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Yellow-rumped Warbler YRWA (Setophaga coronata)[bottom ]
eating pulpy flesh of fruit of our native hawthorn
Black or Douglas Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii)
Very interesting to see a warbler eating something besides insects!
Pendray Farm (Private Property)
North Saanich
(Saanich Peninsula)
Capital Regional District
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
American Goldfinch AMGO (Spinus tristis)
perched preening above
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Subspecies
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle sub.sp.) YRWA (Setophaga coronata coronata)
AKA "Myrtle Warbler"
>>by white throat apparent in 1st photo
From Wikipedia under Myrtle Warbler.....
These birds are insectivorous, but will readily take wax-myrtle berries in winter, a habit which gives the species its name
Note: this differentiation within "Yellow Rumps" has flip flopped back and forth between Species & Subspecies over the years ...and could very well flip again...
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This particular individual could be an intergrade.Audubon'sxMyrtle.
Throat feature wraps around to towards back of auriculars...but auricular dark line not that strong
Winter plumages and juvies can be really tricky...and we have many intergrade birds out here,during migration
if you ever get close to a human
and human behaviour
be ready be ready to get confused
there's definitely definitely definitely no logic
to human behaviour
but yet so yet so irresistible
and there's no map to human behaviour
they're terribly terribly terribly terribly moody
then all of a sudden turn happy
but, oh, to get involved in the exchange
of human emotions
is ever so ever so satisfying
and there's no map
and a compass wouldn't help at all.-
Björk - Human Behaviour
I saw this notice in the New Church House in Ormskirk. I seriously object to having two perfectly lawful activities defined as 'anti-social behaviour'. If you don't smoke or drink, it may be your opinion that to do so is anti-social, but to have it defined as such by the Police is quite another matter.
"english weather-speak is a form of code, evolved to help us overcome our natural reserve and actually talk to each other. everyone knows, for example, that 'nice day, isn't it?', 'ooh, isn't it cold?', 'still raining, eh?' and other variations on the theme are not requests for meteorological data: they are ritual greetings, conversation-starters or default 'fillers'." (from 'watching the english: the hidden rules of english behaviour' by kate fox - an excellent, entertaining read, and essential for anyone of any nationality struggling to understand the bizarre behaviour of the english.)
anyway...cold out, isn't it?
Maxims of Behaviour
Alexander Knox
Kinetic light installation, 2008
Royal Mail House, cnr of Bourke & Swanston Sts (Melway ref. 2F, F3)
Maxims of Behaviour plays across the distinctive 10-storey, 1960s’ facade of Royal Mail House. Set among the giant billboards and screens of the south-eastern corner of the Bourke and Swanston Streets, Alexander Knox’s kinetic light work can be seen each winter evening from dusk till late, until 2012.
The work features colourful abstract imagery that moves spectral-like across the façade, transforming the site into a dynamic entity, a living thing that inhabits the area. The imagery is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement, and it acts as a mimetic device that echoes and feeds off its surrounds. The installation becomes an integral part of the nightscape, complementing the floodlit surroundings, creating an organic synthesis of movement and light. The title of the work is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘Phantasmagoria’, in which the author draws an insightful parallel between ghosts and us.
Some 88 multi-coloured LED lights mounted on the ledges of the building facade are used produce the moving montage of light. This matrix of computer-controlled lights projects onto the surface of the building, with each light effectively acting as a pixel. Each night the average energy consumption is equivalent to running a 2400W small electric heater. The LEDs have a lifespan of 100,000 hours; they are very low maintenance and run on green power.
The City of Melbourne commissioned Alexander Knox to make Maxims of Behaviour as part of its Public Art Program.
Photograph by Greg Sims
I dropped a small piece of prawn shell and in moments a small tribe of ants began the process of cleaning up my mess.
Mankind might do well to ponder upon the characteristics of the gallant ant. The pro-social behaviour of the ant is in contrast to the winner take all attitude of mankind.
Darwin's survival of the fittest falls apart when one considers the kingdom of the gallant ant.
Eminent Behavioural Scientist Prof K K Mehta, 84 years young, facilitated the integration lab for SPICMACAY at the sylvan Swami Ram Sadhak Ashram, Rishikesh.
The three day workshop was a way of exploring within and also with all other fellow human beings and volunteers of SPICMACAY, to be a better human being, volunteer and enabler. The workshop for sure has given a lot of insights to each one of us how to excel in life.
I wish more and more responsible senior volunteers come forward to be part of 4-5 more such integration workshops planned in the coming months. This will make the movement not only realize Vision2020 for SPICMACAY but also for each one attain all goals of our own self.
Maxims of Behaviour
Alexander Knox
Kinetic light installation, 2008
Royal Mail House, cnr of Bourke & Swanston Sts (Melway ref. 2F, F3)
Maxims of Behaviour plays across the distinctive 10-storey, 1960s’ facade of Royal Mail House. Set among the giant billboards and screens of the south-eastern corner of the Bourke and Swanston Streets, Alexander Knox’s kinetic light work can be seen each winter evening from dusk till late, until 2012.
The work features colourful abstract imagery that moves spectral-like across the façade, transforming the site into a dynamic entity, a living thing that inhabits the area. The imagery is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement, and it acts as a mimetic device that echoes and feeds off its surrounds. The installation becomes an integral part of the nightscape, complementing the floodlit surroundings, creating an organic synthesis of movement and light. The title of the work is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘Phantasmagoria’, in which the author draws an insightful parallel between ghosts and us.
Some 88 multi-coloured LED lights mounted on the ledges of the building facade are used produce the moving montage of light. This matrix of computer-controlled lights projects onto the surface of the building, with each light effectively acting as a pixel. Each night the average energy consumption is equivalent to running a 2400W small electric heater. The LEDs have a lifespan of 100,000 hours; they are very low maintenance and run on green power.
The City of Melbourne commissioned Alexander Knox to make Maxims of Behaviour as part of its Public Art Program.
Photograph by Greg Sims
Blackbird Turdus merula
The blackbird is a thrush of the family Turdidae and known in North America as the Eurasian Blackbird to distinguish it from the New World Blackbirds. The male has black plumage with a yellow eye-ring and bill, whilst the female is dark brown. It is a resident bird in Britain and a very familiar bird, found in woods and gardens. The blackbird was know up until the 17th century as the Ouzel or Wosel, and this name still remains for another thrush, the Ring Ouzel which is also present in Britain. The Ring Ouzel is very similar to the blackbird, both in appearance and behaviour, but is identified by a white patch across the breast and is a bird of higher land and mountains. (I do not have a shot of a ring ouzel). The blackbird has an omnivorous diet of insects, earthworms and berries as do most thrushes.
The Beatles sang of a 'Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night' but blackbirds do not sing during the night. The rich melodious and slowly delivered song is very similar to that of the song thrush but the phrases are not repeated as with the song thrush. The song of the blackbird is so evocative of late summer evenings, sitting in the garden with a glass of wine.
Maxims of Behaviour
Alexander Knox
Kinetic light installation, 2008
Royal Mail House, cnr of Bourke & Swanston Sts (Melway ref. 2F, F3)
Maxims of Behaviour plays across the distinctive 10-storey, 1960s’ facade of Royal Mail House. Set among the giant billboards and screens of the south-eastern corner of the Bourke and Swanston Streets, Alexander Knox’s kinetic light work can be seen each winter evening from dusk till late, until 2012.
The work features colourful abstract imagery that moves spectral-like across the façade, transforming the site into a dynamic entity, a living thing that inhabits the area. The imagery is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement, and it acts as a mimetic device that echoes and feeds off its surrounds. The installation becomes an integral part of the nightscape, complementing the floodlit surroundings, creating an organic synthesis of movement and light. The title of the work is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘Phantasmagoria’, in which the author draws an insightful parallel between ghosts and us.
Some 88 multi-coloured LED lights mounted on the ledges of the building facade are used produce the moving montage of light. This matrix of computer-controlled lights projects onto the surface of the building, with each light effectively acting as a pixel. Each night the average energy consumption is equivalent to running a 2400W small electric heater. The LEDs have a lifespan of 100,000 hours; they are very low maintenance and run on green power.
The City of Melbourne commissioned Alexander Knox to make Maxims of Behaviour as part of its Public Art Program.
Photograph by Greg Sims
Bad Behavior from Preston describe themselves as a six piece “balls to the wall” glam rock extravaganza and that pretty much sums this band up in a nutshell. The last competitive band of the competition and good lord, what a way to finish! Looking every part the Glam Rockers resplendent in their colourful outfits and make up, but it was really the front man, Phil Bailey, who not only took centre stage but looked the most avant garde a he did his level best to be the consummate front man. With three guitars on stage, the vocals were sometimes overwhelmed especially during 'Born To Party' but it was still a good performance overall. The bands cover was Alice Coopers' 'Man Behind the Mask', and although not one of the famous Cooper songs, it was nevertheless a good cover by the band. Bailey is predictably theatrical here which ties in very well with the bands image and although this is a proper band with serious musicians, there's nothing in the book saying that you can’t do it without planting your tongue firmly in your cheek! Their final number 'Apocalypse Now' was the best of the set with its great guitar riff that has the place jumping on and off stage. As the song reached its climax Bailey announced "This is the end!" and as the curtain falls on their performance, the band are greeted with generous applause as they take their final bows. What a great way to end the competition!
Fascinating behaviour! The bees were struggling to control the heat in the hive this afternoon which was very intense. From the video you can see several bees in the entrance using their wings to try and regulate the heat. The noise and activity was amazing to see and they clearly needed some help. So we moved an umbrella to give them some respite. Problem solved!
Signs of Hoonigan behaviour on the Goodwood hillclimb at the Festival of Speed
Spiral or swirl #35 for 52 in 2015, #109 in 115 pictures and #80 in 101 pictures
et me voila, infra chant, infra verbe
ta trop prolifique vie d’ange
vissée à mon buste, à mes bras de cocagne
à mon regard tes nielles noires
ou suivant de l’oreille
mes concrétions de soupirs
mes quatre mots doux, mes trois chants pour
désoler le mutisme
de mon amour
ta main accroche une sentinelle
à ma clavicule
le lait décharge son impatience
dans mon sein
me voici
Maxims of Behaviour
Alexander Knox
Kinetic light installation, 2008
Royal Mail House, cnr of Bourke & Swanston Sts (Melway ref. 2F, F3)
Maxims of Behaviour plays across the distinctive 10-storey, 1960s’ facade of Royal Mail House. Set among the giant billboards and screens of the south-eastern corner of the Bourke and Swanston Streets, Alexander Knox’s kinetic light work can be seen each winter evening from dusk till late, until 2012.
The work features colourful abstract imagery that moves spectral-like across the façade, transforming the site into a dynamic entity, a living thing that inhabits the area. The imagery is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement, and it acts as a mimetic device that echoes and feeds off its surrounds. The installation becomes an integral part of the nightscape, complementing the floodlit surroundings, creating an organic synthesis of movement and light. The title of the work is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘Phantasmagoria’, in which the author draws an insightful parallel between ghosts and us.
Some 88 multi-coloured LED lights mounted on the ledges of the building facade are used produce the moving montage of light. This matrix of computer-controlled lights projects onto the surface of the building, with each light effectively acting as a pixel. Each night the average energy consumption is equivalent to running a 2400W small electric heater. The LEDs have a lifespan of 100,000 hours; they are very low maintenance and run on green power.
The City of Melbourne commissioned Alexander Knox to make Maxims of Behaviour as part of its Public Art Program.
Photograph by Greg Sims
there are only two giraffes in shimba hills, both males but no less sexed up than their heterosexual counterparts. we named them elton and george michael.
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- Tricks of Influence - 7 Biases and Psychological Artistry -
September 2012
Hi
A key question for you is what do you think moves people to change behaviour? What are the 7 key biases that we all have which lie behind making decisions and choices?
Being able to answer these questions means understanding influence and decision making processes. Influence is the driving force for us making the most of our resources.
. Introduction
. Choices - The 7 Cognitive Biases
. Standing Out From Countless Distractions
. A Better Show-reel
. Sleight of Mind Set Workshops
. Feedback
. What Is Psychological Artistry?
. Examples of Psychological Artistry
. Other Services
. Contact Me
The ability to influence, appear to be able to dictate and predetermine people's choices and actions lie behind much that we cover in our SMS workshops. We're now very excited to be able to offer to you a number of open workshops dedicated to showing you mind magic and psychological artistry and how to apply it to what you do. We call this these the Sleight of Mind Set Workshops (click here for more information) or visit mindsways.com/SMS/
The ideas and material in this workshop is designed to reinforce and expand upon your delivery and interventions. Following on from the recent successes we are now holding the SMS workshops in Birmingham, Bath, Glasgow and London during November.
CHOICES - THE 7 COGNITIVE BIASES
Our choices are driven by our cognitive biases, 7 of the most important ones that we make use of in Psychological Artistry are:
Availability bias
Conformational bias
Illusion of control
Clustering or patterning fallacies
The Forer effect
Anchoring
Framing effect
There are many more, but understanding just these 7 gives us massive insights on our own decision making processes and also makes a large impact on how we influence other people's decisions and choices. In addition to these other biases come into play that have an impact on our lives and business. Some of these are:
Distinction bias
Egocentric bias
Information bias
Belief bias
We use to psychological artistry to both illustrate and understand these processes in a non threatening yet challenging way.
Mind Magic uses these and other techniques to give you the appearance of being able to accurately direct, dictate and influence people's choices. Being able to apply these techniques and ideas, as well as carry out these effects, increases your understanding of the psychological forces and shows others that you work with them.
These forces have real and practical impact on our lives daily. The SMS day uses mind magic as a lens to focus and clearly illustrate these psychological biases, whilst at the same time equipping you with an approach that is entertaining and engaging. This can prove a powerful way to engage a variety of people.
STANDING OUT FROM THE COUNTLESS DISTRACTIONS
With countless distractions coming at us from all angles, we must be able to stand out from the crowd, grab attention and more importantly, be able to hold attention. The skills and techniques that are embedded within Psychological Artistry are designed to do just that. I have coached and trained with this approach and found that through this, many areas can be dealt with, such as:
Developing confidence
Communication skills
Understanding behaviours
Biases ( social and cognitive)
How we experience the world
Self expression
Thinking skills
We are about uncovering the patterns of human behaviour whilst being
Entertained
Fascinated
Mystified
Enlightened
A BETTER SHOW-REEL
"To win more pitches, you need a better show-reel." John Hegarty - Hegarty on Advertising
We are looking to add to your "show-reel" by teaching you these techniques, routines and effects. A warning though, they must be treated like the special effects we see in films. They are there to enhance and illustrate what you do. A movie that is all special effects and no story makes for a boring film. Sometimes the best special effects are invisible. You will learn to use the Psychological Artistry toolbox of special effects to enhance and illustrate what you deliver.
SLEIGHT OF MIND SET WORKSHOPS
On these days, you will follow us down a path that will capture your imagination, giving you a complete skill set of astonishment, amazement and wonder. You will experience the worlds of Psychological Artistry, Neuroscience, Smart Thinking, Stagecraft and Magic, as well as partake in an experience that defies and twists logic and scientific understanding.
The day will challenge you to think about your delivery in entirely different ways. You will uncover your ability to step out of the logical box and view what you do from an entirely new perspective.
These workshops are all about enabling you to learn, appreciate and apply mind magic and psychological artistry to what you do. The approach is not traditional, but that is where its strength lies, particularly when advertising and adding value to others.
The programme includes two packs of material, the SNT (Show Not Tell) kit and the SMS (Sleight of Mind Set) pack; these include 20 discrete routines, ideas and techniques that allow you to deliver what you learn. The material here is not readily available but is assembled in packs ready for you to take away and use.
We are engaged with a wide range of people and organisations, but all of them have one thing in common; they are all people who work with people. They all want to increase their performance; they are all searching for methods to improve what they do, they are all seeking something different. It is our objective to meet this outcome and we are doing it through using Psychological Artistry. For more information about the workshops please click here or visit www.mindsways.com/SMS/.
FEEDBACK
We have both been very pleased with previous feedback, with people saying it was "mind blowing" and "totally new". We are now seeing that we are meeting your expectations and adding value, which is very important to us. To see what people have said see www.mindsways.com/about/what-people-say/
WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL ARTISTRY?
Psychological Artistry has at its heart Mind magic a tradition that has intrigued, entertained and drawn people in for over a century. We wrap around and mix in the science of social psychology, NLP, neuroscience and smart thinking. We take the building blocks of magic and psychology, and transform them so that you can use them to show people what you do, as well as what makes you different and worthy of their time. This leads us down a path where our focus is on learning by doing and through showing not telling. This produces an approach that is different enough to draw people to your projects or ideas.
We do this by weaving together overlapping areas of delivery such as:
Psychology
Influence
NLP
Presentation Skills
Human Behaviour
Stagecraft
Performance
Confidence
Story Telling
Engagement
Magic ideas and techniques
Today in this society which is rapidly changing and evolving our visibility is vital. You must be able be visible. You must be able to deliver new ideas and present established ideas in new ways. One of the easiest ways to do this is to appeal to novelty.
The skills and experiences you can gain from Psychological Artistry allow you to absorb these new ideas into your world, full of your own experiences and thoughts. Use these for encouraging and illustrating self awareness and the power the environment and our circumstances has in how we think and behave.
This acts as a vehicle for you to stand out and make an impact with your ideas.
AN EXAMPLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ARTISTRY
A couple of 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". Please take a look here or visit mindsways.com/community. I would love to know what you think. These illustrate both the power and the approach of psychological artistry.
OTHER SERVICES
The SNT kit is available separately. We are currently shipping this worldwide with very positive feedback. If you are curious to see more, please click here.
We've found that on the Workshop, psychological artistry starts to mix itself in with the skill sets of of many different areas.
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We also work with a limited number of individuals on a 1:1 mentoring, consulting and coaching basis, where they want to develop the expertise of being a Psychological Artist.
If you are curious or want to know more, or look at ways that we can work together, please look at www.mindsways.com/ or contact me directly.
Thanks
George
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Posted two pictures in one day ... how shocking is that ?..lol...
I do look somewhat angelic here, but I am no angel, not at all...lol...
Happy New Year !
I think I'm coming out of the stupor mode...lol...
P.S. I'm tired of watermarking my images in the same way, so I'm injecting variety here and there... :O)
BTW - I was tagged (strange game going around Flickr) too, but I refused to cooperate... :O)
but I can provide few funny and not so funny facts about myself, just like Paul (ifido) did...lol..
Random facts about me
1. I have red hair and blue eyes.
2. I sleep late, very late, in fact I lead a bohemian lifestyle - it suits me (I'm a creative person...:O))
3. I love, love rain ! ........ and fog and blizzards and storms and lightning and thunder, but I'm terrified of tsunamis.... I'm worried we all going to be washed away one day here in Northern California. We all gonna die !
4. I don't like Vodka, Vodka doesn't love me too.
5. I sleep naked.
6. I can't swim.
7. I can write and really well, but I'm too lazy to finish books I've started writing about 13 years ago. One day I'll publish them all.
8. I love dogs and lions.
9. I don't trust a single politician because I spent long time working with them (for newspaper).
10. I do take a bazillion of different pills so I can fall asleep at night, which in turn leads to binge sleeping.
11. I get the best ideas for writing while I'm driving my car and listen to music.
12. I don't believe into stupid New Year resolutions, I'm not local :O)
13. I love meat, can't leave a single day without eating something or someone meaty. I was a predator in my previous life and probably still am.
14. English is not my native language, although I started learning it when I was 7 years old.
15. I hate rap, Janis Joplin and Yoko Ono, when she (the last one) sings, she sounds like a goat who is about to be slaughtered/sacrificed.
16. I love potatoes, meat, asparagus, prosciutto, carpaccio, beer and whiskey, also Pinot Noir and Porto wine.
17. Potatoes love me too. I'm not sure beer loves me back.
18. My husband still thinks I'm beautiful, although I'm not sure I am that beautiful.
19. Vegetarians frighten me (joking).
20. I've been married for long time (to one guy).
21. I hate dry weather.
22. I love spicy food.
23. I can shoot with a gun, but I don't own one (prob. is a good idea).
24. Bush is a worst American president in my lifetime.
25. Stalin was a monster.
26. Hitler too.
27. I would love to learn to fly an airplane, fight with a sword and ride a horse, but I don't want to learn to jump with a parachute.
28. I am allergic to school teachers.
More to come.... with my next portrait or something like that...
Maxims of Behaviour
Alexander Knox
Kinetic light installation, 2008
Royal Mail House, cnr of Bourke & Swanston Sts (Melway ref. 2F, F3)
Maxims of Behaviour plays across the distinctive 10-storey, 1960s’ facade of Royal Mail House. Set among the giant billboards and screens of the south-eastern corner of the Bourke and Swanston Streets, Alexander Knox’s kinetic light work can be seen each winter evening from dusk till late, until 2012.
The work features colourful abstract imagery that moves spectral-like across the façade, transforming the site into a dynamic entity, a living thing that inhabits the area. The imagery is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement, and it acts as a mimetic device that echoes and feeds off its surrounds. The installation becomes an integral part of the nightscape, complementing the floodlit surroundings, creating an organic synthesis of movement and light. The title of the work is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem ‘Phantasmagoria’, in which the author draws an insightful parallel between ghosts and us.
Some 88 multi-coloured LED lights mounted on the ledges of the building facade are used produce the moving montage of light. This matrix of computer-controlled lights projects onto the surface of the building, with each light effectively acting as a pixel. Each night the average energy consumption is equivalent to running a 2400W small electric heater. The LEDs have a lifespan of 100,000 hours; they are very low maintenance and run on green power.
The City of Melbourne commissioned Alexander Knox to make Maxims of Behaviour as part of its Public Art Program.
Photograph by Greg Sims
Quanto... si...guadagna? 21 grammi, il peso di cinque nichelini uno sull'altro. Il peso di un colibrì, di una barretta di cioccolato. Quanto valgono 21 grammi?