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All I am doing is summarizing the many ways in which restrictions are placed on some posters. The term "credentials" is nothing more than a word for bona fides or evidence of one's qualifications or achievements. Take all of the terms and definitions that have been put forward and they are...

Here is one to turn over a few times. Emanuel Swedenborg thought that intellect was in service to emotional development. For those who don’t know, Swedenborg was the Einstein of his day. And so I could ask, Are emotionally stable pool players better pool players? Maybe there is a good reason...

Focus on the minutia and you can ignore the main points or a rose by any other name. Perhaps I should ask, What are the boundaries to which you refer? Respecting boundaries, experience,, prior history. All of these are ways of establishing credentials. Under credentials I think I listed...

IQ tests were initially built to identify children who could not keep up with the school class and thus required special attention. Later, during World Wars I and II they were further developed to identify service personnel who could not make it through basic training. Only much later did we...

There is more than one point. Several people seem to think that only some people, should be able to post an answer to a question. Whether one is recognized by some putative authority, paid for their thoughts and opinions, has actually had one or more students, or simply has sufficient experience...

I am not so sure that Mike and Jerry’s intent is as clear as Fran seems to think. It seems to me that “Ask the instructor” may have been designed something like a classroom or a seminar where people come together to learn. As I have written elsewhere a “teacher” can be anyone who is a step...

The easy solution is to change the title of the category. "Ask the certified pool Instructor." and the rest of us will stay the hell out of here.

In general the IQ that most people refer to, the one assigned in school or derived by one of the usual IQ tests, is composed of two primary components. 1. The ability to learn in new situations (such as Raven Matrices). 2. An estimate of what the person has retained from exposure to our culture...

I think you could probably poll the people here on AZB. For instance -- If you live within 30 miles of XX town please complete this pool survey to help us decide if it is worth opening a pool hall in xx town How many people do you know who would be likely to play pool in a commercial pool room...

A link for the philosophically minded at the beginning of this new year. Shit Happens -- a comprehensive list http://www.thejaywalker.com/pages/shit_happens.html

Happy New Year Its party time

I was a photographer for many years. I have also been a psychologist for many years and the terms focus and concentration are often confused because they are similar terms. Focus means to bring some thing into sharp relief relative to the background. We focus on the person in the picture and...

To Improve your game it depends upon what you need. I think this requires an assessment of your strengths and weaknesses. There are two lists that are needed. One list is about fundamentals including such things as a reliable PSR, ball pocketing skills, ability to play position, and banking...

Another side benefit to playing the Ghost as described above is that I can see my self make progress (or lose ability) as I incorporate different ideas into my game. For instance if I read about a new technique for aiming I try it out until I think I have learned it. Then I play the Ghost at my...

Play the four ball ghost a race to ten. If you win six games, play the five ball ghost, etc. If you lose the match (the Ghost wins six) you must back up and play the three ball ghost. The goal is to beat the 15 ball Ghost 10 - 0 on a regular basis. That would make you competitive with Efren...

Use it or lose it Our brain is rearranged to adapt to our living circumstances. It is known that children who learn a foreign language in infancy have an easier time learning a foreign language later in life because they have “expanded” that part of their brain that works with language. If you...

There is a story about my avatar. I go to a Cinco DeMayo party dressed as Clint Eastwood (the man with no name) in "A Fist full of dollars." I could not find a serape and my wife had this old Mexican rug laying around so I cut it and wore it. Funny thing is there was a 25 year old Mexican girl...

I am a 14 year old girl from Eugene Oregon and I don't want my parents to know I post on the net. So I thought this was a cool name. Keeps the predators away too.

Good video. This is the only time I have seen wing shots cut left and right. Amazing. :eek:

Yeah that's the guy, played a mean violin too ! Most agreed that he had impeccable timing.