Lisa Turner: The Five Ws (and one H) of Weight Loss

In Journalism 101, we learned the importance of the Five Ws (and one H) in gathering information. Answering the Ws (and H)–who, what, where, when, why (and how)–is considered essential in understanding the full story. What would happen if you applied them to your weight loss goals? Some Ws (and an H) to consider:

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BBC News – Research to find effects on brain of bilingualism

Research to find effects on brain of bilingualismThere is evidence bilingualism can sharpen the brainA project at Bangor University aims to explore the benefit of being bilingual.Researchers will be recruiting 700 people aged between two and 80 to take part in the £750,000 programme.Prof Virginia Gathercole said the obvious benefits included being able to converse and to participate in two cultures.

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U.S. scientists create first synthetic life -

U.S. researchers have created the worlds first “synthetic life,” a strain of bacteria created with man-made DNA.”This is the first self-replicating cell weve had on the planet whose parent is a computer,” team leader Craig Venter of the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md., told USA TODAYs Dan Vergano. Venter has been a leader in human genome mapping as well as synthetic biology.The breakthrough is “a defining moment in the history of biology and biotechnology,” Mark Bedau, a philosopher at Reed College and editor of the journal Artificial Life, toldScience magazine.

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Official Book Site for Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements

Official Book Site for Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements.

The Five Essential Elements

  • Career Wellbeing
  • Social Wellbeing
  • Financial Wellbeing
  • Physical Wellbeing
  • Community Wellbeing

Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements will provide you with a holistic view of what contributes to your wellbeing over a lifetime. Written in a conversational style by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath and bestselling author Jim Harter, Ph.D., this book is filled with fascinating research and novel ideas for boosting your wellbeing in each of these five areas. As a complement to the book, you will have the opportunity to use Gallup’s onlineWellbeing Finder to help you track and improve your wellbeing over time.

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Cognitive Biases

Cognitive Biases – A Visual Study Guide by the Royal Society of Account Planning

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Boulder, Colo., a Magnet for High-Tech Start-Ups – NYTimes.com

BOULDER, Colo. — Sixty engineers, entrepreneurs and financiers were sipping yerba mate tea at a coffee shop down the street from a bong-and-lingerie store on a recent sunny Tuesday in Boulder, and discussing how Boulder — usually seen as an enclave of hippies, marijuana dispensaries and rock climbers — has become a hotbed of capitalism.

Experienced tech entrepreneurs and investors sat alongside people who had just moved to Boulder hoping to start a company in this small city, which is breeding tech start-ups at an attention-grabbing rate. In the first three months of the year, 11 Colorado tech start-ups raised $57 million in venture capital, solidifying Boulder’s place among the country’s up-and-coming tech centers.

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Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010 on Vimeo

Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010 on Vimeo on Vimeo

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Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action | Video on TED.com

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action | Video on TED.com.

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Sea Turtle Honu




Sea Turtle Honu

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This is a test post from flickr, a fancy photo sharing thing.

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