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An intriguing shot of an isolated slide in what looks to be a very interesting talk given by UCLA memory expert Professor Robert Bjork at last week’s Association for Psychological Science 2014 Conference. To wit:

Important peculiarities of the human memory system

  • A remarkable capacity for storing information is coupled with a highly fallible retrieval process.
  • What is accessible in memory is highly dependent on the current environmental, interpersonal, emotional and body-state cues.
  • Retrieving information from memory is a dynamic process that alters the subsequent state of the system.
  • Access to competing memory representations regresses towards the earlier representation over time

Waddaya mean you weren’t invited?

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[Independent TD Mick Wallace ]

When Enda Kenny hailed the February 2011 general election as a “democratic revolution at the ballot box”, he was probably alluding to the virtual wipeout of Fianna Fail, not a style revolution. That’s what we got when Mick Wallace, Richard Boyd Barrett and Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan rocked up for work as TDs. The establishment had paroxysm with fright. Pink polo shirts, bomber jackets, dangling plastic earrings, ponytails and blond dreadlocks were the arsenal of anarchy.
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The reaction was reminiscent of the scorn poured on the late Tony Gregory when he took his seat as a Dublin Central independent – and refused to wear a tie. With such frivolity do anarchists change the world.
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These independents have as much in common with the establishment’s crony circles as they have with Yves Saint Laurent. That is probably their strongest selling point. They were lucky that Kenny never needed them to form a government – it allowed them to remain outsiders. Their challenge now is not to become insiders in the new ‘normal’ they have created. By their clothes we may know them, but by their actions shall we judge them….”

Sunday Times’  Justine McCarthy From her column yesterday (available here behind paywall).

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Mark Willis writes:

“We’re launching this awesome album on Thursday in Whelan’s [Camden Street, Dublin] in aid of First Fortnight. It’s called There is a Light and it features TWENTY Irish artists – including Ambience Affair, O Emperor and The Casanova Wave. The aim is simple: to raise awareness of mental health issues and raise funds for mental health charity First Fortnight. Indeed, all proceeds from the album (€10) & tickets (€10) are going to First Fortnight. The artists have given their music to the project for free. The launch gig features performances by Ambience Affair, Biggles Flys Again, Hidden Highways, Owensie & Dylan Tighe. Tickets are only €10 – for 5 acts (and all for a good cause). All the details are here: Thank you.

‘There Is A Light’ the album can be purchased here .

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