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We Are the Champions
Submitted by Rich Toscano on January 18, 2006 - 10:28am
The latest PMI Risk Index is out. I think these reports are hopelessly optimistic—for instance, after an unbroken winning streak in which prices more than tripled despite the lack of any demographic reason to have done so, San Diego is designated as having only a 59% chance of seeing even a tiny price decline. The reports do have some utility, however, in that we can at least get a sense of what the mortgage insurers think are the relative risks between different areas. We Southern Californians should be unsurprised to see that, as with China's Olympic swimmers, our artificially pumped-up home team has dominated the winner's list. For your convenience I have assembled a table below that shows both the PMI Risk Index results for local areas along with a column indicating each area's level of housing valuation relative to historical average (see these valuation charts for more background).
The U-T's 2005 San Diego Housing Wrap-Up
Submitted by Rich Toscano on January 17, 2006 - 10:24am
The Union-Tribune is running a great article on the state of the San Diego housing market. The article includes two sidebars that I found extremely interesting: a graphic showing appreciation by area, and a PDF file rounding up home prices for the entire county. Fellow data-nerds should find hours of amusement combing through these two files.
Visions of the Future
Submitted by Rich Toscano on January 16, 2006 - 12:22am
This Voice of San Diego housing prediction roundup, along with a commenter's question on the topic, has motivated me to write about forecasting, vis-à-vis whether it is is a complete waste of time. And the answer is: yes. Or no. Or, it depends, I guess.
Alright, let me start from the start, using a familiar graph as a jumping point:
When Bubbles Burst
Submitted by Rich Toscano on January 8, 2006 - 7:02pm
Housing bubbles typically take years to deflate completely. In today's LA Times, however, an article on the burst of the Shanghai housing bubble demonstrates that even real estate is not immune to dramatic turns to the downside. After a period of rampant speculation and overbuilding that drove Shanghai home prices to double in three years (not terribly far, I would note, from the 5 years it took Southern California real estate to do the same), the market has rapidly taken a turn for the worse, with some condo prices having dropped 50% since March. That's not a mistake—prices have dropped 50%. Don't the Chinese realize that real estate only goes up? Perhaps we should send someone from NAR over to let them know.
Housing Slowdown Starting to Cause Real Pain
Submitted by Rich Toscano on January 7, 2006 - 12:45pm
A good friend of mine named Ramsey enjoyed a multi-decade career in the San Diego real estate industry before more recently becoming a full-time stock trader. Between his knowledge of the local housing scene and of economics and financial markets he is able to routinely come up with some very interesting analysis. He usually shares his insights with me over beef tendons, pig ears, jellyfish, and other frightening "delicacies" during our weekly meetings at local Chinese restaurants with questionable ratings from the Department of Health.
Today, however, he spared me the entrail-eating experience and sent me an interesting email in which he posits that the local real estate industry is already experiencing "layoffs" of a sort due to the housing slowdown. Ramsey's email is reprinted below in its entirety:
Piggington Goes North
Submitted by Rich Toscano on January 3, 2006 - 8:43pm
Southern California is our beat here at the Econo-Almanac. But when an enterprising reader sent me a table full of data on the San Francisco Bay Area, I couldn't help but throw it into a graph. I figured that with the effects of the dot-com boom and subsequent bust, the Bay Area would be an altogether different animal than SoCal. But that wasn't really the case at all. While Bay Area home prices took off sooner and have proved a little more volatile, the end result is very similar: home sale prices rose much faster than rents.
Appraisal Reform Efforts: Too Little, Too Late
Submitted by Rich Toscano on January 3, 2006 - 9:00am
The Voice of San Diego has run a followup story on appraisal fraud, this time discussing the middling reform efforts currently underway. As an example, the state senate is considering a bill "that would require any person who initiates a mortgage to have a certified broking license."
While it's encouraging that the appraisal fraud issue is being recognized, I don't think that a few grasping attempts at further oversight will solve this problem. It is the nature of end-stage speculative bubbles: there is too much to be gained by continuing fraudulent behavior, and too much to be lost be halting it. Once the bubble is deflating in earnest, the appraisal fraud problem will fix itself. By then, however, the damage will have been done. I can only hope that the powers that be use the opportunity to put in place a regulatory system that will prevent fraud from getting out of control during the next housing boom.
The Dangers of Exotic Loans in San Diego
Submitted by Rich Toscano on January 1, 2006 - 9:56pm
The San Diego Union-Tribune has run a really good article on the risks of creative mortgages. As a matter of fact, my eyes nearly welled up with tears as they beheld the following paragraph (emphasis mine):
Housing Market Report: December 2005
Submitted by Rich Toscano on December 31, 2005 - 6:10pm
The housing market gave us some mixed signals this month. Below I will attempt to interpret the various—and sometimes conflicting—messages provided by price levels, price breadth, sales volume, and inventories.
Fraud and the Home Appraisal Business
Submitted by Rich Toscano on December 30, 2005 - 11:16am
The Voice of San Diego is at it again, this time with an article about appraisal fraud.
In the past, appraisers would estimate the fair market value of a house based on comparable sales, construction costs, and various other methods. If the appraised value came in too low, the mortgage would not be approved because the bank would want to ensure that the collateral on the loan (i.e. the house itself) was worth a certain amount in comparison to the loan amount.
Now, though, many appraisers claim that there is enormous pressure from some mortgage brokers to appraise homes based not on their actual value, but on the figure necessary to close the loan. The mortgage brokers, after all, are not the ones lending the money, so their main incentive is to close the deal. And since they are often the ones who hire the appraisers, it's possible to see how there would be a conflict of interest.
The Real Estate Agent Bubble
Submitted by Rich Toscano on December 28, 2005 - 5:43pm
Much ink has lately been spilled on San Diego's burgeoning glut of housing inventory. Today, the Voice of San Diego spills some ink on our glut of real estate agents. We learn that the number of California real estate agents has grown by 55% since 1999. More frightening, 15% of Q2 2005 GDP growth nationwide was due to real estate commissions—and as usual, you can bet that the percentage is a lot higher in real-estate happy Southern CA.
The Ghost of Housing Bubbles Past
Submitted by Rich Toscano on December 26, 2005 - 6:13pm
Adherents of the ever-popular "They're Not Making Any More Land" school of real estate valuation would be well advised to read this New York Times piece on the Japanese housing bubble and its aftermath. Unless it becomes more cost-effective to build waterborne cities in the Sea of Japan than it is to build housing developments in Temecula, Japan will remain considerably more land-constrained than Southern California. Yet neither this limited land supply nor Japan's extremely high population density (one might say that "everyone wants to live in Japan") managed to deliver the nation from a massive, 15-year housing bust that has seen home price declines of up to 50%.
On Supply and Demand in San Diego
Submitted by Rich Toscano on December 22, 2005 - 5:58pm
Well now they've gone and done it. The Voice of San Diego has printed the words many thought would never be spoken in this town again:
The article concerns San Diego's colliding trends of fewer home sales and greater home inventory. This is nothing new to readers of Premium Content, where I cover local housing stats in depth, but the long and short of it is that supply is increasing, demand is decreasing, and some folks are starting to do the math on what that means for prices.
As Goes Housing, So Goes the Economy
Submitted by Rich Toscano on December 17, 2005 - 12:57pm
The UT publishes another article on the economy's unhealthy dependence on housing activity. If this topic gets enough press people may finally start to question the "diverse economy" meme (though I doubt it will be widely questioned until we start losing jobs).
Church of the Soft Landing
Submitted by Rich Toscano on December 15, 2005 - 10:53pm
It is often argued, usually by real estate permabulls, that there is widespread concern about a decline in home prices. This pessimism is routinely blamed for the slowdown we've seen in sales and price growth. "Ask a real estate agent today," sputters George Chamberlin in a recent North County Times rant, "and they will tell you clients want to wait until prices drop 20 percent before they buy a new house."
This is, of course, entirely untrue. The typical San Diegan thinks things may flatten out for a while, but very few people are expecting prices to decline in a significant manner. And as Mr. Chamberlin himself points out, home sales haven't slowed down all that much in the grand scheme of things. If everyone were expecting a 20% price drop, why would anyone be buying at all?
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Think of it as poor man's single-port UDP DNAT/SNAT.
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The relay listens for packets received on listen_port, changes their source IPs to the IP of the local host ("SNAT"), and forwards them to the destination (dest_ip:dest_port) from a randomly chosen local send_port. The selection of send_port is made on reception of the first packet from a given source_ip:source_port; once chosen, the source_ip:source_port:send_port triplet is unique, allowing for connection tracking. Therefore, when a packet is received on send_port, its destination is changed to source_ip:source_port ("DNAT"), and forwarded onwards.
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You can change the log and status file destinations using the —log and —status command line options.
Wherever you don't have control over kernel-level routing/forwarding. For example, when attempting to set up an OpenVPN tunnel on an OpenVZ VPS where the hosting company disallows access to IP forwarding (I'll let you figure out the details :-)).
Two other tools are included in the package, mainly to make the testing easier. They are:
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./send <dest_ip> <dest_port> <source_port> [seconds_between_packets=1]
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You may use these to test the relay. E.g.
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I need to create a steam shower in a bathroom and I need to make the walls vapor-resistant. Is there a way to design this in my software?
In Chief Architect, it is easy to setup a custom wall type for rooms such as a steam shower. In this article we will show you how to define a vapor-resistant wall type and create a steam shower, also known as a steam stall with a sloped ceiling.
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The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is erecting an underground wall of frozen soil, which would hopefully stop radioactive water from running into the sea. However, doubts remain over whether it will fix the leak problem.
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No matter how big you make the frozen earth container, it will eventually overflow .What do you do then ? Build another one ?? Looks like a pipe dream suggested by people who are used to "kicking the can down the road".
Probably, but ground freezing is much better way, than some bacteries or anythig else. Specialist from Simmakers, FSA or even Moretrench can calculate that, AGF is easily predicted, and it's a thing that actually works.
They act like they have this under control. No mainstream media is covering this planet killer. 300 tons of radio active water A DAY for the last 3 YEARS have been running into the Pacific. The North American west coast is being fried because these people have been argueing for the last 3 years on who is to blame for the problem. No one wants to take responsibility for it. BUT instead of placing blame, we, as a species need work together to contain this and prevent anymore damage.
Nice. However; it will take drilling drilling 360 degree...with no gaps...around each of the 3 molten cores to slow down this unstoppable event.
Not even "Dig Dug" can pull that off!
No need for "more permanent" solutions. Why? The genie is out the bottle...its a wrap.
Sadly, there is no way to control the damage that's being done or will be done.
The world simply doesn't have the technology or know how to handle the situation.
Our generations quest for energy at any cost will be our legacy. From oil spills, to fracking, to nuclear disasters. Man has left a stain upon this earth.
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At the moment, the radiation level at the Fukushima plant and in the Fukushima plant`s neighborhood breaks all the records. In fact it's so high that can kill a person over a period of a few hours.
It has been already found out that more than one half of all the fishes that have been caught in the sea near Fukushima contained radioactive metals in the fishes` bodies. Moreover, radioactive substances have been discovered in the organisms of fishes and whales 1,000 kilometers away from Fukushima.
This ice wall idea won't stop the radioactive steam and smoke emissions, that is still spewing out of those reactors.
1. Are there any estimates by reputable scientific organizations of the number of people who will die from the radiation thus far leaked into the Pacific Ocean and fallout from airborn contamination as a result of Fukushima, TEPCO, and corrupt politicians in Japan?
2. One thing could be done for the sake of justice: Japan should arrest the major executives and shareholders of TEPCO and form them into crews to do the dangerous work of cleanup. Surely, there are tasks they could do that are now being done by workers risking their lives.
1) The people behind many of the decisions made in this world don't care about the outcome because the result won't happen in their lifetime or have secret bunkers.
2) Countries such as Japan and maybe France and others I have not read about, think that the oceans have so many billions of galons of water that a few hundred gallons of radio active waste will simply be diluted away.
Just like, cutting down forests at acres per minute won't deplete the oxygen because there are millions left to do it along with the oceans. There must come a time when we will be gasping for air and can't eat food from the sea.
I am dumb as far as knowing about radiation, but there are many that post on this site that obviously do.
My question to them is. I thought that some or most of the radiation was blocked by such materials as led and or concrete.
Theref ore, the ice wall may stop the flow of radioactive water, but does it stop the radiation of that water going past the ice wall into any water on the other side ?
I am sorry if this is a stupid question, but as I said, I do not understand radiation other than to know it is not good.
Look RT, playing it safe it the dumbest reaction any human, organized/profession al or not, that only make this calamity a that more worse. Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! The Pan-Pacific coasts need to be evacuated. My father already died of ionizing radiation poisoning, how many more? Are you waiting for a headline? A ocean water molecule has about 11-14 particles, picture them radiated, smashing into countless others. What happens? Is the radiation transferred? Is it weakened? Salt, oxygen, hydrogen, amoeba, plankton, mineral deposits; what do you think happens? Nothing? You guys are sick, like "white moderates", sick.
Three years later and getting progressively worse.....when will they learn?
They have been poring millions of gallons of water on those reactors from day 1 ,even the contaminated water they have stored is corroded and leaking out into the environment ,and where are they going to dump those tons of contaminated earth, some corrupt African state ?
Well they can always dump it all into an active volcano and then blame the outfall on vehicle exhausts and just put up the green tax on fuel !
There should be construction of a huge bubble barge right now. There should be excavation of a manmade lake in the middle of the driest desert on earth, a remote place where there is no life to speak of, to spare ocean life. Get this show on the road! Nothing else matters. What is wrong with the leaders we are seeing on our TV screen? Have the all gone mad?
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East Valley Republicans leaned heavily on their legislative counterparts this week to pay for an expansion of Arizona State University Polytechnic in Mesa.
But what was thought to have been a lock has turned into larger struggle as the lawmakers tried to rally support for the $108 million project.
The East Valley lawmakers are being accused of trying to force the Legislature to pay for a massive pet project that benefits them politically in an election year.
"At this time, everyone is trying to push their pork through," said Sen. Ron Gould, R-Lake Havasu City. "This only benefits professors and (ASU President) Michael Crow's empire-building."
Throughout the entire session, supporters of the campus expansion thought the money would be there. But so far it's not and some East Valley lawmakers are beginning to believe time is running out.
"This is a make or break week for the Polytechnic campus, and our East Valley leaders need to stand up and be counted," said Rep. Gary Pierce, R-Mesa.
Pierce, who is the majority whip in the House, echoed what other East Valley business and political leaders have said in the past — that the campus will play a huge role in the economic development of the area.
But with pressure building on lawmakers to adopt a budget as the legislative session drags on, he said it's important the money is there before lawmakers move on in the budget discussions.
That pressure comes from state and local agencies, such as school districts, which depend on legislators approving a budget before they can map out their own finances for the upcoming year.
ASU officials have asked for the money to construct three new buildings at Polytechnic, which has seen significant growth in recent years, located at Williams Gateway Airport.
The 5,000-student campus offers 33 degree programs, including golf course management, various technology, agribusiness and aviationrelated programs and the university's center for real estate.
House Speaker Pro Tem Bob Robson, R-Chandler, who has vowed the money would be there for the entire session, rejected the idea that the project was pork-barrel spending.
"This is as important for the state as financing a road or a freeway," Robson said. As chairman of the House Rules Committee, Robson wields a lot of power over the negotiations and could, if he decides, refuse to hear any bill that doesn't contain money for the campus.
Beginning last week, legislative leaders started meeting with other members to determine what would be included in the budget. While nearly every Republican lawmaker from the East Valley has pledged to throw their political muscle behind the project, at least one is holding off on his support — Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert.
"I want to see what else is in the proposal," he said. Biggs said he looks forward to seeing the entire plan, in particular, how lawmakers intend to finance the project.
To pay for the construction, state lawmakers are considering three options. The first calls for the state to use part of its estimated $801 million surplus this year to pay for the entire project upfront. Another option would be to pay $7.5 million in each of the next 30 years. The third option calls for the state to pay about $35 million in each of the next three years.
Other lawmakers from outside the East Valley also have been reluctant to embrace the plans. Rep. Jennifer Burns, R-Tucson, said she supports paying over the next 30 years, but she didn't like the other options.
"I think all three universities have needs, and need to be treated fairly," she said. Traditionally, the state's two largest universities — ASU and the University of Arizona — have received nearly equal funding. Burns wondered if that tradition would be jeopardized by giving ASU the money all at once or in large portions over the next three years.
Likewise, Greg Fahey, the assistant vice president of government relations at UA, was concerned there would be nothing left if ASU got everything it wanted this year.
"I'm not against ASU getting what they can, but I hope this doesn't cut into what's available elsewhere," he said.
Recent enrollment growth at ASU Polytechnic underscores the need to act quickly on the expansion, university leaders said.
The Polytechnic campus has seen annual enrollment growth of 20 percent to 25 percent since the first classes were held there in the fall of 1996, said Polytechnic provost Gerald Jakubowski. Enrollment has grown to 5,200 students in the spring semester from fewer than 1,000 students a decade ago.
He said the campus needs more room or it will simply have to limit the number of new students who can attend classes there. The university expects the campus to serve 15,000 students by 2020.
"This campus has grown by leaps and bounds," Jakubowski said. "At the present time, we are completely out of space."
Jakubowski said he's confident lawmakers will find a way this year to pay for the expansion. "If it doesn't come from the state, it won't come from any other source," he said.
Even if East Valley Republicans are successful at getting money into the budget, they could soon find another political hurdle — Gov. Janet Napolitano. Napolitano, a Democrat, did not include money to pay for the Mesa campus in her executive budget proposal released in January.
"The Polytechnic campus wasn't in ASU's original proposal. It came late in the game," said Jeanine L'Ecuyer, a spokeswoman for the governor. "It's not ruled out, but $100 million in cash has to be weighed against other issues."
For the governor, those issues include funding for programs such as voluntary fullday kindergarten, pay raises for teachers and tax incentives for small businesses that offer health insurance to their employees.
It's unknown how the Polytechnic campus will play out in the larger budget negotiations that have been ongoing between the governor and the GOP-controlled Legislature. Differences remain between the governor and GOP leadership over how to dedicate funds from a projected budget surplus for next year.
The two sides have sparred over a number of large issues facing the state this year. The governor has already vetoed 28 bills that have come across her desk. Last year, the governor rejected 58 bills — a state record.
Likewise, budget talks between the governor and Republican leadership have moved slowly as the two sides have been unable to find a compromise on their proposed tax cut and illegal immigration packages.
Late Thursday, the governor told Republicans that she would not agree to a budget that didn't include a comprehensive immigration proposal.
Regarding taxes, the governor has said there's no way she'll agree to the Republican proposal which calls for an $800 million permanent tax cut to be phased in over three years. Napolitano has asked for $100 million in targeted tax cuts, which include credits for small businesses that provide health insurance for their workers.


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Guatemala is the second Latin American country with the largest indigenous populations in relative terms (over 40%), mainly composed of 22 ethnic-linguistic communities of Mayan origin. As shown in the map of Guatemala different Mayan languages, the Maya Q'eqchi 'is one of the most spoken languages in Guatemala and Belize.
However, if one takes a look at the drawn out map of world languages, the Mayan languages disappear and are invisible. Therefore, geopolitically and linguistically, the Mayan Q'eqchi' language is nonexistent on a global level. Sociologically speaking, who do these marginalized populations belong to on the global social spectrum? And how does an individual personality relate to a global collective space?
Through the work of art as a shared meaning, a very strong emotional force of a particular which can spread in wider contexts. There are also culture subjects that distinguish and also allow universal symbols. We should not understand culture as homogeneous, static and unchangeable. Beyond conferring new meanings through art work, I search into these "areas of stability and persistence" in "mobility zones" and "areas of change" meeting in the field of art space where it can be shared, thus involving the subject, there is no culture without a subject or subject without culture, culture is also the difference operator.
I am interested in taking my artwork to make a playful exercise of qualitative research, to investigate environments, contexts and cultures. Since I work with different media in the visual arts, some works are more focused on the process of finding other interconnection networks that in the results, which is finally an acquired act of my life and therefore is much autobiographical or environmental of the context, but more in the sense of Self determination meaning proposed by Linda Tuhiwai for healing, survive, recovery, mobilization, transformation and decolonization purpose.
Since my grandmother was from the Mayan Q'eq'chi' community at the north of Guatemala, especially knowing what she went through in the past by being indigenous, all kind of discrimination and racism forms of exclusion. In the moment I knew about the history of my grandmother and what she suffered in the past I have recognized that I am a Mayan descent, and began through the work of art start making my own point of view of claiming a critical and essential aspect of decolonization. So I have been working on these issues since 2002.
Whereupon the research is based in analyze Decolonial Aesthetics theory mixed with the concept of Latin American and not occidental theory, like for example Walter Mignolo to establish the difference between postcolonialism and decolonialism. The research will include the studies of Decolonizing Methodologies, class and power, for indigenous people in the word, and the link this issue has with European Colonialism, and how we lead with memory in present.
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Based on a beloved teacher's most popular lesson, The Priority List is a bold, inspirational story of learning, love, and legacy that challenges us to ask: What truly matters in life?
David Menasche lived for his work as a high school English teacher. His passion inspired his students, and between lessons on Shakespeare and sentence structure, he forged a unique bond with his kids, buoying them through personal struggles while sharing valuable life lessons.
When a six-year battle with brain cancer ultimately stole David's vision, memory, mobility, and - most tragically of all - his ability to continue teaching, he was devastated by the thought that he would no longer have the chance to impact his students' lives each day.
But teaching is something Menasche just couldn't quit. Undaunted by the difficult road ahead of him, he decided to end his treatments and make life his classroom. Cancer had robbed him of his past and would most certainly take his future; he wouldn't allow it to steal his present. He turned to Facebook with an audacious plan: a journey across America - by bus, by train, by red-tipped cane - in hopes of seeing firsthand how his kids were faring in life. Had he made a difference? Within forty-eight hours of posting, former students in more than fifty cities replied with offers of support and shelter.
Traveling more than eight thousand miles from Miami to New York, to America's heartland and San Francisco's Golden Gate, and visiting hundreds of his students, David's fearless journey explores the things we all want and need out of life - family, security, independence, love, adventure - and forces us to stop to consider our own Priority List.
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I have always loved to read, and now I really enjoy listening to my books as well!!
"Truly Inspiring!!"
My biggest complaint about this book? It was just not long enough!! I could have listened to this man tell his stories for many more hours. But considering his tragic health condition, it's a wonder he even wrote this memoir--and even more miraculous that he narrated the audiobook version.
But I'm truly glad he did--and grateful I listened to it. David Menasche was an inspiration to his students, and can now be an inspiration to us all!!
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"Amazing Journey"
Incredibly moving and inspiring story. Expected to be a sobbing mess, but walked away feeling very happy that people like David Menasche exist, and that his story can remind us all to live in the moment. Bonus in listening to the audio book is that he reads it, making the story that much more personal.
"Left me feeling sad"
I'm not sure why I did not especially love this book, but I did really like it. The enthusiasm of this teacher for involving and motivating his students was so admirable, the schools need more like him. What an interesting man, such a strong spirit to carry him through his battle. I felt sad his marriage suffered because of his dedication and then the cancer dominated everything after it arrived in the story. I felt very sad for D.Menasche as he met up with former students. It was very moving that many remembered him so well and wanted to help. I did end up inspired by him, but just a sadness remained.
"Inspirational Story"
I would recommend this audio book. It is a quick listen and an inspirational story. However, the author read the story and that was really painful to listen to. They needed to cast an actor.
Seeing how the teacher overcame his obstacles.
Yes - it is a wonderful story.
"Not inspired"
Yes and No. Why don't I feel inspired? The answer is, I don't know. As an educator myself, I was inspired in the beginning of the story and hearing a passion for students. Unfortunately, the rest of the story became a validation of his success. Do true educators need this? I am not sure... I felt that he needed the ego boost to keep him going. As a terminal cancer patient, is that wrong - No, I don't think so. Thus, I am torn as to how to rate or receive the story. It could simply be that I had just listened to the Last Lecture. I was deeply inspired by the story and I feel that this BOOK (not the story) was lacking. He is a very courageous individual who gave his life to education. I am just not a fan of the approach.
It was very difficult - the flow was very harsh. However, the compassionate side of me understands why. His vision has deteriorated and there is some credence to delivering your story first hand. At the same time - I did not feel his passion - it seemed very contrived (like reading from cue cards, which might have been, given his condition.)
I feel heartless in such a review. Maybe if there was more focus on his time with students before we get into his travels, I would have been more inspired.
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Among other things, Cavanaugh discusses how God, in the Eucharist, forms us to consume and be consumed rightly. Examining pathologies of desire in contemporary "free market" economies, Being Consumed puts forth a positive and inspiring vision of how the body of Christ can engage in economic alternatives. At every turn, Cavanaugh illustrates his theological analysis with concrete examples of Christian economic practices.
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Among other things, Cavanaugh discusses how God, in the Eucharist, forms us to consume and be consumed rightly. Examining pathologies of desire in contemporary "free market" economies, Being Consumed puts forth a positive and inspiring vision of how the body of Christ can engage in economic alternatives. At every turn, Cavanaugh illustrates his theological analysis with concrete examples of Christian economic practices.
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Rampaging retail therapy in our Western economics requires a radical analyst. We have an Augustinian prophetic voice in William Cavanaugh, who subjects the free market, consumer culture, globalization, and scarcity to Catholic interrogation. He employs the traditions of Augustine, Aquinas, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and John Paul II, proposing an alternative desire that transforms the church and our practices. Envisioning a eucharistic justice that leaves us rich in community-caring and prosperous in our constant sharing, Cavanaugh is lucid, personal, practical, and theologically wise. -Gavin DCosta, University of Bristol
Can a book free Christians from the invisible hand that seems more and more to dominate every aspect of our lives? William Cavanaugh provides a much-needed how-to manual for just such a liberation. Clearly written and even entertaining, Being Consumed first frees us from the ironic position of having no choice but to live by the rules of free-market consumerism in a globalized world of scarce resources. Incisive analysis of the powerful and often contradictory assumptions and realities that shape contemporary economic rhetoric and practices finds its counterpoint in a theological vision of freedom, desire, consumption, and economy far richer than that of Milton Friedman. What is more, Cavanaugh shows the practical difference theology makes by telling the stories of real, contemporary Christians who are creating truly free and economically viable practices and spaces structured by the gospel. Through such examples, Cavanaugh makes clear that the everyday economic life of Christians can be different and can make a difference. And he sows seeds that could, if taken seriously by Christians and churches, produce well over a hundredfold produce, that is, a revolution. -M. Therese Lysaught, Marquette University
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In one of the last scenes of Top Chef DC, which wraps up with the first of two final episodes airing tonight, there is a telling moment in which a slight culture clash unfolds.
The setting is the Tanjong Beach Club, a restaurant located on a tranquil stretch of sand on Sentosa, a tiny dot of a resort island attached to Singapore by a causeway. The four final contestants are in the kitchen, furiously working to put food on the table for one of the big challenges, and chaos, as is the norm for these competitions, is in no short order. In Singapore, however, there is an additional element throwing a wrench in the works.
"There was a bit of a language issue," says Dave Serwatka, vice president of production for Bravo and executive producer of the show. "We used the waitstaff from the location and they were a wonderful group, but they were going out and taking orders and sending some tickets back written in Chinese." Which could be read by none of the chefs, of course.
"When you get four intense, American chefs competing for a $125,000 prize working with these delightful young people who may be more used to slinging drinks in a beach setting," he notes, "it can cause some tension."
Among the stops are the Bedok Food Centre and East Coast Lagoon Food Village—two locales that are far from the city center and filled with some outstanding hawkers.
When news broke last week that the crew of Top Chef DC flew to Singapore to film the final episodes, marking the first time in the show's seven seasons that it has gone to a foreign country to film, I was unsurprised. The country's dishes, hawker stands, and ingredients have been getting praise from American food critics, television personalities from Samantha Brown to Martha Stewart, and chefs such as Jean-Georges Vongerichten in recent years. When Anthony Bourdain picked his "13 Places to Eat Before You Die" for Men's Health magazine in 2009, a hole-in-the-wall seafood place in Singapore's red-light district was number five on the list. So it did seem about time for Padma Lakshmi, Food & Wine editor-in-chief Dana Cowin, and Tom Colicchio to be jetting halfway around the world to check out the food scene there while filming Top Chef.
Being a native Singaporean, I was curious, however. Any Singaporean will tell you that our national pride is deeply entwined with our cuisine. We don't eat to live—we live to eat. With a major American food show choosing to devote two key episodes to my country's food, I wondered whether the true Singapore that locals love would actually be on display.
For starters, I was a little skeptical that one of the final challenges takes place at Jim Thompson, a Thai restaurant by the silk-and-Asian-tchotchke retail chain that's not exactly a go-to for most Singaporeans. It's somewhat akin to filming a food show in a Disneyland restaurant and having that be the setting to showcase say, America's Southern cuisine. There were other reasons for picking Jim Thompson, however. "It's a beautiful restaurant—it was used primarily as a location," Serwatka explains.
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|31 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
|31 Once more a remnant of the house of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.
|32 for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.
|32 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.
|33 "Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield, or cast up a siege mound against it.
|33 "Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria: "He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.
|34 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the LORD.
|34 By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city," declares the LORD.
|35 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."
|35 "I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!"
|36 And the angel of the LORD went forth, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
|36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning--there were all the dead bodies!
|37 Then Sennach'erib king of Assyria departed, and went home and dwelt at Nin'eveh.
|37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
|38 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adram'melech and Share'zer, his sons, slew him with the sword, and escaped into the land of Ar'arat. And E'sar-had'don his son reigned in his stead.
|38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer cut him down with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.
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I wish I loved this, but I don't. I love Robin Mickinley's stuff don't get me wrong, but this was not enough on the right side of good that I could enjoy.
So Harry, who seems cool, interesting spunky character gets kidnapped and thrown in to the world of Hill-folk & its master Corlath. (Corlath seems hunky when he flashes his golden eyes..)
She takes this a bit too easily. No struggles, just 'OK, yeah cool, I've been kidnapped, must stay stoic...oh I love this place...yeah Im great at dealing with this stuff...wow...'yeah..
There is not realistic growth, she just seems to swim perfectly into the mold that is expected of her from a prophecy via kelar and float until suddenly whoom she fells some mountains and beats a giant army easy peasy (after all that bloodshed..) Totally fine with that -_-
The whole story was so solemn, though I loved the descriptions and customs and reading about her experiences in the new world, I couldn't really connect with anything. McKinley seems like she was delving deep into the world of Hill-folk and showing how much Harry absorbed but it felt like we were just skimming the surface.
I enjoyed the characters until she got kidnapped then somehow everyone was behind this glass wall I couldn't touch, acting on their best behaviour, even their outbursts too solemn to be taken seriously.
That romance, where the HECK was that romance? It was like the elephant in the room, no scrap that, the elephant that ran away leaving a hole in the wall T_T
I almost flew through the chapters trying to get a glimpse of more than the overly subtle barely there hints that they MIGHT have feelings for each other. And then wham bam they declare their SOLEMN feelings for each other in front of everybody. Ugh the proposal...was..SOOO...solemn.
I'm overusing that word -_-
I liked Jack. Yep Jack was a cool guy. Btw the brother was pretty non existent. But when he did appear he suddenly did a 180 turn no hard feelings. Everyone was totes on her side, no questions asked.
I think there are great aspects to this books, it had potential to be written better.
Overall didn't leave me satisfied.
3.5/5 for me.
This is a little different than Robin McKinley's typical fairy tale rewrites, but in my opinion much more captivating and enjoyable. McKinley easily creates a world that you want to join. The first couple of chapters can be a bit slow, but if you hang in there, I promise you won't regret it. There is plenty of action, wonderful characters, and a love story that isn't overdone or cliche.
Listed as YA but not really in my opinion. Well written, with lots of non-stop action and surprises. Character development was nicely done, and the world building and descriptions were gripping.
I could barely put the book down, I was so eager to see what was happening next.
It was wonderful.
In my reviews of Robin McKinley's other books, I have described her writing as gentle, pleasant, charming, graceful, cozy. In this, her third publication, she abandons the fairytale roots and lush woodland settings of Beauty and The Door in the Hedge for windswept deserts and invading demon armies, yet somehow she manages to retain that sense of coziness and domesticity, so that it is not surprising to hear people refer to The Blue Sword as a comfort read.
Our heroine, Angharad or—as she prefers to be called—Harry Crewe, is an orphan who has left the Homeland to live with Sir Charles and Lady Amelia at an outpost in Daria, a colony of the Homelander empire where her brother Richard is stationed with the army. Unlike most of her countrymen, Harry is drawn to this barren and strange land. But all is not well there. The Hillfolk, last remnants of the ancient kingdom of Damar, come to warn the Homelanders of a great army of Northerners marching on their border. The well-meaning Homelanders cannot help, and most (like Sir Charles) are skeptical of this so-called threat, but the meeting has another fated but unexpected outcome. For when the golden-eyed king of the Hillfolk, Corlath, sees Harry, his kelar—the magic in his Hill blood—directs him to steal her away. So Harry finds herself swept off and burdened with a destiny she never expected.
One doesn't really read Robin McKinley for fast-moving plots, and it took about half the book before I really became involved, even though I'd read it before, as a preteen. Those who dislike lengthy descriptions would best look elsewhere as well. Where she excels is in her creation of imaginary cultures, her soothing narrative voice, and the little touches that make her worlds come to life. There is not a person, a landscape, a building, an animal in this book that I could not see as clearly as if I were there myself.
Harry is, refreshingly, not conventionally beautiful or "sexy," nor does she have the trademark clumsiness that has become such a hallmark of YA heroines. (I'm looking at you, Bella Swan.) Instead, she is oversized, lanky, sensible, and dreamy. She is far more unique and memorable than all the women of Spindle's End put together, which is the last McKinley book I read. Corlath is fascinating too, both as a person and as a ruler, but their romance is so subtle as to be almost nonexistent—and certainly not racy, which I remembered it being for some reason. Ha. Luthe plays a much smaller part than I recalled as well, to the point where one questions why he's in the book in the first place. He dispenses a little wisdom but doesn't advance the plot really. My favorite characters weren't actually human: Aerin's faithful Hill horse Tsornin, or Sungold, and the hunting cat Narknon. McKinley's animals are always winning.
The clash of cultures is what really makes the book live and breathe, mostly because they parallel our own history. The expanding Homelander empire is clearly modeled after Imperialist Great Britain, while Damar distinctly resembles North Africa. It's fun to have a world where guns and Edwardian manners meet ancient traditions and magic.
The book really begins to heat up as Harry disobeys orders and goes her own way, and the Northerners approach. The final face-off is thrilling, but Thurra, the sorcerer-king of the North, is built up as so powerful (while remaining veiled in mystery) that it's hard to accept he'd be so easily defeated. And when I turned the last page, I felt strangely empty. The book takes us to a fascinating new world, but very little happens; it could easily be half its length and still retain all the major plot points and character development. When I first read it, years ago, I had just finished its Newbery Medal-winning prequel, The Hero and the Crown, and I found it disappointing in comparison. Though I did enjoy The Blue Sword, I now see why. Luckily I read the books in publication order this time, and thus still have Hero to look forward to.
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Harry Crewe is an orphan girl who comes to live in Damar, the desert country shared by the Homelanders and the secretive, magical Hillfolk. Her life is quiet and ordinary-until the night she is kidnapped by Corlath, the Hillfolk King, who takes her deep into the desert. She does not know the Hillfolk language; she does not know why she has been chosen. But Corlath does. Harry is to be trained in the arts of war until she is a match for any of his men. Does she have the courage to accept her true fate?
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Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.
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SHANGHAI and SINGAPORE, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a fast growing, vertically integrated solar power product manufacturer based in China, today announced further expansion of its global operations in Asia with the opening of its new office in Singapore. The regional headquarters will supervise sales, logistics, financing, project development and customer service across the country, which is a growing hub of solar energy research and development.
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