Sometimes I like to engage in dance as an exercise and art form. It is one of those sports that takes some commitment. What I have found is that if you engage in multiple sports, dance is a good augmentation in a way that leads to greater flexibility and health. Today is a ballet show Nutcracker I am part of through a dance company in Marquette. As an art form it should be encouraged and supported in local communities.
You will learn to be coordinated. Dance is about coordination. You will learn to use your body in a manner that leads to a specific outcome. As you become more coordinated, it is also likely that you will increasingly improve your complexity.
Likewise, it is also possible that you will find your body becoming more flexible in nature and capable of taking on more complex positions. In essence, your muscles will need a certain amount of stretching to handle some of the moves.
Furthermore, you will gain strength in parts of your body that you can't imaging. Certainly your legs will get stronger but also your core and inner thighs. To push your body to move in new ways requires the gaining of new strength and abilities.
You will find that most dancers are in shape and have a positive outlook on life. The activities and movement promote sound physical and mental health. The overall development of a full life requires the ability to use your body and abilities to their fullest extent.
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Friday, November 30, 2018
Why Students Don't Like to Read in Online Classrooms and How to Improve It?
Students are like everyone else and see to balance their time and energy between the various aspects of their lives. Reading is slow and clunky and takes considerable cognitive energy and time. They must cut out distractions in their environment and spend time focusing. That is a tough thing to do in a world of sound bites and fast paced streaming information.
There are a few things professors can do to help the student when designing their class.
1. Refer to the Reading: Make sure that discussion and assignments require a level of reading and referral.
2. Use Video and Recordings: You can break up the reading by using video and other voice recordings.
3. Use Smaller Articles and Text: Not everything needs to be 20 pages long. Consider shorter text.
4. Use Weekly Reading Summary: Instead of a DQ the student discusses the weekly reading summary.
Reading is a part of higher education but it isn't the main point. The main focus in education, of which reading is important, and therefore the use of text can change. That doesn't mean we shouldn't push students to read and focus for long periods of time but we can fight reading boredom by doing some other things.
There are a few things professors can do to help the student when designing their class.
1. Refer to the Reading: Make sure that discussion and assignments require a level of reading and referral.
2. Use Video and Recordings: You can break up the reading by using video and other voice recordings.
3. Use Smaller Articles and Text: Not everything needs to be 20 pages long. Consider shorter text.
4. Use Weekly Reading Summary: Instead of a DQ the student discusses the weekly reading summary.
Reading is a part of higher education but it isn't the main point. The main focus in education, of which reading is important, and therefore the use of text can change. That doesn't mean we shouldn't push students to read and focus for long periods of time but we can fight reading boredom by doing some other things.
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Continuing to Improve on Painting
Today I get to bring a few paintings up to a coffee shop in Marquette. It is nice because it may be the first establishment that is willing to post them. It feels a little like recognition that you are now "good enough" to put something in public. That doesn't mean I don't have a lot to learn but that I can display some of these and try gain some money for charity.
This picture is just of a beach with some foliage to the right.
Dropped them off but the owner wasn't available but will check back another day once he had a chance to review. You can purchase at https://www.ebay.com/itm/173667010250
This picture is just of a beach with some foliage to the right.
Dropped them off but the owner wasn't available but will check back another day once he had a chance to review. You can purchase at https://www.ebay.com/itm/173667010250
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
The Diligent Students that Make Tomorrow's Leaders
Students will develop into tomorrow's economic drivers. Leadership is part internal and part external in its selection of those it hopes to advance. The external environment may be social drivers and financial influences that are outside the control of future leaders. However, the right personality can create its own solutions to influencing the market. Tomorrows leaders are being incubated in schools today and discovered through diligence!
Diligence separates those who are likely to be successful from those who are not based on their ability to keep going despite the odds. They don't allow the world around them, or its circumstances to derail them from where they want to go.
You can find these students working on their programs day in and day out without missing work or skipping class. They push toward their goals every day as though it is the most important thing on the planet.
They have emotional intelligence and know how to work on their goals without allowing their emotions to derail their work.
They have a bigger vision of themselves and make an effort to achieve that vision through how they see themselves. Their education is part of who they want to become.
They can provide insight and help others even when it doesn't immediately help them. They can see the bigger picture of community and needed support.
Problem Solvers: They are problem solvers that find new and innovative ways of solving problems.
Professors should keep an eye out for tomorrow's leaders and help them when they can. Leaders are not always the ones with the highest grades but the ones who keep going despite the odds. They solve problems and focus on the bigger picture. Our nation need brighter leaders for tomorrow and should start the process of discovering them wherever they lay.
Diligence separates those who are likely to be successful from those who are not based on their ability to keep going despite the odds. They don't allow the world around them, or its circumstances to derail them from where they want to go.
You can find these students working on their programs day in and day out without missing work or skipping class. They push toward their goals every day as though it is the most important thing on the planet.
They have emotional intelligence and know how to work on their goals without allowing their emotions to derail their work.
They have a bigger vision of themselves and make an effort to achieve that vision through how they see themselves. Their education is part of who they want to become.
They can provide insight and help others even when it doesn't immediately help them. They can see the bigger picture of community and needed support.
Problem Solvers: They are problem solvers that find new and innovative ways of solving problems.
Professors should keep an eye out for tomorrow's leaders and help them when they can. Leaders are not always the ones with the highest grades but the ones who keep going despite the odds. They solve problems and focus on the bigger picture. Our nation need brighter leaders for tomorrow and should start the process of discovering them wherever they lay.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Creating Customer Feedback Loops
Customer information should feed and sustain your business like a bright star navigating an open ocean. Attracting new customers is vitally important in much the say way as retaining current customers. By researching your existing customers you can important knowledge about your product/service and how to improve upon your offerings in a way that leads to more sales.
Customer feedback loops can come in many forms but surveys, reviews and customer complaints are some of the most common methods. Lets look at each one and see what the advantage or disadvantage of each may be.
Surveys: Asking purposeful questions from a sample that represents your target market.
Customer Reviews: Scanning online for your product in virtual marketplaces like Amazon will often provide customer reviews companies can investigate.
Complaints: Angry and upset customers will call in and offer opportunities to learn from them.
Companies should seek to create loops that take in information, put it together into a comprehensive report, and then adjust their product/services. The better they are able to do this, the more their products will adjust to meet market needs. Meeting market needs leads to higher revenue as products rise in value and demand.
Customer feedback loops can come in many forms but surveys, reviews and customer complaints are some of the most common methods. Lets look at each one and see what the advantage or disadvantage of each may be.
Surveys: Asking purposeful questions from a sample that represents your target market.
Customer Reviews: Scanning online for your product in virtual marketplaces like Amazon will often provide customer reviews companies can investigate.
Complaints: Angry and upset customers will call in and offer opportunities to learn from them.
Companies should seek to create loops that take in information, put it together into a comprehensive report, and then adjust their product/services. The better they are able to do this, the more their products will adjust to meet market needs. Meeting market needs leads to higher revenue as products rise in value and demand.
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Is it Possible to Have Economic Growth While Slowing Global Warming?
People view economic growth and environmental protection as opposed to each other. While this is true when we discuss the cost of pollution, regulations, and limitations on natural exploitation it doesn't need to be true in the development of sustainable cities. Developing stronger economic hubs we have greater ability to understand and manage the entire supply chain network leading for less pollution. With economic hubs we can better concentrate on developing "clean living" within cities.
A government report on CNN says hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of lives will be destroyed without some large scale action. Here is the link to the report released https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/
I'm conducting some research and review on the process of creating global economic hubs that lead to perpetual and sustainable economic growth. One of the ways in which they can do that is through implementing efficient green technology in growing cities through understanding some of the economic benefits of doing so. Consider....
-Economic clusters are tightly woven and reduce carbon footprints from shipping.
-Economic clusters innovate quickly and innovation leads to more efficient processes with less pollution.
-Livable and clean cities draw Millennial's and higher talent. Designing healthy cities leads to more available skilled labor and reduced health costs. One leads to growth and the other reduces costs.
-Data driven clusters help industries understand the total costs and benefits of working together on important issues such as climate change and sustainable cities.
-Successful economic hubs influence smaller hubs in other countries through supply requirements that will likely put pressure on other countries to deal with global climate change to tap into the "international business networks".
-Clusters foster stronger industry-government research and coordination on important issues.
A larger percentage of people will be moving to cities in the next decade and it becomes an opportunity to innovation, improve the environment and strengthen the economy. While global warming may impact sales it doesn't have to within the U.S. It can be an opportunity to create export oriented cities that lead to wealth and prosperity. This is not the first or last time society faced threats but how we act upon determines our ability to resolve such issues.
http://www.academic-capital.net/2018/04/theory-of-transactional-clusters-and.html
A government report on CNN says hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of lives will be destroyed without some large scale action. Here is the link to the report released https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/
I'm conducting some research and review on the process of creating global economic hubs that lead to perpetual and sustainable economic growth. One of the ways in which they can do that is through implementing efficient green technology in growing cities through understanding some of the economic benefits of doing so. Consider....
-Economic clusters are tightly woven and reduce carbon footprints from shipping.
-Economic clusters innovate quickly and innovation leads to more efficient processes with less pollution.
-Livable and clean cities draw Millennial's and higher talent. Designing healthy cities leads to more available skilled labor and reduced health costs. One leads to growth and the other reduces costs.
-Data driven clusters help industries understand the total costs and benefits of working together on important issues such as climate change and sustainable cities.
-Successful economic hubs influence smaller hubs in other countries through supply requirements that will likely put pressure on other countries to deal with global climate change to tap into the "international business networks".
-Clusters foster stronger industry-government research and coordination on important issues.
A larger percentage of people will be moving to cities in the next decade and it becomes an opportunity to innovation, improve the environment and strengthen the economy. While global warming may impact sales it doesn't have to within the U.S. It can be an opportunity to create export oriented cities that lead to wealth and prosperity. This is not the first or last time society faced threats but how we act upon determines our ability to resolve such issues.
http://www.academic-capital.net/2018/04/theory-of-transactional-clusters-and.html
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
North Woods Painting for Fun and Charity
Painting is a great hobby that leads to tangible benefits such as memory, creativity, emotional mastery, community, and stress. As a hobby I occasionally sell some and donate proceeds to a charity or two. Other times I might give them away to friends.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Why Should All Research Keep the End User in Mind?
Research is the process of discovery based on the ability to utilize that information in some practical way. Well....sort of! The goal of research isn't truly the end user and there are lots of research that isn't useful today but may be useful tomorrow. However, having research of interest with the end user in mind often means you have an audience, will have a more practical solution that helps industry/society in some way, and are more likely to gain funding.
There is research and there is practical research that has immediate use because it solves some problem. Working on questions and issues that help the nation advance, industry move forward, or help people is important for relevance. It does something beyond collecting dust in an academic library.
Industry and government stakeholders are more likely to support practical research that they can lead to either advancement or profit. This make sense considering inventing new technologies and resolving medical issues seems to be high on their list of needs.
Shifts in market needs also influences research funding and focus. Where technologies and medical solutions have significant corporate support and have the best chances of funding at this time there will be growing need for additional investigation into pollution/ climate change.
The end users are the people and organizations that are most likely to use the research. Where a large pool of stakeholders have questions, researchers should fill these gaps with their investigations. When in alignment the end user is more likely to implement this research and in turn advance society. If you are a scientist/researcher you will want to work on practical problems for future funding.
There is research and there is practical research that has immediate use because it solves some problem. Working on questions and issues that help the nation advance, industry move forward, or help people is important for relevance. It does something beyond collecting dust in an academic library.
Industry and government stakeholders are more likely to support practical research that they can lead to either advancement or profit. This make sense considering inventing new technologies and resolving medical issues seems to be high on their list of needs.
Shifts in market needs also influences research funding and focus. Where technologies and medical solutions have significant corporate support and have the best chances of funding at this time there will be growing need for additional investigation into pollution/ climate change.
The end users are the people and organizations that are most likely to use the research. Where a large pool of stakeholders have questions, researchers should fill these gaps with their investigations. When in alignment the end user is more likely to implement this research and in turn advance society. If you are a scientist/researcher you will want to work on practical problems for future funding.
Monday, November 19, 2018
Firewood and Utility Vehicles
Hauling it to various stashing places around the house I start thinking I'm more of a squirrel hiding nuts than an actual person. You have to sort of think about ease of obtaining as well as how far you have to walk. Sometimes a sled can help but.....without kids in the house....I got none of those.
I'm always looking around for more wood anyplace I can get it. It should of course be hardwood as pine burns way too fast. I'm in a place surrounded by trees but not enough firewood.
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Additional Benefits from Cold Weather Fitness
While hiking at a good pace I realize there may be some additional benefits of working out in cold weather.
1. Body Temp must be maintained do additional calories must be expended.
2. More layers of clothing means more resistance.
3. Getting out and enjoying nature with a purpose.
1. Body Temp must be maintained do additional calories must be expended.
2. More layers of clothing means more resistance.
3. Getting out and enjoying nature with a purpose.
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