Re: [Futurework] V is for Volcano

2003-12-09 Thread Stephen Straker
Behind in my male (heh, heh, heh), I pause in catching up to note that *I* thought - given the limitations *and* opportunities of the *genre* - Jane Fonda is RIGHT ON! Patriarchy and the public power of men is quite real and the fact of some women in politics who behave like men doesn't alter

[Futurework] No NATO in Iraq

2003-12-09 Thread Keith Hudson
I hear from this morning's news that Lord Robertson, Secretary-General of NATO, has ruled out the help of NATO forces in Iraq until we have done our job in Afghanistan. (There are only 55,000 NATO troops available at any one time anyway for use everywhere -- and Iraq needs at least 250,000

Consumer society in extremis (was Re: [Futurework] For Kieth

2003-12-09 Thread Keith Hudson
Ray, Thank you. This article explains in more detail why I rabbit on about the fontal lobes so much. Among many other things, the creativity of frontal lobes are able to enhance emotions into exquisite feelings, and body markings/jewelry (and much else besides) into symbolic signs of eons-old

[Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Keith Hudson
Hi Frank, Here's stuff for my biography page. I've probably left something out -- I always do -- then I've got to fiddle the dates again! - PHOTO (again!) with name underneath Born 1935; Educated at Bablake School and Lanchester College of Technology; 1957-1967: Experience in industrial

Re: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread wbward
Keith, Great stuff and a productive life. BTW, did you get an additional pension each time you retired? Bill On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 14:57:14 + Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Frank,Here's stuff for my biography page. I've probably left something out -- I always do -- then

[Futurework] Fwd: New Book: By James Robertson and John Bunzl

2003-12-09 Thread Sally Lerner
Title: Fwd: New Book: By James Robertson and John Bunzl Of possible interest to some... New Book Announcement Monetary Reform - Making it Happen! by James Robertson and John Bunzl Pressures for a new political economy are becoming stronger as worldwide protest against the present form

RE: [Futurework] No NATO in Iraq and Western myopia

2003-12-09 Thread Lawrence DeBivort
Good morning, Keith, I have tried several times to point out to you that you exaggerate -- greatly -- the significance of shi'i and sunni in Iraq. I know that the popular press makes a lot of it, but this is because the journalists are largely ignorant folk and they have latched onto this (and

Re: [Futurework] No NATO in Iraq and Western myopia

2003-12-09 Thread wbward
Lawry, I must admit I haven't yet read Keith's stuff but am going through a book by my old College Advisor, Caesar Farah, called Islam and a bunch of stuff is coming back. The thing that Sunni's get Shia'as for is multiple gods which is the same thing they get Christians for [believing

[Futurework] Apologies

2003-12-09 Thread Keith Hudson
My apologies to all. I'm refurbishing my website and sent my biography to Futurework instead of to my PC consultant. It could be thought to be a Freudian but assuredly not -- Frank and FW sitting next to each other in my mailbox.. This has wasted several hours and I'm furious with myself. This

Re: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
This is great. I think it would be wonderful if we finally arrived at an introduction type of post where we all do what Keith has done. These could then be put into an Introductions section at the web site and serve as a context file for each of us as we explore these things together. It

Re: [Futurework] No NATO in Iraq and Western myopia

2003-12-09 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
I think we should send them all a mirror ball. Many images but one reality. The problem is that so few of them believe in Disco. The Christians abused the Helenists for centuries misunderstanding such things while they shamelessly stole their ideas from them. It would be a real advance

Re: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Salvador Sánchez
Great idea! Salvador - Original Message - From: Ray Evans Harrell To: Keith Hudson ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Biography This is great. I think it would be wonderful if we finally arrived at an

[Futurework] Great similarities between NI and Iraq (was RE: [Futurework] No NATO in Iraq and Western myopia

2003-12-09 Thread Keith Hudson
Hi Lawry, At 10:48 09/12/2003 -0500, you wrote: Good morning, Keith, I have tried several times to point out to you that you exaggerate -- greatly -- the significance of shi'i and sunni in Iraq. I know that the popular press makes a lot of it, but this is because the journalists are largely

[Futurework] Signs of the times

2003-12-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Given the House and soon the Senate may pass an omnibus budget bill that fiscal conservatives are fuming about because of the federal deficit and our budgetary imbalances, this item summarized by yours truly from The Oregonian front page, below the fold, seemed a tad unjust and surreal,

Re: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Why don't you add to it Salvador, REH - Original Message - From: Salvador Sánchez To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Biography Great idea! Salvador - Original Message - From:

RE: [Futurework] The Politics of Foodbanks (or lack thereof)

2003-12-09 Thread Cordell . Arthur
Chris, When I wrote that the family or else the local community pays for the rentfood of the citizens who can't pay it on their own, I was referring to a legal requirement, not voluntary generosity. Arthur Legal requirement of the family or legal requirement of the community? If either, how

RE: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Cordell . Arthur
OK if people want to do it, but not mandatory. Privacy, anonymity and all that. arthur -Original Message-From: Ray Evans Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2003 11:45 AMTo: Keith Hudson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [Futurework] Biography

RE: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Lawrence DeBivort
Are our postings here being posted to a publicly accessible web site? -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tue, December 09, 2003 1:36 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

[Futurework] Currency

2003-12-09 Thread Cordell . Arthur
this might be of interest. The Color of Money - How Currency Works http://money.howstuffworks.com/currency.htm When you hear the word currency, you probably think of the stuff in your wallet. But currency is really a very complex, fascinating aspect of human civilization. Especially

Re: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Ed Weick
Anyone who wants to know who I think I am and what I think I've done can go to my blog at: http://nobrainer.blogs.com/about.html or, perhaps better, to my professional website at: http://members.eisa.com/~ec086636/professional_ed.htm. The truth is or is not out there, depending on whether

RE: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Cordell . Arthur
yes http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -Original Message-From: Lawrence DeBivort [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2003 2:21 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [Futurework] Biography Are our postings here being posted to a publicly

Re: [Futurework] Apologies

2003-12-09 Thread Brad McCormick
Quoting Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [snip] This is the second time recently I've misdirected stuff to FW. My mind is definitely going. [snip] I think a sufficient cause is that you are using a computer, which depersonalizes the process of action degradoing into rote repetition, and thus

Re: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Maybe a blog or web site is the easiest way these days. I'm working on mine as well. When its up you will be the first to know. REH - Original Message - From: Ed Weick To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[Futurework] [MIT-OpenCourseWare-Discussion] Schools Online URLs (fwd)

2003-12-09 Thread Franklin Wayne Poley
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:30:21 -0800 (PST) From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MIT-OpenCourseWare-Discussion] Schools Online URLs From: Gleason Sackmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NetHappenings

RE: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Keith Hudson
If the idea of biographies on FW's site is taken further, then I suggest that they are restricted to, say, 40 words each, so there's a democratic element involved for any subscribers who are young and hitherto inexperienced or who do not want to parade too many personal details. What I think

RE: [Futurework] The Politics of Foodbanks (or lack thereof)

2003-12-09 Thread Franklin Wayne Poley
On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taking the neutrality stance I think makes Switzerland a very special place and must cause the Swiss to think of themselves as somewhat special thereby giving them a degree of social cohesion. Or does the causation circle go the other way around,

RE: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Keith Hudson
Just a reminder that my biography was written for my own website with which I am hoping to tempt a publisher in due course. (The renovated website which will appear in a few days will make this a bit clearer.) The purpose of the biography is mainly to show that I've knocked around a bit and

RE: [Futurework] Biography ~ succinctness etc.

2003-12-09 Thread Brad McCormick
Quoting Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If the idea of biographies on FW's site is taken further, then I suggest that they are restricted to, say, 40 words each, so there's a democratic element involved for any subscribers who are young and hitherto inexperienced or who do not want to

[Futurework] Reason for biography

2003-12-09 Thread Keith Hudson
Arthur, My somewhat lengthy biography which appeared here accidentally was originally written for my E-E website which is being refurbished and will appear in a few days. The reason for showing it there is that I am hoping to tempt a book publisher in due course. The purpose of the biography is

RE: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Cordell . Arthur
amen. -Original Message- From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2003 3:52 PM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Futurework] Biography If the idea of biographies on FW's site is taken further, then I suggest that they are

[Futurework] To Sand Dab or not, the wages of luck.

2003-12-09 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
So when Republican conservatives get older they begin to sound like liberals? Hedging their bets just in case thereIS a God. REH The wages of luck (The Boston Globe) Republican icons Milton Friedman and William J. Bennett acknowledge the link between the birth lottery and poverty. Can

Re: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Jude the Obscure still? REH - Original Message - From: Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:03 PM Subject: RE: [Futurework] Biography Just a reminder that my biography was written for my own website with which

Re: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Forty words? Hmm. How about this Keith? Ray Evans Harrell (Artistic Director, conductor, director, master teacher and performer) has performed in, collaborated on and coached for projects that have received the Oscar, Tony, Obie, Grammy, Drama Critics, ASCAP, Golden Globe, Canadian Film

Idiosyncracies (was RE: [Futurework] Biography ~ succinctness etc.

2003-12-09 Thread Keith Hudson
At 16:06 09/12/2003 -0500, Brad McCormick wrote: Quoting Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If the idea of biographies on FW's site is taken further, then I suggest that they are restricted to, say, 40 words each, so there's a democratic element involved for any subscribers who are young

[Futurework] Pax Americana update

2003-12-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
U.S. Bars Iraq Contracts for Nations That Opposed War By Douglas Jehl, NYT, December 9, 2003, 4:22 pm ET WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 The Pentagon has barred French, German and Russian companies from competing for $18.6 billion in contracts for the reconstruction of Iraq, saying

Re: [Futurework] Currency

2003-12-09 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this might be of interest. The Color of Money - How Currency Works http://money.howstuffworks.com/currency.htm When you hear the word currency, you probably think of the stuff in your wallet. But currency is really a very complex, fascinating aspect of human

Re: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Ray Evans Harrell wrote: Jude the Obscure still? [snip] This may have been the first real novel I read -- in the 11th grade of prep school. I recall being well impressed by the way the protagonist was fated by his [lack of...] origin to remain a nobody and live a less-than-life and to suffer a

Re: [Futurework] Pox Americana update ~

2003-12-09 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Karen Watters Cole wrote: *U.S. Bars Iraq Contracts for Nations That Opposed War* **By Douglas Jehl, NYT, December 9, 2003, 4:22 pm ET*** * WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 The Pentagon has barred French, German and Russian companies from competing for $18.6 billion in contracts for the

Re: [Futurework] For Kieth

2003-12-09 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Ray Evans Harrell wrote: Keith, here is a little gift from today's NYTimes science section. REH December 9, 2003 Humanity? Maybe It's in the Wiring [snip] At first I misread this as an anti-Deridda-ean thesis: Humanity? Maybe it's in the

RE: Idiosyncracies (was RE: [Futurework] Biography ~ succinctness etc.

2003-12-09 Thread Cordell . Arthur
KH . I'm now allowing my beard to grow as long as Darwin's and maybe my success will follow AC What do you mean by "success." -Original Message-From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:54 PMTo: Brad McCormickCc: [EMAIL

Re: [Futurework] Biography ~ asides

2003-12-09 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Every person has a biography (born - did - died). Although, to quote Michelet: the little people end up even more dead than the rest because their names are not preserved in history. But, among those who are higher than the low and lower than the high Some have resumes (e.g., computer

RE: [Futurework] Biography ~ asides

2003-12-09 Thread Cordell . Arthur
Kurt Vonnegut wanted to have on his tombstone From somewhere to somewhere: He tried -Original Message- From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:57 PM To: Keith Hudson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Biography ~ asides

RE: [Futurework] Reframing (was V is for Volcano)

2003-12-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
SS wrote: When Jane Fonda says --- Because we can't just talk about women being at the table - it's too late for that - we have to think in terms of the shape of the table. Is it hierarchical or circular (metaphorically speaking)? We have to think about the quality of the men who are with

[Futurework] Global warming

2003-12-09 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
A few weeks back I suggested on the list that the fires and farming techniques of the 33 million pre-Columbian peoples here prior to contact could have changed the weather. Well this is from today's NYTimes. REH December 10, 2003 Scientist Links Man to Climate Over the AgesBy KENNETH