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With a lack of any real leadership in the BP Gulf Oil Disaster, who can we turn to?
Kevin Costner, of course.

Back in the 80′s, my Mother and Grandmother partnered in “Showplace Ice Cream Theater” – a combination of ice cream shop and movie theater. Showplace was a large part of my teen years.

We thought it was a completely original concept… Think again.

I watched a special on CNN the other night. Anderson Cooper did interview with preacher, as part of story.
This man spoke some incredible words – These are those words.

Pranav Mistry of MIT Media Labs, called one of the 3 greatest minds on earth today, has created a new wearable device called SixthSense. Watch the video below, compliments of Ted.com, and be amazed. Then realize…

You can create this yourself for a few dollars in off-the-shelf parts, and free open-source software Pranav is making publicly available!

We grew up interacting with the physical objects around us. There is an enormous number of them that we use every day. Unlike most of our computing devices, these objects are much more fun to use. When you talk about objects, one other thing automatically comes attached to that thing, and that is gestures: how we manipulate these objects, how we use these objects in everyday life. We use gestures not only to interact with these objects, but we also use them to interact with each other. A gesture of “Namaste!”, maybe, to respect someone, or maybe — in India I don’t need to teach a kid that this means “four” in cricket. It comes as a part of our everyday learning.

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The other day, I was in a deep, dark place… And these words pulled me out.

Struggle means: to progress with difficulty.
You know what that means? It means that you’re going to make it.

And I don’t even know what you’re going through.
And I’m not even going to tell you that I understand.

But if you’ll accept this suggestion as it be. From experience, take it from me.
Your struggle – it’s all part of his plan.

And you are going to make it.

Setbacks are just set forth to strengthen your spirit and character.
If you ever obtain the wisdom that you have already been blessed with…
You’ll see. You had to be messed with.

In order to be able to look someone else in the face, eye to eye, and say:
You are going to make it.

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