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Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Four-year-old comic book fan Anthony Smith is deaf in his right ear and has hearing damage in his left. He also refused to wear his hearing aid (which he calls “Blue Ear” because it is blue), because “superheroes don’t wear hearing aids.” So in a long-shot attempt to help her son, Anthony’s mom emailed Marvel for ideas.
“She didn’t know a specific person to write to here at Marvel, and even figured it might get caught in our spam filters, but she sent it in anyway, because that’s the kind of great parent Christina is,” said Marvel editor Bill Rosemann. “And it was her inspiring effort to help her son that touched so many of us here. As a fellow parent of a toddler, I can understand where she’s coming from, so I forwarded the email around the rest of Editorial, asking what we could do to help, and like when Cap yells, ‘Avengers Assemble,’ the gang leapt into action.”
Not only did Anthony receive an image of the superhero Hawkeye, who lost 80 percent of his hearing back in the ’80s and wore hearing aids — Anthony also received a drawing, by Nelson Ribeiro in Collected Editions, of a brand-new superhero: “Blue Ear.”
Now, with his hearing aid back in, Anthony is able to “fight battles and help people.” His preschool, for hearing-impaired kids, recently hosted a superhero week to inspire the students to overcome their limitations.
DON’T miss the video. It’s the best thing you’ll see all day.
[death+taxes / robot6]
I still just can’t read comic books, but this kind of thing makes me want to just buy them so they have my money and support.
This is great. I have almost the exact same hearing condition as Anthony, and this kind of superhero would have been great for me as a kid.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jd3cjjOf1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Four-year-old comic book fan Anthony Smith is deaf in his right ear and has hearing damage in his left. He also refused to wear his hearing aid (which he calls “Blue Ear” because it is blue), because “superheroes don’t wear hearing aids.” So in a long-shot attempt to help her son, Anthony’s mom emailed Marvel for ideas.
“She didn’t know a specific person to write to here at Marvel, and even figured it might get caught in our spam filters, but she sent it in anyway, because that’s the kind of great parent Christina is,” said Marvel editor Bill Rosemann. “And it was her inspiring effort to help her son that touched so many of us here. As a fellow parent of a toddler, I can understand where she’s coming from, so I forwarded the email around the rest of Editorial, asking what we could do to help, and like when Cap yells, ‘Avengers Assemble,’ the gang leapt into action.”
Not only did Anthony receive an image of the superhero Hawkeye, who lost 80 percent of his hearing back in the ’80s and wore hearing aids — Anthony also received a drawing, by Nelson Ribeiro in Collected Editions, of a brand-new superhero: “Blue Ear.”
Now, with his hearing aid back in, Anthony is able to “fight battles and help people.” His preschool, for hearing-impaired kids, recently hosted a superhero week to inspire the students to overcome their limitations.
DON’T miss the video. It’s the best thing you’ll see all day.
[death+taxes / robot6]
I still just can’t read comic books, but this kind of thing makes me want to just buy them so they have my money and support.
This is great. I have almost the exact same hearing condition as Anthony, and this kind of superhero would have been great for me as a kid.
Your Brain on NaNoWriMo
We’ve heard many tales over the years from Wrimos who tap into realms of intuition and imagination as they write during NaNoWriMo. It turns out that there might be an actual change in our brains as we write with reckless abandon. Charles Limb, a doctor and musician who studies how creativity works in the brain suggests that turning off your “inner editor” opens up a flow of expression. Read on!
Tell us what you discovered when you studied the brain activity of improvisational jazz musicians?
Charles Limb: In our study, musicians played a tune they had memorized and then a tune they invented on the spot, and we observed their brain activity using brain-imaging techniques. With the shift to improvisation, a region of the brain associated with careful planning and self-censorship called the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex became dormant, while parts of the brain connected to the senses—hearing, seeing, feeling—became especially lively.
Most interesting, a brain area linked to autobiographical storytelling also showed increased activity. When jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off areas linked to self-censoring and inhibition—and turn on those that let self-expression flow. Essentially, a musician shuts down his inhibitions and lets his inner voice shine through.
I guess the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is what we unscientifically call “the inner editor.”
Limb: That’s not such a bad phrase. The real key is that it’s not just a single cluster of neurons that is that editor, but a whole region.
Do you think your findings about improvisational jazz could apply to improvising in writing as well?
In most cases, the best strategy for a job interview is to be fairly honest, because the worst thing that can happen is that you won’t get the job and will spend the rest of your life foraging for food in the wilderness and seeking shelter underneath a tree or the awning of a bowling alley that has gone out of business.
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Shameless Self-Promoter
why am i not denying this
Badass Bookworm.
girl with psycho weapon
accurate
Oh.
All the
small things~Disc One Final Boss
Are we in Scott Pilgrim?
Serial Tweaker
….sometimes….
Holy Child.
Stock Character. Ouch…
Damsel Fight-and-Flight Response.
Remember I mentioned all the new births?
Top: Kalect, Nahwitti’s new calf coming up for breath.
Bottom left: Nahwitti swimming her her new calf.
Bottom right: Nahwitti in front, little Kalect poking their head up with Kiltik behind.
While researching random things at work I came across this needs theory. I found it quite interesting.
Just from reading this article I think that I’m acheivement motivated over affiliation or power. I love the satisfaction of completing a task and receiving feedback on it so that I can do it better the next time.
The power need does come out in regard to helping students make decisions about their education. And, of course, the affiliation need is required since I work with a team.
All three are needed but if I had to pick one need that I was most driven by it would definitely be acheivement.
