Apparently There Are 4 Kinds of Introversion -- Science of Us Introversion, thanks largely to Susan Cain's 2012 best seller Quiet, is having something of a cultural moment. Once a mostly misunderstood personality trait — and often considered a behavioral defect when it was considered at all — it's now the subject of countless other books and online listicles (and, more recently, parodies of listicles). And as more regular, non-scientist types started to talk about introversion, psychologist Jonathan Cheek began to notice something: The way many introverts defined the trait was different from the way he and most of his academic colleagues did. "When you survey a person on the street, asking them to define introversion, what comes up as the prototypical characteristics ... are things like thoughtful or introspective," said Cheek, a psychology professor at Wellesley College. And yet neither of these things are part of the definition of the trait according to scientific literature. Quiz: What kind of introvert are you? Your introversion traits are:
These Corporations Control Almost Everything You Buy And Watch This chart shows that most products we buy are controlled by just a few companies. It’s called “The Illusion of Choice.” Despite a wide array of brands to choose from, it all comes back to the big guys. Also read The Large Families that rule the world - It looks at the world’s largest banks, to see who the shareholders are making the decisions. Ten mega corporations control the output of almost everything you buy; from household products to pet food to jeans. According to this chart via Reddit, called “The Illusion of Choice,” these corporations create a chain that begins at one of 10 super companies. (Note: The chart shows a mix of networks. Here are just a few examples: Yum Brands owns KFC and Taco Bell. $84 billion-company Proctor & Gamble — the largest advertiser in the U.S. — is paired with a number of diverse brands that produce everything from medicine to toothpaste to high-end fashion. And it’s not just the products you buy and consume, either. (Click to enlarge) Credits: imgur reddit
Imagine the residential school kids were your own | Strobel | Canada | News | To Having trouble getting your head around the native residential school issue? You have a vague notion it was bad? You recall Stephen Harper apologizing in Parliament for something or another. But, hell, what’s it got to do with you? Besides, you’ve had it up to the teeth with this “victim” crap. (Ancient history? You’re Italian-Canadian or Hungarian-Canadian or Buddhist-Canadian or whatever you are, and the government men come knocking on your door, looking for your kids. “They gotta go,” the officials say. The goal is to have the Hungarian drilled out of them. So you cry a little and you pack a suitcase, maybe with babushkas to keep the girls warm or some csabai sausage for after-school snacks. And off go your kids. Far, far away they are taken, maybe all the way to Sault Ste. They take away that suitcase at the school gate. Forget your Hungarian name. If they can’t grow enough, guess what? If you are lucky, you work in the school staff room, where you can steal better leftovers.
untitled 9th July 2015 By Cortland Pfeffer Guest Writer for Wake Up World People with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are among the most discriminated against people in the history of the world. A “psycho” is a derogatory term for someone who is psychotic. A “psycho” is someone who is experiencing a disconnection from reality! At first the term was “mad,” then we called them “crazy,” then “insane,” which became “lunacy” or “lunatics,” and then of course “psychosis” or “psychotic.” In the very ancient times, the shamanistic cultures viewed schizophrenics as having a connection to the spirit world. Eventually as civilizations started to form, governments were created, along with rules, laws, and norms were passed down to keep peace and order. Medically speaking, it is a diagnosis that is characterized by abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality and the sense of the self. The hallucinations are nothing more than an over-sharpening of the senses and experiencing unusual sensations.
60 Minutes On This Bicycle Can Power Your Home For 24 Hours! NationalGeographic People often complain about the high costs of energy and the fact that they “never have time to workout.” This invention certainly solves both conundrums. And, most importantly, this free power invention has the potential to lift the 1.3 billion people who presently live without electricity out of poverty. As Manoj Bhargava, the founder of the Free Electric hybrid bike, shares in the video above, it is possible to generate electricity at home while simply doing a daily workout routine. When an individual pedals the bike, the action drives a flywheel, which turns a generator and charges a battery. The billionaire and his team developed the bicycle to take advantage of mechanical energy created by humans to solve one of the world’s most pervasive problems. “Everything requires energy. Having access to clean, free energy will enable poverty-stricken communities to not only light their homes but to connect to the internet and get educated. Source: True Activist Related:
Breaking News - "Live with Kelly and Michael" Announces Donn Harrison from Cameron, Missouri Is the Winner of "Live's 2015 Top Teacher Search" NEW YORK, NY - May 8, 2015 - Today on "LIVE with Kelly and Michael," hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan revealed that DONN HARRISON from Cameron, Missouri was chosen as the winner of this year's "Top Teacher Search." Harrison teaches kindergarten at Parkview Elementary in Cameron, Missouri. He was selected as one of "LIVE's" 12 semi-finalists last month and went on to be named one of four finalists who traveled to New York City this week to appear on "LIVE." Ripa and Strahan shared Harrison's story on Wednesday, May 6. After the hosts honored each of the Top Teacher finalists from May 4-7, they turned it over to the viewers to vote for their favorite. Harrison is considered the "voice" of his tiny Midwestern town. During "Top Teacher Week," Ripa and Strahan surprised each of the finalists with a variety of gifts as a token of appreciation for the difference they have made in the lives of their students and communities.
The Antidote For Teen Depression 26th July 2015 By Nanice Ellis Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Even with the highest of intentions, we are still raising our young from old paradigms that don’t work for evolving children. It is easy to say that depressed kids lack self-esteem — and of course this is true — but we need to ask why? I was a suicide outreach counselor in New York for seven years. It’s not teen heartbreak that makes children suicidal. Yes, as parents we want what is best for our children and we want them to grow up to be successful, but maybe our ideas of success are actually killing them. We instill fear in our children by telling them that if they don’t get proper grades, their lives are doomed to failure, but failure to what? Out of our own fear, we make the idea of success more important than the spirits of our precious children. We’ve got it wrong and our parent’s parents got it wrong. Although the dynamics can be complex, there are three elements that add up to adolescent depression:
The tantalizing links between gut microbes and the brain Illustration by Serge Bloch Nearly a year has passed since Rebecca Knickmeyer first met the participants in her latest study on brain development. Knickmeyer, a neuroscientist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, expects to see how 30 newborns have grown into crawling, inquisitive one-year-olds, using a battery of behavioural and temperament tests. In one test, a child's mother might disappear from the testing suite and then reappear with a stranger. “We try to be prepared for everything,” Knickmeyer says. Knickmeyer is excited to see something else from the children — their faecal microbiota, the array of bacteria, viruses and other microbes that inhabit their guts. The project comes at a crucial juncture. In humans, the data are more limited. “In general, the problem of causality in microbiome studies is substantial,” says Rob Knight, a microbiologist at the University of California, San Diego. Scientists and funders are looking for clarity.