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I have begun adding sound files to accompany the texts in this website. They will be in audio galleries in each section. There will be sound files containing the texts and extra commentaries, discussions, interviews and panels.Whats new?2/23/21 I have added a section to the Were Society page concerning religion from a sociological perspective. 2/18/21 There is now a section in the DANSYS user guide about time series analysis. DANSYS isn't a heavy hitter in this area but it does add some functionality to that already in LibreOffice Calc. The user guide explains how to get the most out of DANSYS in this area. Hopefully, I will be able to add much more advanced time series tools into DANSYSX in the future. !0/26/20 I have added a section about regression analysis to the DANSYS user guide. 10/17/20 I have upgraded and enlarged my Mathematics LabBook. It has the first part of the first section but it contains all the fundamentals of mathematics - natural numbers, set theory, and the arithmetic operations. The LabBooks are interactive tutorials and my goal is to make learning fun and provide a deep understanding of subjects in ways that almost anyone will grasp. The rest of section one will be extra topics that will make working with the fundamentals easier, funner, and more exciting - like how to memorize big numbers, the next section. Remember, you need LibreOffice Calc to use the LabBooks. 10/10/20 There's a new section in the DANSYS student's guide about leadership. Keep in mind that this is not a manual on learning or how to be a good student (I provide some great references on those, though). It discusses ways to use LibreOffice/DANSYS for learning. The sections available are general information. Following sections will address particular kinds of learning tasks and subjects. 9/24/20 I have added a section about nonparametric statistics to the DANSYS Users Guide. 9/9/20 There's a new section in the StatFiles about probability and counting (combinatorics). 9/1/20 There's a new section in the DANSYS Users Guide about analyzing discrete data - counts, ratings, rankings, etc. 8/11/20 I have added a secition about correlation to the DANSYS Users Guide. 7/12/20 There is a new section about ANOVA and ANCOVA in the DANSYS Users Guide. 6/17/20 The DANSYS Users Guide now has a section about inferential statistics. 6/7/20 I have added a section on families in the Were Society section (under Therianthropy.) 5/21/20 There's a new section in the DANSYS User Guide about probability and one in the Student's guide about problem solving. 5/8/20 There's a new section in the StatFiles about regression. 4/28/20 I have added a very breif section in Were society on socio-economic issues. There's really not that much that I can say that would be based on anything. 3/26/20 There's a new section in the DANSYS User Guide about probability distributions. 2/5/20 I added a section on gender and race to the Were Society page. 1/27/20 I placed a link to a Getting Started Guide for DANSYS and its documentation on the LabBooks page. 12/27/19 I added more material to Therian Society concerning deviance and norms in the comunity. I also replaced DANSYSX with a cleaned up version incluing error handling. It doesn't crash every time the wrong value is typed in. I've checked it on a couple of functions and it seems to work. Just in case, though, I'm holding on to the old version for a while. 12/17/19 There's a new section in the DANSYS User Guide about sampling. In the process of writing it, I also changed the sampling commands into functions. Now things actually work. 10/15/19 I have added a short section to Were Society on Aging in the Therian Community. 10/13/19 Since my laptop died and I have switched to a more portable platform (my new smartphone), I plan to stop extending DANSYS for awhile and go back and clean up what I have, for instance, I have found several of the programs that I don't know how I ever let pass....they just didn't function at all. That's sorta what beta testers are for and I don't have any. I fixed all the bugs I could find and added error handling. If a function or subroutine crashes now, it won't crash the compiler, it won't do anything. So, if you type a function into DANSYS and it just sits there, check to make sure you entered things correctly and, if you did, send me a note and I'll see if I can fix it. I'll be cleaning up DANSYSX, the user guides, and the LabBooks in the near future, and I'll go ahead and finish the extant user guides before getting back on DANSYSX extensions. 8/2/19 There is a new section in the Were Society page about therian socialization. 12/26/18 I have added a section on time management to the DANSYS for Students guide. 11/21/18 The updated DANSYS User Manual is up. 11/17/18 I've encountered a problem uploading informaton to the Timeline, so the DANSYS User Manual isn't available. Once the issue is resolved I will make the updated version available. I've added a new section about exploratory data analysis. If you would like the new version before I can get it into the Timeline, send me an email. I'll be glad to send it to you. 10/30/18 I've added a section to the DANSYS Student Manual about online learning. 7/4/18 There's a new page in the Stat Files: Correlation. Remember: It's not causation! 6/17/18 I've added a Tips for Pastoral Counselors section to the Guide for Professionals. 5/31/18 I've started a user manual for DANSYS - DANSYS for Students - and it will grow by installments. The first section is in the Excursion>LabBooks page. 5/21/18 I have added another page to the Stat Files explaining how to analyze nominal data. 5/3/18 Version 2.0 of DANSYS is out with it's user guide. It features correlation procedures, contour charts, phasors, and more graphics, programming, and mathematics. 4/25/18 I have added a Tips for Clients page to the Guide for Professionals section. 4/24/18 There's a new pafe in the Stat Files about hypothesis testing. 4/8/18 I've added a page on descriptive and exploratory statistics to the Stat Files. 3/9/18 Tips for Therapists and Counselors, a "cheatsheet" of tips for psychological professionals with therian clients, is up in the Guide for Professionals section. 3/3/18 Finally! I have the statistical spreadsheet, DANSYS, it's first extension, DANSYSX Version 1.0, and both user guides (or, at least the first part of the DANSYS user guide) up on the LabBooks page. Thei'r free downloads and opensource, so feel free to download them and modify them to your heart's content. 2/20/18 I've added another page to the Stat Files. This one is about sampling and estimation, and that terribly confusing topic, the confidence interval. 12/1/17 The ToolBook now contains a Psychology page with a kymograph, which can be used to display memory items in sequence. I have also made some corrections in DANSYS and DANSYSX. For instance, the INTEGRATOR command now works, and it works quickly! 6/21/17 DANSYSX version 1.0 is finished and available under Excursions>LabBooks. If offers extnsive complex mathematics and combinatorial functions, the beginning of a graphics suit that allows generation of graphics from scratch or programmatically, 2-way and 3-way crosstabulation routines, ntile conversion, and a Monte Carlo function that will generate sampling statistics. I'll be working on a user guide along with the one for basic DANSYS. Also, I'm working on an assembly language like programming language that can be coded on a spreadsheet. That's more fun and games and isn't really functional yet but, if you want to play with it, be my guess. The looping structure doesn't work yet.
5/29/17 There's a new section in the StatFiles on Distributions. 4/21/17 I have decided to post the extended version of DANSYS, DANSYSX, as it stands to date. The newest version isn't finished but it does have the two new crosstabulation programs XTab and XTab3 (the three way contingency table analysis procedure), a collection of complex math functions that can easily be used in Basic programs, and some new combinatorial functions. I'm working on a from-scratch graphics utility but it will be awhile before it is at the point that it will be useful.
A new section in the Logic LabBook has been added on "definitions".
1/19/17 I have started a new blog called Adventuring: The Bear Creek Commentaries. It's not about Weres. It's about adventuring and lifelong learning. Here's a link: Adventuring: The Bear Creek Commentaries 1/13/17 There is now a mathematics overview in the Stat Files called "The Basics" 10/7/16 I've added ToolBook to the Excursions>LabBooks page. It's a speadsheet with several tools in it (hence, the name). Currently, it has timers, counters, a line measuring utility, and randomizers. I plan for it to grow over time. 8/31/16 I've updated a few things - added some entries to the bibliography, added a section to the Observation and Recording LabBook on Visual Field. I'm also working on a new blog for general objects. It will be about adventuring - especially hiking for llifelong learners. I'll be telling stories and describing my adventures in Colorado and in the Southeast. There'll be pictures. I'm getting a covey of articles together so I'll have a backlog to get started. I want to keep a good flow. I also placed DANSYS under a GNU license so it should be safe for people to download and use. 2/12/16 Several things this time...I've posted my first installment of Were Society (the sociology of the Were community) under the Therianthropy section. I've also added my Excursions LabBook which is a record of my randomized explorations, the first being a study of regional councils. On the same page (Excursions>LabBooks) I've started a section called toolswhere I have links to ..... well, tools. There is now a free statistics spreadsheet for LibreOffice Calc (it will also work with OpenOffice). I'm pretty pleased with it. There are also some links to some favorite free downloads. 8/31/15 I've added the mathematics LabBook which currently contains a discussiion of the counting numbers and counting; fun with fingers and abaci! 8/11/15 One of my hobbies is statistics and I am constantly dismayed at how many people dread involvment with statistics. I is one of those courses in college that everyone dreads. So, I am starting a section on statistics. Perhaps, also there will be some budding Were researchers in college that the page will help navigate through the world of data. 7/3/15 I have the Psychology LabBook up. The first part is introductory and has a section on equiping your computer to do psychological demonstrations. 3/13/15 I've uploaded the first module in the Logic, debate, and problem solving LabBook on the Excursions>LabBooks page. It's pretty introductory but it has some good resources and I'll be addressing definition on the next cycle. But, for now, I'll be working on the Psychology LabBook. Stay tuned. 12/20/14 Since my retirement, I don't cook much, but I live with a bunch of Weres who do. To showcase their creations, there's a new section under the Stuff Files - look for the Werewolf Gourmet page. There'll be old tfamily recipes, unique creations, and international flair. This is a great way for me to end the old year and bring in the new! 12/15/14 I have added two links to documents on my website. On the LabBooks page, I've added a link to the first part of my Philosophy tutorial which includes tips on critical thinking and especially on how to evaluate your own beliefs. In the Original Music section on the Other mp3s page, I've placed a link to the old (huge) Robert Service's Canada album. 11/30/2014 I have completed the audio files for The Mind of the Were and they are posted. 10/23/14 I have completed The Mind of the Were (for now). There are currently three research reports on therianthropy that I am waiting on to come out and, when they do, I will summarize them on that page. I will try to tackle Were sociology next. I'll also try to get a sound file out for the rest of The Mind of the Were, but that will take a while because our House is about to move and I need to wait until that's over with before I start recording sound files. I have also started a new project in my Excursions section - a series of "LabBooks" to share my continuing education experiences. The first one (I'm working on six) is about observing the world and communicating your observations. The first section, which is in the posted spreadsheet, is a basic exploration of light and vision. Future additions will deal with field of vision, color vision, other aspects of visual observation and then the other senses, how to augment your senses with equipment and how to record and share information. I'm having fun with this and I hope you do too. It's in the Excursions section on the LabBooks page. 5/23/14 The latest article from the Therianthropy Research Group is out and I have included it in my Bibliogrpahy (Grivell, 2014). 4/7/14 I've been in Colorado since Christmas Eve 2014 and I'm having a blast. As for the Timeline, I'm adding a little here and a little there - especially to the Therianthropy page. I really want to keep you folks up on the research and substantive information about the Were community as it happens - knowledge is power and all that (I think that's the way it goes - maybe I'm thinking about "with great power comes ...." well, let's not plagerize here.) One big addition is the Links page. It's not a complete listing of sources by any means but it has my favorites - it can be added to (so send me an email if you have any suggestions), and remember, links are not forever. If one dies and I don't realize it, let me know and I'll delete it. 11/3/13 I am in the midst of a big (big!) move - from Alabama to Colorado. In fact, I am retiring, and my life is total chaos; therfore, all of my projects are on hold until after the beginning of the new year. I'm not sure what will happen to the International Wok since I will be living with other people, perhaps they will be adventurous enough to join me but there will be other dietary restrictions which may allow me to focus more on work on a section about special diets. I will also continue the outdoor cooking section as time and circumstances allow. And I have more material for The Mind of the Were. Hope to see you in 2014. Have great holidays and may your new year be better than any that has gone before. 7/20/13 I have added a section that considers language to The Mind of the Were along with the sound file, more bibliographic entries, and the Benninese meal under The International Wok B. 7/5/13 The Belizean meal is up and here it is time for my Benin meal. I'll be doing that tomorrow and, hopefully, I'll have it up by next month. I'm also frequently adding to The Mind of a Were, 6/2/13 Both the sections about theriotypes and shifting are up in The Mind of a Were in the Therianthropy section. I will add the audio for the secction on shiftings soon. 4/5/13 There's a new Were forum which shows great potential of bringing back the old Werelist - the one that's there for all Weres, the one that originally was geared toward helping Weres find each other in real life. I don't know about you but I'm excited. It's called Forest Horizon and the address is http://werebeastcommunity.proboards.com Check them out. 3/2/13 You might have noticed that I've changed the name of the Christianity and Weres section to "Religion and Weres". I've begun an exploration of the religious/spiritual/shamanic implications of the Were community. The essay, Christianity and Weres is still there, but I've included some past poll and canvass data concerning the religions of Weres and a recorded discussion with the author of Creatures of the Night, Dr. Gregory Reece and myself. 1/21/13 I've added everal new sections to the Shamanism section and a Belgian meal (which turned out very nicely) to The International Wok - B. 1/5/13 I have added the first half of the shamanism page along with it's sound files. I apologize for the errors. I've gone through the files and made sure that they are minor and are not so as to change my meaning. Still, I am not a professional narrator, am dyslexic, and am losing my vision, so this kind of work is rather difficult for me.
I've also added three old recordings to the Original Compositions section under Other mp3s. One is a recirding of an older version of The Werewolf: A Love Song. Happy New Year and may 2013 be better for you than any year that preceeded it!
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