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I can identify with this
Dec. 26th, 2010 09:22 amPrior to motherhood, Verity Mater had promising careers as an astrophysicist, Olympic gymnast and polar explorer.
From here
From here
This morning's newspaper link.
Apr. 24th, 2010 08:51 amI can be reasonably goal focussed (I just need a goal!). When I decide I want to do something, that's what I want to do and I don't want to be interrupted. Kids don't allow you to do that all the time and sometimes you just have to put down the book, turn off the stove or stop sewing. Your kids need food, or sleep, or attention and ultimately, you'll get more done if you stop and spend 10 minutes giving them what they need. Otherwise, they'll just hang off your arm and slow the whole process down and stress you out. That lesson took some learning!!
I was reminded of this learning this morning while reading a newspaper article which quoted a study on altruism that found that people were most likely to stop and help someone in need if they weren't in a hurry.
Peter Singer, in examining the reasons behind altruistic behaviour, often cites an experiment from Princeton University in which a group of theology students of different religious and moral beliefs were asked to give a lecture in an adjacent building. Half the students were assigned to talk about the good Samaritan parable, half were given a different topic. Some of the students were told that they were running late, some were told that they had just enough time to make it to the nearby building, and some were told that they had plenty of time.
I was reminded of this learning this morning while reading a newspaper article which quoted a study on altruism that found that people were most likely to stop and help someone in need if they weren't in a hurry.
Peter Singer, in examining the reasons behind altruistic behaviour, often cites an experiment from Princeton University in which a group of theology students of different religious and moral beliefs were asked to give a lecture in an adjacent building. Half the students were assigned to talk about the good Samaritan parable, half were given a different topic. Some of the students were told that they were running late, some were told that they had just enough time to make it to the nearby building, and some were told that they had plenty of time.
On their way out, the students encountered a ''victim'' on the ground, clearly in need of help. The researchers observed that the key determinant of whether students stopped to assist the person in distress was not linked to their religious or moral beliefs, but rather their sense of being in a hurry. Students who felt pressed for time more often left the victim unaided, while those with time to spare were more likely to stop and help.
I wonder what the results would be if they compared parents and non-parents, particularly mothers. I wonder if the age of the person in need would change the results?
Poor darling
Feb. 21st, 2010 08:03 pmYarraville is only 1km square, even if school and kinder are at opposite ends, its still only a 10 minute bike ride, and then another 10min to the train station where the train takes 19min to get to Melbourne Central.
This woman could be teaching her children good life habits, getting in some exercise and still get to work in less time than it currently takes her to drive.
Why do newpapers always interview people who are hopeless at public transport?
tentatively posting
Sep. 27th, 2009 11:16 amPerhaps it would be better to compare public health initiatives around obesity to the support of breastfeeding I would like to see?
A Richmond Icon
May. 20th, 2009 08:49 amDimmeys is going!!
The original Dimmeys, which existed before electric trams on Swan Street or a Myer Emporium opened in town, has launched its closing-down sale.
After buying the site last year for about $16 million, Richmond Icon has lodged plans with Yarra Council for a nine-storey building in a design that preserves the clock tower but will take a section of the 67-metre-long Green Street mural for underground parking
Although, to be honest, the real Dimmeys left a long time ago, probably when they expanded to upstairs and made enough space for their merchandise.
Hmmm, is that what's going on?
Feb. 28th, 2009 07:51 amBecause the boundaries between home and office and work and leisure have largely disappeared, he says, multiple flows of information are constantly clamouring for attention. Intraviduals can scarcely afford to focus solely on work while they're on the job or only on the family when they're at home. Their multiple selves, he argues, are being pulled from all sides, leaving them feeling overwhelmed and out of control.
I just thought I'd committed to too many things before Easter.
Indian = Woman
Feb. 19th, 2009 02:16 pmINDIAN students will be taught not to speak loudly in their native tongue or display signs of wealth such as iPods when travelling on trains at night, as part of a strategy to crack down on violent robberies.
If you replace the word "indian" with "women" would the newspaper still publish this story?
If you replace the word "indian" with "women" would the newspaper still publish this story?
Children as art
Jan. 7th, 2009 09:17 amThis is interesting. I found it after reading this newspaper article.
It seems to suggest that the recent photo of Rose and I cannot be published, either on the web or in a book or newspaper. I didn't obtain a permit for Rose to "work", and she's been photographed naked.
OTOH, you can't deny that she was fully supervised.
Hmmm, looking a bit more closely, Abjet was clever. I can't even see Rose's nipple. (I'm pretty lazy, I have a 900mm x 600mm copy of that photo in my hallway, about 3m away from my current location, but I looked it up online and zoomed in, rather than get out of bed)
It seems to suggest that the recent photo of Rose and I cannot be published, either on the web or in a book or newspaper. I didn't obtain a permit for Rose to "work", and she's been photographed naked.
OTOH, you can't deny that she was fully supervised.
Hmmm, looking a bit more closely, Abjet was clever. I can't even see Rose's nipple. (I'm pretty lazy, I have a 900mm x 600mm copy of that photo in my hallway, about 3m away from my current location, but I looked it up online and zoomed in, rather than get out of bed)
ETA: I thought about putting this under a cut, but if you click on the picture you'll find that it's on the webpage of a major Australian newspaper. If it's ok for them, it's ok for me. Besides, where's the shock value in a cut?
I'm amused, others might not be
Oct. 16th, 2008 07:34 amPolice officer infiltrates activist groups.
It seems to me that the "activist groups" have won with this one. they got an extra volunteer, paid for by the state. See?
So they had an extra volunteer!
They succeeded! thanks to a police officer! they should invite him back!
It seems to me that the "activist groups" have won with this one. they got an extra volunteer, paid for by the state. See?
So successful was his operation that the organising committee for this year's Palm Sunday peace march in Melbourne appointed him its minute-taker at meetings.
So they had an extra volunteer!
The officer's most recent work was with activists planning to disrupt a major arms fair in Adelaide next month. The Asia Pacific Defence and Security Exhibition was cancelled last month after police briefings warned of violent protests.
They succeeded! thanks to a police officer! they should invite him back!
(no subject)
Sep. 28th, 2008 11:43 pmI've been thinking about buying a suit for work.
But now I think I'll wait until I can buy one of these.
But now I think I'll wait until I can buy one of these.
As Vimes says
Aug. 21st, 2007 11:42 pmTwo articles in the newspaper this week on a similar topic? Hmmm, where's the money?
http://www.theage.com.au/news/beauty/face-value/2007/08/16/1186857681659.html
And http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/our-attitude-towards-cosmetic-surgery-needs-a-sharp-facelift/2007/08/19/1187462081028.html
So that's why I feel crap this week - it must be my sense of self destabilising.
And don't forget, as long as men have to go to all this effort too, it's alright.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/beauty/face-value/2007/08/16/1186857681659.html
Filippone who is in her early 30s, says: "What's wrong with looking good all the time and making a bit of an effort? It's not about spending more money or being beautiful. Laziness and lack of thought are costing women jobs and promotions. At least in the1980s, everyone looked the part."
And http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/our-attitude-towards-cosmetic-surgery-needs-a-sharp-facelift/2007/08/19/1187462081028.html
facelifts — liquid or surgical —ballast a destablised sense of self. So we've got no idea who we are any more, or where our life is — or should be —going. At least when we look in the mirror, a familiar face, not a disintegrating stranger, is who's looking back.
So that's why I feel crap this week - it must be my sense of self destabilising.
And don't forget, as long as men have to go to all this effort too, it's alright.
At heart, I like to think I'm a rebel.
Jun. 3rd, 2007 10:44 pmMy mother often resorted to reverse psychology to get me to toe her personal line, I wonder if that's what the writer of this article, and in particular, this line:
One of the students arrested has been told several times by senior police: "If you guys turn up to APEC, we'll smash you."
had in mind.
I think I have a demo to attend in September.
One of the students arrested has been told several times by senior police: "If you guys turn up to APEC, we'll smash you."
had in mind.
I think I have a demo to attend in September.
Wow. You know I'm not one to write a lot of words. I like to think that what I have to say doesn't need 1000 or more words of padding.
When I was in High School, I had trouble writing enough words for the 250 word essays.
Anyway, I was amused to take a glance at this article this morning. (I didn't read it, it waffles and I lost interest once I started thinking about the important stuff - me)
I was saying this 20 years ago, when I was in Young People for Nuclear Disarmament. Then I said, "I'm sick of hearing about the 'Good Old Vietnam Days' "
THAT didn't take 6 pages!
When I was in High School, I had trouble writing enough words for the 250 word essays.
Anyway, I was amused to take a glance at this article this morning. (I didn't read it, it waffles and I lost interest once I started thinking about the important stuff - me)
I was saying this 20 years ago, when I was in Young People for Nuclear Disarmament. Then I said, "I'm sick of hearing about the 'Good Old Vietnam Days' "
THAT didn't take 6 pages!
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/shame-dodgy-food-handlers-councils/2007/03/11/1173548021795.html
Has anyone else noticed that, in an environment where up to a third of food businesses don't comply with food handling regulations, there aren't many people unwell or dying from the food they buy?
Based on the registered DHS food safety template there's a lot of record keeping involved. Stuff that people who are dealing with food everyday have always managed with using common sense? (yes, I know common sense isn't so common.)
I feel that we've over formalised the food safety process. People aren't learning to trust their experience or intuition and soon we'll all be dying from ignorance.
Also,
Would a public-public partnership (PPP) work to get this built?
We could get all of the people who would use the train to subscribe and offer them low or no cost travel on the future train.
Has anyone else noticed that, in an environment where up to a third of food businesses don't comply with food handling regulations, there aren't many people unwell or dying from the food they buy?
Based on the registered DHS food safety template there's a lot of record keeping involved. Stuff that people who are dealing with food everyday have always managed with using common sense? (yes, I know common sense isn't so common.)
I feel that we've over formalised the food safety process. People aren't learning to trust their experience or intuition and soon we'll all be dying from ignorance.
Also,
Would a public-public partnership (PPP) work to get this built?
a 15 to18-kilometre radius centred on Flinders Street Station. It could run Sandringham, Moorabbin, Huntingdale, Monash University, Glen Waverley, Nunawading, Macleod, La Trobe University, Thomastown, Broadmeadows, Melbourne Airport, Keilor Plains, Deer Park and Newport. For circle closure and to avoid unnecessary reversing, the circle trains could continue from Newport to Flinders Street to Sandringham and the reverse.
We could get all of the people who would use the train to subscribe and offer them low or no cost travel on the future train.