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In September of 2006, I decided to build a C4 that could match the quarter-mile performance of a new Z06 without using a power adder like a turbo or a nitrous system. It also needed to be reliable and fun to drive. Selecting and ordering parts was nearly as much fun as actually working on the car. Each component had to be carefully selected and matched in order to achieve 11-second e.t.'s. My project was completed April 2007, after I spent the entire winter in the garage.
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On most days, I don't even like fantasy baseball.
It falls somewhere between my doctor telling me I have to eat 10 salads a week and realizing I have three years left as a member of the key 18-to-35 demographic.
Milestone timeline: Age 16 (license), Age 18 (voting), Age 21 (imbibe), Age 25 (cheaper insurance), Age 30 (warranty on body expires), Age 36 (the advertising world stops caring what you think). That's life in a nutshell.
Next stop: Medicare. Assuming President Tim Tebow and his Vice President/Unicorn Tintin is able to save it in the year 2036.
Like salads and my issues with getting older, I have to deal with fantasy baseball. I help run an extremely progressive league (we have our own website and use PayPal to handle league fees). Its members are the greatest friends/competitors a guy could have. And on the rare day the Fantasy Gods shine down upon me and bless me with glory, all the adversity, all the injuries, all the bad moves, the double guessing, the constant tinkering, the six-month roller coaster … is worth it.
That's my attitude on the grind that is Rotisserie Baseball, and I won last season.
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On most days, I don't even like George Lucas.
I refuse to acknowledge Jar Jar Binks. Many fans of Star Wars are not fans of its creator. That's why when Disney purchased Lucasfilm last October, there were uproarious celebrations all over the planet, as if we could all see the Death Star falling from the sky.
Still, I have to reconcile the fact he created my beloved galaxy far, far away. No Lucas means no Industrial Light and Magic. No ILM, means no Pixar. No Pixar? Who knows how that affects Steve Jobs second go at Apple? Does Jobs even get a second chance at Apple? What then? Did I just blow your mind?
If Lucas can set all of this in motion, he can certainly help me with the psychology of one of my favorite pastimes. I present to you, the Jedi Code (as it pertains to fantasy baseball):
There is no emotion, there is peace.
Like most managers, I'm positive dealing with faulty closers will take a decade off our lives. I find solace where I can though. Trust me, I want to season my league's chatboard with salty language all the time. If I did, however, I'd probably need 20 salads a week.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
Fanalytics and sabermetrics rule the galaxy. If you have to google fanalytics and sabermetrics, you're already behind. Does this mean you need to abide by the laws of BABIP, xERA and VORP to be successful? Not necessarily. It means you can't peruse a magazine a half-hour before your draft and expect to dominate anymore. You have to read blogs, follow players on social media and study experts like Bill James and Ron Shandler.
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ST. LOUIS -- Along with tomatoes, beans and corn, a new structure in Saint Louis University's department of nutrition and dietetics' vegetable garden will be sprouting up soon.
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Young participants in the department's culinary camp, nutrition and dietetics staff and SLUCare dermatologists held a digging ceremony on July 21 to break ground for what will become a shade structure to provide refuge from the hot summer sun.
Through a special program that targets initiatives that protect and educate those who are 18 and younger about the dangers of skin cancer, the American Academy of Dermatology awarded a grant of $8,000 to SLU's department of nutrition and dietetics to construct the shade structure. The facility was designed with the assistance of Daniel Hellmich, principal and co-founder of Hellmich & Bichnese Architects.
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It yields produce served in nutrition and dietetics' cafeteria, Fresh Gatherings, and herbs for the department's culinary and medicinal herbs class. And it is a respite for medical school students who farm their own plots of veggies to lend balance to their educational experience.
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Closer View of the WAIT-for-SENSOR blocks
Wait until the Touch Sensor is triggered.
Wait until the Light Sensor is triggered.
Wait until the Sound Sensor is triggered.
Wait until the Ultrasonic Sensor is triggered.
Wait for Time. (you specify time in seconds)
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Based on previous conversations, I presume that 'Control' also has a 'variables' dropdown as well, allowing you to, for example, wait until a user defined variable hits some threshold (high or low).
Thanks Jim! Looking forward to seeing how you can have two simultaneous tasks running, and how you can get them to interact...
- May 8, 2006, 1:19:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
The "Control:" option only has two items to select from in the drop-down menu: Sensor and Time.
Selecting Time changes it to the generic "Time" block where the block waits for a set period of time... Selecting Sensor allows you to access the 2nd drop down which gives you these selections:
Light Sensor
NXT Buttons
Receive Message
Rotation Sensor
Sound Sensor
Touch Sensor
Ultrasonic Sensor
From the fly-out menu, the only blocks that aren't available by default are the NXT Buttons, Receive Message, and Rotation Sensor... these you have to select from the drop-down menu after dropping in another WAIT-for-Sensor block. I don't know why these 3 aren't shown as blocks to drop-in other than the fly-out menu would have 8 items in it and that might be more than the programmers wanted to have visible in a fly-out menu.
- May 8, 2006, 3:44:00 AM
NXT buttons, Bluetooth Message and Rotation Sensor are all what I would consider 'advanced programming' as well.
NXT buttons implies some kind of input capability.
Rotation Sensors will usually be handled directly with the motor 'behind the scenes' from what I can tell.
Bluetooth Messaging is by definition advanced, most bots won't even be aware that they can do such things.
Thanks for the followup!
- May 8, 2006, 7:28:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
Yes, you can use the NXT button for input to your program. These are essentially treated just like any other sensor, and allow you do do a lot of fun on-screen stuff. They do not have a block that waits for any keypress, and then outputs what key was pressed, but it's fairly easy to make such a block using the MyBlock ability (yes, more is coming on that soon).
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Should we limit our use of cellphones, internet and TV to get back our mental peace?
Internet, cell phones and TV are great means of communication and information. However we as humans are becoming their slaves. A short essay on what can and should be done is at. http://www.nariphaltan.org/cellphone.pdf
Thoughts, debate and suggestions are welcome.
Sep 24 2012: The only person I can ever hope to have peace with is myself. I am reading this as "should I" limit my use to help me find my mental peace. My answer to that is ... limit or get rid of mindless use of technology. If you want to be on facebook or watch TV then do it but know you are doing it, be mindful of that action. It is the mindless actions, whether it be technology,eating or anything else that I am trying to rid myself of. I have caught myself many of times clicking on facebook because it was a default action not because I wanted to go onto facebook. but I digress so to sum it up
mindful use of cellphones,internet and TV = yes
mindless use of cellphones,internet and TV = no
Sep 25 2012: Well said GlennOct 4 2012: Help me mind without ⬆⬇ this ⬅➡ -- guess which direction arrow is missing and you can not represent it right on the screen ?
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Sep 13 2012: My parents' TV recently died, and they haven't bothered to replace it. It has been several months now, and they watch zero TV. That sounds rather draconian to me, but they both love the new environment. My Father constantly comments about how many books he is reading and that he has begun writing poetry again. I'm definitely missing something in my leisure time choices.Sep 23 2012: There is no definition of what mental peace really is. We have made our lives dependable on these gadgets which we use everyday that without these, we would be missing our mental peace. I can't imagine how I would do stuff without the internet or cellphones. Now, there can be an argument on ho it was done before they were invented. Well, in that case what is progress if we still do the stuff the way did them a hundred years ago? I feel that we have not become slaves to the modern technology, but we have learnt how to make an efficient use of our knowledge and progress so that we can be even more dependent on more gadgets in the future. I remember my dad telling me on how many hours he spent doing his projects during his school days. It took him days at times because he might not find the stuff he was exactly the book he was reading. But now, it takes me just minutes or just a few hours to get my stuff done.
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Sep 23 2012: Exactly, these technologies can be used for good and people don't need to be told how they are supposed to relax themselves. It's refreshing to read a comment here that's not part of the general "we old people think the lazy good-for-nothing youth don't conform to our idea of mental peace, so we should ban the technology they like and we don't understand" narrative.
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Sep 10 2012: The key to life is moderation. You can over do or under do anything. Self control. I personally embrace new and existing technologies. Peace of mind ( mental peace ) is a different can of worms. I have learned in my 50 plus years of experience that to achieve " mental peace " there are for me a few things that I had to do. Make peace with my past was one. I have a saying to explain what I mean. The past has already happened you cannot change it. Only learn from it. The future has to many variables. So in a sense all anyone has is right now. And what we do right now in some ways shape our future. If your motives are honorable and you know that you are doing your very best and looking at life in the proper prospective , Peace of mind " Mental Peace " is doable with knowledge, self control and purpose.
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Sep 11 2012: Yes moderation is the key word. How do you teach that to youngsters? That is the biggest challenge. That will happen when the older generation also follows moderation and then teach the youngsters by their examples. Too often it has been seen that young mothers put their children in front of TV as pacifiers. Right from beginning if children are taught to read books and get into the reading habit then they will be less distracted by electronic information. Well that is the dream.
Amy Peach
Sep 14 2012: I think I may be able to answer this in part. I teach pre-service educators about technology use. Recently, I've added a component about removing yourself from the technology. We discuss ways to schedule this time and how to reflect on its impact to one's mood. If we are able to launch a new education program on technology and innovation here, this will be one of the key components. Hopefully by educating new teachers about the importance of sabbatical, they will come to value this and teach it in their own classrooms.
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Sep 20 2012: Amy, I partially agree. Sabbatical is very important, but removing ourselves from technology may be close to utopia, I think. What about teach a right and adequate use of it? But your proposal is very interesting, of course.Sep 14 2012: Over the years these technologies became a huge part of our modern lives. I am 18 and I grew up with them, but with these fantastic technologies comes a fear we have never really had. The fear of missing out on something. In the coming years it will probably be harder and harder to limit our technology usage. There is a great project on the internet to remind us of the fact that there is more than (social) media in life.
Sep 14 2012: This was brilliant! Thanks for sharing.Oct 5 2012: Mental peace comes from within.. not from limited use of technology. Technology can be great if used to positively affect us. As an example, stalking someone on facebook is not an indication of too much use of technology, its an indication of insecurity with oneself.
Hope this helps.Oct 4 2012: The only time a human can obtain' mental peace' is when their dead. Like one of the other answers, all will just substitute on thing for another.
Oct 5 2012: What sort of peace do you hope to find in death? I don't mean to have a mocking tone, but I for one do not like the idea of having "peace of mind" for eternity. I want to continue to explore and learn. With peace of mind will I have great knowledge and wisdom? Is it there will I find peace...knowing all that is to know?
Some say we are to be reborn or reincarnated into another sentient being...others still say we are to be with the one who created us...once i was told we would just be collected back into the singular consciousness out in space or into nothingness waiting to collect the rest who are still on this website, at which point still nothing will happen for eternity.
You are right that if it's not one thing it will be replaced or substituted for another. If it's not radio than it's TV. If not short morse coding than it's short messages on twitter...you get the point. I do believe we are evolving even if we don't want to believe it. We will adapt and continue our push for more knowledge - perhaps tap into the other 90% of our brain capacity and who knows perhaps surprise ourselves in being able to one day cope with having the vast knowledge we've attained AND be able to spend 5 minutes a day reflecting and gaining back our mental peace.
Who is to say our mental limit has been reached with the dawn of computers and social media where it stands today. Scientific American published an article on the physical limitations of humans intelligence. I'll end my rambling tonight with this quote, "Humans, however, might still achieve higher intelligence collectively. And technology, from writing to the Internet, enables us to expand our mind outside the confines of our body." Essentially indicating the technologies of today is an extension of our brain! :)
Oct 5 2012: Hi James. I meant that only in death do we find inner quiet, at least I hope so. The only inner quiet that can be found in life is by a induced coma and I'm no into that.
Mayur Vora
Sep 24 2012: I banished the TV from home, and did not miss it.
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have started a digital free Sunday, and plan to limit digital connection, cell phone and Computer, to a few hours a day.
have been able to spend a lot more time with myself since then.
This TV dumbs us down to be lead, and make us react to its content,often limiting new ideas and thoughts.
the computer and internet are useful, but getting addicted to them, stops us from our natural selves.
we all need to cultivate a life outside the digital!
Sep 24 2012: I don't think a television has anything to do with this. Before TV we blamed radio...before radio it was something else.
I feel like we get so wrapped up in "get rid of it" and never focus on achieving balance.
We cannot run away from innovation...just apply it in productive ways.
If you are addicted to the internet...and you remove the internet...you still have the addictive behavior.
This for that.Sep 25 2012: Let me say I do like digital free Sunday...I need to steal that from you.Sep 24 2012: dont limit it, people will bored to it eventually...
I use pc and smartphone everyday, for 20 years and I already bored, so I only use it for few minutes for a day...Sep 18 2012: Yes as long as its free willed and not something like government control. I have deactivated my facebook for about 3 months now, i didn't realize how much time it consumed, my workdays become more productive, I saw things outside downtown where I work that I never noticed before because going to and fro work I was deep in my phone examining the social world. I have been calm and collected and its allowed me to stay away from insignificant drama issues in other peoples lives. I'm also a musician and it has helped me see things differently not having the social world shoved down my throat so what I write now feels more natural.
Paloma Peter
Sep 15 2012: We all know that cellphones, television and internet have a big influence on our own lifes - in all parts. Men and women behind this power usually hit their targets, they make we feel as a "fish out of water" without their tools of communications. Besides, it is not our fault: they force everybody to get into this world of technology - anyone could be in the edges, because, for example,nowdays the whole people that I know enroll in Facebook (my mother, my father, my grandmother, grandfather and also my friend's dog) so I have to be there too. Even tough everything, I believe that the issue isn't about using this products, but the issue is the WAY we use it.
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Of course, either this changes the behavior of people, one of the proves is the socialization that are falling each day and -the worst thing- we seldom don't and can't realize it. I must to emphasize that before I read the essay of Anil Rajvanshi, I was sure we can't do anything to change your reality, but it was a mistake. I agree and support him with the idea of moderated through discipline their use, whose tendency is thrive.
Indeed, "we seem to be losing the ability to carry out face to face social interation with friends" and this is an unhappy fact. I'll give you a curious example: in my vacations - when my classe of the university has just standardized - we created a group on facebook to previous know each other with the intention to not be "alone" in the first day. Incredibly, the result shocked me: in the first day seemed everybody was a strange for others, we even haven't a decent conversation.
Who I am to judge this? In spite of belonging to this scenery, I am a person who is not proud of my behaving.
Sep 16 2012: The disconnect between the real and the virtual is a disorienting side effect it seems. It is less than intuitive to finish a conversation in the real that began in the virtual. Each perspective requires our undivided attention to maximize perception. The more we are connected the less we may notice.
The virtue of being unplugged may become technological holiness. Therefore, unplugging may become a spiritual experience. However, to unplug is to first be plugged in, connected and self aware.Sep 15 2012: perhaps we are not smart enough to be able to put it all down yet. we may need to develop the technology that will allow us to develop the social and behavioral skills to efficiently manage ourselves and our environment.
Ming Tang
Sep 13 2012: before sharing my idea, i want to ask a few question. how to follow the latest idea? is TED a good way to have a discussion with others? if TED disappear, will we feel regretful?
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apparently, modern technology, such as internet, do have a positive impact on our life.
although, cell phones, TV and internet has brought us some trouble. these things not only make us lack communication in reality society,but also disturb our mind.everyday we come into contact with variety of information,we don't know wether it is right or wrong, ture or fault. we absorb all of it without select,especially for kids.thus,what to do or who am i become a strict question for us.
however,as i mention, the most important things is not limitation but selection. if we can choose the information we need, we will make full use of mordern technology. TED is a good example.here are the newest idea and great platform to share ideas.we choose the idea we want and aren't worry about the sophisticated matters.then we get back to our mental peace.
Mats K
Sep 8 2012: I don't think going back is the key here, but I see a much more liberation of such technologies and perhaps even combining them into minimum requirement systems such as Google's Project Glass. Now we can do more things at the same time and at the same place without having different stations that requires a fixed set of time, consuming on each device. I think this integration of communication will drastically change how we use it also. Video games becomes obsolete, when augmented reality becomes integrated with the real world and the possibility is endless and fun. Cellphones becomes tiresome, when it's integrated with a single device that already does multiple tasks. TV and internet will still become something we will enjoy in our leisure time and in comfortable surroundings, but more and more I feel this trend will move out to the real world - waiting for the buss/on the buss, walking to the store, in the bathroom etc. which obviously is already happening. On top of that I think people will crave more interactivity with their content which leaves the real world to an exciting place to explore and enjoy their social medias and means of communication on a much more profound level resulting in a much more relaxed relationship to the technologies.Sep 7 2012: says the guy on the internet :)
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Sep 7 2012: I think he was talking more about moderation of their uses, rather than to reject their uses completely.
Sep 7 2012: Yes but with Krisz one never knows if he's joking with you or not.I have addictive behavioral sets that can lead me into some stupid things but it's not like that of drugs or gambling yet it is still the same type of behavior.I can't have lollies or chocolate biscuits around me,when i was a toddler my mother use to work at a lolly factory and because she used to bring home sacks of the stuff for fundraiser events, while she was at work,what do you think the kids did?Sep 7 2012: Freedom without bounds can lead to bondage; but its no use preventing bondage with bondage.
If there is ever freedom of choice, there is danger in the possibility of making the wrong choice. In trying to get rid of the danger we could end up robbing people of the freedom to choose.
TV, cellphones and technology are not bad. Like food, sex, and wine they can be abused. It is the responsibility of individuals to be disciplined and to apply wisdom in the use of technology.Oct 5 2012: Mental peace is more of a Power that one will obtain once they converge their mind towards something powerful, which is GOD. It is not from the use of some gadgets. One is stress free when these electronic gadgets are not used extensively. However, one is not at Mental Peace even at that point in time. Once our Mind is consistently used for obtaining such power by concentrating on something more powerful or reading and understanding extensively any Holy Books, Mental Peace is achievedOct 5 2012: Yes Michael ( and all) .. we have to be sure that our lives don't get run over by the "information superhighway." So many things can become addictions. It is important to find a balance.Oct 5 2012: The internet is the "information superhighway"... or something like that. With that being said you can op to spend my time reading positive or negative material. One is just accessible as the other, and like a lot of you have already mentioned it becomes a personal responsibility. Whether you will waste some time scrolling a news feed, or be productive in gaining knowledge of info that can actually make a difference in your life. I have learned and am practicing this more recently... and I gotta say that it does help mental peace. so yes we should limit use of cellphones, internet and TV to get back our mental peace. Or at least pointless use...Oct 5 2012: Not sure about the mobile and internet but watching TV is a kind of passive activity it might not be healthy over a long run as ti does not involve physical activity but uses the least of your mental effort i think.
But you can always work on finding something that is better to do than these things to keep you occupied. This is what i always do. Come what may you just have only 24 hours a day. If you are currently watching 4 hours of TV and are able to identify a new high quality activity and borrow time from watching TV and put it in this new activity some 2 hours, your problem gets solved. The key ere is high quality activity, should at any cost replace low quality activity.Oct 5 2012: I agree with many in this discussion. The internet has evolved from a want to a need in todays society. Although there are many out their still resisting this inevitable change. I feel that it is only a matter of time.
Nowadays gaming is done online, research is done online, you can learn, plan, implement and analyse using the internet. It is not only a benefit in so many ways, but it has allowed human intelligent to progress at a far faster rate.
I guess this can be highlighted through the success of ecommerce and digital marketing companies such as www.williamscommerce.com . Only three years old, and growing at a substantial rate. I think its those who know most about the digital world like this company, will provide services for all those possibly hesitant to start up online and give everyone a chance to reap the rewards of an online business.
I guess my end note is that the digital world is our life. Being a young individual I would not know how to live without it to be honest. The next generation will be so dependent on the digital world that I feel only those who have began to utilize its functions will survive.Oct 5 2012: Of course.
These days, people talk much about freedom, send troops and use economic sanctions on countries they perceive as limiting freedom. Freedom comes from within. Forcing people to be free is a strange idea, much like hating intolerant people. We should watch that we are free inside - not within our own country, but within ourselves. We should control ourselves - not let things that we possess, our habits, addictions, fears, obsessions, opinions of others, etc. control us.Oct 5 2012: ...technology is a spiritual involution of humans - i mean just blase us faster than you think and without feel it for a lot of usOct 4 2012: You asked, "Should we limit our use of cellphones, internet and TV to get back our mental peace?" The answer is, "Yes." Nothing is achieved in life without the application of our attention. If we split our attention between too many competing areas then the deep focus required to penetrate life's greater mysteries cannot be achieved.
The ability to simply sit and think about a problem is of primary importance. Nothing is achieved without the application of attention. The most distilled and powerful application of attention comes by giving our awareness to one thing at a time. The array of options for where to place our attention is not the big problem. The big problem is developing the wisdom to choose the right one and the discipline to keep our attention on our choice.
Fear makes people jump from place to place looking for safety or satisfaction. Love allows us to focus. As long as there is something that ignites a passion within an individual then love will drive them forward. No amount of technology will stand in their way or fail to serve their need.
We do need to slow down. I'd say we should make it a regular part of each day. A time to reflect and see how we feel about where we are and where we think we are going. A resting point in each day that allows us to see if we still follow our passion.
There is a line from the movie It's a Wonderful Life that says, "Why don't you kiss the girl instead of talking her to death?" That's the problem with too many distractions. We talk it to death when all we really have to do is begin.Oct 4 2012: Are we evolving to become a technologically dependent society? I think what we have now was created when it was not essentially needed, but if we are "raising generations of young people who only know how to react", what is this adaptation doing to our ability to analyze and think critically?Oct 4 2012: If we are to evolve, would we need to evolve as quickly as our technologies? Or would we not have to evolve because our technologies do all the growth for us? I suppose this doesn't answer the above but to say that what we have now is not what we need than we should try to find what we will need soon. As Nadine Upton said earlier in this post, "There's no back, just forward". There is so much truth to that simple statement on many levels.Oct 4 2012: Yes. Information is becoming ever more accessible. There is so much to see, learn, hear that it seems development of ones 'self' is getting lost in the mix. People consume more than they can comprehend. We must learn to pace ourselves.Oct 4 2012: I prefer my kindle. It`s another kind of thing.I will never abandon it.
W. Ying
Oct 4 2012: Yes.
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(1) Our adapting rate can never match the developing rate of internet, cell phone, and TV.
(2) Thus, these products are always out of the VALID SCOPE of our instincts.
(3) Hence, we lost our metal peace operated by our instincts.
(4) That is, these products give us INVALID HAPPINESS.Oct 2 2012: There's no back, just forward
Oct 4 2012: we all have a back, just watch my back, ... be serious :) you know what I mean.Sep 27 2012: One thing that can make you mind about technology is that comes from the years of industrialization when was made the biggest harm to our natural living environment and for just a small cell phone that now we throw on trash, many generations died, humans, animals, plants, vanished from Earth just for a small thing that now also is vanishing. Think about that we are part of the killing of ourself but in a big way like we foul ourself of the "big" discoveries human kind made. Yeahhhhhhhhhh .......
W. Ying
Oct 4 2012: You are great!Sep 27 2012: Oh do not be so pessimistic I have a solution for this problem for childs accesing the internet and is about to teach people about "technology abstinence". Maybe you will lough but will work very fast if you offer something better for having fun. I own this project for Safer Internet for children - http://www.dacicop.ro/ go to Welcome for english version. Please feel free to contact me becouse I have some experience also from my life and I am conscious about the problem that spreads all over the world.Sep 27 2012: Hey ..... just now when you ask yourself this question you intrigue many people to answer so you make them use the Internet. so .... where is the solution ? :) .... I think to have fun and use them only for business as they were conceived for..... have fun :)Sep 27 2012: ABsolutely! Because of tv presence, we have no time to explore assets in our family love story. We keep admiring, weeping and discussing priyanka chopra, kareena kapoors filmy love stories. :)Sep 27 2012: I am delighted that this conversation has elicited tremendous response. By and large the comments show that people realize that the technology is very useful but it should be used with constraint. However the biggest challenge is how to convince the teenagers and younger people. I guess all of us have to go through the learning curve ourselves. Yet the teenagers and younger person's brain is very powerful and pliable and at this age if it is not given a discipline of reflection and contemplation then it will become very difficult to do so in later years.
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So how do we inspire the younger generation on the need to think and reflect rather than react.
Rick Ryan
Sep 27 2012: (Quote): "However the biggest challenge is how to convince the teenagers and younger people."
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This is nothing new. OUR parents asked themselves the exact same questions about US when we were "the teenagers". They worried that our entire generation was going to grow up incapable of being responsible adults and unable to "Run the World". Disaster was imminent. We were all Doomed.
Let's step back and try to put this issue in a different perspective. It seems to me the assumption we are making is that ALL of the young of the current generation are going to grow up disabled and incompentant from the overuse of cell phones, Internet, and TV. Same concerns our parents had about whatever we were "using" or "doing" when we were young. But the simple fact is that doesn't happen. It didn't happen to US, and it won't happen to the young generation of today as a WHOLE. Both of those conclusions are verified by the fact we all here right now are discussing this issue, and the "group" here consists of us "old" folks that obviously survived our parents concerns, and the young folks here now participating who are already aware that they may need to be concerned about the "abuse" of these technologies.
Not all people in a society "grow up" the same way. No doubt many from my generation "never changed", but also many of us DID change our younger habits our parents were concerned about. The same will happen with the young generation of today. Not ALL of them will become "disabled" and "incompetant" because of their current mis-use of cell phones, Internet, and TV. Enough of them will learn the moderation and effective use of the technology so they can "run the world", and the world will go on.
And they will end up worrying about whatever mis-use of the next generation of technology THEIR teenagers are wrapped up in at the time, too. Payback. ;-)
The cycle continues.
Sep 27 2012: you know today'teenagers have their own characterristics.they groe up with cellphones computers ;
and i dont think it is a bad thing .as for me .though i have reduced my relationship time .maybe i could not speed as much time as you did .but we do have won something .i think the biggist characterristic of this generation that they can keep silence..they keep a peace mind ..they know what should do .and they desire to do something many of them do not want to relay on their parents .they want to rise their self
they want to say that they can have a better life on their own
John Smith
Sep 27 2012: "Let's step back and try to put this issue in a different perspective. It seems to me the assumption we are making is that ALL of the young of the current generation are going to grow up disabled and incompentant from the overuse of cell phones, Internet, and TV. Same concerns our parents had about whatever we were "using" or "doing" when we were young. But the simple fact is that doesn't happen. It didn't happen to US, and it won't happen to the young generation of today as a WHOLE."
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Yup, that's the crux of this whole thread: old people who think "the youth" are no good. Countless generations have wasted countless hours and resources on that same myth.
Oct 4 2012: I am 34 years old and older in thinking than i should be and I ask you two questions:
1. Why at my age I am divorced like many others on early ages?
2. Is autumn ...right ... how many celsius degrees are there? 34 ?
Kundan Jha
Sep 27 2012: As my mom used to say excess of anything is bad... No matter how good it is...
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Most of us tend to miss out on the bigger picture while getting engaged ourselves into satisfying our small needs or desires... Like, while talking to your loved once over the phone all the time, we forget the fact that everyone needs their own personal space, or a simple fact like watching more of TV will make us miss out on bonding with our dear ones... and will increase the distance between you and your dear ones..
When there will be a time to share your feeling or thoughts or there feeling or thoughts with each other... you may not find anyone to talk..... These are the few reciprocation of the excess usage of cellphones, internet or TV that might happen to anyone of us....
See the bigger picture... or help other to see the bigger picture.... to make them realized what they are loosing .....Sep 27 2012: Cell phones and Internet are the solution for many issues, but, at the same time, have reduced our privacy in a slight percentage. When we rely on useful technology we go the point that we cant remember how life was without it. We see everyday people that dont go anywhere without a cell phone. From time to time is a good excercise to spend some time away this kind of technology.
Sep 27 2012: i totally agree with you on this point that its reduce our privacy .while isnt a good thing?
with it many people fear to do something bad.with
it we can reduce crime.with it police can easily settle a case with it we can have a open society. with it we can let ourselves be much better .. right?
another without it you can talk at ted right? without it you can not see so many friends right ? without it
you can not watch so many wonderful talks right
so do itSep 25 2012: I absolutely limit my tech. uses. Technology is VERY helpful to me for the expansion of my opinions and views. However I am a firm believer in the principal of "moderation in all things". It is tempting to over-use technology to the point that I can (and have) used it to avoid the doing of life.. Ideas are wonderful but "faith without works is dead"...Sep 24 2012: I think that if we show everyone what the world is like without these devices people will stop over-using them anyway.
I'm one of the guys who works on and with technology quite a lot... but my cellphone can only make and recieve calls and text messages.
Also I do not use any social media because I value personal contact a lot more than online ones. And besides if they need to reach me they can always do so.
Sep 24 2012: I don't think the total exclusion of online communication is productive. It is a failure to adapt..and is just as extreme as being wrapped up in technology.
Sep 24 2012: who said anything about total exclusion of online communication?
Is not having facebook a total exclusion of online communication?
I'm actrive in forums etc (like TED) which have my interrest and I go there when I want to.
Also I use mail like crazy. But as soon as I turn off my pc I can exclude as much online stuff as I want from my real life.
Sep 24 2012: You said:
"Also I do not use any social media because I value personal contact a lot more than online ones."Sep 24 2012: Well that depends if you see a web forum as a social media.
What I mean by that line you quoted is that I do not maintain contact online with people I know (and see) in real life.
Sep 25 2012: I see what your saying Richard.
Do you think teaching our children balance...or moderation could be effective?Sep 25 2012: I think that if we encourage the children to first discover the world without using devices that they will automatically be more moderate in their use of them.
So in a way yes I think that a balance between the different media is more effective.
Sep 25 2012: I see your point here. If you are introduced to technology first...you will increase the chances of being consumed by it.
Great point.Sep 24 2012: It is exciting as well as frightening to me to think about the kids growing up attached to cell phones and computers the way I was to garbage pail kids and teddy ruxbin. I can't image having that kind of limited attention span. My 19 year friends are addicted to twitter. All my other friends are addicted to facebook. Here I am on TED. There is a great film called PLAY AGAIN that is about the phenomenon of kids and screens (tv, computer, phone etc) and the ADD effect and the complete lack of being in nature. For me that is the key- balance of also being in nature- filmmaker Tiffany Shlain made a film called Connected that also addresses this and she takes a techno-shabbat for 24 hours. Try it- much more difficult then it seems and the expectation of immediate replies is also part of the culture- you expect people to be checking their texts and emails all the time-Sep 24 2012: I also don't think modern society affords us time to take breaks from such things.
V Raj
Sep 24 2012: Absolutely... Specially if we are still conscious and concerned about not just our Physical But Mental Peace.. Technological Innovations are just like Twin Blade Swords and just as over indulgence of nutritious produce such as milk is bad so is the over dependency of TV - Internet - Cellphones etc.
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The argument that it has shorten our worlds.. has made exchange of ideas simple and easy but in doing so, it has made us lose touch with our inner self.. Agree that the definition of what is good and what is bad can be simply summed up as 'To Each Its Own' but had the life been simpler thanks to these innovations New Age GURU's Selling the Mental Peace wouldn't have been raking in millions :-)
Sep 24 2012: what is your inner self?
V Raj
Sep 24 2012: Still Searching My Friend Still Searching :-)Sep 24 2012: I haven't had a TV at home for 25 years although I enjoy watching it when I away from time to time in hotels. I love watching movies on my computer and do this a couple of times a week. I have no idea how people have time to watch TV every night - I say this without any judgement - maybe they are watching others cook, paint, meet with friends, fall in love rather than doing it themselves. There is an "off" switch on every device I have ever owned and from time to time I like to use it just to see if my world of work can manage without me - and guess what - it can. We flatter ourselves that we need to stay connected to be relevant; we can take charge of our own lives and live the life we want
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IRVINE, Calif. - Cal State Northridge junior Sherrina Lofton was named Big West Conference Women's Track Co-Athlete of the Week after her performance at the Northridge Spring Break Open Multi-Events last week.
Lofton, a junior from Fairfield, ran an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 23.94 in the 200 meters as part of the heptathlon at the Spring Break Open. She went on to score 5,420 points in the heptathlon, also an NCAA provisional mark. Her point total is 1,095 points better than her previous career-best (4,325).
Lofton, the Big West Women's Track Athlete of the Year in 2008, was also honored as Women's Track Athlete of the Week on Apr. 16 and Apr. 30 of the 2008 outdoor season.
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UC Irvine was the lone school to claim multiple weekly Big West Track & Field honors after a solid weekend of results, while three other schools nabbed the remaining accolades.
The Anteaters nabbed the Men's Track Athlete of the Week in Charles Jock and the Women's Field Athlete of the Week in Lauren Collins. Jock, a freshman from San Diego, won the 800 meters with an NCAA regional-qualifying time of 1:49.18 at UCI's Spring Break Invitational. His time ranks fourth all-time at UCI and is the fastest 800 recorded by a UCI runner in 21 years. Charles' time is less than two seconds behind school-record holder Steve Scott (1:47.6 in 1978).
Collins, a junior from Lake Forest, won the heptathlon with a school-record total of 5,549 points at last week's Northridge Spring Break Open Multi-Events. Her marks were 14.20 in the 100-meter hurdles, 5-10 in the high jump, 36-3 in the shot put, 25.41 in the 200 meters, 18-8 in the long jump, 116-3 in the javelin throw and 2:17.27 in the 800 meters. Collins broke her previous UCI record of 5,512 set in 2007, while her score at Northridge is an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships, the USA Track & Field Championships and ranks seventh in the world this season as of Monday.
Two athletes shared the Women's Track Athlete of the Week award as Cal State Fullerton's Ciara Short and Cal State Northridge's Sherrina Lofton were honored with the weekly accolade.
Short, a sophomore from San Diego, finished first in the 400 (54.15), fourth in the 200 (24.22) and helped the Titan 4x100 relay team come through with a fourth place finish (46.57) at the USC Trojan Invitational. Her 400 time is a school record, an NCAA Regional qualifying mark and the top result in the Big West this season.
The final honor of the week went to Ray Green of UC Davis as he claimed the Men's Field Athlete of the Week award. Green finished first in the triple jump with mark of 15.03 meters (49-03.75) at Hornet Invitational at Sacramento State. He surpassed the qualifying mark for the NCAA Division I Regionals for the second week in a row and has the top mark in the Big West so far this season.


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The Best Music at Primavera Sound 2013
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This festival features all styles of live music- from rock, pop, and indie to alternative. Here everyone will find the band they are looking for, and you will too! Do not miss this opportunity and come to Barcelona and enjoy the Primavera Sound Music Festival! If you love Phoenix, Blur, Fiona Apple, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, The Postal Service or Animal Collective (and many many others) this is the festival for you!
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If you decide to come to this festival, believe us, this is an experience you'll never forget. The best city with the best weather and the best music all-in-one! Here are some artists you will find playing at Primavera Sound
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Lines: 43, 7, 36,141, 41 Timetable from 6:30 am to 11:15 pm aprox. Nocturnal bus: N6, N7 Timetable from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am.
Closer stations to Fòrum160 Avda. d'Eduard Maristany, 1/ Fòrum 158 Rambla Prim, 1-9 157 C/ Llull, 396 159 Avda. Diagonal, 26 151 C/ Pujades, 462 147 Rambla Prim, 79 156 Avda. Diagonal, 82
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- Run Time: 684 Minutes
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- Studio: Paramount
- DVD Release Date: June 13, 2006
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- Cast: Patricia Arquette, Miguel Sandoval, Jake Weber
- Genre: TV Series
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This set of Medium Season 1 DVDs (Widescreen) is the work of Emmy Award-winning executive producer, creator, and director Glenn Gordon Caron. The hit Paramount Network Television drama series Medium was inspired by the life story of Allison Dubois. Emmy winner Patricia Arquette stars in Medium season one as Allison, a woman who can communicate with the dead, but who for most of her life views this gift as a curse. Allison finally submits to her calling when she realizes she can do more good as a medium then a lawyer. Medium Season 1 Actors: Patricia Arquette, Maria Lark, Miguel Sandoval, Sofia Vassilieva, Jake Weber, David Cubitt, .
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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College Department of Athletics and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted the 12th Annual WESPY Awards (Westminster Exceptional Sports Performances of the Year) Sunday afternoon at Orr Auditorium.
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Angel or devil, good or evil, Christ or Satan: These are the mystical questions revolving around the nameless figure living in the coastal dunes outside of a small French town. This mysterious drifter begins to touch the lives of a group of women in the village, including a single mother caring for her sick daughter, a hitchhiker passing through en route to Boulogne, and, most vividly, a teenage girl living in an abusive household. The stranger and the girl form a special bond as he saves her from her dilemma and she wanders through dunes and marshes with him, witnessing his unusual acts of wonder and questioning his role in her life.
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We offer a full nature experience, including different type of accommodations as well as outdoor activities. Your choice of activities varies by season and always includes the unbelievable views, varied network of trails over our 320 acres and challenging ascents of local summits. Our new river access for kayaking, tubing, swimming and fishing adds a new dimension to Au Diable Vert.