1. Oct 2024
    1. employed

      methodical provisions for rules and for getting employees

    2. disFosal of officials

      officials distributing duties does it in a stable way and according to the rules

    3. The regular activities requi;:cd for the purposes or the bureau-cratically governed structure all' assigned as official duties

      necessary regular activities are official duties

    4. Ilere is the principk ,)f official jurisdictional ar-eas, which arcgenerally ordered by rules, that is, by bws or administrative regulations.This means:

      Modern bureaucracy means...

    5. surrender to the extraordinary, the belief in charisma, i.e.,actual revelation or grace resting in such a person as a savior, aprophet, or a hero

      personal authority can come from charisma

    6. person

      validity of personal authority can come from tradition

    7. authority

      validity can come from personal authority

    8. penon

      validity of power can come from rational rules- removed from person

    9. ut -in times in whichthe class situation has become unambiguously and openly visible toeveryone as the factor determining every man's individual fate, thatvery myth of the highly privileged about everyone having deservedhis particular lot has often. become one of the most passionately hatedobjects of attack; one ought only to think of certain struggles of lateAntiquity and of the Middle Ages, and quite particularly

      what status becomes apparent as determining someone's face the aspect of class is under attack

    10. he who is more favored feelsthe never ceasing ned to look upon his position as in some way"legitimate," upon his advantage as "deserved," and the other's disaQvan-tage as being brought about by the latter's "fault." That the purelyaccidental causes of the difference may be ever so obvious makes noa;fference

      people justify inequality

    11. For a domination, this kind of justification of its legitimacyis much more than.. a matter of theoretical or phiiosophical speculation;it rather constitutes the basis of very rf:<ll differenCes in the empiricalstructure of domination.

      what makes domination legit has empirical impacts

    12. The predominance of the members of such a structure of dominationrests upon the so-called "law of the small number." The ruling minoritycan quickly reach understanding among its members; it is thus able atany time quickly to initiate that rationally organized action which isnecessary to preserve its position of power.

      small number of leaders can address threats and reach understandings more quickly and effectively

    13. As soon as mass administra-tion is involved, the meaning of democracy changes so radically that it[to longer makes sense for the sociologist to ascribe to the' term theiame meaning as in the case discussed so far

      can't categorize smaller dem admin from larger dem admin because of such a radically different system

    14. political party. after all, exists for the very purpose of fighting fordomination in the specific sense, and it thus necessarily tends towarda strict hierarchical structure, however carefully it may be trying tohide this Fac

      as soon as a struggle for power comes into play, direct dem admin is lost and hierarchical structure comes in

    15. n the other hand, the battle cry that a "democratic" administra-tion must be obtained or preserved may become a powerful tool of thepoor ih their 6ght against the honoratiores. but also of economicallypowerful groups which are not admi~ted to status honor

      Fight for a more democratic admin is used by poor to fight for their rights but also by the economically powerful who did not obtain this status group

    16. Where the elders are deposed. power normally accrues not to youthbut to the bearers of some other kind of social pre~tige. In the case ofeconomic or status differentiation the councils of elders (¥tpovula., sen-atus) may retain its name, but de facto it will be composed of honora-tiores in the sense discussed above, i.e., "economic" hQnoratiores, orhearers of status honor whose power ultimately is also based upontheir wealth

      this is where honoratiores come in

    17. The prestige of old age is preserved, on .theother hand, wherever the objective usefulness of experience or thesubjective power of tradition are estimated highly

      transition out of prestige of old age for various factors

    18. ersons who, first, are enjoying an income earned without, or with..s comparatively little, labor, or at least of such a kind that they can afford~. to assume administrative functions in addition to whatever business ac-.oz. tivities they may be carrying on; and who, second, by virtue of such;ncome, have a mode of life which attributes to them the social "pres-tige" of a status honor and thus renders them fit for being called to rule

      honoroatiores- in dem admin, commonly people in power often have wealth with little labor and have social prestige

    19. Wherever it exists, direct democratic administration is unstable,With every development of ecopomic differentiation arises the proba-bility that administration will fall into the hands of the wealthy. Thereason is not that they would have superior personal qualities or more~J!lprehensive knowledge, but simply that they can afford to take thetime to carry on the administrative functions cheaply or without anypay and as part-time jobs.

      dem admin almost always falls to wealthy- they have the time to take on part-time low paying jobs

    20. However mocl.est the administrative func-tion may be, some functionary must have some power of command, andhis position is thus always in suspense between that of a mere servantand that of master.

      power holder is not to act in own self-interest but in servitude to a collective

    21. The first reason is that it is basedupon the amfmption that everybody is equally qualified to conduct thepublic affairs. The second: that in this kind of administration the scopeof power of command is kept at a minimum.

      immediately democratic admin- 1. assumes all are equally qualified to conduct public affairs 2. limited power

    22. t is obvious that relationships of domination may exist reciprocally.In modem bureaucracy, among officials of different departm.ents,.each issubject to the others' powers of command insofar as the lauer have juris-diction

      not always where one person had dominion or the person being dominated can't be the dominator

    23. ndeed, because of the very absenceof rules, domination which originates in the market or other- interestconstellations may be felt to be much more oppressive than an authorityin which the ditties of obedience are set ('·ut clearly and expressly

      lack of clear set rules despite authority that needs to be followed feels sometimes more oppressive

    24. And from there other gradations lead to theposition of the secretary, the engineer, or the worker in the office orplant, who is subject to a discipline no longer different in its nature fromthat of the civil service or the army. although it has been created by a

      same within workplace- meaning of "equal" parties and "voluntary" service are construed

    25. In such a case this kind of dominationmight become quite like the authoritative domination of a bureaucraticstate agency over its subordinates, and the subordination would assumethe character of a relationship of obedience to authority.

      monopolies can utilize control until it almost resembles a bureaucratic state agency

    26. That board, in tum,can give decisive orders to the management by virtue of the latter's ob-ligation to obey

      ex. monopoly can become authority

    27. n itspurest fonn, the first is based upon influence derived exclusively fromthe possession of goods or marketable skills guaranteed in some wayand acting upon the conduct of those dominated, who remain, however,founally free and are motivated simply by the pursuit of their owninterests. The latter kind of domination rests upon alleged absolute dutyto obey, regardless of personal motives or interests

      In its pure form- former is completely based on having the skills or the resources and engaging with other moving completely in their own interests. Latter is based wholly on an alleged duty to obey

    28. The purest type of the former is monopolistic domination in themarket; of the lauer, patriarchal, magisterial, or princely power

      Can have monopolistic domination of market or a sort of "non-rational" power

    29. domination byvirtue of a constellation of interests (in particular: by virtue of a posi-tion of monopoly), and domination by virtue of authority, i,e" powerto command and duty to obey

      2 types of domination

    30. an emerge from the social relations in a drawing room as well as in themarket, from the rostrum of a lecture-hall as well as from the commandpost of a regiment, from an erotic or charitable relationship as well asfrom scholarly discussion or athletics

      domination extends from situations in which person is "commanded"

    31. Domination in the quite general sense of power, i.e., of the possibilityof imposing one's own will upon the behavior of other persons, canemerge in the most diverse forms.

      Reminder- domination = ability to impose one own's will on another person

    32. The crucial characteristics of any form ofdomination may, it is true, not be correlated in any clearcut fashion withany particular form of economic organization. Yet, the structure ofdominancy is in many cases both a factor of great economic importanceand, at least to some extent, a result of economic conditions

      Domination doesn't necessarily = a particular economic org. but how domination is structured often factors into economic significance or is a result of it.

    1. The declaration of Independence in 1776. Politicians and the seeking eyes of the people and their freedom. July 4th 1776, Thomas Jefferson and many other leaders of the colonies got together and signed the document. It was signed and ratified in the Pennsylvania state house. A lot of people often ask questions about the Declaration of independence. I wonder where the document is? I also wonder about how the document being a piece of paper is held and preserved. The declaration document was ratified to grant freedom to the people and formally introduce equality. To separate from Great Britian and to form their own civilization. The audience they were reaching was Great Britian.

    1. We do not demand that these things be portrayed objectively, and they do not have to be the complete truth.
    1. PL Summary Cube

      is it only for the summary cube? or also the pnl cube

    2. glob

      really intend "glob"

    3. sample file:

      Confused because the sample file listed does not match the columns here... what is listed here is a subset.

    1. By reminding readers of the ideas you’re responding to, return sentences ensure that your text maintains a sense of mission and urgency from start to finish.

      I think this helps remind the reader what the main goal of what they are reading is and makes the writing feel more structured, clear, and complete.

    2. r. X’s work was very important—was clear enough, but why did the speaker need to make it in the first place? Did anyone dispute it? Were there commentators in the field who had argued against X’s work or challenged its value? Was the speaker’s interpretation of what X had done somehow novel or revolutionary? Since the speaker gave no hint of an answer to any of these questions, we could only wonder why he was going on and on about X

      I am writing this comment after finishing the chapter. I really like that it started with this story; it's a brilliant way to represent the idea. I also believe that if Dr. X had summarized the opposing views early on, the presentation would have been more compelling.

    3. Starting with a summary of others’ views may seem to con-tradict the common advice that writers should lead with their own thesis or claim

      It's interesting how unsell this advice is, but I think starting with summarizing the other views is received best by people with the other view.

    4. Perhaps the point was clear to other sociologists in the audience who were more familiar with the debates over Dr. X’s work than we were

      Not exactly related, but I noticed that in some classes, the instructor starts the semester without laying the groundwork for what we will be discussing. They dive deep into the topic, leaving many students confused and unable to understand what is being said. It's important to write in a way that everyone can understand, even if it means starting with small concepts. This approach can help readers conduct their own research on the topic and return with a better background for understanding the material.

    5. ou can use the writing process itself to help you discover where you stand instead of having to commit to a position before you are ready to do so

      Engaging in a debate can help strengthen your own position by analyzing others and does not give you pressure prematurely.

    6. you could start with an illustrative quotation, a revealing fact or statistic, or—as we do in this chapter—a relevant anecdote.

      I like this idea, especially the statistic because it's a good way to capture the reader's attention at the beginning of your text. It creates a powerful lead.

    7. One added benefit of summarizing others’ views as soon as you can: you let those others do some of the work of framing and clarifying the issue you’re writing about

      This lets other people's perspectives help shape the issue/idea you're addressing, which strengthens the writing.

    8. to keep an audience engaged, a writer needs to explain what he or she is responding to—either before offering that response or, at least, very early in the discussion

      It's crucial to clarify the concept and ideas to maintain an audience's interest early to make sure they are following the writer's reasoning.

    9. expressing your ideas (“I say”) but of presenting those ideas as a response to some other person or group (“they say”)

      I like how this concept emphasizes the importance of engaging with others opinions to create a richer narrative.

    1. OAR is, however, the source of much of NOAA’s climate alarmism. The preponderance of its climate-change research should be disbanded.

      Also known as "NOAA Research," this office maintains NOAA's "Climate.gov" website, with such "alarmist" features as a "global climate dashboard" charting rising CO2 and other greenhouse gases, sea levels, and ocean heat, as well as declining sea ice and mountain glaciers. https://www.climate.gov/about.

      The Trump administration let this portal go unfunded and at one point shut it down. The suppression of talk about climate change on this and other agency portals during these years, documented by EDGI, was far-reaching. Climate researchers had to alter webpages, for instance, by changing "climate change" to "climate," apparently taken as less politically charged. https://envirodatagov.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/New_Digital_Landscape_EDGI_July_2019.pdf

    2. Downsize the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

      Trump's proposed funding cuts for this agency averaged a whopping 35.7% over the first three years. However, Congress pushed back hard, and actually authorized increases in it budget (8.5%) and staff (3.5%).<br /> https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    3. the Fish and Wildlife Service

      Trump's average proposed budget cuts for his first three years for the Fish and Wildlife Service were slightly higher than those for NOAA itself--more than 18%. However, FWS fared much better in Congress, actually increasing its budget by 2% (adjusting for inflation). It nevertheless lost 5.8% of its staff. https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    4. National Marine Fisheries Service

      Trump tried to cut this service's budget by an average of 15.9% over his first years, but thanks to Congress its staff and budget barely budged. https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    5. Data continuity is an important issue in climate science. Data collected by the department should be presented neutrally, without adjustments intended to support any one side in the climate debate.

      For Project 2025, data supporting the reality of anthropogenic climate change appears biased by definition, since it takes sides in an imagined "climate debate" among scientists. This is a throwback to an earlier version of climate denialism. https://allianceforscience.org/blog/2024/01/new-analysis-exposes-shifts-in-climate-denial-tactics-on-youtube/

    6. the National Environmental Satellite Service

      Trump's average proposed budget cuts for this service averaged a more modest 15% for his first three years. But through Congressional action, the inflation-adjusted budget fell over 40% and the staff over 10% during his time in office. https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    7. The NWS provides data the private companies use and should focus on its data-gathering services. Because private companies rely on these data, the NWS should fully commercialize its forecasting operations.

      Here's a belated recognition that the data used by commercial operations is indeed from the NWS. What it would mean for the NWS to also "fully commercialize its forecasting operations" is not at all clear.

    8. NOAA today boasts that it is a provider of environmental information services, a provider of environmental stewardship services, and a leader in applied scientific research. Each of these functions could be provided commercially, likely at lower cost and higher quality.

      A claim that seems to disregard how so much today's commercial services actually hinge on federal weather data. As AccuWeather chief executive Steven R. Smith put it: "NOAA’s 'foundational data' helps inform AccuWeather’s own forecasting software, artificial intelligence and meteorologists." Moreover, “it has never been our goal to take over the provision of all weather information.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/07/22/project-2025-weather-service-trump/

    9. become one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry and, as such, is harmful to future U.S. prosperity

      Here's the reason why NOAA receives such treatment: its contributions to the science of climate change. Another Project 2025 theme: future US prosperity depends on ignoring and not researching climate change, and certainly not seeking to prepare for or mitigate it.

    10. NOAA

      While the roots of some NOAA functions date to the nineteenth century, it took on more modern form after the passage of the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act in 1966. President Richard Nixon created the agency in 1970, the same year as the EPA. NOAA had the following goals: "to protect life and property from natural hazards, better understand the total environment, and explore and develop ways to use marine resources in a 'coordinated way' within the Department of Commerce." A recent report by the Congressional Research Service outlines the many efforts to legislate on this agency's work and structure.<br /> https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R47636.pdf

    11. Break Up NOAA. The single biggest Department of Commerce agency outside of decennial census years is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which houses the National Weather Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, and other components. NOAA garners $6.5 billion of the department’s $12 billion annual operational budget and accounts for more than half of the department’s personnel in non-decadal Census years (2021 figures).

      The Trump Administration proposed cutting NOAA's budget an average of 17% in its four budget proposals. Because Congressional support for NOAA was less robust than that for other environmental agencies (including EPA), NOAA's actual budget slid over 14% between 2016-2019, the biggest actual funding cut of any environmental agency studied by EDGI over the Trump years. https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    12. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

      Gilman's proposals in the NOAA chapter are among the most hostile plans for any agency proposed by Project 2025.

    1. 教師なし学習・画像分析

      教示なし学習 - IP Insights - IPv4アドレスの使用パターンを学習し、IPv4アドレスとユーザーIDやアカウント番号などのエンティティ巻の関係をとらる - 不正検出や異常な IPアドレスの使用パターンを特定するために使用 - K-Means - データ内の離散的なグループを見つけ、グループ内のメンバーが互いに似ており他のグループとは異なるようにする - クラスタリングに使用。データポイントをk個のグループ分けに使用 - Principal Component Analysis(PCA) - データセット内の次元を削減、データポイントを主成分に投影してできるだけ多くの情報や変動を保持する - 次元削減でデータの可視化やモデルの計算効率の向上に使用 - Random Cut Forest(RCP) - 規則的またはパターン化されたデータから逸脱する異常なデータポイントを検出する - 異常検知に使用され、特に異常なデータ点や外れ値を検出するタスクに適している

    1. In the essay itself, you need to stitch that revelation about the complexities and ambiguities of particular terms, phrases and passages into a larger argument or context – don’t simply list everything you have found; craft it into an argument, and be prepared to downplay or leave out some of the elements you have spotted if they don’t relate to the larger picture.

      this way, we actually account for the context, it is just that the starting point is the language and form of the text

    2. Essentially, the close reading is the starting point for your essay, letting you find what is interesting, intricate, and unexpected about a literary text.

      that is why suggested that we start with close reading

    3. Careful transcription will also help you get inside a passage: you’ll get a feel for its rhythms, its twists and turns, its breathing. Look at the words.

      why very crucial also yung transcription because it changes the feel or effect of the form of the writing

    4. Accurate transcription of quotations is, for some, the first and last rule of close reading

      dapat maayos muna yung transcription ng text before makapag close read nang maayos

    5. virtuoso

      expert, genius

    6. Close reading is also sometimes known as Practical Criticism, rooted in the techniques espoused by the Cambridge critic

      Close reading as Practical criticism

    7. ...slow reading, a deliberate attempt to detach ourselves from the magical power of story-telling and pay attention to language, imagery, allusion, intertextuality, syntax and form.

      paying attention to the formal properties, to the language

    1. Since 2002, DHS/FEMA have provided more than $56 billion in preparedness grants for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments. For FY 2023, President Biden requested more than $3.5 billion for federal assistance grants. Funds provided under these programs do not provide measurable gains for preparedness or resiliency. Rather, more than any objective needs, political interests appear to direct the flow of nondisaster funds. The principles of federalism should be upheld; these indicate that states better understand their unique needs and should bear the costs of their particularized programs

      Here, preparedness grants to the state, local, tribal, and territorial governments DON'T count as federalism. That's in stark contrast with the "New Federalism" proposed by Richard Nixon back in the early 1970s. For Nixon, federalism entailed "revenue sharing" of federal funds with the states, with the states granted more control over how the money was spent: “more money and less interference.” Here, federalism for relief efforts means that states, localities, tribes, etc. will no longer get any federal money. Their efforts will be entirely defunded. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/nixons-new-federalism-45-years-later/

    2. NFIP should be wound down and replaced with private insurance

      If the NFIP had been wound down prior to Helene and Milton, the vast majority of those whose homes were damaged by these storms would have had means of receiving any compensation to cover the destruction. That's because only 25% of Floridians in storm-affected had purchased flood insurance and far fewer in hard-hit Western North Carolina. Moreover, the storms hitting Florida had come after Florida had passed reforms to attract private flood insurers back into its home insurance market. The struggles owners of these policies faced in getting companies to recognize their claims foreshadow what will happen if flood insurance markets turn completely private. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/hurricane-milton-helene-insurance-nightmares-torment-florida-residents-rcna175088

    3. Current NFIP debt is $20.5 billion

      The Trump Administration deprived FEMA of funds by repeatedly taking its allocations for disaster relief and applying them to immigration and border policing. Funds transferred included nearly $10 million in 2018 and nearly $160 million in 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/12/document-shows-the-trump-administration-diverted-nearly-10-million-from-fema-to-ice-detention-program/ https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/02/fema-money-reprogrammed-immigration-enforcement-wh/

    4. insurance at prices lower than the actuarially fair rate, thereby subsidizing flood insurance

      Oversimplified. Since its establishment in 1968, the NFIP has indeed struggled to fulfill the roles envisioned by its architects and proponents, according to historian Scott Knowles. But waves of legislation have repeatedly sought reforms to incentivize and create other mechanisms for reducing risks from floods as well as discouraging development of flood prone areas. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47646

    5. Under the Stafford Act

      According a recent history by the Congressional Research Service, the Stafford Act was passed in 1988 largely in response to an effort by the Reagan administration to reduce the federal funding share for many forms of disaster relief to just 50%, leaving states and localities to cover the rest. After a bipartisan outcry, Congress then acted to legislate a 75% federal/25% state and local rate for many of FEMA's programs. Most proposals here seek to reduce or eliminate federal support for disaster relief may face a similar fate to the Reagan Administration's effort. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47646

    6. Reform of FEMA requires a greater emphasis on federalism and state and local preparedness, leaving FEMA to focus on large, widespread disasters.

      In stark contrast to the approach recommended for immigration and the border, Cuccinelli suggests that FEMA pass more of its responsibilities off to the states and cities and to avoid disasters not considered sufficiently "large" and "widespread."

    7. is regularly in deep debt. After passage of the 1988 Stafford Act, the number of declared federal disasters rose dramatically as most disaster costs were shifted from states and local governments to the federal government. In addition, state friendly FEMA regulations, such as a “per capita indicator,” failed to maintain the pace of inflation and made it easy to meet disaster declaration thresholds. This combination has left FEMA unprepared in both readiness and funding for the truly catastrophic disasters in which its services are most needed

      Cuccinelli's comment neglects another more recent cause of FEMA's dearth of funding: the Trump Administration. From its first proposed budget onward, Trump and his appointee sought to cut FEMA's and other funding for "long-term preparedness efforts, many of them put in place to address the sluggish federal response to Hurricane Katrina." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-agencies-respond-to-storm-some-face-cuts-under-trump-budget-proposal/2017/08/29/0fbbd6ca-8cc8-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37_story.html

    1. Se destaca la importancia de establecer buenos hábitos dentales desde el embarazo y en los primeros años de vida del niño

    2. La caries dental es una enfermedad multifactorial que implica la interacción de varios factores como el huésped, los microorganismos y la dieta. Factores socioeconómicos y el acceso a servicios de salud también juegan un papel importante.

    3. La malnutrición puede afectar negativamente la salud dental, causando problemas como la mala calidad de los tejidos dentales y un mayor riesgo de caries y enfermedades periodontales.

    4. En general, se ha restado importancia a la dieta como factor de riesgo para la caries dental, favoreciendo la promoción de una buena higiene y el uso de flúor. En niños y ancianos, la dieta sigue siendo clave para prevenir la caries

    Annotators

    1. eliminate the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC), which is cochaired by the OSTP, OMB, and CEA, and by executive order should end the use of SCC analysis.

      This constitutes another move to erase climate change from the federal policy. This working group was established in 2009 to draw on the best available science to understand, define, and incorporate "the social benefits of reducing emissions of each of [the main]greenhouse gases, or the social costs of increasing such emissions, in the policy making process." Its calculations were then incorporated in agency cost-benefit analyses. Trump abolished the working group, which was restarted under Biden. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TechnicalSupportDocument_SocialCostofCarbonMethaneNitrousOxide.pdf

    2. establishing a Senior Advisor to coordinate the policy development and implementation of relevant energy and environment policy by officials across the EOP (for example, the policy staff of the NSC, NEC, DPC, CEQ, and OSTP) and abolishing the existing Office of Domestic Climate Policy

      Consistent with Project 2025's other proposed erasures of climate change, the authors propose to continue this with the Oval Office. A Senior Advisor for "energy and environment" will replace an Office of Domestic Climate Policy.

    3. frame the new regulations to limit the scope for judicial review of agency NEPA analysis and judicial remedies, as well as to vindicate the strong public interest in effective and timely agency action.

      The 2020 Trump-era rule revision for NEPA faced many questions about its constitutionality. Though court proceedings were cut short by the Biden revocation of that rule, these proposed measures may well be even more judicially vulnerable. https://www.theregreview.org/2020/08/24/glicksman-camacho-trump-administration-unconstitutional-power-grab/

    4. the Supreme Court ruling that “CEQ’s interpretation of NEPA is entitled to substantial deference.

      This ruling from 1979 may prove judicially vulnerable in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent overturning of the Chevron decision, which had long grounded judicial doctrines of deference to agencies.

    5. The President should instruct the CEQ to rewrite its regulations implementing NEPA along the lines of the historic 2020 effort and restoring its key provisions such as banning the use of cumulative impact analysis.

      This 2020 rule revision to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rolled out early in 2020 and sought to curb the use of science in permitting federal or federally sponsored projects. They attempted to do so indirectly, by mandatory speed-up as well as circumscription of the environmental assessments that NEPA required. More directly, the Trump administration overturned guidance from the Obama administration that NEPA analyses consider effects on climate change. The new rule revision curbed consideration not just of climate change but of all other “effects” that are “remote in time, geographically remote, or the product of a lengthy causal chain” including "cumulative impact analysis"--long a required element of NEPA assessments. https://envirodatagov.org/an-embattled-landscape-federal-environmental-science-integrity-in-the-united-states-a-three-part-series-part-1-targeting-scientific-influence-on-policy/

      Upon overturning this Trump-era rule, the Biden Administration also included environmental justice impacts among the "cumulative" assessments to take place under NEPA, a step which Project 2025 also seeks to reverse. https://www.insideenergyandenvironment.com/2024/05/ceq-final-nepa-regulations-and-department-of-energy-actions-aim-to-responsibly-accelerate-clean-energy-transmission-and-other-infrastructure-development/

    6. The Council on Environmental Quality is the EOP component with the principal task of administering the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by issuing regulations and interpretive documents and by overseeing the processes of individual permitting agencies’ own NEPA regulations, including categorical exclusions. The CEQ also coordinates environmental policy across the federal government, and its influence has waxed and waned across Administrations.

      When President Richard Nixon created the Council in 1970 and announced its first three members, he described CEQ to the press as "the environmental conscience of the nation." https://www.jstor.org/stable/27551558

      In his and many subsequent administrations, Republican as well as Democratic, the CEQ played a central role coordinating environmental policy across the agencies. Trump's nomination of Mary Neumayr to head the CEQ came after the rest of his White House-based political appointees. Though she was at the time considered moderate politically, the Council's work under her leadership focused on circumscribing NEPA's requirements and scope under the guise of "streamlining." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/06/13/trump-tries-a-more-middle-of-the-road-pick-for-top-white-house-environment-post/

    1. national strategic purposes and not misused for political gain.

      There has long been a debate about the proper use of the SPR. Should it only be used in the event of actual supply shortages and gasoline lines? Or should it be used when prices spike "too high?" See https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781585446001/the-strategic-petroleum-reserve/

      Political perception of the impact of SPR releases on Americans' prices at the pump tend to far outstrip the actual economic impact: https://visualizingenergy.org/can-releases-from-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-lower-energy-prices/

    2. Promote American energy interests. The next Administration should make U.S. energy dominance a key component of its foreign policy while ensuring that domestic and international goals are aligned. American energy dominance will allow the United States to secure energy for its citizens, markets for its energy exports, and access to new energy natural resources and will provide tools for U.S. policymakers to assist our allies and deter our adversaries. DESAS should analyze U.S. international energy security interests and develop a National Energy Security Strategy (NESS). This strategy would take account of the energy landscape across the globe to inform the President in his foreign policy and defense roles, but it should not be a tool for U.S. industrial policy, although it might highlight how current domestic industrial and climate policies threaten U.S. energy and national security.

      Under Project 2025, promoting American energy interests is limited to expanding production and consumption of fossil fuels both in the United States and abroad. Currently, the U.S. leads the world in production of oil and gas. Where the U.S. is at greatest risk of falling behind is investments in clean energy manufacturing and deployment, as explained in the International Energy Agency's World Energy Investment 2024 report. For historical context about how the U.S. fell behind China in investments in clean clean energy, see https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295752181/charged/(2022), chapter 4.

    3. Streamline the nuclear regulatory requirements and licensing process.

      How many times does the licensing process need to be streamlined? It was last streamlined in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. What is left unsaid here is that the expected nuclear renaissance of the early 2000's was killed by cheap natural gas produced by fracking. The problem with nuclear power isn't burdensome regulation or environmentalists; it's that the technology is simply not cost-competitive. See https://www.academia.edu/41080344/Nuclear_Power_in_America_The_Story_of_a_Failed_Energy_Transition

    4. Developing the leadership necessary for the disposal of commercial and government spent nuclear fuel.

      While it is proper for the federal government to dispose of spent nuclear fuel, how is this not a subsidy to the civilian nuclear power industry? The fees collected will never come close to paying for disposal.

    5. coordination with the private sector

      Substantial private-sector engagement with US energy infrastructure is well-documented: https://visualizingenergy.org/which-banks-fund-upstream-oil-and-gas/

    6. should not be picking winners and losers

      This chapter stands in support of a presidential campaign that advocates increasing tariffs, which is literally the very definition of picking winners and losers (why industrial policy is okay for some sectors of the economy but not energy is left unexplained).

      Putting that aside, there is a tension between the market liberalism of trying not to pick winners and losers and the goal of American energy dominance and energy independence. For if the proper role of government is to step back and let the market decide, it shouldn't matter where the energy comes from. It shouldn't matter if the US is energy-independent.

      Our involvement in the Middle East over the past century suggests it does matter. Oil is not just another commodity. Daniel Yergin titled his history of oil "The Prize" for a reason. Oil (and energy more broadly) has always been considered too important for its distribution, price and reliability to be left solely to the private market. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Prize/Daniel-Yergin/9781439110126

    7. out of the business of picking winners and losers in energy resources

      This ignores the fact that government has played a role in every energy transition over the past two hundred years. For a study of how government "picked" coal in the early 1800s. See https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674970922

      For more information on the history of energy subsidies for fossil fuels, nuclear, biofuels, and renewables see https://www.dbl.vc/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/What-Would-Jefferson-Do-2.4.pdf

    8. natural gas, and oil

      Translation: these are the forms of energy that matter. And their impacts on the atmosphere and those millions whose lives will be disrupted or lost through climate change do not.

    9. Allow individuals, families, and business to use the energy resources they want to use and that will best serve their needs.

      A peculiar turn of phrase suggesting we need more public control over the energy industry, especially if readers have some knowledge of how many contemporary energy markets work. If the author was serious about this goal, he would favor doing away with investor-owned electric utilities that possess state-sanctioned monopoly control of their territories.

    10. Stop the war on oil and natural gas.

      While Project 2025 authors describe a contermporary "war on oil and natural gas," the data belie this claim. The U.S. currently produces more crude oil than any other country in world history and is producing record levels of natural gas. Biden administration energy policy has included provisions support expansion off-shore oil and gas development, to the consternation of climate hawks. The Energy Information Administration is the best source for information on domestic energy production. On natural gas, see https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61263 On crude oil production, see https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61545#:~:text=Crude%20oil%20production%20in%20the,than%2013.3%20million%20b%2Fd.

    11. Support repeal of massive spending bills like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)3 and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA),4 which established new programs and are providing hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies to renewable energy developers, their investors, and special interests, and support the rescinding of all funds not already spent by these programs.

      Such a policy goal disregards the longstanding federal policies subdidizing research, extraction, and deployment of all types of energy sources in the United States, including wood, fossil fuels, biofuels, nuclear power, and renewable energy. As Nancy Pfund and Ben Healey explain, based on their research on historical energy subsidies, "From land grants for timber and coal in the 1800s to tax expenditures for oil and gas in the early 20th century, from federal investment in hydroelectric power to research and development funding for nuclear energy and today’s incentives for alternative energy sources, America’s [i.e., our government's] support for energy innovation has helped drive our country’s growth for more than 200 years." While support for renewables has grown under the Biden administration, those policies are catching renewables up to the historical subsidies provided to the nuclear, oil and gas, and biofuels in the past, many of which also continue into the present. For more information, see https://www.dbl.vc/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/What-Would-Jefferson-Do-2.4.pdf

    12. use of reliable fossil fuels

      This is a recurring motiff: fossil fuels are reliable and renewable forms of energy (because they are intermittent) are unreliable. This chapter even references the February 2021 blackout in Texas during winter storm Uri as supporting evidence, repeating conservative talking points from the time that have persisted despite repeated debunking. By far the chief reason for the blackout was the widespread failure of Texas' insufficiently weatherized natural gas plants. They shut down just as natural gas demand for home heating rose. Texas suppliers were also hampered by how disconnected this state remained from any larger grids. Oklahoma suffered many of the same problem experienced in Texas but was able to draw power from states further north avoiding a blackout. https://energy.utexas.edu/research/ercot-blackout-2021#:~:text=In%20February%202021%2C%20an%20extreme,more%20than%204.5%20million%20homes.

      Fossil fuels don't ensure reliability. On the contrary, there is a long history of blackouts associated with fossil fueled power; to an extent most people don't realize, these are often caused by issues of transmission lines running from coal-, fuel oil-, or gas-powered generation plants. See https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/3271/When-the-Lights-Went-OutA-History-of-Blackouts-in

    13. the trend toward nationalization of our energy industry

      We environmental historians are unaware of any recent calls for government ownership of the energy industry; the actual definition of nationalization. There was a debate, in the early years of American electrification, about whether electric utilities should be under public or private control, and other national governments have taken public control over the holdings of private oil companies, including Mexico in 1938. But we have seen no discernible trend toward this nationalization--what most scholars mean by the word-- in recent times in the United States.

    14. a “problem”

      Climate change: the problem that cannot be named or acknowledged as genuine here, as elsewhere in Project 2025. Many of the policies in this chapter make little sense absent the assumption that global warming is either a hoax or grossly exaggerated by "radical" environmentalists and a political left, which can be safely ignored. If only we lived in that world.

    15. making America dependent on adversaries like China for energy

      This claim ignores significant evidence. For instance: since 2015, the US has become a net exporter of gasoline: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=63224 The reliance on oil advocated here renders us dependent on Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) largely because of its collective ability to set or influence global oil prices, despite America's current status as net fossil fuel exporter.

      Moreover, finite oil supplies of particular fields and regions have a habit of running out. What happens when fracking runs its course and the US is no longer a net exporter of oil and gas? Likely: even greater dependence on other oil-producing nations.

    16. American Energy Dominance

      Third, true energy independence or dominance is not possible with a reliance on an energy source that is priced by global supply and demand dynamics, such as oil. Not just oil but natural gas may soon rely on international price-setting; many expect a global price for natural gas is on the horizon. Our reliance on a commodity priced by global forces places true "independence" and "dominance" out of reach for national policy-makers.

      Fourth, every form of energy is subsidized (some intentionally, some unintentionally) by a range of policies. (see especially the Introduction in https://www.ucpress.edu/books/crude-politics/hardcover). Historically, the oil and gas industry has received the lion's share of these subsidies. If one were to include greenhouse gas emissions, US foreign policy commitments, and federal preferece for automobility (over other forms of transportaton), federal subsidies for petroleum continue to overshadow those for other sources of energy.

      The idea advanced by these authors simply ignores these historical and contemporary realities. When they say government should not be picking winners and losers by subsidizing energy, the authors only talk about the subsidies enjoyed by the forms of energy they dislike while ignoring the vast subsidies for the forms of energy they prefer.

      As a result, the chapter ignores the costs to the economy of a continued reliance on fossil fuels.

    17. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND RELATED COMMISSIONS

      The chapter would have the US completly disinvest from supporting and subsidizing renewable forms of energy arguing that the transition away from fossil fuels is bad for the economy, makes the US less energy secure, and involves the government picking winners and losers.

      There are several problems with this analysis. First, burning fossil fuels produces pollution, an environmental externality, that is not factored into the price of oil, coal or natural gas. This is a subsidy that is not recognized by the authors of this chapter.

      Second, the US economy is reliant on oil. Virtually every recession since 1945 has been preceded by a significant rise in oil prices. Even though the US is today 'energy independent' (i.e. a net exporter), world oil prices are determined by global supply and demand. It is in our interest not to see oil prices rise too high. There are two ways to achieve this goal: we can reduce our reliance on oil or insure that the world is sufficiently supplied. For the past fifty years, the focus has been on insuring the security of supply. Since the Middle East contains close to half the world's oil reserves and produces a large percentage of the world's oil and natural gas, the US cannot allow unfriendly regimes to control too large a percentage of that region's energy exports. As a result, the US has spent trillions of dollars over the past several decades attempting to support or create such friendly regimes. This interest doesn't change with energy independence and it serves as an enormous unacknowledged subsidy to the oil and gas industry since it would not exist absent our reliance on oil. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780809075072/panicatthepump https://www.jstor.org/stable/41510316

    1. The Greek inhabitants are very rich in gold and precious stones, and they go clothed in garments of silk with gold embroidery, and they ride horses, and look like princes. Indeed, the land is very rich in all cloth stuffs, and in bread, meat, and wine.p.23 Wealth like that of Constantinople is not to be found in the whole world. Here also are men learned in all the books of the Greeks, and they eat and drink every man under his vine and his fig-tree. They hire from amongst all nations warriors called Loazim (Barbarians) to fight with the Sultan Masud[47], King of the Togarmim (Seljuks), who are called Turks; for the natives are not warlike, but are as women who have no strength to fight.

      interesting

    2. There are also hot-water springs to the number of about twenty, which issue from the ground and are situated near the sea, and every man who has any disease can go and bathe in them and get cured. All the afflicted of Lombardy visit it in the summer-time for that purpose.

      cure?

    1. …At sunrise the Admiral again went away- in the boat, and landed to hunt the birds he had seen the day before. After a time, Martin Alonso Pinzon came to him with two pieces of cinnamon, and said that a Portuguese, who was one of his crew, had seen an Indian carrying two very large bundles of it; but he had not bartered for it, because of the penalty imposed by the Admiral on anyone who bartered. He further said that this Indian carried some brown things like nutmegs

      In this part of the journal, Columbus goes on another trip to explore the land. His crew member, Martin Alonso Pinzon, tells him that a Portuguese sailor saw a native carrying large bundles of cinnamon, but didn’t trade for it because of a rule Columbus made that banned trading without permission. The native also had brown objects that looked like nutmeg. This shows the European interest in valuable spices and how Columbus strictly controlled his crew's interactions with the natives, likely to maintain order and avoid conflicts.

    2. They afterwards came to the ship’s boats where we were, swimming and bringing us parrots, cotton threads in skeins, darts, and many other things; and we exchanged them for other things that we gave them, such as glass beads and small bells. In fine, they took all, and gave what they had with good will. It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything. T

      In this passage, Columbus describes how the native people brought gifts like parrots, cotton, and darts to trade with the Europeans, who gave them small items like beads and bells in return. The natives were happy to exchange their goods, and Columbus notes that they gave everything willingly. However, he also assumes that the natives are poor because they don't have the same kinds of wealth or goods as the Europeans, showing his limited understanding of their culture and way of life. This exchange highlights the difference in values between the two groups and Columbus's biased view of the natives' lifestyle.

    3. I was attentive, and took trouble to ascertain if there was gold. I saw that some of them had a small piece fastened in a hole they have in the nose, and by signs I was able to make out that to the south, or going from the island to the south, there was a king who had great cups full

      The intended audience for Columbus's journal appears to be the Spanish monarchy, particularly King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. By documenting his findings and framing his encounters as friendly and productive, Columbus aimed to secure further support and funding for future voyages. This document serves to justify his actions and the continued exploration of the New World.

    4. The above is in the words of the admiral…. ..As soon as dawn broke many of these people came to the beach, al! youths, as I have said, and all of good stature, a very handsome people. Their hair is not curly, but loose and coarse, like horse hair

      Annotated Question:

      What long-term effects did Columbus’s arrival have on the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean? Initially, the encounters were marked by curiosity and trade, but they quickly turned violent as European powers tried to take control of the area. European diseases wiped out many indigenous people, and the need for labor led to the enslavement of those who survived. This question encourages us to look at the various impacts of colonization, such as cultural disruptions, loss of land, and social changes faced by these communities. How can we better understand how these cultures showed resilience despite these challenges?

    5. It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything. They go as naked as when their mothers bore them, and so do the women, although I did not see more than one young girl. All I saw were youths, none more than thirty years of age. They are very well made, with very handsome bodies, and very good countenances.

      One crucial question arising from Columbus’s account is how his descriptions of the indigenous peoples reflect his own cultural biases and assumptions. For instance, by portraying them as "very poor" and "simple," Columbus reveals a Eurocentric view that often disregarded the complexity of their societies. This raises further questions about the impact of these perceptions on subsequent colonial policies and attitudes toward indigenous peoples. How did Columbus's framing of these communities influence European views of colonization? Additionally, to what extent did these narratives shape the justifications for the exploitation of native resources and peoples? Understanding this bias is essential to critically examining the historical narratives surrounding European exploration

    6. as this island is in a line east and west from the island of Hierro in the Canaries

      Columbus mostly encountered the Caribbean islands, which became important for European colonization after he arrived. These islands were rich in resources and in a good location, attracting various European countries looking to expand their empires. After Columbus landed, the indigenous populations faced terrible consequences, including violence, disease, and forced labor, which caused significant changes in their numbers. The first meetings between Columbus and the indigenous peoples set a pattern for future colonial relationships marked by exploitation and control. The effects of these encounters are still felt today, as they laid the groundwork for complicated histories of colonization, resistance, and cultural exchange in the region.

    7. Christopher Columbus,

      Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean from 1492 onward are credited with opening the Americas to European colonization. Sponsored by Spain, his journeys aimed to find a westward route to Asia but instead led him to the Caribbean. Columbus's encounters with indigenous peoples marked the beginning of a significant and often tragic chapter in history, characterized by exploration, conquest, and colonization that would profoundly alter the social, economic, and cultural landscapes of both Europe and the Americas.

    8. inhabitants

      "Inhabitants" refers to the people or animals that live in a specific place, often implying a sense of belonging or connection to their environment.

    9. Canarians

      "Canarians" are the native people from the Canary Islands, known for their unique culture and history, which was influenced by their isolation and later contact with European explorers.

    1. Durante mucho tiempo, la odontología se enfocó en procedimientos mecánicos como extraer o reparar dientes. En los últimos años, ha evolucionado hacia una ciencia enfocada en la prevención y conservación de los tejidos bucales.

    2. La odontología preventiva se define como el conjunto de esfuerzos para promover, mantener y restaurar la salud bucodental. Se centra en la prevención de enfermedades dentales, evitando complicaciones y tratamientos invasivos. Los objetivos incluyen mantener la salud bucal, reducir factores de riesgo y prevenir la aparición de enfermedades.

    3. La salud dental incluye la salud y el funcionamiento de la boca, dientes y encías. Es esencial para actividades como comer, hablar y sonreír, además de prevenir problemas como caries, inflamación de encías, pérdida de dientes y mal aliento.

    4. Objetivos específicos de la odontología preventiva

      Mantener la salud bucodental.

      Reducir los factores de riesgo de problemas dentales.

      Estimar las necesidades de salud.

      Prevenir la aparición de enfermedades dentales.

    1. I have a view of the day database, filtered to today's date, yesterday's date and tomorrow's date for easy access. This is how I access my ...

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    1. The issue of relevance is a complex one. While you will find some sources that are definitely not relevant and others that definitely are, it’s not always that simple. There are many ways in which a source's content can be relevant. A source may provide « background information - key definitions * support for your idea, through examples, opinions, data, and so on * an opposing viewpoint that you want to address

      It's a complex concept because many sources may fall into a grey area. I like how the list is provided to make sure we understand the relevance and what it can provide.

    2. Narrowing your search is a crucial part of the research process.

      I agree with this because it allows you to focus on the most relevant information, refining the results. This saves time and ensures accuracy.

    3. Google is certainly useful, but granting it too much power can cause problems, particularly when it comes to finding information relevant to your research topic. This chapter gives you the tools to use Google and other search engines so that you can decide which results are most relevant to your project.

      I like that this chapter can help with this! I often find that Google can be hard to find relevant and credible information due to popular/sponsored content.

    4. Finding information on the Web—let alone determining its reliabil- ity—can be overwhelming given the sheer range of material available.

      Most of the information available online is overwhelming, especially when trying to determine accuracy and reliability. It's essential to evaluate credibility of the website.

    1. Se analizo la actividad antibacteriana del suero de 23 cocodrilianos vivientes. However, despite living in environments rich in potentially pathogenic micro organisms, these wounds often heal without infection. Several species of crocodylians have been shown to be resistant to disease. For instance, Madsen et al. (1998) found a variety of Salmonella serotypes in the cloacae of healthy Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus). Manolis et al. (1991) found a high incidence of Salmonella in farmed Crocodylus johnsoni and Crocodylus porosus, while Scott and Foster (1997) described the isolation of Salmonellae from both farmed and wild American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). In addition, Williams et al. (1990) found 23 different species of bacteria in the gular and paracloacal glands of healthy American alligators.

    1. Good people hire people that are better than themselves.” He also believes that mediocre employees hire less-talented employees in order to feel better about themselves.

      I thought this was a profound statement! In Intro to Org Leadership, we learned about strengths based theory, the belief that everyone has strengths and if you can identify them and utilize them for the better of the team it is a better technique than pointing out weaknesses and try to change those. I also like the following statement that says, "the role of a leader is to produce more leaders." It takes a confident and humble leader to consciously seek people with strengths that they lack and to place them in the business to utilize those strengths. I hope to be this kind of leader because I do believe in building up those around me and as the saying goes, "It is the greatest achievement of a teacher to enable his students to surpass him." I also believe in learning from the student. Reciprocal leadership is my goal.

    1. En el sistema complemento de los reptiles requiere metales divalentes, temperaturas de 5 y 40 grados, superiores e inferiores lo inactivan . In a subsequent study, Merchant and Britton (Merchant and Britton, 2006) found that the lysis of sheep red blood cells by serum from saltwater (Crocodylus porosus) and freshwater (Crocodylus johnstoni) crocodiles required divalent metal ions, was heat sensitive and was unaffected by methylamine; therefore, suggesting that the alternative pathway was responsible for the lysis. Despite reptiles’ key place in evolutionary history, reptilian immune responses have received relatively little attention. Like all jawed vertebrates, reptiles possess both an innate and adaptive immune system. The innate system, which includes components such as non-specific leukocytes, antimicrobial peptides and the complement system, responds quickly as a non-specific first line of defense against a broad range of pathogens. In many cases the responses are stronger than those of mammals. Much less is known about the adaptive branch, and studies of the cell-mediated and humoral responses have been generally hampered by a lack of appropriate reagents.

    1. “anarchy,”

      Anarchy is defined as a state of disorder due to absent or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems. This the perfect and most astute description of the internet I have ever read.

    1. Where would the community have been if it didn't have those dedicated protestors that were brave enough to risk their own health for the good of the kids?

    2. When a community is hit with such injustice, the ability to see people rise and gain strength from each other is such an amazing thing.

    3. At the end of the day, it is hard not to agree to the simple principle that the kids in this area deserved the right to a quality public education in their own neighborhood.

    4. I believe this was the intention. If you divide the community it falls. "A house divided against itself cannot stand"

    5. It is so hurtful to the kids in the community when they see this type of injustice. To watch schools being built in an unfair and inequitable way is just hurtful.

    6. Despite how unfair CPS and the city is to this community, I do love that they find a way to rejoice. It really speaks to the resilience of the community.

    7. It is such an unbelievable shame that it had to come to that. CPS should have listened in the first place.

    1. 1976 field school class that was jointly run by UCSD

      I can't believe that the original excavation was just a part of a class, maybe that's why it wasn't taken care of very well?

    1. Now they mixed together their balls of armpit_ wax. And Ku_ksu~ixedsome of his hair with it. And then Marumda also mixed some of his hair withthe armpit wax.

      Shows the bond and connection they have with on another. The armpit wax seems to have a deep meaning in their ritual, by the author saying that they mixed together, it shows the care and effort the are putting to help each other.

    2. everywhere but could not even find his tracks. She searched for him in theneighboring mountains in vain. "Somebody has taken him away from me,"she thought.

      The women had no idea where her boy was gone because she was to busy doing something else and not taking care of him.

    3. When she found this out, she was more lonesome thanever. She went outside. "When Indians come," she thought, "they will dothis way."

      This seems like she thiks Indians will be like this and there will be no way to change them .

    4. transformed by poetry and music into the sacred rhythms of myth. In the Pomocreation myth that follows, one catches a hint of the original music thattransported its listeners into the realm of the gods. The night was long, and themyth proceeds at a slow, stately, measured pace

      sounds like myth-teller had a important roll of unite people and build kinship.

    5. Throughout the beginning of the text, the author chooses a path of "creation of the world" talking about a "godly" figure or person who provides for people in need. Questioning these thoughts persuade the reader to think deeply about "The Creation".

    6. Let us go • ewin m • . ,, h II . tnto thth lodge. The world is gomg bad. Sot ey a went m. And theysa·d " eear h h I d h l • I ' Let11the people together enter t e eart o ge; t e wor d 1sgoing bad ,,a So at noon they all entered the earth lodge. Then it blew. It blew te.rriblyEvery kind of tree fell down westward.

      This probably means a house or a place to keep safe and when they said the world is going bad i think they ment a storm because they said it blew terably and every tree fell down. I see that they knew that bad things were going ot happen and they have plans on what to do so they won't get hurt by it.

    1. Sanding and polishing the keys on my Smith-Corona Silent Super. A lesson to all, use foil when using PBlaster to clean, not a rag. It still melts plastic when it soaks through the rag…

      All the videos on YouTube are generally of mechanics who are covering things up for a quick operation (like cleaning slugs) and not for longer cleans. This can be misleading for those who are doing longer term work where the rags need to withstand more liquid or are sitting for longer.

    1. lthough I do have to admit, with COVID and with a lot of remote learning and telehealth, and everything is not that far from what has actually happened.

      COVID forced industries to upgrade their tech due to the remote living conditions.

    2. At the same time, alongside the demographic picture, there’s already a shortage of thousands of care workers. The most recent estimate that I’ve seen is that the shortfall is expected to reach almost quarter of million people by 2025.

      Human care workers are not available, which begs the question of if robots are a suitable replacement.

    3. e you said that, Japan has one of the oldest national populations, currently, it’s about 30% of the population are aged over 65 and that’s expected to reach 40% by 2050. At the same time, the total fertility rate is well below the population replacement level and it has been for many years now.

      There is clearly a need for more attention on elder care, and robots is one of the tools being used.

    1. “In Japan we already have motor-supported bicycles so it is like a version of an assist for walking,” Hirukawa said during a demonstration at the Foreign Press Center Japan.

      Previous technology supports this idea.

    2. “Robotics cannot solve all of these issues; however, robotics will be able to make a contribution to some of these difficulties,” he said.

      They understand the threat of automation and view robots as an auxiliary tool, not a replacement.

    3. Dr Hirohisa Hirukawa, director of robot innovation research at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, said the aims included easing the burden on nursing staff and boosting the autonomy of people still living at home.

      There is government backing for this idea, demonstrated by funding for the National Institute.

    1. he feminine object of desire always consists of two girls commun-ing with each other, corresponding to Irigaray’s two lips kissing.

      dublin crest

    2. yond polarity (and this problem relates to Irigaray’s vision) is that Issyis vain, aggressive, and conventional.

      gerty also stand in for "winsome Irish youth"

    3. His mind bred vermin”

      utter cad

    Annotators

    1. Author response:

      The following is the authors’ response to the previous reviews.

      As you can see from the assessment (which is unchanged from before) and the reviews included below, the reviewers felt that the revisions did not yet address all of the major concerns. There was agreement that the strength of evidence would be upgraded to "solid" by addressing, at minimum, the following: 

      (1) Which of the results are significant for individual monkeys; and 

      (2) How trials from different target contrasts were analyzed 

      In this revision, we have addressed the two primary editorial recommendations:

      (1) We apologize if this information was not clear in the previous version. We have updated Table 1 to highlight clearly the significant results for individual monkeys. Six of our key results – pupil diameter (Fig 2B), microsaccades (Fig 2D), decoding performance for narrow-spiking units (Fig 3A), decoding performance for broad-spiking units (Fig 3B), target-evoked firing rate for all units (Fig 3E) and target-evoked firing rate for broad-spiking units (Fig 3F) – are significant for individual animals and therefore gives us high confidence regarding our results. Please also note that we present all results for individual animals in the Supplementary figures accompanying each main figure.

      (2) We have updated the manuscript and methods to explain how trials of each contrast were included in each analysis, and how contrast normalization was performed for the analysis in Figure 3. In addition, we discuss this point in the Discussion section, which we quote below:

      “Non-target stimulus contrasts were slightly different between hits and misses (mean: 33.1% in hits, 34.0% in misses, permutation test, 𝑝 = 0.02), but the contrast of the target was higher in hits compared to misses (mean: 38.7% in hits, 27.7% in misses, permutation test, 𝑝 = 1.6   𝑒 − 31). To control for potential effects of stimulus contrast, firing rates were first normalized by contrast before performing the analyses reported in Figure 3. For all other results, we considered only non-target stimuli, which had very minor differences in contrast (<1%) across hits and misses. In fact, this minor difference was in the opposite direction of our results with mean contrast being slightly higher for misses. While we cannot completely rule out any other effects of stimulus contrast, the normalization in Figure 3 and minor differences for non-target stimuli should minimize them.”

      Reviewer #1 (Public Review): 

      Summary: 

      In this study, Nandy and colleagues examine neural, physiological and behavioral correlates of perceptual variability in monkeys performing a visual change detection task. They used a laminar probe to record from area V4 while two macaque monkeys detected a small change in stimulus orientation that occurred at a random time in one of two locations, focusing their analysis on stimulus conditions where the animal was equally likely to detect (hit) or not-detect (miss) a briefly presented orientation change (target). They discovered two behavioral and physiological measures that are significantly different between hit and miss trials - pupil size tends to be slightly larger on hits vs. misses, and monkeys are more likely to miss the target on trials in which they made a microsaccade shortly before target onset. They also examined multiple measures of neural activity across the cortical layers and found some measures that are significantly different between hits and misses. 

      Strengths: 

      Overall the study is well executed and the analyses are appropriate (though several issues still need to be addressed as discussed in Specific Comments). 

      Thank you.

      Weaknesses: 

      My main concern with this study is that, with the exception of the pre-target microsaccades, the correlates of perceptual variability (differences between hits and misses) appear to be weak, potentially unreliable and disconnected. The GLM analysis of predictive power of trial outcome based on the behavioral and neural measures is only discussed at the end of the paper. This analysis shows that some of the measures have no significant predictive power, while others cannot be examined using the GLM analysis because these measures cannot be estimated in single trials. Given these weak and disconnected effects, my overall sense is that the current results provide limited advance to our understanding of the neural basis of perceptual variability. 

      Please see our response above to item #1 of the editorial recommendation. Six of our key results are individually significant in both animals giving us high confidence about the reliability and strength of our results. 

      Regarding the reviewer’s comment about the GLM, we note (also stated in the manuscript) that among the measures that we could estimate reliably on a single trial basis, two of these – pre-target microsaccades and input-layer firing rates – were reliable signatures of stimulus perception at threshold. This analysis does not imply that the other measures – Fano Factor, PPC, inter-laminar population correlations, SSC (which are all standard tools in modern systems neuroscience, and which cannot be estimated on a single-trial basis) – are irrelevant. Our intent in including the GLM analyses was to complement the results reported from these across-trial measures (Figs 4-7) with the predictive power of single-trial measures.

      While no study is entirely complete in itself, we have attempted to synthesize our results into a conceptual model as depicted in Fig 8.

      Reviewer #2 (Public Review): 

      Strengths: 

      The experiments were well-designed and executed with meticulous control. The analyses of both behavioural and electrophysiological data align with the standards in the field. 

      Thank you.

      Weaknesses: 

      Many of the findings appear to be subtle differences and incremental compared to previous literature, including the authors' own work. While incremental findings are not necessarily a problem, the manuscript lacks clear statements about the extent to which the dataset, analysis, and findings overlap with the authors' prior research. For example, one of the main findings, which suggests that V4 neurons exhibit larger visual responses in hit trials (as shown in Fig. 3), appears to have been previously reported in their 2017 paper. 

      We respectfully disagree with the assessment that the findings reported here are incremental over the results reported in our prior study (Nandy et al,. 2017). In the previous study, we compared the laminar profile of neural modulation due to the deployment of attention i.e. the main comparison points were the attend-in and the attend-away conditions while controlling for visual stimulation. In this study, we go one step further and home in on the attend-in condition and investigate the differences in the laminar profile of neural activity (and two additional physiological measures: pupil and microsaccades) when the animal either correctly reports or fails to report a stimulus with equal probability. We thus control for both the visual stimulation and the cued attention state of the animal. While there are parallels to our previous results (as the reviewer correctly noted), the results reported here cannot be trivially predicted from our previous results. Please also note that we discuss our new results in the context of prior results, from both our group and others, in the manuscript (lines 310-332).

      Furthermore, the manuscript does not explore potentially interesting aspects of the dataset. For instance, the authors could have investigated instances where monkeys made 'false' reports, such as executing saccades towards visual stimuli when no orientation change occurred, which allows for a broader analysis that considers the perceptual component of neural activity over pure sensory responses. Overall, lacking broad interest with the current form.

      We appreciate the reviewer’s feedback on analyzing false alarm trials. Our focus for this study was to investigate the behavioral and neural correlates accompanying a correct or incorrect perception of a target stimulus presented at perceptual threshold. False alarm trials, by definition, do not include a target presentation. Moreover, false alarm rates rapidly decline with duration into a trial, with high rates during the first non-target presentation and rates close to zero by the time of the eighth presentation (see figure). Investigating false alarms will thus involve a completely different form of analysis than we have undertaken here. We therefore feel that while analyzing false alarm trials will be an interesting avenue to pursue in the future, it is outside the scope of the present study.

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    1. Daniel Clement Dennett (Boston (Massachusetts), 28 maart 1942 – Portland (Maine), 19 april 2024) was een Amerikaanse filosoof die gespecialiseerd was in vraagstukken betreffende het bewustzijn, de filosofie van de geest en kunstmatige intelligentie.

      Hadn't realised Daniel Dennett died last April. I read his The Mind's I (1981), Consciousness Explained (1991) and Darwin's Dangerous Idea (1995) while at university, those last two as they appeared. Have Elbow Room (1984) on the reading stack currently.

    1. It is filled with nursery rhymes and images of flowergirls and children’s laughter. But the gaiety, according to her, is specious,bought at the price of ignoring the actual social circumstances of children’sexperience, as if “real” childhood were replaced by a symbolically expurgatedversion of itself, as if adults were lying about social conditions, idealizingchildhood as a utopian location.

      FW as constructing narratology through/via FORM -- still, the formal is substantive

    2. His experience demonstrates the limits that class canplace on the Enlightenment’s idealization of pedagogy and the successfulsocialization of the child

      !

    3. He did not tell Miss Weaver that the colors were those of girls’ drawers,but his note to her did privilege “the Devil” as the primary player in thenarrative. His coming, guessing, failing, coming again, and being thwartedanother time provides the focus of the clue.

      Gerty MacDowell

    4. Kate

      museyroom

    5. The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies.” Howdoes the text allot attention among the actors in the drama? Who comesforward as the narrative progresses? Who is exiled or wounded or assigneda subordinate role? What is the function of inferiority?

      !

    6. This strategy serves also to bring out the so-cioformal dimension of narrative—quite apart from the dynamics that wemight infer or extrapolate from social interactions outside the form. Thecharacter system, Woloch continues, offers “not simply many interactingindividuals but many intersecting character-spaces, each of which encom-passes an embedded interaction between the discretely implied person andthe dynamically elaborated narrative form” (18)

      Caroline Levine

    7. Izod

      isolde; issy

    8. Feenichts

      Finn; Phoenix

    Annotators

    1. Finnland hatte sich beim Ziel der CO2-Neutralität 2035 darauf verlassen, dass große Mengen von CO2 von Wäldern, Böden und Feuchtgebieten absorbiert werden. Inzwischen ist das Land dort keine Kohlenstoffsenke mehr. Dazu trägt die globale Erhitzung selbst bei, durch die viele Bäume sterben, aber auch die Abholzung des Waldes. Finnland ist ein Beispiel für die Schwächung der ländlichen Kohlenstoffsenken, von der viele Länder betroffen sind. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/15/finland-emissions-target-forests-peatlands-sinks-absorbing-carbon-aoe

    1. reinforcing theGramscian hegemony

      refers to the way dominant groups in society maintain power not just through coercion or force but by securing the consent of the subordinate classes. This is achieved by shaping cultural norms, ideologies, and institutions in a way that makes the dominance of the ruling class seem natural, inevitable, and beneficial to all.

    2. resist the Western predominance anddilute the repressive power relationship than to take the Western IR

      wishes to rewrite and dissemble rather than broaden and expand

    3. Its standard for evaluating IR theories is to see whetherthey can travel – that is, whether theories developed in non-Western areas can beapplicable beyond their origins and in other geocultural locations as well

      western IR should be more applicable to nonwestern states (see acharya aritcle) but there shuld also be a borader, non-west specific IR research

    1. 2023 haben Böden und Landpflanzen fast kein CO2 absorbiert. Dieser Kollaps der Landsenken vor allem durch Dürren und Waldbrände wurde in diesem Ausmaß kaum vorausgesehen, und es ist nicht klar, ob auf ihn eine Regeneration folgt. Er stellt Klimamodelle ebenso in Frage wie die meisten nationalen Pläne zum Erreichen von CO2-Neutralität, weil sie auf natürlichen Senken an Land beruhen. Es gibt Anzeichen dafür, dass die steigenden Temperaturen inzwischen auch die CO2-Aufnahmefähigkeit der Meere schwächen. Überblicksartikel mit Links zu Studien https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/14/nature-carbon-sink-collapse-global-heating-models-emissions-targets-evidence-aoe

    1. Glimmerings of legal and legislative support for the rights and needs of women workers were beginning to appear.

      yeah!

    1. The nuts on the ribbon selector and the ribbon reverse on Royal Quiet De Luxes is a 7/32 inch nut.

    2. Royal Quiet DeLuxe Typewriter Complete Total Body Removal by [[The HotRod Typewriter Co.]]

      Gerren uses a Weaver gunsmith screwdriver set for most of his screwdriver needs. [5:00]

      On the newer QDLs two of the screws for removing the rear plate are accessible from the top underneath the carriage instead of all on the rear.

      The screws for the front body plate can be loosened and don't need to be fully removed to take the body plate off of the machine.

    1. It means showing up every day

      This may be way more than what a normal person has available.

      What's the maximum time between 'sessions' to count as deliberate practice? Even sportspeople have rest days.

    1. Welcome back and in this demo lesson you're going to get the experience of bootstrapping an EC2 instance using user data.

      So this is the ability to run a script during the provisioning process for an EC2 instance and automatically add a certain configuration to that instance during the build process.

      So this is an alternative to creating a custom AMI.

      Earlier in the course you created an Amazon machine image with the WordPress installation and configuration baked in.

      Now that's really quick and simple but it does limit your ability to make changes to that configuration.

      So the configuration is baked into the AMI and so you're limited as to what you can change during launch time.

      With boot strapping you have the ability to perform all the steps in the form of a script during the provisioning process and so it can be a lot more flexible.

      Now to get started we need to create the Animals for Life VPC within our general AWS account.

      So this is the management account of the organization.

      So make sure that you're logged into the IAM admin user of this account and as always make sure you have the Northern Virginia region selected.

      Now attached to this lesson is a one-click deployment link so go ahead and open that.

      This is going to take you to the quick create stack page and everything should be pre-populated.

      The stack name should be bootstrap everything else has appropriate default so just scroll down to the bottom, check the capabilities acknowledgement box and then go ahead and click on create stack.

      Now this will create the Animals for Life VPC which contains the public subnets that we'll be launching our instance into and so we're going to need this to be in a create complete state before we move on.

      So go ahead and pause the video and once your stack changes from create in progress to create complete then we good to continue.

      Okay so now that that stack has moved into a create complete state we good to continue.

      Now also attached to this lesson is another link which is the user data that we're going to use for this demo lesson so go ahead and open that link.

      This is the user data that we're going to use to bootstrap the EC2 instance so what I want you to do is to download this file to your local machine and then open it in a code editor or alternatively just copy all the text on screen now and paste that into a code editor.

      So I've gone ahead and opened that file in my text editor and if you look through all of the different commands contained within this user data .txt file then you should recognize some of them.

      These are basically the commands that we ran earlier in the course when we manually installed word press and when we created the Amazon machine image.

      So we're essentially installing the MariaDB database server, the Apache web server, Wget and Cowsay.

      We're installing PHP and its associated libraries.

      We're making sure that both the database and the web server are set to automatically start when the instance reboots and are explicitly started when this script is run.

      We're setting the root password of the MariaDB database server.

      We're downloading the latest copy of the WordPress installation archive.

      We're extracting it and we're moving the files into the correct locations.

      Then we're configuring WordPress by copying the sample configuration file into the final and proper file name so wp-config.php and then we're performing a search and replace on those placeholders and replacing them with our actual chosen values for the database name, the database user and the database password.

      And then after that we're fixing up the permissions on the web root folder with the WordPress installation files inside so we're making sure that the ownership is correct and then we're fixing up the permissions with a slightly improved version of what we've used previously.

      Then we're creating our DB.setup script in the same way that we did when we were manually installing WordPress.

      We're logging into the database using the MySQL command line utility, authenticating as the root user with the root password and then running this script and this creates the WordPress database, the user sets the password and gives that user permissions on the database.

      And then finally we're configuring the Cowsay utility so we're setting up the message of the day file we're outputting our animals for life custom greeting and then we're forcing a refresh of the login banner.

      So these are all of the steps that you've previously done manually so I hope it's still fresh in your memory just how annoying that manual installation was.

      Okay so at this point this user data is ready to go and I want to demonstrate to you how you can use this to bootstrap an EC2 instance.

      So let's go ahead and move back to the AWS console.

      Once we're at the AWS console this CloudFormation 1 click deployment has created the Animals for Life VPC.

      So what we're going to do is to click on the services drop down and then move to the EC2 console and go ahead and click on launch instance followed by launch instance again.

      So first things first the instance is going to be called a4l for animals for life - manual WordPress so go ahead and enter that in the box at the top then scroll down select Amazon Linux and then make sure Amazon Linux 2023 is selected in the drop down and then make sure that you've got 64-bit x86 selected.

      I want you to pick whichever type is free tier eligible within your account and region in my case it's t2.micro but you should pick the one that's free tier eligible.

      Under key pair go ahead and pick proceed without a key pair then scroll down to network settings and click on edit and there are a few items on this page that we need to explicitly configure.

      The first is we need to select the Animals for Life VPC next to network so select a4l -vpc1 next to subnet I want you to go ahead and pick sn -web -a so that's the web or public subnet within availability zone a then make sure auto assign public IP is set to enable we'll be using an existing security group so check that box and then in the drop down so click the drop down and select the bootstrap -instance security group so bootstrap was the name of the cloud formation stack that we created using the one-click deployment we won't be making any changes to the storage configuration and next we need to scroll down to an option that we've not used before we're going to enter some user data so scroll all the way down and under advanced details expand this if it isn't already and you're looking for the user data box what we're going to do is paste in the user data that you just downloaded so in my case this is the user data.txt which I downloaded so I'm going to go ahead and select all of the information in this user data.txt making sure I get everything including the last line and I'm going to copy that into my clipboard now back at the AWS console we need to paste that in to the user data box now by default EC2 accepts user data as base64 encoded data so we need to provide it with base64 encoded data and we're not we're just giving it a normal text file so in this case the user interface can actually do this conversion for us so if what you're pasting in is not base64 encoded and what we're pasting in isn't then we don't need to do anything else if we're pasting in data which is already base64 encoded we need to check this box below the user data box we don't need to worry about that because we're not pasting in anything with base64 encoding so we can just paste in our user data directly into this box and this will be run during the instance launch process so this is where our automatic configuration comes from this is what will bootstrap the EC2 instance okay so that's everything we need to configure so go ahead and click on launch instance now at this point while this is launching I want you to keep in mind that in the previous demo examples in this course we manually launched an instance and then once the instance was in a running state we had to connect into it download WordPress install WordPress and then configure WordPress along with all of the other associated dependencies that WordPress requires so that was a fairly time-intensive process that was open to errors in the AMI example we followed that same process but at the end we created the Amazon machine image so keep that in mind and compare it to what your experience is in this demo lesson so now we've launched the instance and it's now in a running state and we've provided some user data to this instance so I want you to leave it a couple of minutes after it's showing in a running state just give it a brief while to perform that additional configuration after a few minutes go ahead and right click on that instance and select connect we're going to be using EC2 instance connect so make sure that's selected make sure the user is set to EC2 - user and then just click connect now what you should see if we've given this enough time is our custom animals for life login banner and that means that the bootstrapping process has completed think about this for a minute as part of the launch process EC2 has provisioned us an EC2 instance and it's also run a relatively complex installation and configuration script that we've supplied in the form of user data and that's downloaded and installed WordPress and configured our custom login banner if we go back to EC2 select instances and then if we copy the public IP address into our clipboard so copy the actual IP address do not click on this link because this will open it using HTTPS which we haven't configured if you take that IP address and open that in a new tab you'll see the installation dialogue for WordPress and that's because the bootstrapping process using the user data has done all the configuration process that previously we've had to do manually now if we go back to the instance I want to demonstrate architecturally and operationally exactly how this works what we can do is use the curl utility to review the instance metadata now because we're using Amazon Linux 2023 we need to do this slightly differently we need to use version 2 of the metadata service so first we need to run this command to get a token which we can use to authenticate to the metadata service so run this next we can run this command which gets us the metadata of the instance and this uses the 169254 169254 address or as I like to call it 169.254 repeating now if we use this with meta hyphen data on the end then we get the metadata service but as we know user data is a component of the metadata service so instead of using forward slash latest forward slash metadata we can replace metadata with user data and this will allow us to see the user data supplied to the instance and don't worry all of these commands will be attached to the lesson so you should recognize this this is the user data that we passed into the instance so this is performed a download a configuration and an installation of Apache the database server and WordPress as well as our custom login banner so that's how the user data gets into the EC2 instance and there's a service running on the EC2 instance which takes this data and automatically performs these configuration steps essentially this is run as a script on the operating system now something else we can do is to move into the forward slash VAR forward slash log folder and this is a folder which contains many of the system logs and if we do an LS space hyphen LA we'll see a collection of logs within this folder there are two logs in particular that are really useful for diagnosing bootstrapping related problems these logs are cloud hyphen init dot log and cloud hyphen init hyphen output dot log and both of these are used for slightly different reasons so what I want to do is to output one of these logs and show you the content so we're going to output using shudu first to get admin permissions and then cat and we're going to use the cloud hyphen init hyphen output dot log and I'm going to press enter and that's going to show you the contents of this file and you'll be able to see using this log file exactly what's been executed on this EC2 instance so you'll be able to see all of the actual commands and the output from those commands as they've been executed on this EC2 instance so you'll be able to see all of the WordPress related downloads and copies the replacements of the database usernames and passwords the permissions fix section the database creation user creation and then permissions on that database as well as the command that actually executes those and then right at the bottom is where we configure our custom login banner so this is how you can see exactly what's been run on this EC2 instance and if you ever encounter any issues with any of the demo lessons within this course or any of my courses then you can use this file to determine exactly what's happened on the EC2 instance as part of the bootstrapping process okay so this is the end of part one of this lesson it was getting a little bit on the long side and so I wanted to add a break it's an opportunity just to take a rest or grab a coffee part two will be continuing immediately from the end of part one so go ahead complete the video and when you're ready join me in part two.

    1. The way managers are taught to run companies seems to be like modular design in the sense that you treat subtrees of the org chart as black boxes

      I understand the point in an intuitive way, but I wonder how come companies can be run by managers, and it's only some that fail?

      There's always the question, perhaps AirBnB without their founders would be twice as successful.

      I believe in essence it comes down to copy/pasting models and frameworks without embracing a changing culture and landscape. Distributed teams across the globe is a relatively new phenomenon. The number of clients a company may have has not been seen earlier. Facebook has billions of users and probably millions of customers across the globe.

      Amazon builds and sells hardware (Kindle), rents cloud space, and has a two-sided marketplace for random goods, in some cases managing inventory.

      These are new types of companies that require new types of management. OKR's were useful decades ago, can still be used as a copy/paste model?

    1. There's a lot of selection bias in advice about whether to "follow your passion," and this is the reason

      OK, a bit of intellectual honesty here.

    2. but that the way to make a really large amount of money is to start a startup, and working on what interests you is an excellent way to discover startup ideas

      Is this not similar to the football analogy? There's an extremely low chance of getting into the billion's range, we are just exposed to a large survivorship bias.

      Imposing this believe benefits incubators and VC's the most, since they hedge the risks by working on multiple startups simultaneously. Entrepreneurs don't get this chance.

    1. Adrian Poisson grew up studying science and math by day and art after hours beginning at the age of five

      for - Adrian Bejan - constructal law - childhood - art and science - from - The End of Scarcity? From ‘Polycrisis’ to Planetary Phase Shift - Nafeez Ahmed - 2024, Oct 16

      Summary - Good explainer video about constructal theory and flow

      from - The End of Scarcity? From ‘Polycrisis’ to Planetary Phase Shift - Nafeez Ahmed - 2024, Oct 16 - https://hyp.is/Qt8IMI74Ee--f4O18QMPFQ/ageoftransformation.org/the-end-of-scarcity-from-polycrisis-to-planetary-phase-shift/

    2. for - Adrian Bejan - autobiography - constructal law

    1. constructal law

      for - definition - constructal law - Adrian Bejan - to - The constructal law of design in evolution and nature

      to - The constructal law of design in evolution and nature - https://hyp.is/ZRIXfo76Ee-5yZdY2quRaQ/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2871904/ - youtube explainer video - constructal theory - flow - Adrian Bejan - https://hyp.is/R7V4Yo79Ee-52gO6UYAaYQ/www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEBTPee9ZM

    2. To survive, living systems need to process information from their environment so they can predict environmental conditions. They then translate this information into organising their material structures to maximise the efficiency with which they extract and dissipate energy.

      for - question - entropy definition of life - investigate further - entropy definition of life

      question - I'm not fully appreciating his explanation. This requires further investigation - This physical explanation of life appears to be aimed at showing that the hardware and software aspects of life work together to dissipate physical energy - Is he saying that life's purpose is to accelerate the heat death of the universe?

    3. The ‘hardware’ is a configuration of matter which harnesses energy from its environment with surprising efficiency and dissipates it as waste back into the environment.

      for - definition- hardware - software - Paul Davies

      definition - hardware - software - Paul Davies - In the context of life, - hardware - configuration of matter which harnesses energy from its environment - software - complex information sturctures by which configurations of matter and energy are organized and instructed to self-reproduce

    1. CEM

      Customer engagement refers to the interactions and experiences a customer has with a brand, which fosters a relationship and emotional connection between the two. It goes beyond simply purchasing products; it involves how customers interact with the brand across various touchpoints, like social media, customer support, emails, or in-store visits. Engaged customers tend to be more loyal, advocate for the brand, and are more likely to make repeat purchases.

    1. Most U.S. children spend about seven hours a day,

      out of my 13 years of school i've currently have done, School is very important, but in my opinion. I feel we should do less hours in school and more at home as well. But my question is Why is it a requirement to have 7 hours of school ?

    2. Millennials were deeply affected by the financial Recession in 2008.

      I feel I can relate to this because when this happened I was 8 years old, but to watch my family struggle with money and to couch hop so I was able to go to school was heart breaking. BUT my family is is a better place now and now own a house with land and has a beautiful family. it only took till 2012

    3. The process of resocialization to civilian life is not a simple one.

      Its very hard for individuals for example military or individuals who leave jail to leave and join the normal civilian life due to the fact they lived in a high structured environment

    1. The Phillips Curve The Phillips curve shows the inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment: as unemployment decreases, inflation increases.

      use like a method to prove or explain the relationship between inflation and unemployment

    2. Đường cong PhillipsĐường cong Phillips cho thấy mối quan hệ nghịch đảo giữa lạm phát và thất nghiệp: khi tỷ lệ thất nghiệp giảm, lạm phát tăng lên.

      use like a method to prove or explain the relationship between inflation and unemployment

    1. debris

      Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around.