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invisibility
maedbh7 asked how the decision to research the textbook industry emerged from that Rubenfeld session. (Thanks, and hi! :-) ) Making a new post of my answer ( Read more... ) -
Textbook publishing
I received a private Rubenfeld session yesterday, at the end of which I came to the conclusion that I wanted to find out more about the social goods and social ills of the textbook publishing industry ( Read more... ) -
Addendum to yesterday's demonstration report
This morning I had a chance to talk to the fellow who was the principal in the story below. He said his legs have been feeling "delicious" and he's been out walking every chance he can get. He's been aware for many years that his left leg became stronger than his right while he was recovering, and the right leg never seemed to catch up after that ( Read more... ) -
2nd Rubenfeld Synergy weeklong
I'm at week #2 of my Rubenfeld Synergy training, which consists of 3 weeklongs per year for four years, plus a weekend in between each weeklong ( Read more... ) -
Start from the waist down
This morning we did a movement section focused on how to change our body position while reaching out our arms (to an imaginary person on the table). Keep the back straight but allow movement at the waist and knees, so that as the arms go forward the butt goes a little bit back. As a result the body is still balanced over its center of gravity ( Read more... ) -
some useful distinctions
A different member of the faulty, whose specialty is movement, led a session this afternoon. She introduced some high-level distinctions about movement and the body's design that I found useful ( Read more... ) -
Rubenfeld has landed
As some of you reading will know, I've been waiting a long time for my training in Rubenfeld Synergy to start. It was over two years ago that I signed up, thinking the next training would be starting in ~6 months. There were various delays on the organizers' side, but I've just stuck with the plan, whenever the plan manages to catch up with me ( Read more... ) -
Netbank closed by fed, deopsits bought out by ING Direct
ING Direct Steps In as US Bank CollapsesSummary: Netbank was closed on Friday by the federal government following losses on subprime mortgages, failures to improve underwriting, and exceeding the federal deposit insurance limit. Netbank declared bankruptcy and was promptly bought out by ING Direct (a much bigger online bank ( Read more... ) -
Course delayed
The start-date of my Rubenfeld Synergy course has been pushed back again, due to a number of factors, to May 2008 ( Read more... ) -
Things not to do
Remember those volcano pictures we posted last year from our Hawaii trip? Did we mention the lengths the park service went to convince tourists wanting to see lava entering the ocean NOT to walk out on the "new land"?
Here's why.
(Timelapse duration: 1030-1600 on 11/28/05.)