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SAN DIEGO — With every city in the county declining to allow medical marijuana dispensaries except San Diego, the city could become a sort of mecca for legal pot in the region.
From Poway to Oceanside to Imperial Beach and Santee, people seeking legal medical marijuana will have to rely on the roughly 30 dispensaries expected to start opening in the city of San Diego this spring, or the one dispensary the county government allowed to open last summer near El Cajon.
That's because voters in six cities — La Mesa, Encinitas, Lemon Grove, Imperial Beach, Solana Beach and Del Mar — have rejected dispensary ballot measures since 2012. And the elected leaders in several other cities, including Chula Vista and Oceanside, have voted to ban dispensaries.
Advocates for legal marijuana say the smaller cities are depriving sick people of convenient access to medicine they need.
"The unfounded fear of marijuana is causing people in convalescent care facilities and hospitals — people that really need it — not to be able to get it," said Marcus Boyd, vice chair of the San Diego chapter of Americans for Safe Access. "Trying to hide it from everybody is keeping it from the people who need it the most."
Opponents of legalized marijuana, however, applaud the county's other 17 cities for refusing to budge, and they say San Diego is making a huge mistake by joining nearly 50 California cities that allow legal dispensaries.
"It's too bad the city of San Diego didn't follow the lead of their companion cities all around them," said Scott Chipman, leader of San Diegans for Safe Neighborhoods. "Somehow, San Diego thinks it's smarter than everyone else."
Advocates say if other cities don't follow San Diego there will be an increase in pollution and clogged roads, because people will be forced to frequently make long trips to San Diego for pot.
They also say suburban cities will struggle to eliminate illegal pot shops because the demand won't go away, prompting new illegal dispensaries to open every time one gets shut down.
One thing that could change the dynamics might be deliveries, which the dispensaries in San Diego will be allowed to make across city lines.
But advocates said delivery charges could sharply inflate prices, and they questioned how many San Diego dispensaries will be interested in delivering to faraway places like Vista or Julian.
Lance Rogers, legal counsel for the California Cannabis Industry Association, said he's optimistic many of San Diego County's other cities will begin allowing legal dispensaries in coming years because that's been a pattern across the state.
In every region of California, large cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco have typically legalized dispensaries first, but many of their suburbs have then followed.
For example, Oakland began allowing legal dispensaries in 2004 and San Francisco followed suit in 2005. Since then, the Bay Area suburbs of San Mateo, Richmond and San Leandro have OK'd dispensaries.
"Once there is a track record in the larger cities, the surrounding smaller cities come online after that," said Rogers, adding that slowly increasing familiarity with marijuana and dispensaries could also help. "It was a foreign idea, but it's become a lot less foreign idea."
Jessica McElfresh, an attorney representing groups trying to open legal dispensaries in San Diego, said another reason to believe more local cities might allow dispensaries is the ballot measures in Encinitas and La Mesa last November.
While voters rejected proposals to allow dispensaries, they came closer to passing than four similar measures in 2012.
The La Mesa measure got 46 percent support and the Encinitas one got 44 percent, while in 2012 a measure in Solana Beach got 38 percent, one in Lemon Grove got 40 percent, one in Imperial Beach got 42 percent and one in Del Mar got 44 percent.
"It's particularly significant that the percentages shrunk because 2012 was a presidential election when higher turnout typically helps," McElfresh said. "That suggests we may be able to break through in 2016."
Michael Cindrich, executive director of San Diego's chapter of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said his group is exploring additional ballot measures for 2016 and encouraging residents to pressure their elected leaders.
City Councils in the city's two largest cities after San Diego, Chula Vista and Oceanside, will apparently need lots of convincing.
Chula Vista's council voted to ban dispensaries three years ago, citing concerns about crime, violence, increased use by minors and people without medical need gaining access to a drug that's still illegal under federal law.
Last June, Oceanside did the same, contending dispensaries would be a bad fit for the community and could lead to crime and more drug use by young people.
"I believe it's just not right for us," said Deputy Mayor Esther Sanchez. "It's just too easy to get a letter from a doctor saying that you can use marijuana for medical purposes."
After years of debate and controversy, San Diego went the other direction last winter and approved an ordinance allowing dispensaries but sharply limiting where they can open. Council members who favored the ordinance described it as the right balance between providing access to medical marijuana and protecting residents.
Four dispensaries are poised to receive final approvals from the San Diego Planning Commission this winter, with the first scheduled for Thursday. Thirty-four other applicants are further back in the approval pipeline, but the city ordinance sets a maximum of 36.
Another variable in the equation is the possibility Californians will vote in 2016 to legalize recreational marijuana, following the lead of Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
Dale Geiringer, NORML's California director, said such a ballot measure could be written to force all cities to allow dispensaries, similar to alcohol laws in California.
"There are no dry cities in California," he said. "They can regulate where alcohol is sold, but they can't ban it. And it's certainly possible to follow that model with marijuana."
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Šimon era il figlio di Afrikan (ON: Alfrekr), un re della terra dei Variaghi. Afrikan era il fratello di Jakun (ON: Hákon) il quale prese parte alla battaglia di Listven. Quando Afrikan morì, Jakun esiliò Šimon ed il fratello Friand (ON: Friandi).

Šimon avrebbe vissuto nel Rus' di Kiev per il resto della sua vita, servendo prima Jaroslav I di Kiev e dopo il figlio. Nel 1068 si unì ai tre figli di Jaroslav nella battaglia del fiume Alta combattuta contro i Cumani. Si dice che prima della battaglia, sant'Antonio di Pečerska predisse un esito terribile per lo scontro, ma anche che Šimon sarebbe stato salvato da un miracolo. Šimon sopravvisse alla battaglia, ma fu gravemente ferito. Antonio si prese cura di Šimon curandone le ferite. Per riconoscenza, quando Antonio fondò il monastero della grotta, Šimon donò una campana ed una corona d'oro che il padre Afrikan aveva usato per ornare un crocefisso. I doni valevano 50 grivnie d'oro. Il Variago fu probabilmente uno dei primi ad essere sepolto nel monastero, e fu il primo a ricevere una remissione scritta dal monastero, in cui si affermava che a tutti i suoi discendenti sarebbero stati perdonati i peccati.

Anche il figlio Georgi mostrò attaccamento al monastero, e mandò oro ed argento da Suzdal' per la decorazione della tomba di san Teodosio di Pečerska. Quando morì Gregori, lasciò una lettera alla famiglia chiedendo di aiutare finanziariamente il monastero. Il pronipote di Šimon fu sepolto nella chiesa Dmitri di Suzdal', costruita dal vescovo Jefrem che era stato ordinato in quel monastero.

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Ritenendo identici i nomi Alfrekr and Alrikr, ipotesi avanzata da Vilhelm Thomsen, Stender-Petersen collegò Afrikanad all'Alrekr che appare sulle rune delle pietre Sö 101 e Sö 106 in Svezia. Omeljan Pritsak, comunque, rifiuta questa idea e pensa che Jakun fosse Jarl Håkon Eiriksson, il quale morì nel 1029, quando Alrekr non era ancora nato.

Il primo studioso a sostenere l'identità dei due citati nel Patericon fu Fedor Braun, il quale disse che Afrikan era una pronuncia arcaica del dialetto norreno di Södermanland. Si sarebbe trattato di un caso obliquo di *afreki, ovvero *afriką (figlio) < *afrikan. Il nome Friand non sarebbe il nome di una persona, dato che non si trova da nessuna altra parte tra i nomi norreni, e Braun ipotizza che fosse una versione di frjá ("amare"), frjándi, e che significasse "nipote" in alcune fonti norrene. Allo stesso modo, non considera Šimon come derivazione di Sigmundr dato che ši riflette la pronuncia di Södermanland di si, e quindi Šimon sarebbe un Variago che aveva assunto il nome cristiano di Simone. Secondo Braun, il Patronicon si basava sul racconto di un Variago che sosteneva che "Jakun aveva espulso il nipote (*frjándi) Simon Afrekąson".

Basandosi sull'analisi di Braun, Pritsak ipotizza che Jarl Hákon Eiríksson avesse un fratello di nome *Afreki, mai citato in fonti norrene. Questo fratello sarebbe morto, e Hákon bandì il nipote Simon a causa del fatto (forse) che Afreki aveva cooperato con Olaf II di Norvegia. Simon sarebbe stato solo un dodicenne circa.

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Omeljan Pritsak (1981). The origin of Rus'.  Cambridge, Mass.: Giornale dell'università di Harvard dall'istituto di ricerca sull'Ucraina.
Androshchuk, F. "Kristna nordbor i Rus / Cristiani scandinavi nel Rus", in Berg, K. & Olsson, O. (ed.): Historiska Nyheter – Olga e Ingegerd. Museo nazionale di storia 2004-2005. p. 44.

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It's been around a month since I was last boarding, so I was well up for last Friday's session at Castleford. However, the night unfortunately ended rather abruptly when James broke his collarbone. Ouch!
And it totally snapped – the picture here doesn't do it justice… when he moved his shoulder the bone was really poking up through the skin. I've gotta say that I was impressed, James didn't complain once.
Of course it was a shame that James broke a bone – but I'm glad it didn't happen in the middle of a holiday, and there's plenty of time before the season starts.


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Captain Z-Ro pronounced "Zero", is an American children's television show that ran locally onKRON in San Francisco beginning in November 1951, and was later nationally syndicated in the United States, ending its run of original episodes on June 10, 1956. It remained in syndication until 1960. Modeled on the science fiction space operas popular at the time (cf. Captain Video and Space Patrol), it featured sets and costumes emulating the futuristic designs of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.Scientist Captain Z-Ro, working in his remote laboratory, safeguarded mankind and history from impending harm. He had a time machine, the ZX-99, both to view history and to send someone back in time. Each week, he and his teenage assistant Jet would view an episode in time and inevitably see that some event was unfolding contrary to history (e.g.,King John not signing the Magna Carta). Captain Z-Ro would then send Jet back in time to intervene and ensure that history played out as originally recorded. Over the years, plots involved Z-Ro and Jet rescuing a wide range of historical figures, including Genghis Khan, Marco Polo, Magellan, William the Conqueror, and Daniel Boone.Like early episodes of Doctor Who, which premiered in the UK more than a decade later, most episodes were melodramatic history lessons for children. No serious effort was made to explain how the time machine worked, and time travel conundra (such as the grandfather paradox) were likewise glossed over. Each week after the last commercial, the announcer would intone: "Be sure to be standing by when we again transmit you to the remote location on planet Earth where Captain Z-Ro and his associates will conduct another experiment in time and space".
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I've been thinking a lot about angels lately.
I suppose it has to do with my reading and studying of, "Angels: Agents of Light, Love, and Power," by Don Parry. After more than twenty years of research, Parry concludes that even though the ministrations and operations of angels are largely unknown to mortals, they still move about the earth conducting the Lord's divine work. Wondrously, they serve, minister, and mingle among mortals.
One of my favorite quotes is from the brilliant and poetic Jeffrey R. Holland. He said, "When we speak of those who are instruments in the hand of God, we are reminded that not all angels are from the other side of the veil. Some of them we walk with and talk with--here, now, every day. Some of them reside in our own neighborhoods. Some of them gave birth to us... Indeed heaven never seems closer than when we see the love of God manifested in the kindness and devotion of people so good and so pure that angelic is the only word that comes to mind."
I decided to create a challenge for myself. For the past couple of months, I have made a concerted effort to notice and celebrate the angels in my life. And something wonderful has happened... I have discovered angels among us.
I awoke early one Sunday morning to the sound of a scrapping shovel on a sidewalk. I peeked out my blinds and saw my neighbor shoveling the snow. He was busy shoveling the walkways for all the people on our street. An angel among us.
On September 24th, after a dreadfully long day in the hospital, I offered a prayer to heaven. I told God I was ready--ready to be a good mother, ready to love the choice spirit that would grace our home and family. With tears running down my cheeks, I asked Him to send her down; from His hands to mine. Within minutes, I felt pressure and a strong urge to push. I gave birth to an angel that day; an angel among us.
A woman I've never met, who has supported me in my talents for some time, sent a package in the mail. When I opened the box, I found a baby gift for Bridget and a bottle of pink nail polish for me. Her sweet card made me cry. An angel among us.
Angels are husbands who offer hugs in the midst of sadness. Angels are daughters who wave from cars as their daddies take them to school. Angels are grocery store cashiers who treat customers like friends and who pay sincere compliments. They are sisters-in-law who bring meals and ease burdens. They are strangers in a Costco line, who pay for the items in a young family's cart. Angels are fathers who "answer the call" (or text) when one of their fold is fearful; lost in the dark-gray fog of postpartum depression.
What have I learned? As I've prayed to recognize the "angels" in my neighborhood, in my life? That our loving Heavenly Father is a keeper of promises: "For I will go before your face...and mine angels around you, to bear you up."
Merry Christmas From The Mama!
I remember the labor and delivery nurse who attended to me while I was having Lilly. She was a young mom herself, with pretty blond hair, light eyes, and a warm smile. She catered to my needs and treated me with kindness and understanding. She kept me informed of all that was happening in my delivery room; valuable information when you are about to embark on something that is both scary AND unknown. I appreciated her tremendously, and was grateful she was there for me.
The labor and delivery nurse assigned to me when I had Camren was older--her children were grown and the mention of her grandchildren put a smile on her face. She was funny and easy to talk to, and I knew we'd hit it off the moment I saw her short, "rock star" hair. She had tremendous experience in the delivery room--as a mother of six and a nurse of over twenty years. I was grateful for her "matter-of-factness," her calm demeanor, her humor, and her wisdom. When it came time to bring my baby boy into the world, she was the one who said to me, "You can do this. You're going to be amazing."
Women administering to other women during the birth of a child is a common, age-old practice; a beautiful service that dates back to biblical times. It is among the earliest and most widespread functions in human society. According to the "Jewish Women's Archives," midwives were present (and significant) in ancient Israeli society. They were expected to provide comfort, pain relief, and encouragement to the woman giving birth. They performed rituals and prayers that would protect the woman and her baby. Before each birth, they prayed that God would assist the expectant mother, that she would birth quickly and safely. Ancient Jewish midwives aided in the actual birth of the baby, as well as supervised aftercare for the mother and her newborn. And most wonderfully, Jewish women and midwives exhibited a deep reverence for childbirth, that stemmed from an understanding that birth is Godly in nature.
The day Bridget was born.
Typically, a woman giving birth was surrounded by women she knew and trusted—her relatives and friends. Her loved ones would gather around her-- working in shifts to massage her or to wipe her face and body with damp cloths. Birth usually took place on birth stones or on a birth stool, and the laboring woman was supported under the arms by other women.
The laboring woman was supported by other women.
As Christmas approaches, I reflect on the holy mother, Mary. I wonder if she experienced moments of fear, anxiety, and pain as she prepared to give birth to our Savior. I wonder who supported her. Joseph must have offered her great solace and love...but had another woman been there, to administer to her, to help her? To aid in her delivery and to stay by her side? To pray for her and her precious, perfect baby? To wipe her brow? To hold her hand?
If I had been in Bethlehem on that sacred Christmas night, I know exactly where I would have wanted to be. I would have wanted to be with Mary. I would have wanted to encourage her with loving, positive sentiments--as an inherently nurturing woman and as one who sympathizes with the experience of bringing a child into the world. And I would have wanted to honor her in quiet reverence, for being a most choice sister in humankind's eternal family.
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It was a frigid afternoon. Lilly and I were busy "Christmas crafting." I was making a holiday banner out of festive scrapbook paper, and Lilly was actively assembling penguins from a foam cut-out kit. She was making a penguin to represent each member of her family.
"Mom," she said, "I made a mom penguin for you."
"You did?," I excitedly asked. "Let me see."
She held up the penguin and said, "I put a sparkly green scarf on your penguin. You know...because you are a fancy woman."
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I had never had children beg at my feet before.
But then, many years ago, I found myself traveling through very rural areas in China with some friends. One particular area was eye-opening to this Utah girl who had never been to a severely poverty-stricken place. Women were cooking their meals outside, over open flame. Bathrooms were makeshift sheds located several feet from tiny homes. Barefoot children, with dirt on their beautiful faces, were playing games in a dusty, unpaved street. When they saw our bus, they came running.
I was to learn that the Chinese children would follow my American friends and I everywhere we went. Some wanted pictures with us, some were curious and just wanted to look at us, others wanted any change we could spare. There was a common thread amongst them all--they wanted our "American" candy.
I would watch their faces light up--eyes sparkling like stars, mouths turning upwards to smiles--when I handed out my Starbursts! It was humbling. It was life changing.
There's something universal, binding, simple, innocent, and lovely about a sweet treat. No matter the language, no matter the culture, children respond joyfully to "sugary" acts of kindness.
The new book, "Christmas From Heaven," tells the true story of Lt. Gail Halvorsen, the Berlin candy bomber--a man who exhibited great love for the children of Germany by showering them with candy. Literally, as he (a young US Army Air Corp pilot) dropped parachuted candy from the sky while flying over Tempelhof Air base. He saw how they would gather at the fence of the air base--these young survivors of a war-torn land--and knew he had to do something for them. The idea to "bomb" Berlin with candy sprang forth, and as the press release states: "Lt. Halvorsen's small idea became a great symbol of hope not only to German children in a bombed-out city but to those who yearned for freedom."
The book is beautifully illustrated by Robert T. Barrett and includes actual photographs of Halvorsen. (I thought this added detail was wonderful!) The book also comes with a CD; the story being read by the incomparable Tom Brokaw.
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I hope you will remember to show genuine kindness this holiday season, as Lt. Gail Halvorsen did. I hope you will remember to see joy this month, as I did in those rural Chinese villages. And I hope you will remember that love matters and charity never fails.
The candy--albeit delicious--is not required!
Scene: My kitchen, with the fabulously red accent wall. Dishes are in the sink, but who cares, because there are pumpkin bagels on the counter! James and I are standing by the magnet-adorned refrigerator. Lilly is sitting at the table, doing her math homework.
Me, to James: We heard you singing.
Me: I was upstairs with Lilly, helping her out of the bathtub, and we heard you singing down here.
Lilly: It was really funny, Dad!
Me: It made us laugh. You were singing like a total rock star.
Lilly: Yea...or like a goober.
Friends, I hope your day is rockin'!
How Did God Bless Me Today?
My beautiful "other mother," Marsha, came to visit me today.
"You could ask yourself, 'How did God bless me today?' If you do that long enough and with faith, you will find yourself remembering blessings. And sometimes you will have gifts brought to your mind which you failed to notice during the day, but which you will then know were a touch of God's hand in your life."
Her visit, her gifts, and the quote couldn't have been more timely. I was having "a day!" I was behind on my laundry (and lacking clean underwear...eek) when my evil washing machine decided to flood my basement during the rinse cycle.
My children were being as naughty as caged monkeys; casting Legos about while I "tinkled," wrenching books from my bookshelves while I fed Bridget.
I found myself feeling grumpy and murky--a grand way to kick off the gratitude holiday. Instead of preparing myself for Thanksgiving with my family--by counting my blessings and staying cheerful--I had chosen to start my celebration by (figuratively) riding a rain cloud!
And yet, the quote Marsha had given me occupied my meanderings all afternoon. I couldn't help but pose Eyring's question to myself: How did God bless me today?
He blessed me with health and strength to face my day's challenges. He blessed me with vitality to keep up with a busy schedule. He blessed me with protection, endurance, and peace. And as I washed faces and made lunches and changed diapers and folded socks and played Candyland and wiped noses (whew!), my perspective shifted and I realized something wonderfully simple, yet obviously profound: God has blessed me with my children.
I am certain I loved them before I knew them.
I encourage you to strive to see the Lord's ever-present hand in your life. With the holiday season rapidly approaching, make an effort to see your God-given life through spiritual eyes. Ask yourself, "How did God bless me today?"
Ho, Ho, Ho and Twenty-Five Shmacks!
As we approach the wonderful and magical season of gift giving, I cannot help but reflect on the wonderful gifts I have been the recipient of! Some of my favorites include: A Casio keyboard that played Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" when you pushed the demo button. A rock n' roll Barbie and all her bandmates, "The Rockers," complete with plastic guitars and a cassette tape of their music! Hey, I am a product of the '80s!
Winner will be contacted via email on November 22nd! GOOD LUCK!
"Just keep clicking, just keep clicking, clicking, clicking, clicking, clicking...," I found myself chanting, over and over in my head.
The couch cushions littered the "in-need-of-a-vacuuming" floor, and Lilly and Camren were fighting like boxing kangaroos over a puzzle piece. My sweet newborn babe was throwing a "feed-me-now" fit in her bright pink bouncy chair. I looked at the spectacle before me and felt myself start to lose my cool.
I looked at my clicker.
I looked at my kids.
And suddenly everything changed. I saw my sassy daughter with the toothless grin, holding her own against her energetic brother. I saw my son, with the dark brown eyes and the "mitts" like puppy-dog paws. I saw turned-up noses and black eyelashes and freckles on knees, and children who are growing and changing too quickly. I saw my baby--fresh out of heaven--and smiled at her perfect baby toes.
Positive thought #43: I am a mother.
When singer, songwriter, speaker, and "all around cool chick," Hilary Weeks contacted several bloggers about her "clicker project," I KNEW I had to get involved. "Clicking" is an experiment in the power of positive thinking. Think a good, positive thought, then acknowledge it with a click from a tally counter; a clicker.
I received my adorable and cheery clicker kit a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't wait to get clicking! I took my clicker everywhere: to Sephora, to Cam's preschool, to the grocery store, and OH MY GOSH!, to my OB-GYN's office! My clicker sat on my dresser, on my kitchen counter, on my dashboard. I loved counting my happy thoughts. I clicked for blue skies and fluffy clouds. I clicked for good books and uplifting music. I clicked for Diet Coke, peanut M&Ms, prayer, my parents, and my baby's smile. As I clicked, I found myself feeling better, happier, lighter.
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Change your thoughts, change your mood. Change your mood, change your day. Change your day and ultimately change your perspective. For the better!
Brave: to endure or face unpleasant conditions without showing fear; showing courage.
I wish I were more brave. In the brief time I have been a mom, that is one truth that continues to manifest itself before me: Motherhood is hard; it requires bravery.
What do you do to stay brave?
I just dropped my first grader off at a Halloween costume party. Complete with donuts, tons of boys and girls I don't even know, and a showing of "Hotel Transylvania." I admit I was nervous to leave her.
So I sit here, on my unmade bed, with my fussy new babe; Adam Levine my only company as I watch a recorded episode of, "The Voice." I cannot help but look at Bridget's tiny feet and remember when Lilly was that small. She had tufts of hair on the tips of her ears. She had pouty lips and wrinkly toes.
And now she is my "big girl;" a first grader, a heart breaker, a mover and a shaker. She rides the bus and eats school lunch. She goes to Halloween parties. She does it without me.
Motherhood requires bravery. We have to "show courage" enough to allow our children some independence. How on earth do we let them go, mamas, when we long to keep them close?
We take deep breaths and pull up our boot straps. We drop to our knees and whisper fervent prayers to heaven. We soldier on, we hope on. We remember that our children need opportunities to stretch and to "spread their wings." That is how they learn. That is the way they grow. Hopefully, after we have done everything we can to raise them right, they'll fly.
And we'll see we really were brave all along.
My charming friend, Polly, and I were in Northern Utah's, "Listen To Your Mother" show together. The first time we met was at a rehearsal. She walked into the room sporting a tailored jacket and short, spunky hair, and I knew it was love! She is such a talented writer. You can read her at comingtogrips.net.
My son is now talking.
"You can do it, Ove. You're an independent person," I say.
"I not pendent person. I Ove!" he says.
And still we have the same conversation in the bathroom at least four times a day.
"You can wash your hands, Ove. I know you can," I say.
"MOM! MOM! Step stool!" he says.
"You can get the step stool," I say.
I've made a new rule: thou shalt not take the name of the Mom in vain.
When he was born, like all of you mothers, I wondered, what is he thinking?
atop his little boy head.
are mine to forever keep.
I try to be prepared for things.
I told James my wishes, to have certain pumps and flats divvied out, and he willingly accepted the invitation to be my estate executor. (Which is to say, he told me I was crazy.) I even jotted down a list of friends and coordinating shoes in my journal!
See? Prepared with a capital "P."
Other cases of Mama Leisha preparation: When it is raining, I always have my umbrella with me. (This hair of mine--which is really a naturally curly throw back to the 70's afro--will dissolve if it gets wet.) I carry lipstick and Pepto Bismal in my purse. I take packages of fruit snacks with me when grocery shopping with my kids. I have flashlights for power outages and first aid kits for when I'm chopping onion and pretending to be a top chef in my kitchen.
Recently, there have been big changes afoot in my simple, lovely life. Preparation for them has been key, as it was Goethe who said that "he who lives must be prepared for changes." I have prepared freezer meals and washed crib bedding and cleaned out closets. I have read books and online forums on "how older children adjust to having a new baby in the home." I have meditated and prayed.
And here's what I have learned: That nothing can fully prepare you for bringing a third child into your home. Nothing can prepare you for the love or the anxiety you will feel. Nothing can prepare you for the lack of sleep, the baby blues, and the joys over the "gas bubble smiles." I believe that nothing can fully prepare you one-hundred-percent for parenthood.
I'm so blessed in my life to have "Mama Leisha" as my friend. "Mama Leisha" is the most sincere woman and is such a light in my life as I know she is in yours. I'm grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts with you. Thank you from the bottom of my bosom, cause we're bosom buddies, just like in Anne of Green Gables. Haha, ok off topic now, let's get back to my deep thoughts.
So! I'm wondering if people ("you, me and the entire human race"-MJ) were just a little bit (and sometimes a LOT) nicer to one another, the world might be a better place? It's the little things, right?
...we gave each other the benefit of the doubt?
...we thought the best of one another instead of the worst?
...we loved EVERYONE for their uniqueness?
...we prayed for someone instead of judging them?
...we jumped in and helped instead of watching?
...we realized we don't know everything?
...we sought first to understand than to be understood?
...we taught acceptance instead of differences?
...we lifted instead of put down?
This is just a few of a whole lot of behaviors I know I could be better at. I've learned a lot in my short life time and know that I will continue to learn these things over and over until I don't ever do them again.
I've learned that when I say "I'll never...", I'm then given the opportunity to prove it (I usually do the same thing). I've learned that when I judge a situation, I'm then put in that situation and am judged.
I've learned that when I gossip there are 10 times the amount of rumors or stories being told about me. I've realized that when I'm quick to draw a conclusion about someone, I'm usually wrong and wish I would have spent more time with that person than pushing them away. I've learned that it's better to pray for those that are mean to you than to hate them.
For some reason the opposite of these lessons is what comes natural for me, anyone else? (Please don't say I'm alone!) For those of you who do not understand what I'm talking about, BLESS YOU! (And please be my friend you lucky duck.) I used to excuse by bad behavior with all the other good things I did. However the good doesn't cancel out the bad. The good fosters more good and the bad fosters more bad. From these experiences I've come to truly believe that what goes around, comes around and if this is the case then I should only be doing good. I realize I'm human and will fall short and when I do, you better believe I'm watching my back for what's coming.
Here's something I've come up with, my own SWAPPORTUNITY CHALLENGE that I've been working on (not perfected). These are just a few behaviors, but a good place to start.
How, Why, When did I come up with this challenge?
Years ago (4 to be exact) I was having a difficult time adjusting to my life being turned upside down; moving somewhere I didn't want to be, my husband rarely home, broke with 4 kids, my daughters struggling with school finally diagnosed with learning disabilities and my baby, nineteen months old, diagnosed with Autism. The life I imagined was over and I felt all alone and lost with no way out. I've been the recipient of all of these bad behaviors and know what it's like to be judged at the store with the child that can't cope, labeled and not given the opportunity to be someone's friend before I became their enemy, for I don't know what reason. I've been told how to raise my kids and then ignored when I explain my child's situation. I know the heartache and pain of hearing the whisperings of others about me that are so hurtful. From these experiences I hope and pray I learn and change my behaviors for the good. I'm NOT perfect, but why not give it your all.
and hopefully spread a little PEACE.
**Follow my amazing, redheaded friend at peacefrom6pieces.blogspot.com.
Last week, I finished a fascinating book by Dr. Hilda Ruch titled, "Women Create!"
In the book, Dr. Ruch talks all about how aaaaahhhhh-mazing and intrinsically creative women are, and how much they contribute to the world around them. (Heck yes!) Women create life. Women create beauty. Women create change for the better. They are capable of leading and nurturing many, and of learning and achieving much. They have an exquisite adeptness for connecting with other women. We call this skill--even god-given gift--friendship.
Dr. Ruch so splendidly writes, "Friends play an important role in our sense of well-being and have a positive impact on life. We rely on a friend as someone who cares and who will affirm and support us. Friendships shape and influence who we are and who we might become. They soothe our inner worlds, offer solace, and nourish emotional growth."
I LOVE that! Our friends are the ones who buoy us up when life's sea gets rocky. They offer advice, comfort, love, and Halloween candy (ha!), and always when we need it the most. They help us pick out the perfect pair of earrings at Charming Charlie! They bring a great deal of joy into our spheres.
And when we are fearful--about to step off the edge of what is familiar and comfortable to us--our friends are there to say, "You can do this. You've got this, Mama."
I'm so grateful for friendship.
I remember the first time I saw The Little Mermaid. I loved it! Ariel's flaming red hair, Ursula's smokey pipes, Scully's witty, "goofball" quips...it was such a delight to see in the theater!
I also remember the first time I watched The Little Mermaid with my darling, Lilly Mae. She loved it as much as I did! (Especially the music.) For weeks after it had been returned to the library, I would catch her in the utensil drawer looking for forks! She wanted to comb her hair all by herself, like a big girl. Hilariously, after seeing The Little Mermaid, her pink Barbie brush wasn't going to work anymore!
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and peeked into the preschool's "orange room."
waving an orange scarf above his head.
I walked into the room and his brown eyes met mine.
and straight into my outstretched arms.
"Mommy! I ate cheese puffs!"
a radiant smile adorning her face.
an element of certainty and love in her countenance.
felt light, felt light, felt light.
I have a funny story to share!
As I was sitting at the kitchen table--working on the very project I'm sharing on The Wood Connection's blog today--Ms. Lilly walked in. She saw my wooden leaves and my vinyl lettering that said, "Give Thanks," and asked, "What does that say?"
"What does that even mean?," she asked.
"It means you try to be thankful for the things in your life," I answered.
Lilly looked at me briefly and said, "Yea....I got nothin'."
Ha ha! TOTAL. MOM. FAIL. I know what I'll be doing this autumn/Thanksgiving season...teaching my seven-year-old about gratitude! In the meantime, go get crafty and check out my tutorial at http://www.thewoodconnectionblog.com/give-thanks-banner/! It's darling!
The drawing will close Saturday, September 21st. The winner will be announced on Facebook and notified via email.


Heading into the proxy reporting season it is important to pay close and early attention to the new amendments to the executive compensation disclosure rules. The changes will not only affect annual disclosures, but will also require careful advance consideration to plan for those disclosures. The changes (the "Amendments") introduced by the Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") apply to public issuers with financial years ending on or after October 31, 2011 and are in significant measure parallel to changes recently adopted in the United States. The Amendments will require issuers to consider matters such as the composition of compensation committees, the role(s) of compensation advisors, and compensation frameworks as a whole in order to identify and assess any risks inherent in compensation arrangements.


Summary/Abstract: In future conflicts, not only traditional or asymmetric actions will be used,but also a combination of the two in order to solve the disputes involving national and international actors, materialized today in different manifestation forms called hybrid war. The hybrid threats tell about the evolution of the contemporary and future threats,about the necessity of a national effort concerted towards providing an immediate effective response to these threats. From a different perspective, the diversity and the complexity of the issues raised by the hybrid threats prove that it is necessary to go beyond the technical or sequential nowadays answers. It results first that it is required to develop an appropriate security strategy which will make possible the efficient action against hybrid risks and threats, in an effective, operational and unitary manner.Therefore, the present article aims at sequentially highlighting the aspects supporting the need to correlate the coordinates of the national security strategy to the planning,conduct and quality assessment of the process of training officers from the "change of paradigm" perspective, in order to acquire the professional skills conforming to the task-requirements specific to the hybrid war. Nothing more natural, more necessary and at the same time more current in this perspective than modernizing the military continuous education system in accordance with the strategic norm of competence.


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Mariana Caluschi () a fost un psiholog român, profesor universitar doctor la Universitatea "Petre Andrei" din Iași, decan al Facultății de Psihologie din anul 2000. A fost profesor asociat la Facultatea de Psihologie și Științe ale Educației și la Facultatea de Filosofie și Științe Social-Politice din cadrul Universității "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iași, precum și cercetător științific în cadrul Academiei Române, Filiala Iași. Este cunoscută ca unul dintre cei mai buni practicieni în domeniul psihologiei creativității.

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BIOGRAFIE

Activitate didactică
Mariana Caluschi și-a început cariera profesională în anul 1969 ca psiholog școlar și consilier de orientare școlară și profesională la Liceul nr. 4 din Brașov, unde a activat până în anul 1973. În perioada 1986 – 1989 a devenit lector asociat la Facultatea de Istorie - Filosofie, Catedra de Psihologie -Pedagogie, Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iași, activitate pe care o continuă și în perioadele de reorganizare a facultății. Astfel, în perioada 1990 – 2000 este lector asociat al Facultății de Psihologie și Științe ale Educației. Din anul 1997 începe o colaborare intensă cu Facultatea de Psihologie și Asistență Socială a Universității "Petre Andrei" Iași. Din anul 2000, preia conducerea acestei facultăți, în calitate de decan. Este un moment important pentru Universitatea "Petre Andrei" din Iași care înregistrează din acest moment o creștere semnificativă a calității actului didactic și a ofertei educaționale în domeniul psihologiei și științelor educației.

Activitatea de cercetare
În perioada 1973 – 1989 Mariana Caluschi desfășoară o activitate intensă de cercetare în domeniul psihologiei la Centrul de Știinte Sociale al Academiei de Știinte Sociale și Politice- Filiala Iasi. Din 1975, Centrul a fost integrat Universității "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iasi. Din anul 1990 și până în 2000, Mariana Caluschi activează ca cercetător științific și șef al secției de Psihologie la Institutul de Știinte Socio-Umane, al Academiei Române - Filiala Iași.  O perioadă importantă în cariera profesională a Marianei Caluschi (1991-1996) o reprezintă activitatea de cercetare desfășurată în cadrul Institutului Național de Inventică Iași, unde a condus un colectiv de cercetare interdisciplinară – Psiho-pedagogia creației tehnice.

Dacă ar fi să dezvăluim o serie de elemente de background ale cercetării întreprinse de Mariana Caluschi ar trebui să amintim, pe scurt, cum a evoluat activitatea de cercetare a autoarei în domeniul creativității. Astfel, după o colaborare susținută cu cercetători ai Institutului de Științe Socio-Umane, Filiala Iași a Academiei Române (în prezent denumirea s-a schimbat în Institutul de Cercetări Economice și Sociale "Gh. Zane"), Mariana Caluschi publică o serie de articole pe tema creativității și elaborează în colaborare cu cercet. șt. pr. I, dr. Ana Stoica Constantin un Ghid practic de evaluare a creativității (2 volume, Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iasi, 1989). În primăvara anului 1990, autoarea este solicitată de Televiziunea Română pentru a realiza în cadrul programului Teleșcoală, un curs de creativitate aplicativ. Astfel, s-a constituit un ciclu de emisiuni difuzate săptămânal. Acesta a fost un pas important în elaborarea programelor pentru grupurile creative de formare. Acest prim grup a fost alcătuit din elevi ai Liceului "Emil Racoviță" din Iași și s-a autointitulat Empatia. Următorii ani au fost tot mai fructuoși, autoarea organizând grupuri creative cu profesori, studenți, ingineri, pensionari. Colaborarea cu Institutul Național de Inventică îi conferă un spațiu larg de cercetare și de colaborare interdisciplinară. În cadrul acestui institut, elaborează împreună cu un colectiv de cercetători lucrarea Inventica și școala (în colaborare cu Ana Gugiuman, Rodica Luca, Dumitru Purțuc, Dorel Șulea, Editura BIT, 1994). Această lucrare descrie un program de predare a inventicii în școală și arată impactul acestui curs asupra elevilor din cadrul Colegiului Tehnologic "Dumitru Mangeron" din Iași.

În această perioadă mentorizarea grupului creativ Mirabilis, format din studenți de la facultățile de psihologie, pedagogie și psihopedagogie, Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza", s-a dovedit a fi de bun augur. Alături de antrenor, acest grup a contribuit la realizarea unei adevărate rețele de grupuri creative. Replicarea experimentului s-a realizat în mai multe orașe din țară (Iași, Timișoara, Pașcani, Bistrița, București), dar și la o serie de universități și școli din Republica Moldova (Chișinău, Bălți, Orhei, Cahul). Astfel, între anii 1993-1997, grupul devine școală de educație și psihoterapie prin creativitate, având substanțiale intervenții la numeroase conferințe și simpozioane naționale și internaționale. Așa cum reiese din bibliografiile realizate de membrii (pe atunci studenți, în prezent profesioniști în științele socio-umane) grupului creativ Mirabilis, aceștia au trăit o experiență care i-a îmbogățit emotional, cognitiv și spiritual. Dacă ne referim la o lucrare a reputatului psiholog ieșean Vasile Pavelcu, "metamorfozele lumii interioare" le-au simțit toți cei care au participat la reuniunile grupului creativ de formare. Aparent impersonalii subiecți s1, s2, s3… din graficele și tabelele cercetării, sunt personaje vii care nu pot uita că efectul Mirabilis există și oricând poate fi reactivat. Prin aceste cercetări se continuă o tradiție românească începută în deceniul patru al secolului XX, cu privire la diferite abordări ale creativității: cercetări despre individul superior dotat (Alexandru Roșca), în domeniul creativității artistice (Liviu Rusu), al filosofiei creației (Lucian Blaga) sau al creativității tehnice (Ștefan Odobleja). În ani '60 ai aceluiași secol se dezvoltă o serie de cercetări sistematice în domeniul creativității (Alexandru Roșca), mai târziu în deceniile șapte, opt și nouă se afirmă cercetări ale creativității individuale și de grup (Mihaela Roco), cercetări referitoare la creativitatea elevilor (Mihai Bejat, Grigore Nicola, Aurora Perju Liiceanu, Ana Stoica), dar și cercetări în domeniul creativității tehnice (Vitalie Belousov, Mihaela Roco). După 1989, au fost realizate o serie de lucrări remarcabile care au contribuit la dezvoltarea școlii românești de creativitate. Parte dintre acestea au devenit bibliografie importantă la lucrările de specialitate: Vitalie Belousov, Manualul inventatorului, Editura tehnică, București, 1990; Inventica, Editura "Gh. Asachi", Iași, 1992; Anca Munteanu, Introducere în creatologie, Editura Augusta, Timișoara, 1994; Ion Moraru, Știința și filosofia creației, Editura Didactică și Pedagogică, R.A., București, 1995; Mihaela Roco, Creativitatea și inteligența emoțională, Editura Polirom, Iași, 2001.

OPERA
Prof. univ. dr. Mariana Caluschi, unul dintre cei mai cunoscuți psihologi și inventologi români, și-a dedicate cariera formării studenților prin cursurile susținute la diferite universități din țară și Republica Moldova și prin programe alternative de educație. A inițiat și dezvoltat colective de cercetare axate pe descoperirea de noi metode psihopedagogice, bazate pe stimularea creativității, teza sa de doctorat intitulându-se "Grupul creativ și impactul asupra personalității participanților".

Activitatea de inventolog i-a fost recunoscută atât la nivel național, cât și internațional, prin numeroase premii, ca medalia de Aur "Henry Coandă", diploma "Inventica 2002", diploma de Excelență în cadrul proiectului CEEX (Program Cercetare de Excelență) sau medalia de aur Inventica 2009 pentru programul  "Dezvoltare personală prin creativitate".

Grupul creativ de formare
Lucrările Grupul mic și creativitatea (Editura Cantes, Iași, 201) și Grupul creativ de formare. Experimente. Programe. Proiecte (Editura Cantes, Iași, 201), reflectă o parte din preocupările importante ale Marianei Caluschi cu privire la orientarea practică în mentorizarea unor grupuri creative. Depășind unele aprecieri locale potrivit cărora, în ceea ce privește grupul mic, nu au mai rămas prea multe de spus, Mariana Caluschi reușește să aducă în atenție noi valențe ale grupului cereativ. Pentru a fundamenta demersul științific de evoluție a grupului mic spre modelul de grup creativ de formare sunt evidențiate în cele două lucrări o serie de aspect teoretico-practice care denotă o amplă documentare. Sunt prezentate o serie de direcții și obiective în cercetarea grupului, metode de studiere a grupurilor, este analizată motivația și empatia (ca vectori ai personalității creative). Alături de metodele tradiționale de stimulare a creativității (brainstormingul, sinectica, Philips 6-6, metoda 6-3-5, metoda Panel etc.), autoarea aduce în atenție două metode originale și complexe: Confruntarea metaforică (utilizată pentru analiza calității soluțiilor generate în urma unor ședințe de generare de idei) și Maratonul creativ (metodologie complexă de rezolvare creatoare a problemelor și implicit de formare și psihoterapie prin creativitate). Mariana Caluschi propune și o analiză a tipologiei grupurilor destinate modificării comportamentului uman: grupul de sensibilizare și grupul de formare, grupul de întâlnire și grupul maraton, grupul mic cu rol terapeutic, precum și alte grupuri psihosociale destinate specialiștilor: grupul Balint, grupul "Think-Tank", grupuri de loisir, grupul creator, grupul C.P.S. (Creative Problem Solving), grupul creativ adaptat. Descrierea și analiza grupului creativ este realizată nu numai din perspectivă teoretică, dar și din perspectivă practică, autoarea propunând numeroase sugestii pentru dezvoltarea unui posibil demers experimental. Autoarea definește noul concept – grup creativ de formare, ca reprezentând un grup mic format din 6-12 persoane care are ca scop stimularea, dezinhibarea, creșterea și manifestrea potențialului creativ prin însușirea metodologiei creativității. Acesta este un grup mic de creștere și evoluție umană în care formarea se face prin creativitate. Specific acestui tip de grup creativ este faptul că 80% din timp este consacrat antrenamentelor în tehnicile de creativitate și maximum 20% din timp este alocat îmbogățirii fondului informațional interdisciplinar. Acesta este unul dintre criteriile care deosebește grupul creativ de formare de grupul creativ descris de Mihaela Roco – un curs în care se pune accentul mai ales pe asimilarea unor cunoștințe de creativitate. Principalele obiective ale grupului creativ de formare se referă la stimularea, dezvoltarea și manifestarea potențialului creativ al participanților, la cultivarea motivației pentru creație în general și stimularea motivației pentru realizarea de sine prin creație, în special. Sunt vizate stimularea și dezvoltarea capacității empatice, însușirea de către membrii grupului a tehnicilor și metodelor de creativitate, formarea capacității de transfer a acestora în domenii variate.

Lucrarea "Grupul creativ de formare" se adresează educatorilor, profesorilor, inginerilor, cercetătorilor în domeniul științelor socio-umane. Mariana Caluschi propune un model inovativ de cercetare a grupului creativ. Cercetarea experimentală vizează impactul activității în grupul creativ asupra personalității participanților și delimitarea efectului Mirabilis, specific grupului creativ propus de Mariana Caluschi. Analiza rezultatelor obținute în urma a două montaje experimentale  (studenți și ingineri) a relevant că activitatea în grupul creativ produce schimbări semnificative la nivelul motivației, empatiei și creativității. Aceste schimbări se referă la creșterea motivației intrinseci pentru realizarea de sine, dezvoltarea componentei afective și predictive a capacității empatice și a componentei intelectuale a creativității. La acestea se mai adaugă trezirea motivației de actualizare de sine și dezvoltarea atitudinii creative, aspect care conturează ceea ce autoarea a denumit sugestiv efectul Mirabilis. De altfel, Mirabilis este denumirea grupului experimental de cercetare format din studenți ai Universității "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iași, grup care a dezvoltat programe creative în diferite orașe ale țării și în Republica Moldova. Activitatea acestora a fost urmărită ulterior pentru confirmarea efectelor pozitive ale grupului creativ. Deosebit de utile pentru cei interesați de acest domeniu fascinant al psihologiei creativității sunt programele prezentate în acest volum: "Program pentru însușirea artei de a se pune în valoare", "Program de antrenament al competențelor sociale", "Program de antrenament pentru rezolvarea conflictelor prin creativitate"

Modelul Brâncușian în predarea unor discipline de psihologie
Pe această dimensiune, a alegerii unui model pentru predarea unor discipline psihologice și realizarea obiectivelor cognitive și formative, Mariana Caluschi a propus un model explicativ pentru predarea istoriei psihologiei, psihologiei sociale, psihologiei personalității, psihologiei vârstelor etc. Deoarece istoria constituirii, afirmării și devenirii unei discipline științifice este un complex proces creativ, modelul propus a orientat investigația spre aria modelelor explicative ale creativității.

Întreaga creație a sculptorului Constantin Brâncuși pune în lumină o gândire creativă emergentă, generatoare de produse de maximă originalitate. Între acestea, Coloana fără sfârșit (Coloana Infinitului, Coloana Cerului sau Coloana Pomenirii Eroilor Gorjeni) exprimă concepția autorului despre om, relații dintre generații, existență, univers, creație, demers creator și, nu în ultimă instanță, un model al gândirii creatorului. Astfel, înaintea Școlii de la Buffalo care a elaborat un model pentru rezolvarea creatoare de probleme, Constantin Brâncuși oferă un model complex de formă romboidală octoedrică, al cărui prim element e tăiat la jumătate și crește parcă din pământ, iar elementul din vârf este tot o jumătate care se deschide către cer lăsând impresia că s-ar putea continua la infinit. Propunând și utilizând conceptul de gândire brâncușiană, Mariana Caluschi face referire la gândirea creatoare, constructivă, emergentă, generatoare de nou, ce unifică forțele telurice cu cele cosmice. Mariana Caluschi a considerat modelul Coloanei Infinitului un model explicativ pentru procesul creator pe care l-a denumit Model Brâncușian. Fiecare știință în devenirea sa este o coloană infinită ce sprijină cerul progresului umanității, iar fiecare om este un element al coloanei umanității.

Coloana constituirii, afirmării și devenrii psihologiei științifice este imaginea abstractă a evoluției psihologiei explicite din psihologia implicită, o fațetă a unui model generativ ce redă procesul constituirii psihologiei științifice ca proces creativ emergent. În predarea psihologiei după modelul Brâncușian, în afara normelor de didactică specifice elaborării și susținerii prelegerilor, Mariana Caluschi a propus următoarele principii:

 delimitarea provocărilor – problemă ce a condus la apariția unor curente și forțe în psihologie;
 reliefarea contribuțiilor și limitelor curentelor sau creațiilor individuale ale psihologilor;
 evidențierea calităților gândirii creative, a fondatorilor de teorii, curente și școli, a sensibilității acestora la problemele de natură psihologică, a flexibilității în abordarea problemelor, a originalității manifestate în construirea și elaborarea metodelor de abordare și interpretare a problemelor sau în arhitectonica construcției teoretice;
 surprinderea fazelor de divergență în afirmarea curentelor psihologice, teoriilor etc. și a momentelor de convergență, evaluare a limitelor și problemelor – provocări generatoare de noi direcții în dezvoltarea științei psihologice;
 conturarea unei genograme a apariției, afirmării și diseminării marilor teorii, școli și curente, cu evidențierea contributorilor ce au perfecționat acele construcții teoretico-practice dând naștere la noi școli și curente (neofreudism, neogestaltism, neobehaviorism);
 sublinierea contribuțiilor cu valoare de creativitate emergentă cum au fost contribuția lui W. Wundt, contribuția lui Sigmund Freud, sau J. Piaget etc.;

Corelat cu aceste principii, se evidențiază stilul creativ, strategia sau metoda de creativitate preferată de psihologi, mai ales în cazul autorilor de clasificări și tipologii (de exemplu, matricea de generare a tipurilor psihologice la C.G. Jung). Acest model de predare reliefează caracteristicile efortului creator al autorului și, unde sunt date, impactul operei, a produsului creativ, asupra personalității creatorului. În acest mod, Mariana Caluschi oferă studenților un model creativ, generator de înțelegere a științei psihologiei și un principiu de formare și autoformare ca viitori psihologi practicieni. Coloana fără sfârșit a științei psihologiei reamintește celor de azi, marii psihologi ai vremurilor trecute că prin coloana personalității și operei lor sprijină (ca și Coloana Infinitului) cerul… psihologiei contemporane. Model explicativ al existenței și creației, Coloana fără sfârșit a psihologiei sprijină cerul evoluției și progresului științei amintindu-ne că suntem datori cu recunoștință față de înaintași.

Psihologul de familie
Mariana Caluschi a conceput și dezvoltat modelul psihologului de familie, l-a văzut în acțiune, l-a creat prin cursurile sale, l-a promovat cu perseverență și curaj prin Asociația Națională a Psihologilor de Familie din România încă din 2007.

LUCRĂRI PUBLICATE

 Andrei Cosmovici și Mariana Caluschi, Adolescentul si timpul sau liber, Editura Junimea, Iasi, 1985.
 Ana Stoica și Mariana Caluschi, Ghid practic de evaluare a creativitatii,  Iasi, 1989, Editura Universității "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iasi
 Mariana Caluschi, Ana Gugiuman, Rodica Luca, D. Purtuc și Dorel Sulea, Inventica și școala, Editura BIT, Iasi, 1994.
 Larisa Stog și Mariana Caluschi (coordonatori), Studii si cercetari din domeniul știintelor psihopedagogice, Editura Universității "Alecu Russo", Bălți, 1996,
 Larisa Stog și Mariana Caluschi (coordonatori) Domenii vitale pentru manifestarea competențelor psihosociale manageriale, Editura Universității "Alecu Russo", Bălți, 2000.
 Mariana Caluschi, Grupul mic si creativitatea, Editura Cantes, Iasi, 2001
 Mariana Caluschi, Grupul creativ de formare: experimente programe, proiecte. Editura Cantes, Iasi, 2001
 Mariana Caluschi, Probleme de psihologie social (note de curs) Editura Cantes, Iasi, 2001
 Caluschi, Mariana. (2002). Modelul Brâncușian în predarea psihologiei. În vol. X (pp. 34-46), Academia Română, filiala Cluj-Napoca,  Institutul de Istorie "George Bariț", Departamentul de Cercetări Socio-Umane. Cluj Napoca: Editura Argonaut.
 Mariana Caluschi, Oana Gavril, Liviu Măgurianu,  Managerul inventator – o nouă profesie? Editura Performantica, Iași, 2003 (lucrare distinsă cu Premiul Academiei Române "Constantin Rădulescu Motru")
 Caluschi, Mariana, Gavril-Jitaru, Oana, Șerban, Mihaela, Nechifor, Constantin și Urmă, Daniel, Comportamentul consumatorului de la tradiții la integrare europeană, Editura Performantica, Iași, 2007
 Caluschi, Mariana (coordonator). Psihologul de familie – necesitate în spațiul românesc contemporan. Editura Performantica, 2008

ACTIVITATE IN SOCIETĂȚI ȘTIINTIFICE ȘI CONSILII ȘTIINȚIFICE
- membru în Asociația Psihologilor din România

- membru în Asociația Oamenilor de Știință din România

- membru în Asociația Psihologilor din Banat

- membru fondator al Asociației Culturale Astra Despărțământul Mihail Kogălniceanu, Iași

- 1975 - 1989: membru al Consiliului știintific al Centrului de Științe Sociale Iași

- 1991 - 1996: membru al Consiliului științific al Institutului Național de Inventică

- 1990 - 2000 membru in Consiliul științific al Institutului de Științe Socio-Umane, Iași

ORGANIZARE DE LABORATOARE ȘTIINȚIFICE
1969 - 1973: organizarea și susținerea activității Laboratorului de Orientare școlară și profesională în Liceul nr. 4 din Brașov;

1995 - 1996: pregătirea, organizarea si susținerea teoretico-metodologica a deschiderii și funcționării primei școli de inventică la Colegiul Politehnic din orașul Bălți, Republica Moldova, în colaborare cu grupul de investigatie psihologică "Psihodiagnostic" condus de conf.dr. Larisa Stog de la Universitatea de Stat "Alecu Russo" din Bălti, Republica Moldova și Colegiul Politehnic din orașul Bălți;

1999 - 2001: colaborator la proiectarea , organizarea și sustinerea activității Laboratorului de Psihologie Managerială aplicată al Universității de Stat "Alecu Russo", din Bălți, Republica Moldova.

Legături externe
http://www.upa.ro/in-memoriam-profesor-universitar-doctor-mariana-caluschi/

http://www.upa.ro/simpozionul-national-kreatikon-in-memoriam-prof-univ-dr-mariana-caluschi/

http://stiri.botosani.ro/stiri/educatie/memoria-zilei-maria-caluschi-cea-care-a-initiat-conceptul-de-quotpsiholog-de-familiequot-ar-fi-implinit-astazi-71-de-ani.html

http://psihologie.ulim.md/events/events/mariana-caluschi-nume-%C3%AEnscris-pe-coloana-f%C4%83r%C4%83-sf%C3%A2r%C8%99it-a-psihologiei-rom%C3%A2ne%C8%99ti-va-r%C4%83m%C3%A2ne-mereu-%C3%AEn-inimile-noastre

http://www.arpt.ro/MC.html

https://www.7est.ro/2014/06/senatul-upa-a-acordat-doua-titluri-de-honoris-causa-si-unul-de-profesor-emeritus/

https://www.bzi.ro/academia-romana-premiaza-profesorii-de-la-universitatea-petre-andrei-din-iasi-66294

Nașteri în 1946
Decese în 2016
Cercetători români
Profesori ai Universității "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iași - Psihologie și pedagogie
Profesori universitari români


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The pictures are from a work project on the Pacific Crest Trail near Walker Pass. Lynn Joiner and Cheryl Reese and a crew of about 10 volunteers, both stock users and hikers, crosscut trees and used rock bars to clear the trail.
Dr. Bill Carter from Bishop organized the crew.


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According to a report by Network World's Alan Shimel, Burkhardt said, "MySQL lacks the enterprise-grade strength and features required to actually run Oracle's own applications in production and it won't add these capabilities."
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