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Learning the lingo of Stats as well as how to manage five lists in the TI-83 to find x-bar (mean), standard deviations, z-scores, box-plots and so much more. Some things still have to be tallied with pencil. Hours of fun!

Diabetes, "hot and dry, sugar's high; cold and clammy, needs some candy." In treating heart attacks, "MONA (morphine, oxygen, nitroglycerine, asprin) greets all patients!"

Learning how to use the StatCrunch for finding the 10%-20% Trimmed Mean and using the TI-83 to find the Geometric Mean.

Statistics has two possible meanings: 1. Two or more numerical measurements describing characteristics of samples. 2. The science of planning studies and experiments; obtaining data; organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, and interpreting those data and then drawing conclusions based on them.

We are never promised another day. An uplifting encouraging book advices to schedule several times each day to help prioritize and focus on key topics.

Establish a positive internal locus of control. Challenge negative thoughts, use controlled breathing, desensitize yourself to the fear response,perform muscle relaxation, use imagery, overprepare for test, exercise. Strategies to employ in critical thinking.

Establish a positive internal locus of control. Challenge negative thoughts, use controlled breathing, desensitize yourself to the fear response,perform muscle relaxation, use imagery, overprepare for test, exercise. Strategies to employ in critical thinking.

Facts provide us with knowledge – stories provide us with wisdom
Consider sequence of events in Josie’s Story.
2/22/2001
http://josieking.org

I relate to Sorrel's story as a mother. Each turn and detail is so vivid and honest I feel I am right there with her. One faulty bushing in the hot water heater, an impromtu visit, a tub toy, a few minutes out of sight, 150 F H2O, a line of hospital errors, and then Josie is gone. I love the part that Sorrel admits there is a God. Soon after Josie's ashes are buried her beloved dog dies.

For all gaming fans out there: "Playing action video games enhances many cognitive processes important for spatial skills, visual discriminination, speed of thinking, attention shifting, tracking mult. objects, wayfinding- gains that persist & generalize to diverse situations (Spence & Feng, 2010) Ch. 11

The author, in chapter three has wonderfully detailed the anatomy and physiology related to fetal capacities and behavior. Something as basic as talking to, reading stories, and playing music for the developing baby. Will create an environment in which the baby will become familiarized with the parents (hopefully) soothing voices. While stimulating connections between neurons to enrich memory and develop baby's sense

Is one theory enough to explain HGD? Brings to mind the ancient parable of the blind men and the elephant which illustrates that each man only sees the one part of the whole that he has personal familiarity with. So it is that attempting to apply just one theory, “an orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains, and predicts behavior” (p 5) is not comprehensive enough to satisfactorily “explain all.

By age six, Ronald was already attempting to write a poem about a green dragon.

One of (J.R.R.) Ronald's favorite authors was George MacDonald, a minister who wrote tales of dragons and goblins.

One of (J.R.R.) Ronald's favorite authors was George MacDonald, a minister who wrote tales of dragons and goblins.

I have been glancing over at this book since I picked it up last spring at Body Worlds Vital exhibition in Boston. Gunther von Hagens explains the history of anatomy and the plastination technology and process he developed for the anatomical exhibition of real human bodies. Featuring detailed anatomical studies, compositions, shows the body through displays about disease, and inspirational insights of the human body

"In small towns active involvement in the community is likely to be greater throughout the lifespan. Older adults feel safer-a strong contributor to how satisfied they are with their place of residence (Shields et al., 2002)."

This is the book that is the basis for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Wicked. {Ennui, a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.} "When goodness removes itself, the space it occupies corrodes and becomes evil, and maybe splits apart and multiplies" (p 97).

I think that hypnotherapy needs to become main stream treatment along with several of the other treatments that have been proven to work for people's pain.

Starting, Viruses they look like tiny spaceships.

Starting, "The Charms of Wikipedia" by Nicholson Baker today.