Carmen Medina, Former Director, CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence, explains how a combination of optimism, outrageousness and sense-making can help leaders positively impact an organization.
Learn more at Rebels at Work.
“We tried to make a difference from within the belly of the beast” – Rebels at Work
Carmen Medina, Former Director, CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence, explains how a combination of optimism, outrageousness and sense-making can help leaders positively impact an organization.
Learn more at Rebels at Work.
10 Questions Couples Should Ask Each Other Before Getting Married
Yesterday, The New York Times posted Questions To Ask Before You Marry, which I then re-shared in Facebook, setting off an interesting debate. Several of my happily married friends laughed, saying it’s overly pedantic. Me, I like to be thorough about any type of investment or venture I pursue, especially when there’s a contract involved.
What do you think? Does it scream “Written by an MBA” or should couples approach marriage more like a business investment/venture?
Here are the 10 questions:
1. What is our “mission statement” as a couple?
2. To what extent are you willing to go to have a family, medically?
3. What will we do if we find out our child has severe disabilities?
4. Who should I have on speed dial for the days when I just can’t figure you out?
5. Can you name two couples that you admire and would hope to emulate?
6. How do we stay sexually engaged with each other?
7. Will we share our credit reports with each other?
8. Should we have an exit strategy for the marriage, and if so, what would it be?
9. If married previously, why did it end and what did you learn from that relationship?
10. What are our conflict management styles, and are they compatible?
And in response to the “absurdity” of these questions, my friend, John Bordeaux, wrote this response, “Breaking Down Loves Checklist” – which is worth reading and reflection.
Question in Quora: http://www.quora.com/Should-couples-approach-marriage-more-like-a-business-venture-investment
George Clooney is famous for his practical jokes
Then there’s Clooney’s famous penchant for practical jokes. Almost everyone who’s ever worked with him has a story—and some have more than one. In fact, his mischief making is in a class by itself. And the truly rare thing? The seeds of his jokes can occur from a spontaneous act or event, or they can be the product of meticulous planning.
As prime as these pranks were, Clooney doesn’t consider any of them his masterpiece. When asked about his most outrageous practical joke, he says, “Google my name and ‘kitty litter,’ and you’ll get your answer.”
As Senator Boxer and City Council get involved, no word on source of radioactive steam leaking from San Onofre
Sen. Barbara Boxer has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a comprehensive review of the radiation leaks at the San Onofre nuclear power plant, to determine how widespread the problems might be.
In a letter, Boxer asked to NRC Chairman Gregory Jackzo to “thoroughly assess” the conditions at San Onofre plant “to determine what further investigation and action is required at this time, and whether similar actions may be needed at other nuclear facilities.”
A staffer at the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee said the senator is concerned that the reported wear and tear on the unit’s piping, which is only two years old, might reflect broader problems at other plants across the country.
via UT San Diego
In an earlier post, I summarized the situation to-date:
There is also discussion that the Nuclear Commission is suffering from regulatory capture, which means that they are afraid to report any leaks.
This has led to a large amount of confusion in the public and so it’s great that San Clemente citizens are getting involved:
Residents worried about leaks from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station asked San Clemente’s elected leaders Tuesday night to have sensors installed around town to monitor radiation levels.
“We believe with recent events at the San Onofre Waste-Generating Station that it is necessary for the citizens’ safety and well-being to have a monitoring system,” San Clemente resident Gene Stone told the City Council.
Stone said an independent monitoring system would provide radiation readings so residents could tell how safe the atmosphere was at any given time. He also called for a study to identify cancer and leukemia risks in San Clemente, which is just over two miles up the coast from the nuclear plant’s two reactors.
“Edison may know what the radiation levels are, but they’ve told me that they won’t share those with the public,” San Clemente resident Donna Gilmore told the City Council. “I could go to the library and look at last year’s figures. Well, that’s not going to do me any good.”
Read the response from the Nuclear Company (Edison) and the City Council at OC Register
C is for cookie and that's good enough for me – Cookie Monster
Not only does this make me laugh/smile but it also describes exactly how I feel.
If you like this also check out the music video where OK Go explains the primary colors.
C is for cookie and that’s good enough for me – Cookie Monster
Not only does this make me laugh/smile but it also describes exactly how I feel.
If you like this also check out the music video where OK Go explains the primary colors.
Sensitive and endangered species list for the Bolsa Chica Wetlands
Did you know that there are 22 sensitive and endangered species that rely on the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach, California?
As of January 2011, that list includes 16 bird, 1 reptile, and 5 plant species. The full list below doesn’t include the 200+ other birds that call the wetlands home, but it does give you a sense of how important this place is.
Birds
- Peregrine – (Falco peregrinus anatum) – recently delisted
- White tailed kite – (Elanus leucurus) – California Fully Protected
- Loggerhead Shrike – (Lanius ludovicianus) – California Species of Special Concern
- California Gnatcatcher – (Polioptila californica californica) – Federal Threatened
- Burrowing Owl – (Athene cunicularia) – California Species of Special Concern
- Cooper’s Hawk – (Accipiter cooperii) – California Watch List
- Merlin – (Falco columbarius) – California Watch List
- Northern Harrier – (Circus cyaneus) – California Species of Special Concern
- Osprey – (Pandion haliaetus) – California Watch List
- Sharp-shinned Hawk – (Accipiter striatus) – California Watch List
- Northern Cardinal – (Cardinalis cardinalis) – California Watch List
- Olive-sided Flycatcher – (Contopus cooperi) – California Species of Special Concern, USFWS Birds of Conservation Concern
- Tricolored Blackbird – (Agelaius tricolor) – California Species of Special Concern, USFWS Birds of Conservation Concern
- Yellow-headed Blackbird – (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) – California Species of Special Concern
- Yellow Warbler – (Dendroica petechia brewsteri) – California Species of Special Concern
- Yellow-breasted Chat – (Icteria virens) – California Species of Special Concern
Reptiles
- Silvery Legless Lizard – (Anniella pulchra pulchra) – California Species of Special Concern
Plants
- Southern tarplant – (Centromadia parryi ssp. Australis) – CNPS 1B.1
- Southwestern spiny rush – (Juncus acutus ssp. Leopoldii) – CNPS 4.2
- California box thorn – (Lycium californicum) – CNPS 4.2
- Coast Woolly Heads – (Nemacaulis denudata var. denudata) – CNPS 1B.2
- Woolly sea-blite – (Suaeda taxifolia) – CNPS 4.2
// Information provided from the California Department of Fish and Game – Lower Mesa Restoration Project
Will Apple's iBooks Author open the door for a new form of journalism?
As a journalism instructor, it’s iBooks Author that has me most intrigued…because it’s not just for textbooks, and not just for textbook publishers. It is a fantastic tool for communications professionals, including journalists.
Let me cut to the chase: I think iBooks Author could be the platform for a whole new form of rich-media, long-form journalism.
We now have, for free, a tool that lets us tell stories and present stories that combine all the interactivity and engagement we could dream of.
In a single tool, I can combine what would have been done via video clips, feature stories, podcasts, photo essays, study guides and polls.
It’s a platform that encourages readers to touch, listen to, watch, engage with and learn from your story.
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Right now, newspapers and magazines should be figuring out how to turn their best long-form work into iBooks. They should be considering doing iBook-only special projects. And, you can bet my journalism students at Western are going to be all over this when my online journalism class starts next month.
via Wayne MacPhail
Will Apple’s iBooks Author open the door for a new form of journalism?
As a journalism instructor, it’s iBooks Author that has me most intrigued…because it’s not just for textbooks, and not just for textbook publishers. It is a fantastic tool for communications professionals, including journalists.
Let me cut to the chase: I think iBooks Author could be the platform for a whole new form of rich-media, long-form journalism.
We now have, for free, a tool that lets us tell stories and present stories that combine all the interactivity and engagement we could dream of.
In a single tool, I can combine what would have been done via video clips, feature stories, podcasts, photo essays, study guides and polls.
It’s a platform that encourages readers to touch, listen to, watch, engage with and learn from your story.
—
Right now, newspapers and magazines should be figuring out how to turn their best long-form work into iBooks. They should be considering doing iBook-only special projects. And, you can bet my journalism students at Western are going to be all over this when my online journalism class starts next month.
via Wayne MacPhail