Friday, February 8, 2008

The Heroic Generation





The Heroic Generation:


At the cutting edge of Du Avant Garde, is that a civilization's development rest solely on the socio - cultural processes of how it nurtures it's youth. Thus it should be to everyone surprise that something happened previous to the year of 2000. What has happen, is the development of The Heroic Generation of American youth who are now entering the 16 to 18 years of age, as of June, 2006 - when this article was published.

Why?

The Critical aspect of this is based on the clear observation that as the American civilization has became more complex, there has been increasing equal complex burdens of sociocultrual and sociopolitical adaptions being made in childrearing techniques by both the parents and children of each family since about 1982 till the present. The forms of these adaptations have magnified the self - perceptions of diversity of the emerging core of youth even more, than their parents own development in their own childhoods'; the present impetus of greater self - discoveries as a result.

The newer aspect....
Then the physical impact of hours and hours being spent at home computers and access to the Internet by children as early as 2 1/2 has likewise created further expansion of the depth of the child's development of their audio and visual perceptions, increasing their range of needed additional information, and emotional needs during all the years afterwards; their growing dependencies upon the Internet.

As of now:
Their resulting increased visual and intellect range [ what is still not yet been measure by present early childhood reseachers - conclusively, and maybe by their present research skills unmeasureable ] is far different than their parents. This component has likewise appeared in experiences of increasing fustrations in their dealings and learning with their primary and secondary school teachers - who in most instances are unaware of their emerging student traits. This is the additional impact of computer usage and its ability to influence their own innate drives - while most of their parents being totally unaware. Furthermore, those who families have home acccess to the Internet have triggered a unique struggle for this generation of Internet users to find common idenity; this has created the basis for a different more complex cultural society to emerge within America's mulit - cultural mosaic.

Most amazing is the increasing and voluntary, they are not being forced to commit in using the Internet by their parents, interdiction of the internet experiences into radicalizing their abstractual intellegence, and near fantasy visual ranges in conjunction with the mental impacted sociocultural sphere of influences of present early childhood ( per - 12s ) sensory developments by their parent's sociocultural, socioeconomic, and sociospiritual childrearing efforts [ What the parents are passing on and the advance technique they likewise have used from the radical 1970's. ]. Moreover, their developmental causal extrapolations of rapid access and installation of competant and more highly advanced usage of computer soft wear technologies, and internet prowless has impacted new adaptations after 12 YO ( and at a critical developmental stage Piget/Erickson); thereby creating new unkown emotional structures which has their further generated biological resultant imprints on this population's innate drives. There is no research known within this area either.

Part conclusion...

" Similar to design technology functions invested in computer advance technologies and rapid streaming of mass information within the growing massive information insourcing spiders of the Internet ( here before never used by previous generations ) have had a radical impact which are largely the additional unknowns confronted by todays parents and unfortunately and similarly by present University educators as well. They, " you " [ if " you " fall into this generation ] are now the outsourcing resultants"
Now, historically, now, this process has created new emotional and intellectual structures and have been observed to be firmly inserted into this generations' overall personality traits which is generated by every single successful experience during time durations [ after an unknown quanity of time expended ] related computer access obtained by the child user. In dealing with present forms of how children are integrated into society this has created a separate intellect, nonetheless, and thus forming new resultant and yet unkown " impacted innate intellectual drives which are increasingly creating emotional technocentered more adpated " new corridors."

Presently this has been recently touched on, largely in their emerging emotional fields, by Presidential Canidate Barack Obama. [ Comment edited to this article June 2008 ] His campaign use of the Internet and who, the users, he has been getting his political message to, and likewise his contributions from.

Part conclusion ....
Simply the causal resultant of increased usage and depth of range of their nervous systems has result in a different intellectual population.

It is what is contained within in this new corridor is their main future focus of unity. How internet experiences have impacted their own personal, and individual bio - spheres, and the resultant increased locations and more diverse usage of their brain stimulus is still even the greater unknown - even to themselves.

Thus and unlike Gertude Stein quote about the " Lost Generation " We now have the " Heroic Generation. " In a historic review we have had Heroic Generations born in 1745, 1832, 1876, 1919, 1946, and then 1982.

What is even more surprising is that they have caught upon certain indenity ethos which is in its initial stages of social and cultural evolution - development; and are just now being defined by themselves, while others outsiders are in the dark. Moreover, the socio-spirituality of this genertion is their special gifts.

The result in art, music, and others is just now appearing at their other edges....

This is leading us to the....

The impact of which will be felt culturally around the year 2016. Politically is the greater unknown, can Barack Obama tap into it? No one knows...


Pax Fidelis!

Monday, February 4, 2008

The Ithaca Downtown Partnership


The Ithaca Commons WebSite and The Ithaca Urban Entertainment Center and Construction Directory WebPage was generate as a supplement to Ithaca Night Life ( NightLife ), NY. This is part of a promotional process in which to attract more tourist to the local scene and thereby creating an additional economic reality locally by tourism.


The singificant factor in promoting centers, IE. the Ithaca Commons is that it draws [ There are less parking problems now - a - days too ! ] people into a central area in which to be seen and at times meet friends all the while shopping at exotic shops. Recently, several downtown merchants have been doing complete face lifts on their stores facades and thus with the additional construction and new mass traniset stations Ithaca is about to be - renewed.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

East Coast Asian American Student Union Conference


Cornell University will host the 2008 East Coast Asian American Student Union Conference (ECAASU), Feb. 15-17, 2008, on its Ithaca campus. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of America's largest and oldest Asian American student forum, students from more than 100 universities and colleges will attend the three-day conference.


Founded in 1977, ECAASU has brought together more than 1,000 Asian American students annually across the East Coast to promote the unity of all who share Asian heritage and empower people of color through education and coalition building.


This year's theme, "Push Forward," will provide students with opportunities to review the changes and challenges Asian Americans have experienced, collectively and individually, and discuss issues critical today to the Asian American community as a whole.


In addition to networking, there will be various workshops and talks by keynote speakers, including Yul Kwon, the winner of a CBS reality television series Survivor Cook Island; Becky Lee, founder of Becky's Fund; and Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation. Performers, including Sri-Lankan-American word artist D'Lo and hip hop music duo Blue Scholars, will provide entertainment.


For online registration and information on programming schedule, lodging and transportation, visithttp://www.ecaasu2008.org/. Early registration is encouraged as the fee will increase after Jan. 5, 2008, from $45 to $55 for non-Cornell students; $15 for Cornell students; and $65 for all walk-ins.
Contact: Sabina Lee

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

International Tatoo Arts


Orientation for Cornell's International Students / Scholars


Ithaca is an Ivy League town, with the eccentric professors and overworked students of Cornell University calling East Hill home. For non-academics this means that there's no shortage of youthful energy (except during exam week), and one good place to enjoy it is the Collegetown district, a thriving stretch of bars, shops, and restaurants along College Ave., just outside of the Cornell campus.


The non-university-affiliated counterpart to Collegetown is The Commons, a pedestrian mall located at the intersection of 79 and Aurora, right in the heart of downtown. The Commons are full of unconventional stores and oddball characters, as well as coffee shops, cafes, and nightspots. Different times of the year will find The Commons offering summer concerts, art displays, live reindeer (the earthbound variety), and festivals for both apples and chili.


The best things to do in Ithaca are the little things, like exploring the farmer's market, or spending a day by the lake at Stewart Park. In fact, it's best to spend as much time by the lake as possible, which is why many visitors return year after year to rent lake-front cabins. Even if you opt out of the waterfront property, a good Bed & Breakfast will do just as well, just remember to skip your complimentary breakfast one morning and head to Ziffy's Diner on Lincoln Street for some greasy eggs and a heaping mound of home fries.


Most people who come to Ithaca are not looking to pack their days with sightseeing and tourism; they are looking for a relaxed environment to escape the grind of the real world. Hence the inspiration behind another bumper sticker: "Ithaca, NY: 10 Square Miles Surrounded By Reality." If you don't believe it take a ride to the top of South Hill as the sun is going down. The brilliant colors of dusk wane over the small little town and the boats on the lake making their way toward the docks. Just to the east of Cayuga the lights on Rt. 13 curve around to form the outline of what looks like a swan. It's a sight that is, truly, gorges.

Nanofabrics -Smart Clothes Repel Germs, Allergens & Pollution


Function meets fashion with the emerging interest in smart textiles. Recently, Cornell student Olivia Ong debuted a jacket and dress made of "nanofabrics" on the fashion runway. Both items, coated in nano-sized bits of metal, are resistant to dirt, allergens and even break down harmful pollution before it reaches the wearer's skin.

Taken from the Daily Galaxy

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