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Tidbits on April 27, 2016
Bob Jensen
at Trinity University
Set
4 of Photographs of Our Mountain Cottage's Interior
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Cottage\Inside/Set04/Set04InteriorCottage.htm
Tidbits on April 27, 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
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More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and
Stories
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm
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Online Video, Slide Shows, and Audio
Act of Love: A Strange, Wonderful Visual Dictionary of Animal Courtship ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/act-of-love-a-strange-wonderful-visual-dictionary-of-animal-courtship.html
Hear 22-Year-Old Orson Welles Star in The Shadow, the Iconic 1930s Super
Crimefighter Radio Show ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/orson-welles-stars-in-the-shadow.html
LEDs are creating light pollution that is visible in outer space ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/astonauts-photos-from-space-leds-light-pollution-2016-1
Watch 50+ Documentaries on Famous Architects & Buildings: Bauhaus, Le
Corbusier, Hadid & Many More ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/watch-50-documentaries-on-famous-architects-buildings.html
The 100 Most Memorable Shots in Cinema Over the Past 100 Years ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/the-100-most-memorable-shots-in-cinema-over-the-past-100-years.html
This is what a supernova looks like ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/supernova-explosion-when-two-stars-collide-2016-4
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
Peggy Lee sings "Is That All There Is?", 1969 (video) ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sWTnsemkIs
Skeeter Davis sings "The End of the World" ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWkkTtir7Pk&nohtml5=False
This was Prince's most powerful performance of all time ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/prince-best-performance-super-bowl-2016-4
Prince's greatest hits ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/price-greatest-hits-2016-4
Prince Plays Guitar Solos ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/see-prince-rip-play-two-mind-blowing-solos-on-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-and-american-woman.html
Metallica’s Bassist Robert Trujillo Plays Metallica Songs
Flamenco-Style, Joined by Rodrigo y Gabriela ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/metallica-songs-played-flamenco-style-by-their-bassist-robert-trujillo.html
The Cleanest Recordings of 1920s Louis Armstrong Songs You’ll
Ever Hear ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/the-cleanest-recordings-of-1920s-louis-armstrong-songs-youll-ever-hear.html
Tom Waits Makes a List of His Top 20 Favorite Albums of All Time
---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/tom-waits-makes-a-list-of-his-top-20-favorite-albums-of-all-time.html
John Cage Performs His Avant-Garde Piano Piece 4’33” … in 1’22”
(Harvard Square, 1973) ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/john-cage-performs-his-avant-garde-piano-piece-433.html
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space---
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/books/review/maria-popova-reviews-janna-levins-black-hole-blues.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
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
15 Picturesque New England Towns for Your Next Road Trip ---
http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/15-picturesque-new-england-towns-for-your-next-road-trip/ss-BBrYReV?ocid=spartanntp
MoMA: German Expressionism (art history) ---
http://www.moma.org/explore/collection/ge/
A Nerd’s Guide To The 2,229 Paintings At MoMA ---
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-nerds-guide-to-the-2229-paintings-at-moma/
100 Years if BMW Airplanes and Automobiles ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/bmw-is-turning-100-heres-its-story-2016-4
Bob Jensen's threads on art history ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm#ArtHistory
19 charming small villages you've probably never heard of but
should definitely visit ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/incredible-villages-around-the-world-2016-4
History of Las Vegas
UNLV: Special Collections ---
https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/photographs/photos.html
This drone pilot 'broke every rule in the book' to capture this
breathtaking footage of London ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/incredible-drone-footage-of-london-2016-4
Cartels are using these 'narco-submarines' to move tens of
thousands of pounds of drugs at a time ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/cartel-narco-submarines-2016-4
21 photos that show just how imposing US aircraft carriers are
---
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-aircraft-carriers-2016-4
But they may be sitting ducks for future drones
18 awful vintage ads from the 20th century which show how far we
have progressed ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/vintage-sexist-and-racist-ads-2016-4
14 vintage photos of the massive earthquake that would forever
change the face of San Francisco ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-1906-deadly-earthquake-2016-4
Devastating pictures show the destruction caused by the 7.8
magnitude earthquake in Ecuador ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/ecuador-earthquake-aftermath-pictures-2016-4
Everyday Life in North Korea ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/googler-captures-everyday-life-in-north-korea-2016-4
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
Discovery Education: The Power of Fiction ---
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/the-power-of-fiction.cfm
Van Gogh on Heartbreak and Unrequited Love as a Vitalizing Force for Creative
Work ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/20/van-gogh-heartbreak/?mc_cid=9a367edebb&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Medium (social media and literature) ---
https://medium.com/
Mudlark: An Electronic Journal of Poetry & Poetics ---
http://www.unf.edu/mudlark/
Hear The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the Vintage Radio Drama Starring
John Gielgud, Orson Welles & Ralph Richardson ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/hear-the-new-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-the-vintage-radio-drama-starring-john-gielgud-orson-welles-ralph-richardson.html
Hear Rufus Wainwright Sing Shakespeare’s Sonnets: A New Album Featuring
Florence Welch, Carrie Fisher, William Shatner & More ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/hear-rufus-wainwright-sing-shakespeare-sonnets.html
The Largest Ever Analysis of Film Dialogue (Over 4 Million Lines in 2,000
Scripts) Reveals Gender Bias Built Into Cinema ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/the-largest-ever-analysis-of-film-dialogue-reveals-gender-bias-in-cinema.html
San Francisco Public Library: Book Arts & Special Collections (book
publishing, printing) ---
http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0200000201
TFree 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 27, 2016
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2016/TidbitsQuotations042716.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
"Why Retirement Is a Flawed Concept: No one really wants to sit around and
do nothing," by Neil Pasricha," Harvard Business Review, April 13,
2016 ---
https://hbr.org/2016/04/why-retirement-is-a-flawed-concept?referral=00563&cm_mmc=email-_-newsletter-_-daily_alert-_-alert_date&utm_source=newsletter_daily_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert_date
Jensen Comment
I do not know any retirees in good health who sit around and "do nothing"
each day. I know some older folks who have portions of the year when they travel
such as Iowa farm couples who travel south for one or two winter months and
professors who travel many places in summer months. But they did that when they
were not yet fully retired.
Retirement changes some things we do in life. For example, in retirement I no
longer teach classes. However, teaching classes was only a part of what I did
with in my 12 months per year when I was not retired. I still do many of the
other things I enjoyed when I was not retired such as research and writing. In
retirement I spend more time on the computer and actually feel more
knowledgeable than I did when I had to take time out to teach. I don't travel as
much professionally or personally these days, but that's mostly because of my
wife's poor health.
I miss teaching somewhat, but I don't miss having students disgruntled with
their grades. After 40 years of classroom teaching I was more than willing to
give up that part of my life. Probably worse are the old timers who won't give
up teaching when their students would be better off with new blood in front of
their classrooms. Retirement creates opportunities for new Ph.D. graduates. New
hires on campus add new life to Academy.
I garden and tend to a bigger yard because that that gets me into the fresh
air --- off my calloused butt and away from the computer. Today I reached down
to pick up hundreds of sticks blown off the trees in winter's storm winds.
Picking up sticks is not a whole lot of fun, but it's good for an old body in
the warm spring season. Today it got up to 50F degrees in a warm sun and cool
stiff breeze. Small buds are on the trees and bushes, but it's too soon in these
mountains to take the snow thrower off my tractor. Only fools plant seedlings up
here before June 1.
Many retirees are still into public service, but most of them were into such
pro bono services before they retired. Sometimes the nature of such services
changes such as retirees who spend more time as volunteers for their area
hospitals. Volunteering has its own rewards such that retirees sometimes get
more than they give. Daily I update a Website that I like to think is helpful to
students and faculty around the world ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/
Life has it seasons between being a toddler and being a codger. Retirement
for the lucky few is one of those seasons. It generally does not last long, but
it's one of the most delightful seasons in a long life. I'm one of the lucky few
with good health and good fun in retirement. Be prepared for disappointments in
retirement dreams. For instance, being retired with time for sailing sounds like
fun until you realize how boring sailing can become day in and day out. The same
can be said for reading, golf, playing bridge, raising horses, and going on
ocean cruises. Too much of most anything can become a bore in the precious days
of retirement. What is most important is doing that which makes you feel good
about yourself and that generally entails doing good things for other people
like grandchildren, invalids, and strangers sending inquiries for academic help
via email.
For me the best thing about retirement is having more time for learning
I'm on the computer by 5:00 a.m. every day and working away until the sun rises
from behind three
White Mountain ranges visible from my desk --- the Kinsman, Twin, and
Presidential Ranges. Most days I'm so absorbed in what's on the computer screen
that I don't even notice the sunrises or the reflections of the beautiful
mountains in the sunsets. Maybe this is a shame, but mostly I think that kind of
freedom to concentrate on learning is a blessing.
In the above article Neil Pasricha states:
And stop worrying that you won’t ever be able to
retire. You’ll be far better off if you don’t.
Time to call forth
Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit
On second thought you don't need Carl Sagan to help you recognize the BS in the
the above quotation. Believe me you'll be "better off" if you become one of us
who are able to enjoy the season of life known as the retirement season. That
season, like spring, summer, autumn, and winter, is a gift from God.
Those who die while still on the job missed what is perhaps the best season
of life. For me retirement is the season for being closer to my spouse, closer
to nature, and closer to understanding more about the most complicated things in
the world.
I'm not necessarily closer to my friends since many of them died off or going
gaga. The retirement season for many just does not last long enough. And for a
few unfortunates it lasts too long. I'm glad to say I'm still into the immense
pleasures of retirement. I know these won't last forever, but before the pains
and discomforts set in I'm having a blast while I can.
Carl Sagan Presents His “Baloney Detection Kit”: 8 Tools for Skeptical
Thinking ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/carl-sagan-presents-his-baloney-detection-kit-8-tools-for-skeptical-thinking.html
Bob Jensen's threads on validity testing or lack thereof in the case on
accounting research ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TheoryTar.htm
Bob
Jensen's Threads ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm
Bob
Jensen's Pictures and Stories
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm
“Our ambition is to become something of a model for
financial management rather than a cause for occasional scandal,” Cardinal Pell
explained. He announced that the Vatican would hand over management of its
billions of euros to external banking specialists and be subject to regular
reports by an auditor general.
New York Times ---
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/opinion/the-pope-and-the-vatican-bank.html?_r=0
"Vatican suspends PwC audit of its accounts:
The Vatican has suspended PwC’s audit into its finances only a few months after
appointing the firm," by Jessica Fino,
Economia, April 22, 2016 ---
http://economia.icaew.com/news/april-2016/vatican-suspends-pwc-audit-of-its-accounts
The Big Four firm was
chosen in December to perform the Vatican’s first external audit in a bid to
make its finances more transparent.
It followed a series of
scandals, including the discovery of €1bn hidden off the Vatican’s books.
However, the
secretariat of state of the Vatican sent letters to all departments last
week announcing the suspension.
The National Catholic
Register, which first reported the news, said, “There was a shock to the
system in terms of how rigorous the audit would be; the international
standards feel a bit intrusive.”
Cardinal George Pell,
prefect of the Vatican secretariat for the economy, said in a statement on
Thursday he was “a bit surprised” by the decision of the secretariat of
state, but added he expects the audit to “resume shortly” after “discussions
and clarification” of some issues.
The suspension of the
audit suggests there is conflict between the Italian bureaucrats and the
supporters of financial reform.
A person familiar with
the issue told the Guardian those who opposed PwC’s audit were concerned
that the Vatican could be exposing itself too much and whether they could
trust the firm to keep the information confidential.
Cardinal Pell, who
announced the discovery of hundreds of millions of euros "tucked away" in
various accounts in December 2014, was appointed by Pope Francis to clean up
the Vatican’s finances shortly after the Pontiff sacked the entire board of
its financial watchdog.
A PwC spokesperson said
the firm does not comment on client work.
The Vatican Bank Scandal Nobody is Talking
About (especially not the accountants) ---
http://americamagazine.org/content/all-things/vatican-bank-scandal-nobody-talking-about
Apple is dropping QuickTime for Windows after discovery of security flaws
---
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-is-ending-support-for-quicktime-for-windows-after-us-government-recommended-people-uninstall-it-2016-4
Inside Ed's Compilation of Gen Ed Articles ---
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/04/20/new-compilation-general-education?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=f4741c5510-DNU20160420&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-f4741c5510-197565045
Bob Jensen's threads on higher education controversies ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/higHerEdControversies.htm
A Free Formula To Estimate Readability
Readability, Understandability, and ETS ---
http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2016/04/21/readability-understandability-and-ets/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=47a42f8c0bae449786651ebe6cfe2e8f&elq=14cd1691fe044522aa69dd6896127363&elqaid=8780&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2976
This Solar Power Plant Can Run All Night (and on cloudy days) ---
http://time.com/4291347/crescent-dunes-solar-power-plant/?xid=newsletter-brief
Desk-Size Turbine Could Power a Town: GE sees its new turbine as a
strong rival to batteries for storing power from the grid ---
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601218/desk-size-turbine-could-power-a-town/#/set/id/601265/
Watching SunEdison’s Collapse, Solar Industry Resets ---
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601217/watching-sunedisons-collapse-solar-industry-resets/#/set/id/601265/
Historically, the ocean has been a bit too powerful to harness wave energy
successfully. Oscilla Power has come up with a new approach designed to
withstand the forces of the ocean and generate electricity cleanly,
meaningfully, and endlessly ---
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-12/this-device-could-provide-a-third-of-america-s-power?cmpid=BBD041216_BIZ&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=
Peabody Energy’s Bankruptcy Shows the Limits of “Clean Coal”:
Investments in carbon capture and storage technology have largely been failures
---
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601270/peabody-energys-bankruptcy-shows-the-limits-of-clean-coal/#/set/id/601271/
The Best 50 Colleges for African Americans ---
http://time.com/money/4282512/best-colleges-essence-money-african-americans/?xid=newsletter-brief
Jensen Comment
Virtually all the very top non-profit universities now offer totally free
education applicants below the poverty line. Most also offer free tuition for
children of families earning less than $60,000 or thereabouts. These are the
best deals since top grades are easy to earn in those
universities like Harvard and Princeton (think grade inflation where the
median grades in most courses is an A or A-) and degrees from those top
universities are keys to the kingdom ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Assess.htm#RateMyProfessor
Most flagship state-supported universities now make terrific deals to African
Americans with high SAT or ACT scores. Since virtually all scholarships are need
based children from low income families are given priorities for scholarships.
African American athletes get tremendous financial deals, special tutors, and
other attractions such as a path toward professional sports in colleges that
excel in athletics. However, athletics and scholastic performance do not mix
well in general. This is mostly because athletics takes so much time and
attention away from courses, although sometimes athletes have attitude problems
regarding study and scholarship.
Since the latest affirmative action Supreme Court decision, colleges are not
supposed to have affirmative action in admissions and retention. Most colleges
and universities get around this ruling in one way or another to both attract
and keep African American applicants. But the numbers are still too small,
especially for African American male high school dropouts who think they can
earn higher incomes on the mean streets. That is such a shame.
One reason is that it's such a shame is that African American graduates in
science and professional programs have a tremendous edge in affirmative action
hiring and financial support for graduate studies. The AICPA, for example,
offers $12,000 per year for minority accounting doctoral students. Accounting
doctoral programs generally are tuition free for all students in such programs
such that the $12,000 can be used for living expenses.
Application period now open (until May 16) for $12,000 AICPA Fellowship for
Minority Doctoral Students Other Than Asians ---
https://www.thiswaytocpa.com/education/scholarship-search/fellowship-minority-doctoral-students/?utm_source=mnl:cpald&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=14Apr2016
Applicants should also contact the KPMG Foundation for additional opportunities
to study for an accounting Ph.D. ---
http://www.kpmgfoundation.org/
Some universities cooperating with the KPMG Foundation have tailor-made
accountancy Ph.D. programs for minority students other than Asians.
Bloomberg: Best Undergraduate Business Schools of 2016 ---
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-best-undergrad-business-schools/?cmpid=BBD041916_BIZ&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=
. . .
We
based our ranking on four main metrics
(see full methodology):
Employer Survey (40 percent of total score):
Feedback from recruiters who hire recent business graduates on how well
schools prepared students for jobs at their companies.
Student Survey (35 percent):
Students' own ratings of the campus, career services department, and
faculty and administrators.
Starting Salary (15 percent):
The base compensation of students who had jobs lined up, adjusted
for salary variation across industries and regions.
Internship (10 percent):
The percentage of a school’s graduates who had at least one internship at
any time during college.
Continued in article
Jensen Comment
The Bloomberg rankings differ from surveys like the reputed US News
survey that depend more heavily upon deans and thus more heavily on research
reputations of faculty in the business school rankings. Also I think US News
relies more heavily on SAT or ACT scholastic test scores ---
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-overall
Some of Bloomberg's top 10 undergraduate programs do not make the top 10 in the
US News rankings.
For example, Bloomberg gives top 10 undergraduate business school honors to
Villanova, Boston College, and Bentley that are not in the US News top
10.
Accounting programs are probably best viewed at the graduate level where most
employment takes place. I don't think Bloomberg ranks accounting schools, but
the latest outcomes from US News are at
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-accounting
Here we see some key differences in the top 10 accounting schools versus
undergraduate business schools such as with USC, Illinois, and Florida.
Interestingly, MIT comes off the top ranking in accounting vis-a-vis business
rankings. Personally, I don't think MIT's claim to fame is its undergraduate
accounting program relative to other Boston accounting programs such as those at
Boston College and Bentley. MIT comes off ranked at Number 2 in the US News
Undergraduate business school rankings ---
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-overall
USA Today: Ten Top Accounting Programs ---
http://college.usatoday.com/2016/02/26/top-colleges-for-accounting/
. . .
1. Bentley University
The accountancy department is the oldest department
at Bentley University, and has a long tradition of providing a high-quality
accounting education. Classes in cost accounting, auditing, financial
accounting and information technology help to provide a core understanding
of the business world and the role accounting plays in it. Accounting is one
of the most popular majors in the school, and it is no wonder as graduates
are often highly successful in their careers, earning an average starting
salary of $51,000 and mid-career salary of $99,000.
2. University of Notre Dame
The Mendoza College of Business at the University
of Notre Dame is a top-tier business school, combining a liberal arts
education with advanced knowledge and research in accounting to provide
students with a strong understanding of the field.
Students take specialized classes in strategic cost
management, audit and assurance services and federal taxation among others
to help develop critical thinking and leadership skills. Graduates of the
accountancy program have a solid grasp of the field and find careers within
the accounting industry earning an average mid-career salary of $119,000.
3.
Bryant University
Founded in
1863, Bryant University has a strong
history of producing professionals who
are leaders in the field. Its accounting
program is no exception.
Classes in
leadership, financial reporting,
taxation, auditing and management
introduce students to the business
world, while improving communication and
analytical skills. Graduates of this
program have a dynamic understanding of
accounting and are prepared for a career
in a challenging field. They typically
earn an average
starting salary of $52,000
and mid-career salaries of $80,000.
4. New York
University
The
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
at New York
University offers two different
undergraduate degrees in accounting, one
with an emphasis in C.P.A., and the
other less technical in nature. The
second option allows students to blend
liberal arts classes with core business
and accounting classes to give them a
broad education in the field.
A B.S in
accounting from Stern leads to a high
average starting salary of $65,000.
Graduates of this
program often progress to positions of
leadership, earning an average
mid-career salary of $114,000.
5.
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Accounting is a
global field that plays a core role in
all business functions. A degree from
the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign will prepare you for a
successful career at any organization.
The
undergraduate program
is centered on
preparing graduates for a career in a
variety of accounting fields, ranging
from corporate to governmental.
Students are
exposed to the fundamental principles of
accounting, while learning how to apply
current best business practices. The
curriculum integrates liberal arts
classes with core business classes in
management, finance and analytics to
create an environment that enhances
critical thinking skills. Graduates of
this program have been highly successful
in the business world, earning an
average mid-career salary of $100,000.
6.
University of Southern California
The Marshall
School of Business at the University of
Southern California houses the
distinguished Leventhal School of
Accounting. This undergraduate
accounting program is one of the best in
the country due to the exclusivity of
the program. Students study the art of
accounting, while understanding the role
it plays in business. They have the
ability to customize their major, so
they are taking classes that prepare
them for quick advancement in the
business world.
Classes in
finance, economics and management help
promote discussions about accounting
practices, while supplementing classes
on accounting principles.
USC graduates of the accounting program
earn an average starting salary of
$55,000, but typically advance quickly,
to an average mid-career salary of
$110,000.
7. The
University of Texas-Austin
In addition to
offering a Bachelor of Business
Administration (BBA) in accounting, the
McCombs School of Business at the
University of Texas also has an
integrated Master
in Professional Accounting (iMPA)
program
that allows strong students to earn both
an BBA and MPA in five years.
Students can
choose a corporate track or a financial
institutions track, depending on their
desired career plans. Upon graduation,
accounting majors typically accept jobs
in industry or government with an
average starting
salary of $51,000.
8. CUNY
Bernard M. Baruch College
The Zicklin
School of Business at CUNY Bernard M
Baruch College is a highly-ranked
business school with a reputation of
providing a quality accounting
education. The school attracts top
faculty that have developed a curriculum
that exposes the relationship between
accounting and other crucial business
practices.
Students take
core classes in cost accounting,
financial accounting, auditing and
taxation along with electives in areas
such as corporate finance and business
law. A degree from Baruch leads to
well-paying jobs, with graduates earning
an average mid-career salary of $89,000.
9. Boston
College
Boston College
is a top school known for its strong
curriculum and the success of its
graduates. The accounting department
holds the same reputation due to its
world-class faculty and collaborative
classes.
Accounting
majors take their core business classes
in finance, taxation, economics,
analysis and auditing at the Carroll
School of Management. They are given the
option to specialize in Accounting,
Accounting Information Systems or
Corporate Reporting. Each of these
concentrations is challenging and
prepares graduates for rewarding careers
in a variety of accounting services,
earning an average mid-career salary of
$109,000.
10.
Villanova University
The Villanova
University School of Business offers an
accountancy program that prepares
students for careers at business firms,
corporations and governmental
organizations. The school has a dynamic
curriculum that incorporates theory and
principles with exposure to current
business practices. This gives students
the opportunity to gain a well-rounded
business education and secure jobs after
graduation.
Classes in
accounting, auditing and taxation are
supplemented by electives in areas such
as fraud, international accounting and
accounting for real estate.
Villanova graduates
are well-equipped
for an accounting career, earning an
average starting salary of $55,000 and
mid-career salaries averaging $107,000.
US News Ranking of Top Accounting Undergraduat Programs ---
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/accounting-rankings
#1
Overall Score:
|
University of Texas—Austin (McCombs)
Austin, TX |
$32,298 per year (in-state,
full-time); $48,832 per year
(out-of-state, full-time) |
#2
Overall Score:
|
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Philadelphia, PA |
$62,424 per year (full-time)
|
#3
Overall Score:
|
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL |
$21,974 per year (in-state,
full-time); $32,974 per year
(out-of-state, full-time) |
|
#4
Overall Score:
|
University of Chicago (Booth)
Chicago, IL |
$61,520 per year (full-time)
|
#5
Overall Score:
|
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
$61,875 per year (full-time)
|
#6
Overall Score:
|
Brigham Young University (Marriott)
Provo, UT |
$11,620 per year (LDS member,
full-time); $23,240 per year
(Non-LDS member, full-time)
|
#7
Overall Score:
|
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ross)
Ann Arbor, MI |
$54,450 per year (in-state,
full-time); $59,450 per year
(out-of-state, full-time) |
#8
Overall Score:
|
New York University (Stern)
New York, NY |
$60,744 per year (full-time)
|
#9
Overall Score:
|
University of Southern California (Marshall)
Los Angeles, CA |
$51,786 per year (full-time)
|
#10Tie
Overall Score:
|
Indiana University—Bloomington (Kelley)
Bloomington, IN |
$25,500 per year (in-state,
full-time); $44,460 per year
(out-of-state, full-time) |
#10Tie
Overall Score:
|
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
Chapel Hill, NC |
$34,015 per year (in-state,
full-time); $52,470 per year
(out-of-state, full-time)
|
Jensen Comment
The USA rankings lean toward universities in big cities where starting salaries
are somewhat higher but living costs are much higher than than say living costs
in Utah and surrounding mountain states. Exceptions include Bryant, Illinois and
Notre Dame, but these universities feed nearby urban centers.
I favor the US News report that is influenced more heavily by opinions of
administrators that, in turn, are more influenced by reputations of accounting
faculty. The US News anointed universities have more stars.
Following Starbucks' lead, JetBlue employees will now get free college
education in the online Arizona State University program
"JetBlue Will Pay Employees’ College Tuition Upfront," by Corinne Ruff,
Chronicle of Higher Education, April 18, 2016 ---
http://chronicle.com/article/JetBlue-Will-Pay-Employees-/236144?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=2c1186cfd9b341cb9c63ee9ed19e27b4&elq=ff4810688471400f82f0d34fb98b721c&elqaid=8697&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2932
The program is the latest
company-and-college partnership
that takes cues from the Starbucks College Achievement Plan —
a program,
created in 2014, that allows employees of the coffee-shop chain to take
online classes at Arizona State University while continuing to work at the
company.
But
there’s a key difference between the JetBlue program and many other
partnerships in the Starbucks-Arizona State model.
Most of the programs either reimburse tuition costs or offer discounts,
requiring employees to foot at least some of the bill for their courses. But
JetBlue employees won’t pay anything upfront: The company will cover the
full cost of an associate degree.
To
earn a bachelor’s degree, however, students would have to cover the $3,500
capstone course at Thomas Edison State, either out of pocket or through a
scholarship.
In
August the company started a pilot version of the program with 200 employees
with at least two years’ seniority and with at least 16 credits from an
accredited college or university already in hand.
Bonny W. Simi, president of the subsidiary JetBlue Technology Ventures, says
that employees had long asked for tuition reimbursement, but that the
company wanted to go a step further and foot the whole bill.
‘Success Coaches’ Are Assigned
As interest grows
in the
unbundling of higher education
— the use of just
the learning material from the college experience — Ms. Simi says the
JetBlue program was made possible by the flexibility and affordability of
competency-based education.
"We’ve mapped out degrees so that it’s basically higher ed but stripped away
are the cafeterias, the football team, the big campuses, the dorm, and
everything," says Ms. Simi, who oversees the program. "It’s just the class."
Continued in article
Jensen Comment
There are other free or highly subsidized college programs paid for by employers
such as the huge Wal-Mart program with American Public University, but the
Starbucks and JetBlue programs have the most prestigious diplomas in my opinion.
"News Analysis: Is 'Wal-Mart U.' a Good Bargain for Students?" by Marc
Parry, Chronicle of Higher Education, June 13, 2010 ---
http://chronicle.com/article/Is-Wal-Mart-U-a-Good/65933/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Anthem Blue Cross offers education benefits with the University of Southern New
Hampshire
"Fiat Chrysler Offers Degrees to Employee Families
(including families of dealer employees) ," Inside Higher Ed,
November 23, 2015 ---
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/11/23/fiat-chrysler-offers-degrees-employee-families?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=b3c3eb755f-DNU20151123&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-b3c3eb755f-197565045
"An Increasingly Popular Job Perk: Online Education,"
by Mary Ellen McIntire, Chronicle of Higher Education, June 2, 2015 ---
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/an-increasingly-popular-job-perk-online-education/56771?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Bob Jensen's threads on fee-based distance
education ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/CrossBorder.htm
Of course there are thousands of free online education
and training courses available from prestigious universities such as Stanford,
MIT, and top Ivy League universities. But transcript credits are not free for
students who want credits for MOOCs on their transcripts. Of course prices are
much lower than onsite attendance credits ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
Added Jensen Comment
What I think is the most interesting trend in what might be termed
competency-based courses and degrees is the lowering of the bar on admissions
standards. Virtually anybody can take these newer online cheaper and/or
subsidized courses with grades awarded on the basis of competency examinations
while taking the courses. In comparison, students admitted on site to
universities like Harvard and Stanford and Arizona State University face higher
admission standards. But with grade inflation in virtually all on-site campuses
(now having median grades of A-) the standards for competency are much lower, in
my viewpoint, than the competency-based online courses
via MOOCs that dare not become shams with grade inflation.
The bottom line is that the competency standard for Harvard University and
Stanford University is being admitted to study on campus. The competency
standard for getting transcript credit for their MOOC courses is . . . er . . .
er . . . demonstrated competency in the subject matter.
If you want to make a Harvard University onsite
student or an ASU onsite student wet his pants make him accept the online
competency-based tests for the course he just received an A or B grade in from
his professor on campus.
Arizona State University is now under enormous
pressure not to make the corporate-subsidized online degrees truly
competency-based and not grade-inflated shams.
Open Yale Courses: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 ---
http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-119
Civil War Ballooning (Abraham Lincoln's Air Force) ---
http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/ballooning.cfm
CivilWar@Smithsonian ---
http://www.civilwar.si.edu/
Civil War Studies ---
http://civilwarstudies.org
This year’s colossal screwup comes to us from the The State University of
New York at Buffalo, which sent emails accepting 5,100 applicants who did not,
in fact, get in ---
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-s-university-buffalo-accidentally-sends-5-100-acceptance-n557366?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=3cea8300a69233c58a9a70122f500342
Helpers for Student Loan Forgiveness and Cancellation ---
https://www.moneygeek.com/education/college/resources/student-loan-forgiveness-cancellation/
Jensen Comment
If you do not qualify for student loan forgiveness you should probably compare
your current annual loan payments with payments if you privately refinance at
the present low interest rates. However, you may lose some protections and
options in doing so. Be careful about refinancing that sounds too good to be
true. You might be able to refinance with your parents in a win-win situation if
your parents consider you a good investment risk and you pay a higher interest
rate than their safe investment alternatives. Read that as meaning you have a
good job in a good profession and are not an unemployed aspiring artist or
writer or getting a Ph.D. in a discipline where Ph.D. graduates are a dime a
dozen.
Whether or not you pay your student loan off aggressively by making above the
minimum amounts due each year depends much upon what you would otherwise do with
the money. Savings rates are so low that you are probably better off paying the
loan off aggressively relative to saving. Risky investments are not the same as
gambling, but you should probably be very cautious with putting money into risky
investments like tech stocks until you have your student loans paid off. Also
remember that there are transactions costs for buying and selling land, houses,
and stocks. Short-term ownership (called flipping) of a house/condo is risky
unless the buying deal was very good in a very hot housing market such as near a
college or medical center. It helps in house flipping markets if you do the
fixing up of a house yourself.
My advice is to avoid buying new cars until your loan is paid off, although
you may have to invest in a quality pre-owned car or lease modest cars at low
rates. Think public transportation if you live in an urban area that has good
public transportation. You can always rent an occasional car if needed for a
trip.
Bob Jensen's personal finance helpers are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob1.htm#InvestmentHelpers
From the University of Warwick
Shakespeare and His World: Free Shakespeare Course Starts Today, During the
400th Anniversary of the Bard’s Death ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/shakespeare-and-his-world.html
Bob Jensen's threads on Shakespeare ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob3.htm
Search on the word "Shakespeare"
Former Harvard University President Laments Grade Inflation ---
http://larrysummers.com/2016/04/01/if-we-really-valued-excellence-we-would-single-it-out/
. . .
In any event, I think that the pervasiveness of top
grades in American higher education is shameful. How can a society that
inflates the grades of its students and assigns the top standard to average
performance be surprised when its corporate leaders inflate their earnings,
its generals inflate their body counts, or its political leaders inflate
their achievements?
More than ethics classes this is a matter of moral
education. And America’s universities are failing when “A” is the most
commonly-awarded grade. If we really valued excellence, we would single it
out.
I did succeed in a small way as Harvard president
in reducing the fraction of students graduating with honors from a ludicrous
90 percent to an excessive 55 percent. I wish I had been able to do more.
Even more I wish that today’s academic leaders would take up this issue.
-
See more at:
http://larrysummers.com/2016/04/01/if-we-really-valued-excellence-we-would-single-it-out/#sthash.Pyptylxk.dpuf
Jensen Comment
The tragedy is that
whether we like it or not
grading competition does motivate efforts to learn
(and perhaps not to cheat in some instances). I return to my oft-quoted example
where over 60 students in a political science class were expelled from Harvard
University for plagiarism on an major assignment. All students in the course
were assured of getting an A grade if they simply turned something in for that
assignment. This destroyed all motivation to work harder to perform better than
other students on the assignment. Worse it motivated those 60+ students to
plagiarize any old rag written by whatever student since the quality of the rag
did not affect the course grade.
My untested
hypothesis is that when all students are assured of getting top grades in the
course they will shed blood, sweat, and tears earning a top grade only when they
become motivated by something other than a top grade. I suspect in pre-med
courses at Harvard students shed blood, sweat, and tears in any course that is
important to eventually getting a high MCAT score for admission to medical
schools.
My untested
hypothesis is that students in financial accounting will shed blood, sweat, and
tears in courses that are most important to passing the CPA examination. They
will do so even if nearly all students in those accounting courses get the same
A grades. But in a political science course where every student gets an A grade
it's unlikely that accounting majors will lose much sleep studying for that
course that gives top grades to every student enrolled in the class. There's no
political science category on the CPA examination. Accounting students will shed
blood, sweat, and tears in a political science course if the instructor is a
tough grader.
I have a lot of
anecdotal evidence dealing with Pass-Fail grades over my 40 years of teaching.
Time and time again when making allocations of study time, a student assured of
passing on a P-F basis did not put in the same effort as students competing for
top grades.
Bob Jensen's threads on the disgrace of grade inflation across all of North
America ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Assess.htm#RateMyProfessor
Grade inflation exploded when student evaluations commenced
to play a crucial role in tenure decisions and faculty pay.
The 8 biggest mistakes taxpayers make, from the accountants who know best
---
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-8-biggest-mistakes-taxpayers-make-from-the-accountants-who-know-best-2016-4
Bob Jensen's Tax Helpers ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob1.htm#010304Taxation
"4-Part Plan Seeks to Fix Mathematics Education," by Dan Barrett,
Chronicle of Higher Education, April 10, 2016 ---
http://chronicle.com/article/4-Part-Plan-Seeks-to-Fix/236037?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=8b3f5c18c713478da5dc6b307768fa12&elq=58285565e94b49cdbe1bac3d487692e6&elqaid=8680&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2922
As I read the above article it seemed that some of the recommendations for
math education also apply to accounting education. Mathematics professors are
often forcused on very narrow esoteric research problems and are really not very
good at teaching math to undergraduates nor are they all that interested in
teaching undergraduates. Accounting professors these days are often not very
good accountants. Accounting doctoral programs teach little if any accounting
amidst the mathematics and statistics and the doctoral programs seldom focus on
making good teachers of accounting. Hence accounting knowledge varies
considerably and depends on what students in doctoral programs knew about
accounting when they entered the doctoral program. This is especially a problem
with the increasing number of foreign students in accounting doctoral programs
since those students are usually strong in mathematics with little background in
accountancy or taxation or auditing.
25 Incredibly Useful Free Sites And Services ---
http://www.fastcompany.com/3058645/25-incredibly-useful-free-sites-and-services
Keep scrolling down and down and down.
Jensen Comment
Some of these sites are probably great, although I cannot speak from experience
in most cases. What bothers me is that:
"If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is too
good to be true."
For example, consider the Amazon price tracker site called CamelCamelCamel
---
http://camelcamelcamel.com/
Indeed there are probably cheaper alternatives for buying most any product
from Amazon.
However, when there are cheaper alternatives I generally still opt for
Amazon. My reasons are as follows:
- I prefer to minimize the online vendors that have my credit card number.
I like the fact that Amazon collects the payments for so many products,
including used products. I would not like sending my credit card number to
Joe Smoe when I buy a used copy of that book from Joe Smoe. Amazon collects
my money and then pays Joe Smoe.
- I like Amazon's guarantee that you will receive the product. If Joe Smoe
does not send me the used book as promised Amazon refunds my money. In my
case since we buy so much from Amazon here in the boondocks I simply leave
the product to be returned in the garage. When the UPS driver makes a
delivery to me he picks up the return package and sends it to Amazon. I
don't have to leave the house.
- Most things I buy have free shipping under Amazon Prime. Many vendors
selling the product at a cheaper price add shipping fees. Of course not all
products I purchase from Amazon are shipped free, but I like the shipping
service of Amazon even when I pay for shipping.
- I love Amazon's return policy and efficiency. It's ever so simple and
reliable and keeps me informed about credits to my account.
- When comparing price alternatives, keep in mind that Amazon gives you
points that are rather generous in terms of reducing prices you pay on
future orders.
- I love the way Amazon keeps track of both the shipping status of current
orders and the database of all my past orders. It's so simple to look up an
old order and then hit the button to buy it again.
My point here is that when only comparing prices on CamelCamelCamel it's easy
to be misled as to the best deals in total.
"If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is too
good to be true."
Making Better Use Of The First And Last Five Minutes Of Class ---
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/04/making-better-use-of-the-first-five-and-last-five-minutes-of-class.html
Sci-Hub ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
Sci-Hub Home Page --- https://sci-hub.io/
For example, enter the search term "Accounting" and then
be very patient until 10 pages of hits appears on the screen.
"The Research Pirates of the Dark Web," by Kaveh Waddell, The
Atlantic, February 9, 2016 ---
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/the-research-pirates-of-the-dark-web/461829/
There’s a battle raging over whether academic
research should be free, and it’s overflowing into the dark web.
Most modern scholarly work remains locked behind
paywalls, and unless your computer is on the network of a university with an
expensive subscription, you have to pay a fee, often around 30 dollars, to
access each paper.
Many scholars say this system makes publishers
rich—Elsevier, a company that controls access to more than 2,000 journals,
has a market capitalization about equal to that of Delta Airlines—but does
not benefit the academics that conducted the research, or the public at
large. Others worry that free academic journals would have a hard time
upholding the rigorous standards and peer reviews that the most prestigious
paid journals are famous for.
Some years ago, a university student in Kazakhstan
took it upon herself to set free the vast trove of paywalled academic
research. That student, Alexandra Elbakyan, developed Sci-Hub, an online
tool that allows users to easily download paywalled papers for free.
. . .
But the investigation that took down the Silk Road
took up countless government resources. It’s unlikely the new Sci-Hub
website would attract the same amount of negative attention, so the website
is likely safe behind the many layers of encryption that protect sites on
the dark web.
"Online Piracy of Academic Materials Extends to Scholarly Books," by
Goldie Blumenstyk, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 12, 2016 ---
http://chronicle.com/article/Online-Piracy-of-Academic/236078?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=28f19c218db84e999bae67908ac03371&elq=a2d406052f3444338ab3c7cd8c38fdcf&elqaid=8627&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2891
University presses have become aware in recent
weeks that unauthorized copies of hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of
their books are available on pirate websites, and officials are still
struggling with how to respond.
Several press leaders said they wanted to be sure
any stance they take against piracy isn’t perceived as an attack on the
open-access movement, which is gaining popularity among some academics and
librarians. It also appears that few, if any, presses have formally notified
their authors that digital copies of their books are available free on an
illicit website.
"Many of these books are our best sellers," said
Dean J. Smith, director of Cornell University Press. "This is really painful
to a university press."
The unauthorized copies are available through a
site called Library Genesis, which also offers more than a million popular
books from commercial publishers.
The site appears to be a sister site to Sci-Hub, an
unauthorized collection of scholarly-journal articles
created by Alexandra Elbakyan, a graduate student in
Kazakhstan. While the workings of the two sites aren’t exactly clear,
several press directors said they believed Sci-Hub is the tool that also
powers the Library Genesis database.
Both sites were ordered shut down last year as a
result of a lawsuit filed by a commercial journal publisher, Elsevier.
Other versions of the sites, which feature
instructions in both Russian and English, subsequently reappeared under
slightly different web addresses. A kind of manifesto posted on the sites
argues that the information in the articles and books should be free from
commercial restraints.
A Dawning Awareness
The Cornell press publishes about 100 new books a
year. Nearly 500 of its titles were listed on the Library Genesis site as of
Monday. The site also listed more than 800 books from the Johns Hopkins
University Press, nearly 2,000 from Harvard University Press, and more than
4,800 from MIT Press.
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More than 17,000 items from the biggest of all
university presses, Oxford University Press, are on the site (including a
book by this reporter), but it could not be immediately determined if that
count also tallies some of the 380 journals it publishes.
"Librarians Find Themselves Caught Between Journal Pirates and Publishers,"
by Corinne Ruff, Chronicle of Higher Education, February 18, 2016 ---
http://chronicle.com/article/Librarians-Find-Themselves/235353
Bob Jensen's Search Helpers ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Searchh.htm
You don’t have to get into Wharton to take advantage of its amazing MBA
program (for transcript credits) ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/wharton-school-of-business-mba-program-online-class-financial-modeling-2016-4
Bob Jensen's threads on MOOCs (some having options for fee-based examinations
and credits) ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
Serendipity ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity
Book Review
"The Science of Serendipity," by Amir Alexander, The Wall Street
Journal, April 12, 2016 ---
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-science-of-serendipity-1460501959?mod=djemMER
. . .
Mr. Mazur relies on the insights of Jacob
Bernoulli, a founder of probability theory (and much else) who formulated
the “weak law of large numbers” more than three centuries ago. According to
Bernoulli, if a test is repeated a sufficient number of times, then the
results over all its repetitions will converge on the expected value.
Consider tossing a coin over and over again. Since
each toss is entirely independent of the previous ones, it is in principle
possible that the results will be all heads or all tails, or at least an
overwhelming preponderance of one or the other. Indeed, in the short term we
are likely to get a sharp imbalance between the number of heads and tails.
But according to Bernoulli’s theorem, if the coin toss is repeated a large
enough number of times, this will not happen: In the long run, the
distribution of heads and tails will match the theoretical likelihood that
the coin will land on one or the other—and that, of course, is exactly 1 in
2.
Unlike a coin toss, the strange coincidences of
human life do not lend themselves to endless repetitions. But Mr. Mazur
implies that if we break up these complex events into a sequence of simpler
ones, then each of the components is, in fact, repeated many times. For
example, all members of Anne Parrish’s social circle of wealthy Americans
were faced with the choice of vacationing in Paris in the summer of 1929. If
10 out of 100 did go to Paris, then we can estimate Anne’s chance of doing
so at 10%.
For all its intuitive simplicity, as Mr. Mazur
points out, the weak law of large numbers is profound. It suggests that the
chaos and unpredictability of our lives is an illusion. It is a seductive
idea. For Mr. Mazur, a mathematician, even the discovery of a childhood book
decades later and oceans away is evidence of the rational order of the
universe.
Whether one agrees with Mr. Mazur seems more a
matter of philosophy and personal inclination than mathematical proof.
Certainly when dealing with coin tosses, poker hands or the roulette wheel
at Monte Carlo, he is on solid ground. Each toss, deal or spin is a simple
event that is repeated unchanged over and over again. Over time the
distribution of the results will surely match the predicted mathematical
probability.
But what of the coincidences of everyday life? Are
such events really just more elaborate versions of a coin toss? Do they too
reveal the workings of the invisible hand of mathematical probability? That
is far from clear. Each of these remarkable instances is a complex event
that happens once and only once. Since each event is unique, a sample of
one, we will never know whether our calculations are correct or even close.
Assigning numerical odds to the vagaries of human life may be a way of
affirming one’s belief that the world is a mathematically ordered place.
Whether such numbers actually add something to our understanding or
experience of such events is another question. For the enjoyment of Mr.
Mazur’s book, this hardly matters, however. Always entertaining and
frequently insightful, “Fluke” is never less than thought-provoking.
Mr. Alexander is the author, most recently, of “Infinitesimal: How a
Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World.”
Former U. of Southern Mississippi Coach Directed Cheating Ring, NCAA Says
---
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/former-u-of-southern-mississippi-coach-directed-cheating-ring-ncaa-says/110171?elqTrackId=9d30a63574cb44dc94a698eac5a736a6&elq=ecde872b4ec84565b7b560ec97cde1ff&elqaid=8605&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2882
Bob Jensen's threads on athletic scandals in higher education ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/HigherEdControversies2.htm#Athletics
The 18 Worst Product Flops of All Time ---
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2016/04/12/the-worst-product-flops-of-all-time-2/?utm_source=247WallStDailyNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=APR132016A&utm_campaign=DailyNewsletter
Jensen Comment
They missed a few others. Apparently the criteria for "flops" does not include
lawsuits such as the Ford Pinto fuel system lawsuits that probably cost Ford
Motor Company more than the losses on the Edsel. More recently Takata's losses
on defective air bag systems are monumental ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takata_Corporation
After at Ten Year Court Fight Google just scored a major victory against
US authors ---
http://qz.com/652744/google-just-scored-a-major-victory-against-us-authors/
A ten-year long case against Google has finally seen its end.
Today, the
US Supreme Court
announced it had declined to hear Authors Guild v Google,
a pivotal case
that pitted book authors’ rights against the tech giant’s desire to build a
massive digital library. In doing so the court quietly sided with Google,
agreeing with previous rulings that its massive book scanning project is
legal.
In 2005, the
Authors Guild, an advocacy group for authors’ rights, sued Google for its
book scanning initiative, then called the Google Books Library Project. The
digital giant had scanned 20 million books and released them online without
permission from their authors, with the goal of making books more findable
and searchable. At the time, Google also ran ads on the scanned pages
(they’ve since stopped);
the guild argued
that Google was
infringing on writers’ copyright and depriving them of potential income.
Though Google
removed its ads, the case continued, changing dramatically from a dispute
about monetary compensation to one about how to treat creative work in a
time of mass digitization. Ten years later, in 2015,
a court of appeals ruled
again against
the authors, saying that the book scanning project was protected under “fair
use”—by digitizing, Google Books had transformed the books, and therefore
was not in violation of copyright:
Google’s making of a digital copy to provide a search function is a
transformative use, which augments public knowledge by making available
information about Plaintiffs’ books without providing the public with a
substantial substitute for matter protected by the Plaintiffs’ copyright
interests in the original works or derivatives of them.
Current US law
protects works based on pre-existing works, if they add something or make
something new out of the original. But an amicus brief filed in February by
big-name writers like Margaret Atwood, J.M. Coetzee, and Malcolm Gladwell
argued that
“the
internet was not anticipated”
when fair use
was defined in 1976. Today, derivative works, no matter how transformative,
may spread to millions in an instant, all while trading heavily on someone’s
creative ideas without compensation.
Continued in article
Also see
http://lisnews.org/supreme_court_rejects_challenge_to_google_bookscanning_project
Bob Jensen's threads on the DMCA are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/theworry.htm#Copyright
From the Scout Report on April 15, 2016
Overcast ---
https://overcast.fm/
Readers who regularly listen to podcasts may be
looking for new ways to stream, download, and organize their podcasts. There
are a number of programs that can help, such as Castro and Pocket Casts.
Overcast, however, is one of the best. Besides being completely free (no
ads, no subscription), the service makes streaming or downloading your
favorite podcasts from anywhere on the web easy, and it makes organizing
your podcasts even easier. So if you currently have one podcast program from
NPR and another from Stuff You Should Know, and still another from your
favorite foodie, Overcast can help you get organized and manage your
podcasts in a way that makes content accessible and fast. Available for
iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Nuzzel ---
http://nuzzel.com/
Nuzzel can provide an organized and comprehensive
way to keep up on the buzz on social media. The program aggregates all the
news stories that friends have posted on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and
the like, and then presents them in a readable and approachable feed for
your consideration. Users may adjust settings to read news stories that have
been posted in the last hour, two hours, 24 hours, previous days, or in the
last week. Options abound in Nuzzel. For example, you can adjust settings to
see just news items that your friends have posted, or view postings from
friends of friends, as well; you can also see how many friends shared a
particular item. Nuzzel also allows you to post to social media straight
from the platform. Available for Android devices running 4.0.3 and up and
Apple devices running iOS 7.0 or later, the app is free and very simple to
learn.
Can Obama's "Moonshot" Initiative Excel Cancer Research?
What will President Obama's cancer 'moonshot' achieve?
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35988623
Scientific advisers tapped to guide Biden's cancer moonshot
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/scientific-advisers-tapped-guide-biden-s-cancer-moonshot
Commander-in-Chief of War on Cancer Assesses 'Moonshot'
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/HealthPolicy/57268
FACT SHEET: Investing in the National Cancer Moonshot
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/01/fact-sheet-investing-national-cancer-moonshot
American Cancer Society: Evolution of Cancer Treatments
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/thehistoryofcancer/the-history-of-cancer-cancer-treatment-surgery
History of Cancer, Ancient and Modern Treatment Methods
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927383/
From the Scout Report on April 15, 2016
Can Obama's "Moonshot" Initiative Excel Cancer Research?
What will President Obama's cancer 'moonshot' achieve?
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35988623
Scientific advisers tapped to guide Biden's cancer moonshot
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/scientific-advisers-tapped-guide-biden-s-cancer-moonshot
Commander-in-Chief of War on Cancer Assesses 'Moonshot'
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/HealthPolicy/57268
FACT SHEET: Investing in the National Cancer Moonshot
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/01/fact-sheet-investing-national-cancer-moonshot
American Cancer Society: Evolution of Cancer Treatments
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/thehistoryofcancer/the-history-of-cancer-cancer-treatment-surgery
History of Cancer, Ancient and Modern Treatment Methods
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927383/
From the Scout Report on April 22, 2016
Medium ---
https://medium.com/
When tech innovator Evan Williams left his post as
CEO of Twitter in 2010, he began looking into blogging platforms, and found
them lacking. Thus, Medium was born. In sum, it is a blog-like platform
where people can share ideas and stories. It is aesthetically pleasing, easy
to read, and easy to use as a contributor. Articles that get the most
attention on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media, show up most on the
site. For readers, this means popular content rises to the surface on its
own. Readers may also scout the site by Media, Parenthood, Music, and Top
Stories, or use the excellent search function to find material that
fascinates. Writers who would like to contribute to the site may simply sign
up using Facebook, Twitter, or an email address.
Any.do ---
https://www.any.do/
Any.do is a highly accessible task-management app.
The system includes time and date reminders, and even geolocation reminders.
In other words, if you need to be reminded to buy eggs this afternoon, the
program will remind you when you get to the grocery store. Another
interesting feature is called "Any.do Moment." This feature reminds you at a
set time to check your to-do list. Then it shows you the tasks you've
entered for the day, one by one on your computer or phone screen. Any.do
does a good job of keeping things simple. It offers users everything they
might need without overwhelming bells and whistles. Any.do is available as a
web app, a Chrome extension, or a mobile app for iPhone, Android, and Chrome
devices.
New Thoughts on the 'Goldilocks' Zone
How alien can a planet be and still support life?
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-alien-can-planet-be-and-still-support-life
Star's Wobble Could Reveal 'Earth-Like' Exoplanet
http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/stars-wobble-could-reveal-nearby-earth-like-exoplanet-160419.htm
What is the Goldilocks Zone and why does it matter in the search for ET?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-22/goldilocks-zones-
habitable-zone-astrobiology-exoplanets/6907836
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: A Brief History
http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-space/article/2008-06/et-phone-earth
NASA Astro Venture: Astronomy Training Lessons: Habitable Zone Reading
http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/astrobiology/astroventure/challenge/Articles/habitablezone.pdf
NAAP Habitable Zones Lab
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/habitablezones/habitablezones.html
Free Online Tutorials, Videos, Course Materials, and
Learning Centers
Education Tutorials
Annenberg Learner: Physical Science ---
http://www.learner.org/courses/essential/physicalsci/index.html
Stanford eCorner (entrepreneurial philosophies and practices) ---
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/
Open Yale Courses: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 ---
http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-119
James Madison Foundation: Lesson Plans and Reports ---
http://www.jamesmadison.gov/lesson_plans.php
The Importance of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) ---
http://www.accountingfoundation.org/gaap
PBS NewsHour Extra ---
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
MIT Press Podcasts ---
https://mitpress.mit.edu/multimedia
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
Inside Ed's Compilation of Gen Ed Articles ---
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/04/20/new-compilation-general-education?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=f4741c5510-DNU20160420&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-f4741c5510-197565045
Teach Engineering: Hands-on Activity: Balloons ---
https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/cub_/activities/cub_balloons/cub_balloons_lesson01_activity1.xml
Engineering, Science, and Medicine Tutorials
Don’t Heed the Haters: Albert Einstein’s Wonderful Letter of Support to Marie
Curie in the Midst of Scandal ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/19/einstein-curie-letter/?mc_cid=9a367edebb&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Annenberg Learner: Physical Science ---
http://www.learner.org/courses/essential/physicalsci/index.html
MIT Press Podcasts ---
https://mitpress.mit.edu/multimedia
Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet ---
http://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resource_center/interactives
Audubon: Birding Without Borders
https://www.audubon.org/features/birding-without-borders
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space---
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/books/review/maria-popova-reviews-janna-levins-black-hole-blues.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
HHMI BioInteractive: Patterns and Processes in Ecology ---
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/patterns-and-processes-ecology
Watch 50+ Documentaries on Famous Architects & Buildings: Bauhaus, Le
Corbusier, Hadid & Many More ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/watch-50-documentaries-on-famous-architects-buildings.html
This is what a supernova looks like ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/supernova-explosion-when-two-stars-collide-2016-4
The Rise of Rocket Girls: The Untold Story of the Remarkable Women Who
Powered Space Exploration ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/15/the-rise-of-rocket-girls/?mc_cid=621080c06b&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Tropical Disease Motion Pictures ---
http://collections.nlm.nih.gov/?f%5Bdrep2.isMemberOfCollection%5D%5B%5D=DREPTDM
Teach Engineering: Hands-on Activity: Balloons ---
https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/cub_/activities/cub_balloons/cub_balloons_lesson01_activity1.xml
Humans are finally starting to understand the octopus, and it’s mind-boggling
---
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazing-facts-about-octopus-2016-3
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
Prologue Magazine (USA Government Records) ---
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/
CDC Blogs ---
http://blogs.cdc.gov/
Harvard University: Buddhism Through Its Scriptures ---
https://www.edx.org/course/buddhism-through-its-scriptures-harvardx-hds3221-3x
Buddhism 101: A Short Introductory Lecture ---
http://www.openculture.com/2015/01/buddhism-101-a-short-introductory-lecture-by-jorge-luis-borges.html
Discovery Education: The Power of Fiction ---
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/the-power-of-fiction.cfm
Van Gogh on Heartbreak and Unrequited Love as a Vitalizing Force for Creative
Work ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/20/van-gogh-heartbreak/?mc_cid=9a367edebb&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Act of Love: A Strange, Wonderful Visual Dictionary of Animal Courtship ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/act-of-love-a-strange-wonderful-visual-dictionary-of-animal-courtship.html
The Largest Ever Analysis of Film Dialogue (Over 4 Million Lines in 2,000
Scripts) Reveals Gender Bias Built Into Cinema ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/the-largest-ever-analysis-of-film-dialogue-reveals-gender-bias-in-cinema.html
James Madison Foundation: Lesson Plans and Reports ---
http://www.jamesmadison.gov/lesson_plans.php
ePsych: An electronic Psychology text ---
http://epsych.msstate.edu/index.html
I'ts remarkable that Professor Gary L. Bradshaw at Mississippii State University
works so hard to keep this open sharing book so up to date.
The Rise of Rocket Girls: The Untold Story of the Remarkable Women Who
Powered Space Exploration ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/15/the-rise-of-rocket-girls/?mc_cid=621080c06b&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension ---
http://www.jhseonline.com/
Africa Research Institute ---
http://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/
PBS NewsHour Extra ---
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
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
Blog on Math Blogs ---
http://blogs.ams.org/blogonmathblogs/
Zero ---
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(number)#Ancient_Near_East
A Short Animated History of Zero (0): How It Started in India, Then Made Its
Journey to the West ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/a-short-animated-history-of-zero.html
Bob Jensen's threads on free online mathematics tutorials are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm
Scroll down to math and statistics
Bob Jensen's links to free courses and tutorials ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
History Tutorials
Open Yale Courses: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 ---
http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-119
Civil War Ballooning (Abraham Lincoln's Air Force) ---
http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/ballooning.cfm
Discovery Education: The Power of Fiction ---
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/the-power-of-fiction.cfm
James Madison Foundation: Lesson Plans and Reports ---
http://www.jamesmadison.gov/lesson_plans.php
CivilWar@Smithsonian ---
http://www.civilwar.si.edu/
Civil War Studies ---
http://civilwarstudies.org
The Largest Ever Analysis of Film Dialogue (Over 4 Million Lines in 2,000
Scripts) Reveals Gender Bias Built Into Cinema ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/the-largest-ever-analysis-of-film-dialogue-reveals-gender-bias-in-cinema.html
The Most Corrupt USA Politicians in History ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-corrupt-united-states-politicians-history-nixon-illegal-bribe-extortion-2016-4
MoMA: German Expressionism (art history) ---
http://www.moma.org/explore/collection/ge/
San Francisco Public Library: Book Arts & Special Collections (book
publishing, printing) ---
http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0200000201
A Nerd’s Guide To The 2,229 Paintings At MoMA ---
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-nerds-guide-to-the-2229-paintings-at-moma/
History of Las Vegas
UNLV: Special Collections ---
https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/photographs/photos.html
The Rise of Rocket Girls: The Untold Story of the Remarkable Women Who
Powered Space Exploration ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/15/the-rise-of-rocket-girls/?mc_cid=621080c06b&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
18 awful vintage ads from the 20th century which show how far we have
progressed ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/vintage-sexist-and-racist-ads-2016-4
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
The 100 Most Memorable Shots in Cinema Over the Past 100 Years ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/the-100-most-memorable-shots-in-cinema-over-the-past-100-years.html
Download 67,000 Historic Maps (in High Resolution) from the Wonderful David
Rumsey Map Collection ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/download-67000-historic-maps-in-high-resolution-from-the-wonderful-david-rumsey-map-collection.html
Don’t Heed the Haters: Albert Einstein’s Wonderful Letter of Support to Marie
Curie in the Midst of Scandal ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/19/einstein-curie-letter/?mc_cid=9a367edebb&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Harvard University: Buddhism Through Its Scriptures ---
https://www.edx.org/course/buddhism-through-its-scriptures-harvardx-hds3221-3x
Buddhism 101: A Short Introductory Lecture ---
http://www.openculture.com/2015/01/buddhism-101-a-short-introductory-lecture-by-jorge-luis-borges.html
Discovery Education: The Power of Fiction ---
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/the-power-of-fiction.cfm
Women Airforce Service Pilots (World War II History) ---
http://www.twu.edu/library/wasp.asp
WW II Airplanes ---
http://pippaettore.com/Horrific_WWII_Statistics.html
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
From
the CFO Journal's Morning Ledger on April 22, 2016
Speaking of Prince, he was the master of
copyright-infringement lawsuits
We’re done
with the tribute, but
nothing compared 2 Prince
when it came to guarding his brand, and we’re hoping we won’t raise the ire
of his lawyers with any links. His dust-up with studio Warner Bros. lives in
infamy, and made him
a fear-inducing executive
in his own right. And it’s part of the reason it’s nearly impossible to find
studio recordings of him available for free online—we searched. As
Jacob Gershman writes on the Law Blog,
in the legal arena “the artist formerly known as Prince” was known as
perhaps the recording industry’s most tenacious defender of copyright
protections.
This was Prince's most powerful performance of all time ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/prince-best-performance-super-bowl-2016-4
Prince's greatest hits ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/price-greatest-hits-2016-4
Prince Plays Guitar Solos ---
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/see-prince-rip-play-two-mind-blowing-solos-on-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-and-american-woman.html
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
Scientists have published a list of the 50 most incorrectly used terms in
psychology ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-have-published-a-list-of-psychological-terms-2016-4
James Baldwin on the Artist’s Struggle for Integrity and How It Illuminates
the Universal Experience of What It Means to Be Human ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/13/james-baldwin-the-artists-struggle-for-integrity/?mc_cid=621080c06b&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Bob Jensen's helpers for writers are at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob3.htm#Dictionaries
Bob Jensen's threads on medicine ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2-Part2.htm#Medicine
CDC Blogs ---
http://blogs.cdc.gov/
Updates from WebMD ---
http://www.webmd.com/
April 12, 2016
April 13, 2016
April 14, 2016
April 15, 2016
April 16, 2016
April 18, 2016
April 19, 2016
April 20, 2016
April 21, 2016
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April 23, 2016
52 Food Items You Need in Your Diet ---
http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/52-healthy-superfoods-you-need-in-your-diet/ss-BBrCoTT#image=5
Slow Food Western Slope: Food Blog ---
http://slowfoodwesternslope.org/food-blog/
Zika May Be Scary, But a Yellow Fever Outbreak Is Underway and It’s Far
More Deadly ---
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601269/zika-may-be-scary-but-a-yellow-fever-outbreak-is-underway-and-its-far-more-deadly/#/set/id/601271/
Jensen Comment
This raises a hypothetical question of what is worse ---- 100 million deaths due
to yellow fever versus 100 million disabled small-brain children who live on and
on?
Fortunately, medical science and engineering will possibly confine both losses
to less than a million.
Scientists have published a list of the 50 most incorrectly used terms in
psychology ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-have-published-a-list-of-psychological-terms-2016-4
Van Gogh on Heartbreak and Unrequited Love as a Vitalizing Force for
Creative Work ---
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/20/van-gogh-heartbreak/?mc_cid=9a367edebb&mc_eid=4d2bd13843
Humor April 15-27, 2016
What if Moses had Facebook? ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiSAIPUpUgQ&feature=youtu.be
Thank you Maria for the heads up
227 Hilarious People in Wal-Marts ---
http://www.mindpause.co/300-hilarious-people-of-walmart/?utm_source=revcontent&utm_medium=75092&utm_term=conservative
news&utm_content=23227&utm_campaign=walmart_photos_desktop_necklace_US
Jim Martin states": "This is a funny segment on the doctors TV show
that speaks for itself,"
http://www.thedoctorstv.com/videos/robotic-pets-for-seniors
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=
'Saturday Night Live' took on Sanders and Clinton's feisty exchange in
Brooklyn ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/saturday-night-live-debate-clinton-sanders-larry-david-brooklyn-2016-4
Big Geek Daddy ---
http://biggeekdad.com/
A Beautiful Poem from Paula About Growing Older
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Oops, she forgot the words.
Forwarded by Paula
An Engineer dies and goes
to Hell. Dissatisfied with the level of comfort, he starts designing and
building improvements. After a while, Hell has air conditioning, flush
toilets and escalators. The engineer is a pretty popular guy.
One day God calls and
asks Satan, "So, how's it going down there?" Satan says, "Hey things are
going great. We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators,
and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next."
God is horrified.
"What? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake - he should never have gone
down there! You know all engineers go to Heaven. Send him up here! "
Satan says, "No way. I
like having an engineer on the staff. I'm keeping him."
God says, "Send him
back up here or I'll sue."
"Yeah, right," Satan laughs, "and where are you going to get a lawyer?"
Forwarded by Paula
Murphy drops some buttered toast on the kitchen floor and it lands
butter-side-up.
He looks down in astonishment, for he knows it's a law of the universe
that buttered toast always falls butter-down. So he rushes round to the
parish to fetch Father Flanagan.
He tells the priest that a miracle has occurred in his kitchen. He won't
say what it is, but asks Flanagan to come and see it with his own eyes.
He leads Flanagan into the kitchen and asks him what he sees on the
floor.
"Well," the priest says, "it's pretty obvious. Someone has dropped some
buttered toast on the floor and then, for some reason, they flipped it over
so that the butter was on top."
"No, I dropped it and it landed like that!" Murphy exclaims.
"Oh my Lord," Flanagan says. "Dropped toast never falls with the butter
side up. It's a miracle …. but wait ... it's not for me to say it's a
miracle. I'll have to report this matter to the bishop, and, he'll have to
deal with it. He'll send some people round to interview you, take photos,
etc."
A thorough investigation is conducted, not only by the archdiocese but by
scientists sent over from the Curia in Rome. No expense is spared. There is
great excitement in the town as everyone knows that a miracle will bring in
much needed tourism revenue.
Then, after eight long weeks and with great fanfare, the bishop announces
the final ruling.
"It is certain that some kind of an extraordinary event took place in
Murphy's kitchen, quite outside the natural laws of the universe," he says.
"Yet the Holy See must be very cautious before ruling a miracle. All other
explanations must be ruled out.
"Unfortunately, in this case, it has been declared 'No Miracle,' because
they think ... Murphy may have buttered the toast
on the wrong side!"
Humor April 2016
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book16q2.htm#Humor043016.htm
Humor March 2016
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http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/book16q1.htm#Humor033116.htm
Humor February 2016
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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
Update in
2014
20-Year Sugar Hill Master Plan ---
http://www.nccouncil.org/images/NCC/file/wrkgdraftfeb142014.pdf
Click here to search Bob Jensen's web site if you have key words to enter ---
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?
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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
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Phone: 603-823-8482
Email:
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