Maribeth’s World
Maribeths hub for thoughts, people, places, interests and other things…Archive for future
Terrific New Web Site!
Try out this website and let me know what you think! I have tried a few things with it and have found it to be something that I will use going forward. Tell me what you tried and how you liked it?
It is called WolframAlpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/ and was created by Steven Wolfram.
Check it out, try it out and let me know what you think!
Don’t Forget to Spring Forward at 2 A.M. March 8th!
March 8th starts Daylight Saving Time!At 2 A.M. clocks (in Chicago) need to be turned forward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. I’ve been looking forward to DST this year! It seems like more gets done when we have longer hours of daylight! Wikipedia has some good stuff about DSTThis year, In the United States, Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 8, 2009 and will revert to Standard Time on Sunday, November 1. These changes will take place at 2:00 a.m. local time. Be sure to double check to see if where you live abides by DST.
Most cellphones and satellite clicks will update automatically. If it is after 2 am and you are reading this, then you really just need to chek that all of your clocks are the same. Some, like the ones on the microwave and the car need to be changed manually.
Lincoln Quote
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln
Thoughts on Charisma
I have a great many thoughts going through my head and mind today. I have started to pull some of them down out of my head and hope to start sharing them soon. One that keeps going through my mind today is the way people are so easily led and influenced by Charisma and Group Dynamics. I remember many years ago when I first took a class entitled “Group Dynamics and Individual Behavior” that much of what we are witnessing in this political climate was actually the curriculum of that class of long ago. Charisma will fool many. Charisma will cause many to not look at facts. They will make decisions and think that they are the right ones, but will be making dangerous decisions based soley upon Charisma. I have seen this type of “cult” behavior many times in my lifetime. People also are very gullible and let the popular press sway and make their decisions for them. I for one will not be making decisions based upon Charisma or anything the press or entertainers endorse. I am looking for facts. I am looking for reliable and unbiased facts. It is disheartening how many youth of today are falling victim to making decisions based upon sound bites, clips, satire and not taking the time to look at facts. Don’t listen to a biased commentator’s spin on a speech or debate. Look at the entire debate yourself without commentary and make up your own mind based on fact. The only way to control being drawn in by charisma is to be well versed in acurate facts! I could say more, but I need to get back to work and make some money to pay the bills so more on this topic will have to come later…
Peace and Love
[ German sociologist Max Weber. [1] He defined charismatic authority to be one of three forms of authority, the other two being traditional (feudal) authority and legal or rational authority. According to Weber, charisma is defined thus:
…a certain quality of an individual personality, by virtue of which s/he is “set apart” from ordinary people and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities. These as such are not accessible to the ordinary person, but are regarded as divine in origin or as exemplary, and on the basis of them the individual concerned is treated as a leader.
The Future Narrated
This is the same text as in the previous post… With visuals instead of music…
Our Education, Our Future, Our Voice
Short Version – Our Education, Our Future, Our Voice.
This is the short version (sic). Check out the longer version on YouTube if you like.
Thoughts?
