Airport Security Rules Are More Bewildering Than Ever

In recent weeks, the government has made two surprising policy changes: First, the Transportation Security Administration announced that screening with a full-body scanner would no longer be optional for some passengers, and then the Department of Homeland Security said that soon your state-issued driver’s license might not be sufficient ID for you to pass through the airport screening area.

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http://www.moneytalksnews.com/why-security-rules-are-more-bewildering-than-ever-for-air-travelers

TED Talks: How to Build Your Creative Confidence by David Kelly..

TED Talks:  Build Your Creative Confidence by David Kelly...: David Kelly's TED Talk is about creativity is focused on what he calls creative confidence . While design schools and workplaces seem to divide people in two categories (creative and practical people), David says that anyone can be creative if the creativity is stimulated.

VICE PRESIDENT'S ADVICE TO LADIES

It seems that our VP stuck his foot in his mouth.

George 

WE MUST WRITE HISTORY !

Jimmy Doolittle's granddaughter has documented 

the famous Doolittle Raid in April 1942,

 in which America struck back at Japan
for the first time after
the Pearl Harbor attack of

 the previous December 7th. 

Here, she puts it all into perspective, and 

corrects Hollywood's miscues. 

The reminder at the end is especially cogent: 

WE must write our history, 

and not let Hollywood do it for us.

It could not  have been said any better

George

iPhone Medicine

      In a recent   VERY INTERESTING  video on NBC News  LINK Dr Eric Topol told how on a flight from Washington, DC to the West Coast a passenger experienced severe chest pains.  With the aid of a device designed to perform an EKG via his iPhone

Picture copied from http://www.todaysiphone.com
Dr Topol determined. that the passenger was having an heart attack. An emergency landing followed. The passenger was rushed to an hospital and survived.   FOR MORE INFO ON DR ERIC TOPOL CLICK THIS LINK   George    

IKEA EFFECT

LINK
Why You Love That Ikea Table,
Even If It's Crooked

Quote:
"Seriously, though, Mochon's experiments actually have
serious big-picture implications.
The world over, companies and managers fall in love
with their own ideas —
and reject better ideas from the outside
because they were not designed in-house."

George

HOMEMADE SODA BOTTLE BIRD FEEDER

Winters in our area are always too long.

Birds at the feeders do provide a measure of entertainment.

Googling for bird feeders I came across an

innovative feeder

LINK

 Just a large soda bottle with wooden spoons.

Seems like a great idea.

George