By BLOOMBERG A minute-long video of Barack Obama has been seen more than 4.8 million times since April. It shows the former U.S. president seated, with the American flag in the background, speaking directly to the viewer and using an obscenity to refer to his successor, Donald Trump. Or rather, his lips move as the words […]
These simple steps will help you stop checking your phone so much
By Jillian D’Onfro CNBC I spend way too much time on my phone, and you probably do too. “Most people check their phone every 15 minutes or less, even if they have no alerts or notifications,” Larry Rosen, psychology professor and author of The Distracted Mind, tells CNBC. “We’ve built up this layer of anxiety surrounding […]
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Why Forgetfulness Might Actually Help You
An absent-minded moment may actually be a sign of a healthy level of creativity or focus BySue Shellenbarger WallStreetJournal.com Many people worry that forgetting names, facts or tasks on their to-do list is a sign of aging or mental decline. A growing body of research offers a more welcome excuse: Forgetting stuff can actually be […]
Sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd Provided Facial Reconstruction for Hundreds of WWI Vets
Amid the horrors of World War I, a corps of artists brought hope to soldiers disfigured in the trenches By Caroline Alexander writing for Smithsonian. Wounded tommies facetiously called it “The Tin Noses Shop.” Located within the 3rd London General Hospital, its proper name was the “Masks for Facial Disfigurement Department”; either way, it represented one […]
Is your communication style a message in a bottle?
by Kevin Sheridan kevinsheridanllc.com I just returned from an amazing 30-day cruise of the Indian Ocean, which included ports of call in 12 different countries. While at sea one day exercising on the cruise ship deck, and prompted by a sunlight reflection off the water, I spied a sealed bottle floating on the surface of the […]
Losing Employees to Competitors? Modern Workspaces Can Help You Keep Them.
By Scott Schoeneberger Writing for Entrepreneur.com During the Great Recession, employees clung to their jobs for dear life. Now, a decade later, they’re walking away from them voluntarily. A recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 2.3 percent of working Americans willingly quit their jobs in October 2018. Many of them are leaving for […]
LG Display’s crazy 65-inch OLED TV can roll up like a poster
It’s the world’s first big-screen TV that can be rolled up to hide away when not in use. We go hands-on. BY DAVID KATZMAIERreporting for CNET.com When you roll your future TV out of sight into a little box, thank LGDisplay. The leader in big-screen OLED manufacturing, not satisfied to debut the first 88-inch 8K OLED TV, […]
Working More Magic at Disney
ANAHEIM, Calif.—It’s late afternoon, and the sky is turning pink behind Black Spire Outpost, where workers prepare to weld seams on a docked starship, the Millennium Falcon. A 40-ton crane hoists a radar dish onto a control tower, both weathered just so to make this haven for traders and rogues seem as timeless as the […]
What’s new at the Big Apple Circus 2018? Hopefully, millennials
By Eva Kis Metro.us The Big Apple Circus 2018 brings big changes from the ring to the concession stand, with the new management hoping to attract millennials without kids. The Big Apple Circus 2018 may be celebrating its 41st anniversary, but the show is all new. The formerly nonprofit circus came under new management in early […]
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