The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
8 Ancient Beliefs Now Backed By Modern Science
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01 Helping others can make you healthier.
02 Acupuncture can restore balance to your body.
03 We need the support of a community in order to thrive.
04 Tai chi can help alleviate a variety of health conditions.
05 Meditation can help you reduce stress and discover inner peace.
06 Compassion is the key to a meaningful life.
07 Accepting what you can’t change is key to reducing suffering.
08 All you need is love.
PPT (65 Slides): Books on Education Intelligence Research
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Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges discussed “recent conflicting federal court decisions on the legality of NSA spying” in a talk at the Connecticut Civil Liberties Conference at Central Connecticut State University on Saturday.
The all-day event, which included other speakers, was sponsored by the Connecticut Coalition to Stop Indefinite Detention, the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Connecticut, United Action Connecticut and other activists groups.
Truth or lie – trust your instinct, says research
By Helen Briggs
BBC News, 28 March 2014
When it comes to detecting lies, you should trust your instinct, research suggests.
We are better at identifying liars when we rely on initial responses rather than thinking about it, say psychologists.
Generally we are poor at spotting liars – managing only slightly better than flipping a coin.
But our success rate rises when we harness the unconscious mind, according to a report in Psychological Science.
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Esteemed co-learners —
We're convening “Toward a Literacy of Cooperation: Introduction to Cooperation Studies,” April 30 – June 12.
A detailed syllabus: http://bit.ly/
Cost: $300; $250 if you've taken a Rheingold U course before; $500 if your company reimburses you.
In addition to the monetary cost, a commitment to participate is required. The real magic is in learning the meta-skill of forming a learning community with strangers around the world in just a few weeks. To get the most out of this experience, you will need to devote 2-3 hours a week to reading, writing, mindmapping. It's the equivalent of a graduate-level seminar.
Francine Mestrum on Promoting the Social Commons
“All major international development organisations, from the World Bank over the ILO and the European Commission, plan to promote social protection in all developing countries. This may seem bizarre, since, at the same time, social protection mechanisms are being dismantled in the region where they first came about: Western Europe and Scandinavia. It is important to know, then, that words do not have the same meaning for all, and the ‘social protection’ of the World Bank is not the same as ‘social protection’, let us say in Sweden. In other words, there are no ‘welfare states’ emerging in Africa. But these plans are now being implemented and social movements have largely been absent from the debates. Where are the alternatives? What can we do to avoid social protection being at the service of markets?
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29 Slides Online: The Future of Mobile Learning – Empowering Human Memory and Literacy
Highlights: “Mobile First” when designing any curriculum; e-learning (electronic) differs from s-learning (speech) and p-learning (paper); knowledge needs to be meta-datad into mobile-usable chunks; m-learning (mobile) is a far advance and distinct from e-learning; applicability and ease of access rule; important reference The Mobile Proposition for Education Report 2012; m-learning is a design challenge, a mind-set challenge.
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