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World's Happiest Man: Joy Can Be Learned
He finishes with this quote:
"Mind training matters. That this is not just a luxury, this is not a supplementary vitamin for the soul. This is something that is going to determine the quality of every instant of our lives. [....] We spend surprisingly little time taking care of what matters most: the way our mind functions, which ultimately determines the quality of our experience."
» The Independent has a short article on Matthieu Ricard.Labels: Happiness
Ambulance Rides in Different Parts of the World
Budapest, Hungary:
Tel Aviv, Israel:
Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam:
USA:
Through red lights:
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The Most Curious Canned Goods Found Online
In celebration of strange sustenance chowed ''round the world, we''ve put together a list of freaky foodstuffs for the audacious, fearless gluttons for gourmet punishment.
Of course, what we may find weird or curious can be ansolutely normal to people who grew up with these kind of foods.
New computer architecture aids emergency response
Electrical engineering professor Ruby Lee said the new architecture allows for what she describes as transient trust the ability to transmit sensitive information to parties on an as-needed basis so that it cannot be intercepted by others and so that access stops as soon as the recipient no longer has a legitimate need for it.
A paper describing the new architecture by Lee and her graduate student Jeffrey Dwoskin will be presented Wed., Oct. 31, at the ACM Computer and Communications Security conference in Alexandria, Va. [1].
Data provided on a transient-trust basis might include floor plans of a building, medical information about occupants, or satellite maps of a given area.
The paper describes SP (Secret Protection) computer architecture, which relies on two new elements that are embedded in the hardware of an electronic device: a device root key and a storage root hash.
A trusted authority such as a municipal Fire Department would initialize a device -- for example, a PDA used by a firefighter with these features so that during an emergency a firefighter could be given access to relevant floor plans, security codes or other essential information. Once the emergency was over, the access to this sensitive information would end.........
Children's gardens mushrooming
Childrens gardens have mushroomed during the past two decades. Gardens are popping up in schools, communities, public venues, and informal settings. Despite recent interest in gardening with children, little credence has been given to what children think about the experience: what interests them, how they may be involved in decision making and planning, and how they can benefit from their involvement. "Adults make a number of assumptions about children and gardening, and instead of enlisting the creativity and innovative thinking of young people, they often involve children in the more mundane tasks of planting, weeding and watering" notes Marcia Eames-Sheavly, lead researcher and Senior Extension Associate at Cornell University's Garden-Based Learning Program (http://www.hort.cornell.edu/gbl).
Scientists set out to understand how children and youth engaged in project planning and to gain a better grasp of the constraints faced by adults who teach and design gardening programs. "We learned that ongoing efforts are needed to assist sites and the adult leaders who work there, including strategies to expand thinking about the capabilities of children and youth, to help children and youth adjust to new roles, and to identify ways for younger children to increase their participation", added Eames-Sheavly.........
Alarming rate of drinking and driving
Researchers, whose results appear in the recent issue of the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention, surveyed 290 middle school students in the Mississippi Delta and observed that 17 percent had driven an automobile after drinking. The study was limited to one school so lead author Jessica Muilenburg, assistant professor in the UGA College of Public Health, cautions against drawing too broad a conclusion. Still, she said she hopes her findings will spur more research and awareness into a dangerous behavior that until now has been overlooked.
No one thought to look at risky driving behaviors in kids who werent old enough to drive, Muilenburg said. We assume that because its illegal for them to have a license that they dont drive even though we know theyre doing other illegal things such as drinking.
Muilenburg said that early alcohol use and other risky behaviors, such as smoking, tend to be more prevalent in rural areas where theres simply not as much to do outside of school. She adds that rural youth tend to be more familiar with motorized vehicles such as ATVs and farm equipment and have the opportunity to drive cars or trucks on family farms or back roads where theyre not likely to be noticed.........
Can your perspective influence your motivation?
The three studies explored in the article looked at two ways to visualize future performances first person (watching oneself through ones own eyes) and third person (watching oneself from the perspective of another person). The authors, Noelia A. Vasquez, at York University (Canada) and Roger Buehler, at Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), found that the third person perspective resulted in greater motivation to succeed at the task, especially when people imagined themselves performing well. The increased third person perspective appears to assign greater meaning to the task.
Mental imagery is commonly used as a preparation strategy in a wide range of performance domains (school, sports, performing arts, public speaking, licensure exams as well less institutionalized future performances, such as bringing up a difficult issue with a boss, or resisting temptations such as food or cigarettes), commented the authors. These studies suggest that if someone needs a motivational boost to prepare, they may be well advised to envision themselves from the perspective of their audience.........
Katrina victims increasingly depressed
The detailed results of this report are in press in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. A list of key findings is below.
These and other survey results come from follow-up interviews with the Hurricane Community Advisory Group, a statistically representative sample of hurricane survivors assembled to provide information in a series of ongoing tracking surveys about the pace of recovery efforts and the mental health effects of these efforts on hurricane survivors.
The study is led by scientists from Harvard Medical School and is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, FEMA, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation.........
Western Canada's Glaciers Hit 7000-Year Low
Overlord Glacier: 7000 years old.
glacier in background.
glacier in background.
Geologist Johannes Koch of The College of Wooster found the deceptively fresh and intact tree stumps beside the retreating glaciers of Garibaldi Provincial Park, about 40 miles (60 km) north of Vancouver, British Columbia. What he wanted to know was how long ago the glaciers made their first forays into a long-lost forest to kill the trees and bury them under ice.
To find out, Koch radiocarbon-dated wood from the stumps to see how long they have been in cold storage. The result was a surprising 7000 years.
"The stumps were in very good condition sometimes with bark preserved," said Koch, who conducted the work as part of his doctoral thesis at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. Koch will present his results on Wednesday, 31 October 2007, at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver.
The pristine condition of the wood, he said, can best be explained by the stumps having spent all of the last seven millennia under tens to hundreds of meters of ice. All stumps were still rooted to their original soil and location. ........
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