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Rick's Box of Thoughts: A Word on Political Correctness
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Rick's Box of Thoughts. Wednesday, July 9, 2008. A Word on Political Correctness. Last quarter I was assisting the Cross-Cultural Center’s. CCC) Search Committee with the hiring effort for a new assistant director. In the final stage, we interviewed five candidates who were outstanding individuals and proved to possess necessary skills for the position. A lady with a law degree from Boalt School of Law. We should not allow room for exclusive and discriminatory language. I don’t know exactly when &#...
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UWP 101: The 4th of July main event
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008. The 4th of July main event. Since I will be out of town for the next few days with no internet access, I will write my third post of the week now so I have the three posts ready to be graded. With the 4th of July weekend coming up, many people are going to be traveling with family or friends. Calvin. Are forcing more people to stay home than usual. The salmonella outbreak. What is your argument in this post? I appreciate your humorous link to gas prices, and the way that you refe...
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UWP 101: Dreaming of...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008. What is a dream? Has two definitions that I believe are the main things we think of when we hear the word dream. The first definition is “a train of thoughts, images, or fancies passing through the mind during sleep.” The second definition is “an ideal or aspiration.” After reading Arlen's post. On dreams and sleep habit, I decided to focus on the first definition. No one has discussed this yet. I've seen cats and dogs have dreams, for sure.). July 27, 2008 at 7:43 PM. In respons...
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UWP 101: How do we learn about the past?
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008. How do we learn about the past? What do we utilize history for? We utilize it to help us learn from mistakes in the past. We utilize it as a way for us to make things better in the future. There are various methods by which history is passed down to us. The most interesting one that comes to mind is oral history. According to Wikipedia. Their opinion would be that the war is a pointless one with pointless casualties. The oral transmission of history can potentially cause a lot of i...
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Rick's Box of Thoughts: Thoughts Stemming From An Econ Experiment
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Rick's Box of Thoughts. Monday, July 7, 2008. Thoughts Stemming From An Econ Experiment. The outcome of the experiment was shocking. Within each resume batch, those with white sounding names received a general 50% higher callback rates compared to their counterparts. In addition, through data analysis after the experiment, Bertrand and Mullainathan discovered that being white mathematically equals eight additional years of work experience considering experience an indicator of callback rates. Consider th...
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Rick's Box of Thoughts: July 2008
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Rick's Box of Thoughts. Thursday, July 31, 2008. Would it be possible to achieve a harmonious balance between the two? A fair conclusion is difficult to be drawn for we are in a time where privacy is a well-oiled machine in the economy. 8220;Privacy.” Oxford English Dictionary. March 2008. https:/ vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/cgi/entry/,DanaInfo=dictionary.oed.com 50188914? Single=1&query type=word&queryword=privacy&first=1&max to show=10. Tuesday, July 29, 2008. What I Think about Blogging. While remaining appre...
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Rick's Box of Thoughts: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words. Really?
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Rick's Box of Thoughts. Thursday, July 24, 2008. A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words. Really? Except for the times when I am playing video games, I am not a visual person. Hence when I learned one of our weekly writing assignments being a digital image analysis, my heart immediately sunk. Completely clueless about digital photography, I borrowed a friend’s camera and started brainstorming for picture ideas. In the thinking process, a Kip Fulbeck. Your title really captured my attention and made me want t...
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UWP 101: Wants vs. Needs
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Wants vs. Needs. In class yesterday, we had a lengthy discussion on the differences between wanting something and needing something. The things we think we need and the things we think we want end up in a gray zone that causes us to lose focus on the purpose of purchasing the item to begin with. Do we really need a shiny new BMW. When that trusty Honda Civic. Has been getting you from Point A to Point B safely for the past few years? I looked at the information and nearly fell out ...
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UWP 101: It's not all just about race
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Friday, July 11, 2008. It's not all just about race. Earlier in the week, we discussed difference and it ended up leading to a rather heated discussion about race. Race is just one of a multitude of ways by which we can be seen as being different from others. However, people can be judged differently even within race. Is a government-owned structure that leases apartments out to low-income families. Living in a government-owned apartment like that leaves people stigmatized, as they are seen as being ...
