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Over the past six years, a secondary market for biweekly mortgages has developed. It has come to the Bureau's attention that the one-time conversion option provided for in the 1985 Bulletin #36 is not a standard feature in the biweekly mortgage products that are purchased on the secondary market; Maine financial institutions cannot sell loans that do not meet secondary market standards. The banking industry contends that standardized biweekly mortgages would be less costly to Maine consumers than those that cannot be sold on the secondary market because of the funding mechanism that these investors provide. The Bureau is influenced by those factors; however, the current state of the economy and high rates of unemployment should be weighed in any decision to eliminate consumer protection devices such as the conversion feature.
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Of the $18.4 billion that Congress appropriated for Iraq relief and reconstruction in fiscal year 2004, the Department of Defense (DOD) received the largest share--$13.5 billion. As of September 30, 2006, DOD had obligated about $13.1 billion and disbursed about $9.7 billion--$5.6 billion for construction, $3.6 billion for nonconstruction (e.g., engineering, procurement, and the delivery of equipment), and about $480 million for related overhead costs. Among the many contracts DOD uses in Iraq, DOD has obligated about $3.7 billion for 12 large-scale, multiple-year design-build contracts for major construction projects. The design-build contracting approach makes one award for both the design and construction of a project, thus eliminating the need for a separate bidding process for the construction phase. To help Congress monitor the current progress and costs of DOD's reconstruction activities in Iraq, this report discusses (1) the status of the current construction work and targeted completion dates and (2) the support costs incurred by the design-build contractors in DOD's construction program.
While financial data show that DOD has obligated most (97 percent) of its $13.5 billion in fiscal year 2004 reconstruction funds, work-in-place data show that about 29 percent, or $2.3 billion, of DOD's construction program is incomplete, as of October 8, 2006. Continued congressional oversight of these activities will be needed since DOD estimates that this work will not be completed until mid- to late 2008. The incomplete work varies by sector, with 10 percent of planned construction remaining in the security and justice sector and 38 percent remaining in the communications and transportation sector. Activities in the public works and water sector; the buildings, education, and health sector; and the transportation and communications sector will not be completed until mid- to late 2008. Although the United States has generally not met its goals for reconstruction activities in Iraq, DOD projects that its remaining construction projects will enable Iraq to increase its production of oil, electricity, and clean water and treated sewerage. As GAO's past work has shown, the challenging security environment, persistent attacks on U.S.-funded infrastructure projects, and sustainment challenges could make it difficult for DOD to achieve this progress. DOD's design-build contractors will incur estimated support costs of about $1.2 billion or about 33 percent of projected completion costs of $3.7 billion. The support costs include estimated security costs of about $359.6 million. In response to higher-than-anticipated support costs, DOD officials have pursued alternative contracting strategies. For example, DOD officials have contracted directly with Iraqi firms in the electricity and transportation sectors rather than relying exclusively on U.S. design-build contractors to complete the work. U.S. officials state that the transition to direct contracting with local Iraqi and international contractors could lead to cost reductions. Due to the lack of available information on the costs of direct contracts, we were not able to establish the extent to which support costs could be avoided at the time of our review. The direct contracting approach also has the potential of increasing Iraqi ownership of reconstruction efforts and employing more local Iraqis.
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Plymouth Taria Tweed is a cozy blend of merino, llama, and silk. Each skein combines vibrant colors into a beautiful tweed. This chunky yarn would be perfect for garments and accessories. Made in Argentina.
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I knitted a hooded pullover for those cool summer nights and despite a few snags... it turned out beautiful. Nice to wear in summertime because not quite as warm as pure wool. Some skeins had 3 to 4 knots in them, a bit annoying, even though it was easy to hide due to the textured stitch used. Also, the last skein used to finish the second sleeve ended up being slightly heavier than the one used to start... It kind of blended in at wearing, but I would recommend knitting this yarn using 2 skeins at a time, knitting 2 rows from one skein then 2 from alternate skein. Could help.
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Starburst Candy Corn and Tori Spelling Halloween crafts – tasty fun!
*I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Starburst. I received product samples to facilitate my review and promotional item as a thank you for participating.
Halloween is almost here (finally!) and that warm and cozy "fall feeling" is in the air. These two things combined make for one happy girl, as I love them both so much. Between being inspired to bake when the cool, crisp autumn air arrives, and decorating and doing crafts for Halloween, I just get giddy this time of year. This year will be especially festive, as I am going to have some serious fun with Starburst Candy Corn!
As I mentioned above, I love to bake during the fall and winter months. I have very fond memories of cooking with my mom, and even more of cooking with my own children when they were little. Each year, a couple of weeks before Halloween, my kids and I would start our baking tradition. We would bake dozens and dozens of sugar cookies in various "spooky" shapes, and decorate them with different colored frostings and sprinkles. After we were satisfied with our creations, we would carefully pack a huge platter and deliver them to my husband's work. Since my husband is a Police Captain, there were plenty of appreciative officers who looked forward to our goodies (and a visit from our kids) every year. Of course, we did the same for Christmas and Valentine's Day too.
Not only did my children and I enjoy these special times together, but I hope they will do the same with their own kids. This is definitely a tradition that should be passed down through the generations. In addition to it being fun, they learned to find the joy in giving…in seeing the delight on the faces of our recipients (in this case police officers, neighbors and friends). I hope these fun times are as memorable to them as they are to me.
Since I have always loved crafting, I have made plenty of seasonal decorations for our home. There is just something special about displaying decor that you have created yourself. I used to make table centerpieces and wreaths for just about every holiday season, but haven't done those in a few years. Maybe it is time to start again!
Another fun thing about fall and Halloween are the parties! Seriously, seeing your friends and family dressed up in ridiculous/silly/fun outfits is such a blast. We haven't had a Halloween party in several years but we have attended a few and they are always something we look forward to. My husband and I always have fun dreaming up clever costumes!
Here are a few of my tips for throwing a Halloween party:
- Send your invitations early! It is awful to plan a great party, only to find out that everyone already has plans to go to a party. Maybe even send a "save the date" card, just to be safe.
- Decorate, decorate, decorate! Make creepy scenes indoors and out. You can make your own or find some fun decor at stores. Craft stores tend to have some really spooky, festive items, as does Lowe's.
- Make fun appetizers and desserts – this is where it gets exciting! You can make things like eyeball soup, graveyard cake, gummy worms in dirt, and so much more. Let your creative juices flow!
- Have a competition for best costume and let the partygoers vote.
Tori Spelling enjoys Halloween as much as I do apparently! She has created several crafts using Starburst Candy Corn, and they are really gorgeous! Yes, you heard me right – Starburst Candy Corn! I had no idea that there were so many things that could be made with Candy Corn, and when you add Starburst Candy Corn to the mix, the sky is the limit. The colorful candies are a great addition to any craft project. Look at these Mum Balls below!
I decided to make one of Tori's crafts myself, and I chose the beautiful Candied Cupcakes. Who could resist, right? These were SO simple to make, and they are truly breathtaking. Since I am not very talented with fancy frosting flowers, piping, etc., these were the perfect solution.
I started by baking regular white cupcakes (but you could make any flavor you want, or even use an orange cake mix, or add a little orange food coloring if you want).
I then made a vanilla buttercream frosting from scratch, and frosted the cupcakes after they cooled.
I separated the Starburst Candy Corn into bowls, by color, while waiting for the cupcakes to cool off, and before frosting.
Before the frosting hardened too much, I carefully placed Starburst Candies on each. I started by inserting one candy (point down) into the center of the cupcake. Next I filled the rest of the top of the cupcake with the same colored candy corn in a circular shape (with the tips toward the center), using the middle candy as my guide. It couldn't have been any easier!
Aren't they gorgeous? I would be very proud to bring these beauties to any party, not just Halloween functions. I think they would be the star of the show! Not only do Starburst Candy Corn candies look great, but they are quite tasty. They taste just like the original Starburst candy…yum!
I am excited to try the other ideas from Tori – especially the Festive Favors (shown below). These are perfect for giving to your guests when they arrive at your party/dinner, or for sending home with them as party favors!
If you would like to try your hand at making some fun and festive Halloween crafts, visit the Starburst Candy Corn Facebook page where you will find all kinds of ideas. Make sure you follow the fun on Twitter too, by following #StarburstCandyCorn! When you follow along with this hashtag you will also see the decor that my fellow bloggers made using Starburst Candy Corn.
Don't forget – Starburst Candy Corn are available for a limited time. You can find them in stores through October 31st only.
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Could she get any skinnier? (jealousy speaking) I can only imagine how good these taste. I love Star Burst and candy corns. Those cupcakes are works of art. You did a wonderful job. They are pinners!
YUM love Starburst and candy corn! What a great flavor and the cupcakes are gorgeous!
Those cupcakes are adorable! I can't wait to try these! Starburst are my favorite- shape them like candy corn and I'm all in!
The cupcakes look good – I don't know if I could waste all of those candy corns on a craft project…I'd want to eat them.
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i love starburst candies. those cupcakes look so yummy. such creative craft ideas.
I really like the cupcake with starburst on top that look like flowers. I didnt know that Tori was so creative. thanks for all the fun ideas. Gonna make some of them
don't like candy corn but I love starburst. will be looking out for these
I love how cute the cupcakes look! I bought some of this candy corn the other day. Now I want to make cupcakes to use some to try. Thanks for the super cute ideas!
i HAVE to make these cupckes! Especially since it's something i can actually pull off LOL! So cute and easy peasy! I can't wait! TYTYTY!!!
Your cupcakes came out so cute. What a clever idea.
I love the idea of candy corn with a flavor that's actually a flavor. LOL! I'll keep an eye out for the Starburst Candy Corn when I'm out shopping. Love your cupcakes–so cute!
The cupcakes are cute and adorable. I didn't think Tori Spelling was capable of such things.
Very interesting… I bet the room smells very sweet with these craft projects around.
The cupcakes are amazing. I think I will make them for Lenten Wednesday services at church this year. They will be a hit.
Tori Spelling is great. These are fabulous ideas! Thanks for sharing and for the cool photos. Happy Halloween season!
Those cupcakes turned out super cute!I love this idea!
Love these ideas, especially the cupcakes.
The cupcakes are cute! We're gonna have to make those soon. Those would be cute for other occasions for other than Halloween! Very crafty!
What a fun way to make flowers on top of cupcakes and the fruit flavors of Starburst Candy Corn would be a sweet surprise.
The Starburst Candy Corn made the cupcakes so cute and I bet they taste fantastic. The Mum Balls made a nice table decoration and a cool way to display the Starburst.
I love Starburst and I love candy corn so this is great! So pretty too!
Those cupcakes look really good. I bet they tasted great.
I used to watch her show all the time when it was Tori and Dean. For someone born with a "silver spoon in their mouth" so to speak, I think she is just really down to Earth and motherly, and VERY creative. Simple or involved projects, she does nice work and found her niche ONCE again. she is just unstoppable!
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Never would have thought Tori Spelling was crafty. She can cater my parties anytime!
Those cupcakes are so cute! I love them. Thanks for the info on starburst too! Had no idea they made candy corn.
This is such a neat idea, its amazing the things you can make with candy. The cupcakes look divine.
These are so cute! They look very yummy, too! I would like to try making theese some day.
I love those cupcakes! I never would have thought of using candy corn to decorate cupcakes, but it looks terrific!


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Do no evil, right? (281 comments)
Here is my problem: Google has a long history of cooperating with NSA.
Don't believe me? Fine: read these links instead... Yahoo News article about cooperation between Google and NSA, Guardian article, Tom's Guide article.
Even if Google does not/did not/will not cooperate with NSA, Eric Schmidt himself has been cooperating with the US Government, which cast serious doubts about his desire to protect the private information of Google clients.
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PARIS -- Befuddled all match, Serena Williams reacted to one flubbed backhand by spiking her racket to the court, drawing full-throated boos from spectators.
It was as spirited as Williams -- or the crowd -- got during her lopsided French Open quarterfinal loss to No. 1 Justine Henin, the one moment Tuesday when the last U.S. singles player in the tournament truly appeared to want to turn things around.
Too many mistakes and too little fight followed from Williams, though, and Henin beat her 6-4, 6-3 to close in on a third straight title at Roland Garros. This meeting bore no resemblance to their infamous 2003 French Open semifinal, a three-set tussle that featured far more drama, acrimony and, well, competitive tennis.
"All she had to do was show up," said Williams, who won the Australian Open in January for her eighth major championship. "I thought that she did well, but I've played against her when she's played even better."
Told of those comments, Henin took the high road.
"Well, it's her opinion," the Belgian said. "I thought I did a good job. I see it from my point of view, and I did everything I could to control the match."
She certainly did, and in the process extended her record streak to 31 consecutive sets won at the French Open.
In the women's semifinals Thursday, Henin will face No. 4 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, who defeated No. 6 Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7-5. The other women's semifinal pits No. 2 Maria Sharapova against No. 7 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia.
Henin is trying to win her sixth Grand Slam and fourth French Open title; the other women never have been to the final four at the clay-court major.
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'07 French | Henin | 6-4, 6-3 |
'03 French | Henin | 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 |
'03 Charleston | Henin | 6-3, 6-4 |
'02 Rome | Williams | 7-6 (6), 6-4 |
'02 Berlin | Henin | 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (5) |
"I didn't come off the court and go, 'Wow, I'm in the semifinals.' That wasn't really the feeling that I had," said Sharapova, who needed rest and a cortisone shot for her injured right shoulder before coming to Paris. "In any tournament that I play -- whether it's on clay or mud or whatever it is -- I know what I'm capable of."
She beat No. 9 Anna Chakvetadze of Russia 6-3, 6-4, while Ivanovic got past No. 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova, last year's runner-up, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1.
Ivanovic dumped a backhand into the net on the very first point, then won 25 of the next 32 points, prompting this postmatch analysis: "I would say I was pretty good."
Kuznetsova, who won the 2004 U.S. Open, made things more interesting until aggravating an abdominal muscle injury while serving in the second set's final game. Ivanovic took 15 of the last 16 points.
"Everything was happening really fast," Ivanovic said, "and I didn't have time to think much."
Nothing worked today. Sometimes you just have days like that. ... All she had to do was show up.
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Williams didn't seem to think Henin's play had much to do with the way things went in their match, played on the same court four years to the day after their last French Open showdown. Back in 2003, Williams was No. 1 and owner of a 33-match Grand Slam winning streak. Nowadays, it's Henin who tops the rankings and owns Roland Garros.
That other match featured a flap over whether Henin tried to call time, and Williams also fired up the crowd by arguing line calls. Williams lost, was jeered off the court, then teared up while talking about the rough experience.
Once again, there was more support in the stands for the French-speaking Henin, and several black-yellow-and-red Belgian flags flapped in the wind. But the only time the fans really gave Williams a hard time was when she treated her racket like a football.
Her outburst came when she executed a sliced backhand so badly the ball bounced before it got to the net, allowing Henin to break in the second set's opening game. Williams then won 10 of the next 12 points to go up 2-1.
But serving at 2-2, 40-15, Williams fell apart, making errors on five of the next six points to get broken again.
"I never play like that," she said. "Sometimes you've got to just step back and say, 'OK, try this, try that, or try Plan B.' But I think my Plan B was to make errors."
It didn't help that Henin determined the tempo of rallies, switching speeds and angles at will, something Williams referred to as "her little tactics."
Henin used those tactics to wrap things up in a hurry, taking eight of the final nine points.
"She didn't look very aggressive," Henin said. "So I just understood, if I was mentally and emotionally under control today, I was going to win this match."
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noun \ˈmä-kə-sən\: a flat shoe that is made of soft leather and is similar to a shoe originally worn by some Native Americans
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a : a soft leather heelless shoe or boot with the sole brought up the sides of the foot and over the toes where it is joined with a puckered seam to a U-shaped piece lying on top of the foot b : a regular shoe having a seam on the forepart of the vamp imitating the seam of a moccasin
a : water moccasin b : a snake (as of the genus Natrix) resembling a water moccasin
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Virginia Algonquian mockasin
First Known Use: circa 1612
noun \ˈmäk-ə-sən\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of MOCCASIN
: a snake (as of the genus Natrix) resembling a water moccasin
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Either of two species of pit viper: the water moccasin or the Mexican moccasin (Agkistrodon bilineatus). The Mexican moccasin, or cantil, is a dangerous snake of lowland regions from the Rio Grande to Nicaragua. About 3 ft (1 m) long, it is brown or black with narrow, irregular, whitish bars on its back and sides. See also copperhead.
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Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Allot Communications Ltd. climbed to the highest in three months in Tel Aviv, closing the gap with U.S.-traded shares, after Israel's biggest maker of high-speed networking equipment reported profit that beat forecasts.
The shares gained 5.6 percent to 52.90 shekels, the equivalent of $14.47, at 12:07 p.m. in Tel Aviv, the highest intraday level since Aug. 1. The New York-traded shares surged 8.1 percent yesterday to close at $14.45. The U.S. shares gained 24 percent this year, compared with an 18 percent drop in the Bloomberg Israel-US 25 Index.
"Even though macro conditions are weak, people are not dropping off in terms of usage of cell phones or tablets," said Jay Srivatsa, an analyst at Chardan Capital Markets LLC. "All that adds to the increase in bandwidth which means you need network optimization."
The company announced plans to sell $9.5 million of equipment to an Asian fixed-line operator on Oct. 25. Revenue from the order will likely be recognized over several quarters, Nachum Falek, Allot's chief financial officer, said on a conference call with analysts. Sales increased 37 percent to $20.1 million in the third quarter as five service providers made orders from the company for the first time, the company said in a statement.
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Third-quarter profit more than doubled to $2.1 million, or 8 cents a share. Earnings excluding certain items were 13 cents a share, exceeding the average estimate of 10 cents among eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Adjusted earnings were 6 cents a share a year earlier.
"We're not seeing any slowdown in European markets and we see a number of opportunities in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific for 2012," Chief Executive Officer Rami Hadar said on the conference call.
The shekel gained for the first time in three days, rising 0.3 percent to 3.6505 a dollar. The TA-25 Index, Israel's benchmark stock index, fell for a fourth day, retreating 0.3 percent.
The Israel-US 25 Index of the largest Israeli companies traded in New York fell 3.7 percent yesterday, led by Internet Gold-Golden Lines Ltd. and Tower Semiconductor Ltd., on concern Europe's plan to bail out Greece will unravel. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost the most in a month, dropping 2.8 percent.
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Is It Over?
My story is long,but i would really appericiate it if you read it because im so alone in this world,
Im 17 years old, i was 12 when i met him. I fell in love with him, weve been off and on for 4 years now(about to be 5years). after we went out for a year and broke up we went back out but we were always a secret after the 2nd time we went out, no-one ever knew about us and from the beggining we hurt eachother back and forth, pains too much to handle at times, but we still stuck through them cause we loved eachother. We gave so many chances to eachother! In all honesty i suffered the most pain and he would agree with me. We are eachothers bestfriends, no-one knows the real us but ourselfs, hes a stubborn very very nice mature guy, hes very different and is always honest and straight out with me, even if it hurts.
-the story is that in Nov. of last year we got in this HUGE fight, he told me he didnt want me anymore, that it was done, called me so many names. We had gone through this fight before but i had enough by the time it came around again! i didnt want to move on, but a boy that caught my eye was really getting me, i went out with him REGRET it ever since!, my ex came back beging to me that he wanted to make me happy(i was always the one beging for him back, hes the type of guy that would NEVER EVER even think about crying over a girl) but he cried and cried alot and begged! the reason why i didnt take him back was because i had enough, tears wouldnt even come out anymore! i didnt see us moving to another step, even though we talked about getting married out of high skool and already having the names of our children picked out! i didnt want it anymore.
-i broke up with the guy, me and my ex started talking again, i couldnt resist, i still loved him and i actaully wanted him back! but he was talking to a girl now who HATES me, cant explain how much she HATES me and honestly, i dont dislike her, i think shes very pretty and it sucks because she judges me and doesnt know me. me and him still talk everyday, he still tells me he hopes it works out for me and him in the future but at the moment he doesnt want us right now, he just wants to stay how weve always had, he still crys and tells me he loves me and still shows me he loves me, its like were still together,but i know its wrong, but we just cant let go of eachother, we love eachother. i know he wants me to wait, but he wont ask me to cause he doesnt want to be selfish, he tells me he needs me in his life.
-Everyone thinks hes going to come back to me,but i cant help to think that hes not, he likes this girl and he always tells me. "i know im not going to be with her forever." or he tells me, "i have a feeling were going to break up." he gives me signs about him going for other girls after his current gf. but i dont know, im supper confused and depressed. its summer time and weve always had our summer together since 7th grade, but this summer is going to be different, he tells me it wont be, that nothing will change between us(as in worse), i see him trying to keep us going strong,but im scared hes going to leave me for her.
-Were about to start our senior year in high school and his gf just graduated this year and is off to college soon, everyone tells me to keep waiting for him and i REALLY want to, but ive been waiting for 5months already. what do i do? wait more?(i know hes the one for me, i cant imagine my life without him, i need him!) IM CONFUSED! I JUST KNOW THAT I WANT TO MARRY HIM!
You have been involved with this guy since you were a child. He has grown up now and become something of a player. He is learning he can shuffle the women in his life around by keeping one girlfriend on the back burner while he has his sexual adventures with others. You need to get some more experience in your life. You need to move on from this and find out what other men might be like. It sounds like the early and innocent phase of your life is now coming to an end, and as sad as that is, I can foresee many better days ahead for you and, almost certainly, a better man who is mature enough to appreciate you.
I'm sorry you have to go through this, I know it hurts really bad, I'm in the same boat. But believe and think positive
If you want to be with him, all I can say is wait. But personally I would try to move on. Chances are you won't be going to the same college, and it will get easier to get over him when you don't see him every day.

I do say be cautious, there are guys who will string you along, and it's not fun going through that. I know you've said he's mature, and I get the feeling that you would say that he would never do that, but I would have said the same thing about the guy who did it to me before hand.

So...I guess to sum it up, if you want to wait, but don't stop trying to move, and just...be cautious.
if you really love him, wait

and if he really loves you, he'll come back

things will happen how they're supposed to happen

it'll be okay
I know exactly how you feel, the same thing happend to me a a year ago.

i loved him soo much and i still do. he left me for someone else. it sucks but i think it ll help eventually to move on. i was suicidal and i was horribly depressed for like 3 months after. i wake up every morning thinking of him and wish he was there every night. hes still with her, shes beautiful and im single. but just cause i love him doesnt mean we need to be togeather right now. i can still find someone who can make me as happy as he did. you can too. and it sounds like you have some really suportive friends. trust your gut if nows not the time for you. wait. and maybe the time wont come back and youve had an amazing 5 years with the person. thats still and increadable relationship. (congrates on that) and maybe your guys right and ity will all work out between you. Whatever happens i wish you the best:)


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Los Angeles based OUYA is working on a new Android gaming system, and it's sticking a "hack me" sign on its back. Nearly $4 million have been crowd-sourced in a day of Kickstarter fundraising for the OUYA, a $99 system designed entirely to make low-cost, indie-developed games available to play on your TV. Sound familiar?
The process mirrors the plight of mobile games in the past five years. Users have shifted away from Nintendo's DS and Playstation's Portables, opting instead to play on their phones and tablets. Without corporate hoops to jump through, Indie developers brought us games like "Angry Birds," "Draw Something" and "Words With Friends," some of the most unique and addictive games in recent memory.
But why has the revolution been limited to our tiny, pocket-sized screens? What is holding garage developers from getting their quirky, thoughtful games onto our televisions?
Jeremy Hibnick, an associate producer for Naked Sky Entertainment with credits on more than 40 game titles, was one of the project's many donors. He posted a link to Kickstarter on his Facebook page, encouraging his industry friends to pitch in, writing, "supporting Ouya is supporting television gaming as a platform for indie developers, and will hopefully bring innovation back to the living room. As a game developer who has experienced the difficulty and extreme cost of delivering a title to console, I think there is nothing but promise in a low-cost, indie-fueled, low barrier of entry console that delivers the television experience I love."
The OUYA team has even gone as far as to encourage their system to be hacked for projects of any nature. They've offered live video-streaming of twitch.tv as an early example of what can be done with the system's hardware. OUYA gathered its 30,000 backers and $4 million in funds in one day mostly by promising their supporters first dibs on the system at their market price of $99.
The system, which is based on Android, is being designed by fuseproject, the design agency responsible for the Jambox and the OLPC XO laptop. It has the guts of a tablet — a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, Bluet00th, and WiFi.
Even if the OUYA fails to incite a revolution, it might help indie developers in the long run. If their games gain popularity on the new system, consoles might come calling to usher their games up to the major leagues of Xbox Live and the Playstation Store, as has happened with many popular mobile games. If the system does take off, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony and perhaps even the Apple TV might be forced to ease the entry barrier for independent games in general.
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Samuel Bradley: Photographing bands in my local town as a teenager.
CUS: Did you study, or are you currently studying, photography? If
not, how did you learn?
SB: I completed a BA in photography at UCA Farnham. I would still
consider myself self taught though, technical instruction on a fine art
based photography course is minimal and projects are almost entirely self
CUS: Tell us a little about where you live. How does your
city/country/current location have an affect on your work?
SB: I live in East London. There's a lot I dislike about living in a
city after growing up in the countryside if I'm honest. But travelling is so
much more rewarding when your usual environment isn't a haven. I don't get
homesick when I go away, I rarely miss London, only some of the people in
CUS: What did you have for breakfast this morning?
SB: Tesco own brand fruit and fibre with skimmed milk.
CUS: Who, or what, is your biggest influence?
SB: I wouldn't say there's any single person or thing that
influences me above everything else. My brain is my biggest influence,
it's always absorbing things.
CUS: Tell us about the people in your photographs.
SB: They are all humans, usually acting of their own accord. Mostly
they are strangers, until after the shoot at least. I try not to shoot my
friends too much, familiarity that exists prior to the dynamic of
photographer and subject is often a barrier. However, if you develop a relationship
with someone based on making pictures then there's an amazing organic
foundation upon which to build your images.
CUS: Your favourite subject to shoot?
SB: It changes all the time. At the moment I prefer landscapes. But
I like the landscapes to have people in them, some human interaction or
evidence of habitation.
CUS: Do you find that you take the same approach when shooting
commercially vs. non-commercially?
SB: I try, but unfortunately there is a noticeable gap
between the two. You have to listen to the people with the money when shooting
a commercial job, sometimes this means taking photographs that you would never
take given the choice, I'm not talking about subject matter, more how you deal
with the subject matter, what angle you use, how you utilise the light, and how
you edit the final image. My ultimate goal is for my personal and commercial
work to align somewhere in the future. There will always be
differences though I imagine. I don't mind sacrificing a little artistic
integrity sometimes to make a career out of photography providing I'm
always able to do some work that is entirely my own.
CUS: Can you talk a little about your projects "Fellmates"
and "My Mother's Mother"?
SB: One is a project with a lot of planning, thought and execution
behind it. One is a collection of images that were not premeditated, assembled
as a narrative after the events took place.
I'm sorry to be so vague, it's just the work is very old now and
hard to talk about - not emotionally, I just don't engage with it any more. I
will say My Mother's Mother is the most personal body of work I have ever made.
I created a small publication from it which sold out in less than 24 hours
which was really overwhelming.
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CUS: Coffee or tea?
SB: I've never been into hot drinks. But a friend started working at
a coffee shop recently and he made me a flat white which I very much enjoyed. I
even bought a coffee instead of a beer in a pub when I was visiting
my parents.
CUS: What are you favourite local hangouts?
SB: There is a really disgusting bar/club in Hackney called 'The
Dolphin,' which I've always had a soft spot for. Until recently it stayed open
till 4/5 in the morning and we used to go there when everything else closed.
Now because of noise complaints and escalating crime it shuts at 1am. For
those less chaotic evenings there's a wonderful place in Hackney Wick
called 'The Crate' which serves great pizza and locally brewed
alcohol. You can also sit in boats on the canal instead of a table which is
nice in the summer.
CUS: What are five things you can't live without?
SB: Sarcasm, time, the hour after sunset, electricity, white t
CUS: Do you believe that with the rise of digital photography the
phrase "everyone can be a photographer" is true? What are your thoughts on
digital vs. film photography?
SB: I've begun to look at it another way. Before digital, to be
a photographer you had to seriously commit yourself to it, learning
complex techniques, memorising numbers, spending money on every individual
image. People respected that, photographer's were treated with something akin
to reverence in certain situations. Nowadays, because anyone can buy a camera
and take photos, it is becoming increasingly apparent how few
people can actually be photographers, even with such accessible technology and
free instruction available. But there's this unhealthy network of misguided
support on social media when it comes to
photos. 'Likes', 'followers' and the rest. It gives false credence to
poor standards of work, but because so many people are engaging with it, it's
being utilised by companies to sell products, which feeds the culture and keeps
the cycle going. But it's very hard to argue with the masses. It's like
televised singing contests like the X factor, just because you have a
good voice, doesn't mean you can be a singer, but if enough people tune
in, if enough people are duped into buying your record, suddenly you are
considered a credible artists, and you've paved the way for more of the same
The digital vs film thing is a head scratcher alright. I like
using film, I find it much easier to make a good photograph. The speed you work
at necessitates a certain level of commitment to a subject which often
results in a much stronger image. Working digitally is so
throwaway and for me at least, comes with a lazy, cavalier attitude. I'll often
shoot from the hip, maybe take ten pictures of the same thing, disregard an
image before I've even properly looked at it. On the other hand, I can make
sure the image is right, shoot over and over until I'm happy and see
immediately if something isn't working.
Luke Pasqualino for OUT Magazine |
CUS: What are your thoughts on photography and the Internet (for
example, mass amounts of images being uploaded every day via sites such as
Flickr, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram…)?
SB: I've never really thought about it as a whole. I utilise those
sites every day. These days everyone wants their pictures to be seen, whether
it be a photograph of the foam on a coffee, or an award winning piece of
photojournalism. Everyone wants to document what they're doing and show
other people. Here I am, this is what I'm doing/eating/drinking/looking like
today, please give me your opinion, please support my decision. Again the
really engaging photographs are being lost, but there's also this really
interesting visual vernacular emerging which is so universal. I saw this
feature about Mexican drug lords using Instagram and posting pictures of like
cards full of weed, dashboards covered in guns and groups of masked and
unmasked men toting weapons in front of modded cars. It's totally crazy
but it's also really quite cool.
CUS: Do you think that the Internet (as opposed to a gallery or any
other art institution) is a legitimate place to showcase photographic work or
do photographs have to be seen in "the flesh" to be fully appreciated
and experienced?
SB: I think the internet is legitimate. How can anyone say it isn't?
It all depends on your intentions when shooting. Some people shoot for books, some for galleries, some don't think beyond their blog. A really good
photograph works anywhere, but that's not to say that a picture is bad if
it doesn't.
CUS: What are your favourite books and films?
SB: Big Harry Potter fan, I think the first one came out when I was
about ten years old so I grew up with those books.
I'm reading a lot of Iain Banks' sic fi 'culture' novels
right now and I love Margaret Atwood. I've always been a very big reader,
consuming books in a day or two. It's harder now though, if I get a good book
it becomes a huge distraction and I neglect emails, editing etc.
I watch movies constantly whilst editing, mostly ones with good
scripts so I don't have to look at the screen too much. As a photographer I
really appreciate Wes Anderson's cinematography and Terrence Malick is quite
CUS: Who are your favourite photographers?
SB: Nadav Kander and Alec Soth are always in the back of my mind.
I look at Peter Sutherland's work a lot, and Tim Barber's too. I
think guys like that have really paved the way for this less polished style
that a lot of art buyers and agencies are looking for these days. I think it's
good to try and maintain a carefree approach to shooting in certain situations
and candid 35mm snaps of beautiful people and interesting places are
a good way to do that, they're less intimidating, more accessible.
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CUS: If you could photograph any person (past or present) who would
you choose?
SB: I have a list of living actors on my computer who I'd love to
photograph. Bill Murray is at the top, Tilda Swinton is on there, also Miley
CUS: What advice would you give to your fellow up-and-coming
SB: Work harder than everyone around you. Be nice.
It's okay to turn down work, actually It's important to sometimes.
Stuff will come back to haunt you, how badly do you really need that exposure?
Try and regulate your hours if you're freelance, I can't seem to do it but
work from a normal time to a normal time and have a lunch break.
CUS: What are your plans for the winter? Can you tell us about
any upcoming projects or exhibitions?
SB: I've travelled a lot recently on commission, a series is
starting to emerge from what I shoot in the free time allocated. You can't rush
personal work, I'd like to put out a project that's a product of at least
a year's time well spent. I suppose I should have an exhibition at some point
but so often I feel like people are just coming along to drink the free booze
and hang out with their friends, I've lost faith in the process. I've initiated
some work with an art director friend of mine from university, it's hard
to find the time but I'm hoping to create a small body of quite cinematic
imagery with him.
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CUS: What do you hope to achieve with your photography? Do you
foresee photography as a career in your future?
SB: I am a full time freelance photographer. I shoot regular
commissions and make a living from it. I certainly have a long way to go but it
is my career. I'm with an agency now too, it's early days but there have been
some promising things happening of late with regards to larger
CUS: Our last interviewee, Aleksandra Kojic, wants to know: What
makes a good image?
SB: I don't know, what's a good image? Surely it's totally
subjective? Context is vital, a good image for what purpose?
CUS: Last but not least, what would you like to ask the next
SB: Why are you doing this interview?


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SURAT: A country's strength may lie in its material wealth and rising GDP, but its soul lies in its culture and heritage. Most famous cities in the world are not just known only for their magnificent buildings and roads or their riches and wealth, but for their ancient history and rich past - Rome by its historic ampitheatres, New York by its Statue of Liberty, Pisa by its Leaning Tower, London by the iconic Bridge on Thames, San Francisco by its Golden Gate Bridge. Nearer home, Hyderabad by Charminar, Ahmedabad by Ellisbridge, Kolkata by Howrah Bridge and so on.
Cities all over the world take extra care and pride in their historic monuments and maintain them at all costs. No self-respecting city will ever think of selling its heritage as mere scrap and certainly not in Gujarat which rightly takes great pride in preserving its heritage.
In this context, it is shocking to learn that a city like Surat, so rich in its culture and history is being deprived of its historic 134-year-old Hope Bridge for a paltry pecuniary gain by a civic body with a bulging budget of reportedly Rs 2,400 crore! Selling a piece of history as scrap is virtually unheard of anywhere and would amount to sacrilege in a state known for richness of culture and wealth of its people.
Surat is a fast growing city and can have as many new bridges it needs. But it would be tragic if we let modern development swallow its glorious past. Surely, we have ingenuity to blend both and let them exist side by side. Ahmedabad has already shown the way by preserving Ellisbridge - almost as old as Hope Bridge - by imaginative planning and proper maintenance (though the two new wings could have been at some distance from the old bridge to showcase its aesthetic beauty). There is no reason why Surat or even Bharuch (Golden Bridge) cannot follow the same path and save their landmarks for posterity.
Our civic bodies as well as state governments are custodians of our past, present and future, and so they must endeavor to preserve all legendary hallmarks of history in the state, and certainly not sacrifice a historic structure for a piddling sum of money, for it takes centuries to create a monument, but a moment to destroy it.
Conservationists, historians, intellectuals and concerned citizens (even school children) have raised their voice against the demolition of this iconic bridge, and not deprive Surat city and its coming generation of this slice of history by trading it for scrap.
Our HOPE now lies in the visionary leadership of Gujarat which proudly promotes its culture and heritage (as evidenced by Amitabh Bachchan's ad campaign) to save this hapless Hope Bridge from being scarified for some myopic monetory gain which may make the civic body richer by a couple of crores, but will leave Surat (and Gujarat) poorer by a century old heritage monument.
The Times of India particularly deserves our gratitude for leading this campaign to keep 'HOPE' afloat for this heritage bridge by highlighting this worthy cause.
(The writer is a former police commissioner of Surat)
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When Iceland isn't spewing volcanic ash into the air or crowdsourcing a rewrite of its constitution, it's home to some of the most spectacular views on the planet. This image from Stephane Vetter is a great example, featuring a gorgeous waterfall, spectacular rock formations, a faint aurora and a "moonbow." Read More
US Judge Rules Twitter Must Hand Over Icelandic MP User Information in Wikileaks Case
US judge Liam O'Grady ruled this past Thursday that Twitter must hand over information regarding Birgitta Jonsdottir, a member of the Icelandic parliament and also a supporter of the controversial anti-secrecy site Wikileaks. The ruling comes after months of fighting to keep what Jonsdottir views as private information out of the court's hands, and could have far wider implications.
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With carbon-reducing technologies only just now going mainstream and dangerous amounts of the greenhouse gas already in the atmosphere, scientists are considering drastic solutions to the problems of global warming. One such approach beginning next month in Iceland aims to trap CO2 in limestone, removing it from the atmosphere. The 6-12 month test, called CarbFix, has a short-term goal of giving Iceland's geothermal plants a means to trap and store carbon brought up during operation and become truly carbon-neutral. The longer-term implications, however, could be on a global scale. Read More -
Iceland Uses Social Media to Draft a New Constitution
When Iceland gained independence from Denmark in 1944, it more or less copy-pasted the Danish constitution and adopted it as its own. Sure, they made a few changes here and there, like changing "king" to "president," but the tiny Atlantic nation has needed to update its governing document for some time. The country is now drafting their own home-grown constitution, but has decided to allow Icelanders to make comments and suggestions on the draft document through various social media platforms. The approach is two-fold: Icelanders can make suggestions for the constitutional committee to consider, and also comment on the constitution online. Iceland is taking a highly moderated approach to suggestions they receive electronically, with local committees vetting suggestions before sending them on to the constitutional committee and public online discussion. Though Twitter, YouTube, Flickr are part of the effort, Facebook is apparently the most popular platform for discussion.
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On May 22, Iceland's most active volcano Grímsvötn began erupting in the east of the country. It was a spectacular eruption, sending a massive ash plume 12 miles into the air. From the Christian Science Monitor:The eruption of Grímsvötn, Iceland's most active volcano, on Saturday evening is believed to be far more powerful than that of Eyjafjallajökull last year. Experts estimate that Grímsvötn produced between 100 and 1,000 times more material per second when it exploded. The plume it generated was twice as high as Eyjafjallajökull's.
The ash is expected to blow towards Northern Ireland and parts of the U.K. over the next few days, though it is not expected to choke off air travel as Eyjafjallajökull did last year. It's also much, much easier to pronounce. Read on below for more pictures from this dramatic eruption, and how it's affecting the Icelanders. Read More -
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Vikings are already famous for their beards and badassery, not the least of which springs from their sailing prowess. Spreading from Sweden and Norway, the Vikings sailed and settled Northern England, Iceland, Greenland, and were the first Europeans to arrive in North America. They also pillaged and terrorized an unready European populace with their ferocity and totally sweet boats, but a lingering question faced by historians is how they managed to sail as well as they did with such limited technology. Navigation in the far north poses several unique problems. Read More -
Necropants: The Icelandic Pants of the Dead
If this isn't metal, I don't know what is: Nábrókarstafur, or "Necropants," is an Icelandic stave, or runelike symbol, associated with a pair of pants made from a dead man's skin. As the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft charmingly notes, "If you want to make your own necropants (literally; nábrók), you have to get permission from a living man to use his skin after his dead." Why? For prosperity, of course. Full queasy details below:
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News surfaced yesterday that the Icelandic Volcano eruption is not only refusing to abate, but that it might also spark further volanic eruptions nearby.
A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby.
Anderson Cooper reported on the potentially scary scenario last night.
Video of the exchange after the jump:
Mediaite's Colby Hall has also penned the mock script to an inspired, Jerry Bruckheimer-like trailer around the volcano events: All disaster movie geeks should head over and check it out.
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Troublemaking Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull has been in the news a lot lately for grounding flights in the UK and across Europe into the weekend, thanks to the blanket of ash it has steadily been spewing over Europe. But Eyjafjallajokull is also the source material for quite a different type of blanket -- the kind you can non-lethally throw over yourself when you're cold.
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Iceland Volcano Havoc: Pictures From Space
The havoc caused by Iceland's volcano Eyjafjallajokull continues to worsen, most recently with British flight delays extended until Saturday. NASA's Terra Satellite has provided us with a remarkable picture of the volcano from space, with volcanic ash pluming not only over Iceland, but over vast swathes of the North Atlantic. Larger picture after the jump:
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Joe Henrich, Steven Heine and Ara Norenzayan are shaking up psychology and economics with their view of how culture shapes human thought and behavior.
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Joe Henrich, Steven Heine and Ara Norenzayan are shaking up psychology and economics with their view of how culture shapes human thought and behavior.
Fascinating research on cultural paradigms, with counter intuitive conclusions.
IN THE SUMMER of 1995, a young graduate student in anthropology at UCLA named Joe Henrich traveled to Peru to carry out some fieldwork among the Machiguenga, an indigenous people who live north of Machu Picchu in the Amazon basin. The Machiguenga had traditionally been horticulturalists who lived in single-family, thatch-roofed houses in small hamlets composed of clusters of extended families. For sustenance, they relied on local game and produce from small-scale farming. They shared with their kin but rarely traded with outside groups.
While the setting was fairly typical for an anthropologist, Henrich's research was not. Rather than practice traditional ethnography, he decided to run a behavioral experiment that had been developed by economists. Henrich used a "game"—along the lines of the famous prisoner's dilemma—to see whether isolated cultures shared with the West the same basic instinct for fairness. In doing so, Henrich expected to confirm one of the foundational assumptions underlying such experiments, and indeed underpinning the entire fields of economics and psychology: that humans all share the same cognitive machinery—the same evolved rational and psychological hardwiring.
The growing body of cross-cultural research that the three researchers were compiling suggested that the mind's capacity to mold itself to cultural and environmental settings was far greater than had been assumed. The most interesting thing about cultures may not be in the observable things they do—the rituals, eating preferences, codes of behavior, and the like—but in the way they mold our most fundamental conscious and unconscious thinking and perception.
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We are in the age of the sharing economy. Disruptive companies are shaking up established businesses in travel, accommodation and services and are uprooting the traditional employment market. Via jean lievens
David Hain's insight:
Future of work is a series of gigs rather than a lifetime in one place. Work on that freelance skillset and mindset now!
Miklos Szilagyi's curator insight,
December 24, 2014 2:54 AM
Yeahhh... the old Industrial Age job security has died, welcome to the new Age of Freelance consulting... It's better to accommodate to that than sing the nostalgia tune...:-)))
It's commonly believed that you should be able to just think your way out of negative feelings, yet this isn't actually how the brain is wired. Once you're frustrated or stressed, you can't effectively tell yourself not to be. This belief has caused a society where people would rather think than feel, be in their heads instead of their hearts, or talk rather than tune inside and listen. This won't lead to lasting happiness.
David Hain's insight:
People who routinely relax have "improved expression of genes that calm down stress reactions, making them more resilient."
Sandeep Gautam's curator insight,
December 22, 2014 2:44 AM
Use the power of habits like mindfulness meditation to be calm and happy no matter what!
Women make up half the population. When they're held back, half the world's potential goes unrealized. But when women and girls are empowered, we're not just better by half.
Today's landscape of design and technology is impressive, to say the least. 2015 will be a hallmark year as more companies adopt the cloud. Via Fred Zimny
David Hain's insight:
Get ready for immersive storytelling!
donhornsby's curator insight,
December 20, 2014 6:32 AM
A great conversation starter about changes for next year. Are you ready for immersive storytelling?
Because recognizing a face is so vital to our social lives, it comes as no surprise that a lot of real estate in the cerebral cortex—the highly convoluted region that makes up the bulk of our brain—is devoted to a task crucial to processing faces and their identity. We note whether someone looks our way or not. We discern emotional expressions, whether they register joy, fear or anger. Indeed, functional brain imaging has identified a set of adjacent regions, referred to as the fusiform face area (FFA), that are situated on the left and the right sides of the brain, at the bottom of the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex. The FFA turns up its activity when subjects look at portraits or close-ups of faces or even when they just think about these images. Via Jocelyn Stoller
David Hain's insight:
What happens in the brain when you see—really "see"—a friend's smile or scowl
This year, we're predicting that a new online political party will emerge in the UK, there will be new ways to interact with our national museums and galleries, and there will be a surge in young people expressing their creativity using new digital tools.
David Hain's insight:
What to expect next year according to NESTA, Uk's innovation institute.
Want to be happier? I have good news and bad news. First, the bad news: Research shows that approximately 33-50% of your level of happiness is hereditary. Your genes dictate your "happiness set point." [here's one article that talks about this]
The education system is failing to bring out the latent talents in all our young people, says Sir Anthony Seldon, master at Wellington College. But what can you, as a business leader, do to help? Exemplify good character traits and lobby government on how it measures schools' success, he urges. According to Seldon, the government lacks trust in schools, pinning them down to one metric only – exam success. Although he acknowledges that exams are probably a necessary ingredient, he argues that they are not a sufficient condition for a good education.
David Hain's insight:
'Education means 'drawing out' – yet most schools don't draw people out in a process that should continue for life. Instead, schools narrow people down to a finishing point that is GCSE or A-level grades." ~ Sir Anthony Seldon
Research by digital consultancy Bell Pottinger Digital has revealed the 15 top digital trends that are set to change the way brands communicate in 2 Via massimo facchinetti
Here are 20 Google tools that every 21st-century digital learning teacher should share with students. Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Bonnie Bracey Sutton, steve batchelder
It is that time of the year when we tend to pause and reflect. What have we achieved this year? What are the highlights of culture, business, technology, and trends that we have observed around us?
Every day we are faced with choices in our careers that will affect us over the long term. Should I volunteer for that new project? Should I ask for a raise? Should I take a sabbatical? Should I say yes to overtime?
David Hain's insight:
Wise career and life advice from Bernard Marr!
A recent article in the Spectator, based on attending a 1-day mindfulness course, said that mindfulness is just an excuse for inaction. This is a perfect example of missing the point. One of the beauties of mindfulness is the ability it gives you to be able to see clearly around daily situations and the decisions we need to make – noticing all of the information available and connecting objectively to how we feel and think about it. Far from creating inaction, this allows us to take action and make decisions from a more balanced, aware and holistic perspective – a skill that is fundamental to strong leadership.
David Hain's insight:
In praise and defence of mindfulness... |
Read 50 experts discuss their visions for the future of everything from technology to the music industry
These obstacle courses for the mind will give you a balanced and highly effective reading curriculum in personal development. Everything from philosophy and cutting-edge neuroscience, to brain hacks and ancient wisdom is covered.
David Hain's insight:
Some suggestions for your positive psychology book wish list this Christmas!
Compassion is a universal virtue, but is it innate or taught? Have we lost touch with it? Can we be better at it? In this hour, TED speakers explore compassion, its roots, its meaning and its future. Sally Kohn: Is It Enough To Be Politically Correct? Via Edwin Rutsch, VISÃO\\VI5I0NTHNG
David Hain's insight:
A plea for compassion this Christmas and in 2015. Here's how, courtesy of TED!
Since that time, hundreds if not thousands of articles have been published on mirror neurons. They have been credited with generating empathy in humans, fostering love between people, and providing new hope in the research on autism. Yet, the term and the idea of "mirror neurons" continue to prompt considerable controversy. Some researchers argue that empirical evidence for the existence of any neurons that function as "mirrors" is scant, while others suggest that neuroscience has yet to fully grasp the implications of neurons behaving in this way. Regardless of the final direction of these debates, the discussion about mirror neurons has pressed neuroscience into new frontiers, and it has suggested new avenues of inquiry for not only scientists, but doctors and psychologists. Among those avenues is a relatively recent field of study called interpersonal neurobiology. While mirror neurons are not the explicit foundation of the new field, the growth of it is virtually unimaginable without the discoveries by Rizzolatti and his Parma team. Via Edwin Rutsch, Jocelyn Stoller
Every year, millions of Americans commit to challenging New Year's resolutions, but research has shown only 8 percent actually stick to them. While it may be grueling to set ambitious goals of weight loss or exercise, starting from within and achieving happiness may be the key to long-term success. To help people find their happy place, Zumba, the global fitness brand known for bringing joy into millions of lives, has teamed up with positive psychology, life coaching and nutrition experts Tal Ben-Shahar, Marci Shimoff, and Dr. Mark Hyman, to create a happiness movement that will enhance satisfaction in all areas of one's life.
David Hain's insight:
Zumba teams with happiness experts to create a happiness movement!
I ended 2013 by compiling something slightly unusual: a list of some of the good news you might have missed. I thought it was a pretty good note to end the year on, and people seemed to like reading about some of the ways the world is becoming a better place. This year, I thought I'd do it again.
David Hain's insight:
The world has more 5th birthdays than ever! Some perspective from Bill Gates in troubled times.
Anderson Cooper puts down the mobile devices to meditate and report on what it's like to try to achieve "mindfulness," a self-awareness scientists say is very healthy, but rarely achieved in today's world of digital distractions. Via Jenny Ebermann
The future of work is already here — that is one thing I've realized with great certainty. Whether we meet this form effectively, and with grace, is unfolding as we speak. We'll all play our role to meet that future — whether we are CEOs, recruiters, mentors or managers.
David Hain's insight:
Time for a new psychological contract?
Decades of research have shown that superior performance requires practicing beyond the point of mastery. The perfect execution of a piano sonata or a tennis serve doesn't mark the end of practice; it signals that the crucial part of the session is just getting underway. New evidence of why this is so was provided by a study published in the Journal of Neuroscienceearlier this month. Assistant professor Alaa Ahmed and two of her colleagues in the integrative physiology department at the University of Colorado-Boulder asked study subjects to move a cursor on a screen by manipulating a robotic arm. As they did so, the researchers measured the participants' energy expenditure by analyzing how much oxygen they inhaled and how much carbon dioxide they breathed out. When the subjects first tackled the exercise, they used up a lot of metabolic power, but this decreased as their skill improved. By the end of the learning process, the amount of effort they expended to carry out the task had declined about 20 percent from when they started. Via Sharrock, Ivon Prefontaine
David Hain's insight:
Keep on practicing, even after it seems the task has been learned. ~ Neuroscience study.
Sharrock's curator insight,
December 16, 2014 6:35 PM
This has been the argument for practicing technical skills as one becomes an artist.
Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight,
December 16, 2014 9:44 PM
Once we think we have mastered something, the enjoyment of practice and performing continues to help develop the skill. @ivon_ehd1
Humans' propensity for altruism can be used for good, or it can be used for evil. The road to genocide can be paved with mirror neurons! Via Anne Leong
David Hain's insight:
In The Altruistic Brain, neurobiologist Donald Pfaff makes the case that humans are hard-wired for good. Not sure I agree, nor does the writer.
"It's someone else's fault," draws a line in the sand and creates a me vs. you scenario. We're on a team here. You should not position the world around you or worse your teammates at work against you.
David Hain's insight:
If you think or say "It's not my fault," you are hurting yourself and setting up win:lose situations. ` Brian de Haaff
"1. I'm imperfect, like everyone else, and that's OK. My self worth is not dependent on an accomplishment, number, or status.
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It wasn't easy, but a Minnesota woman finally managed to extract this very tasty recipe from her beloved aunt, and now she's sharing it with you.
The secret's in the recipe!
1 12-ounce package Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips | 4 ½ c. sugar |
3 4-ounce bar Baker's German's sweet chocolate, cut into small pieces | Pinch salt |
1 7-ounce jar Kraft Marshmallow Cream | 2 tbsp. butter, plus more for pan |
2 c. walnuts, broken | 1 ⅝ c. evaporated milk |
1. Butter 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan.
2. Combine chocolate chips, German chocolate, marshmallow cream and nuts in bowl. Set aside.
3. In heavy saucepan combine sugar, salt, butter and evaporated milk. Let stand about 5 minutes.
4. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil 7 1/2 minutes after it has a good start to boil.
5. Pour at once over chocolate mixture.
6. Stir vigorously until chocolate has melted and mixture is smooth and creamy.
7. Pour into prepared pan. Let stand several hours or overnight to set.
8. Cut into squares. Store, tightly covered. Freezes well.
Makes 48 squares.
Nutritional Information: Calories: 200; Fat: 8g; Cholesterol: 5mg; Sodium: 20mg; Total Carbohydrates: 32g; Dietary Fiber: 1g; Sugars: 29g; Protein: 3g. Serving size: One square.
Don't miss Mary Fran's delightful story about her Aunty Ann handing down of this valuable recipe.
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