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Tidbits on April 12, 2016
Bob Jensen
at Trinity University
Set
1 of
photographs of fields near our cottage
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/Fields/Set01/FieldsSet01.htm
Tidbits on April 12, 2016
Bob Jensen
Bob Jensen's Tidbits ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
For
earlier editions of Fraud Updates go to
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
For earlier editions of New Bookmarks go to
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Bookmarks for the World's Library ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Bob Jensen's past presentations and lectures
---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/resume.htm#Presentations
Bob Jensen's Threads ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm
Bob Jensen's Home Page is at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/
More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and
Stories
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm
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--- Click Here
Online Video, Slide Shows, and Audio
Bottlenose Dophin Seeks Help From Humans ---
https://www.youtube.com/embed/2gvgkHSyKFE
Library of Congress YouTube Channel ---
https://www.youtube.com/loc
50 Must-See Documentaries, Selected by 10 Influential Documentary Filmmakers
---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/50-must-see-documentaries-selected-by-10-influential-documentary-filmmakers.html
Watch City Out of Time, A Short Tribute to Venice, Narrated by William
Shatner in 1959 ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/city-out-of-time-narrated-by-william-shatner-1959.html
Ken Burns on PBS: The National Parks: America's Best Idea ---
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
Oscar Winning Short Films ---
http://www.filmsshort.com/festival-winners/Oscar-Winners-Short-Films-1.html
Puppy Prays Before Dinner ---
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2016/03/31/watch-this-adorable-puppy-pray-before-dinner-n2141501?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=
Free music downloads ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm
In the past I've provided links to various types of music and video available
free on the Web.
I created a page that summarizes those various links ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm
A Massive 800-Track Playlist of 90s Indie & Alternative Music,
in Chronological Order ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/a-massive-800-track-playlist-of-90s-indie-alternative-music.html
Carol Kaye, 81-Year-Old Pioneer of Rock, Gives Kiss’ Gene
Simmons a Bass Lesson ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/carol-kaye-81-year-old-pioneer-of-rock-gives-kiss-gene-simmons-a-bass-lesson.html
Web outfits like
Pandora, Foneshow, Stitcher, and Slacker broadcast portable and mobile content
that makes Sirius look overpriced and stodgy ---
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2009/tc20090327_877363.htm?link_position=link2
Pandora (my favorite online music station) ---
www.pandora.com
TheRadio (online music site) ---
http://www.theradio.com/
Slacker (my second-favorite commercial-free online music site) ---
http://www.slacker.com/
Gerald Trites likes this
international radio site ---
http://www.e-radio.gr/
Songza:
Search for a song or band and play the selection ---
http://songza.com/
Also try Jango ---
http://www.jango.com/?r=342376581
Sometimes this old guy prefers the jukebox era (just let it play through) ---
http://www.tropicalglen.com/
And I listen quite often to Soldiers Radio Live ---
http://www.army.mil/fieldband/pages/listening/bandstand.html
Also note U.S. Army Band recordings
---
http://bands.army.mil/music/default.asp
Bob Jensen's threads on nearly all types of free
music selections online ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Music.htm
Photographs and Art
Scientists Create a New Rembrandt Painting, Using a 3D Printer &
Data Analysis of Rembrandt’s Body of Work ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/the-next-rembrandt.html
The Met Digitally Restores the Colors of an Ancient Egyptian
Temple, Using Projection Mapping Technology ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/the-met-digitally-restore-the-colors-of-an-ancient-egyptian-temple.html
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland (medieval
manuscripts) ---
http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en
The Boat (novel about Vietnamese crossing the Pacific in
a delapitated boat, including extensive art work) ---
http://www.sbs.com.au/theboat/
Watch the First 10 Seasons of Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting Free Online ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/watch-the-first-10-seasons-of-bob-ross-the-joy-of-painting-free-online.html
Roadside America ---
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
Download the Sublime Anatomy Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci:
Available Online, or in a Great iPad App ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/download-the-sublime-anatomy-drawings-of-leonardo-da-vinci.html
A Photographer Captured These Dismal Photographs in North Korea
---
http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-of-life-in-north-korea-2016-3
40,000 Film Posters in a Wonderfully Eclectic Archive: Italian
Tarkovsky Posters, Japanese Orson Welles, Czech Woody Allen & Much More ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/40000-film-posters-in-a-wonderfully-eclectic-archive.html
Taylor Swift reveals her outrageous home ---
http://celebritymozo.com/2016/03/22/taylor-swift-finally-reveals-her-outrageous-home/?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=taylorswift
Celebrity House Pictures ---
http://www.celebrityhousepictures.com/
A Complete Archive of Vincent van Gogh’s Letters: Beautifully
Illustrated and Fully Annotated ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/a-complete-archive-of-vincent-van-goghs-letters.html
Bob Jensen's threads on art history ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm#ArtHistory
Bob Jensen's threads on history, literature and art ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#History
Online Books, Poems, References, and Other Literature
In the past I've provided links to various
types electronic literature available free on the Web.
I created a page that summarizes those various links ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm
Bob Jensen's threads on libraries ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm#---Libraries
The Boat (novel about Vietnamese crossing the Pacific in a dilapidated
boat, including extensive art work) ---
http://www.sbs.com.au/theboat/
30 Days of Shakespeare: One Reading of the Bard Per Day, by The New York
Public Library, on the 400th Anniversary of His Death ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/30-days-of-shakespeare.html
11 Shakespeare Tragedies Mapped Out with Network Visualizations
---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/11-shakespeare-tragedies-mapped-out-with-network-visualizations.html
Thousands of Links to Shakespeare ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm#---Shakespeare
Shakespeare Documented ---
http://www.shakespearedocumented.org
A 68 Hour Playlist of Shakespeare’s
Plays Being Performed by Great Actors: Gielgud, McKellen & More ---
http://www.openculture.com/2015/07/a-68-hour-playlist-of-shakespeares-plays-being-performed-by-great-actors.html
Free Shakespeare Tutorials ---
https://www.playshakespeare.com/
Cornell University Digital Archives: Cornell
University Class Books ---
http://digital.library.cornell.edu/c/cuda/class.html
The Harvard Classics: Download
All 51 Volumes as Free eBooks ---
http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/the-harvard-classics-download-all-51-volumes-as-free-ebooks.html
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland (medieval
manuscripts) ---
http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en
A Complete Archive of Vincent van Gogh’s Letters: Beautifully Illustrated and
Fully Annotated ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/a-complete-archive-of-vincent-van-goghs-letters.html
Form the Scout Report on April 7, 2016
Meg Rosoff and the Rise of Young Adult Fiction
Meg Rosoff has been named the winner of the 5 million kronor ($615,000)
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for literature aimed at children and young
adults
http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2016-04-05/meg-rosoff-wins-astrid-lindgren-prize-for-youth-literature
Meg Rosoff: Do not be afraid to be afraid - the Philippa Pearce memorial
lecture
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/sep/16/meg-rosoff-philippa-pearce-memorial-lecture-video
Astrid Lingen Memorial Award: The World's Largest Children's Literature
Award
http://www.alma.se/en/
Young Adult Library Services Association
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/
A brief history of young adult literature
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/15/living/young-adult-fiction-evolution/
How Young Adult Fiction Came of Age
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/08/how-young-adult-fiction-came-of-age/242671/
Free Electronic Literature ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm
Free Online Textbooks, Videos, and Tutorials ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm#Textbooks
Free Tutorials in Various Disciplines ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#Tutorials
Edutainment and Learning Games ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/thetools.htm#Edutainment
Open Sharing Courses ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
Now in
Another Tidbits Document
Political Quotations on April 12, 2016
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2016/TidbitsQuotations041216.htm
U.S. National Debt Clock ---
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
Also see
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
National debt
just reached a record $19 trillion (plus over #100 trillion in unbooked
entitlements burdening future generations in the USA)
Martin Matishak and Eric
Pianin, The Fiscal Times
http://www.businessinsider.com/national-debt-reaches-record-19-trillion-2016-2
Bob Jensen's threads on entitlements
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Entitlements.htm
Entitlements are two-thirds of the federal budget.
Entitlement spending has grown 100-fold over the past 50 years. Half of all
American households now rely on government handouts. When we hear statistics
like that, most of us shake our heads and mutter some sort of expletive. That’s
because nobody thinks they’re the problem. Nobody ever wants to think they’re
the problem. But that’s not the truth. The truth is, as long as we continue to
think of the rising entitlement culture in America as someone else’s problem,
someone else’s fault, we’ll never truly understand it and we’ll have absolutely
zero chance...
Steve Tobak ---
http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2013/02/07/truth-behind-our-entitlement-culture/?intcmp=sem_outloud
Peter G. Peterson Website on Deficit/Debt Solutions ---
http://www.pgpf.org/
Bob Jensen's threads on entitlements
---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Entitlements.htm
Bob
Jensen's health care messaging updates ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Health.htm
Recommendations for Change on the American
Accounting Association's
Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TheoryNotable.htm
The College Board: Big Future: College Search (helpers for choosing a
college) ---
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search
Helpers in Choosing a College from the Chronicle of
Higher Education ---
http://collegerealitycheck.com/en/
Note the "Find Colleges" button
Harvard Extension School: Intensive Introduction to Computer Science Open
Learning Course ---
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative/intensive-introduction-computer-science
Links to Free Computer and Coding Courses ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#---ComputerNetworking-IncludingInternet
Faculty Focus: The Teaching Professor Blog ---
http://www.facultyfocus.com/topic/articles/teaching-professor-blog/
Bob Jensen's threads on listservs, blogs, and the social media ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/listservroles.htm
How to Mislead With Statistics
Explore, Compare, and Share Higher-Ed Salaries (4,700 AAUP Colleges and
Universities)
http://data.chronicle.com/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=21d214392851464f80e2885ae43946d6&elq=5f2c8b7dabd944e687de3efcd4cdad01&elqaid=8582&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2862
After choosing "College" in the middle box enter the name of a college or
university in the third box. Be patient. It takes quite a while for this page to
load.
The data will probably have a lot of comparison limitations, especially
regarding summer salary opportunities for teaching and research, housing
subsidies (if any), expense funding (including travel. research, and teaching
assistance), computers and tech services, paid leave opportunities, and medical
coverage. For example, I think Michigan State University still provides one term
of paid leave every other year like it did decades ago when I joined the faculty
of MSU. That's a huge fringe benefit.
The biggest limitation in this database is variation between departments. For
example, in the universities that I sampled the average for the university is
less than the starting salaries for tenure-track accounting professors being
hired this year. Of course accounting departments in those universities probably
have salary compression with means or medians that are still higher than most
other departments within the universities. Variations between departments are
primarily due to new Ph.D. supply and demand. I understand that shortage of
Ph.D. supply in criminology is among biggest hiring problems of some
universities.
Departmental variation accounts for much of the lower salaries of women
versus men (that can be found for combined departments by clicking on women
versus men in the graphs of this study). Even when there is no gender bias in
compensation within any given department there probably are higher proportions
of women in the lower-paying departments across the entire university.
Anecdotally, I am aware of some accounting departments where the women have
higher salaries than the men largely because they are more recent hires. But in
the university averages for their universities the women are paid less than the
men when averaged over all departments.
Medical schools generally cannot be compared in terms of compensation because
there are such widespread differences in how medical professors are compensated.
For example, some but not all medical schools provide huge bonuses from profits
of the medical schools' medical services that are billed to patients and third
parties like Medicare and Medicaid.
One of the most informative boxes to check on the top of each graph in this
database is the box that reads "Adjust for Inflation." In nearly all
universities inflation adjustment takes out the slope of the compensation over
time indicating that faculty have not really done much better than keep up with
inflation if indeed they were even able to keep up with inflation.
Bob Jensen's threads on higher education controversies ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/higHerEdControversies.htm
MIT: Seven Must-Read
Stories (Week Ending April 9, 2016) ---
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601209/seven-must-read-stories-week-ending-april-9-2016/
MIT: Seven Must-Read
Stories (Week Ending April 2, 2016) ---
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601158/seven-must-read-stories-week-ending-april-2-2016/
MIT: Why We Will
Need Genetically Modified Foods ---
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/522596/why-we-will-need-genetically-modified-foods/
Chatterbot ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatterbot
"CHATBOTS EXPLAINED: Why the world's most powerful tech companies think
they're the biggest thing since the iPhone," by Biz Carson, Business
Insider, April 2016 ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-are-chatbots-and-who-is-building-them-2016-4
Chatbots in Education Such as in Learning a Language ---
https://www.chatbots.org/conversational_agent/matt/
Using a Chatbot to Prevent Identity Fraud by Social Engineering ---
http://www.diva-portal.se/smash/get/diva2:237296/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Jensen Comment
Microsoft is betting that chatbots will be the wave of the future in ways that
thus far are unimaginable, including education chatbots yet to be invented.
Bob Jensen's threads on Tools and Tricks of the Trade in Education ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/thetools.htm
From the CFO Journal's Morning Ledger on April 7, 2016
What happened when a business school made tuition free
Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of
Business received a lot more applicants than it bargained for after
announcing last year that it would make its two-year M.B.A. program free
starting this fall. Pricing experts say the school’s experience underlines a
sometimes painful business truth: Offering something free creates a lot of
extra work.
Jensen Comment
Extra work, some of which is dealing with a much higher proportion of rejection
letters to applicants who did not make the cut.
"What Happened When a Business School Made
Tuition Free," by Lindsay Gellman, The Wall Street Journal, April 6,
2016 ---
http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-happened-when-a-business-school-made-tuition-free-1459962679?mod=djemCFO_h
Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of
Business received a lot of global attention after saying it would make its
two-year M.B.A. program free starting this fall. It also got a lot more
applicants than it bargained for.
Since the announcement in October that it would
drop the price tag on its full-time business program—which runs from $54,000
for in-state residents to $90,000 for international students—to $0,
prospective students have inundated the Tempe, Ariz., school, breaking
previous application records and forcing school leaders to man jammed phone
lines and respond to email queries.
As of April 4, the full-time M.B.A. program had
received 1,165 applications, nearly triple the total number of applications
it received during last year’s cycle. The number of calls and emails was
much larger than that, school officials say, taking the school by surprise.
ASU’s W.P. Carey sought to attract candidates from
nontraditional backgrounds, including people who had never considered
business school because of the costs, said Amy Hillman, the school’s dean.
To fund the scholarships, the school turned to a $50 million donation given
in 2003 by real-estate mogul and philanthropist William Carey, she said.
“I really didn’t understand the extent to which
there was a demand for scholarships,” Ms. Hillman said.
Pricing experts say the school’s experience
underlines a sometimes painful business truth: offering something free
creates a lot of extra work. Because Carey has a finite number of M.B.A.
spots to offer, it can be more selective about whom it accepts, which will
take more admissions manpower, said Sandeep Baliga, a professor of
managerial economics and decision sciences at Northwestern University’s
Kellogg School of Management who researches pricing.
“It was pretty much all hands on deck” in the
admissions office after the announcement, Ms. Hillman said. The school
rounded up staff from other corners of the university and student
ambassadors to answer phone calls and respond to emails from freebie-seeking
prospective students, some from as far away as Uzbekistan, Bolivia and
Uganda—well beyond its usual recruiting regions.
The main question admissions personnel had to
answer was whether the free M.B.A. was real. Some callers were “skeptical,”
said Kay Keck, director of Carey’s full-time M.B.A. Admissions staff walked
prospective applicants through the details and assured them that the
school’s free-M.B.A. plan was not a joke, she said.
Continued in article
Bob Jensen's threads on
higher education controversies ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/higHerEdControversies.htm
Learning by and from mistakes is a good way to learn. This
was noted in the metacognitive self-learning pedagogy of the BAM Project ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/265wp.htm
Khan Academy ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Academy
"How Sal Khan Hopes to Remake Education," by
Jeffrey R. Young, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 30, 2016 ---
http://chronicle.com/article/How-Sal-Khan-Hopes-to-Remake/235895?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=06b109af16a944e2831e75c6293af5c1&elq=82ccd8bee8914a20b7b7263e89cf9c60&elqaid=8470&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2793
Salman Khan is not afraid to make mistakes in his
popular teaching videos. In fact, he considers them a feature.
"I’ll giggle every now and then because I make a
mistake, which I think students say, "OK, it’s OK to make mistakes and it’s
OK to giggle while doing mathematics," he says. "And it seems like a small
thing. But when was the last time you giggled, you know, while doing a math
problem?"
He’s the founder of Khan Academy, which has grown
from something like a hobby, when he recorded videos in his walk-in closet,
to a thriving nonprofit organization with more than twenty million
registered students. Those videos are now one small part of a mission to
remake education.
Continued in article
Bob Jensen's threads on education technology ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/0000start.htm
These 8 little-known perks show why Amazon Prime is so much more than free
shipping ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-prime-membership-perks-explainer-2016-3
Jensen Comment
Thus far I've only made use of the free shipping. I found NetFlix easier to use
for video downloading, although much of what I want in the way of video (such as
BBC) videos are only available on disk. I now have the three-disk option for
such videos. The mail service is much slower than it used to be for NetFlix. I
think this is more the fault of NetFlix than the postal service.
16 Historical Things You Learned In School (That Are Terribly Wrong)
---
http://www.answers.com/article/1303044/13-historical-things-you-learned-in-school-that-are-terribly-wrong
Declining LSAT Scores Of Current Law Students Portend Even Worse Bar Exam
Carnage In 2016, 2017 & 2018 ---
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/04/mbe-average-score-plummets-to-33-year-low-declining-lsat-scores-of-current-law-students-portends-fur.html
"The Shrinking Ph.D. Job Market," by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher
Ed, April 4, 2016 ---
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/04/04/new-data-show-tightening-phd-job-market-across-disciplines?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=259a60d6fc-DNU20160404&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-259a60d6fc-197565045
As number of new Ph.D.s rises, the percentage of
people earning a doctorate without a job waiting for them is up. While all
disciplines face the problem, some have particularly high debt levels.
American universities awarded 54,070 research doctorates in 2014, the
highest total in the 58 years that the National Science Foundation has
sponsored the
Survey of Earned Doctorates, a new edition of
which was released Friday.
But while more doctorates are being awarded,
the figures also point to transitions and concerns in graduate education.
Increasingly, the pool of doctoral degrees
coming out of American universities is dominated by science and engineering
Ph.D.s. Their numbers were up 2 percent in 2014, compared to the prior year,
while all other research doctorates were down by 2 percent. With those
changes, science and engineering Ph.D.s make up 75 percent of all doctorates
awarded in 2014. In 1974, they made up only 58 percent of the total.
And science and engineering doctoral education remains dependent on
non-American talent -- which many view as a sign of success for American
higher education but others worry leaves American universities vulnerable if
students opt to enroll elsewhere.
The job market for new Ph.D.s is ever
tighter. While this attracts the most attention and debate within academe
about humanities graduates, there are signs of a tightening job market
across disciplines.
The NSF analysis -- based on research by NORC
at the University of Chicago -- encourages examining shifts over
several-year periods rather than just a single year, for a better
understanding of the trends.
Here are figures for the number of doctorates
awarded by broad field for three years over a 10-year period:
Number of Doctorate Recipients by Field of Study
Field |
2004 |
2009 |
2014 |
All |
42,123 |
49,553 |
54,070 |
Life sciences |
8,813 |
11,403 |
12,504 |
Physical sciences |
6,047 |
8,324 |
9,859 |
Social sciences |
7,043 |
7,829 |
8,657 |
Engineering |
5,777 |
7,642 |
9,568 |
Education |
6,635 |
6,528 |
4,793 |
Humanities |
5,210 |
4,891 |
5,486 |
The figures show growth across fields, with
the exception of education. While the number of humanities doctorates fell
about five years ago, it is now higher than it was 10 years ago. The growth
in engineering has been particularly high in the last five years.
Education, which 10 years ago made up 15.8
percent of new doctorates, now makes up only 8.9 percent of new doctorates.
And while humanities doctorates are up, their share of new doctorates has
dropped in 10 years from 12.4 to 10.1 percent.
The
humanities figures tend to draw particular attention because of gloomy
reports about the humanities job market. Consider the latest figures from
the
Modern Language Association and the
American Historical Association.
But the data in the report on the
postdoctorate plans of new Ph.D.s show that the tightening job market for
doctorate holders is by no means unique to the humanities. Across the board,
including STEM disciplines, the percentage of new Ph.D.s with job
commitments (including postdocs) after they earn their doctorates is
dropping.
Percent of Doctorate Recipients With Job or Postdoc Commitments, by
Field of Study
Field |
2004 |
2009 |
2014 |
All |
70.0% |
69.5% |
61.4% |
Life sciences |
71.2% |
66.8% |
57.9% |
Physical sciences |
71.5% |
72.1% |
63.8% |
Social sciences |
71.3% |
72.9% |
68.8% |
Engineering |
63.6% |
66.8% |
57.0% |
Education |
74.6% |
71.6% |
64.6% |
Humanities |
63.4% |
63.3% |
54.3% |
The disciplines vary widely in terms of the
career aspirations and jobs attained by Ph.D.s. While many humanities
disciplines are promoting nonacademic careers, the vast majority of those
entering Ph.D. programs want academic careers, and that goal leads many of
them -- if unable to obtain a tenure-track position -- to work off the
tenure track, frequently in positions at relatively low pay and with minimal
if any benefits. This also adds to job market competitiveness, as new Ph.D.s
are competing with not only their own cohort but also those from several
years before who still haven't landed a good position.
Continued in article
Jensen Comment
The results shown are limited and somewhat biased. For example it does not
mention the PhD shortage in the discipline of business ---
accounting and business ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory01.htm#DoctoralPrograms
Hypocritical Shrinkage of Freedom of Speech and Courtesy on Campus
"Protesters Shut Down Discussion With CIA Director at U. of Pennsylvania,"
by Courtney Kueppers, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 4, 2016 ---
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/protesters-shut-down-discussion-with-cia-director-at-u-of-pennsylvania/110017?elqTrackId=bb51f4937d1649f7aabb2fee1299ef05&elq=01c92017918f41188fad795b9a118331&elqaid=8539&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2831
Protesters at the University
of Pennsylvania loudly interrupted the director of
the Central Intelligence Agency, John O. Brennan,
less than 15 minutes into a moderated discussion
last Friday, and subsequent interruptions ended the
event early,
reports the campus’s
student newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian.
According to the newspaper,
the event was held by the Fels Institute of
Government and other organizers, including the
university’s Center for International Politics.
Attendees were required to register in advance and
present identification at the door.
A YouTube
video shows protesters
shouting “drones kill kids” and “U.S. out of the
Middle East” before being escorted out of the event,
which was held at the university’s Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology. The video also shows a
couple of protesters holding a sign that says,
“Drone Strikes Breed Terrorism.”
The situation is similar to
what happened at Brown University in the fall of
2013, when protesters
shut down a lecture by a
former commissioner of the New York City Police
Department, Raymond W. Kelly, and other such
controversies on campuses nationwide. Events like
those have left college administrators
struggling with if, and
when, they ought to cancel controversial speakers.
Jensen Comment
Protesters like this on campus are hypocritical. They shut down the white John
O. Brennan but would welcome his African American boss as a hero on campus even
if President Obama delivered the same message as Brennan.
Years ago on my own campus the African American Colin Powell was cheered on
campus as the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and then
Secretary of State during the war in Iraq ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell
The cheers would've turned to jeers if his boss President Geroge W. Bush dared
set foot on campus even if he was the deliver the same speech as General
Powell.
Such is freedom of speech on campus in recent decades. The new term for
political incorrectness is microaggression. The message is not so much in the
medium as in the physical attributes of the speaker where minorities, females,
and non-Christians are allowed to deliver their controversial messages with
greater courtesy on campus. Such is freedom of speech on campus these days.
Liberal Diatribe
"Academe is Overrun by Liberals. So What? premium," by Russell Jacoby,
Chronicle of Higher Education, April 1, 2016 ---
http://chronicle.com/article/Academe-is-Overrun-by/235898?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=ae50733826504973ae0df556a8b21b1f&elq=b6d984b056324a4da6adc5d092621460&elqaid=8515&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2811
So a lot of things!
Freedom of Speech
"Vast double standard on American college campuses," by former Harvard
University President Larry Summers, March 31, 2016 ---
http://larrysummers.com/2016/03/31/vast-double-standard-on-american-college-campuses/
It
has seemed to me that a vast double standard regarding what constitutes
prejudice exists on American college campuses. There is hypersensitivity
regarding prejudice against most minority groups but what might be called
hyper-insensitivity with respect to anti-Semitism.
At
Bowdoin College,
holding parties with sombreros and tequila is deemed to be an act of
prejudice against Mexicans. At
Emory,
the chalking of an endorsement of the likely Republican Presidential
candidate on a sidewalk is deemed to require a review of security tapes.
The existence of a college named after widely admired former US President
has under the duress of a student occupation been condemned at
Princeton.
At
Yale,
Halloween costumes are the subject of administrative edict. The dean of
Harvard Law School
has acknowledged
that hers is a racist institution, while the Freshman Dean at
Harvard College
has used dinner placemats to propagandize the student body on aspects of
diversity. Professors acquiesce as students insist that they not be
exposed to views on issues like abortion that make them uncomfortable.
All I have discussed in the
past,
this is in my view
inconsistent with basic American values of free speech and open debate. It
fails to recognize that the a proper liberal education should cause moments
of acute discomfort as cherished beliefs are challenged.
But,
if comfort is elevated to be a preeminent value, the standard should be
applied universally. Unfortunately, there is a clear exception made on most
university campuses for anti-Semitic speech and acts.
The
State Department
has made clear that
it regards demonizing Israel or “applying double standards by requiring of
it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation” as
anti-Semitism. This makes obvious good sense. Does anyone doubt that
applying standards to African countries that were not applied to other
countries or singling them out for sanction when other non-African countries
were guilty of much greater sins would be deemed racism?
Instances of
anti-Semitism by this standard are ubiquitous in American academic life.
Nearly a dozen
academic associations
have enacted formal
boycotts of Israeli institutions and in some cases Israeli scholars.
Student governments
at dozens of
universities have demanded the divestiture of companies that do business in
Israel or the West Bank. Guest speakers and even some faculty in their
classrooms compare Israel with Nazi Germany and question its right to
continued existence as a Jewish state.
Yet,
with very few exceptions, university leaders who are so quick to stand up
against microagressions against other groups remain silent in the face of
anti-Semitism. Indeed, many major American universities including Harvard
remain institutional members of associations that are engaged in boycotts of
Israel. The idea of divesting Israel is opposed only in the same way that
divesting apartheid South Africa was opposed—as an inappropriate intrusion
into politics, not as immoral or anti-Semitic.
- See more at:
http://larrysummers.com/2016/03/31/vast-double-standard-on-american-college-campuses/#sthash.vmpg74hQ.dpuf
"How California's Colleges Indoctrinate
Students: A new report on the UC system documents the plague of politicized
classrooms. The problem is national in scope," by Peter Berkowitz at
Stanford University, The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2012 ---
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303816504577312361540817878.html#mod=djemEditorialPage_t
The politicization of higher education by activist
professors and compliant university administrators deprives students of the
opportunity to acquire knowledge and refine their minds. It also erodes the
nation's civic cohesion and its ability to preserve the institutions that
undergird democracy in America.
So argues "A Crisis of Competence: The Corrupting
Effect of Political Activism in the University of California," a new report
by the California Association of Scholars, a division of the National
Association of Scholars (NAS). The report is addressed to the Regents of the
University of California, which has ultimate responsibility for governing
the UC system, but the pathologies it diagnoses prevail throughout the
country.
The analysis begins from a nonpolitical fact:
Numerous studies of both the UC system and of higher education nationwide
demonstrate that students who graduate from college are increasingly
ignorant of history and literature. They are unfamiliar with the principles
of American constitutional government. And they are bereft of the skills
necessary to comprehend serious books and effectively marshal evidence and
argument in written work.
This decline in the quality of education coincides
with a profound transformation of the college curriculum. None of the nine
general campuses in the UC system requires students to study the history and
institutions of the United States. None requires students to study Western
civilization, and on seven of the nine UC campuses, including Berkeley, a
survey course in Western civilization is not even offered. In several
English departments one can graduate without taking a course in Shakespeare.
In many political science departments majors need not take a course in
American politics.
Moreover, the evidence suggests that the hollowing
of the curriculum stems from too many professors' preference for promoting a
partisan political agenda.
National studies by Stanley Rothman in 1999, and by
Neil Gross and Solon Simmons in 2007, have shown that universities' leftward
tilt has become severe. And a 2005 study by Daniel Klein and Andrew Western
in Academic Questions (a NAS publication) shows this is certainly true in
California. For example, Democrats outnumbered Republicans four to one on
University of California, Berkeley, professional school faculties; in the
social sciences the ratio was approximately 21 to one.
The same 2005 study revealed that the Berkeley
sociology department faculty was home to 17 Democrats and no Republicans.
The political science department included 28 Democrats and two Republicans.
The English department had 29 Democrats and one Republican; and the history
department had 31 Democrats and one Republican.
While political affiliation alone need not carry
classroom implications, the overwhelmingly left-leaning faculty openly
declare the inculcation of progressive political ideas their pedagogical
priority. As "A Crisis of Competence" notes, "a recent study by UCLA's
prestigious Higher Education Research Institute found that more faculty now
believe that they should teach their students to be agents of social change
than believe that it is important to teach them the classics of Western
civilization."
Some university programs tout their political
presuppositions and objectives openly. The mission statements of the Women's
Studies program at UCLA prejudges the issues by declaring that it proceeds
from "the perspectives of those whose participation has been traditionally
distorted, omitted, neglected, or denied." And the Critical Race Studies
program at the UCLA School of law announces that its aim is to "transform
racial justice advocacy."
Even the august American Association of University
Professors—which in 1915 and 1940 published classic statements explaining
that the aim of academic freedom was not to indoctrinate but to equip
students to think for themselves—has sided with the politicized
professoriate.
In 1915, the AAUP affirmed that in teaching
controversial subjects a professor should "set forth justly without
suppression or innuendo the divergent opinions of other investigators; he
should cause his students to become familiar with the best published
expressions of the great historic types of doctrine upon the questions at
issue."
However, in recent statements on academic freedom
in 2007 and 2011, the AAUP has undermined its almost century-old strictures
against proselytizing. Its new position is that restricting professors to
the use of relevant materials and obliging them to provide a reasonably
comprehensive treatment of the subject represent unworkable requirements
because relevance and comprehensiveness can themselves be controversial.
On the boundaries, they can be—like anything else.
However, it is wrong to dismiss professors' duty to avoid introducing into
classroom discussion opinions extraneous to the subject and to provide a
well-rounded treatment of the matter under consideration. That opens the
classroom to whatever professors wish to talk about. And in all too many
cases what they wish to talk about in the classroom is the need to transform
America in a progressive direction. Last year the leadership of AAUP
officially endorsed the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Excluding from the curriculum those ideas that
depart from the progressive agenda implicitly teaches students that
conservative ideas are contemptible and unworthy of discussion. This
exclusion, the California report points out, also harms progressives for the
reason John Stuart Mill elaborated in his famous 1859 essay, "On Liberty":
"He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that."
The removal of partisan advocacy from the classroom
would have long-term political benefits. Liberal education equips students
with intellectual skills valued by the marketplace. It prepares citizens to
discharge civic responsibilities in an informed and deliberate manner. It
fosters a common culture by revealing that much serious disagreement between
progressives and conservatives revolves around differing interpretations of
how to fulfill America's promise of individual freedom and equality.
It is certainly true that not all progressive
professors intrude their politics into the classroom, but a culture of
politicization has developed on campus in which department chairs and deans
treat its occurrence as routine. "UC administrators," the California report
sadly concludes, "far from performing their role as the university's quality
control mechanism, now routinely function as the enablers, protectors, and
even apologists for the politicized university and its degraded scholarly
and educational standards."
In California, this is more than a failure of their
duty as educators. It is also a violation of the law. Article IX, Section 9,
of the California state constitution provides that "The university shall be
entirely independent of all political or sectarian influence and kept free
therefrom."
Continued in article
Jensen Comment
Partisanship in the classroom is contrary to AAUP policy, especially in courses
where politics is not part of the curriculum plan for those courses. However,
that policy is mostly unenforced by the liberal AAUP leadership,
Professor Berkowitz fails to mention one of the main reasons why many
left-leaning and right-leaning professors try to either leave partisanship
politics out of the classroom. Partisanship indoctrination can be hazardous to
teaching evaluations. For anecdotal evidence of this read some of the caustic
comments sometimes found at the RateMyProfessor teaching evaluation site ---
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/
At the above site I looked up some professors that I know have a reputation
for injecting partisanship in their courses. Most of them paid a price for this
by having caustic RateMyProfessor comments from some students turned off by this
type of indoctrination in courses. Militant feminists also pay somewhat of a
price for similar reasons.
Bob Jensen's threads on liberal bias in academe ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/HigherEdControversies.htm#LiberalBias
Colvin, G. 2015. Humans are underrated. Fortune (August):
100-113; and
Colvin, G. 2015. Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know that Brilliant
Machines Never Will. Portfolio/Penguin.
Summary by James R. Martin, Ph.D., CMA Professor Emeritus, University of South
Florida
MAAW's Blog
http://maaw.info/ArticleSummaries/ArtSumColvin2015.htm
"Why Rwanda Is Going to Get the World’s First Network of Delivery Drones,"
by Will Knight, MIT's Technology Review, April 4, 2016 ---
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601190/why-rwanda-is-going-to-get-the-worlds-first-network-of-delivery-drones/#/set/id/601193/
Jensen Comment
Initially it's not likely that Amazon's drones will drop your orders off on the
front porch. They are more apt to deliver to approved landing sites like the
roof of a UPS or FedEx warehouse. Hospital roofs may become approved landing
sites for medical product delivery drones.
There are many problems of drone delivery services. No small problem is safe
return of the drone.
The Hidden Economics of Porn ---
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/pornography-industry-economics-tarrant/476580/
Jensen Comment
I think this article misses a lot about porn, especially its multinational
economics of organized and unorganized crime in Russia and Asia. This makes it almost
impossible to get reliable data, especially since so much of the porn is
obtained free from sites that use free downloads as enticements for customers to
get hooked into eventually paying for more ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_by_region
I think the article puts too much focus on monopoly in an "industry" that's too
enormous to control by trying to regulate the monopoly or oligopoly aspects of
porn on the Internet.
Porn is huge in two sectors. Firstly, there's the legal kind that's available
for fees via cable's porn channel subscriptions and video via hotel room
rentals. Data is probably available from the big suppliers of this porn like
Time Warner Cable and the big hotel chains. Secondly there are the hundreds of
thousands of porn sites (most of which are legal) on the Internet that are
sourced from all over the world (especially from Russia). Porn is now available
at sites like YouTube that initially banned porn. Since the Internet is not
regulated it's virtually impossible to get reliable data on all the sites in so
many countries. I cannot imagine how financial revenue data can be sorted out
from all the free trafficking. In the USA law enforcement focuses mainly on
child pornography. A common ploy is to set up a stings where the buyers or
sellers are actually police officers. But child pornography is probably a small
portion of the total pornography "industry." The industry has also branched out
where porn is an enticement for getting malware on computers and then charging
victims to recover their computers.
Every accountant knows there's more to economics than just the revenue
transactions. There's also the cost side of things, especially when people in
the porn are exploited with by organized crime with drugs, extortion, human
trafficking, etc. There's also the problem of defining porn. Mostly we think of
it as being rather obvious in videos and pictures. However, there's also the
literature side and social media side of porn ranging from millions of short
stories to books and chat rooms --- many of which have only words with no
illustrations.
My point is that this article from The Atlantic misses most of the
real "economics of porn" including loss in productivity on the job in the public
and private sectors ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography
The only things we can safely conclude about porn is that it's both a very
complicated industry and a very enormous industry that exceeds most anything we
can imagine since it extends so far beyond traditional economics of financial
transactions, including the many types of bartering schemes in porn
Rule 34 ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34_(Internet_meme)
"Is Rule 34 actually true?: An investigation into the Internet’s most
risqué law," by Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post, April 6, 2016 ---
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/04/06/is-rule-34-actually-true-an-investigation-into-the-internets-most-risque-law/
Here’s a fun parlor game to play
with your (inebriated, adult) friends: Pull out a smartphone with “safe
search” disabled, and try disproving the 34th rule of the Internet. Rule 34,
according to long-standing legend, goes something like this: If it exists,
or can be imagined, there is Internet porn of it.
Tetris blocks? Yep,
absolutely.
Leprechauns? The Web’s
got it.
Robots? Aliens? Goats? Trombones?
Buck up and Google them.
As bemused players have gradually
been finding, however, there is a new catch in the game: It may actually be
more difficult to find porn of everything/anything now than it had been
previously. In the 13 years since a British teenager first coined the term
“Rule 34,” Internet consumption patterns and the online porn industry have
changed. Alien goat sex may still exist somewhere in the Internet’s
unplumbable depths, but it is far deeper down than it used to be.
“I think we’re seeing the death of
Rule 34,” sighs Ogi Ogas, a computational neuroscientist at Harvard and the
author of the first large-scale study on Internet porn. “It’s out there, if
you want to find it. But it’s not easy anymore.”
[Did
online porn kill the Playboy nude?]
Ogas conducted his study — an
analysis of more than 55 million pornography searches — in 2009 and 2010, at
the tail end of the period that may go down in history as the golden age of
Rule 34.
Like the mainstream media during
that same period, the porn industry was experiencing some major turbulence,
thanks to the Internet. Home computers and faster Internet speeds liberated
consumers from the awkwardness of interacting with an inquisitive mailman or
video-store clerk, which meant they could chase down whatever flavor of smut
they wanted. And thanks to the same technologies that were fueling these
cool new things called “Web logs,” just about anyone with an Internet
connection and a willing audience could produce it.
There are few good censuses of porn
sites from this time, alas: Even Ogas’s study looked at what users searched
for, and not what they actually encountered. But some earlier “netporn”
researchers described a branching constellation of increasingly niche sites
arrayed around every conceivable sexual identity and interest: “No theme is
remote enough,” one pair of researchers
said in 2007. “No fetish too exotic.”
Continued in article
Purdue University's New Competency-Based Undergraduate Degree
"Competency for the Traditional-Age Student," by Paul Fain,
Chronicle of Higher Education, March 30, 2016 ---
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/03/30/purdue-u-gets-competency-based-education-new-bachelors-degree?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=8b78e204e3-DNU20160330&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-8b78e204e3-197565045
Accreditor approves Purdue's new competency-based
bachelor's degree, which blends technical disciplines with the humanities
and has a customizable approach designed more for a career than a first job.
Competency-based education isn’t for
everyone, say even supporters of the emerging form of higher education.
Many of the 600 or so colleges that are
trying to add competency-based degrees are focused on adult, nontraditional
students who want a leg up in the job market. Some of those academic
programs have been developed in collaboration with specific industry
partners, where an employer’s endorsement of the credential can lead to a
graduate employee getting a promotion.
Other colleges' forays into competency-based
education have been in disciplines with professional licensing and a heavy
dose of task-based learning, which seems like an easier fit with academic
programs based on mastery rather than time in a classroom.
That seems
particularly true for research universities. For
example, the University of Michigan’s first competency-based degree is a
master’s of health professions education. And the University of Texas System
began with a bachelor’s in biomedical science.
The toughest nut to
crack for competency-based education appears to be bachelor’s degrees aimed
at traditional-age students. But that’s what Purdue University is doing with
a
newly approved bachelor’s in transdisciplinary
studies in technology. And the customizable, competency-based degree from
the new Purdue Polytechnic Institute combines technical disciplines with the
humanities.
Purdue’s personalized, interdisciplinary
approach is a promising one, said Charla Long, executive director of the
Competency-Based Education Network, a relatively new group of colleges and
universities.
“Competencies can be developed outside your
discipline,” she said, “and be as relevant to your discipline.”
Purdue also is less overtly focused on job
training -- or at least on graduates’ first jobs -- than some might expect
with a competency-based degree. In fact, the university's approach sounds
like an experimental form of liberal arts education.
“It’s about preparing students for life,”
said Jeff Evans, interim associate dean for undergraduate programs at
Purdue, who adds that graduates of the program “will be ready to adapt to
this fast-changing world.”
The public university
began working on the new competency-based degree
program in 2014. Mitch Daniels, Purdue’s president and Indiana's former
governor, previously created the
Purdue Polytechnic Institute, which has been
tasked with working on transformational forms of undergraduate education.
The institute, which is located at eight branch locations as well as
Purdue's main campus, won a university-sponsored contest with its idea for
the new competency-based degree.
Customization is a big part of the degree’s
novelty.
Incoming students will be able to work
one-on-one with a faculty mentor to create personalized plans of study,
Purdue said, which will blend technology-focused disciplines such as
computing, construction management, engineering, and aviation with social
sciences, the humanities and business.
“We’re trying to connect the passion of the
students with their journey of learning,” said Evans.
Continued in article
Bob Jensen/s threads on competency-based testing and degrees ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Assess.htm#ConceptKnowledge
Charting the Automation Potential of U.S. Jobs ---
http://ritholtz.com/2016/04/charting-the-automation-potential-of-u-s-jobs/
NYU B-School Did Not Provide GMAT Scores To U.S. News, Falls From #11 To
#20 In Rankings ---
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/03/nyu-b-school-did-not-provide-gmat-scores-to-us-news-falls-from-11-to-20-in-rankings.html
"Fraud and the Final Four," by Jake New, Inside Higher Ed,
April 1, 2016 ---
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/04/01/two-teams-facing-charges-academic-fraud-meet-ncaa-basketball-tournament?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=f07f910a88-DNU20160401&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-f07f910a88-197565045
. . .
Syracuse entered this year’s tournament following a
season in which its head coach
sat out nine conference games for NCAA violations.
The University of North Carolina remains under investigation for one of the
most egregious cases of academic fraud in NCAA history.
Also see
http://chronicle.com/article/Cheating-Incidents-Blemish/235955?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=6fe8331d5eec4e5fbbd044ba0496f825&elq=d12b8119e6454a549980ad191e4a3177&elqaid=8525&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2819
Jensen Comment
After getting caught for 20 years of fake courses for athletes and repeated
promises to reform you would think UNC would have learned its lesson about
academic fraud.
But alas! UNC never seems to learn when it comes
to faking courses and grades for athletes ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Plagiarism.htm#Athletics
The NCAA Final Four Ranked by Academic Performance ---
http://time.com/4276806/final-four-ncaa-tournament-academic-rankings/?xid=newsletter-brief
Florence Nightingale Created Revolutionary Visualizations of Statistics
That Saved Lives (1855) ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/florence-nightingale-created-revolutionary-visualizations-of-statistics-that-saved-lives-1855.html
Bob Jensen's threads
on multivariate data visualizations ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/352wpvisual/000datavisualization.htm
"‘Silly, Sanctimonious Games’: How a syllabus sparked a war between
a professor and his college," by Steve Kolowich, Chronicle of Higher
Education, March 28, 2016 ---
http://chronicle.com/article/Silly-Sanctimonious/235861?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=1b69be3ea4cf44d6ba7b1567e49ab2be&elq=bc80b0ebb6ed42f982cbf731881b0fa6&elqaid=8435&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2774
"The Tesla Model 3 May Depend on This Battery Breakthrough," by Mike
Orcutt, Will Knight, MIT's Technology Review, April 1, 2016 ---
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601178/the-tesla-model-3-may-depend-on-this-battery-breakthrough/#/set/id/601193/
. . .
In addition, Quartz’s
Steve LeVine
points out
that Tesla and partner
Panasonic have quietly been developing a new technology in which silicon is
combined with the graphite used in conventional lithium-ion battery anodes.
Adding silicon could increase the amount of energy the battery can store,
but previous efforts to commercialize the technology
have failed.
Levine cites a battery market investment analyst who says that the Model 3’s
anodes could contain up to 10 percent silicon, which battery experts say
would be a “serious breakthrough.”
Serious enough, in fact,
that it might allow Tesla to bring the cost of its batteries down from an
estimated $300 per kilowatt-hour in 2014 to $200 by 2017. That would get us
much closer to $150, the point at which
some experts have predicted
there could be a
“paradigm shift” away from internal combustion cars. Unfortunately we’ll
have to wait until late next year, when the first Model 3's are expected to
roll off the production line, to see if Tesla truly has a breakthrough on
its hands.
jJensen Comment
As more and more electric cars are sold states are going to have to figure out
how to have electric car owners pay something toward to cost of roads and
bridges which would be a paradigm shift in paying for streets and highways in
the USA. To date I think Oregon is the only state to bill electric car owners
for streets and highways.
Bolt: Chevy's Answer to Tesla ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/chevrolet-bolt-ev-ces-2016-4
Jensen Comment
Unless you live within ten miles of a reasonably-priced car rental car service
it seems to me that fully electric cars these days are still only expensive
second-car commuting alternatives. They are expensive alternatives to commuting
in this cheap gasoline era. The major limitation is still the 200-mile range
alternative that means planned longer trips may entail renting a gasoline car if
you don't own another car for longer ventures.
And there are many unknowns such as performance in colder climates and resale
value after five or more years. There is also an unkown as to how popular
electric cars will be for car thieves --- epecially those within 200 miles of
the Rio Grande. It's too soon for them to be popular for chop shops. There is
also an unknown as to how long states (other than Oregon) will let electric cars
drive free of charge in terms of contributing zero to road and bridge
maintenance.
The Bolt has a huge advantage over Tesla in that there are so many Chevy
dealers in North America and elsewhere.
Until there is an affordable SUV electric car alternative none of the
electric cars will be good for hauling luggage, kids, lumber, area rugs, etc.
And bigger cars require more weight and power and, of course, more horsepower
cost. It's not just the bourgeoisies that want bigger vehicles.
Fuel Cell Vehicles ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell_vehicle#Criticism
BMW's hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle is getting closer to reality
http://www.businessinsider.com/bmws-fuel-cell-closer-to-reality-2016-4
. . .
California remains the only U.S. state with
significant hydrogen fueling infrastructure, and is the only state where
fuel-cell cars are currently sold.
BMW also plans to focus on its home market of
Germany, the Scandinavian countries, and the U.K., Jung said.
This strategy emphasizes countries that have
already made commitments to supporting fuel-cell cars.
Lack of sufficient fueling infrastructure and
hydrogen-production capacity remain major obstacles to fuel-cell adoption.
Jensen Comment
Purportedly the Japanese automakers are betting much more heavily on fuel cell
cars than on electric cars. Whereas hydrogen is plentiful on earth, sources of
lithium for electric cars are much more limited and will become increasingly
subject to environmental regulation and high labor costs.
Texas and California Have Too Much Renewable Energy
---
MIT's Richard Martin ---
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601221/texas-and-california-have-too-much-renewable-energy/#/set/id/601223/
Some grammar purists seem to think the English subjunctive is a fragile
creature in danger of extinction. As usual they can't tell their adjective from
their elbow, says Geoff Pullum.
"Being a Subjunctive," by Geoffrey Pullum, Chronicle of Higher
Education, March 29, 2016 ---
http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2016/03/29/being-a-subjunctive/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=080592edbe5e43dba493c238afa6e32b&elq=7f7313dae73642008101d2ef65cd7d7d&elqaid=8449&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2785
For grammar
bullies “the subjunctive” is sacred ground. Reforms proposed for the British
national curriculum in 2012 required
teaching use of the subjunctive not later than sixth grade.
People seem to think the subjunctive is a fragile flower on which
civilization depends; without our intervention it will fade and die, and
something beautiful, fragile, and important will be lost.
As usual, virtually
none of the things people believe about the subjunctive or its status in
English are true. Most purists who witter on about it couldn’t actually pass
a test on distinguishing subjunctive from nonsubjunctive clauses to save
their sorry asterisks.
But then they don’t
have to: Merely mentioning the subjunctive approvingly and urging that it be
taught is enough to establish one’s credentials as a better class of person
— one who knows about subjunctives.
This post is
simply an attempt at surveying the facts (imperfectly; but see Rodney
Huddleston’s beautiful treatment in
The Cambridge Grammar of the
English Language,
henceforth CGEL, pages 993–1,000).
It’s not about
verbs. English has an odd fondness for homophony or homography in verb
forms: Grammatically distinct forms of verbs often share spellings or
pronunciations, so you get fewer distinct shapes than you might have
expected in the inflection table; but it’s crystal clear there is no point
in having a “subjunctive” box anywhere in that table. Not a single verb in
the language has a special subjunctive shape.
CGEL distinguishes three
tensed forms and three untensed for typical verbs. Here’s the array for
shake
and
bake:
Continued in article
Bob Jensen's Helpers for Writers ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob3.htm#Dictionaries
"How to Turn Around a Terrible School: A Mississippi elementary
school was transformed by a nonprofit run by Netscape’s former CEO," by
Richard Grant, The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2016 ---
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-turn-around-a-terrible-school-1459550615?mod=djemMER
When you live in the Mississippi Delta, it’s easy
to despair about the public schools. This is the poorest region of the
nation’s poorest state, and there’s a well-documented correlation between
childhood poverty and low achievement in school. The public schools here are
also chronically underfunded, reflecting the meager tax base. This year,
Education Week ranked Mississippi dead last in student achievement in its
annual “State of the States” report.
Sadly, more than 60 years after Brown v. Board of
Education, you’d be forgiven for thinking segregation was alive and well in
this part of the Magnolia State. In the 18 counties that make up the Delta,
some 90% of the students are African-American. Why? Following desegregation,
most white families either moved away or sent their kids to private schools.
A beacon of hope in this bleak educational
landscape is Quitman County Elementary School in Lambert, Miss. Located in
one of the Delta’s poorest areas, where prisons, casinos and the school
district are the main employers, QCES is housed in a leaky red-brick
building dating back to the 1950s. In 2010 it was one of the
worst-performing schools in Mississippi, rated borderline F by the state
education department. Test scores were abysmal; teacher absenteeism was a
major problem.
Facing a state takeover, the school board partnered
instead with the Barksdale Reading Institute (BRI), a nonprofit founded by
former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale and his late wife, Sally, to improve
literacy and educational standards in their home state of Mississippi. A
$100 million donation by the Barksdales in 2000 helped fund the BRI and its
Mississippi Principal Corps, a program that “trains and develops highly
effective school administrators throughout the state.” Disappointing results
with other approaches, such as hiring reading coaches or setting up model
classrooms, convinced the Barksdales that you couldn’t change a school
without changing its leadership.
At the Quitman County Elementary School, BRI
brought in Michael Cormack, a creative and committed African-American
educator from Oregon, as the new principal. His vice principal was Cytha
Guynes, a white educator from Pennsylvania who was just as committed. They
had both found their way to Mississippi as volunteers with Teach for
America.
When Mr. Cormack took charge in June 2010, 38% of
the students were at the national average for reading. Eighteen months
later, that number had climbed to 59%. The improvement in math was even more
dramatic, rising from 30% to 83%. In less than two years the overall index
of academic achievement rose from 104 to 151. The state raised the school’s
grade from borderline F to C.
So how did they do it? The BRI philosophy is that
any student can succeed, given the right tools, and nothing is more vital
than reading. Mr. Cormack was able to inspire most of the teachers with a
new sense of mission, focused on literacy. The few who weren’t inspired were
let go, or left of their own accord.
Continued in article
Jensen Comment
Money alone seldom solves problems. But it often helps lead to solutions.
From the Scout Report on April 1, 2016
PrintWhatYouLike ---
http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/
PrintWhatYouLike lets readers do something that is
as simple as it is useful. From the homepage, type in a URL. From there, the
site will take you to your chosen page and a toolbar will appear on the
lefthand side. Select what you want to print from the page, using functions
on the toolbar, such as whether to show or hide the background, whether to
show or hide images, and wither to show or hide margins. Readers may also
choose Auto Format, which cuts all images and backgrounds and produces the
simplest possible text for printing. After you have established what you
want and don't want to print, select Print. PrintWhatYouLike is free, no
sign up necessary.
Penzu ---
https://penzu.com/
Signing up for Penzu, the Free Online Journal and
Diary, is as easy as entering an email address and password. From there, the
program will take you to your journal, which can be immediately retitled and
recolored (adding a photo requires paying for the pro version). After that,
Penzu lets you set up reminders. Would you like to write in your journal
every day in the morning, once a week in the evening, or would you like to
skip the reminders? All of these options are possible. The template is
attractive and easy to use. A downloadable app allows readers to journal
from various devices. And all entries can be easily searched for later
perusal. For readers who love to journal - or would love to if they only had
the right support - this web app can be a great enabler for getting thoughts
on "paper."
New Clues to the Evolution of Spiders
305 Million-Year-Old Fossil A Glimpse Into The Origins Of Spiders
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/30/472446223/305-million-year-old-fossil-a-glimpse-into-the-origins-of-spiders
Ancient spider relative hints at origins of web spinning
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/ancient-spider-relative-hints-origins-web-spinning
Almost a spider: a 305-million-year-old fossil arachnid and spider origins
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1827/20160125
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles: Spider Survey - Spider Biology
http://www.nhm.org/site/activities-programs/citizen-science/spider-survey/spider-biology
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Spiders
http://naturalhistory.si.edu/highlight/sem/spiders.html
Fragments of Spider Lore: Spiders in history
http://naturalhistorymag.com/picks-from-the-past/091890/fragments-of-spider-lore
Form the Scout Report on April 7, 2016
Story Builder ---
http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/
Story Builder is designed to make writing fun for
students. Users can name up to 10 different characters. They may then enter
text from each character, building a story. At the end, they may set their
story to music and watch it all play out on the screen. To use the Story
Builder, simply select "Get Started." Then enter character names in the
boxes on the left hand side of the screen. From there, you may enter the
text for each character. Next, choose from seven different styles of music.
Once you have selected music, the story will begin to play, accompanied by
the soundtrack. Students may also give the story a title and get a short
link, which can then be shared. The program is best used with elementary and
middle school students.
Remind ---
https://www.remind.com
/
Engaging students and teachers outside of the
classroom is one of the most effective - and challenging - practices for
increasing learning outcomes. Remind makes the process simple and safe. With
the educational app, teachers can send one-way messages to parents and
teachers without revealing their own personal contact information and
without ever knowing the contact info of families and students. Signing up
takes less than a minute. Educators may then add up to 10 different classes
for free. From there, students and parents send a text message to a
particular number with a message that includes a class code. Once parents
have signed up, educators can be in touch with them as much as needed to
keep everyone informed and working together.
Meg Rosoff and the Rise of Young Adult Fiction
Meg Rosoff has been named the winner of the 5 million kronor ($615,000)
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for literature aimed at children and young
adults
http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2016-04-05/meg-rosoff-wins-astrid-lindgren-prize-for-youth-literature
Meg Rosoff: Do not be afraid to be afraid - the Philippa Pearce memorial
lecture
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/sep/16/meg-rosoff-philippa-pearce-memorial-lecture-video
Astrid Lingen Memorial Award: The World's Largest Children's Literature
Award
http://www.alma.se/en/
Young Adult Library Services Association
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/
A brief history of young adult literature
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/15/living/young-adult-fiction-evolution/
How Young Adult Fiction Came of Age
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/08/how-young-adult-fiction-came-of-age/242671/
Free Online Tutorials, Videos, Course Materials, and
Learning Centers
Education Tutorials
Children and Youth in History ---
http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/
Resources for Career Counselors ---
http://www.iseek.org/guide/counselors/counselorresources.html
TeachUNICEF ---
https://teachunicef.org/
TeachUNICEF: Poverty
http://teachunicef.org/explore/topic/poverty
Scholastic Teacher ---
http://www.scholastic.com/teachermag/
The Age of Aerospace ---
http://theageofaerospace.com/discovery
NASA: Higher Education ---
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/postsecondary/index.html
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies: Lesson Plans
https://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/lessons
Othello: A Teachers Guide ---
http://www.penguin.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/othello.pdf
Library of Congress YouTube Channel ---
https://www.youtube.com/loc
Library of Congress YouTube Channel ---
https://www.youtube.com/loc
Portland Symphony Orchestra: For Schools & Teachers ---
http://www.portlandsymphony.org/content/education/teachers/
Harvard Extension School: Intensive Introduction to Computer
Science Open Learning Course ---
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative/intensive-introduction-computer-science
How-To Geek ---
http://www.howtogeek.com/
Watch the First 10 Seasons of Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting Free
Online ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/watch-the-first-10-seasons-of-bob-ross-the-joy-of-painting-free-online.html
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland (medieval
manuscripts) ---
http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en
The College Board: Big Future: College Search (helpers for choosing a
college) ---
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search
Helpers in Choosing a College from the Chronicle of Higher Education ---
http://collegerealitycheck.com/en/
Note the "Find Colleges" button
Scratch (kindergarten learning from the MIT Media Lab) ---
https://scratch.mit.edu/
Bob Jensen's threads on general education tutorials are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#EducationResearch
Bob Jensen's bookmarks for multiple disciplines ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm
Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
Engineering, Science, and Medicine Tutorials
The Age of Aerospace ---
http://theageofaerospace.com/discovery
NASA: Higher Education ---
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/postsecondary/index.html
Khan Academy: Physics ---
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics
Richard Feynman Creates a Simple Method for Telling
Science From Pseudoscience (1966) ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/richard-feynman-creates-a-simple-method-for-telling-science-from-pseudoscience-1966.html
By Feynman's standard standard accountics science is pseudoscience ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TheoryTar.htm
The Famous Feynman Lectures on Physics: The New Online Edition (in HTML5)
---
http://www.openculture.com/2013/09/the-famous-feynman-lectures-on-physics-now-online-in-html5.html
Science Daily: Evolution ---
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/fossils_ruins/evolution/
Diversity: An Open Access Biodiversity Journal ---
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity
Galileo Galilei ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
"Galileo’s reputation is more hyperbole than truth," by Tony Christie, Aeon,
March 2016 ---
https://aeon.co/opinions/galileo-s-reputation-is-more-hyperbole-than-truth?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=93948776fd-Weekly_Newsletter_1_April_20164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-93948776fd-68951505
EPA: Carbon Footprint Calculator ---
http://www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator/
Pew Research Center: Major Gaps Between the Public, Scientists on Key Issues
---
http://www.pewinternet.org/interactives/public-scientists-opinion-gap/
AFS-USA: Teachers Toolbox (American Field Studies) ---
http://www.afsusa.org/educators/teachers-toolbox/
Bob Jensen's threads on free online science,
engineering, and medicine tutorials are at --http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
Social Science and Economics Tutorials
AFS-USA: Teachers Toolbox (American Field Studies) ---
http://www.afsusa.org/educators/teachers-toolbox/
EPA: Carbon Footprint Calculator ---
http://www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator/
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies: Lesson Plans
https://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/lessons
Bob Jensen's threads on Economics, Anthropology, Social Sciences, and
Philosophy tutorials are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
Law and Legal Studies
Bob Jensen's threads on law and legal studies are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Math Tutorials
The math behind Beetoven's music ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/the-math-behind-beethovens-music.html
Bob Jensen's threads on free online mathematics tutorials are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
History Tutorials
Ken Burns on PBS: The National Parks: America's Best Idea ---
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
The Map Room ---
http://www.maproomblog.com/
Geologic Heritage in the National Parks ---
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/geoheritage/index.cfm
The Age of Aerospace ---
http://theageofaerospace.com/discovery
Florence Nightingale Created Revolutionary Visualizations of Statistics That
Saved Lives (1855) ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/florence-nightingale-created-revolutionary-visualizations-of-statistics-that-saved-lives-1855.html
The Met Digitally Restores the Colors of an Ancient Egyptian Temple, Using
Projection Mapping Technology ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/the-met-digitally-restore-the-colors-of-an-ancient-egyptian-temple.html
Galileo Galilei ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
"Galileo’s reputation is more hyperbole than truth," by Tony Christie, Aeon,
March 2016 ---
https://aeon.co/opinions/galileo-s-reputation-is-more-hyperbole-than-truth?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=93948776fd-Weekly_Newsletter_1_April_20164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-93948776fd-68951505
Children and Youth in History ---
http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/
Histories of the National Mall
http://mallhistory.org/
Othello: A Teachers Guide ---
http://www.penguin.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/othello.pdf
The Boat (novel about Vietnamese crossing the Pacific in a delapitated
boat, including art work) ---
http://www.sbs.com.au/theboat/
Los Angeles Public Library: Menu Collection (food) ---
http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/visual-collections/menu-collection
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland (medieval
manuscripts) ---
http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en
A Complete Archive of Vincent van Gogh’s Letters: Beautifully Illustrated and
Fully Annotated ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/a-complete-archive-of-vincent-van-goghs-letters.html
Big Business: Food Production, Processing & Distribution in the North 1850-1900
---
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Food/
Lehigh University: Digital Library ---
http://library.lehigh.edu/content/digital_library/
Bob Jensen's threads on history tutorials are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Also see
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm
Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
Language Tutorials
Bob Jensen's links to language tutorials are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2-Part2.htm#Languages
Music Tutorials
Portland Symphony Orchestra: For Schools & Teachers ---
http://www.portlandsymphony.org/content/education/teachers/
Aldous Huxley on the Transcendent Power of Music and Why It Sings to Our
Souls ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/05/aldous-huxley-music-at-night/?mc_cid=8c122121c6&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Bob Jensen's threads on free music tutorials are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Bob Jensen's threads on music performances ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm
Writing Tutorials
A Helpful Guide to Essay Writing ---
http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/students/documents/2010/helpful-guide-to-essay-writing.pdf
"John Steinbeck on Writing, the Wellspring of
Creativity, and the Mobilizing Power of the Impossible," by Maria Popova,
Brain Pickings, April 1, 2016 ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/01/john-steinbeck-east-of-eden-journal-letters/?mc_cid=eef0166e83&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Jense Comment
A myth about adventurers like John Steinbeck is that they spent most of
their life living and wrote part-time fiction and poetry rooted in
mostly living their adventures. In fact these writers lived more in
writing and less in adventure. They studied and perfected their craft in
scholarship and introspection about their inner being. Writing is work,
work, and more work rather than a part-time hobby of collecting notes
about life. It's about the drudgery or writing, editing, re-writing,
editing, re-writing, and on and on to improve a piece that often never
fully satisfies. And Steinbeck's long letter each day to Covici shows
writing is like what a bravo performance in other arts like music
requires --- practice, practice, practice. Are there any great authors
who simply rolled off their books in first draft finales while sitting
in bars and cafes? I doubt it! Good or bad one of the nice things about
writing in a blog each day is that one can write more about living and
scholarship without having to perfect the craft of writing itself. A
blogger can be scholarly, but the blog is seldom, if ever, artful. And
the scholarship itself has to be focused. A blogger cannot write about
love based upon experiences in a brothel. A blogger may write about love
while living in a library without the adventures of brothels.
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/03/22/why-love-hurts-eva-illouz/?mc_cid=eef0166e83&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Maria's advice on living and writing
Thank you Maria Popova
I like the one about being willing to change your mind --- that one is
especially hard for every writer, including me
"Happy Birthday, Brain Pickings: 7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading,
Writing, and Living," by Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, October 23, 2013 ---
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/10/23/7-lessons-from-7-years/
Bob Jensen's threads on medicine ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2-Part2.htm#Medicine
Updates from WebMD ---
http://www.webmd.com/
March 30, 2016
March 31, 2016
April 1, 2016
April 2, 2016
April 5, 2016
April 6, 2016
April 7, 2016
April 8, 2016
April 9, 2016
April 11, 2016
Library Offers Homeless People Mental Health Services, And It's Working
---
http://lisnews.org/library_offers_homeless_people_mental_health_services_and_its_working
Alaska Medical Library: Arctic Health ---
http://arctichealth.nlm.nih.gov/
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just approved a version of
Remicade, a drug used to treat autoimmune diseases like Crohn's disease and
rheumatoid arthritis.---
http://www.businessinsider.com/fda-approves-remicade-biosimilar-2016-4
Humor April 1-12, 2015
Time Magazine: The best April Fools pranks of 2016 ---
http://time.com/4277152/best-april-fools-day-pranks-jokes-2016/?xid=newsletter-brief
Puppy Prays Before Dinner ---
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2016/03/31/watch-this-adorable-puppy-pray-before-dinner-n2141501?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=
I took down my Rebel flag (which you CAN'T buy on
ebay any more) and peeled the NRA sticker off the front door. I disconnected my
home alarm system and quit the Neighborhood Watch. I went out and bought two
Pakistani flags and put one at each corner of the front yard. Then I purchased
the black flag of ISIS (which you CAN buy on ebay) and ran it up the flag pole.
NOW, the local police, sheriff, FBI, CIA, NSA, Homeland Security, Secret Service
and other agencies are all watching my house 24/7. I've NEVER felt safer and
I'm...
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/*/index
A Beautiful Poem from Paula About Growing Older
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Oops, she forgot the words.
Humor March 2016
---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book16q1.htm#Humor033116.htm
Humor February 2016
---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book16q1.htm#Humor022916.htm
Humor January 2016
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book16q1.htm#Humor013116.htm
Humor December 1-31, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q4.htm#Humor123115.htm.htm
Humor November 1-30, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q4.htm#Humor113015.htm
Humor October 1-31, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q4.htm#Humor103115
Humor September 1-30, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q3.htm#Humor093015
Humor August 1-31, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q3.htm#Humor081115
Humor July 1-31, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q3.htm#Humor073115
Humor June 1-30, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q2.htm#Humor043015
Humor May 1-31, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q2.htm#Humor043015
Humor April 1-30, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q2.htm#Humor043015
Humor March 1-31, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q1.htm#Humor033115
Humor February 1-28, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q1.htm#Humor022815
Humor January 1-31, 2015
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book15q1.htm#Humor013115
Tidbits Archives ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and
Stories
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm
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2014
20-Year Sugar Hill Master Plan ---
http://www.nccouncil.org/images/NCC/file/wrkgdraftfeb142014.pdf
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Search Site.
For example if you want to know what Jensen documents have the term "Enron"
enter the phrase Jensen AND Enron. Another search engine that covers Trinity and
other universities is at
http://www.searchedu.com/
Online Distance Education Training and Education ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Crossborder.htm
For-Profit Universities Operating in the Gray
Zone of Fraud (College, Inc.) ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/HigherEdControversies.htm#ForProfitFraud
Shielding Against Validity Challenges in Plato's Cave ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TheoryTAR.htm
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With a Rejoinder from the 2010 Senior Editor of The Accounting Review
(TAR), Steven J. Kachelmeier
- With Replies in Appendix 4 to Professor Kachemeier by Professors
Jagdish Gangolly and Paul Williams
- With Added Conjectures in Appendix 1 as to Why the Profession of
Accountancy Ignores TAR
- With Suggestions in Appendix 2 for Incorporating Accounting Research
into Undergraduate Accounting Courses
The Cult of Statistical Significance:
How Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives ---
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/temp/DeirdreMcCloskey/StatisticalSignificance01.htm
How Accountics Scientists Should Change:
"Frankly, Scarlett, after I get a hit for my resume in The Accounting Review
I just don't give a damn"
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/temp/AccounticsDamn.htm
One more mission in what's left of my life will be to try to change this
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/temp/AccounticsDamn.htm
What went wrong in accounting/accountics research?
---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory01.htm#WhatWentWrong
The Sad State of Accountancy Doctoral
Programs That Do Not Appeal to Most Accountants ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory01.htm#DoctoralPrograms
AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW: 1926-2005 ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/395wpTAR/Web/TAR395wp.htm#_msocom_1
Bob Jensen's threads on accounting theory
---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory01.htm
Tom Lehrer on Mathematical Models and
Statistics ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfZWyUXn3So
Systemic problems of accountancy (especially the
vegetable nutrition paradox) that probably will never be solved ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudConclusion.htm#BadNews
World Clock ---
http://www.peterussell.com/Odds/WorldClock.php
Facts about the earth in real time --- http://www.worldometers.info/
Interesting Online Clock
and Calendar
---
http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf
Time by Time Zones ---
http://timeticker.com/
Projected Population Growth (it's out of control) ---
http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/worldpopulation.htm
Also see
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Populations.html
Facts about population growth (video) ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
Projected U.S. Population Growth ---
http://www.carryingcapacity.org/projections75.html
Real time meter of the U.S. cost of the war in Iraq ---
http://www.costofwar.com/
Enter you zip code to get Census Bureau comparisons ---
http://zipskinny.com/
Sure wish there'd be a little good news today.
Free (updated) Basic Accounting Textbook --- search for Hoyle at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm#Textbooks
CPA Examination ---
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cpa_examination
Free CPA Examination Review Course Courtesy of Joe Hoyle ---
http://cpareviewforfree.com/
Rick Lillie's education, learning, and technology blog is at
http://iaed.wordpress.com/
Accounting News, Blogs, Listservs, and Social
Networking ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm
Bob Jensen's Threads ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New
Bookmarks ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called
Tidbits ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Fraud
Updates ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Online Books, Poems, References,
and Other Literature
In the past I've provided links to various types electronic literature available
free on the Web.
I created a page that summarizes those various links ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm
Some of Bob Jensen's Tutorials
Accounting program news items for colleges are posted at
http://www.accountingweb.com/news/college_news.html
Sometimes the news items provide links to teaching resources for accounting
educators.
Any college may post a news item.
Accounting and Taxation News Sites ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm
For an elaboration on the reasons you should join a ListServ (usually for
free) go to http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/ListServRoles.htm
AECM
(Educators)
http://listserv.aaahq.org/cgi-bin/wa.exe?HOME
AECM is an email Listserv list which
provides a forum for discussions of all hardware and software
which can be useful in any way for accounting education at the
college/university level. Hardware includes all platforms and
peripherals. Software includes spreadsheets, practice sets,
multimedia authoring and presentation packages, data base
programs, tax packages, World Wide Web applications, etc.
Over the years the AECM has become the worldwide forum for
accounting educators on all issues of accountancy and accounting
education, including debates on accounting standards, managerial
accounting, careers, fraud, forensic accounting, auditing,
doctoral programs, and critical debates on academic (accountics)
research, publication, replication, and validity testing.
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CPAS-L
(Practitioners)
http://pacioli.loyola.edu/cpas-l/ (Closed
Down)
CPAS-L provides a forum for discussions of
all aspects of the practice of accounting. It provides an
unmoderated environment where issues, questions, comments,
ideas, etc. related to accounting can be freely discussed.
Members are welcome to take an active role by posting to CPAS-L
or an inactive role by just monitoring the list. You qualify for
a free subscription if you are either a CPA or a professional
accountant in public accounting, private industry, government or
education. Others will be denied access. |
Yahoo (Practitioners)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xyztalk
This forum is for CPAs to discuss the activities of the AICPA.
This can be anything from the CPA2BIZ portal to the XYZ
initiative or anything else that relates to the AICPA. |
AccountantsWorld
http://accountantsworld.com/forums/default.asp?scope=1
This site hosts various discussion groups on such topics as
accounting software, consulting, financial planning, fixed
assets, payroll, human resources, profit on the Internet, and
taxation. |
Business Valuation Group
BusValGroup-subscribe@topica.com
This discussion group is headed by Randy Schostag
[RSchostag@BUSVALGROUP.COM] |
FEI's Financial Reporting Blog
Smart Stops on the Web, Journal of Accountancy, March 2008 ---
http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/mar2008/smart_stops.htm
FINANCIAL REPORTING PORTAL
www.financialexecutives.org/blog
Find news highlights from the SEC, FASB
and the International Accounting
Standards Board on this financial
reporting blog from Financial Executives
International. The site, updated daily,
compiles regulatory news, rulings and
statements, comment letters on
standards, and hot topics from the Web’s
largest business and accounting
publications and organizations. Look for
continuing coverage of SOX requirements,
fair value reporting and the Alternative
Minimum Tax, plus emerging issues such
as the subprime mortgage crisis,
international convergence, and rules for
tax return preparers. |
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The CAlCPA Tax Listserv September 4, 2008 message from Scott Bonacker
[lister@bonackers.com]
Scott has been a long-time contributor to the AECM listserv (he's a techie as
well as a practicing CPA)
I found another listserve
that is exceptional -
CalCPA maintains
http://groups.yahoo.com/taxtalk/
and they let almost anyone join it.
Jim Counts, CPA is moderator.
There are several highly
capable people that make frequent answers to tax questions posted there, and
the answers are often in depth.
Scott
Scott forwarded the following message from Jim
Counts
Yes you may mention info on
your listserve about TaxTalk. As part of what you say please say [... any
CPA or attorney or a member of the Calif Society of CPAs may join. It is
possible to join without having a free Yahoo account but then they will not
have access to the files and other items posted.
Once signed in on their Yahoo account go to
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/TaxTalk/ and I believe in
top right corner is Join Group. Click on it and answer the few questions and
in the comment box say you are a CPA or attorney, whichever you are and I
will get the request to join.
Be aware that we run on the average 30 or move emails per day. I encourage
people to set up a folder for just the emails from this listserve and then
via a rule or filter send them to that folder instead of having them be in
your inbox. Thus you can read them when you want and it will not fill up the
inbox when you are looking for client emails etc.
We currently have about 830 CPAs and attorneys nationwide but mainly in
California.... ]
Please encourage your members
to join our listserve.
If any questions let me know.
Jim Counts CPA.CITP CTFA
Hemet, CA
Moderator TaxTalk
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Many useful accounting sites (scroll down) ---
http://www.iasplus.com/links/links.htm
Bob Jensen's Sort-of Blogs ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/JensenBlogs.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New
Bookmarks ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called
Tidbits ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Fraud
Updates ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Some
Accounting History Sites
Bob Jensen's
Accounting History in a Nutshell and Links ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory01.htm#AccountingHistory
Accounting
History Libraries at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) ---
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/accountancy/libraries.html
The above libraries include international accounting history.
The above libraries include film and video historical collections.
MAAW Knowledge Portal for Management and Accounting ---
http://maaw.info/
Academy of Accounting Historians and the Accounting Historians Journal ---
http://www.accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/aah/
Sage Accounting History ---
http://ach.sagepub.com/cgi/pdf_extract/11/3/269
A nice timeline on the development of U.S. standards and the evolution of
thinking about the income statement versus the balance sheet is provided at:
"The Evolution of U.S. GAAP: The Political Forces Behind Professional
Standards (1930-1973)," by Stephen A. Zeff, CPA Journal, January 2005
---
http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2005/105/infocus/p18.htm
Part II covering years 1974-2003 published in February 2005 ---
http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2005/205/index.htm
A nice
timeline of accounting history ---
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2187711/A-HISTORY-OF-ACCOUNTING
From Texas
A&M University
Accounting History Outline ---
http://acct.tamu.edu/giroux/history.html
Bob
Jensen's timeline of derivative financial instruments and hedge accounting ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudRotten.htm#DerivativesFrauds
History of
Fraud in America ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/415wp/AmericanHistoryOfFraud.htm
Also see
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Fraud.htm
Bob Jensen's
Threads ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm
More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and
Stories
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm
All
my online pictures ---
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/PictureHistory/
Professor Robert E. Jensen (Bob)
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen
190 Sunset Hill Road
Sugar Hill, NH 03586
Phone: 603-823-8482
Email:
rjensen@trinity.edu