According to Nicole Lapin, Financial Journalism had a gaping void: there was no content geared to young women looking for informative, easy to read financial news and advice. Check out her new site, Recessionista.com, to see how Nicole swiftly filled the void!
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Schlussel
Click this image and keep your eyes affixed on the dot and not remove your eyes from the dot in the middle of the picture. After the clock counts down, so long as you keep your eyes affixed on the dot, the castle picture will look like it’s in color instead of black and white…
WHAM! BAM! ISLAM!, a documentary that follows Naif Al-Mutawa as he created THE 99, airs on PBS tonight. The documentary discusses the challenges that The 99 team is still facing in getting its comic off the ground and can be watched on PBS, or can be reserved on iTunes.
One of the joys of planting vegetables is that you can show kids the magic of nature – how a little seed can germinate and then yield flowers and fruits is truly a magical experience for your kids. And, frankly, for us adults too.
Another benefit is that you can learn how things look like in nature! I’ve written before about how most of us have been so disconnected from the growing process that we no longer know what things look like in their original form, or where they come from. {You can take this quiz to see if you can answer where things come from.}
But another thing I’ve gained even more appreciation for lately is how smart plants are. It is truly outstanding. These living organisms are far more complex than I ever imagined.
Just a couple of examples I’ve learned about recently:
· Cucumbers self-regulate themselves to bear fruits at the pace they know they can handle, based on the conditions of the environment they are in: some may yield many cucumbers at the same time, if the soil, water, and space conditions permit, while others will pace themselves and allow some to mature faster than others.
· Radishes (and many other vegetables and roots do this also) can judge if the conditions will permit them to bear fruit (not sure I am using the right term here, but whether to form radishes); if the conditions are not right, they can opt to skip that step and instead focus on building themselves into plants that will yield seeds so that their energy and growth are not wasted on a failed journey.
Check out this unbelievable video of Emmanuel Kelly stealing the show on the X Factor. The only thing more compelling than his performance is his story.
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Schlussel
Check out this well executed video with Daniel’s brother-in-law, Amit Stavinsky, on being a RIA:
It is not money. In fact, financial incentives can achieve sub-par results when challenging people to perform cognitive tasks. As this video explains, the pursuit of purpose, autonomy, and mastery are far greater drivers to propel performance.
TIME Entertainment just released a list of “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time,” but not without a disclaimer explaining why creating this kind of list is nearly impossible!
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Schlussel
Check out this inspirational story about an armless pianist who’s perseverance enabled him to find innovative ways to achieve his goals.
This summer, the renowned director/producer Ridley Scott launched a global filmmaker competition called “Tell It Your Way” which followed its Cannes Lions award-winning short-film project “Parallel Lines.” The entrants were given freedom of expression and could take up any theme they wanted; still there were two strict rules—there had to be the exact six-line dialogue as it was in the Parallel Lines films, plus the entries could last no longer than three minutes.
Here’s the prize-winning entry: