MOVIE FRIDAYS: Highlining and Basejumping ... True Freedom is the ability to make your dreams come true

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:16:22 +0800

3 February 2012

Breathtakingly beautiful scenery... Death defying bravery. It's all about the feeling...

"A free person is someone who is true to himself, who follows his dreams and turns them into reality. You have to put fear to one side - fear will always be there, but you have to follow your path. It's all possible if you put enough energy into it."

IDEAS TO MAKE LIFE EASIER ... PART II

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:14:08 +0800

30 January 2012

reprinted from email

Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty soles rubbing on your clothes. And you can
find them in just about every hotel.

Bread tags make the perfect cord labels.

Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones, so much more fun and easier for kids to eat.

IDEAS TO MAKE LIFE EASIER ... Part I

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:38:18 +0800

26 January 2012

reprinted from email

Why didn’t I think of that?!
We guarantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems.

Hull strawberries easily using a straw.

Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone & iPod
in a bowl. The concave shape amplifies the music.

DominicM-16 on THE GAMES WE PLAY: Tower Defense Game with a Twist

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:39:33 +0800

by DominicM-16, 19 January 2012

Orcs must die! is a tower defense game with a twist, by having a third person or first person viewpoint instead of the traditional top-down view.

STAND ON ONE LEG WITH EYES CLOSED AND LIVE LONGER: a simple but effective exercise

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:32:50 +0800

17 Jan 2012

Reprinted from email - A simple but effective exercise

The essence of the exercise is that your "Eyes Must be Closed" when you are doing this exercise. You must practise the "Jin Ji Du Li" exercise with the eyes closed. This exercise was so simple and amazing that I thought I had to share it here.

Here is the exercise:
Stand on one leg while your eyes are closed. That is all. Just try it right now, stop reading and stand up, close your eyes and try standing on one foot.

iCUBED.us' 2nd VALENTINE'S DAY CORNIEST LOVE SONG LYRICS Competition 2012

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:28:53 +0800

Upload yourself singing love song lyrics for just one-minute to win an award certificate for participation, AND an inscribed iPod nano as first prize-- extra points for corny-ness, extra extra points for original lyrics.

You can also earn Creativity Action Service (CAS) Credits by becoming a student intern/blogger for iCUBED.us ... Global Webzine for thinking teens. Email us at Editor@iCUBED.us

MOVIE FRIDAYS: I.T. is the Answer - Renewable Energy, Reverse Power Grid, Hydrogen is the FUTURE... The Future is Here!

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:36:49 +0800

posted by !Baha, 6 January 2012

Distributed Capitalism...

What should you do to prepare yourself for "sunrise industries"? Save earth's environment and design your future career...

Launch of ... i3's "READ A BOOK A WEEK Challenge 2012"

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:07:08 +0800

by Mags, 3 January 2012

iCUBED.us' "READ A BOOK A WEEK Challenge"
New year's resolutions are usually all about self-improvement, so this year to start off the year with a positive spin, I'd like to CHALLENGE anyone wanting to improve their English language competency, their general knowledge AND, increase their discipline and attention span without too much effort ... to join me in our iCUBED.us READ A BOOK A WEEK Challenge 2012...

MOVIE FRIDAYS: real-INNOVATION - Heat your home with Used Cans + Reduce Waste = CANSOLAIR

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:48:18 +0800

by !Baha, 6 January 2011

Check out all our blogs in "MOVIE, TV & THE ARTS"

MOVIE FRIDAYS: 300 years of fossil fuel history (video, 6mins)

admin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:45:09 +0800

by !Baha, 23 December 2011

International Migrants Day - 18 December

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:54:00 +0800

18 December 2011

"On 4 December 2000, the UN General Assembly, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants Day. On 18 December 1990, the General Assembly had adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

MOVIE FRIDAYS: Stop and Hear the Music (a short music video)

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:19:47 +0800

16 December 2011

Check out the youtube link... The question asked by the experiment's designers was: "Do we recognize, or pay attention, when we encounter greatness or beauty in otherwise banal surroundings?"

Here's the clip...

Boost your BrainPower with a Healthy DIY SuperFood Snack for Exam-time -- SPROUTING SEEDS, NUTS and GRAINS

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:28:19 +0800

by LoLa, 8 December 2011

Studies suggest that eating protein-rich foods improves memory and recall.
But eating a meat heavy meal makes anyone sleepy, and drinking too many cups of coffee or tea makes one jittery, many problems... so what's the answer?

Snacking on nuts? Could do.

How-to Choose GOOD GAMES, COMICS and HOBBIES as Pastimes

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:30:57 +0800

"What your choice of GAMES, COMICS or HOBBIES says about you"

by !Baha, November 2011

How do you like to spend your free time?
There are 24 hours a day, that's what each person gets to spend in a day, no matter rich or poor, beautiful or beauty-challenged, brilliant or less so ... This should make the Equality-Pushers blissful, after all, it is one way we are all equal. BUT, what we do with those hours could and does bring about very different results.

Forget about using leather products, MUST VEGETARIANS HAVE ONLY VEGETARIAN PETS?

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:51:59 +0800

by Mags, October 2011

MOVIE FRIDAYS: "Maintenance-free Solar Lights, Lighting up the Third World with used Plastic Soda Bottles"

admin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:09:13 +0800

by !Baha, 9 September 2011

Here's a proven LOW TECH solution to provide free AND renewable energy lighting to people living in developing nations in use since 2002.

We need more solutions like this, to take us from our CURRENT SITUATION, into a better, cleaner future...

Make a Difference, Change the World, Improve Yourself - THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERING

admin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:19:27 +0800

by !Baha, 23 August 2011

Talk about expanding horizons, there isn’t much out there as full of quiet surprises as doing volunteer work ... Why?

Because, signing up to do a volunteer stint (of six months or more) is a wonderful way to engage yourself with the work that your chosen organization does, whether it’s in service to the elderly, some aspect of nature or wildlife conservation, animal rights, disabled, ... there's just too many fields to name.

USE YOUR SKILLS and TIME to MAKE A DIFFERENCE

World Student Games - Universiade 2011 Shenzhen

admin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:11:39 +0800

12 through 23 August 2011

Shenzhen will play host to student athletes from around the world competing for medals in Olympic-like sports including basketball, swimming, water polo, athletics, golf, even beach volleyball (which has been cancelled from the next Olympic Games line-up).

The games promises to be exhilarating.

Global Warming: GARGANTUAN JELLYFISHES Destroying Fishermen's Livelihoods

admin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:30:45 +0800

by !Baha, 30 November 2009 (republished August 2011)

Weighing in at upwards of 200 kilograms each, the giant Nomura jellyfish have wreaked havoc in the waters around Japan. Of the most extreme stories, on November 2nd a Japanese fishing trawler capsized, after netting a dozen or more of the giant jellyfish, throwing its three man crew into the calm waters to await rescue.

Let the Punishment Suit the Crime: too harsh punishment equals injustice too!

Margaret - Mags — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:31:56 +0800

WISDOM PREVAILS as LAWMAKERS ADDRESS IMPORTANT "NEW" SOCIAL ISSUES LIKE "SEX-TEXTING" -and- arguments for LEGALIZING "soft" RECREATIONAL DRUGS to end the WAR ON DRUGS

by !Baha, 29 July 2011

'Getting Hired' : "HOW TO ... C.V. / RESUME WRITING TIPS FOR BEGINNERS"

Margaret - Mags — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:17:28 +0800

by !Baha, 29 July 2011

Preparing your first resume is a pretty stressful thing.
How do you present your Accomplishments, Skills, Education, Activities and Awards ... to leave a good impression with potential employer(s)?

Begin with the Obvious

ValerieW- 18 on "Value Added"

Margaret - Mags — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:14:24 +0800

by ValerieW-18, 11 July 2011

I don't know about you, but many Asian people seem to evaluate the quality of a dish by the cost of its ingredients. "Aiyaa, why are you getting the pasta with the tomato sauce, tomatoes are so cheap! Get the one with the truffles instead; they're much more expensive." To which I inevitably respond with a sigh. I love my mom and all, but someone needs to drill it into her head that expensive ingredients aren't everything. First of all, while you have to pay for quality, high prices don't necessarily translate into goodness. More importantly, the value added by the chefs/creators--their technique, their expertise--makes all the difference in the world.

Submit your NUTRITIOUS and EASY recipes to the NaNoWriMo COOKBOOK fundraiser (due before 1st September)

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:35:57 +0800

by !Baha, 30 June 2011

For you budding authors out there, the website devoted to helping you get past writers block by turning the month of November into the default WRITE A BOOK MONTH has come up with a novel (*grin) way to raise some money to cover their cost of operations ... They've decided to publish and sell a Cookbook ~ YAY! One of my favorite types of books...

SOLAR POWERED Floating Island Entertainment Center soft launches in Korea...

Margaret - Mags — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:16:21 +0800

THE POWER OF SOLAR

by !Baha, 29 June 2011

Last month, the EU successfully tested a solar powered plane, able to fly for days without the need for fuel. So what if it seats only one passenger=pilot, yet has a wingspan of a jet airline, and, flies no faster than a skateboarder going uphill? *grin
... Hey! They didn't build Rome in a day.

HONG KONG's OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD: Cheap yet Functional City Living, without the need for additional land

Margaret - Mags — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:06:00 +0800

"DO MORE WITH LESS"

LANDFILL ALERT, LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, TREES and NATURAL ENVIRONMENT a serious threat to human survival

Entrepreneurial Series: FIND YOUR NICHE, LIVE WITH RISK, MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE ... (video)

Margaret - Mags — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:07:13 +0800

"As you join the workforce this summer, keep in mind that if you have a special passion or an idea about how to make the world a Better Place... there's the option of taking the entrepreneurial route, watch the video then read the article and interviews below ..."

by !Baha, 17 June 2011

There are no guaranteed formulas for success, but preparation, planning, and perseverance are key ingredients in any entrepreneurial journey...

WORLD POPULATION PROJECTED to INCREASE BY ONE-THIRD, from 6 to 9 billion by mid-century! (video)

admin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:15:12 +0800

WORLD ENVIRONMENT WEEK

‎"If we looked through a telescope and saw that the path we were walking on was heading towards a rocky cliff, would you continue walking, or would you look for a safer passage? ... and, isn't that the point of looking thru the telescope in the first place?"

by !Baha, 11 June 2011

IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT WASTE... WASTE-as-RESOURCE, Making ZERO WASTE a Reality

admin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:55:28 +0800

WORLD ENVIRONMENT WEEK

JOIN THE *ZERO WASTE MOVEMENT*
-- stay with us to find out how to reinvent capitalism, with ENLIGHTENED CONSUMERISM

by !Baha, 8 June 2011

Adopt a mindset of REDUCE, REUSE, and RECYCLE, today!

Adopting a VEGAN lifestyle will SAVE THE WORLD from CLIMATE CHANGE, says U.N. report

admin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:34:58 +0800

WORLD ENVIRONMENT WEEK

by LoLa, 6 June 2011

According to this report, the reason for calling all governments to find creative ways of implementing national “meat and diary-free” diets is because of ... over-population, ... and the huge stresses on our planet of trying to feed the masses of people yet to be borne. World population is expected to grow from 6 billion to 9 billion in the next forty years.

We definitely should switch to a plant based diet.

This FATHER's DAY tell the world, "WHO's your Daddy?" ...HAVE YOUR STORY PUBLISHED AS A GIFT FOR DAD

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:30:31 +0800

by !Baha, 3 June 2011

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High School Student RELIEVES STRESS with INDOOR KITE FLYING ...

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:04:39 +0800

posted by !Baha, 2 June 2011

Watching this America's Got Talent finalist fly his indoor kite is breathtakingly beautiful. It's both a sport and a potent form of meditation . . . I admit to researching if It might be possible to take up this sport myself.

INTRODUCTION

An ENCORE,

LEADERSHIP TRAINING: Proud to be a Follower, There is No Movement without Followers, Be the Spark!

admin — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:05:57 +0800

An OVER-EMPHASIS on LEADERSHIP UNDERMINES, ...... On Appreciating the Importance of Accurate Names and Definitions

25 May 2011, by Mags

For years, I've been 'woman on the verge' ... of questioning our society's hyper-focus on what is called "Leadership Training", Why?

Because of the nagging the question ... If everyone is being trained to be a leader, who's going to be willing to 'follow' ?!

"PLAY IT SAFE" says Facebook ...

admin — Wed, 25 May 2011 09:02:02 +0800

23 May 2011, respectfully republished without permission

PLAY IT SAFE...

How you present yourself on Facebook says a lot about who you are—just like what you say and do at school or with your friends. In all public places, online and off, it’s important to represent yourself as the kind of person you want to be.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING YOU

MOVIE FRIDAYS: Documentary film about planet earth, "HOME"

admin — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:13:00 +0800

posted by Mags, 20 May 2011

"We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate.

The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being.

For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film.

SUSTAINABLE EATING: Top Ten Reasons Home Cooking is best

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 10:28:36 +0800

18 May 2011

Toilet's Around the World PHOTO COMPETITION ~!

admin — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:39:10 +0800

Posted by !Baha, 12 May 2011

WTO and Good Paper are teaming up together to hold a "Toilets Around the World" photo competition. We would like you to send in photos of toilets from your country and the categories are:

a) the cleanest toilet
b) the weirdest toilet
c) the funniest toilet
d) the dirtiest toilet
--

ValerieW-18's QUEST FOR KAYA reveals the need for better cultural integration

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:33:22 +0800

by ValerieW-18, 9 May 2011

The mindboggling selection at modern supermarkets is often cited as an example of globalization. But my experience in trying to find a simple jar of kaya has made me wonder how true this really is.

*Ongoing MOTHER's DAY: WIN A PRIZE by just SUBMITTING a story on video or text ...

admin — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:32:38 +0800

by iCUBED.us Editorial Team, 4 May 2011

This Sunday is MOTHER's DAY...

Send in YOUR "MOST MEMORABLE LESSON" STORIES to WIN a copy of the iCUBED.us Anthology

In honor of TEACHER's WEEK, we decided to turn our Annual MOTHER's DAY CONTEST, into one that RECOGNIZES EFFORT/ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION and so ...

A Video Tribute to Dedicated Teachers on TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, 2 - 6 May 2011

admin — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:54:39 +0800

Posted by !Baha, 2 May 2011

"It's not the subjects that matter... it's all about teaching the CHILD"

MOVIE FRIDAYS: "SYMPHONY OF SCIENCE - 'We Are All Connected'"

admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:03:42 +0800

by Mags, 29 April 2011

"The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together. ...

We've traveled this way before--there is much to be learned..." -Carl Sagan, Astro-physicist, Cosmologist, Author

READABILITY: The Fact that Boys Score Lower on Reading Tests, Doesn't Mean Boys Can't Read...

admin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:47:01 +0800

by !Baha, 27 April 2011

A series of studies published reporting a real decline in reading in American teens, and lower performance by boys in reading tests does NOT mean that boys are hardwired against reading, nor are they innately less interested in reading as an activity than girls.

GO MEATLESS THIS FRIDAY - in honor of EARTH DAY!

admin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:16:55 +0800

Check out meatless recipe ideas, below...

by !Baha, 18 April 2011

Inspired by a biology teacher in South America who has asked her students to GO MEATLESS for EARTH DAY this year, which happens to coincide with Easter Friday...

"Does it make enough of a difference, even if all of us were to GO MEATLESS once a week all year?" You might be asking.

VICTIMS BECOME VICTIMIZERS, PERPETUATING A VICIOUS CYCLE: Some Gay Men hide behind Hatred to Protect themselves

admin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:01:04 +0800

by !Baha, 15 April 2011

WARNING!
The contents of this blog is NOT suitable for those younger than 18, due to the mature subject matter.

A 2009 study showed that men who tested positive for homophobia and expressed distinct hostility towards homosexuals and homosexuality, were in fact those who were aroused when viewing movies with male homoerotic sexual content.

That is to say, "HOMOPHOBIA IS GAY". (The research findings has been summarized and copied below... )

MOVIE FRIDAYS: Is JUNO the answer to Teen Pregnancy? ... STOP ABORTIONS the RIGHT WAY!

admin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:29:27 +0800

by !Baha, 15 April 2011

GOOD INTENTIONS
A film about a teen pregnancy NOT ending with an abortion is a movie with a good intention. JUNO shows how UNWED MOTHERS have OTHER OPTIONS besides abortion.

Juno is a smart, quirky 16 year old student from a "broken" but loving family, who gets pregnant from having sex with her best guy friend, a very decent, nerdy guy who's the type that always does the right thing. He also happens to like her very much.

HONG KONG's 1st "Excellence Science Innovation Competition" -- SAVE THE PLANET, and WIN BIG CASH PRIZES, submit by 30 June 2011

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:04:20 +0800

If You Party, Stay Safe, Use the BUDDY SYSTEM

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:11:06 +0800

Underage drinking can turn deadly in any setting

by nycScribbler, 11 April 2011

We've all heard the familiar mantra, “Don't Drink and Drive,” but drinking can lead to dire consequences even if you don't drink and drive!

Statistics show that after years of aggressive education in schools and at home, incidents of drunk driving among high school students are on the decline. However, the number of teens who drink has been slower to abate.

MOVIE FRIDAYS: Gecko-inspired Adhesive, works for Super-hero wall climbing (minute and a half of video information and fun)

admin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:39:23 +0800

by LoLa, 8 April 2011

Brought to you after hours of hapless, at times exhilarating, too often nauseating selection process ...

i3film[at]iCUBED.us (eMail us your favorite videos for our MOVIE FRIDAYS blogs)

MINECRAFT GAME review by DominicM-15

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:11:14 +0800

by DominicM-15, 6 April 2011

The closest thing I can describe this game to would be Lego on a computer.

“I realized that a game that simple yet that dynamic had a lot of potential to turn into a really great game, and kept coming up with things I wanted to change and stuff I wanted to add.” -Markus Alexej Persson (Creator of the game)

Using SEX to sell any and everything means it works, BUT, do we go too far when sexualizing pre-pubescent children?

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:29:22 +0800

by nycScribbler, 4 April 2011

The newest scandal to rock the clothing retailer Abercrombie and Fitch involves the marketing of a sexy push-up bikini top to eight-year-old girls.

Push-up bikini top for EIGHT YEAR OLDS?! WT...

The “Ashley push-up” bikini top was featured on the A&F website before being re-categorized as an item better suited for girls age 12 and up after the public’s heated response.

THE FUTURE OF BOOKS ON PAPER and THE RISE OF e-READERS

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:16:18 +0800

by nycScribbler, 1 April 2011

With the success of e-books like Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes and Noble’s Nook not to mention, personal computers, tablets, and mobile phone screens, all of which have the capability to download and simulate books, magazines and newspapers, people are wondering if this is THE END for the printed book?

eBOOKS: CONVENIENT, SAVES PAPER, TREES, & SPACE, BUT...