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I often feel like the one on the left, especially when it comes to putting together an Ikea dresser.
Part of the lovely Art Deco De La Warr Pavillion, I thought this view of the spiral staircase made it look like a large question mark. Taken with a Canon EOS 300D. Ref: D169-049
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U.P. Breaking News: K. I. Sawyer Latest KC-135 Emergency Landing/Raising Safety Concerns
The following exclusive information was not reported yet by Upper Peninsula TV stations and other media.
Many safety questions remain and a military plane is officially grounded after an emergency in the skies over Marquette County, Michigan on Tues. July 8, 2014
The emergency landing of a KC-135 refueling tanker is the latest in a series of similar hydraulic incidents involving the aging fleet of Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing, Upper Peninsula Breaking News has learned.
Veteran Investigative Reporter Greg Peterson has the story:
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Essentially a flying gas station – this Air National Guard KC-135 is grounded – following an emergency that has happened at least 5 times in the past two years to KC 135 refueling tankers from the 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee.
That's right – at least 5 times in the past two years – a KC-135 from the 128th has developed hydraulic problems resulting in emergency landings at airports around the Midwest.
The tankers are all about 50 years old.
In fact in June 2013, a reporter for Milwaukee Television station WISN TV-12 investigated a rash of KC-135 emergency landings after hydraulic warning.
Upper Peninsula Breaking News called the 128th's public affairs office to verify this important safety problem.
With overcast skies, the three-member crew of this KC-135 declared a hydraulic emergency:
Chief Don Hutchens, Forsyth Township Volunteer Fire Department:
Emergency officials from across Marquette County responded to the plane's call for help – fearing it might crash while landing – which would have been catastrophic.
The KC -135 was among several planes from the 128th Refueling Wing that have been practicing touch and goes on K.I. Sawyer's long runways.
Now the Marquette County Airport, the once vibrant K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base was a Strategic Air Command base – constantly on alert - with bomber crews ready to fly in moments.
This reporter has had the pleasure of riding on two KC-135 Refueling Tankers – as show in this photo when I worked at WLUC TV-6 in Marquette.
We refueled F-16 Jets over Lake Huron.
Then this reporter became one of only a handful of civilians to ride aboard a B-52 Bomber – this while I did features stories for the Mining Journal newspaper.
I was given this official coin of the Sawyer bomber wing and a patch – after as 12-hour flight that included Fourth of July Parades and an airshow in Grand Rapids.
This reporter hopes the officials at Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing get to the bottom of this hydraulic issues before there is a tragedy – as the large number of emergencies on this flying gas station is scary to all involved.
Greg Peterson, Upper Peninsula Breaking News
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WISN TV-12 Investigation in June 2013:
Emergency landing prompts questions about KC-135 safety
Hydraulic problems lead to 4th in-flight emergency
June 19, 2013
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Military plane makes emergency landing in Indiana
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A plane from Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard is grounded and undergoing repairs after an in-flight emergency Tuesday.
For the fourth time in two months a KC-135 from Milwaukee makes an emergency landing, this time in Indiana.
The flight crew lost control of the hydraulic system and made an emergency landing in Indiana.
It's the fourth in-flight emergency in recent weeks involving four KC-135 refueling tankers.
Each of the planes is about 50 years old, which has some wondering if the aging aircraft are as safe as they should be.
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Concerto Good Vibrations.
BTO 2014
2 e 3 dicembre, a Firenze in Fortezza da Basso
Day ONE | Good Vibrations Hangout | 18.00 - 20.00
www.buytourismonline.com/eventi/good-vibrations/
Dopo il successo dell’anno scorso, Zeppelin Group invita di nuovo tutti al concerto live di Jack Freezone & the Swinin’ Ciccioli per concludere la prima giornata a partire da circa le 18.00 @ Good Vibrations Stage [Padiglione Spadolini, Fortezza da Basso].
Rilassante meet & greet accompagnato dalle note di un gruppo appassionato di Swing anni 50 e Rock.
Atmosfera ideale per conoscere gente nuova e condividere la passione per l’Internet Marketing.
Al centro della cultura Zeppelin un’idea costante: far sposare il mondo della musica con l’Internet Marketing, perché condividono gli stessi valori – è tutta una questione di Good Vibrations!
Vogliamo vivere con voi questa filosofia – join the Good Vibrations Hangout!
Author: Tomas Stankiewicz Baldassarri
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Honored to be in the right place, the right time to cover Miss Oregon (America) 2016 Alexis Mather. Enjoy!
Photo is from my tour of the 142nd Fighter Wing, 123rd Fighter Squadron based out of Portland Air National Guard Base. For more photos as I develop, please visit: goo.gl/jQst31
To go on one of these public tours, go to goo.gl/QkWcFC and check out the info on the 142nd Fighter Wing webpage under "Tour Request". Enjoy!
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com
What Is Theosophy?
The Secrets of The Universe Laid Bare By The Accumulated Wisdom Of The Ages
The question “What is Theosophy?” must have risen to the lips of some thousands of persons during the last three or four years, if the world is anything like what it used to be, and it is only reasonable to suppose that in nearly as many instances as the question has been put the answer has not been forthcoming, or, at least, that no satisfactory solution has been proffered. From the vastness of the subject and its utter newness to Western minds this state of things is not very much to be wondered at, but apart from that, the extreme difficulty of giving anything approaching an intelligible explanation of the word to minds permeated with WEstern ideas and moulded by Western thought and associations is so great as to render the task well nigh hopeless. Theosophy was unknown to Western intelligence – except in the form of the wildest and most improbable narratives, and those of the most fragmentary character – till some 14 years since, when Madame H. P. Blavatsky, a Russian lady who had spent the greater part of her previous life picking up strange stores of still strangers knowledge among the speculative peoples of the far East, settled in New York, and commenced the diffusion of her ideas in regard to her occult knowledge. Her most active disciple was a Colonel Olcott, in conjunction with whom the Theosophical Society was formed for objects stated below. A singular fact came out in reference to this very singular organization not very long ago; it appears that Madame Blavatsky, the president-founder, is practically the Theosophical Society one and indivisible, for while the members may be expelled to any extent, the president-founder cannot be removed, the consequence being that notwithstanding the possible loss of every single member, the society can never suffer annihilation as long as Madame Blavatsky lives, the wishes of the rest of the organization to the contrary. Theosophy has apparently produced the first and only society which it is impossible to suppress or abolish. Madame Blavatsky is now located in London, where her teachings have been met with more amusement than reverence, but the president-founder appears proof against any amount of that kind of “argument,” and disposes of it as being of as little value as the wanton smoke-curls of the weed she loves so well. Among the orthodox and the indifference – who may be placed upon pretty much the same plane as far as honest inquiry is concerned – theosophy has made no convert, but in the ranks of the ever-increasing class of speculative thinkers who have been forced to abandon the old traditional creeds the “new” gospel has received a large number of earnest followers, perhaps the most noticeable being Mrs. Annie Besant, whose succession to theosophical ranks proves – if it proves anything – that there is “something in it” worthy of investigation. In America, where the cult has taken a firmer root, the theosophists claim Edison, the great electrician, as one of their disciples, and his certificate of membership is enrolled among the society’s archives.
The subject was laid before the Croydon Socratic Society on Tuesday night, at their usual meeting at West Croydon, by no less an authority than Mr. Herbert Burrows, who, in addition to being a highly-valued friend of the society and a fellow socialistic worker with Mrs. Besant, is also an enthusiastic theosophist and a brilliant young thinker in more than one branch. The Socratics are a more than ordinarily hard-headed body, but it was plain to see that on Tuesday evening there was a lack of sympathy with the subject that boded trouble ahead, as the sequel showed. Mr. Burrows first spoke of the difficulties of handling a subject which comprehended the concentrated knowledge of the East extending over a period of possibly 20,000 years in about forty minutes, and expressed the opinion that he was quite prepared to find at the concussion fo the lecture that his hearers only matter of doubt was as to whether he was a fool or a madman, or a combination of both. He then passed on the deal with the question in the way most suited to the assembly, namely, from it scientific aspect, and remarked that theosophy was utterly and entirely opposed to the Darwinian theory, and that it dealt with the more recondite forces and laws of nature in respect of which Western investigators were as ignorant as Newton’s child upon the seashore, aye, and more so, because, to speak figuratively, they had not even the knowledge to pick up the stones. Wisely keeping clear of the phenomenal portion of his subject – for theosophical wonder-working, even if it were possible to him, would be no more convincing of the truth of theosophy than the working of a material miracle was proof of any sort of moral truth – he explained in passing that theosophy claimed to be the underlying truth of which all the great and varied religious systems were but the exoteric side, and that the Theosophical Society had been founded to accomplish three objects, (1) To be the nucleus of a universal brotherhood; (2) To promote the study of Aryan and other Eastern literatures, religions, and sciences; and (3) To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the physical powers latent in man. Now, Western science failed to accomplish the latter object in some very essential particulars, and that principally because its investigations were conducted on imperfect lines, while theosophy, working upon an entirely different lines, not only agreed with the conclusions of the Western scientist, but could find a passage beyond the dead wall which blocked the path of all our scientists at a certain point, and beyond which wall no single Western investigator had yet been able to penetrate. What was the reason of this? Possibly because Western scientists started on too limited a basis. Personally he had long ago been led to the conclusion – from the study of Huxlye’s treaties on protoplasm forces, and from Professor Huxley’s own showing the material physical sciences of the body proved rather a barrier than an assistance to the study of the powers of nature. For example, when a note of music was struck it was accompanied by numbers of other miner sounds which it was impossible for the ear to distinguish because of its inherent of its inherent defects, while at the same time the existence of the minor notes had been demonstrated ad nauseam. A defect of this kind must prove an obstacle to true investigation because of its misleading results. If that were the case man practically knew nothing at all about the forces which were behind those of which we do know or fancy we know something. This naturally led to the conclusion that if our senses were only refined and acute enough it would be possible to perceive and understand the unseen forces of nature. On the other hand, the scientists of the West, everyone of them, however profound their investigations, were met at one point in their inquiries by a dead wall which they found it impossible to pass, in a very large class of phenomena, which they found to be absolutely inexplainable by their modern science.
Theosophy boasted that it could pass this wall by reason of the storehouse of actual mental knowledge, not mere theory only, which had been stored in the minds of a few men in India and of late years in Tibet, and handed on from one to the other for thousands of years. These men were investigators themselves, and they made a secret of their knowledge for obvious reasons, because by virtue of their knowledge there were few of the processes of nature that were secret to them; they asserted that they could explain phenomena whose solution was regarded as hopeless, and that simply and entirely by their knowledge of the laws of nature. In these things they owned no supernatural influences – there is no personal god in theosophy, which is purely pantheistic – but could give a rational explanation from the phenomena of nature, according to the laws of nature, though doubtless not according to the laws of Western scientists, and by this means they claimed to obtain a clue to both the spiritual and physical nature of man. The western scientist, up to a certain point, could state how certain phenomena were manifested, but the theosophist went further, and could tell why these things were. Science was absolutely unable to explain phenomena such as hypnotism, clairvoyance, and mesmerism to anything like an adequate extent and while he knew the majority of people dismissed these things as a result of trickery and fraud, they were nevertheless established facts, and rapidly establishing themselves as practical agents of surgical treatment. Apart from that theosophy could give a clear and adequate reason why for these things, and until people could give a better explanation it was both foolish and unphilosophic for people to deny that theosophy could do so.
Mr. Burrows then divided into an intensely interesting disquisition with regard to the numerous laws of nature whose existence and demonstration is known to our modern scientists, but which have entirely baffled them in their efforts to comprehend and tabulate the same. For instance, by means of a definite arrangement of a violin, a turning for, a strong light, and a sort of sheet suspended after the style of a “magic lantern” sheet, it was found that a note of music possesses distinct and unmistakable colours, which vary with different notes. Another instrument, the pendulagram, demonstrates that a musical note possess force. The apparatus is constructed upon vibrating principles, and is fitted with a universal-jointed pen. Upon a certain note being struck certain spiral curves are recorded by the pen. Strike another not, and a different class of spirals is produced; strike the first not again, and the spirals are produced similar to those registered on the first occasion. Now, why are these spiral? That is what theosophy alone can tell, and the man who has this knowledge can practically control the forces of nature! The materialist failed to surmount the wall that stopped him, and why? Partly because he failed to recognize that there was no rigid line of demarcation between the spiritual and the material part of man. Judging by the state of clairvoyance, when the physical material senses of man were in a certain sense paralysed, the intelligent, spiritual, mental faculties of man were sharpened. Man dealt in two worlds, the outward visible world, and the inward invisible world. The latter could only come into play when the other was deadened, or, in other words, purified and refined of the presence of the material outer world. Taking another line, he showed that the theosophist and the Western scientist, by widely differing methods, agreed, step by step, that under the whole nature lay some widely-diffused basic force, and that while the Western could only tell the relation between things – as in the molecular theory – the theosophist could explain the essence of the things themselves, or rather, could get behind the relation of the things and explain why they were so related. This method, produced to its natural conclusion, must lead up to the explanation of the spiritual nature of man, and thus theosophy was seen to comprehend the great truths that underlie all the great religions of the world.
At this stage the speaker left the relatively-scientific part of the question – which is at once its explanation and its raison d’eire – and passed on to deal with the teachings of theosophy, which is much more easy to follow. The very name is a clue, for “theosophy” (knowledge of or about God – the term God being universally accepted, not in the sense of a personal anthromorphic God, but as including the whole of both the known and the unknown) implies knowledge or wisdom respecting the absolute. It is sometimes also called the wisdom-religion because it professes to have had from time immemorial the knowledge of all the laws governing the spiritual, the moral, and the material. The reason why this knowledge has not been imparted to all is obvious – a man with such knowledge would have the lives and interests of his fellows who were not equally enlightened entirely at his disposal. The existence of three abnormal powers has been recognised, as a matter of fact, in plain, practical, prosy Germany, where stringent laws have already been passed against the exercise of hypnotic powers – such as those demonstrated by the Rev. Arthur Tooth at Woodside the other day – by unqualified persons. It is easily seen that if such laws are necessary to restrain the persons who do not fully comprehend the feeble powers they undoubtedly possess, the necessity would be vastly greater in the case of persons who have exhaustive knowledge of far greater powers. Hence in the interests of the race, the theosophists say, the knowledge is jealousy guarded in a few minds, although it is acquirable by anyone who will go through the long and tedious mental, physical, and spiritual training necessary to that end, for theosophists hold that the knowledge they possess can only be obtained by the careful refinement of the spiritual entity from the obscurations of the material physical, a process involving purity of word, thought, idea, and action. It is claimed that the theosophist has ascertained by actual experience that man, instead of consisting simply of body, soul, and spirit, is a septenary, or seven-partite being. The first division is the physical body, which acts as the vehicle for all the other principles; then there is the vital principle common to all animals; and the next is the astral, or the double or phantom body. Theosophists believe that the adept (a person who has attained to the higher knowledge) can separate his higher spiritual principle from the physical, and travel whither he will in the guise of the astral body, leaving the physical in a state of trance. The fourth, which forms the last of what is called the lower principles, is the seat of the animal desires and passions. Teh three higher principles consist (1) of the mind or intelligence (which has two aspects, one towards the lower and one towards the higher) ; (2) the spiritual soul, which forms the vehicle for (3) the spirit itself. Now, with regard to this “spirit” may be introduced one of the vital principles of theosophy. It is believed as an actual fact that the spirit in man is the only real and permanent part of his being, the rest of his nature being variously compounded, nad consequently always resolving into other compounds. The spirit of every man is said to spark fo the Divine Whole, whence it comes by cyclic or evolutionary procedure through every form of matter till it reaches its highest form – self-consciousness – in man. From the human enthrallment the spirit, according to its efforts while in that condition, passes at the death of the body towards the higher (i.e. towards re-absorption in the Divine Whole), or else downwards into the lower forms of matter, thence to “work out its own salvation,” or return to self-consciousness in the human. In its upward course the divine spark is u undergoing repeated incarnations through the vegetable, mineral, animal, and human states ; in each of these it is latent, but it is only manifest in man. The spirit retains its individuality during the whole progress from its origin to its reunion to the Divine, and exists successively in various races and planets.
The discussion that ensued beggars description from the fact that nearly everybody who spoke seemed to have failed to grasp the bearings of the subject. This was only natural under the circumstances – the explanation of a single page of a theosophical “educational” tract is sufficient to make a man’s hair curl if he has not been initiated – but the lecturer dealt lightly with his critics in his reply. The latter, by the way, did not commence till nearly 11 o’clock, and was principally devoted to the removal of misconceptions. From a quantity of propagandist leaflets – on of which (“Karma as a Cure for Trouble”) strangely reminded one of a patent medicine puff – it was seen that the practical side of theosophy is of no little importance from teh social point of view. One of the essentials to spiritual development is “the entire eradication of selfishness in all forms, and the cultivation of broad, generous sympathy in and effor for the good of others,” and another stipulates for “the careful performance of every duty belonging to one’s station in life, without desire for reward, leaving results for Divine law.” Apart from this, theosophy professes to explain the contrast and unisions of the world’s faiths and the common foundations underlying them all ; the existence of evil, suffering, and sorrow; social and individual inequalities, contrasts, and antithesis; accidents, misfortunes, and untimely deaths; the failure of conventional religions to greatly extend their areas, reform abuses, reorganize society, expand to the idea of brotherhood, abate discontent, diminish crime, elevate humanity, and adequately realise in individual lives the ideal they professedly uphold. These form only a small portion of the large order theosophists are ready to fill, but if they can only get believers in their strange tremendous system to go heartily in for spiritual development on the lines mentioned above, there are plenty of folks in this world who will be glad to find a place for them.
shot: my sister, Andi, edit: me
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"Ki figyel rám
Ha a térdem fáj
A szívem megszakad
A bordám kiáll
Ha csúnya az orrom
A hangom se szép
És önmagamból is elég, elég
Ki figyel rám
Ha ijeszt a rém
Hogy a holnap
Akár a lépcső, kemény
S csak ülök és nézek
És fázik a kezem
És várok; tán ez a szerelem..."
(Zorán)
/
bad English translation:
"Who'll take care of me
If my knee hurts
My heart is broken
My rib protrudes
My nose is ugly
My voise isn't nice
And I've had enough of me, enough
Who'll take care of me
If the monster scares
That tomorrow is
As a stair, hard
And I just sit and watch
An my hand feels cold
And waiting - maybe that' love..."
Tricks of the Mind | March 2013TRICKS OF THE MIND - March 2013
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Hi,
A question we're often asked is what is Mind Magic? Mind Magic is using magic (of the conjuring variety) to create the illusion that you can read minds, influence people and demonstrate paranormal & extraordinary powers, e.g. ESP, moving objects with the power of your mind and predicting the future.
It is sometimes called mentalism, although we use the term Psychological Artistry, and has been shown to be popular in the programmes of Derren Brown and other magicians. The workshops we run not only reveal these often guarded tricks and secrets, but merge them with psychology and neuroscience so that we can use and apply these approaches in therapy, coaching, business etc. For more information on these workshops, please see mindsways.com/SMS/
All of our workshops, Sleight of Mind Set and The Fascination all use Mind Magic tricks, tools and techniques and Psychological Artistry. There is one overriding theme within them all; that is the Show Not Tell principle. The Show Not Tell principle is all about making people experience and feel the message rather than just be told. The Show Not Tell principle is about engaging through emotions, not just logic and reasoning. The intellect finds the logic to justify what the emotions have decided.
To see more information about The Fascination, please see mindsways.com/the-fascination. For more on Sleight of Mind Set workshops, please go to mindsways.com/SMS/ and for more about the Show Not Tell principle, please look at mindsways.com/SNT/
TRICKS OF THE MIND
The real power of Mind Magic and Psychological Artistry lies not with just the tricks, but the effect that the delivery of the tricks have on people. On the workshops and in the packs we give you the tricks, however, learning to use them and turn them into effects is where the real power lies.
Delivering these effects, you can evoke the making of the extraordinary. By combining the tricks with the energy of your words, your message and your personality, you make yourself stand out, stimulate fascination and create interest in you. This is when the real magic happens, in the minds of others. To see what other's have said about the workshops, please see mindsways.com/about/what-people-say/
To see a few interesting examples of how magic can be used in communication, please see mindsways.com/the-fascination# PsychologicalTED
WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL ARTISTRY?
To start with there are many definitions of psychology, but the one that sums it up for me is "the science of how we think". Next is the Artistry part, again, there have been many definitions but I like to think that artistry is a blend of:
Creating connection, rapport and emotions
Telling stories
Gaining and holding attention
Producing insights
Displaying human nature
Cognition
Show, Not Tell
Multiple Moments of Interest, Interaction and Insights (MMI's)
Therefore, Psychological Artistry is the blending of these two to create a method for successful communication. Psychological Artistry is where science and art meet Mind Magic.
Psychological Artistry is a route to form:
New Ideas
New Voices
New Questions
New Perspectives
New Expressions for our Passions
New Experiments
Expanded horizons
Emotional Engagement
Using Psychological Artistry is a way to express your personality, it:
Improves personal delivery
Increases your visibility
Enhances personal image and style
Powerful differential
Creates presence and raises profile
Increases perceptual awareness
Learning Psychological Artistry and Mind Magic is all about gaining access to valuable and guarded secrets.
Interesting examples of how all is not as it appears are the McGurk effect and Prof. Richard Wiseman's "The Incredible Colour Changing Card Effect", a well-known Fred Astaire clip and Rory Sutherland's Perspective Is Everything talk. Please take a look here or go to mindsways.com/SMS. These illustrate both the power and the approach of Psychological Artistry. I would love to know what you think.
MINDFUL ILLUSIONS
Understanding how powerful a role illusions can play in our life is extremely important. We can get dragged into the illusion that we cannot change ourselves, and this can affect us very deeply. We have to keep in mind that these beliefs are based on neuro-pathways that have wired themselves together in our past, and though they may even dominate our thoughts now, brain plasticity means we do not have to have this in our future. To see more about this, please mindsways.com/SMS#InfiniteMind
The SNT kit, which you get included in the price for the Sleight of Mind Set workshop, clearly illustrates that this previous wiring does not have to equal the future. It clearly shows us that we cannot believe what we see, but we see what we believe. For more on the SNT kit, please see mindsways.com/SNT/
THE ART OF CRITICAL THINKING
Our mind is our greatest strength, but is also the root of many of our flaws and weaknesses. We are emotional beings and do not always follow logic and critical thinking. However, logic and critical thinking are learned skills that still play an important role in our lives. This is another benefit of learning about Mind Magic and Psychological Artistry, because logic and critical thinking are skills and abilities that can be deliberately practised and developed through Mind Magic.
We all have flaws in thinking, including;
Logical fallacies
False assumptions
Unreliable memories
Rule of thumbs thinking
Beliefs through illusions
These fallacies are all used and highlighted by magicians. Learning and understanding Mind Magic is about applying a rational and logical system to our emotional situation. It is this ability that allows you to demonstrate you value, engage people on a deeply interesting level and help others which dramatically increases with your understanding of Mindful Illusions, Mind Magic and Psychological Artistry.
THE WORKSHOPS
All the workshops start at 10:00 a.m. and finish at 4:30 p.m. These are being held around the country, in:
Sleight of Mind Set
Scunthorpe | 29th March 2013
London | 2nd May 2013 (NEW DATE)
Birmingham | 7th May 2013 (NEW DATE)
To register your place on the Sleight of Mind Set, please go to mindsways.com/SMS#BookNow
The Fascination
London | 2nd April 2013
Bath | 10th April 2013
Birmingham | 16th April 2013
To register your place on The Fascination, please see mindsways.com/the-fascination#BookNow
REGISTER YOUR PLACE NOW
In the workshops, we will explore how Psychological Artistry and Mind Magic provide important insights into how we think, how we learn and how we experience the world, whilst training you in the tricks of the trade. As part of this workshop, you are supplied with whole new sets of routines and ideas in The Fascination Pack. This pack has been purpose-built to combine the psychology of fascination with the allure of Mind Magic.
To register your place on either of the workshops, please go to mindsways.com/SMS and mindsways.com/the-fascination
Thanks,
George
P.S. Both the SNT kit and The Fascination Pack are available separately. To see more, please go to mindsways.com/SNT and mindsways.com/TFP
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The Concept:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy & paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.
The Questions:
1. What is your first name? Rachel
2. What is your favorite food? Homemade Pasta
3. What high school did you go to? Colchester Christian Academy
4. What is your favorite color? Lilac
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Darren Hayes
6. Favorite drink? Whiskey
7. Dream vacation? Ancient Egypt
8. Favorite dessert? Dark Chocolate
9. What you want to be when you grow up? Mother & Artist
10. What do you love most in life? God & People
11. One Word to describe you: Curious
12. Your Flickr name: SeaOrchid
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1. Rachel, 2. Homemade Pasta, 3. St Botolphs, Colchester, 4. For Sam, 5. Darren Hayes - Insatiable, 6. Whiskey Sour, 7. Idyllic, 8. Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Cake & Chocolate-Ginger Mousse, 9. Mother Earth - Unknown Artist, 10. `169 | High.., 11. Stay away from me weirdo !!, 12. Saying Goodbye
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Most people know this, but: photos are not mine, of course. Meant for tribute/inspiration/linkage purposes only.
It's an old photo but it does answer the question. Was it staged or is it genuine? I don't know who took it but it has been around
Max: "...But, I mean, how does he carry all of those presents? His sleigh would have to be the size of an aircraft carrier!"
Benny: "Sigh...I don't know Max. Now let me work!"
Max: "And if it is the size of an aircraft carrier, how do just nine reindeer pull it? They must be really strong!"
Benny: "Maybe..."
Max: "And how does he travel all around the world in just one night?"
Benny: "I don't know! ....It's just...magic...ok?! Just magic. Now leave me alone!"
Max: "...Does he have like a time turner like Hermione Granger uses in Harry Potter? Because then he could always switch the time back and get to everyone's house in one night. ...But I didn't think time turners were real..."
Benny: "Will you just be quiet?!"
Max: "I mean, this whole 'Santa' thing is just really hard to believe. What if he's not real? Then I wouldn't have to worry about being good all the time! That would be great! ...But then, who gives me presents on Christmas day?"
Benny: "I DON'T KNOW! GO ASK YOUR MOTHER!"
Max: "Well, I did, but she told me to go ask you these questions."
Benny: "Sigh..."
Question Mark. Aus der Serie „Satzzeichen“ 2014
Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht
Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie
Markus Wintersberger 2014
I was tagged by Livia_Taylor, thank you! ^^ The pic is from back in March when I received this beautiful Castle Licca. She's one of my sweet Mori girls!
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Fave color? Peppermint, turquoise (bluish green in general) or dusty rose.
Biggest dream? Probably working in the Medical microbiology field.
Lucky/favorite number? I don't think I have one.
Celeb crush? Richard Armitage, Heath Ledger. ♥
If you could meet anyone, who would it be? Can it be a dead person? Oscar Wilde. ;) Real person, I'd say Richard Armitage, the most adorable dork ever.
Middle name? Don't have one, middle names aren't common in my country.
Believe in love at first sight? Yes but it's important to be aware "Love at first sight" isn't the same as "sexual attraction at first sight".
Allergies? Sometimes to gluten and lactose but nothing serious or life-changing.
Addiction? Licca and dolls in general, definitely.
Typical weekend? Grocery shopping, washing, studying, Tumblr surfing, taking doll pictures.
Fave serial killer? Dr. Hannibal Lecter from tv series Hannibal. ;)
Birthday? January 17.
Best friend: Someone I know in real-life, they're a private person. ^^
Milkshakes or yogurt? Yogurt. I don't get to eat milkshakes often but they're good! Yogurt is more common for me.
Fave social media site? Flickr and Tumblr are an exception, I don't usually like social media sites. Can't keep up with all of them!
Current mood? Frustrated because I'm waiting for exam grades! Argh.
Age? 33.
Have you ever stolen anything? When I was a little kid (maybe 5 or 6), I stole a shiny button from a clothing store once, does that count? What, it was within reach, right on the table! LOLZ. I think it fell off a garment but I'm not sure, all I remember is that it was shiny!
What is your favorite movie? The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
What do you like about yourself? Cheerfulness.
What is your favorite sport? I'm not a sporty person but I like swimming!
Do you smoke? No.
Do you drink? Nope, don't drink, only a glass of champagne on New Year's and that's it. I don't like the taste of alcohol. Yep, I'm boring.
Do you like to play video games? Not a gamer, no. Seeing a pattern here, haha.
How do you feel about tattoos? They're fine with me, though I'd be scared off by someone COMPLETELY covered with tattoos. ^^;
What is the perfect first date? When the other person's not trying super hard to impress me. It changes their real personality. I feel overwhelmed and put on the spot by it. It can also make them appear kind of douche-y, if they're the bragging, exaggerating sort of person.
Have you ever broken a bone? No but it was close once!
If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? London, most probably.
What was the name of your favorite toy as a kid? I honestly don't think it ever had a name, it was a stuffed yellow turtle. ^^
Do you like cheese? Yes, Edamer cheese.
What’s your favorite TV show? Sherlock (also my fave book character since forever), Doctor Who (miss you already, Eleven!), Almost Human (Karl Urban = ♥, plus I love series set in the future), The Musketeers (Athos, Porthos, Aramis, D'Artagnan... I LOVE THEM ALL, HOW CAN I CHOOSE??), Arrow (I'm a superhero kind of girl), Fringe, Hannibal, White Collar, Merlin, Castle, Smallville.
If you could travel anywhere in the world where would it be? Wanted to go to Tokyo since I was three years old. :)
Favorite song? Probably 'Dancing in the Dark' by Bruce Springsteen.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I'm an adult already! Working in the medical field is what I want.
Ten years from now what do you want to be doing? I just want to be happy, no matter where I land. Everything else falls into place if you're happy.
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Police are currently using underhanded tactics to arrest or fine Graffiti artists looking to paint their artwork legally, without the hassle of authority intervention. Southbank is well known for its skate spot underneath the Queen Elizabeth Hall right by the BFI / Royal National Theatre and for years its walls have been covered in artwork created by some of the UK's most recognisable graffiti/ street artists..as well as visitors from abroad, much to the delight of those who use the space (skaters/bmx'ers). There was even a commission painted by South African artist Robin Rhode in October 2008...which raises the question "Why should only selective people be allowed to paint in this open public space?" and "Why should artists be criminalized when seeking to practice their Art form within the boundary of the law?".
The walls, described by passers by as "part of the charm of Southbank" have been left adorned with Graffiti, seemingly to entice unsuspecting artists to paint them, almost like a 'honey trap' in order for the met. police to earn a couple of hundred pounds a week off arrests made/ fines handed out. all without even any signage warning of the dubious legality or expensive consequences resulting from being caught painting there. It seems clear that yet again a Graffiti wall in the UK has be turned 'illegal' overnight without prior notice or warning..
Reports also show that when asked where is legal to paint arresting officers simply shrugged and said "i don't know..". Disgusting.
I am not sure which Barbie she is and her head is very loose. Should I rebody her or what? Can someone identify the steffie head, I might rebody her on a fashionista body.
Notes from Caroline Jarrett's workshop on creating Better UX Workshops, held at EMBL-EBI on Sept 27, 2012
Turbulences
Violences, radicalités et expérience de la démocratie
Séminaire 2021/2022
Lieu : Institut Catholique de Paris
31, rue d’Assas, Paris.
Ce séminaire s’inscrit dans le programme « Ethnographie des guérillas et des émeutes.
Formations subjectives, émotions et expérience sensible de la violence en train de se faire »,
Sécurité globale, cybersécurité, Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
Organisation Pauline Hachette
Pauline Hachette est membre de l’équipe FabLitt (EA 7322) et membre associé du CEMTI (EA
3388). Elle est docteure en littérature et langue françaises, spécialité sémiotique, et agrégée de lettres modernes. Elle travaille notamment sur la question des émotions en littérature et dans les arts, ainsi que sur les discours et dispositifs sociaux qui les prennent pour objets.
Romain Huët est maître de conférences en sciences de la communication. Il s’intéresse aux violences, que celles-ci soient dirigées contre soi ou contre le monde. Il est également l’auteur aux Puf du Vertige de l’émeute (2019) puis De si violentes fatigues. L’épuisement quotidien et ses devenirs politiques (2021). Il est coréalisateur (avec Laurent L’Hermite) du film documentaire Après le printemps. Vies ordinaires des combattants syriens (2017).
« Vivre avec le trouble »
Notre époque paraît être traversée par une « crise sans fin » (Revault d’Allonnes, 2012). Cette crise touche tous les domaines de l’existence ; crise du savoir sur la réalité, du vécu subjectif, du politique, de l’écologie, de l’économie et de la santé. Les déplorations vis-à-vis de l’état du monde ne cessent de se faire toujours plus insistantes. Pour l’essentiel, elles dénoncent l’insuffisance, l’absence du monde mais aussi son caractère impraticable tant du point de vue théorique que pratique. Nous vivons dans des temps troublés et incertains où les aspirations sociales bouillonnent sans pour autant trouver les possibilités pratiques de se concrétiser.
L’incertitude quant au « devenir monde » est une des origines de l’anxiété collective qui semble s’étendre toujours davantage dans toutes les couches de la société. À la quête d’un horizon commun à laquelle plus grand monde ne croit, se substitue la nécessité d’assumer de vivre « avec le trouble » (Haraway, 2020), au « temps des catastrophes » (Stengers, 2013).
L’existence se déroule sous le signe d’une menace collective de perte de contrôle imminente.
Cette menace, toute aussi présente qu’indéterminée, brouille toute perspective de projection vers un « à-venir ». L’illisibilité radicale du futur produit le sentiment d’une impuissance collective, d’une incapacité à prendre prise sur le monde.
On pourra trouver une autre formulation de cette absence de prise sur le monde dans l’illusion de sa totale disponibilité elle-même (Rosa, 2018), ou dans la crise de sensibilité (Morizot, 2020) qui marque notre relation au vivant, dans l’appauvrissement de nos branchements à d’autres formes de vie que les nôtres, que nous avons vidés de leur substance ontologique. Cette crise de l’attention et de la perception se manifeste par un manque de disponibilité aux signes des autres vivants, ce dont nous souffrons dans le même temps. L’aspiration à une repolitisation de la sensibilité se fait ainsi sentir, notamment dans les mouvements écologistes et en particulier des ZAD (Notre-Dame-des-Landes, Sivens, etc.).
Depuis 2020, l’expérience de la Covid a sans doute accéléré et radicalisé ce phénomène collectif. En plus de tuer massivement et inégalement, cette dernière a troublé notre relation subjective au monde. Elle a probablement radicalisé le sentiment que ce n’est pas seulement l’avenir qui est brouillé et troublé. C’est la possibilité même de se tenir face à soi et aux autres dans un monde anxiogène et répulsif. Cette tendance à vivre l’expérience sensible avec défiance se manifestant soudain avec force dans cette crise a pourtant commencé plus tôt. Et au-delà de cette crise, beaucoup de diagnostics inquiets ont été publiés ces dernières années.
L’inquiétude générale s’exprime dans la qualification de l’état présent du monde : stupéfaction, effroi, sidération ; c’est-à-dire autant de termes qui indiquent l’anxiété collective, la confusion et la désorientation qui traversent nos sociétés.
« Turbulences sociales, révoltes »
Face à ce sentiment d’impuissance collective, des réponses se font entendre et mettent en agitation l’ordre du monde. Dans ce déchainement du monde (Cusset, 2018), ces réactions sociales peuvent être révolutionnaires, crispées, réactionnaires ou désespérées. Parmi toutes ces réponses, d’un point de vue politique, il semble que la critique d’inspiration romantique trouve un regain d’intérêt. Les récentes révoltes qui ont traversé le monde ces dernières années sont assez symptomatiques d’une résurgence de ce que l’on pourrait nommer une « critique vitaliste ». Celle-ci désigne une attention toujours plus accrue à « ce qui fait une vie »
(Butler, 2010), aux conditions qui rendent possible l’émergence d’un « soi subjectif ». Le vitalisme se concentre sur la vie en tant qu’elle est expérience. Certes, celle-ci est traversée par toutes sortes de contradictions et d’entraves si bien qu’elle est susceptible de devenir muette, inexpressive, dépossédée et éteinte. Mais elle est aussi susceptible de persister, voire de s’épanouir au cours du temps. G. Didi-Huberman (2020) est de ceux qui continuent à défendre « une façon effusive emportée et subjective de faire de la politique ». Aux côtés de Didi-
Huberman, il se développe une attention toujours plus soutenue au concept de « formes de vie » (Macé, 2016 ; Ferrarese et Laugier, 2018). Ce concept engage une pensée de la vie ; comment lui apporter de la densité sans limiter cette question à la réussite matérielle ou à l’obtention de droits particuliers ? Comment penser l’épanouissement de nos pratiques discrètes de liberté ? Comment s’assurer une présence sereine au monde ? Comment vivre collectivement autrement ?, etc. Les récents mouvements sociaux (Black Live Matters, Nuit debout, Gilets jaunes, mouvements féministes, écologistes, etc.) semblent témoigner de ce regain d’intérêt pour la vie et son expressivité. Ils ne se contentent pas de dénoncer des violences ou des torts subis. Ils ont en commun de viser de nouvelles orientations du vivre.
« Faire du politique une expérience vivante »
Depuis 2013, des mouvements sociaux d’ampleur ont agité bon nombre de contextes nationaux (France, Ukraine, Biélorussie, Algérie, Chili, Hong-Kong, Colombie, États-Unis, Liban, etc.). Ces mouvements revêtent des formes déconcertantes aux yeux des pouvoirs qui peinent
à les lire, à les anticiper, à les saisir et à leur répondre. L’absence de porte-parole attitrés, le refus de se plier aux formes traditionnelles de la manifestation avec ses trajets autorisés et balisés, l’effusion momentanée qui s’y exprimait, le rapport énergique et nerveux vis-à-vis des forces de l’ordre témoignent de leurs singularités dans l’histoire récente. De façon générale, les derniers mouvements sociaux étonnent par leur intensité et une tendance générale à des rapports envenimés, à une nervosité diffuse qui traverse les cortèges, un goût prononcé pour le désordre ou, tout du moins, pour le débordement des cadres organisés et légaux de contestation, à des accès de colère, parfois de rage, et aux affrontements avec la police qui en découlent. Ces comportements jusque-là marginaux semblent acceptés sinon adoptés par un nombre de plus en plus grand de manifestants. L’augmentation de la violence inquiète les pouvoirs publics qui ne cessent de réviser leur maintien de l’ordre comme cela a été le cas en France en réponse au mouvement des Gilets jaunes. Seulement, ils ne cherchent pas à réfléchir à ce que ces violences disent de notre époque, mais ils se contentent d’anticiper ce qui est pensé comme un « risque ». Ils ne l’envisagent que comme un problème relevant d’une gestion technique et psychologique des foules refusant d’y voir les conséquences d’une rupture des pratiques de délibération et d’une incapacité du système démocratique à trouver une réponse
à ce qu’expriment ces violences.
Cette effusion du rapport au politique a ses puissances et ses fragilités. D’un côté, il est l’expression d’un regain d’intérêt pour les affaires du monde voire d’une passion pour le réel.
En somme, la crise actuelle ne serait plus celle d’une coupure à l’égard du monde comme le suggérait Hannah Arendt en son temps. Elle consisterait plutôt à une crise de l’appropriation au sens où le monde se dérobe à toute tentative de domestication. Cette passion pour le monde est d’autant plus brisée qu’elle se heurte à de multiples forces économiques, sociales ou politiques qui se refusent à toutes formes de contestation dès lors que ces dernières s’en prennent à ses rationalités ou à ses modes d’abstraction. À mesure que se développe le sentiment que le monde est hors de portée, que les aspirations sont inécoutées, les mouvements sociaux se font plus nerveux, plus crispés et peu enclins à accepter le règlement des conflits dans les espaces traditionnels de médiation. D’un autre côté, le retour de ces aspirations romantiques court le risque de s’en remettre à un pur existentialisme, à un héroïsme révolutionnaire qui s’obstinerait à re-totaliser le monde. Si l’on est encore loin d’un tel revers, le rapport événementiel aux luttes sociales – particulièrement manifeste chez les Gilets jaunes (mobilisation dans la rue correspondant à des « actes ») –, le repli sur une célébration enthousiaste du « présent-vivant » d’un événement prennent le pas sur les tentatives de bâtir des pratiques et des horizons normatifs qui coïncideraient avec la réalité historique du moment et les forces sociales en présence.
Ce séminaire entend réfléchir à ce que ce désir intensif du politique dit de notre époque et des attentes existentielles qui se nichent au creux de ces violences ou, tout du moins, de ces aspirations aux débordements. Cette crise de l’expressivité ou de la sensibilité ne favorise pas nécessairement une ouverture démocratique. Il existe aussi un devenir violent. À mesure qu’il se développe un rapport d’incommunicabilité avec le pouvoir, au sens où ces refus du monde souvent lucides ne produisent aucune conséquence, la situation est plus propice à la violence.
Il pourrait arriver un temps où les turbulences feront valoir leurs droits et où les sujets ne laisseront plus le pouvoir accaparer leurs forces. Sur ce point, le mouvement des Gilets jaunes en a été un frémissement.
L’absence de communication au sens propre du terme est incontestablement le point de départ de la violence. Axel Honneth le soulignait déjà : la lutte pour la reconnaissance de l’injustice peut prendre des formes irrationnelles et justifier le recours à la violence. Si l’estime sociale est hors de portée dans le commun, la tentation est grande de la rechercher dans de petits groupes dont certains, pour répondre à l’épreuve de l’esseulement moral, pourraient se cramponner à des systèmes de convictions étroites (Fromm, 1941). À cet égard, la montée inquiétante du « complotisme » indique bien cet effort désespéré d’opposer aux gouvernants une toute autre version du vécu et du réel.
Ce séminaire sera donc l’occasion de proposer des explications sur ces soifs intensives du politique et ses manifestations parfois violentes, sur la montée des rationalités crispées et des radicalités pour tenter plus généralement de se demander ce que ces mouvements témoignent de notre époque.
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Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor, Federal Department of Environment and Transports, Switzerland answers journalists' questions after the Follow-up Zurich Process - Meeting of the Ministers of the Alpine Region during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.
Question Mark. Aus der Serie „Satzzeichen“ 2014
Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht
Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie
Markus Wintersberger 2014
August 22, 2012, Marblemount, Washington - NCNP rangers field questions from visitors to the Wilderness Information Center at the Marblemount Ranger Station. The station provides all manner of information about hikes and camping within the park.
NPS/©David Snyder
Queer Question Time
Mon 24 May, 7:30pm. £5
Booking: 0161 274 / www.contact-theatre.org
“What will a new government mean for equality legislation in the UK?”
“In the 21st century, is there any longer a need for a festival like Queer Up North to exist?”
“Do we really believe in free speech? Or only when we agree with its point of view?”
Following hugely successful outings in 2007 and 2008, Queer Question Time makes a return to the Queer Up North festival, this time hosted by velvet voiced raconteur Tom Allen, star of BBC Radio 4’s The Correspondent and Bleak Expectations, and winner of So You Think You’re Funny and the BBC New Comedy Award.
Joining Tom will be a panel of esteemed thinkers and writers including:
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Linda Bellos, equality activist and founder of Diversity Solutions.
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Angela Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Sexuality at The University of Manchester.
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Matthew Todd, Editor of Attitude Magazine.
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Peter Tatchell, human rights activist.
They, just like their BBC namesake, will tackle questions proposed by members of the audience.
‘Lively, charismatic...the cream of the crop’ Time Out on Tom Allen
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Supported by The Kobler Trust and The Scotshill Trust.
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Part of Queer Up North International Festival 2010.
Weber Spur Trail, Labagh Woods, Chicago, Illinois.
The Weber Spur Trail is an abandoned Union Pacific Railroad spur track. Several years ago the rails were removed resulting in a rustic trail full of wildlife & vegetation. There are plans to make the trail a multi-use bike/hiking trail, but those plans are in the early stages.
by Francis de Tuem released on Easter Sunday 27.3.2016
FDT 's 4th Tiatr
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I get a lot of questions about which program I use for my drawings.
You can start of with Adobe Sketch, which is free (with CC).
If you want to up the ante a bit more go for ProCreate, it's 5.99 but it's an amazing tool and it records your progress (very cool to see your work come to life).
This morning I found out about a GREAT free (Hey I'm Dutch) alternative which you really should check out, it's called Medibang paint. I looks like Photoshop on the iPad pro :D, loads of options including easy to create shapes, textures, text, design feautures, it's fricking awesome (and free).
I do have to add that I find ProCreate a lot "cleaner" interface wise and more intuitive but Mediabang paint looks amazing too. Here is a screenshot of it's interface on the iPad pro, this is with all the menus in sight, you can also hide them of course. A cool thing about this app is that you can use guides like "speedlines" "oval" "vanishing points" etc. I have to play with it, but it looks amazing.
#Painting #Adobe #apps #Medibangpaint #manga #Procreate #apple #iPad #iPadpro #Pencil