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Carnegie Mellon University is a private institution that was founded in 1900. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,454, with a campus size of 149 acres in the middle of Pittsburgh. The university is best known for its amazing computer science and engineering programs. Even with over 6,000 students, most classes are small with about 30 students on average. Programs are rigorous not only in the sciences but also in the liberal arts.
All the colleges, however, share the university's commitment to what it calls a "liberal-professional" education, which shows the relevance of the liberal arts while stressing courses that develop technical skills and good job prospects. Humanities and social science types can major in applied history, professional writing, or information systems, for example, instead of traditional disciplinary concentrations. The Science and Humanities Scholars program allows talented undergrads to develop a course of study based on their interests in the humanities, natural sciences, math, or social sciences. In addition, the Fifth-Year Scholars program provides full tuition for outstanding students who want to remain at Carnegie Mellon for an additional year to pursue more studies that interest them.
Academic rigor makes social life difficult must most students love being here. The city provides a safe haven to get out when students aren't studying or doing group projects. Get ready to study hard and then some more!
Here is the class profile for the class of 2021
Kenyon College is a classic LAC with a 1000 acre campus in Ohio
Kenyon is known as the college that cares. It has one of the most passionate students in the country. The oldest private college in Ohio, Kenyon's 1,000-acre campus sits on a hillside overlooking a scenic view of river, woods, and fields in a secluded village of roughly 600 residents. The college's oldest building, Old Kenyon, dates from 1826 and is said to be the first collegiate Gothic building in America, and the campus is on the National Register of Historic Places. The sleek, modern Kenyon Athletic Center offers 263,000 square feet of fitness and recreational space, including a basketball/volleyball arena, 22-lane swimming pool, 200-meter track, four racquetball courts, a 120-seat theater, and a sushi bar.
Kenyon is devoted to the traditional liberal arts. They don't have new majors coming up anytime soon because they believe in studying breadth of academia before divulging in. This means that unlike Denison, Kenyon doesn't have eye catching majors such as Global Commerce or Data Analytics. Kenyon is known for its English, Biology, and Theatre programs. A unique program is a farming independent study, which places stu- dents on nearby farms for field work each week. Preprofessional content opportunities include 3–2 engineering programs with several universities, and with high acceptance rates to graduate programs in law, business, and medicine. On-campus Summer Science research scholarships provide opportunities for collaborative research for aspiring scientists and doctors. While there is no core curriculum at Kenyon, all students must have proficiency in a second language. Students must also complete requirements in quantitative reasoning. About 20 percent of juniors are invited by their departments to read for honors, and about 15 percent graduate with departmental honors. The culmination of each student's coursework at Kenyon is the senior exercise, which may take the form of a comprehensive examination, an integrative paper, a research project, a performance, or some combination of these.
The campus is secluded with even the closest grocery store a car ride away. One alum once mentioned that students didn't go to classes one day because a chipotle opened down the hill in Gambier. Students love their campus. The gothic style buildings and an open cafeteria where students sit on long tables is like something out of Harry Potter. Kenyon is very giving too. The school awards merit scholarships averaging $11,007 per annum. Thanks in part to a $10 million gift from Kenyon alumnus Paul Newman, the college also guarantees a loan-free education for 25 selected students with the greatest need who bring the qualities of creativity, community service, and leadership to Kenyon.
Social life is run my greek life and because of how far it is from a major city, the college does struggle in keeping students engaged on the weekends. All in all, Kenyon is an amazing school to meet smart, like minded people who you know will be successful in the years to come.
Here is the student profile for the class of 2020
College of Wooster was our next stop on the bus tour
Instead of teaching students what to think, the College of Wooster focuses on teaching students how to do so. From the first courses of the freshman year seminar to the final day when seniors hand in their theses, the college paves each student's path to independence. The college isn't hard to get into, but to graduate takes some work. Set in rural Ohio this 2000 student private liberal arts school is set upon a hill littered with gothic style buildings.
The required first-year seminar in critical inquiry, limited to 15 students per section, invites students to engage in issues, questions, or ideas around a variety of topics. Recent examples include The History of the Future, The Psychology and Persuasion of Advertising, and Oil, Terror and Political Islam in West Africa: Should We Be Very Afraid? Students enrolled in the First-Year Living and Learning Project not only take the seminar but live together in specially designated housing. Wooster's curriculum is built around the required Independent Study, which lets students explore subjects they're passionate about with one-on-one faculty guidance. Independent Study has become such a part of COW that each year seniors celebrate IS Monday—the day they turn in their projects—with a campus wide parade. The strongest programs at the college are biology, economics, and english.
Wooster social life is campus-based, thanks in large part to the school's isolated location. The college has no national Greek organizations, but local "sections" draw 8 percent of men and "clubs" attract 15 percent of women. One major weekend hangout is the Underground, a bar and dance club that hosts well-known bands, as well as the campus's bowling alley, pool hall, and game room. The school's Scottish heritage can be seen in its bagpipe band, which naturally performs in kilts, and in its Scottish dancers, who trot on stage during the fall's Scot Spirit Day. The school play Division III sports with Denison and Kenyon as arch rivals. The Scot Center, a 123,000 square foot student recreation center, opened in early 2012 and features four indoor courts for basketball, volleyball, and tennis; a 200-meter track; a fitness center; and new locker rooms, meeting rooms, and athletic department offices.
All in all, the college provides an amazing curriculum with a nationally recognized Independent study program. Its a great school for anyone who wants a small school feel and doesn't want a big American social scene.
Here is a link to Wooster's admissions page.
Large public school with an amazing support staff for international students, Ohio State University stands out as research powerhouse in the region
Ohio State (OSU) is the biggest college that I have been to this trip. With 35,000 undergraduates and about 60,000 total students, OSU is a mammoth institute. Located in the heart of the state's capital, offering 19 colleges and more than 10,400 courses in 175 undergraduate majors; with the strongest programs in Business, Premed, and Engineering. If those numbers aren't staggering enough, consider the fact that OSU has 39 varsity teams, nearly 50 intramural sports, more than 50 sports clubs, and the third largest campus in the nation. This is the true definition of a big American school where opportunities and resources are endless/ Students take classes very seriously with some of the best professors in the country teaching them. While introductory classes are large with teaching assistants holding tutoring sessions, the classes do get more intimate once you choose a major and take higher level classes.
Such a large student market has, of course, produced a strip of bars, fast-food joints, convenience stores, bookstores, vegetarian restaurants, and you-name-its along the edge of the campus on High Street, and downtown Columbus is just a few minutes away. "Columbus is a vibrant town," says a junior. "There are concerts, plays, sporting events, as well as shopping throughout the city." The fine public transportation system carries students not only throughout this capital city but also around the sprawling campus. In addition to the usual shopping centers, restau- rants, golf courses, and movie theaters, Columbus boasts a symphony orchestra and ballet; a budding broadway tour city, a soccer team with one of the best stadiums in the country; a hockey team; and OSUs very own football and basketball teams which are one of the best in the nation.
All in all, OSU boasts a breadth of academic programs and a vibrant social life. If someone is looking for a school that promises the "American College" experience, look no further.
Here are some quick facts about the college
A special LAC less than 30 minutes from booming Columbus, Denison University is a special place indeed.
Denison is beautiful college on top of a hill in the quaint little village of Granville, Ohio. Only 25 minutes away from the state's capital, Columbus. The 2,400 student liberal arts school is one of the oldest small colleges in the state. Founded in 1831 by settlers from Massachusetts, this college has the architectural look and feel of the northeast but in the midwest.
If you even happen to meet Denison's president, Adam Weinberg (something that isn't hard because he always interacting with people outside of his office), he will tell you about two things that he is the most proud of about Denison: 1. It's a dynamic space where students and professors are always changing, 2. The college runs on relationships. In the past three years, the college curriculum has seen constant improvements. The writing intensive seminars now span the first two years of college; the career exploration department has increased its footprint in the employment and internship markets through a $10 million donation; there are new majors: Data Analytics, Global Commerce, and Narrative nonfiction; a new arts building funded by Denison Alum and ex-Disney CEO Michael Eisner; and finally a change co-curricular design that tries to incorporate design thinking into everyday teaching.
The strongest academic programs are in Biology, Communication, Economics, and Psychology. Biology majors have their dedicated building with state of the art equipment, a greenhouse, and not to forget a 300 acre bioreserve for experiments. Some students also take advantage of the 3+2 engineering program with Columbia university or the 3+4 dental program with Case Western Reserve. Denison is also one of the only small schools to provide the Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics (PPE) program which runs like a triple major. This is also one of the only small schools that offer a BFA (Bachelors in Fine Arts) Research is big with a majority of students spending 10 weeks during the summer to research on campus through a extensive university grant or at partnering institutions.
Social life is restricted to campus if you don't have a car on campus. However frequent shuttles can take you to get groceries in the nearby towns. The college is residential all four years which means that you have intimate conversations with students right from the start. Greek life is popular with almost 35% of the student body being a part of it. However, even with their strong presence, they don't run the social life. Students are smart, competitive, and open to have new experiences.
With great administrative leadership, smart students, high quality academics, and with generous financial aid opportunities, Denison aims to offer an amazing four years.
Here are some facts about Denison.
Sustainablity and leadership are mantras Chatham University students learn in this unique school with 3 very different campus locations in and around Pittsburgh
Chatham University, located in Pittsburgh, was once a women's college, but is now fully coeducational. Both male and female students are eligible for admission into the school's undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Some degree programs are offered through the university's Falk School of Sustainability and its College for Continuing and Professional Studies, which also offers certificate and noncredit academic programs. The university offers about 40 undergraduate degree programs, and students can also design their own major or minor.
Through the Integrated Degree Program, students can earn both a bachelor's and a master's degree in five years. For their graduate studies, students can pursue degrees in the arts, science, business and health at Chatham, or they can earn a degree through Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College, which partners with Chatham for the program.
Here are some facts about the class of 2020
Location, location, location. It's hard to beat University of Pittsburgh when it comes to offering a large public university experience in the largest city in W Pennsylvania.
What once was a small private college in a city known for its steel mills, University of Pittsburgh is now a large public institution in one of the best cities Pitt's extensive research programs are among its finest assets. According to the Fiske's Guide, 'The University of Pittsburgh is one of the top 10 institutions in the nation in terms of the annual research support awarded by the National Institutes of Health, and for good reason. Pitt astronomers have made "out of this world" discoveries in recent years, and its physicians were the first to utilize gene therapy on a person with rheumatoid arthritis.' While the school is big on professional programs, its liberal arts school is strong as well. In fact, it has the best philosophy in country.
The city provides a great social life. Only about 10% of the students are in greek life while others enjoy the city and the adjacent Schenley Park offers ice skating, golfing, a pool, jogging trails, and tennis courts. Ski slopes and mountain trails are not far away, and road trips to Penn State and Philadelphia, Boston, and New York City are popular. If research is something you want to pursue, Pitt is the school for you.
Located in a charming small town Washington & Jefferson University, PA offers fantastic support to students looking at taking advantage of the thriving job scene in W Pennsylvania
Washington & Jefferson embodies the work hard, play hard attitude. The 1,400 student liberal arts college in small town Pennsylvania is best know for its preprofessional programs in medicine and law. The 60 acre campus has many impressive buildings one of which being the Swanson Science Center which houses the physics, chemistry, and biochemistry departments. Classes are challenging and competitive with most students ranking in the top quarter of their high school. The school has standard general education requirements like many other liberal arts school however, rare among liberal arts colleges are the 3–4 programs with the Pennsylvania Colleges of Optometry and Podiatry that students have the opportunity to enroll into. More technically minded students can take advantage of the 3–2 engineering programs with Case Western Reserve and Washington University in St. Louis.
Diversity is something W&J is working on. Currently, only 14.7% of the student population are minorities; only 22% of the students come from out of state; and just 5% of the population is international. However enticing scholarships and financial aid packages are changing that trend. In 2016, the average financial aid package for incoming first year was $35,900 per year. Social life takes place on campus for the majority where greek life is highly prominent. A nonalcoholic pub called George & Tom's has become quite a popular diversion with comedy, musical, and novelty/variety acts.
With strong academic programs, state of the art facilities, and ever increasing impetus on diversity; W&J is becoming a big name in the liberal arts circuit.
The class profile for the enrollment in 2016-17 can be found here
Allegheny College, PA produces driven kids who are doing pathbreaking research.
Allegheny College is an Ohio-eqsue liberal arts school with a New England-esque architecture in Pennsylvania. The 79 acre college is known for its impressive science programs with a 283-acre research reserve, and an 80-acre protected forest that are extensively used for science based research. The school's strongest programs are in environmental studies, the sciences, and international studies. A major in biochemistry, a chemistry curriculum, and a track for students interested in entrepreneurial and managerial economics. Co-op programs include a 3–2, 3–3, 3–4 option leading to degrees in engineering, public policy and management, nursing, and allied health. The college has a fascinating experiential learning program where students spend 2-3 weeks in a country abroad learning along with an instructor. In 2017, the courses offered were in countries such as Germany, Cuba, Greece, and Italy.
Meadeville, the town in which the college sits in is welcoming and supports the institute. Social life is traditional and run by greek life. Nearby state parks, Conneaut Lake and Lake Erie offer waterskiing and boating in warm weather and cross-country skiing in the winter. Twenty-five percent of Allegheny students participate in varsity athletics, while fiffty percent of students participate in club, recreational, and intramural sports, with basketball, soccer, and volleyball drawing the most interest. Allegheny offers a great small school education with a fun social life that extends outside of the dorm rooms. It's worth the money!
On the bus tour in July 2017
Check out this small eclectic community of Hiram College, OH.
Hiram is the smallest of liberal arts in Ohio. Set atop a hill, the college aims to provide the best education with strong research opportunities both at the college and abroad-- a perk that almost 50% of the students take. The Hiram Plan allows students to cover a breadth of material in three courses during each semester's longer 12-week session and to focus on a seminar-style class during the additional three-week term. Even non-seminars are small, though; 95 percent of Hiram's courses have 25 or fewer students, allowing for an impressive degree of faculty accessibility. According to the Fiske's Guide: "Hiram offers several unusual summer opportunities, most notably the Northwoods Station up in the wilds of northern Michigan, where students choose courses ranging from photography to botany and geology to writing. And Hiram is the only affiliate college of the Shoals Marine Lab, run by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire, which offers summer study in marine science, ecology, coastal and oceanic law, and underwater archeology." These opportunities makes biology, chemistry, and psychobiology one of the strongest programs offered by the college.
Social life does not revolve alcohol as the dorm rooms are dry and strict about those rules. This means student hang out in dorm rooms while over age students can enjoy the student pub with alcohol and pizza. All in all the college is a great small school with a challenging academic program and a typical college social life.
Learning about Kent State University's standout Architecture, Fashion and Business programs was a revelation.
Kent State University is a public institution that was founded in 1910. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 23,607, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 950 acres. Kent State University is located in northeastern Ohio, about 40 miles south of Cleveland, with seven regional campuses situated across the state. Students at Kent State can choose from more than 300 academic programs, including graduate degrees from the College of Business Administration, the College of Education, Health and Human Services and the highly ranked School of Speech Pathology and Audiology. Undergraduates at Kent State have a unique opportunity to earn a degree in peace and conflict studies, which is offered through the Center for Applied Conflict Management. One of the most popular studies courses in criminology.
Outside the classroom, Kent State students can get involved in more than 200 campus organizations, including Greek life, leadership programs and community service clubs. There are also many events nearby at the Blossom Music Center, the Porthouse Theatre and the Wick Poetry Center, as well as in the neighboring cities of Cleveland and Akron. All in all a good choice for a student looking at a big public school in a small town setting.
Amazing options to study business and music at Baldwin Wallace University, OH
Baldwin Wallace University (BW) is a private institution that was founded in 1845. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,382, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 150 acres. Baldwin Wallace University is a private school located in Berea, Ohio, about 15 miles southwest of Cleveland. Undergraduates at Baldwin Wallace University can choose from more than 50 academic programs to earn bachelor's degrees in arts, science, science in education, music, and music in education. BW also offers master's degree programs in business and education.
BW students can get involved by playing intramural sports, exploring the city life of Cleveland, or joining the school's more than 100 clubs, which include about a dozen fraternities and sororities. Student athletes can play for the Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets varsity sports teams, which compete in the NCAA Division III Ohio Athletic Conference.
Take aways from my visit.
- BW's business program has close ties to the startup scene in Cleveland. Students can get GEIR visa status if they live and create jobs in the area.
- Business majors interested in finance get hands on access to its new Bloomberg trading center
- Marketing students can do live projects with SME clients.
Learning about pathbreaking ideas at an artsy community of Oberlin College
Oberlin is not like other liberal arts college. It challenges students in different ways with experimental classes and an opportunity for students to take an unlimited number of classes grade-free. Situated in a small town in Ohio, this private liberal arts college is steeped in history and excellence. Oberlin was the first American college to accept women and minorities, and it was a stop on the Underground Railroad. That pioneering spirit has not faded. With diverse academic challenges ranging from cinema studies to neuroscience, "Obies" thrive on higher thinking and exploring their myriad talents.
There are no requirements for freshmen at Oberlin, but general education requirements include proficiency in writing and math and nine credit hours in each of the three divisions—arts and humanities, math/natural sciences, and social sciences—plus another nine credit hours in cultural diversity courses, including a foreign language. Students are also required to take one-quarter of the semester hours needed to graduate outside their major's division; those who shy away from math and science can satisfy distribution requirements by taking interdisciplinary courses such as "Chemistry and Crime." Students must also participate in three January terms, during which they pursue month-long projects, traditional or unique, on or off campus. Academics therefore are competitive but social life is thriving. It isn't like a regular school, social life is built around discussions, poetry, and the occasional parties. All in all, Oberlin is one of the finest colleges in the country and will strive to make you a whole rounded person.
There is something afoot on Cleveland State University's campus. The downtown spirit adds to the excitement.
Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public institution that was founded in 1964. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 12,443, and the setting is Urban. Located in downtown Cleveland, CSU offers more than 200 undergraduate and graduate programs. About one-third of CSU students are there to earn a graduate degree, and programs offered include those in the Monte Ahuja College of Business, the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, the Washkewicz College of Engineering and the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. At CSU, many students have full- or part-time jobs, so the university offers flexible academic planning and convenient class times.
Outside the classroom, students can get involved in more than 150 campus clubs, about a dozen fraternities and sororities and three different student newspapers. The university also offers numerous Cleveland State Vikings varsity sports teams, which compete in the NCAA Division I Horizon League. Off campus, CSU students can explore the city's museums, restaurants, professional sports teams and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Here are some takeaways from the information session I attended:With a budget $500 million dollar makeover of the downtown campus CSU has added to the renaissance of the city. The Ahuja School of Business attracts the most number of international undergraduates. Roughly 118 international UG students were admitted in Fall 2017. Several scholarship options in the college of business too. The college of engineering's new building will be ready by Spring 2018. CSU is launching a film school soon. The Mandel Honors College sounds appealing to high achieving students.
Case Western Reserve University, OH
The Midwest is not only known for corn fields and manufacturing plants, some of the best college towns are here too and Case is definitely one of them. Situated on the eastern side of Cleveland, Ohio the university boasts excellent engineering, biology, and management programs along with access to over 40 different hospitals, research institutions, and museums. The town while small is beautiful and well connected. An MTA pass allows a student to unlimited buses for $25 a month though most students find most things to be at walking distance from them. The Cleveland Museum of Art is one the largest museums in the country with one of the most extensive collection of South and South East Asian artifacts. While there is a booming greek life scene, it does not run the social atmosphere at college. Weekdays usually have lots of on-campus events ranging from barbecues to multicultural performances and dinners, intramural events, and concerts with cheap wings and beer. All in all, the school is big with strong science and management programs-- definitely built for someone who wants a city feel but still doesn't want to be overwhelmed by it as well.
Here are some of the factoids from the information session I attended this morning:
- roughly 185 international student received financial aid.
- Roughly 25000 applied, 8500 were admitted and 1300 enrolled.
John Carroll University, OH
John Carroll University is a small private institution with a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,153, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 62 acres. The institution is a Jesuit school located just on the outskirts of Cleveland. The university emphasizes the importance of a Jesuit education, especially through programs such as the Institute of Catholic Studies, the Ignatian Spirituality Institute, and the Cardinal Suenens Center for Theology and Church Life. John Carroll undergraduate students can choose from more than 50 areas of study, and graduate students can study in the College of Arts and Sciences or the Boler School of Business.
Outside of the classroom, students at John Carroll keep themselves busy with a full events calendar. Annually, there's the Christmas at John Carroll celebration, the Relay for Life cancer fundraiser, and a spring concert with a major musical act. On the weekends, students participate in Late Night at John Carroll, a program with events such as ice skating and themed dances planned for each Friday or Saturday evening. Student athletes at John Carroll can choose from more than 10 club and nearly 15 intramural sports. There are also roughly 20 Blue Streaks varsity sports teams that play in the NCAA Division III Conference.
JCU offers very generous scholarships upto $30000 per annum and the cost of attendance is roughly $54000.
Sampling "life of the mind" with University of Chicago students
University of Chicago is set right in the middle of Chicago City. The 200 acre campus is a around one of the largest and most vibrant city in world but the college is in no way a party school. It's made for true intellectuals. Just like the supplement essays on the application, academics is like no other university. Economics, sociology, and political science. The university boasts celebrity professors such as James Watson (nobel laureate and architect of the DNA Double Helix) and Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics). The university has a burgeoning social life with 14 fraternities and sororities, Division III sports, intramural sports, and all of Chicago. However, even the people that thrive in the social scene are also all extremely success academically. U of C is the place to be if you want the best education in the nation with a great city life.
Read Ria Singh's brief review of her experiences at UChic. Ria graduate in 2017 with degrees in Economics and Visual Arts.
Here is the profile for the class of 2020
Photos from an earlier visit in April 2014.
It was great visiting Northwestern University yesterday.
Just like Boston, Chicago is an educational haven with some of the greatest institutions in the world. Northwestern is 12 miles away from Chicago but makes the city proud. The Big Ten private school is know for its strong undergraduate liberal arts program, engineering school, and journalism. No matter what stream of education you pursue, the rigor is intense. The school believes in providing students with a education that promises a better life post graduation. The music school runs a five year program that trains students in orchestra level music but also makes students pursue another subject. Hence, when students leave after five years, they have two BA degrees. The journalism school is one of the best in the country with professors who have time in both research but also in industry. The dorms are inviting and the food is delicious. Social life is dominated by greek life with 38% students going greek, though other options do exist. All in all, Northwestern is a school with a public school feel but with a private school education (and price).
Walking around the beautiful Evanston area was a treat after the visit.
Here is the college profile for the class of 2020
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private institution that was founded in 1866. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,843, and the setting is Urban. The student-faculty ratio at School of the Art Institute of Chicago is 11:1, and the school has 86 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. Most students who go here get a bachelors in fine arts (BFA) in programs such as architecture, art therapy, photography and graphic design. Most students live on dorms in the city and love how close they are so much culture and food. Students also believe that the career center is helpful in finding internships and jobs after college.
Know more about undergraduate admissions at SAIC
One of SAIC's many buildings in The Loop area of downtown Chicago.
The fantastic exhibits at Art Institute Museum and nearly Millennium Park inspire future creatives.
Join Arjun as he travels through the United States!
Trintiy University, San Antonio, Texas
Arjun will be traveling for the International Association for College Admission Counseling conference 2017 held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The annual event is a meeting place for thousands of college counselors and admissions staff from universities around the world. Along with this conference, Arjun will also be going on tour and visiting about 20 universities.
Follow our blog as we bring you snapshots of the conference as well as unique insights, tips, and pictures of the different universities in Midwest!
Here is a list of colleges that Arjun will be traveling to:
School of Art Institute of Chicago
Washington & Jefferson University
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Post Malone- Unlikely Libertarian Figure?
By Ian Brzeski | United States
Post Malone is a rapper, singer, and songwriter who recently blew up in the past few years. His song "Rockstar," released in 2017, marked his first number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist. The song is considered his most successful song, but he also has numerous other songs that have been just as successful, such as "Congratulations" or "Psycho." The album which "Rockstar" featured in, "Beerbongs & Bentleys," broke several records on its way to the Billboard 200 and went platinum in just four days after the album's release which is a massive achievement in the world of music.
Despite Post Malone being on record that he supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election, the gun-loving government skeptic makes it reasonably safe to say that he is a libertarian. During his time in Canada, he sat down for an interview. The interview was light-hearted in the sense that the questions were about his favorite video games or his plans for the future. However, when asked about what the biggest lie in the world was he said, "The biggest lie in the world the U.S. government." He does not believe that the government is the same as it used to be in the sense that it is not about freedom anymore and that it has become some massive reality show. The questioning of the government in the way portrayed by Post Malone here really encapsulates the libertarian view on the role of government.
He also believes that the United States government killed president John F. Kennedy for telling the truth. He reasons that just days before Kennedy died, Kennedy had a grand speech explaining how our government focuses solely on being corrupt instead of going around trying to find the truth in all things. Post, who has a JFK tattoo on his arm, is a big fan of his and states that he was "the only President to speak out against the crazy corruption stuff that's going on in our government nowadays."
Although he says how the United States government is practically a giant screw-up, he has not once said where he exactly falls on the political spectrum. He did go on to say that he did support Bernie Sanders for president as he was "the realest one." It is interesting that a man with such a distrust of the United States government would be an advocate for Bernie, as his policies suggest a stronger and more powerful government. One could infer that the reason as to why he would support Bernie is not because of his policies but because he believed that he cared about the country and wanted the best for the people of the United States, unlike Trump and Clinton.
In another interview after the election, he stated that he would not mind performing at Donald Trump's inauguration for a fixed amount of money despite not supporting Trump and not voting in the election at all. Because he said this, he got much hate from the fans and later said that he was kidding. However, he still didn't understand why he got so much stick for saying that. He feels that at the end of the day he would just be doing the same job he has always been doing regardless of he was to perform at Trump's inauguration or any other venue or concert.
"If I do his show, does that mean I'm a supporter of him?" -Post Malone
To answer the question as to why he did not vote in the presidential election is that he feels our votes do not count and are just suggestions to the electoral college. According to Malone, the Electoral College could practically vote for whomever they want, and there is nothing that we [the people] can do about it. It is unclear to say if Post would have voted for Bernie if Bernie did win the primary, but it is safe to say that he would have supported and backed him throughout the entirety of the election process.
On the issue of guns, Post Malone is entirely pro 2nd amendment. He believes that it is an American's right to own a gun and he is indeed taking advantage of that right. He owns:
an M14 – used by the Navy SEALs
"James Bond's gun."
a .44 Desert Eagle hand cannon
an M1911 pistol
two gold-plated Glocks -used for decoration, not for shooting
a Cobalt AR-15 -modified to pass California regulations, his most prized possession
a pump-action Mossberg shotgun -"great for home defense."
an FN Five-Seven pistol with a laser sight -to disorient home invaders
a Glock 19
He has these because "They're fun, they're practical, and bad sh*t happens. If you hurt me, I'm gonna hurt you back." He has a lot of valuable items, and he wants to protect those along with his friends and family. He acknowledges that it is dreadful that people have to be fearful of going to a concert, but he maintains that there will always be sick people, and if they want to go shoot-up a concert, then they will get the weapons necessary to shoot-up that concert no matter what. He also admits that he does not have all the solutions went it comes to these horrible mass shootings, but that he just believes in what he thinks is right.
"The world is going to shit. They're taking away a lot of our rights." -Post Malone
This quote suggests that Post believes we are continuously falling deeper into a tyrannical state, which is another reason as to why he maintains the right to bear arms is just as a necessity now as it ever was. He does not believe that Trump is solely the reason as to why we are going deeper into a tyrannical state, but that there is a much bigger problem going on behind the scenes of our government. Post thinks that the worst of the United States government is yet to come and that it is going to arise after Trump.
From his extensive gun collection to his complete and intrinsic distrust of the government, Post Malone could be a man easily converted to the libertarian movement.
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Essays, Opinion June 19, 2018 June 18, 2018
Grandson Is Calling Out Politicians and Corruption Through Music
By James Sweet III | United States
The United States has faced an interesting political climate since the 2016 Presidential Election. We have witnessed Donald J. Trump, the former host of The Apprentice, become the first President without any previous political experience. Celebrities have taken a larger role in American politics than ever before, with Hollywood often calling out the President. Now, a new artist is rising in the music industry, bringing a unique sound and message to the American people and it's a message that many agree with.
Born Jordan Benjamin, Grandson is a politically charged artist that delivers guitars and beat drops accompanied by a message. He doesn't hint at his meaning through indirect references, but rather states what he is thinking. Born in New Jersey, Benjamin was raised in Toronto where he taught himself how to play guitar and piano. Now based in Los Angeles, he is signed to the Fueled by Ramen record label.
Grandson's music can range from talking about being unfaithful to a partner to discussing gun violence, particularly school shooting incidents. Arguably the most politically charged song that he has made, Thoughts & Prayers is Grandson's way of expressing his anger over the government's ineffectiveness when it comes to dealing with gun violence on school campus'. The song starts off with a chorus of children singing, and the message is quite menacing for the political opponents of the artist.
No thoughts, no prayers
Can bring back what's no longer there
The silent are damned
The body count is on your hands
These lines are repeated in the chorus, with anger clearly being a motive for Grandson's thoughts on the issue. The phrase "thoughts and prayers" is often used by those on social media and in public after a horrible event happens, whether it's a terrorist attack, school shooting, earthquake, etc.. Grandson appears to be calling out those that use the phrase and do nothing about the problem. He takes his message a step further by accusing some of being, whether partially or fully, responsible for those that are dead. Grandson enters the song during the first verse.
Smile for the camera
Another politician bought
I swear I heard another shot
Cash another payment
Red all on the canvas
It's murder on the campus
Another press conference
Nothing gets accomplished
The suit is an accomplice
Money is the motive
The war is in the street
Watch history repeat
It is safe to say that the first verse sums up the song's message: politicians are scared of losing money from organizations like the National Rifle Association, and that those politicians are accomplices in the crimes that are being committed.
Grandson is rising in the music industry and is being recognized by major figures, like Mike Shinoda, co-founder of Linkin Park and solo-rapper. Grandson was featured on Shinoda's song "Running From My Shadow". Sooner or later, Grandson will be recognized by his enemies as a true contender, and his allies will rally behind his music as a battle cry. The following list provides an introduction to his songs and the meaning behind them.
Bills – The older adults in society burden the next generations with bills and taxes, but the younger generation is also full of greed in the pursuit of money.
Bury Me Face Down – A story of the strength needed to claw your way up through the music industry, and to achieve the goals you have set.
Kiss Bang – A story of a man cheating on his main significant other with a "side chick".
Best Friends – A story of finding fulfillment, alongside friends who spill their feelings and how they are trapped.
thoughts & prayers – An anger filled message accusing politicians of corruption and valuing money over the lives of children.
War – A message that is directed at the President of the United States, believing he will lead us to war. The song also speaks out against inequality and other issues.
Overdose – The effects that drugs can have on an individual, particularly hardcore drugs.
Blood // Water – Arguably Grandson's biggest hit, the song talks about corruption and greed in politics, and how those involved in these practices will be caught.
Stick Up – A story of a veteran who feels betrayed by the American government, and chooses violence to send a message.
Despicable – A story of a failed relationship, broken off by an individual who may be suffering from depression.
6:00 – A message about equality and police brutality that many innocent people have suffered.
Disclaimer: The views conveyed in this article do not represent the opinions of the author or 71 Republic.
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Libertarianism and Heavy Metal: Two Peas in a Pod?
By Mason Mohon | USA
Anybody who knows me, even just a little bit, knows that I am a big fan of metal. Whenever a band I like swings through Texas, you know I'll be in that mosh pit. The genre is seen as uncomfortable, concerning, and scary to most people, and the seemingly inhuman screams of vocalists tend to drive people away, but the people who stay seem to stay for a long time because Spotify discovered that metal fans are the most loyal listeners to any genre worldwide. Heavy metal does not have to fear losing its base anytime soon.
The genre itself seems to appeal in a few ways to the anti-government crowd. Lyrics of many major bands in the metal scene reflect very anti-government anti-authoritarian themes. The most notable of these will probably be familiar to those in libertarian circles: Backwordz. Their songs reflect various aspects of anarcho-capitalist philosophy, from the economic foundations made clear in Praxeology to the basic idea of control over one's life in Self Ownership. Their merch often sports "taxation is theft" and other libertarian friendly slogans, and on stage lead singer Eric July is always ready to speak of freedom to the crowd. Backwordz is very libertarian, but the genre as a whole also seems to be very reflecting of the ideas, although not explicitly.
Revolt Against the Status Quo
Libertarianism and heavy metal have a parallel in their stance against the established way of things and refusal to conform to the norm. Libertarians are opposed to the state in most, if not all instances. They are characterized by their opposition to coercive power, and will not settle for the way things are. The current order is wrong, and that includes the government structure, the elected officials, and the dominating parties. To the libertarian, all of it is unacceptable, even though there is the occasional exception. The libertarian is the outcast because his or her opinions are so radical and they do not fit into what the mainstream media and elites have said is allowable for an opinion. Even with the entire world pushing back, the libertarian still stands.
Similarly, metal tends to stand against the conventional order of music and genre. What seems like an excess of guitar playing and the nearly inaudible screaming causes discomfort to many who are not familiar with the genre. It is loud and seen by many as scary, but the metalheads do not care. They couldn't care less because they've acquired the taste and they stick with it, even though it goes against what the pop artists and records want them to listen to. An article from the Scientific American outlines that people of other genres tend to be conformists, while metalheads stick to their guns, as Spotify's loyalty research above showed.
Conforming seems to be motivated not by the positive utility of behaving like your peers, but instead out of anxiety and pain at the prospect of being a "contrarian." Again, this points to the function of peer influence during adolescence. During adolescence, peers wield considerable coercive power — that is, friends are quick to dispense disapproval, teasing and rejection when social norms are not followed. The pain of being rejected by one's peer group can be a matter of life or death, as recent cyber-bullying cases in the news demonstrate.
The Antidote for the Non-Aggression Principle
Many would assume that metalheads tend to be angry aggressive scalawags that wander the streets late at night, hoping to mug an unsuspecting soul, or just engaging in other crime or disruptive activity. If they throw down and hit each other with all the force they can in the moshpit, why would the act any different in regular life. Metalheads are generalized as people who would cause harm. If this were true, this would set heavy metal in an opposing position to libertarianism, which has the core tenets of non-aggression and voluntary action. The fact of the matter is, though, that this stereotype of metalheads is wrong.
A Humboldt State University study reveals that those who listen to metal and entrench themselves into the genre's subculture receive an array of benefits (mostly psychological) throughout life. When metalheads were labeled the same way I did in the previous paragraph, this study, which was done over 30 years on nearly 400 people, revealed that metal listeners "were significantly happier in their youth and better adjusted currently than either middle-aged or current college-age youth comparison groups." This was true, even though they did tend to engage in risky behavior. Metal seems to be creating people who transition into the rest of their lives better and generally just live better, with the metal community acting as a great support group keeping people away from an aggressive lifestyle.
The metal community and libertarian community seem to parallel in many ways. The groups often share a common anti-authoritarian message, and they both have an anti-status quo theme. They are always working against what is popular and refuse to give in to the masses. They also both promote a lifestyle of non-aggression and voluntary action. The two seem to mesh well together, which is why we only hope to see more heavy metal with a libertarian theme.
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 Teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than they did in the past. For the five different types of personal information that we measured in both 2006 and 2012, each is significantly more likely to be shared by teen social media users in our most recent survey.
 The typical (median) teen Facebook user has 300 friends, while the typical teen Twitter user has 79 followers.
 Focus group discussions with teens show that they have waning enthusiasm for Facebook, disliking the increasing adult presence, people sharing excessively, and stressful "drama," but they keep using it because participation is an important part of overall teenage socializing.
 60% of teen Facebook users keep their profiles private, and most report high levels of confidence in their ability to manage their settings.
 Teens take other steps to shape their reputation, manage their networks, and mask information they don't want others to know; 74% of teen social media users have deleted people from their network or friends list.
 Teen social media users do not express a high level of concern about third-party access to their data; just 9% say they are "very" concerned.
 On Facebook, increasing network size goes hand in hand with network variety, information sharing, and personal information management.
 In broad measures of online experience, teens are considerably more likely to report positive experiences than negative ones. For instance, 52% of online teens say they have had an experience online that made them feel good about themselves.
Teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than they did in the past.
Teens are increasingly sharing personal information on social media sites, a trend that is likely driven by the evolution of the platforms teens use as well as changing norms around sharing. A typical teen's MySpace profile from 2006 was quite different in form and function from the 2006 version of Facebook as well as the Facebook profiles that have become a hallmark of teenage life today. For the five different types of personal information that we measured in both 2006 and 2012, each is significantly more likely to be shared by teen social media users on the profile they use most often.
 91% post a photo of themselves, up from 79% in 2006.
 71% post their school name, up from 49%.
 71% post the city or town where they live, up from 61%.
 53% post their email address, up from 29%.
 20% post their cell phone number, up from 2%.
 84% post their interests, such as movies, music, or books they like.
 82% post their birth date.
 62% post their relationship status.
 24% post videos of themselves.
Overall, 40% of teen social media users say they are "very" or "somewhat" concerned that some of the information they share on social networking sites might be accessed by third parties like advertisers or businesses without their knowledge. However, few report a high level of concern; 31% say that they are "somewhat" concerned, while just 9% say that they are "very" concerned. 6 Another 60% in total report that they are "not too" concerned (38%) or "not at all" concerned (22%).
 Younger teen social media users (12-13) are considerably more likely than older teens (14-17) to say that they are "very concerned" about third party access to the information they share (17% vs. 6%).


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Destiny (Expression) Number 8
" I love observing people."
Liv Tyler is an American actress and former child model who achieved critical recognition in the leading role in Stealing Beauty (1996) and served as a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador for the United States in 2003.
She was born on Friday July 1st 1977, in New York City, New York, United States.
Liv Tyler has the power and potential to achieve great things. It is both her challenge and her birthright to gain dominion over a small part of the earth. Whatever her enterprise, Liv strives to be the best and most successful in her field. She is highly competitive and will not rest until she is satisfied that she has bypassed the opposition. Tyler enjoys challenges and rivalry.
She is a realist and a visionary planner. Money and authority are available to Liv Tyler if she is willing to discipline herself - generally an inborn talent - and persevere in the face of the considerable obstacles in her path.
Liv Tyler is dynamic and has a talent for efficiency. She understands the larger picture, sees the broader challenges, and knows how to marshal her collective resources to address the problems. Liv delegates responsibility well; it is best for her to leave many of the details to others.
Tyler is a great leader of people and an outstanding judge of character. She is demanding of those who work for her, often putting things in no uncertain terms: do it my way or do not do it at all!
At the same time, Liv Tyler does not hesitate to reward the faithful and hardworking employee. She is not a particularly tolerant leader; too much tolerance violates her sense of efficiency. Tyler goes directly after her goal with courage and tenacity.
Liv has a natural understanding of money, authority, and power. She is able to struggle consistently after her goal. Eventually power falls to her. Within her lies an innate balance between the higher and lower characteristics of mankind.
Liv Tyler's challenge in life is to balance her higher ideals and her understanding of the hard realities of the earth.
Much effort will have to be put out and many ups and downs experienced before Liv reaches the level of success she desires. Life will probably test her many times with obstacles that seem insurmountable. But in reality, these are merely opportunities for Tyler to learn how to use power and authority in the face of difficulties, and to find out just how much power lies within her.
It is crucial for Tyler's success that she balances the material and the spiritual. Liv Tyler has chosen a path that requires balance between giving and taking, reward and punishment, action and reaction. Despite the obstacles on her path, Liv is a true survivor.
When focused exclusively on her desire for results and success, Liv Tyler can become stubborn and intolerant; she can be driven by excessive ambition, causing her to be exacting and without perspective. Liv must guard her alcohol consumption, a danger-zone for her. Tyler can be a social drinker, mixing business with pleasure - a dangerous cocktail.
An excellent manager, organizer and administrator Liv Tyler has talents in many areas of life. Entrepreneurs, executives, bankers, brokers, negotiators, gamblers, coaches, collectors, heads of institutions, builders, art dealers, manufacturers, promoters, military officers, police detectives, smugglers, engineers, pilots or sea captains.
She has been entrusted with special gifts, the use or abuse of which has an immediate and often physical effect upon her and those around her! Liv Tyler should use these gifts for the good of mankind and accept her own good fortune with gratitude. This is Liv's rewarding stage in her evolution a lifetime of harvest.
You and Liv
About Liv's Destiny (Expression) number
The Destiny number reveals the talents, abilities, and shortcomings that were with Liv Tyler when she entered her human body. Her name, and the numbers derived from it, reveals Liv's development, as well as the talents and issues she will be working with during this life.
Read more about our interpretation of Liv Tyler's destiny (expression) number . . .
Other celebrities with the destiny number 8 as Liv Tyler
Kylie Jenner (1997)
an American reality television personality, socialite, model and businesswoman who is one of the top 10 most followed celebs on Instagram, and is best known for appearing on the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Tom Brady (1977)
An American football quarterback for the NFL's New England Patriots, who has form ed with Patriots head coach Bill Belichick the most successful quarterback-coach tandem in NFL history, winning 172 season games and 22 postseason games
Kanye West (1977)
An American hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur, who is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 32 million albums and 100 million digital downloads worldwide
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977)
An American professional boxer, boxing promoter and 5th-division world champion, who has won fifteen world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes, and considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time
Chris Kyle (1974-2013)
A US Navy SEAL veteran and sniper, who served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat, and published his bestselling autobiography, American Sniper, in 2012
Amy Schumer (1981)
An American stand-up comedian, writer, actress, and producer who is the creator, co-producer, co-writer and star of the sketch comedy series Inside Amy Schumer, which received a Peabody Award in 2015
Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
An American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor, who is called the King of Pop, and his contributions to music, dance and fashion, along with his publicized life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades
An American retired professional basketball player, a businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets, who is considered the greatest basketball player of all time, and populaizer of the NBA around the world
Tom Cruise (1962)
An American actor and filmmaker who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards, and is best known for starring in Top Gun, The Color of Money, Cocktail, Rain Man, and Born on the Fourth of July
Ryan Reynolds (1976)
A Canadian actor and producer, best known as Michael Bergen on the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (1998–2001), Billy Simpson in the YTV Canadian teen soap opera Hillside (1991–93), and Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity (2004)
Liv Tyler Numerology -- Destiny (Expression) Number 8 | © Copyright 2009-2020 Celebrities Galore and Master Numerologist Hans Decoz


Miramont Resources Corp. (CSE:MONT) is a Canadian based company engaged in the exploration and development of their Peruvian projects. The company is led by a proven management team with a long history of exploration success and extensive experience in resource markets. Miramont's head office is located in Vancouver, BC.
In June 2017, Miramont entered into a share exchange agreement to acquire 100% of Puno Gold Corp, a privately held Ontario corporation, and Minera Puno Gold SAC, a Peruvian subsidiary of Puno Gold. Minera Puno is engaged in the business of mineral exploration and development in Peru and holds options to acquire 100% interest in the 988.69-hectare Cerro Hermoso project and the 4,400-hectare Lukkacha project.
Both projects are located in southern Peru and are highly prospective exploration plays located within deposit-hosting belts of South America. Cerro Hermoso is located in the Puno region, 60 kilometres west of the city of Juliaca, and 5kms west of the supply town of Santa Lucia. Cerro Hermoso is a breccia-pipe prospect targeting Au, Ag, Cu, Zn and Pb mineralization. Lukkacha is situated in the Tacna region and is located 55 kilometres east-southeast of the operating Toquepala mine of Southern Peru Copper. The project is located 60 kilometres north of the city of Tacna and 8 kilometres from the supply town of Tarata. The Lukkacha project is a porphyry copper prospect.


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You have received a letter from the local Youth Orchestra asking your organisation for a donation to buy new instruments. As you have just employed two new staff and bought new equipment, you expect costs to be higher than returns for the next two months and feel unable to help until this time next year.
Write a letter of refusal which is courteous and will maintain the goodwill of those associated with the Youth Orchestra. Use the writing strategy for bad news letters.
You are a manager of a ski resort. The resort welcomes many tourists during the ski season but has a high vacancy and low profits during the rest of the year. You know that the resort and the entire area have a great potential to attract tourists in a low season as well. The resort is located in beautiful hills within a few kilometers from the alternative community known for its organic produce and cultural events.
Write a letter which can be used in a direct mail campaign to persuade people to visit the resort in a low season.
operates across several managerial levels.
and are constantly gossiping, creating more unrest and an unproductive work atmosphere.
1. Analyse the current situation with respect to the firm's organisational communication.


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Een heksentoren (Duits: Hexenturm) is de benaming voor een toren die (voornamelijk tijdens de heksenvervolgingen) als gevangenis werd gebruikt. De torens komen voor in Duitsland en Zwitserland en waren vaak onderdeel van een middeleeuwse stadsmuur.

Gebruik
Veel van deze torens werden gebruikt om mensen, die beschuldigd werden aan hekserij te doen, op te sluiten tot ze werden gefolterd en geëxecuteerd. Er zijn ook torens bekend die pas in de negentiende eeuw de benaming Hexenturm kregen, toen men met schaamte terugkeek naar de periode waarin heksen en tovenaars werden terechtgesteld. Dit gaat dan om torens die als "normale" gevangenis werden gebruikt.

Voorkomen
Hexentürme zijn nog altijd te vinden in onder meer Aschersleben, Bamberg, Coburg, Frankenberg, Fulda, Gelnhausen, Heidelberg, Hofheim am Taunus, Idstein, Jülich, Kaufbeuren, Lahnstein, Landsberg am Lech, Marburg, Markdorf, Memmingen, Olpe, Rheinbach, Rüthen en Windecken (Nidderau).

In Salzburg was een Hexenturm aanwezig uit de vijftiende eeuw. In 1944 werd het bouwwerk door een vliegtuigbom geraakt. Slechts afbeeldingen aan gebouwen aan de Wolf-Dietrich-Straße en de Paris-Lodron-Straße herinneren nog aan dit gebouw.

De Hexenturm van Burg bleef tot 1846 als vrouwengevangenis in gebruik. Tegenwoordig worden de gerenoveerde torens soms als museum gebruikt.

Volgens een sage werden op de Hexenturm van Burg Wildenstein (Leibertingen) daadwerkelijk heksen ter dood gebracht. Volgens de verhalen werd de brug afgebroken, waardoor de vrouwen de hongerdood stierven op de toren. Niet lang hierna zou de burcht door bliksem vernietigd worden. De heksenprocessen uit het gebied Oberes Donautals (Baden-Württemberg) zijn in de archieven te vinden.

Moderne verwijzingen
In Babenhausen wordt een bijzondere bierspecialiteit, de Hexe, gebrouwen. Op het etiket staat de plaatselijke Hexenturm afgebeeld.
Een Hexenturm komt ook voor in de verhalen van Alba, zie De heksentoren (Abenteuer im Hexenturm).

Afbeeldingen

Toren
Gevangenis
Hekserij

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import * as assert from 'assert';
import { ContextKeyService } from 'vs/platform/contextkey/browser/contextKeyService';
import { SimpleConfigurationService, SimpleMessageService, StandaloneKeybindingService, StandaloneCommandService } from 'vs/editor/browser/standalone/simpleServices';
import { InstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiationService';
import { ServiceCollection } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/serviceCollection';
import { Keybinding, KeyCode } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
import { IKeyboardEvent } from 'vs/base/browser/keyboardEvent';

suite('StandaloneKeybindingService', () => {

	class TestStandaloneKeybindingService extends StandaloneKeybindingService {
		public dispatch(e: IKeyboardEvent): void {
			let shouldPreventDefault = super._dispatch(e.toKeybinding(), e.target);
			if (shouldPreventDefault) {
				e.preventDefault();
			}
		}
	}

	test('issue Microsoft/monaco-editor#167', () => {

		let serviceCollection = new ServiceCollection();
		const instantiationService = new InstantiationService(serviceCollection, true);

		let configurationService = new SimpleConfigurationService();

		let contextKeyService = new ContextKeyService(configurationService);

		let commandService = new StandaloneCommandService(instantiationService);

		let messageService = new SimpleMessageService();

		let domElement = document.createElement('div');

		let keybindingService = new TestStandaloneKeybindingService(contextKeyService, commandService, messageService, domElement);

		let commandInvoked = false;
		keybindingService.addDynamicKeybinding(KeyCode.F9, () => {
			commandInvoked = true;
		}, null);

		keybindingService.dispatch(<any>{
			toKeybinding: () => new Keybinding(KeyCode.F9),
			preventDefault: () => { }
		});

		assert.ok(commandInvoked, 'command invoked');
	});
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County opens doors to Sipsey Valley campus today
School building has lots of natural light and closet space
Jamon Smith Staff Writer
After nearly five years of planning and about two years of construction, Sipsey Valley middle and high school is finally complete and ready for the rush of students who will fill the halls on the first day of the 2010-11 school year, Aug. 10.
To show off the new building to future pupils, their parents and the community, the Tuscaloosa County School System is having an open house from 1-3:30 p.m. today.
The open house isn't formal, so people interested in attending can come anytime during those hours and tour the building, which was designed by Ellis Architects and built by WAR Construction.
"The school turned out great," said Dennis Alvarez, principal of the Sipsey Valley High School. "Every inch of this building was utilized.
"There's so much closet space, which schools usually don't have enough of," he said, while opening a small closet near the school's front office Friday. "A lot of natural light is used, too. Every classroom has a window, and the library has two walls of windows."
The extensive use of natural light throughout the building is one way the school will help the financially struggling school system save money.
The artificial lighting is another cost-cutting measure designed into the building. Alvarez said that the building's hallway lights come on automatically when movement is detected. They cut off automatically if no motion is detected for 20 minutes so they don't stay on long when no one is around. They can also be turned off manually.
Another feature of the building is the wider hallways.
"The high school's hallways are wider than at Tuscaloosa County High because when you get overcrowded that's where all your problems happen with people bumping into each other," Alvarez said.
Sipsey Valley Middle and High School was built to alleviate overcrowding in county schools.
With new residential developments and subdivisions being built in the county at a steady pace, and a large influx of students during the past two decades, the need for classroom space in the school system has been pressing.
The school system has grown 3 percent to 4 percent almost every year since 1991, according to system officials.
The $27 million school comprises a 25,721-square-foot middle school wing and a 96,348-square-foot high school wing.
The combined capacity is about 900 students, which is already close to being reached.
"We don't have anyone enrolled yet, but I've received the choice election cards for kids zoned in this area," Alvarez said. "We have about 380 students for the high school and 400 for the middle school."
The students zoned for the school live in the Ralph, Fosters, Buhl, Romulus, Coker, Elrod, Echola, Jena and Holman communities in southwest Tuscaloosa County, and now attend Tuscaloosa County High, Lloyd Wood Middle and Buhl, Westwood and Myrtlewood elementaries.
That means they have longer travel times to and from school than students in most other parts of the county.
"We have kids living in this area getting on a bus at 6 a.m. to go to (Tuscaloosa) County High and not get back home until 5 p.m.," Alvarez said. "This was the only area left in the county that didn't have secondary schools."
Sipsey Valley Middle and High School sits on 170 acres of land at Boothtown and Romulus roads, but only 60 acres is being utilized. The rest of the land will be used for more schools when the need arises, Michael Ellis of Ellis Architects has said.
Though both Sipsey Valley's middle and high school students will attend class in the same building, Alvarez said they will share only a few spaces.
"We're keeping (the students) as separate as possible," he said.
The shared spaces include the "cafetorium," a combined cafeteria and auditorium, and the library, gym, band room, choir room and art room.
Alvarez said that the middle school students will eat in the cafetorium at different times than high school students.
There's a curtain that can be used to divide the gym so two physical education classes or sports practices can be held simultaneously.
To monitor the students, 64 cameras are installed throughout the building.
Alvarez said he can access the cameras from home, if necessary.
There are perks to having the middle and high schools combined.
Besides saving the system money, students and teachers benefit from the pairing because it allows more thorough curriculum collaboration and planning.
"Having the middle school right here allows us to do vertical teaming, which is working together as a team under one roof and coordinating curriculum," Alvarez said. "Having the schools together helps the middle school teachers know more specifically what they need to teach their students for high school."
Alvarez said he will not know how many teachers the schools will have until the Legislature approves the state education budget for 2010-11.
But based on the number of students who will attend the schools, about 20 teachers are needed for the high school and about 23 for the middle school, he said.
Reach Jamon Smith at jamon.smith@tuscaloosanews.com or 205-722-0204.
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Nissan Reveals Powerful, Snow-Battling Concepts at 2018 Chicago Auto Show
Amid an indoor "snowstorm" complete with hot chocolate and snowflake sugar cookies, Nissan continued its tradition of unveiling winter concept vehicles in Chicago with the reveal of two unique, show-stopping concepts at the 2018 Chicago Auto Show's Media Preview on Thursday.
The Armada Snow Patrol concept is a highly modified vehicle that builds on the capabilities of Nissan's flagship SUV. Featuring a three-inch suspension lift, extreme off-road tires, massive front-bumper, roof rack, and one-of-a-kind light bar, it looks – and drives – like no other SUV on the show floor.
The Snow Patrol showcases Armada's 8,500 lb. towing capacity that comes standard on both the 4WD and 2WD variants, its powerful V8 engine and 'Snow Mode' setting help drivers battle the snowy Chicago elements. Inside, premium leather seats, contrasting stitching and custom seatback inserts give the rugged vehicle a luxurious look and feel.
"The Armada drives like a luxury vehicle and it has towing capacity and off-road capability at the same time," said Tiago Castro, director of trucks and commercial vehicles, Nissan North America.
Also making its global debut at the Chicago Auto Show is the Nissan 370Zki, a concept that redefines the meaning of 'winter sports.' Built on the Nissan 370Z Roadster platform, the 370Zki (pronounced 370-Ski) is carried on front skis and rear snow tracks instead of performance tires for a winter motorsports experience unlike any other.
The concept, tested and vetted on the Wyoming ski slopes, was modified from the inside out. The drivetrain had to be removed to accommodate the rear tracks; the exhaust system was modified to fit under the vehicle; a custom lift kit was engineered to raise the vehicle three inches; and while the factory brakes remained, the brake lines had to be rerouted.
For continuing coverage and a behind-the-scenes look at the show, follow the Chicago Auto Show on social media. For more information about the 2018 Chicago Auto Show, please visit www.chicagoautoshow.com.


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Irrational Wisdom
Sometimes the best decision doesn't make sense on paper.
If you're not a basketball fan or Canadian, you may not have heard that Kawhi Leonard will not be returning to the Toronto Raptors next season because he's going to play for the Los Angeles Clippers. Toronto fans were disappointed, but Kawhi is from southern California. As one fan said on Twitter, "Toronto offered Kawhi everything it possibly could have, and more than anywhere else did, except it can never be home. We can't compete with that."
I remember friends writing out a pros and cons list to assess whether they should have another baby or not. The cons side of the ledger was long. The pros side simply said, "We want one." She was pregnant again before too long, and they've never looked back.
A client walked through a facilitated priority setting exercise with me recently, looked at the decision that emerged and said, "It's the wrong call. It meets the criteria we set, but we're playing it too safe." They trusted their gut and changed course.
In each of these cases, the criteria that mattered most weren't on the list.
I'm a fan of considering evidence and following rigorous process. But when you're making a decision with your team, leave space for intuition and considerations that hadn't been made explicit up to that point. Taking them into account will lead to a better-rounded decision, and one with greater support in the end. Because you really can't compete with the [often unarticulated] feelings of home.
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Susan Detwiler says:
Rebecca, I love this! So well said. If the decision feels wrong, look again. You forgot to take something into account — home, gut feeling.
At the same time, it can also occasion a deeper look at your own biases and assumptions. WHY does it feel wrong? Is it because it goes against childhood training? Or personal, unacknowledged biases? Or is the team looking at it only from one point of view?
Either way, if a decision feels wrong, it's time to look again.
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When, a bit over a year ago, we had the pleasure of meeting with British writer and theorist Mark Fisher in Rome, his book Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures was about to come out and we took the opportunity in order to talk with him about the future — not about his future or our future, but about the idea of the future itself in present-day society. Now with the lapse of time, then, one might ask wether it is still an interview about the future or rather about the past.
According to the perspective discussed below, the concepts of past and future have less to do with temporal bodies, and more with defining the terrain on which we can place controversial ideas, such as nostalgia of the future, Derrida's notion of the hauntological as well as hauntological melancholia, social delay, obsolescence and normalized anachronism. If Fisher's book grapples with the disappearance of the future, what follows is an attempt to come to terms with what this might actually mean in an an era that is increasingly shaped by new virtual and communication technologies together with the whole late capitalist imagery that these usher in.
[Interviewed by Valerio Mannucci and Valerio Mattioli in summer 2014.]
NERO: Let's start from your last book, Ghosts of My Life…
Mark Fisher: Well, the overall theme of the book is the disappearance of the future, at least in culture. For me, the failure of the 21st century is that the 21st century has yet to really start — so, in a way, it's a disappearance of both the present and the future. This is something that is quite evident in music. In Ghosts of My Life I mainly collected a number of pieces that have already appeared in a variety of different places, together with some specific articles written especially for the book; it's an augmented collection, you can say. I wrote a number of pieces concerning hauntology, which is a term originally conceived by Jacques Derrida that started to regain currency in 2006: I picked up on and used it in relation to a number of different musicians such as Ariel Pink, Jessica Rylan, The Focus Group and the whole Ghost Box label… So, in Ghosts of My Life I tried to explicate how this concept had been gaining a new currency, especially in relation to music.
N: Talking about hauntology, there's one excerpt in your book that sounds like a recap of this kind of aesthetic, even if it's not about music: that is, when you describe the typical atmosphere of a British TV show from the 70s. Now, musicians such as the ones from Ghost Box heavily rely on this kind of memory—you know, of BBC educational programs, TV series from the 60s and 70s and so on. And they often spread a sort of melancholic feeling, which is quite different from the simple nostalgia of the past…
MF: Melancholia is one of the great threads running through my book. I think that what happened after the 70s—and particularly during the 80s, when the occupying forces of neoliberalism arose — was this sense that things were shifting. But probably the extent to which they would have shifted was not that clear at the time—at least not to me. I guess this is partly about the age that I am, and the expectations that I've formed, being born at the end of the 60s, into a culture that was vibrant and experimental. It was something you could describe as an "informal education system." I didn't like school too much myself, but I didn't need to like it because the source of education could come from elsewhere.
Music culture was a big part of that: it was in music press—like NME and so on—that I first encountered the work of continental theorists like Derrida and Baudrillard. It's this kind of wide and interconnected network that I call "popular modernism," a kind of infrastructure for disseminating and distributing experimental theory and culture. At the time it was just right, you just expected things to be like that, there was nothing special about it. But during the 80s, this network slowly disappeared. At first, I thought it was just a temporary blip and that it would have all come back. But I was wrong: it was an irreversible shift.
So you see, things that are taken for granted just disappear. And this brings us to a melancholia, a hauntological melancholia.
N: This is interesting, because if we take the classic idea of melancholia — as proposed, for example, by iconologists and so on — we can describe it as the painful consciousness of our limits in contrast to our desires. How does this "hauntological melancholia" differ from that?
MF: First of all, let me tell you that I try to distinguish this kind of melancholia from standard depression, which is another important issue to me. Because you know, standard depression is fairly spread: it's not very acknowledged, at least not as a political and cultural problem; instead, it's treated as a chemical problem, or as the result of people's family history. In other words, it's highly privatized.
I think depression is manifesting itself in terms of low self-expectations. Depressive people don't expect much from life. Things are getting worse and they are changing only to stay the same in a more intense form — and that's what capitalism is. So you have this kind of sadness or depression that is basically a consequence of adjusting to such things.
But the melancholia I'm describing is a completely different thing. That's why I'm opposing it to depression: it's a much more conscious articulation, an aestheticized process. I would actually say that if depression is taken for a granted state, as a form of adjustment to what is now taken for reality, then melancholia is the refusal — or even the inability — to adjust to it. It's holding on to an object that should officially be lost. So instead of saying, "Well, Public Service Broadcasting was like that, but now things have changed," you simply refuse to accept the loss of the object.
N: And why is that "hauntological"?
MF: Let's put it this way: it's easy to say, "Oh, things were great in the 70s, let's go back to the 70s," but I think the real issue is "What kind of future did we expect from the 70s?" I mean, there was a trajectory, and this trajectory was interrupted. And now we find ourselves haunted by this future that we vaguely expected at the time, and that was terminated somewhere during the 80s by the values related to neoliberalism. From this point of view, it's no coincidence that the 80s saw a traumatic and violent defeat of the Left, at least in the UK.
N: You're introducing another major theme of hauntology: the so called "nostalgia of the future"…
MF: I think that the concept of "nostalgia of the future" partly illustrates one of the paradoxes that I'm trying to get across through the book; for example, hauntological music is often accused of being nostalgic. To a certain extent this is true, but the point is: "nostalgic compared to what?" I mean, the whole 21st century music scene could be described as nostalgic: where is the sense of the future now? Today, if you ask people what is "futuristic music," they would reply electronic music from the 90s, or even Kraftwerk, and stuff like that. In a way, we still rely on an old future.
N: What do you think of recent phenomena such as vaporwave and the "pop art of the virtual plaza"? According to music critic Adam Harper, artists such as James Ferraro or Fatima Al Qadiri are at least trying to reconsider the concept of future in music, taking inspiration from virtual technologies and the whole late capitalism imagery…
MF: I actually think that vaporwave still relies on a 20th century vision of the future. The sound texture and even the imagery is derived from 90s corporate sources. The fact that vaporwave has been perceived as an example of "futuristic music" shows a kind of diminished expectations: can we really compare that to, let's say, Kraftwerk? Or to jungle music? Or to BBC Radiophonic Workshop? All of these things clearly delivered a sense of future-shock, like "Where does this thing come from?" After listening to such artists, people had to reconstruct the whole sense of the music that was around them. Unfortunately, I just don't think there's anything like that in relation to vaporwave…
N: But it's nonetheless interesting how these artists relate to a typical 21st-century imagery. To quote The Wire's review of Fatima Al Qadiri's album, this music "imagines a world of frantically animate matter with no life outside of the iPad." You can't deny that such a description sounds like a mirror of our time.
MF: I think Fatima Al Qadiri mirrors this time by also not having a specific relationship with our time, at least in a way previous music did. Don't get me wrong, I sincerely think this music deserves attention: it was very interesting when I was in Berlin at the CTM Festival and somebody played some vaporwave stuff over big speakers, and you could just hear that it wasn't meant to be heard that way. You know, the compression, the sounds… it really seemed music made for smartphones and tablets.
N: The relation between music and smart technology also resembles what happened with the visual aspects of our everyday lives: the idea of "image" can no longer be completely detached from the devices on which it is displayed…
MF: Indeed, smartphones and tablets are increasingly becoming—if not exclusively—the image of what the present is; of the extent to which communication technology has completely colonized our sense of what technology is. This is another symptomatic phenomenon of the 21st century. Now, think about it: how much did we really care about communication devices in the 20th century? We cared a lot about music technology because we could hear that… But phone calls and stuff like that: who really cared?
N: These communication technologies are also affecting our idea of representation. Let's make an example: the concept of realism in present-day horror movies is often based on the idea of "digital footage"(i.e. amateur footage that depicts supernatural events, etc.) In a few words: it is "real" what could be captured through an amateur camera. All that considered, how much do you think these technologies are influencing our understanding of reality and our relation with imagination?
MF: It looks as though, for example, we forgot the grand visions that science-fiction once had about technology: I mean, we used to talk about terraforming, transforming planets, altering solar systems! And from terraforming now we are discussing how to improve our access to the internet. That's a kind of reduction in itself, I think. Anyway, speaking schematically and overgeneralizing, I think that there's far too much emphasis on online digitality. It has totally colonized our sense of what the present and the future are, and I think the actual phenomenological reality is engaging with what I prefer to call "capitalist cyberspace." So I'd rather not talk about technology as such, but more about the way technology operates within our economic system. For example, I think one of the key elements of digital technology is this sense of being slightly late all the time. Let's think about social media like Twitter: you're in a perennial state of reactivity, by the very fact you're there, you're always late, and therefore you're always in a state of slight and intense anxiety. I think we kind of normalized this as part of our nervous system, where even if something is perceived as instantaneous, it isn't quite. And this is part of a general sense of lack, of things laggingbehind, which is a feature of the digital as such. Capitalist cyberspace demands a constant dispersion of attention, you're always solicited to respond and to react, so it's very difficult to be absorbed in anything. Also, the basic form of digital communication is command: every time you pick up your smartphone, you've been told to do things. And even if they are friendly commands, nevertheless it's a massive stress on the nervous system. Just dealing with these commands, or even ignoring these commands, blocks us with a constructive relationship to the future: that's the other side of the destruction of time-perspective.
N: And then there is also the inundation of information. Do you think that when you see a lot of things, it makes you feel like you've already seen everything?
MF: Well yes, it does. But back in the day, it wasn't just the lack of exposure to things that made people think that they were experiencing something new. They were really experiencing something new, it wasn't just an illusion.
N: But don't you think that these technologies somehow affect our imagination? For example, for a long time the future was envisioned by humans through the invention of new technologies (i.e. Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Asimov, etc.), and in the 90s technology was seen as a tool for change on an aesthetic and political level (techno music, cyberpunk, etc.). Today, instead, technology itself has become the subject who's "telling us what the future is," bringing about an inability to imagine it…
MF: I agree. If you think about it, nowadays we don't have "the future": we have upgrades. And in a way it's a pre-postmodernist thing. The whole experience of modernity was this double perception that whatever your current experience is, it's already obsolete; because modernity is a process which never reaches an end: there's no resting, no point of equilibrium, only this endless upgrading. And then today you have corporations such as Apple, whose business model is entirely based on this: obsolescence. You don't expect to own an iPod for very long, if only because they don't last that much… I've had five or six already!
N: So what's the difference between the modernist approach and this let's say post-postmodern way of being modernist?
MF: Well, I mean that the degree in which modernism survives is the sense of newness, as in traditional modernism, but it's been transformed in terms of upgrades. In the past, the grand vision of the future was essentially a great dislocation from the present: that grand vision is no longer available to us.
Look at science-fiction: I think already in the 80s there was a crisis of the genre, but anyway, the last great science-fiction movies are from that time. Today, we're still locked into Blade Runner, dystopian cities or even William Gibson's cyberpunk… I would say that The Matrix itself, with its vision of a fully simulated society, couldn't update this vision. Perhaps Minority Report, with its pop-up corporate advertisings, captures the reality of capitalist cyberspace even better than William Gibson: today cyberspace is like those continuous pop-up windows that constantly appear as advertising, commanding us to do something, in which we are not fully immersed in; it's more like a background noise from everyday life.
N: Let's go back, then, to the years when — according to your analysis — the trajectory toward the future was interrupted: the 80s. Perhaps, one thing we shouldn't underestimate, is that the 80s is also the decade where postmodernist aesthetics became a common language; we come from thirty years of temporal pastiches, past and present anachronisms, double codes, quotations and appropriations from different eras… Wasn't that a negation of the future itself?
MF: Absolutely. Also, if you read texts like The Ecstasy of Communication by Baudrillard, which is from 1987, you find out that things like the overwhelming flow of messages, the inability to constitute a distinction between the inside and the outside, to deal with having no halo or private protection anymore… Well, he's basically talking about Twitter and Facebook! And if you think about another author such as Frederic Jameson, his texts from the 80s are astonishingly prophetic. What was the specificity of postmodernism in the 80s, is now the dominant aesthetic paradigm; to the degree that it's very hard to see anything else. One of the most penetrating things of Jameson's analysis is this awareness of a particular form of anachronism that was emerging and calling attention to itself: if you think about a film like Body Heat, it was set in the 80s and it had a contemporary aesthetic, but the feel was something from film noir of the 30s and 40s. Now, that mixture of contemporary settings and out-of-date references is exactly the standard for so much culture of the 21st century. We naturalized anachronism.
N: What about physical spaces? We talked about how postmodernism reshaped our relationship with time, but if you think about it, the term "postmodern" first emerged in architecture as a reaction against modernist architectural movements.
MF: I think that the defeat of modernism in architecture, as described by Owen Hatherley in his book Militant Modernism, is part of the picture I'm describing. Just consider a city like London: the most futuristic parts of the city are the brutalist ones. You go to the Barbican Centre and you spontaneously think about the future, precisely because of the modernism of the buildings. Fashion is another example: it seems to be stuck, they're cyclically re-modernizing old styles. It's not even fashion as it used to be.
N: In that sense, what's your opinion of Simon Reynolds' Retromania, his book about the obsession that pop culture has in relation with its own past?
MF: I mostly agree with Simon's analysis, but I guess that the main difference is that he sees retromania as an internet-related phenomenon. Of course the internet changed our lives, and of course the idea of timeless time deeply affected our habits, even in music; but we also have to bear in mind all the consequences of the naturalization of anachronism and its side effects, which are issues related not only with the possibility of accessing a space like the internet: it's also a political matter, it's the way in which we use the internet and the way in which the internet functions in our economic society.
N: We started by talking about the "informal education system" you grew up with during the 70s, and how it shaped a common idea of "popular modernism." How do you think younger generations relate to that? How does their idea of "future" compare to the old one?
MF: I think that they still feel a need for futurism, but it's in terms of a spectral, virtual presence of the former sense of it. I think that this leads to the fact that there's no specific discontent about the present. But when you produce something and you have the feeling that everything's already been done… it's sad, you know?
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