The news reports are incomplete but it seems a number of women, mostly of color, had forced sterilizations in the State of North Carolina due to being young, ignorant and pregnant.
We at the The Ari | af | ya Universe and Sistah Mental Health and Wellness are taking the political stance that these actions taken by the State of North Carolina based on moral zealotry rather than researched scientific fact are crimes against humanity enforcing sexual domination will on impoverished women, mostly of color--African descent.
That the remaining State individuals need to be lawfully arrested for torture, and that these actions need to be brought to the World Court at the Hague. Restitution must be in order in the form of never paying any taxes again and pain and distress.
This is the sepia position paper for this business.
of Dr. Gina Moore the consummate professional
Monday, November 7, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Isle Sanctuary Creative Artists - A Labor of Love
Isle Sanctuary Creative Artists is the premiere entertainment roleplaying group on Social Media that creates and performs stories using an array of optimized metrics and analytics to maximize the audience's enjoyment. Contact us here!
Our areas of focus are:
We test scripts at pre-production with social media to see if any adjustments are required using social media metrics
We tell stories on social media by roleplaying (RP)
Our social media outlets are:
We hope to expand to Second Life and others.
There is a lot of work that goes into performing a story by social media roleplay that is mentioned on Isle Sanctuary Blog
This company is available to test scripts at pre-production to see if changes are required before launch and filming.
What the client would provide:
- One or more scenes of a script loosely dialogued script with a plot goal
- Internet actors required for the scene(s) that can ad-lib and use social media professionally
- Attendance to "performance times" and any "in character" interactions
What we provide:
- Social media account set-up, development and content based on consultations
- Script preparation for social media
- Pre-roleplay blogs posts
- New character launches and test drives
- Performance management at "social media opening"
- Post performance reporting of dialogue, response rates, and evaluations
- Post performance in character blogs
With our service you will have dedicated fan base willing to see new and exciting entertainment on social media. When performed with social media, due to tactile interaction causes "memory" in the audience's mind. The audience will feel they are a part of the entertainment process and will develop a loyal and an anticipation of new products.
If this is something that interests your group and want to know more, please contact us or at any social media node
Isle Sanctuary Creative Artists Division of the Ari | af | ya Universe
Isle Sanctuary Creative Artists is the premiere entertainment roleplaying group on Social Media that creates and performs stories using an array of optimized metrics and analytics to maximize the audience's enjoyment. Contact us here!
Our areas of focus are:
- We test scripts at pre-production with social media to see if any adjustments are required using social media metrics
- We tell stories on social media by roleplaying (RP)
Our social media outlets are:
We hope to expand to Second Life and others.
There is a lot of work that goes into performing a story by social media roleplay that is mentioned on Isle Sanctuary Blog
This company is available to test scripts at pre-production to see if changes are required before launch and filming.
What the client would provide:
- One or more scenes of a script that does not have firm dialogue
- Internet actors required for the scene(s) that can ad-lib and use social media professionally
- Attendance to "performance times" and any "in character" interactions
What we provide:
- Social media account set-up, development and content based on consultations
- Script preparation for social media
- Pre-roleplay blogs posts
- New character launches and test drives
- Performance management at "social media opening"
- Post performance reporting of dialogue, response rates, and evaluations
- Post performance in character blogs
With our service you will have dedicated fan base willing to see new and exciting entertainment on social media. When performed with social media, due to tactile interaction causes "memory" in the audience's mind. The audience will feel they are a part of the entertainment process and will develop a loyal and an anticipation of new products.
If this is something that interests your group and want to know more, please contact us here or any social media portal we have available.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Observations in Neurological Communication Disorders in Social Media
The advent of Web 2.0 and Social Media has exploded over the last 5-10 years. Facebook and Twitter are the predominant avenues that have connected people socially unlike that ever seen in human history.
Recent political events have been shared globally, and human interest stories have moved through social media rapidly where even 10 years ago it was unheard.
Then there is another side of social media that few people have seen little but those that experience it are well aware. That side is where people gather and separate into groups and one group dominates - another cycle of power and control. Those that capitulate will become minions to this group. And those who fight back will have what called a cyber-war. These days we call that "cyberbullying" and the reason for concern is our children are on the "frontlines" of this war and we are unsure of how to protect them.
Cyberbullying is not just a bully hurting a "nerdy" or "odd" child on the online "school yard" for their online "lunch money". Rather, cyberbully is like "Electronic Mind Rape", always about "Power and Control" and a pliable mind, like that of an underdeveloped pre-teen without life experience is the target. Moreover, it is not once or twice that a cyberbully posts something mean, it is an onslaught, and the bully often coerces his or her minions to follow suit. So the target receives inappropriate behavior from all different directions. Lastly, the bully is never someone who behaves in that manner in real life. There are two lives: 1) that is mild-manners, somewhat socially anxious and shy; and 2) an online live where one's wildest fantasies can be fulfilled.
What is sad is bullies become adults who commit the same behavior that often leads to chronic health conditions like heart and stroke risk, cancer and premature death. But for those who are online, the health risks are unclear. How can cyberbullying be so pervasive in this other side of Social Media?
What that means is, many humans evolutionarily have not mentally evolved for an effective means of communication and online behavior. Those who are adapting to it are those who effectively communicate or can sway an audience to understand it. And the people who do have the knowledge base and wherewithal in real life have not yet caught up to those who can "short sell" an idea quickly on social media. A person who can influence people with a few quips on social media could be cyberbullies. More often than not, it is the cyberbullies who are popular; whereas, those who may have well developed knowledge base in their real lives are the outcasts.
I am of the opinion that neurological and mental health issues play a huge role in the propensity of one being bullied and I will show pieces of my evidence.
Recently, I wrote a blog that high functioning Autistic people probably seem and do fine on social media because the level of communication only requires two dimensions, a computer and basic reading skills. In Autism spectrum disorders, it is well known that some people have an inability to make inferences.
I have witnessed an avowed high functioning autistic person unable to draw inference. When bringing several concepts together, it is difficult for a young high functioning Autistic teen to understand all of them together. As one gets older and has more life experiences, they are able to ask for explanation although they may not completely understand as a coping skill. It is hard to do.
Generally, when a young person dealing with autism, their brain development does not allow their left and right hemispheres to appropriately communicate. What is observed online is while they may have what looks like a vibrant social media life, in fact shows how easily mislead they are by nefarious people. If they become the targets of bullies, you see anger in their words and a disconnect. If they are doing the bullying, there is often repetition in believing something that is not true and spreading rumors and gossip about the target.
The next communication disorder is bipolar which I discuss in my previous blog. What happens in the brain of a bipolar is the emotion centers from the amygdala, parietal lobe and the hippocampus form a rapid depolarizations and action potentials along these nerves. In fact in untreated bipolars, if one closes his or her eyes, one can "see" these "lightening" in his or her brain. Often the behavior associated witht his neuronal misfiring is mania. Then the rapid cycling episode or fall becomes the depression.
What this looks like online from what I have seen and experienced is that depending on what phase the bipolar is, mania or depression, their livelihood is expressed in that manner. If in a manic episode, the person creates many accounts on the same social media platform, attempts to force a process to happen and gets too involved with the personalities on line equivocating it to "real life" friendships. Inevitably, doing all these activities shows degeneration which can lead to depression and the comments heard are "no one cares", lots of profanity, and suicide threats. When bipolars use social media as an expression, usually, one can review their blogs and the comments are long, disjointed, misspellings, grammatical errors and gross logic fallacies. It is tough to understand what it is that they are saying.
What that mean for someone dealing with bipolar and acting out online is the other person engaging him or her often feels the exhilaration then overwhelmed. The two dimensions of social media have not evolved far enough alone to fully express one who is dealing with bipolar.
If the bipolar person is a bully, often it is seen in the manic phase as a passive aggression, in the form of blocking, bragging to others about the injustice with a lot of profanity. If on the otherhand, the bipolar person is being bullied, the risks are huge, as they will become depressed and threaten suicide, especially showing in blogs.
Here is an example of a suicide threat from a person who may have been bullied:
What to do in that instance is to contact the following groups and give them the information. At best, that is the end of any conversation until the person seeks help.
This should be standard operating procedure, but there are too many misnomers young people have on recourse. Fact is, an adult needs to be involved, preferable one trained and licensed in this type of occurrence.
The interesting part is while bipolar people can be bullies, more studies are needed to see if they are more apt to being the target of bullies due their inherent disorganized thought process risk.
The next communication disorder I would like to tackle is anxiety. People who are dealing with anxiety often neurologically have the ability to heighten their blood pressure for activities that would not cause blood pressure to rise, such as standing and waiting in a grocery line. In real life, anxiety prone individuals feel they must do everything thing themselves and only they can do them or else it is failure. It looks like mania, but not as grandiose and outlandish as mania. People dealing with anxiety are quite logical in fact. Have well thought out and detailed plans that actually make sense, just too many steps to them and once they realize they have done too much, they have an overwhelming sense of failure that could cause a depression.
Most of the time, people dealing with anxieties can get angry when they feel they steps are foiled and they lash out. It is different than the anger that bipolars display often sensationalizing how others have hurt them; whereas, anxious persons often are combative and in ones face.
What that means for social media is people who are dealing with anxieties, can easily join a group and will defend the group and its coda. But anyone with differing ideas from the lexicon will be ostracized, rapidly. More often than not anxious individuals will not give the offending person a second chance on social media and are often confrontational publicly. Their behavior on the outside appears one of aloofness and "libertarian" but internally, because of the confusing feeling based on missteps that they cannot control in another person, they give up on that person. It would seem that people dealing with anxieties are the bullies, but I have also witnessed them being bullied and then taking on a "I do not care" mentality.
The bullying example of a person dealing with anxiety appears as such:
I have reams of similar behaviors manifested. It would be interested to see if aggression showing in those dealing with mental health issues creates this kind of behavior and treatment toward unknown individuals and how it pairs out into each mental health condition.
Moreover, there is a huge issue of jealousy in the social media world. The person to formulate the idea first online makes it a competition of who does the best job, lightening speed flow of information and the one who gets the money. Because both major social media markets, i.e. Facebook and Twitter were inherently designed for marketing and advertising dollars it is conceivable that immediacy of broadcast in this fast paced environment does not allow introspection and promotes doublespeak and groupthink. Why? Because it is easier to implement actions online than doing it in real life. And unfortunately, teens have little life experience, already testing their boundaries, and their judgment can be at times questionable, one can easily see how those young people suffering from mental health issues can be attacked due to their vulnerability or easily be a part of the cyberbullying.
What is worse is there are predators online who are incapable of compassion and target these same individuals. They often come off a nice persons, easily pliable and readily manipulate young people into amoral actions. And they are good at what they do. Some are excellent writers.
To protect one's child/teen from this actions, a parent must be able to spot transparency and process in the activities of their child/teen.
Which is why on every one of my sites I manage, I can be identified as to who I am and I can be contacted for any questions.
The other thing a parent can do is understand process and choose to agree to it. In my businesses, I have branding and a clear business plan. I can tell you what it is I do. My credentials are former University instructor and these are the repercussions and benefits in falling under my activities.
When it comes to one's child/teen or young adult, while some kind of decisions can be made by themselves as learning experiences, to keep your child safe while online, especially those that deal with neurological communication disorders, my business is dedicated creatively in making a positive-enriching learning experience than just for fun that often looks like a time-waster to outsiders.
The lists of my business are below:
The Ari | af | ya Universe - Where Science Meets Mental Health and Wellness Online
Sistah Mental Health and Wellness - Mental Zeal for Spirit and Well-Being
Isle Sanctuary Artistic Division - We tell stories on social media
GYM Right - Get Your Mind Right Health and Wellness Coaching
Mental Health Angel Investment Group - For professionals to advocate the best mental health care for populations in health disparity
Recent political events have been shared globally, and human interest stories have moved through social media rapidly where even 10 years ago it was unheard.
Then there is another side of social media that few people have seen little but those that experience it are well aware. That side is where people gather and separate into groups and one group dominates - another cycle of power and control. Those that capitulate will become minions to this group. And those who fight back will have what called a cyber-war. These days we call that "cyberbullying" and the reason for concern is our children are on the "frontlines" of this war and we are unsure of how to protect them.
Cyberbullying is not just a bully hurting a "nerdy" or "odd" child on the online "school yard" for their online "lunch money". Rather, cyberbully is like "Electronic Mind Rape", always about "Power and Control" and a pliable mind, like that of an underdeveloped pre-teen without life experience is the target. Moreover, it is not once or twice that a cyberbully posts something mean, it is an onslaught, and the bully often coerces his or her minions to follow suit. So the target receives inappropriate behavior from all different directions. Lastly, the bully is never someone who behaves in that manner in real life. There are two lives: 1) that is mild-manners, somewhat socially anxious and shy; and 2) an online live where one's wildest fantasies can be fulfilled.
What is sad is bullies become adults who commit the same behavior that often leads to chronic health conditions like heart and stroke risk, cancer and premature death. But for those who are online, the health risks are unclear. How can cyberbullying be so pervasive in this other side of Social Media?
I posit that the reasons for behaviors seen on social media reflects the neurological development of communication disorders and the inability to evolve to the novel technology.
What that means is, many humans evolutionarily have not mentally evolved for an effective means of communication and online behavior. Those who are adapting to it are those who effectively communicate or can sway an audience to understand it. And the people who do have the knowledge base and wherewithal in real life have not yet caught up to those who can "short sell" an idea quickly on social media. A person who can influence people with a few quips on social media could be cyberbullies. More often than not, it is the cyberbullies who are popular; whereas, those who may have well developed knowledge base in their real lives are the outcasts.
I am of the opinion that neurological and mental health issues play a huge role in the propensity of one being bullied and I will show pieces of my evidence.
Recently, I wrote a blog that high functioning Autistic people probably seem and do fine on social media because the level of communication only requires two dimensions, a computer and basic reading skills. In Autism spectrum disorders, it is well known that some people have an inability to make inferences.
Inference is is the act of drawing a conclusion by deductive reasoning from given facts. The conclusion drawn is also called an inference.
I have witnessed an avowed high functioning autistic person unable to draw inference. When bringing several concepts together, it is difficult for a young high functioning Autistic teen to understand all of them together. As one gets older and has more life experiences, they are able to ask for explanation although they may not completely understand as a coping skill. It is hard to do.
Generally, when a young person dealing with autism, their brain development does not allow their left and right hemispheres to appropriately communicate. What is observed online is while they may have what looks like a vibrant social media life, in fact shows how easily mislead they are by nefarious people. If they become the targets of bullies, you see anger in their words and a disconnect. If they are doing the bullying, there is often repetition in believing something that is not true and spreading rumors and gossip about the target.
The next communication disorder is bipolar which I discuss in my previous blog. What happens in the brain of a bipolar is the emotion centers from the amygdala, parietal lobe and the hippocampus form a rapid depolarizations and action potentials along these nerves. In fact in untreated bipolars, if one closes his or her eyes, one can "see" these "lightening" in his or her brain. Often the behavior associated witht his neuronal misfiring is mania. Then the rapid cycling episode or fall becomes the depression.
What this looks like online from what I have seen and experienced is that depending on what phase the bipolar is, mania or depression, their livelihood is expressed in that manner. If in a manic episode, the person creates many accounts on the same social media platform, attempts to force a process to happen and gets too involved with the personalities on line equivocating it to "real life" friendships. Inevitably, doing all these activities shows degeneration which can lead to depression and the comments heard are "no one cares", lots of profanity, and suicide threats. When bipolars use social media as an expression, usually, one can review their blogs and the comments are long, disjointed, misspellings, grammatical errors and gross logic fallacies. It is tough to understand what it is that they are saying.
What that mean for someone dealing with bipolar and acting out online is the other person engaging him or her often feels the exhilaration then overwhelmed. The two dimensions of social media have not evolved far enough alone to fully express one who is dealing with bipolar.
If the bipolar person is a bully, often it is seen in the manic phase as a passive aggression, in the form of blocking, bragging to others about the injustice with a lot of profanity. If on the otherhand, the bipolar person is being bullied, the risks are huge, as they will become depressed and threaten suicide, especially showing in blogs.
Here is an example of a suicide threat from a person who may have been bullied:
Btw you make me feel like suicide is the best option at the moment. And I feel like I am caught in a cross fire between 2 people. I am seriously thinking about leaving both groups and just doing it with the people that seem to care about me, and myself
What to do in that instance is to contact the following groups and give them the information. At best, that is the end of any conversation until the person seeks help.
This should be standard operating procedure, but there are too many misnomers young people have on recourse. Fact is, an adult needs to be involved, preferable one trained and licensed in this type of occurrence.
The interesting part is while bipolar people can be bullies, more studies are needed to see if they are more apt to being the target of bullies due their inherent disorganized thought process risk.
The next communication disorder I would like to tackle is anxiety. People who are dealing with anxiety often neurologically have the ability to heighten their blood pressure for activities that would not cause blood pressure to rise, such as standing and waiting in a grocery line. In real life, anxiety prone individuals feel they must do everything thing themselves and only they can do them or else it is failure. It looks like mania, but not as grandiose and outlandish as mania. People dealing with anxiety are quite logical in fact. Have well thought out and detailed plans that actually make sense, just too many steps to them and once they realize they have done too much, they have an overwhelming sense of failure that could cause a depression.
Most of the time, people dealing with anxieties can get angry when they feel they steps are foiled and they lash out. It is different than the anger that bipolars display often sensationalizing how others have hurt them; whereas, anxious persons often are combative and in ones face.
What that means for social media is people who are dealing with anxieties, can easily join a group and will defend the group and its coda. But anyone with differing ideas from the lexicon will be ostracized, rapidly. More often than not anxious individuals will not give the offending person a second chance on social media and are often confrontational publicly. Their behavior on the outside appears one of aloofness and "libertarian" but internally, because of the confusing feeling based on missteps that they cannot control in another person, they give up on that person. It would seem that people dealing with anxieties are the bullies, but I have also witnessed them being bullied and then taking on a "I do not care" mentality.
The bullying example of a person dealing with anxiety appears as such:
I have reams of similar behaviors manifested. It would be interested to see if aggression showing in those dealing with mental health issues creates this kind of behavior and treatment toward unknown individuals and how it pairs out into each mental health condition.
Moreover, there is a huge issue of jealousy in the social media world. The person to formulate the idea first online makes it a competition of who does the best job, lightening speed flow of information and the one who gets the money. Because both major social media markets, i.e. Facebook and Twitter were inherently designed for marketing and advertising dollars it is conceivable that immediacy of broadcast in this fast paced environment does not allow introspection and promotes doublespeak and groupthink. Why? Because it is easier to implement actions online than doing it in real life. And unfortunately, teens have little life experience, already testing their boundaries, and their judgment can be at times questionable, one can easily see how those young people suffering from mental health issues can be attacked due to their vulnerability or easily be a part of the cyberbullying.
What is worse is there are predators online who are incapable of compassion and target these same individuals. They often come off a nice persons, easily pliable and readily manipulate young people into amoral actions. And they are good at what they do. Some are excellent writers.
To protect one's child/teen from this actions, a parent must be able to spot transparency and process in the activities of their child/teen.
Which is why on every one of my sites I manage, I can be identified as to who I am and I can be contacted for any questions.
The other thing a parent can do is understand process and choose to agree to it. In my businesses, I have branding and a clear business plan. I can tell you what it is I do. My credentials are former University instructor and these are the repercussions and benefits in falling under my activities.
When it comes to one's child/teen or young adult, while some kind of decisions can be made by themselves as learning experiences, to keep your child safe while online, especially those that deal with neurological communication disorders, my business is dedicated creatively in making a positive-enriching learning experience than just for fun that often looks like a time-waster to outsiders.
The lists of my business are below:
The Ari | af | ya Universe - Where Science Meets Mental Health and Wellness Online
Sistah Mental Health and Wellness - Mental Zeal for Spirit and Well-Being
Isle Sanctuary Artistic Division - We tell stories on social media
GYM Right - Get Your Mind Right Health and Wellness Coaching
Mental Health Angel Investment Group - For professionals to advocate the best mental health care for populations in health disparity
Friday, February 4, 2011
Multitasking as an Autistic or Bipolar in Social Media?
As the owner of The Ari | af | ya Universe, and one that deals with bipolar personally and uses social media to help others with my research science background, I literally crashed into this revelation:Those that deal with Autism Spectrum issues OR Bipolar, specifically in the non-psychotic manic phase, MULTITASK on the computer using Social Media!
Here is my evidence:
Autism is in wikipedia and no way has the breadth and depth as other sites, but can offer some basic insights for those who deal with it.Key points it is about communication: For whatever reason the way those who do not have Autism brain's communicate are different than those who do have Autism. As shown by this MRI suggestion.
It is thought that the left and right hemispheres of the brain ineffectively connect in the brains of Autistics and that the areas most affected are communication, some motor skills, sociality, and the ability to gain inference in learning to similarly aged counterparts.
I was awestruck on this subject because people dealing with Autism have a high level of extreme loneliness due to difficulties in communication in person. And I have "electronically met" many autistics online who are rather communicative, in fact they enjoy this kind of interaction...
Next piece of evidence:
Bipolar is has a true biochemical imbalance associated with it that causes mood swings and can lead to suicidal ideation if left untreated.
General signs of bipolar is mixed episode and rapid cycling. Mixed episode swings the moods from depression to mania over a duration. Depression can be extremely low to suicide ideation, excessive sleeping, excessive crying, and isolation. And mania is extraordinary energy, insomnia, irritability, combative, and grandiosity. Rapid cycling is when all these mood swings happen in less than two weeks time, repeatedly.
Without any medication, it is thought that "bipolar disease" will cause memory loss, much like traumatic brain injury does. With the advent of newer Fluorescent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) it has been shown that persons who deal with bipolar often has an inability in their "emotional brain centers" to control their impulses. That these brain centers are anatomically the amygdala and the hippocampus. Several studies suggest that while bipolar children learn similarly to non bipolar children, and their ability to socialize is not impaired, the actual socialization of controlling impulses are inappropriately irrational for the given situation, i.e. bringing a gun to an event after a spat online.
I have "electronically met" many bipolar people online and I myself have found ways to self-manage my condition, I have seen classic differentials from bipolar people.
Lastly my evidence for Multitasking:
Multitasking is doing several tasks at the same time. In this day and age of building the web 2.0 with social media explodes, people are engaged in the World's events or the "next big thing". Last year, the New York Times wrote a piece on "Your Brain on Computers: Attached to Technology and Paying a Price", which discusses how "wired" we are as a society and what it does to our "physical culture".A blog showed what multitasking does to drivers in our country. Research suggests that:
“Attention refocusing” is an additional task in the brain going from one task to another and returns which then involves a refocusing to once again engage in the original task.
The problem with multitasking is memory loss as indicated in this WebMD article. People cannot maintain their focus on the task at hand and are unable to compensate, eventually causing them to forget all the tasks that they are to do. Disjointed (non conflicting) tasks done do not share the same parts of the brain, such as folding laundry and listening to music. Conjugated (conflicting) tasks done share same parts of the brain, such as texting while driving...
So what an interesting layer it is when we talk of people who deal with Austism or Bipolar?
For Autistics that are high functioning and/or have mild forms of the spectrum, it would seem to me that they can multitask very well, especially on the computer, but the outcomes of those tasks if not logically outlined for them would never start. In fact, looking at the evolution of computer technology, it does seem like there were some high functioning Autistic programs to make all the "machines" speak to one another. Once you show an autistic individual how, s/he understands and can repeat the action, with high fidelity. Only thing is would one want to do that knowing that is their natural, inherent ability?
For Bipolars it depends on their treatment regimen and how severe it is on either side of the episode. Personally, when I am in an conflated upbeat mood, I set up too many activities online to have them all crashing down within 3-4 months within a level of predictability. Fortunately, I am far enough along to have a wellness recovery action plan that when I do drop, I do not hit the ground hard. I also have some resources at my disposal. I become more combative and argumentative with people, then show remorse. I actually do have problems with forgetfulness, regardless of the social media component. So when I multitask, I become disoriented and fearful. I know I do better with routine and then I can become creative. But managing tasks that I view as others doing themselves seems to me overbearing. So I have to pull back. I have seen others show similar symptoms as mine and while I do not disclose my self-management, at the time of interaction, I do share a few resources, then step back and allow the other person to make a decision.
Social media is an awesome technology and structure is being decided as it is evolving. And with crossing platforms from Facebook to Twitter and the programs that use these platforms, combined with a blog, it causes a lot of multitasking. For individuals dealing with Autism OR bipolar or other major mental illnesses, self-awareness, knowledge and management is key to being in one's best health and wellness.
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