Health topics - Sports to medicine

The anti-heroes of medicine, in a way. I wonder if any of the groups stumbled upon these three examples.
The origin of " Pray for a sound mind in a healthy body" is Roman: (orandum est ut sit ...)
 mens sana in corpore sano.

Turnvater (Father of gymnastics) Jahn was at the heart of pro Health and Sports movements in Germany at the turn of the century. Google his name.
Nature  - community activities - self-improvement
"It was the year of 1811, when in Berlin’s Hasenheide, something strange was happening. Hundreds of pupils and students, but also some adults, practiced walking, jumping and throwing, exercised on equipment or played sport games. Many of Berlin’s residents’ eyes became large when they saw the training on Germany’s first public sports field."
(source: Visit Berlin http://www.visitberlin.de/en/article/turnvater-jahn)


clip: "Paracelsus was born and raised in the village of Einsiedeln in Switzerland. His father, Wilhelm Bombast von Hohenheim, was a Swabian (German) chemist and physician; his mother was Swiss, she presumably died in his childhood.^[9] In 1502 the family moved to Villach, Carinthia where Paracelsus' father worked as a physician.^[9] He received a profound humanistic and theological education by his father, local clerics and the convent school of St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal.^[9] At the age of 16 he started studying medicine at the University of Basel, later moving to Vienna. He gained his doctorate degree from the University of Ferrara in 1515 or 1516.^[9][10]"end clip. Source

source dw

The most famous German nun influenced communities in Germany 800 years ago: Hildegard von Bingen. The confluence of mystic ideologies, prayer, song, and herbal "sciences" made her a key player in early German health and medicine.






Presenters:
Health  (from medicines to pharmaceutical developments) group of three students group of three students group of three students
1 Nicole Nelson John De-Souza James Kreiman
2 Cara Lamers Matt Kinzer Kayla Rardin
3 Matt Bliss   Patrick  Biernat Brendan Pucel Health  (from medicines to pharmaceutical developments)
 Kindra Pfaff
Sports and Health movements group of three students group of three students group of three students
1  Xianzhi Yu
2  Kristian Helgeson  Sports and Health movements
3  Jialun Shen

Next topics: The role of women, media, literature
Homework for your blog for next week: Write a reaction paper to the topics presented today, and expand on one aspect: My reaction to the topic of health in Germany... ; or, if we get there, My reaction to the topic The role of women...

There is no Halloween in Germany. Darn.

I met with all but seven students who did not make an appointment. For them, it's an unexcused absence (-5%) and a missed opportunity to discuss the class. On 31 October, we will cover both health varieties and maybe even the role of women. The following week, we will conclude the student reserach topics and have an interludium on youth culture. Then it's politics of the 70ies and 80ies with a focus on student movements of 1968 and RAF terrorism of the 70ies.
Many wrote they wanted to talk about German food. I am thinking about that one.

October 24 and 25 conferences LH 116

Please bring a print out of your entire blog and the quiz I returned today.All meetings after 2:50 are canceled Thursday because I need to go to St Paul on university business. I emailed all students affected and ask they pick new time slots.

German industry

Deutsche Welle has a Business Category. Check the Media Center also.
Culture and creative industries in Germany. UNESCO document: here.
Big cities have Chambers of Commerce. Here's Hamburg., Berlin, Munich

Historical development
Quote: "By 1900, Germany's economy matched Britain's, allowing colonial expansion and a naval race. Germany led the Central Powers in the First World War (1914–1918) against France, Great Britain, Russia and (by 1917) the United States. Defeated and partly occupied, Germany was forced to pay war reparations by the Treaty of Versailles and was stripped of its colonies as well as Polish areas and Alsace-Lorraine. The German Revolution of 1918–19 deposed the emperor and the kings, leading to the establishment of the Weimar Republic, an unstable parliamentary democracy." (Wikipedia article "German History"; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Germany)

Manufacturing in Germany since 1200
Needle production
Textile production
Print production
etc. trailing England and its inventions around weaving and spinning.
"Germany

Main article: Economic history of Germany

The BASF-chemical factories in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1881

Based on its leadership in chemical research in the universities and industrial laboratories, Germany became dominant in the world's chemical industry in the late 19th century. At first the production of dyes based on aniline was critical.^[77]
Germany's political disunity—with three dozen states—and a pervasive conservatism made it difficult to build railways in the 1830s. However, by the 1840s, trunk lines linked the major cities; each German state was responsible for the lines within its own borders. Lacking a technological base at first, the Germans imported their engineering and hardware from Britain, but quickly learned the skills needed to operate and expand the railways. In many cities, the new railway shops were the centres of technological awareness and training, so that by 1850, Germany was self-sufficient in meeting the demands of railroad construction, and the railways were a major impetus for the growth of the new steel industry. Observers found that even as late as 1890, their engineering was inferior to Britain’s. However, German unification in 1870 stimulated consolidation, nationalisation into state-owned companies, and further rapid growth. Unlike the situation in France, the goal was support of industrialisation, and so heavy lines crisscrossed the Ruhr and other industrial districts, and provided good connections to the major ports of Hamburg and Bremen. By 1880, Germany had 9,400 locomotives pulling 43,000 passengers and 30,000 tons of freight, and pulled ahead of France"^[78]
 end clip. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Germany


First Industrial Revolution 1750-1850
clip starts: "...The introduction of steam power fuelled primarily by coal, wider utilisation of water wheels and powered machinery (mainly in textile manufacturing) underpinned the dramatic increases in production capacity.^[7] The development of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the 19th century facilitated the manufacture of more production machines for manufacturing in other industries. The effects spread throughout Western Europe and North America during the 19th century, eventually affecting most of the world, a process that continues as industrialisation. The impact of this change on society was enormous.^[9]
The First Industrial Revolution, which began in the 18th century, merged into the Second Industrial Revolution around 1850, when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered ships, railways, and later in the 19th century with the internal combustion engine and electrical power generation. ..." Source wikipedia

Second Industrial Revolution
begin quote: "The Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, was a phase of the larger Industrial Revolution corresponding to the latter half of the 19th century until World War I. It is considered to have begun with Bessemer steel in the 1860s and culminated in mass production and the production line.
The Second Industrial Revolution saw rapid industrial development in Western Europe (Britain, Germany, France, the Low Countries) as well as the United States and Japan. It followed on from the First Industrial Revolution that began in Britain in the late 18th century that then spread throughout Western Europe and North America.
The concept was introduced by Patrick Geddes, Cities in Evolution (1910), but David Landes' use of the term in a 1966 essay and in The Unbound Prometheus (1972) standardized scholarly definitions of the term, which was most intensely promoted by American historian Alfred Chandler (1918–2007). However some continue to express reservations about its use.^[1]
Landes (2003) stresses the importance of new technologies, especially electricity, the internal combustion engine, new materials and substances, including alloys and chemicals, and communication technologies such as the telegraph and radio. While the first industrial revolution was centered on iron, steam technologies and textile production, the second industrial revolution revolved around steel, railroads, electricity, and chemicals.
Vaclav Smill called the period 1867–1914 "The Age of Synergy" during which most of the great innovations were developed. Unlike the First Industrial Revolution, the inventions and innovations were science based.^[2]"  end quote ibid Wikipedia

 German educational systems shifted from a focus in the Humanities (Wilhelm von Humboldt, founder of Berlin's first university) in the 19th century, and the phase of exploration (Alexander von Humboldt) to primary research in the natural sciences, primary research in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Students had access to these fields not only in universities, but also in applied engineering training programs in Universities of Applied Sciences. A similar process is currently under way in the USA where traditional curricula are focused on STEM fields (Scienes, Engineering, Technology, Mathematics) in an attempt to increase graduates from programming, engineering and natural sciences programs.

Let's now see what the three groups for the 18th, the 19th, and the 20th century can tell us.

Industry and business - topic 1

for one century or the overvThree groups will present on the three centuries. An overview of the past few hundred years will start out the meeting.
What should a presentation look like? Up to you. My guess is: at least 10-12 slides, a resource list, a handout, and a lively presentation. 5-15 minutes should give you all the time you need. Think how you would like to include the class into the presentation. Be sure to involve all group members.

The topic of politics was'nt chosen by anyone. So it is dead.
The second topic is Health and Sports. We did not cover this on 10-17 and will address it after the conferences.
The third topic will be health.
Number 4 would be the Role of women.

What's expected of you now? That you peruse all the listings and select one that interested you. Write a blog post about the one that caught your attention. Why did you like it? Was it the topic that attracted you? The presentation? After a paragraph of that, now expand on the topic yourself. Obviously this is now limited to the first topic (business and industry) and the general overview, the 18th, the 19th, or the 20th century.

-- Create a new post with the topic as header and the names of the previous "specialists" who presented in class in the body of text.
-- Research and expand on one aspect of the topic.
-- Add 300-500 words of your own research.

This is due October 24.

Be prepared to step in front of the class to explain and relate your expansion of the topic.

• Quick Example:
• I was interested in the business topic and expanded in the direction of German trade with China. Here is an outline of that topic expansion:
• 1. History of China- German relations
• 1.1 The importance of the Silk Highway for Germany
• 1.2 Steady increase of trade volume after Marco Polo's stay in China
• 1.3 German colonialism
• 2. Reversal of previous patterns of trade
• China buys German factories in the 1980ies
  China expands into German markets as investors
  Chinese management moves into German boards of directors

• 2.1 German car makers are the first to build factories in China
• 2.2 Legal interactions remain difficult
• 2.3 China's law enforcement for public cases os underdeveloped for the volume
• 2.4 A few German companies give up production in China
• 2.5 The majority of companies stays and expands
• 3. Political interactions
• 3.1 ...

etc.
And for each line, have 5-6 sentences of explanation. Post everything, please.

Sign-up sheet for student-teacher conferences

Please sign up here.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArUxtu8S7Ta8dHRhQlYta2I5SV9rWGl0MEZMMHd2THc

Please arrive on time. Please be sure not to erase any time slots taken by class mates. I am offering enough options to fit schedules.

Optimists hoped there would be no class after 5PM Wed 10-10-12 ... but we will meet.

Here is what the University calendar tell u

Evening Class Registration

Fall 2012 Spring 2013

Fall 2012

	No. of Meetings
Monday evening classes will meet August 27 through December 17 excluding September 3 (Labor Day) and November 12 (Veterans Day)	15
Tuesday evening classes will meet August 28 through December 18	17
Wednesday evening classes will meet August 29 through December 19 excluding November 21 (Thanksgiving break)	16
Thursday evening classes will meet August 30 through December 20 excluding October 11 (fall break) and November 22 (Thanksgiving break)	15
Friday evening classes will meet August 31 through December 21 excluding October 12 (fall break) and November 23 (Thanksgiving break)	15

Notes:

• Three-credit evening classes meeting 14 or 15 times will meet from 5:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. This time includes one 10-minute break.
• Three-credit evening classes meeting 16 or 17 times will meet from 5:00 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. to 8:40 p.m. This time includes one 10-minute break.
• Evening classes will not meet fall break (10/11 and 10/12) [classes will meet 10/10], Veterans Day (11/12), Thanksgiving break (11/21, 11/22 and 11/23 and spring break (3/11, 3/12, 3/13, 3/14 and 3/15).
• For courses with other than 3-credits instructors should make appropriate adjustments in meeting times at 50 minutes per credit.
• Precinct caucuses will not occur in spring 2013.

Day 7 coming Wednesday - normal class

There are three things you need to have completed before noon next WednesdayOct.10:

1. Create a blog with five talking points (bullets and text) about the five most important thoughts you want to convey about the novel and movie "All quiet..."

My own talking points might look like this:

• a transnational novel that shows human suffering on all sides of a war

• a young generation of women and men who were mislead by their elders

• a novel and movie without a happy end - a rare choice in today's media circus

• Erich Maria Remarque, an early playboy of sorts, became famous and famously wealthy on a single publication. Is there such a thing as being touched by a genius once?

• Simplicity and honesty of dialogue and narration make "All quiet on the Western front" an excellent read.

You need to have posts on the chapter group work, the character post, and the talking points. These are mandatory homework posts.

2. Select a topic and a century in the sign-up sheet. Groups will start presenting next week Oct. 17. Your group needs to have the presentation ready by that day. Sign up in the post below.

3. Do not forget the blog post about one of the characters of the novel.
See you on Wednesday. We may have a little quiz on the novel. Know your characters!