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UCAS:become a thinking instructor

What have you changed your mind about?

Prince Talleyrand was one of history’s greatest diplomats.

The lasting peace between traditional enemies, England and France, has continued for over 150 years as a result of his actions.

Talleyrand famously said: “Only fools never change their minds”.

(from Napoleon’s Master: A Life of Prince Talleyrand)

What about you? WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT?

When thinking changes your mind, that’s philosophy.
When God changes your mind, that’s faith.
When facts change your mind, that’s science.

WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?

Science is based on evidence. What happens when the data change? How have scientific findings or arguments changed your mind?”

Think Big

You may be pink. You may be purple. You may be small.

But you can still think big.

Rise above little things.

Be a big thinker.

You are what you think.

So just think big, believe big, act big, dream big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, image big, love big, live big.

Carry that list and you'll start feeling big.

Be a believer and you'll be an achiever.

Lectures at LSE

Designing Policies for Growth
Date: Monday 19 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Philippe Aghion
Regulating doctors and the custody of virtue
Date: Tuesday 20 January 2009 1.00pm
Location: H615 (CARR seminar room), Connaught House
Speakers: Professor Mary Dixon-Woods; Chair: Professor Sally Lloyd-Bostock
All That It Was... All That It Is
Date: Tuesday 20 January 2009 1.05pm
Location: Shaw Library, Old Building
Speaker: Andrew Jackson
Designing Policies for Growth
Date: Tuesday 20 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Philippe Aghion
World War Two: behind closed doors
Date: Tuesday 20 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Laurence Rees
Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor Robin Mansell
Date: Wednesday 21 January 2009 1.05pm
Location: U8, Tower 1
Speaker: Professor Robin Mansell
How is China Powered for its Economic Growth – can we learn any lessons from it?
Date: Wednesday 21 January 2009 4.00pm
Location: D302, Clement House
Speaker: Dr Guy S. Liu
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the GCC States: Thirty Years of Revolution and Realpolitik
Date: Wednesday 21 January 2009 4.30pm
Location: S78, St Clements Building
Speaker: Dr Stephanie Cronin
Oral Epic and the Idea of National Literatures in Europe: Hasanaginica, Herder and Vico
Date: Wednesday 21 January 2009 6.00pm
Location: Room 1.15, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Joep Leerssen
The Incompatibility of Science and Religion
Date: Wednesday 21 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: U8, Tower 1
Speaker: Professor John Worrall
Georgia: has Europe let Russia off the hook?
Date: Wednesday 21 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Professor Salome Zourabichvili, Sabine Freizer
The Reality of Hope: Obama and Europe after the Election
Date: Wednesday 21 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Robert Kagan, Charles Grant, Robin Niblett; Chair: Professor Mick Cox
Designing Policies for Growth
Date: Wednesday 21 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Philippe Aghion
Translating an organizational form: The case of Indymedia
Date: Thursday 22 January 2009 12.30pm
Location: New Academic Building 1.18
Speaker: Professor Andre Spicer, Chair: Professor Jude Howell
Alexandra Dariescu (piano)
Date: Thursday 22 January 2009 1.05pm
Location: Shaw Library, Old Building
The Great Transformation: how China changed in the long 1970s
Date: Thursday 22 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Chen Jian
Liberal Fascism: the uses and abuses of the F-word
Date: Tuesday 27 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Jonah Goldberg
The Shifting Distribution of World Economic Activity: China and global imbalance
Date: Tuesday 27 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Danny Quah
China and the Rule of Law: no quick fix
Date: Wednesday 28 January 2009 2.00pm
Location: D202, Clement House
Speaker: Katie Lee
Bad Science
Date: Wednesday 28 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Dr Ben Goldacre
Is Global Democracy Possible?
Date: Wednesday 28 January 2009 6.30pm
Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Daniele Archibugi, Professor Michael Cox, George Monbiot
Adrian Ward (tenor), Simon Lepper (piano)
Date: Thursday 29 January 2009 1.05pm
Location: Shaw Library, Old Building
China 2009: the critical year of China’s economy
Date: Saturday 31 January 2009 9.15am
Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Dr. Kerry Brown, Dr. Kent Deng, Professor Paul Herrling, Professor Athar Hussain, Professor Zhang Jun, Professor Peter Nolan, Daniel Pearson, Professor Danny Quah, Dr. Paul Sheng, Gabriel Stein, Professor Wang Yiming and Professor Arne Westad

Lectures at Oxford University

Attention: Bibi, Rebecca, Trouble (M), Mr Lex, Long, Diva, I. Model, Businessman, Sam, Anastasia, Lotfi and any others who seek to really use their time in Oxford....

Non-members of the University may not attend university lectures (unless they are announced as open to the general public) without payment of a fee, otherwise than by personal invitation of the lecturer concerned.

Persons who are neither reading for a qualification of this University nor otherwise exempt under special arrangements for certain categories of non-members, and who wish to attend lectures in any term, should apply to the Buildings and Events Manager, Examination Schools, who will provide information on the fee required. At least three working days' notice is required before a lecture permit can be issued, to allow liaison with the department or faculty concerned.

Senior visiting scholars from other universities who wish to attend lectures, seminars, or classes should normally approach the lecturer concerned, and not the Buildings and Events Manager.

Contact details - start here:

University of Oxford
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Telephone: +44 1865 270000

How to be Positive

Not long to go until the end of term!

Thought is creative. All thought, good and bad, is creative and tends to become a material thing. That is why we must learn to be more positive. Our environment and all the experiences in our life are the result of our habitual and predominant thoughts.

Negative thoughts can tell us about something that needs our attention. Our job is to discover what needs to be done and take care of it. Many people fail to see a negative occurrence as a learning experience and continue to feel victimised and helpless, ultimately blaming others for what they drew to themselves.

You are not alone. You are not Hopeless. You are alive, and you are your own person. And you have a student representative to help you out!

Steps

Practice positive thinking. Begin to exchange your negative thoughts for more positive ones, substitute riches for poverty, wisdom for ignorance, harmony for disharmony, and freedom and independence for duty and obligation. Everything which exists is some manifestation of this one basic substance from which and by which all things have been created. Start saying, "I can" more than "I can't". Apply this to your Economics homework. Ask yourself - is this enough homework? Surely he could set me more?
Recognize that it is our mental process, our mental action and interaction is what determines the infinite variety of situations and conditions that we have and will continue to experience throughout our life. So when you look at the exam question, do not panic as you have seen many questions like this before.
Focus your imagination and efforts on creating the 'state of mind' that will spontaneously create the desired results. It is much easier to effect change internally because we are dealing with an aspect of the universe that we have some control over. We can't always control our outer universe, but we can, with some effort, control our inner universe.
Create your life from within. If you want more success, focus on all the ways that you are already successful. If you want more love, focus on all the people that already care about you and the abundance of love you have to give to others. If you want to create greater health, focus on all the ways that you are healthy, and so on and so forth.
Learn to act as if the life you visualize were already here. The only thing between you and your desire to be happy is one single fact: You are not happy because of how you think. This little known fact keeps many from reaching their goal of happiness.

You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, your intentions create your reality. Think about what you want, create a picture of it in your mind, and make it very clear and precise. Hold it there and focus on it in a gentle, positive way until it becomes more and more of a reality to you. That is positive thinking.
Look for the good in every situation. There are pros and cons to most situations and you get to choose which you will focus on.

Success lies just beyond your thoughts. Know that this understanding is what inspires you to accomplish what you really desire in life. And if you are satisfied with yourself and your thoughts, there is nothing you cannot do or be – because your thoughts are powerful!
Think about what you want, not about what you don't want - that is positive thinking.
Be sure to cultivate positive thinking for the right reasons - to enhance the quality of your life and the lives of others.
Find some positive affirmations that will help you and repeat them often. Statements such as "I am a very positive person", "I am very capable", "I can do anything if I put my mind to it". Affirmations are very empowering.
Always keep trying.
Think of the cup as half full not half empty!

Warnings

The thing to remember is that we created the circumstances that have become our cross to bear. We must recognize how we allow ourselves to succumb to thought patterns that bring us down.
Fail to do your homework and your exam performance will suffer
We get what we expect to get, therefore begin right now to expect the very best of everything that this world has to offer - and know that you deserve it.
So long as you don't intentionally hurt yourself or anyone else in the process, you can ask the World for whatever you want.
Remember 'Your thoughts make your reality'^[1]
Be aware of those who do not want to be positive.
Speak English in class at all times

Attention all Economics students at EF!

We have two weeks left.

Some of you are not taking Economics exams in January.

OK, that exempts (does not include) you.

Some of you are taking exams in January.

This blog entry DOES apply to you.

I am prepared to work extra hard to make YOU work extra hard to ensure that you have the necessary springboard for holiday revision. I am not talking about grade A - that's easily achievable if your English does not get worse. I am talking about getting 100% in your exams. For those people taking both units I am talking about 100% in BOTH exams and thus getting the entire A level in January.

We have already seen that it is possible to get 100% (and, believe me, if I could have avoided giving him 100% I would have...)

So I need from you a commitment.

Sign up here tonight and I will prepare work for you to be pushed to your maximum and thus to be able to achieve 100% on December 6th...which of course is the day after the end of term.

If you can do that then all you have to do is not lose (i.e. maintain) that level for a few weeks and reinforce it and then...make your parents proud.

So sign up here if you're willing to be pushed to your maximum, willing to work and work and work...for two weeks.

If you don't sign up, no problem. It won't affect your reports. It won't affect your overall grade.

It might affect which university your children go to though........

So sign up...if you wish...and if you have the energy.

Three places left!

There are now just three places remaining on the Business Breakthrough Day this Saturday in Euston, London.

You will meet six top-flight business growth experts - Peter Thomson, Guy Levine, Bev James, Paul Avins, Ed Rivis and myself.

We'll show you how to thrive in this economy utilising tried and tested strategies - all proven to work and make your business more profitable.

You have to meet one of four criteria in order to attend, so this event is not suitable for everyone.

See if you qualify, watch a short video of delegates from the last event and register online at:

www.businessbreakthroughday.com

If this looks like the type of day that could add more profit to your bottom line, grab one of the 3 remaining places.

Best wishes,

Jonathan Jay

Jonathan Jay
Founder and Managing Director of SuccessTrack
Helping Business Owners Make More Profit in Less Time With Less Effort

More tips to improve memory

Links:

First link

Second link

Convince yourself that you do have a good memory that will improve. Too many people get stuck here and convince themselves that their memory is bad, that they are just not good with names, that numbers just slip out of their minds for some reason. Erase those thoughts and vow to improve your memory. Commit yourself to the task and bask in your achievements -- it's hard to keep motivated if you beat yourself down every time you make a little bit of progress.
Keep your brain active. Regularly “exercising" the brain keeps it growing and spurs the development of new nerve connections that can help improve memory. By developing new mental skills—especially complex ones such as learning a new language or learning to play a new musical instrument—and challenging your brain with puzzles and games you can keep your brain active and improve its physiological functioning. Try some puzzle exercises everyday such as word cross, sudoku and some other games as easy to put into your mobile phone and practise it maybe once for 30 minutes per day.
Exercise daily. Regular aerobic exercise improves circulation and efficiency throughout the body, including in the brain, and can help ward off the memory loss that comes with aging. Exercise also makes you more alert and relaxed, and can thereby improve your memory uptake, allowing you to take better mental “pictures."
Reduce stress. Chronic stress, although it does not physically damage the brain, can make remembering much more difficult. After prolonged stress the brain will be damaged. Stressful situations are recognized by the hypothalamus, which in turn signals the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland secreted adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)which influences the adrenal glands to secrete adrenaline and later cortisol(corticosteroids). The corticosteroids can weaken the blood-brain barrier and damage the hippocampus(the memory center). Ironically, the hippocampus controls the secretion of the hormone released by the hypothalamus through a process of negative feedback. After chronic stress it will be damaged and it will not be as efficient in regulating the degenerative corticosteroids and memory will be harmed. Neurogenesis (formation of new neurons) indeed exists in the hippocampus but stress inhibits it. To recapitulate and synthesis, chronic stress will affect your health and your memory, it will damage the brain so the best option is to learn to control stress. Stress will never be eliminated, but it definitely can be controlled. [http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Stress-Effects-Neurotransmitters&id=19510]Even temporary stresses can make it more difficult to effectively focus on concepts and observe things. Try to relax, regularly practice yoga or other stretching exercises, and see a doctor if you have severe chronic stress as soon as possible.
Eat well and eat right. There are a lot of herbal supplements on the market that claim to improve memory, but none have yet been shown to be effective in clinical tests (although small studies have shown some promising results for ginkgo biloba and phosphatidylserine). A healthy diet, however, contributes to a healthy brain, and foods containing antioxidants—broccoli, blueberries, spinach, and berries, for example—and Omega-3 fatty acids appear to promote healthy brain functioning. Feed your brain with such supplements as Thiamine, Vitamin E, Niacin and Vitamin B-6. Grazing, eating 5 or 6 small meals throughout the day instead of 3 large meals, also seems to improve mental functioning (including memory) by limiting dips in blood sugar, which may negatively affect the brain.
Take better pictures. Often we forget things not because our memory is bad, but rather because our observational skills need work. One common situation where this occurs (and which almost everyone can relate to) is meeting new people. Often we don’t really learn people’s names at first because we aren’t really concentrating on remembering them. You’ll find that if you make a conscious effort to remember such things, you’ll do much better. One way to train yourself to be more observant is to look at an unfamiliar photograph for a few seconds and then turn the photograph over and describe or write down as many details as you can about the photograph. Try closing your eyes and picturing the photo in your mind. Use a new photograph each time you try this exercise, and with regular practice you will find you’re able to remember more details with even shorter glimpses of the photos.
Give yourself time to form a memory. Memories are very fragile in the short-term, and distractions can make you quickly forget something as simple as a phone number. The key to avoid losing memories before you can even form them is to be able to focus on the thing to be remembered for a while without thinking about other things, so when you’re trying to remember something, avoid distractions and complicated tasks for a few minutes.
Create vivid, memorable images. You remember information more easily if you can visualize it. If you want to associate a child with a book, try not to visualize the child reading the book – that's too simple and forgettable. Instead, come up with something more jarring, something that sticks, like the book chasing the child, or the child eating the book. It's your mind – make the images as shocking and emotional as possible to keep the associations strong.
Repeat things you need to learn. The more times you hear, see, or think about something, the more surely you’ll remember it, right? It’s a no-brainer. When you want to remember something, be it your new coworker’s name or your best friend's birthday, repeat it, either out loud or silently. Try writing it down; think about it.
Group things you need to remember. Random lists of things (a shopping list, for example) can be especially difficult to remember. To make it easier, try categorizing the individual things from the list. If you can remember that, among other things, you wanted to buy four different kinds of vegetables, you’ll find it easier to remember all four.
Organize your life. Keep items that you frequently need, such as keys and eyeglasses, in the same place every time. Use an electronic organizer or daily planner to keep track of appointments, due dates for bills, and other tasks. Keep phone numbers and addresses in an address book or enter them into your computer or cell phone. Improved organization can help free up your powers of concentration so that you can remember less routine things. Even if being organized doesn’t improve your memory, you’ll receive a lot of the same benefits (i.e. you won’t have to search for your keys anymore).
Try meditation. Research now suggests that people who regularly practice "mindfulness" meditation are able to focus better and may have better memories. Mindfulness (also known as awareness or insight meditation) is the type commonly practiced in Western countries and is easy to learn. Studies at Massachusetts General Hospital show that regular meditation thickens the cerebral cortex in the brain by increasing the blood flow to that region. Some researchers believe this can enhance attention span, focus, and memory.
Sleep well. The amount of sleep we get affects the brain's ability to recall recently learned information. Getting a good night's sleep – a minimum of seven hours a night – may improve your short-term memory and long-term relational memory, according to recent studies conducted at the Harvard Medical School.
Build your memorization arsenal. Learn pegs, memory palaces, and the Dominic System. These techniques form the foundation for mnemonic techniques, and will visibly improve your memory.
Venture out and learn from your mistakes. Go ahead and take a stab at memorizing the first one hundred digits of pi, or, if you've done that already, the first one thousand. Memorize the monarchs of England through your memory palaces, or your grocery list through visualization. Through diligent effort you will eventually master the art of memorization.

Source

Exams:How To Improve Your Memory

Improve your Memory!

These tools help you remember people's names more effectively, improve your recall of information in exams, increase the speed with which you can learn vocabulary, and help you in situations where you need to remember detailed, structured information.

This section is split into three parts: first of all, the introduction explains the principles behind the use of memory techniques (also called "mnemonics").

We then discuss a range of individual tools that you can use to remember information. Finally we discuss how to use the skills in practice to remember peoples names, foreign language words, and information for exams.

Enjoy using the tools!

	Introduction to Memory Techniques
	Remembering a Simple List - The Link Method and Story Method
	Remembering Ordered Lists - The Number/Rhyme Mnemonic
	Remembering Ordered Lists - The Number/Shape Mnemonic
	Remembering Middle Length Lists - The Alphabet Technique
	Remembering Long Lists - The Journey System
	Remembering Grouped Information - The Roman Room System
	Remembering Very Long Numbers - The Major System
	Using Concept Maps to Remember Structured Information
	Memory Games - Have fun while you improve your memory
	How to... Learn a Foreign Language
	How to... Remember Information for Exams
	How to... Remember People's Names
	How to... Remember Lists and Long Numbers

Keeping people on track

As Rebecca has done the homework and others haven't, rebecca has set this extra homework as follows:

David: set more exam marking schemes. This time David will create an AS Business Studies paper and an exam marking scheme. These will be like the ones shown here He will do a full AS paper and scheme by Friday next week.

Talgat: Listen to 4 podcasts over the weekend and post summaries in his blog as well as the daily blogs. Failure to do this will lead to triple work being set next Friday.

Bibi: Marking scheme for Economics AS Unit 1. This means set the questions and provide the answers. The aim (for this violent woman) is to make sure she gets a grade A in the January examinations. She will also put in her blog the philosophical proof of God. (This will require investigation)

Nara: In addition to printing the two articles every day she will be able to answer ANY glossary term by next Friday.

Lex: As Lex does Economics and Business Studies he will therefore prepare AS Unit 1 in Economics and Business Studies by M-O-N-D-A-Y. These will then be given to the others as amock. Lex knows that his mock will be different to the others and he also knows that every mock is unique - as Lex is too. Lex will do the same as Robin as well.

KEN: As he admits he knows nothing therefore he must learn everything. This means that he learns all the glossary and also will prepare on a sheet of paper ALL the Business Studies diagrams and ALL the Economics diagrams he has learned so far.

Robin (the person who drinks bears): he will (this is easy) post in his blog every day a video from youtube that is linked to Business Studies. (easy!)

Sairan: To support his lecture on Friday Sairan will further develop his website (he has one word on the site) and this will show examples of what he will be discussing. This enables him - in his lesson - to show real life examples. He will also prepare powerpoint slides.

The above were all decided by the students themselves which makes it far more likely that all the above will be carried out.

However....Emin is ill so it is good we encourage him to get better. This can be done by setting him more work so it is:

a. learn glossary
b. daily articles
c. listen to podcasts which he can do in bed

That will do....

BUT setting homework would not be complete unless we also set homework for Mary and Long (who just watches Korean 'films') so in addition:

ALL OF THE ABOVE.

Also as James has been slacking recently he must:

Learn all vocabulary etc.

Aidana used to have a friend called Bibi and Bibi said:

a. another Economics mock with answers
b. a Business Studies mock with answers

To teach Mary to be more responsible Talgat has suggested she just should be more responsible. That's that!

Philosophy Podcasts

A.C. Grayling, author of Among The Dead Cities, explains why he believes that the Allies' deliberate targeting of civilians in Dresden and elsewhere during the Second World War was morally wrong.

Listen to Anthony Grayling on Bombing Civilians in Wartime

Personal identity - the question of what, if anything, makes an individual the same person despite change over time - is an idea that has interested philosophers since antiquity. Christopher Shields discusses this topic in this Philosophy Bites interview.

Listen to Christopher Shields on Personal Identity

Alexander Nehamas discusses the nature and value of friendship in this Philosophy Bites interview with Nigel Warburton. Nehamas maintains that understanding a friend can be like understanding a work of art.

Listen to Alexander Nehamas on Friendship

Raymond Geuss wants political philosophers to focus on real politics. In this interview for Philosophy Bites he explains why he believes philosophers such as Robert Nozick and John Rawls were fundamentally misguided in the way they approached political philosophy. Geuss is in conversation with Nigel Warburton. The introduction is by David Edmonds.

Listen to Raymond Geuss on Real Politics

What is a virtue? Is ethics a matter of cultivating appropriate virtues, patterns of behaviour prized by particular people at a particular time? Roger Crisp discusses the nature of virtue in this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Philosophy Bites podcast.

Listen to Roger Crisp on Virtue

In this interview for Philosophy Bites Anthony Appiah explains how experiments in psychology can be relevant to our ethical reasoning.

Listen to Anthony Appiah on Experiments in Ethics

Friedrich Nietzsche's The Genealogy of Morality presents a highly original account of the sources of our values. Christopher Janaway, author of Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy, discusses Nietzsche's influential book in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

Listen to Christopher Janaway on Nietzsche on Morality

Philosophers have always fascinated by paradoxes. In this episode of Philosophy Bites Nigel Warburton interviews Peter Cave about paradoxes and their relevance to philosophy.

Listen to Peter Cave on Paradoxes

Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is a great but difficult work. In this interview for Philosophy Bites A.W. Moore gives an accessible account of the main themes of the book and explains what might have been motivating Kant's approach to metaphysics (no mean feat in under 20 minutes!).

Listen to Adrian Moore on Kant's Metaphysics

In this interview for Philosophy Bites Barry C. Smith, the new director of the Institute of Philosophy in London, discusses the impact of recent discoveries in neuroscience (including blind sight and mirror neurones) on our understanding of the mind and our senses.

Listen to Barry Smith on Neuroscience

What is Socratic Method and does it have any present day applications? In this interview for Philosophy Bites MM McCabe explains the significance of Socrates' impertinent questioning and contrasts his approach with present day university teaching.

Listen to M.M. McCabe on Socratic Method

In this interview Aaron Ridley explores Nietzsche's changing views about the relationship between art and truth including his views about the dionysian and appollonian aspects of existence.

Listen to Aaron Ridley on Nietzsche on Art and Truth

What is faith? Are human beings capable of it? What part does reason play in life? These and more questions are raised by Søren Kierkegaard's book Fear and Trembling. Clare Carlisle illuminates many of the themes of the book in this interview for Philosophy Bites.

Listen to Clare Carlisle on Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling

In this Philosophy Bites interview Alex Neill addresses the question of whether there really is a paradox of tragedy. How is it that we can enjoy tragedies when they show pain and suffering? He also considers the related question of how we can take pleasure in horror movies.

Listen to Alex Neill on The Paradox of Tragedy

Plotinus, who lived in the 3rd Century A.D. was the founder of neo-platonism. In this episode of Philosophy Bites Peter Adamson of Kings' College London explains what Plotinus had to say about evil. As will become clear, for Plotinus the Problem of Evil was quite different from the contemporary discussion of the topic.

Listen to Peter Adamson on Plotinus on Evil

New Event at LSE: China after the Olympics

China After the Olympics

Date: Tuesday 2 December 2008
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor Chris Hughes, Professor Athar Hussain, Martin Jacques, Professor Chen Jian, Mark Leonard
Chair: Professor Arne Westad

Whether we think sport and politics should or should not be mixed, it is clear that in the case of the Beijing Olympics the two have never been more closely intertwined. But how has the Olympics impacted on China? Has it improved or worsened China's image in the world? And how will it effect its future relations with the West?

Chris Hughes is the senior lecturer in the Department of International Relations at LSE. Athar Hussain is director of the Asia Research Centre. Martin Jacques is a visiting research fellow in the Asia Research Centre, LSE. Chen Jian is the Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at LSE. Mark Leonard is the executive director of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email events@lse.ac.uk or phone 020 7955 6043.

As before if anyone wants to go then they must pass a series of tasks.

Tasks

1. Show their interest by putting their name here. This must be done by TUESDAY.

I will then seek permission to take people. If succesful then there will be further tasks in relation to previous events at LSE.

Podcasts, Transcripts and Webcasts
Your chance to read event transcripts, listen to podcasts and watch videos of past events at LSE
Information about upcoming webcasts on LSE Live

If you're taking Unit 1 Business Studies in January...

...then spend £7.99 and buy this Revision Guide. (click link)

Homework for:

Rebecca
Wendy
Mary
Bibi
David
Sairan

Write a BRIEF revision guide for Unit 1. This is NOT for publication so I do not mind if you copy and paste.

The revision guide must be no longer than 40 pages and must cover the whole of Unit 1.

You have ten days from today - Monday.

Best quote of October

"So, i am not going to stop working on this project till we achieve the BEST results!!! And i know we will.......Believe us=)"

So you want to impress the universities?

"How can Pathways help me to get into university?

Departments of philosophy are keen to recruit students who have pursued independent study of the subject. However, they will naturally prefer those who can offer hard evidence of their ability and potential. All Pathways students receive a report from the Director of Studies on completing their program which can be used to support their application for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course. Students can also request a confidential reference in support of university applications."

Here you will find files for download. These files may be freely distributed on condition that the format or contents are not altered in any way.

The files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF, which can be read and printed out by both PC and Macintosh computers. The Adobe Acrobat reader can be obtained free from the Adobe web site at http://www.adobe.com. The URL for the download page is http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/readermain.html.

Before they can be opened, the files will need to be de-compressed. A program that will do this is Stuffit Expander, which can be obtained free from the Aladdin Systems web site at http://www.aladdinsys.com. Go to http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/ and click on the link for either PC or Mac.

'Adobe Acrobat' and 'Stuffit Expander' are registered trade marks.

If you experience any problems with downloading, de-compressing, viewing or printing these files, please e-mail me at klempner@fastmail.net and I will do my best to help!

Pathways Sampler

Download sampler.zip (132 K) compressed for PC users
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The Pathways Sampler contains the complete first unit from each of the six Pathways programs:

Program A. Introduction to Philosophy The Possible World Machine
Program B. Philosophy of Mind Searching for the Soul
Program C. Ancient Philosophy The First Philosophers
Program D. Philosophy of Language Language and the World
Program E. Moral Philosophy Reason, Values and Conduct
Program F. Metaphysics The Ultimate Nature of Things.

Extracts from other units can be found by clicking the following links: Prog A, Prog B, Prog C, Prog D, Prog E, Prog F.

Possible World Machine

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This file contains the fifteen short stories and introductions from Pathways Program A. Introduction to Philosophy The Possible World Machine.

CONTENTS: The possible world machine, the black box, walkabout, a case of doubt, a lesson in biology, the insurance policy, a moral tale, the good witness, the fatalists, the ministry of perception, Dr Johnson's boots, space hopper, the window of consciousness, message from a lonely planet, Morgan's farewell.

Check out this link and fully explore the site.

And this element too

FEES

Also look at an alternative site - remember look at both

Oxford University

~ Last year, just 23% of candidates were accepted by Oxford.
97.5% had three A’s at A-level ~

This might be a wise investment (in the context of £20,000)

Post-Bibi

Having had a discussion with Bibi, I'd like to further extend your overall education.

First would someone make sure that DAVID and DIMA return my books!!!!!!!!

I have some resources that I think would be extremely interesting to:

a. 1-2 students interested in business.

b. 1-2 students interested in Philosophy

I am prepared to lend them on the usual conditions (which David has ignored of course)

That they spread their knowledge through blog entries and that they actually learn from the experience. Plus return the resources.

I am disappointed that Mary did not write anything about the Millionaire disks - IF she listened to them she could at least have passed on what she heard.

So, 4 names please...

Whoever the business students are MUST also give a series of seminars from what they learn and also write a lot in their blogs. They MUST do this - it is a condition of the exercise.

For the philosophy, summaries will do.

On a different note it is extremely disappointing that so few - in fact none - seem to want to take responsibility for your education. I told you to contact universities. I told you to match their requirements with what the reports said about certain subjects.

You didn't so on your head be it...

Bibi's Elephant

"I keep six honest serving-men: (they taught me all i knew) their names are What and Where and When and How and Why and Who'.

From " The Elephant's Child" Kipling, 1902

Mainly Business Studies