Of course, there have been gay Boy Scouts as long as there have been Scouts – I know, because I was one. And I cherish the life lessons that I learned in both the Cub and Boy Scouts. Lessons that were party responsible for me to have the courage I needed to finally come out of the closet. The Scouting motto says it all so succinctly: “Be Prepared! We Are Prepared!”
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These boys, working in the street, and hundreds of millions of other boys and girls like them, are wasting their minds, and consequently, their future, to say nothing of their youth.
No doubt that this is a tragedy for them, but WHAT IF the cure for cancer is trapped inside the mind of…one of them?
YOUR OWN SELF INTEREST SHOULD MOTIVATE YOU TO DO SOMETHING!
If you don’t fully understand the history (and logistics) of container shipping, do yourself a favor and invest 4 minutes here and now.
Pay attention to the very last line.
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10 Lessons from Albert Einstein
1. Follow Your Curiosity
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
2. Perseverance is Priceless
“It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
3. Focus on the Present
“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
4. The Imagination is Powerful
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
5. Make Mistakes
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
6. Live in the Moment
“I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.”
7. Create Value
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
8. Don’t be repetitive
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
9. Knowledge Comes From Experience
“Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience.”
10. Learn the Rules and Then Play Better
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
“Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.” -Albert Einstein
Just as a cake needs time in the oven, knowledge needs a chance to gel in our long-term memory before it can become useful to our creative process. Translation: turn off your cellphone, and your other computers, TV and possibly radio and focus on whatever item your engaged in, particularly if it is your studies.
Don’t just look at where we are today, imagine where we’re going to be in 5 years. Then 10. Incredible. Indeed, The World is Just Awesome.
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Students can (and do) get paid for going to college. Today, this is one of the primary drivers behind scholarships. Lesser schools (not just lesser-known ones, but lesser ones) will pay you to grace their institution. Why? Because you elevate them. And as this clip shows, it won’t hold you back. “The cream ALWAYS rises to the top.”
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Tonight we have a special and highly unusual view of our own planet from a team of scientists specializing in imaging who, along with journalists have given us a first of its kind view of how we have changed over the years. We get our preview tonight from NBC’s Rehema Ellis.
Reporter: As the world turns and time passes, the changes to our planet are dramatic. From melting glaciers to vanishing rain forests, to nonstop urban sprawl. All visible through millions of satellite images collected by NASA and the U.S. geological survey. Google and Time magazine partnered to put the time lapse images online.
We have seen satellite images of earth before. What makes this project so extraordinary?
We are looking at 29 years of images. From 1984 to 2012. The clarity is breathtaking.
Reporter: They include the rain forest of Brazil, the green seen disappearing over time.
One area in the amazonian rain forest used to be about the size of Nebraska. It has now lost 25,000 square miles or like losing West Virginia.
Reporter: In Dubai in the middle east the population has grown from 300,000 in 1984 to more than 2 million today. Not just building up the desert, but building out into the sea. These mushrooming polka-dots are irrigation systems, turning Saudi Arabia into a bread basket.
In Alaska the Columbia glacier once rose over 10,000 feet above sea level, now only a small part of it is left. While there is much more of Las Vegas than there used to be the lake contracts. Our world in stunning images over time as it’s never been seen before. Rehema Ellis, NBC news, New York.
Speaking about the INCREASE in military sexual abuse cases since 2010, President Obama said: “The bottom line is: I have no tolerance for this…I expect consequences…So I don’t just want more speeches or awareness programs or training, but ultimately folks look the other way. If we find out somebody’s engaging in this, they’ve got to be held accountable – prosecuted, stripped of their positions, court martialed, fired, dishonorably discharged. Period.”
The “problem”, of course, is that he does tolerate it. As the Commander-in-Chief, he has absolute control over the military. That he doesn’t use – I acknowledge that some would say abuse – his power is the problem. The military isn’t a democracy, subject to politics. However, the consequences of his actions are, and there’s the rub. The President doesn’t want to Lead (take risks, sacrifice), he merely wants to bask in the warm glow of power.