Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Tweets for my Honey - Happy New Year!

In 2014... think big, start small, learn fast and make a positive dent in the world (via @happystartups) pic.twitter.com/djT6AtO2Zg

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‏@soulseedz

If you feel trapped, fenced in by circumstances, poke a hole in the mindset that traps you http://tinyurl.com/kt4l7nc

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‏@MailOnline

Clever caterpillars are using tobacco to ward off predators

http://dailym.ai/JJfuny

Daily Mail Online

The caterpillar that uses tobacco ‘smoke’ to ward off predators:...

A molecular ecologist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany, found that nicotine is excreted through tiny respiratory holes on the animal's skin.

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‏@kristinem5

Street art pic.twitter.com/xtdAgfSToQ

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The Economist ‏@TheEconomist

View the key events taking place around the world next year in our calendar http://econ.st/1cgTj2t #TheWorldin2014

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‏@EcoInteractive

In Imperiled Forests of Borneo, A Rich Tropical Eden Endures - http://e360.yale.edu/feature/in_imperiled_forests_of_borneo_a_rich_tropical_eden_endures/2723/ … - ~ #forests #environment #biodiversity

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‏@phdcomics

RT: "I'm fairly human and normal. At least, I try to be." A brief interview with Stephen Hawking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB60SVvZTEM …

"I'm fairly human and normal. At least, I try to be."

Link: http://youtu.be/hB60SVvZTEM

A Brief Interview with Stephen Hawking

We asked Stephen Hawking one question, and his answer was amazing.

Visit Prof. Hawking's website: http://www.hawking.org.uk/

Subscribe to PHD TV: http://yout...

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Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."