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I'm the kind of person who my entire family comes to with any tech or game related question. For my soon-to-be career in the IT world, I've probably already heard every silly computer related question I can think of; such as my parent's worrying I deleted all of their email in their Yahoo! email account when I reformatted their computer to my uncle calling me to tell me how this site he saw on an infomercial cleaned up his PC. Every facepalm, of course to those in the know, was from lack of knowledge of computers and technology.
So when it came to my grandmother – who is old, fragile, and not in the greatest of health – needing an upgrade from her ancient Mac Book this year, I candidly suggested she go to an iPad instead of a new computer. "Why?" my family asked, "How can a tablet replace a computer?" To which I gave them a brief summary of all the reasons I could come up with to justify the purchase of a $500 tablet versus a $1200 MacBook. The iPad's size, weight, cost, and usability were all crucial to my argument for the iPad versus another laptop.
Eventually I won out in this discussion, thus beginning a sort of experiment to see if my dad's mother could adopt to a mobile touch screen device. To many in our age group, the idea that someone may have trouble with an iPad sounds almost absurd. But keep in mind this was part of a family that I had to verbally instruct over the phone as to how to launch Skype on their MacBook.
The first baby steps of this experiment were to introduce her to popular apps, such as the iPad email interface, Safari, and Facebook. Facebook took great strides in 2013 to make their mobile app to have nearly all the functionality of the browser based version. I was even able to help her figure out how to hide the posts from a distant relative who'd post quite frequently about Justin Bieber and how much she'd spent on clothes. My grandma is cool like that.
Next up was showing her various forms of entertainment on the device. Now again, this amazing lady still owns two SD TV's, so an iPad with it's Retina display is by far the best visually striking screen in her house. I showed her various video apps; such as YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, and even lesser known ones such as VUDU. Because I also deal with iOS games on a consistent basis, I introduced some simple but really fun games I thought she might be interested in trying. Two of them, which appeared to catch on with her, were games I considered to be some of the best but most overlooked games of 2013: 4 Thrones and FlowDoku.
There have been a couple of challenges in this adventure however, as anyone going from the familiar to the unknown can be a little daunted. My grandmother had issues figuring out her email, having been used to browser based clients. However, I was able to introduce her to the wide array of Google apps available on iOS, merging the Google and Apple worlds into one. She found the Google Mail client pretty useful for her needs, as well as Google Drive, so I could send her stuff such as wedding photos from the event that occurred some 3 years ago. Additionally, I was able to set her up with Skype on iOS so she could watch my sister's wedding, as well as the TED Talks app so she could see the various topics discussed.
There was also a little trouble getting my elderly grandmother adept at using the on-screen keyboard. Luckily the keyboard on an iPad is relatively big with easy to read buttons, especially in comparison to any Android device. It also responds perfectly to touch, with little to no issues responding appropriately. Once she learned to adapt to using a touch screen to not only replace the mouse but the physical keyboard as well, things seemed to go much easier.
My grandmother means the world to me, and it's absolutely devastating knowing she is nearing her final days on this Earth. But the notion that I could help simplify her life a little bit makes me feel a tad better. From helping her get a device that her frail body will be able to manage to setting her up with and showing her how to use some apps that were similar to what she was using on a MacBook, I feel as though my grandma has a great computing device, an awesome means of communicating with the outside world, and something that will help improve her life overall; regardless of how long or short that may be. Technology has many uses beyond business, entertainment, or whatever else. Sometimes it's just as simple as using it to aid the ones you love.


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Antibes is an odd combination of cutesy medieval town and luxury yacht harbor, with one of the Côte d'Azur's longest stretches of beach at its western edge. The old walled city is almost intact and dominated by the Château Grimaldi, built in the 14th century and restored in the 16th and 19th centuries. It's now home to the Musée Picasso, in recognition of the man who seems to have left his mark on every village worth its salt in the region. Antibes's streets are crowded with tourists, at least just inside the gates; climb the Rue d'Auberon to escape the hordes and come to the town's covered market, where easygoing cafés and gourmet shops line the arcadelike square (including the funky Balade en Provence and its Absinthe Bar, downstairs). Outside the gates are a few postage stampsize beaches crowded with locals and tourists. But the real draw for the moneyed set is the port, full to bursting with yachts, many of which are for hire at the agencies lining the quais.


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#3: The Case of the
Nervous Accomplice
Original Airdate: 10/05/57
From The Perry Mason TV Show Book (revised)
In this episode, Sybil Granger hires Perry to help her buy stock in her husband's oil company on the sly. Sybil wants some control of the company's action with hopes of forcing hubby's latest squeeze, Roxy Howard, out of the company and the picture altogether.
Sybil spies on Roxy and gets caught by George Lutts, another investor in her husband's company. When Lutts is shot, Sybil ends up on trial for his murder. Perry has to turn to his bag of courtroom tricks to get her off the hook.
Starring Raymond Burr
in Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of The Nervous Accomplice
Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins
Directed by William D. Russell
Teleplay by Stirling Silliphant
Ben Brady | Producer
Produced by CBS Television in association with Paisano Productions
Gail Patrick Jackson | Executive Producer
Sam White | Associate Producer
Raymond Burr as Perry Mason
Barbara Hale as Della Street
William Hopper as Paul Drake
William Talman as Hamilton Burger
Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg
Maggie Hayes as Sybil Granger
Greta Thyssen as Roxy Howard
William Roerick as Bruce Granger
Robert Cornthwaite as Herbert Dean
Richard Hale as George Lutts
James Gavin as Jerome Keddie
Jean Howell as Vinnie Dean
Claudia Bryar as Ruth Marvel
Morris Ankrum as Judge Hoyt
Tyler McVey as Sam Elkins
Robert Bice as Hurley
Norman Leavitt as Alexander Redfield
George Eldredge as Fenton Thompson
Gail Bonney as Harriet
Sam Flint as Mr. Rector
Jack Harris as Court Clerk
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Don Anderson as Courtroom Spectator
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CARS: 1957 Ford Skyliner retractable, black (Mason), 1957 Plymouth convertible. From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.
+ The Plymouth is Sybil Granger's 1957 Plymouth Belvedere Convertible with V8 engine (denoted by wide "V" on fender forward of front wheel). Screenshot at 12:09 of the episode is here. Sybil's car was produced after mid-Jan 57: a close look at 12:17 shows that it had six pairs of narrow vertical slots in the underpan behind the licence plate, like this. Cars produced before mid-Jan 57 had six wide slots like this. The 57 Plymouth had very good handling thanks to its new "Torsion-Aire Ride" which included torsion bar Front Suspension. Read about the car here. See Comments "1957 Headlights".
& At 16:10 we see the Drake Detective Agency radio car manned by two of Paul's agents. It's a black 1957 Lincoln Premiere 4-Door Sedan. Another photo here. Added by Gary Woloski, 5/17/12.
Anomaly: Robert Bice is listed as Hurley in the closing credits but is identified as Frank Faulkner by Paul Drake.
In this show George Lutts complains to his daughter and son-in-law because steak costs $1.34 a pound. Can you imagine what he would have to say about today's prices? Submitted by PaulDrake33, 6/25/2008.
The (shooting?) script for this episode is dated 10 June 1957. At least 7 episodes have scripts dated earlier. So while it was the 3rd episode broadcast, it was probably no earlier than the 8th filmed. Submitted by billp, 3 November 2009.
Here is the putative route of the "second" taxi trip Mrs. Granger took. The actual route described is a plausible one. The taxi is followed south on Roxbury Dr. It turns east onto Santa Monica Blvd. and goes past Hillcrest Dr. While on Santa Monica, it picks up Drake's man. It then goes north on Doheny Dr., heading towards Sunset Blvd. While on Doheny it presumeably drops off Drake's man and picks up Mrs. Granger and company. They tell it to go west on Sunset. It then probably goes south on Whittier. Mrs. Granger and friend exit at Whittier and Wilshire. This is somewhat southwest of where we, the viewer, initially picked up the trail. The route followed by the taxi is circular in nature. Frankly, it seems possible, given this description, that Mrs. Granger could have been with Drake's men when this road trip began and ended. Interesting. I guess if you wanted to do a Perry Mason "re-enactment," you could trace out this route and check out the scenery. Submitted by billp. 26 November 2009. [Here's the route on Google Maps. Use Street View to check out the scenery. daveb]
Uncredited Actors: Don Anderson makes his third Mason appearance here (unless you count episode 2 twice, since he was in two places in the courtroom). He's a courtroom spectator seated directly behind Herbert Dean played by Robert Cornthwaite. (See Uncredited Actors). Submitted by FredK 29 September 2010.
+ In an initial long shot of the courtroom, he appears in the back row, but then in a closer cut to Burger, he disappears. Submitted by gracenote, 8/23/2011.
Sightings: Blue Collar Guy can be seen with his arm on the back of an attractive young brunette among the spectators exiting from the first aborted hearing, while Tragg is stalling Mason in the foreground. (See Who Is That?) Submitted by alan_sings 30 September 2010.
+ (Also Continuity Error:) In the courtroom gallery during the first hearing, we find Distinguished Genetleman #1 in the back row, Distinguished Gentleman #2 in the front row, on the prosecutor's side. In the second hearing the two gentlemen sit together in the back row on the other side of the courtroom—that is until DG #1 shows up again on Burger's side when he calls a witness. Submitted by gracenote, 8/23/2011.
Syndication cuts: Opening scene with Harriet, Bruce and Roxy; Sybil leaving her car and catching a cab; after checking her car for the gun, Sybil grabs her sweater from the seat and the binoculars fall out; conversation between Tragg, Mason and Sybil where Tragg takes Sybil to the D.A.; Della commenting that Burger left a vapor trail, Mason saying he didn't fool Burger, Mason accusing Sybil of lying about the distance of the shot and Tragg issuing another warrant against Sybil; Mason and Drake driving up to the shack; scene with Burger and Tragg and the binoculars, where Burger calls Tragg a peeping Tom and Tragg informs Burger about Lutts' and Sybil's fingerprints on the binoculars.
Additional Hallmark cuts: Part of the dinner conversation when Lutts asks Herbert about Sybil "Did you see her there or didn't you?" and Vinnie says "every day last week"; Burger complaining about endless and purposeless cross examinations; Mason questions Sybil about the distance of the shot; cabbie being sworn in; cabbie saying he took Sybil to Brent building; Bruce asking Mason if he can help and Mason saying he's a little late; conversation between Vinnie and Herbert after Perry, Della and Paul leave; Burger's first objection to Mason's shooting-the-blank demonstration; Mason's telling Sybil to keep a poker face and Ruth being sworn in; Ruth saying she's Sybil's friend and Burger asking if the relationship goes farther. Submitted by Wiseguy70005, 7/04/12.
+ In the syndicated version I recorded on 7 Mar 2014 on MeTV, it went from Sybil and Ruth getting in the cab to four minutes twenty seconds of commercials, then to the start of the trial. We never do learn why Burger considered Sybil to be a suspect. Submitted by Alan Smithee, 3-10-2014.
Gun: The murder weapon was a Colt Official Police. Submitted by oldgray, 2/27/2014.
In the novel the murder was committed on June 3rd. In the episode the date was May 3rd. In both the novel and episode Roxy returned the gun to Sybil's husband on May 30th. So in the novel she returned the gun four days before the murder and in the episode almost a month afterward. Submitted by Wiseguy70005, 1/20/15.
This was Annabell's first credit. Her last name was Levy. Submitted by John Mason, 1/26/15
The purchasing power of $1.34 in 1957 would be $9.87 in 2007. What's the price of a rib-eye, porterhouse, or New York strip today? Submitted by billp, 12/26/2008.
How much did Lutts sell that stock to Perry for? About $32,727.27. That means Sybil Granger came up with about $241,056.40 in 2007 dollars. Not bad. Her $2.95 taxi ride(s) would be about $21.73. Taxis were clearly a lot more economical back then. And the drivers spoke English, too! A million dollars would be $7,365,612.79 in 2007 dollars. No wonder Roxy is so upset!! Submitted by billp, 12/27/2008.
Perry was offered $36,000 for his stock. That would be about $304,000 in 2015. Submitted by John Mason, 1/22/15.
Sybil Granger is the second person whose gun is stolen from the glove compartment of her car. (Do all Americans keep their guns there? Why?) Submitted by evelyne, 2/4/2011.
+ I think it's just Californians, who also (according to this series) buy rifles at office supply stores so they can shoot the Man when he comes onto their orange grove / dying farm / oil field / salted mine.
1957 Headlight Oddities. Until 1957, US federal and state laws only permitted two headlights on automobiles. For the 1957 Model Year, each of the Big Three automakers planned to introduce Quad Headlights on some models. However, by Sept 1956 (debut time for the '57 models) about eight states had not yet amended their regulations to permit these headlights. The automakers' fallback for the non-quad states was to install one conventional pre-57 High/Low-beam unit on each side and to install Parking, Driving or Turn-Signal lights in the two left-over headlight stations. These "Quasi-Quads" ended up looking like this on the Plymouth and this on the Lincoln. I have read one account that California was the last state to legalize Quad Headlights, apparently doing so in Dec '56. The next appearance of a car affected by this headlight confusion is in Ep#5 (Frances Celane's '57 Chrysler Imperial Crown Convertible). Added by Gary Woloski, 5/17/12.
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Patton to join Peace Corps
April 3, 2012 | 7:15 p.m. CDT
Marty Patton poses for a photo on Tuesday in her office located in Tate Hall. Patton has decided to retire early from her position as associate professor of English and join the Peace Corps. For the 27 months, she will be stationed in China.
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San Fermin with Son Lux "Translating conservatory chops into...shimmy-worthy, utterly euphoric pop."—Pitchfork Fans of Dirty Projectors and Sufjan Stevens will also go for the music of San Fermin, a band spearheaded by the classically trained Ellis Ludwig-Leone, a close collaborator with rising-star composer Nico Muhly. Taking the band's name from Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and its scenes from the famous Pamplona festival where they hold the running of the bulls, Ludwig-Leone fashions baroquely detailed chamber-pop songs centered on the complexities of being young and in love. With songs replete with unexpected hooks, gorgeous melodies, and vocal harmonies, plus sections of melancholy orchestral drones and lyrical twists, San Fermin are widely tapped to be a band on the rise. Sway to their intricately layered music, which reveals fresh rewards for discerning listeners. Opening the show is composer, producer, and performer Son Lux (aka Ryan Lott)—a past NPR "Best New Artist of the Year"—who is known in indie circles for his wide-ranging experimentalism, participation in his s/s/s project with Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti, and other collaborations across the artistic spectrum. Note: this show standing room only. |
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Moonlight is the name of Novell's Linux implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight 1.0 technology. Moonlight is now available in a Beta version for 32 and 64 Bit Linux systems, albeit only for Firefox users.
With Silverlight, Microsoft aims to compete with the widely used Flash from Adobe, at present with little success. But if few web pages are as yet using Silverlight, Moonlight has one distinct advantage over Flash: the simple plugin installation via the customary Firefox add-on, whereas the Flash installation is still somewhat laborious.
The Beta brings improvements in performance, fixes memory leaks and also supports the "Microsoft Media Pack" which contains the Microsoft Media Codec from Windows, that meanwhile, is also available for Linux. The Moonlight plug-in loads the codecs automatically when a page calls for it. In addition, Moonlight supports adaptive streaming. This means that the server regulates the compression of video data regardless of the connection flow-rate. If the bandwidth shrinks, the server sends the video at a lower Bit rate.
Whereby Moonlight 1.0 is based on the Silverlight 1.0, it comes with a 2.0 Media Stack, although the DRM parts are missing. This enables Moonlight to support all media codes from Silverlight 2.0, but doesn't mean that the browser can handle all of Silverlight's applications. Moonlight recognizes the video codecs WMV1 to WMV3, WMVA and WVMC1 and the audio codecs WMA7 to WMA10 and MP3. In the meantime, Microsoft are automatically redirecting Linux users who want to watch videos or films on Silverlight to the Moonlight page, but the Firefox plug-in can also be downloaded from the website. Further browsers (Opera, Konqueror), along with various systems (OpenSolaris, BSD) are to be supported in future. A list of pages that Moonlight more or less supports is available here.
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Old Vulnerabilities Are Kept Alive Through Bad Configuration
HP's annual Cyber Risk report offers a bleak look at the state of IT.
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Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.
Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
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Based on an admittedly quick search of a sample of respectable but mildly non-conformist economists, Shin, Krugman and Stiglitz (though I know much less about Shin perhaps he's not respectable.. ) it seems that although all of them have websites their attitude is that we must consume their wisdom only and have no right to interact with them directly. Steve Keen seems to be down there with the people though http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/
It's also interesting how his website seems to have much more to do with the economy than theirs (check the ads on his site) which are stiffly academic or big money only (Stig's or Krug's would probably accept a Rolex ad....).
Am I being personal?
The late Mandelbrot didn't like Gaussian white noise coz the spectral density is flat and the tails are too thin for black swans to hide underneath. Mandelbrot wanted to use brownish-colored or fractal noises with thicker tails in the SDE's (stochastic differential equations), but I don't think he understood a lot about the real economy. Writing equations for modeling the economy is a sinchy piece of microcake. Any math guy can do that, but to predict human behavior you need astrology or ideology or sociology or some kind of bullogy or muppetology!
Economics after the crisis. There are a few things not worth running for - a bus, a woman or a new economic model. The DSGE model, the anatomy of a decision model is most commonly used by banks, which could account for the mess they are in. If you follow financial politic and listen to the different ways politicians do things much of what they do is doomed. For example the British parliament makes decisions mainly of inflation and unemployment such thing as spending power global transition such as outsourcing, supply and demand are only marginally considered. The chancellor gives a tax cut which take years to have effect , the economics of putting coal on a fire to keep it burning until the fire engine arrives. The newer method for example the Smets-Wouters model is based on the Euro mess. Newer models should concentrate on the flow of money not from a historical way but a controlling way the difference of going to an accident and building a house. The currency independent way people spend money should take more prominence.
Regarding Sornette, I ought to have mentioned that he gets a bit ahead of himself in his conclusions, but they can be taken with much salt without detracting from the interest and value of his book.
The writer should read Bernake's paper on FInancial accelerator dated back in 1999.
Incorporating the banking sector in DSGE/Business cycle models is actually old news.
The problems with these models do not only lie with adding however many sectors you consider relevant but the methods used to pick the so-called ideal models. Based on my humble knowledge, the gold standard is still comparing DSGE models against comparable Structural VAR models. Anyone who ever did VAR probably would agree on its fickleness and its structural version could be very ideologically driven despite VAR's claim for being a ''pure'' statistical approach.
As the article rightfully points out, Macro is an empirical subject and so the statistics arms of the analysis should not be compromised by economic assumptions. Often, economic knowledge helps to build models but it may also distract.
Economic models will never be able to predict the irrational policies of market-tampering governments.
Unfortunately the common sense is not so common and differ infinitely. No one is denying applying rational to policy making but the rational has to be based on some statistical support in order to bring commonality.
What the article says is economists are trying to make the economic model better encapsulating the FIs.
If not model based then what should the policy decisions be based on?
Looks like you don't understand much human psychology.
A human can not be modeled like a physical system.
Weather and economics have just NOTHING in common.
While there could be intrinsic modeling issues as highlighted by the commentators, there is also the burning issue of (thanks to Taleb) the Turkey problem (highly unlikely event with low probability currently not present in the data, but could appear in due course) or the inverse Turkey problem (current presence of unlikely events with low probabilities but could be absent later), would call for constant normalization of data which lead to eventual modeling errors when assumptions are drawn from the analysis of data.
The one other point that has been highlighted in the article which is becoming increasingly predominant is the role of banks as intermediation agencies; if the availability of credit is to be taken as a measure of their inter-mediation, we have seen both the extremes, where it could move into sub-prime territory when the boom lasted, while it could contract to almost stalling the economy when the burst happened. Such extremes and their facilitation by monetary policy with the tacit connivance of a number of constituencies are beyond the realm of modeling. The role of regulation to provide the necessary fillip has more to be desired therefore the execution issue cannot be juxtaposed on modeling either as a failure.
In my opinion, this isn't a flaw in the model. For instance, the Normal distribution is used in most statistical model-building exercises. The distribution clearly specifies the drawbacks of having extreme events or 'outliers'; booms and busts are exactly this, extreme events. Hence, we ought to channel our efforts into developing a new model that overcomes the flaws.
Speculation on asset prices by merchant bankers and derivative traders triggered the financial meltdown in 2007/8, and despite buying their co-operaiton with trillions printed by central bankers in the form of QE, economists ignore their central and pivotal role - laughable, if it was not at your and my cost in return for their pretend ignorance.
New models which fail to put money creation and asset price manipulation by money lending 'agents' at its centre, miss the central risk buttons of the electornic financial markets of today. Central bankers as proxies for their buddies in banking, will oppose attempts to redirect balance sheets bloated with "free" bonds to paying off national debt - but unless that is done, the consumer and taxpayer will foot the bill twice over for risky trades not of their making. Research clearly shows how banks internal models force them into ever higher risk taking and the bubbles this produces in asset prices - ignoring that, is what has made 'economics' the near worthless pastime it has become.
Initial concern at the gravity of risk and destabilisation posed by unregulated asset specualtion which exceed the real economy by perhaps up to 100x over, has dissipated while it remains "business and bonuses" as usual for bankers, despite Libor and all the rest of their corrupt commercial practices.
The man in the street remains hopelessly over indebted and there can be no escape from the inevitable up tick in interest rates, until Government provide tax incentives for savings and faster private debt reduction. That is not popssible under current budget deficits, without the Fed coming to the party and handing back its free trillions to pay off the national debt.
And you believe that models will actually become "better"?...
And what do you do with your statistics? What are you supposed to do when there is 63.47% probability that the outcome of your policy will be great, and 36.53% probability that it will be disastrous? How do you even know that your statistics and correlations actually reflect reality?
I think you're taking too many things for granted.
Humans (and some in particular) think too highly of themselves and what they can achieve.
Instead of asking the question what should policy decisions be based on, perhaps you should ask the question whether or not there should even be so many policy decisions in the first place.
My guess is that the economy would do much better if left free of intervening governments and their "model-based policy decisions"...
I think the most crucial aspect would be the quality of the investments. Here are some parameters that could be incorporated to forecast growth or recessions.
1. The impact of technological innovations
2. The impact of the widespreadment of technology
3. Deviation from Education
4. Excessive Debt
5. oil & energy prices, higher prices imply higher possibilities of downfall
6. The impact of natural disasters
7. The quality of the investments
8. Land prices & rentals, higher the land prices higher possibilities of downfall
9. Mismatches between Supply & Demand
10. Long ques & waits, implying supply not keeping up with demand
11. Piling up of stocks, implying over supply
12. Deviation from academic qualifications, education in the labour market, and the increase of unqualified personnel holding top positions
13. Deviation from modern & appropriate equipment at work places
14. The impacts of infrastructure shortages & new infrastructure
15. Last but not least, shortages of entrepreneurship & management skills
In what sense are Krugman and Stiglitz "mildly non-conformist"? Between them, they probably represent majority thinking in the profession on macro topics.
Or you declare the Universe your model and claim victory.
Economists are also trying apply math to a social construct, 'money', treating it like Calories or Joules. That dog don't hunt. Usury, and the incentive and ability to hoard money define a system that naturally tends to volatility.
Software has a term for this: Bad As Designed.
History would suggest a rethink in an attempt to remove these traits.
Any economic model has to recognize some core facts that are basic in human behaviors. The key driver and the fuel that has propelled the growth model for several hundred years has been the steady 1% plus increase in population. Western countries, the US in particular, built economies based on a steady increase in population poured onto an almost unlimited expanse of resources. Combined with the inherently human need to improve one's personal circumstances, at worst manifesting itself as greed, growth was inevitable.
This perpetual growth model is now coming to an end with difficult consequences. Think Japan. What economic modelers should be now focus on should be economic and political systems that can provide equal income and resource distributions in circumstances of declining population.
This will be the real challenge of this century.
you just contradicted yourself...
deregulation of the financial industry caused the great depression and now caused the great recession. How? Allowing FIs to take on more and more debt. There is a reason why the current crisis and in the 1930's are outstanding - huge debt. Read Keynes, read Fisher, read Galbraith and even Krugman. The legal status of a corporation (including banks) allows for limited liability - if the company goes bankrupt and 300,000 people lose their jobs, you don't suffer the financial consequence. So, if i were CEO, hell yeah i would risk as much as i could for crazy returns... unless the government doesn't allow me to and I could go to jail!!!!!
I am not sure if people actually understand DSGE here. It is all about in-equilibrium. And since it is a dynamic model, any talk of equilibrium is pointless. These models talk about steady states.
Also, DSGE is all about market imperfections, where as the original RBC is admittedly classical.
No one stop you to shock a system continuously. As a matter of fact, if you ever run a DSGE, there are outputs of continuously shocking the system and see where the economy is. The point is not about where the equilibrium is but how the system react to shocks.
Isn't another problem a matter of measurement? At least the weather is out there in the open and you can take snapshots of wide swaths of it almost instantaneously.
Indeed - and why not a model in terms of quantiles? After all, we've got a "race to the bottom" as well as "top 1%" attractors acting across the 'society'.
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Before we delve further into Western Conference Championship First Leg match, U.S. national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has announced his 20-man roster for the U.S. friendly with Russia on Nov. 18.
The U.S. take on Russia in Krasnodar at 8 a.m. PT in Kuban Stadium on ESPN2, ESPN3 and Univision
As expected no players currently participating in the MLS Cup Playoffs were called up to the squad.
Klinsmann's complete roster is below...
GOALKEEPERS (3): Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (6): Carlos Bocanegra (Racing Santander), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (Nuremberg), Maurice Edu (Stoke City), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Michael Bradley (Roma), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Joshua Gatt (Molde), Joe Gyau (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim)
FORWARDS (4): Juan Agudelo (Chivas USA), Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Herculez Gomez (Santos Laguna)
CARSON, Calif. -- Below are Bruce Arena's postgame thoughts from Sunday night's 3-0 Western Conference Championshp victory over Seattle Sounders FC
ARENA: "We played very well tonight against an excellent team. We're not foolish enough to believe that this thing is over. The game in Seattle on Sunday is going to be a real difficult game. We have to have our team ready to play."
(On Christian Wilhelmsson's play…)
ARENA: "Christian played very well tonight. The combination play between him and Beckham, Donovan, Keane, and Magee was excellent. They had a good night and they were dangerous, obviously. The goal at the end of the [first] half was certainly huge and made a big difference. Seattle pressed to get a goal, opened things up and gave some talented players a little bit of room to help us get the second and third goals."
(On Mike Magee and Robbie Keane…)
ARENA: "hey were excellent. As I said I think the whole group tonight, this was one of those nights where every player was on form, and did an outstanding job."
(On LA's form over 180 minutes…)
ARENA: "90 minutes, [San Jose] doesn't count. If we could count the last 90 that would really help, but it doesn't. We have another difficult 90 ahead of us. It's going to be challenging. Yes, the 90 in San Jose was good, but tonight was more complete. We were sloppy in the last fifteen minutes in San Jose, tonight was better so that's encouraging."
(On the secret for LA's play…)
ARENA: "There's never any secrets, to be honest with you. I'd like to tell you we have a lot of them and we pulled them out for this; but just playing well, scoring goals, and being a lot more solid defensively. Just overall, we're playing better."
(On not getting a fourth goal…)
ARENA: "I certainly would have loved to have a fourth. Can't have everything in life, you know. It certainly makes it more challenging for next Sunday."
(On the biggest challenge in second leg…)
BA: There won't be any complacency. The challenge is Seattle. They're a very good team, that's going to be our challenge.
(On getting the first goal…)
ARENA: "It was [crucial]. It was probably the difference in the game. It was huge."
(On the first leg being at home…)
ARENA: "Sounds like you answered your question. How could you conclude after what you just said that it's not good. When I get fired, I'm definitely going to become a journalist. Sure sounds that way. I'll go back in the lab and try to figure it out, but it sounds pretty good. Without away goals it kind of neutralizes things a little bit, however, certainly the team in the second leg, that gets the extra thirty minutes, it's certainly to their advantage."
(On comparing 2012 to 2011…)
ARENA: "I have no idea. I can't remember that far back, to be honest with you. I think maybe some of our guys were thinking about that up until June this year. It's a whole different season, it's a different team and a different set of circumstances so I can't compare one to the other. It's not fair and I don't think it makes sense. Every year is different and unique."
(On Robbie Keane…)
ARENA: "I've said it a number of times, I think he's been simply outstanding since his return from the European Championships. One can argue that he's been the best player in the league, and unbelievably important for our team. He's been healthy, and been in just about every game since he returned. He's simply been outstanding. He's been great."
(On the circumstances of Wilhelmsson's start…)
ARENA: "Due to Buddle not being available."
(On the older players serving as leaders for younger players…)
ARENA: "I think if Keane, Beckham, and Donovan are right, and even Omar in the case of Tommy Meyer, they're outstanding role models for those guys and examples. When they're focused and their minds are right, they're great examples for any of our young players to look at and learn from and help them develop. I would say they're vitally important to the development of the young players."
(On thinking about hosting Cup?)
ARENA: "I'm thinking about seeing if we can get past Seattle on Sunday. If we made it to the MLS Cup, I'd be happy to be playing anywhere, whether it's home or away. I think that would be a great accomplishment. I'm well aware of the fact that it's not going to be easy to get there. We're going to work hard this week and try to have our team ready for a difficult game on Sunday."
CARSON, Calif. -- Landon Donovan told reporters after the LA Galaxy's 3-0 victory in the Western Conference Championship First Leg over Seattle Sounders FC that he suffered a tightening in his hamstring that ultimately led to his subsitution from the match.
Donovan was electric during his 84th minute period on the field, notching an assist on Robbie Keane's goal in the first half while repeatedly combining with the Irishman and midfielder Mike Magee in the attack. However, in the 84th minute, Donovan was subbed out of the match, apparently favoring his right leg, due to what was announced by Galaxy PR staff and head coach Bruce Arena as cramping. However, following the match, Donovan elborated more on the knock.
"I felt my hamstring tighten up a little bit, so we'll see, go in tomorrow and look at it," said Donovan, who admitted that he was not feeling one way or another with the injury. " I just took off to run and felt it grab a little bit. I wanted to be safe and get out of there."
CARSON, Calif. -- The goals just keep on coming for Robbie Keane in the postseason, and suits the Irish forward just fine.
Keane tallied two more goals in Saturday's 3-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC in the Western Conference Championship First Leg at The Home Depot Center. To put Keane's success in perspective, he has now scored as many goals in the last 180 minutes -- four -- than Sounders FC have scored in their last 840 --- their entire postseason history -- minutes. Keane also etched his name in the Galaxy's history books as his goal in the first half was the 100th postseason goal in LA franchise history.
Below Keane discusses his play on Sunday night...
(On whether two goal games were becoming routine for him…)
KEANE: "Hopefully they can continue as long as the team keeps winning, but whether I score or anybody else, it doesn't really matter as long as the lads are performing and that's what we're doing at the moment."
(On first goal being a heartbreaker for Seattle…)
KEANE: "I think it was, it was important that we kept our patience and that certainly was the case. We knew that it was going to be difficult and they were going to defend well and they did that. I think the goal just before halftime was a big boost for us and obviously killed them a little bit."
(On a potential rematch of 2011 MLS Cup Final at HDC…)
KEANE: "Yeah, we can't get too carried away with that ourselves. It's important that we got good win tonight, but the job is only half done. If the lads think for one second that this is over, they may think again because as we know in football, it's a funny ol' game and anything can happen. We'll enjoy tonight and enjoy the win, but as soon as we're back in the training pitch, our focus is on next Sunday."
(On how LA keeps their focus…)
KEANE: "Easy, if people do get carried away that's silly because anything can happen as I said. It's up to the lads and the senior players who have a lot more experience than the other guys to make sure that they know that this is by no means over."
(On the combination play between LA's forwards…)
KEANE: "We had a few good 1-2s. We had a few good opportunities that could have been great goals, but it wasn't to be. Good defending from them, but listen, we'll take three goals any day. It was important that we kept the momentum going after Wednesday's game. Was it Wednesday's game? Thursday? It feels like we've been playing every day. It was important that we kept that momentum going and we did that."
(On Seattle dropping their heads after the first goal…)
KEANE: "I think when you score the first goal especially just before halftime; it's always a little bit of a killer. Maybe in the second half, we sensed that maybe a small bit. So it was up to us to jump on top of that. We certainly did that."
(On the reason for LA's success over the last two games…)
KEANE: "I don't know really, it's really hard to put my finger on it. The last few months really, just the way that we've been playing and the manner that we've been playing against teams, the quick movement and quick counterattack and transition has been very good. We know that we have clever players that can cause any team problems so that's been the case. And patience, if we keep the ball moving quickly, we're a very hard team to play against."
(On Seattle taking risks after going down a goal…)
KEANE: "They usually have to don't they? It's one of those situations where they just try and stay and try and keep it 1-0 or have a little go. They obviously had a little go, they brought Johnson on up front so he's a tough one isn't he? We scored when they had their shape, their 4-5-1 if you like and so for 44 minutes it worked for him, but lucky enough, we got the first goal and as soon as we got the first goal, we kind of naturally, the game opens up a little bit because they try and get a goal."
CARSON, Calif. -- A few notes from the LA Galaxy's 3-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday night in the Western Conference Championship First Leg at The Home Depot Center.
*Last time LA won by more than three goals was the 2002 MLS semifinals when LA defeated the Colorado Rapids 4-0 in Game 1 on Oct. 5
*16 players have played for the Galaxy this postseason, but only three players have scored (Mike Magee, Landon Donovan, and Robbie Keane)
*Robbie Keane's first goal of the night was the 100th goal in LA Galaxy franchise history. With the effort, LA now have 102 goals in the postseason, the most in MLS history. Second place is D.C. United with 62.
*Keane now has four goals this postseason in four matches.
*Keane is the first player to score multiple goals in consecutive games since Carlos Ruiz in 2002 (Two vs. Kansas City Wizards on Oct. 2 in MLS Conference Semifinals and two vs. Rapids in MLS Semifinals)
*Wilhelmsson and Franklin were incredibly dangerous on the right side, accounting for three assists for the Galaxy on the night -- two for Franklin and one for Wilhelmsson.
*Wilhelmsson's assist was the first of his MLS career.
*Donovan was forced to exit the game late in the second half due to a hamstring tightness.
*Sean Franklin had no assists in his first 12 postseason games and now has 3 in his last two games.
*Josh Saunders' earned his third postseason shutout. Tying him with Donovan Ricketts for second most in club history.
*The attendance was announced as 27,000 -- a sellout.
*All players with yellow cards can not be suspended for MLS Cup if they are booked int he second leg.
*Jose Villarreal made his postseason debut
*The Second Leg will take place at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington on Sunday November, 18.
CARSON, Calif. – On Saturday, reporters caught up with LA Galaxy captain Landon Donovan to discuss his feelings and thoughts heading into Sunday's Western Conference Championship match against Seattle Sounders FC.
Donovan discusses a wide range of topics including Mike Magee, LA's prior success against Seattle and a number of other issues below.
(On Mike Magee…)
DONOVAN: "There are certain players this time of year that play at a different level and Mike is one of them. When you have players like that on your team, it gives you a better chance to win. I say it all the time that this time of year, especially, you need guys that can make special plays on both sides of the field and Mike gives us another option end of the field, teams are clued in on a few of us then he's a guy that they have to worry about. When they forget about him, he makes them pay."
(On what exactly makes Magee special…)
DONOVAN: "Technically, Mike and Robbie are our two best finishers and our two best strikers of the ball, so when he gets a chance, he's lethal. What he does well on top of that is that he puts himself in good positions. A lot of us understandably draw some attention and he gets a chance to get open and make a play, he makes plays and that's what makes him dangerous."
(On Robbie Keane…)
DONOVAN: "Robbie is the beneficiary of a couple of things—one, we're playing a lot better and two, he's getting in great spots and when he's getting chances, he's burying them. He's probably scored 20 goals this year in all the competitions; he's been unlucky on a number of other ones. He could have 30 goals at least this year. He makes our job really easy, he always wants the ball, he puts himself in dangerous spots and if we do our job and get him the ball then he's going to score more often than not."
(On what it will take to beat Seattle…)
DONOVAN: "Well, Seattle hasn't given up many goals as of late and so I think that the first thing that stands out about them is that defensively, they're very, very good. In my opinion, along with us, they've been the best team over the last stretch of the season. They have Eddie [Johnson] playing well, [Mauro] Rosales is playing well, Brad Evans is playing well, and obviously, their goal the other night by [Mario] Martinez was special. They've got a lot of special players on their team, and [Fredy] Montero is always dangerous, so they create a number of problems. And when their backline and goalkeeper are playing that way then they're going to be hard to beat."
(On what Seattle does well defensively…)
DONOVAN: "Well, they have continuity first of all. All of us in this league think that having a back four and one or two midfielders that play all the time and a goalie that plays all the time produces results. I think Jeff Parke has been one of the best defenders in the league this year, [Jhon Kennedy] Hurtado is solid, [Adam] Johansson has been good. But the key to their team I think in any circumstance is Alonso. He's a guy that I'm sure when Sigi puts his lineup every time; he knows what he's getting out of that guy. He's very good and he's very influential and he's going to be a very big part of their team over the next two games."
(On defensive continuity with Tommy Meyer playing in place of A.J. DeLaGarza…)
DONOVAN: "We're very blessed that we have, really, three head coaches on this team in Dave [Sarachan], Curt [Onalfo], and Bruce [Arena]. They've done a good job with not only Tommy, but all the guys who have played a bunch of reserve games and they were able to put out the reserve team in three of the four Champions League games and still advance the way that we did. We've been able to do that with the help of our coaching staff and Tommy has just grown, he's grown from the beginning of the year till now and I think that he really grew up the other day in the San Jose game. That was a real soccer game with real pressure and real circumstance, and I think that he passed with flying colors. We need similar performances against arguably two of the most dangerous forwards in the league together."
(On setting the tone in the first leg…)
DONOVAN: "As we learned in the last series, it's a 180 minutes, potentially more so we're not going to get too caught up in what happens after the first game whether it's good or bad. We want to play well and we want to use our advantages well, we think that if we play well, we have a good chance to win this game. We're also very comfortable going on the road in getting results, no matter the environment and we've proved that over the years."
(On LA having a psychological advantage over Seattle due to success in important matches…)
DONOVAN: "Well, not this year, I think that they turned the corner this year and they beat us very handily twice in Seattle and in the game here, they could argue that they could have won that or should have won that game too. They've played us very tough this year and we expect the same in this series."
(On the Galaxy's confidence right now…)
DONOVAN: "We're all feeling very confident right now and we're all feeding off each other's energy. There was something good about the energy in the San Jose away game and there was something special in the locker room, we could all feel it at half time and after the game. The last couple of days, we've all been excited and I think we're feeding off each other and we're starting to play close to potential and we want to keep it that way."
Ahead of tonight's Western Conference Championship, LA Galaxy broadcaster Mark Rogondino discusses tonight's match between the LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders FC
As you sip your morning -- or early afternoon -- coffee ahead of tonight's Western Conference Championship First Leg, check out MLSsoccer.com's video previews of tonight's game between the LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders FC.
The video previews are below...
LA Galaxy
Seattle Sounders FC
Ahead of tonight's Western Conference Championship First Leg with Seattle Sounders FC, I spoke to SoundersFC.com's Matt Gaschk to discuss the current play of the Sounders head into tonight's all-important match up.
I had a similar conversation with Gaschk, which can be found on SoundersFC.com.
My conversation with Gaschk is below...
The Sounders advanced to the Conference Finals for the first time in club history. How big of a boost has this been to the club and how can it carry them into the match against LA?
GASCHK: "The win on Thursday night at Rio Tinto Stadium can't be understated. In a lot of ways, this team has been carrying that burden for the last three years – that they can have success in the regular season and Open Cup, but can't solve the playoffs. Now, with that behind them, they can relax and be themselves. At the same time, there are 14 players on this year's squad that weren't on the team last year when they lost to Real Salt Lake in the Conference semifinals. So a lot of players on this team haven't felt that history of trouble in the playoffs and are coming in with a clean slate, which is good in a lot of ways."
Eddie Johnson and Fredy Montero are well known entities up front for Seattle, what are some of the club's other weapons and how do they integrate with the big two?
GASCHK: "Seattle's greatest depth has been in the midfield and this year, they can add forward to that list too. David Estrada was incredible for this team in the opening weeks of the season while Eddie Johnson was sidelined with a hamstring strain. Throughout the year, Sammy Ochoa has also shown that he can score when called upon with his goals coming in the CONCACAF Champions League and US Open Cup. Meanwhile the midfield remains a strength, with Mario Martinez really showing his quality with the game-winner against Salt Lake on Thursday. With all of those options within the starting lineup, assuming Mauro Rosales is unavailable, it's easy to forget about Steve Zakuani too, who has shown that he is nearing the form that had him penned as one of the best young players in MLS two years ago before his injury that ended his 2011 season after just five matches."
The Sounders allowed the lowest goal total in the West this season and held Real Salt Lake scoreless in the WC Semis. What has been the rationale for their success?
GASCHK: "The backline has been very good throughout the year, showing their depth as well with seven players seeing regular playing time. They have also shown a commitment to defending throughout the field and when they are at their best; all 11 players are playing active roles in winning the ball and eliminating easy opportunities. Add to that the stellar play of Osvaldo Alonso in the midfield and the record-setting first season in MLS by Michael Gspurning and it's no wonder they have the top defensive numbers in the West."
DP Christian Tiffert came into the club at midseason; how role has he played since joining the team?
GASCHK: "Tiffert has shown versatility in that he can play all three midfield roles in front of Alonso. He's not afraid to track back and get involved in the action, but his best attribute is his ability to set up goalscorers in opportune places. He was the top setup man in the Bundesliga for a reason and while the assists haven't come yet, his calmness on the ball has been important in the patient attack for the Sounders."
What will Seattle's mindset be heading into the first leg, knowing that the club will have a second leg at CenturyLink Field?
GASCHK: "That is a great question. Coming off of a very difficult series with Real Salt Lake, many teams would bunker in and hope for a scoreless draw in the first leg. But that's not really the style that has gotten this team to the point where they are one of the top two teams in MLS over the last four years, along with the Galaxy. This team likes to play and I think that's what we will see on Sunday."
Lastly, Seattle has enjoyed success against the Galaxy this season, but have struggled in the past. How does this Seattle team view the Galaxy and how do they feel they can beat them?
GASCHK: "The Sounders have a tremendous amount of respect for what the Galaxy have been able to do. There is a reason they have had the success that they have had in recent years and the series between the two teams has been very tightly contested in every year except 2010, when the Galaxy won all four meetings in the regular season and playoffs. Outside of that year, Seattle has gone 3-2-2 against LA and has won twice on their way to the US Open Cup title. This year, they are much more equipped to take a patient tact against the Galaxy and that's how they've had success. There are key matchups all over the field, but if the forward tandem of Johnson and Montero can have success against Omar Gonzalez and Tommy Meyer – if A.J. DeLaGarza can't play – then that could carry Seattle in this playoff series."
Seattle Sounders FC will be without Marc Burch for the Western Conference Championship and MLS Cup, if they get that far.
On Saturday evening, Burch was suspended three games by the MLS Disciplinary Committee and fined an undisclosed amount for directing a homophobic slur at Real Salt Lake midfielder Will Johnson during the Western Conference Semifinal Second Leg at Rio Tinto Stadium on Thursday. If Seattle are eliminated by the LA Galaxy in the Western Conference Championship, he will be suspended for the first game of the 2013 season. In addition to his fine and suspension, Burch will also attend diversity and sensitivity training.
"Major League Soccer has a zero tolerance policy in response to this type of behavior from its players or staff," said MLS Commissioner Don Garber in a statement. "While I understand and believe that Mr. Burch is remorseful, Major League Soccer is committed to providing an environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect."
The 28-year-old left back was a staple in the Seattle lineup this year, starting in 19 of his 29 appearances this season while also tallying three assists. Burch started both legs of the Western Conference Semifinal against RSL, going 90 minutes in both instances.
With Burch out for the duration of the playoffs, defender Zach Scott appears to be the most likely option to slide into his position.


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When asked to explain why his disciples always looked cheerful, the Buddha said: "They have no regret over the past, nor do they brood over the future. They live in the present, therefore they are radiant."
The comment made thousands of years ago could have been about Ajahn Sona.
The Buddhist monk is the founding abbot of the Birken Forest Monastery, located 40 kilometres south of Kamloops in the Roche Lake area.
In the typical Buddhist tradition, Ajahn ("teacher") Sona has travelled around the world five times, accepting invitations to deliver Dhamma talks on the discipline and principles behind this 2,500-year-old religious practice.
"We're not missionaries - it's to share," he said. "The more grateful you are for something you receive the more you feel like sharing it.
"I feel like I really benefit so much from this that I want to make it freely available. There's no charge for anything and it's not highly structured or organized."
He has spoken in Kamloops every month for nearly five years on topics that are at times spontaneous and at times in answer to questions from the crowd.
But every time, Sona makes each individual feel as though he can see through to their core,
according to Brenda Zeigler.
"I don't know how he manages to do that, but he makes everyone feel that he has spoken directly to them in your personal life."
Zeigler has been organizing Sona's Dhamma talks in Kamloops for the past 18 months. She said she first started coming "for the same reason everyone wants to come."
"We're just looking to get rid of our delusions, find peace, find a reason to be. He helps all of us keep it simple, not let your mind run away with you."
To describe Sona's talks fails to do them justice - that may be why his followers have posted so many of them on YouTube and on the monastery website, birken.ca.
The website offers more than 3,000 recordings of Sona and other Buddhist monks and nuns in what may be the largest digital collection of Dhamma talks in the world.
Despite that easy availability, Sona's followers are feeling somewhat anxious these days because he is going into seclusion. He has two more Dhamma talks planned for Kamloops and then he will stop speaking for a year - well, maybe not entirely.
"Sometimes you have some excellent conversations with squirrels," he laughed.
During that time, he will live in a cabin on the monastery grounds, making only the briefest appearance to receive his lone meal of the day.
To ease his admirers' apprehension, he encourages them to take a moment each day to imagine the peaceful serenity of his seclusion.
"They can come and join me when I'm in there and be with me in the monastery and meditate and feel that inner space, the serenity and the goodwill. That's how you share it, you come with me in your mind under the tree, you know?"
Marcia Wilson, who opened the Yoga Loft studio in downtown Kamloops last year, met Sona seven years ago and organized his Kamloops Dhamma talks for three years.
She said Sona's impending departure was an incentive for her to reconnect and express appreciation.
"I thanked him for what I learned from him. His teachings were the inspiration for the entire philosophy of the yoga studio this year," she said.
Even in his absence, it seems Sona still delivers lessons.
"He has a presence that's very calming and very grounding for a lot of people," said Wilson. "So it's going to give people the opportunity to have to look for that in another place."
Sona came to Buddhism in his 20s while on an exhaustive search for answers to the big questions: What's the meaning of life? What's the point? Does anybody know anything?
He first turned to university philosophy courses.
"But I quickly realized that . . . you'll find out all about the history of philosophy but you won't find out how to live," he said.
Then he turned to music, becoming a classical musician, which he calls a "pleasant and fairly harmless" occupation that provided some richness.
But his pursuit for meaning persisted. He became a lay hermit, living for several years in isolation in a cabin in the woods.
His interest in meditation and study eventually led him to the path Sona believes is his karmic destiny.
He began the journey of becoming a monk as a grown man surrounded by Western ideology, which wasn't easy.
"It involves leaving all things behind. It's called renunciation," he said. "I had a wife. I had to leave my family and everybody behind.
"Some people think it's irresponsible. But on the other hand, in the East it's much admired that certain people just leave the things that are ordinary value in the world.
"You have some concern for those who do not understand what you're doing. This is something that you're comfortable with yourself but everybody else . . . You try to explain it. You have to at some point realize not everybody can understand. So you have to go anyway."
Sona was ordained as a Therevada monk in 1989 at the Bhava Society Forest Monastery in West Virginia, where his first years of training took place. He further trained for more than three years at monasteries following Ajahn Chah in northeast Thailand.
Upon his return to Canada in 1994 he helped found Birken Forest Monastery near Pemberton. He then established Birken (or Stavana, "cool forest") south of Kamloops in 2001.
The monastery offers retreats that can last three days, one month or longer. Retreatants are asked to live in way that may seem demanding to many.
Visitors are asked to adhere to eight Buddhist precepts, among them forgoing eating after noon, sexual activity, false, malicious or frivolous speech, singing, dancing, music, entertainment and luxurious seats and beds.
Retreatants are also asked to practise meditation and maintain "grand silence" all day from Monday to Wednesday, and from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Thursday to Sunday.
"You don't have to talk to each other all the time," said Sona. "You might upset somebody and say the wrong or politically incorrect thing. So we encourage people to enjoy the silence. Be unselfconscious together in silence. And this is a beautiful way to be supportive."
Each guideline is meant to enable contemplation and its impact is immeasurable, said Wilson.
"You're giving yourself a little bit of time to explore the world in a different way," she said. "Although it may seem a little restrictive, there's a sense of freedom that you have in giving up some of the obligations that you think you have.
"You take out some of the noise. Just this idea of having a little bit of quiet time and within that quiet, you can maybe hear yourself a little better, or a have a stronger physical experience of yourself."
Wilson brings that same philosophy into her yoga studio, inviting every student to reach for an inner stillness while on the mat.
It may not be for everyone, but Sona realized many in the Western world were drawn to that stillness just as he was.
"There are people not drawn to the party. They go to a party and head to the back lawn to look at the stars," he said. "That person is not provided with resources for that in the West. They're left a bit of a stranger in the midst of the world.
"So that's what Buddhists, monasticism is for, to provide a way for those who want to pursue that. We have established formal monasteries and people don't have to go to Asia anymore. Some get training and practice right here."
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of understanding a Buddhist monk for Western thinkers may be the ascetic lifestyle.
As per doctrine, Sona must remain dependent on lay people and rely entirely on their generosity for food, travel, shelter, all the physical necessities.
He hasn't touched money in decades. And in all that time, he has gone less than a handful of sporadic days without food.
"We call it karma," he said.
In Thailand, the monk is understood, recognized and appreciated by everyone. They even have a free seat on buses for monks.
But the notion was a little more daunting when a Western monastery was first being established in England.
"We wondered how it would go . . . we said, 'I don't know whether it'll work,' " said Sona. "Then one of the senior monks said: 'So you mean, there's no kind people there, eh?' "
In a telling turn of events, the venture reinforced a fundamental Buddhist belief: there is no need to worry.
"We've found people thoughtful, receptive, curious, kind, generous," said Sona.
It took 18 years to accomplish the work Sona set out to do, and now, he said, it's time for him to "enjoy the pleasant energy that's created" and to deepen his practice.
Whatever insights he gains in his quiet moments, Sona is certain of one thing: there is no regret.
"I feel very fortunate that I made the choice, that I took the chances, that I persisted. It's a very disciplined world. There's nothing like it. It's an enormous demand on the individual but there
is no other lifestyle for me. I feel very fortunate that it still exists in the world."
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