We have already looked at the issue of 'inequality' when it comes to paying workers and CEOs:
Jay Doubleyou: in/equality - the pay gap
But what about the issue of 'inequality' when it comes to paying men and women:
Equal Pay Day - YouTube
Hillary Clinton seems to agree:
Hillary Clinton's focus on women's pay may resonate broadly: poll | Reuters
As does Ed Milliband of the Labour Party:
Labour plan to double paternity leave to one MONTH | Daily Mail Online
But UKIP seems to disagree:
Ukip donor: Women should not wear trousers - ITV News
Why Do People Vote For UKIP? - YouTube
Nigel Farage says breastfeeding women should sit in a corner | Politics | The Guardian
Switzerland is the 'home of democracy':
Appenzell Innerrhoden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Third Man Orson Welles' Great Cuckoo Clock Speech against Democracy Peace & Brotherly Love - YouTube
"In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
A Point of View: Are tyrants good for art? - BBC News
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Thursday, 23 April 2015
frog invasion
Here's quite a strange video:
20 Minuten Online Videoportal - Frosch-Invasion beim Fussball
20 Minuten - Spielabbruch wegen Frosch-Invasion - Fussball
You can read it in English from The Local website:
Frog invasion forces halt to Zurich football game - The Local
The Guardian took up the story:
Croak Park: frog invasion causes match in Switzerland to be abandoned | Football | The Guardian
And here is the website of the football club from 18th April:
FC Embrach - Willkommen auf der Website des FC Embrach
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20 Minuten Online Videoportal - Frosch-Invasion beim Fussball
20 Minuten - Spielabbruch wegen Frosch-Invasion - Fussball
You can read it in English from The Local website:
Photo: FC Embrach
Frog invasion forces halt to Zurich football game
Published: 20 Apr 2015 22:34 GMT+02:00
- Rare frogs seized in taxi at Swiss border (26 Sep 13)
- The Weather Frogs - Swiss prophets with sizzling secrets (20 Mar 12)
After 41 minutes of play between the Embrach and Räterschen teams the game on Friday night was abandoned with the score at 2-2 after the amphibians took over the pitch.
At first just a few frogs were spotted on the sidelines but after a few minutes the pitch was “swarming with thousands of frogs”, FC Embrach said on its website.
The football club is used to seeing a few frogs in the grass but never in these kinds of numbers.
"It has occurred on and off,” the football club’s s vice president Sandro Caviola told the 20 Minuten newspaper.
“But something like Friday we have never experienced before.”
The frog invasion followed heavy rains in the area last week.
“The frogs were travelling to the forest — unfortunately, our (field) is on the way there,” Caviola said.
The two teams are hoping the frogs will have moved on by May 11th when they are set to replay the match.
The Guardian took up the story:
Croak Park: frog invasion causes match in Switzerland to be abandoned | Football | The Guardian
And here is the website of the football club from 18th April:
FC Embrach - Willkommen auf der Website des FC Embrach
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in/equality - the pay gap
There was a big story this week on 'the pay gap':
CEO takes 90% pay cut to give workers huge raise - Apr. 14, 2015
It's an idea that's become very popular:
Why is Thomas Piketty's 700-page book a bestseller? | Money | The Guardian
Executive Paywatch
It challenges an idea which has dominated for the past 30 years:
Trickle-down economics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gordon Gekko "Greed is Good" Full Speech *read the description* - YouTube
Greed Is Good: A 300-Year History of a Dangerous Idea - The Atlantic
People are not 'equal':
Social Equality - YouTube
Economic Equality and Social Injustice (Video) : The Freeman : Foundation for Economic Education
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CEO takes 90% pay cut to give workers huge raise - Apr. 14, 2015
It's an idea that's become very popular:
Why is Thomas Piketty's 700-page book a bestseller? | Money | The Guardian
Executive Paywatch
It challenges an idea which has dominated for the past 30 years:
Trickle-down economics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gordon Gekko "Greed is Good" Full Speech *read the description* - YouTube
Greed Is Good: A 300-Year History of a Dangerous Idea - The Atlantic
People are not 'equal':
Social Equality - YouTube
Economic Equality and Social Injustice (Video) : The Freeman : Foundation for Economic Education
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Thursday, 9 April 2015
identity in the uk
Quite a lot of research has been done on the genetic make-up of the UK:
Jay Doubleyou: identity
More has just been carried out:
Forever England? Gene Map Shows Divided British Isles
Jay Doubleyou: identity
More has just been carried out:
Forever England? Gene Map Shows Divided British Isles
BY MAGGIE FOX
The first in-depth genetic scan of the British Isles shows their violent history of invasion after invasion lives on in the people.
The blood of Norwegian Vikings still flows in the residents of the Orkney Islands. The Welsh-speaking folk of northern Wales are distinct from their English-dominant neighbors. And, surprisingly, there's no one group of Celts. The ancient Cornish are genetically distinct from the Scots and the original Celtic inhabitants of Northern Ireland.
The hope is to shed light on the genetics of disease, but it's also filling in a lot of gaps for archeologists and historians.
"It is really the first time that scientists have looked in great detail within a country at the genetic level," said Peter Donnelly of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford.
"What was striking was the pattern of variation that we saw and the way it aligned with geography," added Donnelly, who led the study published in the journal Nature.
The team got samples of DNA from more than 2,000 people living in rural parts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland whose four grandparents had stayed put in their home towns or villages.
"What was striking was the pattern of variation that we saw and the way it aligned with geography."
"Because we inherit DNA from our parents…the DNA of any person is roughly one-fourth, one-fourth, one-quarter, one-fourth from your grandparents," Donnelly told reporters. "In effect, it looks at genetic variation in the UK at the end of the 19th century."
They wanted to look back because there's been so much population movement in the past 100 years, with much more mixing than in the previous millennia.
For a comparison, the researchers used DNA samples from 6,000 people in continental Europe who had taken part in a medical study.
STEPHEN LESLIE | EUROGEOGRAPHICS
The first in-depth genetic scan of the British Isles shows their violent history of invasion after invasion lives on in the people.
The blood of Norwegian Vikings still flows in the residents of the Orkney Islands. The Welsh-speaking folk of northern Wales are distinct from their English-dominant neighbors. And, surprisingly, there's no one group of Celts. The ancient Cornish are genetically distinct from the Scots and the original Celtic inhabitants of Northern Ireland.
The hope is to shed light on the genetics of disease, but it's also filling in a lot of gaps for archeologists and historians.
"It is really the first time that scientists have looked in great detail within a country at the genetic level," said Peter Donnelly of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford.
"What was striking was the pattern of variation that we saw and the way it aligned with geography," added Donnelly, who led the study published in the journal Nature.
The team got samples of DNA from more than 2,000 people living in rural parts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland whose four grandparents had stayed put in their home towns or villages.
"What was striking was the pattern of variation that we saw and the way it aligned with geography."
"Because we inherit DNA from our parents…the DNA of any person is roughly one-fourth, one-fourth, one-quarter, one-fourth from your grandparents," Donnelly told reporters. "In effect, it looks at genetic variation in the UK at the end of the 19th century."
They wanted to look back because there's been so much population movement in the past 100 years, with much more mixing than in the previous millennia.
For a comparison, the researchers used DNA samples from 6,000 people in continental Europe who had taken part in a medical study.
STEPHEN LESLIE | EUROGEOGRAPHICS
Map of the UK showing clustering of individuals based on genetics, and its striking relationship with geography. Each of the genetic clusters is represented by a different symbol (combining shape and colour, with legend at the sides). There is one symbol plotted on the map for each of the individuals in the study. The ellipses give a sense of the geographical range of each genetic cluster.
The findings were startling, even to Britons who know how strong regional loyalties can be on the small cluster of islands.
"The genetic groups we find in Cornwall and Devon almost exactly match the modern county boundaries," Donnelly said.
"Even as statisticians, we were struck by the concordance with history," said Stephen Leslie of Royal Children's Hospital in Victoria, Australia, who worked on the study.
One thing historians had wondered about. Had the Anglo-Saxon invaders who moved in after the collapse of the Roman Empire perhaps committed genocide? Historical, linguistic and archeological records all show a mass shift of culture.
But the DNA shows something different.
"Even as statisticians, we were struck by the concordance with history."
Anglo-Saxon DNA makes up less than half of the genetic mix in southeast England. This suggests a more subtle takeover, in which the invaders intermarried with and perhaps imposed their culture on the locals.
As historians would predict, eastern, central and southern England is made up of a single, relatively homogeneous, genetic group. This reflects the influence of the Romans, who built roads in these regions, broke down borders and whose economy encouraged trade.
Older groups were pushed to the edges — to cold Scotland and the craggy coasts of Cornwall, Devon and Wales.
The most ancient group? The Welsh. Their DNA predates even a mysterious genetic infusion from Europe long before the Romans arrived.
"By using genetics and powerful statistical methods, we have been able to tell the story of the masses," Leslie said.First published March 18th 2015, 11:01 pm
Forever England? Gene Map Shows Divided British Isles - NBC News.com
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The findings were startling, even to Britons who know how strong regional loyalties can be on the small cluster of islands.
"The genetic groups we find in Cornwall and Devon almost exactly match the modern county boundaries," Donnelly said.
"Even as statisticians, we were struck by the concordance with history," said Stephen Leslie of Royal Children's Hospital in Victoria, Australia, who worked on the study.
One thing historians had wondered about. Had the Anglo-Saxon invaders who moved in after the collapse of the Roman Empire perhaps committed genocide? Historical, linguistic and archeological records all show a mass shift of culture.
But the DNA shows something different.
"Even as statisticians, we were struck by the concordance with history."
Anglo-Saxon DNA makes up less than half of the genetic mix in southeast England. This suggests a more subtle takeover, in which the invaders intermarried with and perhaps imposed their culture on the locals.
As historians would predict, eastern, central and southern England is made up of a single, relatively homogeneous, genetic group. This reflects the influence of the Romans, who built roads in these regions, broke down borders and whose economy encouraged trade.
Older groups were pushed to the edges — to cold Scotland and the craggy coasts of Cornwall, Devon and Wales.
The most ancient group? The Welsh. Their DNA predates even a mysterious genetic infusion from Europe long before the Romans arrived.
"By using genetics and powerful statistical methods, we have been able to tell the story of the masses," Leslie said.First published March 18th 2015, 11:01 pm
Forever England? Gene Map Shows Divided British Isles - NBC News.com
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pointless games
Games don't have to have a 'point'...
How about some chanting:
Like Signifying Nothing, but crazier, ritual-like, and even more freeing.
Again, people are standing in a circle. Again, there’s motion, but this time, no accompanying sound. Again, everybody, simultaneously, repeats the motion. But this time, once a motion is started, it never stops!
Each round begins with a chant:
Jonny went to sleep” (or whatever the player who’s leading the chant decides to call herself, and whatever the person decides to have found or love, or eat, e.g.: “Bernie found Nirvana” or “Sally loves her hot dog.
Because Bernie is teaching this game, he gets to start. He says:
Bernie: “Bernie went to sleep.”
Group: “How did Bernie go to sleep?”
Bernie: (making some repeated motion, like tapping his left shoulder with his right hand, or rhythmically sticking his tongue out – very funny – or pretending to drink from a glass) “Bernie went to sleep like this, like this”
Group: (imitating Bernie’s motion – let’s say pretending to drink) “Bernie went to sleep like this, like this.”
Next player: (tapping her head while repeatedly pretending to take a drink) “Sally went to sleep.”
Group: (repeatedly head-tapping and drink-taking) “How did Sally go to sleep?”
Sally: (repeatedly head-tapping, drink-taking and foot-stomping) “Sally went to sleep like this, like this.
And on and conceptually on until it’s universally self-evident that the borders of possibility have been crossed, permanently.
Jonny Went to Sleep • A Playful Path
From an excellent website full of play:
A Playful Path • The Book, the Spirit, the Experience
And this is the same author as:
deepFUN.com | Bernard De Koven
... who's got loads of weird and wonderful stuff:
Change the games, not the players — DeepFUN
Pity Party — DeepFUN
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How about some chanting:
Like Signifying Nothing, but crazier, ritual-like, and even more freeing.
Again, people are standing in a circle. Again, there’s motion, but this time, no accompanying sound. Again, everybody, simultaneously, repeats the motion. But this time, once a motion is started, it never stops!
Each round begins with a chant:
Jonny went to sleep” (or whatever the player who’s leading the chant decides to call herself, and whatever the person decides to have found or love, or eat, e.g.: “Bernie found Nirvana” or “Sally loves her hot dog.
Because Bernie is teaching this game, he gets to start. He says:
Bernie: “Bernie went to sleep.”
Group: “How did Bernie go to sleep?”
Bernie: (making some repeated motion, like tapping his left shoulder with his right hand, or rhythmically sticking his tongue out – very funny – or pretending to drink from a glass) “Bernie went to sleep like this, like this”
Group: (imitating Bernie’s motion – let’s say pretending to drink) “Bernie went to sleep like this, like this.”
Next player: (tapping her head while repeatedly pretending to take a drink) “Sally went to sleep.”
Group: (repeatedly head-tapping and drink-taking) “How did Sally go to sleep?”
Sally: (repeatedly head-tapping, drink-taking and foot-stomping) “Sally went to sleep like this, like this.
And on and conceptually on until it’s universally self-evident that the borders of possibility have been crossed, permanently.
Jonny Went to Sleep • A Playful Path
From an excellent website full of play:
A Playful Path • The Book, the Spirit, the Experience
And this is the same author as:
deepFUN.com | Bernard De Koven
... who's got loads of weird and wonderful stuff:
Change the games, not the players — DeepFUN
Pity Party — DeepFUN
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Wednesday, 8 April 2015
polyglots
It's very impressive to see a polyglot at work:
Jay Doubleyou: 10 tips and tricks to pick up any language
and:
Jay Doubleyou: the michel thomas method for language learning
An interesting idea perhaps:
Polyglotism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From that last posting, here are some websites for getting into languagues
Language Tsar - YouTube
Language Tsar
For example:
How polyglots learn multiple languages through travel lifestyle: 10 language multilingual video - YouTube
And there are many other sites too, for example:
stujay.com
How to become a polyglot - Fluent in 3 months - Language Hacking and Travel Tips
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Jay Doubleyou: 10 tips and tricks to pick up any language
and:
Jay Doubleyou: the michel thomas method for language learning
An interesting idea perhaps:
Polyglotism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From that last posting, here are some websites for getting into languagues
Language Tsar - YouTube
Language Tsar
For example:
Published on Jun 19, 2013
Website: http://www.languagetsar.com
In this video you will learn about my interests and how my travels have helped me to speak in 10 languages. As this is a multilingual polyglot interview, I will reply to Jan's questions in French, Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Catalan, German and Dutch.
You can view subtitles of the video's transcript by selecting the language you want in the 'cc' box or 'closed captions' box. So far I have added this option for English, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese (simplified), Dutch, German, Portuguese, Romanian and Russian.
In this video you will learn about my interests and how my travels have helped me to speak in 10 languages. As this is a multilingual polyglot interview, I will reply to Jan's questions in French, Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Catalan, German and Dutch.
You can view subtitles of the video's transcript by selecting the language you want in the 'cc' box or 'closed captions' box. So far I have added this option for English, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese (simplified), Dutch, German, Portuguese, Romanian and Russian.
How polyglots learn multiple languages through travel lifestyle: 10 language multilingual video - YouTube
And there are many other sites too, for example:
stujay.com
How to become a polyglot - Fluent in 3 months - Language Hacking and Travel Tips
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the michel thomas method for language learning
This is one of the market leaders:
The Michel Thomas Method - The Natural Way to Learn a New Language
Michel Thomas Method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michel Thomas, The Language Master Pt 1 of 3 - YouTube
Here are a couple of reviews:
Review: The Michel Thomas Method for Language Learning
Michel Thomas Method Product Review | The Language Tsar
There's no writing and no memorising of grammar rules or lists of words:
Michel Thomas vs Pimsleur Review: How I learn languages - YouTube
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The Michel Thomas Method - The Natural Way to Learn a New Language
Michel Thomas Method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Published on Feb 2, 2011
Part 2 now uploaded, in sync, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k733oJ...
Some background: I met Michel in 1995 and spent a couple of years getting to know him and learning with him, in New York and Tel Aviv, his home bases at the time. We made the documentary in 1997. He was a fascinating, remarkable man, uniquely focussed and obsessed. Michel stood out for me because his singular ability was to encourage the gifts in others and in effect make himself redundant. His conflict was with what he saw as a teaching industry that relied on students continually needing to be taught. He wasn't necessarily correct, but it was a belief that drove him on.
I was lucky to spend such a length of time with this remarkable man.
Some background: I met Michel in 1995 and spent a couple of years getting to know him and learning with him, in New York and Tel Aviv, his home bases at the time. We made the documentary in 1997. He was a fascinating, remarkable man, uniquely focussed and obsessed. Michel stood out for me because his singular ability was to encourage the gifts in others and in effect make himself redundant. His conflict was with what he saw as a teaching industry that relied on students continually needing to be taught. He wasn't necessarily correct, but it was a belief that drove him on.
I was lucky to spend such a length of time with this remarkable man.
Michel Thomas, The Language Master Pt 1 of 3 - YouTube
Here are a couple of reviews:
Review: The Michel Thomas Method for Language Learning
Michel Thomas Method Product Review | The Language Tsar
There's no writing and no memorising of grammar rules or lists of words:
Published on Jul 10, 2013
For more information on Michel Thomas and Pimsleur, you can read the following reviews:
http://www.languagetsar.com/language-...
http://www.languagetsar.com/language-...
In this video, you'll learn about the two audio courses that I've used in the early stages of my language learning, Michel Thomas and Pimsleur.
For a more detailed product review of the Michel Thomas and Pimsleur courses:
http://www.languagetsar.com/language-...
http://www.languagetsar.com/language-...
Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...
Website: http://www.languagetsar.com
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/thelanguagetsar
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thelanguagetsar
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thelanguagetsar
Google+: https://plus.google.com/1110566886399...
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/languagetsar/
You can view subtitles of the video's transcript by selecting the language you want in the 'cc' box or 'closed captions' box. So far I have added this option for English.
Language: English
"Song: Silver Lining - Irish Dream
Silver Lining's channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tylapajury "
http://www.languagetsar.com/language-...
http://www.languagetsar.com/language-...
In this video, you'll learn about the two audio courses that I've used in the early stages of my language learning, Michel Thomas and Pimsleur.
For a more detailed product review of the Michel Thomas and Pimsleur courses:
http://www.languagetsar.com/language-...
http://www.languagetsar.com/language-...
Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...
Website: http://www.languagetsar.com
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/thelanguagetsar
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thelanguagetsar
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thelanguagetsar
Google+: https://plus.google.com/1110566886399...
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/languagetsar/
You can view subtitles of the video's transcript by selecting the language you want in the 'cc' box or 'closed captions' box. So far I have added this option for English.
Language: English
"Song: Silver Lining - Irish Dream
Silver Lining's channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tylapajury "
Michel Thomas vs Pimsleur Review: How I learn languages - YouTube
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