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App Alert: Tango Video Call for iPhone 4
October 14, 2010 by The Editor
Filed under Apps, iPhone, Most Recent Posts, Products
Tango video calls is an app that allows for users to enjoy the benefits of the front facing camera on the iPhone 4 to make a video call over their cellular 3G network. Tango Features:
- Free video calling to your friends and family around the world, wherever you are
- Call between iPhone and other smartphones on 3G and Wi-Fi
- Populates Tango Contacts automatically from existing phone contact list
- Invite friends and others by e-mail or text
- Switch cameras and swap screens to show what is around you
- Move between video to audio and back to video
- Simple and easy to use
- Create an account in less than five seconds – New profile not required
So we've got Apple's own FaceTime, and now Fring, Yahoo!, Tango and Skype .
Verizon Wireless to Sell Apple iPad
October 14, 2010 by The Editor
Filed under Company, iPad, iPhone, Most Recent Posts
Apple and Verizon Wireless announced this morning a partnership that would bring the iPad to Verizon Wireless Stores across the U.S. on October 28. While the collaboration won't see Verizon compatible technology embedded in the iPad, it will bundle the iPad Wi-Fi with a Verizon MiFi 2200 Mobile Hotspot.
The iPad will be available in three bundles:
- Apple iPad 16GB + MiFi: $629.99
- Apple iPad 32GB + MiFi: $729.99
- Apple iPad 64GB + MiFi: $829.99
As far as data plans for the iPad, Verizon will offer one: Up to 1GB of data for $20 per month.
Industry sources are saying since facing intense competition from phone makers wedded to Google's Android software, Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, finally plans to make the iPhone available on VerizonWireless, the largest wireless carrier in the United States.
Apple patents 'anti-sexting' technology
October 13, 2010 by The Editor
Filed under Apps, iPhone, Most Recent Posts, Products
Today the US Patent and Trademark Office approved a patent Apple filed in 2008, which, get this, prevents users from sending or receiving "objectionable" text messages. The patent's official title? "Text-based communication control for personal communication device" which actually doesn't use the pretty ridiculous noun/verb"Sexting," but come on, we all know what they mean.
The "Sexting" patent background info states that the problem it solves is that there is currently "No way to monitor and control text communications to make them user appropriate. For example, users such as children may send or receive messages (intentionally or not) with parentally objectionable language."
Here's the text of the patent, via TechCrunch:
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for enabling a user to control the content of text-based messages sent to or received from an administered device. In some embodiments, a message will be blocked (incoming or outgoing) if the message includes forbidden content. In other embodiments, the objectionable content is removed from the message prior to transmission or as part of the receiving process. The content of such a message is controlled by filtering the message based on defined criteria. The criteria may be defined according to a parental control application. These techniques also may be used, in accordance with instructional embodiments, to require the administered devices to include certain text in messages. These embodiments might, for example, require that a certain number of Spanish words per day be included in e-mails for a child learning Spanish.
It's not yet understood how it will be implemented in Apple's iPhone products So far it seems that it will work with the phone's built-in text-messaging application. Other texting apps aim to prevent texting while driving and let iPhone users send text messages without incurring charges from AT&T, the mobile carrier that has exclusive rights to the iPhone in the U.S.
Sonic The Hedgehog 4™ Episode I Is Now Available for iPhone
October 7, 2010 by The Editor
Filed under Apps, iPad, iPhone, ipod, ipod nano, Most Recent Posts
The Hedgehog lover in me is excited now that Sonic 4 is out and available at the iTunes store. Reviews say that it features classic run and jump gameplay at a breakneck pace. It includes 12 zones, closely modeled on 16 bit Sonic game levels. Both score attack and time attack modes are available, and there are a couple special tilt based iPhone exclusive levels.
According to AppAdvice.com "The game also FEELS like Sonic. It has a classic Green Hills zone. It has a old school Labyrinth zone complete with underwater sections. Mad Gear is based off Metropolis Zone from Sonic 2, including the tube like teleporters and conveyor belts There are enemies and bosses from Sonic 1 such as the enemies that appear then charge towards you and the ones that shoot out of the walls in Splash Hill, which also finishes with a twist on the old school "swinging ball boss" The game's aforementioned speed and fluidity add to this vibe."
I am so excited that I about to download now.
source: Appadvice
New App Alert: Zappo App for iPad
October 7, 2010 by The Editor
Filed under Apps, iPad, Most Recent Posts, Products
First the Amazon.com the world's largest online retailer releases a Kindle app for Apple's newest device in April. Now along with the Kindle app and their own Amazon Mobile app, the company has released an app for its shoe store. The Zappos Mobile app was recently released, putting the world's largest online shoe store on the iPad.
Zappos.com, which was founded in 1999 grossed over $1 billion in sales in 2009, the year that Amazon purchased the company for nearly $1.2 billion. The name Zappos is derived from the Spanish word zapatos, meaning shoes.
The app is easy to use and fast, even with a 3G connection. You can easily purchase shoes, clothing, handbags, beauty supplies and housewares.
Each item is listed by photo and name, with heavy emphasis on the former.
Items that are on sale are easily recognized, with details and reviews. Plus available sizes; up to 10 different photos of the items and colors are easily readable. The price and stock number are also shown. You can even read more about the item's brand, which is nice.
The free Zappos Mobile app is available today in the App Store.
iApp To Organize Your Business Cards
September 27, 2010 by The Editor
Filed under Apps, Company, iPad, iPhone, ipod, Most Recent Posts, Products
Apple Observer readers if you are anything like me you probably take every new business card you receive and log its information into a database of some kind. Insane and time consuming isn't it?
I have my own system: One black card book for important cards, and a small tin can for more less important ones.
Great news, mobile app developers are trying to break people like me by offering a way to quickly scan and organize business cards. ScanBizCards ($7 on iPhones) and WorldCard Mobile ($6 on iPhones) are now ready and available for downloading.
If you already have CamCard, as your business card management system then you are ahead of the curve.. Reviewers on iTunes, Android's Market and BlackBerry's App World have lauded the app for its simplicity and versatility.
The app can scans cards in 12 languages, while others focus on English or, in the case of WorldCard Mobile, English and Chinese. CamCard also allows editing of the card's image, which will appeal to those who would prefer not to see a coffee, tea or soda stain each time they view an important card.
CamCard renders nearly every letter and number correctly. After the scan, CamCard places the information into a virtual card holder that can be sorted by name. It also includes a search box at the top, a welcome feature that the other apps lacked.
The other apps were good, but over all, CamCard felt more refined.
And for those who cannot bear the thought of spending $7 on an app, CamCard offers free "lite" versions that scans cards but stores only a few.
Double your iPhone 4′s power with Mophie Juice Pack Air Battery
September 2, 2010 by The Editor
Filed under iPhone, Most Recent Posts
The Mophie Juice Pack for your iPhone 4 is almost here. The word is that it will be available as soon as next week for $79. The Juice Pack Air features pass-through USB charging and sync with iTunes, an integrated 4 LED charge status, and a standby switch the shuts off the juice turning the appendage into a rather attractive (albeit, heavy with a 1500mAh capacity battery), soft-grip case. I brought one for a friend last year who had an old iPhone and it worked wonders, so it should be a welcome addition for you iphone 4 users.


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Posts tagged psychology research
Posts tagged psychology research
1. Make sure you get plenty of exercise: For example, "Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif., found that adult mice who ran on an exercise wheel whenever they felt like it gained twice as many new cells in the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in learning and memory, than mice who sat around all day discussing Lord of the Rings in Internet chat rooms.[1]"
2. Expose yourself to novel experiences: This forms new connections in the brain, and gets underused areas working again. The benefit to you is an active, alert brain.
3. Be curious and ask "why?": The brain is designed to question and to think. Thus, you build new neural pathways when you search for new solutions.
4. Laugh more: This releases endorphins – the body's feel good hormones – and shakes up our thinking, and disrupts habitual patterns.
5. Eat more fish: Fish contains essential nutrients that nourish the brain. This is especially important for the young children, and the elderly (as it builds new connections, and staves off dementia.
6. Reduce your consumption of saturated fats: "When researchers at the University of Toronto put rats on a 40-percent-fat diet, the rats lost ground in several areas of mental function, including memory, spatial awareness and rule learning. The problems became worse with a diet high in saturated fats … Also, fat can reduce the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your brain, and it may also slow down the metabolism of glucose, the form of sugar the brain utilizes as food.[2]"
7. Get plenty of sleep: Sleeping on problems, and on new information, can improve our understanding and assist with retention.
8. Do important tasks when your brain is most awake: Every 90 minutes, we cycle through period of peak and low consciousness. To master key tasks, do them when you're most alert, and not when you're drowsy, or about to fall asleep.
9. Develop concentration: We need to learn to focus and to fully concentrate to develop our thinking and increase our brain's connections. But being constantly distracted interrupts this crucial process.
10. Make time to play: Play encourages us to be more creative in our thinking, to develop better strategies, and think outside the box.
Abnormal Psychology: This explores psychopathology and abnormal behavior. Examples of disorders covered in this field include depression, OCD, sexual deviation and dissociative disorder.
Biopsychology: This looks at the role the brain and neurotransmitters play in influencing our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It combines neuroscience and the study of basic psychology.
Clinical Psychology: The focus here is the assessment and appropriate treatment of mental illness and abnormal behaviours.
Cognitive Psychology: This branch of psychology focuses attention on perception and mental processes. For example, it looks at how people think about and process experiences and events – their automatic thoughts and core beliefs. Also, how they learn, remember and retrieve information.
Comparative Psychology: This field of psychology studies animal behavior. Comparative psychologists work closely with biologists, ecologists, anthropologists, and geneticists.
Counseling Psychology: Here, the focus is on providing therapeutic interventions for clients who are struggling with some mental, social, emotional or behavioural issue. It also looks at living well, so people reach their maximum potential in life.
Developmental Psychology: This looks at lifespan human development, from the cradle to the grave. It looks at what changes, and what stays the same, or even deteriorates over time. Also, whether growth and change is continuous, or is associated with certain ages and stages. Another area of interest is the interaction of genes and the environment.
Educational Psychology: This focuses attention on learning, remembering, performing and achieving. It includes the effects of individual differences, gifted learners and learning disabilities.
Experimental Psychology: Although all of psychology emphasises the central importance of the scientific method, designing and applying experimental techniques, then analysing and interpreting the results is the main job of experimental psychologists. They work in a wide range of settings, including schools, colleges, universities, research centers, government organisation and private businesses and enterprises.
Forensic Psychology: Psychology and the law intersect in this field. It is where psychologists (clinical psychologists, neurologists, counselling psychologists etc) share their professional expertise in legal or criminal cases.
Health Psychology: This branch of psychology promotes physical, mental and emotional health – including preventative and restorative strategies. It looks at how people deal with stress, and cope with and recover from, illnesses.
Human Factors Psychology: This is an umbrella category that looks at such areas as ergonomics, workplace safety, human error, product design, and the interaction of humans and machines.
Industrial-Organizational Psychology: This applies findings from theoretical psychology to the workplace. Its goal is increasing employee satisfaction, performance, productivity – and matching positions to employees' strengths. Other areas of interest are group dynamics, and the development of leadership skills.
Social Psychology: This is what many people think of when they hear the word "psychology". It includes the study of group behaviour, social norms, conformity, prejudice, nonverbal behaviour/ body language, and aggression.
Sports Psychology: This area investigates how to increase and maintain motivation, the factors that contribute to peak performance, and how being active can enhance our lives.
1. Being too excited or relaxed can interfere with test performance.
2. Getting paid for your hobbies may reduce your overall enjoyment and creativity.
3. After exercising self-control, we're more likely to make impulse purchases.
4. Some controversial research finds people live longer if they're slightly overweight.
5. Smiling can make you feel happier and frowning can create negative feelings.
6. Lie detector tests can be fooled by biting your tongue.
7. Our brains have special mirror neurons that help us identify with what others are feeling, and to imitate their actions.
8. People with high emotional intelligence (EI) are often more successful than people with high intelligence (IQ).
Source: Huffman, K. (2010). Psychology in Action.(9th ed.) New York: John Wiley & Sons, p.408.
You've heard that laughter is the best medicine, and that holds true for the brain as well as the body. Unlike emotional responses, which are limited to specific areas of the brain, laughter engages multiple regions across the whole brain.
Furthermore, listening to jokes and working out punch lines activates areas of the brain vital to learning and creativity. As psychologist Daniel Goleman notes in his book Emotional Intelligence, "laughter…seems to help people think more broadly and associate more freely."
Looking for ways to bring more laughter in your life? Start with the following:
· Laugh at yourself. Share your embarrassing moments. The best way to take ourselves less seriously is to talk about the times when we took ourselves too seriously.
· When you hear laughter, move toward it. Most of the time, people are very happy to share something funny because it gives them an opportunity to laugh again and feed off the humor you find in it. When you hear laughter, seek it out and ask, "What's funny?"
· Spend time with fun, playful people. These are people who laugh easily–both at themselves and at life's absurdities–and who routinely find the humor in everyday events. Their playful point of view and laughter are contagious.
· Surround yourself with reminders to lighten up. Keep a toy on your desk or in your car. Choose a computer screensaver that makes you laugh. Frame photos of you and your family or friends having fun.
· Pay attention to children and copy them. They are the experts on playing, taking life lightly, and laughing.
· Pay attention. You can't remember something if you never learned it, and you can't learn something—that is, encode it into your brain—if you don't pay enough attention to it. It takes about eight seconds of intense focus to process a piece of information into your memory. If you're easily distracted, pick a quiet place where you won't be interrupted.
· Involve as many senses as possible. Try to relate information to colors, textures, smells, and tastes. The physical act of rewriting information can help imprint it onto your brain. Even if you're a visual learner, read out loud what you want to remember. If you can recite it rhythmically, even better.
· Relate information to what you already know. Connect new data to information you already remember, whether it's new material that builds on previous knowledge, or something as simple as an address of someone who lives on a street where you already know someone.
· For more complex material, focus on understanding basic ideas rather than memorizing isolated details. Practice explaining the ideas to someone else in your own words.
· Rehearse information you've already learned. Review what you've learned the same day you learn it, and at intervals thereafter. This "spaced rehearsal" is more effective than cramming, especially for retaining what you've learned.
Buss et al (2003[1]) surveyed over 10,000 men and women from 37 different countries to see what they wanted in a mate. The results were surprisingly similar
What HE wants
1. Mutual attraction – love
2. Dependable character
3. Emotional stability and maturity
4. Pleasing disposition
5. Good health
6. Education and intelligence
7. Sociability
8. Desire for home and children
9. Refinement and neatness
10. Good looks
What SHE wants
1. Mutual attraction – love
2. Dependable character
3. Emotional stability and maturity
4. Pleasing disposition
5. Education and intelligence
6. Sociability
7. Good health
8. Desire for home and children
9. Ambition and industriousness
10. Refinement and neatness
1. Being either too excited or too relaxed can stop you performing at your best in a test situation.
2. Getting paid for your hobbies may actually reduce how much you enjoy those activities – as well as reducing your creativity.
3. After exercising some self-control we're actually more likely to impulse buy, binge, or lash out at a person who annoys us.
4. There is some controversial research which seems to show that people who are slightly overweight live longer.
5. Choosing to smile can improve our mood, and frowning can make us feel more negative.
6. We have "mirror neurons" in our brain that helps us to identify others' feelings, to empathise with them, and copy their emotions.
7. Emotional intelligence is a better predictor of career success than having high IQ scores.
For more information see: Huffman, K. (2010). Psychology in Action.(9th ed.) New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Did you know that:
1. Many women spend up a third of their income on their appearance.
2. Attractive people are more popular than average looking or less attractive people.
3. Attractive student get noticed more by their teachers (They also get more help and attention)
4. Popular and attractive people get more attention from their employers and from the legal system!
5. Beautiful people earn more than their average looking peers.
6. According to the Fed, people who are rated as being "below average" in terms of their appearances earn 9% less than average looking people.
7. Babies as young as 3 months old show a clear preference for more attractive adult faces.
8. We can accurately assess beauty in a wide variety of cultures, not just our own. For example, European subjects are able to identify "more beautiful faces" in a sample of Japanese subjects; and Japanese subjects are able to identify more attractive European faces in a sample of Europeans faces.
9. Scientists have discovered mathematical proportions (in the arrangement of the eyes, nose, mouth and chin) that cause the human brain to assess a face as being beautiful.
10. A part of the brain called the fusiform enables us to recognize familiar faces. If this is damaged, we can longer recognise people – and we are also unable to discriminate between plain and attractive face.
1. Most dreams are based on visual images (Except in people who were either born blind, or who lost their sight at an early age). Occasionally, dreams will include sound and touch.
2. The normal rules of logic do not apply in dreams. For example, the dream may be taking place in one location – then, abruptly, the dreamer is translocated to a completely different place.
3. Most dreams occur in a house – but this is usually not your own home. The most frequently reported room is the living room. People rarely dream about their work place or school.
4. The most frequent scenario is the dreamer plus two other people.
5. Famous people seldom appear in our dreams. The vast majority of people dream about people who are significant to them, especially if there is an ongoing conflict.
6. Mundane activities (such as brushing your teeth) rarely appear in dreams.
7. Dreams tend not to be happy events, and the three most common reported emotions are anger, sadness and fear.
8. Some themes are so common that they are reported the world over. These universal themes include the loss of a tooth, falling or flying, exhibition, arriving late for exams or other important events, and being chased or attacked.
9. Cross-cultural research indicates that our dreams reflect normal life events in our own country and culture.
10. There appear to be some differences in the content of dreams between the two sexes. Specifically, women are more likely to dream about their children, family or household activities; men are more likely to dream about strangers, violence, sexual activity, achievement, and outdoor events.
Psychologists have long speculated about whether birth order influences personality. Research indicates that there are generalities that seem to be true in many families. The findings are based on a family of three, but can be adapted for other combinations, too. In summary:
1. First born children (only children, or children born after a long gap) tend to be independent, stubborn, strong-willed, driven, success oriented, efficient, organized and perfectionists. They make excellent leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs and managers. On the negative side, they tend to more anxious; have unrealistically high standards and expectations; be over achievers; and can be highly discouraged by perceived failures. Famous first born children include: Bill Cosby; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Oprah Winfrey; Winston Churchill; presidents Bush (George W.), Johnson, Carter and Truman; Saddam Hussein; Joseph Stalin; Mussolini; Sylvester Stallone, Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton.
2. Second born children tend to be in competition with/ or to feel inadequate in comparison to their older sibling. As a general rule of thumb, middle children are often more problematic and rebellious than their siblings – either because they want to be seen separately from their older sibling or because they would like some of the attention that has now been diverted to their younger sibling(s). However, they also tend to be creative, witty, self-sufficient, adaptable, flexible, have lots of good friendships, and are comfortable in a variety of social situations. Famous second born children include: George Washington; Richard Nixon; Jack Kennedy; George Bush; Damon Hill; Cindy Crawford; Bill Gates; Madonna; Princess Diana; Jamie Lee Curtis and Brittney Spears.
3. Last born children are showered with attention, and are raise by parents who are more laid back than they were with their other children. They tend to be daring, less responsible, even tempered, creative, warm, affectionate, charming, relaxed and happy-go-lucky. Because they have often been over indulged, they can be manipulative in relationships, and expect the world to revolve around them. Many lack the desire to become independent and, usually, they're not driven or competitive. Famous last born children include: Margaret Thatcher; George Michael; Sir Laurence Olivier; Eddie Murphy; Jim Carrey; Halle Berry and Cameron Diaz.
1. Attractive people earn more money and are offered more promotions than other people.
2. A symmetrical face is the key feature that sends the message that "this person is healthy". It is therefore considered to be a sign of beauty.
3. Highly attractive people tend to associate with other highly attractive people.
4. Highly attractive people prefer to date people who they think are slightly more beautiful than they are.
5. Studies show that all people (whether they are attractive or less attractive) judge beauty in the same way. However, average and less attractive people also consider other qualities when they are deciding how beautiful a person is.
6. We tend to see people with similar facial characteristics to our parents as being attractive individuals.
7. We think people who look like our family members also share the same personality traits as those people.
8. Couples often share similar facial characteristics.
9. Studies show that we tend to think attractive people are honest and helpful individuals, but unattractive ones are rude and unhelpful.
10. Women are more drawn to highly masculine features during the most fertile period of the month.
11. Women judge attractive men as being more likely to be unfaithful, and less attractive men as more likely to be loving and faithful partners.
12. Women tend to prefer a male partner who has small eyes, a large nose and a strong jaw.
13. Men show the highest preference for women who look 24.8 years of age.
14. Their preferred waist to hip ratio is 0.67 to 0.80


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I have an old Powerbook, which I got when I needed portability. Last year I picked up a 4core 2.66 Mac Pro, because I didn't need portability, I needed performance and expandability. That should take me well into the next decade as long as processor upgrades and memory remain affordable.
Now, I don't need, but would like a little portability. Believe it or not, my iPhone almost does the trick. Almost. But I'm wondering what will happen when I need to actually do something on the road. So, I'm hoping for a 12" capable subnotebook. I mean like the 12" Powerbook was. That was a great machine, save for the graphics. What I don't want is something with a 15" footprint that claims to be 13", and can't do much more than an iPhone, ie MBA.
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In a rather low key report on the BBC website this week, I found the shock news that China had a trade deficit of $23bn in February. This is alongside the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) which focuses on small privately owned businesses, and which gave a reading of 48.1 for March, compared to 48.5 in February - with any figure below 50 indicating a contraction in activity.
And today there is a forecast of the 'official' PMI, which looks at the larger state-owned factories; although this is slightly over the 'expansion' measure of 50, it is only predicted to come in at 50.3 - and is subject to a 0.3 downwards correction to allow for seasonal patterns, according to Louis Kuijs, chief China economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland.read more...»
Unit 4 Macro: A Tale of Two Mexicos
Are you studying Mexico as one of your chosen countries of focus for the A2 growth and development paper for EdExcel? If so, this new report from McKinsey might be of particular relevance for you. Either way, there will be plenty of useful comment here on development and growth drivers and constraints.
Unit 4 Macro: Rebalancing the Economy
Re-balancing is an important aspect of the nature of the current recovery in the UK economy from the 2008-09 recession.
Economic re-balancing describes changing the balance of demand, output and jobs in different parts of the economy.read more...»
Unit 2 Macro: Growth is Not Enough
In this new RSA Short, Kate Raworth makes a powerful argument to look beyond economic growth alone for a true measure of prosperity and progress. Read more about Kate Raworth's work and her idea of doughnut economics by clicking this link http://www.kateraworth.com and follow her on twitter @KateRaworthread more...»
Unit 2 Macro: Regional Multiplier Effects with Siemens Investment
Here is a good example of an inward investment project likely to create a strong multiplier effect for the economy of East Yorkshire.read more...»
F585 Pre-Release Resources (and F583, F582 & F581 too)
I thought it worthwhile sharing my resources which I have been collecting for students (and teachers alike). I have been promoting them on Twitter (@Economics_KSF) through scoop.it but for those of you not on there, the link for the scoop.it boards are here:
http://www.scoop.it/u/economics-kcsfread more...»
UK Economy: Mind the Gap - Skills Shortages
Are skills shortages holding back the economic recovery? The Financial Times is running a video series looking at the problems businesses are having in recruiting people with technical skills. The apprenticeship programme is expanding but will it be enough to meet the growing gap between demand for and supply of engineers and other specialist jobs in industries surrounding precision engineering, nuclear power and many others?
According to an article in the Financial Times:
"Migrants are filling a fifth of jobs in industries such as oil and gas extraction, aerospace manufacturing and computer, electronic and optical engineering because of a lack of skilled British graduates."read more...»
Corruption and the economy
Pub economics often explains the plight of poor countries in terms of the problems posed by corruption. That approach might have some value, and to raise the quality of your analysis of this topic, it's helpful to say why and how it might arise, and the effects it might have. Rich countries are also vulnerable of course.
The Economist has a really helpful couple of articles on this topic, which it calls 'crony capitalism'.read more...»
Unit 2 Macro: Ageing Infrastructure and Economic Growth
Here is a revealing quote from a special study published in March 2014
"Simply put, too much of the city's essential infrastructure remains stuck in the 20th Century—a problem for a city positioning itself to compete with other global cities in today's 21st Century economy."
Which city do you think this report was referring to?read more...»
Unit 2 Macro: UK R&D Spending Remains Low
For years the government has tried to lift research and development spending as a share of national income - but seemingly to no avail. The latest data finds that the UK is spending less on R&D than any other EU country. What might this mean for the supply-side competitiveness of the economy?
The data finds thatread more...»
Life is better now – despite the crisis
Here's a great topic for an economics debate. National income is still lower than before the financial crash. We have a 'cost of living crisis'. Yet it's possible to argue that life is better now than it was in 2005. How can that point be made without being laughed out of the room?read more...»
UK Economy: Mind the Gap: London v the Rest
Mind the Gap! Evan Davis has produced two superb programmes on the regional imbalances in the UK economy. In the first he focuses on the agglomeration / network economies of scale that help to explain the skew in business investment towards the capital. In the second he looks at which cities elsewhere in the UK might be drivers of renewed growth of incomes, investment and growth! Here are the links:
Mind The Gap Episode 1 - click here
Mind The Gap Episode 2 - click hereread more...»
Unit 4 Macro: Low Investment Stifles the World Economy
Six reasons for low business investment are advanced in this article - private sector capital spending is a key driver of growth - why have companies been reluctant to authorize investment projects despite an environment of low interest rates?read more...»
Some Topical Issues in Trade and Development
I was delighted to give a talk to A2 economists at Wilson's School in Surrey today covering some aspects of trade and development economics. In particular we looked at the work of Hidalgo and Hausmann and their newly published Index of Economic Complexity. The slides from my talk are streamed below.read more...»
Quiz on the Index of Economic Complexity
The Atlas of Economic Complexity is a new book (perfect for the coffee table) from Richard Hausmann and Cesar Hidalgo. It maps out the degree of complexity of individual economies around the world and provides a hugely visual and interesting insight into the importance of knowledge in shaping the future prosperity of countries in the global economy. I have put together a 10 question quiz on some of their key results - a useful activity I hope for students interested in the commodity composition of trade of developed and developing countries. Have a go!read more...»
Unit 2 Macro: Economic Growth
Here is a revision presentation for an AS Macro topic - economic growthread more...»
A minimum wage in Germany - but the low-skilled jobs are in the UK
In Germany the government has reluctantly agreed to introduce a minimum wage of €8.50 (£6.98) per hour. Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union party is opposed to the idea, but need to make concessions in coalition negotiations with centre-left parties such as the Social Democrats, who have campaigned for a national minimum wage.read more...»
Growth and Development Challenges and Opportunities for Mexico
In this independent research assignment, Year 12 Economist Doug Feagin considers some of the factors influencing the macroeconomic performance of Mexico - a fascinating country and one of the MINT cluster of countries discussed by Jim O'Neill in his recent programmes for the BBC.read more...»
Manufacturing in Africa
Economics coverage of Africa can be a bit bleak (though perhaps it shouldn't be, with incomes rising rapidly in parts of Africa). There are often bad news stories, particularly in terms of human development indicators. News of economic progress often centres on the exploitation of primary commodities, with all the risks and issues that presents.
If you hope Africa will experience development, you're likely to want to see sustained and robust economic growth. That, in turn, will require industrialization.read more...»
German revival exposes deep fissure within Europe's economies
In the 1990s and early 2000s, Germany was seen by many as the new 'Sick Man of Europe'. Between 1991 and 2005, GDP growth averaged only 1.2 per cent a year, compared to 3.3 per cent in the UK. Since then, the German economy has revived dramatically. The recovery in the German cluster of economies from the financial crisis has been as strong as in the United States, with the previous peak level of output being regained in 2011. Germany itself experienced virtually no increase in unemployment in 2008 and 2009, its exports are at record levels, and even the crisis in the Euro area has not prevented expansion in both output and employment.read more...»
Robert Peston - How China Ruled the World
Robert Peston looks at the astonishing investment in urban infrastructure in China in recent years - 30 new airports, 26,000 miles of motorways and a new skyscraper every five days have been built in China in the last five years - required viewing for those interested in a key aspect of Chinese economic growth and development. Link to How China Ruled the World (BBC World)read more...»
10 Questions on Growth Economics
Here are some revision questions on economic growth designed as a short revision quiz for A2 macro students - have a go!read more...»
Pay and Productivity
David Smith's weekly column in the Sunday Times yesterday is worth getting hold of, to study the conundrum around stagnant productivity and rising employment. He uses data from the ONS to look at average weekly real wages, which started falling in 2008 and are still falling now, to consider whether this year will show a turnaround in real incomes.read more...»
Unit 4 Macro: Is Norway suffering from Dutch Disease?
Norway has for many years recorded an enviable macroeconomic performance. It regularly tops the international rankings for the Human Development Index (HDI) and it has one of the highest figures for GNI per capita (PPP) among developed nations. It records huge current account surpluses in excess of 10% of GDP each year and strong growth and surging revenues from oil and gas production have given the Norwegian government a fiscal position that many other countries would die for! Unemployment is the lowest of any European country.
That said there are some signs that the economy is suffering from an over-dependence on oil and gas - it is at risk of the Dutch Disease?
The Dutch Disease is the idea that economic growth from exploiting and exporting natural resources can crowd out investment in other sectors, in part due to a strengthening exchange rate which causes a sharp rise in relative unit labour costs. High wages are also seen as a factor behind a trend decline in the average hours worked and a rise in the drop-out rate from high school education.
Manufacturing wages in Norway have climbed by more than 150 per cent since 1997 against just 50 per cent in the US and Germany They are now 60-70 per cent higher than the weighted average of Norway's trading partners, meaning "that for every hour worked here we need to be 60 per cent more productive". (FT, 7 Feb 2014)read more...»
UK economy: Tidal Lagoons
Cost benefit analysis, economies of scale, energy economics, regional development, economic growth, competitiveness ... there is a veritable a tidal wave of applied economics in this article from the Guardian on plans for Tidal Lagoon Power.
Unit 4 Macro: Eurasia and Natural Resources
Natural resource economics are applied in this new World Bank blog to the Eurasian region - plenty of overlap with your studies on the issue in the context of sub Saharan Africa and other parts of the world. Click here for the blog article.
Click here for a blog article on the natural resource curse from Graham Watson (2012)
Our streamed revision presentation on the topic is belowread more...»
Unit 4 Macro: Development Progress for the Ivory Coast
The BBC Africa Report looks at the importance of largely French funded infrastructure projects as a driver of growth and development in the Ivory Coast. But the economy is becoming more open to investors from other countries. Some of this investment may come from Japan - read this article
Related article - focusing on the mining boom in the Ivory Coast - Ivory Coast hopes for golden future as mining sector opened upread more...»
Building a Future for Chocolate
Here is a short video on the challenges and opportunities facing cocoa producers across the world but especially in sub Saharan Africa which accounts for 70% of global production. Supply is struggling to keep pace with rising world demand and there have been some structural declines in production in several countries.
The FT's Emiko Terazono reports from Ghana on how chocolate manufacturers and traders are striving to boost cocoa supplies, which are coming under pressure from climate change and urbanisation amid growing demand for confectionery in emerging markets. Farmers are being encouraged to develop supplementary incomes and invest in sustainable production methods.read more...»
Does Facebook have a Future?
So farewell, then, Facebook! That is the conclusion of a highly technical paper by two Princeton researchers, John Cannarella and Joshua Spechler, which received a lot of publicity in the press last week. The authors conclude that "Facebook will undergo a rapid decline in the coming years, losing 80 per cent of its peak user base between 2015 and 2017".read more...»
UK Boom and Bust?
In this short interview from the Financial Times, John Authers discusses with Roger Bootle, managing director of Capital Economics about the sources of the resurgence in growth in the UK economy. Bootle argues that there is little sign of economic re-balancing, consumption is the main driver of recovery and net exports are subtracting from growth at the moment.
The current account deficit is widening - Bootle find this a deeply depressing shift and hints that the UK economy remains heavily dependent on exporting to weak-growing European markets.read more...»
Imports are good too!
We are often (quite rightly), talking about Britain's disappointing export performance. There are lots of good reasons to promote exports – an injection into the circular flow of income and the X in C+I+G+(X-M).
But don't fall for the trap of thinking that exports=good and imports=bad. In the final analysis, one of the main reasons for exports is to pay for imports. Imports play a crucial role in making our economy more efficient.read more...»
Macro Policy Challenges in India and Japan
My A2 macro students are now looking at some fascinating macro policy challenges facing a range of countries. This week they choose one from two set assignments.
The first offers them an opportunity to analyse some of the causes of high inflation in India and consider how much of a threat it is to India's continued growth and development.
A second assignment looks at Abenomics in Japan and whether it can lift the Japanese economy out of over two decades of slow growth and deflationary pressures. I am hoping that there will be some interesting insights allied to good A2 macro analysis as students crack on with their independent research.
Download the assignment sheet below and I have added in some suggestions for further reading on the two topicsread more...»
Working for the Few - Development and Inequality
Notes from a talk given by Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva (Head of Research at Oxfam) at the Marshall Society Economics Conference in Cambridge in January 2014read more...»
The Emerging World and Poverty - Where Next?
Notes taken from the Marshall Society Economics Conference - this panel session focused on growth and development issues in South Korea and sub Saharan Africaread more...»
Poverty: New Thinking About an Old Problem
Here are some notes taken from a talk given by Peter Coy, Economics Editor for Bloomberg Businessweek, at the Marshall Society Economics Conference in Cambridge in January 2015read more...»
30 Most Innovative Countries in the World
Successful innovation is a driving dynamic of competitive businesses and countries. Bloomberg Rankings recently examined 215 countries and sovereign regions to determine their innovation quotient. They have narrowed this down to thirty countries and the results are available through this Bloomberg slideshow. Which nation comes first?read more...»
The 'output gap': another piece of economic mumbo-jumbo
The concept of the 'output gap' is central to mainstream macroeconomics. It is not merely of academic interest.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has a specific requirement to estimate the output gap, which it defines formally as "the difference between the current level of activity in the economy and the potential level it could sustain while keeping inflation stable".
The output gap is a key consideration for central banks around the world including the Bank of England. If output is well below its potential, nominal interest rates should be kept low, to try to stimulate the economy. And a large output gap should keep cost and price inflation low. Prices are hard to put up in a depressed economy.
See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23145755 for a discussion of the changes made to the policy of forward guidance.read more...»
Capitalism: an engine for progress
It's the time of year when many commentators are going back to basics and asking if our dominant economic model - free market capitalism - is a force for good in the world.read more...»
David Rowan on disruptive entrepreneurs and innovators
We have been discussing the economics of innovation in class in the last few days. I came across this short talk given by David Rowan, editor of Wired magazine. What sets disruptive entrepreneurs and innovators apart from the rest? In his INK talk, David Rowan, editor of Wired UK, asserts it's a "healthy disregard for the impossible" and offers nine tips for cultivating that mindset.read more...»
The Economics of Medicine
The pharmaceutical (medicines) industry poses interesting questions for economists.read more...»
Business economics: the global car industry
A great case study in The Economist, ideal for those of you wanting to link business economics theory to a clearly relevant case study.read more...»
Unit 4 Macro: Centre of Gravity in Car Manufacturing Moves East
Volume car production has been surging in recent years in many Eastern European countries - this FT news video provides some of the background and offers some revealing insights into the complex sources of competitive advantage in a key industrial sector.
The vehicles that roll off the production line at the Czech company's state-of-the-art car plant near Prague now outstrip many western rivals not only on cost but on reliability and finish too.read more...»


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Are you required by law to carry an identification card?
Question by ultraindy : Are you required by law to carry an identification card? A coworker of mine mentioned today that there is no law on the books that require that you to have an identification card of some kind on you in California. He went on to add that if a police officer asks you for ID that you can refuse and that he has to get a "bench warrant" to proceed further, or let you go. This guy is notorious for suggesting such things (not to mention, the source of all sorts of conspiracy theories/urban legends that are true/etc.).
Does anyone know if this is true and, if so, where I could find it online to shut this guy up?
Thanks in advance. Best answer:
Answer by Ben O
The guy is tecnically correct, if you're not driving a vehicle, there is no law that says you have to show ID to a police officer, but it takes a brave person to stand up for their legal rights when dealing with the police.
Why would a police officer be asking you for identification, that implies they are investigating suspicious curcumstances. If the police want to, they can do things to you that you aren't going to like, like arrest you (as refusing to show ID looks suspicious) and keep you for up to 24 hours without charge and let you go again and there isn't a lot you can do about it. They could even find something to charge you with and even if you are innocent, you will have to pay for you own lawyer, or have some court appointed rookie just out of law school represent you.
Also if you are driving a vehicle, you are required to show a police officer your licence when requested.
What do you think? Answer below!
4 Responses to "Are you required by law to carry an identification card?"
Well, he's part right. You aren't required to carry an ID. But failure to provide identification to a police officer can be considered interfering with the officer's performance of their duties, which can get you in trouble. The Supreme Court said that withholding ID from a police officer is not a protected activity under the 1st Amendment.
If you are asked by law enforcement for an ID, they have a reason. If you refuse to show it, they can (and sometimes will) take you downtown until you can provide an ID or proof of who you are. Not worth it to prove there is no law covering this. You can be a jailed suspect.
Not being required to carry ID is not the same as refusing to show ID that you DO have to a police officer who requests it.
First, what the United States Supreme Court said. What the United States Supreme Court held in Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court (2004) 542 U.S. 177, was that a state could make it a crime for a person to refuse to identify himself (i.e., tell the officer his name and address) when lawfully detained for criminal activity. Note that the Supreme Court did NOT say that any kind of identification papers could be required, nor did they say that police officers could ordinarily arrest someone for refusing to identify himself absent a state law permitting that arrest. There is no law in the United States requiring everybody to carry ID, at least not yet.
There is NO law in California requiring anybody to carry identification. There is no law making it illegal for anyone (even someone lawfully detained) to fail to have identification papers or to refuse to identify himself (there was such a law, which was declared unconstitutional). Thus, Hiibel is of no effect in California, since there is no comparable law there. (It is, however, a crime to give a FALSE identification.)
A person CANNOT be arrested just for failing to identify himself or failing to have ID, even with a lawful detention. It is NOT interfering with an officer. The only effect of not having ID occurs if a police officer has probable cause to believe an arrestee has committed a criminal offense. A police officer who could otherwise give an arrestee a citation to appear would instead take the person into custody to appear before a magistrate. But this is ONLY if the officer has probable cause to believe the person has committed a crime–NOT just because the person did not have ID.
Of course, one must have identification in his or her possession when driving, and a police officer obviously can demand to see a drivers license from any driver lawfully detained.


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Lupe Fiasco has announced plans for the "Generation LASER" tour, a full-scale North American trek that will see the Grammy Award-winning artist performing across the country through the fall, wrapping on October 11th at Fox Theater (see dates). The major tour will feature various opening artists including Big Sean, Girl Talk, Tinie Tempah, Sarah Green and Wale in select markets.
Meanwhile the third single "Out of My Head (feat. Trey Songz)" from Fiasco's third studio album, "LASERS," which debuted at No.
Lupe chatted up backstage @ KMEL's Summer Jam last night. See above!
Lupe Fiasco talks about how his father's involvement with the Black Panthers influenced his childhood and music. MTV2's 120 Minutes with Matt Pinfield premieres Saturday, July 30 at 1am ET. Don't miss it!
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Much more than a mere sequel; instead, equal halves American history documentary and honor roll rap skill exhibition. Your average Hip-Hop album features a tall guest list and short stack of truth. F&L2 offers a welcomed imbalance of features to facts.
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SemSeg's Segway experts equip urban explorers to cruise through Detroit at up to 12.5 miles per hour during self-guided tours. A brief orientation covers proper techniques for turning, stopping, and impromptu jousting. Then, motorists hop aboard scooters and travel up to 24 miles on a single charge. The long battery life allows motorists to cruise down the Riverfront, circle 14-acre Hart Plaza, and crisscross the Rivard Plaza in a single trip. Though SemSeg encourages DIY tours, their guides lead weekend tours through downtown and down the Riverwalk.
Offering unique "backseat" tours of Detroit, tour guide and Michigan native Joseph C. Krause hops into tourists' cars where he guides them through the streets and sights of the city. Often taking roads less traveled, his tours take visitors on an insider's route through the ever-evolving metropolis where he sheds light on little-known facts. Tour routes are entirely customizable, Krause is a wealth of knowledge on any trip, which can last anywhere from a few hours up to an entire day.
Talladay Farms ushers in cool air and the smell of drying leaves with harvest-season festivities near an apple orchard. Each year, staff members chart out complex mazes that illustrate an annual theme?this year, it's Under the Sea, including a dolphin, octopus, whale, turtle and shark?across roughly 7.5 miles of twisting paths carved into 26 rolling acres of golden corn. When they're not meandering through the complex mazes, guests gather around bonfires and picnic tables or head next door to Wasem Fruit Farm's apple orchards and pumpkin patch. As Halloween nears, they convert the twisting and turning paths of one maze into a haunted labyrinth, where actors leap from the rustling dead stalks of corn wearing terrifying masks or shirts with facts about how often paper cuts happen. Conscientious staffers place several checkpoints throughout each maze and hand out maps to keep guests from getting lost.
There's no such thing as monsters. At least, that's what people tell themselves as they huddle together when hiking through Krazy Hilda's Trail of Terrors. The last surviving?and most powerful?of a five-sister coven, Krazy Hilda hits all the classic witchy notes, from the bright green skin to the big pointy hat to the all-baby diet. Don't be fooled, though: she might be the boss monster, but she's not the only thing that haunts these woods.
Ann Arbor Aviation Center puts its students through the same training regimen regardless of their long-term goals. This approach ensures that all of its aviation alumni, whether commercial pilots or casual fliers, practice safe flying techniques as they share the air. The outfit's licensed instructors conduct training runs out of Ann Arbor Municipal Airport aboard aircraft by Cessna, Piper, and Cherokee, guiding students through each step necessary to earn ratings from private pilot to airline transport pilot. Students also perform a good portion of their duties on the ground, both through academic work in ground school and situational practice aboard the Frasca flight simulator.
The ingredient list to make wines at DeAngelis Cantina del Vino Winery reads something like this: Grapes. That's it. The facility's refusal to use other additives–such as sulfites, preservatives, and glitter–means its bottles are filled with only all-natural flavors. Vintners who create all-natural wines believe good wine comes simply from healthy grapes aged in a vat. DeAngelis operates under that notion, all while producing the freshest, perhaps fruitier-than-usual varietals of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, zinfandel, and more.


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There wasn't a whole lot of movement in the top 10, but lots of teams that were in the 10-20 spots suffered losses in Week 8. How does your team stack up in the latest rankings? 1. (1) Atlanta Falcons, 7-0:With nine games to go, Atlanta plays only two teams that currently have winning […]
NFL Week 9 power rankings
10/30/12 at 11:02am by Cincinnati.Com Staff | Comments
NFL injuries heading into week 8
10/25/12 at 4:03pm by Cincinnati.Com Staff | Comments
With week 8 set to kick off tonight, make sure you adjust your roster accordingly. Here are some key injuries that could affect your roster this week. Trent Richardson, RB, Browns: The No. 3 pick in the draft didn't play in the second half of the Browns loss to the Colts Sunday because of a […]
NFL week 8 power rankings
10/24/12 at 5:29pm by Cincinnati.Com Staff | Comments
The power rankings are back as the NFL gets set to enter week 8. How does your team stack up? Let me know by commenting below, or hit me up on Twitter @TheCincyNick. 1. (1) Atlanta Falcons, 6-0:Atlanta's next four games are at Philadelphia, home against Dallas , at New Orleans, and home against […]
Cleveland Browns WR Josh Gordon is a must add
10/22/12 at 6:42pm by Cincinnati.Com Staff | Comments
All Josh Gordon does is catch touchdowns. The former Baylor wide receiver has four touchdown off of seven catches in his last three games. Gordon's also establishing a strong rapport with Browns rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden. Gordon was targeted a team-high 10 times against Indianapolis Sunday. He ended up with only two catches–but it was […]
Alex Rodriguez closes books on dismal October, & possibly Yankees' career
10/18/12 at 11:08pm by Cincinnati.Com Staff | Comments
A ground out to Tigers' shortstop Jhonny Peralta–Is this how it ends for the Yankees and Alex Rodriguez? After being relegated to a role as a $30 million platoon player (Brian Cashman's words), it appears A-Rod's days in the Bronx are limited. All of this after Rodriguez closed the books on another dismal October, a […]
Look for Marshawn Lynch to come up big against 49ers
10/18/12 at 11:31am by Cincinnati.Com Staff | Comments
It's NFL Thursday, with the Seahwks and 49ers squaring off tonight on NFL Network, so get those roster's set! Marshawn Lynchowners are probably less than enthusiastic about the back's week seven outlook after racking up just 41 yards against the Patriots last Sunday, but hang tight Lynch faithful, because Thursday night could be witness to […]
Week 7 NFL power rankings
10/17/12 at 9:30am by Cincinnati.Com Staff | Comments
Another week means new power rankings. No team benefited more in the top 10 than the Giants, who mopped the floor with the 49ers in Candlestick Park last Sunday. 1) (2) Atlanta Falcons 6-0: Matt Ryan's three interceptions against the Raiders matched his season total—but a win's a win and the ATL is undefeated. 2) […]
Peyton Manning caps off week 6 round-up with Monday night comeback
10/16/12 at 12:11am by Cincinnati.Com Staff | Comments
When facing a 24-point halftime deficit, there's only one guy you want under center leading your comeback. That's right, we're talking Peyton Manning. Thanks to Manning's heroics against the Chargers on Monday Night Football, the Broncos (3-3) are going into the bye week tied for the AFC West lead–and Manning's looking like his old self. […]
Maybe the Pittsburgh Steelers aren't that good
10/12/12 at 12:14pm by Cincinnati.Com Staff | Comments
All I could think about last night was that Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3) aren't as good a team as many thought them to be. The team from the Steel City has no running game and Ben Roethlisberger is being asked to pick up the slack. No. 7 threw the ball 40 times for the Steelers in […]
Week 6 NFL power rankings
10/11/12 at 12:22am by Cincinnati.Com Staff | Comments
The Steelers and Titans kickoff week six tonight, but before the pads and helmets collide, check out Fantasy Headquarters' power rankings heading into week six. 1) Houston Texans, 5-0 (1) Not the prettiest win over the Jets in week five, but fantasy guru's loved Arian Foster's 152-yard, one touchdown performance. 2) Atlanta Falcons, 5-0 (2) […]
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The Anchorage International Film Festival is now accepting entries for the 2011 festival, which will take place Dec. 2 to Dec. 11. Any film made after Jan. 1, 2010, that hasn't been screened in Alaska or on national TV prior to the festival is eligible. All Alaska-made films are eligible if they were completed after Jan. 1, 2010, and have not been screened in a venue with more than 50 seats.
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Little Beauty Things - i Love your pictures so so much *ReplyDelete
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greetings from Germany, geisslein
Great photos, awesome style! love it!ReplyDelete
have a beautiful weekend, Lisbeth!
Thank you ladies. Happy weekend to you all!ReplyDelete
Beauty-full :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDec 31, 2012, 4:49:00 PM
Good Morning Lisbeth, I have been enjoying your wonderful site for several months. It is such a bright spot of beauty, I reach out to you just as I do looking for the sunrise or sunset in my day. What a beautiful gift you share with all of us. My name is Connie and I live in Boulder, Colorado USA. I am and have been interested in wabi-sabi since I first came across the word and meaning maybe 20 years ago while living on a rural farm in the hills of West Virginia making pottery (LOVE your work) I always loved working with porcelain, felt like cream cheese to me....Rustic elegance is the way I also have described it, the term wabi-sabi. I think I found you thru Pia Jane Bijkerk. My daughter has a beautiful home and garden boutique outside of Boulder in Lafayette, called Rustic Elegance because she likes wabi-sabi so much. For the last 13 years I have been caring for the elderly and doing hospice care in a beautiful home with raised bed gardens, greenhouse and we even have our own chickens for fresh eggs, right here in town. Lucky us!!! I am going into a new phase of my own life and look forward to being even more creative and right now I am just exploring what that means by taking little steps to express joy and beauty throughout my day.ReplyDelete
Just wanted you to know how much I appreciate you and the brightness and beauty you bring to us.
Love and appreciation and Happy New Year.......
Thank you Connie, for your interesting and generous comment. Good luck with your new, creative life. I am taking a similar step, too. Cheers! LDelete
I'm the same, seeing beauty in unexpected places, things..ReplyDelete
Lovely images. I'll check the links for more of her work.
Happy New Year. :)
I have just discoverded your blog. What a harmonious and peaceful place to rest.ReplyDelete


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BUT ACTUALLY one last thing, which is that last night I posted this picture to Twitter and called it my "thinkpiece" on the topic — as a response to this piece in particular but also, more so, the vault it belongs to, the asking over and over and over and over again whether "women can have it all," and also just as a joke about … thinkpieces — and mostly that was completely fine, save for ONE LONE AND BRAVE MAN, who tweeted at me to say "congratulations on being successfully trolled."
And the same man tweeted again, today, at other women I follow, when they protested a slideshow published by Complex called "The 40 Hottest Women in Tech," LITERALLY days after events that brought sexism in tech (which, spoiler: IT'S THERE, everyone can see it, everyone with eyeballs) to the internet surface yet again. Again, this asshole says, "This is obvious trolling."
But, actually, fuck that guy. Because these things — especially the Complex slideshow — are not trolling. These are popular refrains of the patriarchy that are ALWAYS there, ALWAYS regurgitating themselves, ALWAYS objectifying and judging and holding down and back and limiting and otherizing. You do not, as a person NOT BELONGING to the group experiencing the prejudice, get to tell me or anybody else belonging to the group how to respond to it. You don't get to tell us to ignore it and it will go away, because we know better than you, and no, it fucking won't. The things that get into our sides aren't always predictable and sometimes they may seem small but they are only just the straw or the tip or whatever little item that sits on top of a deluge. Women on Twitter (and the internet at large) take that shit OVER, and rant, and joke, and cut it down, and it's the only thing that makes it tolerable for us when it happens and happens and happens again. If you are trying to take that away or say that it is wrong to do, you are part of the problem.


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As a character, Pusha only offers so much. He's Marlo before the fall, a cold, meticulous, and godless student of pushing powder. But Pusha is more knowing, more creative than that. He's subject, not object; no mere character, he's, a gifted pulp author with a laser-sharp (and at times questionable) focus and no lasting use for reflection. If anything, Pusha is more Slim Charles, dispensing wisdom as the all-knowing insider, the storyteller who has seen so much he operates at a distance.
It's the 10th anniversary of Clipse's Lord Willin'. Inspired by my brother's piece about the album in its time for Stereogum, I dug up this essay I wrote for The Philadelphia Independent on "Grindin'" and drug lingo. It's not online, so major thanks to B. Michael Payne for this rather unorthodox reconstruction. Click to enlarge and read.
Philly's Most Wanted f/ Fam-Lay, Clipse & Roscoe P. Coldchain - No Relief (12", 200?)
Yo. Why didn't someone tell me this existed? Philly's Most were The Clipse before The Clipse were The Clipse.
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