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The Freedom From Religion Foundation will be making its mark next week as 880 of its members from around the country visit Portland to attend FFRF's 35th national convention. Helping to celebrate the occasion are more than 15 Portland-area FFRF members or families who volunteered to appear on a set of myth-dispelling billboard campaigns timed with the convention. FFRF is launching its largest "This is what an atheist looks" campaign to date in Portland, also debuting a new slogan: "I'm SECULAR and I VOTE." FFRF has leased three 14x48-foot bulletins and 12 EcoPoster (10-foot x 22.8-inch billboards), which will be appearing in a variety of Portland locations.
FFRF's sell-out convention takes place Friday-Sunday, Oct. 12-14 at the Downtown Portland Hilton and Towers, 921 SW Sixth Avenue. The convention will open Friday night with award acceptance speeches by two student activists, and by the premier atheist intellectual, Richard Dawkins. The event continues Saturday with appearances by bestselling mystery author Sara Paretsky and "Letting Go of God" actress and comedian Julia Sweeney, among others.
"We were pleasantly surprised we had more volunteers than we could manage to use in the campaign. We wish we hadn't had to turn anyone away," said FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. She noted that the definitive American Religious Identification Survey shows that 24% of Oregonians identify as nonreligious, so these FFRF'ers have plenty of good company. FFRF thanks FFRF Life Member Steve Eltinge for taking the professional photographs, and all participants for making the PR campaign possible.
Michelle and Justin Atterbury will be pictured on a magenta 14x48-foot billboard saying "This is what an atheist family looks like," with their toddler, Sylvan, and baby, Scarlett. Also on a 14x48-foot bulletin saying "This is what atheists look like" will be Roy Firestone, an engineer, and Karen Firestone, a Portland homemaker. Another couple, Heather Gonsior, drafter, and Shawn Swagerty, information systems director, appear on a billboard with the same message.
Appealing brothers Brent Mangum, a chemist and OSU tutor, and Tyler, a physiologist, are pictured back-to-back on a blue "This is what atheists look like" 14x48-foot billboard.
Other "This is what an atheist looks like" participants, each featured on their own billboard, are: Anita Brown, whose exotic cat, Wheely, also makes an appearance; Renee Barnett, a neurologist grad student and university teaching assistant; and Sonja Maglothin, an income auditor. Featured on bright blue "This is what an atheist looks like" billboards will be Dr. Peter Boghossian, a well-known philosophy instructor at Portland State University, who has an upcoming book, Against Faith; Mark Hecate, a member of FFRF who is I.T. director of New Avenues for Youth, and Scott Mullin, a filmmaker in Portland.
With the election so close, FFRF is also unveiling a timely billboard slogan, "I'm SECULAR and I VOTE." The red, white and blue billboards feature the smiling faces of Lenora Warren, a retired Portland teacher; retired engineer Duane A. Damiano, a Life Member of FFRF; retired politician and novelist Caroline Miller; Paul Buchman and Marsha Abelman, both retired.
"With up to 19% of the U.S. population now identifying as nonreligious, when are politicians and candidates going to wake up to the changing demographics and start courting us? Secularists are looking for candidates who share a commitment to America's foundational principle of separation between religion and government," said Dan Barker, FFRF Co-President.
Barker, a former minister and author of two books, Godless and Losing Faith in Faith, will moderate a unique panel at the conference featuring four former ministers turned atheists, who are all part of The Clergy Project. Jerry DeWitt, a former Pentecostal minister, was the first "graduate" of The Clergy Project, a support group developed by Dawkins, Barker, Tufts Professor Daniel Dennett and researcher Linda LaScola, to aid ministers who have lost their faith and are looking for a way out of the pulpit. Joining DeWitt is Teresa MacBain, another new "graduate" who left the Methodist Church, as did annalise fonza. Robert Parham, a former Southern Baptist minister, will also appear.
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Help fund FFRF's work through CFC
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has once again qualified for inclusion in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).
The CFC is the only officially sanctioned program for soliciting federal government employees on behalf of charitable organizations. The CFC conducts annual campaigns in the workplace and allows federal employees to make donations through payroll deductions or other forms of payment to an approved list of charities. It's part of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was first included on the CFC list of eligible charities in 2008. "Federal workers had contacted the Foundation in the past, noting the many religious charities on the listing, and wishing there were a nontheist alternative," said Annie Laurie Gaylor, Foundation co-president.
"We're delighted to announce now again in 2012 that our activities throughout the United States, including the many scholarships we grant students, helped FFRF meet the rigorous eligibility criteria," Gaylor said.
To the Foundation's knowledge, it's the only freethought group on the list, which includes hundreds of religious groups. All dues and donations to FFRF are deductible for income-tax purposes.
"Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc." will appear in the listing of "National/International Independent Organizations" that's published in each local campaign charity list in the early fall.
The solicitation period for 2012 campaign donations is Sept. 1 through Dec. 15. Deadlines vary by region. The CFC code that donors will use to designate their contribution to FFRF is 32519.
CFC donors contributed more than $63,000 to FFRF in 2010 and more than $88,000 in 2011.
Another way to give is via matching grant donations, which have become a significant boost to FFRF in recent years. Many companies offer to match (fully or a percentage of) their employees' donations to charitable nonprofits. These matches multiply the impact of the initial donation to further FFRF's goals.
Gaylor added, "It is recommended that all CFC donors check the box to include their name and mailing address (in addition to your email) with the donation. Donors will receive an acknowledgment from FFRF when we receive pledge notification (throughout the year). If you do not receive that acknowledgment, please contact FFRF to be sure we have been given your name and information about your pledge."
Charity Navigator gives FFRF its highest rating of four stars, which means "exceeds industry standards and outperforms most charities in its cause."
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Texas AG attacks FFRF, butts into banner case
Once again, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has inappropriately weighed in on the wrong side of a Texas state/church controversy involving the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Last December, Abbott sent to a letter to Henderson County over FFRF's complaint about a nativity scene at the courthouse in Athens, Texas, attacking FFRF and offering support to the county.
Abbott sent a similar letter yesterday to the Kountze Independent School District calling FFRF, among other things, "menacing and misleading" for notifying the district about inappropriate religious promotion by cheerleaders at school events. The violation is bizarre even by Texas standards. As the Beaumont Enterprise put it, "For three straight weeks, high school football players in a small southeast Texas town took the field by bolting through large red-and-white banners that hollered the praises of Jesus Christ."
One typical banner read: "But thanks be to God, which gives us Victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. 15:57"
FFRF Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt wrote a Sept. 17 letter to Superintendent Kevin Weldon of the Kountze Independent School District, informing him that the practice runs afoul of constitutional principles. Schmitt cited a 2000 Supreme Court decision, involving a Texas case, which nixed formal student-initiated school prayers at sporting events.
Weldon responded appropriately by immediately halting the Jesus banners. A Religious Right group, the Liberty Institute, got a 10-day restraining order on Sept. 20 against the district, which has hired a law firm to defend itself. FFRF is readying an amicus brief in support of the district.
FFRF Co-President Dan Barker called it "strange and surprising that the attorney general would weigh in prematurely on a case before a court in his state based on what 'news reports indicate.' He is failing to recognize the difference between free speech, such as what fans might say in the bleachers, and government speech, such as what cheerleaders in uniforms say as representatives of the school during school-sponsored events."
"Just as it would be inappropriate for cheerleaders in school uniforms at official school functions to sport banners saying, 'Praise Allah!' or quoting Koranic verses, so is it inappropriate for them to misuse the podium the school confers on them and their school-endorsed status to promote Christianity and bible verses as part of public school football games," added Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF co-president. "We are grateful to the school district for respecting clear court precedent, and the individual rights and freedoms of a diverse community."
FFRF acted on a complaint from a member of the community. KFDM-6 News out of Beaumont interviewed high school students who agree with FFRF that the banners are inappropriate.
If the majority of the cheerleaders were atheists, asked Barker, would Attorney General Abbott support their right to hold up a banner insulting Christianity? "If he would not defend those students, why does he defend banners that quote a book that calls 5 million nonreligious Texans fools (Psalm 14 and 53:1)"?
Public schools are legally obligated to limit any team member's speech that excludes, denigrates or is obscene, since cheerleading chants and banners reflect approval and endorsement by the school. The government, its public schools and its representatives or its actors may not promote one religion over another, or religion over nonreligion at a public school event, FFRF says.
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He said he thought nearly everyijody was willing to vote for additional fa¬ cilities, the only (!uesti(ai being what Vnlla^e Trustees Freeport Club Notes .\t the regular meeting of the \'il- The base-ball team started the sea- lage Board of Trustees Friday evening ! son with a victory on Saturday when Ordinance Nn. o was revi.sed fixing the I they journeyed to Babylon and defeated license for shows, etc., such as the i the home team by the score of i» to s. moving picture shows, .?.'» per day, S20 per .month, !?.'i(J for three months, .'>4(t for six months and S'i'l t'or a year. Ordinance No. 41 was also revised whereby dogs will-have to be muzzled between .April and October instead of P^ull details of the game are given m another column. The roll-oir for first jilaee in the mixed bowling tournament between the team of Mr. and .Mrs. Hart and Mr. and Miss Sprouil again.-t .Mr. ai.d Mrs. from June 1.5 to September lo. Both { Betzig and Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, new ordinances will go into effect May ] will take place on Wedne.sday evening, '20. ' ' .May 19, un ',] and 4 alleys. Smith and Malcomson turned over the house numbering man to the village and Trustees Ellison and Bedel! were appointed a committee to adjust price fur same. A communication was recei\ed from n.'sidents a.sk ing that East Kailroad Avenue lie extended to the village limits; turned over to the Street Com¬ mittee and the Highway Commissioner. Treasurer Post niafle a report of the The billiard tournment rests between Knowles and Lang with Knowles the favorite. To date he has not lost a game v.hile standi.'itr: Lang lost two ; th(. W. well but feels much improved. was wanted. He suggested an in- following balances on hand; Ceneral formal ballot, each per.son to vote for fund, .$cS;j.o;i; street, $10l.i)I; water, ¦•?427..J1; light, $1228.41; Board of I Half's coal comes from the ; direct and only fresh mined coal. Village Affairs The mat';er of a[i{iroval of the by¬ laws and changes to the same by the Village Board seenis a simple question to refer to counsel. We think Mr. Fishel will advise the Board that they I Nolan, stumbled, fell and broke do not need to approve the by-laws of j left arm just^below the elbow. mines tf. While running to catch a ball batted out to him at Athletic Park Tuesday afternoon, Jerome T. Nolan, son of J. his j Nolan, who is BI years of age, be¬ longs to the team known as the Phi . Alpa Juniors, and isa snappy little ' pitcher. companies, and that the companies and the fire council are well (lualified to make their by-laws without !)other- ing the Village Board about the mat¬ ter. Unless we are mistaken each company has the privilege of making I Monday, June 14, will be "Flag rules for its own conduct .so long as | Day," it being the one hundred and they do not interfere with any village | thirty-.second anniversary of the adop¬ tion of the Stars and Stripes. The the proposition preferred. A motion waa carried that an informal ballot be taken in accordance with this suf<- gestion. The propositions were: No 1 To build an additio.n Lo the present school building. No 2—To secure a site corner Long Beach Avenue and Archer St. No .3 -Site northeast corner Rose St. and So. Bayview Ave. No. 4—Site southwest corner Bay- County .system Know I'S .'i o i,;iiig 'i - Lur] 'igli I 'i (rinnaiif .; '.' ¦Mciorc ;; ;'. Sawyi-r V ;i Dorlon o i Wallace 0 <; The only tournaments scheduled to take place next week are the pool. There are .several postponed games in street light, !>l:ir,.91; light extension, I the billiard and duck pin tournament $$74.j.;5.S; water sinking. .•JU 1.27 ; j »1=^'J. which will no doubt be rolled oil" water extension, .?.'>24.24, and street j during the week to wind up the season, grade, $lHy,S.,50. It was decided toj Monday Pool, Finch and Knowles give Andrews BVos., cuntractors, vil-I vs. MacCarey and Cook. Tuesday-- lage water for the reconstruction of j P"«'-^''^^n-'^on and Brower vs. Southard Main Street for the dirt removefl f rom | a'lf^ Anderson. Wednesday -pool that highway, which is now in th Health, .SiJO.ii.S; interest, !?.3U.:J4; tax arrears, .S27.'{; fire department, .?41.17; School INotes .Miss Elsie Hii,-key of Long Branch visited Miss Fitch last week. Miss June Woodward of Brooklyn visited .Miss Cooper over Sunday. Miss Nelle J. Dailey visited .Miss •Atkinson from Friilay to Sunday. Tickets will be for sale next week for the .Sch<)(d play to be given at Sig¬ mond Opera House. Friday, May 2S, for the benefit of the Student and the Athletic .Association. .Miss Shanley visited Boys' High .^chool, Brooklyn, Wedr.esday to be¬ come acquainted with the way Prof. .Steflins, who is the author of the Eng¬ lish book used in tne High ScIkh^I, teaches t^nglish. The Junior class gave a baiu|i:et at the School last Friday night in honor of the two jirize winners of the sjieak- ing contest. Many of the teachers were present and a very enjoyalile evening was sjient. Rev. Father Moore, who has been staying with friends in Freeport, visited the High School Tuesday after¬ nooon and vvas very much pleased with the way in which the room has lieen decorated with pennants and bannei'*;. The last regular meeting of the Mother's (Mub was held Tuesday after¬ noon at the .Seaman .Avenue School. It was a very interesting meeting and the largest ever heid, aliout 40 being present. Mrs. Cort read a paper on "Children's Stories," Mrs. Clarence Jones gave a reading from Stevenson's or state law In the ca.se under di.scussion the Vigilant Hose Company wants to have a second assistant foreman. The State Law provides that the foreman and as¬ sistant foreman must be approve<i by the Village Board, and says nothing about a second assistant, nor does it about a secretary or treasurer of the company, but the companies go ahead and elect them the .same as they would a second assistant foreman, and he would not need to be approved by the Village Board any more than the other officers not mentioned. American Flag Association hopes to be influential in causing a general ob¬ servance of the day. In addition to a liberal di.splay of the national emblem in homes, there will be patriotic ex¬ erci.ses in schools, etc. view Avenue and Rose St. The vote was taken, resulting as follows : No. 1, 54. No. 2, 82. No. :',, 12. No. 4, 7(i. Mr. Fishel then moved resolution No. 2, providing for the designating of the "site No. 2" which brought out another long argument, in which re¬ marks were made by Hiram R. Smith, The Street Commissioner was in- .structed to hone and repair Russell Place as per request of residents. Trustee Ellison voted against this. President Morris<jn reported that Mr. Otten had ordered the fire escapes for his building and was expecting them every day. The following ajijilications were granted: Sidewalks Alice E. Frost, .Southard and Anderson vs. Starr and poems and Prof. D. Roy Finley render- Maxson. Thursday -Pool, John.son and , ed a cornet solo. It was decided to hold Brower vs. Smith and Wallace. Fri- the annual kindergarten Motiier's Club day Pool, Corby and Thompson vs. Earle and Johnson. Corby, Uenton and .MacCarey are in the lead in the Duck Pin tournament and the game is so uncertain at the present time it is hard to tell who will be the winner; the games won and lost I are: Won Lost favoring site No. 2, as being the Crove Street; Thomas Johnson, Whaley .At the regular meeting of D. B. P. Mott Post, Cj. a. R., Saturday even¬ ing, the Woman's Relief Corps tender- I ed them a surprise, and marched in, I headed by the Enterprise Band, juat jas the vets were taking their camp ra- __^ j tions. The evening was pleasantly Mrs. Will iamW. Cameron has been I P^^^^f* with recitations, instrumental i^eriou.slv ill for the past two weeks but '""*"''' f""*""' """''" ^""^ ^^™' ''^•^''" is slowly improving. ! tions, and Refreshments were served. I The post was presented with a purse Single copies of thf Revirw cau be | of $21 collected by their visiUirs for t-ecnred at H. (iobet/s ami the Review j the purpose, oftice on Maiu St. aud DaSilv.i's on W. choice of the Board of Education, which had considered the matter thorough¬ ly ; F. E. Pitcher, who preferred add¬ ing to the present school building on Crove Street; Samuel R. Smith, Presi¬ dent of the Board of Education, who Ave.; John Patterson, Wallace St. . Thomas J. .Spence, Porterfie'd Place; Harry Ness, North .Main Street: George V. Sloat, Long Beach Avenue; Adolph Levy, Main St. ; Jacob Munzinger. Porterfield Place; Mary Stuiz, Jay said that the Board had thought the Street; Estate of Martin Reynolds by site on Long Beach Avenue was more Thomas Reynolds, Main St., and Grace central and for that reason had favored Elli.son, Wallace Street. Merrick Road. The Spring time-table of the L. I. R. R. goes into effect May 16. G. H. Rapp has opened his grocery .store on Bedell Street, near Smith Street. The Village Board of Trustees will hold its regular meeting next Friday evening. Willard, son of Eugene W. Helland, is getting better from his attack of sickness. 2000 lbs. of fresh mined coal can be had from Half for $6.25. tf. Monday, May 10, the W. met with Mrs. Maria Webb C. T. U. Thie lead- it; J. K. Eldridge and H. L. Crandell of the Board of Education, A. R. Rhodes, and others. It w^s finally decided to take another informal vote on propositions No. 2 and No. 4, which resulted: No. 2, 107. No. 4, 101. It was then agreed to vote on No. 2 for or against, which formally must be done by an "Aye and No" vote. Light-William F. Trayer, .Seaman Ave.; Dr. Charles W. Root, .Archer St.; George C. Jeffrey, Miller Place; R. Walsh, Nassau Street; .Stephen .M. Randall, Ocean Avenue, and Clarence Edwards. Dean St. Water-Wiliiam Post, Grove St.; F. E. Owen andJJ. A. Hunt, Miller Place, and Clarence Edwards, Dean Street. The Board adjourned and met as a board of fire commissioners when a Efforts are being made to form a Cadet Corps in Freeport. A. B. Brown of 28 Lena Ave. should be seen by any interested persons. State Grand Lecturer George Mc Gown will be the guest of Freeport Chapter, R. A. M., Saturday after¬ noon and evening, when he will exem¬ plify the work for Koyal Arch Masons; in the afternoon the work of the Mark and Most Excellent Degrees will be given and in the evening the Royal Arch Degree. Through the effort.s of Supervisor Cox, Main Street is being re-maca-1 damized. Work commenced last week by the Andrews Bros., contractors, to tear up the roadbed previous to the re¬ construction. This thoroughfare was taken into the county system some¬ time ago, and Supervisor Cox has been working to get the street repaired. It will be macadamized from curb to curb from the corner of Bedell, Smith and Main Streets, north to Ross & Randall Co's. corner. V Special for Friday and Saturday: Butter Peanut Brittle. 10c lb.; Orange Cream, fruit flavor, 10c lb.; DaSilvas, Bazaar, 15-17 W. Merrick Road. W. P. W. Haff. successor to Smith Cox, Office Main Street. Coal is cheapest now. tf. FOR SALE.—A new baby grand piano at a bargain. Inquire al Crystal Lako Cottage. ^ It. This time the result was not so close er of the day, Mrs. O. W. Humphrey, ' and the vote stood 110 in favor of the reijuisition was received from Chief read several highly instructive selec- site and 59 against it. The friends of Cameron for 12 pair rubber boots, 12 toins on "Soldiers and Sailors." proposition No. 4, designated as "the rubber coats, 12 hose spanners, 12 hose A vote of thanks was extended Mrs. Onslow-Moore proposition" then left straps, 6 wrenches, 2 shut-off nozzles, E. VanRiper for typewritten copies of and the proposition to appropriate the 4 shovels, 4 repeating gongs for wag- the program for 1909. money to purchase the lot was carried ons, 12 lantern globes. 6 lanterns, 12 A committee of three was appointed ' by a vote of 56 to 1, and the one to helmets, 1 box of chemical extinguish- to make arrangements for the giving spend $35,000 for a schoolhouse on the er charges and 25 badges. The pur- of prizes to the young people of the ^jte wj^s carried unanimously by 415 chasing of the goods was placed in the Village for the best composition on votes. hands of the fire department commit- "The Effects of Alcohol on the Human The ladies of the village showed a tee. System." ¦ great interest in the meeting, the first The following were approved as Mrs, Flint gave an interesting re- voter on the regular proposition being members of the Fire Department: H. port of the Queens-Nassau Institute Mrs. David Hamaker, who voted in F. Braithwaite of Excelsior Hook and held at Hempstead. Among other, favor of No. 2, and of all the appro- Ladder Company and Henry Bedell jr. things she said that Rev. W. M. priations of money. Hughes of Elmhurst told of a young man born in Maine who had never seen a saloon nor a drunken man till at the age of twenty-five he visited New York State. Mrs. William G. Miller, president, introduced the New State song "March¬ ing to Victory." "The program closed with refresh¬ ments and a social half hour. Line of Parade Changed At the reciuest of a number of resi- and Alanson Noon of Bayview Hose Co The rate for electric lights for short term consumers was increased. Here¬ tofore the person using lights a short term during the summer has put the Corby 1 ¦,' 'i D«nton lo MacCar. y lo :, Earle 1 - iJ Bown I'J 1-' .laggs <¦. )¦-' Srarr ."i 'i Raynor :; '• Thomiisou '2 1 The team of Kennedy and Suther¬ land are being hard pushed for first place in the pool tournament by the I team of Hart and Sprouil. The first I named team have only lost one game j while Hart & Sprouil have lost two;! the standing to date is: ! Woi Kt'iinedy aud Sutherland s Hart and Sproiill s ('orliy anil Thompson ¦> Munzing<r and Lfc«- '> .Snath and Wallace 4 Johns<iu aud Brower 4 Southard and .Ander.son 4 MacCarey and C(Xik '¦'> Finch and Knowles J Lost 1 ,-..-* jncnic on June 17. The following ter.se account of Arbor Day exerci.ses at the school last Friday is taken from this week's "Tattler:" After chapel Friday morning the ex¬ ercises for Arbor Day were rendered in the Study Hall in a most jileasing man¬ ner. The grades, who were present, recited on springtime in grand style. At the end of the morning exercises it was announced that the Senior Class ' was to have charge of the planting of a tree in afternoon. They chose a hor.se chestnut for its tree. When the last period arrived school was turned over to Senior Class and a procession ' consisting of all the classes and grades marched around the village, headed hy I a band. They marched up Pine St. to Ocean Ave., to Merrick Road, to Grove St. and back to school grounds. ! Here Mr. Bodley spoke on trees and I Mr. Smith named the tree William j Jennings Bryan in honor of the only ' democrat in F. H. S. 1 The exercises then closed with school ; songs and yells. Church Notes On Wednesday evening, May \'J, the District Superintendent of Brooklyn South District, Dr. Charles S. Wing, will be present to conduct the first quarterly conference. Haff can .supply you with coal. He has the best recommendations from The Gospel will be preached at the nearb7town.rfoVhTs abiirtrto'proOide ! As.sembly Hall. Otten Building, next the goods for his customers as they I-^unday eyemng (D V.) at . :.30o clock want them and at the lowest prices. i ^^.V John C. Mead, M. D. All welcome. tf ! Come and bring your friends. dents of Ocean Avenue who have village to the expense of installing a planned handsome firework displays transformer and meter for a small the line of march of the firemen's par- (juantity of current used during the ade on .May 29, has been changed to summer months. The price was ad- take in Ocean Avenue to South Side vanced so that a person only using light Avenue and then up Grove Street to for less than 6 months must pay 18 /\ .Merrick Road, making the line as now cents per 1000 watts; if over six W. A f T A planned, as follows: months and less than one year, 15 cents Hoard ol trade Form on Church St., facing north, per thousand; if one year or over 12c There was a good attendance at the head of line resting at Pine St., west per 1000 watts, as heretofore. meeting of the Boardof Trade Wednes- on Pine St. to Long Beach Ave., north R. A. M. Hobbs again complained of day evening, when some routine busi- to Lena Ave., east to Wallace St., the charges made by hack drivers. south to Brooklyn Ave., east to Grove President Morri.son said he had investi- St., north to Randall .Ave., east to gated several complaints and had found Main St., south to Broadway, east to in each case complained of that the Columbus Ave., north to Grand Ave., was 25c, during the day and .50c late west to GraflRng P!., .south to Broad- at night for each per.son con- ness was transacted. J. A. Chapman waa elected a mem¬ ber. A resolution was passed that a com¬ mittee be appointed to take up the See N. Blake's adv. of choice plants for aale, such as cabbage, pepper, celery, tomatnes, etc. matter of building regulations with way, west to Brooklyn Ave., west to the Village Board. Another resolution Ocean Ave., south to South Side Ave., asks the L. I. R. R. to have its six east to Grove St, north to Merrick o'clock a. m. east bound train stop at Road, east to Church St., south to Rockvilie Centre and Freeport, for Smith St., east to Main St., north to benefit of lawyers going to Riverhead. Railroad Ave.-rwest to front of Village JudgeCrane was unable to be pres- Office, where inspection will take ent. but in his stead an interesting talk place, was given by J. Gratney McMahon, OBITUARY Tredwell Homan, aged about *i5 years, died at hi? home on Seaman Avenue last Saturday, and funeral ser¬ vices were held Monday, Rev. ('harles Herbert Scholey, pastor of the Presby¬ terian Church, officiating. .MPS. JULIA McCarthy Mrs. Julia .McCarthy diwl at the home of her daughter, Mrs. David Coker, Roosevelt, Monday, of general debility, after a short illpe.ss. She was in her seventy-sixth year, and was a member of the Roman Catholic faith. She is survived by a s<jn and three daughters, Edw. .McCarthy, .Mr.s. Henry Crevoiserat and Mrs. David Coker of this place, and Mrs. Ellen In the Presbyterian Church Sunday, Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey will preach in the morning on "Through a Glass Darkly.'' In the evening he will preach the first of a series of sermons on "The Story of Adam in Four Chap¬ ters A Stranger in a Strange Land." The Freeport Presbyterian Church Improvement Society will hold its an¬ nual meeting and eleetion of officers at the Manse, 66 Church St., Wednesday, May 19, from 10 a. m. until 5 p. m. Full attendance is desired. In the Freeport First Baptist Church, Stanley W. Roberts, minister, there will l)e public worship of God Sunday at 10.:50 a. tr.. and 7.45 p. m. Even¬ ing sermon themc<^' "The Neighbor Bible Sch<x>l at 2.^0. y. P. S. C. K. nieeting at 7 p. m. Mid¬ week service Frdiay evening at H o'clock. Everyone most cordially in¬ vited to all .services. a Brooklyn attorney, who took for his subject "The past and future growth of the World, and what the future may bring forth." A rising vote of thanks was given Mr. McMahon for his talk to the Board. Rev. W. A. Richard and veyed, which he did not consider so outrageous. Mr. Hobbs said he ctiu'd cite scores of cases where considerably higher rates were charged. Mr. .Mor¬ rison said he would like to have a few of theiji -so he could see what the trouble waa. Mr. Hobbs said he was not in the detective business and did not have time to look them up, although Better arra'i^ge for your yearly sup- he had h^ard lots of complaints. Noth- ply of Coal now. See Haff about it. '"«f,^^.« »^«"*; '" ^^^ matter. ^f Vigilant Hose Company wanted to ' change its by-laws by electing an ad¬ ditional assistant foreman. The mat- There are seventy thousand car loads ter was referred to counsel. Assemblyman William G. Miller were . of chocolate used every year, they say. also called upon and loade brief ad-; Read Smith & Bedell's ad and get your : Get fresh mined coal from Haff. «ic- dresses of interest. I share. It i cessor to Smith Cox. tf. O'Seary of Hempstead. The funer|al ] Next Door services wero held Thur.sday morning at Hempstead with interment imme¬ diately following in Westbury Ceme¬ tery. 1 WILLIAM M. CHASE I jsjgxt Sunday at the Methodi.st Epis- William McKinley Cha.se, the 12 copal Church the pa.stor, W. A. Rich- year old son of .Mr. and Mrs. John Hen- j ard. will jireach both morning and even- ry, Chase, who had been suffering for | jng. The evening .service will be of a nearly a week from cerebral spinal ; special and interesting character, in menengitis. died early Saturday morn-¦ observance of the twentieth annivers- ing. I ary of the Epworth League. The Master Chase was a very bright; officers chosen at the recent election boy,and a member of the public schools ; will be installed and a sjiecial address and al.4o of the Methodist Sunday , on "Training for Service" will be ne- School, in the class taught by Reuben : Ijvered. The officers elect are as fol- Hamaker. I lows: President, A. S. John =on ; vice- He is survived by a father and' presidents. .Sinclair Raynor, R. H. mother, two brothers and a iiister. j Hunt, Mrs. I>. A. Hamaker, Mis.s .Ma- The funeral was held Sunday afternoon I bel Pearsall: treasurer, Arthur White- from the residence of his parents on I house; Secretary, Miss Annie I. hl- North Main Street, Rev. W. A. | dridge. 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All evidence will be discredited and you will not know for certain (if you don't already) know that aliens exist in your, your childrens or their childrens lifetime. Humans just aren't ready, our ego's are still too large, we can't accept there is something better, we won't accept it. And it's a shame....
Keep in mind I might have been delusional both times, I have no history of mental illness though and have never seen anything else out of the ordinary. I might have seen a ghost once, but I think that was probably something else, nothing paranormal.
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"Why Nations Fail is a truly awesome book. Acemoglu and Robinson tackle one of the most important problems in the social sciences - a question that has bedeviled leading thinkers for centuries - and offer an answer that is brilliant in its simplicity and power. A wonderfully readable mix of history, political science, and economics, this book will change the way we think about economic development. Why Nations Fail is a must-read book." (Steven Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics)
"You will have three reasons to love this book: It's about national income differences within the modern world, perhaps the biggest problem facing the world today. It's peppered with fascinating stories that will make you a spellbinder at cocktail parties - such as why Botswana is prospering and Sierra Leone isn't. And it's a great read. Like me, you may succumb to reading it in one go, and then you may come back to it again and again." (Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the best sellers Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse)
"A compelling and highly readable book. And [the] conclusion is a cheering one: The authoritarian 'extractive' institutions like the ones that drive growth in China today are bound to run out of steam. Without the inclusive institutions that first evolved in the West, sustainable growth is impossible, because only a truly free society can foster genuine innovation and the creative destruction that is its corollary." (Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money)
mostly nonfiction listener
"Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail""
I read Why Nations Fail this month while traveling in South Korea. The book was much on my mind as I looked across the DMZ at North Korea on the 38th parallel. South Korea, a country of about 50 million people, enjoys a per capital PPP (purchasing power parity) GDP of around $32,000. (The U.S. is $48,000 by comparison - wealthier but also with a less equally distributed income). In North Korea, the GDP per capita (PPP) is $2,400 - an incredibly low numbers that still probably understates how desperately poor (and hungry) are the people of North Korea.
Why should North Korea be so poor, and South Korea so rich?
The two countries share common cultural roots, geography, and access to natural resources. This is the question Acemoglu and Robinson attempt to answer in Why Nations Fail. They look at examples such as North Korea, as well as other natural experiments of societies that share similar exogenous traits (resources, climate, etc.) - such as the twin Nogales's in Mexico and Arizona.
Acemoglu and Robinson's explanation as to why some nations are poor and others rich has everything to do with the elites. Poor nations are poor because the people who run these countries have made their subjects destitute in service of enriching themselves.
North Korea can best be understood as being run by a criminal family. Mexico is so much poorer than the U.S. because of its history of being run by elites whose main goal was to extract wealth, and who did not need to redistribute economic production as for most of its history the country lacked pluralistic institutions that could check the power of the rulers.
This argument, that some countries are poor because the powerful keep them poor, stands in direct opposition to the arguments that Jared Diamond makes in Guns, Germs and Steel. Diamond believes that the wealth distribution was largely pre-determined by immunity to disease (or lack thereof), access to domesticable livestock, and the raw materials and technologies to make advanced weapons.
I am a huge fan of Diamond's writing, but Why Nations Fail has me thoroughly convinced that more deterministic view of development (as put forward by Diamond and others) is problematic. Why Nations Fail should definitely be on the syllabus in any economic history or development course, and on the bookshelf (physical or virtual) of anyone interested in global inequality, poverty, and why some nations are so much richer than others.
Should you invest the time to read Why Nations Fail? The book is 544 pages, or almost 18 hours by audiobook (my reading choice). Acemoglu and Robinson would have benefited from a strong-willed editor, one who was willing to push them to provide less historical detail (the book has a ton from around the world across numerous societies), and more analysis of the implications of their arguments for countries like China and India.
I came away from Why Nations Fail thinking that if the argument is correct then China's long-term economic prospects might not be as good as we assume, and India's may be better. But having spent time time in South Korea, which developed so rapidly at least partly under a repressive military regime, it is hard to square this conclusion with the recent facts of some of our fastest developing countries.
Perhaps Acemoglu and Robinson next book will take outliers and implications, building on top of the theoretical foundations for development and inequality laid out in Why Nations Fail.
Gen-Xer, software engineer, and lifelong avid reader. Soft spots for sci-fi, fantasy, and history, but I'll read anything good.
"Important themes, with blind spots"
Acemoglu and Robinson's central thesis isn't hard to understand: countries with inclusive, equitable political and economic institutions tend to prosper, while those with extractive, exclusive institutions geared towards the interests of a small elite tend to languish. The authors minimize geography and culture as significant factors in the equation, pointing to nations where those realities are similar but political systems vary.
The dynamic exists, the authors maintain, because the interests of an exploitative elite and those of regular citizens are usually in conflict, so the elite must actively block democratic movements, workers rights, unions, property rights, innovation, etc. in order to maintain a hold on power. In more inclusive systems, meanwhile, there is a virtuous circle effect, in which opportunity breeds motivation and meaningful choice, while making it hard for anyone to consolidate too much power over others.
It's a strikingly simple hypothesis -- a little too simple, I think -- but the authors back it up with a wide set of historical cases, ranging from post-Renaissance Europe, to the colonial Americas (noting the different approaches taken by English and Spanish settlers in controlling their territories), to post 17th century Britain, to the United States (monopolies and trusts are discussed), to the Arab world, to the Soviet Union, to modern Africa, to North versus South Korea. Even if you more or less accept the book's ideas, the details are still informative. If you're not familiar with the political differences between imperial Spain and England, they cast quite a bit of light on the separate paths taken by the two former world powers -- and their former colonial possessions. Similarly, you don't appreciate what apartheid meant for South Africa until you've contemplated just how the system was structured to impede blacks from becoming more than cheap sources of labor. As was a problem in the US, too.
The examinations seemed politically balanced. Communist governments taking a drubbing, and the authors argue that China's rapid growth as orchestrated by Bejiing is unlikely to be sustainable unless the Party relinquishes more of its grip. But Acemoglu and Robinson also pay attention to how capitalist monopolies undermine democratic ideals, as do weak or corrupt central governments that lack the power to enforce laws and protect individual rights.
The book has its blind spots, though. I simply don't agree with the authors that geography doesn't matter. Most wealthy countries, it seems to me, have inclusive systems, but were also blessed in resources, either obtained locally, or extracted from some other region. It's easy, for example, to see a country like the Netherlands as owing its prosperity to being a liberal democracy, but that's not the whole story. The Netherlands got started on a path to prosperity because it set up exploitative trading companies during the colonial era and eventually reallocated the wealth into new ventures. I also think that geopolitics is underrepresented as a factor. South Korea and Israel might be successful countries in spite of tough landscapes, but both enjoyed massive military and economic support from the United States, enabling technological economies to flourish. It's not that a country like Zimbabwe has no chance of becoming a technology center, but it would have to find a way to produce skilled workers who can compete in the global economy, without being tempted to emigrate.
All in all, the ideas that Acemoglu and Robinson promote are important foundational ones, but should be considered with their blind spots taken into account. Readers interested in history for its own sake might enjoy the case studies; if not, the themes are pretty repetitive.
"A good argument for getting rid of monopolies."
At the top of the non-fiction genre.
This theory, along with those of Diamond and others who look at the end of various nations, go far to explain why an inclusive economy -- one that works for the vast majority -- is the best for preserving a nation over the long haul. I always thought law and order came first in growing a nation's economy, but Acemoglu & Robinson site security of private property as the basic incentive for personal productivity. If you have a stake in how your property is used for income, you have incentive to preserve it for your children. I think this means over paying CEOs and under paying the producers of product/service is bad for the overall economy. Diamond sites environmental devastation as the major downfall of nations. I see environmental abuse as just another way the CEOs and huge companies take value from the system and leave devastation in their wake. These companies look for huge profit now for a small group of top executives and investors instead of long-term economic growth and sustainability for all the employees and their families. If America's economy fails, it will be on the backs of the leaders of huge corporations and of the political leaders who enabled them.
"Bad (as) Economics. Worse (as) History."
I am absolutely shocked at the positive reviews this book has gotten, both from people on this site and from professional economists. At its core, this book is nothing but a hodgepodge of just-so stories: every nation that succeeds had something right in its institutions, and every one that failed had something wrong. While there's undoubtedly some truth to this, the authors give very little criteria for determining just what good institutions are, or advice for how they can be fostered. Oftentimes, when economists invade and colonize other disciplines, great things can happen (think education theory); but in this case it's clear to me that two economists (not even economic historians) tried to take on what is really straight-up history, and did a rather terrible job of it. (What on Earth is the story of Pocahontus doing in this book? And the part on the ancient Maya is a joke.) Again, I think there's undoubtedly some truth to the broad *institutionalist* school of development theory. But (one of) the big criticism(s) of the institutionalists is that it's all buzz words, and when things go right credit good institutions, and when things go wrong they blame bad institutions, and they have no concrete understanding of what elements of a nation's institutions matter, or advice for what to do to improve things. A&R do nothing to dispel these criticisms.
Alternative books that cover some of the same ground: If you're interested in development, I recommend "Poor Economics". If you want *big history*, I recommend "Why the West Rules for Now". If you just want cool stories about the colonial period, which is a lot of what A&R spend their 18-hour book on, check out Landes' "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations", strangely not available in audio. I'd like to recommend something on the institutions v. geography, etc. debates that have eaten up development economics, but honestly I don't think there's a good intellectual history out there, and this is definitely not it. I'd say William Easterly ("White Man's Burden") does a little better job at making the thesis relevant, but I'm not a huge fan of him either. And I can't really recommend anyone actually read Jeffrey Sachs. The first chapter in "Poor Economics" goes over things a little.
"trenchant analyis"
Authors lay out many examples of what keeps a country from moving up the economic ladder. The examples are well described, from older to more recent periods, and from near and far. A few key themes that helps the reader better understand what drives short term vs. continuous growth. Solid narration too.
"Great ideas, but stops short"
The book was great in collecting examples throughout history that extractive political and economic institutions cause nations to fail. In some sense, it should be obvious. It's what libertarians have been saying for hundreds of years. The book gives examples after examples of how this has played out in history. However, the book stops short. Why are high taxes not an extractive political structure? Yes, you can have high taxes in a democratic society where the 80% take money by taxing the wealthier 20%. Why is that not an extractive poiltical structure? France is democratic and has just elected a president suggesting a 75% tax on the wealthy. French government spending is over 50% of GDP. Why do the authors attack China for having extractive economic and political institutions? Much of Europe is taxing like it is going out of style. Yes free markets always help. Free societies with clear property rights will do better. This is obvious. But why do the authors somehow stop short of questioning the big government tax and spend culture of much of the developed world? If somebody takes away 75% of your earnings, that's pretty extractive.
"Once is not enough!"
Can't wait to listen to it again from start to finish! Incredibly informative, well organized and interesting- and expertly delivered in audible format.
"Doesn't translate to audio very well"
This is a very interesting topic but this book doesn't translate well to audio. I just can't get through it.
Not if it's a textbook.
The narrator is fine. The book needed to be edited and better organized for an audio format.
Family father, neuroscientist, and non-fiction audiobook addict.
"Interesting and plausible, but too long"
The central tenet of this book is simple. Nations fail when they have extractive institutions and nations prosper when they have inclusive institutions. An extractive institution 'preys' on people so that they have no personal incentive to be productive. Power sits with a few or a group of individuals who typically don't want to share the spoils and suppresses innovation for fear of "creative destruction".Inclusive institutions, on the other hand is one in which you can build your own reputation, where power is shared and where you can pick the fruits from the tree that you planted (metaphorically speaking).
Acemoglu begins with a portrayal of the city Nogales, located on the Rio Grande. Until 1918 Nogales was one city, with one history, one climate, shared institutions and so on. However, since the city was split into two, the Mexican and the American part of the city have had very different trajectories. Today the GNP per capita in the American part of Nogales is almost twice of that in the Mexican part. More children go through education, life expectancy is higher etcetera etcetera. According to Acemoglu, the cause of this divergence is the difference between the institutions on either side of the border. In Mexico setting up a business you had to get past a lot of bureaucracy and corruption and one could never count on property rights being respected. On the American side on the other hand institutions would help people start a business. Through positive feedback (or the virtuous circle), what was initially a small difference grew larger and larger and eventually grew into the difference we see today.
The same type of differences can be seen on a global scale where countries with extractive institutions, because innovation have been discouraged, are much much poorer than nations where innovation has been encouraged and rewarded. The most significant point in history was probably the industrial revolution. Those countries, such as the UK, that adopted the new methods eventually became prosperous, whereas the countries that saw the revolution more as a threat did not fare so well.
Is the author's analysis correct? Acemoglu provides many examples to support his thesis, including analysis of the Soviet Union, China, Botswana, South America and the middle east, to mention a few (it is because of all these case studies that the book is so long). However, when it comes to historical analysis such as this, I believe there is always a significant risk of confirmation bias. As Acemoglu notes, some nations with extractive institutions have and do experience significant economic growth. Take for example the soviet union which, for a while, did quite well. Today we have China which Acemoglu also consider to be extractive because most businesses are owned by the state. The author explains that extractive institutions and nations can generate a limited amount of growth but that unless they become inclusive and innovation friendly that growth will wane. He therefore makes the bold prediction that China's growth, like the soviet union's, will cease when living standards reach a reasonable level.
I think there is little doubt that inclusive institutions are better than extractive ones and politicians should certainly strive to make the entire world more inclusive. In this the book is quite convincing. Whether Acemoglu's more controversial conclusions that China's growth will stop unless they become more inclusive or that foreign aid to countries with extractive institutions will mainly benefit the parasites already in power, are true remains to be seen. Overall this is a good book and the reader will get a comprehensive analysis of history and the implications of various political movements. For me however, the book was a bit too long (like this review maybe), and I experienced a loss of focus in the middle of the book because it felt like just more of the same. I would have given the book 4 stars if it had been a bit more condensed and less repetitive. Then again, other readers might like this.
"Must Read "
Every Econ or PoliSci student should read this book. They present their theory in great detail.
"History made science"
Breathtaking sweep across time and geography, flying along on the coat-tails of a theory that is so intuitively acceptable that it almost makes you say 'duh'. A society's institutions, extractive (bad) or inclusive (good) explain the wealth of the society and the health and happiness of the common man (and, if you are really lucky, woman). I hated history at school because it didn't explain: just one damn thing after another. This does, right up to the end where they use their theory to predict the future success of current societies. It explains why 'state building' (e.g. in Afgahanistan) is such a challenge. The UK (a pioneer in modern state building) got properly started on the process in 1215, brought in universal education in about 1890 and gave women the vote in 1928. Mind expanding book.
"Brillianr explanation of the World we see today!"
Why Nations Fail is one of the most thought provoking books I've ever listened to.
This book explains in detail the reasons why we see the world as it is today. British, and in particular English creativity and entrepreneurism are at the heart of the story and describes how the actions of those people who wrestled power away from English elite society in the 17th century changed the face of the world for ever.
Well worth a read if you want to know why the USA succeeded to become the most powerful country in the world and didn't end up as just another failed state.
the authors repeat the same argument over and over, stretching vast amounts of historical examples to fit it's frame.
The reflexion is weak and unconvincing, thus the authors resort to an aggressive and patronizing rhetoric to dismiss other theories regarding the disparity between nations. They seem particularly threatened by Jared Diamonds Gun, Germ and Steal, and rightly so.
Although they would have us believe that we are responsible for our own misery or prosperity because of the institutions we live by, they then admit that there is no reason for one set of institutions to appear in one place rather than another, their explanation being a parallel between their theory and evolution, small institutional differences brought forward by crisis.
there is no proper causal description, at best a messy pile of historical examples correlated with economic development. Whatever argument worth mentioning could have been said in a few paragraphs
the fact that the authors are so pleased with themselves render the all experience rather unbearable.
"Repetitive, but interesting."
As has been said - repetitively - by other reviewers, this is a very repetitive book. And not just thematically. If you removed the words "inclusive", "extractive", "institutions", "glorious revolution of 1688" and "creative destruction" the book would be about 9 hours shorter. It's still quite interesting (especially when they zoom in on specific histories, like with Botswana, Uzbekistan and Brazil, about which I knew nothing) and I kept going to the end, but the Grand Theory being espoused doesn't seem all that remarkable, unfortunately. (It can be summarised as: If your public institutions are strong enough to stop the gangsters from getting in charge, you're probably going to be okay, if not, you're screwed.) So, not bad, but not brilliant either. (Did I mention it's repetitive?")
"Great companion to Diamond's work"
This is a fantastic contrast to Jared Diamond's work on the origins of poverty. This should be required reading for anyone interested in the real sources of inequality. There is a slight danger in the book where anything that happens which is not consistent with the overall thesis becomes a 'contingency' of history. That said, the arguments are convincing and beautifully told.
"Exceptionally informative"
Clear and detailed argument put forward
Looking back in hindsight at how much new knowledge I have gained from listening to it.
Great book, I highly recommend
"Interesting only as a history book"
Interesting only as a history book. The assumptions of the writers are in most cases based on an one sided interpretation of historical events and they are missing some very obvious points.
"Not really what the title says"
It's an interesting look back at the history of how many of the world's richest nations came to be that way, but that's not really what the title says it's about. It doesn't highlight why nations fail, only how the successful ones got where they are.
No, too long, too boring, to badly read.
Not based on this.
There are books that you can't put down and there are books you can't wait to end. This was the latter for me.
The experience started badly in fairness. The opening chapters are a deluge of information and facts that come at you in an endless tirade with barely a pause for breath (literally in the audio version). Dan Woren reads the words legibly enough (if with some odd pronunciations to British ears), but so quickly and with so little emphasis on important points as to make it overwhelming.
After being bamboozled at the start, I found myself often having to skip back and re-listen to sections because I'd tuned out. I'm not sure if that was down to the laconic voice or the unengaging content.
Don't let the title fool you either, this isn't about why nations fail. It's a history lesson in why some countries are rich and others poor in the modern world. It charts everything from the Glorious Revolution in England, to the exploitation of South America by the Spanish, to the rise of China.
Their argument is simple enough: inclusive institutions. By that, they mean political and social institutions where the people have a say, be that laws to insure the state can't simple take what you have built, or democratically elected officials.
That's not a reason why nations fail, its a reason why they don't have long term stability, which generally seems to come along with prosperity, education and free discussion, looking at the examples stated.
I'm reading a similar book, Paul Collier's The Bottom Billion, which delves into far more detail about the reasons nations fail to get out of poverty, and provides much greater insight.
Why Nations Fail is actually a history book, a look back at how various countries navigated their way into the top tier, or at least put themselves on the path towards it.
The book doesn't attempt to provide answers, other than 'because they don't have inclusive institutions.' It's an interesting look back at the reasons certain things happened in particular countries, although each of those can only go so deep. It really only serves to highlight how little any of them shared.
If economic history interests you, then worth a look, but if you want to understand why nations fail, look elsewhere.
"Fascinating stuff"
I intend to listen to this again. There is so much information that a second reading would be essential in a few months. However, this will be more of a duty than a pleasure because I often found the reading style irritating.
This is a unique book. I have read (or tried to read) other books on economic theory but none so readable and in my opinion, none so based in the real world.
Dan Woren did not do a good job. He got through the admittedly difficult concepts well enough but became gratingly irritating with the many non-English pronunciations. He started off reading Spanish words and names so authentically that I had trouble making out some of them, he then tried to pronounce African or Arabic names with a slight Spanish accent, obviously thinking that this would make it more authentic--it did not and it often resulted in the emphasis going on to the wrong parts of the words. When he got to the Chinese names, Woren gave up altogether and used the standard English approximations. The result was a ridiculous patchwork which reduced the effectiveness of what the authors had to say. The various subjects of this book's focus range all over the world and since Woren obviously does not have a comprehensive command (or even knowledge) of the huge variety of languages involved--and I cannot blame him for that--he should have stuck to a uniform English pronunciation throughout. I cannot say, though, whether this was Woren's fault or the director's. Certainly the director has to bear some of the responsibility for this mish-mash.
the mystery of poverty explained...
I'm glad I heard it.
"too long and repetitive"
I suppose it is repeating so that the listener gets the message.
they repeat the message so much that I got sick of hearing it.
but because it gives so many answers I give it 5 stars.
he held my attention.
stop trade protectionism.
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To me, I feel the primary use of an iPad is content consumption and much that has been written about the iPad, even on this blog, has been related to this concept. However there is a lot to be said for using iPads as communication tools, interacting with others, just as computers have been for years. I thought a post discussing some tools and apps for interacting with others through the iPad would be helpful because there are many great uses.
I should start by saying that when communicating with others online through Internet communication I use email through Google, online chat (text, audio, video) through Skype and occasionally Google Talk for those friends and family members that have yet to discover Skype or those who prefer to stay logged in to the online Google email system and find Gtalk easily available. I also maintain blogs when I want to provide information about myself or topics of interest to me to a broad audience to view as they please. I don't use Facebook, I don't Twitter, I don't use Myspace, I don't use AOL/AIM, Yahoo, MSN or any other available platform out there currently and it works for me. I like to keep things simple so to speak. But I do, however maintain MANY Google email accounts, and about 3 Skype accounts because I am a person who emphasizes and practices boundaries between personal, professional and everything in between. I appreciate the ability to control how my personal and professional selves are made available to others and maintained online as we enter a time of increasingly greater online relationships and interactions.
That beings said there are four or five applications (six if we count Blogpress which has already been reviewed here) that allow me to communicate and interact with others using the platforms described above.
*NOTE: I'm also an iPhone user so a lot of my communication is done through my iPhone (email, SMS/texts, and Skype especially). But I go back and forth with each device depending on the current need and ease of my desired function at that time.
IPad Email Application (free and pre-installed on the iPad)
For me, the iPad Apple Mail Application is one of the best tools for mobile communication out there, even ahead of the Mail application on the iPhone because of the larger keyboard in the iPad. Throw in the ability to setup Exchange email accounts to keep Email, Calendar and Contacts in sync, this is a home run app!
Read more about setting up Exchange Accounts on the U of M servers.
Google/Safari (free)Safari for iPad AppSo easy, so great, so self explanatory. Login, check email, write email, send email. On the iPad, the Google Mail application is just great! Bonus is the ease of integration with Google talk that just pops up in a second window. Winner of an app!
But, some might wonder why you would go to the online version when you can just use the built in Mail features. One reason- using an iPad that isn't yours, you wouldn't just setup a Google account in the other person's Mail application. Another, for someone like me, I use a lot of the Google Apps features in addition to mail such as Reader, Blogger, Google Talk, etc. And I also have MANY Google accounts. Online, you can get everything Google for that one account in one place.
Skype (free)Skype for iPad, iPhone, iPod TouchWhere do I begin with Skype? First, I should mention that Skype has yet to produce an iPad version on their iOS App. So how do you use it on the iPad? The cool thing about apps made for iPhones is that they can be viewed on the iPad in either native form (tiny screen size of the iPhone) or they can be blown up and stretched into iPad size. This is not the case for all iPad apps on iPhones though unless the app has been enabled for both platforms (denoted by a + sign next to the app in the Apple App Store.)
Skype on the iPad, well it is simply Skype as we know and love. Chat with other Skype contacts, use audio, text, your Skype credits work to call regular phones. It's Skype but on the iPad. AND, as of January 1, 2010 Skype video came to iOS!
For iPhone users this was huge especially those who are using 3GS model iPhones without the front facing camera and Facetime abilities. On the iPad this is neat for many reasons, though all of which, currently, can only center on the receiving of video on iPads. For instructors you could record your live lecture on your computer using Skype and send the feed to students on their iPads. I really enjoy Skype and features such as video on mobile platforms continue to take this app forward.
IM Chat Apps- IM+ vs imo.imIM+ iPad App imo.im App
Lastly, like me, many people manage multiple email, IM, and Skype Accounts. Mobile Platforms such as the iPad are doing a great job allowing us to integrate these multiple accounts into a single application. Two I have tried and like are
IM+ (free and paid Pro versions) and imo.im (free).
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Personally, I find imo.im to be better for the interface and account controls. In IM+ Pro, I can't seem to find a way to view my IM contacts on Glogle or Skype without making myself "available" for chat. In IMO there is the simple "view offline buddies" option. That might seem like a small feature but we all have this online "friends" that message us the second they see us pop up online. IMO allows me to have greater control. I need to spend more time with both to see which one I prefer. For now, Skype is my primary app for chats but the more people move to Google, the more Google Talk is being used.
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