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Terms of the Trade
Objective Correlative: a literary term referring to a symbolic article used to provide explicit, rather than implicit, access to such traditionally inexplicable concepts as emotion or color. T.S. Eliot used this phrase to describe “a set of objects, a situation, a chain of events which shall be the formula of that particular emotion” that the poet feels and hopes to evoke in the reader.
How to write headlines that convert
You know that — on average —
only 2 out of 10 people read an article beyond the headline, don’t you?
If you don’t write irresistible headlines, even fewer will read your content.How to self-edit so you don’t look dumb
Whether you are a good writer or not doesn’t matter.
Does this surprise you?The only way to become a master writer is to become awe-inspiringly good at editing. Advertising great David Ogilvy says this:
I am a lousy copywriter, but I am a good editor. So I go to work editing my own draft.
Getting Your Content on Google
There is a basic fact that we need to get clear here. Other than yourself, there is no one on this planet who wants your content showing up as often as possible in the SERPs than Google.
For nearly two decades Google has spent 100s of 1000s on giving you an education, and telling you exactly what it takes to get you listed as often as possible. They want you to be #1! Reels of Video Training on YouTube,. Free College Credit Classes at Universities across the nation, MOOCs, free advertisement with Adwords (up to $500 at times). Reams of pages, and the best Analytics program money can buy given to you with all the training and needs you could imagine -- for free.
How to enchant your audience
- If you try to sell right off the bat without building trust, the sceptics will quickly click away.
- If you delight your readers with your product or idea, if you provide real solutions to their problems, they’ll want to find out more.
- Use the following tips to engage, delight, and ultimately sell:
- Understand your readers. Know their fears, dreams, and desires. How can you engage with someone you don’t understand?
- Don’t write for a large audience. Choose one person, picture him, and write to him as if he’s a friend.
- Use a conversational tone of voice. Nobody wants to chat with a company.
- Be engaging. Using the word you is the most powerful way to be more engaging.
- Be remarkable. So much content is out there, how can you stand out? Disclose your point of view, tell your personal story, and develop your own writing voice. If your readers feel they know you, they will connect with you.
- Use familiar language. Check Twitter, Facebook or Google’s Keyword Tool — and find the wording your readers use.
- Avoid jargon. Always choose the simplest possible expression of your idea. Avoid obscure words.
- Don’t insult your readers. Being clear doesn’t mean you have to tell your readers things they already know.
Be likeable. Do great things for your readers, help them out, and be generous. It’s obvious isn’t it?
Some OpenEducation Resources on the Web
Open Education Resources, K-12
- CK-12: flexbooks, FlexMath, and more (see story about El Paso partnership)
- Curriki: big community around big library
- Gooru: search engine for education
- OpenEd Institute: biggest Core-aligned catalog
- Khan Academy: 6000 videos on math & more
- OER Commons: dedicated to innovation in open education content & practices
- PowerMyLearning: grade level collections
- NROC: high school science & math
- iCivics: open resources for learning civics
- Literacy Design Collaborative: tools & prompts for writing across the curriculum #
- Edmodo: free learning platform with tons of open content
- Learning.com: Curriculum Foundry helps organize OER #
Postsecondary OER
- Academic Earth: free online courses from the world’s top universities
- iTunes U: view a course, make a course
- Saylor: 250 college courses across 13 subject areas
- Writing Commons: Freshman English from USF
- Connexions: open library from Rice
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- Wikipedia & WikiEducator
- PhET Interactive Simulations
- Washington State’s Open Course Library Project: resources for 42 courses
Anytime Learning
- Coursera: the world’s best courses for free *
- General Assembly: learn from experts on business, tech & design *
- Udemy: online courses from expert teachers *
- LearnZillion: great instructional resources for teachers *
- edX: non-profit created by Harvard and MIT
- Udacity: IT and coding nanodegrees
- Canvas: open online courses #
- MentorMob: education search engine
- TED-Ed: create customized lessons around TED videos
Some High Caliber resources
- National Science Digital Library
- The Learning Regestry
- Lumen Learning
- OERCommons OERCommons - where My lesson are
How to write content your readers will remember
You’ve made so much effort.
You write, and write, and write. People are reading your content, but your message doesn’t stick. Your readers are forgetting it, and fast.Don’t worry.
The following nine simple tactics will make your message unforgettable:
- Use sound bites. These are easy-to-remember, easy-to-quote nuggets of wisdom, just like proverbs. And haven’t generations of people remembered proverbs?
- Avoid routine common sense. You won’t win reader loyalty with your breathtaking grasp of the obvious.
Content Creation -- The Daily Way
Use the following tips to structure your writing up front, so your message isn’t buried deep in your post:
- Write your headline first. Include a compelling reason why anyone should read your content.
- Then write your subheads. These will help structure your post.
- Don’t forget captions. People are more likely to read your captions than your copy, so don’t miss this opportunity to communicate!
- Delight with your opening paragraph. Remember, your opening paragraph has to draw your readers into your story. Each sentence has to make them want to read the next.
- Energize with your closing paragraph. Make sure you write a few kick-ass lines that inspire your readers to take action or change their beliefs.
- Create fascinating bullet points. Most people won’t read every word of your content. They’ll scan the headlines and the bullet points.
- Don’t disappoint. Remember the compelling reason in your headline? Make sure you deliver on it.
The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4)
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 2,247 ratings — published 2015
This fall, Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in the highly anticipated follow-up to Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. In this adrenaline-charged thriller, genius-hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist face a dangerous new threat and must again join forces. Late one night, Blomkvist receives a phone call from a trusted source claiming to have information vital to the United States. The source has been in contact with a young female super hacker—a hacker resembling someone Blomkvist knows all too well. The implications are staggering. Blomkvist, in desperate need of a scoop for Millennium, turns to Lisbeth for help. She, as usual, has her own agenda. In The Girl in the Spider's Web, the duo who thrilled 80 million readers in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest meet again in an extraordinary and uniquely of-the-moment thriller.
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Believe
There are so few Sacred Trusts left in the world, so you can imagine my state when a Neuropsychologist showed that this wasn't true. The Suspension of Disbelief wasn't how we did things at all.
Kurt Vonnegut - The Short Story
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"
She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is doing
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"
She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is doing
Steven King on Writing
1. First write for yourself, and then worry about the audience.“When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.”
2. Don’t use passive voice. “Timid writers like passive verbs for the same reason that timid lovers like passive partners. The passive voice is safe.”
3. Avoid adverbs. “The adverb is not your friend.”
4. Avoid adverbs, especially after “he said” and “she said.”
2. Don’t use passive voice. “Timid writers like passive verbs for the same reason that timid lovers like passive partners. The passive voice is safe.”
3. Avoid adverbs. “The adverb is not your friend.”
4. Avoid adverbs, especially after “he said” and “she said.”
Solar Summer 2015
Solar flares are bursts of high-energy radiation that cannot get through Earth's atmosphere to affect people on the ground. However, extremely powerful flares can have impacts higher up, triggering temporary radio blackouts and radiation storms that could endanger orbiting astronauts.
Flares are often accompanied by explosions of superheated solar plasma called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Potent CMEs that hit Earth can spawn geomagnetic storms powerful enough to disrupt radio signals, GPS communications and power grids. CMEs also often supercharge the beautiful auroral displays known as the northern and southern lights.
http://www.space.com/28799-biggest-solar-flares-2015-sun-photos.html
Stephen Hawking believes he’s solved a huge mystery about black holes
On Tuesday, famed physicist Stephen Hawking presented new theories on black holes to a crowd of esteemed scientists and members of the media at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.Hawking focused on something called the information paradox, which continues to puzzle scientists who study black holes. In a nutshell, the paradox surrounds the fact that information about the star that formed a black hole seems to be lost inside it, presumably disappearing when the black hole inevitably disappears. These things cannot be lost, according to General Relativity, and physicists generally believe that they aren't really lost. But where does the information go when the black hole that's absorbed it goes kaput?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/08/25/stephen-hawking-believes-hes-solved-a-huge-mystery-about-black-holes/
Emma and the Fashion Industry
It's been about a year since she founded the gender equality movement #HeforShe and Emma Watson is still talking about sexism and its impact on women's daily lives.
In a new video, Emma speaks out about issues within the fashion industry, inviting several famous designers to share their thoughts on the topic as well.
During the video, Watson discusses her thoughts on gender equality and asks questions to heavy fashion moguls from Jonathan Saunders to Stella McCartney on what they believe are the biggest struggles in the fashion world that are faced by women today.
Watson also calls out the fashion world and asks fashion icons point blank if they are a feminist. Watch the video to see how the stunning and poise Watson grew into a young lady who’s on a mission to make a change and bring justice for all in fashion.
Nightmare Death
Night Terror AXIS I: 307.46
The rare sleep disorder goes by many names: night terrors, sleep terrors, pavor nocturnus, or AXIS I: 307.46 (The DSM’s code). It remains a medical mystery. What medical researchers do know is that night terrors are caused by an over-arousal of the central nervous system (CNS) during sleep. In children, this may be the result of the CNS still maturing — it has long been believed that the CNS’s maturation process ends in early childhood (although several recent studies suggest it may continue to develop through around age 25).
Medical Experts Seek Clues to 'Nightmare Deaths' That Strike Male Asian Refugees
January 11, 1987|LARRY DOYLE | United Press International
Since April, 1983
...at least 130 Southeast Asian refugees have left this world in essentially the same way. They cried out in their sleep. And then they died.Medical authorities call this Asian Death Syndrome. The refugees have various names for it, one of them being Night Terror.
September is Rising
Marketing New Titles?
Marketing for authors is a larger job than most realize. In this post I've gathered some decent articles to get you up to speed and to offer insights you may not have considered.
How to Read like a Writer
Aspiring writers are told -- with good reason -- to read everything they can get their hands on. Reading familiarizes you with the shape of the genre you want to write in and its conventions and clichés; it gives you ideas for new stories; it sharpens your sense of what is good writing and what isn't. It's true that if you read enough, you'll naturally absorb a great deal of what you need to know. But there may come times when you despair of your ability to ever do a certain thing right, whether it's characterization or combat, and in times like those, it can be useful to study what you read more intensively.
Bernie Sanders on Racial Physical Violence in the United States
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
from his speech given in Portland ORCrime PERPETRATED BY THE STATE
Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Rekia Boyd, Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice, Samuel DuBose. We know their names. Each of them died unarmed at the hands of police officers or in police custody. The chants are growing louder. People are angry and they have a right to be angry. We should not fool ourselves into thinking that this violence only affects those whose names have appeared on TV or in the newspaper. African Americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police.
Westpoint Terrorism Study: br>400% rise in Rightwing Violence since 2007
POLICY CONSIDERATIONS IN COMBATING TERRORISM: DECISIONs regarding Right Wing risk and UNCERTAINTY
Author(s): Michele L. Malvesti west point
The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point is pleased to announce a new release as part of its Occasional Paper Series entitled “Policy Considerations in Combating Terrorism: Decision-Making Under Conditions of Risk and Uncertainty,” by CTC Senior Fellow Michele L. Malvesti.
Debate Score Card
The top 10 candidates vying for the Republican nomination for president
gathered in Cleveland, Ohio, for the first debate of the 2016 election
cycle. (The other seven candidates debated earlier in the evening.) The
Fox News moderators had a challenging job, given the number of
contenders competing for camera time and the unpredictable presence of
the current front-runner, Donald Trump.
This is an important event and this run for office of President for 2016 is heavy with historic meaning. Fifty years from now, our great grand kids are going to learn in school about this period, and they will not be learning about the ISIS, or the Iran Deal or even Obama. What they will be focused on for this period of ten years is how Congress was allowed to operate in the manner they have -- and hopefully the laws we have passed ensuring it can not happen again.
This is an important event and this run for office of President for 2016 is heavy with historic meaning. Fifty years from now, our great grand kids are going to learn in school about this period, and they will not be learning about the ISIS, or the Iran Deal or even Obama. What they will be focused on for this period of ten years is how Congress was allowed to operate in the manner they have -- and hopefully the laws we have passed ensuring it can not happen again.
Let's Say You're Right
Against the Iran Deal? let's say you're right. All of your points absolutely correct. All of them.
After the United States when into Iran and took over their legal and democratic government, we put in charge a dictatorship which ruled up to the 80s by terror and torture. Tens of thousands of people were murdered by the man we put in power.
Then...
We told the world, flat out we will not adhere to the World Court, that we do not see the treaties we signed agreeing to adhere to the Court -- as valid -- and we blocked the UN from enforcing the Court's decisions. Then Reagan admitted to the world his goal was to remove the government of Nicaragua by military action. -- confessing Terrorism.
Reagan NEW YORK TIMES
After the United States when into Iran and took over their legal and democratic government, we put in charge a dictatorship which ruled up to the 80s by terror and torture. Tens of thousands of people were murdered by the man we put in power.
Then...
We told the world, flat out we will not adhere to the World Court, that we do not see the treaties we signed agreeing to adhere to the Court -- as valid -- and we blocked the UN from enforcing the Court's decisions. Then Reagan admitted to the world his goal was to remove the government of Nicaragua by military action. -- confessing Terrorism.
Reagan NEW YORK TIMES
The Facts of the Iran Deal
Parameters for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program
Below are the key parameters of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program that were decided in Lausanne, Switzerland. These elements form the foundation upon which the final text of the JCPOA will be written , and reflect the significant progress that has been made in discussions between the P5+1, the European Union, and Iran. Important implementation details are still subject to negotiation, and nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
Are Christians Learning Yet?
Why The Lie?
Question: Why do Christians have no problem with lies, falsehoods and deception? Maybe it's you don't wish to look further than the convenient answer .. Example:
The Terrorism of the Day
Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 15 June 1813
To John Adams
Monticello June 15. 13.
Dear Sir
I wrote you a letter on the 27th of May, which probably would reach you about the 3d inst. and on the 9th I recieved yours of the 29th of May. of Lindsay’s Memoirs I had never before heard, & scarcely indeed of himself. it could not therefore but be unexpected that two letters of mine should have any thing to do with his life. the name of his editor was new to me, & certainly presents itself, for the first time, under unfavorable circumstances. religion, I suppose, is the scope of his book: and that a writer on that subject should usher himself to the world in the very act of the grossest abuse of confidence, by publishing private letters which passed between two friends, with no views to
Anonymous Hacked the Sheriffs for Sandra
It seems that Anonymous Hacked the Sheriffs for Sandra Bland. They report something disturbingly close to my conclusions, only it has a much deeper repercussion value. I've been pressing the Sheriffs and the Media for a Time of Death from the coroner. The first autopsy has not been released, only the follow up from the next day. My working theory is that Sandra was dead prior to 7:30am that morning. Anonymous made this statement after their Sheriff hack -- far more disturbing
"Greetings Waller County Sheriff Department, Are you ready for August 8th? Do you think the city police is ready? Well we are ready. On July 10, 2015, unnecessary force of action was used against Sandra Bland when she was arrested over a minor traffic stop. Officer Encinia used excessive force causing injuries to Sandra which led to her death."
This is the rest of their message:
18 U.S. Code § 2441 - War crimes
(a) Offense.— Whoever, whether inside or outside the United States, commits a war crime, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (b), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both, and if death results to the victim, shall also be subject to the penalty of death.
What is the CID?
A sergeant with the U.S. Army was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for accepting bribes from Afghan truck drivers at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Gardez in Afghanistan, in exchange for allowing the drivers to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base for resale on the black market, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia.
In connection with his guilty plea, Norris admitted that he conspired with other soldiers stationed at FOB Gardez to solicit and accept approximately $2,000 per day from local Afghan truck drivers in exchange for permitting the truck drivers to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base. Norris admitted that he was personally paid a total of $100,000 over the course of the conspiracy.
NYPD vs Crime
I know it's a stretch -- but maybe if we don't make people feel like criminals, they won't feel that being a criminal is their only option. Now, I'm sure someone will reach back into the 80s and bring out that worn down belief that 'No one can Make you Feel anything - It is their choice to feel that way...' Bullshit. It's called Marketing, and it is a Multi Billion Dollar industry based on cutting edge technology with a razor wire grip on the human brain. Not only CAN I make you feel anyway I want to - I can do it whether you know I'm trying to or not -- with an accuracy rate of near perfection. And I guarantee you, that being stopped and frisked twice a week -- right out on the street in front of all your neighbors -- affects your emotions and beliefs about yourself.
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And Check out the new site for Noir Stories -- Noir Street -- Tales of Shadow and Lust
On the Use of Chloroform
As early as 1851 it was public knowledge that chloroform had been used for various criminal purposes as witnessed by a well-known cartoon in Punch magazine of that year [2].
Sandra Bland, A Different Perspective
UPDATE: The REPORT released is not from the Original Autopsy - but the one that was put out from the Second Autopsy done the following day -- On July 14th... not the 13th. So the Conclusions I reached in this post are false. Time lines will need to be addressed to the Original Autopsy which they have not released. Also, the Medical Examiners "Time of Death" continues not to be published.
Events that morning with Sandra Bland
- Bland apparently refused a breakfast tray about 6:30 Monday morning, according to the Sheriff's Office.
- When a guard checked on the prisoner a half-hour later, Bland reportedly said, "I'm fine," according to the Sheriff's Office.
- At 8 a.m., Bland apparently asked to make a phone call from her cell, the Sheriff's Office said. There is no record of her making a call.
- Bland was found at 9 a.m., hanging in her cell, according to the Sheriff's Office.
D.N.A. a novella by Alex Hurst
Get DNA on Amazon |
This has me excited. I've heard off and on that Alex was working on this and just now saw it was release back on the 19th~ so, I'm missing out! I hate missing out!
So, here's the blurb she has on her site and I'm going to run off and get my copy. You should do that too. Hey, if you like Sci-Fi, this is going hit all the rivets right. Up to you. Here's the Link
Making War Real
Atrocity propaganda is a term referring to the spreading of deliberate fabrications or exaggerations about the crimes committed by an enemy, constituting a form of psychological warfare.
Similarly to propaganda, atrocity rumors detailing exaggerated or invented crimes perpetrated by enemies are also circulated to vilify the opposing side.
Similarly to propaganda, atrocity rumors detailing exaggerated or invented crimes perpetrated by enemies are also circulated to vilify the opposing side.
Over 10 Years
Oil Continues to Leak
R-Sen. David Vitter also made a telephone call to request a meeting between company and government officials, but the Louisiana Republican didn't send a letter on Taylor Energy's behalf, according to a spokeswoman.
Right Wing Hit All Time Low Using Soldier's Death as Propaganda
Using the murders of Navy and Marine Service men in a media ploy of Propaganda is probably the sickest thing the Republicans in Congress have done so far, and they have done some sick fricken stuff.
The tactic is called Self Evidence -- it is used in this case by making a point of lowering their flag, telling no one -- Knowing that the flag is NOT normally lowered in case like this -- and then having FOX News spread the word that Congress did but the White House didn't -- giving you the feeling that -- they should have.
Congress needs to be taken out and slapped publicly.
The tactic is called Self Evidence -- it is used in this case by making a point of lowering their flag, telling no one -- Knowing that the flag is NOT normally lowered in case like this -- and then having FOX News spread the word that Congress did but the White House didn't -- giving you the feeling that -- they should have.
Congress needs to be taken out and slapped publicly.
Catch Glenn on Twitter Noir Writer
And Check out the new site for Noir Stories -- Noir Street -- Tales of Shadow and Lust
Susceptible to Aggressive Persuasion - When and Why?
What are the main psychological forces that explain when and why we are likely to be persuaded by others? Here’s what the science shows:
In a recent article in the Harvard Business Review
(Persuasion Depends Mostly on the Audience, 6.2.15),
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Professor of Business Psychology at University College London and a faculty member at Columbia University, explores how persuasion is emotional first and rational second. Effective persuasion, he tells us, highlights the irrationality of human thinking; “we may be living in a data-driven world, but that does not make people more logical.”
Retro Fonts for Noir
Get inspired by the spirit of past decades and transport your designs back in time with this compilation of retro fonts that will cost you nothing!
Here is a great selection of free fonts in vintage or retro styles. The aim of a retro design is to transport the audience to the past, so it's important to choose typography that reflects the era that you're representing. There are hundreds of free typeface collections available online, ranging from the hip and happening to the cheap and cheesy. We've selected our favourite ones so you don't have to spend time searching - here are some awesome zero-cost designs...
Here is a great selection of free fonts in vintage or retro styles. The aim of a retro design is to transport the audience to the past, so it's important to choose typography that reflects the era that you're representing. There are hundreds of free typeface collections available online, ranging from the hip and happening to the cheap and cheesy. We've selected our favourite ones so you don't have to spend time searching - here are some awesome zero-cost designs...
So, let's look at some Noir - Retro Fonts
Influence Matters Not Position
When was the last time you thought about how you influence others — how you change minds, shape opinions, move others to act? Have you thought about it at all? Perhaps you have been under the impression that Influence is not a skill?
The ability to influence is one of the essential skills for leaders at all levels. It’s more art than science, and it can be tough to get your arms around. But the bottom line is that influence matters. And as we continue to morph (at breakneck speed) into an interconnected, interdependent, increasingly global workplace, it will matter more.
The ability to influence is one of the essential skills for leaders at all levels. It’s more art than science, and it can be tough to get your arms around. But the bottom line is that influence matters. And as we continue to morph (at breakneck speed) into an interconnected, interdependent, increasingly global workplace, it will matter more.
The Language of Persuasion
What's the best way to get laid?
Advertising is a force that makes it possible to sell more merchandise due to its persuasive nature. As a tool of marketing communication, advertising is the structured and composed, non-personal communication of information. It is usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature. The language of persuasion is employed for successful advertising campaign thereby, boosting patronage of idea, product or service.
Advertising is a force that makes it possible to sell more merchandise due to its persuasive nature. As a tool of marketing communication, advertising is the structured and composed, non-personal communication of information. It is usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature. The language of persuasion is employed for successful advertising campaign thereby, boosting patronage of idea, product or service.
Advertising has been vigorously attacked on the ground that it is unnecessary and wasteful and that through it, people are induced to buy worthless products. It is further argued by the objectors that much advertising is misleading and untruthful.
A Reasonable Expectation
MOST STATES HAVE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS, which protect their citizens against fraud, falsehoods and scams. Such laws in action say that there are expectations inherent in products, which any reasonable person would regard as expected to exist, and to function without explicit claim by the seller, for which the seller is liable.
Most of the time you will find your state's consumer protections in the same areas as statutes regarding contracts, and agreements
Pew Research Center Finds NEWS Credibility Declines Further
For the second time in a decade, the believability ratings for major news organizations have suffered broad-based declines. In the new survey, positive believability ratings have fallen significantly for nine of 13 news organizations tested. This follows a similar downturn in positive believability ratings that occurred between 2002 and 2004.
The falloff in credibility affects news organizations in most sectors: national newspapers, such as the New York Times and USA Today, all three cable news outlets, as well as the broadcast TV networks and NPR.
The falloff in credibility affects news organizations in most sectors: national newspapers, such as the New York Times and USA Today, all three cable news outlets, as well as the broadcast TV networks and NPR.
Those Memories of Disney World
Remember your childhood visit to Disney World?
Cinderella's castle glistening, the cartoon characters laughing, grouping for photos, the many rides with their height requirements, the smells of freshly cooked food, and Bugs Bunny shaking your hand? As you bring that experience to mind, you may have the feeling you are reliving it, seeing your childhood pass through your mind's eye, much like reviewing a videotape.
But the way human memory works is very different from that of a video tape recorder—our memories are actually reconstructions of bits and pieces of information we have obtained over time.
Sometimes those reconstructions are very similar to what we experienced; other times we are "tricked" and remember things differently than how they actually happened.
In Fact, Most of what you recall didn't happen.
Cinderella's castle glistening, the cartoon characters laughing, grouping for photos, the many rides with their height requirements, the smells of freshly cooked food, and Bugs Bunny shaking your hand? As you bring that experience to mind, you may have the feeling you are reliving it, seeing your childhood pass through your mind's eye, much like reviewing a videotape.
But the way human memory works is very different from that of a video tape recorder—our memories are actually reconstructions of bits and pieces of information we have obtained over time.
Sometimes those reconstructions are very similar to what we experienced; other times we are "tricked" and remember things differently than how they actually happened.
In Fact, Most of what you recall didn't happen.
The Emotions of Politics
Emotions are a set of physiological and psychological changes within the body and brain which come as a response to external, situational stimuli (Damasio, 1994; Lazarus, 1991; LeDoux, 1996; Marcus, 2002; Marcus, Neuman, & MacKuen, 2000).
The impact of emotions on electoral behaviour has been shown in a number of studies (Abelson, Kinder, Peters, & Fiske, 1982; Conover & Feldman, 1986; Kinder & Sears, 1985; Simon, 1985), but a systematic theory of the political relevance of emotion has only recently been formulated by George Marcus and colleagues; it is referred to as the Theory of Affective Intelligence (1993, 2000). The theory is based on the neuropsychological approach to emotions developed by Damasio (1994) and LeDoux (1996).
The disposition system is responsible for “managing reliance on habits and previously learned strategies” (Marcus, 2002, p. 46). Relying on sensory information, it performs a comparison: is the plan going as usual? If it is the habit is continued and the emotional reaction is enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm has been shown to stimulate the increase of the turnout intention.
The impact of emotions on electoral behaviour has been shown in a number of studies (Abelson, Kinder, Peters, & Fiske, 1982; Conover & Feldman, 1986; Kinder & Sears, 1985; Simon, 1985), but a systematic theory of the political relevance of emotion has only recently been formulated by George Marcus and colleagues; it is referred to as the Theory of Affective Intelligence (1993, 2000). The theory is based on the neuropsychological approach to emotions developed by Damasio (1994) and LeDoux (1996).
The disposition system is responsible for “managing reliance on habits and previously learned strategies” (Marcus, 2002, p. 46). Relying on sensory information, it performs a comparison: is the plan going as usual? If it is the habit is continued and the emotional reaction is enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm has been shown to stimulate the increase of the turnout intention.
When you want to quit playing around with sticks and balls, and get into the serious areas of Aggressive Persuasion, this is the area you start in.
A Powerful Technique Rarely Recognized
If we're all in sales, as the old saying goes, then we're all in the persuasion business. And this is particularly true for entrepreneurs. Whether you're asking investors to hand over their money, potential customers to try your product, or employees to give their best, much of your day is probably spent persuading people. So how do you do it well?
Is Color that Important?
Perception of color stimuli is found to trigger corresponding emotional and behavioral responses within human beings including certain psychological, physical, biological and metabolic reactions (Hettiarachchi & De Silva, 2012). Based on some studies such as Kaya and Epps (2004), color can produce emotional arousing effect but the range of arousal varies depending on the emotional element that is being attached with specific type of color (cited in Mustafar & Dzulkifli, 2011).
There is now a Brazen Quality to the Lies
Smart politicians made sure there was some small truth behind what they said so they couldn’t be nailed for lying to us. It use to be rare for a politician to tell an outright lie – not so much any more.
Habits, those things you do anyway
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Pass the Puffers Man...
You think they's so Smart,
But really these are the bad boys of the Oceans
The dolphins' expert, deliberate handling of the terrorized puffer fish implies that this is not their first time at the hallucinogenic rodeo
Humans aren't the only creatures that suffer from substance abuse problems. Horses eat hallucinogenic weeds, elephants get drunk on overripe fruit and big horn sheep love narcotic lichen. Monkeys' attraction to sugar-rich and ethanol-containing fruit, in fact, may explain our own attraction to alcohol, some researchers think.
Now, dolphins may join that list. Footage from a new BBC documentary series, "Spy in the Pod," reveals what appears to be dolphins getting high off of pufferfish. Pufferfish produce a potent defensive chemical, which they eject when threatened. In small enough doses, however, the toxin seems to induce "a trance-like state" in dolphins that come into contact with it, the Daily News reports:
The dolphins were filmed gently playing with the puffer, passing it between each other for 20 to 30 minutes at a time, unlike the fish they had caught as prey which were swiftly torn apart.Zoologist and series producer Rob Pilley said that it was the first time dolphins had been filmed behaving this way.At one point the dolphins are seen floating just underneath the water's surface, apparently mesmerised by their own reflections.
The dolphins' expert, deliberate handling of the terrorized puffer fish, Pilley told the Daily News, implies that this is not their first time at the hallucinogenic rodeo.
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