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Jul
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Do not accept anything but the best. Compete with yourself, not others, to achieve. The person you are tomorrow should definitely be better than what you are today. Use every opportunity that comes your way. – M.S. Swaminathan Tayo Solagbade is a Self-Development/Performance Enhancement Specialist, who has written a [...]
23
Jul
Image via Wikipedia A pastry chef in Las Vegas hired me to create what I call a “web presence” to help her advance in her chosen career. She asked me for suggestions that would help her leverage the power of Web 2.0 in her efforts to increase her professional exposure in a highly competitive industry. [...]
22
Jul
Image by Pequena Suricata via Flickr Intro TS (OTS): My cat is like me; my cat is sleek, unsociable and huffy; she likes to curl up on a warm bed on a rainy day; we both love food! Body Paragraph Topic Sentence 1: (thesis + support point 1) My cat and I are very alike, [...]
22
Jul
Image by Xpectro via Flickr The Organizing Thesis Statement (OTS)~ What’s your point? and How will you support it? Suggested Tasks and Examples Your pet peeve (the thing that bothers you the most) and why? My pet peeve is spending time with people who are prejudiced as they are close-minded, unethical and annoying. How your [...]
19
Jul
Cheri Baker of The Enlightened Manager writes a wonderful piece, Reflections on Love and Money about how to use a client-centred approach in business. In Pursuit of Elegance by Matthew E. May gets one thinking about life’s glimpses in his article The Art of Seduction (limiting to create). Slide Magnet is all about slides and [...]
19
Jul
I just watched 3 fantastic vids about “enlightened trail and error” vs. the loan genius (wolf) approach to innovation. This is just as relevant for higher education students as it is for businesses. In fact, many people nowadays view universities as places of business. Play was emphasised in this workplace; a creative and learning space [...]
18
Jul
A copy of Rosenhan‘s transcript can be found here.
18
Jul
“It has long been known” – I didn’t look up the original reference. “A definite trend is evident” – These data are practically meaningless. “While it has not been possible to provide definite answers to the questions” – An unsuccessful experiment but I still hope to get it published. “Three of the samples were chosen [...]
18
Jul
Image via Wikipedia Today, I would like to share with you an online learning resource that is more of a universe than just a learning platform. I still haven’t gotten my mind around exactly what it’s capable of~ so much reading! so much valuable information and software to share!!! So to begin at the beginning…. [...]
17
Jul
Image of Lori Burstein I started during the school year at Kids Adventure and then found they also had the True Colors School Age Program. This is an after school program and the kids come to read and write summaries of their activities. After a snack there is time for them to do their homework. [...]
15
Jul
Image by F.L.Y via Flickr Here is my first Podcast about Reflective Writing in all its glory, with throat clearing and Freudian slips…enjoy Download from Uploading.com [Podcast] What is your reflective essay topic? Related articles by Zemanta Next Photolegal podcast to focus on photojournalism (blogs.journalism.co.uk)
12
Jul
Image via Wikipedia 1. World, G 2003, Basic geriatric nursing, London, Elsevier Health Sciences 2. Adams et al, 2008, Update to the AHA/ASA recommendations for the prevention of stroke in patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack, Stroke, vol. 39, pp. 1647-1654. http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/STROKEAHA.107.189063v1 3. University of Maryland, Medical Centre, 2009, Transient ischemic attacks, Accessed 25 [...]
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Jul
Britos & Santos-Morales (2002) http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:2gOFM2vPEKoJ:www.scielo.br/cgi-bin/fbpe/fbtext%3Fpid%3DS0100-879X2002000800011+(gardner%27s+developmental+trajectory)&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&client=firefox-a http://eprints.qut.edu.au/1760/1/1760.pdf Diezmann & Watters Nathan J. Emery and Nicola S. Clayton (2004) The Mentality of Crows: Convergent Evolution of Intelligence in Corvids and Apes, Science 10, Vol. 306. no. 5703, pp. 1903 – 1907 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/306/5703/1903 Epstein HT (2001). An outline of the role of brain in human cognitive development. Brain [...]