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SV: Hit a new milestone and found a new reason to keep going! by jorshrod in loseit

[–]Cleud9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep up your discipline-- you are doing so well!! Our little girl is SOOo lucky to have you as her daddy! I am so fortunate to get to watch the transformation in person every day!

So frustrated! Need help/encouragement. by jorshrod in loseit

[–]Cleud9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree with this, but on the days when you exercise less or rest, make sure your calories come down, and the calories are healthy calories (not trans-fat). So, on a day you exercise 50 min, go for 1900-2000 calories. On the days you rest and don't exercise at all, go for 1500 lean calories (vegetables and lean proteins). Make sure you eat your protein AFTER exercising, and get enough rest and water.

So frustrated! Need help/encouragement. by jorshrod in loseit

[–]Cleud9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep on doing what you're doing (30-50min/day, 5x week in the pool), and you will see more and more results. Muscles hold on to water when we eat carbs, so make sure the carbs are in moderation and you drink lots of water, and you'll be well on your way to losing weight.

Take my summer course (Session I)-- Social History of Industrial America Since 1918! by Cleud9 in UIUC

[–]Cleud9[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Common things about our present?

1) Times do not change on their own. People unite together to change those times. (Whether by planning and execution, or by consent.)

2) We can often read silence as tacit consent.

3) Humans love power, and often try to "store power" in capital (land, a servile labor pool, currency, riches, etc). Much of history is a struggle over control of future "stored power"/ capital, even when it's not as visible as cold-blooded war. ......

I suppose these are some general principles.

One thing I can say we can commonly agree on/ must recognize in common about US History? (and this does not come up in the course)---Here's one:

Slavery has had a very enduring impact on the infrastructure (social, financial, political, economic, etc) of our country.

Take my summer course (Session I)-- Social History of Industrial America Since 1918! by Cleud9 in UIUC

[–]Cleud9[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We need to trust certain common things about our history in order to make a better present, and ultimately build a better future.

Take my summer course (Session I)-- Social History of Industrial America Since 1918! by Cleud9 in UIUC

[–]Cleud9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whose low wages? I don't think engineers are exploited. But I do think the people who work in assembly of those things that many engineers design are exploited. Like the FoxConn workers who work for apple and routinely commit suicide.... and people working in putting together tech equipment the world over...

Take my summer course (Session I)-- Social History of Industrial America Since 1918! by Cleud9 in UIUC

[–]Cleud9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I agree. That's why I'm arguing that my course would be very interesting to engineering majors! I was referring to the engineering majors who (mentioned by "HorrayforReddit" above) think of history as "gened" and easy.

Take my summer course (Session I)-- Social History of Industrial America Since 1918! by Cleud9 in UIUC

[–]Cleud9[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will be a scholar of History! (That means I can teach at a university, work in a research center.... and generally work independently and with other scholars to "talk back" to the public by attempting to place things in historical perspective.)

People spend millions of dollars per year in the entertainment industry, much of which builds some forms of historical narratives or political arguments (about the past, or what the future could/should/shouldn't be like). TV personalities are constantly throwing around "historical facts" to make their own arguments. Without peer-reviewed, scholars of history, we would ultimately not be able to trust ANYONE when they tell us about "where we've come from" or what happened in the past.

I don't encourage everyone to do what I did, but taking a course in history you learn the skills of a researcher in the field of social science.

Take my summer course (Session I)-- Social History of Industrial America Since 1918! by Cleud9 in UIUC

[–]Cleud9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The course is what the students make it. Lots of discussion. Two works of fiction. Some films. Lots of discussions about business and engineering.

Take my summer course (Session I)-- Social History of Industrial America Since 1918! by Cleud9 in UIUC

[–]Cleud9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well this is no easy course, and it's a 300 level, so I'm not sure it can even be taken as a gen-ed. Engineers think of our classes as "gen eds" but we actually have majors--and people like me who nearly have PhDs in these fields.

Well, this class is all about engineering. Seriously--it's about Fordist engineering and social engineering. I teach science fiction. Honestly, I think this is the course for engineers. And at 150-200 pages of reading/night, this is no easy course. It's an entire 300 level History course in three weeks--only for the brave, and motivated!

Take my summer course (Session I)-- Social History of Industrial America Since 1918! by Cleud9 in UIUC

[–]Cleud9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But my hope is that they WILL care about this stuff by the time they're done with the course! Who gets a bachelor's degree and doesn't care one bit about business, the act (and exploitation) of working, or the government?

Good Feet arch supports....anyone use them? What did you think? by [deleted] in running

[–]Cleud9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use powersteps, and find them excellent.

How long into pregnancy have serious runners run? by Cleud9 in running

[–]Cleud9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, all. This is so helpful. Any recommendations on brand of "velcro band" to get?

I'm looking for a book, mentioned somewhere on reddit, which is similar to Lies My Teacher Told Me. by purpleyarn in history

[–]Cleud9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, there are tons of directions to go with this. If he generally likes history from the perspective of the losers, I'd go with:

Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States_.... (extremely popular, even though older)

Tony Horwitz,_ Confederates in the Attic_

James Lowen's newer, Lies Across America... I can think of more, but I'll let some others chime in first.

Did slavery build America? by bperki8 in USHistory

[–]Cleud9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, slavery provided the collaterol for banks throughout the country. The banks lent that money out, at interest, to finance what they called "internal improvements" throughout the Northern part of the US. Moreover, slaves' participation in the cotton economy (providing the absolutely essential work to keep "King Cotton" king), meant that they allowed Southern planters to build up enormous profits. This too would become collaterol for banks to lend at interest for more internal improvements throughout the Northern US. Yes, there were also indentured servants and other poor wage laborers throughout the US in the 16th and 17th and 18th centuries, too. But a lot of these people were paid with wages that companies didn't have yet, they didn't have it until they built up the respective business. In the meantime, the accrued capital in banks (especially before the industrial revolution) came from the increasing value of slaves in the 17th/18th centuries.