One of the key fears we all have is fear that this is the wrong time to start whatever our project is, and we should wait until the time is right. Tim Ferriss, author of the bestselling book The 4-Hour Workweek, has this to say about timing: For all the most important things, the timing is always wrong. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. Conditions are never perfect. 'Someday' is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually,' just do it and correct course along the way. If you wait for the timing to be right before you make a move, you may never make a move at all.

I am Nick Kane, a local county 15-year business owner. During my wife Ilene's marathon training, I have become aware of how many perfectly good pairs of shoes she goes through. The shoes become, very quickly, beyond race condition but are in perfect condition for everyday use. So I have arranged to place drop boxes throughout the area, collecting approximately 100 pairs of shoes a month. As of now, I have made arrangements to donate all gently worn shoes to shelters and organizations in need. For better public access, I am writing to request permission to place the box by the main entrance of your building. It would be a service for the community and our environment. Once more, I request your cooperation in full spirit.

Your first day of work is a whirlwind of introductions and meetings. You will meet many different people, receive a phonebook-sized pack of information about your healthcare plan and be walked through the simple 30-step process for clearing a paper jam in the copy machine. This is exactly the right time to take notes; you will thank yourself later. If you are an expert with your handheld, write down notes electronically. Otherwise, invest in a small notebook that you can stick in your pocket and pull out when your boss starts explaining something important. Names and positions are probably the most important notes to take; people like to think they are memorable enough for you to remember their names.

With seven billion mouths to feed, human agriculture takes a tremendous toll on the planet, from energy use to habitat loss. But there is also a growing set of solutions, from organic agriculture to integrated pest control. More people around the world are taking a look at urban farming, which allows us to make our food as local as possible. By growing what we need near where we live, we decrease the foodmiles associated with long-distance transportation. Also, urban agriculture can add greenery to cities, reducing pollution, increasing shade, and preventing the unpleasant heat island effect. Garden plots can help people reconnect with the Earth, and gain a greater appreciation for where our food comes from. Rooftop and patio gardens create peaceful places for relaxation and they can attract tourists.

《Newspaper Seed Starting Ports》 Save money and be kind to the earth by recycling old newspapers into biodegradable pots. You can also reduce transplanting shock to your seedlings by leaving them in the pots at planting time ― the pots will break down harmlessly in your garden soil! What You Need: 1. Old newspapers: colored newsprint may contain petroleum-based ink. Soy-based colored ink is fine. Check with the publisher or use only black and white sheets for your pots if you are unsure. 2. A can equal to the size of your finished seed starting pot 3. Tape for fixing the shape of the pot(optional)

《ARCHAEOLOGY DAY 2013》 Are you interested in ancient people, culture and arts? The Burke Museum is pleased to present a special Archaeology Day. Discover the exciting world of archaeology through a variety of activities and games. • Date: July 6 to 7 (Sat. & Sun.), 2013 • Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. • Activities Include: - Get close to unique ancient artifacts. - Try your hand at the ancient hunting skill. - Be an archaeologist discovering ancient sites. • Archaeology Puzzle Game: Winners will be given a one-year membership to the museum. • Seminar for Teachers: - Title: Archaeology in Education - Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. on Saturday - Speaker: Tim Jones, a professor of Burke College • Admission: $5 for adults and $2 for children 6 and under. Free for teachers and museum members.

Directions to BT Children's Hospital (by pulbic transportation) Subway Take the Green Line D train to Longwood station. Walk across the Riverway and follow Longwood Avenue four blocks to the hospital, which will be on your right. Commuter Rail As an alternative to driving into Boston, the commuter rail is accessible from numerous cities and towns surrounding the city as far as Newburyport and Worcester. Special Needs Transportation THE RIDE provides free transportation for people who have a physical or mental disability that prevents them from using public transportation. In order to use THE RIDE, you must apply by calling 617-344-5400. More Information For more information on Boston's public transportation, visit the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) website, or call 617-222-3200.

The above graph shows the distribution of males and females across major occupations in Canada in 2009. In general, the highest percentage of women worked in Business & Administration and, for men, in Trades & Transport. More than half of employed women were in two occupational groups: Business & Administration and Sales & Service. The percentage of women employed in Social Science & Education was more than twice the percentage of men employed in the same field. More women worked in fields related to Health than in Management. The difference in percentage between men and women was the greatest in the Trades & Transport section, which was followed by Business & Administration.

The lizards that climb walls and ceilings do not tend to fall off. But it is not because they have great suction ― as a matter of fact, they are not really using suction at all. Here is how the feet work: on the bottom are dozens and dozens of tiny grooves, which you can see if you have ever looked closely at a lizard in a terrarium. On each of those little grooves you can see, there are dozens more that are not visible to the naked eye. And on each of those dozens of grooves are hundreds, if not thousands, of hairlike bumps. Now, if you take a microscopic look at even the smoothest surface, you will see it is covered with microscopic pits, bumps, and grooves.

The decline in manufacturing will inevitably bring about a new protectionism. The first reaction to a period of turbulence is to try to build a wall that shields one's own garden from the cold winds outside. But such walls no longer protect businesses that do not meet world standards. It will only make them more vulnerable. The best example is Mexico, which had a deliberate policy of building its domestic economy independent of the outside world. It did this not only by building high walls of protectionism to keep foreign competition out, but by practically forbidding its own companies to export. This attempt to create a purely Mexican economy failed. Mexico actually became increasingly dependent on imports from other countries. It was finally obliged to open itself to the outside world.

I had never been on a roller coaster. Today, I was faced with one. There was some kind of bar, which was raised in front of me and was brought back into my lap. My heart started to pound. Trying to put myself at ease, I held tightly onto the bar in my lap. The cars jumped a bit and we began moving along the track. Now, I could even hear heartbeats, louder than the clickity-click sound coming from under the cars. We moved from a horizontal position to a steep incline and the roller coaster began ascending to the top of that first hill. My heart pounded wildly! I could not look out over the side of the car. Even before the coaster began to fall down, I was in a total panic.

The relationship between physical products and individual ownership is undergoing a profound evolution. We don't want the CD; we want the music it plays. We don't want the disc; we want the storage it holds. We don't want the answering machine; we want the messages it saves. We don't want the DVD; we want the movie it carries. In other words, we want not the stuff but the needs or experiences it fulfills. As our possessions dematerialize into the intangible, our preconceptions of ownership are changing, creating a dotted line between what's mine, what's yours, and what's ours. This shift is fueling a world where usage has more value than possession, and as Kevin Kelly, a founder of Wired magazine, puts it, where access is better than ownership.

Desserts are hard to resist. But the resistance is a little easier when their scent is intense. According to a recent study in the journal Flavour, when we experience a strong complementary aroma with our food, we take smaller bites. The scent of coffee in a mocha dessert can be a good example. It is thought that there is some sort of feedback loop happening in our brains: a strong complementary smell makes us reduce our food intake. Next time you serve a sweet treat at a dinner party, think about lighting a vanilla-scented candle. The scent of the candle may help your friends not overeat. Or when you order a dessert at a restaurant, pair it with strongsmelling coffee. You can find its flavor goes into effect.

Scientists and educators have long sought to understand the emergence of expertise, artistic and otherwise. Many researchers have argued that exceptional achievement can simply come down to hard work. Studies of eminent scientists in the 1950s supported this view by underscoring the individuals' capacity for endurance, concentration and commitment to effortful practice. Benjamin Bloom, an education psychologist, wrote in 1985 that none of his subjects achieved expertise without a supportive environment and a long and intensive period of training. This education came first from encouraging instructors and later from demanding master teachers. A few years later psychologist K. Anders Ericsson of Florida State University conducted studies of experts in piano, violin, chess, or athletics. The investigations revealed that a person's level of achievement correlated strongly with the amount of practice put in.

Dogs' ability to learn about humans is amazing. They respond to our gestures, attend to our body language, and follow our gaze to figure out what we are looking at. They are even known to repeat human yawns. As the longest-domesticated species, dogs have evolved alongside humans, selected over thousands of years for traits that make them especially sensitive to our cues. Additionally, it is found that puppies only a few weeks old could interpret human signals, while full-grown wolves raised by humans could not. Dogs read people better than chimpanzees, humans' closest primate relative, according to the research published this year. In fact, the most accurate comparison is to a human child: dogs have the social cognition capacities of a 2yearold.

At Harvard many students are so impatient to shine that they try to peak before their full growth, not having time to ponder deeply. Being aware of this, the dean, Harry R. Lewis, asks freshmen to slow down and get more out of college by doing less. Dean Lewis does not want to discourage achievement, yet he insists that students are more likely to sustain the effort required if they allow time for leisure and solitude. He cautions students not to pack their schedule with so many activities that they have no time to think about why they are doing what they are doing. Most precious is their freedom to choose, he insists, which they can maintain only by allowing for unstructured time and flexibility.

Because of the transmission of identity from one generation to the next, most children share at least some traits with their parents. These are vertical identities. Attributes and values are passed down from parents to child across the generations not only through strands of DNA, but also through shared cultural norms. Language, for example, is usually vertical, since most people who speak Greek raise their children to speak Greek, too. Often, however, someone has an inherent or acquired trait that is foreign to his or her parents and must therefore acquire identity from a peer group, which is called a horizontal identity. Such identities may reflect recessive genes, or values and preferences that a child does not share with his ancestors. Criminal behavior is often horizontal; most criminals are not raised by gangsters and must invent their own deceptive character. So are conditions such as autism and intellectual disability.

You can make soap at home following this simple method. All you need is soap base, essential oils, and a soap-making mold. First cut the soap base into small chunks. Next, put them in a heat-resistant glass bowl. Put this bowl in the microwave and heat it for 45 seconds. And then, carefully stir the soap until all the chunks are completely gone. Then, add the essential oils. You can add herbs if you want. After that, pour the soap into the mold and allow it to completely harden. Now you have your own special soap!

Illustrations in picture books invite children to read and interact with text. They motivate young readers to find hidden objects or to predict what is going to happen next. Young children love to play hide-'n-seek and look for hidden objects in pictures. Picture books can serve as an effective tool to promote children's creativity. By reading picture books without too much text, children learn to use their active imagination to interpret and create mental representations of the story. Children often associate pictures with their life experiences or familiar images, and construct meaning based on their background knowledge. Children often come up with unique and creative interpretations of the plot, settings, and characters when they read picture books. For example, the child reader and the adult reader may like David Wiesner's Tuesday for different reasons. In this book, Wiesner uses very limited words to provide readers with a time frame. Other than that, the reader has to use their own imagination and judgment to predict and interpret what is going on in the story. For example, the book has a picture of pigs floating in the air without any accompanying text. Here the reader is invited to use their own imagination to predict the future adventures of the pigs. This encourages the child reader to create their own stories based on their imagination.

A college girl was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She bought a book and a bag of cookies in the airport shops, and found a place to relax. She was so into her book but happened to see that an elderly woman sitting beside her grabbed a cookie from the bag between them. She tried to ignore it to avoid a scene. She munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the greedy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, If I weren't so nice, I would embarrass this shameful woman! With each cookie the girl took, the old lady took one too. When only one was left, the girl wondered what this thief would do. With a smile on her face, and a nervous laugh, she took the last cookie and broke it in half. She offered the girl half, as she ate the other. The girl snatched it from her and thought, This old woman is so rude. She didn't even show any gratitude! The girl had never known when she had been so taken advantage of. She sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the thief. She boarded the plane, sank into her seat, and then sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she was surprised. There was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes. She moaned in despair, If my cookies are here, the others were hers! She tried to share! Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the real thief.