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Credit: Alison Hathaway/ Clinton Global Initiative
CGI America 2014
Americans face countless choices every day, and it can be a struggle to pick the most healthy, economical, and responsible options. At the same time, the ability to choose freely is irreplaceable and people are hesitant to see their choices compromised. Behavioral psychology can mitigate this paradox, subtly promoting the most responsible choices while preserving all of the available options. “Nudge” strategies are being used in a wide range of settings, including to promote healthier eating choices in cafeterias by moving healthier foods to more prominent locations, to encourage home energy savings by supplying consumers with more intuitive information, and even to reduce procrastination on paying taxes by sharing information on community payment behavior.
These can have a more lasting effect on the human psyche than many people realize. They can cause people (especially youngsters) to have a more violent mentality. Photo from www.goodenoughmother.com
Found three Blue Jays lying down on the mulch, if there had been just one I would have thought it was dead or injured. I'm not sure what they were doing. When I approached they flew away.
The usual harsh New Mexico lighting was bettered this morning by a high, thin overcast... lighting conditions that generated my visit. The Owls also cooperated, and I captured more than fifty quality shots of these engaging critters in about a half hour before moving on to another nearby birding site. I believe this Owl to be a female on guard, or on watch for prey, near her burrow opening. This glare at me is the usual initial stare down. She will soon lose interest in me and turn her attention elsewhere.
IMG_9217; Burrowing Owl
This year we had a problem with one or more desert woodrats (Neotoma lepida, also known as pack rats, go figure) fooling around under the hood of the Jamboree. After the vehicle sat for many months I finally opened the hood and found the engine compartment stuffed with leaves nibbled off a nearby hedge. The leaves were fresh, so the woodrats had been working not long before I discovered him. The entire air intake was stuffed with leaves, I had to dismantle it to clean it out.
After cleaning up as best I could (the steel crossmember in the foreground is still stuffed with leaves, I can't figure out how to get them out), I came back the next day and the intake was once again stuffed with leaves. The woodrat must have worked all night.
I cleaned it up again and moved the vehicle away from the hedge, and that brought me some peace for a while.
So this weekend I opened the hood and found this: the intake was once again stuffed with leaves, but the woodrat had also collected gravel and stuffed the last couple inches of the intake with rocks, and also left some rocks elsewhere under the hood. Boy, that must have been hard work, carrying each rock in his teeth while climbing up into the engine.
I simply can't imagine why he did it. These woodrats are nest-builders, and I have had problems with them using the insulation from under the hoods of my other cars to build nests on top of the intake manifolds. But while the droppings indicate the woodrats spend a lot of time under the hood of the RV, there is no nest.
Credit: Alison Hathaway/ Clinton Global Initiative
CGI America 2014
Americans face countless choices every day, and it can be a struggle to pick the most healthy, economical, and responsible options. At the same time, the ability to choose freely is irreplaceable and people are hesitant to see their choices compromised. Behavioral psychology can mitigate this paradox, subtly promoting the most responsible choices while preserving all of the available options. “Nudge” strategies are being used in a wide range of settings, including to promote healthier eating choices in cafeterias by moving healthier foods to more prominent locations, to encourage home energy savings by supplying consumers with more intuitive information, and even to reduce procrastination on paying taxes by sharing information on community payment behavior.
Anti social behaviors are negative attitudes and behaviors that are often derrived from different forms of media. Photo from www.onviolence.com
Held Thursday 09/14/2017, the Center on Finance, Law, and Policy hosted a symposium discussing behavioral finance. This event included keynote speakers, interdisciplinary panel discussions, and an interactive audience experiment, exploring topics of technological progress in our overall economy.
Details: fordschool.umich.edu/events/2017/behavioral-finance-sympo...
Available for free download under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license. Mandatory attribution can be listed as: Peter Smith / Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
I made a drawing to accompany Roland Vonk's radio column, for Radio Rijnmond /
Ik maakte een tekening bij de radiocolumn van Roland Vonk, voor Radio Rijnmond
This individual is likely the darkest of my observations of this species. Many Lizards can regenerate their tails if lost for whatever reason. It's a survival technique... most predators attack them from the rear. Although the tail is expendable, the new tail is less flexible, and they are less capable of competing in fights with "unmodified" lizards for territories etc. The after-market hardware, although similar in appearance, is not as functional as the original. This new tail has barely started growing.
IMG_8120; Desert Spiny Lizard
Credit: Alison Hathaway/ Clinton Global Initiative
CGI America 2014
Americans face countless choices every day, and it can be a struggle to pick the most healthy, economical, and responsible options. At the same time, the ability to choose freely is irreplaceable and people are hesitant to see their choices compromised. Behavioral psychology can mitigate this paradox, subtly promoting the most responsible choices while preserving all of the available options. “Nudge” strategies are being used in a wide range of settings, including to promote healthier eating choices in cafeterias by moving healthier foods to more prominent locations, to encourage home energy savings by supplying consumers with more intuitive information, and even to reduce procrastination on paying taxes by sharing information on community payment behavior.
I watched these two take turns grooming one another for about 20 minutes. I've observed this bonding behavior in monkeys and primates many times, but never in squirrels before. Since they lack the precise thumb-forefinger dexterity to do it like the monkeys and primates, they used only their teeth. They would nibble all over the back of the recipient sort of like eating an ear of corn. Needless to say, the recipient would just sit there very still in a state of obvious bliss.
Has anyone else ever observed this behavior in squirrels before?
To promote forest health and reduce hazardous buildups of brush, branches, and needles that could result in a catastrophic wildfire, the Airport Road South Prescribed Fire was conducted on May 11, 2016, by the BLM Carson City District-Sierra Front Field Office. This photo shows low fire consuming needles, brush, and branches, making more room for the Jeffrey pines to grow and reducing the chances of wildfire.
By understanding your dogs language, enabling you to recognise dog aggressive behavior and to communicate and to guide.
Aggression can be overcome with leadership, patience and repetition, never ever give up on an aggressive dog – dog aggressive behavior is only a symptom.
Graduating students of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) wear decorated caps as they were honored during their in-person commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 23, 2021 in Chico, Calif.
(Jessica Bartlett/University Photographer)
Held Thursday 09/14/2017, the Center on Finance, Law, and Policy hosted a symposium discussing behavioral finance. This event included keynote speakers, interdisciplinary panel discussions, and an interactive audience experiment, exploring topics of technological progress in our overall economy.
Details: fordschool.umich.edu/events/2017/behavioral-finance-sympo...
Available for free download under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license. Mandatory attribution can be listed as: Peter Smith / Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Bird behaviour. Of course ones often seen the cartoon with birds on a wire etc. but never stopped to really think about it. I noticed here that a majority if not all the birds all face the same direction in a given group. Anyone know why this is?
This was amazingly disgusting truthfully I was sligthy wary of getting literally dumped upon here as you could just hear it falling minute by minute. I managed to escape unharmed however.
Held Thursday 09/14/2017, the Center on Finance, Law, and Policy hosted a symposium discussing behavioral finance. This event included keynote speakers, interdisciplinary panel discussions, and an interactive audience experiment, exploring topics of technological progress in our overall economy.
Details: fordschool.umich.edu/events/2017/behavioral-finance-sympo...
Available for free download under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license. Mandatory attribution can be listed as: Peter Smith / Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Mom has lured three of the chicks to the burrow opening. I believe she approached the nest without anything to feed them just to give them reassurance. Only one of them (the largest) seemed emboldened enough to stay out when she was not immediate to the nest.
IMG_2765; Burrowing Owls
Held Thursday 09/14/2017, the Center on Finance, Law, and Policy hosted a symposium discussing behavioral finance. This event included keynote speakers, interdisciplinary panel discussions, and an interactive audience experiment, exploring topics of technological progress in our overall economy.
Details: fordschool.umich.edu/events/2017/behavioral-finance-sympo...
Available for free download under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license. Mandatory attribution can be listed as: Peter Smith / Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
The hit American boy band Mindless Behavior finished off their first tour of this country with their final concert before returning to America at Enfield Grammar School, as a guest of the Student Council. The band, a massive success in America, with over a million followers on twitter and a huge fan base on You Tube, were in England on a promotional tour.
As part of our links with the local community we invited both students from St Anne’s and Enfield County to attend. The band performed four hits off their debut album that is presently at number seven in the American Album chart, followed by a question and answer session and autograph signing. Over 400 boys and girls from the schools were chosen by their Heads of Year to see the band as a reward to recognise their excellent efforts and behaviour in the last few months.
Well done to everyone who helped organise this event particularly all Grammar Sixth Form prefects who gave up their time to help stage the event.
(Phototgraphy by Gajeenth Thayalan)