt]] - [[May 2nd '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060502-v1-hi.rm]] Tuesday, October 3, 2006; duration: 1:20:57
Notes:
[[Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain|http://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Error-Emotion-Reason-Brain/dp/014303622X/sr=8-1/qid=1159896388/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]] by Antonio Damasio
Bibliography and Recommendations
* Babyak, M., et al. (2000). Exercise Treatment for Major Depression: Maintenance of Therapeutic Benefit at 10 Months. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 633-638.
* Benson, H. (1997). [[Timeless Healing|http://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Healing-Herbert-Benson/dp/0684831465/sr=8-1/qid=1159896477/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Scribner.
* Field, T. (2003). [[Touch|http://www.amazon.com/Touch-Bradford-Books-Tiffany-Field/dp/0262561565/sr=1-1/qid=1159896529/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Bradford Books.
* Murphy, S. (2004). [[Run for Life: The Real Woman’s Guide to Running|http://www.amazon.com/Run-Life-Womans-Guide-Running/dp/1592283640/sr=1-1/qid=1159896601/ref=sr_1_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. The Lyons Press.
* Salmon, P. (2001). Effects of Physical Exercise on Anxiety, Depression, and Sensitivity to Stress: A Unifying Theory. Clinical Psychology Review, 21, 33-61.
* Sarno, J. E. (1991). [[Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection|http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Back-Pain-Mind-Body-Connection/dp/0446392308/sr=1-1/qid=1159896660/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5974132-9660737?ie=UTF8&s=books]]. Warner Books.
* Trockel, M. T. et al. (2003). Health-Related Variables and Academic Performance Among First-Year College Students: Implications for Sleep and Other Behaviors. Journal of American College Health, 49, 3.
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May 4: What Now? (the next step, the one after, and farewell :(
[[Lecture Slides: Finals2 01-11|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1504/Lectures/1504-18-final2.ppt]] - [[May 4th '06|http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu:9095/~psy1504/tool/video/stream.cgi?uri=/ramgen/0506s/psy1504/psy1504-060504-v1-hi.rm]] Tuesday, October 3, 2006; duration: 1:23:39
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by [[Michio Kaku|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku]]
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* Hardcover: 448 pages
* Publisher: Doubleday; 1 edition (December 28, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0385509863
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Well-known physicist and author Kaku (Hyperspace) tells readers in this latest exploration of the far reaches of scientific speculation that another universe may be floating just a millimeter away on a "brane" (membrane) parallel to our own. We can't pop our heads in and have a look around because it exists in hyperspace, beyond our four dimensions. However, Kaku writes, scientists conjecture that branes—a creation of M theory, marketed as possibly the long-sought "theory of everything"—may eventually collide, annihilating each other. Such a collision may even have caused what we call the big bang. In his usual reader-friendly style, Kaku discusses the spooky objects conjured up from the equations of relativity and quantum physics: wormholes, black holes and the "white holes" on the other side; universes budding off from one another; and alternate quantum realities in which the 2004 elections turned out differently. As he delves into the past, present and possible future of this universe, Kaku will excite readers with his vision of realms that may exist just beyond the tip of our noses and, in what he admits is a highly speculative section, the possibilities our progeny may enjoy countless millennia from now; for instance, as this universe dies (in a "big freeze"), humans may be able to escape into other universes. B&w illus.
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From Scientific American
In the end, as our universe is dying, will civilization be able to move to another universe? Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York, thinks the possibility of such a transition appears in "the emerging theory of the multiverse--a world made up of multiple universes, of which ours is but one." Our universe is now expanding. "If this antigravity force continues, the universe will ultimately die in a big freeze." That is a law of physics. "But it is also a law of evolution that when the environment changes, life must either leave, adapt, or die." Moving to another universe is one possibility cited by Kaku. Another is that civilization could build a "time warp" and travel back into its own past, to an era before the big freeze. A third is that "an entire civilization may inject its seed through a dimensional gateway and reestablish itself, in its full glory." Kaku is good at explaining the cosmological ideas--among them string theory, inflation, wormholes, space and time warps, and higher dimensions--that underpin his argument.
Editors of Scientific American
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART ONE: THE UNIVERSE
CH. 1 BABY PICTURES OF THE UNIVERSE 3
6. -- THE WMAP SATELLITE
6b. The [[Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMAP]] — also known as the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP), and Explorer 80 — measures the temperature of the Big Bang's remnant radiant heat.
7b. assumes that the speed of light is constant
10. -- THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE
13. -- INFLATION
14. -- THE MULTIVERSE
14. -- M-THEORY AND THE ELEVENTH DIMENSION
18. -- THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
20. -- ESCAPE INTO HYPERSPACE
21b. [[Wormhole|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole]]
CH. 2 THE PARADOXICAL UNIVERSE 22
25. -- BENTLEY'S PARADOX
26c. Newton's house of cards
26. -- OBERS' PARADOX
30. -- EINSTEIN THE REBEL
31. -- PARADOXES OF RELATIVITY
31b. [[Marcel Grossmann|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Grossmann]] got Einstein's job at Patent Office
32b. Einstein could not have known light as constant. Theory?
33c. how do you multiply?
34b. no one will believe you
35. -- FORCE AS THE BENDING OF SPACE
35b. gravity as fabric
36. -- THE BIRTH OF COSMOLOGY
40. -- THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
40c. [[Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Friedman]] in 1922 assumes for cosmological principle: 1. istropic, 2. homogeneous
41c. [[Willem de Sitter|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_de_Sitter]] (May 6, 1872 – November 20, 1934) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
CH. 3 THE BIG BANG 45
46. -- EDWIN HUBBLE, PATRICIAN ASTRONOMER
48. -- DOPPLER EFFECT AND THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE
50. -- HUBBLE'S LAW
51. -- THE BING BANG
52. -- GEORGE GAMOW, COSMIC JESTER
55. -- NUCLEAR KITCHEN OF THE UNIVERSE
56. -- MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION
58. -- FRED HOYLE, CONTRARIAN
59. -- STEADY STATE THEORY
60a. [[Dead of Night (1945)|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037635/]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_of_Night
61. -- BCC LECTURES
62. -- NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN THE STARS
63. -- EVIDENCE AGAINST THE STEADY STATE
65. -- HOW STARS ARE BORN
68. -- BIRD DROPPINGS AND THE BIG BANG
69. -- PERSONAL AFTERSHOCKS OF THE BIG BANG
70. -- OMEGA AND DARK MATTER
74. -- COBE SATELLITE
CH. 4 INFLATION AND PARALLEL UNIVERSES 76
78. -- BIRTH OF INFLATION
79. -- SEARCH FOR UNIFICATION
81. -- UNIFICATION AT THE BIG BANG
85. -- FALSE VACUUM
86. -- MONOPOLE PROBLEM
87. -- FLATNESS PROBLEM
88. -- HORIZON PROBLEM
89. -- REACTION TO INFLATION
92. -- CHAOTIC INFLATION AND PARALLEL UNIVERSES
93. -- THE UNIVERSE FROM NOTHING
96. -- WHAT MIGHT OTHER UNIVERSES LOOK LIKE?
98. -- SYMMETRY BREAKING
98. -- SYMMETRY AND THE STANDARD MODEL
101. -- TESTABLE PREDICTIONS
102. -- SUPERNOVAE - RETURN OF LAMBDA
104. -- PHASES OF THE UNIVERSE
107. -- THE FUTURE
--
PART TWO: THE MULTIVERSE
CH. 5 DIMENSIONAL PORTALS AND TIME TRAVEL 111
114. -- BLACK HOES
118. -- EINSTEIN-ROSEN BRIDGE
121. -- ROTATING BLACK HOLES
122. -- OBSERVING BLACK HOLES
125. -- GAMMA RAY BURSTERS
128. -- VAN STOCKUM'S TIME MACHINE
129. -- GÖDEL UNIVERSE
131. -- THORNE TIME MACHINE
133. -- PROBLEMS WITH NEGATIVE ENERGY
136. -- A UNIVERSE IN YOUR BEDROOM
140. -- GOTT TIME MACHINE
142. -- TIME PARADOXES
CH. 6 PARALLEL QUANTUM UNIVERSES 146
148. -- TWILIGHT ZONE
150. -- MONSTER MIND: JOHN WHEELER
153. -- DETERMINISM OR UNCERTAINTY?
156. -- TREES IN THE FOREST
158. -- THE CAT PROBLEM
161. -- THE BOMB
163. -- SUM OVER PATHS
165. -- WIGNER'S FRIEND
166. -- DECOHERENCE
167. -- MANY WORLDS
171. -- IT FROM BIT
172. -- QUANTUM COMPUTING AND TELEPORTATION
174. -- QUANTUM TELEPORTATION
178. -- WAVE FUNCTION OF THE UNIVERSE
CH. 7 M-THEORY : THE MOTHER OF ALL STRINGS 181
185. -- M-THEORY
187. -- HISTORY OF STRING THEORY
192. -- TEN DIMENSIONS
195. -- STRING BANDWAGON
196. -- COSMIC MUSIC
198. -- PROBLEMS IN HYPERSPACE
201. -- WHY STRINGS?
203. -- SUPERSYMMETRY
206. -- DERIVING THE STANDARD MODEL
207. -- M-THEORY
210. -- MYSTERY OF SUPERGRAVITY
211. -- ELEVENTH DIMENSION
214. -- BRANE WORLD
215. -- DUALITY
216. -- LISA RANDALL
221. -- COLLIDING UNIVERSES
226. -- MINI-BLACK HOLES
228. -- BLACK HOLES AND THE INFORMATION PARADOX
230. -- THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE
233. -- IS THE UNIVERSE A COMPUTER PROGRAM?
237. -- THE END?
CH. 8 A DESIGNER UNIVERSE? 241
246. -- COSMIC ACCIDENTS
247. -- THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE
249. -- MULTIVERSE
254. -- EVOLUTION OF UNIVERSES
CH. 9 SEARCHING FOR ECHOES FROM THE ELEVENTH DIMENSION 256
257. -- GPS AND RELATIVITY
258. -- GRAVITY WAVE DETECTORS
259. -- LIGO GRAVITY WAVE DETECTOR
262. -- LISA GRAVITY WAVE DETECTOR
263. -- EINSTEIN LENSES AND RINGS
266. -- DARK MATTER IN YOUR LIVING ROOM
267. -- SUSY (SUPERSYMMETRIC) DARK MATTER
268. -- SLOAN SKY SURVEY
271. -- COMPENSATING FOR THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS
273. -- LASHING RADIO TELESCOPES TOGETHER
274. -- MEASURING THE ELEVENTH DIMENSION
276. -- LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
280. -- TABLETOP ACCELERATORS
282. -- THE FUTURE
--
PART THREE: ESCAPE INTO HYPERSPACE
CH. 10 THE END OF EVERYTHING 287
289. -- THREE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS
291. -- THE BIG CRUNCH
292. -- FIVE STAGES OF THE UNIVERSE
299. -- CAN INTELLIGENCE SURVIVE?
302. -- LEAVING THE UNIVERSE
CH. 11 ESCAPING THE UNIVERSE 304
307. -- TYPE I, II, AND III CIVILIZATIONS
311. -- TYPE I CIVILIZATION
313. -- TYPE II CIVILIZATION
315. -- TYPE III CIVILIZATION
317. -- TYPE IV CIVILIZATION
318. -- INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION
319. -- TYPES A TO Z
321. -- STEP ONE: CREATE AND TEST A THEORY OF EVERYTHING
323. -- STEP TWO: FIND NATURALLY OCCURRING WORMHOLES AND WHITE HOLES
324. -- STEP THREE: SEND PROBES THROUGH A BLACK HOLE
325. -- STEP FOUR: CONSTRUCT A BLACK HOLE IN SLOW MOTION
327. -- STEP FIVE: CREATE A BABY UNIVERSE
330. -- STEP SIX: CREATE HUGE ATOM SMASHERS
332. -- STEP SEVEN: CREATE IMPLOSION MECHANISMS
334. -- STEP EIGHT: BUILD A WARP DRIVE MACHINE
336. -- STEP NINE: USE NEGATIVE ENERGY FROM SQUEEZED STATES
338. -- STEP TEN: WAIT FOR QUANTUM TRANSITIONS
338. -- STEP ELEVEN: THE LAST HOPE
CH. 12 BEYOND THE MULTIVERSE 343
345. -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
347. -- COPERNICAN PRINCIPLE VS. ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE
349. -- QUANTUM MEANING
351. -- MEANING IN THE MULTIVERSE
354. -- WHAT PHYSICISTS THINK ABOUT THE MEANING OF THE UNIVERSE
358. -- CREATING OUR OWN MEANING
359. -- TRANSITION TO TYPE I CIVILIZATION
----
[[Scientists explore what happened before the universe's theoretical beginning|http://www.physorg.com/news141317146.html]]
By Robert S. Boyd, Physics / Physics
When the huge subatomic-particle smasher under the Swiss-French border starts running, it's supposed to reveal what happened the instant after the big bang, the theoretical beginning of our universe 13.7 billion years ago.
... Michio Kaku, a professor of theoretical physics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, proposes that gravity, unlike light and matter, could travel between parallel universes and cast a "shadow" that scientists might be able to detect.
[[Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkinson_Microwave_Anisotropy_Probe]]
[[Mapping The Universe: with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS Data Release 2)|http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4094602439481326500&ei=ZTPdSL2BN4m6rQLzoJidCw&hl=en]] - 4 min - Apr 17, 2005
Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 8:12 PM
[[Michio Kaku: Mini Black Holes and the Large Hadron Collider|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8Vr00EBHA]]
[[Michio Kaku: Time Travel, Parallel Universes, and Reality|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnkE2yQPw6s&NR=1]]
[[Michio Kaku on Teleportation|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FqLCLooayM&NR=1]]
[[Michio Kaku on Mind Reading and Physics|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O-iMCFkfqk&NR=1]]
[[Michio Kaku: WIll We Ever Be a Galactic Civilization?|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXqbi3kaYxg&NR=1]]
----
[[Michio Kaku on Artificial Intelligence|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW8rgKLPHMg]]
[[Dr Michio Kaku on Religious Immortality|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJirmdU2McE&NR=1]]
[[Michio Kaku: "Physics of the Impossible" Interview by Tara|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i8vnCGumMw&feature=related]]
[[Michio Kaku on String Theory 1|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnQLsERqTIg&NR=1]]
[[String Theory Illustrated|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4LrbAXb4FQ&feature=related]]
Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 4:08 PM
[[Michio Kaku at Reddit|http://www.reddit.com/search?q=Michio+Kaku&x=0&y=0]]
[[Michio Kaku: Mr Parallel Universe|http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/03/23/sv_michiokaku.xml]]
Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 20/03/2008
'He also believed that if a theory couldn't be broadly explained to a child it wasn't working. He believed that there should be a picture behind the theory.
Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 4:20 PM
[[Michio Kaku - Impossible Science|http://dailygrail.com/features/michio-kaku-impossible-science]]
He wasn't as charitable, however, about the idea of Active SETI (beaming messages out to space, rather than listening). "I think it's an awful idea to advertise our existence in space, without understanding the motives and intentions of possible alien civilizations," he said, comparing us to the inhabitants of the New World encountering "Cortez and his band of cut-throats". Instead of David vs. Goliath, Professor Kaku suggests it would be more akin to "a fruit fly versus Goliath".
----
148c.
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 7:31 AM
[[Persons Or Persons Unknown (1/3)|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRoKtNDIQbM&NR=1]]
[[Persons Or Persons Unknown (2/3)|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9tnBIPi2WY&feature=related]]
[[Persons Or Persons Unknown (3/3)|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WQJUrq8t4U&NR=1]]
[[Person or Persons Unknown|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_or_Persons_Unknown]]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 8:30 AM
184c.
[[Christus Hypercubus - Salvador Dali|http://pc.blogspot.com/2006/05/christus-hypercubus-salvador-dali.html]]
[[Hypercubes|http://www.btinternet.com/~connectionsinspace/Higher_Dimensions/Hypercubes/body_hypercubes.html]]
As such it was adopted by the renowned Spanish Surrealist, Salvador Dali, in his Corpus (or Christus) Hypercubus, in which Christ’s sacramental body is ...
184c.
[[Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_Descending_a_Staircase,_No._2]] (French: Nu descendant un escalier n° 2) is a 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp.
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Here is:
[[NOVA - The Elegant Universe (2003)| http://www.amazon.com/NOVA-Universe-Michael-B-Green/dp/B0000ZG0TA/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1223942231&sr=8-2]]:
on YouTube:
[[Part 01| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7FV9aaiwKQ ]]
[[Part 02| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_IVdCO4ZE ]]
[[Part 03| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7bakDI_TwA ]]
[[Part 04| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLd0lwQrxOw ]]
[[Part 05| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWGb-pIAQ-E ]]
[[Part 06| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD9vwfl2xQs ]]
[[Part 07| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PVjNlXj2WQ ]]
[[Part 08| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuK9Rb-tBBg ]]
[[Part 09| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BRhjntvGoE ]]
[[Part 10| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zgxvGaei6o ]]
[[Part 11| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB6lW-8CwpM ]]
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Parallel Universes [1/5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWIyam5cAko 8:55
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--
. Alan Guth
. Michio Kaku
. Stephen Hawkins
. Burt Ovrut, U of Penn .. string theory
Parallel Universes [2/5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBv5gWEAiDc 9:02
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--
. ... cosmologists ... big bang
. [[Paul Steinhardt|http://wwwphy.princeton.edu/~steinh/]], Princeton
. string theory and big bang
. doesn't say anything about the bang ...
. the singularity
. 5 different "string theories"
. then parallel universes ...
. Michael Duff, U of Michigan: "super gravity"
. "string theories" vs. "super gravity": number of dimensions
Parallel Universes [3/5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_vTXAMRhhc 8:56
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--
. string theory -> 10 dimensions (9 spacial and 1 time )
. super gravity -> 11 dimensions
. then string theorist added 11th dimension
. the string then becomes a membrane
. then M-Theory
. Lisa Randall ... rock climbing
Parallel Universes [4/5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BqrjqhP_nE 8:57
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--
. Lisa Randall: weakness of gravity
. Nimaarkain-Hamed, Harvard
. gravity leaks
. 11 dimension -> parallel universes
. M-Theory explains Singularity
. Burt Ovrut re membrane collision
. Neil Turok, Cambridge University: cosmologist
. what is cause of big bang?
Parallel Universes [5/5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF0NpUdPCFU 8:57
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--
. conference in Cambridge University ... Burt presentation
. Neil Turok, Paul Steinhardt, and Burt Ovrut on train to see Copenhagen play
. in one hour
. Guth: creat university in lab ...
. narrator: Dilly Barlow
. Horizon BBC World
. http://www.bbc.co.uk/horizon c. MMII
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 9:10 AM
Science & Nature - Horizon - Parallel Universes - Transcript
In effect, there's a parallel universe in which Napoleon won the Battle of Waterloo. It was this dream which would lead unwittingly to the rediscovery of parallel universes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/parallelunitrans.shtml
Parallel Universes
BBC Two 9.00pm Thursday 14 February 2002
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/paralleluni.shtml
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 9:12 AM
http://mkaku.org/
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[[PhiloCafé|PhiloCaféTiddler]]
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[[Philosophy 160: Philosophy of Science|http://www.stemwedel.org/phil160.html]] ([[San Jose State University|http://sjsu.edu/]])
[[Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel|http://www.stemwedel.org/]]
# [[Lecture 1: Introduction: "What is Science?" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160090104dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 2: "Logical Empiricism" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160090804dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 3: "Induction and Confirmation" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160091504dsl.rm]]
## [[Pierre Duhem|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duhem]]
## [[Willard Van Orman Quine|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine]]
## [[Twin Earth thought experiment|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Earth_thought_experiment]]
# [[Lecture 4: "Challenges in Theory Testing" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160092204dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 5: "Popper and Falsification" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160092904dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 6: "Kuhn: Paradigms and Normal Sciences (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160100604dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 7: "Kuhn: Crisis and Revolution (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160101304dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 9: "Alternatives to Kuhn" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160102704dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 10: "Sociology of Science" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160110304dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 11: "Feminist Critique of Science" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160111004dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 12: "Naturalism" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160111704dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 13: "Realism and Anti-Realism" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160112404dsl.rm]]
# [[Lecture 14: "Explanation" (56k or Dsl)|http://atn7.sjsu.edu:8080/ramgen/mediacontent/phil160120104dsl.rm]]
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Plumbing: Basic, Intermediate & Advanced Projects (Paperback)
Available through the Minuteman Library Network
by Merle Henkenius
Product Details
* Paperback: 272 pages
* Publisher: [[Creative Homeowner|http://www.creativehomeowner.com/]] (January 28, 2002)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1580110851
* ISBN-13: 978-1580110853
From Library Journal
A home's plumbing system is generally "out of sight, out of mind" because it works reliably with little input or effort from the homeowner. When things finally do go wrong, however, the result is often an expensive, messy, and disruptive job. Henkenius, a master plumber and frequent contributor to Popular Mechanics magazine, has written a colorful title that is probably the best do-it-yourself guide to plumbing projects big and small. Nearly every plumbing scenario is addressed, from cleaning drains and replacing faucets to installing a bathtub and replacing pipes; the clear instructions are supplemented with excellent color illustrations and photos. A wealth of general plumbing information and definitions provides beginners with the background needed so they can evaluate their plumbing problem and not get in over their heads. The only thing better than owning this book would be to have Henkenius there to hold one's hand. An essential public library purchase.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"There are a lot of plumbing books out there but not all of them are good. This one is not only good, it's the best we've seen. Written and photographed by Merle Henkenius, a master plumber and longtime contributor to Popular Mechanics, this 270-page text covers everything from soup to nuts. The introductory sections on residential plumbing design, material specifications and tool use demystify much that's left to the imagination in other books. And the individual project chapters that cover the installation and repair of faucets, sinks, toilets, tubs, showers and much more are presented in exhaustive detail. The text is thorough and exceptionally literate, filled with unexpected insights at nearly every turn. The book has 700 photos and illustrations so you never have to wonder what an important part looks like or where it's located. If you want to do at least some of the plumbing work in your home yourself, we can't think of a better place to start.
-Steve Wilson, Popular Mechanics
September 2002
[[Plumbing: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Projects|http://www.wbthub.com/Plumbing-Basic-Intermediate-and-Advanced-Projects-B000PD3MHK]]
Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 6:34 PM
1. PLUMBING BASICS 8
10. municipal supply lines: corporation stop (corpcock); curb stop; stopbox (see website for data)
19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Tools
2. PLANNING PLUMBING CHANGES AND ADDITIONS 24
28. standard rough-in measurements
30. check Griswold laundry standpipes in 1st floor bathroom
3. DRAINS, VENTS AND TRAPS 34
37a. schedule 40 vs. 20 PVC pipes
4. WORKING WITH WASTE AND VENT PIPES 54
5. WORKING WITH WATER PIPING 68
72c. tip: start soldering at bottom
76a. strop water trickle by using liquid fill plastic capsules
80c. natural gas piping; shutoff <36"; drip leg; use gas compatible joint compound; braide safety valve
81a. push-fit fittings
88. globe valve
89. stop and waste valve
89c. ball valve fixture stop is best
6. TOILET REPAIRS AND INSTALLATION 96
7. INSTALLING SINKS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT 130
138a. replace wall-hung bathroom sink
154. laundry sink
8. FAUCET REPAIRS 172
9. CLEARING DRAINPIPES 204
206. drain cleaners: alkaline, enzymatic, acidic
10. REPAIRING AND INSTALLING TUBS AND SHOWERS 216
11. MAINTAINING AND INSTALLING WATER HEATERS 236
12. SUMP PUMPS, FILTERS AND SOFTENERS 250
13. PRIVATE SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND WELLS 260
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 1:46 PM
[[February's topic: Positive Illusions: What's So Great About Truth?|http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Davis_Sq_Philosophy_Cafe/message/201]]
February's topic of the Davis Square Philosophy Café
February's topic, "Positive Illusions: What's So Great About Truth?," will focus on the following:
Socrates said that the unexamined life isn't worth living. But what if discovering the truth about ourselves didn't set us free, but merely depressed us? Are we sometimes better off believing falsehoods, or should commitment to truth always come first? Is it possible to knowingly deceive ourselves, and if so, should we?
Here's the topic summary again, plus readings. See the previous message for meeting details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Davis_Sq_Philosophy_Cafe/message/201
best,
Tom
Btw, everyone's invited to a Darwin Day bash, Feb 12, 2008, 7 pm at Redline, 59 JFK St. Harvard Square Cambridge, MA. Details at http://www.naturalism.org/darwinday.htm.
* [[Positive Illusions, Perceived Control, and the Free Will Debate|http://gfp.typepad.com/the_garden_of_forking_pat/files/positive_illusions.pdf]] – by Thomas Nadelhoffer and Tatyana Matveeva, is also discussed [[here|http://gfp.typepad.com/the_garden_of_forking_pat/2007/08/more-on-science.html]]
Positive Illusions, Perceived Control, and the Free Will Debate
Thomas Nadelhoffer and Tatyana Matveeva
So what does Smilansky suggest we do? According to free will illusionism, because the benefits of wide-scale illusory beliefs about the existence of LFW and UMR far outweigh the costs associated with dispelling these beliefs, “people as a rule ought not to be fully aware of the ultimate inevitability of what they have done” (Smilansky 2001: 85). Consequently, those of us who have already been disillusioned ought to keep the truth to ourselves.16
... As Ellen Skinner—one of the leading experts on constructs of control in psychology—points out:
Old age brings with it the recognition that many of life’s events are the result of happenstance, luck, chance, fate, or coincidence. Events that are severe, negative, and nonnormative, such as early widowhood, disability, and victimization, are labeled “accidents” and rarely seem to be the result of any discernible systematic influences amenable to human control. At this age, many of the attributes that before were the objects of ‘pride’, such as mental ability, physical prowess, beauty, and robust health, are now seen in their decline as ultimately uncontrollable, and as characteristics that although genetic, are distributed based on ‘luck’ as well…It is as if, when reflecting on their control as they age, people change from psychologists, to sociologists, to historians, to philosophers. (1995: 118)
* [[The Value of Believing in Free Will|http://www.naturalism.org/The%20Value%20of%20Believing%20in%20Free%20Will.pdf]] – Kathleen Vohs & Jonathan Schooler
We are always ready to take refuge in a belief in determinism if this freedom weighs upon us or if we need an excuse. (Sartre, 1943/ 1956, pp. 78–79)
* [[Self-deception|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/self-deception/]], in particular, the [[morality of self-deception|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/self-deception/#5.2]] – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
# 1. Definitional Issues
# 2. Intentionalist Approaches
* 2.1 Temporal Partitioning
* 2.2 Psychological Partitioning
# 3. Non-Intentionalist Approaches
* 3.1 Intentionalist Objections
# 4. Twisted Self-Deception
# 5. Morality and Self-Deception
* 5.1 Self-Deception and Moral Responsibility
* [[5.2 The Moral Significance of Self-Deception|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/self-deception/#5.2]]
... Evaluating self-deception and its consequences for ourselves and others is a difficult task. It requires, among other things: determining the degree of control self-deceivers have; what the self-deception is about (Is it important morally or otherwise?); what ends the self-deception serves (Does it serve mental health or as a cover for moral wrongdoing?); how entrenched it is (Is it episodic or habitual?); and, whether it is escapable (What means of correction are available to the self-deceiver?). In view of the many potentially devastating moral problems associated with self-deception, these are questions that demand our continued attention.
# Bibliography
# Other Internet Resources
# Related Entries
* [[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Morality of Memory|http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0021-8529.2006.00234.x]]
CHRISTOPHER GRAU
... Although I think much of their appreciation has its base in the sensitive and creative direction of Michel Gondry, the clever script from Charlie Kaufman, the beautifully melancholy score by Jon Brion, and the impressive performances by all the actors involved, I also think it is not crazy to suggest that the philosophy of the film helped it to achieve the cult-like status it now enjoys.2
... Similar philosophical issues arise, as the worry is that in both cases we are achieving pleasure (or the avoidance of pain) at the cost of truth.
... natural aversion to sacrificing knowledge of the truth for happiness can be understood as the expression of some of our most basic values, and that these values are perfectly legitimate and need not be threatened by a hedonistic outlook that claims that only pleasurable conscious experience can ultimately have value in itself.
... (disagree with) It is precisely the sense that Alex has been unjustly manipulated that causes us to have sympathy for an otherwise vile person. Even if he is a criminal who has committed countless immoral acts, that does not give society the right to treat him as though he is merely a broken mechanism rather than a person. Manipulating someone’s mind is a particularly robust and offensive way to fail to grant him or her the respect that all people deserve.22
((article too verbose))
* [[The power of positive illusions|http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/09/26/the_power_of_positive_illusions?pg=full]] – Boston Globe
By Christopher Shea | September 26, 2004
* [[Self-illusions are good for you|http://www.grandtimes.com/Self_Illusions.html]] - David Gamon, Ph.D. and Allen D. Bragdon
Do you think you’re a better driver than other people?
(b) Better than average, but not dramatically (1 pt.)
Do you think that people who get in automobile accidents are bad drivers?
(b) Only occasionally (1 pt.)
0-7 points = You’re a sober realist, and quite possibly at greater risk for mild depression. :-)
* [[Illusion of control|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_of_control]] – Wikipedia
* [[The ethics of belief|http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/w_k_clifford/ethics_of_belief.html]] (1877)
[[William K. Clifford|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_K._Clifford]]
Originally published in Contemporary Review, 1877. Reprinted in Lectures and Essays (1879). Presently in print in The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays (Prometheus Books, 1999).
I. THE DUTY OF INQUIRY
... Let us alter the case a little, and suppose that the ship was not unsound after all; that she made her voyage safely, and many others after it. Will that diminish the guilt of her owner? Not one jot. When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that. The man would not have been innocent, he would only have been not found out. The question of right or wrong has to do with the origin of his belief, not the matter of it; not what it was, but how he got it; not whether it turned out to be true or false, but whether he had a right to believe on such evidence as was before him.
...
Nor is it that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it. He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart. If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future. It goes to make a part of that aggregate of beliefs which is the link between sensation and action at every moment of all our lives, and which is so organized and compacted together that no part of it can be isolated from the rest, but every new addition modifies the structure of the whole. No real belief, however trifling and fragmentary it may seem, is ever truly insignificant; it prepares us to receive more of its like, confirms those which resembled it before, and weakens others; and so gradually it lays a stealthy train in our inmost thoughts, which may someday explode into overt action, and leave its stamp upon our character for ever.
...
We feel much happier and more secure when we think we know precisely what to do, no matter what happens, then when we have lost our way and do not know where to turn.
...
And, as in other such cases, it is not the risk only which has to be considered; for a bad action is always bad at the time when it is done, no matter what happens afterwards. Every time we let ourselves believe for unworthy reasons, we weaken our powers of self-control, of doubting, of judicially and fairly weighing evidence.
...
"But," says one, "I am a busy man; I have no time for the long course of study which would be necessary to make me in any degree a competent judge of certain questions, or even able to understand the nature of the arguments."
Then he should have no time to believe.
...
II. THE WEIGHT OF AUTHORITY
...
But if my chemist tells me that an atom of oxygen has existed unaltered in weight and rate of vibration throughout all time I have no right to believe this on his authority, for it is a thing which he cannot know without ceasing to be man. He may quite honestly believe that this statement is a fair inference from his experiments, but in that case his judgment is at fault.
* [[Worldview cognitive therapy|http://www.naturalism.org/therapy.htm]] – Naturalism.Org
... From a naturalistic standpoint, many people harbor distorted cognitions with respect to their true nature, since they suppose they possess souls, or some non-physical essence which has the power to transcend or contravene causality. They imagine that their choices arise in some respect independently of their body, brain and surroundings, the product of a libertarian, contra-causal free will that moves the body without itself being fully caused by anything else. If we were CBT therapists, concerned for the mental health and optimum functioning of our clients – people at large, let’s imagine – wouldn’t we want to fix this faulty belief? Wouldn’t knowing the naturalistic truth about themselves support healthier attitudes and more effective behavior?
* [[The ethics of empiricism|http://www.naturalism.org/activism.htm#ethics]] – Naturalism.Org
... but empirical evidence is objectively more reliable and thus worth enforcing as a cognitive norm for parents, since it produces far better outcomes when translated into life-saving medical treatments.
* [[Positive Illusions: Creative Self-Deception and the Healthy Mind|http://www.amazon.com/Positive-Illusions-Creative-Self-Deception-Healthy/dp/0465060536]] – Shelley E. Taylor
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The self-serving illusions we create about ourselves and the world may actually promote mental and physical well-being, according to UCLA professor Taylor ( Health Psychology ). Recovered cancer patients who believe they will never have a relapse, rape victims who claim newfound control and mastery over their social environment, and victims of disasters or life-threatening events all benefit from the benign fictions they invent, Taylor convincingly argues, citing clinical studies, interviews and surveys in support of her theory. Her excursion into the terrain of manic-depressive geniuses and mad poets sifts clues to mental factors that fuel creative enterprise. Closely argued, carefully annotated, this brief for restorative optimism builds from the dual premise that memory is selectively egocentric, and that our daily perceptions have a self-enhancing bias.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Taylor (psychology, UCLA) offers a readable introduction to the idea that the mind orients the self toward health through illusory as well as more accurate perceptions of reality. While she presents nicely both the how's and why's of self-supporting fictive thinking, her treatment is limited both theoretically and socially, for she speaks from and to white middle-class Americans' social and psychological values, and neglects to address issues in the area of self-deception that James Hillman (among others) has presented to the public over the past 20 years. For undergraduate health and social psychology students, as well as interested lay readers.
- Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley P.L., Cal.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Irrational behavior is a part of human nature, but as MIT professor Ariely has discovered in 20 years of researching behavioral economics, people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion. Drawing on psychology and economics, behavioral economics can show us why cautious people make poor decisions about sex when aroused, why patients get greater relief from a more expensive drug over its cheaper counterpart and why honest people may steal office supplies or communal food, but not money. According to Ariely, our understanding of economics, now based on the assumption of a rational subject, should, in fact, be based on our systematic, unsurprising irrationality. Ariely argues that greater understanding of previously ignored or misunderstood forces (emotions, relativity and social norms) that influence our economic behavior brings a variety of opportunities for reexamining individual motivation and consumer choice, as well as economic and educational policy. Ariely's intelligent, exuberant style and thought-provoking arguments make for a fascinating, eye-opening read. (Feb.)
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"Sly and lucid. . . . PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL is a far more revolutionary book than its unthreatening manner lets on."
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: HOW AN INJURY LED ME TO IRRATIONALITY AND TO THE RESEARCH DESCRIBED HERE XI
1. THE TRUTH ABOUT RELATIVITY: WHY EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE-EVEN WHEN IT SHOULDN'T BE 1
2. THE FALLACY OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND: WHY THE PRICE OF PEARLS-AND EVERYTHING ELSE-IS UP IN THE AIR 23
25a. difficult to atain
26c. "arbitrary coherence", anchors
36a. first impression
36c. "hearding" behavior
37a. self herding
3. THE COST OF ZERO COST: WHY WE OFTEN PAY TOO MUCH WHEN WE PAY NOTHING 49
51f. self-selection
52b. FREE + another item
54c. ... humans afraid of loss ...
55a. zero price effect
64b. expectd pleasure vs. displeasure
4. THE COST OF SOCIAL NORMS: WHY WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THINGS, BUT NOT WHEN WE ARE PAID TO DO THEM 67
68b. social and market norms
69b. Woody Allen's "most expensive sex is free sex"
71c. once market norms enters, social norm departs
5. THE INFLUENCE OF AROUSAL: WHY HOT IS MUCH HOTTER THAN WE REALIZE 89
97f. makes us strangers to ourselves
98c. participants in our experiment got it wrong
103c. wife Sumi, 1st child Amit
104a. 2nd child Neta
6. THE PROBLEM OF PROCRASTINATION AND SELF-CONTROL: WHY WE CAN'T MAKE OURSELVES DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO 109
7. THE HIGH PRICE OF OWNERSHIP: WHY WE OVERVALUE WHAT WE HAVE 127
129b. when we own something, we value it more
133c. 1. we fall in love with what we have
134b. 2. focus on what we may lose
135a. 3. assume others will see from our POV
136b. "virtual ownership"
8. KEEPING DOORS OPEN: WHY OPTIONS DISTRACT US FROM OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE 139
148a. couldn't tolerate the idea of loss
148b. Erich Fromm's Escape from Freedom
151f. "buridan's ass"
152b. consequences of not deciding
9. THE EFFECT OF EXPECTATIONS: WHY THE MIND GETS WHAT IT EXPECTS 155
157a. how previously held impressions can cloud or POV
162a. "if knowledge merely informs us"
167b. DLPFC - dorsolateral aspect of the prefrontal cortex
10. THE POWER OF PRICE: WHY A 50-CENT ASPIRIN CAN DO WHAT A PENNY ASPIRIN CAN'T 173
11. THE CONTEXT OF OUR CHARACTER, PART I: WHY WE ARE DISHONEST, AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT 195
197c. HBS is not in Cambridge but in Boston
208a. * ten commandments, re religion
209a. moral benchmark
209b. oath
211b. decline in professionalism
214b. N.B. 2002 rank in integrity
12. THE CONTEXT OF OUR CHARACTER, PART II: WHY DEALING WITH CASH MAKES US MORE HONEST 217
218c. cheating on step removed from cash
13. BEER AND FREE LUNCHES: WHAT IS BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS, AND WHERE ARE THE FREE LUNCHES? 231
236. * segment about the grad student Rich
244. http://predictablyirrational.com studies
THANKS 245
LIST OF COLLABORATORS 249
NOTES 255
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ADDITIONAL READINGS 259
INDEX 269
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* See [[Behavioral Economics: How Rational Are We?]]
* [[February 22, 2008 Bostonist Podcast: MIT Economist Dan Ariely|http://bostonist.com/2008/02/22/bostonist_podca.php]]
http://www.predictablyirrational.com/
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 2:48 PM
* [[Behavioral Economics: How Rational Are We?|http://hsack.journalspace.com/?entryid=730]] posted 05/23/06
Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 1:02 PM
* [[New Thinking: You can't always know what you want|http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/05/18/new_thinking?mode=PF]]
Friday, June 23, 2006 at 12:42 PM
[[Quirkyalone : A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006057898X/sr=8-2/qid=1151001086/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-9902695-7068935?_encoding=UTF8]]
by Sasha Cagen
http://quirkyalone.net/qa/
http://www.unmarried.org/
http://www.unmarriedamerica.org/
http://bitchmagazine.com/
http://celebratefriendship.org/
http://indiebride.com/
http://todolistmagazine.com/
http://www.todolistblog.com/
[[Single Minded|http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/06/04/single_minded/]]
They're having babies alone, vacationing alone, buying homes alone. And they couldn't be happier, especially in Boston, where record numbers of single people are finding that parties of one are worth toasting.
By Keith O'Brien | June 4, 2006
chapter one 1. a girl and her word
chapter two 15. birth of a movement
16c. http://www.livejournal.com forum
http://community.livejournal.com/quirkyalone/profile
chapter three 35. born or made?
chapter four 45. when settling is not an option
50a. should she? or shouldn't she? ... on a date or continue a relationship
53c. may meet a lot of people that you don't like much.
56. "I've learned you cannot make someone live you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in." - Nancy Ridgeway, "lessons I've learned," Anderson Valley Advertiser
http://www.nootrope.net/i.html
65b. vibrators - cs380a
chapter five 69. lonliness vs. solitude
chapter six 87. quirkytogether
70. Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
97. Duel-Dwelling Duos
chapter seven 105. best friends 4-eve
110. Walking and Talking http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118113/
chapter eight 121. quirkyalones throughout history
125. movie list
appendix 138. portrait of the artist as a young quirkyalone
Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 6:12 PM
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32. Great Books Foundatin
35. no experts, questions
42c. questions
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12b. knowledge, improve critical thinking
77b. 10 questions
181c. "Read the Book, See the Movie"
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
1. THE LAST HUMAN 1
1b. Homo Sapien is not the final word in primate evolution
2c. germline engineering
[[Germinal choice technology|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germinal_choice_technology]] refers to a set of reprogenetic technologies that, currently or that are expected to in the future, allow parents to influence the genetic constitutions of their children. This could be done through genetic screening of blastocysts (early embryos), or through germline engineering, which refers to human genetic engineering used to alter genes in the first cells of the blastocyst.[1]
5c. [[Erewhon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erewhon_(novel)]], or Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler, published anonymously in 1872.
7. -- early tinkering
11. -- genes and dreams
15. -- flesh and blood
2. OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR FLESH 19
19. -- cyborg fantasies
19b. [[Johnny Mnemonic|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)]] is a 1995 cyberpunk film, loosely based on the short story of the same name by William Gibson, in which Keanu Reeves plays the title character, a man with a cybernetic brain implant designed to store information. It portrays Gibson's standard dystopian view of the future with the world dominated by large corporations and with strong East Asian influences.
19c. install chip in brain
21a. criticism: but c.f. manned flight
22a. athletes may find it unappealing
22c. [[Hans Moravec|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Moravec]]: [[Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence|http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Children-Future-Robot-Intelligence/dp/0674576187]]
23. -- linking brains and computers
23a. [[Jaron Zepel Lanier|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaron_Lanier]] (born May 3, 1960 in New York City) is computer scientist, composer, visual artist, and author. He was a pioneer in, and popularized the term "Virtual Reality" (VR) in the early 1980s.
24. -- the fyborg
25a. functional cyborg = fyborg
25a. [[Alexander "Sasha" Chislenko|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Chislenko]] (December 2, 1959 – May 8, 2000) was an active member of the transhumanist and [[extropian|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extropian]] communities, contributing many speculative essays on singularity-inspired topics between 1997 and 1999. ... he coined the term fyborg (a portmanteau of "functional" and "cyborg")
27a. [[Kevin Warwick|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Warwick]] (born 9 February 1954 Coventry, UK) is a British scientist and professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, UK. He is probably best known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, although he has done much research in the field of robotics.
29. -- of carbon and silicon
31. -- the changing face of biology
3. SETTING THE STAGE 35
35. -- from mainstream research to human engineering
36b. [[Harold Elliot Varmus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Varmus]] (born December 18, 1939) is an American Nobel prize winning scientist. He was a co-recipient (along with J. Michael Bishop) of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
37b. In [[somatic cell gene therapy|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_gene_therapy#Somatic_cell_gene_therapy]], the gene is introduced only in somatic cells, especially of those tissues in which expression of the concerned gene is critical for health. Expression of the introduced gene relieves/ eliminates symptoms of the disorder, but this effect is not heritable as it does not involve the germ line. At present, somatic cell therapy is the only feasible option, and clinical trials addressing a variety of conditions have already begun.
39c. Amish and the [[Crigler-Najjar Syndrome|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crigler-Najjar_syndrome]] or CNS is a rare disorder affecting the metabolism of bilirubin, a chemical formed from the breakdown of blood. The disorder results in an inherited form of non-hemolytic jaundice, often leading to brain damage in infants.
40. -- deciphering the human genome
40c. human germline procedures:
1. human genome
2. clinical medicine
3. animal trangenics
4. human infertility
46b. [[Affymetrix|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affymetrix]] (NASDAQ: AFFX) is a manufacturer of DNA microarrays, based in Santa Clara, California, United States. The company was co-founded by Dr. Stephen Fodor in 1992.
47b. single gene in worm => 2x life
47. -- human medicine
48c. [[Kári Stefánsson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1ri_Stef%C3%A1nsson]] (co-founder and CEO of deCODE)
[[deCODE genetics, Inc.|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCODE_genetics]] (Íslensk erfðagreining in Icelandic) NASDAQ: DCGN is a biopharmaceutical company based in Reykjavík, Iceland. The company was founded in 1996 ...
49. -- basic and applied animal research
51b. [[Dolly|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_the_sheep]] was a ewe (July 5, 1996 – February 14, 2003) that was the first animal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer.
52a. [[Pharming|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharming_(genetics)]] is a portmanteau of farming and "pharmaceutical" and refers to the use of genetic engineering to insert genes that code for useful pharmaceuticals into host animals or plants that would otherwise not express those genes. As a consequence, the host animals or plants then make the pharmaceutical product in large quantity, which can then be purified and used as a drug product.
53. -- human infertility
53b. [[Louise Joy Brown|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Brown]] (born July 25, 1978, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England) is the world's first baby to be conceived by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
53b. [[Jeremy Rifkin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Rifkin]] (born 1943, Denver, Colorado), the founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends (FOET), is an American economist, writer, and public speaker. He is an activist who seeks to shape public policy in the United States and globally.
56b. In medicine and (clinical) [[genetics preimplantation genetic diagnosis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preimplantation_genetic_diagnosis]] (PGD) (or also known as Embryo Screening) refers to procedures that are performed on embryos prior to implantation, sometimes even on oocytes prior to fertilization. PGD is considered an alternative to prenatal diagnosis.
57. -- the market: violoator or protector?
4. SUPERBIOLOGY 62
65. -- auxiliary chromosomes
66a. adding chromosome pairs => 47 & 48
69a. [[Purkinje cells|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purkinje_cell]] (or Purkinje neurons) are a class of GABAergic neurons located in the cerebellar cortex. They are named after their discoverer, Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyne.
70. -- one generation at a time
70a. [[Mario Renato Capecchi|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Capecchi]] (born 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Known for [[Knockout mouse|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockout_mouse]]
70c. single-generation germline
72. -- combating disease
73a. In biology, a [[promoter|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promoter]] is a region of DNA that facilitates the transcription of a particular gene. Promoters are typically located near the genes they regulate, on the same strand and upstream (towards the 5' region of the sense strand).
75. -- chromosome 47, version 5.9
5. CATCHING THE WAVE 78
78. -- the dying of the light
79c. [[Biogerontology|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogerontology#Biogerontology]], is the subfield of gerontology dedicated to studying the biological processes involved in aging.
80b. life that is healthier and longer ... the question is not what we want nor hope for.
83a. [[Jeanne Louise Calment|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment]] (IPA: [?an lwiz kal'm?~]; February 21, 1875 – August 4, 1997)[1] was a Frenchwoman with the longest confirmed lifespan in history at 122 years and 164 days (44,724 days in total).
84c. Such senescent cells may be few in number, but Judith Campesi, a leading advocate of this theory of aging, suspects that their disruptive influence may be ...
85a. [[Apoptosis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptosis]] is a form of programmed cell death in multicellular organisms.
86a. a war on aging
86. -- the challenges ahead
89a. deGrey's comment regarding germline manipulation
89. -- a new world of testing
92. -- into the germline
93b. [[Intracytoplasmic sperm injection|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracytoplasmic_sperm_injection]] (ICSI) is an in vitro fertilization procedure in which a single sperm is injected directly into an egg.
94b. [[Lemurs|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur]] make up the infraorder Lemuriformes and are members of a group of primates known as prosimians. ... lives < 15 years
95a. most of us would rather be among the first to live an extended lifespan than among the last to live a "natural" one.
6. TARGETS OF DESIGN 97
97b. note: what is his fascination with blue eyes and blond hair?
98b. [[Sociobiology: The New Synthesis|http://www.amazon.com/Sociobiology-New-Synthesis-Twenty-fifth-Anniversary/dp/0674002350/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223589851&sr=8-1]] by Edward O. Wilson vs. Gould
99. -- twin studies and heritability
100c. our biology shapes our environment
101c. [[Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr.|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bouchard]] (born 2, October 1937, Manchester, New Hampshire) is a professor of psychology and director of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research, University of Minnesota. ... In 1979, Bouchard came across an account of a pair of twins (Jim Springer and Jim Lewis) who had been separated from birth and were reunited at age 39.
104. -- engineering human embryos
107c. The [[Prairie Vole|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_vole]] as monagamous. [[Larry Young|http://research.yerkes.emory.edu/Young/index.htm]] at Emory University.
109c. Eric Lander ... indefinite ban on modifications
110c. [[Germinal choice technology|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germinal_choice_technology]] refers to a set of reprogenetic technologies that, currently or that are expected to in the future, allow parents to influence the genetic constitutions of their children. This could be done through genetic screening of blastocysts (early embryos), or through germline engineering, which refers to human genetic engineering used to alter genes in the first cells of the blastocyst.
111. -- choosing genes
112b. ... leaving them untested and shallow
113. -- the road to enhancement
113b. [[Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning Will Transform the American Family|http://www.amazon.com/Remaking-Eden-Engineering-Transform-American/dp/0061235199/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223590537&sr=8-1]] by Lee M. Silver
114b. short children
116. -- genes, dreams, and memes
117b. N.B. observation abut human nature
7. ETHICS AND IDEOLOGY 124
124c. In 1985, Lee Ann Currie and her husband learned that their newborn first child, Natalie, had [[Fanconi anemia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanconi_anemia]], an inherited disorder that usually brings ...
127c. play God
128a. Leon R. Kass published in the May 21, 2001 issue of The New Republic.
130. -- the perils of germinal choice
130c. gene pool is common property of all humanity
134a. Catholic ... soul at conception dates only back to 1869
139. -- an eventual reckoning
140c. [[Diethylstilbestrol (DES)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethylstilbestrol]] is a drug, an orally active synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen that was first synthesized in 1938. In 1971 it was found to be a teratogen when given to pregnant women.
150a. N.B. giving up the present and going back to the past.
152c. N.B. real question is not whether these technologies will apppear, but when they will, who will have access to them, and how we will use them.
8. THE BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE 153
155a. threats are ... political, social, and philosophical
155b. about what it means to be human
157a. [[Raëlism|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism]] or Raëlian Church consists of the practitioners of a UFO religion founded by a former French sports-car journalist and test driver named Claude Vorilhon.
158a. [[Extropians|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extropian]]: Minisky, Kurzweil, and
[[Roy Lee Walford, M. D.|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Walford]] (June 29, 1924 San Diego, California, USA – April 27, 2004) was a pioneer in the field of life extension. He died at age 79 of respiratory failure as a complication of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease). He was a leading advocate of calorie restriction as a method of life extension and health improvement.
161. -- the threat of human enhancement
162c. ** N.B.
165. -- protecting the human race
170. -- a spiritual crossroads
9. THE ENHANCED AND THE UNENHANCED 176
178. [[The Time Machine|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine]], an 1895 novel by H. G. Wells
178. -- the enhanced
180c. Ridley Scott's 1982 [[Blade Runner|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner]] and Time Machine
181a. dog breeding
181c. deaf parents want deaf child
182a. what constitutes a meaningful life
182. -- humans and posthumans: our evolutionary future
182c. speciation ( what are characteristics? )
183c. mimetic rather than biological mechanisms will drive the penetration of genes ...
184b. "writing" -> civilization ... while nature has eons, you and I do not.
184. -- the tensions of living together
187a. self-sorting ... divides society
187c. ** N.B. kids ...
192. -- breeds apart
197. -- a world aborning
197c. ** N.B. Shackleton ...
Finished: Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 3:03 PM
APPENDIX 1: REGULATORY PATHS IN THE ERA OF GERMINAL CHOICE 205
APPENDIX 2: CHALLENGES TO COME 210
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 213
NOTES 215
BIBLIOGRAPHY 245
INDEX 260
----
/***
|''Name:''|ReminderPlugin|
|''Version:''|2.3.8 (Mar 9, 2006)|
|''Source:''|http://www.geocities.com/allredfaq/reminderMacros.html|
|''Author:''|Jeremy Sheeley(pop1280 [at] excite [dot] com)|
|''Licence:''|[[BSD open source license]]|
|''Macros:''|reminder, showreminders, displayTiddlersWithReminders, newReminder|
|''TiddlyWiki:''|2.0+|
|''Browser:''|Firefox 1.0.4+; InternetExplorer 6.0|
!Description
This plugin provides macros for tagging a date with a reminder. Use the {{{reminder}}} macro to do this. The {{{showReminders}}} and {{{displayTiddlersWithReminder}}} macros automatically search through all available tiddlers looking for upcoming reminders.
!Installation
* Create a new tiddler in your tiddlywiki titled ReminderPlugin and give it the {{{systemConfig}}} tag. The tag is important because it tells TW that this is executable code.
* Double click this tiddler, and copy all the text from the tiddler's body.
* Paste the text into the body of the new tiddler in your TW.
* Save and reload your TW.
* You can copy some examples into your TW as well. See [[Simple examples]], [[Holidays]], [[showReminders]] and [[Personal Reminders]]
!Syntax:
|>|See [[ReminderSyntax]] and [[showRemindersSyntax]]|
!Revision history
* v2.3.8 (Mar 9, 2006)
**Bug fix: A global variable had snuck in, which was killing FF 1.5.0.1
**Feature: You can now use TIDDLER and TIDDLERNAME in a regular reminder format
* v2.3.6 (Mar 1, 2006)
**Bug fix: Reminders for today weren't being matched sometimes.
**Feature: Solidified integration with DatePlugin and CalendarPlugin
**Feature: Recurring reminders will now return multiple hits in showReminders and the calendar.
**Feature: Added TIDDLERNAME to the replacements for showReminders format, for plugins that need the title without brackets.
* v2.3.5 (Feb 8, 2006)
**Bug fix: Sped up reminders lots. Added a caching mechanism for reminders that have already been matched.
* v2.3.4 (Feb 7, 2006)
**Bug fix: Cleaned up code to hopefully prevent the Firefox 1.5.0.1 crash that was causing lots of plugins
to crash Firefox. Thanks to http://www.jslint.com
* v2.3.3 (Feb 2, 2006)
**Feature: newReminder now has drop down lists instead of text boxes.
**Bug fix: A trailing space in a title would trigger an infinite loop.
**Bug fix: using tag:"birthday !reminder" would filter differently than tag:"!reminder birthday"
* v2.3.2 (Jan 21, 2006)
**Feature: newReminder macro, which will let you easily add a reminder to a tiddler. Thanks to Eric Shulman (http://www.elsdesign.com) for the code to do this.
** Bug fix: offsetday was not working sometimes
** Bug fix: when upgrading to 2.0, I included a bit to exclude tiddlers tagged with excludeSearch. I've reverted back to searching through all tiddlers
* v2.3.1 (Jan 7, 2006)
**Feature: 2.0 compatibility
**Feature AlanH sent some code to make sure that showReminders prints a message if no reminders are found.
* v2.3.0 (Jan 3, 2006)
** Bug Fix: Using "Last Sunday (-0)" as a offsetdayofweek wasn't working.
** Bug Fix: Daylight Savings time broke offset based reminders (for example year:2005 month:8 day:23 recurdays:7 would match Monday instead of Tuesday during DST.
!Code
***/
//{{{
//============================================================================
//============================================================================
// ReminderPlugin
//============================================================================
//============================================================================
version.extensions.ReminderPlugin = {major: 2, minor: 3, revision: 8, date: new Date(2006,3,9), source: "http://www.geocities.com/allredfaq/reminderMacros.html"};
//============================================================================
// Configuration
// Modify this section to change the defaults for
// leadtime and display strings
//============================================================================
config.macros.reminders = {};
config.macros["reminder"] = {};
config.macros["newReminder"] = {};
config.macros["showReminders"] = {};
config.macros["displayTiddlersWithReminders"] = {};
config.macros.reminders["defaultLeadTime"] = [0,6000];
config.macros.reminders["defaultReminderMessage"] = "DIFF: TITLE on DATE ANNIVERSARY";
config.macros.reminders["defaultShowReminderMessage"] = "DIFF: TITLE on DATE ANNIVERSARY -- TIDDLER";
config.macros.reminders["defaultAnniversaryMessage"] = "(DIFF)";
config.macros.reminders["untitledReminder"] = "Untitled Reminder";
config.macros.reminders["noReminderFound"] = "Couldn't find a match for TITLE in the next LEADTIMEUPPER days."
config.macros.reminders["todayString"] = "Today";
config.macros.reminders["tomorrowString"] = "Tomorrow";
config.macros.reminders["ndaysString"] = "DIFF days";
config.macros.reminders["emtpyShowRemindersString"] = "There are no upcoming events";
//============================================================================
// Code
// You should not need to edit anything
// below this. Make sure to edit this tiddler and copy
// the code from the text box, to make sure that
// tiddler rendering doesn't interfere with the copy
// and paste.
//============================================================================
// This line is to preserve 1.2 compatibility
if (!story) var story=window;
//this object will hold the cache of reminders, so that we don't
//recompute the same reminder over again.
var reminderCache = {};
config.macros.showReminders.handler = function showReminders(place,macroName,params)
{
var now = new Date().getMidnight();
var paramHash = {};
var leadtime = [0,14];
paramHash = getParamsForReminder(params);
var bProvidedDate = (paramHash["year"] != null) ||
(paramHash["month"] != null) ||
(paramHash["day"] != null) ||
(paramHash["dayofweek"] != null);
if (paramHash["leadtime"] != null)
{
leadtime = paramHash["leadtime"];
if (bProvidedDate)
{
//If they've entered a day, we need to make
//sure to find it. We'll reset the
//leadtime a few lines down.
paramHash["leadtime"] = [-10000, 10000];
}
}
var matchedDate = now;
if (bProvidedDate)
{
var leadTimeLowerBound = new Date().getMidnight().addDays(paramHash["leadtime"][0]);
var leadTimeUpperBound = new Date().getMidnight().addDays(paramHash["leadtime"][1]);
matchedDate = findDateForReminder(paramHash, new Date().getMidnight(), leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound);
}
var arr = findTiddlersWithReminders(matchedDate, leadtime, paramHash["tag"], paramHash["limit"]);
var elem = createTiddlyElement(place,"span",null,null, null);
var mess = "";
if (arr.length == 0)
{
mess += config.macros.reminders.emtpyShowRemindersString;
}
for (var j = 0; j < arr.length; j++)
{
if (paramHash["format"] != null)
{
arr[j]["params"]["format"] = paramHash["format"];
}
else
{
arr[j]["params"]["format"] = config.macros.reminders["defaultShowReminderMessage"];
}
mess += getReminderMessageForDisplay(arr[j]["diff"], arr[j]["params"], arr[j]["matchedDate"], arr[j]["tiddler"]);
mess += "\n";
}
wikify(mess, elem, null, null);
};
config.macros.displayTiddlersWithReminders.handler = function displayTiddlersWithReminders(place,macroName,params)
{
var now = new Date().getMidnight();
var paramHash = {};
var leadtime = [0,14];
paramHash = getParamsForReminder(params);
var bProvidedDate = (paramHash["year"] != null) ||
(paramHash["month"] != null) ||
(paramHash["day"] != null) ||
(paramHash["dayofweek"] != null);
if (paramHash["leadtime"] != null)
{
leadtime = paramHash["leadtime"];
if (bProvidedDate)
{
//If they've entered a day, we need to make
//sure to find it. We'll reset the leadtime
//a few lines down.
paramHash["leadtime"] = [-10000,10000];
}
}
var matchedDate = now;
if (bProvidedDate)
{
var leadTimeLowerBound = new Date().getMidnight().addDays(paramHash["leadtime"][0]);
var leadTimeUpperBound = new Date().getMidnight().addDays(paramHash["leadtime"][1]);
matchedDate = findDateForReminder(paramHash, new Date().getMidnight(), leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound);
}
var arr = findTiddlersWithReminders(matchedDate, leadtime, paramHash["tag"], paramHash["limit"]);
for (var j = 0; j < arr.length; j++)
{
displayTiddler(null, arr[j]["tiddler"], 0, null, false, false, false);
}
};
config.macros.reminder.handler = function reminder(place,macroName,params)
{
var dateHash = getParamsForReminder(params);
if (dateHash["hidden"] != null)
{
return;
}
var leadTime = dateHash["leadtime"];
if (leadTime == null)
{
leadTime = config.macros.reminders["defaultLeadTime"];
}
var leadTimeLowerBound = new Date().getMidnight().addDays(leadTime[0]);
var leadTimeUpperBound = new Date().getMidnight().addDays(leadTime[1]);
var matchedDate = findDateForReminder(dateHash, new Date().getMidnight(), leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound);
if (!window.story)
{
window.story=window;
}
if (!store.getTiddler)
{
store.getTiddler=function(title) {return this.tiddlers[title];};
}
var title = window.story.findContainingTiddler(place).id.substr(7);
if (matchedDate != null)
{
var diff = matchedDate.getDifferenceInDays(new Date().getMidnight());
var elem = createTiddlyElement(place,"span",null,null, null);
var mess = getReminderMessageForDisplay(diff, dateHash, matchedDate, title);
wikify(mess, elem, null, null);
}
else
{
createTiddlyElement(place,"span",null,null, config.macros.reminders["noReminderFound"].replace("TITLE", dateHash["title"]).replace("LEADTIMEUPPER", leadTime[1]).replace("LEADTIMELOWER", leadTime[0]).replace("TIDDLERNAME", title).replace("TIDDLER", "[[" + title + "]]") );
}
};
config.macros.newReminder.handler = function newReminder(place,macroName,params)
{
var today=new Date().getMidnight();
var formstring = '<html><form>Year: <select name="year"><option value="">Every year</option>';
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
formstring += '<option' + ((i == 0) ? ' selected' : '') + ' value="' + (today.getFullYear() +i) + '">' + (today.getFullYear() + i) + '</option>';
}
formstring += '</select> Month:<select name="month"><option value="">Every month</option>';
for (i = 0; i < 12; i++)
{
formstring += '<option' + ((i == today.getMonth()) ? ' selected' : '') + ' value="' + (i+1) + '">' + config.messages.dates.months[i] + '</option>';
}
formstring += '</select> Day:<select name="day"><option value="">Every day</option>';
for (i = 1; i < 32; i++)
{
formstring += '<option' + ((i == (today.getDate() )) ? ' selected' : '') + ' value="' + i + '">' + i + '</option>';
}
formstring += '</select> Reminder Title:<input type="text" size="40" name="title" value="please enter a title" onfocus="this.select();"><input type="button" value="ok" onclick="addReminderToTiddler(this.form)"></form></html>';
var panel = config.macros.slider.createSlider(place,null,"New Reminder","Open a form to add a new reminder to this tiddler");
wikify(formstring ,panel,null,store.getTiddler(params[1]));
};
// onclick: process input and insert reminder at 'marker'
window.addReminderToTiddler = function(form) {
if (!window.story)
{
window.story=window;
}
if (!store.getTiddler)
{
store.getTiddler=function(title) {return this.tiddlers[title];};
}
var title = window.story.findContainingTiddler(form).id.substr(7);
var tiddler=store.getTiddler(title);
var txt='\n<<reminder ';
if (form.year.value != "")
txt += 'year:'+form.year.value + ' ';
if (form.month.value != "")
txt += 'month:'+form.month.value + ' ';
if (form.day.value != "")
txt += 'day:'+form.day.value + ' ';
txt += 'title:"'+form.title.value+'" ';
txt +='>>';
tiddler.set(null,tiddler.text + txt);
window.story.refreshTiddler(title,1,true);
store.setDirty(true);
};
function hasTag(tiddlerTags, tagFilters)
{
//Make sure we respond well to empty tiddlerTaglists or tagFilterlists
if (tagFilters.length==0 || tiddlerTags.length==0)
{
return true;
}
var bHasTag = false;
/*bNoPos says: "'till now there has been no check using a positive filter"
Imagine a filterlist consisting of 1 negative filter:
If the filter isn't matched, we want hasTag to be true.
Yet bHasTag is still false ('cause only positive filters cause bHasTag to change)
If no positive filters are present bNoPos is true, and no negative filters are matched so we have not returned false
Thus: hasTag returns true.
If at any time a positive filter is encountered, we want at least one of the tags to match it, so we turn bNoPos to false, which
means bHasTag must be true for hasTag to return true*/
var bNoPos=true;
for (var t3 = 0; t3 < tagFilters.length; t3++)
{
for(var t2=0; t2<tiddlerTags.length; t2++)
{
if (tagFilters[t3].length > 1 && tagFilters[t3].charAt(0) == '!')
{
if (tiddlerTags[t2] == tagFilters[t3].substring(1))
{
//If at any time a negative filter is matched, we return false
return false;
}
}
else
{
if (bNoPos)
{
//We encountered the first positive filter
bNoPos=false;
}
if (tiddlerTags[t2] == tagFilters[t3])
{
//A positive filter is matched. As long as no negative filter is matched, hasTag will return true
bHasTag=true;
}
}
}
}
return (bNoPos || bHasTag);
};
//This function searches all tiddlers for the reminder //macro. It is intended that other plugins (like //calendar) will use this function to query for
//upcoming reminders.
//The arguments to this function filter out reminders //based on when they will fire.
//
//ARGUMENTS:
//baseDate is the date that is used as "now".
//leadtime is a two element int array, with leadtime[0]
// as the lower bound and leadtime[1] as the
// upper bound. A reasonable default is [0,14]
//tags is a space-separated list of tags to use to filter
// tiddlers. If a tag name begins with an !, then
// only tiddlers which do not have that tag will
// be considered. For example "examples holidays"
// will search for reminders in any tiddlers that
// are tagged with examples or holidays and
// "!examples !holidays" will search for reminders
// in any tiddlers that are not tagged with
// examples or holidays. Pass in null to search
// all tiddlers.
//limit. If limit is null, individual reminders can
// override the leadtime specified earlier.
// Pass in 1 in order to override that behavior.
window.findTiddlersWithReminders = function findTiddlersWithReminders(baseDate, leadtime, tags, limit)
{
//function(searchRegExp,sortField,excludeTag)
// var macroPattern = "<<([^>\\]+)(?:\\*)([^>]*)>>";
var macroPattern = "<<(reminder)(.*)>>";
var macroRegExp = new RegExp(macroPattern,"mg");
var matches = store.search(macroRegExp,"title","");
var arr = [];
var tagsArray = null;
if (tags != null)
{
tagsArray = tags.split(" ");
}
for(var t=matches.length-1; t>=0; t--)
{
if (tagsArray != null)
{
//If they specified tags to filter on, and this tiddler doesn't
//match, skip it entirely.
if ( ! hasTag(matches[t].tags, tagsArray))
{
continue;
}
}
var targetText = matches[t].text;
do {
// Get the next formatting match
var formatMatch = macroRegExp.exec(targetText);
if(formatMatch && formatMatch[1] != null && formatMatch[1].toLowerCase() == "reminder")
{
//Find the matching date.
var params = formatMatch[2] != null ? formatMatch[2].readMacroParams() : {};
var dateHash = getParamsForReminder(params);
if (limit != null || dateHash["leadtime"] == null)
{
if (leadtime == null)
dateHash["leadtime"] = leadtime;
else
{
dateHash["leadtime"] = [];
dateHash["leadtime"][0] = leadtime[0];
dateHash["leadtime"][1] = leadtime[1];
}
}
if (dateHash["leadtime"] == null)
dateHash["leadtime"] = config.macros.reminders["defaultLeadTime"];
var leadTimeLowerBound = baseDate.addDays(dateHash["leadtime"][0]);
var leadTimeUpperBound = baseDate.addDays(dateHash["leadtime"][1]);
var matchedDate = findDateForReminder(dateHash, baseDate, leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound);
while (matchedDate != null)
{
var hash = {};
hash["diff"] = matchedDate.getDifferenceInDays(baseDate);
hash["matchedDate"] = new Date(matchedDate.getFullYear(), matchedDate.getMonth(), matchedDate.getDate(), 0, 0);
hash["params"] = cloneParams(dateHash);
hash["tiddler"] = matches[t].title;
hash["tags"] = matches[t].tags;
arr.pushUnique(hash);
if (dateHash["recurdays"] != null || (dateHash["year"] == null))
{
leadTimeLowerBound = leadTimeLowerBound.addDays(matchedDate.getDifferenceInDays(leadTimeLowerBound)+ 1);
matchedDate = findDateForReminder(dateHash, baseDate, leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound);
}
else matchedDate = null;
}
}
}while(formatMatch);
}
if(arr.length > 1) //Sort the array by number of days remaining.
{
arr.sort(function (a,b) {if(a["diff"] == b["diff"]) {return(0);} else {return (a["diff"] < b["diff"]) ? -1 : +1; } });
}
return arr;
};
//This function takes the reminder macro parameters and
//generates the string that is used for display.
//This function is not intended to be called by
//other plugins.
window.getReminderMessageForDisplay= function getReminderMessageForDisplay(diff, params, matchedDate, tiddlerTitle)
{
var anniversaryString = "";
var reminderTitle = params["title"];
if (reminderTitle == null)
{
reminderTitle = config.macros.reminders["untitledReminder"];
}
if (params["firstyear"] != null)
{
anniversaryString = config.macros.reminders["defaultAnniversaryMessage"].replace("DIFF", (matchedDate.getFullYear() - params["firstyear"]));
}
var mess = "";
var diffString = "";
if (diff == 0)
{
diffString = config.macros.reminders["todayString"];
}
else if (diff == 1)
{
diffString = config.macros.reminders["tomorrowString"];
}
else
{
diffString = config.macros.reminders["ndaysString"].replace("DIFF", diff);
}
var format = config.macros.reminders["defaultReminderMessage"];
if (params["format"] != null)
{
format = params["format"];
}
mess = format;
//HACK! -- Avoid replacing DD in TIDDLER with the date
mess = mess.replace(/TIDDLER/g, "TIDELER");
mess = matchedDate.formatStringDateOnly(mess);
mess = mess.replace(/TIDELER/g, "TIDDLER");
if (tiddlerTitle != null)
{
mess = mess.replace(/TIDDLERNAME/g, tiddlerTitle);
mess = mess.replace(/TIDDLER/g, "[[" + tiddlerTitle + "]]");
}
mess = mess.replace("DIFF", diffString).replace("TITLE", reminderTitle).replace("DATE", matchedDate.formatString("DDD MMM DD, YYYY")).replace("ANNIVERSARY", anniversaryString);
return mess;
};
// Parse out the macro parameters into a hashtable. This
// handles the arguments for reminder, showReminders and
// displayTiddlersWithReminders.
window.getParamsForReminder = function getParamsForReminder(params)
{
var dateHash = {};
var type = "";
var num = 0;
var title = "";
for(var t=0; t<params.length; t++)
{
var split = params[t].split(":");
type = split[0].toLowerCase();
var value = split[1];
for (var i=2; i < split.length; i++)
{
value += ":" + split[i];
}
if (type == "nolinks" || type == "limit" || type == "hidden")
{
num = 1;
}
else if (type == "leadtime")
{
var leads = value.split("...");
if (leads.length == 1)
{
leads[1]= leads[0];
leads[0] = 0;
}
leads[0] = parseInt(leads[0], 10);
leads[1] = parseInt(leads[1], 10);
num = leads;
}
else if (type == "offsetdayofweek")
{
if (value.substr(0,1) == "-")
{
dateHash["negativeOffsetDayOfWeek"] = 1;
value = value.substr(1);
}
num = parseInt(value, 10);
}
else if (type != "title" && type != "tag" && type != "format")
{
num = parseInt(value, 10);
}
else
{
title = value;
t++;
while (title.substr(0,1) == '"' && title.substr(title.length - 1,1) != '"' && params[t] != undefined)
{
title += " " + params[t++];
}
//Trim off the leading and trailing quotes
if (title.substr(0,1) == "\"" && title.substr(title.length - 1,1)== "\"")
{
title = title.substr(1, title.length - 2);
t--;
}
num = title;
}
dateHash[type] = num;
}
//date is synonymous with day
if (dateHash["day"] == null)
{
dateHash["day"] = dateHash["date"];
}
return dateHash;
};
//This function finds the date specified in the reminder
//parameters. It will return null if no match can be
//found. This function is not intended to be used by
//other plugins.
window.findDateForReminder= function findDateForReminder( dateHash, baseDate, leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound)
{
if (baseDate == null)
{
baseDate = new Date().getMidnight();
}
var hashKey = baseDate.convertToYYYYMMDDHHMM();
for (var k in dateHash)
{
hashKey += "," + k + "|" + dateHash[k];
}
hashKey += "," + leadTimeLowerBound.convertToYYYYMMDDHHMM();
hashKey += "," + leadTimeUpperBound.convertToYYYYMMDDHHMM();
if (reminderCache[hashKey] == null)
{
//If we don't find a match in this run, then we will
//cache that the reminder can't be matched.
reminderCache[hashKey] = false;
}
else if (reminderCache[hashKey] == false)
{
//We've already tried this date and failed
return null;
}
else
{
return reminderCache[hashKey];
}
var bOffsetSpecified = dateHash["offsetyear"] != null ||
dateHash["offsetmonth"] != null ||
dateHash["offsetday"] != null ||
dateHash["offsetdayofweek"] != null ||
dateHash["recurdays"] != null;
// If we are matching the base date for a dayofweek offset, look for the base date a
//little further back.
var tmp1leadTimeLowerBound = leadTimeLowerBound;
if ( dateHash["offsetdayofweek"] != null)
{
tmp1leadTimeLowerBound = leadTimeLowerBound.addDays(-6);
}
var matchedDate = baseDate.findMatch(dateHash, tmp1leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound);
if (matchedDate != null)
{
var newMatchedDate = matchedDate;
if (dateHash["recurdays"] != null)
{
while (newMatchedDate.getTime() < leadTimeLowerBound.getTime())
{
newMatchedDate = newMatchedDate.addDays(dateHash["recurdays"]);
}
}
else if (dateHash["offsetyear"] != null ||
dateHash["offsetmonth"] != null ||
dateHash["offsetday"] != null ||
dateHash["offsetdayofweek"] != null)
{
var tmpdateHash = cloneParams(dateHash);
tmpdateHash["year"] = dateHash["offsetyear"];
tmpdateHash["month"] = dateHash["offsetmonth"];
tmpdateHash["day"] = dateHash["offsetday"];
tmpdateHash["dayofweek"] = dateHash["offsetdayofweek"];
var tmpleadTimeLowerBound = leadTimeLowerBound;
var tmpleadTimeUpperBound = leadTimeUpperBound;
if (tmpdateHash["offsetdayofweek"] != null)
{
if (tmpdateHash["negativeOffsetDayOfWeek"] == 1)
{
tmpleadTimeLowerBound = matchedDate.addDays(-6);
tmpleadTimeUpperBound = matchedDate;
}
else
{
tmpleadTimeLowerBound = matchedDate;
tmpleadTimeUpperBound = matchedDate.addDays(6);
}
}
newMatchedDate = matchedDate.findMatch(tmpdateHash, tmpleadTimeLowerBound, tmpleadTimeUpperBound);
//The offset couldn't be matched. return null.
if (newMatchedDate == null)
{
return null;
}
}
if (newMatchedDate.isBetween(leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound))
{
reminderCache[hashKey] = newMatchedDate;
return newMatchedDate;
}
}
return null;
};
//This does much the same job as findDateForReminder, but
//this one doesn't deal with offsets or recurring
//reminders.
Date.prototype.findMatch = function findMatch(dateHash, leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound)
{
var bSpecifiedYear = (dateHash["year"] != null);
var bSpecifiedMonth = (dateHash["month"] != null);
var bSpecifiedDay = (dateHash["day"] != null);
var bSpecifiedDayOfWeek = (dateHash["dayofweek"] != null);
if (bSpecifiedYear && bSpecifiedMonth && bSpecifiedDay)
{
return new Date(dateHash["year"], dateHash["month"]-1, dateHash["day"], 0, 0);
}
var bMatchedYear = !bSpecifiedYear;
var bMatchedMonth = !bSpecifiedMonth;
var bMatchedDay = !bSpecifiedDay;
var bMatchedDayOfWeek = !bSpecifiedDayOfWeek;
if (bSpecifiedDay && bSpecifiedMonth && !bSpecifiedYear && !bSpecifiedDayOfWeek)
{
//Shortcut -- First try this year. If it's too small, try next year.
var tmpMidnight = this.getMidnight();
var tmpDate = new Date(this.getFullYear(), dateHash["month"]-1, dateHash["day"], 0,0);
if (tmpDate.getTime() < leadTimeLowerBound.getTime())
{
tmpDate = new Date((this.getFullYear() + 1), dateHash["month"]-1, dateHash["day"], 0,0);
}
if ( tmpDate.isBetween(leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound))
{
return tmpDate;
}
else
{
return null;
}
}
var newDate = leadTimeLowerBound;
while (newDate.isBetween(leadTimeLowerBound, leadTimeUpperBound))
{
var tmp = testDate(newDate, dateHash, bSpecifiedYear, bSpecifiedMonth, bSpecifiedDay, bSpecifiedDayOfWeek);
if (tmp != null)
return tmp;
newDate = newDate.addDays(1);
}
};
function testDate(testMe, dateHash, bSpecifiedYear, bSpecifiedMonth, bSpecifiedDay, bSpecifiedDayOfWeek)
{
var bMatchedYear = !bSpecifiedYear;
var bMatchedMonth = !bSpecifiedMonth;
var bMatchedDay = !bSpecifiedDay;
var bMatchedDayOfWeek = !bSpecifiedDayOfWeek;
if (bSpecifiedYear)
{
bMatchedYear = (dateHash["year"] == testMe.getFullYear());
}
if (bSpecifiedMonth)
{
bMatchedMonth = ((dateHash["month"] - 1) == testMe.getMonth() );
}
if (bSpecifiedDay)
{
bMatchedDay = (dateHash["day"] == testMe.getDate());
}
if (bSpecifiedDayOfWeek)
{
bMatchedDayOfWeek = (dateHash["dayofweek"] == testMe.getDay());
}
if (bMatchedYear && bMatchedMonth && bMatchedDay && bMatchedDayOfWeek)
{
return testMe;
}
};
//Returns true if the date is in between two given dates
Date.prototype.isBetween = function isBetween(lowerBound, upperBound)
{
return (this.getTime() >= lowerBound.getTime() && this.getTime() <= upperBound.getTime());
}
//Return a new date, with the time set to midnight (0000)
Date.prototype.getMidnight = function getMidnight()
{
return new Date(this.getFullYear(), this.getMonth(), this.getDate(), 0, 0);
};
// Add the specified number of days to a date.
Date.prototype.addDays = function addDays(numberOfDays)
{
return new Date(this.getFullYear(), this.getMonth(), this.getDate() + numberOfDays, 0, 0);
};
//Return the number of days between two dates.
Date.prototype.getDifferenceInDays = function getDifferenceInDays(otherDate)
{
//I have to do it this way, because this way ignores daylight savings
var tmpDate = this.addDays(0);
if (this.getTime() > otherDate.getTime())
{
var i = 0;
for (i = 0; tmpDate.getTime() > otherDate.getTime(); i++)
{
tmpDate = tmpDate.addDays(-1);
}
return i;
}
else
{
var i = 0;
for (i = 0; tmpDate.getTime() < otherDate.getTime(); i++)
{
tmpDate = tmpDate.addDays(1);
}
return i * -1;
}
return 0;
};
function cloneParams(what) {
var tmp = {};
for (var i in what) {
tmp[i] = what[i];
}
return tmp;
}
// Substitute date components into a string
Date.prototype.formatStringDateOnly = function formatStringDateOnly(template)
{
template = template.replace("YYYY",this.getFullYear());
template = template.replace("YY",String.zeroPad(this.getFullYear()-2000,2));
template = template.replace("MMM",config.messages.dates.months[this.getMonth()]);
template = template.replace("0MM",String.zeroPad(this.getMonth()+1,2));
template = template.replace("MM",this.getMonth()+1);
template = template.replace("DDD",config.messages.dates.days[this.getDay()]);
template = template.replace("0DD",String.zeroPad(this.getDate(),2));
template = template.replace("DD",this.getDate());
return template;
};
//}}}
The reminder macro can take the following arguments.
!!!!date syntax
* @@{{{year:NUMBER}}}@@ - The four digit representation of the year (for example {{{year:2046}}} or {{{year:1999}}}
* @@{{{month:NUMBER}}}@@ - The numerical representation of the month (for example {{{month:1}}} for January, {{{month:12}}} for December)
* @@{{{day:NUMBER}}}@@ - The numerical representation of the day of the month (for example {{{day:15}}} will match the 15th day of the month)
* @@{{{dayofweek:NUMBER}}}@@ - The numerical representation of the day of the week. Valid values are in the range of 0-6. {{{dayofweek:0}}} will match Sunday, and {{{dayofweek:6}}} will match Saturday.
!!!!offsets
* @@{{{offsetdayofweek:NUMBER}}}@@ - The numerical representation of a day of the week. Valid values are in the range of 0-6. 0 will match Sunday, and 6 will match Saturday. If offsetdayofweek is specified, the year, month, day and dayofweek will be matched as usual, and the reminder will be set to the next occurence of the day of the week specified by offsetdayofweek. For example, the first Thursday of the month can be specified as {{{day:1 offsetdayofweek:4}}} and the second Thursday can be specified as {{{day:8 offsetdayofweek4}}} If offsetdayofweek is negative, the search will be performed backward. For example, the last Thursday in August can be found by {{{month:8 day:31 offsetdayofweek:-4}}}
* @@{{{recurdays:NUMBER}}}@@ - If recurdays is set, then the reminder will fire on the base date specified by year, month, day, and dayofweek and also every N days afterward. For example, if the reminder is specified with {{{year:2005 month:8 day:16 recurdays:2}}} it will match August 16, 18, 20, etc. Please make sure that you fully specify year, month and day in any recurring reminder.
!!!!leadtime
* @@{{{leadtime:NUMBER}}}@@ - Use this to specify when this reminder will appear in [[showReminders]]. If a reminder has a leadtime of 2, it will only show up in showReminders if it will be matched in the next two days. Likewise, a reminder with a leadtime of 60 will show up in showReminders even if showReminders has a lower leadtime. showReminders can override this behavior with the limit argument.
!!!!Reminder display options
* @@{{{title:"STRING"}}}@@ - A string used to identify this reminder when it is shown in a list of reminders. For example, {{{title:"New Year's Day"}}} or {{{title:"Elvis' Birthday"}}}. You can put standard TiddlyWiki formatting in the title.
* @@{{{format:"STRING"}}}@@ - Use this argument to override the default string used for display. You can put standard TiddlyWiki formatting in the format. The following substitutions will be made in the string before it is displayed.
** DIFF will be replaced with the one of the strings "Today", "Tommorrow", or "N days", where N is the number of days between now and the date of the reminder.
** TITLE will be replaced with the title of the reminder
** DATE will be replaced with the matched date of the reminder.
** ANNIVERSARY will be replaced with the number of years since between the matched date and firstyear
The default string is "DIFF: TITLE on DATE ANNIVERSARY"
* @@{{{firstyear:NUMBER}}}@@ - The first year that a reminder occurred, in four digit format. For example {{{firstyear:2001}}}. This is used when calculating the number of years that a reminder has happened.
* @@{{{hidden}}}@@ - If this option is present, the reminder will not be displayed in the regular view of the tiddler. You can use this to have reminders for [[displayTiddlersWithReminders]] to find, without having the countdown appear. See [[Season's Greetings example]] for an example.
[[Requiem for a Dream|http://www.hulu.com/watch/13015/requiem-for-a-dream]]
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The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control.
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Max BRUCH (1838 - 1920)
Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 (1880)
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[[Seabiscuit: An American Legend|http://www.amazon.com/dp/0449005615]] by Laura Hillenbrand
Product Details
* Paperback: 399 pages
* Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (March 26, 2002)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0449005615
* ISBN-13: 978-0449005613
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[[Trainer Discovers Seabiscuit at Suffolk Downs: June 29|http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=189]]
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There is a hidden tag on this reminder means that it doesn't display in the text of the tiddler. That way, the reminder is there for showReminders and displayTiddlersWithReminders to find, but the normal countdown doesn't display.
<<reminder month:12 day:22 hidden>>
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 10:03 AM
[[Readings for Self vs. Other: How Altruistic Should We Be?|http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Davis_Sq_Philosophy_Cafe/message/150]]
January's topic, "Self vs. Other: How Altruistic Should We Be?," will focus on the following:
It's largely taken for granted that altruism is a good thing, that we should be altruistic, at least to some extent. But what principled reasons require that we should sometimes sacrifice our own interests to those of others? If there are such reasons, do they tell us where to strike the balance between selfishness and altruism? And if there aren't, what sometimes leads us to be altruistic?
Readings:
[[Biological basis of altruism|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/altruism-biological/]]
Biological Altruism
First published Tue 3 Jun, 2003
1. Altruism and the Levels of Selection
2. Kin Selection and Inclusive Fitness
3. Reciprocal Altruism and the Prisoner's Dilemma
4. But is it ‘Real’ Altruism?
Bibliography
Other Internet Resources
Related Entries
In evolutionary biology, an organism is said to behave altruistically when its behaviour benefits other organisms, at a cost to itself. The costs and benefits are measured in terms of reproductive fitness, or expected number of offspring. So by behaving altruistically, an organism reduces the number of offspring it is likely to produce itself, but boosts the number that other organisms are likely to produce. This biological notion of altruism is not identical to the everyday concept. In everyday parlance, an action would only be called ‘altruistic’ if it was done with the conscious intention of helping another. But in the biological sense there is no such requirement. Indeed, some of the most interesting examples of biological altruism are found among creatures that are (presumably) not capable of conscious thought at all, e.g. insects. For the biologist, it is the consequences of an action for reproductive fitness that determine whether the action counts as altruistic, not the intentions, if any, with which the action is performed.
...
For reciprocal altruism to work, there is no need for the two individuals to be relatives, nor even to be members of the same species. However, it is necessary that individuals should interact with each more than once, and have the ability to recognize other individuals with whom they have interacted in the past.
[[Wikipedia on altruism|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altruism]]
Contents
* 1 Altruism in ethics
* 2 Altruism in ethology and evolutionary biology
* 3 Altruism in politics
* 4 Altruism in psychology and sociology
* 5 Comparison of altruism and tit for tat
* 6 Altruism and religion
* 7 References
* 8 See also
* 9 External links
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The study of altruism was the initial impetus behind George R. Price's development of the Price equation which is a mathematical equation used to study genetic evolution. An interesting example of altruism is found in the cellular slime moulds, such as Dictyostelium mucoroides. These protists live as individual amoebae until starved, at which point they aggregate and form a multicellular fruiting body in which some cells sacrifice themselves to promote the survival of other cells in the fruiting body. Social behavior and altruism share many similarities to the interactions between the many parts (cells, genes) of an organism, but are distinguished by the ability of each individual to reproduce indefinitely without an absolute requirement for its neighbors.
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In game theory terms, a free rider is an agent who draws benefits from a co-operative society without contributing. In a one-to-one situation, free riding can easily be discouraged by a tit-for-tat strategy. But in a larger-scale society, where contributions and benefits are pooled and shared, they can be incredibly difficult to shake off.
[["What should a billionaire give - and what should you?," by Peter Singer|http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/magazine/17charity.t.html?ex=1167454800&en=e4024a3c8e1e1188&ei=5070]], [[single page|http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/magazine/17charity.t.html?ei=5070&en=80abff59734aa307&ex=1169010000&pagewanted=print]]
What is a human life worth? You may not want to put a price tag on a it. But if we really had to, most of us would agree that the value of a human life would be in the millions. Consistent with the foundations of our democracy and our frequently professed belief in the inherent dignity of human beings, we would also agree that all humans are created equal, at least to the extent of denying that differences of sex, ethnicity, nationality and place of residence change the value of a human life.
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A famous story is told about Thomas Hobbes, the 17th-century English philosopher, who argued that we all act in our own interests. On seeing him give alms to a beggar, a cleric asked Hobbes if he would have done this if Christ had not commanded us to do so. Yes, Hobbes replied, he was in pain to see the miserable condition of the old man, and his gift, by providing the man with some relief from that misery, also eased Hobbes’s pain. That reply reconciles Hobbes’s charity with his egoistic theory of human motivation, but at the cost of emptying egois