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The Right Brain vs Left Brain

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.



LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONSuses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

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Financial Times: Is publishing images offensive to Muslims justified in terms of freedom of speech?

Is publishing Images offensive to Muslims justified in terms of freedom of speech? by Alicia Antolín de la Hoz

03 Feb 2006 10:24 PM

I don´t like the question because it implies a desire to harm Muslims . We are in Europe and in Europe we have our own philosophy, our own culture, our own beliefs, our religions and we don´t try to impose them to anyone. We respect everybody, we understand and respect other cultures but above all we must respect our own and common culture. It is at the same time a very modern and an ancient one. Through the centuries we have learnt to listen to everybody but there is a limit: We cannot admit threats of any kind in our own territory. We are Europeans and in Europe we have freedom of speech. We deserve it because our grandparents had to fight even giving their lives for it.They had to fight in two horrible World Wars to defend our FREEDOM, we have the moral obligation to defend it and nobody can threaten us for doing so. We could get rid of two totalitarian regimes: Comunism and Nazism thanks to the help of the United States of America and we don´t see the need of surrendering to any other totalitarian regime in which in the name of their God anything can be justified.

ROBERT BURNS

A Red, Red Rose

[Hear Red, Red Rose]
1794Type: Poem

O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve!
And fare-thee-weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!

http://www.robertburns.org/works/

This is other of my favourite poems, it is wonderfully sang in a CD composed by BILL DOUGLAS. I recomend it .

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet, credited with ushering in the English Romantic Movement with the publication of Lyrical Ballads(1798) in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.


"I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD"

I WANDERED lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay: 10
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood, 20
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

1804.

This is one of my favourite poems. I find it just magic.Whenever I read it I experience an enormeous mixture of marvellous feelings, I can feel the soft breeze, I can smell the water, I can experience a good sensation as if I were taking part in that walk with them. It is something difficult to explain but there some times in my life , there are some times during the year when I need to read it. And this is one of those times so I have searched the net because I remembered the first time I had the chance to visit the most wonderful web page about Wordsworth and thanks goodness I have found it, so now I can keep it in my blog and share it with all of you ,poetry lovers.

http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/daffodil.htm

Tough girls give birth to boys. Incredible?

I am a tough girl!
I am the mother of two boys !
According to timesonline " TOUGH, confident females may be more likely to give birth to sons than women with less pushy personalities, researchers have found." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2070169,00.html
I like this explanation very much indeed, perhaps it is not true but it is very good all the same, because though you were not tough enough, after bringing up boys you certainly are much tougher than you could have ever imagined . Many times you are at a lost asking yourself were has the girl in you gone , you miss her, oh my God how much you can miss her...!
But the truth is that the most of times you feel great , the authentic Queen in the house, the make you feel that way, so Congratulations and Good luck, boys are loveble , and I can tell you a secret : they will always be the best admirers you could ever dream of.
Love them and feel proud of being a mother of boys . They are a blessing to the world .

A HOUSE TO IMPROVE ? A FAMILY LIFE TO IMPROVE? A WHOLE FAMILY WITH STYLE?

I am reading three articles at a time because I feel like mixing them. These are the articles:
http://parenting.ivillage.com/mom/organization/0,,8rrj07tm-3,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/garden/16room.html?_r=1&oref=slogin_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/design/

It is a good mixture, believe me ! The first one is the most close to earth: it´s everyday ritual , war in any home with children and from a very optimistic point of view "Families with Style: Take the Hassle out of Housekeeping" I love reading this kind of stuff , they are really helpful. It is great reading about things you have already experienced and situations you are living every day .

The second one is like dreaming: you can locate yourself in a totally different dimension : you only have to decorate a wonderful house and don´t think about rushes, children, clutter, cooking, toys,... just imagine you have the house just for yourself to enjoy . There are no bills to pay, no housekeeping to worry about, just you and the wonderful designs you have chosen to fullfill your senses and help you live a more plenty life: "Looks good, works well" should be your mantra. Says the author of the article ." Each piece should function well, even if that function is to make you happy every time you look at it." Was what she suggested in a previous paragraph. Just wonderful! What a dream ! How relaxing is reading it!

The third one is the "British touch" , What else can I say? you can spend some of the time living in a real castle, have the advice of ten top decoration experts ...

It is amazing the good vibrations you can get from reading and mixing three different house related web sites . :-) :-) :-)

A MILLION DOLLAR BABY . A REVIEW

I love Clint Eastwood. I loved him as an actor though I found him a bit too tough, but as a director he is great, superb, he is just a genious, and the way he combines both jobs is still more amazing . He is just brilliant, or as I read some time ago "at the peak of his powers".
I am not fond of boxing, what is more I think it is something I can´t understad : too much violence, too much money, too much suffering, but with this film I have learnt to see it much more like a sport, like a way of improving oneself . Clint has taught me at least, and I am sure he has also shown to everybody the dignity of this sport.
Clint deals with many important themes for all human beings :
- Family relationships , family ties (He shows Maggie´s beloved family, a family unable to love or apreciate her in any way : Clint´s only family, his daughter , never seen but presnt all through the film, from the very beginning till the end ; Peligro´s family, we know very little about them , but enough, we know the good education his mother tried to give him ...)
-Friendship : The best example of perfect friends , the aging trainer, Fankie Dunn and his former fighter , Scrap , Frankie and Maggie, ...
-Euthasnasia
-Catholic religion , faith, church,the seeking of God. Maggie wore a crucifix when she was asking Frankie to help her to end her life.
-Unconditional Love , the love Frankie showed when he made plans to live in a cottage with Maggie being unable to move or breath on her own , he also made plans for Maggie , he suggested her going to University on a wheelchair .
Well , this is the way I see it, and I can also add that the film made me cry and I don´t cry easily