e the next generation
of innovators, and arts education really furthers that,
and makes sure that we have the next generation of
entrepreneurs, of creative thinkers and inventors”
Bonamici is a new member of the House Education Committee.
She’s hoping to gain support for a caucus she’s creating called
“STEM to STEAM” – by adding an “A” for Art to the combination
of science, technology, engineering, and math.
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lution; and it can solve these with a fraction of the materials now inefficiently used.
Moreover, energy, ever more available, directed by cumulative information stored in computers, is capable of synthesizing raw materials, of machining and packaging commodities, and of supplying the physical needs of [THE] total global population.
Fuller was a research professor at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) from 1959 to 1968. In 1968 he was named university professor, in 1972 distinguished university professor, and in 1975 university professor emeritus. Queen Elizabeth II awarded Fuller the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture. He also received the 1968 Gold Medal Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
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le to some who are strong visual thinkers but who may have had serious difficulties in conventional academic settings. . . . Different kinds of problems and different kinds of tools may require different talents and favor different kinds of brains." --Thomas G. West, from the preface to the first edition of In the Mind's Eye, 1991. "Thomas West . . . claims that visualization is not only a legitimate way to solve problems, it is a superior way; the best minds have used it. West urges us to join the dyslexics of the world and use pictures instead of words.
Thomas G. West
The computer-generated information superhighway could launch a new renaissance of creativity for millions of visual thinkers! Some of the greatest minds in politics, science, literature, and the arts experienced undetected learning disabilities that stopped them from assimilating information the same way as their peers. Some of our most original intellects Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Lewis Carroll, and Winston Churchill relied heavily on visual modes of thought, processing information in terms of images instead of words or numbers.
In the "Mind's Eye" profiles gifted individuals who used non-traditional methods in their work as it explodes many myths about conventional intelligence and charts new vistas for today's computer visualisation technologies. Thomas G. West examines the learning difficulties experienced by these people and others, and how recent neurological research shows an association between visual talents and verbal difficulties. In the "Mind's Eye" probes new data on dyslexics to see how computers enhance the creative potential of visual thinkers, as well as interactive computer applications to all levels of education and work. Updated with a new preface, epilogue, and expanded notes, this volume could be the clarion call for educators and corporations to mine this untapped resource of highly creative talent in our midst.
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and was known as the “Paocui Chen Family” (炮捶陈家)” (Gaffney and Sim, 2002).
Detailed historical records of people, events and martial arts in Chenjiagou started from
the time of Chen Wangting陈王庭 (1600-1680), the person who created Taijiquan. According
to the Annals of Huaiqing Prefecture怀庆志 and Wen County Annals温县志, Chen Wangting
was a military officer and served as Commander in the Garrison Force of Wen County in 1641,
just before the fall of the Ming dynasty. The Genealogy of Chen Families陈氏家谱 stated that at
the end of the Ming dynasty Chen Wangting was already famous for his martial skills, “having
once defeated more than 1000 bandits and was a born warrior[…]”
“According to Charles Hucker (1975) “…the wei-suo standing
army declined in strength and fighting ability. It was
supplemented by local militiamen, then by conscripts
from the general population, and finally in the last Ming
century by recruited mercenaries in awesome numbers.
In the last Ming decades the military rolls swelled to a
reported total of four million men. But they were poorly
equipped, ill trained, and irregularly fed and clothed; only
a small fraction of the total can have been effective soldiers”.
Chen Wangting was fiercely loyal to the Ming dynasty and
its fall put paid to any ambitions of advancement he held.
Consequently he retired to Chenjiagou where he lived out
the rest of his days.”
Excerpt From: “The Essence of Taijiquan 太極之粹.epub.”by David Gaffney & Davidine Siaw-Voon Sim. …