Category: Journal

We saw Australia (the movie) last night, this led to the discussion of how there wqas something condescending in the way the aboriginals had magical powers. Then Amy showed us this item which clinched the idea of the archetype very fully, great article.

As usual I think the archetype is fine, we all have a wise old man in our psyche, but to literalise the idea is the problem.

But this is movie was not History. it is a fable, and so as long as we see it as that it is not so bad. But is the USA is literalising a fable, now that could be a disaster!

Magical Negro in Chief
By Bijan C. Bayne | TheRoot.com

In Obama, pop devotees of the black spiritual guide have found their ultimate savior.
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Nov. 13, 2008–By now we’ve become familiar with the Negro Spirit Guide in pop culture. Think Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost, Sister Act and The Long Walk Home. Laurence Fishburne in Searching for Bobby Fischer and The Matrix.

theroot.com

This is a thorough survey, with a predictable outcome. We don’t know much!

In the conclusion she advocates that professional bodies create more effective guidelines for online practice. It is one that makes sense, and there may be some that are needed, however I have a belief that for 99% of the work the existing principles are fine. Usually when an ethical question pops up, it is not so different from face-to-face practice. Are they who they say they are? Is the environment that suits? Is the pratitioner competent to use the tools they use? All apply broadly!

proquest.umi.com

Ethical practice online: An exploration of provider liability risk among practitioners in the emerging field of online therapy
by Holmes, Kristie, Ph.D., Capella University, 2008, 201 pages; AAT 3324818

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I am always fascinated to see how various roles are named in online forums. I need to know these as I set up an active team of contributors on http://www.katetapley.co.nz, so it is handy to have this link here. I am pleased to see the term “moderator” is not used, though no doubt it has a place at times.

Summary of Roles

* Administrator – Somebody who has access to all the administration features
* Editor – Somebody who can publish posts, manage posts as well as manage other people’s posts, etc.
* Author – Somebody who can publish and manage their own posts
* Contributor – Somebody who can write and manage their posts but not publish posts
* Subscriber – Somebody who can read comments/comment/receive news letters, etc.

codex.wordpress.org

I’ve heard of sub-liminal of course, but just came across the word limen. New to me! Love getting new words like that.

Wikipedia

In physiology, psychology, or psychophysics, a limen or a liminal point is a threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

Liminal, as an adjective, means situated at a sensory threshold, hence barely perceptible.

It is a a challenging word. Noticing my own limen is quite task, to go to the edge of awareness. Edges are always interesting, it is where the isomorphy is evident, where we see a world in a grain of sand.

For some reason the iphone friendly plugin did not work on this blog
so I disabeled it.

Then I discovered that if I went to the blog via the Google reader the
whole thing was formatted for the phone.

Google everything. Scary how so many cloud computing works best
through Google. Email, RSS reader, all hard to beat. An American
advertising corporation. I can feel resistance coming on.

Later:

Not so good though, links don’t work as expected.

If it worked it means the bit of code to publish of worked as well.

I have also implemented the iPhone friendly theme, still need to see
if that works.

This must be a hobby!