Non-Experimental designs - ppt download

Non-Experimental designs - ppt download: Non-Experimental designs Sometimes you just can’t perform a fully controlled experiment Because of the issue of interest Limited resources (not enough subjects, observations are too costly, etc). Surveys Correlational Quasi-Experiments Developmental designs Small-N designs This does NOT imply that they are bad designs Just remember the advantages and disadvantages of each Non-Experimental designs

Nine Inch Nails in Manila, Wave Goodbye Tour (August 5, 2009)

After a long hiatus....(and surprisingly finding myself in an OK job in government while simultaneously rediscovering my "artistic side(s)" ) I will attempt to start blogging once again in the hopes that it will only provoke more excitement in my life...yup, that's it.

I open with pictures taken from the historical NINE INCH NAILS CONCERT held last August 5 at the Araneta Coliseum, Manila as part of the band's WAVE GOODBYE TOUR.

I thought I'd never actually get to see them play live after missing them twice already in Australia. Trent apparently heard my prayers. Here's to you sir, the band, and for bigger, greater things in the future.

The Setlist:

1. Somewhat Damaged
2. Terrible Lie
3. Heresy
4. March of the Pigs
5. Piggy
6. Closer
7. Reptile
8. The Becoming
9. I'm Afraid Of Americans
10. Burn
11. Gave Up
12. La Mer
13. The Fragile
14. Non-Entity
15. Gone, Still
16. The Downward Spiral
17. Wish
18. Survivalism
19. Mr. Self Destruct
20. Echoplex
21. The Day The World Went Away
22. Dead Souls (Joy Division cover)
23. The Hand That Feeds
24. Head Like A Hole

Encore:
25. Hurt

Anticipation

Pupil

Somewhat Damaged

I'm Afraid of Americans

Lights in the Sky

Justin Meldal-Johnsen

Trent Reznor

Robin Finck

Survivalism

Wish

Ilan Rubin and Trent

The Fragile

Industrial Purple

NIN Pulong

Wave Goodbye, NIN 1989-2009

Singapore Lite (March 19-25)

Miguel

Sophia

Straits Kitchen, Hyatt

Tanya

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Fine Cartoon

Another Fine Poster Shirt

With Andre and Val

Viva La Vida

Chris

Nattura (Iceland)

Nattura is a movement in Iceland seeking to stir debate and awareness for local environmental issues, especially in relation to the encroaching heavy smelting industry compounding the effects of climate change on Iceland's unique landscapes. Primarily initiated by the artist Bjork, the group has as its goal supporting small businesses and steering Icelandic society and economy towards sustainability.

Here's 2 music clips related to Nattura taken from the National Geographic, both from Icelandic artists I've always been drawn to.

First one's a live rendition of Sigur Ros' Gobbledigook performed during the Nattura concert in June 2008 . Second one's Bjork's Earth Intruders.






Art and sustainability: a fertile mix?

Congratulations Cupcakes

It's officially the end of university life for Lawrence, a new chapter is waiting. For now...congratulations cupcakes!

Floriade (October 1)

Finally saw what it was all about. An explosion of colour, beauty, and life in one of Australia's newer pilgrimage sites.











Cheers.

His Heart, Our Art: The Amorsolo Retrospective

Fernando Amorsolo, the First Philippine Artist in Painting, is well known for his portraits and paintings of women and landscapes. But he is best known for his backlight technique, his greatest contribution to painting. Using this trademark technique, his subjects become outlined against a golden glow and a burst of light in one part of the canvas serves to highlight small details nearby. He had what one would call a love affair with sunlight. And it showed clearly in his pieces. His works were always suffused with natural light, which made for rich and vibrant colors.

With this, his idealism is clearly reflected in his work. The light shining on the Filipina beauty rivals the glow in her eyes. The daily routines that occupy his subjects become illuminated with his brush. The setting is simple and bountiful, unfamiliar to darkness and hunger and strife.

(excerpt from http://www.amorsoloretro.com)

NASA: Mars Water Discovered, "Tasted" by Lander -- A First

"NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander quenched a longtime scientific thirst yesterday when it detected water in a soil sample—the first time liquid water on another planet has been touched or "tasted." "
Above: picture of Mars' polar caps taken from national geographic.

(full story and implications at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080901-mars-water.html)

At last.

The Return of Nine Inch Nails

A great new lineup, with an even greater lights show...very much still pushing the boundaries.



courtesy of twce, taken at Pemberton, Seattle July 25, 2008 where the audience were blasted with a solid set of 31 friggin songs. Wish i was there.

cheers.

The Oldest Jokes of Time!

Chanced upon an amusing article from the BBC a few minutes ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7536918.stm).

It compiled some of the oldest jokes known to history. It seems the question-and-answer formula was the preferred mode of joke delivery then, as i believe it remains to be the case today.

Here's a couple:

Egypt 1600BC (I presume found on a papyrus by worker adobes): "How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? Sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile - and urge the pharaoh to go fishing."

Sumeria/Iraq 1900BC: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap,"

Britain 10th Century: "What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? A key."

Popular themes were identified to be flatulence, and anything to do with women or sexual topics.
Haha. No pictures here. Well, maybe just a fitting one.

Sydney (June 21)

Sydney, revisited. With the right people, and the right frame of mind, you've got one of the best cities on earth.

The new over the old

Traditional owners (didgeridoo jam)

Vanilla cannoli

Ex-vanilla cannoli

Messina's gellato

Happy street

To the soldiers of misfortune

Hunter-gatherer

Lord of the high rise

Poseidon: out of water and underemployed

Sydney crawler

Bat tree

Flower's got a secret

Communicant cake

Lost and dazed in Sydney

Bridge to forever

A thousand arches

Sydney swoon

Thanks to Japs and Nicole for a most wonderful weekend. You've changed my mind about Sydney and inspired in me a heightened appreciation for Pinoy hospitality!