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6 Weirdest Self-Help Guru Tips
As part of my job covering the spirituality beat here at ABC News, I've interviewed a gaggle of self-help gurus over the years. At times, these celebrity swamis have told me some very interesting things. At other times, they've made comments that have left me aghast, agog - or just deeply confused. This video listicle compiles my six favorite examples from the latter category.
9 Surprising Meditators
Self-help is estimated to be an $11 billion a year industry. I sometimes call it "Happiness, Inc." Part of the reason I've insisted on interviewing so many of the gurus over the years is that I, too, was interested in getting a little bit happier. While I've picked up a few useful nuggets rooting around in this distinctly American subculture, mostly what I encountered was a riptide of inanity.
I did eventually find something extremely useful. Unlike what the gurus promise, however, it's not a miracle cure. There's no positive thinking, no promises of instant wealth. It's simple, scientifically tested, and completely free. And here comes a blatant, self-help guru-style plug: You can read about it in my new book, 10% Happier .
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No shortcut to enlightenment: Sri M
There is no shortcut to enlightenment and it is a mental state when one knows the essence and source of ones being through constant seeking and experiences, Mumtaz Ali Khan or Sri M as he is popularly known, whose Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master: A Yogis Autobiography' is a best seller, has said.
He was speaking at a book release function and an interaction session titled Ullodullam (Heart-to-Heart) organised by a cultural collective here.
He said going by the teachings of Gita an enlightened person could be recognised with some characteristics.
He or she will always be in a state of tranquillity, he said.
Sri M said true seekers should be ready to give up his excess ego and all his negative emotions through good deeds to ready himself.
He or she should be ready to consider everyone equal to himself or herself irrespective of their worth, said Sri M, who also responded to questions from the packed audience at the Alakapuri Hall.
Asked why he was attracted to Hindu traditions of self seeking despite being born and brought up in a Muslim family, Sri M said it was probably because he found the way Quran was taught to believers less appealing.
I was not satisfied with answers, rather I was interested in seeking it for myself, he said.
I have however understood its (Qurans) essence to be the same as of other holy books, when I later came in touch with Sufism, he added.
Film director P.T. Kunhu Muhammed, writers P.N. Das, E.M. Hashim, and Khadeeja Mumtaz spoke on the occasion. Two books Akadarile Anantham by Mr. Das and Budha Manasam by Mr. Hashimm was released by Sri M on the occasion.
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3 space station crew members back on Earth
The Soyuz TMA-10M crew, relaxing shortly after returning to Earth from the International Space Station; left to right: flight engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy, commander Oleg Kotov and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins NASA TV
Despite strained relations over Russian actions in Ukraine, superpower cooperation in space continued unabated Monday with two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut departing the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft and plunging to a landing in snowy Kazakhstan to close out a 166-day mission.
Landing in arctic conditions, with low clouds, snow and temperatures near zero degrees Fahrenheit, the Soyuz TMA-10M crew module settled to a jarring parachute-and-rocket-assisted touchdown at 11:24 p.m. EDT (9:24 a.m. Tuesday local time).
Earlier in the day, the weather prompted concern the crew's return might be delayed. Russian recovery forces deployed in a fleet of MI-8 helicopters were unable to initially reach the landing site because of rotor icing and had to return to a staging area in nearby Karaganda.
But mission managers ultimately decided to press ahead, and Soyuz commander Oleg Kotov, flight engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins were cleared to proceed with the entry, undocking from the International Space Station's upper Poisk module at 8:02 p.m.
"Bye, bye, station," one of the crew members radioed on the translated space-to-ground audio loop.
After moving a safe distance away from the space station, Kotov, strapped into the craft's center seat, monitored a four-minute-50-second rocket firing starting at 10:30 p.m. to slow the spacecraft by about 286 mph. That was just enough to lower the far side of the orbit into the atmosphere for a steep plunge to Kazakhstan.
"Everything is fine on board. Pressure is stable, everything is (normal)," a crew member radioed.
Moments before falling into the discernible atmosphere at an altitude of 87 miles, the three modules making up the TMA-10M spacecraft split apart, and the central 6,400-pound crew module positioned itself with its heat shield forward to endure the extreme temperatures of atmospheric entry.
The entry appeared to go smoothly, and the spacecraft's main parachute unfurled at an altitude of about 6-and-a-half miles, slowing the craft to about 16 mph for the final stages of the descent. Because of cloud cover, the landing was not seen in real-time video, but Russian flight controllers in radio contact with the spacecraft said the crew was in good condition.
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Space crew returns to Earth
A pair of Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut left the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz capsule on Monday and returned to Earth, ending a six-month mission.
With former station commander Oleg Kotov at the controls, the Soyuz touched down at 11:24 p.m. ET Monday (9:24 a.m. Tuesday local time) southeast of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.
Strapped inside the Soyuz with Kotov were fellow Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins. The trio launched together into space last Sept. 25.
"It was a really good increment," Kotov said during a change-of-command ceremony broadcast on NASA TV Sunday.
In addition to working on dozens of science experiments, Kotov and Ryazanskiy carried the Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games outside the station during a spacewalk on Nov. 9. The torch was transported back to Earth by an earlier crew in time for the Sochi ceremonies.
With Kotov and his crewmates gone, the space station contingent has been reduced from six to three spacefliers, including Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese astronaut to command the station. Three fresh crew members are due to arrive later this month.
A Russian MI-8 helicopter is seen through the window of another helicopter at the Karaganda airport during Monday's preparations for the recovery of a Soyuz space crew on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Severe winter weather in Kazakhstan had threatened to delay the Soyuz's landing. A Russian space industry source told Reuters that fog and low visibility initially kept airborne recovery teams from getting to Dzhezkazgan, a town about 90 miles (140 kilometers) from the remote landing site on the windswept Kazakh steppes. But Russian officials decided to go ahead with the landing after reviewing weather forecasts and the status of the recovery crews.
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Garry’s Mod: We Can Build It Episode 1 [Space Flight] – Video
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alum Joseph Matus Awarded for Work on Flight Hardware for Orion's First Flight Test
Joseph Matus -- an engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. -- recently was honored for his work on critical flight hardware for the Orion spacecraft's first flight test, Exploration Flight Test-1.
The adapter will connect the Orion spacecraft with a Delta IV rocket for the launch later this fall. The adapter, designed and built at the Marshall Center, is complete and ready to be shipped ahead of that maiden flight.
Matus, originally from Little Falls, N.Y., received a special commendation award for leading the effort to design, build, test, qualify and deliver the stage adapter. He served in that role from October 2011 to September 2013.
Matus earned his bachelor's degree in 1985 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is now the assistant chief engineer for NASA'sDiscovery/New Frontiers Programat the Marshall Center. He identifies and resolves high-level technical issues and provides technical insight into various projects within the program.
During Orion's first trip to space, the spacecraft will travel 3,600 miles above Earths surface before re-entering the atmosphere traveling approximately 20,000 mph at temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The uncrewed flight will provide engineers with important data about Orion's heat shield and other elements, including the adapters performance before it is flown in 2017 as part of the first Space Launch System (SLS) mission. SLS, NASA's new rocket, will be capable of powering humans and support systems to deep space. It has the greatest capacity of any launch system ever built, minimizing cost and risk.
The flight adapter will be delivered in April from Marshall to United Launch Alliance's facility in Decatur, Ala. The company is constructing the Delta IV rocket for Orions first flight. From there, it will travel by ship to Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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How astronauts combat debilitating effects of space
HOUSTON -- Astronaut Michael Barratt spent more than six months on the International Space Station, making him well qualified for his current job as manager of NASA's Human Research Program, studying the effects of space on the human body.
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Barratt, a medical doctor, says a more serious problem is that months of zero gravity can leave bones brittle and muscles weak. Fortunately, there's a simple solution: vigorous exercise that offsets the loss of muscle and bone mass.
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"When I finished my five-month mission, I was able to stand up, walk a straight line, and it's quite an accomplishment," Marshburn says. "We had not been able to do that before."
When not in space, Marshburn works on the strength and dexterity needed for space walks in a giant pool at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. But some effects of space on the human body don't have simple answers.
"It's safe to say that radiation is our biggest concern," Barratt says. "Unfortunately, the space flight environment is a radiation environment."
Astronauts train in a giant pool at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Red light camera ban awaits governor's signature
PIERRE | State and local governments in South Dakota would be prohibited from contracting with any private company for red light traffic camera services under a measure that received final legislative approval Monday.
The House of Representatives voted 64-6 in favor. HB 1100 now heads to Gov. Dennis Daugaard for his decision on whether to sign it into law.
The prime sponsor is Rep. Peggy Gibson, D-Huron. She said a government could still spend millions of dollars for its own device if there was support.
The House passed a previous version of her bill 69-1 that sought to ban governments from using photo devices for speeding and red light violations. But a Senate committee blocked it.
Sen. Ryan Maher, R-Isabel, revived the bill through several parliamentary maneuvers to restrict the legislations scope to only red lights and to ban only the contracts.
The Senate voted 26-9 for Mahers limited version last week.
Rep. Tona Rozum, R-Mitchell, was the only vote against Gibsons original bill in the House. She questioned again Monday whether the ban is needed because no one is using a traffic camera to issue tickets in South Dakota.
Gibson said there is a lawsuit pending over the red light camera that was previously used in Sioux Falls.
That didnt deter Rozum. I think we have a solution that is sort of searching around the corners for a problem to pop up, he said.
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The Albedo Effect Explained With The Daisyworld Model (NASA) – Video
The Albedo Effect Explained With The Daisyworld Model (NASA)
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NASA’s Hubble captures first-of-its-kind asteroid breakup – Video
NASA #39;s Hubble captures first-of-its-kind asteroid breakup
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Perfect Cross Found On Mars By NASA’s Curiosity Rover – Video
Perfect Cross Found On Mars By NASA #39;s Curiosity Rover
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New Commander on the Space Station – Video
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Coders, NASA Will Pay You to Help Hunt Down Asteroids
NASA is calling on coders to help in the hunt for potentially dangerous asteroids. Over the next six months, the agency will be offering a total of $35,000 in prizes in a contest series that aims to improve the way telescopes detect, track, and analyze incoming space rocks.
NASAs Near Earth Object Observation Program already harnesses telescopes around the world to be on the lookout for asteroids the fly past our planet. But the vast volumes of data created cant be inspected by hand. Computers are helpful, but their algorithms are estimated to be only about 80 to 90 percent reliable and could be missing thousands of objects every year. According to NASA, winning solutions in their contests will increase the detection sensitivity, minimize the number of false positives, ignore imperfections in the data, and run effectively on all computers.
The Asteroid Data Hunter contest series, which begins on Mar. 17 and runs through August, is being run with asteroid mining company Planetary Resources. Both it and NASA have a vested interest in finding asteroids NASA wants to send a human crew to visit one in the next decade and Planetary Resources hopes to exploit their metals and water for profit. Those interested in coding algorithms to help can sign up at the NASA Tournament Lab.
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Future Build': Turning an invention into a business success
Lankan Angel Network and Sri Lanka Inventors Commission and the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology would jointly host a workshop for inventors on March 18, 2014, at the BMICH.
Sponsored by Anton PVC, Future Buildwill touch upon a number of topics vital to the successful start-up. And this innovative, hands on workshop will be held, first and foremost, to identify what it takes to turn an idea, or a concept, into a viable company, including giving the prospective audience a sense of what angel investors, or investors in start-up businesses, are looking for. Further, it will also familiarise attendees with multiple levels of the funding life cycle available to them, from investments for prototypes to angel funding and even the Initial Public Offering (IPO) to give them a roadmap of the typical funding issues they will encounter in the future.
But, most important of all, the workshop also offers valuable, real world guidance, in the form of a mock pitch by an entrepreneur, along with a related question and answer session with potential investors, to give budding entrepreneurs and idea of what it takes to successfully sell an idea.
Anton is proud to be one of the main sponsor's for Future Build Sri Lanka. As one of the pioneers in local industry we look forward to encourage entrepreneurs as that is the foundation on which our founder A.Y.S Gnanam built the group, said Jeevan Gnanam, CEO/Director, St.Anthonys Industries Group.
And if any organisation knows how to help inventors take their ideas to the market, it is the Lankan Angel Network.
Organisers of startup funding competition VentureEngine, the Lankan Angel Network raised Rs. 175 million for 12 start ups in 2013, said Eric Wickramanayake, Chairman of the Lankan Angel Network; The Lankan Angel Network has seen a very strong and keen interest from angel investors and entrepreneurs alike in Sri Lanka. Unlike in the past, support for the start up ecosystem is growing rapidly in the country and there has never been a better time to start a new venture in Sri Lanka. The Lankan Angel Network offers not just funding but more importantly mentoring and support for entrepreneurs to build a successful venture.
We are proud to partner with the Sri Lankan Inventors Commission and the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology to host this event.
To give the inventors of Future Build a taste of this culture, a select group of participants from this seminar will be automatically entered into this years edition of VentureEngine where they will no doubt benefit from global networking and mentorship opportunities.
Elaborating further, Prajeeth Balasubramaniam, Cluster Head for Discreet & Process Manufacturing, Nanotechnology and 3D Printing at the Lankan Angel Network, commented Despite our many successes to date, the Lankan Angel Network is cognizant of the fact that we must engage all relevant stakeholders to adequately foster a Sri Lanka start-up culture, particularly considering our big picture goal of empowering entrepreneurs. Sri Lankan inventors are a key target group in this regard, due to the high value added revenues they could generate from the commercialization of their inventions.
Mirroring this sentiment was Deepal Sooriyaarachchi, Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission said, The Sri Lanka Inventors Commission is the national body entrusted with the task of promoting innovativeness of the nation and supporting inventors by helping them commercialise their inventions.
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New tech can check whether your medicine is fake
The technology to differentiate between genuine and fake drugs would soon be at your disposal.
The move comes at a time when the domestic pharma industry is battling with issues relating to quality of drugs both within and outside the country.
While India is struggling to monitor counterfeiting, various government departments such as health, fertilisers, education and others are planning to adopt non-clonable identification (nCiD) technology in various projects and products, including medicines.
This technology will not only prevent duplication of identification or packaging, but will also enable consumers and regulatory agencies to test genuineness of a product.
Bilcare, the innovator of the nCiD technology, has licensed the same to public sector enterprises such as the Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) and Indian Telephone Industries Ltd (ITI) which are implementing it in government as well as private sectors. While the technology is already installed by many of the government departments and agencies such as the Delhi Police and Department of Fertilisers, TCIL is in advance talks with the health ministry to make nCiD labels mandatory on medicines, Bilcare Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer Praful R Naik said.
According to Naik, some private sector companies such as Lupin and Biocon are already using the technology for their exports.
The nCiD technology was also used by the Delhi Police for identity cards for the entire force as well as for other staff deployed during the Commonwealth Games. Besides, other departments such as the Election Commission, National Jute Board and Department of Supplies and Disposals are also evaluating proposals to induct the technology for various purposes.
The nCiD chips comprises nano-micro particles of diverse size of several metals. When a micro quantity of this metal composite is randomly embedded on to the chip's base, it creates a distinctly unique and non-reproducible pattern.
This pattern when scanned with a magneto-optic sensor results in generation of a complex magneto-optic digitised image information, which enables real-time communication through internet or mobile gateways. For instance, once nCiD chips are installed on medicine packs, consumers can access details such as its manufacturing site, date of manufacturing, expiry etc through a nCiD reader available with the chemist.
"Such a unique feature is completely non-reproducible even by the inventors themselves, and hence non-clonable. This unique feature of non-reproducible pattern which can talk and communicate sets the nCiD chip apart from other communicable embedded security measures like smart chips or non-communicable authentication technology," says Naik.
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