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Why Sacrifice? After All, She's Just Our Daughter!
Posted by jlwile on August 15, 2010
A Facebook friend of mine linked an opinion piece from the Denver Post, and I think it illustrates why so many children today are messed up. The author (Daniel Brigham) writes that he and his wife are expecting their first child. They already call her "Lucy," and their friends have been asking them how they will educate their child. His response is very troubling.
He says he used to teach at the University of Colorado Boulder for more than a decade, so unlike many, he knows about the benefits of homeschooling. He acknowledges (as anyone with intellectual honesty must) that homeschooled students are academically advanced compared to students from public and private schools. Studies clearly demonstrate this, and his experience with one homeschool graduate while he was teaching at the university level is consistent with those studies. He also acknowledges that homeschooled students are not at any social disadvantage compared to their peers.
At this point, he reminds me a lot of myself more than 15 years ago. While I was on the faculty at Ball State University, my best students were the homeschool graduates. My experience with them caused me to look at the studies that had been done on homeschooled students, and those studies confirmed that homeschooled students are, indeed, academically superior to their peers and suffer no social disadvantages compared to their peers.
I took such information to heart and began homeschooling my daughter once we had adopted her. Mr. Brigham, however, has decided against homeschooling his daughter. If he knows that homeschooling offers academic advantages with no social disadvantages, why has he decided not to homeschool her?
Here is what he says:
Ultimately, for us it comes down to not wanting to take on the additional responsibility or sacrifice the income, free time, and sense of accomplishment we get from succeeding at vocations we know and enjoy.
So…despite the fact that he seems to realize that homeschooling is the best educational option for his child, he has decided (before she is even born) that she just isn't worth the sacrifice. After all, she is only his child. Why should he or his wife sacrifice a great lifestyle, a lot of free time, and a successful job just to give her the best education possible?
This is one of the reasons we have so many messed up young adults and teens on our hands. Some parents just think of their children as pets. Sure, they're fun to have around. Sure, it's nice to love on them and get love back. But come on! They aren't worth a lot of sacrifice. If it comes down to a choice between that vacation in Hawaii or giving their children a bright future, all they can say is, "Bring on the luau!"
Now don't get me wrong here. I am not saying that because they won't homeschool their daughter Mr. Brigham and his wife must be bad parents! There are many factors that go into the decision of how to educate your children. For some families, homeschooling really isn't the best option for a variety of reasons. I would never, ever tell you how you should raise your children, and please do not tell me how to raise mine. What I am saying is that Mr. Brigham and his wife have decided not to homeschool for precisely the wrong reasons.
When I adopted my daughter, I wanted some advice from the man I consider to be the best father I know. You might think I am talking about my dad, but I am not. My dad is a great father, but he is not the best. In my humble opinion, my oldest living brother is the best father in the world. If you knew his three children (two adults and one teen), you would know why I think that. I asked him what advice he would give me now that I was a father myself, and he very humbly said one of the wisest things that has ever been said about parenting:
I don't know much about being a parent, but I do know this. If you ever have several options to choose from when it comes to your kid, choose the one that is most difficult for you. It will be the option that is best for your kid.
That's what real parenting is all about. If we love our children, we don't choose the path of least resistance. We choose the path that is best for them, regardless of the sacrifices that must be made.
Ever since I started working with home educators, I have seen first hand what happens when parents sacrifice in order to provide their children with a superior education. Sometimes, the children squander that precious gift and start down a path that is anything but pleasant. Most of the time, however, the children simply thrive. They grow and mature into young adults that can truly change the world!
I think Sharnessa Shelton put it best. As a homeschool graduate, she wrote a letter to a teen who wanted to leave homeschool and go to a "regular" school. In that letter, she wrote:
I am so blessed to have the parents I have. Seriously…Not many are willing to give up their time so their kids can have the ultimate experience in education, and I have many friends who wished theirs would've. Don't take it for granted. It's one of the greatest gifts you'll ever receive!
I sincerely hope that Mr. Brigham read's Sharnessa's words before his daughter reaches the age of five!
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Sadly, I feel like this attitude in parenting is a growing trend. I've seen it myself VERY close to home, unfortunately. While I think you are right that some people have kids to have someone to love and to receive love from, I think there's more to it. Society expect you to graduate, get married and have kids. It's what's expected. I think sadly, a lot of people have kids because they think they are supposed to.
Certainly there is a growing trend of couples who simply decide that having kids is not for them, but most still think it's just what you do. While I'm sure they have conversations and make the decision, do they ever really consider the option of just… not.
As you know, I fall pretty strongly into the category of people who has decided I probably will not have children. Many people seem to consider this as a selfish thing. And frankly it is, but I feel it would be FAR more selfish to bring a child into the world if I'm not going to commit sacrificing money, time, lifestyle, sleep, social life, etc to make sure that child gets the best… especially with regard to education.
If you choose to have a child, you're making a life long decision. Sadly, most people don't look at it that way. Most parents are relieved when their kids reach school age so that they don't have them at home 24/7. Mr. Brigham's comments are exactly what I expect. We are a selfish people. We are a conforming people. We like things to be easy. When "two roads diverge in a wood," it's scary to heed Mr. Frost's advice.
That article reminds me of the mindset that is pervasive in our news media and advertising for back-to-school. The back-to-school ads make it seem so great for the kids to go back to school, so the parents can "enjoy" themselves. Personally, I enjoy having my children with me. The day we started homeschooling, after having a child in public school for 4 years, I felt like I had gotten my child back. That was ten years ago, and I know that homeschooling was the best option for my children. Certainly, my husband and I have sacrificed to teach them at home. At the same time, we have been incredibly blessed with children who love the Lord. Five of our six children hae accepted Jesus as their Saviour. We can help them grow in the Lord by teaching and training them at home.
I think that the fact that a lot of children nowadays come into the world by mistake and to very young parents has a lot to do with this idea that they aren't worth any sacrifice on the parents' parts. By the time these kids are ready for school, the parents are just getting out of high school and don't have time to think about or love their children for what they are. I see them being far more concerned with careers, dating, and having fun than with reality. But also, I can't help but notice that a lot of these parents really don't know what else to do. And the growing population of single parents hinders them for choosing what may be the best for their child. Sometimes the best that they can provide is heat, running water, and electricity, and the local public school…
But, this Mr. Brigham is inexcusable. And to publicly make a statement like that! I hope his wife has more of a head on her shoulders… and I hope that when he sees his baby for the first time, he'll find a reason to change his mind about her worth.
Love your brother's quote!!!
"Sometimes, the children squander that precious gift and start down a path that is anything but pleasant. Most of the time, however, the children simply thrive. They grow and mature into young adults that can truly change the world!"
Doesn't this apply to most children, regardless of educational setting?
Yikes! What a bleak outlook! Dr. Wile, you really believe that "most" kids who attend public school are headed down a path that is not pleasant? I won't debate that there are probably more than in homeschools and even Christian schools, but "most." That statement seems harsh.
I attended public school (because my parents didn't love me enough to homeschool me – that's a joke btw!) and have LOTS of friends who have more than thrived. Many of my high school friends have advanced degrees, a few have gone into the music industry and toured internationally, one with his own band, some have pursued careers with non-profits like the MS society and the humane society and are now giving back to the community through their jobs. Do I have a couple friends who had their first kid before we graduated or within a year or so after, yep. Overall though, MANY have thrived and MOST are living a solidly pleasing life (average by our standards) and a few have followed a less than pleasant path. We all get that homeschooling is great… but let's not hate on the public-schoolers! We can be successful too!
I have to agree with Black Sheep on this. I do understand your outlook, Dr. Wile, though. Unfortunately, the people who go off on the wrong road do get more attention than the people who succeed. This makes it seem like most public-schooled kids are heading down the wrong road. They are the only ones we hear about. But I live in a town with a terrible group of kids in the school system compared to many in my state and yet, all of the ones I know are driven to high standards and have high goals and accomplishments. To be sure, there are a good hundred at least on the wrong path. Now, I haven't studied anything on this subject of statistics; I'm just saying what I've observed from the news and reading and from general reality. I could be wrong
One more thing: I have a question for you, Dr. Wile.
You said, "For some families, public school is the right choice," and then, "What I said in my comment is that public school is an environment that makes you LESS LIKELY to thrive." How do you find that something that makes a child less likely to survive is the right choice as to the best for your child?
Ahh, I see. Thank you for answering so quickly! I see my mistake. This does make sense. Do you find that there are any negative factors for homeschooling?
Thank you for bearing with my numerous questions, Dr. Wile. It's really good to hear the other side; and it's great that you don't think homeschooling is perfect (I know first-hand that it's not). I completely agree with the "negatives" of homeschooling and have experienced them. Thanks!
Lydia, thanks for the support!
Dr Wile, first, I'm sure you know me well enough to know that I don't think you were REALLY hating on public schoolers. I just like giving you a hard time
I honestly can't disagree with much of what you said. Just the word "most." Lydia brings up an excellent point, that sadly the bad news is what we always hear about which makes it seem that "most" public schoolers are headed down a bad path. I just can't be that pessimistic about the future of our world.
Your comments about the negatives of homeschooling are quite interesting. Certainly the most concerning point, I believe, is the narrow view points that are developed.
I would add that there are some parents and kids that just aren't cut out for homeschooling. I can't imagine if my parents had tried to homeschool me. I absolutely adore my parents, but I can't imagine having spent and extra 8 hours/day with them, or my siblings for that matter. I probably would have received a better book education at home, but I think the other things I gained from my public education actually out weigh that additional knowledge. Hear me out!!!
The additional book knowledge probably would have helped me score better on the SATs etc. But in the end I don't think a home education would changed my choice of college or major. Since I was accepted to my first and only college choice, who cares about SATs? That book knowledge would not have done much for me.
Now, the rest of my experience in public school, I actually loved high school. I know that right there qualifies me as clinically insane, but whatever!!! I learned incredible discipline, commitment, and the importance of team work during my years playing softball and in the marching band. (Also, my parents couldn't have taught me to play bagpipes and while they could have hired a tutor, they never could have afforded to buy me my own set of pipes). I also learned how to deal with (at the time) heart wrenching emotional dilemmas, like being thrilled for my best friend when she was cast as the lead in the school play while dealing with the heartbreak of getting not the part myself.
The list could go on and on. I know full well that homeschoolers can have experiences like these as well. I know in some states the public schools are required to allow homeschooled students participate in sports, band, choir, etc. I even have a friend whose homeschooled son was elected the team captain of the public school football team. But I think those stories are more the exception than the rule. I can see a lot of benefits to homeschooling, but I also completely understand why some families decide homeschooling is just NOT an option for them.
I reblogged this: http://family.bob-space.com/2010/08/why-sacrifice-shes-just-our-daughter.html. Very good commentary – I hope Mr. Brigham changes his mind, it'd be sad if he missed the opportunity.
Maybe to clarify what Dr. Wile is saying: Every person is different. They have different interests, different likes, different dislikes, and different personalities. Every family is different too. Taking in all of those differences and aspects, evaluate which attends to your child's differences and needs best. Then evaluate which would work for your situation in life. Then choose: public school, private school, private tutoring, or homeschooling. Whichever one chosen, if it is the most satisfactory to the needs and differences in the child, is the BEST choice.
In my family, homeschooling is the BEST choice for me because I reach for higher standards and have bigger goals than what the school district can provide (not tooting my own horn or anything), but my sister, who is not reaching for huge accomplishments and needs a different environment will find that Christian school may be the BEST choice for her… Do you see my (and Dr. Wile's) meaning, Black Sheep?
We're a homeschool family who is thriving (and enjoying our science curriculum immensely! btw). You are right about the negatives–we definitely have less money than we might, but I think we also benefit somewhat from that "negative" in our view of what is truly important and being more creative about how we spend our time together as a family as well as being very aware that our provision comes from God and what we have is His. I definitely get tired at times and have to make sure to take care of myself–mentally, physically, and spiritually. In fact, after a few particularly stressful years, we had the opportunity to put our children in a very good private school and decided to do that so I could have a little bit of time to recharge my batteries. I'll admit that it was nice to have more time for myself–to spend some time with friends and reacquaint myself with some hobbies that had fallen to the wayside in our busy school life. However, we absolutely hated what it did to our life as a family! The kids were gone all day and when they came home they were hungry, tired, and had a ton of homework. So our evenings were consumed with getting ready for the next school day. My husband is a minister, so weekends and holidays are busy. We are used to having down-time at unusual times in the week or year and that doesn't work when you're tied to a school calendar. And then there were all of the school activities that I was expected to attend or help with. My three children were all in different age divisions of the school, so they were never doing the same thing at the same time and I found myself busier than ever just doing what was expected of me as a parent for each of their classes and activities. I also really missed having a good handle on where they were academically and developmentally. I didn't have the contact with them and the knowledge of everything they were learning and where their difficulties were. I didn't like that at all.
When it was time to bring them all back home and homeschool again, it was a huge relief! I feel like I am so much more connected with my children. I know where they are in all of the areas of their lives. I can disciple them better. We have a much better family life and so much less drama and stress. They are free to move at their own pace, whatever that may be. And the richness that I can put into our curriculum can't be matched at any school, around here, at least.
People constantly tell me that they wish they could homeschool and I tell them that they certainly can, that I would be happy to help them get started. Then they break into a litany of reasons why it just wouldn't work for them and, for the most part, they are just excuses, misconceptions, and an unwillingness to make the sacrifices to do this. Yes, there are sacrifices that must be made to homeschool, but the payoff is HUGE! I wouldn't have it any other way. Our children aren't posessions. They are God's children who have been entrusted to our love and care. We have the opportunity to be good stewards of this gift. How will we choose to care for them? I love what your brother said. What wisdom!
Dr. Wile, does any research you've looked at control for self-selection of homeschool students? That is, more homeschool students thrive because of other factors present before homeschooling: stable family, value education, children come first attitude, etc.
Daniel Brigham and his wife say this NOW, about not homeschooling their child, but they may change their mind after the baby is born. Before your fist child is born, you really are clueless about how you are going to feel about that baby. I was a child of the 70′s, and was socialized through college to believe that if a smart, college-educated woman stayed home to raise her children, she was wasting her brains. So, when people would ask me if I planned to return to work after our first baby was born, I did not rule it out. But as soon as I held her in my arms after giving birth, I could not imagine leaving her. Homeschooling our own two sons was the most rewarding experience of my life, and, if the Brighams choose not to do it, they will be missing out on so much fun and fulfillment, and close relationship with their children.
I agree so strongly with Adele and an earlier post you made, Mr. Wile, about holding your baby for the first time. I was a career Army Officer and I thought that when I was on maternity leave that I would learn to play golf (I'm sure you are all laughing). I remember so distinctly, however (and it will be 17 years tomorrow), at the moment of birth, the love that overcame me. I instantaneously knew the depth of my own mother's love for me and even more, the deep deep love Jesus had for me. Only a Creator could program our minds to respond like that in the blink of an eye (hormones-great stuff). Needless to say, I didn't learn to play golf; I did return to work but two years later after having my second baby the Lord called me to stay-at-home. Oddly, the idea of homeschooling was always in the back of my mind. The seed was planted by our childbirth educator who homeschooled her children. My point is that the seed has been planted in the Brigham's mind and the love that will likely overcome them at birth and beyond may be the catalyst to move them toward what is best for their child, whether it be home schooling or not.
Dr. Wile, this my first inkling that you have a blog! I am delighted to see you here, and double delighted to see that you interact so frequently and easily with your readers. I read about your issues leaving Apologia. I think everything has been said in that department, just letting you know that we admire your wisdom in the matter, even though all may not have gone as you planned.
I have to thank you for completely removing my anxiety about high school for my oldest. She is is 15 now so we have her freshman year behind us and it was fantastic due to your books. She has an intense interest in science, particularly forensic anthropology and archaeology. I was worried at what I could provide to challenge her while helping her find ways to intelligently express the authority of Scripture in the matter of origins. You have beautifully and met this need for us and we are grateful. You are her hero!
Now, regarding Mr. Brigham, I can only say this: When I gave birth to my first child, I took her in my arms, kissed her, told her who I was…then I was spontaneously moved to whisper, "I will keep you off that big yellow bus if it's the last thing I do!!"
Then I named her. She knew she would be homeschooled before she knew who she was. The funny thing is, I don't think I knew it myself until I told her that day. Five kids later I have kept my word with God's faithfulness. I am praying that Mr. or Mrs. Brigham are similarly moved.
Dr. Wile, thanks for the link, but when the abstract says "Because this was not a controlled experiment, the study does not demonstrate that home schooling is superior to public or private schools and the results must be interpreted with caution." I don't think this answers my question. And there must be more recent work than 1998. Home-schooling has rapidly changed in those 12 years.
And as for the hsers stopping, do we know why they stopped? Seems like another self-selection.
Dr. Wile, if I'm interested in if home school is better than public school, then the statement that the study doesn't say that is enough for me. My point is that students that home school and then stop in high school are more likely to be doing poorer than the the students that continue through HS – that is, the home school isn't working as well. So it is likely that when you compare the two groups, the HS Home schoolers will perform better, as they were performing better to begin with.
As for big changes, Home schooling has dramatically increased in numbers, so it is likely the academic achievements of home schoolers are regressing to the mean.
"You will see that at every grade level, homeschoolers outperform privately-schooled students, who in turn outperform publicly-schooled students." Yes, I'm sure this is correct, but my argument is that this is the result of self-selection of the students. Do you agree that private-school kids enter school better prepared to learn and get much more support from their parents and likely have better teachers than public-school kids? I'm saying the same thing occurs with respect to home-schooled and private-schooled students. (with individual attention more than making up for trained teachers). Since there are no controlled studies, there is no way to prove I'm wrong.
Regress towards the mean wasn't a good phrase. I didn't mean home-school students score at the mean or median, or even close. I agree home-school students score very well on tests and are generally good students. I just meant as sub-populations get larger, they are more likely to resemble the total population. It could be a drop from 95th to 90th percentile.
I read the recent report. Three points are similar to mine:
"However, it has been at least 10 years since any major nationwide study of homeschooling was done. During that time, the number of homeschooled children has grown from about 850,000 to approximately 1.5 million, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.1 Other researchers think this number is conservative. Some estimate it as high as 2 million.2″
"The study also found very little difference between
the achievement scores of students who had been homeschooled for their entire academic lives and those who had not. (This variable explains less than .5% of the variance in scores.)""Over the last 25 years, studies have shown homeschoolers scoring at an average of the 65th to the 80th percentile. However, during that same time span, homeschooling has grown dramatically. It would make sense for the scores to have lowered somewhat."
And one seemed suspect: "Homeschoolers' median family income ($75,000–79,999) closely spanned the nationwide median (about $79,000) for families headed by a married couple and with one or more related children under 18." Families headed by a married couple isn't the vast majority of public school students such as with homeschooling. The median household income for all households in 2008 was $52,000.
Dr. Wile, all of my hypotheses should be applied to peer-reviewed controlled study data. In the absence, of this, I would say "we don't know".
I'll step back and just ask about what you mean by the introduction vs. the data produced. The "final version" PDF is about 3 or 4 pages of text with some splashy graphics. The NHERI, which appears to be a one-man show, says that the summary was produced in August of 2009, but that the full report will be produced circa December 2010. Do you have something I can't find?


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Who is Joost – by Stephen Crafti
Who is Joost? This can't be answered in a few sentences. Joost doesn't quite fit into any mould and he's certainly much more than a highly creative florist. When you look at his achievements in the design arena, he's made an enormous impact both in Melbourne, where he's based, and in most of the other capital cities around Australia. Joost is self taught, attracting creatives wanting to work with him.
Early Years
Joost's early years were spent in Rustenburg, a 20 minute drive north of Amsterdam. At school, the reward for completing set work was drawing. The teacher could see the pattern Joost was developing and suggested he draw one afternoon each week with leading Dutch artist Jan Hollenberg. For an artist of Hollenberg's calibre, the idea of having a nine year old watching each brushstroke must have been disconcerting. "I loved using water colours as much as working with heavy graphite pencils," says Joost, who was comfortable sketching portraits and landscapes, as well as simple household objects such as bottles of cleaning fluid. "It's quite embarrassing seeing my art on relatives' walls every time I return to Rustenburg," he adds.
Down Under
Melbourne, Australia, is a long way from Rustenburg. Joost's original home was literally surrounded by water. So it must have been a great shock when the family arrived in 1982 to one of country Victoria's most difficult years. As well as storms and droughts, there were bush fires. Economic hardship was also common. "Children used to turn up to school with either their house burnt down or a parent losing a job," says Joost, whose family was living on Melbourne's fringe. One migrant asked Joost's father, what was he doing here?
Failings of the First Crop
The first crop produced on Joost's family farm, chrysanthemums, failed in the forty degree plus temperatures. For a nine year old coming to a new country, it must have been overwhelming. "Our family never seemed to give up. Friends were always dropping into the farm, helping or simply providing emotional support. In typical Joost style, friends were accommodated on the farm and fed well by Joost's mother. "My mother would often prepare meals for up to twenty people. She'd use ingredients in her kitchen garden or anything at her fingertips. Meals were never planned, but she always managed to create the most amazing dishes. And she rarely repeats anything".
At age 17, Joost had enough of school. Working on the family farm seemed more interesting. And after a day tending to tulips, Joost would tinker with his Ford truck, circa 1973, often until midnight. "I never saw the point of working only 7.30 to 6.00pm. I knew I could achieve more by putting in extra hours," says Joost, who continues to drive himself today, working long hours and responding to calls and emails as soon as they arrive.
As well as doing a stint of modeling, Joost spent three months in Nepal, with extraordinary species of Rhododendrons and wild tulips. He also spent six months back in Holland.
Blue Tulips
By the early 1990s Joost was ready to start his own business, 'blue tulips', a colour which didn't exist in nature, but worked beautifully on letter head. Tulips grown on the Monbulk farm were exported to the Philippines, New Caledonia, as well as to Hong Kong. Local businesses also became interested in Joost's flowers, including Melbourne's Blue Train and River Café. At first, Joost's flowers were simply delivered in cardboard boxes. He might have continued delivering flowers this way had the hospitality industry been more proficient at flower arrangement.
"I started bring vessels, as well as flowers. But I'd also bring things I'd found on the farm, such as wire baskets and test tubes," says Joost, who was encouraged to push the boundaries by people such as Vernon Chalker, owner of the bar Gin Palace. Other venues, such as Melbourne's Hairy Canary, also appreciated Joost's unorthodox arrangements. Jumper leads, interwoven with vines of cherry tomatoes, became installations on the ceilings. Disused G-clamps, with wooden handles, were also a favourite, ideal for single stemmed waratahs during the mid-90s.
150 Clients
By 2000, Joost was servicing 150 bars, cafes and restaurants with his floral installations. As new venues opened, each wanted a Joost design, different from the others. On the back of these installations came pendant lights, referred to as 'nests' and made from reused fencing wire. "I've always been interested in using recycled materials, but at that stage they were the type of materials I could afford to use," says Joost. As Joost's repertoire of designs increased, so did his reputation in the hospitality industry. One person to notice his talent was gallery owner Paul Scott.
First Exhibition
To say Joost's first solo exhibition in 2002 was poorly received, would be an understatement. Nothing sold, with most people considering Joost's designs more suited to a farm than a gallery environment. Plant holders, nest lights and furniture made from recycled materials were left unsold.
Space Furniture -2004 Exhibition
Fortunately, neither Joost nor his 'converts' gave up on Joost's designs. John Parker, owner of Format Furniture & Lighting, then Manager of Space's Melbourne showroom, saw talent. Driven by instinct, as much as by future trends, Parker cleared out one floor of Space's Richmond showroom. "I arrived at 9.00am in the morning, thinking they'd be a little space for me between the B.& B. Italia or other designer pieces. I was really overwhelmed to be given an entire floor," says Joost, who this time, sold numerous pieces, as well as leaving with an endless list of requests from disappointed patrons.
One man, who spent $10,000 on Joost's designs mentioned at the time, "this stuff isn't particularly my taste, but I know I'm going to want it in the future," recalls Joost.
"Joost has an extremely refined aesthetic, even though there's a rawness about his furniture, lighting and objects," says Parker. "I've always preferred that handmade and crafted feel to many of the sleek European designs," he adds. Parker also recalls the backlash from management when he gave Joost permission to graffiti the showrooms expansive glass façade. "But the graffiti suited the exhibition," says Parker, who has always followed his instinct.
Eureka Tower
Architect Nonda Katsalidis also recognised that there was something quite unique about Joost's designs. Even before Melbourne's Eureka Tower was complete, Katsalidis approached Joost to have an exhibition of his work on the top floor of the tower. Four hundred guests were invited with 600 RSVPs (The word got out!). Even the view of Melbourne from the top of the Eureka did not overwhelm Joost's installations. As well as hundreds of sprouts suspended from the ceiling, there were trees wrapped in plastic and displayed in glass and steel cases. Found by Joost in a quarry, massive disfigured trunks wrapped in plastic created an eerie and hauntingly beautiful experience of nature combined with architecture.
At Home in Monbulk
Events, such as the Space exhibition in 2004 and 2005, along with the exhibition in 2006 at Eureka gave Joost a name, not just in design circles, but in the wider community, with favourable press following the events. Joost's own house in Monbulk, featured on the front cover of Vogue Living, gave even more credence to the emerging recycling phenomenon. Designed to be completely non-toxic, Joost's house was constructed from totally natural materials such as steel, corrugated iron and straw. The courtyard style home is framed with iron bark sleepers and Joost's indelible trademark, plant walls, hundreds of terracotta pots arranged in rusty steel cages. "I love the idea you can use the outdoors throughout the entire year," says Joost, who collaborated with Architect Brendan Jones and architectural practice Antarctica (check this detail).
Melbourne Cup
More comfortable on a building site than attending the Melbourne Cup, Joost was initially reticent to take up Macquarie Bank's offer to design a corporate marquee for them in 2006. However, always keen to rise to the challenge, Joost designed a sustainable marquee using recycled plywood intermeshed with plant walls. He also designed the furniture, made from recycled packing crates. And to demonstrate his efficiency for materials, Joost's chairs 'morphed' into stools, as well as into tables, depending on how they were arranged. A recycled rubber floor was the perfect backdrop. And when the marquee was dismantled, the plant walls headed back to Monbulk to frame the family home.
The Following Year at the Cup
The following year Joost's marquee was made from steel, straw bail walls and featured a garden roof. This design didn't initially receive approval from the Victorian Racing Committee. So, with time against him, Joost redesigned the marquee utilising plasterer's angles, made in Monbulk and transported on the back of a truck. The building's operable walls made the 36 degree temperature on Cup Day tolerable. "It felt like standing under an oak tree," says Joost.
Rob Adams –City of Melbourne
Rob Adams, Urban Planner for the City of Melbourne, saw the potential of Joost's marquees. And in 2008, suggested to Joost that he use Melbourne's Federation Square for his next installation, daubed the 'Greenhouse'. Made from light gauge steel, straw and plywood, this first greenhouse included a roof garden, designed to grow organic vegetables to be served to diners using the café.
Caterpillar Crates
The furniture for the 'Greenhouse', also designed by Joost, was made from caterpillar crates, as well as disused road signs. A second 'Greenhouse', made from disused shipping containers, appeared in Sydney at circular key in 2011, erected for only six weeks. And there's a permanent 'Greenhouse' in Perth. Located on St.George's Terrace, in the heart of the city, the Perth greenhouse shows that even the corporate end of town prefers an organic future, rather than fast food. In March 2012, a 'Greenhouse' appeared at Queensbridge Square on the Banks of the Yarra as part of Melbourne's annual Food and Wine Festival.
London Calling
Like the great song by British punk group 'The Clash', Joost's voice is now being heard in London. There are current negotiations to erect a 'Greenhouse' in London's East End. And rather than simply see this structure disassembled at the end of six weeks, this one is to remain for at least ten years with a fixed lease. "It's extremely stressful erecting the greenhouses and dismantling them in such a short spate of time," says Joost.
Clear & Succinct Message
Rather than getting on a soap box and trying to educate people about the ways of a sustainable future, Joost prefers to create and inspire people, whether through architecture and design or through the food we eat. "I don't believe in telling people what to do. I'm more comfortable collaborating with like minded people who share a similar philosophy. And if I can inspire people to think and act differently, what more can be said?


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After some six years or so of contributing to Eclipse both full-time at work and part-time during my undergrad at the University of Waterloo, I must announce today that I will be switching over to Rational Team Concert's Source Control team effective Monday of next week (March 19th).
I am having great difficulty expressing myself in words but I can say without question that it has been a great privilege of mine to have been able to work with so many of you the past six years. It has been extremely fulfilling for me to work in open source given the closeness that is emitted in the interactions on Bugzilla, the mailing lists, IRC, and pick-your-favourite-social-media. Whenever I reported or fixed a bug, I really felt that I was making a difference.
I don't know what I'm going to do with all my free time after I've moved on. I think I'll still be around though. I will not be submitting fixes as often as I used to but you'll still find me in Bugzilla. Even if I stopped CC'ing myself on bugs today there are still thousands of bugs that I am currently CC'd on. ;) So, I will not actually say "Good bye".
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LIESE-MARIE HEYNS: South Africans are moving away from traditional news sources and are accessing news from a variety of online media, and UP students are following suit. In a campus survey conducted by Perdeby, 51% of students said that they access news from digital platforms, while only 16% still read newspapers.
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The amount of young people actively involved in politics indicates that the youth vote will have a great impact and make a large contribution to the upcoming elections, SRC Deputy President Taymoon Altamash told Perdeby. Rochelle Oosthuyse, chairperson of AfriForum Youth, feels that because the born free generation is more integrated and informed than previous generations, voters may make their decisions based on the way they want the country to develop rather than "historical facts and influences". Prof. Bernard Bekink, professor of public law at UP and attorney of the High Court of South Africa, believes that although the born free generation will influence the upcoming elections, the extent of this will "depend on their commitment to make an effort, as they should, to go out and vote on election day".
CRAIG HORRMANN: Extension courses are viewed differently by different people and just as they have their pros, they also have their cons. Is it worth prolonging your studies, keeping in mind the ever-rising costs of further education, to get the degree you want?
NAISARGI PATEL: It is a natural instinct for humans to associate physical appearance with certain qualities. Good looks and physical appeal is usually equated with intelligence. Professors, lecturers and tutors are judged on their looks when the question of teaching ability is raised. Sometimes it seems that the more attractive the lecturer or tutor is, the fuller the classes get and the earlier the students seem to settle down.
LIZL LOMBAARD AND TIISETSO TSOSANE: With Freedom Day just around the corner, it is important to ask how much freedom of expression South African artists and entertainers are allowed today 20 years after South Africa's first democratic election.
Everybody remembers the great uproar in 2012 over The Spear painting, in which artist Brett Murray depicted President Jacob Zuma's exposed genitals. This satirical piece was intended to be a comment on the state of the country and spark discussion among the people of South Africa. However, it generated a lot of criticism from ANC supporters and the ruling party itself, who saw the painting as a personal attack on the president and labelled it demeaning, racist and a violation of his dignity. Civil rights groups, however, argued that there was a place for freedom of expression in the new South Africa.
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JOHAN SAAYMAN: Using music's healing abilities still seems like an obscure alternative to therapy for many people despite music being as old as it is diverse. Music therapy is a growing form of treatment in South Africa, though many are unaware of it.
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MARKO SVICEVIC: Picture the following: you have three assignments due this week, are writing two semester tests and are preparing for an upcoming exam. To top it off, you have a social with friends and are going clubbing on the weekend. A busy schedule is nothing new to students, but then again, neither is sleep deprivation. Although it is often not seen as a serious concern, lack of sleep has several detrimental effects.
DESRÉ BARNARD: Zahra* is a 23-year-old Tuks student. Last year she got a phone call from her gynaecologist. "They phoned me and said my pap smear showed it was cervical cancer and they had to operate immediately," she says. Zahra's cancer developed under exceptional circumstances attributed to stress, but she is just one of the countless women who have developed cervical cancer.
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If you haven't kept up with People Being Human lately, you might want to. Since the band's debut at Artomatic 419! in April 2011 (under a different moniker), they've come quite a long way. As indicated by their three separate Saturday sets a few weeks ago at this year's Old West End Festival, the band is in increasingly high demand.
A funky blend of straight-ahead rock and indie grooves, People Being Human tosses in touches of jazzy riffs and big whooping choruses to make catchy, fun music that's familiar enough, but far different from what most bands are doing around town. Guitar, bass, and drums alternately lead and accent bright horns and twinkling key riffs that are a pure, rocking, good time delight.
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The Madeleine Brand Show for March 29, 2012
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A woman uses her smart phone to acces Facebook, in Buenos Aires on March 15, 2012. The addiction to internet and social networks is increasingly becoming one of the most important reasons for consultation for addictions in health care centres in the country.
When it comes to protecting your privacy, the Federal Trade Commission, not only wants its rules to be carefully considered, it wants Congress to put laws into place. Yesterday, the FTC issued a final report on privacy, titled: "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations For Businesses and Policymakers." The rules cast a wide net over ever-increasing data trails and tracking that can occur in our digital lives.
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Moe also talks with Madeleine about the Harry Potter books finally hitting digital shelves at Pottermore, Plus, a new app on Facebook called EnemyGraph lets you "enemy" people and things instead of "friend" them. So far, Rick Santorum, Fox News, and Westboro Baptist Church have the highest number of enemies on the app.
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Tandy Warnow
Department of Computer Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Taylor Hall 2.124
Austin, TX 78712-1188
phone: +1 (512) 471 9724
fax: +1 (512) 471 8885
Personal Homepage
1991 | Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Mathematics |
1992-1993 | Postdoc at Sandia National Laboratories |
Academic Positions
1993-1998 | Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania |
1998-1999 | Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Computer Sciences, the University of Pennsylvania. |
1999-2003 | Associate Professor, Department of Computer Sciences The University of Texas at Austin |
2003-present | Professor Department of Computer Sciences The University of Texas at Austin |
Research interests
I work on evolutionary history methodology and algorithms in Biology and Historical Linguistics. My recent work focuses on four major issues, all related toevolutionary history reconstruction:- The analytical study of convergence rates of different methods, and thedevelopment of provablyfast converging methods.
- Fast techniques for NP-hard optimization problems, such asmaximum likelihood and maximum parsimony.Our research projecthas produceda very powerful technique called "Rec-I-DCM3" fordramatically speeding upeven the bestof the current heuristics for maximum parsimonyon large dataset analyses.
- The inference of complex evolutionaryhistories. In this area, I have focusedon the inference of evolution fromwholegenomes, andthe detection and inference of reticulate evolution.
- Computational phylogenetics in historical linguistics(see alsothis page).
Select Publications
- T. Warnow, S.N. Evans, D. Ringe, and L. Nakhleh,"A stochastic model of language evolution that incorporates homoplasy andborrowing."Invited paper, to appear in Cambridge University Press,for a special volume on Phylogenetic Methods and the Prehistory of Languages.
- L. Nakhleh, D. Ringe, and T. Warnow,"Perfect Phylogenetic Networks: A New Methodologyfor Reconstructing the EvolutionaryHistory of Natural Languages."To appear, Language (Journal of theLinguistic Society of America), 2005.
- U. Roshan, B.M.E. Moret, T.L. Williams, and T. Warnow,"Rec-I-DCM3: A fast algorithmic technique forreconstructing large phylogenetic trees,"Proc. IEEE Computer Society Bioinformatics Conference CSB 2004, Stanford U.,2004.(PDF)
- L. Nakhleh, K. St. John, U. Roshan, J. Sun,and T. Warnow, 2001."Designing fast converging phylogenetic methods."9th Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology(ISMB 2001), Copenhagen, in Bioinformatics 17, Suppl. 1, (2001),pp. S190-S198.(PDF)
- T. Warnow, B.M.E. Moret, and K. St. John. 2001.Absolute Convergence:True Trees From Short Sequences.ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA) 2001.(PS)
- L. Nakhleh, U. Roshan, K. St. John, J. Sun, and T. Warnow, 2001."The performance of phylogenetic methods on trees of bounded diameter."Proceedings, The First International Workshop on Algorithmsin Bioinformatics (WABI), 2001, Lecture Notes in Computer Science(LNCS #2149) pp. 214-226, Springer Verlag, Olivier Gascuel and BernardM.E. Moret, eds.(PDF)


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VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has reaffirmed his opposition to embryonic stem cell research, saying it's morally wrong to destroy an embryo no matter how beneficial the resulting treatment is.
Benedict made the comments Saturday to participants of a Vatican conference on adult stem cells convened under an unusual new partnership between the Vatican's culture office and a small U.S. biotech firm, NeoStem Inc.
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U.S. Energy Policy: The NYT notes that some of the details from Vice President Dick Cheney's 2001 "super-secret" energy task force have finally been leaked to the press, and argues that what the leak "really does is remind us how and why this administration has squandered six years that should have been devoted to finding innovative answers to the big questions of oil dependency and global warming" ... The LAT writes that although many "respected academics and environmentalists argue that nuclear power must be part of any solution to climate change," the United States should be investing in "cleaner, cheaper, faster alternatives that come with none of the risks." The editors add that the "potential for wind power alone is nearly limitless."
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LATimes does its readers a disservice.
Six years ago, the Administration should have mounted a new Manhattan Project: 1) commence building Nuclear Reactors on all of the existing Nuclear sites-requiring no new permits; 2) invest billions in an international cooperative research program for disposal of Nuclear waste. Think where we could be today.
Posted by: donovan jacobs | July 23, 2007 11:14 AM
You must vote for the candidate, democrat or republican, that makes this issue their top priority.
Posted by: Blubbalip | July 23, 2007 12:35 PM
I'm glad that the new presidential candidates are making the issues of poverty a larger priority in their platform. Yes, energy is an important economical issue for our country, but poverty has been a longerstanding problem that our country has not addressed properly (or at all truly), which has caused many countries to lose respect for our country. It is not only about self-preservation, it is about helping oneself by helping others. According to the Borgen Project, the poor and impoverished are the largest untapped market in the world. This definitely borders into economical benefit for our country.
Posted by: Erica | July 23, 2007 01:07 PM
Every energy source has its good and bad points. I'm not sure how aware the LA Times was of that when it singled out nuclear. As they note, many respected academics and environmentalists aren't saying no to nuclear. (Many are, of course.)
The paper could write a similar negative report on every power source. Were they aware that wind power is "limitless" but hard to collect in mass quantities, and since electricity is almost impossible to store in any degree, the intermittent nature of wind is a huge drawback? Or that for fossil-fuel plants to continue to be a key provider without adding to CO2 emissions that new, untried CO2 sequestration methods would need to be implemented on a massive scale? And what is the context behind statements like nuclear power is "extremely risky" - how does it compare to the risk of other options (CO2, coal particulate in the air, brownouts during summertime, etc.)?
The first step to choosing the best energy future is understanding the energy present - what the good and bad things actually are. It's not clear at all that this was the case with the LA Times editorial. (Were this done, perhaps nuclear would still lose, but for the right reasons.)
Nuclear power is a very hard subject to understand for the lay person - there is just propaganda on both sides. For an insider's look at nuclear in the form of a thriller novel, see "Rad Decision" at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com . There is no cost to website readers. Both the good AND the bad of atomic energy are portrayed. "Rad Decision" has also been endorsed by Stewart Brand, the founder of "The Whole Earth Catalog".
Posted by: James Aach | July 23, 2007 01:30 PM
The best energy "solution" is the least talked about which is something called distributed energy resources (DER). Basically, it allows a number of energy sources to provide electricity--let's say you are using solar power to provide electricity and use the grid when the sun isn't shining, when the sun is shining you make too much electricity and if you try to store it in batteries you lose a lot of it--so you sell it to the grid. In the larger picture this would allow innovative people, made inventors etc. to come up with real alternative sources of energy that actually work. We would be able to try thousands of approaches and they would instantly be evaluated based on the amount of energy generate vs. the amount of energy used.
My point is that we ought to be favoring a system that allows for innovation rather than depending on huge investments by governments and corporations in technologies that may or may not be ready for prime-time.
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27 Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith. | 27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith. |
28 For we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law. | 28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. |
29 Or is God for Jews only? Is He not also for Gentiles? Yes, for Gentiles too, | 29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, |
30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. | 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. |
31 Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law. | 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law. |
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