"If you start to think the problem is ‘out there,’ stop yourself. That thought is the problem." -- Stephen Covey………………………………………………………………… How compatible are you and the person you are with? How would you know? Just because you like the same types of foods and pets does not mean that you can have a blissful, long-term […]
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Funny Presentation Training – how many errors can you find?
This is a video produced by a presentation training company as an example of how NOT to make a PowerPoint presentation. http://bit.ly/RBpg9W
Once upon a digital time
Christina Bell, of Mitcham's Central Book Services, browses her e-reader over coffee. Photo: Pat Scala For more than 10 years, the e-book has been hyped as the "next big thing" in world publishing — a prediction usually underpinned by dire prophecies about the imminent death of the conventional "hard" book. Now, more than a decade […]
"We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique." - John Dewey
U.S. Male-Female SAT Math Scores: What Accounts for the Gap?
U.S. Male-Female SAT Math Scores: What Accounts for the Gap? Mark J. Perry - July 1st, 2009--> It’s well known that for the SAT mathematics test a) male high school students in the U.S. have higher scores on average than females, b) the gap is large and statistically significant (+30 points), and c) the male-female […]
"You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself." Ethel Barrymore
Graphic Novel Lifts Curtain on Modeling Business
Petite model Isobella Jade has already written a memoir, Almost 5’4”, and now she's written a fictional graphic novel based on her experiences in modeling. Model Life, illustrated by Jazmin Ruotolo, will be published by Soft Skull Press in October. more » » »
Ums and Ahs
From Jeff Bailey at Wired Presentations ... I have a friend who is a world class rifle shooter. He even represents the USA in international competition. I would trust him to shoot a quarter out of my hand at a hundred yards. If my life depended on a rifle shot I would want him to […]
Another great read for teenagers/young adults: The Awakening
The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (The darkest Powers. Book 2) Genetically altered at birth by a sinister group of scientists, Chloe is an aberration - a powerful necromancer who can see ghosts and even raise the dead, often with terrifying consequences. Now Chloe is running for her life with three other supernatural teenagers - a […]
Illustrator Fills In Photographer’s Tale Of War
In 1986, French photographer Didier Lefevre traveled illegally into Soviet-controlled Afghanistan with a medical team from Doctors Without Borders who were on a mission to set up a field hospital. Lefevre's assignment was to document the difficulties of providing humanitarian aid — along the way, he captured 4,000 images. At the time, only six of […]
