Positive Psychology Resources, Happiness, Tips and Techniques Active and Constructive Responding Shelly Gable, assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California, has examined the different types of responses we give to other people's good news. How do you respond when people share good news with you? You can learn how to build relationships by focusing on good news through a technique called ? The quadrants above utilise four possible ways to respond to someone? Important Note:When giving an active and constructive response you do not need to overdo the praise and positive feedback.
An Animated Video of The Scream - this is Truly Amazing! Wow! This is simply amazing. I can’t put into words how good this video is! It’s surreal. It’s weird. “I was walking along a path with two friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city – my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety – and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.” ► SEE ALSO: Entropic Images by Jim Kazanjian. Please Stumble this Post: Watch the Video: Scream animation painting [below] If you’re reading this post via Email Subscription or via RSS and can’t see this, click here to watch the video. © The Scream from Sebastian Cosor on Vimeo. ★ If you liked this post, then I think you’ll love… Floppy Disc Art by Nick Gentry This floppy disc art by Nick Gentry is totally unique. ★ Related Posts here on Design Soak Magazine ★
Scientific Curiosity Captured in Photos Caleb Charland is a Maine-based photographer who combines a love of scientific experiments and photographs into wonderful and amazing photographs. If Isaac Newton or Benjamin Franklin were into photography, their photographs might look something like these: “Wooden Box with Horseshoe Magnet” “Atomic Model” “Demonstration with Hair Dryer and Aluminum Foil” “Candle in a Vortex of Water” “Fifteen Hours” Regarding his work, Charland tells us, Wonder is a state of mind somewhere between knowledge and uncertainty. To check out more of his work, you can visit his website. Image credits: Photographs by Caleb Charland and used with permission.
Writers' Workshop | Characterisation How to write convincing characters Characterisation - the task of building characters - isn't easy. But if you're struggling to build characters with real life and vigour, here is our very own patented technique. If you haven't yet started your book, then work on the exercise below before you start. If you have started, but think that maybe you started prematurely, then back up, do the exercise and then look back over your existing work. Oh, and don't feel patronised at being given exercises. Learning to know your characters Strong characterisation is based on knowledge. The Ultimate Character Builder Begin with a blank sheet (or screen). You should aim to cover at least five pages with this exercise. The less central a character is to your book, the less you need to know him/her. And the exercise will work. Checking your work Once you've got a fair way into your writing (say 5 to 10,000 words), then look back at it. Even genre fiction needs swiftly drawn, believable characters.
Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2016 April 15 Mercury and Crescent Moon Set Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva) Explanation: Innermost planet Mercury and a thin crescent Moon are never found far from the Sun in planet Earth's skies. Tomorrow's picture: Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important NoticesA service of:ASD at NASA / GSFC& Michigan Tech.
Child Labor in America: Investigative Photos About these Photos Faces of Lost Youth Left - Furman Owens, 12 years old. Can't read. The Mill Left - A general view of spinning room, Cornell Mill. Left - One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mill. Newsies Left - A small newsie downtown on a Saturday afternoon. Left - Out after midnight selling extras. Left - Francis Lance, 5 years old, 41 inches high. Miners Left - At the close of day. Left - Breaker boys, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania Coal Co. The Factory Left - View of the Scotland Mills, showing boys who work in the mill. Left - Young cigar makers in Engelhardt & Co. Left - Day scene. Seafood Workers Left - Oyster shuckers working in a canning factory. Left - Manuel the young shrimp picker, age 5, and a mountain of child labor oyster shells behind him. Field and Farm Work Left - Camille Carmo, age 7, and Justine, age 9. Left - Twelve-year-old Lahnert boy topping beets. Little Salesmen A Variety of Jobs Left - A Bowery bootblack in New York City. Struggling Families Pastimes and Vices
Creative Writing Ideas, Courses Online, Free Classes for Writers cartoons, animation, comic strips and puppets in the uk Robot Bear Rampage Felt like drawing with a dry erase marker today. Here is a gigantic robot bear rampaging through a city. "Robot Bear Rampage" - dry erase marker on paper - 18" x 13" All work © Lawrence Yang 2009 my blog | my site | purchase inquries The List Blog Since the beginning of time, humanity has been faced with a collection of mysterious and strange events. Many separate examples of unexplained viruses, geological occurrences, crimes, and tragedies have shaped modern history. The field of scientific experimentation and criminology are based around new discoveries and uncovering the truth. As we move into 2011, the world has been plagued with some mysterious occurrences surrounding natural life and climate stability on Earth. 10. The Watergate scandal was a 1970s United States political event. The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) was created in 1956 as the result of a series of mergers. Millions of records were on loan to the NPRC at the time of the fire. The exact cause of the fire was never fully determined. 9. The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine is a legendary lost mine hidden in the Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction, east of Phoenix, Arizona. 8. 7. 6. Witchcraft is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers. 5. 4.
MapCrunch - Random Google Street View 20 Death Masks Of Famous People Death Masks are easily the most haunting mementos of the deceased. They have been in existence since the time of Tutankhamun, whose solid gold burial mask is an object of extreme beauty and superstition. Here, we present twenty casts that have preserved some of the most famous faces to have graced this planet. Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French. Original cast created on 7th May, 1821, one and a half day after his death on the island of St. Helena. Post-Mortem casts of face and hands by famed sculptor Sergey Merkurov. Reputedly taken after post mortem by Josef Dannhauser. Taken at the time of his autopsy and currently on display at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington DC. The master of suspense in all his eeriness. Original cast by John Michael Rysbrack. Influential enlightenment philosopher. The original death mask and will of the founder of Nobel prize is displayed at his residence in Karlskoga, Sweden Another famous cast by Sergey Merkurov, taken on a pillow.
Writing Contest Listing Write a tyburn. (Sorry, I like this format..) A six line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables. The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables. Example #1: Death Blackest Darkest Coldest Oldest Burning in the Blackest, Darkest night There in lives the Coldest, Oldest fright Copyright © 2001 Mike McCann Example #2: -Mindless Love- Loveless Hopeless Darkness Mindless Dead heart feeling Loveless, Hopeless mind, True loves to the Darkness, Mindless find. Copyright © 2004 Peter A. Example #3: Myself Sowing, Hoeing, Growing, Mowing, Planting gardens, sowing, hoeing grounds. Copyright © 2004 Marion Gibson Example #4: Diana Willful wistful playful peaceful she can have a willful wistful day yet she has a peaceful playful way Copyright © 2004 Diana Dalton Example #5: Rhymetender Rhymer Kinder Minor Finer Caretaker of minor kinder rhymes Tender heart of finer rhymer times
The Wonder of Ice Caves Where you have lava tubes or limestone passage ways below the ground, occasionally a rare form of cave evolves – the . Strange, mysterious and often dangerous they are often difficult to get to and so not seen by huge amounts of people. Take a short tour in to the magical world of the ice cave. Size, of course, is not everything but let’s start with the largest ice cave on the planet. Translated from the German, the name of the cave is the ‘Word of the Ice Giants’ and to be frank, it is not a piece of Germanic overstatement. This huge ice cave was formed when the river Salzach drove – over millennia – passageways in to the mountain. The cave itself was ‘discovered’ in 1879 – locals were well aware of its existence but had never actually explored the interior. Demänovská ice cave is situated in the Low Tatra Valley in Slovakia and has been known in Europe since the Middle Ages, first being mentioned in 1299. There are times when ice caves can look a great deal like glacier caves. </b>*}