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About Brazil
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It´s more than a travel it´s about experience
Let us draw your trip including experiences that will make it one of the best moments of you life. A memorable travel.
Ecotourism & Adventure in Brazil
 BWT TOUR OPERATOR was founded together with SERRA VERDE EXPRESS, a concessionaire of the Federal Government to operates the touristic train line trough historical railway of Curitiba – Morretes in Parana, Brazil. We are the only supplier for any Serra Verde Express and Great Brazil Express trains & exclusive products for the B2B Market.
The Atlantic Forest
Train - Historical Railway & Nature
train & culture
Riding in the world´s only train tht cross the Atlantic Rain Forest is an amazing adventure.
This historical railway cross the hills and mountains of Parana region connecting the cities of Curitiba and Morretes. Across the tour you can observe the majestic rain forest with its waterfalls and breathtaking panoramic view .
Image Bank SEBRAE Parana - by Priscila Forone
Island -The Atlantic Ocean Paradise
train & island
The beautiful scenery occupies an area of 27.5 square kilometers, with only 35 kilometers of beaches. Most are wild, framed by the Atlantic Forest and with unique characteristics - Fortaleza beach is practically deserted, while Encantadas beach is the point of the young people and Grande beach offers the best waves for surfing.
Rain Forest Birdwatching
Expedition
TRAIN & BIRDING
The region has over 500 species and it is indispensable for any observer or bird photographer. From 170 species 200 are endemic bird species, the Atlantic Forest is considered the 5th richest biome in the world and it´s located at the base of the mountain range known as Marumbi Massif, Morretes and surroundings stand out as the best region for birdwatching in the Atlantic Forest.
Marumbi Peak
TRAIN & ADVENTURE
The set marumbi is formed by six mountains and one mount: Olimpo (1.539 m.); Boa Vista (1.491 m.); Gigante (1.487 m.); Ponta do Tigre (1.400 m.); Esfinge (1.378 m.); Torre dos Sinos (1.280 m.); Abrolhos (1.200 m.); Facãozinho (1.100 m.) and the mount Rochedinho (625 m).
On the trail always has shade, because of the dense forest, but the climbing walls most of the time it is sunny. The best season to climb will be during the winter.
Iguassu Falls
Have the best view of the famous Iguazu Falls, with its 272 falls is one of the attractions of this World Heritage. Explore it by boat or helicopter, take the panoramic elevator to the the base of the falls, visit the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, are unforgettable walks. It is in one of the largest forest reserves in South America, occupying also part of Argentina and Paragua.
With a landscape marked by immense dunes and beautiful beaches, the Park of Jericoacoara was created to protect coastal ecosystems. The constants winds blowing from July to November windsurfers and kitesurfers from all over the world, as well as tourists wishing to enjoy the sun and the sea, bird watching and seahorses.
It is an extensive ecological paradise formed by dunes that make the landscape look like a desert, but containing countless water lagoons sweet, true oasis, plus two mangroves on its edge. The visit can be made through walking or 4x4 vehicles, always accompanied by by a local guide. Access is made by the cities of Barreirinhas and Santo Amaro do Maranhão.
The Pantanal is an immense flooded plain, with the times of full and dry of the numerous rivers of the region, especially the Paraguay River. The time of floods runs from October to April in a renewal of life. It has abundant fauna and flora, recognized as a Biosphere Reserve and Heritage of Humanity. It is a place conducive to fishing sports, horseback riding, trekking and hiking or for the observation of nature.
Down the river floating, rafting, canyoning or dive into crystal clear waters, bathe in natural pools and waterfalls, go through caves and caves, observe the richness of the fauna and flora are many of the world's tourist attractions who visit the Serra da Bodoquena National Park, which preserves untouched areas of Atlantic Forest and Closed, with more than 76,481 hectares.
Amazon Jungle
Imagine staying in the heart of the Amazon jungle, in the canopy of trees, on the banks of rivers or on a quiet lake, with comfort, service hospitable and intense contact with nature. Amazonas pioneered the provision of this type of accommodation. A unique experience in the world with canoe trips, nocturnal observation of alligators, Amazonian birds and rare species, besides exotic cuisine of the region, which even more unforgettable.
The archipelago of Fernando de Noronha is bathed by crystalline waters with up to 50 m of visibility, ideal for diving. It is a stunning National Marine Park, declared Heritage For its environmental importance. Beyond beautiful beaches and natural pools, is visited by dolphins every morning, and has two beaches protected to turtle spawning.
Chapada dos Veadeiros
Full of rivers, w\aterfalls, natural pools, rock formations, canyons and crystalline springs, the Park radiates incredible beauty, being the point of greater luminosity seen from space, according to NASA, due to the quartz crystals that emerge from the soil. The area is part of the Goyaz Biosphere Reserve and is ideal for for hiking, trekking, canyoning and horseback riding, among other adventures.
Surgarloaf Rappel
Climbing in Rio de Janeiro is a privilege for those who value the contact with the exuberant nature practicing outdoor sports. Tourist spots like the Pão de Açúcar, the Morro da Urca, the Pedra da Gávea and Corcovado are also places for the practice of climbing, accompanied by a spectacular view of the city, which makes this exciting experience and unforgettable even for the most experienced.
Serra do Cipó
The Serra do Cipó National Park is formed by caves, waterfalls, rivers and canyons and was created to to protect the ecosystems of altitude, which varies
900 to 1,600 meters, and its diverse species in
risk of extinction. It is an attractive destination for trails ecology in the midst of lush vegetation, some
of which can be done by bicycle or on horseback.
There are also walls for the practice of mountaineering.
Jalapão Natural Pools
Known as the Jalapão desert, the National Park was created to protect the Cerrado biosphere, a ecosystem. Of sandy soil, it has in its rugged mountains, offers abundant water clean and transparent waterfalls and rivers, ideal for for rafting, in addition to dunes, forests, ponds and sidewalks. The flora and fauna have rich diversity, with medium-sized animals and many birds.
Whales Watching
abrolhos brazil´s southern bahia
The Abrolhos Marine National Park, with an area of approximately 352.51 square miles and managed by ICMBio (the Chico Mendes Institute for the Conservation of Biodiversity) was created in 1983 and protects the richest biodiversity in the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
The archipelago is an important breeding and calving area for humpback whales and part of the Bahia shores known as the Whale Coast (Costa das Baleias).
Atlantic Amazon
Tapajo´s River
Kayake Experience
In the Rio Tapajós Expedition you will participate during 7 days of a script specially designed for tourism kayaks and adapted to SUP boards, where you will be autonomous, but with support of a mother boat, surrounded of practically untouched nature in one of the most beautiful river of the Amazon Oriental.
Atlantic Amazon Kite Surf & Canoe with SUP
As soon as the tide allows, we leave on SUP boards and / or kayaks, to explore the canals formed under the mangrove forest. We travel to the Sampaio River that separates the island from the mainland and we continue paddling to the tip of the swordfish, ending our walk on the beach of Maçarico.
Here you can explore miles of beaches, at this busiest spot, or simply enjoy the sunny morning.
Marieta Beach Atlantic Amazon Off Road Expedition
Highlights of this program include Rowing on SUP (stand up paddle) Venturing Off Road Walking on a deserted beach Living with a fishing communityHighlights of this program include Rowing on SUP (stand up paddle) Venturing Off Road Walking on a deserted beach Living with a fishing community.
Amazon River Experience with Hawaiian Canoe
This expedition was designed for paddlers, but also for non-paddlers, escorts and ordinary people interested in participating in a regional river cruise and discover all this universe proposed by the trip. With a mother boat, we will take you on an adventure previously experienced by the great European explorers during the discovery period of Brazil.
Photograph & Nature Outdoors
Unique Atlantic Rainforest Birdwatching
SÃO PAULO/PARANÁ
Brazil is one of the world's most exciting birdwatching destinations. With it's huge size (the fifth largest country in the world), geographical location and diverse range of habitats, Brazil is home to a staggering 1,700 bird species (around 17% of the world's total) and 199 of these are endemic.
Atlantic Forest has the highest number of bird endemics of any habitat on Earth.
The Jaguar Photo Safari Expedition
A small and privileged group of tourists will have the chance to join the Jaguar Expedition. Each trip will take just four visitors, who will closely monitor the work of the researchers of the Mamirauá Institute. The goal is to find a jaguar, the third largest feline in the world. The finances from expeditions are used to fund scientific research in which jaguars are monitored by means of GPS collars.
The Marajo Island Bulls Expedition
Highlights of this trip include:
Ride for the buffalo in the fields . Sail by motor boat and take a river bath. Mount in buffalo . Watch wildlife and hike in the fields, on deserted beaches and in the mangrove forest. Get to know a fishing village, learn about the ancient pottery of the Marajoara and the dance of the carimbó.
PARATY - RJ
If you love riding, the only thing that you need is just join our guided horse riding tours accompanied a monitor while you are happily moving along the countryside of Paraty. A car will pick you up from Paraty directly to the National Park of Bocaina, where will start the tour. Ride in beautiful forest and mountain terrain on ours trained horses.
Cruises in Brazil
Iberostar Grand Amazon
negro/solimões RIVERS
Leave the everyday world behind and become immersed in the mystery of the Amazon jungle. Lush green forests flank the broad waters, and the dense rainforest teems with wildlife. Monkeys swing through the branches while colorful parrots and macaws flash through the trees as the Grand Amazon cruises by. This unique, all-inclusive Amazon river cruise is perfect for adults and children 8 years and older.
MV Desafio
ANAVILHANAS
ARCHIPELAGO
The cruises depart from Manaus, capital of the State of Amazonas, a city in the jungle that prospered during the rubber boom last century. This is a four-day cruise visiting the Anavilhanas Archipelago, the largest river archipelago in the world, and its igarapés (permanent river channels) and igapós (non-permanent river channels). The cruise also includes daily explorations and activities in safe motorized boats into the jungle, and an Amazonian cuisine served in the panoramic restaurant.
Katerre Expedition
Jau National Park/the XixuaU Reserve
These are regional-style boats to provide the feeling of traveling much like the local folks do, but with more comfort, safety, and onboard services. There are wildlife, cultural, and family programs. Katerre Expedition specializes in the Negro River in the Amazon, traveling with small groups in an intimate atmosphere and without causing a great impact on the environment. Wildlife includes macaques, sloths, river dolphins, pacas, and birds. Riverside communities are visited. Languages spoken: English, German, Portuguese, Italian, French, Spanish, Mandarin.
Peralta Cruise
CUIABÁ/PORTO JOFRE
CORUMBÁ/PARAGUay river
Pantanal tours aboard the Motor Yacht Peralta are thoughtful, active and above all exploratory. Every aspect of the cruise is designed to enable guests to observe the wonders of the world's largest wetlands and to sample the vibrant culture that thrives in this remote corner of the earth. The M/Y Peralta seeks out areas in the Brazilian Pantanal that are often overlooked by other visitors. Travelers are rewarded with a wider array of untamed wildlife all while exploring in a sustainable way.
Cultural Experiences in Brazil
Carnival´s Workshop
Combine Tours, Workshops and Folias to create your personalized Carnival Experience mix! You can have samba, dance, music classes and much more.
Brazilian Cook Classes
Learn a mix of Brazil´s favorite recipes in one fun cooking class. Discover exotic ingredients, techniques and flavors you can use in your dinner parties.
Tasty recipes with ingredients you can find world-wide
Bahia´s African Trails
The Bahian recôncavo is a region renowned for its history of struggles for the independence of Brazil, reflects the Portuguese colonial Portuguese heritage, together with the rich African legacy, reflected in the faces of its inhabitants, their intellectual, religious and cultural traditions, and in the of his people.
Xingu Expedition
MATO GROSSO
The Xingu State Park, annually, brought together various ethnic groups to present the KUA- RUP, is a cultural event held annually by the indigenous peoples of Alto Xingú - Kalapalo, Matipu, Nafukuá, Kuikuro, Waurá, Aweti, Kamayurá, Meynako and Ya- walapiti - is the largest indigenous party in the country.
Amazon Fruits
aMAZON & PARÁ
AÇAÍ, BACURI AND CUPUAÇU. Do you know what those words mean? If you live in Brazil you may know. They are the names of three exotic fruits of the Amazon region. Brazilians appreciate the unique taste of these fruits especially in cold desserts and ice creams. But they are also used in other ways. Let's get to know these remarkable fruits of the forest.
Marajo´s Ceramic
Archeologists have found sophisticated pottery in their excavations on the island. These pieces are large, and elaborately painted and incised with representations of plants and animals. These provided the first evidence that a complex society had existed on Marajó. "Several mounds on Marajo Island and several in Bolivia have yielded radiocarbon dates as early as 1000 to 300 BC .
Brazilian´s Native
Hâut Gastronomy
Mushrooms, ants, edible flowers, amazon fruits and endemic fishes and rustic tubers have added eccentric palates to a cuisine rooted in indigenous culture where fish from the immense freshwater rivers are prominent. His aptitude for gastronomy.
The Amazon ´s Carnival
parintins - am
The Parintins Festival is a popular festival held annually in June. Outdoor performances of various folklore associations, the most important point of the event being the dispute between two folkloric steers, the Boi Garantido, in red, and the Boi Caprichoso, in blue.
Arrival in Rio in a big style
Exclusive Experience & Hospitality at Rio de Janeiro
The airport provides customizable services with privacy and agility. Regardless of your client's travel class, whether they are arriving, departing or connecting at RIOgaleão, we provide immigration support, priority on the X-ray belts, and the comfort of our newly-opened VIP rooms. Great option for MICE and Corporate groups.
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Discover the Adrenaline with us - Tailor made Tours
With its extraordinary landscapes, abundant wildlife, extravagant festivals and energetic cities throbbing with culture and rhythm, Brazil is an incredible all-in-one destination that's hard to beat. Occupying the bulk of South America, this is an exciting, expansive country begging to be explored. Brazil is a large country surrounded by nature and wild life, because of its biodiversity, Brazil has 6 different biomass, each one with its characteristics and beauty.For those who loves hiking, mountains, trails in connection with the animals and green nature, it´s an amazing wild scenery with more than 17 National Parks inviting us for a big adventure for lifetime. Visiting The Amazon Jungle; Pantanal; Cerrado; Iguassu Falls and an unique train ride through the deepest green of the Atlantic Forest; you will see the major adventure highlights to experience into a unique tour this unforgettable travel between the most beautiful trails of the remote national parks. CHECK THE EXPERIENCE
Amazing Vacation Villas in Brazil - Come to stay in a big style
A new concept of travel, beautiful villas in Brazil and some of them with hotel services to enjoy great vacation moments with your family.
Nice and full equipped villas, including well appointed rooms and complete kitchen with a paradise overview or local atmosphere.Now you can feel like a Brazilian but with a sophisticated touch.
Come and enjoy this amazing experience, perfect for family with kids and perfect for those who love to travel in a group of friends.
Privacity and upscale unique accomodation in Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Praia do Amor Beach near Natal and much more.
We offer in destinations different many possibilities.
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What Listen
Sounds of Brazil - Jorge Ben Jor
Tabua De Esmeralda is the eleventh studio album by Brazilian musician Jorge Ben
Released in 1974 on Philips Records. The album showcases Ben's interest in theosophy, mysticism, and, above all, alchemy. Its title refers to the Emerald Tablet, a cryptic piece of Hermetica reputed to contain the secret of the prima materia and its transmutation; and its artwork incorporates drawings from Nicholas Flamel, who was historically immortalized as a great alchemist for his work on the philosopher's stone.Considered Ben's masterpiece,it was ranked by Rolling Stone Brazil as the sixth greatest Brazilian album of all time, and has been included in Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.
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Rio ´s Tips
SAMBA AT PEDRA DO SAL - IF YOU LOVE IT´S A MUST
Outside of carnival, samba does not get much better than the weekly free performances at the Pedra do Sal (Salt Rock) in the neighbourhood of Saúde. This is hallowed ground – a former centre of the slave trade that later became home to a liberated "Little Africa", a quilombola community and many of Brazil's finest musicians. Each Monday – and sometimes on Fridays – these streets fill with rhythm, revellers and hawkers of food and beer. To make a full day of it, go early and check out the Museum of Tomorrow and the impressive Olympic redevelopment of the port district, and then stay late for more drinks, sounds and dancing at the nearby Trapiche Gamboa samba nightclub. (Review The Guardian)
Getting in the mood before Travel
Don´t Forget your Flip Flops
Perhaps this is the most popular sandals in Brazil, comfortable and perfect for a day on the beach or short walk on the boardwalk
This style of footwear has been worn by the people of many cultures throughout the world, and it´s very popular in Brazil so be ready for your best vacation Brazilian Style, and don´t forget to bring a flip flops pair with you.
Death in Brazil - A must read before your travel.Deliciously sensuous and fascinating, Robb renders in vivid detail the intoxicating pleasures of Brazil's food, music, literature, and landscape as he travels not only cross country but also back in time—from the days of slavery to modern day political intrigue and murder. Spellbinding and revelatory, Peter Robb paints a multi-layered portrait of Brazil as a country of intoxicating and passionate extremes.Source Google Books & Kirkus Reviews
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Chicken Lollipop has a spicy and delicious taste. It is meant to be served with your favorite dip. This dish is made by marinating the chicken wings in a spicy batter, coating them with bread crumbs and then deep frying in hot oil until they are golden brown and crispy.
Estimated time of cooking: 15-20 minutes.
Using a sharp knife, cut the chicken wings through the soft joints.
Carefully slide a sharp knife around the tip of the bone.
Separate the meat from the bone and gently push down the meat until a lollipop shape is formed.
Repeat the procedures for remaining pieces.
In a bowl, combine chicken, cayenne, salt and pepper. Marinate for 15 minutes.
Add beaten eggs and flour. Mix well until coated, then roll in bread crumbs.
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Deep fry the chicken for about 10 minutes or until colors turn to golden brown and tender.
Drain on paper towels and transfer to serving plate. Serve chicken lollipop with your favorite dip.


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Beyond 'Best Practice:' Ethical Storytelling & Cultural Transformation
In 2017, I partnered with the Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership on a project around Ethical Storytelling. This collaboration resulted in a white paper that examined the storytelling practices of organizations working specifically with young people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles. We decided to invite members of the nonprofit community in LA to a workshop based on the project.
We expected about 30 people to attend.
Over 100 showed up.
Clearly, we weren't the only ones grappling with the question of how to effectively share stories in a way that not only met leadership and organizational objectives like fundraising, but also lifted up the voices of our story-carriers.
Over the past three years, the work around ethical storytelling has expanded through partnerships with EthicalStorytelling.com, Conveners.org, communications consultants around the world, and hundreds of participants at storytelling workshops throughout the United States.
You can listen to podcasts about ethical storytelling here. You can access resources shared in workshops here. A quick google search will reveal a growing number of articles and guides around ethical storytelling practices, particularly for social impact and nonprofit organizations.
Ethical storytelling has, in certain circles, become a 'thing.'
My hope is to help broaden the context within which the conversation around ethical storytelling takes place: it's not just the 'right thing to do,' it's also essential to building a more just, equitable, and viable way of being within our communities.
Conventional organizational storytelling is rooted in extractive practices and, when we engage in old-school storytelling without awareness, we are complicit with virulent mindsets and ways of being responsible for the genocide of indigenous peoples, the subjugation of black and brown bodies for the economic gain of white bodied people, and climate collapse.
Ethical storytelling is a set of tools and practices that can help us divest from exploitative ways of being and relationships with the communities and people we purport to serve while fostering more equitable, inclusive, and human relationships.
Jack D. Forbes the the Wetiko Psychosis
This idea of the colonizing mindset as a virus comes from the work of Native American author and scholar Jack D. Forbes. In Columbus and Other Cannibals, published In 1978, Forbes explored a question that he framed as follows:
Why is the dominant culture so excruciatingly, relentlessly, insanely, genocidally, ecocidally, suicidally destructive?
He does not mince words.
Over the next couple hundred pages, he dissects the dominant culture from a Native American perspective. Looking at the root of "imperialism, colonialism, torture, enslavement, conquest, brutality, lying, cheating, secret police, greed, rape, terrorism,' he finds a common seed: a "disease of aggression against other living things and, more precisely, the disease of the consuming of other creatures lives and possessions:"
Imperialists, rapists and exploiters are not just people who have strayed down a wrong path. They are insane. . .in the true sense of the word. They are mentally ill and, tragically, the form of soul-sickness that they carry is catching.
What emerges is a story not of 'good' vs. 'evil,' but of a way of thinking that spread across the world like an epidemic. Forbes names this epidemic the wetiko psychosis, a reference to Wetiko, a Cree term that refers to an evil spirit that terrorizes and cannibalizes other beings. The book traces the origin, epidemiology, and characteristics of this disease from its inception to the late 20th Century.
The core idea is that, whether we're aware of it or not, we're living within an entire socio-economic and political structure afflicted with this virus at its core and we all carry some degree of the infection.
Edgar Villanueva and Decolonizing Wealth
More recently, Edgar Villanueva, through his book Decolonizing Wealth, has proposed that 'colonization' began not with the Conquistadors, but at the moment humans began "managing, controlling, and 'owning' other forms of life — plant and animal. Conceptually, this required that humans think of themselves as separate from the rest of the natural world." I'd add that it also required that humans believe themselves to be superior to the natural world — masters, as it were, of their domain.
This concept of separation and superiority sits near the center of the 'colonizing mindset' and gave birth to a culture founded on scarcity and fear. Expansion and an emphasis on growth over all else grow from that fear.
Here's how Villanueva describes this worldview from the individual perspective:
The boundaries of my body separate me from the rest of the universe. I'm on my own against the world. This terrifies me, and so I try to control everything outside myself, also known as the Other. I fear the Other. I must compete with the Other in order to meet my needs. I always need to act in my self-interest, and I blame the Other for everything that goes wrong.
This mindset is present in all sorts of easily identifiable ways. Just watch one of President Trump's 'briefings' or look at the uptick in fear-based language and the correlated increase in hate crimes since the current U.S. administration came into power.
But it's not just the obvious examples. This impulse towards control and separation can be found in everything from the Western style of education to systemic inequity and White supremacy. In fact, it's in every nook and cranny of dominant Western culture.
A seemingly innocuous example: one of the few things I remember from middle school biology class is the mnemonic device 'King Plays Chess on Fine Grain Sand.' The first letter of each word correlates with a level of classification for different plant species: Kingdom, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus, Species.
Using these categories, we can separate and parse every plant on the planet. When a new plant is 'discovered,' we can classify it and place it in a box for further analysis.
There is tremendous value in this type of analysis. But what we lose in the separation of the plant from its context is the story of interconnection and even communication between plants. The mindset behind this type of classification also reveals an assumption that humans are separate from and dominant over the plants that, quite literally, produce the oxygen needed to support life.
What does it mean that these classifications are the only thing I remember about middle school biology? What impact did such an education have on the way my mind shaped its understanding and story of the world?
A less seemingly innocuous example: the advent of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and the related condition known as 'status anxiety,' defined loosely as feelings of not being 'good enough' to succeed or deserve success. Both of these grow from a deep drive to 'keep up' with others and an existential dread that we don't have any intrinsic value or sense belonging not attached to our achievements or titles.
These deep seated drives and dreads are experienced on an individual level, but reinforced by Western societal beliefs and structures. Product sales, in fact, depend on the ability to cater to our fear of not being enough. As do many services. And, while we're at it, why do so many of us work so hard for so many hours at jobs that we don't find meaning in beyond a title or paycheck?
Three actions underlie the colonizing mindset, wherever and however it may show up:
Colonization bred a societal structure and mindset that drives us to want more. More status. More wealth. More stuff.
To satisfy that desire, we exert control over nature and exploit both natural and human resources.
This control and exploitation leads to profound imbalances in our social systems (e.g. systemic racism, patriarchy, and white supremacy) and our relationship with each other and the natural world.
Wetiko, Colonization, and Organizational Storytelling
It may seem that we've wandered far afield from the subject of ethical storytelling, but the wetiko psychosis and colonizing mindset lies at the core of many 'best practices' in organizational storytelling. Take for example this oversimplified outline of a conventional fundraising story:
Michael was not doing well. He was living on the streets and addicted to drugs.
Then he found Our Organization and went through Our Program.
Now, Michael is doing much better.
Give us money to help more people like Michael.
Let's unpack this structure through the lens of division, control, and exploitation.
Our 'hero,' the client our organization purports to serve is defined in terms of his deficits and the temporary condition of living on the streets. By centering his challenges, we strip him of his humanity, creating a sense of 'us,' the organization and readers of the story, and 'them,' people like Michael.
The story itself is extractive, exploiting Michael's narrative in order to raise funds. A powerful question to ask around organizational stories is 'who benefits from this story?' In this case, the organization benefits by telling the story while Michael's story exists as a resource to be mined for empathy and tears.
In the course of extracting the story, the organization has positioned itself as the 'hero.' Michael's transformation is due, in this structure, solely to the valiant efforts of the organization. This is a 'savior complex' narrative based, again, in an ethos of division and exploitation.
It's important to note that none of the above are intentional. For the most part, the organizations who deploy this type of storytelling do so with the best of intentions. The wetiko psychosis operates beneath the surface, infecting our stories and bringing us into complicity with the core actions of colonization: division, control, and exploitation.
Ethical Storytelling as Decolonizing Practice
In Villanueva's rendering, colonization can be countered by three corresponding actions and ways of being derived from indigenous ways of being:
Specific Ethical Storytelling practices like Deep Consent, Widening the Universe of Storytellers, and the Ethical Storytelling Pledge all advance these decolonizing principles.
Master Storyteller and teacher Doug Lipman takes this idea a bit further in his work around storytelling and the values needed to build a more vibrant and viable future.
According to Lipman, powerful, conscious storytelling advances:
A predisposition to compassion
The importance of relationships
The efficacy of openness
The preciousness of every human point of view
The universality of human potential
The Whole Mind
Emotion's role in thinking
Each of these values connects, in different ways, to connection, relating, and belonging.
Ethical Storytelling is more than a way of honoring all of the members of our communities. It's more than a set of tools and practices. It is an essential part of undoing the centuries of damage inflicted by the wetiko psychosis and the colonizing mindset.
Lasting Change Is Not Possible Without a New Story
Ultimately, it doesn't matter how noble our missions, programs, and intentions are if we engage with unethical storytelling practices. Whether we are aware of it or not, these practices do more than undercut our work, they help further embody ways of being, doing, and acting that have done untold harm across the world.
My hope is that the conversation about ethical storytelling moves beyond debates about the practices within each organization to become part of a movement towards a world inoculated against the wetiko virus and towards a more viable future for all beings.
In this story, we are all co-creators of a way of being, and a story, that is aligned with life, freedom, and a sense of belonging. We are all storytellers. The question is: what do we do with that power?

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Tampa, Fla, September 13, 2016 —Today the American Red Cross unveils the new Hero Care mobile application. This free app is designed to help members of the military, veterans and their families identify and access both emergency and non-emergency Red Cross services from anywhere in the world.
[if !supportLists]· [endif]Request Red Cross emergency services including an emergency message or assistance with emergency travel or emergency financial aid.
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[if !supportLists]· [endif]Access non-emergency Red Cross behavioral health assistance including financial assistance and free local workshops for military kids and spouses.
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Man accused of stealing equipment from Hilcorp natural gas well site
Suspect has active warrant for an alleged felony embezzlement case
Farmington Daily Times
James Jolly is accused of a larceny, embezzlement and breaking and entering across three separate cases.
Ruth Wheeler, Jolly's attorney for the larceny and breaking and entering cases, declined to comment on the cases.
Jolly's preliminary hearing on the larceny case is scheduled for the morning of Dec. 26 in Aztec Magistrate Court.
FARMINGTON — A Farmington man with three pending criminal cases, including accusations of stealing equipment from a Hilcorp natural gas well site, has an active arrest warrant for failing to appear in court for a felony embezzlement case.
James Jolly, 36, is accused of a third-degree felony count of larceny along with fourth-degree felony counts of embezzlement and breaking and entering across three separate cases, according to court records.
He is accused of stealing a stainless-steel chemical injection tank worth about $9,500 from a natural gas well site in the Middle Mesa area and failing to return an Apple MacBook Air laptop computer to the Farmington Municipal School District from a student who disenrolled, according to court documents.
Jolly failed to appear at a Dec. 16 hearing in Farmington Magistrate Court for the embezzlement case and has an active warrant for his arrest, as of the morning of Dec. 20, according to court documents.
The larceny case stems from an investigation launched in April 2018.
A San Juan County Sheriff's Office detective on April 25, 2018, received a phone call to meet a Hilcorp Energy Company employee at the intersection of County Road 4004 and 4000 near the New Mexico-Colorado state line regarding the theft of a stainless-steel chemical injection tank.
The employee took the detective to an area where the tank had been located in northeast San Juan County.
A single set of tire impressions indicated that a vehicle, most likely a pick-up truck, had used to load up the tank. Only one pair of shoe impressions were found at the scene.
Two cigarette butts were found at the scene that appeared to have been recently deposited there. It was photographed and collected as evidence.
The detective on July 30, 2018, received a report stating no identifiable DNA was found on the evidence. The DNA profile was then entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
It was on Nov. 27 the detective received a notification that CODIS had hit of "high stringency" that identified Jolly as the suspect.
Later that day, two detectives drove by Jolly's last known address and saw a tank that appeared to be the same as the stolen property.
Jolly allegedly evaded detectives and hid in his home on Dec. 5, when they tried to serve a search warrant to collect DNA swabs from him. The DNA swabs were collected at a later date.
Jolly's former employer confirmed to a detective the defendant was working on a nearby well location in a remote location of the county near the scene of the alleged larceny.
In the embezzlement case, a former high school student failed to return his school-issued laptop. It was reported to the Farmington Police Department on Nov. 11.
A student's parent has to sign a contract, stating if the student fails to return the laptop, law enforcement will be contacted within five days of the student being disenrolled. The computer is valued at $900.
Attempts by Farmington police to contact Jolly through the phone or in-person at his residence were not successful.
Joshua Kellogg covers breaking news for The Daily Times. He can be reached at 505-564-4627 or via email at jkellogg@daily-times.com.
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God the father, creator of heaven and earth, has an eternal plan and purpose for humanity which is fulfilled in Jesus Christ.i As disciples of Jesus we willingly seek to align ourselves with his unfolding plan in Christ.
The Church is at the center of God's redemptive work during this age, making Jesus known to the nations. God has revealed a basic household (family) pattern for his community 'the Church'(Ephesians 2:11–3:12). The global or universal Church is made up of local church families who are working together for God's purposes. Therefore, every aspect of Christian ministry (evangelism, discipleship, missions, theology, leadership development etc.) needs to find its identity and purpose in the building up of local churches and to align itself with the pattern and eternal plan of God for his community as revealed in scripture.
The Mission is to be making disciples of all nations. This is done through the multiplication and establishment of local churches, not just the multiplication of individual believers. Local churches have an obligation to network and support the ongoing sending of apostles (missionaries) for expansion into unreached areas and to provide a living testimony of Christ's love in their own local geographical area.
Discipleship is not solely a one-on-one function, but is a community exercise, building upon the strength of families, not just individuals, who are shepherded by a qualified team of spiritual leaders. Discipleship prepares all Christians for active service to God and His people. Discipleship is integrated into every sphere of life: individual, family, and community.
Theology needs to be rooted in the activity and sphere of establishing the families and churches of our day in the faith. Leadership training and theological education are to be done in the context of multiplying and establishing of local communities of faith (local church families). In this context, character, skills, and theological education can be integrated in hands-on, apprenticeship type training under a qualified and proven leader.
It is the Spirit of Christ who enables us to accept the teaching of Scripture and apply it to our lives and the church community. The Spirit transforms our character and gifts us for ministry. This same Spirit brings individuals into the church who have the right gifts and abilities to accomplish the specific calling of each church (1Cor 12:18). Christ orchestrates opportunities to bring the gospel to new people through the work of his Spirit. This often happens through the informal activity of prepared individuals who are living according the principles of Christ and explaining to others the Gospel they have found for themselves. The work of ministry is accomplished in partnership with God's Spirit and often appears to happen 'spontaneously' as plans are shaped by Christ as He brings people and circumstances together to build His church.
i) Gen 1:27-31, Acts 2:16-36, 10:43, Gal 1:3-5, Rom 1:2-4, Eph 1:3-4, 3:11, 1Peter 1:18-20, John 3:16, Rev 21:1-5.
ii) 2Tim 3:14-17, 2Peter 1:16-21, 2Peter 3:15-16, Matt 22:29.
iii) While there are specific cultural elements to Paul's instructions, it would be foolish to ignore the principles and patterns that Paul's letters reveal. The New Testament portrays Paul as The Master Church Planter whose ministry is meant to reveal God's standard for establishing churches. The core elements of his establishing strategy and the household pattern of church order address practical needs and issues that we still face today. They are simply foundational to establishing churches in any era.
iv) As Paul established churches in the first century, one of his concerns was that these believing communities would grasp their significance in the overall plan of God. This theme runs throughout his middle letters (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians) written while he was in prison around 60-62 AD. His concern is that each church will fulfill its role in God's plan by being a unified base that is partnering in the mission by making Jesus visible to its community and beyond.


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Q: RVM: Permission denied while loading gemset from .rvmrc file in system-wide install I have created a project specific .rvmrc file that includes a custom gemset (using the command rvm --rvmrc --create 1.9.2@registration):
# excerpt of .rvmrc...

environment_id="ruby-1.9.2@registration"

if [[ -d "${rvm_path:-$HOME/.rvm}/environments" \
  && -s "${rvm_path:-$HOME/.rvm}/environments/$environment_id" ]]
then
  \. "${rvm_path:-$HOME/.rvm}/environments/$environment_id"

  if [[ -s "${rvm_path:-$HOME/.rvm}/hooks/after_use" ]]
  then
    . "${rvm_path:-$HOME/.rvm}/hooks/after_use"
  fi
else
  # If the environment file has not yet been created, use the RVM CLI to select.
  if ! rvm --create  "$environment_id"
  then
    echo "Failed to create RVM environment '${environment_id}'."
    return 1
  fi
fi

This works locally on my Mac, using single-user RVM. We are also using Vagrant with a system-wide RVM install on our Vagrant box. However, when we cd into the project directory and accept the .rvmrc file, it results in the following message (yes, there are a lot of duplicate error messages):
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration': Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
-bash: /usr/local/rvm/environments/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration: Permission denied
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/rvm/wrappers/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration': Permission denied

Trying to create the gemset manually mentions the same error, but also mentions that it was successful:
$ rvm use 1.9.2
Using /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p318
$ rvm gemset create registration
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration': Permission denied
'registration' gemset created (/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p318@registration).

Do I have something configured incorrectly? How can I resolve this issue so I can use a custom gemset from an .rvmrc file?

A: The problem turned out to be that the simple Chef recipe I was using was not adding the vagrant user to the rvm group. This could be accomplished by doing this:
sudo usermod -a -G rvm vagrant

But I decided to switch to a more robust RVM Chef cookbook which worked perfectly using these recipes:
include_recipe "rvm::system"
include_recipe "rvm::vagrant"

A: Try adding 'sudo' before your rvm commands.  ruby@registration will be installed system-wide yet should still work on a per-user basis.

A: For me, the problem was that I had .rvm installed in my home directory (user install) but had somehow managed to have the directory chowned by root:root.
ls -al /home/darren
*drwxr-xr-x  2 root   root     4096 Oct  18 16:46 .rvm*
 sudo chown darren:rvm .rvm -R
 sudo useradd darren rvm

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P2.09 - Pathology (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 958)
Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
P2.09-14 - The Detection of EGFR Gene Mutation from Washing Solution of Devices used for the Bronchoscopic Examination (ID 12836)
16:45 - 18:00 | Author(s): Takashi Kasai
The detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutation is necessary for selection of lung cancer treatment. Recently, biopsy specimens are used in many genomic and immunohistochemical examination methods to select the treatment policy, so it is important not to waste valuable cancer cell samples. For detection of EGFR gene mutation we examine the washing solution of devices used for the bronchoscopic examination in order to solve the issue. In this report, we investigate the detection ratio of EGFR mutation using this cytological sample.
a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method
A total of 336 washing solution samples from lung cancer patients were examined for EGFR gene mutation testing in the period between November 2010 and October 2017. 328 cases of 336 excepting 8, which were carried out as re-biopsy, were surveyed in this examination. After the regular biopsy or scraping method, all devices were washed with 10ml saline liquid. Half volume of washing solution was used for regular cell examination to detect cancer cells. Only if a sufficient amount of non-small cancer cells were observed from it, the other volume was submitted for EGFR mutation examination. Final diagnosis was decided by histological specimen. Presence or absence of EGFR mutation and their types were observed from 328 samples retrospectively.
4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result
Histological diagnosis of all 328 biopsy specimens are as follows; 200 Adenocarcinoma (AD), 100 Squamous cell carcinoma (SQ), 13 non-small cell lung carcinoma(NSCLC), 3 adenosquamous cell carcinoma(ADSQ), 7 high grade neuroendocrine carcinoma (HGNEC), and 5 others. The detection number of EGFR mutation from AD, SQ, ADSQ and NSCLC are 65, 4, 2, and 3 respectively. There is no EGFR mutation from remaining histology cases. In all of 74 EGFR mutation positive cases, Exon 19 deletion was detected in 33 cases (45%) and Exon 21 L858R was detected in 33 cases (45%).
8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion
The detection rate of EGFR gene mutation from washing solution of devices is 33% (65/200) in AD and 4% (4/100) in SQ. These results are approximate to previous reports. Consequently, it is acceptable to use this method to investigate EGFR gene mutation of non-small lung cancer patients. Furthermore, it is an advantage that we can carry out an EGFR mutation test using this method with a cytology sample earlier than a method with a histology sample.
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P3.01 - Advanced NSCLC (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 967)
P3.01-111 - Efficacy and Safety of Cytotoxic Drug Chemotherapy After First-Line EGFR-TKI in Elderly Patients with NSCLC Harboring Sensitive EGFR Mutations (ID 11126)
Subsequent therapies confound the ability to discern the effect of first‑line chemotherapy on overall survival (OS). Therefore, the objective of our study was to determine the relationships between progression-free survival (PFS) or post-progression survival (PPS) and OS after first-line EGFR-TKI treatment in , using individual level data.
Between April 2008 and December 2015, we analyzed 68 cases of elderly patients with NSCLC harboring sensitive EGFR mutations treated with first-line EGFR-TKI. The relationships between PFS and PPS with OS were analyzed at an individual level.
PPS was more closely associated with OS (R2 = 0.54) compared to PFS (R2 = 0.48), based on linear regression. Best response at first-line treatment, PS at the end of first-line treatment and administration of EGFR-TKI rechallenge were significantly linked to the PPS.
PPS has a stronger impact on OS than PFS in elderly patients with NSCLC harboring sensitive EGFR mutations treated with first-line EGFR-TKI. fluenced by treatments subsequent to first-line chemotherapy; however, this remains to be verified with prospective studies.
P3.01-37 - Phase II Study of Amrubicin Plus Erlotinib in Previously Treated, Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Wild-Type EGFR: TORG 1320 (ID 12559)
The combination of amrubicin (AMR) and erlotinib (ERL) was reported to have synergistic effect on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell line with wild-type EGFR in vitro. We accomplished a phase I study of AMR plus ERL in previously treated advanced NSCLC patients, and determined the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Furthermore, we observed a high response rate of 33% (Am J Clin Oncol 2015).
We conducted a multi-center, single-arm phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy of AMR and ERL combination therapy in patients with previously treated, advanced NSCLC with wild-type EGFR. Patients were treated at 3weeks intervals with AMR (35mg/m2 on days 1-3) plus ERL (100mg/day on days 1-21). The patients without disease progression after 4 cycles continued ERL until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The primary endpoint is progression free survival (PFS). Secondary endpoints are response rate (RR), disease control rate (DCR), time to treatment failure (TTF), overall survival (OS), and toxicity. The concentration of trough ERL was measured after first cycle of treatment and in maintenance phase as an exploratory research to analyze relation between effectivity/safety and pharmacokinetics.
From June 2013 to July 2016, 25 patients were enrolled. With a median follow-up of 14.3 months (95%CI: 10.9 – 17.6), median PFS was 3.6 months (95%CI: 2.1 - 5.1). The RR and the DCR were 24.0% and 64.0%, respectively. Median OS was 15.4 months (95%CI: 13.4 – 17.4). We observed grade 3 or 4 toxicities such as leukopenia (68%), neutropenia (72%), anemia (8%), febrile neutropenia (12%), anorexia (12%), oral mucositis (12%) and rash (8%). We had no treatment related death. In pharmacokinetic analysis, the mean (±SD) trough concentrations (C trough) of ERL in induction and maintenance phase were 1.070±0.463µg/mL and 0.879±0.427µg/mL, respectively. The C trough of ERL in induction phase was higher than that in maintenance phase (p=0.0371). There was no relation between C trough of ERL and any toxicity/response.
Although the primary endpoint was not met in this trial, the PFS of AMR and ERL combination therapy was superior to that of AMR monotherapy which was previously reported. In this study, pharmacokinetic analysis showed that C trough of ERL were elevated in combination therapy. This combination therapy might be an optional treatment as cytotoxic chemotherapy for NSCLC patients after platinum-doublet failure. Clinical trial information: UMIN 000010582.
P3.01-43 - Predictive Value of Computed Tomography Characteristics for Nivolumab Response in Pretreated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 13054)
The efficacy and safety of nivolumab for the treatment of pretreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been established. We conducted a retrospective multicenter trial to determine the significance of computed tomography (CT) morphologic characteristics as a predictor of nivolumab efficacy for advanced NSCLC patients.
From April 2013 to March 2017, 78 pretreated NSCLC patients were enrolled. Our radiologist assessed the following tumor characteristics on CT before nivolumab treatment; interstitial septal thickening, peritumoral ground-glass opacity, spiculated margin, air bronchogram, cavity or necrosis, adjacent organ invasion, bulky lymph node (≥ 2.5 cm), and accumulation of small lymph nodes. After nivolumab treatment, objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR) and progression free survival (PFS) were analyzed with logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards regression models. Patient and CT morphologic characteristics were retrospectively analyzed. Significant parameters identified by univariate analysis were included in a multiple analysis.
Of the 78 patients, 60 (77%) were male, and 72 (92%) patients were of performance status 0 to 1. Heavy smoking was related to higher ORR than light or never smoking (28% vs 0%, p=0.01).No morphologic characteristics were related to ORR or DCR. Interstitial septal thickening was significantly associated with shorter PFS (p=0.015, 77 vs 126 days). Adjacent organ invasion was also significantly associated with shorter PFS (p=0.047, 72 vs 118 days). However, they were not found to be significant on multivariate analysis.
Interstitial septal thickening and adjacent organ invasion may be negative prognostic factors of nivolumab treatment for NSCLC.


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In this brief decision the FCA has affirmed that punitive and exemplary damages not available in an action under s 8 of the NOC Regulations. Aronovitch J had struck those portions of Teva's statement of claim seeking such damages, and this decision was affirmed first by de Montigny J and now by the FCA. It is difficult to comment on the substance of the FCA's reasoning, as Mainville J affirmed "substantially for the reasons expressed by Justice de Montigny at paragraphs 28 to 37 of his order, which I adopt" . Unfortunately, de Montigny J's reasons are not yet available on the FC website.
Mainville J did add some "brief comments" . He emphasized that the issue is one of statutory interpretation , and he noted that s 8(1) provides for compensation "for any loss suffered" (his emphasis). He noted further that the FCA has consistently held that "this wording allows compensation for losses actually incurred by a second person by reason of the operation of the statutory stay contemplated by the NOC Regulations, but it does not allow for other types of relief, such as disgorgement of profits or punitive damages" . The leading cases are Merck Frosst Canada Ltd v Apotex Inc / alendronate (NOC) 2009 FCA 187, -, - and Apotex Inc v Eli Lilly Canada Inc. / raloxifene (NOC) 2011 FCA 358, -, though it must be said that both of these were primarily concerned with holding that a disgorgement of profits was not available, not with the availability of punitive damages. The distinction is significant because a key aspect of the reasoning in those decisions was the legislative history of the regulations, in which the word "profits" was removed, and the RIAS stated that this was done to foreclose an accounting of profits remedy: see the raloxifene decision, blogged here. While this is a very powerful argument with respect to the exclusion of an accounting, it does not have quite the same force with respect to punitive damages.
The key authority with respect to punitive damages is the statement in the alendronate decision at  that "A contextual reading of section 8 of the PM(NOC) Regulations indicates that 'compensation' for the loss resulting from the operation of the automatic stay is to be computed by reference to the loss suffered by the second person by reason of the stay or the profits that it would have made during the period when it was prevented from going to the market." This makes the point that not only is an accounting excluded, the s 8 remedy is purely compensatory, which rules out punitive or exemplary damages as well. This is supported by the consistent references to "compensate" and "compensation" throughout the section, as well as the reference to "any loss" noted by Mainville J in this decision. So, while there is certainly a good basis in the text of the statute for the holding that punitive damages are excluded, this holding does clarify the prior case law, which specifically focused on an accounting, in affirming the more general principle that s 8 is purely compensatory in nature. A fuller analysis of the decision will have to await the release of de Montigny J's reasons.


Matthew Flinn posted here recently on an earlier decision in this case, PJS (22 January 2016), in which the Court of Appeal granted an interim injunction banning revelation of PJS's extra-marital ventures.
Yesterday's judgment sets that injunction aside, solely on the basis that those escapades had now been so widely reported on the internet and in a US publication that it was less likely that PJS would get an injunction at any future trial of the claim.
This decision was reported in a somewhat partial way in today's Times – "the death knell for celebrity privacy injunctions". Things are not quite as simple as that. The injunction was only discharged because of the wide publication ground which the story had now received, not on the underlying merits of the privacy claims. But then The Times (proprietor NGN) was not necessarily going to give us a fully objective account of a case in which the Sun on Sunday (proprietor NGN) had secured this win.
The CA thought that the claimant would still establish a breach of Article 8, and NGN may still face a claim for breach of confidence: see  and . But applying the test laid down in section 12(3) of the Human Rights Act, it was no longer satisfied that it was likely that the claimant would "establish that publication would not be allowed." In short, it was satisfied that widespread knowledge was such that confidentiality had probably been lost. Relatives, friends and other contacts of the claimant in all probability already knew the story. Further publication would increase intrusion, albeit that it will not be the shock which it would have been at the time of the CA's original judgment. The court should not end up making orders which would be ineffective in practice. The setting aside of the ban means that it is for the paper to decide to publish the article in the face of the CA's views that publication would be in breach of Article 8.
But the CA could find no way out of this – possibly because it could not actually be shown that the media was in breach of the terms of the injunction.
The Times tells us that the injunction will be discharged tomorrow unless the claimant persuades the CA to grant it permission to take the case to the Supreme Court.


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Molecules and Radicals
Magnetic properties of nickel(II) complex of Schiff-base ligand
Effective magnetic moment of dichloro-6-methyl-3-formyl-4-hydroxy-2-(1H)quinoline-1,2-propylenediiminedinickel(II) pentahydrate measured using Gouy method is given in this chapter.
Magnetic Properties of Paramagnetic Compounds
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Editor Affiliation
3 Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
R. T. Pardasani (10)
P. Pardasani (20)
10 Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandar Sindri, Ajmer, India
20 Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
R. T. Pardasani, P. Pardasani (2017) A. Gupta (ed.) SpringerMaterials
Magnetic properties of nickel(II) complex of Schiff-base ligand Molecules and Radicals 31D (Magnetic Properties of Paramagnetic Compounds)
10.1007/978-3-662-53971-2_619 (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg © 2017) Accessed: 19-01-2021


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A group of teenagers fear for their lives in the swamps of Louisiana, chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls, and now relentless in his pursuit of new victims.
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A kid is hypnotized by a scientist to kill his parents and ends in a mental institution. As a grown up he returns to seek revenge over the scientist.
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Two daughters of mobsters get out of the sanitarium after having killed a boyfriend in the shower, supposedly cured and on the right track. They hold a party and invite…
Dead Heat (1988)
LAPD police officer, Roger Mortis is killed while arresting zombies who have been reanimated by the head of Dante Laboratories in order to carry out violent armed robberies.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Wacko (1982)
Cops try to track down the infamous "Lawnmower Killer"
Trailer: Venom (2005)


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Q: Intersection over Union for 2 rectangles with the same orientation I have 2 squares with the same orientation. I know the coordinate of their centers. They have the same size area.
They may intersect each other. I want to compute their area of their intersection as well as area of their union.
Let's say that their centers are (a, b) for the first square and (x, y) for the second square. The length of one of their sides is l. How can I compute their intersection and their union based on this?

A: Call the distance between the centres  $d=\sqrt{(x-a)^2+(y-b)^2}$ and the distance from the corner of one square to it's centre is $\frac{L}{\sqrt{2}}$. So if $$d\geq 2\frac{L}{\sqrt{2}} = \sqrt{2}L$$
Then the squares do not intersect and we are done. Otherwise, the squares intersect in a rectangle.
The base of the rectangle of intersection is $L-|x-a|$ and it's height is $L-|y-b|$ since, for example, the horizontal distance between the centres $(|x-a|)$ $+$ the horizontal overlap gives $L$ (draw a diagram if you can't see this.)
Everything should now be easy to calculate!


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This example will demonstrate how to create a basic header, footer and feature component and how to assemble them on a page.
It builds upon the "Simple component example" found in the directory `examples\component`.
It is recommended you are familiar with the simple component configuration before reading on.

The example can be ran locally or on Docker.

To run locally you will need to navigate to the directory containing this file in a terminal and run `yarn start`.

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Q: Scrollspy Highlighting Two Targets Scrollspy is highlighting two targets at the same time which is not what I want. I want it to only highlight one. It does highlight one, but when scrolling between the two elements it highlights both.

CSHTML
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                @foreach (var tab in tabs)
                {

                        @tab.Title

                }

        @foreach (var tab in tabs)
        {

                @foreach (var contentItem in tab.RealContentItems)
                {
                    @Display(Model.ContentItem.ContentManager.BuildDisplay(contentItem))
                }

        }

JS:
(function() {
    setupJumpNav = function(guid) {
        var updatePushpin = function() {
            $(guid).pushpin("remove");
            var jumpTop = $(guid).parent().offset().top;
            $(guid).pushpin({
                top: $(".hide-on-med-and-down").css("display") !== "none" ? jumpTop - 25 : jumpTop,
                offset: $(".hide-on-med-and-down").css("display") !== "none" ? 75 : 50
            });
        };
        updatePushpin();
        $(window).bind("orientationchange resize", updatePushpin);
        $(guid).parent().parent().find(".scrollspy").each(function() {
            $(this).scrollSpy();
        });
    };
})(jQuery);

A: Scrollspy was being called more than once.
   $(guid).parent().parent().find(".scrollspy").each(function() {
        $(this).scrollSpy();
    });

Should be
    $(guid).parent().parent().find(".scrollspy").scrollSpy();


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Sweden data scandal costs two ministers their jobs
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven vowed he would be staying on despite speculation he could call a snap election.
(AFP) Two Swedish ministers lost their jobs on Thursday over a huge leak of sensitive data that has rocked the fragile centre-left government.
But Prime Minister Stefan Lofven vowed he would be staying on despite speculation he could call a snap election.
Interior Minister Anders Ygeman, a political heavyweight previously seen as a likely future prime minister, has resigned, Lofven said at a press conference, adding that Infrastructure Minister Anna Johansson will also step down.
Ygeman reportedly knew about the leak from the national transport agency, which made the private data of millions of citizens accessible abroad, but failed to tell the prime minister.
The scandal has blown up in recent weeks after it emerged that an entire database on Swedish drivers' licences was made available to technicians in the Czech Republic and Romania, with media reporting that the identities of intelligence agents may have been jeopardised.
Lofven's Social Democrat-led minority government has been badly rattled by one of Sweden's largest data breaches in decades, and opposition parties had threatened the coalition with a vote of no confidence.
Full term to 2018
Some political commentators had expected Lofven to call an early election at Thursday's press conference -- but he insisted said he intends to serve his full term, which ends in 2018.
"I have no intention of plunging Sweden into a political crisis," he said, pointing to "formidable challenges" the country is facing including tensions in the Baltic region, Brexit as well as the government's plans for social and economic reforms.
"I looked at several alternatives, and I chose the best one for the country," Lofven said.
The data leak stems from the Swedish transport agency's hiring of IBM in 2015 to take over its IT operations.
IBM in turn used subcontractors in the Czech Republic and Romania -- making the sensitive information accessible by foreign technicians who did not have security clearance.
The Swedish military said information on its personnel, vehicles as well as defence and contingency planning could have been included in the leak, although the transport agency denied having a register on military vehicles and said there was no indication the data had been "spread in an improper way".
Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist kept his job in the reshuffle despite facing claims that, like the interior minister, he knew about the scandal but failed to tell the premier.
However, Hultqvist still faces the threat of being forced out in a censure motion launched by the opposition on Wednesday against all three ministers caught up in the scandal.
"There is no longer any confidence in the defence minister," Ebba Busch Thor, leader of the Christian Democrats, wrote on Twitter.
"The prime minister will not take responsibility, which is why we will hold him to account in parliament."
The far-right Sweden Democrats signalled they would support the censure motion, which would need a parliamentary majority to remove Hultqvist from office.
Maria Agren, head of the transport agency at the centre of the leak, quit in January for undisclosed reasons but has since confessed to violating data handling. She accepted a fine of 70,000 Swedish kronor (around €7,000).
Hultqvist and Ygeman reportedly found out about the leak last year, but the prime minister was only informed in January.
Johansson, who oversees the transport agency, said her former state secretary had known about the leak but kept the information hidden from her -- triggering heavy criticism among opposition parties who said she should have known what was happening.


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/*
 * This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
 * file 'LICENSE', which is part of this source code package.
 *
 * @author Christopher Armenio
 */
#include "cxa_posix_usart.h"

// ******** includes ********
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <cxa_assert.h>

#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>

// ******** local macro definitions ********

// ******** local type definitions ********

// ******** local function prototypes ********
static bool set_interface_attribs (int fd, int speed, int parity);
static bool set_blocking (int fd, int should_block);

static cxa_ioStream_readStatus_t ioStream_cb_readByte(uint8_t *const byteOut, void *const userVarIn);
static bool ioStream_cb_writeBytes(void* buffIn, size_t bufferSize_bytesIn, void *const userVarIn);

// ********  local variable declarations *********

// ******** global function implementations ********
bool cxa_posix_usart_init_noHH(cxa_posix_usart_t *const usartIn, char *const pathIn, const int baudRateIn)
{
	cxa_assert(usartIn);
	cxa_assert(pathIn);

	usartIn->fd = open(pathIn, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_SYNC);
	if( usartIn->fd < 0 ) return false;

	if( !set_interface_attribs (usartIn->fd, baudRateIn, 0) ) return false;
	if( !set_blocking (usartIn->fd, 0) ) return false;

	// setup our ioStream (last once everything is setup)
	cxa_ioStream_init(&usartIn->super.ioStream);
	cxa_ioStream_bind(&usartIn->super.ioStream, ioStream_cb_readByte, ioStream_cb_writeBytes, (void*)usartIn);

	return true;
}

void cxa_posix_usart_close(cxa_posix_usart_t *const usartIn)
{
	cxa_assert(usartIn);

	close(usartIn->fd);
}

/*
FILE* cxa_usart_getFileDescriptor(cxa_usart_t *const superIn)
{
	cxa_assert(superIn);
	cxa_x86posix_usart_t *const usartIn = (cxa_x86posix_usart_t *const)superIn;

	return usartIn->fd;
}
*/

// ******** local function implementations ********
static bool set_interface_attribs (int fd, int speed, int parity)
{
	struct termios tty;
	memset (&tty, 0, sizeof tty);
	if (tcgetattr (fd, &tty) != 0) return -1;

	cfsetospeed (&tty, speed);
	cfsetispeed (&tty, speed);

	tty.c_cflag = (tty.c_cflag & ~CSIZE) | CS8;     // 8-bit chars
	// disable IGNBRK for mismatched speed tests; otherwise receive break
	// as \000 chars
	tty.c_iflag &= ~IGNBRK;         // disable break processing
	tty.c_lflag = 0;                // no signaling chars, no echo,
	// no canonical processing
	tty.c_oflag = 0;                // no remapping, no delays
	tty.c_cc[VMIN]  = 0;            // read doesn't block
	tty.c_cc[VTIME] = 5;            // 0.5 seconds read timeout

	tty.c_iflag &= ~(IXON | IXOFF | IXANY); // shut off xon/xoff ctrl

	tty.c_cflag |= (CLOCAL | CREAD);// ignore modem controls,
	// enable reading
	tty.c_cflag &= ~(PARENB | PARODD);      // shut off parity
	tty.c_cflag |= parity;
	tty.c_cflag &= ~CSTOPB;
	tty.c_cflag &= ~CRTSCTS;

	cfmakeraw(&tty);                // make raw connection
	if (tcsetattr (fd, TCSANOW, &tty) != 0) false;
	return true;
}

static bool set_blocking (int fd, int should_block)
{
	struct termios tty;
	memset (&tty, 0, sizeof tty);
	if (tcgetattr (fd, &tty) != 0) return false;

	tty.c_cc[VMIN]  = should_block ? 1 : 0;
	tty.c_cc[VTIME] = 5;            // 0.5 seconds read timeout

	if (tcsetattr (fd, TCSANOW, &tty) != 0) return false;

	return true;
}

static cxa_ioStream_readStatus_t ioStream_cb_readByte(uint8_t *const byteOut, void *const userVarIn)
{
	cxa_posix_usart_t* usartIn = (cxa_posix_usart_t*)userVarIn;
	cxa_assert(usartIn);

	// perform our read and check the return value
	ssize_t retVal_read = read(usartIn->fd, byteOut, 1);
	if( retVal_read < 0 ) return CXA_IOSTREAM_READSTAT_ERROR;
	else if( retVal_read == 0 ) return CXA_IOSTREAM_READSTAT_NODATA;

	return CXA_IOSTREAM_READSTAT_GOTDATA;
}

static bool ioStream_cb_writeBytes(void* buffIn, size_t bufferSize_bytesIn, void *const userVarIn)
{
	cxa_posix_usart_t* usartIn = (cxa_posix_usart_t*)userVarIn;
	cxa_assert(usartIn);

	size_t numBytesRemaining = bufferSize_bytesIn;
	size_t numBytesSent = 0;
	while( numBytesRemaining != 0 )
	{
		ssize_t retVal_write = write(usartIn->fd, (void*)&(((uint8_t*)buffIn)[numBytesSent]), numBytesRemaining);
		if( retVal_write < 0 ) return false;

		// if we made it here, retVal_write is positive
		numBytesSent += (size_t)retVal_write;
		numBytesRemaining -= (size_t)retVal_write;
	}

	return true;
}


Going through airport security can be a little scary, even if your carry-on luggage only contains underwear and chocolate bars (all the essentials). When you don't know what physical or behavioral qualities the TSA looks for in potential terrorist threats, it's easy to start overthinking every move you make while slowly weaving your way through the security line: What if my eyes are bloodshot from exhaustion and they think I'm on drugs? What if I accidentally packed a full-size can of hairspray in my carry-on and they think it's a chemical weapon? Well you can stop worrying because we now have TSA's checklist of terror signals.
Obtained and published by The Intercept on Friday, TSA's confidential documents instructing TSA officials what to look for in airport security contain some things we're all guilty of. Exaggerated yawning, excessive throat clearing, and complaining about the screening process could all make you seem like a potential threat, but honestly, who doesn't complain about airport security? And yawning isn't necessarily a characteristic of terrorists, but of people who need more sleep, which will only affect the person on the plane who's shoulder they fall asleep on (seriously, guys, don't be that person).
The TSA's program to identify potential threats, the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT), focuses on behaviors that could indicate stress or deception. A federal review concluded in 2013 that there was no solid evidence proving that TSA employs scanning security lines for suspicious behavior is effective, yet $900 million has been spent on this program since it began in 2007.
The checklist of suspicious behaviors in the Spot Referral Report lists 92 things officials should look for, with each behavior counting as either one, two, or three points against a traveller. Points can also be deducted from someone's score for characteristics that make them less suspicious, like being a woman over the age of 55. It's unclear how many points deems a person a potential threat, but with all the extremely normal behaviors on the list, I'm surprised I haven't been pulled aside before.
Here are some of the things to avoid doing while going through security if you don't want to be held for questioning.
The TSA has insisted on keeping documents about SPOT secret, but the agency can't hide the fact that there's no evidence the program works.
Thanks to The Intercept, some of those documents are now available to the public and reveal how normative many of the behaviors on SPOT's checklist are.


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Q: Search for a element inside ArrayList INSIDE Stack I dont know if this is optimal,but I have to work with a stack for a exam practice, I dicided to use a Stack which contains a ArrayList Which contains ArrayLists which contain string type variables;
Later on I want to look for a single element, an ID. This is where I am stuck.
This is what I have codded for this search function:
  private void btn_actualizarActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    // TODO add your handling code here:
    //Busqueda:
    String criterio;
    Stack <ArrayList<ArrayList<String>>> pila_registro=new Stack <>(); //This is outside this class,  added it here just so you know how the stack works
    criterio=JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Ingrese el carne de seguro del paciente por buscar:");
    int index=pila_registro.search(criterio);
    if (index!= -1) {
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Paciente encontrado!");
        System.out.print(index);
    }
    else{
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Paciente no encontrado!");
        System.out.println(index);
    }
}


This is one of the most joyful instructional videos I have ever seen so I had to share it with you here. These guys are having so much fun learning licks from each other. They are blurring the line between teaching and learning, and between learning and play.
Back in July of 2015, I read Doug Lemov's book, Teach Like a Champion 2.0, and instantly became obsessed with it.
Lemov is the managing director of the Uncommon Schools–a set of charter schools in Boston, New Jersey, and New York. His book project started as "The Taxonomy of Effective Teaching." Lemov noticed that there were some schools located in impoverished neighborhoods which, despite expectations, had the majority of its students score high on standardized tests. He wondered what it was about those schools that allowed them to succeed where so many others failed, and he had a hunch that their success was due to effective teaching. So he started visiting classrooms in these schools, often with a video camera, observing "champion" teachers in action, trying to identify specific things they did that made their students so successful. In the current "2.0" edition of his book, he identifies 62 techniques.
Lemov has done the industry a huge service by not only cataloging specific techniques that expert teachers use, but also by naming them, potentially giving us all a shared vocabulary in which to talk about what teachers do. By giving techniques names, Lemov also makes it easier for us to create instructional designs that reference these techniques.
And beyond that, there are just so many great insights–almost on every page–about the actual art of teaching a class. Though the book is not primarily aimed either at adult education or instructional designers, I think it has useful things to say to both of those audiences nevertheless.
If you are a trainer or an instructional designer who designs workshops or classroom training for your organization, this book is worth your time.
Here's a good video of Lemov discussing many of the ideas from the first edition of his book. It gets off to a bit of a rocky start so I've set this link to skip the first few minutes so you can get right to the good stuff, which is almost all of the rest of the video.
I see it's been several years since I posted to this blog, so first, a quick update. I'm not consulting at the moment, since I accepted a full-time position with the US Dept. of Energy, where I am designing and developing safety training for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
As you can see, he sings all the parts, plays all the instruments, recorded the whole thing himself, and did all the video production. When he recorded that song, he was only 19 years old!
As I poked around on the internet to learn more about him, I discovered that in addition to his musical skills, he has a poise and wisdom well beyond his years. What particularly caught my attention were those times when fans would ask him about music education. He's very articulate about his views on education and I thought readers of this blog would find them interesting and valuable.
So, here are few clips focusing specifically on Collier's advice and views about education.
After I joined Lam Research, I discovered that the company's SharePoint implementation allowed employees to create their own blogs. So I set up a blog for myself ("The Laminated ID") and began pioneering the art of blogging internally at Lam (almost no one else was doing it).
Blogging internally has many advantages over blogging at a public site like WordPress, though it also has some disadvantages. Obviously, the biggest disadvantage is that only other Lam employees could see my posts because The Laminated ID was hidden behind the Lam corporate firewall. But that was also its strength. I could post about the projects I was working on and I could show real examples without having to worry about giving away proprietary secrets. It was liberating.
Unfortunately, as I took up blogging internally at Lam, I let my public blog go silent, and that's why there hasn't been much activity here for the past 3 years.
I left Lam last month, though, so I plan to shift my blogging activity back to Tales From The ID while I re-engage in my consulting work and seek new opportunities at other companies.
If you or your company needs a good instructional designer, either for a specific project or to join your staff, please contact me. I'm available. You can click the My Resume tab next to my picture in the banner at the top of this page to download my current resume.
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999. 345 pp.
Alternately fascinating and boring, this detailed summary of Pepperberg's 20+ years of careful research into the cognitive and communicative capabilities of her avian subjects is primarily aimed at other scientists. It is not an especially difficult read—though I admit I did merely skim or outright skip over much of chapters 15 (signal analysis of parrot speech formants) and 16 (physiology of how parrots produce their vocalizations)—but it is a fairly dry, academic presentation.
Her results are quite interesting, though. Parrots have cognitive capacities that in many instances equal those of the Great Apes, which is certainly not a result one expects. "Bird-brain" may have to take on a new meaning synonomous with "smart." Her main subject, "Alex," can answer questions about quantity, color, shape, relative sameness or differentness of objects, and even about the absence of sameness or difference.
Of special interest is the method she used to train her subject birds. She developed her method, which she calls "Model/Rival" and abbreviates "M/R", based upon studies of how the birds learned in their natural environment. In Model/Rival training sessions, a human trainer interacts with a human partner in the presence of the bird. The trainer asks the other human a question, such as "What color?" or "How many?" while presenting one or more objects. The other human acts both as the model for the bird and as a rival for the trainer's attention. This Model/Rival either answers the question correctly (modeling the behavior for the bird), or answers it incorrectly and gets scolded. Trainer and model switch roles frequently, to prevent the bird from associating a question with a particular person.
Well, maybe something like that anyway.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2001, 162 pp.
This book is part of the "Maps of the Mind" series, edited by Steven Rose. Other books I've read in this series, including James McGaugh's Memory and Emotion: The Making of Lasting Memories and Rusiko Bourtchouladze's Memories Are Made of This , have been excellent. So it was with high expectations that I started to read this book. Alas, it's not especially well-written. I've read better books on aging (e.g., William Clark's very good A Means To An End ), and better books on Alzheimer's disease (particularly William Shankle and Daniel Aman's excellent Preventing Alzheimer's ).
Whalley focuses mainly on cerebrovascular disease (especially stroke) and Alzheimer's disease. But his prose is that of a scientist—overly passive and couched in long sentences in which the point is often easy to lose. This book just isn't as clear or as organized as other books in this otherwise excellent series have been.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, Virginia, 1991. 180 pp.
Like a lot of education books I've read, this one often devolved into a codification of simple common sense. However, the approach, while not often producing detailed or specific recommendations, was interesting. As we discover more about how the brain learns, books of this sort should become more useful.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002. Phoenix paperback, 2003. 232 pp.
Instructional theorists have all kinds of ideas about how people learn, about how to train people, and how to present information to enable the best learning and retention. But we don't really know how the brain works. It's as if we tried to learn how a car works by examining working automobiles, but without ever opening up the hood to see the engine. We'd be able to learn a few things—how the steering wheel works, the functions of the brake, clutch, and gas pedals, and so on—but would we ever be able to derive the principles of the internal combustion engine this way? In order to build a car, or even tune up the performance of an existing car, we'd really want to understand how the engine works.
Fortunately, judging from the number of books on the subject in the science section at my local bookstore, brain research is a hot topic. Many books, aimed at the lay reader, attempt to summarize what is known about the mind's engine: the human brain.
Rusiko Bourtchouladze's book, Memories Are Made of This , is a case in point. Bourtchouladze is the Director, Model Systems Department, at Helicon Therapeutics and a visiting scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Her research interest is in understanding the "biological building blocks of memory," which is actually the subtitle of her book. Memories Are Made of This is part of the "Maps of the Mind" series edited by neurologist Steven Rose. Bourtchouladze's book is the second book that I've read from this series, the other being James McGaugh's Memory and Emotion: The Making of Lasting Memories . Both books were very interesting. "Maps of the Mind" looks like a series worth investigating further.
Bourtchouladze takes us chronologically through the history of ideas and research about memory. Beginning with ancient cultures who thought writing was a bad idea because it would allow men's memories to atrophe, she gets us quickly to Ebbinghaus's pioneering research into the memorization of nonsense syllables, and on into her own current research into the way genes code for the biological mechanisms of memory. Throughout this journey, she focuses on the experiments, so that we learn not only what is known about memory, but how we know it.
After a review of many high-level basics that would be familiar to most instructional designers who've taken an introductory instructional theory class, Bourtchouladze gets to the main thrust of her book: the biological basis of memory. Here, the key neurological components are the hippocampus and the amygdala. Bourtchouladze relates the many ingenious experiments with mice that established the central role of the hippocampus in spatial learning. Similarly, she covers in some detail the experiments which show the amygdala's role in emotional learning.
In the final section of the book, she explains a little about her recent research into the connection between gene expression and the biological mechanisms of memory.
In any book which tries to condense extremely detailed, complex science down to a nontechnical level, there is the risk that so much detail will be lost as to make the discussion that's left practically meaningless. That does happen on occassion in Memories Are Made of This , especially in the genetics section at the end. But by and large, Bourtchouladze does an admirable job of explaining the science without overwhelming the reader.
As instructional technologists work on the problem of learning from the top down, and neuroscientists like Bourtchouladze tackle the problem from the bottom up, we can look forward to the day when the knowledge uncovered by the two groups meets in the middle. Then we'll have a complete end-to-end understanding of how learning happens, from presentation straight down to the neurological and neurochemical changes that the learning induces in the learner's brain. We'll finally know how the engine works. Then we can begin the work of turbocharging it in earnest.


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Esebeck steht für:
 Esebeck, ein Stadtbezirk von Göttingen

Esebeck ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Friedrich von Esebeck (1870–1951), deutscher General der Infanterie
 Friedrich Ludwig Eberhard von Esebeck (1769–1852), französischer Oberstleutnant, Offizier der Ehrenlegion
 Hans-Karl von Esebeck (1892–1955), deutscher Offizier, General der Panzertruppe im Zweiten Weltkrieg, Widerstandskämpfer
 Johann Asmus von Esebeck (1711–1770), pfalz-zweibrückischer Minister
 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Jordan von Esebeck (1741–1798), pfalz-zweibrückischer Minister
 Karl von Esebeck (1745–1809), preußischer Generalmajor
 Karl August von Esebeck (1786–1871), preußischer Generalleutnant
 Ludwig Wilhelm von Esebeck (1779–1838), Berliner Polizeipräsident
 Walter von Esebeck (1853–1914), deutscher Militärangehöriger und Oberstallmeister

und der Name des alten braunschweigischen Adelsgeschlechts, siehe Esebeck (Adelsgeschlecht)

Siehe auch:
 Esbeck

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