How Language Seems To Shape One's View Of The World "It's on the left," he says. "No, it's southeast of here," she says. iStockphoto hide caption itoggle caption iStockphoto "It's on the left," he says. iStockphoto Lera Boroditsky once did a simple experiment: She asked people to close their eyes and point southeast. She says the difference lies in language. If you want to learn another language and become fluent, you may have to change the way you behave in small but sometimes significant ways, specifically how you sort things into categories and what you notice. Researchers are starting to study how those changes happen, says Aneta Pavlenko, a professor of applied linguistics at Temple University. If people speaking different languages need to group or observe things differently, then bilinguals ought to switch focus depending on the language they use. For example, she says English distinguishes between cups and glasses, but in Russian, the difference between chashka (cup) and stakan (glass) is based on shape, not material.
Interior Design Ideas - Home Bunch – Interior Design Ideas Have you ever wondered which paint colors are the most used by interior designers and homeowners? You will find many of them in this Interior Design Ideas. As you probably know by now, Home Bunch shares paint colors in every post and, this time around I am adding some extra paint colors in our popular series “Interior Design Ideas”. Here you will find white, blue, gray, neutral, green and many other paint color choices, including the newest paint color trend – mushroom color! Many interior magazines and interior designers are predicting that mushroom-hued colors is the next “it” color. Talking about “Color Palettes”, I am very happy to have Kristin, from Favorite Paint Colors, sharing a color palette that I know that you guys will love and will want to pin – “Paint Colors Featured on HGTV’s Fixer Upper”. I hope you have a great time here and remember to save and/or pin the pictures. Collect more Interior Design Ideas: Follow me on Pinterest/HomeBunch and Home Bunch on Instagram. Hello!
What Happens When A Language's Last Monolingual Speaker Dies? : Code Switch A portrait of Emily Johnson Dickerson by artist Mike Larsen. Courtesy of the Chickasaw Nation hide caption itoggle caption Courtesy of the Chickasaw Nation A portrait of Emily Johnson Dickerson by artist Mike Larsen. Courtesy of the Chickasaw Nation Emily Johnson Dickerson died at her home in Ada, Okla., last week. "This is a sad day for all Chickasaw people because we have lost a cherished member of our Chickasaw family and an unequaled source of knowledge about our language and culture," Chickasaw Nation Gov. Dickerson, 93, was one of about 65 people fluent in the Chickasaw language, which has seen its number of speakers shrink from thousands since the 1960s. "Chickasaw was the dominant language in Chickasaw Nation, both prior to and following removal [when Chickasaw people were forced to relocate to Indian Territory*]," says Joshua Hinson, director of the Chickasaw Language Revitalization Program. "She lived like our ancestors did a long time ago," Hinson says.
Home and Garden DIY Ideas, Photos and Answers | Hometalk When we made my art room, it originally started out that I was going to have a big plain rom with lots of storage. BUT, I have a wonderful husband who said I deserved more and so I ended up with the most beautiful and functional art room I can imagine. When we did the drywall, on the ceiling, I decided since the room was so pretty, that I wanted faux tin and bought Styrofoam ceiling tiles to achieve the effect. The installation was EASY PEASY! First we did the drywall - this was the hard part and NOT part of this project. Get brilliant money-saving ideas for your home and garden Mudded. we bought our paintable Styrofoam or styrene tiles from My tiles were on sale for 2.99 a tile (Canadian) and are 20" x 20" Although I should have take a photo, I didn't. We used an adhesive latex silicone to adhere the tiles . After all the tiles were installed, I ran a thin bead of paintable latex silicone along all the seams. Done! Materials I used for this project:
Interview: Scott Stossel, Author Of 'My Age Of Anxiety' : NPR Atlantic magazine editor Scott Stossel has countless phobias and anxieties — some you've heard of, others you probably haven't. "There's a vast encyclopedia of fears and phobias," he tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross, "and pretty much any object, experience, situation you can think of, there is someone who has a phobia of it." Stossel's own fears include turophobia, a fear of cheese; asthenophobia, a fear of fainting; and claustrophobia. His new book, My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind, is both a memoir and a history of how medicine, philosophy and the pharmaceutical industry have dealt with anxiety. Stossel says he wrote the book to help him understand and find relief from — or redemption in — anxious suffering. He's a very high-functioning anxious person and in fact, before this book, most of his colleagues were unaware of his problems. Interview Highlights On suffering from emetophobia, or a fear of vomiting ... Michael Lionstar/Courtesy of Knopf ...
Home and Garden DIY Ideas, Photos and Answers | Hometalk This is a super fun and easy way to create unique pavers for sidewalks and pathways. I'm currently working on a pathway around my house and wanted something heavier and more decorative than the pavers available at the outdoor center. I did five practice pavers first and experimented with different brands of mortar, cement and rock placement. I didn't want any of the rocks coming loose or pavers breaking in half in the future. The two large pavers and the small curly one are made out of what I think works best. Get brilliant money-saving ideas for your home and garden I found these plastic gardening trays at my local flower shop. First, you layout your design. After your design is layed out make sure the rocks for the most part are nice and tight. I went with 100% mortar. Be careful not to move the rocks when you put the mortar on. These are my practice pavers. This is a really fun and easy project. Materials I used for this project: Mortar Pointed trowel Gardening tray See all materials
What teens really want to know about sex On the first day of my Sexuality and Society class, I don’t pass around anatomy drawings. I don’t hand out pamphlets about safer sex, although those are stacked on a table near the door. Instead, the first thing I do is establish ground rules. I’m all about context. In the back corner of my classroom is an old shoebox with a hole cut into the top of it. Here are some actual questions from students and my answers to them. Why is sex so good? There are two ways to answer this question. A part of the body that brings sexual pleasure when stimulated is called an erogenous zone. The second reason sex feels good is that humans have developed the emotional capacity to feel love, intimacy, and passion. While pleasure can exist without these emotions, it is much more significant when they are present. When is someone emotionally and physically ready for sex? I wish I had an answer that would be right for all people at all times, but the real answer is “it depends.” Short Answer—ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
Keep Electronic Cords Hidden - Poofy Cheeks Do you ever notice yourself living with something that is broken or hideous and even though you know it is a quick and easy fix you avoid the job? The cords under our TV have been starring at me for months now and I have been putting off the job of organizing and hiding them. Maybe I put it off because I didn’t have the right supplies (the supplies that cost me a whopping $5) or maybe because I didn’t want to face the dust bunnies I knew would be waiting for me. Last August we got rid of our cable and right before Christmas we replaced our TV. In order to organize and hide the cords you will need zip ties and small command hooks. The first thing you need to do is ease your entertainment center slowly away from the wall. I was able to get rid of ALL of these cords plus about one pound of dust and crumbs. Now I can sit on my couch and not have to see the ugly cords poking out from underneath, I don’t have to worry about Delilah grabbing or pulling them and I can easily clean underneath!
Schizophrenia Revealed To Be 8 Genetically Distinct Disorders Just over 1 percent of the American population has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder that causes debilitating symptoms including paranoid delusions, auditory hallucinations, and impaired social behavior. A new study has revealed that schizophrenia is not one disease, but eight disorders with genetically distinct causes. This could dramatically change how schizophrenia is diagnosed and treated. The research was led by C. Robert Cloninger of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the results were published in The American Journal of Psychiatry. To identify the genetic roots of schizophrenia, Cloninger’s team analyzed the genomes of 4,200 individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and 3,800 controls. They were then able to sort the schizophrenic patients by symptom type and severity and compare SNPs. “Genes don’t operate by themselves. Read this next: What Are Gravitational Waves?
Oh Louise!: Our Home: Kitchen Cabinet Clothespins Kitchen cabinet clothespins... love me some alliterations. Anywayyy... Lately I have feeling a little irritated by the cabinet underneath our kitchen sink... I mean, its not terrible (especially not in comparison to my previously awful bathroom cabinet)... just a little jumbled & in need of some organization. You can't really tell, but that bucket on the left is full of "stuff"... rags, sponges, brush refills, etc. Annoying to find stuff in especially while doing an already not fun task like the dishes! I have lots of clothespins around my office from my craft shows so I'm always trying to use them when I can... also they remind me of camp, so I love to use them.. hah I'm cool! Anyway, I used mounting tape & cut each piece in half. Easy access to some rags...woohoo! All the dish cleaning supplies you need...hanging right where you can see them!