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A Test For Adult Attention Deficit Disorder

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:45:01 GMT

clipped by: fewstingscorpio
clipper's remarks: Take the full test:
http://www.everydayhealth.com/specialreport/adult-adhd-management-quiz/Questions.aspx?xid=cs_cncradlt_nl&xid=nl_EverydayHealthEmotionalHealth_20080926

Clip Source: www.everydayhealth.com

Adult ADHD Quiz

Could you have adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or adult ADHD? Take this simple 10 question quiz and see if you could benefit from visiting a doctor for more information. Choose the answer that best describes how you act most of the time:

Please select an answer to the items marked in red below

1. Do you have trouble sticking with projects until they are complete?

Please select an answer to this question.

Always

Often

Seldom

Never

2. Do you find it difficult to sit still, even in situations in which you are supposed to?

Please select an answer to this question.

Always

Often

Seldom

Never

3. Do you often forget to do important, but mundane, tasks like balancing your checkbook or paying bills?

Please select an answer to this question.

Always

Often

Seldom

Never

4. When you were in school, did you get in trouble for talking too much, not paying attention, daydreaming, not sitting still, or not completing your assignments?

Tags: psychology, tests, adhd, psychiatry

Most Unusual Rings of 2008

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:41:42 GMT

clipped by: CarnivalBorn

Clip Source: inventorspot.com

1. Meat Tenderizer Ring

2. Spiced Lady Ring

it is actually a salt/seasoning shaker

3. The Stunning Ring

Filled with pepper spray

4. The Perfume Ring

a hollow structure with tap so one can apply a spritz of perfume

5. USB Engagement Ring

6. The Remember Ring

aid in remembering an important date or event

battery gently heats the ring up to 120F for 10 seconds on the hour, every hour for that entire 24-hour perio

7. Cushion Ring

takes inspiration from the fact that a lot of people have the tendency of resting their cheek on their fist when they are thinking, daydreaming or even falling asleep

8. Handscape Ring

When worn, these multiple rings form a "handscape."

9. Contura Ring

allows one to wear the profile of the carrier or the presenter

10. Viagra Ring

2nd September 2008 Evangelicals Give Sarah Palin a “Get Out of Values Free” Card

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:17:27 GMT

clipped by: lifecyce1898
clipper's remarks: "Palin embraces the God of our President and Party, a God who is more likely to fritter away His day romantically daydreaming about a $30 billion gas pipeline than plucking a victim of one of His hurricanes out of a capsized canoe. "

Put's this disgusting form of self absorbed Cult worship in perspective.

Clip Source: bettybowers.com

What I have enjoyed witnessing to a far lesser degree has been my fellow evangelical Republicans’ response to Palin’s energetic striptease of embarrassing information.

rendered a group of professional faultfinders and scolds mawkishly carefree, giddy in their eagerness to forgive. With a mix of opportunism and testosterone, habitual chiders like James Dobson are swooning over Palin, light-headedly jostling to anoint and absolve.

Yes, in many ways Sarah is our kind of gal. Her first priority when she began her contentious reign as the amusingly vindictive mayor of a small, snowy town? Try to ban books at the local library that contained the type of naughty words that so rudely besmirch the English language’s great literature! And, yes, Palin embraces the God of our President and Party, a God who is more likely to fritter away His day romantically daydreaming about a $30 billion gas pipeline than plucking a victim of one of His hurricanes out of a capsized canoe.

Daydreaming is good for you

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:44:34 GMT

clipped by: bjkeltz

Clip Source: www.kottke.org

Every time we slip effortlessly into a daydream, a distinct pattern of brain areas is activated, which is known as the default network. Studies show that this network is most engaged when people are performing tasks that require little conscious attention, such as routine driving on the highway or reading a tedious text. Although such mental trances are often seen as a sign of lethargy -- we are staring haplessly into space -- the cortex is actually very active during this default state, as numerous brain regions interact. Instead of responding to the outside world, the brain starts to contemplate its internal landscape. This is when new and creative connections are made between seemingly unrelated ideas.

Tags: brain, daydream, creativity, television

A wandering mind able to project themselves into imaginary situations - can do important work'..

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:07:08 GMT

clipped by: einbar
clipper's remarks: ...scientists are learning - and may even be essential
"Einstein, for instance, was notorious for his wandering mind ".

Clip Source: www.boston.com

A wandering mind can do important work, scientists are learning - and may even be essential

In a culture obsessed with efficiency, daydreaming is derided as a lazy habit or a lack of discipline, the kind of thinking we rely on when we don't really want to think. It's a sign of procrastination, not productivity, something to be put away with your flip-flops and hammock as summer draws to a close.

In recent years, however, scientists have begun to see the act of daydreaming very differently. They've demonstrated that daydreaming is a fundamental feature of the human mind - so fundamental, in fact, that it's often referred to as our "default" mode of thought. Many scientists argue that daydreaming is a crucial tool for creativity, a thought process that allows the brain to make new associations and connections.

If your mind didn't wander, then you'd be largely shackled to whatever you are doing right now," says Jonathan Schooler, a psychologist at the University of California,

The Best Coffee Ever

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:04:00 GMT

clipped by: webnh
clipper's remarks: a day without coffee is one slow day

Clip Source: best.coffee.ever.com

A Memory Made

Coffee is more then something hot, you get speeding through a drive-thru. It's a rich deep flavored beverage that is great hot or cold. Coffee can pick you up and at the same time morph into a deeply relaxing drink.

We can all remember a time sitting alone looking out the window while drinking a hot cup of coffee. The coffee helped focus our daydreaming out through the window into the world at large. Nothing else would have painted that picture in our memory like a cup of deep dark coffee.

Tags: coffee

Energy Recovery Inc. rise above sagging IPO Market

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:27:23 GMT

clipped by: maryanne0402
clipper's remarks: In the midst of economical crisis, this company makes it big in the IPO market.

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Ray of Sunshine Emerges In Sagging IPO Market

By Lynn Cowan

Even though this summer is expected to be a slow season for new stock offerings, market watchers are already daydreaming about the kinds of deals they would like to see in the wake of Energy Recovery Inc.'s successful debut last week.

Energy Recovery Inc. rise above sagging IPO Market

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:17:06 GMT

clipped by: energyrecovery
clipper's remarks: In the midst of economical crisis, this company makes it big in the IPO market.

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Ray of Sunshine Emerges In Sagging IPO Market

By Lynn Cowan

Word Count: 555 | Companies Featured in This Article: Citigroup

The 16% pop by the initial public offering of Energy Recovery, which makes energy-saving devices for water-desalination plants, ended a two-month streak of eight IPOs that didn't gain on their first days of trading.

While one strong IPO doesn't a trend make, it does have analysts considering which stocks could weather uncertain market conditions like Energy Recovery did -- ...

Tags: energy recovery, desalination, clean technology, desalinization, pressure exchanger, water resources

an7

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:34:24 GMT

clipped by: fabricando

Clip Source: www.ambient-nights.org

Ambient Nights CD7

Track 1
Enigma - MCMXC aD (tracks 1&2)

Track 2
Blank & Jones - Daydreaming

Track 3
Stigmato Inc - My Deep & Magical Ambient(Hephaestion Edit)

Track 4
Gas (Mat Jarvis) - Microscopic

Track 5
Sven Vath - Ballet Dancer

Track 6
David Brunn - Crater Lake (Hephaestion Edit)

Track 7
Asura - Le Vol d'Icare

Track 8
X.I.S. - Living In A Dream

Track 9
The Grid - Crystal Clear (Hephaestion Edit)

Track 10
Leif Hatfield - Light (Electric Mix)

Five People Reality Shows Hurt The Most

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:48 GMT

clipped by: debbyski
clipper's remarks: "And we don't want them to be obsessed with watching Tila Tequila to see if she's ultimately going to choose a guy or a girl to be her partner, either. Boys have plenty of time to learn about bisexuality; they do not need some MySpace whore in a sting bikini and stripper heels encouraging them to think about girls on girls. They'll waste enough time thinking about that when they're good and ready."

My sentiments about Tila EXACTLY. Bi's already have enough stigmas to deal with!!

Thanks to "The Bachelorette," little girls grow up seeing that if they can't find a husband on their own, they can just go on TV and make out with 25 different hot guys to magically find their Prince Charmings."

*sigh*

Moral of this story? Children are not small adults but adults can be small children sometimes.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

In the name of full disclosure, we will admit that we enjoy watching trashy reality shows as much as the next girls. We'd call it a guilty pleasure, but we don't really feel guilty about it.

That said, we also think that reality television is bad for so many reasons. It is dumbing down society, promoting the absolute worst values we can imagine, and changing the entertainment industry - we'd argue for the worse.

We're worried about the impressionable young boys and girls out there who hang onto reality stars' words as if they're gospel and who actually base their lives around these shows. These are the people whose lives will be forever changed by reality TV:

We think that little boys should be out riding their bikes, finding treasures in the gutter, and daydreaming about they're cute little crush at school.

Imagine, Intend, Insist

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:15:52 GMT

clipped by: Fast T friend
clipper's remarks: Phil Bowermaster has been a full-time amateur speculist since about age three. Often misunderstood during his childhood and adolescence, he fought a frequent perception that he was "daydreaming" or "goofing off" when in fact he was involved in serious contemplation of alternative scenarios to the world he saw around him. This misunderstanding persists to the present day.

Clip Source: www.blog.speculist.com

On our most recent FastForward Radio, we talked about defining the Singularity not so much in terms of the achievement of greater-than-human intelligence as the fundamental and radical transformation of the world around us.

Do you believe that you have a role to play in the unfolding Singularity and, if so, what is it?

Do you believe that you have a role to play in the fundamental transformation of the world and, if so, what is it?"

There's a hint of the audacious, some would even argue the delusional, in answering that question in the affirmative. And yet what a feeling of impotence, if not helplessness, would accompany answering in the negative.

However, I think there are three things that everybody can do to help bring this transformation about.

The first is to imagine the world transformed.

All intentional accomplishment begins in the imagination.

Beyond imagining, the next step is to intend for the world to be transformed.

Finally, we can all insist that the world be transformed.

Tags: singularity, transformation, phil, bowermaster

Concept camera features onboard Photoshop

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:40:54 GMT

clipped by: hishura

Clip Source: asia.cnet.com

Concept camera features onboard Photoshop

Leonard Goh | Jul 11, 2008

It seems I am not the only person daydreaming of the day point-and-shoots will be shipped with Photoshop. This conceptual shooter seen on petitinvention.com is a vision of what shooters in the future should look like--great design with a full-fledged image-editing application installed.

According to the design, this camera can automatically detect and erase people from the shot, leaving only the scene. Other than landscape photographers, I really cannot think of any reason to use this feature. Imagine activating this while on vacation and you return home only to find that everyone has been erased. Well, there's always the next holiday.

I am still game for the idea of having even a scaled-down version of Photoshop in my camera. Of course, a touchscreen display would be nice, with full-frame sensor and more.

Daydreaming equals stand-by on task

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:04:58 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

When a healthy person is daydreaming, their brain is not occupied with specific tasks and the "default network", a series of specific, connected regions in the brain's cortex, kicks in. The network's purpose is still hotly debated but recent evidence suggests it keeps the brain primed and ready to take on new tasks. Problems activating the default network have been linked to cognitive diseases like Alzheimer's and schizophrenia.

'Daydreaming' brain is coma clue

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:21:44 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: interesting observation...

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Researchers may have found a way to predict whether severely brain-damaged patients will regain consciousness.

A part of the brain which can stay active even in severely brain-damaged patients could offer a clue about the chances of recovery, they claim.

The Belgian team told a conference that activity within a "default network" in the brain appears to match the level of consciousness of the patient.

Some believe the default network is associated with daydreaming.

The findings were reported in New Scientist magazine.

The default network in the brain's cortex appears to be more active when the brain is not actively working on a goal - hence the proposed link with daydreaming.

Some evidence suggests that it helps get the brain ready for the next task, although this remains a controversial theory.

Some were "minimally conscious", while others were in a coma, or a persistent vegetative state (PVS). A final group were "brain dead".

Daydreaming brain

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:57:25 GMT

clipped by: cristambor

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

'Daydreaming' brain is coma clue

Researchers may have found a way to predict whether severely brain-damaged patients will regain consciousness.

A part of the brain which can stay active even in severely brain-damaged patients could offer a clue about the chances of recovery, they claim.

The Belgian team told a conference that activity within a "default network" in the brain appears to match the level of consciousness of the patient.

Some believe the default network is associated with daydreaming.

The default network in the brain's cortex appears to be more active when the brain is not actively working on a goal - hence the proposed link with daydreaming.

Some evidence suggests that it helps get the brain ready for the next task, although this remains a controversial theory.

The findings were reported in New Scientist magazine.

Tags: cérebro, brain, daydreaming