Planning for Freedom - Mises Institute:
"The term “planning” is mostly used as a synonym for socialism, communism, and authoritarian and totalitarian economic management. Sometimes only the German pattern of socialism—Zwangswirtschaft—is called planning, while the term socialism proper is reserved for the Russian pattern of outright socialization and bureaucratic operation of all plants, shops, and farms."
7 June 2005
Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies, 1774–2004 - Mises Institute
Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies, 1774–2004 - Mises Institute:
"As an American historian who knows something of economic law, having learned from the Austrians, I became intrigued with how the United States had remained prosperous, its economy still so dynamic and productive, given the serious and recurring economic fallacies to which our top leaders (political, corporate, academic) have subscribed and from which they cannot seem to free themselves—and alas, keep passing down to the younger generation.
Let’s consider ten.
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"As an American historian who knows something of economic law, having learned from the Austrians, I became intrigued with how the United States had remained prosperous, its economy still so dynamic and productive, given the serious and recurring economic fallacies to which our top leaders (political, corporate, academic) have subscribed and from which they cannot seem to free themselves—and alas, keep passing down to the younger generation.
Let’s consider ten.
"
Welcome to Idealist.org - Where the Nonprofit World Meets
Welcome to Idealist.org - Where the Nonprofit World Meets
A Mapuche community in southern Argentina has received the first radio license ever granted to an indigenous group in the country. The station�part of a fledgling volunteer-run, indigenous community radio network�was set up with the help of Italian and Argentine NGOs, and seeks to reach not only the Mapuche community, but the Argentine public at large.
A Mapuche community in southern Argentina has received the first radio license ever granted to an indigenous group in the country. The station�part of a fledgling volunteer-run, indigenous community radio network�was set up with the help of Italian and Argentine NGOs, and seeks to reach not only the Mapuche community, but the Argentine public at large.
Podcasters Tune into Apple
Podcasters Tune into Apple
Podcasting is a relatively new phenomenon, where people create short audio programs and make them available for downloading on an iPod or other digital music device. Podcast programs are usually topic based, say, about cooking or sports. Others are downloadable versions of traditional ("terrestrial") radio programs. A growing community of podcast directories has emerged, giving people an easy way to find various programs.
Podcasting is a relatively new phenomenon, where people create short audio programs and make them available for downloading on an iPod or other digital music device. Podcast programs are usually topic based, say, about cooking or sports. Others are downloadable versions of traditional ("terrestrial") radio programs. A growing community of podcast directories has emerged, giving people an easy way to find various programs.
2 June 2005
Andy Budd::Blogography: 10 Bad Project Warning Signs
Andy Budd::Blogography: 10 Bad Project Warning Signs:
As such I’ve written up a list of bad project warning signs. Individually none of these signs should be deal breakers. However put a few of them together and it may be worth thinking twice about taking on that project.
The project needs to be done in an incredibly short space of time..(more)
As such I’ve written up a list of bad project warning signs. Individually none of these signs should be deal breakers. However put a few of them together and it may be worth thinking twice about taking on that project.
The project needs to be done in an incredibly short space of time..(more)
Freud's *The Interpretation of Dreams* Chapter 1, Section D
Freud's *The Interpretation of Dreams* Chapter 1, Section D
Why Dreams Are Forgotten After Waking
That a dream fades away in the morning is proverbial. It is, indeed, possible to recall it. For we know the dream, of course, only by recalling it after waking; but we very often believe that we remember it incompletely, that during the night there was more of it than we remember. We may observe how the memory of a dream which in the morning was still vivid fades in the course of the day, leaving only a few trifling remnants. We are often aware that we have been dreaming, but we do not know of what we have dreamed; and we are so well used to this fact- that the dream is liable to be forgotten- that we do not reject as absurd the possibility that we may have been dreaming even when, in the morning, we know nothing either of the content of the dream or of the fact that we have dreamed. On the other hand, it often happens that dreams manifest an extraordinary power of maintaining themselves in the memory. I have had occasion to analyse, with my patients, dreams which occurred to them twenty-five years or more previously, and I can remember a dream of my own which is divided from the present day by at least thirty-seven years, and yet has lost nothing of its freshness in my memory. All this is very remarkable, and for the present incomprehensible.
Why Dreams Are Forgotten After Waking
That a dream fades away in the morning is proverbial. It is, indeed, possible to recall it. For we know the dream, of course, only by recalling it after waking; but we very often believe that we remember it incompletely, that during the night there was more of it than we remember. We may observe how the memory of a dream which in the morning was still vivid fades in the course of the day, leaving only a few trifling remnants. We are often aware that we have been dreaming, but we do not know of what we have dreamed; and we are so well used to this fact- that the dream is liable to be forgotten- that we do not reject as absurd the possibility that we may have been dreaming even when, in the morning, we know nothing either of the content of the dream or of the fact that we have dreamed. On the other hand, it often happens that dreams manifest an extraordinary power of maintaining themselves in the memory. I have had occasion to analyse, with my patients, dreams which occurred to them twenty-five years or more previously, and I can remember a dream of my own which is divided from the present day by at least thirty-seven years, and yet has lost nothing of its freshness in my memory. All this is very remarkable, and for the present incomprehensible.
31 May 2005
Diversity 101: It's More -- and Less -- Than People Thi - Diversity & Inclusion Career Advice from Monster.com
Diversity 101: It's More -- and Less -- Than People Thi - Diversity & Inclusion Career Advice from Monster.com
The most damaging misunderstanding about diversity is the misguided belief that diversity efforts require lowering standards for hiring and promotions. This myth was probably born out of those few highly publicized incidents in which organizations made the fatal mistake of hiring unqualified people just because of their demographic categories. It did not take the Society for Human Resource Management's study showing that the biggest single way to damage diversity programs is to lower hiring and promotion standards for most organizations to correct this practice.
The most damaging misunderstanding about diversity is the misguided belief that diversity efforts require lowering standards for hiring and promotions. This myth was probably born out of those few highly publicized incidents in which organizations made the fatal mistake of hiring unqualified people just because of their demographic categories. It did not take the Society for Human Resource Management's study showing that the biggest single way to damage diversity programs is to lower hiring and promotion standards for most organizations to correct this practice.
How Mentors Can Help African Americans - African American Job & Career Advice from Monster.com
How Mentors Can Help African Americans - African American Job & Career Advice from Monster.com:
"When Verna Ford met with a financial services client recently, one man stood out amid the sober suits: An African American in a pink checked shirt. That might be OK in Tennessee where he works, Ford thought, but not in New York. He needs a mentor."
"When Verna Ford met with a financial services client recently, one man stood out amid the sober suits: An African American in a pink checked shirt. That might be OK in Tennessee where he works, Ford thought, but not in New York. He needs a mentor."
27 May 2005
Stretching and Flexibility - Types of Stretching
Stretching and Flexibility - Types of Stretching
Types of Stretching
* How to Stretch: (next chapter)
* Flexibility: (previous chapter)
Just as there are different types of flexibility, there are also different types of stretching. Stretches are either dynamic (meaning they involve motion) or static (meaning they involve no motion). Dynamic stretches affect dynamic flexibility and static stretches affect static flexibility (and dynamic flexibility to some degree).
The different types of stretching are:
1. ballistic stretching
2. dynamic stretching
3. active stretching
4. passive (or relaxed) stretching
5. static stretching
6. isometric stretching
7. PNF stretching
Types of Stretching
* How to Stretch: (next chapter)
* Flexibility: (previous chapter)
Just as there are different types of flexibility, there are also different types of stretching. Stretches are either dynamic (meaning they involve motion) or static (meaning they involve no motion). Dynamic stretches affect dynamic flexibility and static stretches affect static flexibility (and dynamic flexibility to some degree).
The different types of stretching are:
1. ballistic stretching
2. dynamic stretching
3. active stretching
4. passive (or relaxed) stretching
5. static stretching
6. isometric stretching
7. PNF stretching
25 May 2005
Born Again Ideology
The New Protestant Ethic
"One hundred years after the publication of Max Weber's classic text, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, the fateful relationship between Protestantism and capitalism has been renewed in American political discourse. Except this time it is no longer the original convergence theorized by Weber between the spirit of Calvinism and acquisitive capitalism whereby Christianity was destined to be ultimately secondary to the unfolding historical project of capitalism, but the opposite. In a contemporary political climate marked by the resurgence seemingly everywhere of faith-based politics, capitalism and its historical correlate -- modernism -- have actually folded back on themselves, quickly reversing modernist codes of economic secularism and political pluralism, in the interests of being reanimated with the evangelical spirit of religious fundamentalism. What Weber foresaw as a primal compact between Calvinism and acquisitive capitalism -- this migration, first in Europe and then in Puritan America, of Puritan attitudes towards personal salvation based on giving witness by habits of frugality, hard work, and discipline into the essentially acquisitive spirit of capitalism -- has been renewed in new key. On the centennial of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, the political universe is suddenly dominated by the spirit of what might be called the New Protestant Ethic as the ideological reflex of the age of networked capitalism and empire politics."
"One hundred years after the publication of Max Weber's classic text, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, the fateful relationship between Protestantism and capitalism has been renewed in American political discourse. Except this time it is no longer the original convergence theorized by Weber between the spirit of Calvinism and acquisitive capitalism whereby Christianity was destined to be ultimately secondary to the unfolding historical project of capitalism, but the opposite. In a contemporary political climate marked by the resurgence seemingly everywhere of faith-based politics, capitalism and its historical correlate -- modernism -- have actually folded back on themselves, quickly reversing modernist codes of economic secularism and political pluralism, in the interests of being reanimated with the evangelical spirit of religious fundamentalism. What Weber foresaw as a primal compact between Calvinism and acquisitive capitalism -- this migration, first in Europe and then in Puritan America, of Puritan attitudes towards personal salvation based on giving witness by habits of frugality, hard work, and discipline into the essentially acquisitive spirit of capitalism -- has been renewed in new key. On the centennial of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, the political universe is suddenly dominated by the spirit of what might be called the New Protestant Ethic as the ideological reflex of the age of networked capitalism and empire politics."
gladwell dot com / The Naked Face
gladwell dot com / The Naked Face: "The Naked Face
Can you read people's thoughts just by looking at them?
1.
Some years ago, John Yarbrough was working patrol for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. It was about two in the morning. He and his partner were in the Willowbrook section of South Central Los Angeles, and they pulled over a sports car. 'Dark, nighttime, average stop,' Yarbrough recalls. 'Patrol for me was like going hunting. At that time of night in the area I was working, there was a lot of criminal activity, and hardly anyone had a driver's license. Almost everyone had something intoxicating in the car. We stopped drunk drivers all the time. You're hunting for guns or lots of dope, or suspects wanted for major things. You look at someone and you get an instinctive reaction. And the longer you've been working the stronger that instinctive reaction is.'"
Can you read people's thoughts just by looking at them?
1.
Some years ago, John Yarbrough was working patrol for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. It was about two in the morning. He and his partner were in the Willowbrook section of South Central Los Angeles, and they pulled over a sports car. 'Dark, nighttime, average stop,' Yarbrough recalls. 'Patrol for me was like going hunting. At that time of night in the area I was working, there was a lot of criminal activity, and hardly anyone had a driver's license. Almost everyone had something intoxicating in the car. We stopped drunk drivers all the time. You're hunting for guns or lots of dope, or suspects wanted for major things. You look at someone and you get an instinctive reaction. And the longer you've been working the stronger that instinctive reaction is.'"
Beautycheck - social perception
Beautycheck - social perception
Do attractive people have any advantages? Are they treated better than fewer attractive? Is it important to look good on an application photo? According to our investigations the answer to these questions is yes. We could show that people are perceived more positively the more attractive they are.
Do attractive people have any advantages? Are they treated better than fewer attractive? Is it important to look good on an application photo? According to our investigations the answer to these questions is yes. We could show that people are perceived more positively the more attractive they are.
22 May 2005
Boys Hope Girls Hope National Volunteer- Pittsburgh, PA
National Volunteers will live with the scholars and staff helping to support the mission of Boys Hope Girls Hope, to help academically capable and motivated children-in-need to meet their full potential and become men and women for others by providing value-centered, family-like homes, opportunities and education through college.
19 May 2005
BuzzMachine ... by Jeff Jarvis
BuzzMachine ... by Jeff Jarvis: "News without newspapers?
: Doc Searls comes out with on-the-spot insights that abstract and summarize big trends with the clarity a new pair of glasses brings and he does it with the ease and frequency with which Howard Stern farts.
At the Syndicate conference this week, I was standing next to Doc and a fellow media executive who was saying what all us media executives say all the time: We need to find the business models that will support quality journalism.
Without missing a beat, Doc says, 'You need to come up with business models that support news without newspapers.'"
: Doc Searls comes out with on-the-spot insights that abstract and summarize big trends with the clarity a new pair of glasses brings and he does it with the ease and frequency with which Howard Stern farts.
At the Syndicate conference this week, I was standing next to Doc and a fellow media executive who was saying what all us media executives say all the time: We need to find the business models that will support quality journalism.
Without missing a beat, Doc says, 'You need to come up with business models that support news without newspapers.'"
18 May 2005
TheFeature :: Talking Loud And Saying Nothing
TheFeature :: Talking Loud And Saying Nothing: "NASA is developing a subvocal speech system that could enable you to make a phone call while keeping your lips sealed.
How do you talk to someone without opening your mouth? Psychics call it telepathy. NASA refers to it as subvocal speech. Scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center in California have developed a system of tiny sensors that read nerve signals in the throat that control speech. You may not make a sound when, say, you read silently, but your nervous system is buzzing with activity. Recently, they used the system to make the first subvocal cell phone call.
"
How do you talk to someone without opening your mouth? Psychics call it telepathy. NASA refers to it as subvocal speech. Scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center in California have developed a system of tiny sensors that read nerve signals in the throat that control speech. You may not make a sound when, say, you read silently, but your nervous system is buzzing with activity. Recently, they used the system to make the first subvocal cell phone call.
"
Invisible Workforce
Invisible Workforce
Roll over image for caption
[At a local charreada (Mexican style rodeo), most of the competitors are farm workers or family of farm workers. These events help build community and keep cultural traditions alive.]
[This man holds a $74.08 paycheck, his net earnings for two full days of work. Too tired to cross the border and return home to Mexicali after a day's work, he sleeps in the railroad yards which double as an end-of-day migrant depot.]
[Lettuce, a crop that is always picked by hand, is grown with some of the greatest amounts of pesticides of any crop. California growers used 151 million pounds of pesticides in 2001, the most recent year for which the state Department of Pesticide Regulations has statistics.]
[Wearing traditional attire for female field workers helps guard against sun damage and prevents the detection of underage workers.]
[Tomato workers are given one token for each pair of buckets they fill, totaling approx. 30 pounds. The token values fluctuate with the market price of the tomatoes. On this day, the tokens were worth $0.95.]
[Onion fieldwork almost always starts before dawn, often times lit by bus headlights. Work usually finishes by 2:00 p.m. due to triple-digit heat.]
[Green tomatoes are harvested entirely by hand. Despite the heat, workers wear several layers of clothing to stay protected from the sun and mud they crawl through.]
[Nearly 20 million trays of strawberries are produced annually in the Santa Maria Valley. Strawberry pickers make approx. $1.00 per flat of 8 boxes during peak season.]
[The grave of an unclaimed migrant worker. This dirt lot is the final resting place for many who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as well as for migrants who die in America and whose families can't afford to have their remains sent home.]
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Invisible Workforce
Traveling in darkness and working in California's blinding sun, a quiet army of migrant farm workers picks over half of the nation's daily consumption of produce. Employed in jobs American's shun, this underclass plays a vital role in keeping California's $27 billion agriculture industry afloat. Despite their importance, farm workers consistently rank among the most impoverished and poorly housed members of our society.
Roll over image for caption
[At a local charreada (Mexican style rodeo), most of the competitors are farm workers or family of farm workers. These events help build community and keep cultural traditions alive.]
[This man holds a $74.08 paycheck, his net earnings for two full days of work. Too tired to cross the border and return home to Mexicali after a day's work, he sleeps in the railroad yards which double as an end-of-day migrant depot.]
[Lettuce, a crop that is always picked by hand, is grown with some of the greatest amounts of pesticides of any crop. California growers used 151 million pounds of pesticides in 2001, the most recent year for which the state Department of Pesticide Regulations has statistics.]
[Wearing traditional attire for female field workers helps guard against sun damage and prevents the detection of underage workers.]
[Tomato workers are given one token for each pair of buckets they fill, totaling approx. 30 pounds. The token values fluctuate with the market price of the tomatoes. On this day, the tokens were worth $0.95.]
[Onion fieldwork almost always starts before dawn, often times lit by bus headlights. Work usually finishes by 2:00 p.m. due to triple-digit heat.]
[Green tomatoes are harvested entirely by hand. Despite the heat, workers wear several layers of clothing to stay protected from the sun and mud they crawl through.]
[Nearly 20 million trays of strawberries are produced annually in the Santa Maria Valley. Strawberry pickers make approx. $1.00 per flat of 8 boxes during peak season.]
[The grave of an unclaimed migrant worker. This dirt lot is the final resting place for many who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as well as for migrants who die in America and whose families can't afford to have their remains sent home.]
View Slide Show
Invisible Workforce
Traveling in darkness and working in California's blinding sun, a quiet army of migrant farm workers picks over half of the nation's daily consumption of produce. Employed in jobs American's shun, this underclass plays a vital role in keeping California's $27 billion agriculture industry afloat. Despite their importance, farm workers consistently rank among the most impoverished and poorly housed members of our society.
Welcome to zReportage.com
Welcome to zReportage.com
Plastic Not So Fantastic
Beckoned by the promise of better bodies at a fraction of the U.S. Cost, thousands of Americans cross the Texas border into Mexico where plastic surgery clinics are flourishing on the growing craze for makeovers. Find out how bargain border clinics sometimes deliver disasters
Plastic Not So Fantastic
Beckoned by the promise of better bodies at a fraction of the U.S. Cost, thousands of Americans cross the Texas border into Mexico where plastic surgery clinics are flourishing on the growing craze for makeovers. Find out how bargain border clinics sometimes deliver disasters
Hair Trade Route
Hair Trade Route
From South Asia to East London, human hair is a little known but highly lucrative trade.
From South Asia to East London, human hair is a little known but highly lucrative trade.
16 May 2005
Google Content Blocker
Google Content Blocker
What can I do once the content is removed?
* Click on the ads: Just click 'em (you don't even have to read 'em). Every time you click an ad, money changes hands. As an option, you can install the free Google Content Blocker "ka-ching!" audio support file.
* Look at the ads: You probably already know that ads are interesting, entertaining, and informative. So look at them. You may not even realize it, but just looking at an ad will help our advertisers because eventually you're going to click on that sucker.
* Click on the ads: Use your mouse. Move the mouse pointer over an ad, then click the mouse button.
* Tell your friends about the ads: Tell them how cute and funny the ads are, and tell them how to find them. Also tell them to click on the ads.
* Click on the ads: If you see an ad, click it. It's as easy as that.
What can I do once the content is removed?
* Click on the ads: Just click 'em (you don't even have to read 'em). Every time you click an ad, money changes hands. As an option, you can install the free Google Content Blocker "ka-ching!" audio support file.
* Look at the ads: You probably already know that ads are interesting, entertaining, and informative. So look at them. You may not even realize it, but just looking at an ad will help our advertisers because eventually you're going to click on that sucker.
* Click on the ads: Use your mouse. Move the mouse pointer over an ad, then click the mouse button.
* Tell your friends about the ads: Tell them how cute and funny the ads are, and tell them how to find them. Also tell them to click on the ads.
* Click on the ads: If you see an ad, click it. It's as easy as that.
How to detect lies - body language, reactions, speech patterns
How to detect lies - body language, reactions, speech patterns
The following techniques to telling if someone is lying are often used by police, and security experts. This knowledge is also useful for managers, employers, and for anyone to use in everyday situations where telling the truth from a lie can help prevent you from being a victim of fraud/scams and other deceptions.
Warning: Sometimes Ignorance is bliss; after gaining this knowledge, you may be hurt when it is obvious that someone is lying to you.
The following techniques to telling if someone is lying are often used by police, and security experts. This knowledge is also useful for managers, employers, and for anyone to use in everyday situations where telling the truth from a lie can help prevent you from being a victim of fraud/scams and other deceptions.
Warning: Sometimes Ignorance is bliss; after gaining this knowledge, you may be hurt when it is obvious that someone is lying to you.
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