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SoundCloud has released a big update that most users have been waiting for. Sets, which are basically playlists, have finally come to the Android app. Once available only on the web, sets will let you group songs into a playable collection for personal playback or for sharing with your friends. Alongside creating and sharing the sets you've made, a search function will let you seek out sets others in the community have put together, as well.
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Archinect - News 2014-11-26T02:45:01-05:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/114120516/archinect-s-lexicon-duplitecture Archinect's Lexicon: "Duplitecture" Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-11-21T14:28:00-05:00 >2014-11-21T16:51:57-05:00
duplitecture [d(y)o͞oplətek(t)SHər], noun: an intentional, functioning copy of a pre-existing, and often familiar, piece of architecture. For example, "Hangzhou's replication of Venice takes duplitecture to the city-level." This definition is Archinect's own wording.

A few examples in China, the site of the term's inspiration, include an Eiffel Tower in Hangzhou and Shanghais' "Thames Town" (images here). Ranging from single structures to entire communities, duplitecture is distinguished from mere models or miniatures (as are common in theme parks or historical institutions) by its use – duplitecture is not decorative or merely artistic.

The term was coined by Bianca Bosker in her 2013 book, Original Copies: Architectural Mimicry in Contemporary China. She points out that while China is notorious for knocking off intellectual property (in the case of consumer technology and fashion as well as duplitecture), copying isn't considered bad in and of itself. In Chinese aesthetic tradition,...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/114126142/tracking-economic-conditions-with-satellite-imagery-and-shadows Tracking economic conditions with satellite imagery and shadows Archinect 2014-11-20T17:39:00-05:00 >2014-11-20T17:39:52-05:00
Proving that some market somewhere will find a value for anything, a company called Orbital Insight is now tracking "the shadows cast by half-finished Chinese buildings" as a possible indicator for where the country's economy might be headed.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/113580225/re-education-campaigns-teach-china-s-new-ghost-city-dwellers-how-to-behave 'Re-education' campaigns teach China's new ghost city-dwellers how to behave Alexander Walter 2014-11-13T15:43:00-05:00 >2014-11-19T20:02:17-05:00
The region of Ordos made headlines in 2010 for the pre-built metropolis that had everything but people. Now, however, Kangbashi city is rapidly filling up with country people who are being encouraged to live in cities and diversify China's economy. For ageing farmers who've spent their whole life on the land, however, becoming "urbanites" is a tall order.

Related:

Ordos: The biggest ghost town in China

Ordos in 2014 - "Brave City of The Future"

 http://archinect.com/news/article/113497437/the-courtyard-house-plug-in-a-house-within-the-house The Courtyard House Plug-In: A House Within The House Alexander Walter 2014-11-12T13:48:00-05:00 >2014-11-19T20:02:47-05:00
The Courtyard House Plug-in is a modular home that was created by People's Architecture Office to respond to the need of Beijing's historic neighborhoods for modern facilities. [...] This sort of living solution comes in handy when renovating old protected buildings and presents an alternative to tearing them down. "Houses tend to degrade when they're vacant and unkempt," says Shen, so plug-ins may help keep places like Hutongs alive despite their beat up look.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/112718435/landmarks-of-shanghai-s-semicolonial-past Landmarks of Shanghai's semicolonial past Nam Henderson 2014-11-02T12:05:00-05:00 >2014-11-02T12:05:18-05:00
His favored collaborator was the British architect George Leopold (Tug) Wilson, whose travels had exposed him to Parisian Art Deco and the latest American skyscrapers...His clean designs, though not the first time modernism came to Shanghai, brought a touch of Gotham to a city whose architectural face had hitherto had a stodgy, neo-Classical cast.

Taras Grescoe explores the architectural remnants of pre-revolutionary Shangha built by Sir Ellice Victor Sassoon, the third baronet of Bombay.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/112493011/china-s-obsession-with-vertical-cities China's obsession with vertical cities Alexander Walter 2014-10-30T14:04:00-04:00 >2014-11-05T18:48:49-05:00
By the end of next year one-in-three of the world's 100m+ skyscrapers will be in China, as its state-orchestrated urbanisation drive prompts a megacity building bonanza [...] China now has over 140 cities of more than one million people; America has nine

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/112260775/law-breakers-prize-winners-bird-flippers-weekly-news-round-up-for-october-20-2014 Law breakers, prize winners, bird flippers: Weekly News Round-Up for October 20, 2014 Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-10-27T17:53:00-04:00 >2014-10-29T22:14:16-04:00
Friday, October 24:

Architecture in Flux: Reporting from ACADIA Conference, Day 1: The Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture has changed a lot since its inception in the early 1980s; the conference takes a look at the present moment of "digital design" practice, while that term still exists.

Thursday, October 23:

Frank Gehry gives the crowd a piece of his mind (and his middle finger): At a press conference in Oviedo, Spain, in response to a reporter's insinuation that his architecture was "showy". Frank Gehry is 85 years old.

Keep Portland Architecture Weird!: Episode 3 of Archinect Sessions out now: Feat. special guest Brian Libby, we discuss the trials and tribulations of Michael Graves' Portland Building, and The Guardian's speculations on Obama's presidential library.

Denver's Union Station is lacking diversity and local critic places the blame on the architecture: The Denver Post's fine arts critic sees a lack of diversity at Union Station's multi-use redesign, and...

 http://archinect.com/news/article/112142042/wtf-human-marionettes-draw-structures WTF, Human Marionettes Draw Structures Orhan Ayyüce 2014-10-26T12:11:00-04:00 >2014-10-26T12:11:40-04:00
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Probably you have seen it already last August. For those who have seen it I recommend Giraffe f**k on the same youtube page. "How this video and rest of the videos on that page are related?., is my open question to you.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/111874576/back-to-the-future-the-fake-relics-of-the-old-chinese-city-of-datong Back to the future: the fake relics of the 'old' Chinese city of Datong Alexander Walter 2014-10-22T13:22:00-04:00 >2014-10-29T21:38:47-04:00
Six years ago the then-mayor launched an ambitious plan to reconstruct the lost walls, watchtowers and Ming-style homes of the city – resettling tens of thousands of residents and transforming Datong into a tourist site. Now few want to live here

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/111679285/end-of-weird-architecture-in-china End of weird architecture in China? Orhan Ayyüce 2014-10-20T11:44:00-04:00 >2014-10-24T13:55:43-04:00
Art should serve the people, Xi Jinping says, and China's weird and wonderful buildings - including a mobile phone building, an excessivley blinged-up hotel, and a penis tower - are evidently not good examples of "morally inspiring art". Duh.

Is it possible Xi Jinping is using a diplomatic language to break loose from imported architecture? The so called elite star architecture now going to have third tier copies? Don't forget the elite post modernism was finally trickled down to strip mall architecture finally in early 90's.

This whole thing started with this link I got from my friend and continued with a conversation below.

Eliminate all weird architecture in China, Xi Jinping declares

Ben Lepley- Not sure what this means for MAD >:l

Orhan Ayyuce- Maybe he sees architecture as the poster child of socio-cultural threat?

BL- Or a threat of power from investors who cant be controlled by state owned banks? Or both.

OA- Are you back in China?

BL- No, in Tucson still. Clean air here. but I keep in contact with those who are still there. I'm not sure if this statement from Xi was off the cuff, or an actual decision, but it could be big. If you want to know more I can introduce you to one of my old MAD co-workers who is still there...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/111195701/new-podcast-new-banknotes-new-neurons-weekly-news-round-up-for-october-6-2014 New podcast, new banknotes, new neurons: Weekly News Round-Up for October 6, 2014 Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-10-13T20:27:00-04:00 >2014-10-15T21:26:58-04:00
Sunday, October 12:

A classic American look, feng shui notwithstanding: Investigating the impact of wealthy Chinese immigrants on suburban Seattle's real estate boom.

Saturday, October 11:

Indiana Ponders Abolishing Licensing for Architects: Part of a state-wide reconsideration of more than "200 types of professional licenses, permits and certifications", aimed at cutting regulatory costs.

Announcing "Archinect Sessions", our brand new podcast! Listen to Episode #1 now: We're launching a weekly podcast to discuss prominent news items, feat. members of the Archinect community and other special guests. Ep. #1: "Where are the women?"

Thursday, October 9:

Architects Create a 3-D Printed Column That Survives Earthquakes: Made of cement and based on ancient Incan techniques.

Renzo Piano admits he's "struggling to do something good" for the LA Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences project: A fable to remind us that architecture is never solely the product of architects.

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"Seattle was a better opportunity for me than China right now," Mr. Wang said. "A lot of Chinese families are planning to move here."

Robert Frank reports in from Seattle, where wealthy Chinese seeking to relocate and/or invest are driving up the real estate market in eastern suburbs.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/110410415/a21studio-5468796-cook-robotham-and-others-win-big-at-this-year-s-world-architecture-festival a21studio, 5468796, Cook Robotham and others win big at this year's World Architecture Festival Justine Testado 2014-10-03T13:47:00-04:00 >2014-10-03T14:03:11-04:00
The World Architecture Festival 2014 at the Marina Bay Sands closed on a festive note with the final top-prize winners being announced during a gala dinner and awards ceremony on October 3...The WAF "super jury" awarded the overall winning World Building of the Year award to The Chapel in Vietnam designed by Vietnamese architecture firm a21studio. Three projects in Victoria, Canada, Australia, and China also won major top awards, and two Inaugural Prizes were given.

World Building of the Year: The Chapel, Vietnam, designed by a21studio

Future Project of the Year: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada, designed by 5468796 Architecture + number TEN architectural group

Landscape Project of the Year: National Arboretum Canberra, Australia, designed by Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Tonkin Zulaikha Greer

Small Project of the Year: The Pinch, China, designed by Olivier Ottevaere and John Lin, The University of Hong Kong

INAUGURAL PRIZE WINNERS
Colour Prize: Departments of Law and Central Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, designed by Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau

Wood Excellence Prize: Alex Monroe Studio, Snowfields, UK, designed by DSDHA

Learn more about each project on Bustler.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/110198376/kohn-pedersen-fox-s-tianjin-megastructure-riverside-66-now-open-to-the-public Kohn Pedersen Fox's Tianjin megastructure "Riverside 66" now open to the public Justine Testado 2014-09-30T23:53:00-04:00 >2014-10-08T23:29:33-04:00
After 10 years, Kohn Pedersen Fox's Riverside 66 in Tianjin, China successfully reached completion as scheduled and officially opened to the public on September 26. The grand opening also marked the completion of the final phase of the main pedestrian He Ping Lu boulevard, which aims to become the centerpiece of the developing Heping commercial district.

Read on for more about the building's design.

The 350-meter commercial megastructure is hard to miss at street level. The structure's curved façade converges with the opposing south façade to create a six-story building suitable for the Heping District's smaller scale context. Its "super shell" is claimed to be one of the region's longest single structures, built with 22 seven-story-tall concrete ribs and over 10,000 glass panels. In a statement, KPF Design Principal James von Klemperer describes the structural frame as "what it must be to see a whale skeleton from the inside. Herman Melville would be inspired."

Inside, the structure e...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/109586513/jean-nouvel-s-massive-catalyzing-design-for-the-new-namoc-in-beijing Jean Nouvel's massive "catalyzing" design for the new NAMOC in Beijing Justine Testado 2014-09-23T18:00:00-04:00 >2014-09-23T18:00:41-04:00
Ateliers Jean Nouvel's new National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in Beijing will be quite the culture giant. Built in 1963, the new NAMOC will be 130,000 sq. meters to house its various collections of 100,000 pieces from the 1500s to contemporary times. Jean Nouvel and the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD) announced late last week the official launch of the design and construction of the new museum.

Ateliers Jean Nouvel describes that the museum is designed to "catalyze" the senses and to physically convey the complex "spirit of Chinese civilization" throughout its history. This concept of the passing of time and timelessness is suggested through the museum's vast historical collection and the museum's natural elements that change with the seasons. The program includes permanent and temporary exhibition galleries, a research and education center, reserves, an auditorium, and public and admin spaces.

Here are more details the architecture firm sent us:

"At the beginning of...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/109564767/china-s-pearl-river-delta-tying-11-cities-into-a-megaregion China's Pearl River Delta: Tying 11 Cities into a Megaregion Alexander Walter 2014-09-22T14:18:00-04:00 >2014-09-23T12:52:41-04:00
Today, on China's southern coast, the integration of the Greater Pearl River Delta (PRD) is turning fiction into fact (sans the harsh lawman), with 11 cities linking to create an urban area of 21,100 square miles (55,000 sq km) and a population of up to 80 million. The nine cities of the PRD, plus the special administrative zones of Hong Kong and Macau, are becoming increasingly linked by a series of bridges, tunnels, roads, and high-speed rail networks.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/109563158/designs-for-beijing-mega-museum-unveiled Designs for Beijing mega-museum unveiled Alexander Walter 2014-09-22T13:57:00-04:00 >2014-10-01T22:00:32-04:00
The French architect Jean Nouvel has announced details of his design for the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. [...] "The National Art Museum of China represents an incredible opportunity for the most ambitious materialisation of a place of expression… a place that witnesses the vitality of a civilisation, the civilisation of the greatest people on earth," say the organisers.

Previously: Jean Nouvel Confirmed as Winner of the National Art Museum of China Competition
 http://archinect.com/news/article/109113660/chinese-colleges-are-trying-to-look-like-the-ivy-league Chinese Colleges Are Trying to Look Like the Ivy League Alexander Walter 2014-09-16T17:57:00-04:00 >2014-09-24T05:46:56-04:00
[...] colleges in China are copying America's copycat approach. There's a university in Shanghai where faux English manor houses sit side-by-side with dorms modeled on Britain's half-timbered homes. To the north, Hebei province boasts a university inspired by Harry Potter's Hogwarts—itself fashioned on the traditional collegiate Gothic. Even specific colleges have been cloned.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/109028435/china-builds-its-dream-island-qatar-controversies-continue-the-internet-slows-down-weekly-news-round-up-for-september-7-2014 China builds its dream island; Qatar controversies continue; the internet slows down: Weekly News Round-Up for September 7, 2014 Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-09-15T20:01:00-04:00 >2014-09-18T15:54:39-04:00
Friday, September 12:

Vincent Scully Prize 2014 awarded to journalist and TV host Charlie Rose: The prize was established by the National Building Museum in 1999, and is named after the famed Yale art history and architecture professor who helped establish Louis Kahn and Robert Venturi. Rose was distinguished by his interviews of leaders in urban design and development.

Thursday, September 11:

Toronto set to unveil first museum of Islamic culture in North America: The museum is backed by Aga Khan, a "lesser-known royal" and spiritual leader of an estimated 15 million Ismaili Muslims, approximately 100,000 of which now live in Canada. The museum is designed by Pritzker winner Fumihiko Maki, and opens September 18.

Wednesday, September 10:

The long-lost design bible of the New York subway is (briefly) back in print: In 1967, the New York City Transit Authority asked designers Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda to create a solution to the subway system's inconsistent and confusing identity. Th...

 http://archinect.com/news/article/108565110/people-streets-link-small-l-a-neighborhood-and-325mm-shenzhen-transformation People-streets link small L.A. neighborhood and $325MM Shenzhen transformation RonH 2014-09-09T15:09:00-04:00 >2014-09-18T16:33:03-04:00
"Giving the boulevard back to the people... makes the streets habitable again," says Sean O'Malley of SWA.

How does a 10-block neighborhood intervention of volunteers in Highland Park, Los Angeles link to a $325 million streetscape and storm water infrastructure transformation in Shenzhen, China? "This is about giving the street and the boulevard back to the people," says Sean O'Malley, Managing Principal of SWA, the landscape architecture, planning and urban design firm. Throughout history, China has been a country connected by the intimacy of village life: the chance encounter on the street, the smile of a passerby. Small streets that were once filled with people are now large boulevards of traffic, noise, and pollution. As China has grown rapidly, it has lost much of its connection to its past. "We aim to make the streets habitable again," says O'Malley.

A major focus of the commission from the City of Shenzhen is the revision of a street system in the new urban core that was designed strictly for automobiles just a few decades ago. As part of a winning competition proposal, SWA stres...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/108502429/china-is-busy-building-islands-in-the-south-china-sea China is busy building islands in the South China Sea Nam Henderson 2014-09-08T21:18:00-04:00 >2014-09-08T21:19:25-04:00
But I've seen aerial photographs of this place taken by the Philippine navy. They show the massive land reclamation work China has been doing here since January. Millions of tonnes of rock and sand have been dredged up from the sea floor and pumped into the reef to form new land.

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes travels to the South China Sea, where the Chinese state is building islands.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/108254401/beijing-public-transit-commuters-can-now-pay-fares-with-empty-bottles Beijing public transit commuters can now pay fares with empty bottles Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-09-05T14:29:00-04:00 >2014-09-09T22:24:18-04:00
Residents of Beijing can use one of the city's 34 newly installed recycling machines to trade empty bottles for phone card rebates or free public transit passes. Those who choose the phone card rebate just need to type in their phone numbers or scan their cards and the rebate will be automatically applied. The value of the rebate will correspond to the value of the type of bottle that was recycled.

Read the original Chinese language report here.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/108251982/the-soviet-city-is-dead-long-live-beijing The Soviet city is dead: long live Beijing Alexander Walter 2014-09-05T13:38:00-04:00 >2014-09-09T22:24:32-04:00
Architecture theorist Jacob Dreyer explains how the Stalinist model of urbanism – a centrally planned component within a national economic unity – is thriving in modern China

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/107648182/nimbys-go-to-court-over-modern-home-zaha-gets-an-apology-global-warming-rages-on-news-round-up-for-august-25-2014 NIMBYs go to court over "modern" home; Zaha gets an apology; global warming rages on: News Round-Up for August 25, 2014 Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-09-02T20:07:00-04:00 >2014-09-02T22:16:14-04:00
Friday, August 29:

MIT's MindRider helmet draws mental maps as you bike: The prototype is currently being used to create a mental-map and guidebook for NYC, and an upcoming Kickstarter campaign will attempt to fund the project for commercial sale.

In Beirut, a grassroots push for more grass: Lebanon's fifteen-year civil war made much of Beirut's green space inaccessible or dysfunctional. The Beirut Green Project is trying to bring at least a modicum of green space back to the city's residents.

Thursday, August 28:

Norwegian artists plan to open art academy in North Korea: Nothing's final yet, but the school is committed to its disbelief in sanctions or boycotts on art.

Alvar Aalto gets a close look from Google's Cultural Institute: Google's cameras go inside the famous Finnish architects studio, as well as a selection of his works, for a curated photo-exhibition.

Wednesday, August 27:

China considering drastic ban on coal: Chinese news outlets claim that work is underway to ban coal in Bei...

 http://archinect.com/news/article/107979560/chinese-school-puts-running-track-on-its-roof Chinese School puts running track on its roof Metropolitan Monk 2014-09-02T00:49:00-04:00 >2014-09-03T19:52:13-04:00
In use since September 1, 2014, an elementary school in Tiantai, Zhejiang province, built a 200-meter running track on the roof of its school building. In "School puts running track on its roof" Chinese architect Ruan Hao [LYCS Architecture], chief architect of the teaching building, said "that breaking the tradition of a running track on the ground might provide a solution for other schools with limited land."

The "No 2 Elementary School of Tiantai Chicheng district" - located near Hangzhou - is one of the 11 case-studies that is part of the "ADAPTATION - architecture and change in China"-exhibition - one of the 21 Collateral Events of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia - curated by prof. Marino Folin & MovingCites, and hosted by the EMGdotART Foundation at Palazzo Zen in Venice.

As part of the exhibition, and in co-production with China Daily Video, EMGdotART Foundation created a short documentary on the construction of this project called "Ruan...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/107557388/china-considering-drastic-ban-on-coal China considering drastic ban on coal Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-08-27T13:30:00-04:00 >2014-08-27T13:30:30-04:00
State-owned news outlets reported this month that the government would ban the use of coal in Beijing and other urban areas by 2020 in an effort to reduce the noxious air pollution that chokes many cities. [...] But [President Xi Jinping] and other officials have provided few details — and, indeed, have sent conflicting, even disturbing, signals about their plans. Some measures China is considering could actually exacerbate climate change.

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In the wake of economic reforms in the 1990s that helped set off the largest urban migration in history, China had the rare opportunity to embrace cutting-edge city-building approaches as it expanded its skyline. It could have avoided the mistakes that made Los Angeles into the land of gridlock, or bypassed the errors that turned the banlieues of Paris into what one American planner calls "festering urban sores". But China looked back instead of forward.

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It is not rare for a civilisation to abruptly falter, give way and fold into a new one. This insight seems obvious in the territories of the former Soviet Union — a universe transformed into a memory overnight. [...] that a city turned ruin continues to be inhabited, that the collapsing buildings and boulevards stained by a thousand footsteps, after the apocalypse, host new forms of human life, new memories. Harbin, in the far north-east of China, used to be a very Russian metropolis.

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China's visible impact on urban development in Africa is substantial. One need only take a virtual bird's-eye tour on Google Earth to catch a glimpse of some of the most impressive changes brought to Africa by Chinese constructors, developers and designers. Not far from the Angolan capital of Luanda lies arguably one of the most impressive examples: Kilamba New City. A massive housing development designed to accommodate 500,000 people [...].

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The Haitian Political Crisis: What Role Should the U.S. Play in Foreign Governments?
High schoolers examine the political situation in Haiti. They share their opinions on the role the United States should play in foreign governments. They identify the causes of the turmoil in the country as well.
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French Revolution (Part 1)
History comes alive in this engaging video, which artfully sets up the first steps of the French Revolution. Students will relate to the idea of nobility "living it up" while 98% of the French citizens went without wealth or rights. The drama of the French Revolution is truly reflected in the narrator's passion and annotations of paintings and maps.
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FRB Commentary 3: Big Picture
Summarizing his thoughts on creating the last few videos on the weaknesses of the fractional reserve, Sal goes on to explain why he believes the nature of this system is "disingenuous," leading up to a discussion that contextualizes the concept within the world of hedge funds and venture capitalism.
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Global Wrap 11/18/08
Students examine the global economy. In this economics lesson, students participate in reading and research activities about gross domestic product, consumer prices, inflation, consumer price index, industrial production, and unemployment rates in the global marketplace.
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More Fiscal Cliff Analysis
Continuing from a previous video explaining the various budgetary proposals of 2013 in the United States, this video illustrates a more in-depth analysis of the fiscal cliff. It reviews complex concepts such as the pros and cons of reducing federal debt as a percentage of GDP, how increased borrowing and spending may lead to a slight recession or inflation.
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Bailout 4: Mark-to-model vs. mark-to-market
The saga of Sal's fictional bank - as it relates to the very real-world banking world today - continues in this video, which covers ways to account for an asset (mark-to-model vs. mark-to market). Sal does not hide his opinion here, which can lead to a good class discussion on the implications of the financial crisis.
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Bailout 2: Book Value
Your class has been exposed to the effects and ramifications of the recent financial crisis. In this video, Sal helps to clarify the terms and procedures of what has been happening. He uses a fictional balance sheet to illustrate the possible assets and liabilities of an entity, as well as defining book value.
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Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Issues
Take a close look at news reporting techniques and global issues. Begin by creating a graphic representation of developing nations and defining the term. After class discussion, the second day's activities pick up by deconstructing news and researching articles online.
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A Piece of The Energy Pie: Lesson 10
Cost-benefit, green initiatives, global economics, and renewable energy are the topics of this thought-provoking lesson plan. Learners watch the video, NASCAR Goes Green, engage in a circular written discussion, then talk about the green initiative as a targeted market to increase product loyalty and overall profit margarine.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: World Fair Trade Day
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article about World Fair Trade Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30 short answer questions, 1 graphic organizer question, and 1 essay question regarding the content of the article.
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Hidden Homelessness
Students define hidden homelessness and recognize the problems associated with it. In this hidden homelessness instructional activity, students view a case study and answer questions on a worksheet about hidden homelessness. Students calculate the costs of hidden homelessness.
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The Great American Bank Robbery
Students examine the economic crisis of 2008. In this banking bailout lesson, students read the provided articles "Nicole Bradbury: Robo-Signer Victim," and "Bankers' Sloppy and Illegal Work." Students respond to the provided discussion questions.
8th - 12th Social Studies & History
Breaking News English: Argentina Beef
In this Argentina beef learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more about Argentina beef.
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Open & Operating: The Federal Reserve Responds to September 11
Students investigate the purpose of a central bank. In this economics/consumer mathematics lesson, students explore the actions of the Federal Reserve after the events of September 11, 2001. Students investigate the role of the central bank in responding to a crisis in order to stabilize the economy.
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There's a company named Interactive Voice, Inc. that has a pair of cool little voice-activated alarm clocks, the ivee digit and ivee flex. While being able to yell at your clock is certainly a neat perk, we're starting to see so many other uses for voice-activated control.
The company knows this—and is hoping to tackle some of those options with the new ivee Sleek. The Sleek is a hands-free, WiFi-enabled voice interactive assistant.
Just bark out a few commands and ivee can answer questions, obey orders, and even trigger other web-connected devices and services. The ivee Sleek has something called "advanced voice trigger technology," so users can activate devices from a distance.
The ivee Sleek even has light and temperature sensors, so "she" can detect surroundings and become smarter.
"I've always dreamed of talking to an artificial intelligence system that could control my home" said Jonathon Nostrant , CEO and founder of ivee. "We saw the beginnings of voice recognition and personal assistant technology on mobile phones, but they never provided the experience we were looking for."
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Government waste: Overlap costing billions of dollars
So, who is surprised to learn that the federal government is doing a pathetic job coordinating its responsibilities in dozens of areas, including food safety, breast cancer research, assistance to small-business owners and home buyers and background investigations for federal job applicants? And who is surprised that the disorganization is costing taxpayers tens of billions of dollars every year — at a time of staggering federal deficits?
This is no partisan attack.
The charges are documented in a 426-page Government Accountability Office (GAO) study. A similar report last year identified more than 100 programs dealing with surface transportation issues, 82 monitoring teacher quality, 47 for job training, 20 offices or programs devoted to homelessness and 17 different grant programs for disaster preparedness. Again, billions in waste. No surprise it sparked outrage.
This one will be no different.
It found:
-- Fifty-three programs run by four agencies providing economic development assistance to entrepreneurs — with several of the programs providing the same type of assistance. Seventeen provide technical assistance, two at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, six at the Small Business Administration, five at the Agriculture Department and four at Commerce.
-- The lack of a coordinated reporting system makes it difficult for the National Institutes of Health, Defense Department and Department of Veterans Affairs to track research funded by other agencies, resulting in duplicate grants to different research projects on the same topic.
-- Agencies spent at least $79 billion on at least 7,200 investments in information technology in the last fiscal year, with the Pentagon and Energy Department leading the pack.
-- Government spent at least $1 billion last year conducting more than 2 million background checks of job applicants, with costs soaring in recent years in part because at least seven agencies are spending tens of millions on separate databases to track personnel records.
The report cites 18 ways the government could save money, including having the Air Force renegotiate food service contracts, the Defense Department consolidate Pentagon-area office space, the Energy Department sell excess uranium, and the IRS step up its enforcement efforts, among others.
The very nature of government, uncontrolled spending, empire-building, grossly inadequate management, and an absence of oversight all play major roles in this waste, but in the final analysis, it is simply Big Government attempting to intrude in far too many aspects of our life. And the solution is simple: Far less government, resulting in far less government spending. Government is not efficient. It is not cost-effective. It is not our friend.
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Ron Sugar wins board member popularity contest
OK, weekend pop quiz! Quick, who's the most popular member of the Apple board with shareholders? Head-scratching allowed, coffee may be taken, think hard, no taking peeks at the illustration or headline here...Well, if you answered 'Steve Jobs', you're probably human. And if you're an anonymous financial institution you answered 'Ronald Sugar.'
Since anonymous financial institutions outweigh humans more than two-to-one when it comes to owning Apple shares, the most popular Apple director is, as reported by Fortune's Apple 2.0, Ronald Sugar. The former CEO of aerospace company Northrop Grumman joined Apple in November to replace Jerry York, who died last March and Google's Eric Schmidt, who left in 2009.
As you can see from the table taken from the SEC form 8-K filed last Thursday, Steve Jobs was re-elected to the board of Apple with nearly 3.5 million votes less than were cast for Ronald Sugar -- and that, as before, Andrea Jung was the least popular board member.
We probably shouldn't read too much into the voting -- 70% of Apple shares are held by financial institutions, and 4.8 million votes were cast against re-electing Steve Jobs to the board at all.
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Barbara and Dick Bachler have been selling plenty of party hats and noise makers to people who plan to ring in the new year in their living rooms. (BARBARA TAORMINA PHOTO)
New Year's celebrations for 2013 are smaller and family centered, but many traditions remain strong.
Nashua resident Olga Katsoupis always serves a deep-dish pizza, or vasilopita, on New Year's day. She cuts it into six slices and gives the dish a spin before each member of the family takes their slice. Whoever finds a coin baked into his or her piece of the traditional Greek dish can look forward to a new year of good luck and prosperity.
"Some people make a vasilopita cake or bread, but my mother made pizza so that's what I make," said Katsoupis who, owns Liamos Grocery, a Greek specialty shop.
And Katsoupis had plenty of homemade butter cookies drenched in powered sugar and other traditional treats on the shelves for New Year's eve. All over New Hampshire, people ring in the new year with different foods, songs and celebrations. In the past, Americans have headed out on New Year's Eve, dressed to the nines and ready to revel. But this year, some are opting to welcome 2013 with quieter, gentler partying.
According to a recent survey by the international toy company Hasbro, 75 percent of the country plans to pass on a big night out and spend the evening at home celebrating with family, friends and, in New Hampshire, copious amounts of Chinese food.
At the Lilac Blossom restaurant in Nashua, New Year's Eve orders started coming in right after Christmas.
"We have hundreds of orders, so we shorten the menu so we can accommodate everyone," said longtime employee Keri LaDrew. "We actually have to clear out a special area for all the bags, it like a sea of takeout."
And while people might be staying home for the holiday, they are still having some fun ringing in the new year. Barbara and Dick Bachler opened their Salem store, Party 4 Less, last February and this is their first time selling party supplies for New Year's celebrations. Business has been steady.
"We have hats, noise makers, beads and balloons, which have been big," said Barbara Bachler, who was helping a few customers pick out New Year's decorations and tableware.
Although the Bachlers remember years when women would get out the gowns for big, glitzy dances, now that they are on the front line of celebrations, they say the trends is more toward small parties with family and friends.
A tough economy and uncertainty about the future may be behind a more mellow approach to New Year's Day.
Still, many traditions are rooted in the hope that the future will be better than the past. Customers at Tejeda Market in Nashua said Spanish-American families celebrate with big dinners of special pork stews followed by platters of apples and grapes.
Market owner Amalia Castillo said that some people begin eating a grape a minute with 12 minutes to go in the year. With each grape, people make a wish for the upcoming year.
In some French-Canadian communities, the promise of a better year came with a blessing from a grandfather or family patriarch.
But for many people, blessings, wishes and coins baked in bread are not sure bets. They take the business of making the next year better into their own hands with resolutions. Losing weight and saving money continue to top lists of New Year's resolutions, which, according to most statistics have a success rate of about 15 percent.
The other side of the New Year's equation, the out-with-the-old, all-is-forgiven aspect of the holiday, is easier, and most people welcome a fresh start and a clean slate. Some Scotch-Irish communities mark the end of the year with a roaring bonfire.
Derry resident T.J. Cullinane said he and a group of other families have been building New Year's bonfires for several years. Cullinane said he wasn't sure about the spiritual or mystical meaning of holiday bonfires, but standing in the cold with your feet in the snow and watching a huge fire light up the woods is definitely cathartic.
"It's a good way to put the past behind you and start looking to the future," he said.
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- In the 1970's there were a couple hundred SWAT raids annually in the U.S., that number now tops 50,000. To what do you attribute the spike?
- More violent crime
- 22%
- Erosion of civil liberties
- 12%
- Militarization
- 31%
- Overtime pay
- 6%
- Police safety
- 7%
- War on Drugs
- 19%
- Other
- 4%
- Total Votes: 181


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1UP, ex-Tecmo employee and leather lover Tomonobu Itagaki (along with comrades Hiroaki Matsui, Katsunori Ehara, and Yoshifuru Okamoto) iterated that he is returning to gaming, and will be backed up by a brand new team on a project for a future game. Unfortunately, we won't see anything on this new game at next week's E3, although Itagaki did confirm he would be in attendance.
The new company is tentatively called "Tokyo Vikings" (how ... appropriate) and is largely comprised of ex-Team Ninja staff, including a majority of the folks who worked on Ninja Gaiden 2. Surprisingly, his new team even managed to snag some key character designers from Virtua Fighter 5.
Itagaki was overall pretty tight-lipped about the new team and its mystery project, but did confirm that it wouldn't be a fighting game, as Itagaki is sure he's hit the ceiling there with Dead or Alive 4. He wouldn't comment on whether it would be an Xbox 360 exclusive, or heading to other consoles such as the PS3, but his past affiliations with Microsoft might suggest a likely path for his future games.
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