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The best advice that I can give to anyone is to always randomly ask your friends when you're desperately drowning in your own tears because you just don't have anyone to accompany you to finally attend your favourite band's gig after 4 years of waiting very patiently.
A few weeks ago, I almost gave up trying to find a gig buddy for Phoenix's concert because I knew nobody that loves the same bands as I do …where I am now. Very luckily though, I have a blabby mouth and decided to randomly text Tara and just virtually cried at her. Fortunately, Tara wants to watch Phoenix despite the fact that she doesn't really listen to them. God bless blabby mouths. God bless Tara.
Anyway, fast-forwarding to the D-day…
I couldn't sleep, clearly. I mean, I'm finally watching Phoenix, and to weigh my brains even more, I had to think about all the tube station closures. They opted for the most perfect day to have the strike. Kudos to the unions involved. It did turn out, though, that when I arrived, there were literally… 0 people waiting. It was such a heavy contrast to when I watched Coldplay two months ago because I think a lot of people actually slept in line to get the front row. Yikes. So we thought, why wait in line if nobody's queueing? We went to Nando's instead to eat…chips.
We were too suspicious of the whole situation. Practically, we should've been glad that nobody was waiting in line so we can definitely be in the front row, but it made me so bloody anxious I just had to check up again. And whaddaya know. Turns out there WAS a queue beside the venue which was really dark and literally everyone was wearing black. I rushed back to Nando's to call Tara and we ran like the wind to the queue.
(yes, with an 'S')
We got front row and we were literally in the middle. Best position ever. I did, however, get squished throughout the entire show but didn't even care because it was so much fun. I really loved seeing them live because they were so.. I wouldn't say interactive, but I'd say intimate with the audience. Thomas, especially, I mean. He went to the crowd for like four times.
The first time, he went to the people on my right, climbed the barricade and stood there singing Lasso and I was damn pissed, I mean I was in the middle but why the hell are those on the far corners getting all the juice on Thomas Mars? The second time, he went to the people on my left. "What the fucking hell?" I thought. Nevertheless, I managed to just enjoy the whole thing and stared my precious Deck D'Arcy who was straight on aligned in front of me.
Before we knew it, they were done. But everyone knows that they'd be back for an encore. So the third time, he went to my direction and let me tell you, I kind of froze and was so nervous that he's gonna come in front of me and yes, people, he did. He climbed the barricade right in front of me and actually sat on the barricade in front of me. IN FRONT OF ME. I couldn't emphasise this enough. He sat on the barricade where I was and we were literally 0 cm from each other. It was surreal. After settling himself in the awkward position, he sang my favourite song with my favourite version, Countdown, acoustically. I couldn't stop listening to that song for months and months and there he was, 0 cm from me, singing my song. I sang so loudly and looked like a complete lunatic, I predict, and I've only realised this after watching the videos that Tara recorded. Anyway, I sang so loudly that Thomas looked at me in the eyes and I swear he looked so lovely and happy and actually gave the mic to me to sing. He did. He flippin' did. Although it was only for a second or so. It was the most magical moment I've ever had in my life, quite honestly. I even held his hand. HAHAHAHAHA.
After playing nineteen songs, (Wow, that's a whole lot?!?) they finally left the stage for real. As per usual, I stayed in the front row, hoping to get a setlist from the crew. Before the show started, I managed to figure out that there were two types of crews; Phoenix's crew (which were French) and the English show/venue/something crew. The English crew were all so grumpy and every time people ask for a setlist they just simply say, "nope sorry I don't/can't have them." I figured, why not practise my French skills and ask the French crew directly instead? So I waited for the French crew, which were all wearing Phoenix jackets and cool attire and there was finally one tidying up all the bits and bobs on the floor, where the setlist lied. "Je pourrais avoir la setlist, s'il vous plait?!?" I shouted. It took me a few times to get the French guy's attention. He looked at me and grabbed a setlist, but he gave it to one of the English crew guy and gestured at me, instructing him to clearly give it to me. But no. A lot of people on my left reached out their hands to grab the setlist and I was overpowered by their hands and the stupid English guy gave it to those bunch of people. I shouted my French sentence again, asking for the setlist to the French guy and I successfully caught his attention and he grabbed the setlist and kept pointing at me this time, because people started reaching out their hands again to grab the bloody setlist. But of course, since he kept on pointing at me, everybody got the picture and I received the setlist!!!!
Everything I wanted happened, everything I wished for came true. This is probably the first time that has ever happened.
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I have to be truthful and admit that although as a child I was taught 'the meaning of Easter,' I really looked forward to it for a whole array of different reasons. Firstly, it was the first real holiday break after Christmas … all that trudging to school in the frost, snow, ice and rain … dark mornings and evenings … coughing, spluttering and sneezing through the damp of it all – and the light at the end of the tunnel was two glorious weeks away from school! Two weeks of beautiful freedom … walking through fields, picking flowers and an endless playtime from dawn to dusk. Secondly, at least one week before the end of term we all made Easter bonnets from paper and card along with various yellow chicks, nests and painting eggs … this was different from our usual routines. Thirdly, but not necessarily in that order … I used to receive chocolate eggs. When I was quite small …… there were many chocolate eggs. One from each of my Grandmas, ones from some of my Aunties and of course one from my Mother and Father. It was a time of sharing and surprise … all those different eggs covered in brightly coloured foils … each egg made a noise when it was rattled – what did it contain? Of course, more chocolates …. Yes, I looked forward to Easter and that magical time that holds such magnificent memories … and yes, I still love chocolate from the creamy sweet, sumptuous flavour of Cadbury's Dairy Milk to the dark, rich, earthy luscious experience of South American flavours … my current favourite being Arriba Superieur at 81% premium cocoa from the Esmeraldas Province Plantations in Ecuador!
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Thats Me!
Well, I did it! I am a real working guide dog! I have been working hard for the past three weeks, training with my new partner Julie. Everyone says that we make a great team. I am looking forward to sharing lots of exciting times together. It's been fun getting to know each other these past few weeks.
Today was graduation day. Lots of people came to watch the ceremony. I even got to meet my puppy raisers today! We all chatted for a while in Julie's room before the ceremony started. I told them how challenging guide dog college was, and thanked them for preparing me to meet the challenge.
That's about it for a while! I am off to start my new life. I have enjoyed sharing my experiences with all of you that check in from time to time!


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THE FOLLOWING LINKS FEATURE VERY IMPORTANT CONCEPTS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. REVIEW Sherif's, ASCH'S, MILGRAM'S AND ZIMBARDO'S CLASSIC STUDIES AND READ UP ON THE "BYSTANDER EFFECT."
The Robber's Cave - Sherif: In-group, out-group, Bias, Bonding, Competition and Cooperation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QGNxRGgBwM
Social Thinking - Crash Course
Social Influene - Crash Course
The Bystander Effect... what would you do?
This happened last year in NYC it looks like a 31 year-old Guatemalan man named Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax was stabbed on the street in New York City and many pedestrians walked right past him as he died. You can read the story and see a surveillance video here.
Read more about the bystander effect here.
The Bystander Effect/Diffusion of Responsibility video we saw in class is below or here.
Asch's Conformity
Solomon Asch's conformity study showed how easily people will give an obviously wrong answer when other people are giving that same answer. Watch the video at the link below:
Milgram's Obedience
Stanley Milgram's obedience study was recently partly replicated by ABC's Prime Time show. Watch how easily people follow orders even when they know the orders are wrong.
Zimbardo's Prison Roles
Philip Zimbardo's experiment about how roles affect behavior is known as the "Stanford Prison Experiment." Those playing inmates became passive while those playing guards became aggressive. Subjects' real identities seemed to pale in comparison to the roles they played so much that the experiment had to be stopped after a few days. Who knows what would have happened if the experiment had gone on for two full weeks.
Prejudice and Discrimination - Crash Course
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I couldn't resist adopting this as my crochet blog title, it's what my now 8 year old daughter called my hobby when she was 3. Her brother (2.5 years older) always corrected her, "It's called crocheting." with the exasperation only an older sibling can muster. Anyway, I like it and I figure it will serve as a little reminder as to what really matters if I get too caught up in the online crochet world....
Friday, August 08, 2008
Sneak Peek
I'm about to start another secret project for Robyn and come to realize I never posted a link to her sneak peek for the last project! Well the beautiful Blue Sky Royal alpaca I posted about turned into this wonderfully soft and ruffly fall accessory that Robyn blogged about in a sneak preview back in May! Rumor has it, that the accessory was touched and felt and even worn by many staffers at the publishing establishment. I'll let you know when it's really out!
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The police on Tuesday arraigned a 21-year-old student, Sunday Oludare, before an Abeokuta Magistrates' Court for allegedly stealing a Blackberry phone which the police said was valued at N10,000.
The accused who was not represented, pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing.
The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Augustine Ozimini, said the accused allegedly committed the offence on Feb. 14 at about 12 p.m. at the Abeokuta Campus of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.
He said that the accused accosted the complainant, one Toheeb Ojelade, a new student and collected his phone forcefully.
"Oludare accosted the fresher, bullied him, collected the phone from him and forcefully chased him away," he said.
The Magistrate, Mr Idowu Olayinka, granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum, and adjourned the case to Feb. 28 for further hearing. (NAN)
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Hi everyone! I have a fun card today for Avery Elle. I featuring the new stamp sets called More Party Animals. This sets is so fun! I have so much fun playing with it. So I make a festive, happy and fun Birthday card!
Avery Elle supply that I'm using :
More Party Animals Clear Stamps for the images and sentiment
More Party Animals Ellements to die cut the images and confetti. I die cut the confetti on colorful glitter card stock
Pierced Clouds Ellements to die cut the clouds, then I coloring it using Distress Ink Tumbled Glass with blending tool and splash some water with my brush
The Caribbean Collection A2 Folded Cards
I stamp the images, coloring it using Copic then die cut it. The sentiment is from silver embossing powder.
Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you like it :)
Melania Deasy
Avery Elle More Party Animals
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This card and the Mama Elephant card both just made me smile today. You have such a gift for choosing lovely and happy colors in your card designs - they can't help but making me feel good. Makes stopping by your blog something I look forward to as I browse the web. Thank you!ReplyDelete
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Of course I LOVE your cards! I LOVE ALL your cards! I wish I could match colors and make cards as beautiful as you.
Thank you for always sharing your cards and amazing me with your cards!
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Weight Loss Doesn't Have To Be Difficult Witness How It Loses 32 Pounds In 2 Weeks
Sometimes losing weight can seem like the hardest thing in the world. Even if at first you are motivated and excited about losing weight, pitfalls along the way can leave you feeling discouraged, frustrated and ready to give up on your goals. What are the methods others have used to meet their objectives and maintain their results? Which methods do they use to accomplish this?
You need to understand your goals before developing a fitness plan. Do you want to change your weight significantly, or do you just want to look trimmer? Are you hoping that regular exercise will make you more energetic? Where do you see yourself at the end of your workout plan?
It's important to keep track of your progress every week. Hold a record of your progress and update it each week. Keep a food log in the journal of everything you consume each day. Writing down what you put into your body will make you more aware of your choices, inspiring you to make healthier decisions.
If you become too hungry, your ability to make rational food choices will diminish and you may end up on an eating binge that you will later regret. Save money and avoid temptation by planning out your meals and bringing them with you before you leave the house. It is a good idea to bring a lunch with you from home. You will save money by bringing your own food, and the food you make will be healthier than what you can get from restaurants and fast food places.
There is more to a successful weight loss program than just a good diet. You need to combine consistent exercise with that diet to make real progress. Make your exercise regimen something appealing. Activities should focus on both making you feel healthy as well as involving you in vigorous exercise. You could try taking exercise classes that especially interest you. Interacting with like-minded souls offers great opportunities to keep your workouts fun and sociable.
Most everyone has heard about this method, yet people rarely do it. Remove any trace of fatty foods, sugary treats and high calorie snacks from your cupboards and fridge. If they are out of sight, they are out of mind. Instead of junk food, fill your refrigerator with healthy food, such as fruits and vegetables. If you keep the bad choices out of sight, you will be more likely to make good choices.
Let your friends and family know that you have long term weight loss goals. Loved ones are the best inspiration you can ask for. Get in touch with your friends when you need a little bit of support.


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Hi guys!! It has been quite a while since I last posted a book haul in this blog. I think my last book haul was in May? So I've been skipping out on June and July. For me personally, posting book hauls is a ton of work (especially taking pictures of the books) and I'm a very lazy guy hence the lack of book haul posts in this blog and the not-so-pretty book pictures I put in the posts. Nevertheless, I always feel the need to show you guys what books I've got each month just so that we can all gaze at pretty book covers. In the month of August, I have accumulated a total of 13 books. Let's all see what I got!
These two books were sent to me from Diva Press. One of them is for a blog tour purpose and that is Rental Kuda Manggani, this book is a collection of short stories written by 21 authors (a lot right?) and this book is not that thick, it doesn't even reach 200 pages. I'm curious to know what kind of stories are in this book and hopefully I'll like it. Stay tune for the blog tour on this blog at the end of September, ok!!
The second one is, Langit Jingga di Acapulco. Let me just say that the cover with that kind of ethnic typography on the cover made this book very pretty. This book was a bonus book also from Diva Press for the blog tour hosts. So thank you, Diva Press for these books!!
Both of these books were from Periplus.com because I just cannot stay away from that website. I always feel the need to open that website and check whether or not there were some prices that were marked down and saw both of these at a special price. I got All Over Creation because I'm curious about Ruth Ozeki's writing since I often see her newest book mentioned by book tubers. I also got the second book in the House of Secrets series since I do own the first book even though I haven't read it yet. Well it was quite cheap so that purchase was justified!
Next up were books that I bought from kak Lina's book sale on her blog recently. When I saw that she was selling these two I immediately contacted her and said I wanted to buy them. So, I did and she gave me two bonus bookmarks yeay!! These two have been on my wish list for a while, even though I was searching for the english version, I'll settle for the translated ones.
The Chronicles of Audy: 4R (The Chronicles of Audy, #1) by Orizuka
When I saw in Penerbit Haru's Facebook page that they are selling this book for only Rp10.000 at PopCon I immediately want it since there is a lot of hype surrounding this series and a lot of people seem to like it, since it was really cheap so I got it. I didn't have to go to PopCon though, the lovely and kind kak Dini bought it for me when she was there! Thank you!! It's not in a really good condition as you can tell from the picture but I'm ok with it.
Mimpipedia by @penafsirmimpi & Mitha Juniar
Won this book from a Goodreads giveaway. Never heard either the book and the Twitter account before. Basically, the book gives readers information about different kinds of dreams and what is the meaning behind each and everyone of those dreams. It's not a thick book and it's filled with pictures, so I think it'll be a quick read for me. Thank you, Goodreads and Redaksi Moka Media!
Shadow and Bone (The Grisha, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
I got this one from a swap with kak Sulis @ Kubikel Romance. I traded my translated version of this book in exchange for the english version of the book. Another wish list achieved! Thank you, kak Sulis!
All three of these books were the result of BBI's Auction for Charity that was conducted recently. It was quite fun and thrilling to be able to participate in this auction, you kind of feel the tension as you refresh the page on and on again to maintain your spot as the winner of the book(s) that you wanted. Thankfully I was able to get two books from my wish list and they are Elantris and Wool. I got an extra non-fiction book, Stolen Lives because the premise sounds interesting even though I was not a big fan of non-fiction books.
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Last but not least, my favorite out of all the books that I got in the month of August. I never expected to finally get this book since every time I came across this book online it was always already sold. But then one day I was strolling the marketplace of the Indonesians Who Love English Books group on Goodreads, there it was!! Of course I immediately bought it and of course when it arrived it was very beautiful!! It is big, thick, glorious, hardcover, and its going to take me years to finish :") but I'm fine with it!!
Okay, so that's all for my haul in the month of August. Let me know in the comment section below what books did you get in the month of August and what book are you excited to read in September!
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Uzi Landau doesn't steal Palestinian homes because there is no such thing
DENVER- Israeli PR envoy Uzi Landau addressed CU Denver students today, the majority of whom were antagonistic to his message. Denver policemen lined the walls, altar and choir loft, as Landau went on about the mortal threat which "extremist" Islam poses to Judeo-Christian civilization. Landau likened Iran to Nazi Germany and Ahmadinejad to Hitler, but had no comparison for the nefarious and subversive terror plots which Iran has been foisting on the free world. I'm thinking perhaps, like the CIA or Mossad?
Posted: October 28th, 2009 under Local News.
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Denver Columbus Day Parade wants to kick indigenous ass
DENVER- Does it look like the COLUMBUS DAY PARADE organizers are practically begging for a comeuppance? Here comes the US cavalry of the American Indian Wars to finish the job Columbus began.
Posted: October 8th, 2008 under Local News.
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We get up early to BEAT the crowds
The Denver Police Union is selling this t-shirt to raise funds and gloat about their brutish behavior at the DNC. The front of the shirt bears the R-68 logo encased in a circle/slash. The police claim that the t-shirt was made after the convention as a funny joke, but at a recent R-68 meeting founder Glenn Spagnuolo claimed that he saw the shirts prior to the start of the convention and that every police officer wore one under his uniform during the DNC.
Posted: October 3rd, 2008 under Perspective.
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Cindy Sheehan & Public Enemy at DNC
DENVER- DNC demonstration organizers Recreate 68 announced today that Cindy Sheehan will be speaking at its END THE OCCUPATION rally on Sunday. Sheehan will join Cynthia McKinney and other luminaries at the kick-off of R68's antiwar activities surrounding the DNC. The bigger news today was that Public Enemy will be coming together for the cause with a free concert on Tuesday afternoon, August 26, at Denver's Civic Center Park.
Posted: August 18th, 2008 under Activism.
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R68 announces speakers to counter DNC
DENVER- The Recreate 68 Alliance has announced its lineup of speakers for the DNC rallies. Among them: Pamela Africa (MOVE), Kathleen Cleaver, Rosa Clemente, Ward Churchill, Jenny Esquiveo (spokesperson for Eric McDavid), Fred Hampton Jr., a recording from Mumia Abu Jamal, Cha Cha Jimenez, Ron Kovic, Cynthia McKinney, Ricardo Romero, Natsu Saito, and a spokesperson for the Cuban Five.
Posted: August 11th, 2008 under Activism.
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Recreate-68 versus the City of Denver
DENVER- Glenn Spagnuolo of RECREATE-68 held his own against Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown at a symposium held today at the University of Denver about the upcoming DNC in August. Asked whether providing instruction for the use of shields truly constitutes advocating non-violent protest, Spagnuolo told of the permanent injuries which Police inflicted at previous demonstrations like the FTAA, and he described Denver's newly requisitioned equipment such as shotguns which fire long distance tasers (XREP) and ear-piercing weapons systems (LRAD). Councilman Brown stressed the importance of protecting the upcoming DNC, its delegates, its protestors, the people of Denver, and the reputation of Denver, from the threat of terrorism.
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Garza is taking a job as president and CEO of Battelle for Kids, a nonprofit education organization based in Columbus, Ohio.
"I am so grateful for the opportunity to have served this world-class school system since June 2013," Garza said. "It has been an honor and privilege to have worked with the dedicated and professional staff who make FCPS the finest school system in the country."
The school board plans to name an interim superintendent and in the coming weeks will provide details regarding the search process.
"The school board is extremely sorry to lose Dr. Garza, but is very grateful for her leadership since 2013. We wish her the very best in her next endeavor," says a statement from school board chair Sandy Evans (Mason).
"As the first woman to lead FCPS in its history, Dr. Garza has been a transformational leader who has had a tremendous positive impact on our schools, families, employees, and most importantly the children of Fairfax County," Evans says. "She has taken FCPS to new levels of achievement with vision, candor, and grace. Dr. Garza and her leadership team worked closely with the school board to establish the Portrait of a Graduate and to create our strategic plan, Ignite."
Among Garza's accomplishments cited by Evans: a top priority on student achievement, support and attention to the most challenged schools, implementation of later high school start times, full-day Mondays for elementary students, and reduced elementary class sizes.
"A tireless advocate for teachers, she navigated one of the most challenging budget environments in recent memory, and achieved the largest investment in FCPS teacher compensation in a decade," Evans continued. "Under her leadership, FCPS has embarked on a path that will transform our schools in positive ways that benefit all children, our employees, and our community."


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It's time to come clean. I drive too fast. Sometimes. You knew that already? Well, you faithful winepress reader, you. Thanks!
It's not right, though, and I feel terrible about it. And it's bugging me a lot tonight because—brace yourself—I drove like an idiot today. I got in my truck, slammed the door hard (making sure my fingers were out of the way), and then I got out on the open road where I . . . drove too fast.
You might be wondering how an idiot drives. Then again, you probably already know. Try to reign in your imagination here—it wasn't that bad. Although some guy got mad at me and thought I was tailgating him so he slowed down to ten miles per hour and then I was tailgating him. Then we were both mad.
So why am I telling you about it? Because the Pioneer Woman—who just happens to be my blogging idol at the moment—said I shouldn't be afraid to embarrass myself by telling you humiliating things I've done. See, you and my most vocal reader—that guy with the interesting name "Anonymous"—are my peeps. I know I can be real with you. It's good to admit my failures and confess that when I drive like an idiot it's stupid.
So, if you happen to know that guy in the car who slowed down to the speed of . . . nothing . . . and made me miss that light, would you tell him for me—nice car.
You thought I was going to say something else, didn't you? Confession is one thing. Apologies are another. I'm not perfect, you know.
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Community Gets Animated With New Webisodes
Community fans have a lot to be thankful for. Not only is their favorite series returning to NBC Thursday nights beginning March 15, but there will also be a series of animated shorts on Hulu this week to get folks pumped up for the rest of the season. The site posted a 24-second sneak peek showing off the animation.
"In Abed's Master Key, Dean Pelton hires Abed as his temporary assistant. Entrusted with a Greendale Master Key, Abed begins to grant favors for his friends, only to be confronted by Brita who also heads down the same dark path." There will be three episodes premiering daily on Hulu March 7-9.
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5 comments:
- tony said...
Absolutely delighted to see the images of Jan Dibbets. I first saw his work 40 years or so ago in London & during all this time he has maintained a visual & artistic integrity of the highest order. I don't know how high his profile on the American art scene but should you ever have the chance to see his work for real I ask you not to miss the occasion.
- August 23, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Wow! Makes me think of one of my favourite artists, Gordon Matta Clark.. Beautiful!
- August 24, 2009 at 3:18 AM
- Jeremiah said...
I had the same thought as Kat, reminds of Gordon Matta Clark. Somehow though, this work is softer, and seems to have a completely different tone. I had never heard of Jan Dibbets before and I love these images. I want to see some in person. Thank you for the introduction!
- August 24, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- tony said...
Jeremiah, when you say that the work is 'softer' I think part of the reason may be found in the different approach between the two. Matta Clark was an interventionist in the true sense that he actually 'deconstructed' an object which existed whilst Dibbets constructs and de-constructs 'images' of what exist. Dibbet's approach is also more tied up with notions of perception & spatial ambiguity than recording an event. Although the photographic record of Matta Clark's actual interventions & the juxtaposition of one view point against another may ressemble Dibbet's images the latter's deconstruction & reassembly remain detached & are only 'real' in terms of the image - thus more conceptual than actual. Dibbets is also careful with use of tone & colour, underplayed though they may be, which is not perhaps a quality which would have had such a role with Matta Clark. I'm sure I've managed to make stupid remarks but just to cap it all I would suggest that Dibbet's 'distancing' stems more from a European tradition (cf.Dutch painting of domestic & church interiors) whilst Matta Clark is more in an American 'tradition' of bringing the 'physically' real within an art context (cf.Alan Kaprow & Robert Rauschenberg).
- August 24, 2009 at 2:05 PM
- Jeremiah said...
Tony, thanks for the overview. My art knowledge is superficial at best, and I think you did a good job contrasting the two. I actually did some photography work similar to Matta Clark for a seminar in college, but at the time I didn't know who he was (the professor did, but tried to avoid showing us actual examples until after the semester was over). You can take a look at it at http://jjohnson.carbonmade.com/projects/2257585 if you want. Thanks again.
- August 24, 2009 at 9:58 PM


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Hello and Happy Tuesday! We are starting a new feature on Tuesdays that will include tutorials and trash to treasure ideas. Hopefully my creative other half (sister Sandy) will have the time to post a few tutorials of some of the trash to treasure items she has created for her home.
Today is a tutorial on making what I call "poofy" paper flowers. The idea is inspired by Teresa Collins, which I saw demonstrated on YouTube by 217Creations in her video called How to Make a Folded Teresa Collins Flower.
The supplies you will need include:
glue gun
5 of the same sized paper flowers (2 inches or larger)
gems, buttons, etc
Step 1: Take one flower and fold it in half (you will do this to all but one flower)
Step 2: Fold the flower in half once more
Step 3: Staple folded flower #1 to folded flower #2 slightly overlapping
Step 4: Staple folded flower #2 to folded flower #3 slightly overlapping
Step 5: Staple folder flower #3 to folded flower #4 slightly overlapping
Step 6: Fluff the stapled flower parts to "poof" up
Step 7: Take a 6 -8 inch piece of the tulle, fold it in half, push down in the center with your finger, and staple
Step 8: Glue tulle to stapled flower
Step 9: Glue remaining flower on top of tulle/stapled flower and bend petals for dimension
Step 10: Glue gems, buttons, etc. to create center of flower.
You can add Stickles, spray flower or tulle with Glimmer mist, etc. Be creative and add your own style and flair!
These big poofy paper flowers would be a great addition to gift packages as a topper, embellishments for cards, picture frames, or scrapbook pages, or can be used on other paper crafting projects.
Later in the week, I will make a post and show you a few completed projects that have poofy paper flowers used as embellishments.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
Creativity Bug ~ Sue
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tuesday Tutorial: Poofy Paper Flowers
Posted by Sue Colerick
Labels: flowers, paper crafts, tutorial
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Did the apostate Jews personify SATAN/ THE DEVIL?
By Tuese Ahkiong
- The Apostate Jews were throwing Christians into jail
Revelation 2:9-11
"'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of THOSE WHO SAY THAT THEY ARE JEWS AND ARE NOT, BUT ARE A SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, THE DEVIL IS ABOUT TO THROW SOME OF YOU INTO PRISON, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.'
**Those who said that they were Jews and are not were the apostate Jews who were essentially the synagogue of Satan. Paul, supports this in Romans 2 below.
Romans 2:28-29
For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 BUT A JEW IS ONE INWARDLY, AND CIRCUMCISION IS A MATTER OF THE HEART, BY THE SPIRIT, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
**A Jew is one inwardly who has place faith in Christ. The jew who did not place their faith in Christ were apostate.
Throughout the New Testament who do we see as the enemy of the church, the first persecutor of the church, the ones delivering the saints TO JAIL? The Apostate Jews.
YOU ARE OF YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL, AND YOUR WILL IS TO DO YOUR FATHER'S DESIRES. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
**Christ gives it to the apostate jews and tells them that they are of their father the devil.
But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and PRISONs, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
**Yeshua predicts that His disciples/apostles will be put in prison.
The book of Acts gives several examples of the apostate Jews putting Christians in prison. Even Paul when he was Saul put many Christians in prison.
Acts 5:17-19
But THE HIGH PRIEST ROSE UP, AND ALL WHO WERE WITH HIM (THAT IS, THE PARTY OF THE SADDUCEES), and filled with jealousy 18 THEY ARRESTED THE APOSTLES AND PUT THEM IN THE PUBLIC PRISON. 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the PRISON doors and brought them out, and said,
Acts 5:24-26
Now when THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEMPLE AND THE CHIEF PRIESTs heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to. 25 And someone came and told them, "Look! THE MEN WHOM YOU PUT IN PRISON are standing in the temple and teaching the people." 26 Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.
Acts 12:3-5
About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword, 3 and when he saw that IT PLEASED THE JEWS, HE PROCEEDED TO ARREST PETER ALSO. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4 AND WHEN HE HAD SEIZED HIM, HE PUT HIM IN PRISON, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.
Acts 26:9-11
9 "I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 And I did so in Jerusalem. I NOT ONLY LOCKED UP MANY OF THE SAINTS IN PRISON AFTER RECEIVING AUTHORITY FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS, BUT WHEN THEY WERE PUT TO DEATH I CAST MY VOTE AGAINST THEM. 11 And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
After three days he called together the local leaders of THE JEWS, and when they had gathered, he said to them, "Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, YET I WAS DELIVERED AS A PRISONER FROM JERUSALEM into the hands of the Romans.
The God of peace will soon crush SATAN under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
**How long is soon? Paul says Satan would SOON be crushed under the Roman Christians' feet in the 1st century. What event in their lifetime would correspond to the crushing of Satan? Jerusalem was crushed in 70 A.D.
you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
**Satan in this context were the Jews who would punish the man for his evil of sleeping with his father's wife.
So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.
**Paul's thorn in the flesh were the apostate Jews.
see my articles:
Paul's thorn in the flesh
Who were The AntichristS?


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Fantasy Football Periscope Q&A: Friday 9/2/16
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six word sunday: finally coming out of the darkness
Join in the fun! Get more information about the Six Word Sunday challenge
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don't you just love those jaunty letters? so cheerful and reminiscent of the atomic age.
happy holidays, no matter what you celebrate!
Labels: pilfered pix
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My mother had surgery yesterday, and is recovering well. I was over there for a few hours last night and the anesthesia still had not worn completely off so she was a bit groggy. She seems to be in good spirits, which is good news. It's such a small world, and here's proof: the nurse assisting the doctor used to work for us! She was the manager of the gift shop we had in SF, and apparently was going to nursing school and all the while working for us. I definitely remember her, but as it was about 15 years ago (!!!) Mom doesn't.
The next step, starting in mid-January, will be for her to undergo radiation therapy. Now we're just waiting to hear back from pathology on her lymph node biopsy to see if the cancer has spread. I imagine we'll hear sometime later this week. In the meantime, I'm relieved that this step is over and we can focus on her recovery.
Thanks to everyone who offered kind words and prayers, they really mean a lot.
Beautiful wreath gifted to my mother by a generous friend:
On with the holidays!
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i once came across a blogger who referred to homemade lunches as "punishment lunches," because what else could compare to the reward of going out to eat?
this week has me low on funds, mostly due to too much holiday shopping, so i've decided to eat in. needless to say, i wasn't looking forward to making meals out of what i had at home, but if tonight and last night were any indication, "punishment" is a relative term.
last night i had homemade garlic bread with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese and whole wheat four-cheese ravioli with a hearty marinara. yeah, the pasta and sauce were store-bought, but i added my own spices for a kick. i topped it off with a glass (okay, two) of pretty much the only chardonnay i like, rombauer.
tonight i had crab cakes and a simple salad with light balsamic vinegar dressing and a couple of biscuits.
tomorrow will be leftover ravioli, and who knows what wednesday will bring.
Labels: photography, six word sunday
did i tell you all we deep-fried a turkey for thanksgiving? it seems like so long ago now, but it was only the other day that i found a recipe for leftover mashed potatoes, of which i had a ton left. the resulting dish of leftover mashed potatoes was delicious, but horribly unhealthy -- sort-of like a twice-baked potato with cheddar cheese, bacon and green onions, but without all that pesky scooping. i ate a portion and then threw the rest away. and as much as i hate to waste food, it was probably for the best.
but the turkey. y'know, i'm not really a meat eater, but i love me a good turkey sammich. father took the leftover turkey and carcass to make soup, his thanksgiving tradition, so the only turkey i had was on the day itself. i'm a white meat kinda gal so i was hoping that the deep frying would seal in the moisture. it sure did! i don't eat the skin (ick!) but even so it was noticeably better than an oven-cooked turkey. i'm not sure we'd fry a turkey again (hello 4 gallons of peanut oil!) but the results were good and the time it took to cook a 13 pound bird can't be beat -- about 40 minutes! i'm happy to report we had no burns or 325 degree oil bubbling over or other horror stories that seem to be heard this time of year.
we're good like that.
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Students at McMillon High School were surprised to today to arrive at school and find only one teacher. Last night the state lottery awarded a record pay-out of $325 million. The winning ticket was purchased at a QuickTrip a quarter mile from the school. Teachers at McMillon have participated in a lottery pool for the last two years and a clerk at the QuickTrip stated that each payday a teacher from McMillon would come in and buy upwards near 100 randomly selected numbers.
Though we are unable to confirm at this time that the teachers were the winners, certain circumstantial evidence indicates that this may be the case. The substitute coordinator for the district played a message for reporters this morning in which a chorus of voices can be heard exclaiming, "Suck it!" in unison.
A spokesman for the teachers union pointed out the irony, "When the lottery was first instituted in was sold as a way to help fund our failing schools. In reality that money went in as other money went out. If the teachers did win the jackpot, I think it is just a reckoning of the cosmic balance sheet."
Bob Shooda, the only remaining certified staff member, was found by students in the teachers lounge. The shattered remains of his "My Favorite Teacher" mug lying in a puddle of tepid coffee. He would later tell reporters that he just didn't have a dollar on him the day the staff bought the ticket. Apparently on his way to work that day he had stopped and bought a danish.
District officials are calling in all substitues and providing provisional certification to anyone willing to step into a classroom.
VERGE 1 a: something that borders, limits, or bounds b: brink, threshold i.e. on the brink of destruction; on the threshold of a great discovery 2: the domain of the trickster
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
While trying to exlain grades the other day, I pointed out that if you have a 100% and score a 95% on the test your grade will go down.
Student F: That's not fair!!!!!!!
Teacher: No it's not fair; it's math.
Student F: That's not fair!!!!!!!
Teacher: No it's not fair; it's math.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
FP's Top 100 Global Thinkers
10 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2010
6 Ways to be a Human Lightning Rod of Creativity
Why Don't We Value Teachers?
Kawasaki's 6 Twitter Types
- The Newbie. "What am I doing?" The Newbie signed up for Twitter less than three months ago and thinks it's all about lifestreaming: "Watching my cat roll over." These people quickly progress to a different type of use or abandon Twitter when no one pays attention to them. Motivation: curiosity about Twitter. Recommended approach: understand.
- The Brand. "What can I get away with?" The Brand balances the tension between using Twitter as a marketing tool and socially engaging people so as not to appear to be using Twitter as a marketing tool. Motivation: greater brand awareness. Recommended approach: observe.
- The Smore. "What's in it for me?" The Smore (social media whore) sees Twitter primarily as a self-promotion tool to get something from people although a transparent Smore ("Bubbles") is often a delightful person. The delusional ones are the pains. Motivations: making a buck off and gaining followers. Recommended approach: tolerate.
- The Bitch. "What can I complain about?" Despite deriving this name from female dogs, this is usually an angry man who envies people who generate content. They can be briefly amusing in a "shock jock" kind of way, but their bark is greater than their bite, and their bite is greater than their insight. Motivation: generating angry reactions. Recommended approach: block.
- The Maven. "What's interesting in my niche?" The Maven is an expert in a field such as recruiting, marketing, or web design. If you're interested in their field, following them is a rich, rewarding, and time-saving experience. Motivation: getting retweeted and recognized as an expert. Recommended approach: follow.
- The Mensch. "How can I help?" Mensches are few and far between. They lurk in the background until people need help and then they either know, or know how to find, the answer. They are seldom well-known or highly followed, but they save you tons of time and effort when you want to know something like the ideal dimensions of a profile background. Motivation: helping others. Recommended approach: adore.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Cooperative Learning
Why do an M.Ed?
As long as I can remember I have had a passion for learning. My Mom tells me as soon as I could speak, I drove everyone crazy with questions about everything. I needed to know why and why not. Fortunately all my years of formal education have not changed that. Living is still learning; learning is still living.
For quite some time now, the Internet has fueled my passion for learning. If I have a question, all I have to do is Google to find some of the answers I seek. Of course, that need to know extends to my teaching practice. I am always asking how can I better meet the needs of my students. Why are things the way they are? What can I do to change them? While I have found the internet useful for keeping up to date on current issues in education and for finding strategies and resources to improve my teaching practice, I have come to realize self directed study may not be the most efficient way to do this. That's why I have decided to pursue a Master of Education, and that is why I am taking the course I am right now.
I have not been disappointed. The course I'm taking not only provides me with direction I seek, but perhaps even more importantly facilitates my learning by providing me the opportunity to be part of a learning community that reads, discuss, writes and reflects on a wide variety of topics related to education. I intend to share here some of my reflections that come from the readings and discussions we have had over the duration of the course.
I'm just finishing my final paper for this my first course. I'll be honest and say I'm ready for a break.I'll have some time so I'll be able to blog more often. I'm not happy about cutting back on my writing here, but I can only do so much. The next course I'm takng starts in January. I'm looking forward to it even though it means I'm super busy.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Thinking Hats for Doctoral Studies
Thank you for the lively participation yesterday. Do not hesitate to ask questions or share your comments regarding the session, the hats, application and so on.
Feel free also to browse around for topics related to thinking (you may start here if you wish but the Search field is yours to fully exploit).
We certainly look forward to hearing from you.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
When Teaching Becomes Socialisation
"If children are fat then we need to teach them healthy eating. If there are too many teenage pregnancies, teachers need to improve sex education. If children are depressed, or taking drugs, we need to now teach happiness. And if children do not agree with the policies of this government, we need to timetable Citizenship lessons. He then quotes Rafael Behr:
By extension, teachers have become mediators in a process of socialisation – policing "values" rather than directing thoughts; a secular political clergy with the education secretary as pope. Pedagogy, meanwhile, has come to look more like therapy, with motivational and psychological techniques coming to the fore, along with a fashionable horror of allowing children to get bored. Everything must be "relevant".
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3 Kinds of Librarians
1. Those that read and participate in the online think-tank we call social media.
2. Those content to lurk but still hesitant (or unable, for whatever reason) to contribute.
3. Those still stuck in the analog paradigm.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
NLP : Modelling
NLP : Anchoring
Intro to NLP (Part. 2)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Introduction to NLP
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Libraries giving way to Kindle
What do you think? Do you feel that e-readers will soon libraries obsolete?
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Negotiation Kinder-Style
Appeal to a separate authority - often granddad, grandmum or the other parent (sometimes Nicky ropes in his 3-month old sister as a last resort; obviously he understands the thing about "balance of power" even if he can't quite define it yet)
- Say No from the start - forcing you to backtrack, throwing you off balance; notice how it's EASIER to keep saying No as opposed to finding new ways of encouraging a Yes?
- Persevere, persevere, persevere - when he wants a Yes, he too knows about switching personalities and approaches, repeating the same request a dozen times in as many seconds, wearing the other party down (with shades of Luke 18:1-8?)
Set the terms and conditions - see no.2, Nicky also doesn't often let me get away with making him submit free-of-charge; he usually demands a 'fee' as part of the deal. Makes you wish there were more chapters on Bartering in child-raising books, eh?
- Go CUTE mode - turn up that pout, speak softly and gently to get more people (incl. the separate authorities) to go awwwwwwww... seek pity points and leech on the sheer sentimentality of others!
- Go BERSERK mode - they somehow came across the parents' manual and memorised that part about parents getting tensed up when their kids go nuts, not to mention the Conclusion : When parents are tense, consent follows easy.
Keep the list going if you can. I'm making notes to secure that next million-dollar project...
UNN Research Workshop (Pt.4)
Emerging City Innovation
Monday, October 26, 2009
UNN Research Workshop (Pt.3)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
CIDTT videos
UNN Research Workshop (Pt.2)
UNN Dissertation Files
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Most Influential Management Gurus 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Learning With The Saujana
Monday, October 12, 2009
UNN Research Workshop (Pt.1)
Please remember that the point of the Literature Review is also to help you formulate an adequate research question. You must always bear in mind what research you plan to do and how you intend to obtain the data as you perform the literature review.
E.g. there's no point doing a review on "Financial banking in Iceland" if you have no way of doing research on Iceland!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
So here's putting some meat on that word 'dynamic':
- Do you work fast and well? Can you superiors expect a high-quality event/deliverable way before they start to wonder what happened to it?
- Are you enthusiastic and do you contagiously spread excitement and adrenaline in whatever team you're on?
- Do you ensure that you never shy away from projects (especially if you're fresh out of school)? Are you always volunteering to do the hard stuff?
- Do you have many ideas and are you always trying new things or offering new angles to old problems? Do you make it a point to keep sharing your thoughts and proposals?
The answer to the above is almost always yes or no. Even allowing for the natural downtime in mood, there should be no great ambiguity, not in the context of the workplace. Most importantly, 7 (or more) out of 10 of your colleagues should agree.
It's virtually impossible for someone to be constantly 'exploding' on scene and not be noticed - or, eventually, rewarded.
Value-Adding Lectures
What, then, ought lecturers do to add value? Here are some ideas, by no means exhaustive:
- Give a fresh slant to what's in the textbooks - either give a new perspective or just challenge everything the writer says
- Lecture on a related sub-topic (one not in the generic handouts)
- Facilitate a discussion or a case-study (thus taking the class away from recall-mode to application-mode)
- Get the students to present
- Show a video
- Facilitate a project which takes them out of the classroom (kinda like a case-study on steroids)
- What else?
Adding value nowadays usually involves creating new value. Whatever this is, it's probably not repeating what's already available.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Lesson Planning
Learning Theories
All At Once
All the ingredients for charged-up learner-centered learning are here:
- multi-directional communication (instead of I-talk-you-all-listen-ism)
- a competitive element with the class as a whole judging the winners (and not the facilitator)
- initiative and creativity i.e. the students shape the learning (as opposed to the facilitator deciding exactly how and what will happen)
- real-world simulation where we really do have to match our voices/performances against that of others (compared to totally abstracted superficial scenarios)
That's what it's all about.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Power-Hunger, Power-Shyness & Power-Joy
This has to stop. We needn't make the choice between power-hunger and power-shyness. What about power-joy? Delight in exercising power for the good of people; fulfilment and belief in one's leadership; gladness and all-out excellence in being a good leader?
I'm not shy and I'm not the next Genghis Khan. I only want to do something great for the community. Wouldn't that be a sight?
Friday, September 4, 2009
HYPE vs. EXCITEMENT
|Hype is:
|Excitement is:
|An impossible promise
|A realistic promise
|Exclamation points
|Cause for mistrust
|Cause for belief
|Overuse of adverbs
|Bike Friday
|Fuel for the future
|From COTC readers:
|Bound to burn out quickly
|Bound to improve ROI (Zoltan Devai)
|Overdelivering (Dan Limbach)
|"Some restrictions apply"
|Free (Bob Poole)
|Mob mentality
|Individual thrill (Jeannie Walters)
|Artificially colored cornstarch
|Top sirloin steak, medium-well (Jon Nichols)
|Showing off
|Showing up (Maria Reyes-McDavis)
|Focused on yourself
|Focused on your customer (Bruce Kaechele)
Friday, August 28, 2009
The One-Post-Per-Day Challenge
Quite a bit.
You'll also have to apply everything you've ever learnt to every occasion you encounter in the on-going process of generating more and newer ideas. Your note-taking and idea-storage methods would be on overdrive. You may even read more because how else would you sustain your learning rate? (And you know you don't want to be writing gibberish)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
6 Ways to Breathe Possibility into People
o An exercise to do that bridges what you said into their unique situation.
o A checklist could to keep people accountable and consistent in the future.
o An assignment that, when they've completed it, people will be ready to move forward.
o An equation (algorithm, formula, system, etc.) people can easily plug themselves, their situation or their company into.
BREATHE IN: You words become persuasive the moment someone is compelled to take action as a result of being exposed to them. How actionable are you?
2. Challenge people. Let's say you're telling a story about an obstacle you overcame. Either in a conversation, during a presentation or in a piece of writing. Here's what you do: First, once the story is over, allow it to land. Embrace the pause. This increases the probability that your words profoundly penetrate people.
Then, call to the hearts and minds of your audience by using phrases like, "I invite you to reflect with me," "Consider this question," "Plug yourself into the following equation" and "Ask yourself how good you are at these things."
BREATHE IN: Language like this immediately 180's the message and moves the story from Me Land to You Land. How challenging are you?
3. Help people. In a few different ways. First, help people absorb and understand what you said. But allow things to unfold at their speed. Do this by becoming a master at letting the pearl sink. Second, help people see their field of possibilities. Ask them how they would coach themselves through this situation.
Do this by asking people Back to the Future Questions. Lastly, help people build long-term, self-generative capabilities. Feed the development of self-reliance. Do this by becoming a listening midwife, that is, helping others give birth to their own understanding.
BREATHE IN: Let people lead themselves. What are you helping people do?
4. Throw people lifelines. If you're a leader, odds are, you're not normal. And don't worry – this isn't a bad thing. The only challenge is making sure your message stays relevant and relatable. Otherwise "How you did" is perceived as "How the hell am I supposed to?"
For example, I'm a writer. That's what I do. That's my occupation. And, sure: I'm also a speaker, coach, consultant and entrepreneur. But writing is my occupation inasmuch as it occupies most of my workday. As such, I spend four to seven hours writing, every day.
Four to seven hours.
Now, upon hearing such a number, most think, "Good god. Four to seven hours? But I don't have that kind of time to write!" And naturally, I respect that. Because it would be ridiculous to expect my clients, workshop attendees and readers to invest that kind of time each day.
So, I challenge people to start with fifteen minutes a day. That's it. If you do the math, that comes out to 1/100th of your daily allotted time. (I don't think that's asking too much!) In fact, when I started my career as a writer in 2002, fifteen minutes was the unit of writing time I started out with. And if I can do it, so can you.
That's a perfect example of a lifeline. You inspire others to function at a higher level by telling them to take action things in the context of their unique situation. You breathe life into people's hopes and dreams by meeting them where they are.
BREATHE IN:Don't run the risk of people thinking, "Oh, but I could never do that…" What lifeline could you throw them?
5. Democratize your experiences. Open the curtain. Simplify and demystify your message. First, ask yourself questions like, "What is the universal human emotion here?" "How could what I endured relate TO (and offer help FOR) people who aren't like me?" and "What lessons are inherent within my experience that anybody could apply to their own life?
This line of thinking builds a generic equation your followers can plug themselves into. Second, answer those questions with nuggets, keepers, pebbles, one-liners and other digestible forms of wisdom. Third, you physically write those answers down. And fourth, you articulate those chunks of wisdom to stick the landing of the message you're delivering.
BREATHE IN: Move people's hearts and engage their capacity to dream. How democratic is your message?
6. Inspire others with a vision of what they can contribute. Reflect their reality. Show them what they know. Make them aware of their abundant, inherent treasures. One way to do this is to offer your attention and acknowledgment of another person's contributions to your worldview.
For example, after having a conversation with someone, type out your notes into a bullet-point list. Then email your keepers to that person later that day. Not only does it prove you were listening, not only does it honor the other person, but it helps people see the brilliance they didn't realize they possessed.
BREATHE IN: Inspire people to continue contributing in their own unique way. How do you reflect genius back to others?
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REMEMBER: The secret to inspiring people isn't sharing what you've learned, but rather, what you've done.
AND, the practical application of what you've done to their unique situation.
Otherwise "How I did" morphs into "How the hell am I supposed to?"
How actionable, relatable and translatable is your message?
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How to Restart your Intellectual Property (IP) Program
Tell inventors the "what." If you write down the seven areas where you want inventions, and make these areas into a cover sheet on your invention disclosure, you will increase the rate of strategic inventing. Increase from whatever it is now, to over 90%. Until inventors get calibrated, filling out invention disclosure forms is an uncertain, risky, stab in the dark. Tell inventors what you need, and you drain the uncertainty, risk, and much of the career threat from sharing ideas.
Tell inventors the "why." If you can proactively communicate the criteria by which invention disclosures are evaluated, you will increase your rate and quality of inventing dramatically. I think the best way to do this is to pick four scales that range from 1 (low) to 10 (high), have a legal person rate each disclosure on these scales, and have a technical person do the same. You'll learn a lot as the two raters talk about the differences in their scores and begin to converge. Information is contained in contrasts such as these:
Scale 1: Bringing in new business
Scale 2: Required investment
Scale 3: Competitive pain caused
Scale 4: Current business protected
This process forces your legal and business people to operationalize their currently implicit theories—for example, "Above 30 is a default file patent decision". Then you can objectively communicate these scores with inventors to calibrate them to the company's standards. Numerical clarity simultaneously increases the rate and quality of inventing. Quality comes up rapidly, so rapidly that the IP department budgets become immediately overtaxed with potential patent ideas that attorneys can't bear not to file on.
Make a contract between IP and Senior Management. The biggest sin of omission in starting an IP program is not having an activity-based budget contract between management and the legal department. It can seem like an approach of "Break it. We'll fix it as we go" is a good enough start—especially before you have shown that you can improve either quality or quantity of IP.
It's not true.
Break-fix does not work for legal departments. Legal is not a BUSINESS function. Legal is a dignified profession. When corporate lawyers need more money, they won't demand it. Every legal department I've worked with has been a wall flower about money—denial ain't just a River in Egypt. Lawyers won't pound the table (like psychotic marketing VPs) and demand funding. So without a contract you are likely to end up killing your IP program with success as the legal department chokes on increased activity and improved quality.
If you have a contract between the IP people and Senior Management, the IP people won't drown in the great disclosures they've always wished to see. And management, for the first time, will have to specify (cap) the appropriate activity level for IP in the company.
Establish a translation layer. I have a Ph.D. in marketing with minors in electrical engineering, evolutionary ecology, econometrics, and statistics. When I arrived at HP I was a in marketing, managing printer products. Very soon I was beamed across the group into managing the business side of a million dollar a month burn rate, patent litigation event between HP and Xerox. My background in BOTH hard science and soft science sides was the reason for this assignment. Hard science plus soft science training prepared me to be able to translate between all the stakeholder groups in intellectual property.
Being able to translate between engineer and marketeer, engineer and attorney, between attorney and VP of Technology, and between outside counsel and inside counsel, and most importantly for that litigation event, between the PR people, business people, and patent attorneys, we were able to shut down the HP/Xerox litigation at minimum cost. The IP management game is won by simplifying and accelerating communication. Hire a translation layer person, someone who delights at being stuck in the middle of people who can't, don't, or won't communicate.
Build the rebel alliance. Unrecognized in every great technical company is an incipient alliance of people who want to help intellectual property management happen. IP rebel alliance members are sometimes are visible as patent coordinators in business groups, but the vast majority of potential rebel alliance members are below the waterline like an iceberg. By tapping the rebel alliance, I was able to keep IP strategies moving while remaining flat to the wall—not leaving a cost profile that a computer or finance person could see.
For example, I built a world wide automatic payment system for IP payments. But, by tapping the rebel alliance, I built this system without head count, budget, or even an accounting code. No company knows what it should be spending on IP. So the less you have to spend, the more successful you can be. The way to spend less on IP than anyone for a given level of success is to build the rebel alliance.
Democratize inventing. If you haven not engineered an 'inventing democracy,' you don't have it. Being content with inventions that find you, means you have biased and filtered access to the ideas created in your organization. A lot of things make inventing undemocratic: habit, cultural assumptions, ignorance, and inertia. My personal favorite 'wrong' cultural assumption is that engineers in engineering groups CAN be inventors while engineers in sales groups CAN NOT be inventors - even if the engineer came from an engineering group and used to be an inventor.
You need to build business processes between the legal department and the inventors. Between the legal department and the business people. And probably between legal, finance, business, and inventors if you have invention incentive program. Democratization of invention is engineered in over time as you feel your way iteratively discovering breakthrough processes. If you design in open-ness, you'll maximize the quality and income of your IP system.
Be enthusiastic. The root words of "enthusiasm" are "en" which means "in" and "theos" which means god. Enthusiasm is the god within. And enthusiasm is responsible for all the results I've achieved in IP management. This was surprising to my boss; he was a twenty-five year managing counsel for IP who once said, "The policies have been on the books for seven years. The doors of the legal department have always been open. Why is everything happening now? … I'm surprised at how much more happens when enthusiasm is behind the process pushing."
Enthusiasm is not taught in law school. So, enthusiasm is crucial complementary skill to your legal department. Make sure whoever you hire is famous for enthusiasm. For example, while I was running an invention workshop for the first time at a client. During the presentation the IP attorney (now GC for IP) present looked at me and blurted out "This is like an intellectual property revival meeting!" Yes, exactly!!!
Strip your disclosure. Invention disclosures are complex forms created by patent attorneys to pass muster with other patent attorneys. The requirements to document an invention are however, very few. Why complex forms for simple inventions? Because attorneys are shifting the work they are supposed to do, on to inventors. If you want more and better disclosures from the inventors, simplify. Take the legal department's work, off the backs of your inventors. If the legal department needs more people to process invention disclosures, so be it.
Starting up an intellectual property program is about profit, not cost. Groundrule #1 is that nobody in the system gets to optimize their own costs at the expense of other people in the system. Simplify the disclosure, put a targeting cover sheet on it, you'll be delighted with how the results come in good and then continue to get better every month.
Close the open loops. Intellectual property is managed open loop. Invention incentives if companies have policies, are always a disaster as far as inventors are concerned. Companies are either months (or years) behind in payments, or the payments come so far after invention (4 years if the patent has to issue before the inventor receives payment) that the "incentives" are useless for making inventors feel like they are part of a team. Basic strategies like how IP pays for itself, are not written, reviewed, measured, or routinely revised.
But don't feel bad about IP being open loop. This is what an ground floor opportunity looks like!! Intellectual property infrastructure and culture are built up over-time. Reigniting an IP program is a lot of fun because reigniting IP programs helps companies protect and re-monetize themselves, gets employees working together in new ways, and makes jobs more meaningful for people when they see that their work is valuable, patentable, and part of the company's competitive advantage going forward.
Competing with the Single-Minded
"When you have someone who is willing to accomplish A without worrying about B and C, they will almost always defeat you in accomplishing A.
"Online, of course, this often leads to doom, since there are many organizations that are willing to get big at the expense of revenue, or writers willing to be noticed at the expense of ethics or reputation.
"But in the short run, the singleminded have a fantastic advantage. And sometimes, their singleminded focus on accomplishing just that one thing (whatever it is) pushes them through the Dip far ahead of you and then yes, they make a ton of money and you've lost forever."
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Take the maximum allotted time for the meeting, add 15 per cent for every person from India present to a maximum of three, and 20 per cent for each Westerner to a maximum of two.
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10 Tips on how to think like a Designer
(1) Embrace constraints. Constraints and limitations are wonderful allies and lead to enhanced creativity and ingenious solutions that without constrains never would have been discovered or created. In the words of T.S. Eliot, "Given total freedom the work is likely to sprawl." There's no point complaining about constraints such as time, money, tools, etc. Your problem is what it is. How can you solve it given the resources and time that you have?
(2) Practice restraint. Any fool can be complicated and add more, it takes discipline of mind and strength of will to make the hard choices about what to include and what to exclude. The genius is often in what you omit or leave on the editing room floor.
(3) Adopt the beginner's mind. As the old saying goes, in the expert's mind there are few possibilities, but for one with the beginner's mind, the world is wide open. Designers understand the need to take risks, especially during early explorations of the problem. They are not afraid to break with convention. Good designers are open minded and comfortable with ambiguity early on in the process, this is how discoveries are made.
(4) Check your ego at the door. This is not about you, it's about them (your audience, customer, patient, student, etc.). Look at the problem from their point of view -- put yourself in their shoes. This is not easy, it takes great amounts of empathy. Get in touch with your empathetic side. Empathy — an under valued "soft skill," can be a great differentiator and is key for truly understanding a problem.
(5) Focus on the experience of the design. It's not the thing, it's theexperience of the thing. This is related to #4 above: Put yourself in their shoes. How do people interact with your solution? Remember that much of design has an emotional component, sometimes this is even the largest component (though users may be unaware of this). Do not neglect the emotional aspect of your solutions.
(6) Become a master storyteller. Often it's not only the design — i.e., the solution to a problem — that is important, but the story of it. This is related to #5 above. What's the meaning of the solution? Practice illustrating the significance of solutions both verbally and visually. Start with the general, zoom in to the detail, pull out again to remind us of the theme or key concept, then zoom back in to illuminate more of the detail.
(7) Think communication not decoration. Design — even graphic design — is not about beautification. Design is not just about aesthetics, though aesthetics are important. More than anything, design is about solving problems or making the current situation a little better than before. Design is not art, though there is art in design.
(8) Obsess about ideas not tools. Tools are important and necessary, but they come and go as better tools come along. Obsess instead about ideas. Though most tools are ephemeral, some of your best tools are a simple pencil and sketch pad. These are often the most useful — especially in the early stages of thinking — because they are the most direct. Good advice is to go analog in the beginning with the simplest tools possible.
(9) Clarify your intention. Design is about choices and intentions, it is not accidental. Design is about process. The end user will usually not notice "the design of it." It may seem like it just works, assuming they think about it at all, but this ease-of-use (or ease-of-understanding) is not by accident, it's a result of your careful choices and decisions.
(10) Sharpen your vision & curiosity and learn from the lessons around you. Good designers are skilled at noticing and observing. They are able to see both the big picture and the details of the world around them. Humans are natural pattern seekers; be mindful of this skill in yourself and in others. Design is a "whole brain" process. You are creative, practical, rational, analytic, empathetic, and passionate. Foster these aptitudes.
(11) Learn all the "rules" and know when and why to break them. Over the centuries, those who came before us have established useful and necessary guidelines — these are often called rules or laws and it's important to know them. Yet, unlike other kinds of laws, it may be acceptable to break them at times so long as you know why. Basic graphic design principles and rules are important and useful to know, yet most professionals today have a hole in their education when it comes to the fundamentals of graphic design. I'll try to do my little bit withthe next book to raise the design mindfulness and vocabulary of professionals who do not make a living in design per se, but who have a desire to get better.
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So, finally.. ECCE ROMA! Here we are in the Capital, Roma "caput mundi", meaning the "head", the "centre" of the world. After the Egyptians and the long lasting Greeks, who by the way also colonised Italy first, a new people is born, the Romans.
Some say, especially this 150th anniversary of Italy, that Italy was never quite created, however everybody knows that if Italy does exist then its capital is certainly Rome. From the Empire to the Dolce Vita, Rome has been the ultimate red carpet for all ruling classes and for ever growing numbers of so called "normal people".
Funny enough, a "normal person" in Rome will still know more than any counterpart in other places of Italy. Not just the names of the Popes (the Vatican is veeery near), but also all the political intrigues, complots and conspiracies which have been at the heart of Rome and therefore of Italy.
Certainly politics has never been an easy matter, and even in Roman times some crazy characters have indeed made the history through their bizarre acts, like Caligula or Nero. However, with the Empire only a memory in ruins and storybooks, Rome has survived its reputation simply by adhering to it. I mean, imperial Rome is still Rome today. Only, it's been surrounded, not by the barbarians this time, but by local rural people and immigrants from anywhere in Italy, and say, the world.
Despite being an ex-imperial city though, Rome is still somewhat of a provincial town, with its dialect and traditions, except for one detail: the Catholic Church. As the longest serving institution in the world, the Church has dominated these lands for centuries with its Vatican State including Rome and most of central Italy, ending in 1870 with the "Breccia of Porta Pia".
It's not exactly fair to skip Rome and only talk about the Vatican, but it is indeed the biggest peculiarity of Rome, which is the only city in the world hosting two embassies for each country, as two countries are in the same city: Italy, and the absolute monarchy aka Roman Catholic Church. This means we will have two foreign ambassadors in Rome for the same country, as one will be representing his country in Italy, and the other in the Vatican.
Now, there's not enough land in today's Vatican state to actually represent their power - which I personally believe to be much higher than that of Italy - but if you think you're going to Rome but skipping the Vatican Museums you must be crazy.
This said, there is so much more to see in Rome than what tourists actually see, as the proverb goes "One lifettime is not enough to see all the churches of Rome", and that accounts also for the squares, statues, botteghe, restaurants or pickpocketers. Also, one another thing which you will find in great abundance in Italy is the so-called "auto blu", a car especially designed for politicians and other high serving officials, which seem not to have money to buy their own cars. Anyway, Rome, with all its despisable privileges and political intrigues is what I call a city worth visiting 100 times at least.
One last thing: when you go to Campo de' Fiori, which everybody will suggest you as the ultimate place for the night movida (sic!) please do remember that statue in the middle of the square is dedicated to the amazing thinker Giordano Bruno, who was killed precisely there in 1600 by the very same Catholic Church I was mentioning before. As we say in Italian: "Il diavolo fa le pentole, ma non i coperchi", "the devil makes the pots but not the covers". Now, when you understand this proverb you will definitely feel more italian.


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Is 2GB RAM enough for my computer? Do I need to upgrade my computer's RAM to make it fast or the current configuration is enough? If you are having this kind of queries, then I would try to resolve your problem through this post.
How to find the installed Memory (RAM) on Windows PC?
If you are planning to upgrade the existing RAM, then first you should know your computer's current configuration. On a Windows PC, you can right click on "My Computer" icon on Start Menu or desktop and click on "Properties" to check the installed memory. You can also enter in BIOS to get the type (DDR1 or DDR2 or DDR3) of installed memory and amount. Once you know the existing RAM type and installation, you need to find the motherboard capability for up-gradation. Browse the motherboard manual to find RAM upgrade limit of the board.
Here is my estimation about RAM required for different type of users i.e. how much RAM is sufficient for different users category.
Normal Users
It includes users who are going to browse few web pages on Internet, open few documents on MS Office, Send emails or do chat with friends. It also covers those who keeps their systems running for few weeks but on very normal load.
I think 2GB DDR2 RAM is sufficient. If you are going for DDR3, then 1GB DDR3 is sufficient for you.
Power Users
Those who open 30+ tabs on browser at a time, runs heavy applications like Adobe products as Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop etc. At the same time, they keep running social media tools like Tweetdeck, Facebook desktop tools etc. Clouding documentations tools as well as desktop tools like MS office are very frequent in use. Not much heavier but lighter PC games are running.
I would suggest to go for 4GB DDR2 RAM for your computer. In case of DDR3, 2GB/3GB is more than sufficient.
Virtual Machines and Gamers (Advance Users)
Along with Power user's applications, if you are also keen to run heavy games like Need for Speed or other heavy games, then you need to have more RAM for smooth gaming experience. Apart from RAM, graphics card also plays very important role in gaming. Other than games, but if you want to have multiple operating systems i.e. Virtual Operating Systems running on same computer inside one operating system then also you need to have more RAM.
I think in that case you should go for 6GB DDR2 RAM installed on computer. As DDR3 is much faster than DDR2, I would suggest to have 4GB DDR3 for this kind of operations.
As I am writing this post in year 2011, I am very much sure that this stat or detail will require some changes after 3 – 4 years but that is fine, right? I think one should upgrade the existing computer configuration in that much time frame. That's why I would suggest to invest in powerful motherboard while purchasing a new computer where you get option to extend the RAM to at least 2 times the currently installed RAM. This one step will increase the life of your computer by at least 2 – 3 years.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - It was a tale of two halves as the 14th-ranked University of California San Diego men's water polo team escaped with an 11-10 win over No. 20 Santa Clara in a Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) matchup, Thursday at Sullivan Aquatic Center. After a 7-3 lead at halftime, the Tritons were outscored 7-4 in the second half and escaped with a one-goal victory.
With the win, UC San Diego remains perfect in conference action at 5-0 and improves to 13-6 overall. The Broncos drop to 11-13 overall and 2-3 in the WWPA.
Senior Nick Alexander led UCSD with three goals, his third hat trick of the year. Sophomore Kevin Asplund pitched in two. Senior Jack Ellinthorpe, freshman Noah Carniglia, junior Arman Momdzhyan, freshman Cooper Milton, junior Nassim Hmeidan and freshman Skyler Munatones put away one each. Sophomore goalie Jack Turner amassed 12 saves.
"I'm certainly pleased we won," said head coach Denny Harper. "Jack Turner was very good in goal, but we did not play a very good second half."
Reilly May was SCU's leading scorer with three. Graham McClone and Will Grant each had two. Bronco goalie Keaton Fox compiled 12 saves.
UCSD led 2-1 at the end of the first quarter. SCU scored a goal on its opening possession of the game, but the Tritons were able to answer back with two from Momdzhyan and Munatones.
The Tritons started to pull away in the second period, putting five on the scoreboard. After the Broncos tied the game, 2-2, UCSD got goals from Ellinthorpe and Asplund to go up by two. After a power-play goal from SCU cut the margin to one, UCSD found the back of the cage three times, including one on a five-meter penalty shot converted by Asplund, to go up by four at halftime.
The Broncos grabbed the first two goals of the second half to cut the Triton lead to two. Things got interesting in the closing moments of the third frame. Hmeidan was able to put one away on a six-on-five situation with 19 seconds remaining, but SCU's May answered back with a power-play goal of his own with one tick before the buzzer. The Tritons led 9-7 going into the final quarter.
UCSD got an 11-8 advantage thanks to a Milton score with 4:26 left in regulation and looked to cruise the rest of the way. The Broncos didn't falter so easily and made it a one-goal game, 11-10, with 2:10 remaining. Turner and the Triton defense were able to come up big and force SCU to miss two game-tying attempts.
UCSD will have a day rest before concluding the regular season at No. 8 UC Davis on Saturday, Nov. 5, starting at 12 p.m. The game will feature two teams undefeated in conference play, with the first seed and first-round bye at the WWPA Tournament on Nov. 18-20 at stake.
UC San Diego 11, Santa Clara 10
UCSD: Nick Alexander 3, Kevin Asplund 2, Jack Ellinthorpe 1, Nassim Hmeidan 1, Arman Momdzhyan 1, Cooper Milton 1, Noah Carniglia 1, Skyler Munatones 1
SCU: Reilly May 3, Graham McClone 2, Will Grant 2, Shane Hughes 1, Mac Carey 1, Demarco Orella 1
UCSD: Jack Turner 12
SCU: Keaton Fox 12


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Thursday I took a Cricut class at Magical Memories, and it was a lot of fun! I learned a lot about the Cricut that I didn't know. Also, I got to meet Wendy from the CKMB and we are taking the second Cricut class in September together too. I'm going to sign up for the September crop today and Wendy is too, so that will be a lot of fun.
A week from Tuesday, Dad and I are flying out to Washington to see Larry and his family. Also, Larry is giving me his minivan since he can't take it to Portugal with him and I need a car. It will probably be kind of a long trip back, but it will be nice.


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I'm not a fan of stripping and re-staining because it's hard work, and I have more wood in my house than I need. I welcomed a change from wood on wood. My choice...black. The iron has black in it, so it would match the rest of the table set. I had a pint of black enamel paint so I decided to go with it. This was so quick I had to post it.
First a quick surface sand with my hand sander. This is a quick sand to give it "tooth" to hold the paint. Then wipe with a lightly damp cloth to remove the sawdust, and let it dry. Next paint. I used a brush because I wanted the brush strokes (I like a rustic look because it hides more imperfections). Plus the table had "faux distressing" in spots and the new finish needed to match.
Let it dry, then it was a second coat and done. I didn't wait long enough, so it started to "bubble" or "separate" a little but I liked the look so I kept it. No top coat because it didn't need it.


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There's no denying the power of bodywork. Regardless of the adjectives we assign to it (pampering, rejuvenating, therapeutic) or the reasons we seek it out (a luxurious treat, stress relief, pain management) massage therapy can be a powerful ally in your healthcare regimen.
Experts estimate that upwards of 90 percent of disease is stress related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally, and externally, than high stress. While eliminating anxiety and pressure altogether in this fast-paced world may be idealistic, massage can, without a doubt, help manage stress. This translates into:
- Decreased anxiety
- Enhanced sleep quality
- Greater energy
- Improved concentration
- reduced fatigue
Furthermore, clients often report a sense of perspective and clarity after receiving a massage. The emotional balance bodywork provides can often be just as vital and valuable as the more tangible physical benefits.
Research continues to show the enormous benefits of touch-which range from treating chronic disease, neurological disorders, and injuries, to alleviating the tensions of modern lifestyles.Consequently the medical community is actively embracing bodywork, and massage is becoming an integral part of hospice care and neonatal intensive care units.
Getting a massage can do you a world of good. And getting a massage frequently can do even more. Consider massage appointments a necessary piece of your health and wellness plan.


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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Whitney Houston You Will Be Missed!
Whitney Houston was an incredible singer and there will never be anyone like her again. Her career was amazing and was ended way too soon. My condolences go out to her family, friends and fans. My favorite songs of hers were "How Will I Know", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" and of course "I Will Always Love You!"
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