Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
Dec. 30 (M), 2013. Greenspan's Anguish -Thoreau as Economic Prophet and Other Selected Essays by Professor James Eggert, published 2013.
Crystal Huang
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Met Environmental-Economics Professor Jim and Pat Eggerts 122813 (15 photos)
Most economists whom I have met tend to propound the "Creed of Growth" - expansion, acceleration, and pursuing the happiness of MORE and MORE. But not Emeritus Professor Eggert, a leading educator, scholar, and environmental activist who has dedicated himself to the sustainable economy for most of his time. James was a recipient of the university's outstanding teaching award for many years, advised the student environment club, Greensense, published several books in Economics and Environmental issues. Currently he serves on the Town of Colfax plan commission and is a member of the Wisconsin environmental Educator as well as The Thoreau Society.
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Crystal Huang Professor James Eggert's most recent book - Greenspan's Anguish -Thoreau as Economic Prophet and Other Selected Essays, published 2013.
Most economists embrace the Sacred Creed of Growth and Expansion (and don't ask why being socio-economically conservative is their destiny ??!!), but not James and a school of Eco- Econ-scholars, heralding the paradigm-shift in unshackling various types of left-right ideological constraints, cultivating the awakening wisdom, and finding harmony and balance via eco-interconnectivity- written in a poetic and transcendental way!
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Dec. 30 (M), 2013 Crystal's Serendipitous teaching-learning-sharing #19
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Is this a lie??- "Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the world." Thanks for Dean Henderson's sharing an article attached below:
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Crystal Huang Thanks to Dean Henderson- Roadmap to the Illuminati Pyramid (447 Pages) http://www.amazon.com/Big.../dp/1453757732/ref=sr_1_1...
Mr. Dean Henderson provides readers with powerful yet intricate perspectives on the globally domineering commodities - oil, weaponry, drugs, as well as the hegemonic central banking system in the WAR economy inherited by 8 interbred families. Here are some book reviews for your reference: " Big Oil & Their Bankers In The Persian Gulf: Four Horsemen, Eight Families & Their Global Intelligence, Narcotics & Terror Network" -"Big Oil... pulls back the covers to expose a centuries-old cabal of global oligarchs, whose control over the global economy is based on hegemony over the planet's three most valuable commodities: oil, guns and drugs- combined with ownership of the world's central banks. Henderson implicates these oligarchs in the orchestration of a string of conspiracies from Pearl Harbor to the Kennedy Assassination to 911. He follows the trail of dirty money up the food chain to the interbred Eight Families who- from their City of London base- control the Four Horsemen of Oil, the global drug trade and the permanent war economy. "Big Oil... is an extraordinary expose of the powers and events that are exacting a heavy toll on us, the people". - Nexus New Times Magazine. Australia. "Big Oil... is hair-raising and a masterpiece which deserves not less than the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. This book should be a requisite for every American to study." - Dr. Carlos J. Canggiano, M.D., Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.
Big Oil & Their Bankers In The Persian Gulf: Four Horsemen, Eight Families & Their Global...www.amazon.com
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Crystal Huang One more from Dean Henderson - http://networkedblogs.com/SqFtj
Press TV Interview: US Economy Hijacked by Capitalist Bankersnetworkedblogs.com
Click link below to Listen: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/12/30/342814/us-economy-hijacked-by-bankers/
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Crystal Huang http://www.brennancenter.org/.../13-things-we-learned... Thanks toBrennan Center for Justice at NYU Law's sharing.
13 Things We Learned about Money in Politics in 2013 | Brennan Center for Justicewww.brennancenter.org
For a federal election off year, 2013 saw an enormous amount of upheaval in camp...See More
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Crystal Huang Are you fed up with the 2 party system? What else can you do?http://www.washingtonsblog.com/.../the-founding-fathers...
The Founding Fathers Tried to Warn Us About the Threat From a Two-Party System Washington's Blogwww.washingtonsblog.com
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Crystal Huang The institutionalized bailouts - at yours and my cost, as the patriotic taxpayers !!!
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Crystal Huang Incriminate (prohibit) the alternative/clean energy innovators/users! Feed the big drug companies! Salute to Washington D.C.! Worship Hollywood! Adore Gladiatorial sport fields! Idolize the profiteering corporate puppeteers/billionaires (creating all sort of free-of-charge detrimental EXTERNALITIES- cutting education, unemployment, dysfunctional families, forceful consumption, pollution, obesity, depression, outsourcing, downsizing, income/social inequality, war... and you can add more...) for you and me to enjoy)! !
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HappyGo LuckyGrace great findings....
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Crystal Huang A finale of this post.... yes, I am in the "Right" lane, as well as you?? !
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Dean Henderson Thanks Crystal!
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Crystal Huang To access Dean's writing - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-Hook/180000622042161
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Is this a lie??- "Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the world." Thanks for Dean Henderson's sharing an article attached below:
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Crystal Huang Thanks to Dean Henderson- Roadmap to the Illuminati Pyramid (447 Pages) http://www.amazon.com/Big.../dp/1453757732/ref=sr_1_1...
Mr. Dean Henderson provides readers with powerful yet intricate perspectives on the globally domineering commodities - oil, weaponry, drugs, as well as the hegemonic central banking system in the WAR economy inherited by 8 interbred families. Here are some book reviews for your reference: " Big Oil & Their Bankers In The Persian Gulf: Four Horsemen, Eight Families & Their Global Intelligence, Narcotics & Terror Network" -"Big Oil... pulls back the covers to expose a centuries-old cabal of global oligarchs, whose control over the global economy is based on hegemony over the planet's three most valuable commodities: oil, guns and drugs- combined with ownership of the world's central banks. Henderson implicates these oligarchs in the orchestration of a string of conspiracies from Pearl Harbor to the Kennedy Assassination to 911. He follows the trail of dirty money up the food chain to the interbred Eight Families who- from their City of London base- control the Four Horsemen of Oil, the global drug trade and the permanent war economy. "Big Oil... is an extraordinary expose of the powers and events that are exacting a heavy toll on us, the people". - Nexus New Times Magazine. Australia. "Big Oil... is hair-raising and a masterpiece which deserves not less than the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. This book should be a requisite for every American to study." - Dr. Carlos J. Canggiano, M.D., Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.
Big Oil & Their Bankers In The Persian Gulf: Four Horsemen, Eight Families & Their Global...www.amazon.com
Big Oil... pulls back the covers to expose a centuries-old cabal of global oliga...See More
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Crystal Huang One more from Dean Henderson - http://networkedblogs.com/SqFtj
Press TV Interview: US Economy Hijacked by Capitalist Bankersnetworkedblogs.com
Click link below to Listen: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/12/30/342814/us-economy-hijacked-by-bankers/
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Crystal Huang http://www.brennancenter.org/.../13-things-we-learned... Thanks toBrennan Center for Justice at NYU Law's sharing.
13 Things We Learned about Money in Politics in 2013 | Brennan Center for Justicewww.brennancenter.org
For a federal election off year, 2013 saw an enormous amount of upheaval in camp...See More
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Crystal Huang Are you fed up with the 2 party system? What else can you do?http://www.washingtonsblog.com/.../the-founding-fathers...
The Founding Fathers Tried to Warn Us About the Threat From a Two-Party System Washington's Blogwww.washingtonsblog.com
Polls show that a majority of Americans say that both the Republicans and Democr...See More
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Crystal Huang The institutionalized bailouts - at yours and my cost, as the patriotic taxpayers !!!
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Crystal Huang Incriminate (prohibit) the alternative/clean energy innovators/users! Feed the big drug companies! Salute to Washington D.C.! Worship Hollywood! Adore Gladiatorial sport fields! Idolize the profiteering corporate puppeteers/billionaires (creating all sort of free-of-charge detrimental EXTERNALITIES- cutting education, unemployment, dysfunctional families, forceful consumption, pollution, obesity, depression, outsourcing, downsizing, income/social inequality, war... and you can add more...) for you and me to enjoy)! !
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HappyGo LuckyGrace great findings....
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Crystal Huang A finale of this post.... yes, I am in the "Right" lane, as well as you?? !
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Dean Henderson Thanks Crystal!
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Crystal Huang To access Dean's writing - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-Hook/180000622042161
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The International Children’s Digital Library Offers Free Books for Kids in Over 40 Languages
www.openculture.com
For all of the free literature and essays available online, a surprisingly small amount is geared toward children. Even less is aimed at children who speak foreign languages.
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Crystal Huang I checked the above site for instructions. Here is the exact website you can visit directly and help your children/students use it (age from 3 to 13+)http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
ICDL - International Children's Digital Libraryen.childrenslibrary.org
International Children's Digital Library
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Renee Smith Thanks!
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Crystal Huang Just checked Bev Slattery Hartford's page (via Lady Grey)! A great sharing! Thanks, Bev.
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Crystal Huang http://www.addictinginfo.org/.../newtown-shooter-police.../
Final Police Report Tells Chilling Story Of Sandy Hook Murderswww.addictinginfo.org
The final police report on the Newtown shooter portrays a man who was raised around guns from an early age, and the event was more tragic than we thought.
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Crystal Huang The thousand pages of report, in short - " ... the Newtown shooting told the story of Adam Lanza, a young man who was “comfortable with a firearm” since he was 4 years old. A family friend, Marvin LaFontaine, described Lanza learning about firearms at this young age, and he went on to explain how the boy’s mother, Nancy Lanza, would tirelessly go through the correct methods of holding and firing a Ruger, the handgun she felt was ideal for Adam...."
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The International Children’s Digital Library Offers Free Books for Kids in Over 40 Languages
www.openculture.com
For all of the free literature and essays available online, a surprisingly small amount is geared toward children. Even less is aimed at children who speak foreign languages.
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Crystal Huang I checked the above site for instructions. Here is the exact website you can visit directly and help your children/students use it (age from 3 to 13+)http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
ICDL - International Children's Digital Libraryen.childrenslibrary.org
International Children's Digital Library
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Renee Smith Thanks!
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Crystal Huang Just checked Bev Slattery Hartford's page (via Lady Grey)! A great sharing! Thanks, Bev.
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Crystal Huang http://www.addictinginfo.org/.../newtown-shooter-police.../
Final Police Report Tells Chilling Story Of Sandy Hook Murderswww.addictinginfo.org
The final police report on the Newtown shooter portrays a man who was raised around guns from an early age, and the event was more tragic than we thought.
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Crystal Huang The thousand pages of report, in short - " ... the Newtown shooting told the story of Adam Lanza, a young man who was “comfortable with a firearm” since he was 4 years old. A family friend, Marvin LaFontaine, described Lanza learning about firearms at this young age, and he went on to explain how the boy’s mother, Nancy Lanza, would tirelessly go through the correct methods of holding and firing a Ruger, the handgun she felt was ideal for Adam...."
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Dec. 27 (F), 2013. Crystal's Serendipitous teaching-learning-sharing #18 (posted on fb)
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What happens when one is Accidentally born into
(1) an environment with rich cultural capitals + a responsible/caring father
+ one's efforts/talents,
(2) an environment with rich cultural capitals + a responsible/caring father
+ one's lack of efforts/talents,
(3) a dysfunctional environment with negative cultural capitals
+ a responsible/caring father + one's efforts/talents,
(4) a dysfunctional environment with negative cultural capitals
+ an irresponsible father + one's efforts/talents
(5) a dysfunctional environment with negative cultural capitals
+ an irresponsible father + one's lack of efforts/talents
The myth of meritocracy and the hidden inter-generational pushing-up and dragging-down social mobility seemed revealed in the following article of the Business Insider:
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Crystal Huang http://www.businessinsider.com/intergenerational-earnings...
This Chart Makes A Joke Out Of The American Dreamwww.businessinsider.com
One prominent feature of the American Dream is...
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Crystal Huang Are these proper prototypes for the inter-playing between individuals and social forces of the above 5 Accidentally born into conditions -
(1) the lucky- privileged: the luxurious/elite class
(2) the inheritance consumers: the casual/leisure mass
(3) the rising sun/son: the climber
(4) the resilient die-hard: the vital backbone
(5) the system's target: welfare program's clienteles??
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Crystal Huang The following picture was from Unworthy, shared by George E Mills Jr. It is structurally ingrained problem, not much about individual conditions, charity, philanthropy, or scratching the tip of iceberg's commotion. Let's begin with Vatican's structure !
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Crystal Huang Anyone would like to tell the story one more time !? During the happy holidays, we all miss Jesus a lot ! But I do appreciate "authentic" entrepreneurs, if existing, and would like to be one !
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Marcie Bakker I learn so much from reading your 'shares' and posts and poems. Thank you, My Friend.
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Crystal Huang There is a weird Exceptionalism to justify such a gap- Americans' sense of opportunity inequality suppressing the reality of income- inequality? The myth of meritocracy confounds this reality - people deserve what they get (an interesting yet fallacious psychological state - the Just World Phenomenon)??? But How and Why one deserves - "none of your business"? unless your Lobbyists have mightier voices than mine ! Picture from being liberal, shared by George E Mills Jr. Thanks.
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James Kimbrough Definitely a problem there, Crystal ! ^-^
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Crystal Huang Now, back to the beginning of my post: among the 6 major social institutions, marriage/family is the most POWERFUL one, if not the most influential hidden business throughout human history (George Hermen's Social Exchange Theory might sound so unromantic!) - for better/best and the worse/worst, watch out the sweet/bitter trap- youngsters ! Those who know how to control marriage/family, dominate, via playing the cards of endogamy or sometimes, exogamy, and then, one of the severe consequences is to perpetuate the social inequality.
Crystal Huang @Marcie, I learn a lot from your posts as well. Good night !
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Crystal Huang Well, We, the transient renters of the Earth: Song for tonight -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ
Kansas - Dust In The Wind
Music video by Kansas performing Dust In The Wind. (c) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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Crystal Huang In short, the above article (hidden in the thread) is more from an economic perspective, focusing on Income Mobility between generations. Relating to Sociology (e,g., social stratification), Max Weber added up Status and Power to Marx's income/wealth dimension which differentiated the haves and haves-not. Indeed, Socio-economic status is much determined by the earning/purchasing power which in terms, discerned by one's education and occupation - a very much intergenerational business - a child's future success or not , the father/parents' education and career is a highly correlated indicator. Repost here for your reference: http://www.businessinsider.com/intergenerational-earnings...
This Chart Makes A Joke Out Of The American Dreamwww.businessinsider.com
One prominent feature of the American Dream is...
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Rodney Dukes I think perception plays a huge part in how we see the world and the expectations that we accept about it. It is my belief that what we the masses are told about our place in society and our ability to be upwardly mobile is a lie. We are taught from an early age to consume. We cannot "have" these things we are taught to want without willingly surrendering the wealth that we may need for tomorrow, today. We think we are a free being with free will and an equal right to choose, but in reality (my perception) we are slaves borne and bred to work and generate money for the elite. If we can find enjoyment, pleasure, solace from time to time, fine, but I need you back at work early on Monday. School, marriage, a home, taxes, children, cars, credit, and education for your offspring are all pulls on your ability to earn and save. However, the system is rigged to keep the disadvantaged from playing this game well, or rising in class. This is all a big game. If your parents did not know the rules to teach you and you do not know that you are a pawn, you can only moved within a predictable pattern. The American Dream is just that, a dream.
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Crystal Huang @Rodney, Ha, this is a plain/vernacular type of Facebook Sociology ! I quite enjoy it (totally different from the classroom or the online format).
Be a (4) resilient die-hard when individual's efforts + social policies don't work? ( a simple categorization of the major 4 types - just added one more, embedded in the thread. There are many shades, though...).
Luckily enough, America was built LESS in the caste-like fashion (except B&W, W&R, Elite&NonElite...) than anyplace in the world - still attractive to all types of immigrants (the rich and the poor=> I used to think that the poor run all sorts of risks and suffering to immigrate for a better life chance, but seemingly, not anymore, the rich come to occupy USA??!!) to infuse all sorts of vitality to keep America forever YOUNG and the dream of the fantasyland alive !
Are these proper prototypes for the inter-playing between individuals and social forces of the above 4 => 5 conditions -
(1) the lucky- privileged: the luxurious/elite class
(2) the inheritance consumers: the casual/leisure mass
(3) the rising sun/son: the climber
(4) the resilient die-hard: the vital backbone
(5) the system's target: welfare program's clienteles??
...Which are Corresponding to the following situations (I just added one more category - 5 instead of 4)-
What happens when one is Accidentally born into
(1) an environment with rich cultural capitals + a responsible/caring father
+ one's efforts/talents,
(2) an environment with rich cultural capitals + a responsible/caring father
+ one's lack of efforts/talents,
(3) a dysfunctional environment with negative cultural capitals
+ a responsible/caring father + one's efforts/talents,
(4) a dysfunctional environment with negative cultural capitals
+ an irresponsible father + one's efforts/talents
(5) a dysfunctional environment with negative cultural capitals
+ an irresponsible father + one's lack of efforts/talents???
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Rodney Dukes A part of my response is my belief that the "caste" system is hidden in America. This keeps the myth alive and a continuous flow us immigrants coming here to take their shot at the dream.
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Crystal Huang @ Rodney, indeed, without these newly infusing blood into the mainstream (either high-end or low-end), the American dream of fantasyland would have been fading away??? Yep, the gender-caste does blur a little bit faster than the racial caste in America (except a Female Commander-In-Chief ! )
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Dec. 26 (R), 2013
Crystal Huang shared a link.
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Many countries (once upon a time, the low-income/developing or semi-peripheral regions) have been through the multi-national corporate's
"FREE-Trade guardianship" via several waves of Globalization since mid-20th century- a source of creating global/domestic inequality to both invading and hosting sites.
Stand up for FAIR-Trade !!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57616283-94/taiwan-fines-apple-$666k-over-iphone-pricing/
Taiwan fines Apple $666K over iPhone pricing
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The country's Fair Trade Commission finds that Taiwan's three main mobile service providers have been submitting pricing plans to Apple for approval, which violates the law. Read this article by Natalie Weinstein on CNET News.
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