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Does adrenaline makes the heart grow fonder?
The answer? Indeed, it does.
If you ever happen to find yourself crossing the Capilano River in North Vancouver, Canada, you’ll have two bridges to choose from:
The first is definitely not for the faint of heart: A mere five feet wide and 450 feet long, the Capilano Canyon Suspension Bridge is constructed solely of plank and cable and sways perilously in the wind some 250 feet above the turbulent rocky tides — right out of a scene from Hitchcock’s “Vertigo.” Your other choice? A solidly built anchored bridge that sits a mere 10 feet above sea level.
In 1974, two well-known psychologists, Arthur Aron and Donald Dutton, used these bridges as the focus of an ingenious experiment — one that sought to explore the mysterious nature of sexual attraction. It’s informally dubbed the Shaky Bridge Study — which is why I also like to call it the Shake Up Your Sex Life Study.
The two-part experiment went something like this:
On day one, whenever an unaccompanied man ventured across the shaky bridge, he would find himself stopped midway by an attractive young woman.
She would introduce herself as a psychology student and then proceed to ask if he would mind participating in a brief survey.
On day two, the identical routine would be conducted by the same woman on the sturdy bridge.
Sounds pretty straightforward, right? But there was a little twist: When each of the men completed the survey, the young woman would hand him her phone number and tell him that he was free to call her later that evening for the results.
Unbeknownst to the subjects, the real study was not the answers the men gave on the survey, but what happened afterward. Dutton and Aron set out to examine which of the men gave the attractive psychologist a call and, more importantly, why. In other words, they were interested in studying not just what happened on the bridge, but how that affected what happened later. Would the excitement and exhilaration of being on the shaky bridge, versus the more mundane experience of being on the solid bridge, promote romantic attraction?
Or, to put it simply: Does adrenaline makes the heart grow fonder?
The answer? Indeed, it does.
Not only did Aron and Dutton find that the men on the shaky bridge were more likely than their stable-bridge counterparts to call the woman later for results of the survey, but they were also far more likely to ask her for a date! When it comes to desire and attraction, a little unpredictability goes a long way: It spikes the brain’s natural amphetamines, dopamine and norepinephrine, which play a big role in sexual arousal.
Beneath the layers of linens that cover our beds, there lies a shaky bridge, ready and waiting for high-stakes action. Yet most of us spend our sex lives on the stable, sturdy one — often without realizing it.
So how can you shake up your sex life and metaphorically get out on that shaky bridge?
Work on the novelty outside the bedroom.
In technical terms, Aron and Dutton were testing a concept called “misattribution,” also known as excitation transfer theory: The idea being that lingering excitement from one situation — say walking across a shaky bridge versus a stable one — could intensify a subsequent emotional state. It doesn’t take much to get the dopamine going, so think about new things you can do together as a couple. A little novelty goes a long way.
Share a fantasy or two.
Sigmund Freud gave fantasy a bad name back in 1908 when he said, “A happy person never fantasizes, only a dissatisfied one.” But research shows that people with active fantasy lives are more sexually satisfied, more sexually responsive and more adventurous about sex in general. Not bad. Remember, there’s a difference between sharing a fantasy and actually acting one out. The brain is our biggest sex organ, so sharing a naughty thought or two might be all you need to get the ball rolling.
Keep it fresh.
After you’ve had sex with the same person at least a thousand times it’s easy to fall into a routine. There are two types of sexual arousal — mental and physical. In the beginning of a relationship, we have no shortage of sexy thoughts and feelings that turn us on and create a sense of sexual anticipation, but after a while the mental component can easily fade and we rely on physical stimulation. We know each other’s bodies and we know how to get where we’re going, but we don’t know how to appreciate the journey anymore. That’s when it becomes time to introduce some new routes and paths to pleasure.
Have confidence. And fun.
If you’re always submissive when it comes to sex, maybe it’s time to get more dominant. Have a little fun and explore a different sex type. Maybe you generally think of yourself as the girl next door or someone who follows your partner’s lead. Or maybe you’re always the aggressor. Give yourself permission to enjoy a new sex type. It can be as simple as putting on a wig, adding a flair to your lingerie, or just letting your partner know your needs.
And finally, remember it takes two.
For every woman who’s willing to get out on that shaky bridge, there needs to be a man who will meet her halfway.

Adapted from Ian Kerner’s book “Passionista”!

The comfort zone? bla bla bla… Y si… nadie es tan extravagante como un zorro para q no lo sorprenda lo inesperado. se trata de que abras los ojos y que si lo vas hacer valga la pena.
Queremos entender el porque de tantas cosas y a veces no es necesario analizar cada partícula que nos rodea. Ni un extremo ni el otro. Que exista balance aun en la adversidad. Desde este instante podes hacer cualquier cosa en cualquier lugar. Necesito que me mires a los ojos y me digas que si vas abrir los tuyos.
Es que el verdadero amor no esta cuando lo buscas en alguien mas—- paso tras paso, beso tras beso, te encontras mirando a quien ya no te llena- si buscas en tu interior, ahí es cuando no te cansa nada…. de repente, cuando hacías todo por crecer, por avanzar, por descubrir, aparece alguien… no cuando intentabas buscar algo en una persona que cubra tus expectativas.
es la felicidad que surge del interior- entonces, en ese momento es real, cuando no te saturaste porque nada se sentía extraño ni absurdo. Todos los puntos se unen y cobran un valor con un sabor muy especial. Rompe todo tipo de barreras: “Anoche soñe con vos, no recuerdo nada pero se que estabas ahí”.
Entonces, cuando un flash- de un solo click- te cambia todo, ¿cual es la respuesta? fluir… contar… evolucionar… y paciencia: La ciencia de la paz.

3 Warning Signs That Your Social Media Efforts Will Fail
Businesses shouldn’t rush into social media.
Because having no social media presence at all is better than having a bad one.
Just because something is popular or trendy doesn’t mean you need to do it.
Pinterest for your business is probably a waste of time. It all depends on your unique situation.
Here are 3 questions you need to answer before jumping in to social media.
1. How does this support your business?
Most people start social media because they hear about it on TV, read about it in the news and hear from others that “it’s a great way to market your business”.
But most don’t understand why they’re doing it, or what to expect from it.
They can’t define what success will look like before they begin.
That’s a big problem. You don’t need to know the ROI. But you do need to understand how it’s going to either (1) increase revenue, (2) decrease costs, or (3) increase customer support.
So figure out your social media goals before jumping in head-first. Then when you understand it, you’ll appreciate it more and invest more time and effort.
2. Are your expectations realistic?
Being successful in social media is extremely difficult.
It’s a 24/7 job, constantly evolving, So you need to have realistic expectations.
Not only in terms of success (see #1 above). But also what it’s going to take to succeed.
Because it may be inexpensive, but it takes a ton of effort and time. So if you don’t have the energy, or can’t hire people to take control, then don’t even start.
For example, you can’t hire blog writers for $10 per article and expect it to drive business and build an audience.
And you can’t launch a new website, and expect SEO traffic to flood your website the next day.
Inbound marketing tactics like social media and content marketing can drastically improve your marketing ROI.
But they’re difficult, time consuming, and long-term tactics. You need to be willing to work for the long-term payoff if you want social media to build your business.
3. Why should your target customers care?
Finally, why should your customers read your blog posts, “Like” your Facebook page, or interact with you online?
The key to social media is engagement. Because without it, people won’t stick around any buy something.
And people don’t interact with you because you’re awesome. They do it because it benefits them.
Maybe it makes them laugh, cry, or shocks them into taking action.
Either way, it’s not about you. To succeed in social media, you need to be laser-focused on your audience and their needs, wants and desires.
For example, just because you’re in a “boring industry” doesn’t mean people won’t read your blog posts or follow you on Twitter. You just need to focus on what your product or services does for them, and come up with blog content ideas around that.
Because if you want people to interact, then you need to get them to care. This isn’t easy. You need to engage them, watch what they respond to, and be ready to experiment.
And if you’re not ready to embrace that, then you’re probably better off not wasting your time at all.
via socialmediatoday

The Straw Man Concept
Build it up, knock it down, and create a solid final solution

If you build something out of straw what do you expect to happen to it in the long run? You expect it to collapse or be blown away! A straw man proposal similarly lacks solid foundation, and it too may be blown away under scrutiny. So is a straw man proposal to be avoided?
Not necessarily. A “straw man” can be very useful, as long as people know that what stands before them is indeed a straw man. When you begin a project or start looking into a problem, you often have incomplete information to work with. So you can spend time gathering facts and data until you are ready to build a really strong argument or plan, or, you can get going straight away and jump in with a not-so-complete solution, with the intention of finding a much better one, as you learn more and more.
That’s the premise behind building a straw man – creating a first draft for criticism and testing, and then using the feedback you receive to develop a final outcome that is rock solid.
Suppose your revenue is falling and you have to come up with a better sales strategy. Using the straw man idea you might do the following:
Create a draft proposal to expand to new markets.
In your proposal, outline the markets that might offer good prospects, based on your initial judgment and experience.
Present your draft proposal to the team and tell them that it is a straw man – This is critical because everyone must clearly understand that your idea is the starting point and was created for the purpose of being critiqued.)
Analyze the proposal, find the weak points, clarify assumptions and decision-making criteria, and work on a refined proposal.
Draft a new proposal and repeat the process until a final decision is made. These subsequent proposals can be given names too: such as wood man, tin man and iron man.
In a culture that values being right, the notion of constructing a straw man is difficult to embrace. Why spend time drafting something that, ultimately, isn’t going to be used? If you can get past this perception you will be surprised at how useful the technique can be. One of its main advantages is that it forces you to do something. Taking too long to deliberate the merits of an idea or hypothesis can be costly, as you risk never making a decision at all. With a straw man, you force an early, if incomplete, decision. This ensures that a final decision will be reached because doing nothing means accepting a poor plan by default.

Tip:
Be very careful when you’re using a Straw Man approach that people understand what you’re doing: The last thing you want is to develop a reputation for “coming up with half-baked ideas.” Make sure that your document is clearly labeled as such, and that the people receive it understand what it is.
For this reason, you may only want to use this approach when you can control the paper’s circulation and manage the way it is received.
A straw man is also useful in ensuring that everyone involved has a tangible concept to work from. Otherwise, there is a risk that people are working with different pieces of the whole, different perceptions, and different, unstated assumptions, as they continue to research and discuss aspects of the idea or solution.
The risk of using a straw man proposal is that, by definition, you are jumping to conclusions. Providing you are aware of this risk, you’ll challenge, test, and retest the real solution and so use “jumping to a conclusion” as a vehicle to find a better conclusion.

via mindtools

Interactive Map Lets You Travel Ancient Rome

A new online tool, made by a team of historians and information technology specialists at Stanford University, shows just how long and costly it was to send people and wheat between cities in the Roman Empire. “It’s Google Maps for the ancient world, complete with the ‘Avoid Highways’ feature,” Scott Weingart, a doctoral student in library sciences at the University of Indiana, wrote in a blog-post review. Weingart was not involved in creating the tool, called ORBIS, but its creators asked him to preview and comment on it. His review appeared May 4 in the Editor’s Choice column in Digital Humanities Now.
A paper map can show how far two cities are from one another, but in a world of sailing ships and donkey trains, the shortest route wasn’t necessarily the one people would use. ORBIS shows likely routes based on conditions 2,000 years ago. The ORBIS team used ancient maps and records, modern-day weather measurements and modern-day historians’ experiments with trying to sail in Roman-style ships to inform their calculations.
ORBIS helps historians see how the Roman Empire was shaped by the time and cost of moving people and goods between cities, according to the ORBIS website. Cities on the edges of the empire were very expensive to ship to, for example, even if they weren’t necessarily that far away. Here at InnovationNewsDaily, we imagined researchers might use the tool to figure out whether two cities traded often, or to check if someone spotted in one city in January could have made it to another city by March.
The interface is a little like adjusting travel in the old kids’ computer game Oregon Trail. Users select two cities and what month to embark. Then they can click to see the fastest, cheapest or shortest routes between the two cities and compare them.
The results also show how much it would have cost to travel or to ship a kilogram of wheat that distance, at that time of year. For example, the fastest possible July trip between Rome and Londinium – or modern-day London – would have taken 27 days. (The same trip now takes less than three hours by plane.) It would have cost a merchant 7.92 denarii, a late Roman currency, to send a kilogram of wheat by donkey that distance. For a person to travel the route, he would have to pay 900.93 denarii.
Users can make infinite adjustments, looking for the cheapest passenger route, for example, or for a route entirely on land. They can choose at what speed they’ll travel, specifying whether they want to go at a “rapid military march,” on an “ox cart” or in a “camel caravan.”
As in Oregon Trail, making those adjustments and seeing the outcomes gives users a glimpse of what it was like to live in ancient times.
“This tool is an exemplar of a shift in digital humanities projects,” Weingart wrote, citing how easy it is to download the data that goes into ORBIS’s calculations and to see the equations ORBIS’s creators used. He admonishes the group for not publishing their computer code, too.
Historians may want to hold off on using ORBIS until it undergoes formal peer-review and gets published in a journal, Weingart wrote, but he predicted it would be popular once polished.

This article originally published at InnovationNewsDaily

A beautiful Steampunk Mac- built by Steve La Riccia uses outfits a classic Macintosh with a well-done aesthetic overhaul and a keyboard pulled from a 114-year-old Remington typewriter. This is cooler than Apple’s new thin and light MacBooks, iMacs and iPads, isn’t it?

via: dvice

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