Grandmasters boycott next year’s championship games The 2017 World Chess Championships will be held in Tehran, and Iran has told Fide (the chess governing body) that all female participants must wear a hijab. Fide’s Commission for Women’s Chess submitted to Iran’s demand without question, instructing all participants to respect “cultural differences” and follow the rules. […]
Paul Combetta of Platte River Network, covering his tracks The tech specialist, Paul Combetta has been caught trying “to cover up the cover up.” Combetta was the person responsible for scrubbing Clinton’s email archive, but he made a disastrous mistake by turning to Reddit for help with this endeavor. Allegedly, he was instructed by Clinton’s […]
“Be less boring.” That’s a low bar for us as teachers. However, improvement is implicit in this command. Face it: some days, trying to be slightly less boring is all we have, while on other days, we feel like we could make the study of prairie grasses fascinating to fifth-grade kids. I’ve been on both […]
Have you said any of these recently? I get distracted and procrastinate. I make plans but I don’t follow through on them. I get things done… but not the right things. The problem often comes down to just one word: “reactive.” Maybe that wasn’t the word you were expecting. But reactivity is a problem people have been […]
Strength training is one of the most efficient, healthiest, and anti-aging of all exercises. Virtually everyone should be training for strength. Many people have the mistaken idea that they must spend long hours in the gym to build up muscle and strength, and this belief stops them from beginning a strength-training program. What if […]
Good morning from a very cold Weymouth, I was always under the impression that Weymouth was a tropical hideaway in the south of England, but not today- it is -2 degrees. Well what a year it has been for Noble Manhattan, I would almost say one of our best, many of our […]
I’ve spent more than half a decade immersed in creative projects of various kinds ranging from writing books to hosting a podcast, to producing animated shorts and even live events. I’ve worked on things that exceeded all of my expectations and on things that have let me down. Through all of it I’ve realized there […]
The passion behind your goals is the experience. Better than, “What are you trying to accomplish?” is, “What are you trying to experience?” What are you experiencing right this instance? Look around your physical environment. Is this the experience you want to be having? Research has found that experiences are more meaningful than material things. […]
In a brainstorming meeting, the pressure of coming up with incredible new ideas can be debilitating. Luckily, the last thing most corporations want is new ideas. Here are 9 tricks to make you look like you’re the creative force on your team. 1. Leave to get water and ask if anyone needs anything Just before the […]
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