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clients loyalty

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:23:38 GMT

clipped by: juancho34

why not reward customers for staying with you the same way you reward employees for staying with you. Have 3, 5, 7 and 10 year milestones, each with it’s own reward.

Why you should trust your instincts

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:34:28 GMT

clipped by: einbar

Clip Source: www.spurdesign.com

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The old adage that you should always trust your instincts is supported for the first time by a scientific study.

For a century, there has been no convincing evidence that subliminal messages can influence people's decisions.

Now, a new study published in the journal Neuron uses a blend of techniques, including brain scanning, to provide the first hard evidence that this so called "instrumental learning" can occur, showing we should trust our instincts.

"We conclude that, even without conscious processing of contextual cues, our brain can learn their reward value and use them to provide a bias on decision making."

"This kind of learning had been suggested to be subconscious a century ago, on the grounds that it was observed in some species like rats that were supposed to be deprived of conscious awareness," says Dr Pessiglione.

"We just proved this in humans, and identified the underlying neuronal circuit."

Dawkins and the 'fart of god'

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:20:45 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

A rare glimpse into Richard Dawkins' inbox. His detractors really are a charming bunch

Richard Dawkins has made a few enemies in his time suggesting that cherished notions of a creator god or gods are so much brain-washing and delusion. His reward is the most amusing inbox in the world. Here he is reading us some of it during his recent series The Genius of Charles Darwin.

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For most people college is a waste of time

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:48:05 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Imagine that America had no system of post-secondary education, and you were a member of a task force assigned to create one from scratch. One of your colleagues submits this proposal:

First, we will set up a single goal to represent educational success, which will take four years to achieve no matter what is being taught. We will attach an economic reward to it that seldom has anything to do with what has been learned. We will urge large numbers of people who do not possess adequate ability to try to achieve the goal, wait until they have spent a lot of time and money, and then deny it to them. We will stigmatize everyone who doesn't meet the goal. We will call the goal a "BA."

You would conclude that your colleague was cruel, not to say insane. But that's the system we have in place.

Finding a better way should be easy. The BA acquired its current inflated status by accident. Advanced skills for people with brains really did get more valuable over the course of the 20th century

Tags: education, college, certification

Consumer Power-

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:04:54 GMT

clipped by: klippety
clipper's remarks: What if we all were to really do something, like only buying stuff from stores that are GREEN.
Than move on to only buy products that are GREEN! Things could be a lot GREENER

Clip Source: weblog.greenpeace.org

Carrotmob - consumer power

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Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo.

Full update on the Carrotmob site.

The little 'rain on the parade' voice inside my head said, "Yeah, but that's a bunch of work to change one store out of 20."

Then I thought... What if instead of rewarding the one store that actually does something, you make it more of a competition. Reward them after they take action, and the one that does the most - gets the most.

Lot's of business will act because they won't know exactly how much their competitors are doing.

Maybe this is even already your plan?

US News Participation Drop

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:29:12 GMT

clipped by: Joshua Zumbrun
clipper's remarks: This is interesting, because obviously you have to wonder how US News will keep this up without people filling in the survey?

Forbes put out its own ranking:
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/08/13/best-colleges-ratings-oped-college08-cx_ha_mn_de_0813best_land.html

This Georgetown alum, that's US News #23, Forbes #76 (?!), is skeptical of all of it, because I know the truth. Georgetown = #1.

Clip Source: www.insidehighered.com

‘U.S. News’ Sees Drop in Participation

Even though many colleges will boast today about their placement in the annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report, more colleges than ever are declining to participate in the survey that makes up the single largest part of the magazine’s formula.

Only 46 percent of colleges returned the “reputational” survey, where presidents rate similar institutions. This peer survey is particularly controversial because it is viewed as unscientific and likely to reward colleges that had great reputations in the past. But it makes up 25 percent of the magazine’s formula — more than the statistics gathered on such factors as graduation rates, faculty resources and so forth.

Tags: us news, world, report, college, ranking, georgetown

Obese Alabama State Employees Will Pay

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:02:42 GMT

clipped by: Allison Van Dusen
clipper's remarks: Alabama's State Employees' Insurance Board has approved a plan to charge state workers starting in January if they don't have free health screenings, according to the AP. Should the screenings turn up serious blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose or weight problems the employees have a year to turn things around or start paying $25 for insurance that's otherwise free.
Alabama already charges workers who smoke but obesity is an even bigger problem for the state, which is ranked second in terms of national obesity rates.
To be fair, the state will offer employees access to a wellness program to help them. But you have to wonder - is an extra bill of $25 a month really going to get people to change their bad habits and/or start paying attention to their health? It'll be interesting to find out.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat.

The state has given its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit — or they'll pay $25 a month for insurance that otherwise is free.

Alabama will be the first state to charge overweight state workers who don't work on slimming down, while a handful of other states reward employees who adopt healthy behaviors.

Does Free Will Make You a Better Person? -New Research Says "Yes"

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:31:58 GMT

clipped by: Silkweaver
clipper's remarks: People cheating have nothing to do with facts and physical laws, but with their beliefs about themselves and others. Beliefs can be amazingly selective: the same person can believe in free will in one occasion, and not believe it in another occasion. Yet what a person might believe in a given situation is pretty deterministic...

Clip Source: www.dailygalaxy.com

If the universe moves according to immutable laws, how can individuals have free will? This is an excellent question, and one that the "What's going on here then?" tag-team of science and philosophy has been unable to answer.

Psychological researchers questioned people about their feelings on free will, then gave them the chance to cheat at an irrelevant, minor arithmetic challenge that had absolutely no reward.

Half of the participants got a passage saying that there is no such thing as free will.

The result? People who blame the universe for their own actions are more likely to cheat in an extremely petty manner

saying that you have no choice in your behavior is the grown up version of saying "A big boy did it then ran away", only now the big boy is the entire history of the universe.

Tags: behavior, free will

Patch Adams hospital - Gesundheit - still not built but such an answer for community based services

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:16:12 GMT

clipped by: iliasben
clipper's remarks: There will be 30,000 square feet devoted to the arts in a fully arts-centered hospital. There will be a school for social change and in-depth agricultural programs.

Staff persons who've served for four years and want a little distance from the intensity of the hospital can create their fantasy living space in our village.

I want to tell all readers that the journey has been heavenly all along the way. Simply being in an idealist quest is its own reward. I've never felt I've sacrificed anything or thought it was a hard journey. Hard would have been having to work in corporate medicine and lie to patients and myself every day. My concern for humanity's future drives me to want to put whatever efforts I can to changing everything that hurts people and nature. The Gesundheit! Institute is that for me, and so many others.

Clip Source: www.patchadams.org

The Gesundheit! Hospital Project

by Patch Adams, M.D

Good health was much more deeply related to close friendships

All of these are time-consuming, impractical needs. When we don't meet these needs, the business of high-tech medicine diagnoses mental illness and treats with pills.

We wanted patients to bring all their interests and skills to essentially become temporary staff as well as patients during their stay

we have added to our vision a school to teach social change with the whole community

all of the activity to be infused with fun

The point was not to try to teach a staff this, but to find people for whom this was their way of life

In our first 12 years (1971-1983) we did all this as a pilot project. Twenty adults

totaling 15,000 people over those 12 years

We were never sued

No one gave us a donation and we were 0:1400 for foundation grants, so our staff had to work part-time jobs to pay to practice medicine

thousands of doctors and nurses tell m

in our hospital for $3,000/year

work full

Tags: patch adams, hospita, l, sicko, gesundheit, community based services

potassium gluconate

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:08:53 GMT

clipped by: cocosatul
clipper's remarks: This podcast is the one where I heard about the iDefense $800 reward for each remotely exploitable flaw in Vista and IE. It also contains the potassium gluconate links George was talking about.

Clip Source: cyberspeak.libsyn.com

iDefense annouced they will pay 800 for each remotely exploitable flaw in Vista and IE

Tags: potassium, lecithin, hyaluronic, vitamin, methylcobalamine, probiotic, glucosamine, q carbo, natural, supplement

Stores reward hybrid drivers

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:55:39 GMT

clipped by: dgreplay
clipper's remarks: Its a start...

Clip Source: www.chron.com

Ikea has designated hybrid-only spaces across the U.S., including one at its Houston store on the Katy Freeway. Home Depot and Office Depot are trying out similar parking perks for fuel efficiency in Austin, Chicago and several other cities.

Tags: green energy, hybrid technology

Visit FreeRide.com to Earn Fantastic Online Rewards for Taking Paid Surveys

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:41:42 GMT

clipped by: social85
clipper's remarks: With FreeRide.com, you can earn incredible rewards simply by taking a survey for money. FreeRide.com is absolutely free to join with no hidden fees. Receive incredible rewards such as lots of cash, merchandise from top retailers, free food from your favorite restaurants and plenty of gift cards. Visit us today to join and start earning valuable rewards in minutes!

Clip Source: www.freeride.com

Paid For Survey

Fantastic Rewards When You Get Paid for Survey

There are many ways to earn free merchandise on the web, however many of these sites that offer free rewards make you jump through ridiculous hoops just to get your reward. In fact, some sites that promise the world- usually just don’t deliver. FreeRide.com is different. We have been around for over 10 years and during this time we have helped thousands of our members earn valuable free rewards. For those looking to earn great merchandise and get paid for survey- FreeRide.com is your best choice.

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acct

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:39:08 GMT

clipped by: fryakov

Clip Source: accounts.key.com


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Pantaloon Retail Boards Approves 1:10 Bonus Issue

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:05 GMT

clipped by: khushij88
clipper's remarks: Introduces Shares with Differential Voting Rights (DVR) By Way of Bonus Issue To Reward Shareholders

Mumbai, July 24, 2008: The Board of Directors of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited today approved a bonus issue of shares with differential voting rights (DVR) to the existing shareholders of the company, subject to necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals.

Clip Source: www.pantaloon.info

Pantaloon Retail Boards Approves 1:10 Bonus Issue

Introduces Shares with Differential Voting Rights (DVR) By Way of Bonus Issue To Reward Shareholders

Mumbai, July 24, 2008: The Board of Directors of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited today approved a bonus issue of shares with differential voting rights (DVR) to the existing shareholders of the company, subject to necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals.

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how dopamine explains everything from pleasure seeking to stock market to social behavior

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:44:10 GMT

clipped by: sylviadafox

Clip Source: www.seedmagazine.com

Schultz started to notice something odd about these dopamine neurons: They began to fire just before the monkeys got a reward.

temporal difference reinforcement learning (TDRL)

The software makes predictions about what will happen

then compares these predictions with what actually happens. If the prediction is right, that series of predictions gets reinforced

if the prediction is wrong, the software reevaluates its representation

The crucial feature of these dopamine neurons, say Montague and Dayan, is that they are more concerned with predicting rewards than with the rewards themselves. Once the cells memorize the simple pattern — a loud tone predicts the arrival of juice — they become exquisitely sensitive to variations on the pattern.

He’s linked the transactions of a single neurotransmitter to a dizzying array of behaviors

stock market bubbles

the breakdown of social graces

“fictive error learning signal,”

Tags: science, brain