What’s Up?
Interesting Ideas to
Ponder
Doctors Find Mind-Body Link Harder to
Ignore
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/health/3532582.htm
Angry people are more
likely to develop heart disease. Depression may weaken
the immune system. Stress aggravates asthma. A host of
behaviors—including smoking, overeating, and lack
of exercise—make people more prone to serious
diseases and less likely to recover from them. Disease
itself leads to psychological problems, which can affect
how people perceive and cope with their
illnesses.
The growing science of the
interplay between psychology and biology—known as
behavioral medicine—is the focus of a special issue
of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
published by the American Psychological Association. Some
behaviors invite health problems and can reduce
one’s ability to recover.
When Corporations
Rule the World: The Prequel
http://www.utne.com/bMoney.tmpl?command=search&db=dArticle.db&eqheadlinedata=When%20Corporations%20Rule%20the%20World%3A%20The%20Prequel
Officials in the British
Columbia town of Lake Cowichan recently proposed that
corporations be given the right to vote in municipal
elections. The resolution, proposed at the March
convention of the Association of Vancouver Island and
Coastal Communities (AVICC), was designed to allow
business owners who didn’t live in the town to have
a say in municipal policy.
Seven Learning
Styles
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&ncid=738&e=5&u=/nm/20020714/tc_nm/column_programs_dc_1
Anyone who has raised more
than one child has probably discovered that there is no
one-size-fits-all way of teaching. The new
“JumpStart Advanced” series of educational
CD-ROMs from Knowledge Adventure lets youngsters learn
new things seven different ways—all with the touch
of a few buttons. The software dovetails nicely with the
current conventional wisdom that says that there are
different learning styles.
Americans More Stressed Out, Managing
Poorly
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=594&ncid=751&e=1&u=/nm/20020703/hl_nm/stress_strategy_1
Americans have a difficult
time dealing with stress and many adopt coping strategies
that only make them feel worse, according to new survey
results. The survey, based on responses from 1,805 U.S.
adults, found that more than three quarters of Americans
say they believe managing stress is
“challenging,” and more than one-quarter said
they found dealing with stress to be “very
challenging.”
Furthermore, many
Americans adopt coping strategies that may aggravate
their stress, the survey reveals. Almost three quarters
of adults responded that they will ignore stress in order
to get something done. In addition, 46% said that stress
makes them less likely to care about what they eat, 57%
said stress induces them to give up exercising, while 53%
said they forgo sleep. Thirty-five percent of respondents
also noted that they ease their schedules by postponing
doctor or dental visits.
Hacker Group Targets
Countries That Censor Internet
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&ncid=738&e=7&u=/nm/20020714/tc_nm/tech_censorship_dc_2
Some of the world’s
best-known hackers unveiled a plan to offer free software
to promote anonymous Web surfing in countries where the
Internet is censored, especially in China and Middle
Eastern nations. An international hacker group calling
itself Hactivismo released a program called Camera/Shy
that allows Internet users to conceal messages inside
photos posted on the Web, bypassing most known police
monitoring methods.
Sleep
“Key to Longer Life”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_2129000/2129578.stm
Scientists believe they
may have uncovered the reason why women live longer than
men do—they are better sleepers. Women tend to
sleep more soundly than men do. They also are affected
less by the consequences of sleep deprivation. The
researchers from Pennsylvania State University found that
missing sleep can affect hormone levels and generate
harmful chemicals in the body.
Interesting Articles to Read
Fortune Magazine
www.fortune.com
June 10, 2002
Finding a Corporate
Culture That Fits
To succeed at a new company, you need to know how things
get done there. And remember, just because an employer is
considered ideal doesn’t necessarily mean
it’s ideal for you.
Fast
Company
www.fastcompany.com
July 2002
Turnaround
Artists
Two seasoned renewal strategists offer a prescription for
the corporate blahs. Carter Pate and Harlan Platt’s
medicine doesn’t taste too good, but it may help
cure what ails you.
Forbes
Magazine
www.forbes.com
July 22, 2002
Bad Boys
From fraud to alleged rape, an employer may overlook
almost any sin when a superstar is delivering
results.
Inc.
Magazine
www.inc.com
July 1, 2002
The Upside of
Downtime
Can a hobby make you a better CEO? Some business owners
are discovering those extracurricular activities not only
help them relax but also enhance their ability to lead
their companies.
When Do You
Lie?
The intention behind a little white lie might be well
meaning, but lying is never the best strategy for dealing
with a sticky situation. Here are some approaches for
establishing authentic communication in your
business.
Psychology Today
www.psychologytoday.com
June 26, 2002
Power Up Your
Brain
Researchers confirm that genetics need not be the
decisive factor in determining how long and how well we
live. Certainly, genes are linked to neurodegenerative
ailments as investigators at Duke University recently
reported that genes tied to Alzheimer’s disease
could speed the onset of everyday memory loss. Hormones
also may be a factor as women are one-third more likely
than men to develop Alzheimer’s. In elderly men,
higher testosterone levels were linked with concentration
and memory skills in one recent study. But gender and
genes aside, a growing body of research suggests that
sustained cognitive activity may hold the key to how well
we age.
Editor as Guinea Pig:
Putting Love to a Real Test
Robert Epstein is about to embark on a very bold, very
personal experiment, one that some people might
call—and in fact, have already called—crazy.
He is seeking a co-author to help write a book called The
Love You Make: How We Learned to Love Each Other, and How
You Can Too. The co-author and Epstein will sign an
agreement in which they pledge:
- To read extensively
about love and especially about the emergence of love
in arranged marriages.
- To subject themselves to
various types of counseling.
- To put themselves
through various exercises and perhaps to create new
ones.
The goal is to fall deeply
in love by the end of the contract period. The agreement
will run from six months to a year (to be negotiated),
during which time they also will pledge not to date other
people and to keep detailed, private diaries of their
experiences, knowing, of course, that the contents might
end up in print.
Time
Magazine
www.time.com
July 15, 2002
The Sky’s the
Limit
Airline CEOs say that while many of their male managers
have emphasized hardware and thought of their job as
moving planes efficiently from place to place, women
executives seem to understand more clearly that they are
in a service business—and that happy workers make
for happy customers.
Interesting Places to Go
World Conference on
E-Learning in Corporate Government, Healthcare, and
Higher Education
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in
Education (AACE)
Montreal, Canada
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/
October 15-22, 2002
This annual conference
serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of
information on research, development, and applications of
all topics related to e-learning in the corporate,
government, health care, and higher education
sectors.
2002 International
Conference on Quality and
Innovation
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
http://www.iiqp.uwaterloo.ca/Events/qi.html
October 22-23, 2002
Quality and innovation are
key factors influencing strategic decisions in business,
government, and other organizations. In this rapidly
changing economic environment, it is essential for
organizations to respond effectively to changes in
technology, environment, and customer demand with
efficient, high-quality products and services. Innovation
is all about new ideas, new products, new processes, new
services, and new customers.
2nd International
Conference on Healthy Workplaces in Action
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Centre for
Professional Nursing Excellence
http://www.rnao.org/html/PDF/Call_for_Abstracts_Kim_Vicente.pdf
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
November 21-22, 2002
The conference will
address new evidence and strategies for healthy
workplaces and their benefits to employers, employees,
patients, and society.
The IASTED
International Conference on Information and Knowledge
Sharing
International Association of Science and Technology for
Development
http://www.iasted.com/conferences/2002/vi/iks.htm
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States Minor
Outlying Islands
November 18-20, 2002
The growing needs of
societies impel the fast development and fusion of many
technologies for sharing information and knowledge. A
myriad of opportunities are offered for new services,
products, and ideas in a broad range of disciplines such
as global businesses, social and cultural life, research,
and education. These opportunities are offered to
individuals, organizations, and communities that are
willing to learn, develop, and use information and
knowledge-sharing technologies effectively.
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