Andrea Stables
Freelance writer, avid reader.
Location New York, United States
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I remember hearing about two questions to ask yourself when your'e having negative thoughts about yourself.
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A television series I watched surprised me. The male character reconnected with a former lover who was the stereotypical thin, beautiful woman while the person who really cared enough to help him was an overweight woman with a pleasant face. I so wanted him to appreciate (and end up with) the latter, but I told myself to accept how it always plays out on...
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Criticism from family at an early age about my weight. Learned to view my weight and appearance as a measure of my self-worth. Even when for a period of time when I was underweight.
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Thank you for an intriguing course. Renews my love of learning.
Thank you to my fellow students for your thoughtful comments and shared information.
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Fascinating concept.
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That is so cool!
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Terrific video.
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Andrea Stables replied to Robert Mawson
Yes, terrific map.
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Awesome flyover!
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Off topic, but I wanted to share this breathtaking image from NASA.
"Massive stars race through their lifecycles, and only some of them go through a brief Wolf-Rayet phase before going supernova, making Webb’s detailed observations of this rare phase valuable to astronomers. Wolf-Rayet stars are in the process of casting off their outer layers, resulting in... -
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Moondance - Van Morrison
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"Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes" -
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It's rather discomforting to realize an object has to be about the size of a football field to get through the atmosphere at full speed. Reminds me of the quote earlier regarding a meteor the size of a mountain.
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Terrific video. Thank you.
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Andrea Stables replied to Morag Lanzendorf
@MoragLanzendorf Thank you! That's awesome.
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Very effective way of learning the makeup inside these moons.
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Hey, @MarkJackson ! Judging by how his takeover of Twitter is going, the Simpson's episode was prescient.
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Absolutely delightful video.
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I felt a kind of release.
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How to Profit from Murder Charges
In 2021 Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all counts in the homicide case involving his fatally shooting two men and wounding a third. This took place in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the summer of 2020 during protests after a Black man was shot by a white police officer.
One would think Mr. Rittenhouse would keep a low profile in... -
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absolute puff piece
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Op-eds are a favorite of mine. While I cheer on writers who write opions similar to mine, I consider it important to listen to opposing views as well.
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"One minute I was cruising through beautiful countryside in the Loire Valley and the next I was coming around in an ambulance." A freak bicycle accident nearly sidelined the Olympic hopes of Alex Subumi, team captain of the national hockey team. Their painful road to recovery from a broken arm took a short detour while they walked in a wooded area near home....
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How did you find out that your book was under consideration for banning in the school district?
How has the reporting on this affected the sales of the book?
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Andrea Stables replied to Su Turi
@SuTuri I do enjoy Dominic Dunne, too.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the process of developing my pitch. No doubt it helps that it's a subject I am very passionate about. This is all new to me, and I was excited in doing the research and finding the local sources available. This is doable.
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What does a jazz club in upstate New York have in common with a school board in the heart of Texas? They both chose to defend the First Amendment.
Parents' rights groups have sprung up across the United States demanding a right to direct curriculum and decide what books should be removed from the shelves of the library and classrooms.
Specifically,...
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Andrea Stables replied to Nick J
@NickJ Noteworthy premise, especially when you consider the degree to which the wealthy avoid paying their fair share.
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@MehreenRana Advocacy is much needed in this area. The topic of transgender individuals is a political football in the United States.
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Andrea Stables replied to Claudine H
@ClaudineH Excellent for parenting magazines or lifestyle section of newspapers.
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@AlexandraIzmaylova The concept of the patriotism of expats is fascinating. I would hope you would be able to include expats who moved back to their native land.
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In researching parents' rights groups, specifically in banning books in schools in the United States, I found two good sources to interview. One is a school board member who was endorsed by a local parents' right group. The other is a local author of a children's book that has been banned in another state. I'm really enthused about this project.
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I'm with you, @DianeSidine
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I'm a longtime reader of The New Yorker. One article that truly impressed me was on window-washing in New York City. I was skeptical about it keeping my interest. Boy, was I wrong.
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Andrea Stables replied to Anne Williams
@AnneWilliams The New Yorker has superb articles.
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Terrific course! Many thanks to FutureLearn and the input of fellow students!
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I also would like to believe that there is life on other planets or moons.
"What Makes an Exoplanet Habitable" from NASA offers a series of graphics listing the elements necessary to support life. It does make you appreciate our home...
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Gliese 581c has 5.5 times the mass of Earth which means it is classified as a super-Earth (having 5 to 10 Earth masses). It is also classified as Earth-like although its actual conditions may differ. It takes approximately 13 days to orbit its parent star from which it is located only 6.8 million miles. Being so close, it is thought this may result in a...
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Andrea Stables replied to john adams
hear, hear
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What a fantastic accomplishment!
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Andrea Stables replied to John Lateano
Thank you for the links.
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It's a fraction of the nebula.
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Andrea Stables replied to John Lateano
@WolfgangFoß Many thanks! Those are awesome!
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lol
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Andrea Stables replied to Wayne King
@WayneKing Thank you for the recommendation.
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You got the T, and it is remotely accessible.
Physics Innovations Robotic Astronomical Tele- scope Explorer -
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It's extraordinary the difference in what you can see with the different wavelengths. The pictures are mesmerizing.
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The article from NASA on gravitational lensing is fascinating!
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It's strange that Triangulum isn't pulled into the merging of the Milky Way and Andromeda. It seems to skate around the action.
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@JohnHughes Since I was a child, I find the concept of infinity unsettling.
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@MarkJackson And "after".
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Another rainy night in New York.
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Andrea Stables replied to Helen Patrick
This might help explain it.
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And before the Big Bang?
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I selected Eta Piscium, also known as Kullat Nunu. This white to yellow giant star is the brightest star in the Pisces constellation with a magnitude of +3.26. A very young star, only 220 million years old, it is 294 light years from Earth.
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Trying to wrap my mind around the concept of a core of burning gas having a density fifty times that of rock.
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Awesome
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Four decades ago, I asked my boss for a raise. I was told that I couldn't make more money than the woman with most seniorty who also happened to be the bookkeeper. Nothing was said about how much the men in comparable positions to mine were paid.
"Money is power." And, in the United States, women still earn 17% less than men in 2022. This is just one of the...
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I'm sorry to hear that. I hope this course provides some answers for you.
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Andrea Stables replied to Jean James
You might try clicking on the box with a check mark followed by "To do" at the top of the page. I just joined today.
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@marymowat A lot of unanswered questions regarding Liz's abduction.
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In the video of the crime, the one masked assailant who turned out to be a woman did speak and sounded like a woman. Seth repeatedly brought up his belief that one of the robbers was possibly a woman.
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DS Sund's conclusions come closest to the truth. However, there are two obvious factors that are left hanging.
1. Why was Liz abducted? Futher, what was her eyewitness account? She was indeed the one closest to the perpetrators and should be better able to identify them. Even with masks, she may have been able to identify them by voice.
2. What about the... -
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It would be better to have unbiased identification. However, with only one eyewitness identification for each of the men and no other physical evidence, I think it will be difficult to convict either man.
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I agree.
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Andrea Stables replied to Andrea Stables
@Emma-MarieMcTighe Bingo!
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Bullet reminded the eye witnesses of their previous descriptions of the criminals and had both agree on a composite created by Lila. This was verbal overshadowing.
He directed Seth to look through mugshots, including those of two of the suspects. Bullet even pointed out the suspects to Seth. This created a problem of unconscious transference.
The identity... -
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I got the first two correct, but I did select someone for the latter two.
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I can't imagine going through life not being able to recognize a loved one's face.
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@MichaelBath This link will take you to it.
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YES!
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Orange saggy face, tight mean lips, marionette lines, pouchy, chalky bags under eyes, stressed blond hair poofed over forehead and swept back over to of head, eyes of a conman viewing a mark.
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DS Sund's interviews elicited more more information than DI Bullet's. The possibility in Lila's account of one of the perpetrator having a handgun. There was a new mention of one of the criminals being in the road. From Seth came the recall that the person who grabbed Liz got in the car with her, and, therefore, was not the driver. In addition, there's a...
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I have also been wondering why they took Liz.
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Very interesting. I can see how valuable this approach could be.
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It's very apparent that Bullet wants support for his hunch on at least two of the suspects. Lila returns to her initial estimate to the height of the two. Bullet also squashes what may be important information from Seth which is probably again his impression that one of the robbers may be a woman.
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I recalled the lure word. I think I thought it was there, correlating it to 'pane', "sill', 'curtain', and 'sash'.
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@Emma-MarieMcTighe Another factor was that the focus was on the directions the researcher or actor handed to the subject.
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Andrea Stables replied to Michael Bath
@MichaelBath I know just what you mean.
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Andrea Stables replied to Elijah Magaa
@ElijahMagaa It's also possible for a person to be so traumatized by an event that his or her mind protects itself from processing what happened.
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For openers, Sund interviewed the witnesses separately which avoided Bullet's method that was biased due to the co-witnessing effect. Sund asked questions that elicited information rather than the leading questions that Bullet used creating another form of bias. Sund used vehicles as a comparison for the height of the suspects, receiving a more likely...
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We don't know anything about the relationship between the kidnapped Liz and the two witnesses. We also don't know why the three of them were in that particular area at the time of the heist.
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Thank you! This was a terrific course. I had fun and learned a lot.
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I voted for mindmapping. I'd done it before but this reminded of how excellent a technique it is for producing a visual representation of information.
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I read the two articles recommended by Peter Burns. What really struck me was the focus, first and foremost, on the needs or desires of the customer or user. Knowing your market is essential in the development of new products or service.
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There is a water shortage around the world."
WHITE HAT: 750 million people don't have access to clean water. That's one in ten people worldwide. Every day 200 million hours are spent by women and girls hauling water. By 2025 1.8 billion people will suffer water scarcity.
What can be done to deal with this crisis?
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@TeamCreative I hope I have the opportunity to try it.
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Brainwriting is all new to me. I appreciate the different methods presented and can see how they may be used very productively and creatively, depending on the group and moderator.
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DI Bullet's summary is troublesome. Lila sounds overly confident, while Seth's reticence may prove his observations to be more trustworthy. He identified the car as probably an Audi, one of the perpetrators seemed childlike and may very well be a woman, and the driver's description included sunglasses and possibly a cap to hinder identification. Bullet...
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One element missing was the 3 accomplices of the man who kidnapped Liz. Both witnesses report driver putting her in the car and taking off. What about the others with the case? Neither witness mentions them getting in the getaway vehicle.
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Make arrangements for a wine tasting party at a small winery. Include a tour of the facility and transporation for Miranda and a small party of friends.
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Situation 1: Nominal Group or 6-3-5 to eliminate conflict
Situation 2: Brainwriting Pool or BBB to generate ideas and build on them
Situation 3: 6-3-5 to eliminate conflict
Situation 4: BBB to maximize synergism -
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I particularly like BBB because it includes part of synectics with the photos used for stimulation and making connections.
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This is a new concept for me. I can see how it can be very effective.
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crush petals in jar to scent a room
pluck petals to find out if "he loves you" or "he loves you not"
wear it as a boutonniere
stroke the petals softly against your cheek to soothe
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What strikes me is the second characteristic. While the other methods include stating the problem, this explores other perceptions of the problem. I find a huge advantage in this. What may to appear to be a problem may, in fact, not be THE problem.
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1. a prism - when you just need a rainbow
2. a dumbbell - when you can't make it to the gym
3. a steamroller - on its side the bottle will flatten softer objects, an emergency rolling pin
4. a locked cell - there's only one way out -
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This reminds me of the first aid courses I took when I was a scout leader. Coming on an emergency, the first priority for safety is your own. You can't be of help if you become an additional victim. That said, I would like to think that I would come forward in some manner to help someone in distress.
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How extraordinary! I looked for an explanation of bystander apathy. One reason is that in a group the responsibility is diffused. An individual doesn't feel the onus being on him or her alone to act. The other is the need to appear to behave in a correct manner before others. If they don't react, neither should you
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How to find a lost wallet in the park within 2 days?
Creative solution 1: Use a bloodhound and something with the wallet owner's scent to track from where the owner exited park.
Creative solution 2: Invite a medium enlist spirits from the astral plane to seek its whereabouts.
Critical solution: Apply to a scout leader to have his or her troop learn basic...
