This American Moment — The Surprises

On Tuesday night, Obama reached out to the other half. For those who did not vote for him, he said, “I will be your president, too.”

What an idea — simple and obvious. But like so much American common sense, it’s been missing for too long.

clipped from egan.blogs.nytimes.com This American Moment — The Surprises Guess who won Joe the Plumber’s vote. Not Joe the symbol and unlicensed tax-dodger coming soon to a garage sale near you, but real people who make about $42,000 a year, the median income for plumbers and pipefitters. Barack Obama carried hard-working Americans of that income stripe by 10 points, according to exit polls. And the only voters who were told directly that their taxes would go up under a new Democratic president? Obama took the rich as well, winning by six points that small sliver of the electorate that makes more than $200,000 year. Soak ’em. One of the better lines in Obama’s election night speech was a slap to the rejectionist politics of Bush. Rove always insisted a president only needed 50 percent plus one to win. And Bush governed that way, permanently angering half the population. On Tuesday night, Obama reached out to the other half. For those who did not vote for him, he said, “I will be your president, too.” What an idea — simple

Your iBrain: How Technology Changes the Way We Think

Because of the current technological revolution, our brains are evolving right now—at a speed like never before.

New pathways being created and old ones discarded. This applies to young and old doing internet searches, for example.

clipped from www.sciam.com The brain’s plasticity—its ability to change in response to stimuli from the environment—is well known. What has been less appreciated is how the expanding use of technology is shaping neural processing. Young people are exposed to digital stimulation for several hours every day, and many older adults are not far behind. Even using a computer for Web searches for just an hour a day changes the way the brain processes information. A constant barrage of e-contacts is both stimulating—sharpening certain cognitive skills—and draining, studies show. The current explosion of digital technology not only is changing the way we live and communicate but also is rapidly and profoundly altering our brains. Daily exposure to high technology—computers, smart phones, video games, search engines such as Google and Yahoo—stimulates brain cell alteration and neurotransmitter release, gradually strengthening new neural pathways in our brains while weakening old ones

Obama Picks High-Tech and Washington Veteran to Transition Team

Obama getting to work with high tech jobs concept- already! We picked the right guy for the job.

clipped from voices.washingtonpost.com A veteran of Internet business operations and Washington tech policy was named to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, a move that could signal the prominence of high-tech policy in the new administration. Julius Genachowski, a former executive of Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, will help Obama choose members of his new administration, according to Obama's transition headquarters in Chicago. Genachowski, who served at the Federal Communications Commission as chief counsel to former Democratic Chairman Reed Hundt, has been advising Obama's campaign on tech policy issues and chaired a group of advisors on the president-elect's Tech & Innovation Plan. With a relationship with Obama that goes back to their days at Harvard Law School, Genachowski helped push technology issues to a more prominent spot in the campaign, according to analysts and high-tech lobbyists.

Businesses should learn from MyBarackObama

If you are in business and do not have a interactive communications strategy - you will be left behind...


obama, social networking

clipped from www.informationweek.com Obama Election Ushering In First Internet Presidency Pioneering use of Web 2.0 and social-networking technologies by the president-elect's campaign has seemingly transformed politics, and could influence government as well. perhaps a bigger change over the long term was the crowning of the Internet as the king of all political media. It was the end of the era of television presidency that started with JFK, and the beginning of the Internet presidency. The Obama administration is expected to build on a foundation of grassroots support in his private social network, on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. clipped from www.informationweek.com "MyBarackObama was very much a key place," Obama's Internet candidacy should be a lesson for business as well, said Trippi, who does both political and business consulting on the use of the Internet. "You have to change your whole way of thinking," he said. "You're going to lose control of your brand to a large degree, unless you create networks to change your brand."

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Giants Stadium: Out in the Street and No Surrender

Bruuuuce!

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78 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health

The hits keep on coming!

clipped from www.biblelife.org 78 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health The following is a listing of some of sugar's metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and other scientific publications. 1. Sugar can suppress the immune system. 2. Sugar can upset the body's mineral balance. 3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, concentration difficulties, and crankiness in children. 16. Sugar can be a risk factor in gall bladder cancer. 20. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia. 21. Sugar can produce an acidic stomach. 23. Sugar can increase the risk of coronary heart disease. 24. Sugar can speed the aging process, causing wrinkles and grey hair. 25. Sugar can lead to alcoholism. 30. Sugar can cause arthritis 32. Sugar can cause candidiasis (yeast infection). 36. Sugar can cause appendicitis. 48. Sugar can increase systolic blood pressure. 55. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA. 75. Sugar increases bacterial fermentation in the colon. 78. Sugar increases the risk of Alzheimer Disease.

Einstein’s Secret to Amazing Problem Solving

and 10 specific ways you can use it

clipped from litemind.com by uciano Passuello The Problem Is To Know What the Problem Is Problem Definition Tools and Strategies 1. Rephrase the Problem When a Toyota executive asked employees to brainstorm “ways to increase their productivity”, all he got back were blank stares. When he rephrased his request as “ways to make their jobs easier”, he could barely keep up with the amount of suggestions. 2. Expose and Challenge Assumptions Every problem — no matter how apparently simple it may be — comes with a long list of assumptions attached. Many of these assumptions may be inaccurate and could make your problem statement inadequate or even misguided. 5. Find Multiple Perspectives 6. Use Effective Language Constructs 7. Make It Engaging 8. Reverse the Problem 9. Gather Facts 10. Problem-Solve Your Problem Statement You may want to give yourself an Idea Quota of problem statements. Or write a List of 100 problems to solve. SCAMPER your problem definition. These are just some of dozen techniques you can try.

The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment

Take a head break!

clipped from content.clipmarks.com clipped from www.psychologytoday.com "We're living in a world that contributes in a major way to mental fragmentation, disintegration, distraction, decoherence," says Buddhist scholar B. Alan Wallace. We dwell on intrusive memories of the past or fret about what may or may not happen in the future Most of us don't undertake our thoughts in awareness. Rather, our thoughts control us "Ordinary thoughts course through our mind like a deafening waterfall," writes Jon Kabat-Zinn clipped from www.psychologytoday.com You can become mindful at any moment just by paying attention to your immediate experience. Think of yourself as an eternal witness, and just observe the moment clipped from www.psychologytoday.com 1: To improve your performance, stop thinking about it (unselfconsciousness). clipped from www.psychologytoday.com 2: To avoid worrying about the future, focus on the present (savoring). clipped from www.psychologytoday.com 3: If you want a future with your significant other, inhabit the present (breathe). 4: To make the most of time, lose track of it (flow). clipped from www.psychologytoday.com 5: If something is bothering you, move toward it rather than away from it (acceptance). clipped from www.psychologytoday.com 6: Know that you don't know

Group's Study Finds Income Gap Widening

In the U.S., the richest 10% earn an average of $93,000..Looks like Joe The Plumber 's taxes are not going up after all. Wonder how many toilets have to be plumbed and reamed to make $200,000?

clipped from online.wsj.com The gap between rich and poor has widened over the past 20 years in nearly all the countries studied, even as trade and technological advances have spurred rapid growth. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said its 20-year study found inequality had increased in 27 of its 30 members as top earners' incomes soared while others' stagnated. The U.S. has the highest inequality and poverty rates in the OECD after Mexico and Turkey, and the gap has increased rapidly since 2000, the report said. France saw inequalities fall as poorer workers are better paid. In the U.S., the richest 10% earn an average of $93,000 -- the highest level in the OECD. The poorest 10% earn an average of $5,800 -- about 20% lower than the OECD average. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria said greater income inequality "polarizes societies" and "carves up the world between rich and poor." Economic inequality is growing in the world's richest countrie

Heavy Metals, Mercury Amalgams, Detox

The A.D.A. has been in denial about this problem for many years. If you do due diligent research, the evidence is too great to ignore any more.Mercury as well as other metals do not belong in your body, especially your mouth!

clipped from www.jonbarron.org And recently, the final piece of the puzzle may have fallen into place: the connection between aluminum and fluoride. New research has revealed that fluoride in drinking water makes the aluminum that we ingest more bio-available. As was reported in Brain Research, Vol.7 84:98, the combination of aluminum and fluoride causes the same pathological changes in brain tissue found in Alzheimer's patients. A study at the University of Tennessee recently rated methyl mercury among the most dangerous poisons on Earth (just behind plutonium). Once it became irrefutable that mercury from the fillings was ending up in your body, it then became mandatory that the ADA find a new defense And in the 19th century, the workers who used mercury to make hats went bald and suffered from severe muscular tremors, dementia, and fits of wild, uncontrollable laughter. Thus the phrase: “Mad Hatter.” Phase 1: Intestinal Cleansing & Heavy Metal Removal Inescapable Toxins Alzheimer's and Dementia

Pot, meet the black kettle.

Republican Party, David Talbot, Alaska, John McCain, Opinion, Barack Obama, 2008 election, Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin

clipped from www.salon.com The Palins' un-American activities Imagine if the Obamas had hooked up with a violently anti-American group in league with the government of Iran. Oct. 7, 2008 | "My government is my worst enemy. I'm going to fight them with any means at hand." Only one problem. The quote is from Joe Vogler, the raging anti-American who founded the Alaska Independence Party. Inconveniently for Palin, that's the very same secessionist party that her husband, Todd, belonged to for seven years and that she sent a shout-out to as Alaska governor earlier this year. ("Keep up the good work," Palin told AIP members. "And God bless you.") AIP chairwoman Lynette Clark told me recently that Sarah Palin is her kind of gal. "She's Alaskan to the bone ... she sounds just like Joe Vogler." Where's the outrage, Sarah Palin has been asking this week, in her attacks on Obama's fuzzy ties to Ayers? The question is more appropriate when applied to her own disturbing associations.

Third Party Candidates Market meltdown

The GOP and Democrats are both at fault for present state of economNor is either party is talking about fixing social security by at least putting back the money they've stolen from the social security trust fund.

clipped from www.breakthematrix.com <a href="" onClick="document.images["breakTheMatrix"].src='http://www.breakthematrix.com/badge/badge.php?cid=28393';return false"><img name="breakTheMatrix" src="http://www.breakthematrix.com/badge/badge.php?cid=28393" border="0" /></a><br /> clipped from www.breakthematrix.com We are on the verge of what appears to be the absolute revulsion stage of these markets. It could happen as early as tomorrow. This is the point where the majority of investors--having now lost up to 50% of their saving and entrusted them to so-called "trusted" advisors who have either disappeared or are out of the country or in a meeting or whatever---will leave the markets forever. As soon as the little guy has been wiped out, the big boys ( aka "Da Boyz") will be free to ramp the markets up, laughing all the way to the bank as the little guy, now near bankrupty, stands hopeless and forlorn like a kid with his nose pressed to the candy store. The kid is out of money and out of luck.

More NFL Denny Green Rant Parodies

Classic meltdown by Denny Green and spoofs.

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