Inspiration and Chai
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. 1. This was the most common regret of all. It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. 2. This came from every male patient that I nursed. By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. 3. Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. We cannot control the reactions of others. 4. Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. 5. Life is a choice.
8 College Courses That Will Make You Rich
Is it common knowledge that school doesn’t prepare you well for the real world? Sure, you can get a good degree, find a well-paying job, work until you’re in your 60s, and then retire to enjoy the life you’ve deferred for 40+ years. However, that may not prove to be a successful life, a secure life, a financially sound A lot will depend on your outlook and your goals but know this: School doesn’t prepare you well for achieving wealth or becoming an entrepreneur and it downright fails at teaching you how to be rich. Nevertheless, school is here to stay. For now. If you’re in college, about to start college, already taking online college courses, or looking to take some classes, here is a list of college courses that could help make you rich. Accounting Although this list is in no particular order, I think Accounting is, by far, the most important course to take if you want to succeed financially. -Robert
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The Beautiful Art Of BaoPham
BaoPham is an excellent artist based out of Iowa who aside from painting beautiful females, has been doing his fair share of world travel as of late. Who can blame him? New settings and culture bring all kinds of new inspiration for artists, and typically work as a great palette cleanser for stale imaginations. His work typically centers around female subjects in ethereal states, fading away or in a dreamlike trance and he creates some truly vivid and beautiful palettes in his pieces.
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a pragmatic analysis of our role in business | The Learning Curve
Este artículo también está disponible en español aquí So this is my first non-technical, opinion post or shall we say essay. I’d like this to be an open space for debate so feel free to post comments as they’ll be greatly appreciated. Preface From a pragmatic standpoint we as an industry, Information Technology (IT), have the single purpose of creating tools to increase the production and efficiency of other client industries. Common Ground The easiest way to get started is probably through a metaphor, that illustrates how us programmers traditionally interact with the business: A man in a hot air balloon is lost. This is how most interactions between us and the business take place: absolutely disrupted, unbeneficial for everybody involved, and completely wasting an enormous potential for innovation and value creation. Over time miscommunication reduces the business’s confidence to trust us with their needs and erodes our credibility as solution enablers. The Diagnosis
Jim Loy's Mathematics Page
Go to my home page Participate in The Most Pleasing Rectangle Web Poll which recently moved to jimloy.com. "He must be a 'practical' man who can see no poetry in mathematics." - W. Dedicated to the memory of Isaac Asimov. My Mathematics Pages were described briefly in the Math Forum Internet News No. 5.48 (27 November 2000). My Mathematics Pages were listed on ENC Online's Digital Dozen for Sep. 2003, as one of the most educational sites on the WWW. My theorem: There are no uninteresting numbers. A number of readers have objected that "numbers" in the above theorem should be "natural numbers" (non-negative integers). Yes, but I wanted to keep it simple and quotable. Also "uninteresting" is not well-defined. Contents: Algebra: Geometry: Calculus and Pre-Calculus For the definition of the word function, see Analytic Geometry Arithmetic, Roman Numerals ... 1999=MCMXCIX (or is it MIM?) Calendars and time: Also see the Clocks and Time topic in my Astronomy pages. Number Theory: Fractals and Chaos:
Musical Light Swings on the Streets of Montreal
21 Balançoires (21 Swings) is a recent project by Canadian design collective Daily Tous Les Jours, known for their wide variety of interactive public installations and experiences. Surrounded on both sides by a new music complex and science center, designers Mouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat chose to bridge the gap between the two by converting a narrow strip of land into an enormous interactive instrument. Pre-recorded sounds from a xylophone, piano, and other instruments were programmed into color-coded swings that when in use play various notes, however when swung in unison with careful cooperation, more complex melodies and harmonies arise. An additional “secret mode” was programmed to only play when all 21 swings were in use. What a fun idea. Earlier this week a few blogs reported a photo from this series as being some type of swingset bus stop.
