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Sad to hear of Brinkman's too-soon passing. I never met him during his time in Detroit, but a cherished possession of mine is a game-used bat that Brinkman had left in a clubhouse trash can at the end of one of his seasons here (maybe '73 or '74, not sure). A family member worked at that time for the company who provided guard services at Tiger Stadium, and he saw the bat in a can that was sitting in the concourse outside the Tigers' clubhouse. He grabbed it and gave it to me.
The bat is a 34" Louisville Slugger, model no. M223 engraved on the knob with Brinkman's uniform number 8 written over it in black magic marker. The handle is covered with old pine tar, except for the bottom two inches or so (as Brinkman always choked up on the bat, much like Polanco does now). Having that bat made Steady Eddie one of my all-time favorite Tigers. RIP, Ed Brinkman!
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I enjoy books that take the reader on some type of journey, be it a visit to a new or unknown land or a more figurative quest of self-discovery. If you sometimes feel that half the fun is getting there, here are a few titles you might enjoy.
Flora Segunda : being the magickal mishaps of a girl of spirit, her glass-gazing sidekick, two ominous butlers (one blue), a house with eleven thousand rooms, and a red dog

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PORTLAND, ORE. — Portland Thorns FC head coach Cindy Parlow Cone had a prime chance for a little tongue-in-cheek humor on Thursday at training as the media inquired about the squad's new faces on the pitch—U.S. Women's National Team defender Rachel Buehler, Canada Women's National Team forward Christine Sinclair and goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc.
"Who are they?" Cone quipped.
Buehler, Sinclair and LeBlanc – three of Portland's marquee national team players – worked out with the team for the first time on Thursday, getting to know their new teammates while acclimating to their new surroundings.
"We didn't want to go too hard with the national team players who just got in because they're still recovering a bit from jet lag," Cone said. "I thought it was a good training today and it was great to have them not only on the field, but in the locker room."
READ: Thorns to play preseason friendly against University of Portland Pilots
The players, along with the addition of forward Alex Morgan, who is scheduled to join camp next week, are expected to be in Portland for about 10 days before heading out for more international matches prior to the start of the NWSL season. Thursday's practice gave the trio a good opportunity to get acquainted with their teammates and JELD-WEN Field.
"Today was almost like Christmas," said LeBlanc, who has 105 caps for Canada and, along with Sinclair, has been a part of the national team picture for more about 15 years. "I'm excited to bring the women's game to the city and show them what we can do. It's a soccer city, so it's one of those things where you dream of it as a little kid, you want to play professionally, but to play professionally in an environment where everybody loves the game is pretty special.
"Portland is a city that you put on that jersey and you have pride," LeBlanc continued. "There's just a huge amount of pride to play in a city where you come in and you already know there are soccer fanatics and everyone loves the sport. I'm representing a great city."
Sinclair, the all-time career leader in points (252) and goals (110) for the University of Portland is well versed in the ways of the Rose City and made her it well known that she's happy to be back to the place where she created so many memories with the Pilots.
"This is the one place I wanted to come with all my ties to Portland—it's a soccer crazy city and the one place I wanted to play," said Sinclair, who was close to signing with Paris Saint-Germain in France before deciding to wait out the news on the formation of the NWSL following the London 2012 Olympics where Canada took home the bronze medal.
READ: Sinclair on Portland: I consider it home
The niece of former Timbers players Bruce and Brian Gant, Sinclair said the players have been trying to keep tabs on Thorns FC even while away from the team.
"We've been talking to players and hearing how practice was going and just wanting to be a part of it," Sinclair said. "It's an adjustment (to be here now) because we don't know everyone's names, but we'll learn that. It's just great to be out here playing again."
Defender Rachel Buehler, who recently earned her 100th international cap for the United States on March 6 against Iceland—scoring a goal in the match to commemorate her milestone—was enthusiastic about getting started with Thorns FC.
"It was great," Buehler said. "It was fun to get worked in, feel the rhythm of the team. Some people I know well and some people I've never met before. It's fun being in the locker room and starting something new with this league and this team."


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Ilorin — Following the ripples generated by the sack of 123 employees of Ilorin East Local Government Council of Kwara State on Christmas eve, Chairman of Local Government Service Commission, Alhaji Sulaiman Kayode Yusuf, has advised the council chairman and the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) to dialogue over the issue.
NULGE had protested the retrenchment of permanent employees by the council Chairman Aminat Ishola, describing it as unacceptable.
However, the Chairman on her part claimed that the affected staff were illegal workers discovered by a committee set up by state government, saying some of them got employed through 'the back door'.
Mrs Ishola added that some of the affected workers were working elsewhere and still claiming to be staff of the council. In a telephone interview with Sunday Trust yesterday, the LGSC Chairman Yusuf called for dialogue among the parties to give peace a chance.
It could be recalled that State Chairman of the Congress of Progressive Change (CPC) Alhaji Sulaiman Buhari had in a statement alleged that the sacked workers were being victimized and called on the council Chairman to resign.


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There are a few issues with this research that are important to note. First, the researchers looked at studies which adjusted for blood pressure, diabetes status, and other factors that go along with saturated fat intake, and when you do that, it can obscure the effect of "bad" fats on heart disease.
Imagine if researchers were doing a study to see if overeating causes weight gain. Obviously, they would find that it does. But if they adjusted the results for the participants' calorie intake, pants size, and waist circumference, the effect on weight would be obscured.
Secondly, many studies have shown and continue to show a significant increased risk for heart disease with saturated fat intake, including sudden cardiac death.
Maybe less confusing is the value of focusing on foods, not individual nutrients. We know without a doubt that meat and dairy products are associated with higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, while plant-based diets are protective. I think getting tripped up on nutrients (bad or good), can sometimes mean not seeing the forest through the trees.
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Which is why we get pills and supplements for all sorts of things when 'studies show' that this component of this thing is 'good for us'. So, we figure if we isolate that and take a pill, great. It totally misses on the possibility that there's a synergistic effect with other parts of that whole food. Sodium, for example, is necessary for many vital functions. BUT, on its own, it can be a problem. It needs to be balanced with potassium, water, and other such things. Most foods that naturally contain measurable amounts of sodium ALSO contain the balance (potassium, water, etc.) Which is why focusing on whole foods rather than individual bits and pieces makes for an easier and more well rounded way of eating
An article explaining the original PREDIMED trial (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea) study says "The mainstays of the diet consisted of at least three servings a day of fruits and at least two servings of vegetables..." Another expert might conclude that eating fruits and vegetables contributed most of the benefits enjoyed by people eating the study diet. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/health/mediterranean-diet-can-cut-heart-disease-study-finds.html?pagewanted=1
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This United Methodist Church Campus Ministry staff strives to serve all communities of faith and to support all students at Lamar University. We embrace the United Methodist Church tradition of forming men and women in the service of others.
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Patrick Rothfuss created this hysterical flow chart to help describe the thought process he went through when making the decision to no longer allow everyone and their brother to send him books for autographing. (You really need to read the whole blog post; it's bloody funny!) Click the picture below for the full effect:
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
Insight into how a writer's mind works, or "I'll trade you a box of Fruity Pebbles for an autograph"
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Usually I'd prefer and author to be chained to their desk, working vigorously on their next novel... but if this is what Pat's up to instead of editing The Wise Man's Fear, then that's alright with me!
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Wilhelmina Johannes, 80, of St. Peter's Church Road, Macungie, died Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. She was the wife of the late Henry Q. Johannes.
She was a sewing machine operator in the Lansdale area many years ago.
Born in Tylersport, Montgomery County, she was a daughter of the late Rudolph and Wilhelmina (Wittmann) Rauch.
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July 27, 2010 by Jenni · 6 Comments
Two new books include spotlights on Lunalux. Our little shoppe is featured in the second edition of eat.shop twin cities, a guide to the best local shops and restaurants in Minneapolis and St. Paul. You'll also find a few photos of our work in Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress & Graphic Design, an overview of contemporary design in letterpress and screen printing. Lunalux was included in the original edition of eat.shop twin cities (published in 2007), and we are honored to have made the cut the second time around. Once again, the editorial staff did a top-notch job selecting the most interesting Minnesota-grown shops and eateries. The design of the book, the artistic photos of all the businesses, and even the quality of the paper it's printed on, all help make this the most irresistible local guide, great for natives and newcomers alike. The book is available in the Lunalux studio store, along with eat.shop guides for many other major U.S. cities.
Impressive is more of a coffee table book, bursting with letterpress- and screen-printed eye candy. Designers from all over the world are included in the tome, with a focus on Europe and North America. The styles vary from crusty wood-type posters to polished business collateral to dreamy arty prints. The 200+ pages of images are studded with interviews with innovative printers (including Ben Levitz of Minneapolis' own Studio On Fire). We particularly love the text-based posters of Douglas Wilson, and everything from Mike Burton ("The Cranky Pressman"). One of our thank-you cards is featured on page 15, while page 98 is devoted to a series of wood-type ice cream signs we printed for Izzy's Ice Cream in St. Paul. We're not carrying this book in our shoppe, but you should be able to find it at a giant bookstore near you.
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December 16, 2008 by Jenni · Leave a Comment
Stationery Saturday has been fun. But I was thinking, what it's lacking is… drinks. Drinks would make it perfect. That's where Emily from eat.shop guides comes in. She's co-hosting this weekend's Stationery Saturday. While I print note-cards, she'll be pouring champagne and selling all the eat.shop guides (click here to read about the Twin Cities edition, or visit www.eatshopguides.com for a full list of their publications). We'll also have coffee and sweets, and Christmas carols on the radio, so we hope you'll stop by to enjoy the festivities and do a little last-minute shopping (and don't forget holiday cards and '09 datebooks and calendars, we have those too!). We're excited about the cards we'll be creating this weekend, they're pre-printed with a mod pattern and ready to be personalized with the first-and-last-name of your choice! 10 cards letterpress-printed while you wait for $29, what a deal! We'll be celebrating in the store from 11a.m. to 6p.m., check out our Stationery Saturday page for complete details.


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What exactly is The Young American Writers Project (YAWP)?
The Young American Writers Project was created by the MFA program at Stony Brook by Southampton MFA Director Robert Reeves in the spring of 2009. The program is dedicated to mentoring high school students and middle school students in the art of writing, through whatever medium that might be. In part of the program we send out teams made up of MFA graduate students to various high schools and middle schools around the East End to lead writing workshops. But we also do school break workshops, summer workshops and retreats.
The next event coming up is YAWP Spring Workshop on Friday, April 9. What goes on at these workshops?
Well, the spring break workshop is a five day program dedicated to script writing for plays as well as film screenplays. Professional writers teach the students how to think visually, how to incorporate conflict and character, as well as develop a work in progress. By the end of the week the students will have completed a one-act play or one short scene of a movie.
Have there been any memorable pieces to come out of the YAWP program?
Something that jumps immediately to mind was one piece written during a high school program. This school was going through some budget cuts and one of the first departments to be cut was theater. A student in our playwriting classes wrote a play about lobbying a school board to restore funding to a theater program. That was just a really wonderful and powerful play that had a message that echoed beyond that evening. One of the important things about this program is that we don't censor what the students write about. We ask them to write from their own experience and to write in their own words. That sometimes results in some eyebrow raising material.
Who are the teenagers who sign up for this writing course?
For the school break courses the students are already interested in writing and want to improve their writing skills. They are usually already interested in writing and want to experience a type of program that they could not get at school. What we are trying to do is cultivate voice. What we are really focusing on at the program is individual voice, what is important to say, and how it is said.
What have you learned looking at the writing of these YAWP students?
Kids go out on limbs and take chances when they write. We have had plays about discrimination, plays about abuse, plays about substance abuse, as well as essays and poetry about just being different. This program gives the teenagers an opportunity to write about how they truly feel.
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The Copa del Rey winners overcame the Primera Liga champions 5-3 - 6-3 on aggregate - at the Bernabeu to clinch the first silverware of the Spanish season.
Ramos said: "We played a magnificent game and we were very effective in front of goal. We controlled the game from start to finish and we played the way we wanted."
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TED Speaker Julian Treasure: What would a conscious listening world be like – and how do we get there?
In my talk from this year's TEDGlobal, I warned that we are losing our listening, and explored the links between listing and connection, understanding and peace. How do you think listening (or the lack of it) affects our society? And what would a world of conscious listening be like? How would your life experience change? Is it something worth striving for – and if so, how do we get there? And how can you contribute?
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Oct 10 2011: Listening is very important. I believe that we often think we are alone in our thoughts, we think we are special or that we are strange. If we take time to really listen to others we can understand that we collectively deal with the same things, have similar thoughts, similar intuitions. When you really listen to someone you don;t just hear their words, you hear their intent and we can start to relate to one another differently. LIfe would change tremendously if we were all less self-involved and really dedicated ourselves to connecting with others without worrying if you will have the chance to talk and to be present in the moment when someone is saying something to you, then we would be in much better shape.
Oct 10 2011: Exactly. The thrilling thing for me at the moment is the huge response to my talk, which tells me there is a need in us all to listen, and to be listened to. this is important, and it's a largely unmet need in the modern world - getting more so with every extra smartphone, tablet, laptop and iPod we buy. What does everyone think about technology and listening?
Oct 10 2011: I listen to TED TALKS... even a bit more than I listen to weekly White House videos...Oct 10 2011: Technology opens up the potential for listening to a much wider audience. The elements of listening and really hearing what is being said or given are the same. The volume requires the same culling and caring as listening in a physical presence.Oct 10 2011: See Socrates position on literacy in Plato's Phaedrus. Age-old question.Oct 10 2011: Cheryl, I fully agree with you about the importance of listening. I think the challenge is how do we train this muscle and listen effectively? I am someone who pays a lot attention to my communication- both listening and speaking but even I struggle to be present fully, instead being pre-occupied with my concerns all of the time. Others have never really focussed on any aspect of their communication and not only do not know how to listen but also struggle to get their point across. Do you have any suggestions? What has been your experience?
Oct 10 2011: Dear Sufiya, it is a muscle, or rather two, or rather 2 on each ear, so 4 in total.... these can indeed be trained to listen better! Dr. Alfred Tomatis found that we listen not just with our ears but with our entire bodies, and in addition to air conduction, sound is also conducted thru the bones of the skull. If someone has a particularly sensitive point/frequency on her/his bone conduction, s/he will have a very hard time to focus and listen..... if someone's 'bone conduction' is uniformly more sensitive than their 'air conduction' they will remain self-absorbed and in their own world, and will have a hard time listening to others in general.... listening to oneself is very important but not at the expense of listening to the outer world.....
Oct 10 2011: I think Tomatis's work is very interesting, if not uncontroversial. His life, too. One of his conclusions is that high frequency sound charges up our neurology and helps us to be present, while low frequencies discharge it and zone people out. When you think about bass-heavy music like rap and reggae and where it comes from, that thesis seems intuitively credible.Oct 10 2011: Thanks for the input Mita and your comments Julian.
I think everyone knows how important it is to listen but I do think we should also look at the how. This is so often left out of commentary and discussion. My own way of listening better is simply to stop multi-tasking (and this is why being in a busy city like London makes it hard to listen well- you always seem to be surrounded by lots of sounds so by default you are multi-tasking just by listening!)Oct 11 2011: Sufiya,
You say you are often pre-occupied with your own concerns, and therefor not fully engaged with a conversation? We have a choice regarding what we think about at any given time. How about putting your own concerns aside when you want to be fully present with someone in conversation?
Conversations provide information about ourselves and others. We are like mirrors, constantly reflecting information back and forth. I would not deny myself the opportunity to be totally engaged in a conversation, because I would be missing something. Being fully present in the moment is a gift I give myself. Perhaps if you had this idea in your heart and mind it would help you be more present in the moment?
Oct 11 2011: Hi Colleen,
Thank you for your comments. I just re-read my comment and I guess it wan't totally accurate in how I stated my point, however, your observations are still valid.
My point really is that I am someone who has done some active work on listening better, precisely for the reason you make about being engaged and opening yourself up to something new. Despite this, I still find there are times when I am not a good listener, when the focus is elsewhere (sometimes just because of external factors). If I am struggling, what do we do with people who pay no mindful attention to listening? What are the practical things we can do? This is where I think Julian's work comes in and I am firmly of the view that this learning needs to happen as early in out lives as possible.
My point about multi-tasking is that I have discovered that it stops me being present, so now I do one thing and give my attention to it fully wherever possible. This has improved the way I listen as it means I am strengthening the muscle to focus on one thing much more.Oct 11 2011: Hi Sufiya,
The only thing we can "do with people who pay no mindful attention to listening" is model good listening skills, and if we are comfortable enough with the person, we can ask him/her to be more attentive. I agree...the earlier we learn, the better. I also agree that multi-tasking prevents us from being present, so focusing on one thing at a time is a gift to ourselves:>)Oct 10 2011: Lack of conscious listening alienates people and makes them focus on their own perceptions as if they were the only ones. In my opinion, that can only lead to stagnation.
The more we communicate our thoughts and ideas, the more we evolve and understand our differences in a productive and positive way.
A world of conscious listening would have deeper understanding and faster humane development.
It is definitely worth striving for.
Oct 10 2011: I so agree Dimitra!Oct 10 2011: Thanks to everyone for engaging and for some brilliant thoughts and questions... I have to leave in a few minutes but this conversation will be active for a week, until Sunday night, and I will be coming back often to check in and respond to your comments. Keep on posting!
Oct 10 2011: Let me know when where how you will implement the teaching of listening; I must be there... I have so many thoughts on this topic.
Oct 11 2011: Please join the Google group Linda. It's called Teaching Listening, and you'll find some kindred spirits there.Oct 10 2011: Hi Julian :) I just "listened" to your talks, and they are absolutely wonderful. I don't mind telling you that when you played the sound of birds singing, I got goosebumps and decided to download high-quality, uncompressed, wind, water and bird sounds and make it a habit to listen to them. So, that's for the influence of your talk on your audience--me, at least.
But also regarding the topic of this conversation, I imagine our "loss of listening" is only one of the many problems associated with the constant bombardment of cognitive information. I have access to internet everywhere--and I mean absolutely everywhere from home, work, bedroom, bed, restroom, car, even when I go camping pretending to try to listen to the sound of the river! And I have 5 email accounts and 5 frequently visited websites that I go through every 15 minutes or so!
The availability of information, and its "perceived" importance keep our brains busy (I say perceived, because, really, how critical is it for me to know who's whose new friend on facebook, no later than 15 minutes of its happening?). Most of the input data we receive belongs to the "cognitive" category, as per your own partitioning, leaving no brain power to process (listen, observe, sense, taste, smell) the pleasant sounds, like the birds' singing or the music playing. In our quest to stay on top of the constant stream of cognitive information that we receive, I think our brains just reacts to good, pleasant sound as if it were noise, eventually tuning out.
Finally, this imbalance in input data proportions has also brought about an imbalance in our listening skills. Like you say, we are impatiently filtering (and largely discarding) incoming data, trying to cut to the chase, get to the point. Your TED talks should be longer, but probably it was studied and concluded that the audience members' attention starts fading out in about 5 minutes and some other speaker needs to follow immediately! Too much information, too little time.
Oct 10 2011: Thanks Arash. No my talks weren't shortened from audience research; they were given at TED-University, where 7 minutes is the longest talk. The main stage talks at TED are typically 18 minutes long.
Wow, you are dealing with a lot of input. In fact this tidal wave of content coming at us all is a major issue for listening IMO. We can all get into content paranoia: the constant feeling that we're missing something. That something is almost never where we are, so we venture out again into cyberspace and leave our physical location and those around us. Trouble is, happiness is never over there – it's always right here, present and connected.
Oct 10 2011: Absolutely. We have completely lost our ability to live in the present, and in our very personal neighborhood. I remember some 15 years ago, when I was a teenager, and my dad would frown upon my sticking to my computer day and night, sacrificing sleep, food, family time, and just about everything else in my life, I'd tell him "Dad, this monitor is my window to the entire world. Just on the other side of this [14 inch,16 color] screen, there's the whole world that I'm in touch with... constantly".
It sounded like a good enough argument then, essentially getting him off my back, going on with my addiction to "information"... I'm not saying it's all evil, but some 15 years later, that habit has turned out to take over and shape my whole life. Now, it's basically my education and job to keep doing what I was doing then. And along the way, I have certainly missed out on unique opportunities to listen, pay attention, and enjoy the beauties of life.
In response to your other question, I think technology has created a "different" world for us. Not necessarily better, and not necessarily worse... I find it extremely challenging (if not impossible) to live and enjoy life like before, simultaneously as we allow technology to intrude further into our lives.
I don't think there will ever be robots and computers "smarter" than us. But I can see why that's a fear; we are getting dumber and number (that is, more numb and more senseless) to what constitutes being a human, which may result in a generation of mundane information slaves, and that's when computer will take over our lives.Oct 10 2011: Arash, you have really hit on something there. The constant bombardment of new information, the lack of time to process. It's as if we are aware of our own life clock ticking away ever faster ... hurry, hurry, hurry, no time to waste. Therein we lose the moment, we are so busy trying to catch up with what has just passed and aware that the future is limited to us as an individual. To let go of all of that, to slow time down to 'now'. Would that harm us so much? I think we, as individuals and as a society would benefit. I believe that many mental health issues would diminish.
Oct 10 2011: I certainly agree with your Ellie. This constant stream of information is an extremely powerful double-edged sword! On the one hand, if it were not for technology (TED, Facebook, my constant internet connection), I wouldn't have learned about this important conversation here, missing out on the opportunity to listen to three fantastic talks, and intriguing discussions here with you, Julian, and others. On the other hand, if it were not for these very technologies, we'd probably not even need to have this conversation, as the topic would be immaterial!
So, I think we are a generation that--although tangled up in this storm of information and expansion, and constant connection--at least remembers what life used to be like. Maybe we can consciously take time out to enjoy the simple beauties of life; or as you say, "slow time down to now", every once in a while. But what about the next generation? Our kids, and theirs, don't even know what life used to be like. My one-year old cousin is on facebook!... well, a few years later, his childhood memories will be "being on facebook"... as opposed to being out in the open, by the river, atop a mountain peak, etc, which shaped our childhood. That is actually pretty scary!Oct 10 2011: I believe that listening is a skill that should be taught from birth on up. Taking turns making sounds with a baby is a form of this, as is asking a child to repeat what you have just said to them... making sure that you have heard what others say and restating it is a model for children. Putting their words into your own reflects understanding, while providing adequate time for response is important. These are intelligent and polite ways of nurturing listening skills and responsive dialogue. Polite people will allow for response, for the most part. I think that people whose attention is fragmented cannot hear or respond well, as a general rule. We have lots of distraction and electronic stimulus in this day and age, children grow into adulthood without understanding that short bursts of attention are not effective tools for thorough communication. What can we do to recover personal social skills that should be part of daily life?
Oct 10 2011: Exercises sound like a great idea. I'm a pretty diehard Behaviorist, though, so I would believe that. Mindfulness is also a bit of an obsession with me.Oct 10 2011: I so agree Linda. This is exactly why i believe we need to teach listening (and its benefits, and the costs of not doing it) in schools. I formed a Google group called Teaching listening, and I invite anyone interested in this to join it.Oct 10 2011: I grew up in a deaf household, listening is relative - for me it's all about paying attention.Oct 10 2011: There's a therapeutic modality called Reevaluation Counseling that revolves around teaching people how to listen to each other. I think it was developed by a longshoreman in Seattle who found that having people witness his emotions enabled him to express them more effectively, deeply. Perhaps the ability to listen to others bears some relationship to being able to listen to ourselves -- distinguish between, and maybe even choose to engage in, types of thinking, such as ruminating, being in the thrall of racing thoughts, thinking v feeling, being logical, empathizing, etc
Oct 10 2011: Very interesting thank you Nancy. I will investigate...Oct 10 2011: It all boils down to mindfulness....it's as simple and as complicated as that.
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Oct 10 2011: I'm really enjoying your work featured on TED. From my business experience I also believe listening needs to be repurposed. With so many pressures on us to act quickly, people are refusing to disconnect from their various gadgets and therefore are never really listening consciously ever. Last time I had an office, I put my phone on one table and my laptop on another so i was forced to break away from one to engage with the other. It's not just teen kids ignoring their parents; parents are listening to their kids with half an ear, and that's not counting the mental dialogue that is often occurring in one's mind, adding further "noise". I'd love to participate in brainstorming teaching listening skills... keep talking and sounding off... thanks
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Oct 11 2011: Please do join the Google group "Teaching Listening" Carl, and share away!Oct 10 2011: Seems there are several different kinds of listening that Julian talks about and studies. I gather that here we are discussing listening as relates to human relations and connection. Conscious listening then would refer to "hearing" or understanding the meaning intended in another's communication. I find that I listen to or hear different people differently. People who are skilled communicators are much easier to follow no matter what level of consciousness one is at but I find it much easier to hear and stay focussed on the conversations I have with very "authentic" people than I do with people who seem less aware of who they are. Thus listening is relative; it is a process depending on both the listener and the speaker. I do not think that increased consciousness comes from listening per se, but rather growth in levels of consciousness will change the way a person can listen to others and understand the intended meaning (which is quite often unclear on face value)
Oct 10 2011: Agreed Greg, but bear in mind that listening is not just to people talking – it's to everything. Now that *does* increase your consciousness.
Oct 10 2011: true that,
listening to the "all"= increased consciousness = greater ability to listen to the "all" = increased consciousnessOct 10 2011: Wondering if anyone would care to define mindfulness. Julian?
Oct 10 2011: That is a HUGE question! I think I'll stick to listening if you don't mind... ;)Oct 10 2011: Nancy, put simply, mindfulness is 'being in the moment'.....every moment. Whether you are rock climbing or washing the dishes, talking to someone or brushing your teeth, listening to music or taking a walk.....THAT is what you are doing.....and that's it. In our modern day, multitasking world (we fool ourselves into thinking we can multitask effectively) we are constantly trying looking ahead at what's next, usually missing out on what's NOW. NOW is all that matters. The dish you're washing, the person you're talking to, the email you're typing, the leaves you're raking......are all that matters.
Oct 10 2011: Thanks, Robt. I was confused by the bandwidth issue. Too tired to explain. Sorry, Julian.Oct 10 2011: OK I will have a go... it's being completely present, wholly conscious, fully aware – but all without making an effort.Oct 10 2011: Fully aware in the moment, with unconditional love and the curiosity of a child:>)Oct 10 2011: A stilling of the mind and a opening of the heart to be in and feel the matter at hand fully.
I think it takes effort and practice as do most worthwhile things.Oct 10 2011: So what does the TED community think about our T - technology - and listening? People engaged in virtual conversations seem to become oblivious to their real surroundings - I spoke about this in my talk on sound and health, and used Murray Schafer's word schizophonia to describe the dislocate between this virtual sound and the world that's actually around us.
Can we use more and more technology and still listen?
Oct 10 2011: Lately I have been having serious problems with my 17 year old and listening. He can't stop texting or being on facebook. His constant need to return to his technologically based threads is ruining his ability to listen. Technology has become an epidemic killer of listening. How does one deal with this as a parent? With 5 people in the house its really difficult to coordinate moments when everyone is away from a TV, a computer and a cell phone. Advice on this would really be welcome.
Oct 10 2011: A billion parents of teenagers groan in sympathy!
Teaching him the importance of listening in relationship, with people and with the world around him, and just getting across the sheer value of being present through listening (like to girls!!!) might help. It is a real uphill struggle and if anyone has some great experience on this one it would be a wonderful gift to post it here. I too have a 17 year old son!
The best suggestions I have are to become very good at it yourself, and to book times when everyone lays down their technology and talks. Maybe meal times?
Oct 10 2011: Mealtimes are all that seems to be left. But yes, I am simply not putting up with it anymore. I think its one thing for kids to be taught listening. They just don't seem to do it all the time. They need to think you're serious before they put their listening ears on. I find that I have to constantly point out when I need their attention before I open my mouth. It's a real dilemma.Oct 10 2011: :) booking times to talk and to listen is one way. However, I find that leading by example, in the moment, can be just as effective. For instance, when my son or my brother pop in unannounced, needing to talk, I will say to them "I'll just finish up here, it will take me one minute, and then I can give you my full attention. Go and put the kettle on, will you?". It just sends the simple message that I'm willing to put all else aside for them. I then leave all bits of technology (computer, mobile, home phone) in another room and join them at the table in the kitchen.
Children, and adults, all learn the skill of communication and the art of listening best by our own actions.Oct 10 2011: It is a challenge; I have found that providing an opportunity for teenagers and even young children to respond to what they just heard by asking a question about it has been most effective. And then we, in turn, pause, wait for their response and listen as well. Creating space and opportunity for connection and reciprocity seems to inspire deeper listening. I do agree that modelling real listening is the best first step.Oct 10 2011: Listening is a choice. It starts with a mindset. It is a lost art. In my opinion true listening is a heart felt experience that begins with "listening" to your own inner voice. It takes practice. As you better care for you, by understanding your own needs, you can better listen to and care for the needs of others. I suggest being careful creating any additional "scheduled" activities unless you have everyones buy in first. If not you may cause greater frustrations. Try this thought with your teenager: In the end the participants have to "want" to be in the moment and share in growing the relationship. Still... quiet... calm... awareness... is a learned skill no different then driving a car only more important because relationships are paramount to any success.Oct 10 2011: Yes "no screen" times are a great idea...Oct 10 2011: I find that when I'm reading or writing I have to give full attention to the words on the screen. I like certain post rock bands like Explosions in the Sky and Pelican because their music has no lyrics to distract the language processing in my mind. The musical part of my mind can listen to that, and isn't otherwise disturbed by non-verbal sounds in my environment (like the crow cawing in the park next door as I type this).
I'm engaged in an ongoing practice to improve lucid dreaming. During normal waking hours I periodically engage all of my senses at the same time as fully as possible so that I'm aware of bodily sensations, sounds, smells and sights all at once. I find that I can't maintain that full awareness for long, because my mind wanders off. I hope that by continuing the practice the skill will improve.
I hear what sounds like a jet going overhead as I move to click Submit...Oct 10 2011: It is possible to use more technology and be able to listen, but in order to listen instead of just hearing, one would need a more disciplined mind.Oct 10 2011: Teenage son here, know the problem well.
However...technology has allowed me to have visual and vocal communication with coworkers, friends and family around the world on a daily basis. I even attended my fathers funeral last year virtually. The only thing I could not share was the senses of touch and smell. I was listening and listened to.
Listening via technology is different for sure and although it is not quite as good, in every way as being physically present, it is a very valuable tool when used wisely.
I contend that it is the spirit and mindfulness of the listening that is the essence of the task.
Oct 10 2011: Point taken Mary, though I do believe it's possible to listen in both the virtual and physical domains simultaneously. we don't have to leave this world altogether to text, IM or talk on the phone!Oct 11 2011: Julian,
You ask..."can we use more and more technology and still listen?"
As with anything in life, we can balance our use of technology at any time. Recognizing the importance of listening in relationships, leading by example, being fully present with a conversation, making the time, sending the message that we're honestly willing to fully engage in conversation by putting other tasks aside, creating space and opportunity, are all choices we can make in our daily lives. Technology is a valuable tool, and I agree with Mary, that it is our mindfulness and intent that may change the dynamic of our communications. It's important to know ourselves, and know how we can create the space and time we want to have for ourselves.
One tiny step I've taken recently is to ask people NOT to call me when they are driving a vehicle. If it's an emergency, of course I'll take the call, but I no longer engage in conversations when people are driving. First of all, there are too many accidents, injuries and deaths caused when folks are texting, using computers or cell phones while driving. Secondly, they are not fully present for a conversation with me, and I can feel that. My time and energy are important to me, and I make the choice as to how I use my time. Talking with someone who is engaged in operating a motor vehicle is not enjoyable.Oct 10 2011: As an teacher of English I am pretty sure that most of my students hear a lot but don t really listen, be it to me or to their classmates and that is the real reason for their lack of progress
Oct 10 2011: No question, hearing is necessary but not sufficient for listening. Listening is an action, a practice, a conscious state, whereas hearing is involuntary.Oct 10 2011: I agree, as a teacher.Oct 10 2011: you are absolutely right.
Dr. Alfred Tomatis delineated a "Listening Posture" which is where one sits with a straight back without any tension in the neck and shoulders, knees slightly below the hips, as tho one were hanging from the back of one's head from an invisble rope.... in this position, one of the semi-circular canals in the vestibular part of the inner ear, is completely parallel to the ground, and the second canal is exactly 90 degress or perpendicular to the first.... this is the BEST position for listening and learning.... furniture for schools and universities need to be modified to take this seminal finding into account, and then we wd have better listening in classes!Oct 10 2011: There is something in niceness, politeness that verges on "I do not care" while listening says "I do care". Makes sense?
Oct 10 2011: Sounds possibly culturally specific
Oct 10 2011: Nancy, could you add to your comment? Thanks.
Mark Thur
Oct 14 2011: I think we should aim for the Futurists ideal of an omni-present symphony of the soundscape.
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With the arrival of the noiseless engine and quiet tires of the electric car and the ability to adapt your personal soundscape on your pocket devices, we're starting to gain more control over our sonic environment. Let's make some conscious decisions.
Luigi Russolo and more participants in the early twentieth century Futurist Movement embraced all the new sounds of the modern world they were bombarded with. They incorporated these sounds in their orchestral works.
If we can listen to our sonic environment as if it were one big composition in which we al contribute we find a new arena for social interactions. Conscious listening is the key.
I've been finding a lot of musical patterns in everyday sounds and soundscapes, but found it really hard to record these because a microphone is much to objective and can't 'lock on' to a specific pattern in an abundant soundscape. The human brain can! Easily! That's what we do!...
It only takes a mindset to hear this music.
With me it made a click when I started enjoying "chaotic" electronic music (DJ Spooky, Stockhausen, Cage, some Aphex Twin, Autechre, et al.) and Free Jazz(rock). While cycling through The Netherlands I have these musical frases in mind and occasionally an accidental harmony occurred between the soundscape and this music in my head. Imaginary music with one foot rooted in reality...
I started calling this Musique Trouvé.
Having a culture based on vision was nice for a while but with almost 40.000 pictures being uploaded to Flickr every hour it's kind of losing meaning and urgency...
Let's explore what a culture based on sound can do for us.
I'm always making music with the soundscape that's surrounding me and the people around me.
Public parks should have more creative sound installations.
In my mind I've already arrived at the symphonic soundscape. Everyones mind is wired to experience this.
Mark Thur
Oct 16 2011: This is exactly what I mean by the exercise 'savoring' that I included in the talk. Your practice is not far from Cage's concept of musique concrete, and it does as you say make life far more interesting to be (as I like to term it) hearing the hidden choir in mundane sounds.
Oct 16 2011: Hi Julian,
thanks for the reply.
As much as I respect John Cage's work in the field of classical music, I prefer the viewpoint of Edgar Varésè that music is organized sound.
When you lock on to musical patterns in the soundscape you organize sound within your brain. When you accept any 'accidentally' present sound as being musical, like Cage, you forget that in a natural world without humans there will be sound, but no music.
'Choice' is wat makes sound into music.
I propose creating "Listening Fields" opposed to "Lookout Points". Conscious listeners should choose locations with an exceptionally beautiful soundscape, possibly with a hidden choir in it.
Murray Schafer already suggested making sound reserves, I propose that we should put sticks in the ground with notes on them pointing out the music you can find in the present soundscape. Off course this changes over time, so an app or online map would be better, but an unknowing passer-by could stop and be moved by sound.
Lookout Points are so twentieth-century... Standing in one place being told where to look... While Listening Fields are spread in a large acoustic arena in which you can choose your point-of-ear, but can always be surprised by a sound from behind.
João Coucelo
Oct 13 2011: Hi! Can't tell that this is a new problem but it surely looks like that is getting worst!
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In the last 40 years there has been a cut between what "older" people know and learned from their ancestors and what "new" people learned from the former.
Somehow people became more intellectually arrogant. They were able to extend that teenage typical psychologically phase through the twenties and so on.
I imagine that is due to the format education generally has and because there was a wider social access to knowledge and academic education after the second world war, then latter the computers, mobile phones, smartphones, the www (internet)...
I like to listen, fortunately I get a lot to listen to in the hospital, all those elderly people are dusted and wrecked treasures with valuable lessons to take from their life stories.
Oct 16 2011: Wonderful description of the locked up beauty we can access by listening to old people. Surely along with teenagers they are among the least listened to people on the planet – and yet they have so much to share. I agree with your concern: in the talk I mention the relatively new paradigm of 'personal broadcasting', which requires no listening at all and goes hand in hand with the 'me-first' materialist culture we've managed to entrench and amplify with every successive generation. Hence 'sodcasting' in all its forms.
Oct 16 2011: Thank you for the time spent on commenting back.
I am very thankful that I can listen to people with great knowledge and ideas here at TED, let alone to interact and have some feedback.
Wish you all the best with your work and hope you reach more people.
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Oct 16 2011: Wouldn't it be nice to have more of our elderly people become more active in our education system? To become teachers and mentors to the younger generations, would also give them more purpose and communication in their retirement years. But would the youth listen, probably not, unless if they were their own grandparents. Maybe getting these two groups together would make the " conscious listening" easier to achieve.Oct 12 2011: ..Aware listening..being present is difficult for more than 90 % of the world's population...and to accept sincerely...listening is easier but understanding the thought heard in the same manner is more difficult..We can make any person hear us...whatever we want..by many ways...by talking the way he/she is interested...by talking about them (this aspect interest ....... people)...by talking about their interest areas...but more difficult is making the person understand the same way you have said...one can use the best suitable word required for the them to be talked about...but do you think the person will get you in the same way...In my daily life I meet many people who show the readiness to hear but lack of understanding to be understood...they are full of their own perception which they feel is right...they are not ready to discuss rather boost or pretend...Sir...as you said how I can contribute to this aspect is through meditation...I insist while I organize seminar for parents and teachers to try different techniques of meditation with primary kids....teens ... before they start their class... I feel when meditation will become a part of education the conscious listening will appear...
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Oct 12 2011: This seems like a very large question to me but I believe it is rooted in the value we place on people. I hope it is more than simply finding a quiet place, I see it as making a conscious effort to value another person. We are becoming a society based on promiscuity in all things, with emotional promiscuity having the largest impact. We seem to long for immediate gratification for ourselves with the smallest amount of effort. If we can teach the real, inherent value of people then conscious listening will simply 'be', regardless of the amount of ambient noise around me, if I truly value others I will listen.
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Oct 16 2011: Yes Mike, that is a huge part of this. Whether it's cause or effect of conscious listening matters little... the beneficial outcome seems to be universally accepted in this TED conversation and all the comments from my talk. This is the cause for optimism: it appears that there is a massive untapped desire for better listening. I am planning a project for 2012 to take this movement much wider, possibly another book: my current book Sound Business focuses on using sound well in business, which is the other half of the equation in my overall vision, to create a world that sounds beautiful.


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Woman survives internal decapitation, thanks Phoenix fire rescuers
PHOENIX -- Some members of the Phoenix Fire Department got a much-deserved "thank you" Tuesday for their life-saving work.
Krystal Lane, 24, walked into Station 24 of the Phoenix Fire Department near 43rd Avenue and Thomas Road on her own power and thanked the men and women who saved her life nearly a year ago.
On May 30, 2013, Lane was nearly killed when her car slammed into a street sweeper early on Interstate 10 near 43rd Avenue. She suffered severe injuries in the accident, including internal decapitation.
"It's a miracle. There's no question about it," Dr. John Gallagher, EMS medical director for the Phoenix Fire Department, said. "For this to have occurred and for her to survive this is very, very unusual."
An internal decapitation involves tearing ligaments and fracturing the bones in the neck that can cause the skull to separate from the spine, Gallagher said.
"Most people don't survive this type of injury because their head gets pushed up and their carotid arteries are torn," he said.
When rescuers arrived on that unfortunate night, they had to cut her out of her mangled vehicle and carefully keep her head and body aligned.
"When the crews arrived on scene she was unconscious, piled up at the bottom of the floorboard, entangled in the equipment that's in the car," Phoenix Fire Cpt. Jonathan Jacobs said. "(The crews) went to work and did a phenomenal job of extricating her out of there safely."
After the accident, Lane spent three weeks in a coma and has since undergone physical therapy to be able to walk and talk again, but she said that hasn't been the hardest part of her recovery.
"At the beginning, knowing it wasn't my normal life," Lane said. "Not being able to, as much as I hate it, take the bus somewhere or go to the movies with my friends ... the hardest part was not being myself."
Lane said she was grateful for the work the first responders did to save her life and is glad she can thank them herself.
"I wouldn't have been able to stand here and talk to you and explain my story," she said to the firefighters. "So I'm ... really grateful for all of you."


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Walking in Wisdom
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Donated by Olwyn Green in 1994 and 2002.
Open with exceptions. Series 1 restricted.
Copyright of materials described in this guide is governed by copyright law in Australia. For further information contact the Curator of Private Records, Research Centre.
Papers of Charles and Olwyn Green, AWM PR00466.
Charles Hercules Green was born on 26 December 1919 in Grafton, New
South Wales, the second child of Hercules John Green and his wife Bertha. He
was educated at Swan Creek Public and Grafton High School and began working on
his father's farm when he was thirteen years old.
In October 1936 he enlisted in 41 Battalion Militia and was promoted to sergeant and lieutenant in 1938 and 1939 respectively.
In October 1939, Charles was seconded to the Australian Imperial Force and joined 2/2 Battalion. From February 1940 he was based in the Middle East and his first experience of battle was at the Pinios Gorge, Greece in April 1941. During the retreat, Charles evaded capture and escaped through the Aegean islands and Turkey before reaching Palestine in May 1941 where he met Allied Forces.
In August 1941, 2/2 Battalion spent time doing garrison duty in Syria and later Ceylon (Sri Lanka), returning to Australia in 1942. Green had injured his foot and become ill with typhoid in Sri Lanka, so he did not contribute to the New Guinea campaign. He was promoted to substantive major in September and posted in December as an instructor to the First Army's Junior Tactical School in Southport, Queensland. On 30 January 1943 he married Edna 'Olwyn' Warner in St Paul's Anglican Church, Ulamurra.
In July 1943 Green was selected as second in command of the 2/2nd Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel A G Cameron. In December 1944 the unit was sent to New Guinea where in March 1945 Green was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and given command of the 2/11 Battalion. He was only twenty-five years old and possibly the youngest officer to command an Australian battalion during the Second World War.
From May-July 1945 the 2/11 Battalion were involved in the attack on Wewak and in operations around Boram from which Green was awarded the Distinguished Service Order
Green returned to Australia in November 1945 but did not find the transition to civilian life an easy one and in January 1949 he joined the Permanent Military Forces. When the Australian government committed 3 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment to the conflict in Korea, Green, due to his distinguished service in the Second World War, was selected to command it. He was sent to Japan on 8 September 1950.
His intelligence officer Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel) A Argen described him as
"a tall, dark, sinewy man with the bearing and unhurried deliberateness one usually associated with men of the land. Pressure never seemed to bother him. He had a fine touch and the presence of a natural leader. His command in Korea was always firm and sure."
The battalion moved to the Republic of (South) Korea that month and 3RAR joined the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade. They advanced north, defeating enemy forces at Yongju, 22 October, Pakch'on, 25-26 October and at Chongju on 28 October. On 29 October the Battalion withstood a North Korean counter-attack and occupied positions on a ridge overlooking the Talch'on River. At 6.10pm six shells hit the battalion headquarters area. The headquarters was protected by being situated on the reverse slope of a hill overlooking the river, however the sixth shell cleared the crest and hit a tree, exploding close to Green's tent. Asleep on a stretcher, he was badly wounded in the stomach by a shell fragment. Green was taken by ambulance to the surgical hospital at Angu but died at 8pm on 1 November 1950 and buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, South Korea, survived by his wife and daughter. In 1951 the United States awarded him the Silver Star for bravery.
Olwyn Green was born on 21 September 1923 at the Sydney suburb of Lidcombe and grew up in Ulmarra, New South Wales. Her father was a petty officer with the Royal Australian Navy and a veteran of the First World War. Olwyn was educated at Ulmarra Public School and attended Grafton High School for two years. She left school at thirteen to work in the family newsagency. In 1940, after the outbreak of the Second World War, Olwyn went to work at the local Pioneer Dairy Company and managed the General Store there. After the death of her husband in 1950, Olwyn obtained a Bachelor of Art degree from the University of Sydney in 1958. From 1960 until 1977 she worked as an English teacher at the Department of Technical Education in Meadowbank, eventually being promoted to Senior Head Teacher. After her retirement in 1979, Olwyn wrote a biography of her husband,
The papers of Charles and Olwyn Green comprise records relating to
Charles' service in the Second World War and Korea. These include letters
exchanged between Charles and Olwyn from 1943-1950; letters of condolence after
Charles' death in November 1950 and photograph albums documenting the the
movements of 2/2 Battalion in Palestine, Greece, Sri Lanka and New Guinea.
Throughout the 1980s Olwyn researched and wrote a book about her relationship
with Charles and his career with the AIF and 3 RAR, called
Olwyn Green's Korean collection began as research for a post-graduate degree thesis entitled 'The Anzac Tradition in a new war in a new army'. Olwyn withdrew her candidature due to illness and began to concentrate instead on collecting testimonies of soldiers with the support of the Australia Korea Foundation. She focused on gathering information from men of 1RAR, 2RAR and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Each soldier's story is contained in a file comprising of service records, correspondence and photographs.


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'This is a doodle I did while I was waiting for a long progress bar on my computer. As soon as I'd done it, I thought, it's nice that.'


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Fantasy Book Review – The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks is epic fantasy, a genre that is often over-wrought and under-written. Instead we get three beautifully crafted characters striving to survive in a world realized with grandeur and grit all at the same time. The plot is almost evil in its complexity, if it weren't so much fun to get wrapped up in. Because believe me, you will get wrapped up in it.
Weeks brings us powerful wizards who wield light like a weapon. There is political intrigue that would make Machiavelli proud and secrets that could shatter a kingdom. All are just part of the pattern in this first book in Weeks latest fantasy adventure series.
The Black Prism's Trio of Tales
The Black Prism starts with the view of young Kip, a worried and hungry boy soon caught up in a war he can't even comprehend. Over the course of the book he will grow from a foolish awkward child to a young man who is just beginning to understand his own power and destiny. I love Kip because he is such a real person, with all their faults and sometimes whiney problems. That he overcomes his tongue-tied personality to become someone we go from feeling sorry for to someone we admire is one of the strengths of this fantasy novel.
From our child's eye view of the chaos that is beginning to seethe in this land we then meet Gavin, the most powerful of all the weavers of light, called The Prism. He is also the central player for their religion, which brings more than a little complication to his life and the story. The deeper we get into his own thoughts and desires, the more we understand that he is so much more than the surface. I found I went from actually not liking him much at the beginning to quickly not only liking him but also rooting for him. He is a complicated and truly compelling character.
Brent Weeks switches views from chapter to chapter, but somehow I not only was never lost – I looked forward to seeing who we would meet next. He has the plot unravel slowly, layer by layer like an onion. Soon a shadowy third character is revealed, one that we know is pivotal to everyone, but also unseen. His existence could change the course of this world's history, if it is ever revealed. The question is, by whom?
Secret Pain and Secret Love
We see the secrets that Gavin keeps, the pain that the boy Kip carries and the destinies that weave their lives together, piece by piece. It is a wonderful involved tapestry that pulls the reader in as we begin to unlock the keys to the characters and see the bigger picture.
There is even a romance. I loved how the history of the romance between Karris the Blackguard warrior and Gavin is hinted at in places. It reveals so much about each of them, and our shadowy character in the background. However it is more talked about and acts as the fulcrum for much of the action then actually being the action. Karris was not always a warrior, and this revelation gives more depth to her character. It helps us to understand how she has become the stuff of legends without seeming to be aware of it. I just know it is going to play an even bigger role in the next book, The Blinding Knife.
Battle Sweats
Of course, what would an epic story be without a few battles? All of our characters secret and not so secret lives soon lead to a rush to stop a madman and save a city. You can be sure that the climatic fight to hold on to and save the city of Garriston will have more than a few twists and turns to it. This is where, I think, Brent Weeks really shows his stuff. I could picture the work that Gavin does to save the city; along with the sweat and fear everyone was experiencing.
But it is the battles within, for each of the three characters that truly shape this start of a great new fantasy series. The conflicts, the rumors, the need for acceptance and the heartfelt desire to be a better person, are all shown here. The characters are human and complicated, the conflicts grow as we come to understand these characters and what makes them tick.
Building the Epic Adventure
I frequently found myself in one of those "a-ha!" moments while reading The Black Prism. It comes when you see what Weeks was driving at with this particular character arc, and loved it for where it went. The doors those moments can open makes this particular epic fantasy tale such a treasure.
So grab your own copy of The Black Prism by Brent Weeks on Kindle or in paperback or even a hardcover at a bargain price, and join me in a great adventure. I am already hip deep in the next book of the series, The Blinding Knife and hope you will come around to read my comments on it next week. This promises to be a heck of a series!


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We know you will work your magic to start this wild and crazy day and we have tried to keep our recipes healthy.
Sweet Potato Pancakes
- 1 cup flour
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbs sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ginger
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 2 tbs butter flavor crisco melted
- 1/2 cup cooked (boiled or baked) mashed sweet potato
- add flour, baking soda, sugar and spices in a large mixing bowl.
- stir egg, shortening, mashed sweet potato & milk in another mixing bowl.
- add egg mixture to flour, baking soda, sugar & spices, now stir until smooth.
- Add to hot lightly greased griddle, when the sides of the batter start to bubble turn once until cooked. Watch closely.
- Place on warm plate and serve hot with warm melted butter and warm syrup
Serve with the juice, coffee or tea of your choice…You will enjoy.
Walnut Pumpkin Oatmeal
- 2 cups oat meal the quick cooking kind is best
- 1 cup pumpkin canned or fresh
- 1 8-ounce vanilla yogurt
- 1/3 cup soft brown sugar,
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 3 cups water
- 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Bring water in saucepan to a boil with the pumpkin pie spice and salt, stir in oat meal. Bring to a second boil and reduce heat to medium. Cooking 1 minute until most of liquid is absorbed and keep stirring occasionally. Now add pumpkin and brown sugar, cooking one minute. Let stand until desired consistency. Spoon oatmeal into four cereal bowls. Top with yogurt and walnuts.
Really Quick Halloween Breakfast Smoothie Recipe
- 2 cups milk
- 2 cups OJ
- 2 pints orange sherbet
- 4 ripe bananas
- 2 cups whipped cream
Blend milk, orange juice milk, orange sherbert and bananas until very smooth. Pour into fancy glass. Add teaspoon of of whipped cream to the top.
Wizard Cereal
In the bottom of the cereal bowls your children use …drop a drop or two of food coloring … when the kids are ready for their cereal pour the cereal in the bowl and ask for the milk and when your pour in the milk it will change colors to blue, red, what ever color you want…..Do you think they will figure it out
Your kids will think your the perfect Wizard.
Spooky Breakfast SandWitch
- pre heat oven to 350 degrees
- Lay several half English Muffins on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Put a slice of American Cheese on top of each one
- slice olives with pimentos for eyes, add just pimento for red nose and slice pickle for mouth
- Bake for about 3- 5 minutes until cheese melts and English Muffin warm
Serve with Orange Juice and fruit.


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New Zumo 340/350 GPS discussion
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Joined: Feb 2004
Location: SE Mass
Oddometer: 19,254
Finding Fuel while Navigating a Route
One nice thing that the 350 does is allow you to get fuel without losing the route you are following. You can be going along just following your route and then search for gas. If you select a gas station from the list and say to go there, the unit will ask you if you want to add it to your current route or create a new route just to the gas station. If you add it, then it takes you to the gas station and then puts you back on your existing route. I used this feature on a backroads ride in the Catskills last fall and it worked really well.
I just fired up the Montana and tried to figure out if I could do the same thing on it. My Montana skill/knowledge is still very low, so it might be there, but I sure as heck could not find it. Perhaps one of the Montana gurus can chime in, if I am in error. But, it seemed that on the Montana, I had to stop navigating the original route, navigate to a gas station, and then (I am assuming, sue me
) start the original route again, perhaps having to pick which waypoint to start at? Not sure.
Anyway, I tend to plan my route to be backroads that avoid cities, so I typically need to get off my route to get gas, so this one particular feature, is very useful to me, and is perhaps one small way that the 350 is more useful than the Montana. YMMV.
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- Lab Director
Sun-Young Shin, Ph.D. is the director of the Language Assessment Lab. He received a Ph.D. in applied linguistics with a focus on language assessment from UCLA in 2007. Visit Dr. Shin's faculty page here.
- Ph.D. Students
Avizia Yim Long is a PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics. Her research interests include the acquisition and use of Spanish phonology and morphosyntax by Korean-speaking learners, Spanish instructor individual difference factors influencing the provision of pronunciation-related instruction and feedback, Spanish language assessment, and variationist approaches to second language acquisition.
Catherine Showalter is a third-year PhD Second Language Studies student. Her research interests include phonological acquisition, the relationship between orthography and phonology (including pedagogical implications), the perception/production link, and pronunciation instruction.
Jean Young Chun is the first-year Ph.D student in the department of Second Language Studies. Her research interests are language assessment and program evaluation. She studied at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for her master's degree.
Ryan Lidster is a third-year PhD Second Language Studies student from Vancouver, Canada with experience in Japanese EFL, French FL, and French immersion instructional environments. His interests include assessment design, washback, language policy, teacher training, materials development and use, L2 phonological acquisition, dynamic assessment, and Complex Systems Theory.
Senyung Lee is a first-year PhD Second Language Studies student. She has a master's degree in Second Language Studies. Her interests include second language assessment, washback, second language acquisition and computational liniguistics. She is the webmaster of this website.
Yi-Lu Kuo is a fifth-year doctoral student in the department of Literacy, Culture and Language Education and 2nd year master student in Chinese Language Pedagogy. Her research interests are pedagogy and testing in Chinese as a foreign language.
Yunwen Su is a fourth-year PhD Second Language Studies student from Xi'an, China with experience in Chinese EFL and teaching Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language. Her interests include acquisitional pragmatics, testing of pragmatics, and instructional SLA.
- Lab Alumni
Aileen Bach received her M.A. in Second Language Studies from Indiana University in 2014. Her focus was on assessment and program evaluation. Her background includes program evaluation, foreign language assessment, and bilingual acquisition and education research.
Rebecca Yeager received her M.A. in TESOL and Applied Linguistics from Indiana University in 2012. She is currently lecturing at the Iowa Intensive English Program at the University of Iowa. Her research interests include second language reading, complex systems theory, and formative assessment.


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The Greek Assembly elects Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, as their King, but the British government rejects the decision.
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