NATIONALREVIEW.COM -- His former law clerk recalls the legendary Supreme Court justice on the anniversary of his death. Justice Antonin Scalia, who died one year ago today, was very good at what he did. As many have attested in their moving tributes to him, he had the judicial virtues in spades -- intellect, wisdom, impartiality, and eloquence. Our great-great-grandchildren will learn his name. ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- Only the most clever detectives will solve these 3 riddles! ...
DEVIANTART.COM -- "Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." -- Aristotle ...
QUIETREV.COM -- Isaac Lidsky is one of the most inspiring people you'll ever meet. He was born with a degenerative eye disease that caused him to gradually go blind...and he also went on to study math at Harvard, to graduate from Harvard Law and serve as a clerk to two Supreme Court justices, to take a business from $15 million to $150 ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- An ad from Belgium which promotes travelling by bus. ...
[H/T SAHIL BADRUDDIN] -- HBR.ORG -- HARVARD -- Imagine you are a fly on the wall in a corporate training center where a management team of 12 is participating in a session on executing strategy. The team is midway through attempting to solve a new, uncertain, and complex problem. The facilitators look on as at first the exercise follows its ...
[H/T SAHIL BADRUDDIN] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- The only person you need to compare yourself today to is the person you were yesterday. - Khalid Latif ...
Here is Goalcast's collection of top 10 inspirational speeches. Charlie Day, Taraji P. Henson, Steven Spielberg, Lady Gaga, Abraham J. Twerski, Mother Teresa, Jim Carrey, Martin Luther King Jr., Denzel Washington, Robin Williams. Which One Is Your Favorite? ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- Best Magic Show in the world - Genius Rubik's Cube Magician America's Got Talent ...
[H/T SAHIL BADRUDDIN] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- Steve Jobs is undoubtedly one of the most inspirational and successful figures of our time. His commencement speech at Stanford University in 16 minutes encapsulates all the key aspects of life. He touches on purpose, life, death, success, happiness, innovation and even spirituality. Jay Shetty shares quotes and wisdom from Steve Jobs plus his own reflections ...
TED.COM -- In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated. When I was nine years old, I went off to summer camp for the ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- THEAMERICANSCHOLAR.ORG -- ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Very highly recommended! -- If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts The lecture below was delivered to the plebe class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in October 2009. My title must seem like a contradiction. What can solitude have to do with leadership? Solitude means ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- A prank I did for April Fool's Day for my math class. ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- Moneyball is one of the greatest sports films ever made. It perfectly captures all aspects of the game of baseball from when its played on the field all the way to what goes on in the front offices. ...
IMDB.COM -- A groundbreaking documentary about the temperament trait of high sensitivity found in 20% of the population in both men and women. Based on the findings of bestselling author-psychologist Dr. Elaine Aron ("The Highly Sensitive Person") ...
NATURE.COM -- Survey sheds light on the 'crisis' rocking research. More than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist's experiments, and more than half have failed to reproduce their own experiments. Those are some of the telling figures that emerged from Nature's survey of 1,576 researchers who took a brief online questionnaire on reproducibility in research. The data reveal sometimes-contradictory ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- An email scammer becomes enraged when his victim demands a free toaster. ...
THEATLANTIC.COM -- More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they're on the brink of a mental-health crisis. One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas. She answered her phone--she's had an iPhone since she was 11--sounding as if she'd just woken up. We chatted about her ...
GOODREADS.COM -- It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again ...
SCRIBD.COM -- The purpose of a college education, as everyone at least pretends to recognize, docs not terminate with the individual. "Give back," our students are told. "Make a difference." "Leave the world a better place." But if there is one idea, above all, through which the concept of social responsibility is communicated at our most prestigious schools, it is "leadership." "Harvard ...
VANCOUVERSUN.COM -- This summer marks the anniversary of an extraordinary moment in U.S. history: the 1972 match in which American genius Bobby Fischer defeated Soviet wizard Boris Spassky for the chess championship of the world. The battle probably should have been just one more headline in an eventful three months that saw the Watergate burglary, the expulsion of the Soviet military from Egypt ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- Episodes 1-4 of the intelevator by Ylvis (English Subtitles) ...
USC.EDU -- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -- In the first evidence of a natural intervention triggering stem cell-based regeneration of an organ or system, a study in the June 5 issue of the Cell Stem Cell shows that cycles of prolonged fasting not only protect against immune system damage -- a major side effect of chemotherapy -- but also induce immune system ...
QUOTESEVERLASTING.COM -- Albert Einstein: If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. ...
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YOUTUBE.COM -- That fall after Billy Beane's super success, John Henry, the owner of the Red Sox asks Billy Beane to be the GM of the Boston Red Sox. John Henry knows it can make the difference between playing in the World Series or sitting home watching it on TV. ...
THEFEDERALIST.COM -- After some health crises, radio host Erick Erickson was prompted to write 'Before You Wake: Life Lessons from a Father to His Children,' a book that should get all parents thinking about how to prepare their children for their deaths. Several years ago, I wrote an article for this site about the steps all parents should take in the event of ...
