| Magic and Consciousness
The Assn for the Scientific Study of Consciousness announced their 2007 conference, June 22-25. It's being held at the Imperial Palace hotel on the Las Vegas strip, and features a special symposium on The Magic of Consciousness with five top magicians performing and discussing their trade. Just as visual scientists study visual art and illusions to elucidate the workings of the visual system, so too can cognitive scientists study artists of cognitive illusions to elucidate the underpinnings of cognition. Stage magic shows are the manifestation of the deep intuition and understanding of human attention and awareness held by the accomplished magical performer. By studying magicians, and learning their techniques, researchers can hope to learn the skills necessary to manipulate attention and awareness in the lab, at a quantitative level.
Ted Porter Elementary School has a magical night of family literacy
In classroom B-106, first grade teacher Beatriz Hernandez stressed "Read, speak, write," while in B-105, Nichole Micciche and her three children, read together and learned magic tricks together.Hernandez and Micciche were among the many participants in Ted Porter Elementary School's "Family Literacy Night" on April 12.The school's classrooms, library and cafeteria buzzed with activities designed to bring children and their parents together to stress the importance of reading together at home."Not only reading together, but sharing and reflecting on what they read and what they learn," said Hernandez. "Read, speak, write; it's important to make that connection."To help make the connection, Hernandez handed out story sacks to parents filled with a journal, art supplies and a book for parents and children to share in activities at home.In room B-105, first grade teacher Donna Cash and her husband Paul Cash, a professional magician, held an audience of students and adults in rapt attention as he taught magic tricks with playing cards, paper clips and spoons.
European Parliament Report - Committee on Petitions - on the fact ...
The Petitions Committee remains concerned and deeply troubled as a result of the persistent and long-standing denial of the legitimate rights of many European citizens in Spain, most notably in the Valencian Region, to their land and their homes. They have become the collateral victims of many rampant urbanisation programmes founded upon legislation which provides privilege and wealth for the urbaniser and which denies individuals their very integrity. In a large number of documented cases town councils have concocted urban development plans less because of their real requirements related to population growth and tourism, more because of what often appears as their greed and avarice. Hardly a day goes by without news of another mayor, or town councillor, who is investigated or charged concerning allegations of corruption related to urbanisation programmes.
Kazakh leader urges nation to speak Russian
ASTANA: Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev has criticised his former Soviet nation for growing disrespect for the Russian language.
Nazarbayevs remarks were in sharp contrast to a broader trend among Central Asian leaders seeking to stop the lingering dominance of the Russian language. I think its a great blessing that Kazakhs speak Russian so well - better than some Russians, Nazarbayev said at a meeting with young scientists late on Tuesday.
Some of our people, intelligentsia, criticise that we use Russian so much ... The more languages you know the more cultured you become, he said. Turkic-speaking Kazakhs were forced to learn Russian during Russian imperial rule and later under Soviet power. But since independence in 1991, the Central Asian state has sought to revive the Kazakh language as a symbol of national identity.
Vemics and MoscomNET, Moscow's Leading WIFI Provider, Announce ...
NANUET, N.Y. --(Business Wire)-- Vemics, Inc. (PINK SHEETS:VMCI), a leading provider of hosted, real-time collaboration and learning solutions, announced today that it has signed an agreement with MoscomNET Moscow's leading WIFI Provider, to provide a multi-point partnership throughout Moscow.
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Life’s Work Sharing Practical Truths, in Child-Size Measures
I RECENTLY had a chance to speak to a cafeteria full of high school girls at the Lincoln School in Providence, R.I. Each had been asked to invite a woman she admires, and most brought their moms, making it the first time I spoke to an audience of mothers and daughters. .
Clark Center gears up for Japanese festival
Whether you're interested in bonsai, origami or the martial art of Japanese fencing, the seventh annual Spring Festival at Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture in Hanford offers a full day of activities Sunday. The center, located near a walnut grove six miles south of Highway 198, offers free events along with others at an additional charge.Kenji Miyata, a native of Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, will provide a bonsai demonstration from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the outdoor stage. The bonsai master travels throughout the United States showing his skills honed with years of training. He was given the title of bonsai master by the Nippon Bonsai Association in 1978.The center's gallery will be open for docent-led tours throughout the day. The new exhibition, "Tracing the Silk Road with Ikuo Hirayama: The Legacies of East-West Cultural Exchange," can be viewed by picking up tickets at the center's office.Throughout the day, visitors can view and buy paintings, ceramics, photography, textiles and wood artwork from among 14 California artists.
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