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This talk by Michele Pistone discusses the future of higher education, which has been based on the same educational model for more than 100 years.
But the status quo is about to be disrupted, by the Internet and those educators — including new competitors — who would unleash its potential. Higher education institutions at a whole have not adequately recognized the threat to the status quo, or come close to responding adequately to it. In truth, responding adequately will be very difficult, because higher ed face a classic innovator's dilemma. (TED video description)
There are many questions that relate to the future of higher education:
1. What would be the future role of Higher Education Institutions and Universities in the global and local communities?
2. What would they do, in times of rapid changes in society and a quest for more responsive to the needs and expectations of the society, government, learners and educators?
3. How would they do it differently?
One of the significant responses to these questions is the MOOC movement, with the introduction of x MOOCs by some of the prestigious Higher Education Institutions and Universities.
Here in an overview of MOOC, a typical MOOC likes Coursera is run based on the following design and delivery
With Coursera, the faculty member developing a course can either record lectures as presented to a class of students, or can make the recording in a studio or other location. The professor can then supplement the video with assessments—like quizzes—that can be automatically graded using Coursera software. The courses also include mastery-building interactive assignments and collaborative online forums. Time commitment varies; courses can range from a few weeks to over two months.
Ray Schroeder elaborates in this post on "how did we get here in the first place" – with MOOC, and what will happen next. Ray explains that maturing of the internet, the recession that happened a few years ago and the rate of increase in college tuition and fees in recent years have led to the development and demand of such xMOOCs.
He further concludes: "These announcements point to the potential for a radically different higher education marketplace, disrupted by MOOCs. Classes with massive enrollment from a relatively small group of providers may dominate the market for many courses, and perhaps even degree programs. Colleges and universities may become brokers of credentials gathered from many sources, in many formats." I think this would soon have a multiplier effect, where more institutions would establish their own MOOCs or join the current MOOCs partnership, in order to be the leaders in this MOOC movement.
In this Schaffhauser, Dian. "Education Leaders See MOOCs, Distance Learning as the Future of Higher Ed." Campus Technology 20 Aug. 2012. Web.http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/08/20/education-leaders-see-moocs-distance-learning-as-the-future.aspx
"The overall findings of the survey stated in the form of an equation might be: Today's tough economy + market dynamics + technological advances = a higher education environment by 2020 in which 1) most people will get at least some of their education in massive open online courses; 2) a fairly large percentage will get all of their education in MOOCs; and 3) only a select few are likely to be able to afford to experience a fully campus-based, face-to-face education," said principal author Janna Quitney Anderson, director of Imagining the Internet and associate professor in Elon's School of Communications
I have been wondering how these MOOCs would evolve. It seems that the current trend of more and more higher education institutions joining in the x MOOCs would likely exhibit the patterns as shown in the figure below, where such disruptive innovations (MOOCs) would soon out-perform the higher education institutions in a number of respects, especially in terms of the number of registrations of the students to MOOCs on a global basis, the attraction of global learners to those higher education institutions, and the branding in an international market, in the adoption of innovations in education and online education.
However, there may be challenges to such xMOOCs when it comes to the quality accreditation (such as those plagiarism and identity problems), and the sustainability of the business models (i.e. how it would be financed in the long run). There are also numerous critics on the pedagogy employed in xMOOCs, where concerns are made on the push education model where knowledge is pre-packaged and broadcasted, basically on a knowledge transfer model from the professor to the learners, with machine grading for the assessment. It seems that there are little ACTUAL interaction between participants and the professor throughout the course, especially when the course participants amounted to tens of thousands. See my previous post on the merits and demerits of the MOOCs.
In this connection, it may be important to speculate the future of MOOCs using the Product Life Cycle concept. There are lots of assumptions behind this Product Life Cycle, and that we need more information in order to complete the Cycle.
First, what would be the Product Life Cycle like?
I reckon the current x MOOCs are at the stage of growth, though the business models are still emerging, see this post and this post on the possible models.
Institutions and MOOCs providers would likely refine their MOOCs as more experiences are gained, based on the feedback of the professors and learners, and the findings from the researches. Also, there would be more intense competition among the different MOOCs providers in showcasing their brands, together with the "travelling" free study groups and free webinars and conferences to further attract new institutions on board and new learners to participate in the courses. This might take two to three years for the growth to fully develop.
I would speculate that after 2 years of growth, in around 2014, the MOOCs would mature into global platforms where there would be different categories, with x MOOCs, c MOOCs and hybrid c & x MOOCs etc. all building their reputation in a global market.
What would happen next? What do you think?
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Blade drama set to run anew as the world watches on
WHEN Oscar Pistorius first entered the global spotlight in 2007, threatening to bridge the divide from Paralympic to Olympic competition, Tom Hanks started bidding for the film rights to the life story of the "Blade Runner".
It is unclear whether the Hollywood star and producer who brought Forrest Gump to life ever succeeded in his quest but in the life and times of the 26-year-old Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius there is a gripping tale to be told.
The South African last year became the first double-amputee to compete against able-bodied athletes in an Olympic Games.
He was listed last year by Time magazine as one of the world's 100 most influential people.
But there is likely to be a harrowing courtroom drama to come following the tragic events that unfolded at the athlete's home at Silver Woods, a "secured estate", in eastern Pretoria about 50km north of Johannesburg.
The South African icon was arrested by police after allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend, 30-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp.
He reportedly shot her three times with a 9mm handgun. He has told police he mistook her for a burglar.
The Valentine's Day incident has stunned South Africa and the world of athletics.
Pistorius has been one of South Africa's highest profile figures, taking on the world's best able-bodied athletes with his trailblazing spirit and his carbon-fibre prosthetic blades.
He has sponsorship deals said to be worth $2 million a year.
His wealth would make him a target of criminals, which is presumably why he chose to live at the Silver Woods complex.
But not all the publicity was positive. In December Pistorius hit South African headlines after allegedly threatening to break the legs of a high-profile businessman.
Pistorius spends the European summer in Italy but has been back home preparing for this year's track season following a momentous 2012.
At the London Olympics he became the first double amputee to compete at an Olympic Games, reaching the semi-finals of the 400m and the final of the 4 x 400m relay.
Back on the same track at the Paralympics in September, Pistorius endured a mixed week.
First he lost his T45 200m title to Alan Oliveira of Brazil.
Then he lost his temper, complaining that Oliveria and Blake Leeper of the US had gained an unfair advantage from using longer prosthetic blades.
It dented his public image, but he hammered them out on the final day, winning the 400m in 46.86sec, a Paralympic record.
The 80,000 crowd gave him a standing ovation.
Pistorius has been accustomed to challenges. He was born without fibulae and had both legs amputated below the knee at 11 months.
Still, by the age of 16, with the help of prosthetics he was in the school rugby team at Pretoria Boys' High.
On one occasion, he was tackled so hard one of his prosthetic legs came off. It failed to stop him. He hopped over the try line to score.
In 2003, he suffered a serious knee injury playing rugby.
He never played rugby again but next summer was standing on top of the medal rostrum at the Olympic Stadium in Athens with a Paralympic gold medal around his neck.
He became a competitive runner by accident.
It was as part of his rehabilitation that he was given medical advice to do sprint training, being told it would be the best way to regain functionality in the knee joint.
Deeply religious, Pistorius has the Bible verse 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 tattooed on his left shoulder.
It begins: "I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. I execute each strike with intent. I beat my body and make it my slave..."
He also has the date of his mother's death tattooed on the inside of an arm.
Shela Pistorius died in 2002.
It was her stridently positive attitude that caused her son to see his disability as anything but a handicap.


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The Pirates wrap up their series with the Braves tonight. The Bucs hope to split the four game set after yesterday's error-riddled 4-3 loss.
Clint Hurdle is going with a getaway-day lineup against the lefty Mike Minor. Nate McLouth is the only position player who won't get a start this series, which totally surprises me. First pitch at 7:10.
Jose Tabata RF
Josh Harrison SS
Andrew McCutchen CF
Casey McGehee 1B
Neil Walker 2B
Yamaico Navarro LF
Pedro Alvarez 3B
Rod Barajas C
James McDonald P
Michael Bourn CF
Martin Prado LF
Freddie Freeman 1B
Brian McCann C
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Chipper Jones 3B
Eric Hinske RF
Tyler Pastornicky SS
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Date: October 4, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Thank you for your interest in Regent University School of Law!
In addition to the "on the road' events listed below, we invite you to visit us on campus for a scheduled visitation day or arrange an alternate appointment for a personalized visit.
Please also join us for one of our upcoming web chats.
Would you like us to visit your area this year? Let us know.
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Resolved - This incident has been resolved. The affected mailstore is mounted and email is being delivered.Apr 2, 02:51 PDTUpdate - The mailstore rebuild is progressing and are continuing to monitor.Apr 1, 17:53 PDTMonitoring - We are rebuilding the mailstore database and are monitoring its progress.Due to the mailstore's size this will take some ... Read More »
Between 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM Pacific time on Friday, October 25, 2019, we'll be updating the PHP software on web01 from version 5.6.40 to 7.1.32. This will cause a brief interruption of service on each customer website using PHP. We'll be monitoring the upgrade closely to ensure any downtime is minimized. Do not hesitate to contact us at ... Read More »
Start: 2019-10-11 8:00 PM MDTEnd: 2019-10-11 9:00 PM MDTAnticipated Service Downtime: Not to exceed 30 sequential minutes total during the maintenance windowDear Wyoming Network Hosting Client,During the above window, we will be performing software upgrades to our anti-spam filtering appliance.During the maintenance window, email delivery will ... Read More »
There is a database server issue that is affecting service for some Wyoming Network hosting clients. We are aware of the issue and are working to get it resolved as quickly as possible.
Start: 2019-03-15 10:00 PM MDTEnd: 2019-03-15 11:00 PM MDTAnticipated Service Downtime: Not to exceed 30 sequential minutes total during the maintenance windowDear Wyoming Network Hosting Client,During the above window, we will be performing an upgrade of networking software on our infrastructure's firewall.During the maintenance window, access ... Read More »
Jub Jub is pleased to announce the addition of Wyoming Network to its family of hosted clients. Jub Jub will continue the tradition of providing high quality customer service. Wyoming Network hosted clients should not experience any website or email disruption. Wyoming Network clients will continue to own their websites and their domain names, ... Read More »
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MESSAGEDISK CUSTOMERS: As of 10:00am PST 1 April, 2013, all customers should be receiving email.
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Now Open! Apply to Work on High Impact Projects in 2nd Annual Talent Search for the HHSentrepreneurs Program
Originally cross-posted from hhs.gov/open.
Identifying and leveraging underutilized Departmental assets to encourage the transformation of public health, healthcare, and the delivery of human services, and, by doing so, building the foundation for the next generation of government and improving health care for all Americans – this is what my team and I working to do.
The HHSentrepreneurs Program is a key component of this strategy. Launched last year, HHSentrepreneurs connects outside experts and entrepreneurs from outside federal government with internal innovators to work on high-risk, high-impact projects that address some of the biggest challenges in health, health care and human services.
In the first year of the program, I have seen some considerable gains at the Department ranging from significant changes in culture to some serious results and progress on our first four projects.
For example, Mindy Hangsleben is an expert in Lean Methodology who came to federal government to improve the process for developing metrics of the quality of providers which incorporate information available in electronic health records. What Mindy has been doing for the past eight months is systematically changing the way two organizations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) develop their measures; a process that involves multiple internal and external stakeholders and can take up to 3 years to develop. One of Mindy's first focuses was to apply the lean methodology to a process where there was a 100% defect rate. Literally every product that was created had to get through and be re-worked. We were excited by this – there was nowhere to go but up!
What Mindy has done is amazing. She has taken two government agencies with an incredibly bureaucratic process, and streamlined it by empowering Federal employees to use Lean methodologies. In addition to changing the process of developing quality measures, she has evangelized the value of Lean techniques to federal employees. So now, not only are CMS and ONC staff requesting her assistance to improve many other processes and procedures, but Mindy is also making Lean experts out of a group of employees as well.
If you want to be like Mindy, and our other external entrepreneurs , you should apply for the next cohort of the HHSentrepreneurs Program!
Going into this next round, we expect even bigger and better results. Based on our first cohort, we have increased the scope of the projects and are now ready for external experts to apply. We are looking for highly talented professionals from non-federal backgrounds such as business, industry, and academia who seek to bring successful innovation experiences, models, and business practices to the Department.
In round two there are a total of six projects:
- Application of Design Thinking to Grants: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA) seeks to improve grantee program implementation to better meet the needs of the low income populations that OFA serves through the creation of a low cost, replicable methodology to better assess grantee client problems.
- Cloud-Based GIS Maps Displaying Aggregate Data on Medical Malpractice: The Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) seeks to build a public-facing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) map application that displays medical malpractice data to allow researchers and the general public to better view, analyze, and understand this information to support the development of novel tools and strategies improve patient safety and protection.
- Health Information Exchange Accelerators: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) seeks to accelerate health information exchange (HIE) by developing new tools that can reduce HIE implementation effort and cost for a wide range of health care entities including those that are not eligible for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Records (EHR) incentive program.
- Modernizing the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System: The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) seeks to improve the existing National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) to improve usability, scalability and data quality.
- Predictive Analytics: Merging Innovation and Business Operations: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR) seeks to leverage the field of predictive analytics to generate predictive risk models to proactively manage grants across HHS Operating and Staff Divisions.
- Publication Planning and Clearance Process Improvement Project: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA) seeks to re-engineer its publications planning and clearance process to better meet the needs of a communications landscape dominated by digital and social media.
You can apply to participate in the HHSentrepreneurs Program here. If you want to know more about the experience the current external entrepreneurs are having, check out the HHSentrepeneurs blog and if you are on Twitter, be sure to use the #HHSentrepreneurs hashtag. If you have questions about the application process or the six new projects, tweet us a question at @healthdata.gov.


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The Left says we need to combat Manmade Global Warming even if the Theory of Global Warming is Wrong
Week in Review
The Democrats say manmade global warming is real. That the science is settled. And anyone who denies this is a fool. So the danger of manmade global warming is real and time is of the essence. To save the planet. Destroy the economy. And our way of life (see Examiner Editorial: Governments resolved to stop global warming even if it doesn't exist posted 4/21/2014 on the Washington Examiner).
PJ Media's Tom Harris recently noted that global warming advocates ought to heed that warning. Harris' observation followed release of the latest report of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC cried that fossil fuel energy use around the world must be reduced by as much as 70 percent by 2050 to avoid the apocalyptic "death, injury and disrupted livelihoods" caused by man-made atmospheric warming.
"This will require massive cuts in our use of coal, oil, and natural gas, the sources of 87 percent of world primary energy consumption," Harris said. It will also require quadrupling the amount of energy generated from renewable and nuclear sources, plus widespread adoption of carbon capture and storage technology that doesn't even exist yet.
So, to fight global warming will require the kind of spending it took to win World War II. The cost of energy would soar and leave people with little left to spend on their families. Crippling our economy. While leaving us with far less reliable electric power. Making brownouts and blackouts commonplace. Changing our lives greatly. And what will we get in return? Not a whole heck of a lot.
But the IPCC is crying wolf, according to the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, a voluntary international assembly of scientists and scholars brought together by the Heartland Institute, an American think tank. The NIPCC's goal is to "present a comprehensive, authoritative, and realistic assessment of the science and economics of global warming" independent of the political and economic interests that inevitably drive the analyses of governmental entities like the UN's IPCC.
The NIPCC's bottom line is that atmospheric warming comes and goes over time, with average temperatures actually declining over the past 17 years. As a result and contrary to those crying wolf on global warming, the earth's ice cover "is not melting at an enhanced rate; sea-level rise is not accelerating; and no systematic changes have been documented in evaporation or rainfall or in the magnitude or intensity of extreme meteorological events." In fact, warmer temperatures and increased carbon content in the atmosphere can be beneficial to human beings, animals and plant life, "causing a great greening of the Earth," according to the N-GIPCC.
Yes, warm is better. After all, no one bitched when global warming caused the glaciers to recede and end the ice ages. Because where the glaciers receded life took to that once frozen wasteland. And when the glaciers from the greatest ice age (ending about 635 million years ago) receded after nearly covering the planet in ice man wasn't even using fire yet. In fact, the greater apes man evolved from didn't arrive until about 15 million years ago. After the great glaciers receded back from the equator. So when the planet warmed and pushed back those glaciers it sure wasn't man doing it. Which means if you believe in evolution you can't believe in manmade global warming. Because the planet warms and cools. And has been doing so far longer than man has been around.
Tim Wirth, the former congressman and present vice chairman of the U.N. Foundation, said "even if the theory of global warming is wrong, to have approached global warming as if it is real means energy conservation, so we will be doing the right thing anyway in terms of economic policy and environmental policy." No matter that jobs, growth and comfort will be lost. Keep that in mind next time President Obama claims Americans must spend billions of tax dollars on "green" energy because global warming is "real."
So these great costs are necessary even if they are wrong and manmade global warming is not settled science. Because crippling our economy and causing power brownouts and blackouts are a good thing. Why? One reason. It empowers government. To further intrude in how we live our lives. Which is the only thing battling manmade global warming does.
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The Sound of One Hand Clapping - What Deflationists May Be Missing
My central thesis to this crisis, developed a few years before it even hit, is that the economic troubles are the symptoms, while the money system itself is the cause.
My views on this are expressed in the opening of an article that I initially penned in 2006 but updated in 2008:Within the next twenty years, the most profound changes in all of economic history will sweep the globe. The economic chaos and turbulence we are now experiencing are merely the opening salvos in what will prove to be a long, disruptive period of adjustment. Our choices now are to either evolve a new economic model that is compatible with limited physical resources, or to risk a catastrophic failure of our monetary system, and with it the basis for civilization as we know it today.
In order to understand why, we must start at the beginning. While it was operating well, our monetary system was a great system, one that fostered incredible technological innovation and advances in standards of living, two characteristics that I fervently wish to continue. But every system has its pros and its cons, and our monetary system has a doozy of a flaw.
It is this: Our monetary system must continually expand, forever.
The article above provides the big-picture backdrop that drives my long-term vision and thinking. I raise it now so that you'll understand that I principally view the economic world through a monetary lens.
The hot topic of the day is "Inflation or Deflation?" and the camps are firmly divided into groups of inflationistas and deflationistas. When asked which camp I am in, I reply "Yes." Some would say that puts me in the confusionista camp, but I actually have an explanation for why are living in a world encompassing both.
From a technical perspective, we are absolutely in one of the most powerfully deflationary periods in history, yet, besides housing prices and a few over-produced consumer goods, we find that stocks, bonds, and commodities are all well-bid at the moment.
While we can ascribe some of this to the artificial wall of liquidity (come to think of it, is there any other kind?) currently being thrown into the financial market(s) by the Fed, it leaves hanging the question of why that money is not being completely swallowed into the bottomless black hole that the deflationist camp says lies at the heart of our current financial system.
And they are right; there is a black hole at the center. If we treat the credit doubling that occurred between 2000 and 2008 (from $26 to $52 trillion) as a normal bubble that will follow the same pattern of decline as numerous historical bubbles, then we might reasonably predict that some $26 trillion of debt will somehow "go away" over the next 6 years. This is indeed a massive black hole.
Yet everything just keeps perking along. What gives?
The answer, I believe, requires us to ask a Zen-like question along the lines of, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" That question is, "If nobody recognizes a defaulted debt on their balance sheet, does it exist?"
Suppose, for the sake of argument, that there is a world in which banks are allowed by their regulators to pretend their default losses simply do not exist. And, even more outlandishly, some of these banks are allowed to sell heavily damaged loans to their central bank at nearly their full original price.
What does "deflation" mean in such a world? Not much, as it turns out. At least from a monetary perspective, because money is not being destroyed at nearly the rate that would be expected or predicted by the size and rate of the defaults.
This is the world in which we currently live. Trillions in probable and provable losses quietly exist, out of sight, on the balance sheets of the Federal Reserve and other financial institutions. If they ever come out of hiding and onto the books, I think the deflationists will be proven correct beyond all doubt.
But let me ask this: What prevents the authorities from simply storing them out of sight forever? Or at least long enough to allow the wave of liquidity to work its inevitable magic? So far, much to my great surprise, they've managed to do exactly that, with hardly a squeak from the mainstream press (although the blogsphere is on the job, as usual). I am now wondering if they cannot keep this up indefinitely.
So from a purely monetary perspective, money can only be "destroyed" if banks and other financial institutions are compelled to recognize the losses and take a hit to capital. If the loss is not recognized, no money is destroyed. At least it is not recognized as gone.
Perversely, when a bank sells a ruined loan 'asset' to the Federal Reserve, it is a double shot of money to the system - the money initially created upon the issuance of the original loan, which is still out there in circulation, and a second bolus when the Fed creates money out of thin air to buy the failing 'asset' from the bank. One blob of money into the system when the loan is made, another when it is bought by the Fed. One loan, two blobs of money. Many have failed to recognize this feature of the Fed's asset purchase programs.
So from this perspective, we could even argue that by employing the 'pretend and extend' strategy, coupled with an aggressive Fed purchase policy, it is possible that more money is being created than destroyed right now. Which means that from a strictly monetary perspective, I am not yet sold on the idea that money is being destroyed at the rates sometimes implied by the deflationary arguments.
Also, the data is not really in support of that notion either:
Of course, this money needs willing lenders and borrowers, which brings us back to the matter of price deflation.
Out in the real world, where consumers and producers exist, the bursting credit bubble has severely cut off consumers' access to and desire for new credit, and producers have dialed back excessive capacity and cut their prices in order to attract business and survive.
There is no doubt about this process, but here I would argue that falling prices are currently as much a matter of supply and demand as they are a monetary issue. In other words, the price deflation that we are currently seeing is not a pure monetary phenomenon.
Which means I think we are in a bizarre hybrid world, where deflation should be the order of the day, but it currently is not, because its impacts are being held in abeyance by the simple expedient of pretending the losses do not exist.
My current outlook calls for productive capacity to continue to fall out in the real world, even as the Fed conjures more money into existence in the make-believe world of 'high finance.' (What are they smoking over there?).
Is this not a recipe for eventual inflation? More money, but fewer goods and services? History says 'yes.'
All that said, I would not disagree with the notion that there's another year or three of grinding along (where stock and bond prices are concerned), possibly down, but maybe not, before the monetary/goods imbalance comes charging out of the chute ready to throw off the unwary and trample them in a blistering round of inflation.
But it could be sooner than that. Or later. The point here is that we really don't know, and because our monetary system operates on faith, it means that we have to be prepared for the fact that a shift could happen at any time. Nobody can predict when a school of fish will suddenly turn to the left. Who knows what final trigger will cause a critical minority to suddenly determine that they'd rather hold things other than paper?
For now, while I understand and appreciate the deflationist argument, the only thing that would convert me fully to that camp would be a sudden return to rigorous application of honest accounting. If you derisively snorted at that last sentence, then we share the same assessment of the likelihood of that happening any time soon.
In order to answer the main question of this article, we regretfully have to turn to Dadaism* to develop an appropriately absurd non-sequitur:
"What is the sound of one hand clapping? Insanely high stock and bond prices."
Where Chris's thinking here goes wrong is in believing that real losses can be hidden forever – they cannot. Yes, stocks are overvalued, but they are still valued nearly a third less than they were in 2007. Yes, losses can be taken more slowly over time much as Japan has done, that's a choice… but failing to take one's mark or marking assets to fantasy will both eventually unwind as the cash flow (income) to support never ending credit growth (debt) will manifest itself over time.
There are only two ways to pay back debt, it is either repaid as contracted, or it is defaulted. All debts get repaid, with interest, in one way or the other. A collapsing dollar is one "other" way, but a collapsing dollar is NOT inflation, it is a loss of confidence versus real inflation that is an increase in the total supply of money and credit. Real inflation is supported by a requisite increase in earnings. It requires income to service debt and incomes have simply not grown at the same exponential rate as debt.
What is confusing the issue for almost everyone is the shadow banking world of derivatives… derivatives both increase leverage and credit dollars. While the money supply appears to not have shrunk that much (yet), you should be aware of what's happening to derivatives and leverage. JPMorgan, for example, is the world's largest holder of derivatives. At it's peak late in 2007, JPM held more than $90 trillion in notional derivatives. Today they hold, at last report, approximately $82 trillion. Thus they have been deleveraging big time, but are still leveraged beyond anyone's previous wild imagination…
I think a better analogy than Chris's "sound of one hand clapping" is the old saw about a tree falling in the woods with nobody around to hear it. The tree still fell and sound waves were still produced, it matters not that no one was there to hear it, just as it matters not that companies are refusing to take their marks – those losses are going to happen whether they want to hear them or not…
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I moved to China from the U.S. and got a new kitten recently. Chinese vets are not very good, so I had a question about whether or not I absolutely need to spay my cat, since I don't really trust the vets here. I live in a high rise apartment, so there is no risk of the cat getting outside and mating. I know that spaying might prevent certain cancers like ovarian because you remove the ovaries, but is there really a health benefit other than that? I've read that spayed cats live longer. Is that really true and why is that?
Just so you know, I've caught my vet prescribing medicines not needed just to earn more money, lying to me about my kitten having a mild form of distemper (which I don't think is possible) in order to get me to buy expensive vitamins, not doing things in exams that should have been done (I found out my kitten had ringworm myself, it was not caught by the vet when I took her to her initial exam) and also recommending 3 vaccination shots when only 2 were needed. (Luckily, I double check everything they say on the internet and by looking up medicines myself.) So that is why I don't really want to let my kitten under the knife with these guys. I'd really appreciate some honest answers! Thanks!
Also, I'd like to feed my cat a raw diet, but I worry about the quality of the food supply here. I can't exactly go to Whole Foods and buy organic free range chicken, if you know what I mean. Any comments on that? Would it be worth the risk? Thanks!
With regard to longevity after spaying - most of this information is from dogs and not cats. It can help and it will reduce the ovarian and uterine cancer development, etc... The main reasons that people spay cats though is the fact that they can get pregnant so easily and that they are induced ovulators. This means that some cats rarely go into heat but some can seem like they are constantly in heat. Usually the behaviors of female cats in heat is enough to have owners spay them very quickly. If she does not go into heat, then perhaps you can wait until you find a veterinarian that you trust, be it in China or somewhere else.
With the animal abuse issues that occur in China, not to mention the human right issues, I would image that finding good veterinary care in China would be a great challenge. How many vets are there in China? Are they rare? Are there vets that work on just dogs and cats or are they more geared towards food regulation? Sorry, just curious.
Hopefully this forum can help out.
As far as the raw food diet, others here may be able to help you out. I personally am not an advocate. However in China with the melamine issues, I do not know if cat food is in any way reliable or not in China? Is dog and cat food an issue in China?
Good luck.
Christopher A. Lee, DVM, MPH, Diplomate ACVPM
Preventive Medicine Specialist With a Focus on Immunology and Infectious Disease
Thanks so much for your advice on the spaying Dr. Lee, I really appreciate it! I will wait and see how often my cat goes into heat before deciding what to do.
As for your question about finding good veterinary care in China, yes, it is a challenge! I live in one of the most modern parts of China and I'm actually taking my kitten to the best pet hospital in a city of 5 million people. I don't think that my vet is a total dummy, he certainly has experience and knowledge, but he's not thorough or careful, and his ethics are highly questionable. He appears to be fond of animals, but more fond of money. What unfortunately happens is that he takes advantage of the fact that many pet owners will just believe anything he says. Luckily, he is much more careful with me now since he knows I double check everything he tells me.
This is the case with normal human doctors in China as well. For example, once I went to the doctor for a UTI (which I get once every two years) and he told me I needed surgery (when I well knew that I only needed a few doses of antibiotics). The legal system here doesn't exactly protect people from bad doctors. These are just the normal kind of things you have to deal with in any developing country, but probably more so in China because of its incredibly large population. Not only the Chinese government is guilty of human rights abuses, but the general population (particularly in big cities) doesn't exactly care about the rights of the individual. Nor do most of the individuals (especially lower class people) expect to have human rights.
Vets are not rare in my city (Shenzhen), there are surprisingly quite a lot of them. China's middle and upper class is growing, so small purebred dogs are very popular here. Cats are a little more rare. But I think a lot of them are probably not really vets. Hospitals here are highly profit driven, so hospitals and clinics pop up everywhere, the care is just not very good.
Friskies and Fancy Feast (as well as Dog Chow) sells in China and I also see some Japanese and Chinese brands. Its not widely available, but there is dog and cat food. I heard Friskies and Fancy Feast are like the bottom barrel of cat food though and its hard to know if Purina would have the same American quality control standards (not that they are necessarily that good in U.S. anyway) in their cat food for the China market, so that is why I'm considering alternatives. What do you think about these two brands? Do you think it would be okay to just give my cat Fancy Feast canned food?
One more question - I suspect my kitten might have roundworms, since she has a slight pot belly. Do I need to confirm her having worms though some kind of fecal test? My fear is that if I ask for a test, the vet will just tell me she has it, even if she doesn't. What kind of medicine would you recommend for roundworms and is it harmful to take if she doesn't have it? She is almost 4 months old.
Chinakitten,wow,what you describe sounds scary,but I am really not surprised.seeing cats/dogs are sold at the market for meat,their fur etc..
Maybe you could try making her own food,I don't know how available meats are,but if you cook chicken really well it should be ok.
I have no recipe but I am sure someone could give you one,did you check our food -forum??
I don't suppose buying food off E-Bay is allowed??
If you suspect ringworm,I would take her to this questionable vet,only let him give you meds for it and research it before giving it to your kitten.
Good luck with your little girl
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
3 kitties,Rocky(r.i.p my boy),Chico,Vinnie
Glad to see you are making yourself as knowledgable as possible so you are not taken advantage of over there.
This is an great place to help you. Sugarcatmom is our cat guru here, as well as Growler .....they will both be able to give you excellent information.
I would be most concerned about the Chinese and Japanese brands since that is where their ingredients will be sourced from. As Chico mentioned, it may be better if you make your own food for your kitty. If you can feed raw that would be best.
Start a new thread in the Food Forum here and list all the American and Canadian brands that are available to you.
maybe this will help
I am also living in China. I have been here for going on 6 years and have acquired 4 cats and 1 dog-all rescues from the streets here in China. I saw your post on the pets.ca website and perhaps can help with some of my experiences -actually nightmares in dealing with these "vets".Being here, I have also had to learn ALOT about cats and dogs. Luckily haven't had too much trouble as far as their health. Knock on wood. I have kept their vaccinations to a minimum (they will all be coming back home with me to Canada when I do leave here) so I unfortunately have to keep their rabies shots up to date. Didn't want to do this to my cats as they are strictly indoor but I have to. The dog I also rabies vaccinate in case she got away from me or something-but she is never off her leash except for her occasional "houdini- yes I can escape from a leash when I am really freaked out". Although I really wish I didn't have to do it every year but in China the law says it must be done yearly. Anyway, I totally understand your concern in whether or not to let one of these vets fix your cat. I got almost all of my animals when I was living in Fujian province-near Shenzhen.We then all took the train up here to Shandong last summer. The first vet was terrible and totally botched all of my females operations. They all had to get redone. They went into heats 6 months to 1 year later after their first "operation". When this happened I got back on the internet and did more reading. You could double check the following info. When animals don't get fixed, yes it possibly increases their chances of certain diseases but they could also get another very very serious disease called Pyrometa? not sure of the spelling. This could be a deadly disease if not caught in time. My dog had her first botched operation and then 1.5 years later she got very very sick because of this "Pyrometa" I then had to get her fixed again. I love my animals very much and didn't want to put them thru the operations again but I didn't like what could happen in the future with their health. If I was back in Canada I would have better access to homeopathic/alternative type medicines which I agree with more than chemical medicines. I have solved their earmite problems naturally, am working on ridding them of worms naturally, my dog is on a raw food diet which I love preparing for her. When the cats were babies they were also on the raw diet but now they eat the Friskies crap. Except for these spaying/neutering operations I have found ways to treat the occasional problems naturally. Have you noticed how some of the products or medicines in the pet stores here look like they fell off the back of a truck? Yeah, I wanna buy that. Send me an email if you want, I got some more info I could share with you. I just found a great website that ships to China and they sell parasite/worm tinctures. I will be getting my second order from this company and half of it is herbs/ homeopathic stuff for the animals.
Carolyn McIntosh
As far as deworming, panacur (fenbendazole) is readily available through the internet and covers a wide variety of intestinal parasites including roundworms. It is very safe, even if the patient is without any intestinal parasites. It is usually given once a day for 3-5 days.
Thank you for giving us so much information on the veterinary options in China. It was interesting, albeit slightly depressing.
Christopher A. Lee, DVM, MPH, Diplomate ACVPM
Preventive Medicine Specialist With a Focus on Immunology and Infectious Disease
Raclyn,Great that you might be able to help Chinakitten
My cats were on"crap" Fancy Feast for quiet a while and are now eating Wellness canned exclusively.
Also,here in Canada now,rabies-vaccine is every 3 yrs.
Like Dr Lee says,I am sure FF is better than any Chinese cat-food.
So,you are flying home with 4 cats and one dog,that's wonderfullucky guys/girls
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
3 kitties,Rocky(r.i.p my boy),Chico,Vinnie
To be fair, I have met one or two vets that aren't all about the money. This is after talking to many. Unfortunately, alot of them just aren't experienced enuf. In the time I have been here, I have met only 2 people who keep cats as we do. For the most part cats only have a job to do. Catch the big rats we see running around. In my village they don't even look at cats so we have to travel to the next big city when necessary. I felt absolutely horrible having to put my cats and dog thru second operations.
Here the rabies vaccinations are required yearly. I know in Canada it is only required every 3 years. I read somewhere that only like 3% of the dogs here are vaccinated which is very saddening considering how many dogs I see walking around daily. I have to control myself and not bring anymore home with me! It's going to expensive when we all go back to Canada and I have already started looking into pet shipping companies.
I definitely wouldn't feed them any Chinese brands of food. I can get my hands on 1-2 brands of western kinds so I do that.
Because I made the decision to not go to vets here anymore unless it is totally life threatening I have been really looking into ways of prevention. There is alot of info out there on the net in regards to home remedies/prevention and they are all very simple grocery store items like using olive oil (earmites), or apple cider vinegar(keeping a healthy bacteria level,keeps away fleas also) and many more!
My dog eats raw chicken breasts and drumsticks. On top of her meats I put a vegetable mush that I make. Slow cooked (using a slow cooker) plain carrots, broccoli, pumpkin (good for getting rid of worms) and a little garlic (also good for getting rid of worms altho some people agree/disagree with giving your pets garlic) I blender this altogether and throw it on top of the meats. I also give her a little apple cider vinegar. Cats won't touch it in their magnetized water bowl so now I just spray some on them and they lick it off and give me a dirty look.
The raw food should also be served at room temperature or warmed up a little. Cold food/drinks are bad for our/animals stomachs-diarhea. This is according to Chinese medicine. I serve the meat at room temperature and warm the vegetables a little.
I have tried many different kinds of meats but she loves chicken. I don't think my dog has worms but I am looking at prevention. The newest member of my "family" brought some friends with her. Worms. I'm going to go at that with parasite tinctures or food grade Diatemaceous Earth powder. 2 out of the cats have visible worms so my newest mission is to get rid of those little beasts. With so many animals in my house I never have a dull moment
Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen(near you-bus or train ride) have western vets if that is something you would consider. After going thru this Pyrometa scare with my dog I would definitely get my cat spayed. Unless you plan on breeding her. If you do decide to spay her, don't let them talk you into simply "tying" the fallopian tubes. Go into the surgery room and watch the operation. Get them to take everything out -except the uterus which is pretty difficult.
Seriously save yourself the incredible frustration (I've been thru this so many times here it is depressing)and the potential harm to your cat-giving your cat chemicals he doesn't need-future sicknesses or whatever. For the most part it comes down to you being a foreigner and they see dollar signs. Sorry to say that but...
Another thing I have been wondering about. When we went for the rabies vaccination this year none of them had ANY visible reactions after. These are 5 animals that I live with 24/7 and to my surprise I saw nothing different. Something could be happening internally but I hope it isn't. Makes me wonder if he even gave them the vaccine or shot them up with vitamins. This would not surprise me in the least, him saying he did but he didn't. On par for what happens here. I won't be going to the vet here any more,unless I have exhausted ALL the home remedy possibilities.
it is every 3 years for rabies and you only have to have proof they were vaccined and have the proper certificate to say their blood is negative for rabies. I dont know if quarantine is needed for china though!
sounds like your having a horrible time in China... i think your best to hit online for medications and ask other ex-pats what they do for animal care
good luck i imagine your feeling very at the moment.
(>'.'<) "Princess" Lola ~ 5yrs black and white long hair
(>'.'<) PoppyCat ~ 6 yrs grey and white short hair
(>'.'<) Buffy ~ 14 yrs Calico
(>'.'<) Zena ~ 14 yrs Calico long hair
& Hugo ~ 10 yrs GBGV
I plan on leaving here in about 3 years. Some of the research I have done in regards to when we do go home. My cats and dog will have to go ahead of me (8 days) to Beijing or Shanghai to a "quarantine" facility. There they will get the final paperwork to get on the plane for Canada. From what I have read -correct me if I'm wrong, they have no quarantine in Canada as long as the paperwork is correct. I'm anticipating nightmares about that whole going home ordeal -a hostage situation-seriously! Them (this countries government officials) saying you need this this and this or your cat/dog has this this and this-give me more money or you can't have your animals back. So the only thing I can do is keep them healthy and arm myself with as much info as possible but that may not even help in the end. Cuz I will just pay the money. It is incredibly Alot of foreigners who come here are maybe only here short term so they don't take on the commitment of owning an animal. And to be honest if I had known how difficult it would be owning a pet here I don't think I would have done this. But now they are part of my family and my responsibility. Some of them come here, get an animal and then just dispose of it when they leave the city or China. There are a few expat websites but the animals forums are pretty slim or they are talking about Beijing or Shanghai regulations or whatever. Regulations vary alot depending on who you are talking to here. And it comes down to the dollar. Sorry to be so cynical but I have had and heard too many bad experiences when it comes to foreigners and their pets. ChinaKitten -solve your cats problems by yourself whenever you can. Import medicines if necessary, and go to the vet as little as possible.Consult with a vet back home if you can also.
Raclyn,wow,I cannot imagine what you are going through and the worry with having to ship them home to Canada,but I would do the same.
You have 3 yrs to work on it..
As for the rabies vaccine,my cats do not always show a reaction to it,except one of them developed a large bump at the site the last time,which eventually went away.
I have this absolute distrust of anything Chinese,abhor their human/animal right horrors and can for the life of me not understand how a country like China was"awarded"the Olympics.
I am hoping you have contact with Chinakitten,that all will turn out well with her kittens
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
3 kitties,Rocky(r.i.p my boy),Chico,Vinnie
Raclyn72, thanks so much for sharing your stories, it's really helpful! It's so nice to meet someone else who is in China too! I think I might consider taking my cat to Shanghai to get spayed because I occasionally go there to visit friends anyway. Shanghai definitely has some great vets. But I'll have to check into if I can bring her on a plane or train. Do you know anything about that? Is there anything special you have to do or can I just bring her aboard in a pet purse?
You said you are in a village, so you must have had a much harder time than me. Shenzhen is a big city with a decent amount of rich people who spoil their pets, but the only problem is that Shenzhen is notorious being the most money grubbing city in China, so that's why the hospitals here are not good.
I appreciate everyone's sympathy for my situation, but I agree with Raclyn, China is not all bad and people are not all out to get your money. I was just venting some frustration. There are lots of good, hard working and honest people here, just as in any other country. The majority of people in this country have a hard enough time getting by on 1 or 2 U.S. dollars per day, feeding and caring for their children is a challenge, so they don't have the same respect for pets as we do. Although the animal abuses here are real, I'm sure that one day, when China is a rich country, they will likely love their animals about as much as we do and there will be a lot more awareness on how to take care of our furry friends The change I've seen with the treatment and care of pets in the last 10 years is already quite significant.
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(>'.'<) PoppyCat ~ 6 yrs grey and white short hair
(>'.'<) Buffy ~ 14 yrs Calico
(>'.'<) Zena ~ 14 yrs Calico long hair
& Hugo ~ 10 yrs GBGV
plane or train
Hello ChinaKitten,
How long do you go to Shanghai for? A week? Or only a couple of days? The cat would obviously be in some pain for the first day or two ,have stitches and generally unhappy.Taking the plane -faster, but I don't know if they would let you put a cat on the plane if she was in such a state-so soon after an operation. Know what I mean? Again don't know how long you would be spending in Shanghai. 3-4 days I think would be ok.I use those plastic cat carriers,they have some real small ones too- this way she can sprawl out and not be kind of scrunched up.Train, the cat would not be able to be with you. She would be placed in another compartment on the train. Make sure you tell the train officials you need to go to this compartment and visit her, give her food and water. It took us 3 days to get to Shandong from Fujian. How long is the Shenzhen-Shanghai trip?
For plane or train you need to find the animal control/quarantine in Shenzhen and Shanghai and they will give you the documents needed for your cat. When me and my animals moved up to Shandong -from Fuzhou, Fujian, the animal control people didn't even look at my pets,no needles or nothing. Might be different for you, rules vary depending on who you talk to at that momentI paid about 100- 150rmb for all their papers- I forget and this was for 1 dog and 4 cats. Do you want some help locating vets in Shanghai? I can help by looking on the internet if you want. Yeah, you can go to a western vet! Glad you're in China too.
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PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful)
#15 722 Xin Hua Lu (next to Kai Xuan Lu, Changning District)
I have only read good things about this hospital, professional, think this place is owned by foreigners, a little more expensive than others
The following 2 have Western Standards Accreditation
Jing An Hospital
Dr. Beryl Lo, DVM
131 Changning Rd (near Jiangsu Rd)
Gu Bei Hospital
Dr.Christian Chang DVM (Ohio State University)
507 Wu Zhong Rd.
6242-5599 or 5477-5163
The website I have been ordering my natural medicines from for me and the gang is called www.herbalremedies.com.
They ship to China, accept credit cards or Western Union.
Thank you for all your help! You are an
As for the food I would go with Fancy Feast unless you are positive you can get really really good quality meats, bone & organs to raw feed, given your location I would also want to add Cat multi-vitamin that will include Taurine, Iron etc to be sure she is getting enough especially if you cannot find quality Beef/red meat.
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The only stories a team and a fan base coming off a 3-15 season look forward to in the off-season are those about flittering butterflies and the aroma of honeydew melons, so it is time to be as delicate as possible when I share a couple of eye openers from the last few days.
It has been almost two weeks since the CFL Players' Association (CFLPA) and the league had publicized, scheduled meetings in Calgary. Though it was conveyed to the players, in an email from their president, that "... it is still early in the process and talks have progressed," after the meetings with the league it was noted "... we still have not made any headway on the two crucial items of player safety and revenue sharing."
To refresh, by "player safety" the players are referring to how many times a week, during the season, the coaches can make them wear shoulder pads. Since the NFL has mandated their players can only have one fully padded practice a week during the regular season, the CFLPA has decided it makes sense their players are afforded the same courtesy, especially since they make considerably less than their southern counterparts.
In my experience in the CFL, rarely were we forced to don shoulder pads more than once a week during the regular season. I can't recall a week where we had to wear them more than twice -- except for a stretch or two when former coach Dave Ritchie went berserk on us back in the early 2000s -- so this will not be a deal breaker going forward.
What will be a deal breaker is the fact the league will still not agree to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with either no salary cap or, more realistically, one where they can "tie a salary cap to a percentage of revenue like every other major professional sport in North America."
Revenue sharing is something the players gave up in the last CBA, when the league insisted it was in the poor house. Now all the league has to do to avoid an escalating labour dispute is reinstate it and negotiate a fair percentage with the players. It seems simple and easy enough, but it appears the CFLPA is preparing for the worst, as this last mass communication with the membership ended with a request for permanent addresses so that they may "... if necessary, conduct a vote to strike by way of secret ballot." The league may be waiting for the players to blink in this staring contest, but it appears this is one issue they will not concede.
In less worrisome news, I recently read a story published on the Bomber website by Kim Babij-Gesell, The Etcheverry Difference, where she reveals the Blue defensive co-ordinator's unorthodox nuances of secrecy and a lack of playbooks.
I was first introduced to Gary Etcheverry in 2006 when he was a guest coach on defence, and I distinctly remember learning the difference between "running to the football" and "REALLY running to the football." I was so impressed by his intensity that after the camp, when he asked if he could list me as a reference for a head coaching job at SFU, I didn't hesitate. Yet if memory serves me, the reason Etcheverry didn't get that job was my alma matter wanted to see the kind of defensive scheme he would be implementing, and he refused to share it with them unless he got the position. He is still so adamant about his proprietary information today, he does not even issue playbooks to his players. Like most old dogs, change to this degree would have scared the hell out of me, as I have never even heard of such a proposition -- but that doesn't necessarily make it bad news.
In fact, maybe coining this as "mildly disturbing" is simply an old-school mentality getting the best of me. As long as it works, I'm sure Bomber fans and players won't care if he scrolls out his weekly blitz packages in disappearing ink.
I just hope when Etcheverry tells his players at their very first meeting they are "... going to have to forget everything you think you know about football," they don't take it too literally. There are only so many ways you can reinvent the wheel, no matter how unorthodox and secretive the scheme may be.
Doug Brown, once a hard-hitting defensive lineman and frequently a hard-hitting columnist, appears Tuesdays in the Free Press.
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Trenton Thunder partners with local rescue mission
In honor of HOPE Week, players take tour, eat lunch with less fortunate
TRENTON, N.J. -- When Mary Gay Abbott-Young and the Rescue Mission of Trenton were honored by the Double-A Trenton Thunder Monday, it was the continuation of a meaningful partnership.
"This is not the first project with the Thunder," said Executive Director Abbott-Young, shortly before the pregame ceremony. "They do so much for the community. We have a lot of partners in Trenton, and the Thunder is a part of this community. It speaks a lot about the Yankees organization. We're proud to be here and to serve the people that we serve every day."
The Mission welcomed Thunder volunteers second baseman Jose Pirella, left fielder Ramon Flores, catcher Francisco Arcia, shortstop Carmen Angelini, third baseman Reegie Corona and pitcher Fred Lewis.
Barrett Young, who was honored alongside his mother, saw the players getting firsthand experiences, which included a tour and a meal with a handful of people whose lives differ greatly from theirs.
"After they took the tour, they had lunch with eight of our residents. The players opened up, and they had great conversations with the guys. It was inspirational, but I would say also, 'What if they look at it like if I didn't take this turn in life, what could I have done?'"
"The players interaction with the residents was fantastic," said Abbott-Young, who has overseen the mission for 37 years.
"We started out years and years ago," she said. "Many of the residents come [to] us here a couple of times a year. [Thunder general manager] Will Smith does the miniature golf charity event. We also live up the street and bring our grandson to watch a game. We are just good friends, as community members."
The Thunder's presentation included video of the Mission's history, as well as footage of the players' time there.
Time, Thunder manager Tony Franklin believes is well spent.
"We've explained that doing public service is important for them as individuals. We live in a cocoon. Sometimes it's important to remember there are people out there less fortunate than you," said Franklin. "We complain about the bus rides, poor food, and things of that nature. Those things are really not important in the grand scale of life. Let's all go do something worthy of human nature, and forget about baseball for a few minutes."
Young witnessed the simplicity of the moment between the players and the residents, just guys, sharing a universal language on a summer day.
"It was nice to see, because these are guys with aspirations to make it to the Major Leagues," said Young. "And they're talking to the guys who are coming off the streets, some are currently in prison. And they're just sitting there talking baseball."
The Trenton Thunder concludes HOPE Week on Tuesday, honoring the Trenton Children's Chorus.


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Twins and Triplets
There is no trick - it is a random event. I have a family in the 11th generation without twins and triplets. And another one is the 5th generation with 3 times twins and 2 times triplets.
You can only be patient and let them try to make babies as often as possible ;)
Greetings, Kayleigh
I am so mad. I got the final piece of the picture and I thought that if you moved them it would automatically go to the chest. I sold it! Hopefully I will get it again. It takes so long to get the collections. I finally have one family that has all the collections but the bugs. Has anyone noticed any patterns like certain bugs come after dark or after rain?
I figured out that by pausing the game, praising someone 3 times while they're lying in repose, and by praising their ghost 3 times while it's waving, you can revive a person and their ghost. If you leave that person, go to another family, and then come back, their ghost becomes a solid person, so you've just cloned your person. You can keep doubling up on people and ghosts! I have a screen shot with 6 "Francines." Wish I could send you the link but I'm not sure how. All of the "clones," though not controllable, will choose to work, sleep, watch TV, etc. It's really bizarre.
[Edit: That's part of a bug in earlier versions of the game. They don't "lie in repose" in the current versions. There's no status for them at all and they just wave and go. However, you can still post your screenshot. Just copy and paste the link into a comment and it should automatically work. -Pam]
Omg! Attack of the clones! 14 solid Francines and 1 ghost Francine.
Francine Clones Screenshot
SpinnWild - mole in the garden
After getting the trophy for chasing a gopher, I did not see the mole again. For the way how to get the trophy please have a look at the FAQ section on top of the comments. If you have further questions, please feel free to post and we will be happy to help you :)
Greetings, Kayleigh
clepe - praising for making latte
From time to time one of your familiy members goes to the coffee machine and instead of making a coffee it says "making latte". Then just praise with the green glove as for other things also.
It's a random event and it might take a while till you see them doing it.
Greetings, Kayleigh
YeahBut -
The twigs and the bugs pop up randomly. With the twigs all you can do is watch for them. With the bugs you can help your chances of finding them by searching when it rainss because the bugs like come out in the rain. You can also make it rain by purchasing "tropical rain" in the store. As for marrying the same occupation, it is also random. Nothing you can do to force it.
my people never die younger than 60 (does that happen with everyone? ) i am on the 5th generation and i got all the age trophies , so now i don't need them to last , i need them to die faster , so is there any hope they may die younger , or can i help it ? ( i know it seems mean and rough :D but ... )
thanks and wishing everyone goodluck
clepe- rotten fish
You will have to wait, till they go looking for that strange smell (something like this, can't remember the correct sentence right now). They will go to the fridge and take out a fish. Praise them, when they do have the fish in the hand and you will get the rotten-fish-trophy.
Greetings, Kayleigh
I am so frustrated...
I have been playing this game for a very long time (I couldn't remember when I started so I looked back on this site to find the date of my first post on this site and it was May 8th on the second page A long time) I have been caring for my families in the hopes that I could collect all trophies. The one trophy that none of my families had was the married the same proffesion Well it finally just happened and I accidently rejected it!!! So I am closing my game today.. and saying goodbye to everyone and thank you with all the help I have received from you guys on this site.
On a happier note while I was visiting this site for the last time, I read that they have released Virtual Villagers 3. Its downloading now and I can't wait to start.
I hope you all have better luck than I have...
My most successful family was in their 12th generation and collected 92 of 100 trophies.
To Shauna:
So sorry about your frustration!
Virtual Villagers 3 was released over a year ago and we have a very good walkthough guide if you need any help.
thanks kayleigh.. :)
[Edit: You are very welcome :). And maybe you would like to have a look at the FAQ-section here on top of the comments. You will find a lot of questions answered there. So you do not have to wait for one of us. But please feel free to come back and ask, when you have further questions. We will be glad to help you :) ~ Kayleigh]
HELP!!!! My characters died in the second generation, but I can't continue the game. There ARE kids. The first time this happened, the kids were left to continue in the house alone until they all left for college. Then, the house was empty. This time, the 6 kids were all in college when the parents died. Once again, I have an empty house. I don't want to restart it again and lose all my points. Did anyone else have this problem? What can I do? Help!!!!
1) My male is a Dress Designer, Where am I suppose to place him for his job?
2) My little kid parents aren't making any kids! Whenever I try, after they've done their thing they go back to work.
How do I know if the mother is pregnant?
And how do i get more kids? I can't afford the baby fertilizer thing!!
So I've been playing this game and reading your comments for a while and I've not had anything great to add.
Until today...the first family I created is in its 11th generation. The husband died young at age 57. She was depressed for a short time and the next time I logged in she was lying in repose. I paused the game and gave her some vitamins and some energy drink and she came alive.
Then....the e-mail dinged. I answered it and there was an incoming marriage proposal! She is having a second marriage! He was pretty happy, is 54, and is just bouncing all over the house. She is still quite close to death so she is less interested. The new hubby is not in the family tree, though.
I'll keep you updated on this strange occurance..
Wow Bearthur! That is strange...I've heard in earlier versions of the game about rising from the dead, but nothing about a second marriage! That's pretty cool... When I downloaded VF that glich had already been fixed...I have been trying but I am unable to find the unfixed version. Just to play around with the ghosts.
I'm not Pam, but I guess, that does not matter *lol*
When your people
do not really recover from their sickness (very weak or extremly week over a longer periode)
you can't find out, what they have
when you give them the needed medication and as soon as you gave it, they do get sick with another illness
Than it is time to call the doctor.
You do this by buying the stethoscope in the shop. Place the stethoscope at the one, which is ill and you will get immedeatly get a diagnosis from the doctor. If there is an infection or something else real serious, he will tell you to get Vancomycin or Penicillin.
Greetings Kayleigh
Anon -
Here are a few things to do to keep your pople alive longer: Feed them organic groceries, give them healthy snacks (bananas, oranges, mangoes) instead of candy treats, have them run on the treadmill, and give them multi-vitamins from the store if their health is getting low.
You might check which version of the game you have, which you can do by checking the main menu screen. The version number is on the lower left of the screen, and it would be something like 1.00.0x. The reason I ask is that in the latest version, 1.00.05, that trophy is for 65 years old instead of 70.
Hi, I usually use the computer clock to speed up the game events, for example, i add five hours to the clock to jump the events for the same period (without pausing the game). However, when I open the game, I find the store empty, only clothes, medicines and food. What's up?? Note, I have produced a lot of generations.
[Edit: We strongly advise against changing the computer clock. As you can see, it messes up the game and it can also mess with other functions that rely on the clock. -Pam]
oh ya i figured out how to fix the hose, you need to buy tape from the store, the place the tape on the hose and then place two people from your family on top of the hose and they will work together to fix it. Its the same thing for the bird bath, but you dont use the tape you use the pump that you buy from the store.
hope it's helpful
When I first played VF I thought the game play was slow and game itself unexciting....but, I kept playing and now I can't stop collecting coins and starting new families...absolutely addicting!
After many hours of play,I've found that if you want to see more coins and collectables pop up around the yard you must:
Keep your adults working, the children playing either in the sand box or with the bedroom toys AND you must buy the bird house...believe me it works.I've tested it between family games and the bird house family made upwards to $2,000 more in the same amount of time as the non-birdhouse family.
Orchid -
$105 is their daily salary. Each time they earn money they earn 1% of that salary. Over the course of the day it will add up to $105.
JIGuest -
If you messed with the computer clock then that can affect the store in a bad way. Try tapping the "r" key on your keyboard when you have the store up and see if it will refresh. If not, you may need to contact the vendor where you bought the game and reinstall it for a fix.
bribri -
The doorknob:
Is in the sandbox. It is there from the start of the game. Drop an adult on it and they will pick it up and take it to the shed to fix the door. For more information see the walkthrough above.
JIGuest -
Just because the career sheet doesn't mention a top salary doesn't mean there isn't one. Every career has a top (level 8) salary. No one in the game can earn an unlimited income.
To Diane Weyker:
Check the walkthrough guide at the top of this page. You'll be able to find answers to all of the puzzles there.
To Nina:
Unfortunately, that happens from time to time. Sooner or later, you'll get an event that will have a maid service clean your house. Say yes to it and the wrapper should disappear.
To Rachelle:
I've never heard of late marriage proposals. Anytime I start with a new person, a marriage proposal comes first thing. Sorry I can't offer any advice.
To Jenni:
The answer to your question is in the walkthrough guide located at the top of this page. Look under the spoiler for Repairs.
To Engaged:
No money cheats that I'm aware of. But you'll have enough money to buy food for them and the less expensive upgrades as they earn their salaries and get raises. It builds up fairly well, too, so you'll eventually be able to buy whatever you want.
To Cherice:
You family is in your time zone. Whatever time it is for you, that's what time it is for your family.
To Latasha:
The lost remote will be somewhere on the floor in your house. The office, laundry room, and kids' room are common places for it to turn up. It also shows up in difficult places, like on the edge of the stairs. Look carefully for it and you will find it. As a last resort, take the random event for a maid to clean up your house. It will return the remote to its proper place.
I've been enjoying Virtual Families for a while now and have one of my families up to generation 17. I'm just wondering how long a player is able to keep the game going - how many generations can be reached.
Thanks for all the tips. I was still trying to figure out how to repair the hose and the walls with the compound and now I know!
To Phenomenal:
Your problem with the store is a bug in one of the earlier versions of the game. Try tapping the "R" key while you've got the store open. That's supposed to reset the store and fix the bug.
To Quicktwitz:
As far as I know, the game can go indefinitely if your family surives each generation.


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Guitar icon Slash added another page to his rock and roll legend when he shrugged off an attacking fan in Italy.
During a performance with the band Velvet Revolver in Milan this week, a berserk fan climbed on stage and leapt at the guitarist, the Toronto Sun reported.
The Italian lined up an American-style football tackle from Slash's blindside. Displaying impressive agility, the 45-year-old former Guns and Roses rocker ducked under the hit. The attacker slipped off Slash's back and flew off the stage, back into the crowd. During the fracas, Slash continued to play the solo to the GNR anthem, "Sweet Child of Mine."
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There is a important difference between critical thinking and being critical. Knowing that difference can be the deciding factor in whether you are successful at affecting change or become an ineffectual aggravating irritant.
Now that I have your attention…it will come as no surprise to learn I have a tendency to critique almost every aspect of the world around me. Don't get too excited about the admission, however. You probably do the same thing. We all do. It's human nature.
As a general rule it's easier to criticize than it is to create. Consequently, the line of critics is always longer and louder than the line of people who actually produce something of value — or intended to be of value.
Think about our tendencies for a moment. When we're in traffic we see what the guy in front of us is doing wrong immediately. We often comment on his or her limited driving skills, too — sometimes in a loud voice peppered with less than hospitable words.
When we watch the government at work we often wonder why it doesn't work better. Anyone who has been to the Department of Motor Vehicles, stood in line at the Post Office, or climbed aboard Amtrak has to wonder exactly what it is about being connected to government that makes high-quality customer service an almost universally unattainable goal.
And don't even get me started on Congress, the FAA, or the latest scandals coming to light out of Washington D.C.
Having said all that, it's important that we all know there's nothing inherently wrong with being critical. It is that tendency to observe, evaluate, and critique that allows us to learn, to grow, to become better people.
Assuming, of course, that we do more than just criticize others.
And there's the rub. Most of us limit ourselves to the singular task of being critical — we side-step the subsequent tasks of thinking up a better method of getting the job done, or partnering with someone we recognize as competent and on the right track. And very few of us actually get up and actively lend a hand in an effort to help solve a problem. It's just not our way. And that tendency becomes a self-imposed limitation that's detrimental to us.
Certainly I have dished out my share of criticism in person, in print, and even on video. As regular readers know, I'm not the least bit shy about sharing my observations or of putting a label on them, whether positive or otherwise.
But I have also learned an important lesson: Simply pointing out the failings of others is not a constructive plan. Complaining does not improve the situation. Disparaging others does not automatically elevate us or our argument.
Consider this: In virtually every community where some form of administrative hierarchy exists, the same dynamic plays out. A small group of dedicated people work to resolve problems. They often disagree. They sometimes dislike each other. But they persevere. These people are leaders of the community, often to the consternation of others.
A larger group of people constitute the nay-sayers. These people are unhappy. They dislike the status quo, yet they are resistant to change. They speak up in opposition to new plans proposed by the leaders of the community, however they rarely make an effort to gain support for an alternative plan. Rather, they focus on drumming up more opposition. These people are rarely leaders of a community.
The largest group of people are disconnected, disinterested, and perfectly content having no role in the process of leadership. They may not be happy with the direction things are headed, but they are more focused on the tangible aspects of their own lives than the intellectual, political, or theological machinations of the leaders or the critics. This group represents the majority in most populations, and while they care about the future, they have come to believe they have no personal involvement in setting its course — so they roll with whatever happens and just do their best to keep their heads above water.
Which group you or I belong to is really of little consequence. What matters is the realization that no matter which group we're in, we can transition from one to another. We can move up or down on the ladder, and we can do it more than once. The determining factor in which way we move is simple. Are we leading, critiquing, or just living with the issues that affect us?
For those who want to be leaders, act accordingly. Watch, read, listen, and discuss the issues affecting you and your community. Critique the process, the participants, and proposals being made. Then participate openly, positively, and with an open mind. Build consensus. Develop partnerships. Make a difference. Know the difference between critical thinking, and being critical. It matters.


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