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«Harmonisierung von Körper und Geist»

Walter Eigenmann

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Alternative therapeutische Verfahren wie beispielsweise die (bei uns kaum bekannte) sog. «Altorientalische Musiktherapie» subsumiert der westliche Rationalist oft, wenn er wohlwollend ist, unter «Ethno», vielleicht auch naserümpfend unter «Esoterik» – oder überhaupt gleich unter «Scharlatenerie». Wissenschaftlich gestützte Musiktherapie ja – aber Schamanen-Gesänge, Uighurische Tänze, Wassermurmeln und Trommelrhythmen?
Wenn da bloß nicht die unleugbaren Erfolge der alternativen Heilmethoden wären – und das Votum zahlreicher, sehr wohl ernst zu nehmender Wissenschaftler wie beispielsweise des Direktors des Instituts für Medizinische Psychologie am Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg. Er schreibt: «In der wissenschaftlich fundierten Heilkunde Mitteleuropas wollen sich die Menschen darauf verlassen können, dass das, was man Therpie nennt, nachweislich wirkt. Man will wissen, bei welchen gesundheitlichen Störungen welche Interventionen die Heilung fördern. Dazu werden eine differenzierte Diagnostik und Versuchspläne gefordert, die es ermöglichen, die spezifischen Wirkungen therapeutischer Interventionen im Vergleich zu unbehandelten Kontrollgruppen herauszufinden. [...] Meiner Meinung nach ist es bei den Bemühungen um medizinische Exaktheit sinnvoll, zwischen eher körperlichen und eher seelischen Wirkungen von Musik zu unterscheiden, auch wenn man das letztlich nicht voneinander trennen kan. Ich werde skeptisch, wenn mir Musik auf Tonträgern angeboten wird, die spezifisch auf Gelenke, Entzündungen, Eingeweide, Geschlechtsteile oder Kopf und Augen wirken soll. [...] Etwas anderes ist das Anliegen der Heilung im seelischen Bereich zu bewerten. Zuversicht, Lebensfreude, Entspannung, das Erleben von Demut oder innerem Frieden gehören in jedem Falle zur Heilung und zur Lebensqualität – und zwar unabhängig davon, was im Körper krank ist und vielleicht auch krank bleibt.»

Oruç Güvenç mit dem schamanischen Kilkopuz, Andrea-Azize Güvenç mit der altorientalischen Kopuz

Diese Sätze von Rolf Verres leiten eine neue AOM-Publikation mit dem Titel «Heilende Musik aus dem Orient» ein. Autor ist der Istanbuler Psychologe, Musiktherapeut und Sufi-Meister Dr. Oruç Güvenç, der gemeinsam mit seiner Frau, der deutschen Ergotherapeutin Andrea Güvenç – sie amtiert im Buch als Autorin wie als Türkisch-Übersetzerin – einen üppig ausgestatteten Text- und Bildband (mit Compact-Disc) in Sachen Altorientalische Musiktherapie (AOM) präsentiert.

Die klang-, tanz- und farbbeseelte Wellness-Reise des Ehepaares Güvenç beginnt tief in der Vergangenheit, bei 14′000 Jahre alten Felszeichnungen im Aserbaidschanischen Gobustan, wo tanzende Figuren auf die uralte Tradition heilender Bewegungsrituale hinweisen. Ein anderer wichtiger «urzeitlicher», noch heute sprudelnder Quell uralter Heilsysteme sind – nach Autor Güvenç – die Schamanen Zentralasiens, die Baksi: «Bei ihren Ritualen imitieren die Baksi mit der eigenen Stimme oder Instrumenten Tierstimmen und andere Klänge aus der Natur. Zudem ahmen sie die Gebärden, Haltungen und Bewegungen der Tiere nach. Dabei verwenden sie Instrumente wie Trommeln, Kilkopuz, Dombra und andere, die sie aus Naturmaterialien herstellen.»

Eines der Hauptinstrumente der AOM: Die türkische Kudüm-Trommel

Ausgehend von solchen Ur-Heilritualen erarbeitete sich die AOM ihre eigenen, Rhythmus-, Ton- und Bewegungs-gestützten musiktherapeutischen Verfahren. Dabei basiert die Methode von Güvenç und anderen schamanisch orientierten «Heilern» auf einigen zentralen, meistenteils durchaus auch für westliche «Ohren» (mittlerweile) nachvollziehbaren Axiomen. Dazu Güvenç: «Die AOM versteht sich nicht als direkter schamanischer Heilweg, wenngleich Elemente und Ideen aus schamanischen Praktiken Zentralasiens angewendet werden. Beispielsweise: a) Der Glaube, dass sich frühe ‘Techniken’ wie Klänge, Melodien, Rhythmen und Improvisationen über Jahrtausende bewährt haben und auch heute noch ihre Wirkung entfalten; b) Die Bewertung des inneren Erlebens, der inneren Erfahrung, als Ergänzung zur äußeren Welt; c) Die Vorstellung, dass es neben den technologischen Fähigkeiten auch ein nicht-technologisches Wissen des menschlichen Geistes gibt; d) Die Annahme, dass der Mensch von den Pflanzen, Steinen und Tieren lernen kann». In solchen spirituellen Ansätzen trifft sich offensichtlich das orientalische Denken mit jenem aus dem fernöstlichen Kulturraum; Die «Reise nach innen» ist grundlegende Voraussetzung beider Konzepte.

Das Element Wasser: Emotionaler Träger von Spiritualität und Beruhigung, gleichzeitig Reinigungsritual

Ein paar Ingredienzien der AOM sind zentral in der musiktherapeutischen Arbeit Güvençs: Der physische und «musikalische» Einsatz des Wassers; der Einbezug der menschlichen Stimme; die uralte Sufi-Instrumentalkultur; der Ausdruckstanz. Der kombinierte Einsatz dieser vier individuell vermittelten und erfahrenen, gezielt unter Begleitung des AOM-Leiters eingesetzten Praktiken kann laut Ehepaar Güvenç durchaus zu Trance und Ekstase führen: «Diese Trancezustände waren den Menschen in der östlichen Kultur durchaus vertraut. Sie waren gelebter Bestandteil der Riten und Rituale im Schamanen- und Sufiturm. [...] Die heutige Wissenschaft sagt, dass Bewusstseinsveränderung und Trance zu den Grundfähigkeiten des Menschen gehören. Die Medizin des Orients kennt ihre heilige und heilende Wirkung schon seit langem. Erst nach und nach erkennt auch die moderne Medizin, wie sie sich diese Mechanismen zunutze machen kann, um Schmerzen zu lindern und Heilungsprozesse zu fördern.»

Der Körper als Instrument: Aufnahme von einem Sema-Ritual im Jahre 2008. Das Ritual dauerte 40 Tage und Nächte.

Mit solchen Erkenntnissen aus der eigenen musiktherapeutischen Arbeit schlägt das Ehepaar Güvenç eine Brücke zur nach wie vor kognitiv dominierten (Apparate-)Medizin des Westens. Ihr Buch wird eingefleischte Rationalisten nicht überzeugen, sondern bestenfalls in der Schublade «Interessant, aber unbewiesen» kontaminiert werden, denn der «Glaubensfaktor» als individuell zu erbringende, betont «imaginitive» Leistung des «Kranken» spielt in der AOM wie in vielen anderen therapeutischen Ansätzen (ganz gleich welcher geographischen Couleur) bekanntlich eine zentrale Rolle. Andererseits ist nicht einzusehen, warum intelligentes Therapieren neben dem ganzen okzidentalen medizinischen «Arsenal» nicht auch (nachweislich erfolgreiche) alternative Praktiken integrieren soll; hier bekäme «Ganzheitlicheit» nochmals einen neuen interessanten Bedeutungsaspekt.

Jenseits aller Theorie bekommt der Leser mit «Heilende Musik aus dem Orient» jedenfalls auch gleich den praktischen Selbstversuch inklusive detaillierte Anleitung mitgeliefert: Der reichhaltig bebilderte, bibliographisch schön gestaltete Band enthält eine 60-minüte Audio-CD der türkischen Gruppe «Tümata» (Abk. = «Türkische Musik in wissenschaftlicher Erforschung und Präsentation») mit einer Auswahl orientalischer Musik, vom schamanischen Tanz bis zu Sufi-Gesängen. Damit gerät des Ehepaars Güvenç’ «Heilende Musik aus dem Orient» zu einer sinn-lichen, seine Thematik sehr attraktiv präsentierenden Reise durch «alle Zeiten und Räume» hin zum «paradiesischen Ursprung der Musik» (Güvenç). Literaturhinweise, Sach- und Namensregister sowie ein Anhang mit Kontaktadressen und Hinweisen zu Institutionen und Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten runden den Band ab. ■

Andrea und Oruç Güvenç: Heilende Musik aus dem Orient – Vom traditionellen Wissen der Schamanen und Sufis zur praktischen Anwendung altorientalischer Musiktherapie, mit Audio-CD, 148 Seiten, Südwest Verlag, ISBN 978-3-517-08535-7

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I really liked late spring and summer this year. It was a very productive time for me and colleagues that share interest in similar research themes. I think we really got the ball rolling as far as research on social networks and HRM is concerned.

In May I was on “the UK tour”. It started by co-organizing a special track “Knowledge renewal in knowledge networks” at the EURAM 2009 conference in Liverpool (with Miha Škerlavaj, Juani Swart and John Powell) and continued with research seminars at the University of Bath and the Cardiff University. Special thanks here go to Juani Swart and John Powell, who were excellent hosts and provided the opportunity to share my work and ideas with people of these two highly respected institutions. Apart from talks about social networks, HRM, and professional service firms we also discussed differences in faculty management systems, challenges of teaching executives and the good old “publish or perish” issue.

The beginning of August was all about the Annual Academy of Management meeting in Chicago. I really enjoyed it because I could combine my social network and HRM interests in one conference, which is not very often. I met a lot of very nice and interesting people and learned a lot. Apart from that Zella King and I organized a PDW on “Social network perspectives in HRM research”; the attendance level indicated that the interest for this perspectives is rising among HRM researches. My job at the PDW was to do the introduction (you will find an overview of my talk under Resources). The feedback on the PDW was great – we now plan a mini-conference for March and a special issue about HRM and social networks in the near future.

O seara aproape perfecta. Nevasta lui Zorro on line, Cheeco sforaie.

Iar broasca aia teribila de afara, care era za dusman s a facut un brotacel mic. Asta inseamna ca `s-au diminuat dusmanii“?Tomitza latra disperat, Aom.

Aom`ul este ceva ce apartine Om`ului.

E o senzatie ciudata cum as fi privita de afara.

Ba, tu care citesti asta..de ce nu  comentezi niciodata?  Ca vin la tine si te sparg.  Iti dau cu capul in gura “pana` ti inghiti voma“- buna expresie, skinhead parca. Citesti ca fraieru minuni, nici macar nu mi stingi becul, doar stii cat ma deranjeaza si astepti in continuare. Sufletul meu!

Pestisorule, vreau un seria 5 nou. pliz

In session 19i: Bioenergetics in Geochemical Modeling today, Marc Alperin put forward the provocative idea that methane-cycling ANME archaea in consortia with sulfate-reducing bacteria are not oxidizing methane, as commonly presumed, but producing it.

Boetius et al., 2000 Nature

The hypothesis comes from modeling the consortia in a diffusion-reaction model. When archaea (red cells in the figure) are modeled as methane-oxidizers, predicted rates of methane oxidation and sulfate reduction are orders of magnitude short of what is actually observed. However, if the model allows the archaea to produce methane instead, predicted rates of sulfate reduction are close to observed rates. The new model predicts that sulfate-reducing bacteria (green in the figure) will even have higher energy yields. They do even better by sharing H2 with methanogens.

Talks that challenge dogma are always attention-getting and provoke new thinking. Now the onus is on everyone to go out and test the new model – and to determine how the methane is being oxidized if not by ‘reverse’ methanogenesis.

Park Jae Beom (JaeBeom of 2PM) did a photo shoot and interview for Nylon’s June issue. Excerpts are below

How did you like the tattoo we drew on for today’s shoot? I thought you’d have a tattoo since you rapped and b-boyed (breakdanced) while growing up in Seattle; I’m surprised (that you don’t).

It’s cool. The company (JYP Entertainment) won’t allow it since we’re an idol group. But I certainly want to get one later on.

How do you like photo shoots?

I had fun. It wasn’t tiring at all. Since I exercise several hours a day, this extent is not tiring. It would have good if I was a bit taller and better looking.

Your figure and moves are good.

Before debuting as [part of] 2PM, I even received a prize as a b-boy in the States.

I saw a video of your first place win in Marysville’s Breaking the Silence – your body movements are very free and agile.

Thank you. I still do it. Even now, my friends who are there keep winning the prize for first place. It’s a team called AOM – Art of Movement. Whenever I visit the States I go out to competitions with them.

I’ve heard that you clashed a lot with the company’s training methods when you first went in because you liked to dance freely without set schedules.

I’m the type to manage myself. It was really tough because the scheduling didn’t suit me, the food didn’t suit me, and I couldn’t communicate well either. I also wanted to see my family. There weren’t many trainees at that time either. I even thought of giving up because it was difficult but truthfully, it’s embarrassing to give up. I didn’t want to disappoint my mom either. Now, my mom as well as my friends are proud of me. I’m happy.

Weren’t you uneasy how the group almost dissipated because the members kept switching?

JunSu and I were here at the beginning but the kids kept coming and going after that. I wasn’t nervous. I don’t know. I just thought this is how it is. I don’t have a worrying personality. I just thought, ‘What happens will happen, to the extent of effort I put in’. I think that in life when I work hard, things turn out well; if I’m lazy, things don’t turn out. I think that’s as it should be. I used to play basketball until high school when I took up dancing and singing.

When was the first time you got into music and dance?

In grade 2 of elementary school my older male cousin was listening to rap on a walkman. The track was Warren G’s ‘Regulator’. I’ve completely been in love with hip hop since then. I didn’t think that I have to do something about it. I simply kept buying and listening to CDs since then. In kindergarten, I listened to Michael Jackson a lot. If you look at it one way, it’s really amazing. I’d follow along and dance while watching Michael Jackson. To be honest, I debated a lot before coming into JYP because I enjoy simply dancing and chilling with friends. But then I thought that it would be good to show something rather than just dance like that.

What’s the most important thing you’ve learned since coming to JYP?

That you can’t do it if you’re weak. I think that only very strong people can become singers. I don’t think it’s something that any regular person can do.

What does it mean to be strong?

A person with will power. A tough person who can stand to the end. It’s like that especially at JYP. Since we do just acrobatics for four hours and such. From the beginning your leg can get torn and it really hurts. It’s difficult.

Then you must be a really tough person?

That’s right. Since I’ve gotten this far. I just kept exercising by myself. Other people seem to use trainers to get their ideal body. I didn’t know. I used to run outside in the early morning in the middle of winter.

Why? In order to look good?

I just liked Usher’s six pack. I worked out my abs since seeing [Usher's] in middle school. In high school I did weight training to make my body light. I had to since I was a b-boy.

There must be some things that you don’t do in order to maintain your ideal body

I don’t smoke nor do I drink alcohol. I dislike it. It’s not good for one’s health either. Alcohol doesn’t taste good either. I’ve never tried smoking even once so I’m not sure about that.
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When I think of the word “environmentalism” my thoughts are split between a buzzword that is too often used and a truly important issue that faces humans as stewards of the earth. There are radical approaches to environmentalism that are sometimes seemingly designed to shock humans into compliance with conservation efforts when perhaps a more rational approach might be just as appealing and effective. Then there are mid-range, scientific approaches which in a sound-byte society may be perceived as boring and ineffective. Within an organizational context, the “green” trends of today’s corporations and enterprises could easily become just part of another cycle of management theory which will eventually run its course. I personally think that the term “green” has been exploited beyond anything I’d imagined it to mean, transcending sustainability and environmentally-conscious behavior/habits to include notions and products that aren’t really “green” at all. “Green” in my humble opinion, is probably one of the most misused terms of our time.

Regardless of the ambiguity (and perhaps in an effort to clarify), the Academy of Management will have their annual meeting in September with the entire conference being centered around the concept of “green management”. If one has no experience with the AOM they might not know about all of the divisions it has, but there are many. After the call for submissions came out, researchers in the academic community were challenged to think about the concept of “Green Management” and what it might mean to them and their respective division(s). As a conference reviewer, I looked at about eight submissions (papers and symposia) and not one of those submissions addressed anything green. They didn’t even try. (I should note here that I rather appreciated the researchers’ resistance of the urge to try to fit a topic into a theme that really had no connection – or a weak connection at best.) That notwithstanding, it will be interesting to see how much “green” actually appears in conference presentations and resulting publications in September.

The Midwestern AOM has somewhat referenced the main conference’s “green theme” but avoided attempting to make their October regional conference all about “green”. Again, “green” is a wonderful concept and we all should be thinking about opportunities to treat our resources with care but sometimes we, as consumers of information, should avoid trying to make connections between topics that could not [entirely or sometimes even in part] possibly be connected in any way. Does that make those topics bad – or just different? My feeling is different. Don’t try to morph a topic into something different than it is. That’s deception ultimately not very useful to the consumer as good information.

I just completed reviewing six paper submissions for the Academy of Management conference coming up in August 2009.  Though it took some time to complete the reviews, I found it to be a rewarding and educational experience.  I believe that most of the papers were submitted by my peers (meaning PhD students).  A couple were really well written and the rest were so-so.  I was concerned that I would not be able to critique them, but found the process fairly smooth after the first paper.

This experience will help me in the future when I submit papers for conference presentations.  The best papers clearly stated the research literature gap that was being addressed by the paper.  They also provided a complete set of definitions and theoretical background to set the foundation of their research question.  The worst papers meandered, had grammatical errors or failed to address the promise of their introduction.

These are the reviewer guidelines provided to us by AOM.  I recommend anyone who is preparing to submit a paper to a conference apply these guidelines while reading their own paper.  Better yet, have one of your friends or colleagues read your paper and use the guidelines.

Introduction: is there a clear research question, with a solid motivation behind it? Is the research question interesting? After reading the introduction, did you find yourself motivated to read further?

Theory: Does the submission contain a well-developed and articulated theoretical framework?  Are the core concepts of the submission clearly defined?  Is the logic behind the hypotheses persuasive?  Is extant literature appropriately reflected in the submission, or are critical references missing?  Do the hypotheses or propositions logically flow from the theory?

Method (for empirical papers): Are the sample and variables appropriate for the hypotheses? Is the data collection method consistent with the analytical techniques applied? Does the study have internal and external validity? Are the analytical techniques appropriate for the theory and research questions and were they applied appropriately?

Results (for empirical papers): Are the results reported in an understandable way? Are there alternative explanations for the results, and if so, are these adequately controlled for in the analyses?

Contribution: Does the submission make a value-added contribution to existing research? Does the submission stimulate thought or debate? Do the authors discuss the implications of the work for the scientific and practice community?

The above guidelines came from the Academy of Management reviewer website (this may be a member-only site).

So what do we do when we come to the conclusion that we can not effectively time the stock market and that constantly buying and selling stocks, bonds, ETFs, and mutual funds is not an effective strategy?  We diversify.  I want to also add that diversifying through ETFs is a very cost effective way to do this.  ETFs seem to be the most effective and complete way to maintain the investing strategy of indexing which in essence is creating a highly diversified, passively invested portfolio.

What holds many back from having a very successful indexing strategy using ETFs is getting distracted by the interesting and exotic ETF offerings, giving the investor exposure to foreign and domestic niche markets and asset classes.  I think many of these newer ETFs provide value to a portfolio but too often become over-weighted because of the promise of historical performance and historical correlations to the overall market

Something that I think is flying under the radar is the introduction of iShares S&P Target Risk ETFs.  This is an area that has no previous ETF exposure.  The target risk ETFs, listed below, each track an S&P Target Risk Series Index.

Made for Success?

These risk based funds like the very similar iShares target date funds, are created by surveying other actively managed risk based mutual funds and using the aggregate of their asset allocation decisions, then using ETFs to match those asset allocation decisions.  If indexing is indeed the better strategy in each of the asset class categories, all these risk based funds need to do is continue to have the lowest total cost.  Simply, they will beat the average of their mutual fund peers.   

The Passive, Passive Strategy

The target risk based ETFs can solve the problem and tendency for investors to chase after trends and fads in the investing universe, especially in so called passive indexed portfolios.  The expense ratios include the cost of the underlying ETFs and represent the category average mutual fund’s asset allocation decisions while avoiding stock selection and market timing risks. 

This leaves investors with only one decision, their risk level.  There are many resources for figuring this out and the ETFs themselves, being very transparent with their allocations and holdings can send investors very clear signals on the suitability of each fund.

A New Dawn for ETFs?

These new ETFs no doubt will allow for an easier transition into 401k plans and dollar cost averaging strategies used by investors saving for retirement.  Now the trading cost of buying many ETFs can be reduced to one.  These ETFs give the advantage of professional allocation strategies and the intelligence of indexing while reducing trading cost and the risk of over allocating trends in the ETF industry.

The following is an article featured on Indexuniverse.com recent ally as part of my column, Efficient Investor.

IShares has just issued a dozen new unique ETFs which track the S&P Target Date Index Series and the Target Risk Index Series.  Below is a breakdown of the two categories with the tickers and expense ratios.

Methodology

The S&P Target Date Index Series and Target Risk Index Series are composed entirely of iShares ETFs, similar to a fund of funds.  Each underlying ETF is chosen as a broad representation of an asset class. According to Standard and Poor’s Target Date Index Series methodology guide,

“The index series reflects the market consensus for asset allocations for different target date horizons.  In particular, each index is representative of the investment opportunity available to investors for the corresponding target date horizon, with asset class exposure driven by a survey of available target date funds for that horizon.”   

This means that it is the two index series’ intention to provide a benchmark based on asset allocation opportunities available in the marketplace.  This is different from most indexes that systematically hold the entire or a representation of an investable universe, defined by an asset class, style, sector, industry, etc.  These indexes instead, represent aggregate asset allocations by each index’s mutual fund peer group.

To determine the asset-class weights for each target date and target risk index, S&P surveys mutual funds categorized as Target Date funds or Target Risk funds by the Lipper and Morningstar databases.  After surveying a category peer group, a trend line is fitted to the data points, only utilizing asset classes with more than 1%.  Measures are taken to solve an outlier effect without removing the number of funds used in the survey.  The indexes are rebalanced annually using the same surveying method.

The goal of these indexes is to represent allocation decisions among asset classes and not sector, style, or individual security selections. To represent an asset class allocation, iShares ETFs are used.  It is very clear that S&P intended and designed the indexes to become ETFs.  It is interesting that S&P choose ETFs as the underlying assets instead of the indexes that those ETFs track.  This makes the creation and redemption of the ETF simpler since hundreds of individual securities are represented by the underlying ETFs.

The expense ratios of the target date and target risk index funds listed above include the expense ratios charged by the underlying ETFs of each Fund.  The expense ratio fees of the underlying ETFs, which are all iShares products, are discounted when held by the fund.  Listed below are the ETFs S&P can employ for asset allocations that are determined for their Target Date Index and Target Risk Index Series.  Each index may or may not contain all these funds depending on their asset class inclusion in each index.

Target Date Indexing

Unlike other ETFs, target-date ETFs have an ending signified by their given target date.  The S&P Target Date Retirement Income Index Fund (TGR) is designed to be the endpoint for all target date funds. According to S&P, three years after an index’s target date, the target date index will than match the Retirement Income Index.  Once an ETF reaches its designated target date it will be rolled into the S&P Target Date Retirement Income Fund.  The ETFs tracking the indexes should follow this same method.

Opening Doors for ETFs

By creating ETFs made entirely of ETFs, highly diversified global portfolios diversified among asset classes and all sectors give investors a one stop shop for risk managed portfolios or risk appropriate portfolios.  For individual investors, the trading cost of trading several ETFs can be eliminated to one ETF, since the ETF is a representation of nine other highly diversified funds.  Also, these funds can act as an investable benchmark against their advisor’s performance or be used by individual investors who want exposure to asset classes like emerging markets and international but are not sure what their exposure should be given their risk tolerance. 

These ETFs are designed by sponging off of mutual funds the aggregate of their asset allocation decisions while removing their market timing and stock picking decisions.  Interestingly, these ETFs depend on mutual funds for their allocation results and therefore are perfect substitutes, suited to outperform the average comparable mutual fund taking into account fees and expenses.

The question is not whether these ETFs will compete with mutual funds and advisors but where they will compete.  Target funds are very popular in retirement 401k plans, thought of as an autopilot approach.  With software being developed to trade ETFs on an omnibus trading platform, ETFs can now be offered in a complete way to plan participates.  The need for this kind of ETF has been clear and many companies and advisors have been offering target date and risk profiled model portfolios made from ETFs.  WisdomTree, a major frontrunner in offering ETFs in 401k plans with an omnibus trading platform, has been providing model portfolios for 401k plans constructed entirely of ETFs.  The similar iShares ETF products bring more transparency by providing a direct way to invest in the model.  The drawback to the ETF structure relative to an advisor’s model portfolio is that the iShares ETFs will change weightings as market prices change and weightings can be shifted away from the original allocation when you invest since the fund is rebalanced annually.  With WisdomTree’s models one can invest in the model allocations when they decide to invest.  The problem will be solved to an investor once the fund is rebalanced annually.

Without a doubt these 12 funds open doors to new ETF investors, provide direct competition to mutual fund assets in 401k plans, and prove that having an all ETF portfolio is accessible, cheap, and potentially optimal.  I am happy to say that these new advances in ETFs fit with traditional indexing strategies providing a framework for indexing to work with all platforms, for all investors, and at very cost effective prices.

To Be Fair

IShares is actually not the first to have target date funds, TDX Independence was.  Last year TDX Independence issued 4 target date funds and 1 retirement fund, TDX Independence In-Target ETF (TDX).  On average the TDX Independence funds are twice the price of the similar iShares products and are based on Zacks Investment Research Lifecycle Index series.  The index structure tries to select equity and fixed income securities that they believe will outperform the benchmarks.  This is very different from the S&P series which is more systematic and utilizes indexing principles.

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ตกใจ เพราะ เวปที่ทำจาก  AOM นั้นไม่มีสินค้าอะไรเลย

ไปเปิดที่เวป อื่นๆ ของตัวเอง ก็มีเป็นบ้าง ไม่เป็นบ้าง

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For the occasion of the PICNIC08 I filmed the 2 great new works, showing art on Second Life is evolving to a higher quality level.

ORIENTATION – Arthole
a commentary on the nature of corporate conformity
by Arahan Claveau & Nebulosus Severine
    

and

Avatar Orchestra Metaverse
The New Economy – by Blaise DeLaFrance Voom

Using in-world instruments. The sounds grow stronger when the camera approaches.
Concerts are played with people all over the world.
Instruments are created specific for each piece. These instruments also feature visuals and
animations, and performances of a jumping, hovering, floating, dancing and twirling Avatar.

Orchestra Metaverse is a truly unique and spectacular event.
The Orchestra approach Second Life as an instrument itself.
The result is dependent on both the performers and the virtual environment
in which they play. (D, I, CA, USA, N, UK)

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A direct mail marketing message came to me today ahead of the Academy of Management meetings.

Is this for real?

Do you have questions about life?

Stop by the McGraw-Hill/Irwin booth Sunday, Aug.9 and Tuesday, Aug. 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and get lifes questions answered by our psychics!

I previously mentioned that my daughter was sick right before our planned trip to China. Our flight was on a Thursday. On the Saturday before, she started to act a bit sick. She woke up from an afternoon nap and had a minor fever or 100.4. However, every temperature from then on was normal. She had this harsh sounding cough and quite a bit of snot that was making it hard for her to sleep. Otherwise she was acting pretty normal during the day. She played and watched TV. She was a bit sweaty, but otherwise just fine.

I explained all this to the family practice doctor that we took her to see on Monday. If we weren’t traveling, I wouldn’t even have brought her to a doctor. My mother-in-law was the one that brought it up and I agreed to help alleviate her fears. She was watching my daughter on Saturday when my daughter hit her head and she’s been worried about that ever since. Nothing I say has been able to truly convince her that a bump on the head does not lead to a upper respiratory infection.

The cough, by the way, I believe is due to post nasal drip, because she definitely had snot. And she only coughed whenever she woke up. So she wakes up from her afternoon nap and is coughing and my mother-in-law calls me saying she wants to take my baby to urgent care. We get there, and urgent care doesn’t open until 5pm. The only appointment we can get is with a family practice doctor.

So I explain everything to the FP, saying that I just want clearance for travel and to assure my mother-in-law that it wasn’t her fault. She does all that. Does the typical lungs, heart, ears exam and states my baby has acute otitis media. It comes as a kind of a sup rise, since my baby has not had a fever and has not been pulling on her ears. Plus she’s never had AOM. I’m sure it helps that I’m an osteopath and I work on her head whenever she’s sick.

Either way, I’ve learned a while ago that it’s sometimes easier to just go with the doctor instead of trying to be the family doctor. But as I’m leaving the clinic, I’m thinking about it and I really think the doctor pulled a fast one on me. I also know from rotations experience that FP’s tend to over diagnose AOM. It’s like they have to slap some diagnosis, it might as well be AOM.

What can I do anyways? My daughter was diagnosed and even if I don’t agree with it, it would still be wiser to just give her the amoxicillin (a  pretty benign antibiotic). We give her the first dose right before she goes to sleep and once she’s asleep I decide to take a look in her ears. Her ears were so full of wax, I have no idea how the FP could have diagnosed AOM. So I try to remove a bit of the wax to get a better look and now I am really convinced that she doesn’t have AOM. I’m getting really frustrated with this doctor. I know sometimes doctors think that the patient expects an antibiotic, but I had clearly explained to her that I just wanted medical clearance for my daughter to travel.

So in the end we gave the antibiotic to my baby anyway. Until up to the flight and then we stopped. It gave her not too bad diarrhea. Otherwise she’s been pretty much “recovered” even before we left anyway. And now my mother-in-law is trying to get her to drink yogurt as much as possible.

I am never going back to that FP.

Gee, J. (2005) Semiotic social spaces and affinity spaces. In D. Barton and K. Tusting (eds) Beyond Communities of Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

James Gee argues in this chapter that the popular notion of ‘communities of practice‘ (Wenger, see also Lloyd 2007) is of little use to understand increasingly common forms of sociality that do not entail group membership or a sense of belonging, e.g. real-time strategy computer games. Instead of communities of practice he proposes the notion of ‘affinity spaces’. These are spaces in which people from a variety of backgrounds come together to pursue a common endeavour or goal. Gee’s epitome of an affinity space is the strategy game Age of Mythology (AoM), a plural world in which the common endeavour of playing and transforming the game takes precedence over questions of racial, class or gender identity; a world with various routes to participation, informal leadership and status in which newbies and masters share the same space, and different kinds of knowledge (tacit, intensive, extensive, etc) are fostered and valued. The author suggests that educationalists have much to learn from affinity spaces such as AoM. Thus most school classrooms appear to be hierarchical, lack a common endeavour or opportunities for participation, value one or two hegemonic forms of knowledge, and so on.

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