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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Nov 29 (Sn), 2015 There is no crooked playing field.....

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A new snippet to say good-bye to November, 2016

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Sun Lasting The long term (invisible) privilege from race, class, gender and the rest of inter-sectionality, defines "pursuing equality" : an unwelcome act, if not illegal. - LCH



Sun Lasting Inheritance/inter-generational pass-on/ inter-generational career networking, and beneficial cultural capitals vs. debts, poverty, and inter/intra-generational deprivation....
Not about those welcomed millennials of the privileged and the rich immigrants who move the wealth of their native counties to the US to enhance their American style of happiness and the local economy...
http://www.theatlantic.com/.../gifts-debts.../417423/...


Why Millennials of Color Can't Get Ahead
Without the financial support that many white families can provide, minority young people have to continually make…
THEATLANTIC.COM|BY MEL JONES

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Nov. 22 (Sn), 2015 Oct, 6, 2015 Dr. Michael Parenti Capitalism vs. Reality

Capitalism Vs.  Reality  by Dr. Michael Parenti

Monday, November 16, 2015

Nov. 16 (M), 2015 A Little Postmodern Henry-Thoreau's Wish

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Continued:
~ Crystal's Serendipitous Teaching-Learning-Sharing Series~
A new experiment of this semester : one of the assignments/projects is that learners need to write up sociological-imagination short essays or papers on current socio-economic issues, at the beginning, the midterm and at the end of the semester (for pre-test and post-test) - no cynicism nor uncouth words - required.

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 Sun Lasting a little post-modern henry-thoreau's wish...



 Sun Lasting The last unit is "Dynamic" Sociology - Collect Behaviors and Social Movements.
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Be realistic! Forget your Sociology  !
As usual, phenomenal !!
The photo below sums up why sociology, philosophy, and history are monstrously annoying disciplines:
From Andrew Kirschner:
-- 800,000 people marched in the streets yesterday,
not to protest the abuse of animals,
not to fight climate change,
not to demand more accountability and transparency from our government,
not to protest war,
not to insist on health care reform,
not to push corporations to stop moving jobs overseas,
not to demand a fairer criminal justice system,
not to insist we fix our collapsing infrastructure,
not to improve our broken education system, and
not for any other of the countless issues that affect hundreds of millions of Americans.
No, these 800,000 people took the day off from work, united, and mobilized for a march bigger than any other for any cause in American history to celebrate the Kansas City Royals winning the World Series!!!"


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Nov. 16 (M), 2015 Music, let the grieving souls condoled, and the compassionate, energized....

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Music, let the grieving souls condoled,
and the compassionate, energized....  


Edith Piaf - La vie en rose with lyrics.    

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/la-vien-en-rose-life-rosy-hues.html#ixzz3riB3msrq

La Vie En Rose

Des yeux qui font baisser les miens
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche
Voilà le portrait sans retouche
De l’homme auquel j’appartiens

Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose

Il me dit des mots d’amour
Des mots de tous les jours
Et ça me fait quelque chose

Il est entré dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause

C’est lui pour moi, moi pour lui dans la vie
Il me l’a dit, l’a juré pour la vie

Et dès que je l’aperçois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat

Des nuits d’amour à plus finir
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place
Les ennuis, les chagrins s’effacent
Heureux, heureux à en mourir

Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose

Il me dit des mots d’amour
Des mots de tous les jours
Et ça me fait quelque chose

Il est entré dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause

C’est toi pour moi, moi pour lui dans la vie
Il me l’a dit, l’a juré pour la vie

Et dès que je l’aperçois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat

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John Lennon, Imagine.


Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Stand By Me, Ben E. King.


Stand by Me
Ben E. King
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Oh darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now by me, stand by me, stand by me-e, yeah
And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now by me, stand by me, stand by me-e, yeah
Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me, oh now now stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me

I will survive. Gloria Gaynor.


"I Will Survive"

At first I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive (hey-hey)

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
and now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Nov. 15 (Sn), 2015 What are "Rights"?


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I am so sorry, so heart wrenching and breaking... to both birds and the care-giver, so as to all human and non-human sentient beings to say good-bye to the beloved one heart emoticon!

Quoted from the original post "Love has no culture, boundaries, race and religion. It is pure and beautiful like the moon's reflection on a quiet lake.

"https://www.facebook.com/DavidAvocadoWolfe/videos/10153114435886512/
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Love has no culture, boundaries, race and religion. It is pure and beautiful like the moon's reflection on a quiet lake.
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Sun Lasting Similarity between human-sentient beings and non-human sentient beings:
https://www.facebook.com/mercyforanimals/videos/10153357256454475/?pnref=story

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Mercy For Animals
Share if you believe all animals deserve to be happy and free.
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Sun Lasting What a coincidence!!! This morning, when I was "innocently, naively, as people label" preparing some peanuts, carrots, and veggie to entertain my high-end (mansions up in the pine trees) and low-end (rabbit dens) friends, the radio host interviewed a gentleman (sounded educated) shooting squirrels, rabbits, wild turkeys, and pheasants for "family food" (He shared a "delicious" squirrel hamburger recipe) not due to poverty or living in hunting-gathering society of the 21st century in the "too much food" nation, but for a grandiose "leisure and ecological-balance concern...."

We have to recognize the "diverse tastes" and "reasonable concerns" of human population. Indeed, some people have "rights to kill" for any reasons with any weapons, but who decides "the rights to live / survive, in particular, life of the voiceless, powerless, and helpless"?

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Sun Lasting Reminds me an old poster:

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Nov 14 (Sa), 2015 A sociological-imagination writing - happily live ever after and the 1st academic conference on Kardashians


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~ Crystal's Serendipitous Teaching-Learning-Sharing Series~

A new experiment of this semester: one of the assignments/projects is that learners need to write up sociological-imagination short essays or papers on current socio-economic issues, at the beginning, the midterm and at the end of the semester (for pre-test and post-test) - no cynicism nor uncouth words - required.

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  Sun Lasting Here are some thought provoking books/events for reference. Viewers' description recommended: Make-Believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment.


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 Sun Lasting  Inventing Reality - the Politics of News Media


 Sun Lasting The face of Imperialism: (can explain most of what's going on in Paris, ISIS, TPP, NAFTA, EU, IMF...etc. and the rest of business conglomeration, profiteering at the cost of the mass, as well as the potential threats and chaos in the global communities).


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  Sun Lasting Now, the Academic world won't fall behind these amusing businesses :)!
British university prepares for the 1st academic conference on Kardashians.
https://www.insidehighered.com/.../british-university...


British university prepares for first academic conference on Kardashians | Inside Higher…
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Nov 14 (Sa), 2015 Song for tonight - A Japanese Oldie 港町十三番地

Song for tonight.

Relaxing.... #152 song was recorded.
Admiring the great song writers/composers, be it classic or pop-music,
and then the excellent lyricists (in particular, by poets) - across time and space!!!

As to singing, - most people can do whether there is a limelight or not. Recommendation - Enjoy your own singing without the Made-Believed Media's orchestration smile emoticon!

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Singing - most nature
Lyricist - some nature + most nurtured
Composer/song writer - some nature + most nurtured + most cultured
Music business manager/agents - ??? Ya, Orchestrators;brokers of mass media !!

A Japanese Oldie  港町十三番地 .

港町十三番地
Composer:上原げんと
Lyricist: 石本 美由起
Singer: Xena LCH #152

長い旅路の 航海終えて
船が港に 泊る夜
海の苦労を グラスの酒に
みんな忘れる マドロス酒場
ああ港町 十三番地

銀杏並木の 敷石道を
君と歩くも 久しぶり
点るネオンに さそわれながら
波止場通りを 左にまがりゃ
ああ港町 十三番地

船が着く日に 咲かせた花を
船が出る夜 散らす風
涙こらえて 乾杯すれば
窓で泣いてる 三日月様よ
ああ港町 十三番

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Friday, November 13, 2015

Nov. 13 (F), 2015 13th, Black Friday....? How does "a cancerous cell" grow in human body and Human Societies?

 Sun Lasting (Pen name of Xena Crystal LC Huang)  shared Rationalist's photo.
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Breaking News....Coincident? 13th, Black Friday???
Under multiple attacks - Paris...

https://www.facebook.com/RationalInstance/photos/a.197712546934698.43410.175897382449548/983453471693931/?type=3


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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34814203

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Getting more clear: not just the 13th, black Friday, it was also - the eve of G20 in Turkey to discuss responses to anti-terrorism.

Urban-Guerrilla World War III between the overt countries/regions vs. Covert Nations.


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Sun Lasting   One Day Before Paris, There Was a Massive Terrorist Attack the Media Ignored
USUNCUT.COM
http://usuncut.com/.../beirut-this-terrorist-attack.../
   



















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 Sun Lasting One of the sources about the rise of ISIS which grabs the world's attention. Am looking for different perspectives of CIA, MASSAD, DOD...etc. ...http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/rise-of-isis/



The Rise of ISIS – FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE investigates the miscalculations and…
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~ Vernacular-Sociology-No-Border Series ~   A authentic free mini-Mooc.

Pop-quiz for today:

How does "a cancerous cell" grow in human body and Human Societies?
(A mini-brain-teasing for etiology, diagnosis, and prognosis).

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Do the following students (all over the world) have brains and guts?
Global students are fighting for a quality of Education:
Day of Action Against Education Reforms in Italy - see more - http://revolution-news.com/day-of-action-against.../...See More


Sun Lasting Thanks to Michael Jones and Julia Hannah' photo below.

Comments - Have you also noticed that in human societies, most people desire and value education with functional perspectives? Have you also observed that, historically speaking, behind the positive facade, majority of educational institutions and resources (formal and informal) were controlled and dominated by the monarchies, religious organizations, aristocrats, social elites, the rich, the inherited ready-made, and the powerful capitalists - in short, the privileged few who tend to take them for granted. "Minor" or "insignificant " educations may be "generously" offered to the commoners, in return, to feed the capitalists' needs, or siphon up for the elite's glories.

If luckily enough, the poor could pick up the trickle-up or the tiny bread crumbs from some of the elite groups' "philanthropy" or merciful good-will? What else can be more powerful and effective than that of controlling educational mechanism to shrink the deprived, the manipulated, the disadvantaged, and the underprivileged's social mobility (Life Chances) for the sake of status quo/social stability?
 



















 Sun Lasting Aren't over-consumption of affluent societies and over-population in most low-income communities a breeding ground of cancerous cells in HUMAN societies? Aren't the controlling of education/religious institutions by the rich, powerful/for profits, and the deprived quality education and religious manipulation to the disadvantaged nurturing an environment for the cancerous cells to flourish in human communities?

What and how to breed religious dogmas?

What are the potential solutions?


 Sun Lasting Good, some students are able to ask:
Where does those destructive weaponry come from (refer to Military-Industrial-Complex)? How are those countries and organizations supporting (financially and militarily) the "terrorist" groups? (Aren't terrorists busy in engaging big/small wars? How do they have "time" and "money" to manufacture their own weaponry?  :)! )

To know the fact behind the screen will _______(fill-in-the-blank).

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Jargon time!!! (Part of discussion in soc classes)
Domestically widening inequality, such as the Expanded vs. Deprived life chances in education, jobs, income, health care, criminal justice system, tyrannical/artificial digital-consumption, and rest of important resources to the powerful and the powerless, tend to cause social chaos, so as global stratification embedded with historical colonialism, imperialism, neo-colonialism, to today's multi-national corporations' domination re-haunts the contemporary societies.

Individual's awakening and strength to decode/resist all the false consciousnesses intricately built in religious-industrial-military ideologies is such a tough job in teaching sociology.

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Sun Lasting How did I earn a quasi "elite" degree? A confession!



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Most people get a Ph.D to find better jobs, while mine, in fact, might help me quit a career... Hopefully sustaining a pleasant sanity, keep on going and going.