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The experience of consciousness is the stream of observation, where an organism perceives its environment with reference to itself.
In evolution it must be essential for a self replicating, self preserving organism to have an internalized model of itself in reference to its environment.
The primary experience of consciousness is in the stream of observation, where the organism perceives itself as separate from its environment by constantly referencing a model of itself as an existential entity in relation to external, and internal stimuli.
"If you are not subconsciously referencing yourself as separate from everything else then, do you really exist?"
Just like information contained within DNA is expressed as the emergent property of self replication and life. Information managed by the neural networks in our brain is expressed as the mind, and consciousness. It is purely physical neural networks which have evolved to add meaning to such information, and create the illusion of an observer dependent reality.
The illusion of free will and being an observer are as real as the fact that we materially exist, and in the human condition of being, there is nothing more real than free will, and being an observer. We are a temporary state of matter, a state which has evolved to be authentic in its perception.
Dec 1 2013: Beautifully articulated "The experience of consciousness is the stream of observation, where an organism perceives its environment with reference to itself" I have been thinking along the same lines that in order to navigate in this world an organism need to have some reference to self somehow, the analogy that I was using is that of GPS, you need to calculate the reference point in relation to your environment (satellites in case of GPS). Secondly in order to establish a self reference you need to be able to synchronise all the signals and somehow perceive them as one. It may be easy for GPS as it is simple positioning signal but for us we somehow need to perceive all senses not as separate signals but as one unified stream and at the same time supplement the signal from our repertoire of patterns.Dec 2 2013: I read a story by Issac Asimov where a computer programme falls in love with the programmer who is looking for a partner and using the programme to select the most desirable man for her. It dawns on the programmer that her programme actually lied to her as it didn't want her to choose any man other that the programme itself.
It's a story but encourages strongly to consider consciousness as a function of intelligence (highly developed information processing capability) of systems, not necessarily sole territories of humans or living organisms.
When I try to imagine the large scale absence of consciousness, everything (from cosmos to mind) collapses into One great mix of no-thing. Probably this is the great One that mystics or ascetics aspire to achieve, but it does not appeal to me.
Just like a second event is necessary to realize Time, consciousness is the first and basic split (self vs. other) necessary for intelligence to form. If it is illusion, I shall argue it is necessary illusion.
Dec 2 2013: It is most certainly necessary. If it were absent, we would be zombies with an instinct to have this conversation. We would be doing almost exactly what we are doing, analysing, exchanging ideas without experiencing it. We would be blind clockworks interacting in this world. However that isn't the case, we are experiencing this moment and we define the fact that we are experiencing this moment as consciousness.
The fact is we live in a deterministic universe, at least at our physical scale. We are clockworks, and even as clockworks we are designed to perceive our environment, dissociate ourselves from it, and believe that we authentically exist.Nov 29 2013: An essay by Md. Moulude Hossain reviewed the writing of Paulo Freire; 1921-1997, on education and included these brief points about consciousness.
According to Paulo Freire there are two views on humankind.
One view conceives of humans as objects, they are mouldable and adaptable.
Brief Explanation: On this view humans can be compared with animals. They act and obey without taking time to reflect. An animal cannot see itself as "I" against a "not I", or in other words it cannot see itself separate from this world. If human beings are seen as objects, they are submerged in the world. They have not been given a chance of self-reflection.
The other view sees humans as subjects, independent beings, able to transcend and recreate the world.
Brief Explanation: On this view, human beings are seen as subjects. They can think and reflect for themselves and they can dissociate from the world. The essential difference between humans and animals is that humans can operate in the world through action and reflection.
Dec 1 2013: Every living being can operate in the world through action, and many many many many many animals can also operate in the world through reflexion. Many many many many animals can distinguish themselves from other things. They do have concepts of "I." I would argue that all living things do operate under an "I" embedded somewhere in their being, given that in order to survive, at leafs up to reproduction, a living being must operate for its own survival. How to do that without an "I"?
Dec 1 2013: Is this to say that there is a conscious experience of the "I" or do you mean to say that there are other organisms that exhibit a "self." Mind you that we can only observe behaviors in other organisms in an objective manner, so, in humans, this equate to observing the "me" and not the "I," but it is still self.Dec 2 2013: I think buddhist philosophy is introspective in nature, and based out of pragmatic analysis. They most certainly don't contradict contemporary scientific views, and therefore gain wide acceptance amongst intellectuals. However, introspection by itself cannot stand for evidence.
My hypothesis would suggest that consciousness by its more existential definition, or the experience of being conscious is expressed more vividly amongst higher forms of life, but the very nature of its experience seems quite ubiquitous.
It is tempting to believe that there is a higher consciousness, we as individual fractals of consciousness are validating the existence of corporations, governments, internet, cultures etc and they keep evolving through us, they behave almost as if they have a mind of their own. We are exchanging ideas, communicating, and acting on their behalf, and while its consciousness might not reside in any one of us. Some of us are more, or some of us are less conscious of the existence of such a phenomenon.
Dec 2 2013: You raise an important point that introspection does not always constitute reliable evidence. The same can be said about intuition in areas outside of our expertise, as well as visions in dreams, illness, or under the influence of medications or drugs.
People often think or feel what they see in these situations is somehow more "true" than what they have otherwise seen or realized, but there is no reason to believe that to be the case.
Dec 2 2013: I agree, perception is very subjective and we may just be in a circumstance where reality could be altered.
I think it is possible to deduce a hypothesis, but evidence for it will largely rely on experience given the nature of the subject. It is tricky, so we might have to replicate such a model drawing parallels from computer science, and evolutionary biology as evidence.Dec 2 2013: Merle W. Donald in his essay on human nature write about "distributed cognitive-cultural networks" in the brain. If we start with the concept that consciousness is an emergent property of the brain it is easy to see Donald's understanding; the has not evolve culture and therefore our interactions with it has.
"We have plastic, highly conscious nervous systems, whose capacities allow us to adapt rapidly to the intricate cognitive challenges of our changing cognitive ecology. As we have moved from oral cultures, to primitive writing systems, to high-speed computers, the human brain itself has remained unchanged in its basic properties, but has been affected deeply in the way it deploys its resources. It develops in a rapidly changing cultural environment that is largely of its own making. The result is a species whose nature is unlike any other on this planet, and whose destination is ultimately unpredictable."
Also see "The Neuroscience of Enlightenment"
Dec 2 2013: At any given point in history, the zeitgeist or the views of humanity have transformed, and as a collective we have become wiser, and more enlightened. We have been growing exponentially in every way imaginable, it's almost an impossible trajectory to predict.Nov 29 2013: We can consider the following:
The Conscious Mind is the analytical and critical part of our brain that governs our awareness or consciousness at any point in time. It is the final processing point for our decisions, actions or reactions in daily life which we are aware that we are making.
The Subconscious Mind is the 'deeper' part of the mind that is responsible for processing thousands of things at any one time and for storing everything we have experienced in our lives in differing degrees of importance.
Magical Consciousness
Such people adapt themselves defenselessly and passively to the expectations of a superior force: they are not conscious of the socio-economic contradictions within this society: they accept life for what it is and don't question injustices done to their lives. They are silent and docile.
Naive Consciousness
This involves gaining insight into and becoming aware of one's own problems, but without making connections with the world outside- in other words individualising problems. Problems are more or less seen as coincidences, "accidents".
Critical Consciousness
Such people stop looking at problem as mostly individual accidents but see them more as structural problems. Critical consciousness involves making connections with the socio-economic contradictions in society. It means looking at reality and recognising such contradictions as a fact.Nov 29 2013: Firstly, the term consciousness has evolved over the centuries and we may need a new term to distinguish between the "conscious experience" that science see as an emergent property of the brain, and the type of consciousness that is spiritual which "connotes the relationship between the mind and God, or the relationship between the mind and deeper truths that are thought to be more fundamental than the physical world."
The conversation is discussing the scientific definition, but I will add this recent article regarding neuroscience and the Buddhists for consideration.
Despite my doubts, neurology and neuroscience do not appear to profoundly contradict Buddhist thought. Neuroscience tells us the thing we take as our unified mind is an illusion, that our mind is not unified and can barely be said to "exist" at all. Our feeling of unity and control is a post-hoc confabulation and is easily fractured into separate parts. As revealed by scientific inquiry, what we call a mind (or a self, or a soul) is actually something that changes so much and is so uncertain that our pre-scientific language struggles to find meaning.
Buddhists say pretty much the same thing.
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/buddhism_and_the_brainNov 24 2013: Hi Dear Reddy.I am interested in the topic which is about:being consciouness.To be honest,it isn't easy to being consciouness in daily life.I started to being consciouness in my late thirty.It was amazing,sometimes I wonder what brought that?My experience?My inner world required?Or I was in the age to be conscious?Because there is a famous saying from ancient China:Confucius: people in forties not been confused anymore(si shi bu huo).Nov 20 2013: Your idea of free will and the observer being an illusion is based on scientific findings. Aren't scientific findings based on an actual observer that possess free will?
the argument against free will has always struck me as flawed logic.
On the other hand there is nothing to say it is not true. I am just proposing that if free will is an illusion than so is science.
Nov 20 2013: The illusion of free will and being an observer are as real as the fact that we materially exist, and in the human condition of being, there is nothing more real than free will, and being an observer. We are a temporary state of matter, a state which has evolved to be authentic within this experience as it can get.
Nov 20 2013: Certainly depending on definition reality is an illusion and illusion is reality
logic requires a premise - an unquestioned truth - if everything is questioned then their is no logic.
I like to base my logic on my existence and my free will.Nov 21 2013: Hi Vincent, are you going back to Rene Descartes' times, believing that life is AUTOMATA? What makes you write your Post? What makes you put together your arguments? "Free" Will or no "Free" Will, any WILL within a living form is the major power for life that keeps it together. If you have no Will you speedily will be melted down into everything else around you, you'll not be able to exist as an individual living being.
After all, please read timeless Schopenhauer….Nov 22 2013: I forget who said this about science as illusion. "Contrary to a conjuring trick fooling you to see what isn't there, science fools you into seeing what's actually there."
Nov 23 2013: The most admired in this field is George Berkeley. Some postmodern scientists begin to learn from classical philosophy. Berkeley's thoughts on mind and illusive perceiving of reality reveal his outstanding sense of logic.Nov 25 2013: If you are saying that someone else's logic is flawed, you should pay special attention to your own logic. Firstly, your presume that observation requires free will. Why would it? Secondly, you presume that if free will is an illusion then so is science. Why would the one follow from the other?
Nov 25 2013: I am not saying anyone's logic is flawed - I am just curious as to how other people set up their logical arguments. If their logic is that all is illusion I am fine with that - I would like to understand how one creates a life based on illusion. I am just searching for Ideas and understanding.
Nov 26 2013: "The argument against free will has always struck me as flawed logic."
You didn't say this?
Anyway, you haven't answered my questions, and it seems that you simply misunderstand the argument against free will. The idea that free will is an illusion does not necessarily entail that everything else is an illusion (AKA solipsism). Not at all. In fact, the standard argument is that observation (non-illusory observation, that is) of neural patterns tells us that we do not have free will, and it follows that the sensation of free will is, in some sense, an illusion.Nov 26 2013: In my way of thinking if free will is an illusion then the observer is biased to the extent that any interpretation can only have one outcome. Since I base my understanding of life on free will I understand how science can work based on unbiased observers.
So if Free Will is an Illusion than The Unbiased Observer is an Illusion than Science is an Illusion.
Does your view of science not require an unbiased observer?
Nov 26 2013: If we assume that things in the universe are predetermined (a position called determinism) that does not automatically imply an observational bias. Imagine that there is an observer called Alex who has free will and witnesses the drop of a pen. I think we can both agree that the only possible outcome is of this 'experiment' is that the pen will fall to the ground. So if Alex observes the experiment correctly, he will observe that the pen falls to the ground.
Now imagine a second observer: Betty. Betty is in the exact same circumstances as Alex,except that she does not have free will. A correct observation by Betty would also entail that the pen falls to the ground. So why would Betty's observation suddenly be biased? Correct observations and incorrect observations do not suddenly switch when there is no free will, and a deterministic universe does not imply that observers without free will are biased. (Observers are biased, but that is due to unrelated issues which apply equally regardless of free will).
A propos, my own position on the laws of nature does not require a deterministic universe, so it sidesteps your issue with illusory free will completely. See this talk by Murray Gell-Mann for an excellent explanation: http://www.ted.com/talks/murray_gell_mann_on_beauty_and_truth_in_physics.html
I just realized that a better definition of observation bias involves the error rate and direction of observations. A subtle, but important difference. Nonetheless, the same argument applies: there is no reason to assume that the rate of observation errors or the direction of observation errors is affected by whether free will is illusory.Nov 26 2013: Timo: Well Put. Would it be correct to say that only decisions can be biased so as long as the observer has no decisions than there is no bias. It seems to me if science is not dependent on decisions than it is not an illusion in the "No Free Will concept".
I was thinking after my last post that without free will that human achievements would be much like the development of a galaxy, a beautiful and complex dance of elements, Science would be an important structure of the machine that is human achievement. It is an interesting and beautiful way to look at existence.
For me I choose or am compelled by outside forces as the case may be to believe in Free Will and am happy with my position.Nov 20 2013: A perception of self as distinct from environment is not essential in evolution. If you believe in an objective reality which exists whether we have knowledge of it or not, then there is no need for consciousness, particularly self-awareness, for the process of evolution to proceed.
Like everything else which we, as humans, experience through reference to ourselves, the experience of consciousness is not the same thing as consciousness. In the same way, the expression of mind and consciousness is not the same as the objective reality of mind and consciousness.
How do you demonstrate that consciousness is "clearly" not external to our physical bodies (or even distinct from them)? Because "neither quantum physics nor microscopes invalidate" it? Absence of proof of something is not proof of its opposite. And our inability to observe something directly, or of current models of science to study it are not proof that it does not exist.
There is much we can now understand about how consciousness works in our perceptive interactions with our environment without actually understanding what consciousness is. Your definition of the experience of consciousness is a reasonable one, but it doesn't inevitably lead to your other conclusions or claims.
Nov 20 2013: For most of our evolutionary history, life probably only had an objective reality. With little other than instinct, and reflexes to respond to external stimuli. We as humans articulate, and debate the idea of a self, but the evolution of a self, or an objective self is imperative for survival. Even basic organisms have reflexes, and instincts to preserve this objective self, even if they might not be conscious, nor aware of it.
In complex organisms with brains or even simple neural networks, there is a need for the control center to associate the rest of its body with itself, and externalize everything else. Here I propose emerges the neural concept of a self.
In order to move around in our environment, or save ourselves from predators, we would need to ceaselessly observe our surroundings and reference ourselves with it. However, the illusion of being an observer is only as authentic as it seems, and gets.
The fact is we are as much an illusion as everything else, and this illusion is only as real as it gets.
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Nov 20 2013: Neither quantum physics, nor microscopes invalidate what I propose. We are made of the same materials our environment is composed of. however, we cannot invalidate the intuition that we are separate entities. That is what it takes to survive, and that is how we have evolved.
Our consciousness might not necessarily rest in a single portion of our brains, but might be distributed wherever any sensory information is being referenced to itself. The consciousness we perceive is subjective to the entire organism as this consciousness creates the illusion of an observer, as well as free will.Nov 19 2013: Cute, but proves nothing. Where is the evidence that demonstrates your explanation is both sufficient and necessary? Sufficiency I can see, but necessity still is lacking.
Nov 20 2013: What do you mean by necessary?Nov 20 2013: I think you need to define necessity and sufficiency in this context.
Fritzie -
Nov 20 2013: I expect Bryan will come back to define these, but the usual uses of these terms in the context of logic are these. "Sufficient" means the conditions would be enough. "Necessary" means that without the condition holding, the result would not follow.
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For example, being born in the United States is "sufficient" to qualify to be a United States citizen. But it is not a "necessary" condition, because you can also qualify for citizenship by being born to a United States citizen abroad or by passing a citizenship examination.
Nov 20 2013: Thank you! :) that helps me distinguish between the two properties.Nov 20 2013: Going by the definition offered by fritzie, I would say that my theory offers both sufficiency, as well as necessity unless you're semantics of the concept are different.
If I have convinced you, that my theory sufficiently explains how consciousness might work, then the necessity is self evident. It is absolutely necessary for a life form to perceive its existence, when survival depends on more than reflexes as it is in simpler organisms, instincts in most complex organisms.
You must feel like you are observing reality, and that you have free will, to feel, think, and act on it. Would you take your perceived reality seriously, if this illusion weren't primed up by evolution to feel that real.Nov 19 2013: Agreed.
Interesting to see all the different definitions "consciousness" has, and how that's a cause for a lot of pointless debates.
Personnally I don't use consciousness in this sense. I use it to refer to the high-level computation ability to suppose that "things I know nothing about probably exist".


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My last day of school for the 2009-2010 school year was Friday, May 28. I can't believe this school year is over. It went so-o-o-o fast. I left
I am proud of the fact that I won a $15,000 Technology Model Classroom grant, completed my first two courses toward my Master's in Educational Technology Leadership, and taught my students well. Our high stakes LEAP test scores were released just days before summer vacation and my students did an awesome job on the math test. They also loved the projects we completed during the year, and enjoyed learning to use all the Web 2.0 tools I shared with them this year. Their favorites were Skype, Glogster, and Edmodo. They always loved when I told them we would be watching a Discovery video. Since I teach 4th graders, I used dozens of videos with my math classes, and even more with my social studies class. They were thrilled to learn how to embed a Discovery video clip in their Glogsters.
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Trent differ,mcshay and kiper raved about the pick and thought that this is a sign that Mia bringing a oregon ducks offense to the NFL!
Trent differ,mcshay and kiper raved about the pick and thought that this is a sign that Mia bringing a oregon ducks offense to the NFL!
This was suppose to be a first rounder! Doesnt matter if he was on a 6-6 canes team, its no coincidence he ran over top defenses like Ohio State and Virginia Tech. God so many ****ing haters on this forum
Remember: Reggie Bush only has one year left on his deal. This is a "for the future" pick.
Lamar miller in the fourth and ppl bitch and moan. Only on finheaven.
I like the reggie bush argument. When we got him we were dumb, than he does well and suddenly we are set at runningback?
This was a good pick. Great value, got him at least two rounds later than hes worth.
Lamar Miller will probably need a long time to heal up (he fell because of injuries) .... & Reggie's only signed for 1 year.
Thomas has that Bust-a-roo smell coming off of him (Lamar pick made it stronger) .... that Thomas needs to shake & prove he's a starter!!
2013 RB Starter unknown!! ... have another candidate!!
Anybody that is whining about this pick hasn't watched the Hurricanes this year. Look at the Canes biggest games this year:
KState - 106, TD
Those numbers don't happen by accident. There aren't any issues with his knees. His shoulder will be healed. As McShay said "The most explosive RB in the draft". Are you kdding me? No brainer. This will also give us peace if Bush walk next year. Love the fact people say he avoids contact, good, I want my running back to last for a few years. Peyton Hillis is already falling apart. Plus, you have to catch him. Ran the fastest 40 in the draft at 4.38. My favorite pick of the draft by FAR!
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We've been making some progress off-and-on towards moving the DonationCoder website to a CMS.
The plan has been to leave the forum as is, and move the rest of the site, which is currently native hand-coded html, to a CMS system. We decided on WordPress since our needs are limited and we want to prominently feature a multi-user blog.
However, recently I have been considering whether our best way forward for the long haul might be to bite the bullet and migrate the entire site INCLUDING THE FORUM, to a unified solution, namely Invision which is a commercial forum system that has serious content management features, including a nice Software Download repository.
The focus of the Invision suite matches our needs quite well -- including multi-user blogs and the aforementioned download repository, which is as close as any i've seen to what I think we want here at DC.
There would be some substantial work involved in migrating over, but we would be able to bring over all of the old forum posts and users, so nothing would be lost in terms of content. But there would be some serious rewriting needed of some of the custom mods we've put in place (like donationcredits system), and we could expect some bumps in the road and a learning curve, and some inconveniences while we got our footing, etc.
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The Ohio State Sleep Disorders Center offers treatments and lifestyle adjustments to help you get quality, restful sleep.
For many people, lack of sleep is a daily issue that causes stress, poor productivity and feelings of hopelessness. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, an estimated 70 million Americans face chronic sleep problems. Sleep deprivation is associated with injuries, chronic conditions such as obesity, mental illnesses, poor quality of life, increased healthcare costs and lost work productivity.
Most adults require seven to nine hours of sleep each night. Getting less than that daily amount can cause a serious sleep deficit over time. While some sleepless nights may be the result of too much caffeine or thinking about something that's worrying you, chronic sleep deprivation is often the result of a sleep disorder. The most common sleep disorders are insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome (RLS), snoring and narcolepsy.
You may have a sleep disorder if you:
- Have difficulty falling asleep, or wake up and can't fall back asleep
- Experience excessive daytime sleepiness or falling asleep at inappropriate times and places
- Snore so much that it interrupts breathing or wakes you up
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A consultation or sleep study with Ohio State's Sleep Disorder Center can provide the insights you need to identify and treat the source of nearly all sleep disorders.
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The Sleep Disorders Center at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients with any type of sleep problem. These conditions include sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy, snoring, shift work sleep disorder and unusual behaviors during sleep, known as parasomnias.
We're among the very first hospital-based sleep disorder centers in the nation to be accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the only one in central Ohio that offers training of future sleep medicine specialists through our fellowship program.
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The OSU Sleep Disorders Center is home to one of the most experienced and qualified teams in the region. Our team includes physicians who are certified by the American Board of Sleep Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine. Most of our doctors are also board-certified in either neurology or pulmonary diseases and have backgrounds in internal medicine and neurology. Our accreditation by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine ensures that we've met the highest standards for sleep medicine and patient care.
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As part of a nationally ranked academic medical center, our team of physicians and staff engages in leading-edge research about sleep disorders. For example, our physicians established an integrated program that treats congestive heart failure (CHF) in patients with sleep disorders. Since launching this integrated program, physicians have seen a 10 percent to 30 percent improvement in heart function among many patients with CHF using CPAP machines that deliver continuous positive airway pressure during sleep.
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Sleep Disorder patients at Ohio State receive personalized treatments based on their unique characteristics and symptoms at our state-of-the-art facility. We offer several specialty programs to our patients to enhance their treatment.
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Have you ever thought to yourself, "This coffee tastes like poo"? Well, some people think that is a good thing. Kopi luwak is an expensive ($35-70 per cup) coffee made from the beans of coffee berries that have been digested by the Asian Palm Civet and then excreted. The coffee beans are then washed thouroughly, dried in the sun, and lightly roasted.
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Well, after 35 years away from welding I've decided to get back into it as a hobby and for some possible retirement income.
Since my back is no longer in any kind of shape for working off the floor I decided to build a table to work from. I looked over the pics on all the welding forums and finally decided that the table project on the Miller website would suit me best. It's 4' x 6', with a 3/8" top. Wrestling that 367 lb sheet of plate was some fun!
I haven't decided if I want to put in the plasma grate and grit collection box yet, as I'm really not sure if I want to give up the real estate. Guess I can always add that later.
Looks like I can't upload any pics of the table because of the size restriction. 39K isn't much bigger than an icon, is it?
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a veterinarian, a medic, a director, or a fashionista? The Girls' Night Out series is one program you won't want to miss! We'll use iPads, host guest speakers, and do lots of hands-on activities to spark your imagination. The series concludes with a fun overnight celebration retreat.
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Themes represent basic categories of thought, emotion, or value. While our assignment of themes may at times seem arbitrary or whimsical, they serve to link together artists and movements along non- hierarchial pathways. Follow the themes to look for new disciplines that share qualities with those you already like, or to open up new worlds of Art and Culture.


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Red represents beauty in many languages and cultures.In Chinese culture, Red is associated with fire, south, and summer. They have associated primary elements with a specific color.And also with good luck and fortune. Chinese New Year is celebrated by wearing red clothing and decorating the house with red. Red envelopes with "luck money" are given to unmarried children to bring good fortune to them for the rest of the year.
Most Japanese think that the sun is red. Japanese flag has Red colored circle which signifies "sun's Circle". Since "Nihon (Japan)" basically means, "Land of the rising sun," the red circle represents the sun.
In Aztec culture, red was connected with blood.
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Installed summer of 2009. Short, beginner-friendly course with mix of open and wooded, flat and hills. Some minimal water hazard. Well maintained, popular. Disc-king baskets. Has tee signs.
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Like the earthquakes that shaped the city, San Francisco has an epicenter, Union Square, the 2.6-acre palm-tree-lined concrete patio in the heart of the city. Designed as a public plaza in 1850 by Jasper O'Farrell, Union Square got its name from the boisterous, sometimes violent, Civil War rallies. Residential in its infancy, Union Square reemerged as San Francisco's primary shopping district after the great 1906 earthquake, and remains a consumer paradise to this day. The bronze goddess Victory overlooks the stream of folks clutching their shopping bags as they go in and out of stores like Macy's, Niketown, Saks, Prada, Brooks Brothers, Neiman Marcus, and just about any other retailer one can think of. It gets crowded and hectic, but Union Square also serves as both an oasis of calm when sitting at the outdoor café watching the wheels of commerce go round, and a thriving performance space with numerous concerts and art shows throughout the year.
Beyond the retail trade, the broader Union Square area is popular with out-of-towners because it's a transportation hub for getting around both San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, making it a fine home base. It offers easy access to cable cars, buses, trolleys, BART trains, Muni light rail, and even the occasional cab.
And though Union Square isn't the most happening or dynamic of neighborhoods, it offers a few of its own attractions as well. In addition to the shopping, it's home to San Francisco's theater district (including the venerable A.C.T. theater company), high-end art galleries, and some renowned restaurants like Belden Place and Michael Mina (at the Westin St. Francis). Visitors may not want to venture too far west, however, into Tenderloin. Though many stories circulate on the origin of the area's name, the most popular claims that policemen assigned to the area are given "hazard pay" and thus can afford tenderloin dinners. Although Tenderloin is in the process of gentrification, it is known for it's high crime rate.
Union Square offers lodging options in just about any price range. They range from the large places like the Grand Hyatt to any number of boutique spots like the Kensington Park. One of the grand dames of Union Square is the Sir Francis Drake, which walks a fine line between historical preservation and kitsch, but the 360-degree views at Harry Denton's Starlight Room are always welcome, especially after a long day of bargain hunting.
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When Jessica Lovelace-Chandler visited the ASPCA Adoption Center in Manhattan for the first time, she was nervous but hopeful that she'd find a cat who could be a companion to her older, resident cat named Winston. Our staff led Jessica to meet some friendly felines who would be great candidates for cat companionship. That's where Jessica met Francine, a sweet kitty who had been the victim of a hoarding situation.
"When I met Francine, she was very nervous and hiding out, but she still managed to let me pet her head," Jessica says. "She was so soft and cute, and I had sympathy for her story and background. I could tell she would be shy at first but was very much looking for love, which has proven to be true!"
Once in Jessica's home, Francine was still pretty shy. She didn't eat much at all and seemed uninterested in human affection.
"I knew things would take time, and I knew how to handle the situation thanks to the wonderful coaching I received at the Adoption Center," Jessica says.
With patience, loving care, and some time alone spent in Jessica's bathroom, Francine seemed ready to come out of her shell and join her new crew. And, while Winston wasn't sure what to think of Francine at first, he is coming around as well.
"Winston hissed viciously every time he walked by Francine's door and at the slightest reminder that she was in the house," Jessica says. "Francine handled it all like a champ, which made me particularly glad the adoption center had suggested her as a cat-friendly cat. I'm pleased to say…that they are able to be in the same room now and get along. They're not best friends yet, but they tolerate each other. I'm sure as time goes on, they'll continue to grow with love—or at least, acceptance."
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The team-mate war at Red Bull went up a notch during the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, but Daniel Ricciardo insists he's not looking for any drama.
Having started the race in Shanghai second behind Lewis Hamilton with Vettel third, Ricciardo went on to finish in fourth place - one spot ahead of the four-time World Champion.
It is the second race in a row that he has managed to get one over his team-mate and he was quicker than the German throughout the race, which led to some snapping comments from Vettel during the race.
Asked by the team to allow Ricciardo through, Vettel first asked about his team-mate's tyres and then replied "tough luck".
The Australian, though, did manage to get ahead and when asked after the race about the defending World Champion's comments, he replied: "I was not aware of what he was saying during the race. I wasn't sure what strategy we were both on but I got past. I don't want to start any conflicts."
Ricciardo, though, admits it will be better to have a chat with his team-mate.
"I haven't noticed anything, let's say, suspicious so to speak. Your team-mate is the first guy you always look at and I'm sure Seb won't be happy with his result today," he is quoted as saying by Autosport.
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Here are recent results for the area JV and junior high basketball teams that were given by their coaches to the Sweetwater Reporter.
All Nolan County area coaches are urged to fax results to the Reporter at firstname.lastname@example.com or fax them at (325) 235-4967.
Albany JV boys 29,
Roscoe JV boys 25
Roscoe points: Cutter Davila 13, Jacob Cuellar 5, Chase Cathey 3, Kane Peavy 2, Jeremy Solano 2.
Albany JV girls 33,
Roscoe JV girls 17
Roscoe points: Jese Pena 4, Selena Perez 4, Shelby Brown 3, Samantha Ortega 2, Olivia Rovig 2, Olivia Saddler 1, Whitney Williams 1.
Here are results from the Sweetwater Middle School basketball teamsŌĆÖ games with Snyder that were given by their coaches to the Sweetwater Reporter.
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Sweetwater White 27,
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Southeast Elementary School first graders put on quite a Christmas show, ŌĆ£The Littlest Christmas Tree,ŌĆØ with many of the students in costumes with speaking and singing parts. Many attended the play at the Sweetwater High School Auditorium on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011.
Shown from left to right are Ken Becker; Amanda Ferguson, Administrative Assistant, Sweetwater Wind 4 & 5; and Michael Jimenez, Sweetwater Wind 4 & 5 Site Manager. A donation of $5,011 was given by Infigen Energy, Sweetwater 4 & 5 to the Sweetwater Goodfellows.
Durwood Whitefield passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at home in Kerrville with his wife at his bedside.
Durwood was the only child of Orville Whitefield and Rachel Harper Whitefield. He was born in Sweetwater, TX, on July 1, 1929.
After graduating from high school in Sweetwater in 1947, Durwood served two years in the U.S. Army. He then worked his way through Sul Ross State College, Alpine, TX, receiving his Bachelor of science degree in geology in 1958. Durwood met his wife, Earlene Anderson, while in college. They were married March 27, 1959, in Alpine, TX.
Roscoe Girl Scout Troop #7305 recently held a toy drive. Pictured left to right are Leandra DeLeon, Haylee Schriber, Jaleigh Morales, Logan Wicker, Taylor Chavez and standing is Veronica Cuellar. Toys are donated to Roscoe's Spirit of Christmas program.
It was a last-minute decision by Rachel Ramirez to enter her husband, Antonio, into the ŌĆ£Light My Home for the Holidays,ŌĆØ a contest sponsored by KTXS and WTU Retail Energy. ŌĆ£Good thing she did,ŌĆØ he said.
Abilene resident Antonio Ramirez, 43, was chosen as the winner of one yearŌĆÖs worth of free electricity from WTU during the annual KTXS Christmas Lights Parade on Nov. 29. His free year, up to $3,000, begins in January.
Ramirez, a truck driver, said the announcement came as a big surprise and a great relief.
Shown are officers of the Sweetwater High School National Honor Society. An induction ceremony was held on Nov. 17, 2011, at the SHS Auditorium. Shown from left to right are (guest speaker) Levi Peck; Ryan Mercer, Treasurer; Alicia Finn, Historian; Leah Armstrong, Secretary; Gabriel Medellin, Vice President; and Carly Johnson, President.
For children and adolescents whose lives were affected by this year's Texas wildfires, the holiday season may bring added anxiety, especially if they lost their home, pets, or treasured possessions and holiday keepsakes.
In some instances children may be experiencing survivor guilt because their home was left unharmed in the wildfires, while those of friends or family were completely destroyed.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 42 calls for service, issued four citations and made three arrests on Dec. 14, 2011.
The SPD received 21, 911 calls.
Calls for service:
ŌĆó Theft ŌĆö 600 block of Lamar.
ŌĆó Theft ŌĆö 600 block of Lamar.
ŌĆó Burglary of a vehicle/criminal mischief ŌĆö 1500 block of James.
ŌĆó Information only ŌĆö 900 block of Roscoe.
ŌĆó Obstruction/retaliation ŌĆö 100 block of Bales.
ŌĆó Information only ŌĆö 200 block of E. Fourth.
Arrested by SPD:
ŌĆó Christian Coppler, 30 ŌĆö Driving while license invalid.
ŌĆó Cody Farley, 19 ŌĆö Warrant.
ŌĆó Olga Torrez, 18 ŌĆö Warrants.


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The Allen County prosecutor's office won't bring charges against an Indiana State Police trooper in a May shooting, according to a news release from Prosecutor Karen Richards' office Friday morning.
The Indiana State Police has completed its investigation into the May 18 shooting of Lucius Washington, 33, in the 1100 block of West Main Street. Richards' office determined there was "insufficient evidence of criminal liability to prove guilty beyond a reasonable doubt," according to the release.
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When Mel Brooks broke into show business in the late 1940s, more people attended burlesque shows than owned TVs. To the young World War II vet from Brooklyn, something had to change in the world of standup comedy.
"I mean, the jokes were funny," he says, "but they were somehow uninspired. Like, 'My wife asked me to take her somewhere she'd never been before. So I took her to the kitchen!' " Bah-dum!
With his impeccable delivery and Borscht Belt chutzpah, the 86-year-old Brooks turns even that old chestnut into a corker. He probably could have had a good run in the standup comedy mold of Henny Youngman and Jack E. Leonard. But the spark of genius would not let him settle for that, and a new landmark book/DVD/CD set from Shout! Factory, The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection of Unhinged Comedy, is evidence.
"I'd go up there and say, 'Good evening, ladies and Jews.' Then I did imitations," he recalls. "I'd do Cary Grant, and I'd do Cagney. But then I'd throw in Thomas Jefferson or Ben Franklin. And you know, who's gonna criticize that? Who's gonna stand up in the audience and say, 'That is not Thomas Jefferson! He never had a lisp!' "
That brand of straight-faced absurdity doubtless confused many of Brooks' early audiences, but it paved the way for latter-day comic revisionists such as Steve Martin. Another of Brooks' early bits, "The Man of a Thousand Faces"— which involved Brooks simply standing up there making one stupid face after another until the audience simply couldn't stand it any more — predated the similarly inspired antics of Andy Kaufman by more than two decades.
And really, if you want to understand what's become funny over the past half-century, look no further than Brooks' landmark 1968 comedy, The Producers, which mined racism, greed and the Third Reich for a kind of primal laughter nobody had even tried to tap into before that.
Brooks breathes the rarefied air of those who have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony. Next year he'll receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. PBS will air an American Masters special about him in May. And then there's the CD/DVD set. "It's archival," he says, "the real me. They found a lot of it on YouTube!"
[The clip above is from an HBO special Mel Brooks Strikes Back debuting on Dec. 10]
The collection includes a speech class recording Brooks made at New York's New School in 1947. Young Brooks — identifying himself by his original name, Melvin Kaminsky — recites what he calls a "desecration" of Keats' "The Eve of St. Agnes." Then come clips from Sid Caesar's 1950s TV programs — for which Brooks cowrote, along with the likes of Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart and Neil Simon.
One clip from the late 1980s reunites most of the show's writers with Caesar in a panel discussion, and even after all those years, the writers still recall how they clashed with the young upstart Brooks.
"It ended up in love, but there was a lot of hatred for me at the beginning," Brooks now says matter-of-factly. "I was always selfish, I was always late, I was always arrogant. People would ask, 'Well, who do you think the best writer is?' And I'd say, 'It's obviously me!' "
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- peter lindsay
- Newcastle
- Australia
Physics Teacher,
This conversation is closed.
Is there an alternative to money?
I read many entries on this site that tell me about the evils of money and how rampant capitalism is destroying the world. SO! I'm a highschool science teacher. I teach on average100 students per day for 1 or 2 hours each. How can I be compensated for my service in a way that doesn't involve some sort of promissory note?
edward long
Mar 2 2013: You have a "For Value Received" contract with your employer. The two of you have agreed to exchange your teaching skills for their Value Representations, commonly called "dollars". You are asking how to modify your contract to replace, or eliminate the Value Representations? Let's see, what might they give you instead of money?. . . something of intrinsic value equal to the intrinsic value of your skills? You don't want fiat money. You don't want promissory (Receipt) money. You don't want commodity money, and you don't want fractional money. Drawing from the history of commerce there remains only one medium of exchange . . . barter.Mar 4 2013: Technocracy Inc came up with a system back in the 1930's based on energy accounting.Mar 4 2013: Only in Star Trek
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There are more than a hundred million people just in China that do not use money. But they live like in the year 1901...
Your choice.Mar 4 2013: What resources do you have available and how interested are the students to work with you?Mar 2 2013: If there is, we haven´t found it. The problem is not the system; it is the human beings in the system. No system on earth, no matter how good, would work well if it is not properly run.
THere are various goods and services; and money is so far the best mode of exchange.Mar 1 2013: I don't think we need an alternative, money serves a function and it serves it very well.
The evils spoken of don't come down to money, it comes down to people, whether money is involved or not inequality's will arise. There are 7 billion people on earth it would be naive to think that no one even if money wasn't present would turn out better than the rest?
Small scale alternatives are very possible but once you scale up to the huge amount of transactions happening between not only capitalist country's but all other types of economy's and then again to the amount of transactions happening between individual people in any given city at any given time replacing something as simple and efficient as money seems unwise...
Now if what we are talking about is how people use a redistribute this wealth is a completely different question, but as I said if we are simply talking about money coins and bills without feeling or reason as a tool they are invaluable to society and carry no inherent evil in and of themselves.Mar 1 2013: When we live Consciously, money will fall away..........we are a ways away from that :-)
Yez Saif
Mar 1 2013: As long as we are human we will be using money. May we forever be self-conscious.Feb 28 2013: I have a good news for all those who blame money for all the evils of this world. Due to certain processes which you will never be able to grasp, you will soon dump all your dollars, euros and yens :)
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Mar 1 2013: what a party it will be!Feb 28 2013: If there were the necessary shift in the cultural paradigm, the idea of money wouldn't even be part of your thinking - any more than jurgulats are today. The word "money" would be nothing more than a series of syllables without meaning. The concept of money as a medium of exchange just wouldn't exist.
Thought experiment: You & 100 people are stranded on a tropical island and people don't know ur ship ran aground, AND (because this happened 400 years ago), no one will find you. The captain & his crew all died trying to save you & this now-unsailable ship). There is no power hierarchy in place.
Your 1st order of business is to find fresh water, temporary shelter, fire, and food to sustain you until you find the best place for a clearing to establish a permanent settlement. Each contributes time, talent, and expertise in the name of common survival. When the absolute essentials are taken care of, there is a shift in the cultural mentality. There is a lot of free time. What will you do with it? Sit and die of boredom?
No, you will pursue your interests and strengthen your talents. You will share them with the group. If you don't want to share them with the group until a currency is agreed upon and monetary policy established, you will be an outcast. The group will not share w/ you until you demonstrate that you want to be part of the group. Groups can do a lot more than singles - and in less time.
If you think your talent is building homes, but you aren't good at it, no one will want your home. You'll figure out that you have much to learn or that's not 1 of your talents. In the same way, if you are a physics teacher but no student wants to learn from you, you had best find another talent to share.
No power hierarchy. No government telling kids that they must go to you to learn even if you are not the best teacher. (hypothetically).'
Talent, skill & creativity become the currency of the day, along with the ability to get along with others.
Feb 28 2013: I agree that a pure communist leaderless. moneyless society is possible but they only seem to work upto the point where population is big enough to allow the formation of "tribes" within the group. You can't maintain a relationship with everybody once you get to 20000pop, so tribes form and you need a way of trading services between tribes.
Mar 1 2013: I perceive a vast difference between "tribes" and "communities". But trading services is just another form of money, so I think that the very idea of trading this for that is part of the fundamental flaw in our social system. I prefer the gift economy that comes with RATIONAL anarchy.
I'm not sure if by pure communism you mean Marxism - that values people above all. Remember that Marx himself said that if Communism is Marxism, then he is not a Marxist.
RATIONAL anarchy has almost nothing in common with anarchy. Anarchy is a fear-based system.
Mar 4 2013: Pure communism like Australian aboriginals. They don't traditionally have a concept of personal property. Everything is about the people or the land. When they refer to country it means the area of land that they are responsible for looking after not the land they own.Mar 4 2013: If Rational Anarchy has nothing in common with Anarchy would it not be a good idea to label it something which does not contain the word "anarchy"?Mar 4 2013: Ed, If I could think of another word that would describe it, I would use it. But as no word currently exists, if I were to invent one, would you know what it means?
Anarchy is chaos. A group of people who are controlled by their emotions, rather than own them, might well form a government that manipulates us through those emotions - as our government and religions do.
Rational anarchy is logical, coherent, rational thought forming the basis for a ground-up (local up) government (with very few powers). It depends on the individual to be able to think rationally, thus to treat others and self well. It denies Big Brother ownership of the lives of individuals, and allows all to experience the consequences of their choices.
The word "Libertarian" comes closest, but I know of Libertarians who do not know the difference between a thought and an emotion, so to use the word would misrepresent what I am saying.Feb 28 2013: Let's see.
We have factories, companies, institutions, schools, distribution points and centers, transport methods, etc..
We are automating more and more things. Even some delicate, complex medical operations are done by automation, i.e. robots basically, and with the use of computers.
We will continue to automate more and more. Technology, an extension of we humans will always be changing, growing and being created anew, by who? Humans.
We as a species, will also continue along our way because we wish to learn, teach, build, design, paint, draw, conceive, play sports, and on and on.
We will not lose motivation because of no money. In fact, our motivation to do, i.e, help solve our problems, would help us because now we could solve them. Without money, we will still have them and our dreams, desires, wants and needs, so we will still do in order to take care of them, solve them, realize them or make them a reality.
In other words, money will no longer be a barrier stopping us from solving, resolving, growing, enjoying and with more leisure and less stress, and everyone is involved.
Things don't........"get done"..........because of money.
Things............"don't get done"......because of money.
So, what if our needs are free? Everyone's needs? What we all need to be safe, secure, housed, clothed, dressed, transported, fed, educated? All of those can be automated and soon will be. They are what we work for, but the real problems are not being solved because of money. If our needs are met by a very largely automated system, that isn't boring to the machine but is boring , dumbing-down and dangerous to the human, all jobs are equal, performed for a very short time (I don't know, with so many of us maybe 2-3 hours a month?)
So, what if we kept all these things going all while automating more so that we would have a minimum of time spent actually working and more people could be trained to do the kinds of work we need?.
Nothing costs money. Everything costs people
Mar 1 2013: When all is automated doesn't the power lie in those that know how to fix the automatons?
W. Ying
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My answer is no!
Money greatly makes invalid happiness, which makes greed, inequality, crimes, wars, environment destruction, .... humankind self-extinction.
Hence, we have to eradicate the root ---- invalid happiness.
(For details, see the 1st article, points 1-3, 14, at
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=D24D89AE8B1E2E0D&id=D24D89AE8B1E2E0D%21283&sc=documents.)Feb 28 2013: At this moment all I can think of is semantic gameplaying unless you want room and board or chickens Isn't that sort of like a salary or incarceration?Feb 28 2013: Not reallyFeb 28 2013: A couple of months ago I attended a lecture by representatives of a non-profit working to promote education in Myanmar. Because there isn't a banking system there and it is difficult to distribute money in that country, the program had no useful way of drawing teachers to remote villages by paying them.
So the non-profit arranged for the teachers to be compensated with extra food, housing, and a computer.
I am not saying that it is efficient to compensate you in this way, Peter, but there are work arrangements that don't involve exchanges of money.
As a second example, I saw a video Monday about health care in a poor province in India. Poor people there typically prefer to take their health issues to a practitioner called a bhopa, who does incantations of various kinds. While they do provide some monetary payment for the service, part of what the patient is required to do is bring the bhopa a chicken or goat, which is the major part of the payment.
Feb 28 2013: I can see how it could work on a small scale Fritzie but I can't really see it going past there. The school at which I work has 1300 students and 120 staff. The staff all have different wants and needs and the parents of the students all have different talents to offer as payment. It just seems that even in a barter based society everyone ends up writing IOUs or making Barterbucks because it just simplifies the whole thing.
Feb 28 2013: You are right that there needs to be some sort of barterbucks or a giant administrative arrangement.Feb 28 2013: Barter is nothing more than a different form of money. Those of us who speak of a money-ess society equate barter with dollars, because dollars are just a substitute for the items you want to trade. (a dollar is easier to carry around than 12 chickens).
Money creates social inequality while destroying the social cohesion.


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Tara Jamieson is doing what she loves the most: playing with paint.
Last year, after spending all of her spare time in her garage, sanding, stripping and painting the dressers, tables and nightstands she picked up second-hand, Jamieson decided it was time do what she loves full time. So, she started her own business as a designer and contractor and recently opened her studio, Lauren Lane Decor, where she designs and sells refurbished vintage furniture.
"Basically, my whole social life became my garage," she says. "All I wanted to do was work on furniture. I figured, if you're going to spend every free moment doing this, you've got to at least cover expenses."
As an accountant who has worked in the oil and gas industry for 10 years and being the "biggest bargain hunter around," Jamieson likes a good deal. So she stalked weekend garage sales and scoured online classifieds, buying old furniture and giving it new life with a fresh coat of paint.
Then she started listing her refinished pieces online - and the e-mails came flooding in. Some with more than 100 inquiries, solidifying the idea - or, as she says, her "light bulb" moment - that refinishing furniture was something she should be doing full time.
So she started to do some research, following other designers' blogs and eventually starting her own to get feedback from others in the industry.
"I posted my projects and what I was working on and then started to refinish furniture simply because I wanted to make something in purple or some crazy colour," Jamieson says.
"From there, it's just exploded."
In addition to being chic, her sense of thrift and love for upcycling also makes her pieces affordable.
"I grew up in a home where my family didn't have a lot of money, but my mom always made our home look so beautiful with her hands - and that kind of rubbed off on me."
And Jamieson's passion and creativity is getting noticed.
In addition to her new Ogden studio, Jamieson is also designing furniture for the Frilly Lily stores as the franchise expands, and doing work for Uniquities Architectural Antiques and Salvage.
Uniquities owner Julia Shantz says she can't keep Jamieson's pieces in her store.
"It's great for the Calgary design community to have a new option," says Shantz, who specializes in 19th-century European furniture.
"As an antique dealer, if you're not licking or smelling the piece, you're touching it. And, when you touch painted pieces, you don't want to feel the shellac - you want to feel this nice chalky feel to it."
Jamieson achieves a quality high-end finish by using painter Annie Sloan's chalk paint, which is renowned in the European furniture and antique industry. It goes onto any surface (with a few exceptions) with no priming, no sanding and no preparation work. Jamieson is not only one of the very few people to be using the paint in Canada, she is also the nation's only Annie Sloan retailer.
"We have pieces here painted with Annie Sloan paint that we bought in France, so you can imagine my excitement to know
Tara is here in Ogden painting these and bringing in Annie Sloan paint," Shantz says, noting Jamieson has the training and keen understanding about how to use the paint and waxes.
The designer is also sharing her years of experience, teaching beginner and advanced classes at her studio for those who also desire a little DIY. The classes are a full day (lunch is included), where people can gain practical knowledge about refinishing furniture, plus six basic techniques, including paint mixing, distressing, twotones and stencilling.
For the advanced classes, people are able to bring a piece of their own furniture to the studio and use Jamieson's tools as she walks them through the process.
There is, however, one rule: you have to be able to lift the furniture without any help.
"You can't have your husband backing your dining set through the bay doors," Jamieson says, adding the classes are small, with just eight people. "I want to be able to help the people and be able to guide them. I just wanted it to be really personal and fun."