33 Tips To Being A Better Writer (Plus One Key To Creativity I Forgot To Tell You About)by James Altucher I wrote a blog post that was horrible. Claudia said, “People won’t relate.” I rewrote it completely. She said, “much better”. I published it and that practically ruined my life. I loved it so […]
From: Sandra Finley Hi Andy, It is party, party time for Larry K and others: The Nuke Waste Mgmt Organization is taking leave from Saskatchewan! The Committee for Future Generations won the battles at Pinehouse and English River. NWMO announced today, they are pulling out of the last community, Creighton. (Their reason for leaving is […]
In the wake of the U.S. Senate Report on Torture (Dec 9, 2014, chair Dianne Feinstein), I am reminded of the good work being done to understand and address violence in human behaviour. One powerful example, on-going meetings: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/destructive_emotions_how_can_we_overcome_them_a_scientific_dialogue_with_th Book Review: Destructive Emotions By Elizabeth Cushing Payne | March 1, 2004 | 0 Comments by […]
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The Current, CBC Radio, interview re psychology of wealth. Worth a listen. (Add the URL) I responded: RE: re-play of Tremonti interview on Wealth. Add anecdotal to science: A predicament: I had to get from Medicine Hat to Saskatchewan Landing on the South Sask River where my car was waiting for the arrival of a […]
I love the way people are using their special interest to help us get to a better place. Problems are massaged by so many different hands. This is a well-designed talk, down to the last line – a little gem there. Happy day! http://on.ted.com/b0HFz
Add your weight to the petition – – it’s in the text, near the end. http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/24 Critics of the new rules say that this could be the moment the internet as we know it will die if the people do not rise to its defense – Jon Queally, staff writer Defenders of an open, […]
With many organizations now putting out lengthy lists of “good news stories” I have the impression of a rapidly mobilizing, empowered citizenry. It’s like spring has arrived; there is new life shooting up everywhere around us! I selected just a few examples. Can’t celebrate if we don’t know about them! 1. 2014-04-17 Monsanto and Big Food […]
The waves of mobilization underway are incredible! This is American based. Just a small sampling. Most of them are new to me. I have particular interest in Reset The Net (you’ll see it below) because it’s related to the Edward Snowden leaks and thereby to Lockheed Martin’s participation in Statistics Canada. Excerpts from http://www.nationofchange.org/waves-nationwide-actions-planned-key-historic-moment-1396532177 Tim DeChristopher, […]
In follow-up to: 2014-03-24 Snowden, Vancouver, TED Talks From Popular Resistance, DAILY MOVEMENT NEWS Reset the Net, seeks to restore privacy to the Internet by our own actions rather than waiting for the government, which seems to put the security state ahead of our privacy. People are taking action now to push Internet providers […]