Analog solar system model relates celestial bodies spatially

Portable analog planetarium indicates the relative time and space angular locations of the sun and planets. Distance measuring scales, angular direction indicators, and typical probe trajectories are included

This is Research; Jason Baerg: ᓭᓭᓯᐤ / Sêsêsiw / Yellow Legs

A new body of painting and video-projection work, created through a collaborative process including Skype and cell phone conversations with local Indigenous people. In this space of understanding, Baerg welcomes visits from the Ancient Indigenous stewards of this place. Shown at Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre

agriCULTURE: An agricultural approach to international perspectives

Agricultural educators are in a unique position when it comes to approaching globalization and multicultural diversity in the classroom. Agriculture is rich with diversity as food and fibers are produced in all corners of the world. It is the perfect environment to share cultural diversity and investigate other ways of life while investigating food and fiber production. agriCULTURE is a curriculum designed to provide teachers with a resource to bring multicultural diversity into the classroom through the exploration of agriculture around the globe. The general objectives are to: 1) Increase cultural competency among secondary students. 2) Introduce students to agricultural products from around the world. 3) Challenge student’s current perspectives on global cultures. 4) Develop an appreciation for global cultures. The curriculum is delivered on a web-based platform and can be accessed free of charge

An uneven playing field: larger EU member states receive weaker Commission oversight than smaller states

The EU’s fiscal oversight mechanism, the Stability and Growth Pact, which sets limits on states’ budget deficits and debt levels, was insufficient to prevent the Eurozone crisis from occurring. Nicole Rae Baerg notes that if European states are to learn from this failure, it is important to understand why the system lacked credibility. Presenting evidence from a recent study, she writes that larger and more Eurosceptic states have received weaker levels of oversight from the Commission than smaller states, and that the ability of more powerful states to alter Commission recommendations should be a key area of concern for policymakers who would like to see credible European safeguards put in place

A Textual Taylor Rule: Estimating Central Bank Preferences Combining Topic and Scaling Methods

Scholars often use voting data to estimate central bankers' policy preferences but consensus voting is commonplace. To get around this, we combine topic-based text analysis and scaling methods to generate theoretically motivated comparative measures of central bank preferences on the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee leading up to the financial crisis in a way that does not depend on voting behavior. We apply these measures to a number of applications in the literature. For example, we find that FOMC members that are Federal Reserve Bank Presidents from districts experiencing higher unemployment are also more likely to emphasize unemployment in their speech. We also confirm that committee members on schedule to vote are more likely to express consensus opinion than their off schedule voting counterparts and show that it is Dovish rather than Hawkish members who are more likely to want to amend the official monetary policy statement