Designing a logo is no simple task. Unless you are working with Indigo Design, that is. Company Founder, Audria Gardner lives for the challenge: "I love designing. It's a wonderful challenge. Every project has a different set of criteria. I love the process of taking a customers idea, starting out with an idea and stretching it, rearranging it, coaxing it until it becomes something the customer sees and says, ‘yes, that’s exactly what I had in mind.’"

Testimonial:

I started utilizing Audria's services at Indigo Design eight years ago when I was in the process of starting up Body Kneads. The logo she created has been an extraordinary asset allowing us to successfully "brand" our business. Audria also created all the designs we have used on an ongoing basis for our advertising and marketing pieces. She has always been creative, resourceful and responsive making her a critical member of our team. Body Kneads has grown to include 22 massage therapists, 2 chiropractors and 6 administrative staff. We would not have enjoyed our success with out thehelp of Indigo Design.

Dr. Fred Fronstin
Bodykneads Massage and Chiropractic

south florida logo design

Candlelight Devo was amazing! I took some cool pics with my phone and if I can figure out how, I'll post them in a blog sometime soon. I talked to Jake twice today and that was nice. I love getting to see my internes again, that's the coolest thing about ACU right now. He's beginning to think I have stlaker radar or something. Hopefully I'll be able to get more creeper points than him soon... I definitely creeped out his roommate, so I'm gettin' there, haha.

Other than that we didn't do a whole lot that was exciting. But I did find out that I got more financial aid so I now should have around $24,000-something in loans/scholarships/grants. So that's exciting, I only have to pay like $2 - 3,000 for this first year. Hopefully I can keep up with my grades and keep that financial aid. Also, keep praying that I get that Student Recruiting position I applied and interviewed for, I find out on Friday if I got it.

Well, I gotta wake up at 5:30 in the morning to be ready to leave by 6:15 for the Sunrise Devo. Thanks for all the prayers and I really miss everyone back home. College is so different! Well, toodles!

-Bee-

(PS) I'll be attending Highland CoC with a girl from my U100 class. I'm pretty excited about it, which is ironic because I really did NOT wanna go to Highland just because everyone from my Youth Group that goes to ACU ends up going to Highland, but I think that might be a reason I've gravitated toward that church as well.

15 runs. All I have to say is: took you long enough. I get it though, you wanted to be fashionably late right? The Yanks are now 5 back in the WC... how two wins can change everything. 5 looks a hell of a lot more manageable. Please let this be the turnaround.

Side Notes:

- The Mooooose train made stop number 16 and is still rolling toward 20.

- The creature named Jeter has awakened... avg. is pushing toward .300.

- The future legendary God named A-Rod is still driving them over the fence... this time when the Yanks need the long shot.

- The speed threat named Brett is determined to remain with the team this time, racking up two more hits today, no sweat.

- The... I got nothing for Cody Ransom... but the newby smacked one out in his first at bat in pinstripes. Kudos.

- Hughes will be pitching in Scranton in about 20ish minutes from now. If all goes well, his next start will likely be with the team.

P.S. I don't know what was with the rhyming...

I am going to quote Gerald B. Gardner in his brief, confuddled explanation in Witchcraft Today, below:

Because three and five make eight, many things must be in eights; but eight and five make thirteen, and so thirteen is another good number; but since five eights, or three covens and a leader, make forty, forty is a good number and certain things must be forty.

Does anyone else feel like they were robbed of intelligence with that reasoning?  Either way, that is the traditional perspective.  The numbers in Gardnerian Wicca which are special are 3, 5, 8, 13 and 40.

Spiritually, the numbers can easily be assigned deeper meanings.

3 - The God, the Goddess, and Life/Child/Creation/etc.  The goddess in her triple form.

5 - Man.  The Pentacle.  The God.

8 - The Wheel of the Year - the 8 solar sabbats.(4 "height of (insert season here)", 2 equinoxes, 2 solstices)

13 - The Wheel of the Year - the 13 lunar esbats.(full moons)

40 - I'm at a loss here.  I do like his explanation.  Three covens and a leader.

Keep in mind that within Gardnerian tradition, these numbers become exceptionally important in the initiation rites - the purification/test act of scourging is assigned to these various numbers.  I believe I mentioned the scourge in an earlier post.

I'm sure I'll come back to the intricacies of Gardnerian Initiation Rites at some point...but as I have not slept in some time, that's a rather large chunk of information for me to process at this moment.

Blessed Be!

Sabemos que este tipo de software funciona y funciona muy bien con millones de usuarios utilizándolos, para alguna de estas tecnologías su entrada en el mundo empresarial es de lo más natural, que empresa no tiene un wiki o distribuye demos y conocimiento utilizando podcast o videocast pero la web social como la conocemos ahora mismo casi pertenece más al ámbito lúdico y es más complicado su pase al ámbito de la empresa y aquí radica el reto , tenemos una tecnología que triunfa que “muere de éxito” en un ámbito y con un segmento de población determinado (jóvenes y no tan jóvenes), y que hay que trasladar o “adaptar” al mundo empresarial, quien de con la forma habrá golpeado primero y tendrá un buen trozo del pastel.

¿Quieres ser el primero?

Brett Gardner - RRO

Chris Davis - RRO

Twitter is a site where a person can post a message to a bunch of friends at once. Sometimes Twitter works like a bulletin board (where you pin up your notice and get no replies) and sometimes it works like an on-line chatroom with a ton of conversations going on at once.

Last night I replied to a post from my friend Laura. She questioned how it would be possible for someone named Angelina to have a high IQ score (around 136 I think). Assuming Laura was referring to Angelina Jolie, I responded that a 136 score, albeit high, isn’t uncommon and Ms. Jolie seems capable of such a score.

A firestorm erupted, and this time it wasn’t about Angelina Jolie’s shenanigans. All sorts of Tweets (i.e. posts) popped up containing anger over the concept of intelligence testing and the permanent public (and more important personal) branding that can ensue afterwards. My contacts on Twitter interpreted my Tweets as support for and true belief in the IQ test. At 12:30 a.m., after much varied discussion and much qualification from me, the storm died down enough for me to go to bed. Embers were still smoldering this morning, as I had a quite few messages waiting for me in my inbox.

As a professional, I am well-schooled in the concept of IQ testing. In developmental and educational Psychology, the practice of attempting to predict academic performance is well studied and widely used. I know the history of IQ testing, I know how it is statistically ‘normed,’ I know the design of the questions, the infrastructure of the test and subjects, the list goes on. You can’t get a decent B.S. in Psychology and a M.Ed. in Educational Psychology without studying testing (not just IQ testing) in painful depth. Furthermore, my Masters degree focused on research and measurement. In one course, I actually had to write questions. So yeah, I know about testing.

The sadness and anger that came about over one or two passing posts made me think about how misunderstood the IQ test is. The IQ test (most commonly used is the WISC) is meant to predict academic performance, nothing else (there are controversies surrounding it, the most common attack on the test being that it caters to a very specific population. That is an entirely different post!) But people who aren’t ‘in the business’ of Psychology and testing catch only the brunt of it. And indeed, in some backward districts, one bout of the flu can throw you off an appropriate academic track for your the rest of your elementary career. The psychological effects of knowing your IQ test score and the public’s view of it can be devasting and long-lasting.

Those emotions definitely came out on Twitter last night. Many parents and educators felt some relief from the pressure since 1983 when Howard Gardner published a book that proposed other types of intelligences (like Interpersonal) that weren’t measured by any IQ tests. Dr. Gardner touched a nerve, in the same way a high-level researcher does when she announces scientifically sound evidence that chicken soup helps heal the common cold; We all (especially mothers) sent up a resounding “DUH!”

Today for Wacko Wednesdays, I’ll present Multiple Intelligences. I’ll outline Dr. Gardner’s famous theory for my friends on Twitter and writers struggling over the lack of depth in their characters. Have no fear if your IQ score in 2nd grade was less than ideal! Don’t worry if your main character is a dud! Below are some interesting skills that can liven up any party, fictional or non!

Have you thought about your character’s pretend IQ scores? Is he a genius of observation (Sherlock Holmes) or is he on the very low end of the IQ distribution (Lennie Small - Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men)? Is she street smart (Stephanie Plum) or totally innocent to the ways of the world (Alice in Wonderland)? We all know the stereotype of the absent-minded professor or the waitress with a heart of gold. The mechanic that can fix anything under the sun. The painter who solves a mounting problem for the NASA space shuttle crew. The kind neighbor who truly wants to know the answer to ‘How are you doing?’ The awesome kid with the crappy parents who you wish you could just adopt, but who seems to make her own way in the world despite her horrid circumstances. The list goes on. Mix one of the ‘alternate’ intelligences in their make-ups and you’ll have a recipe for memorable characters.

According to the on-line free encyclopedia Wikipedia, “Gardner originally identified seven core intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal and intrapersonal. In 1999 he added an eighth, the naturalistic intelligence, and indicated that investigation continues on whether there is an existential intelligence.” (I’ve read the entry and it seems accurate).

Please read the Wikipedia entry for more detail. I will give a very brief description along with some creative examples of characters who display those traits. Wikipedia quotes are in italics.

Verbal-Linguistic: Good at languages, words, speaking, etc. Bi-lingual characters would be skilled in this. Mix up the Spanish and English syntax sometimes when your character speaks to show a more common person. To write a snooty character, have him correct his Mexican mother’s syntax in both languages. “Careers which suit those with this intelligence include writers, lawyers, philosophers, journalists, politicians and teachers.”

Logical-Mathematical: Sherlock Holmes all the way. Deduction, computer coding, lie detecting, research, etc. Less about math than logical reasoning. A typical character would be a small girl who has a lisp and is terribly shy but is a crackerjack detective; she can also see through her evil grandmother’s lies. “Careers which suit those with this intelligence include scientists, mathematicians, engineers, doctors and economists.”

Spatial: Can mentally picture objects. Wait, you think, “We can all do this.” But can you turn the mental image of the object over, around, up, down, sideways and inside out? Spatial reasoning types do this at (and with) their breakfasts. They never get lost either, as they have a very keen sense of direction. Mice are also good at this. Drop your ‘stupid’ (yet spatially inclined) main character in a maze with a bunch of Harvard students and see who gets out first. “Careers which suit those with this intelligence include artists, engineers, and architects.”

Bodily-Kinesthetic: Super skilled sporty type, performers, learn more by physically doing a task than seeing it done. Imagine a character who is a member of a circus family that is mute but is the equivalent of a savant on the trapeze; he can do stunts that no-one in the world has done, and he can be soggy-wet drunk doing them. “Careers which suit those with this intelligence include athletes, dancers, actors, surgeons, comedians, builders, soldiers and artisans.”

Musical: Very aware of sounds, rhythms, patterns in sounds, tones. Can memorize hundreds, if not thousands, of melodies. The kid on the street corner who knocks out a beat with stolen drumsticks. The practically deaf composer. The temporary secretary in the office who is an amateur opera singer, struggling to get a bit part on Broadway. “Careers which suit those with this intelligence include instrumentalists, singers, conductors,disc-jockeys, and composers.”

Interpersonal: Plays well with others. Can read a face like a kid can read a ‘Snickers’ logo. Sometimes swayed in the tides of other people’s emotions. Empathetic. A way to twist the interpersonal skill is to have a creepy ESP character that knows the emotions of people just by standing next to them. Make the character blind to boot. Great stuff. “Careers which suit those with this intelligence include politicians, managers, teachers, social workers and diplomats.”

Intrapersonal: See the difference? Inter and InTRA? InTRApersonal skills have to do with self-reflection. These types are deep, man. The neighborhood philosopher who reads Plato on her stoop every night and answers every question with a metaphor for the soul. The hippie skateboarder punk who sits alone, pondering the wheel that is the universe. “Careers which suit those with this intelligence include philosophers, psychologists, theologians, writers and scientists.”

What other intelligences can you think of, like “street smarts” that are a mash-up of two or more of the 7 cited above? What is a “chicken soup” kind of intelligence that isn’t listed and can’t be measured so easily? Spiritual intelligence? Moral? Existential? Where do you, and your characters, fit in this wide and uncharted territory of the mind?

That was an abysmal loss for the Yankees. Mike Mussina was dominant, even if he did give up 2 ER. 2 ER against the offense is fine for any club. However, the Yankee offense was totally brutal in Moose's outing as the team only mustered 1 ER off of a solo shot by Alex Rodriguez (off of Scott Feldman, what?). Texas has one of the worst pitching staffs in baseball, therefore, this 1 R loss is all the more embarrassing. In fact, Feldman had never won a road game until today, that's how bad this loss was.

Although I'm emphasizing the negative right now, there were some positives. Brett Gardner looked great at the plate, even if he didn't get a hit. He worked counts and busted out of the box, narrowly missing a base hit and beating out what could have been a double play. Also, with the way the offense is going right now, you'd have to assume that they're poised for a breakout. Hopefully they'll do enough to win this series against Texas, and then, maybe against Boston, the breakout will occur.

Any Scion owners that really want to take their driving to a new level and become professional, need to follow the career of Dan Gardner. Dan and his TRD Supercharged Jackson-Dawson tC will become the World's First Scion to compete in professional Road Racing! Dan Gardner and the JD Scion Team Prepare to Plunge into Grand-Am’s KONI Challenge Series this Weekend at Mid-Ohio

Here's the official Press Release:

TORRANCE, Calif. — The tC sports coupe and team that started as the world’s first Scion to take a national podium in road racing, now prepare to take a huge step forward. Dan Gardner and the Jackson-Dawson Scion team have their sights set on fierce competition, as they become the first-ever Scion team to compete in a professional road race series. The Scion tC and the team will make their debut in the highly-competitive Grand-Am KONI Challenge series this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course in Lexington, Ohio.

"It’s really an amazing but crazy feeling," said driver and team manager, Gardner. "Every person that’s touched this program, that’s helped make it what it is today, deserves heaps of praise. We’ve always believed the tC to be a fantastic platform, but let’s face it, no one really knew what it would take to make it ready for the big time. On Sunday when we take the starting grid, on perhaps the biggest production road racing stage in North America, we’ll remember why we all worked so hard."

The pro racing effort will be fielded by the immensely talented and successful BGB Motorsports team, one of the most respected teams in all of KONI Challenge. BGB was chosen for their track record, but also for their meticulous attention to detail and their reputation for superb race strategy.

"We’re excited to be a part of this factory-backed effort," said BGB team manager, John Tecce. "It’s not every day you get to field a car that’s making history by being the first of its kind. Scion and TRD have shown great commitment to this program, and we’re just happy to be a part of it."

Toyota’s own in-house performance division, Toyota Racing Development (TRD), has been a great help to the team this season. TRD has long been associated with both professional and grassroots racing. Several TRD parts on the JD racecar are available to all Scion owners through Scion dealerships.

“Our brand of performance parts and accessories really are meant to perform at the highest level,” said Gary Boler, TRD business operations manager. “It doesn’t get much higher than this in terms of production-based road racing. The tC is a great car, but it can always be made better with a few TRD components. The supercharger kit on the JD car is one great example of that.”

The Scion tC will be taking on a humongous field of over 50 entries in the exciting Street Tuner (ST) Class. Cars range from Mazda RX8s, to BMW 330s…Chevrolet Cobalts to Acura TSXs. All in all, over 10 manufacturers will be vying for points.

“It will be with great pride that we see our Scion tC mixing it up at the pinnacle of road racing competition,” said Steve Hatanaka, Scion auto shows and special events manager. “The KONI Challenge battles are fierce; it’s going to be exciting!”

The race takes place on Sunday, June 22 at 12:45 PM Eastern time and will be nationally broadcast on SPEED the following week. The team will practice on Thursday and Friday, and will Qualify on Saturday, June 21 at 2:15 PM. Results can be viewed at either www.grand-am.com or www.konichallenge.com.

The JD Scion tC team uses

• Scion-supplied OE parts

• TRD-supplied supercharger and intercooler, front big brake kit, and limited-slip diff.

• Nitto 235/40R17 NT-01 tires

• Enkei RPF1 17x8 wheels

• Dezod-supplied AEM standalone engine management, plug and play harness, injectors, end links, and stainless clutch line

• Church Automotive Testing dyno tuning

• Moton Suspension coilover shocks

• Vogtland springs

• Progress Technology rear swaybar

• Motul brake fluid, engine oil, transmission fluid, and super coolant

• Racepak IQ3 logger dash

• AEM sensors

• Kaminari carbon fiber roof and composite headlights

• Royalty Auto Body body work

• America’s Tire Co. tire mounting and balancing

• Racetech Viper head-restraint race seat and 6-point harnesses

• Centerforce clutch and low inertia steel flywheel

• AIT carbon fiber hood

• Wild Pony Motorsports-supplied camber/caster plates

• Goodridge stainless brake lines and oil cooler and fuel system fittings and lines

• Carbotech XP10 and XP8 brake pads

• G-Force 5-point harnesses, racing suit, gloves, and helmet

• DC Sports Header

• Energy Suspension bushings and motor mounts

• HoseTechniques silicone hoses

• M-Workz alignment and corner balancing

• turn3 clothing

• NST shifter bushings and pulley

Jackson-Dawson Communications (JD) is a 27-year-old privately held company that provides creative and strategic services to a range of national clients. Core competencies include retail training, event marketing, marketing services, business theater, video and media production services, meeting planning, print graphic and design services, staging service and vehicle management.

With corporate offices in Detroit, MI, Jackson-Dawson also maintains offices in Torrance and Irvine, CA, Manhattan, NY, and Spring Hill, TN. Jackson-Dawson owns and operates several divisions: Peloton Creative Group, BenMar Communications, Drivers Talk Radio and Drivers Talk Testing.

We had the opportunity to meet and interview Dan, as well as check out his tC at the Toyota Owner's and Restorer's Club (TORC) Show in Long Beach earlier this year. We should have that interview available for you all to download shortly.

Dan, Congratulations on this HUGE accomplishment. Represent the Scion Family to the fullest! We're all very proud of you!

Confucius (551-479 BC) taught that the perfect gentleman had to excel in the following “arts”: mathematics, poetry, music, calligraphy, archery, charioteering, and rituals.

Howard Gardner (1943- present) suggested that each individual had multiple intelligences, and that these included mathematics, verbal-linguistic, music, visual-spatial, bodily kinesthetics, intrapersonal and interpersonal.

Is it possible that Confucius’ notion of a well-rounded person possessing many talents, might be the precursor of Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences? If so, his ideas were conceived  over 2 thousand years ago. Think about it.

-----

A Virginia State Police Trooper survives his cruiser being hit by a tractor trailer this morning.

Investigators tell us Trooper P.C. Gardner was pulled over on the right shoulder of Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County around 6:47 a.m., and had just released a traffic violator, when he heard a vehicle hit the rumble strips, looked up, saw an oncoming UPS tractor trailer, and jumped into the passenger seat of his cruiser before the truck hit it.

The UPS truck lost control, hit a guardrail, and went down an embankment.

Luckily, neither the trooper nor the driver is seriously hurt.  EMS crews took Trooper Gardner to Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington with cuts, bruises, and scrapes.

State Police charged the driver of the UPS truck, 57 year old Mikel Elliott from Blacksburg with reckless driving.

State Police are still investigating the crash.

So before The Apprentice went all Brangelina and invited celebrities to compete to raise funds for corporations which would in turn raise money for charity (celebrity/corporate philanthropy is a topic for another column), Donald Trump told his contestants that he would divide them into the haves and have-nots. (For a refresher on that season, read this.)

Here is our country at a glance, according to Too Much:

Try visualizing wealth in the United States as a three-piece pie, with one piece going to the top 1 percent, one to the next richest 9 percent, and one to everyone else. In 2004, America's top 1 percent held over $2.5 trillion more in net worth than the entire bottom 90 percent, according to Federal Reserve data supplemented by the annual Forbes 400 list.

***

In 2004, the nation's top 1 percent raked in more income than the bottom 40 percent, Congressional Budget Office research released in December 2006 indicates.

Every year Forbes rates the top earners in entertainment. People who receive obscene amounts of money for modeling, acting, singing or just being famous for being bootylicious (my big butted sister Kim K.) I don't care what they can do -- no one deserves to earn that much money.

So in a semi-regular column I'll go through that list and break down what their income could pay for in our country, if that person limited themselves to a $4 million/year salary. (And yes, I'll include what the celeb pays out in charity -- I'll be fair.) In a May 2007 story Too Much published a story on an income cap:

Can our contemporary world be saved — from the problems that ail us, from climate change and oil dependency, from AIDS and religious extremism, from poverty and inequality? Foreign Policy, the world’s most prestigious global affairs journal, is tackling this weighty question head on, in a new issue that asks 21 of our earth’s most thoughtful observers to suggest the “one solution that would make the world a better place.”

That “one solution," suggests Howard Gardner, the Harvard-based psychologist whose widely acclaimed books on human intelligence have been translated into 26 languages, ought to be a cap on the income and wealth that any one individual can accumulate.

The United States needs an income cap, Gardner posits in the new Foreign Policy, that limits the amount of money a single individual can annually take home to no more than “100 times as much money as the average worker in a society earns in a year.”

“If the average worker makes $40,000,” Gardner proposes, “the top compensated individual may keep $4 million a year.”

Curiosando tra gli scaffali della Feltrinelli di Piazza Piemonte mi ha incuriosito il titolo di questo nuovo saggio di Howard Gardner (famoso per aver proposto la teoria delle intelligenze multiple). In questo libro l'autore propone 5 diversi tipi di intelligenze indispensabili per affrontare il futuro (l'intelligenza disciplinare, quella sintetica, la creativa, la rispettosa e l'etica). Il testo si legge facilmente ed è scritto in maniera scorrevole però colpiscono da una parte una certa arroganza intellettuale di Gardner nell'esposizione delle argomentazioni (trasuda un atteggiamento del tipo "Ho la verità in tasca e ora ve la mostro") e dall'altra l'assenza completa di riferimenti all'epistemologia della complessità e al pensiero complesso. Quella che Gardner definisce "intelligenza sintetica" ricorda da vicino il "pensiero che connette" sviluppato da Bateson, Morin e altri. Di questo però non c'è traccia nel suo libro. La parte più interessante, a mio avviso, riguarda la differenza tra gli innovatori e gli esperti (all'interno dell'intelligenza creativa) in cui ci spiega perchè i bambini prodigio raramente sono anche degli innovatori. Bella la citazione di Picasso: "Un tempo disegnavo come Raffaello. Mi è occorsa tutta la vita per imparare a disegnare come un bambino". Complessivamente l'ho trovato una piacevole lettura, anche se meno profonda di quello che probabilmente era nelle intenzioni dell'autore.

This publication will happen at the same time as the 2008 Southeastern Association of Magicians convention (August 21-23 in Atlanta), a magicians-only conference at which I will be performing and lecturing.

Gardner's opponent, Bill Elam, is not doing a good job of rebutting this, at least not publicly.

Gardner is third in command in Don Zeller's generally well-respected sheriff's office. He speaks and acts on behalf of the sheriff regularly, he has a long list of impressive credentials and he says frankly that he's always wanted to be sheriff, spent his career training for the job and now knows that he's ready.

He enjoys broad support. Everyone from City Council Member Brian Fagan to Mount Vernon businesswoman Mary Quass to Rich Patterson of the Indian Creek Nature Center has contributed to his campaign. Also: Linda Langston, Amy Boyle, Joan McCalmant, Mary Lou Pazour, Rich Mahaney and many others. Michael Carr, the Linn County jail administrator, donated $500 to Gardner's campaign. I called him to make sure the name and address listed on Gardner's campaign finance report matched the Michael Carr who operates the county's extremely cost-effective jail.

It did. "He's the only candidate, as far as I'm concerned," Carr said.

Elam, a deputy who mans the metal detector at the entrance to the county courthouse on most days, would appear to have an uphill battle. He's not a polished public speaker, his basic campaign message is that the troops under Zeller and Gardner aren't happy and need to be, and he's dogged by Audrey Rahn, a Cedar Rapids resident who's still angry about Elam's role in an infamous dog castration in the early 1990s.

But Elam has been able to raise some money and he's got one group firmly behind him: the unions. The Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 125 and four other union groups including the IBEW Educational Committee in D.C., have donated to his campaign fund.

Whoever wins on Tuesday will face former Cedar Rapids Public Safety Commissioner David Zahn.

Pendapat Piaget dan Vigotsky ini perlu diakomodasi untuk saling melengkapi. Rancangan kegiatan perlu dibagi dimana ada saat anak diberi kesempatan menemukan dan membangun pemahamannya (discovery learning), tetapi guru tetap harus berperan memperluas dan meningkatkan efektifitas belajarnya dengan bantuan arahan yang tepat (scaffolding) sehingga anak dapat meningkatkan ZPD untuk menjadi daerah kemampuan aktualnya. Selain itu perlunya menunggu kesiapan anak dari Piaget dan pemberian bantuan dari orang dewasa untuk meningkatkan kemampuan anak jangan dipandang sebagai sesuatu yang kontradiktif, tetapi dipahami sebagai batasan dalam menetapkan kriteria Developmentally Appropriate Practice. Pendidik perlu meneliti sejauh mana kompetensi dasar usia tertentu, sekaligus mencoba meningkatkan kemampuannya dengan tetap memperhatikan kondisi psikologi anak dan tanpa mematikan anak untuk mencintai belajar.

Pakar Psikologi Perkembangan Erikson memfokuskan pada perkembangan psikososial sejak kecil hingga dewasa dalam delapan tahap. Setiap orang akan melewati tahapan dan setiap tahapan akan mendapatkan pengalaman positif dan negatif. Kepribadian yang sehat akan diperoleh apabila seseorang dapat melewati krisis dalam tugas perkembangan dengan baik. Bagi anak usia dini, autonomy v.s. doubt (1-3 tahun).Bayi memerlukan pengasuhan yang penuh cinta kasih sehingga ia merasa yang aman baginya. Ketidak konsistenan dan penolakan pada masa bayi akan menimbulkan ketidak percayaan pada pengasuhnya berlanjut pada orang lain dan lingkungan yang lebih luas.Pada masa usia dini banyak hal yang menarik dia sehingga akan menjadikan dia ingin selalu mencoba terkadang berbahaya. Pada tahap ini orang dewasa harus memberikan dukungannya dan Erikson mengingatkan pembatasan dan kritik yang berlebihan akan menyebabkan tumbuh rasa ragu terhadap kemampuan dirinya. Penelitian tentang kecerdasan lebih jauh lagi diungkapkan Gardner yang dikenal konsep kecerdasan Jamak atau Multiple Intelegence (MI) ia mengidentifikasikan kecerdasan sebagai kemampuan untuk menemukan dan mencari pemecahan masalah serta membentuk suatu produk yang mempunyai nilai dipandang dari budaya seseorang. Ketujuh kecerdasantersebut adalah : Linguistik, logika, matematika, spasial, kinestetik, musik, intrapersonal, interpersonal serta naturalis. Setiap orang mempunyai berbagai potensi tersebut dan masing-masing dapat dikembangkan ke tahap tertentu. Dalam mendesain kurikulum konsep Piaget, Vigotsky, Erikson dan Gardner sangat bermanfaat sebagai arahan dalam menyusun kurikulum yang sesuai dengan tahap perkembangan dan minat individu. Erikson menyoroti aspek psikososial yang dialami masa anak-anak serta bagaimana pendidik dapat membantu anak melewati masa tersebut untuk menjadi mandiri. Piaget dengan konsep tahapan perkembangan berfikir memberikan pedoman Dalam menyusun pembelajaran yangsesuaiusia, sementaraVigotsky mengemukakan tentang pentingnya interaksi sosial dalam menstimulus berbagai aspek perkembangan.

Kata kunci: Erickson, Gardner, kecerdasan jamak, Vigotsky, Piaget

Dei e Storia

Ci si puo' chiedere come possa, nella sede stessa del Cattolicesimo, che perseguito' le streghe tramite l'Inquisizione, essersi diffusa una simile religione. In effetti, paradossalmente, l'Inquisizione era molto meno attiva in Italia che nel resto dell'Europa in quel tempo, ed il culto riusci' quindi a sopravvivvere. Questi si diffuse prevalentemente nel Centro Italia grazie agli insegnamenti di Aradia, la Grande Strega, che secondo la tradizione era figlia della Dea Diana (ereditata direttamente dalla Dea della Caccia romana) e di Lucifero, Portatore di Luce, considerato il Dio del Sole e della Luna (anche se nella tradizione Cristiana sarà identificato con Satana stesso a causa di un controverso passo dei Vangeli).

Nonostante il Pantheon della Tradizione della Stregheria sia pieno di altri dei ereditati dalle tradizioni Romane e Greche, il culto si concentra intorno alle due figure già citate, in quanto dà estrema importanza alla venerazione della Luna.

Le Streghe celebravano otto feste, chiamate Tregende, tramite lunghissimi canti e balli sotto la Luna, in offerta a Diana. Grande importanza era data all'iniziazione delle nuove "sorelle", ed alla magia stessa: le Streghe credevano nella possibilità di lanciare degli incantesimi che avrebbero avuto effetto sulla natura stessa, e credevano anche in misteriosi essere (i Grigori), che difendevano la Terra dalle energie negative provenienti da un'altra dimensione spiriturale, il "piano astrale". Simbolo chiave delle religione é la stella a cinque punte, il pentagramma, punto di contatto fra i vari mondi.

Storia Moderna

La Stregheria fu studiata principalmente dall'occultista Charles G. Leland, che dopo essere stato a lungo in contatto con una sedicente strega, Maddalena, alla fine del XIX Secolo, ed aver osservato molto da vicino il folklore italiano, pubblico' il suo libro "Arcadia, o il Vangelo delle Streghe", che ricevette moltissimo interesse da parte della comunità accademica, soprattutto grazie ad altri riferimenti storici alla Stregheria trovati in quel periodo: Orazio stesso ci parla di alcuni culti pagani con streghe dedite alla venerazione di Proserpina e Diana, mentre già nel 1751 si puo' ritrovare il termine Stregheria in un libro di Tartarotti, "Apologia del Congresso Notturno Delle Lammie".

Si pensa che gli studi di Gardner abbiano influito moltissimo sulla nascita della religione Wicca (o Wiccan) nel XX secolo, che si diceva appunto prosecutrice di una millenaria tradizione di Streghe, e che ebbe ampio risalto in tutto il mondo (tanto che oggi si contano poco meno di un milione di fedeli).

Per approfondire:

Stregheria su Wikipedia
Stregheria su CorteScontenti.it

Both Elizabeth and Richard are equally passionate about Wiinblad's work, but in the beginning Elizabeth was the collector. They started collecting five years ago through a Danish contact and now they have more than 150 items in their collection.

Elizabeth and Richard's collection is throughout their house; it's something they love to see every day. Elizabeth says the beauty of Bjorn Wiinblad Wall Plate 's work is that you can buy a lovely little piece cheaply or you can spend a great deal of money on his large statues. Elizabeth and Richard will keep on collecting because they say, "There is always something out there that you haven't seen before and of course you really feel like you'd like to have it".

Since the 1950s, Rosenthal studio-line has led the industry in modern, avant-garde design. Internationally renowned designers and artists such as Walter Gropius, Timo Sarpaneva, Tapio Wirkkala, Mario Bellini and Bjorn Wiinblad have all contributed to building Rosenthal's brand name. Recent collaborations with designers Jasper Morrison and Platt and Young have led to many new product innovations. For example, Rosenthal secured the worldwide license for reproductions of Andy Warhol's works and designs in crystal and ceramics. Please purchase on online http://www.etabletop.com/