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Re: Avenues for investing in Indian Securities Market: A guide for a retail Investor.

Chintz Ruparel — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 08:10:52 -0000

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Re: Avenues for investing in Indian Securities Market: A guide for a retail Investor.

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Re: Some Test Post

Andriy Dymnich — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:55:25 -0000

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Re: Home

John delavega — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 05:14:41 -0000

Hey guys, like Emma I can’t post directly on the post on the blog but this is directed at the first post creating a Positive Environment (Kidman, 2005). This post is short and sweet and outlines the 4 aspects of creating a positive learning environment which are a positive approach, punishment, motivation and self-control. By breaking up motivation into 3 different components you’ve outlined the different parts of learning that motivation affects such as the decision to undergo training, the intensity of the training and how committed a student is to their training. One thing that I’ve learned however was from the self-control aspect of the teacher learner relationship. In terms of a training environment, encouraging goes a longer way than saying that a player is perfect and in a game sense, putting less pressure on a performer works better than saying, as you mentioned; “you’ve been training all year for this” as it creates pressure and anxiety and this may cause players to perform worse than normal. Overall this short and sweet post was very helpful in my own learning; it could have been longer and expanded on the other points but it was still good, keep up the good work!

- John

Re: Home

Emma — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:25:30 -0000

Hey guys,

I couldn't comment directly on it, but my response is to your break down of the Creating a positive Environment reading. A stand out point for me was the emphasis on coaches not putting pressure on players. From personal experience I can personally confirm and agree that a coach putting pressure on a player only causes stress and anxiety, and in more cases than none, the result is a poor performance. I feel this strongly relates to one of the chapters by Cassidy that explains how much emotion is involved in educating in general, but coaching in particular. A good educator does not let emotion get the better of them, but uses it to the best of their ability to spark motivation in their players. Emotion plays a big part not just in educating/teaching/coaching, but from a player/student perspective as well. Again, as you clearly stated in your breakdown of the reading, a coach can have a huge influence on a players performance purely by influencing their emotions, and inflicting stress and anxiety in the player.

I like your statement that educators and learners need to control the controllable. This of course relating to both players and coaches (or even teachers and students) as we all know it plays a huge part in educating and by controlling what we can control such as emotions, there is a much higher chance of having a positive result such as a good perfomance which can boost confidence and create that positive environment for both the educator and the learner.

Awesome break down of the reading, it really deepened my understanding of the relationship between learner and educator, and the effect one can have on the other.

Cheers,
Emma.
(AKA Aunty Em)

Re: Celeb COlLabs — Where Greymen LiveGrey

og mack drama — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:14:29 -0000

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Re: About

deepakg — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:47:17 -0000

Dear cat lover,

Thanks for visiting :). Not a professional by any stretch of imagination! Photography is just a hobby that gets me out of the house. But who knows what the future may hold?

Re: About

Ailurophile — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 05:02:43 -0000

Dear Deepak, I really love your picture, are you a professional photographer?

Re: Photoblog: Photo #57 – 75

deepakg — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 14:32:54 -0000

:) Thanks for reading!

Re: Photoblog: Photo #57 – 75

Richard Hsu — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:53:32 -0000

But Google Street View doesn't tell stories like you do :) What you add to your photos is analogous to what music adds to a video, makes it more than just visual. There is a human element to it.

Re: The canal in IKEA’s Amsterdam photo

Bobby Ray — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:53:46 -0000

The IKEA photo is on the wall (of all places) of my therapist's office! I've studied it for years, until I got curious enough to want to find out where it was taken. It is a brilliant photo. Thank you so much for solving the mystery for me!

Re: Utica – New York City train ride

deepakg — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:41:55 -0000

Thanks Mahe. Yes, this was shot with an iPhone 6 plus. Here are a couple more:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
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Re: Photoblog: Photo #47 – The view from IJdok

deepakg — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:18:00 -0000

Indeed. I am sure they must've done a lot of work in the years preceding the construction of the building. It's connected to another island by a strip of land. Not sure if it makes it any easier. However, such construction is relatively commonplace here. But then the Dutch are legendary with how they deal with water. It's now on the map: https://www.google.nl/maps/...

And I just realised that the thing in front of my house that I thought to be a river all these years, is actually a lake! http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Re: Photoblog: Photo #47 – The view from IJdok

White Horse — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 23:27:45 -0000

That should be cool. I am surprised to hear the man made island has waterway deep enough for cruise ships. that should have been a herculean and costly task, right?

Re: A trip to the Vatican Museum

Patty Mooney — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:51:36 -0000

When we went, everyone and their sister were taking photos with their cell phones. It was impossible for the guards to do anything about it.

Re: The canal in IKEA’s Amsterdam photo

Corri — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 19:17:40 -0000

Someone near Page, Arizona, USA, painted this photo on the side of a metal building. It's almost in the middle of nowhere, a treat to drive by on one's way to Antelope Canyon inn the Navajo Nation. (Check out images on the internet of Antelope Canyon, AZ for a visual treat!!

Re: Bhutan – Day 1 – Phuentsholing to Thimpu

Somnath Dey — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:13:52 -0000

rates of small car fare from Phuntcoiling to Paro/Thimpu
rates of Small car to Sight seen charges in all pol

Re: The canal in IKEA’s Amsterdam photo

Allison — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 04:17:16 -0000

I stayed in this houseboat when I visited Amsterdam last year and have been searching everywhere for a copy of that Ikea print in Australia! If anyone is interested the name of the houseboat is called "Jannetje Reinette" and is an amazing place to stay in Amsterdam!

Re: The magic of train stations

Govind — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:24:32 -0000

has to be the best post - always loved the trains and train stations provide this feeling (indescribable) - peace of knowing that next train is coming and life will go on. I could possibly sit in a train station or a garden with a book for hours.

Re: Ladakh in April – Day 1

Shilpa Singh — Thu, 08 May 2014 02:16:22 -0000

Nice blog!

Re: Photoblog: Photo #41 – Amsterdam Spring (2014)

deepakg — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 01:34:54 -0000

Thanks Richard!

I was editing this photo for several minutes and yet never noticed it. I spotted it only when I had posted it on the blog and was quite surprised!

Winter here was mild and the spring came early this year. This could mean two things - a hot summer or a summer as mellow as the winter. I guess you know what I'd prefer. We'll see :). Barbeques and gardening equipment is already seeing a good deal of use here. As for bicycles, they never quite get un-deployed - but then the snow here (if we get some) falls in centimetres not in feet :)

Re: Photoblog: Photo #41 – Amsterdam Spring (2014)

Richard Hsu — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 23:49:31 -0000

Yes. See it in the air ;-) Nice shot. Spring is officially here in Toronto but we temperatures are still in the single digits. Barbeques, bicycles and gardening equipments are still under covers waiting to be deployed.

Re: Photoblog: Photo #11

Jitendra Vyas — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 20:41:52 -0000

I have stayed in the white building at right side

Re: Even and odd

Wife — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:32:38 -0000

I am crazy about this stuff and cannot let go. Here it is in most of its glory. Enjoy.