Coal quandary as state considers shipping dirty fuel overseas | Seattle Times Newspaper

Local News | Coal quandary as state considers shipping dirty fuel overseas | Seattle Times Newspaper: "But just as Washington weans itself off coal, it could be positioned as the nation's leading exporter of the fossil fuel.

The possibility has sparked a fierce debate: If coal is so dirty that Washington shouldn't use it, should the state serve as a conduit for shipping it overseas?"

Ask Ray Kurzweil About the Future | What's New at Big Think | Big Think

Ask Ray Kurzweil About the Future | What's New at Big Think | Big Think: "On Friday, February 25, Big Think will be interviewing Ray Kurzweil, the futurist visionary, inventor, entrepreneur and modern-day Nostradamus, who predicted with uncanny accuracy the rise of the Internet, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the year that a computer would beat a human being at chess. His prediction for the coming Singularity–when Artificial Intelligence completely outpaces the human brain, an event Kurzweil forecasts will happen in the year 2045--remains to be seen. "

Portlandia to help wean Los Angeles from coal | Grist

Portlandia to help wean Los Angeles from coal | Grist: "Portlandia may not be the sunniest of places, but it's exporting solar energy in the form of photovoltaic panels used to build carbon-free power plants."

Aides for Complexity - Stacy Diagram

Aides for Complexity: "Dr. Stephen Larned is the Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Maine Medical Center. He has found the Stacey matrix very helpful in his work. He began by using the matrix to make sense of past events. Then he used to help with current events. Now he has revised the matrix to make it work best for him to help with current and future issues."

How to shoot star trails on Vimeo

How to shoot star trails on Vimeo:

Parenting - Hard work vs you're smart, praising your child - Minti

Parenting - Hard work vs you're smart, praising your child - Minti: "Children praised for their natural abilities were not so resilient. Their motivation and performance suffered after their 'failure,' and they tended to inflate their scores when reporting them to others. Ultimately, they began to measure their worth by their test results, believes Dweck.

'The kind of praise that all of society thinks is wonderful is the kind of praise that makes kids very vulnerable,' she says. 'Parents need to focus on what children put into a task, rather than making implications about the worth of the child.'"

Praise children for working hard, not for being smart - Richmond Parenting & Education | Examiner.com

Praise children for working hard, not for being smart - Richmond Parenting & Education | Examiner.com: "Success in school is most often attributed to having a good work ethic. Successful students attend school regularly, arrive on time, have a positive attitude, work well in teams, are organized, demonstrate respect, and try really hard to “get the job done.” They understand that their effort pays off.

When parents and teachers praise children by saying they are smart, the message they send is that it does not matter how hard to you work at it, you are successful because you are smart."

YouTube - MOCOM 2020 - The Future of Mobile Media and Communication

YouTube - MOCOM 2020 - The Future of Mobile Media and Communication: "SIMYO and Ahead of Time presents the future of mobile media and communication. This film is presenting a summary of key result of the open think tank MOCOM 2020.

For further information, interview or speech requests please contact Monty Metzger at monty (at) aheadoftime (dot) de

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