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I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal. How a Supermoon Helped Free the Suez Canal Ship Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ. — Best regards Seetha Ram

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Japan needs a stronger crisis review system YOSHIYUKI SAGARA, JUN MUKOYAMA AND NARUMI SHI­BATA CON­TRIBUT­ING WRIT­ERS The Japan Times Mar 24, 2021 By in­volv­ing think tanks and hold­ing 10-year eval­u­a­tions, the coun­try will bet­ter han­dle fu­ture dis­as­ters Read more... Lucky you. This email was sent to you by a user of PressReader, who thought you'd be interested in reading this story. It means you get to click the link and read it. It does not, however, mean you get any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property, copyrighted material, or trademarks of PressReader or any of our content partners. PressReader Inc., 200-13111 Vanier Place, Richmond BC V6V 2J1, Canada PressReader International Limited, 2nd Floor, The Boat House, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, D08 H01F, Ireland ®2003- PressReader, all rights reserved. |   — Best regards Seetha Ram

In January the aea supported a teacher-training conference meant to improve diversity among students and gather evidence on the impact of different teaching methods on different ethnicities, genders and races. It is also sharing best teaching practices. https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/03/20/efforts-to-modernise-economics-teaching-are-gathering-steam — Best regards Seetha Ram

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/03/23/the-taste-for-fermented-food-goes-back-a-long-way Overall, fermented products comprise between a fifth and two-fifths of an average human diet, and there is archaeological evidence to suggest people were fermenting grains to make beer as long ago as 6,000 years. But that is an evolutionary eye-blink. So Katherine Amato, an anthropologist at Northwestern University in Illinois, found herself wondering just how far back in time a predilection for the fermented goes. — Best regards Seetha Ram

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I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal. Satellite Internet Is Coming to a Backyard Near You Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ. — Best regards Seetha Ram

How to spend more mindfully In order to see significant results in your savings, it's important to stay committed in asking the right questions before making any non-essential purchases. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/08/how-this-japanese-method-of-saving-money-changed-my-lifeand-made-me-richer.html

Engage in good problem-solving habits To find a solution to a hard problem or perform a hard task, we must structure the problem or task in a way that will allow us to succeed. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00606-x?utm_source=pocket-newtab-intl-en  

one of the things that sustains national happiness also makes places better at dealing with pandemics. That thing is trust. https://www.economist.com/international/2021/03/20/the-pandemic-has-changed-the-shape-of-global-happiness — Best regards Seetha Ram

https://www.economist.com/business/2021/03/18/how-japans-stakeholder-capitalism-is-changing — Best regards Seetha Ram

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2021/03/19/some-people-age-more-slowly/5761616105818/ — Best regards Seetha Ram

 This week's inspiring video: How To Be Resilient Having trouble reading this mail? View it in your browser . Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe   Video of the Week Mar 18, 2021   How To Be Resilient   One definition of resilience is: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. This past year, many of us have faced adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress—such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. Let this three-minute video be a meditation on resilience, taught by the rivers of the world. ...

So, economists' research can rarely substitute for more complete works of synthesis, which consider a multitude of causes, weigh likely effects, and address spatial and temporal variation of causal mechanisms. Work of this kind is more likely to be undertaken by historians and non-quantitatively oriented social scientists. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economists-other-social-scientists-and-historians-can-get-along-by-dani-rodrik-2021-03?utm_source=pocket-newtab-intl-en

Improvement feels good. Improvement is fulfilling. Fulfillment provides the motivation to seek further improvement. The result is an endless cycle of effort, success, fulfillment, motivation, effort, success. https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/why-brilliant-leadership-minds-embrace-rule-of-1-percent.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-intl-en  

Improvement feels good. Improvement is fulfilling. Fulfillment provides the motivation to seek further improvement. The result is an endless cycle of effort, success, fulfillment, motivation, effort, success. https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/why-brilliant-leadership-minds-embrace-rule-of-1-percent.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-intl-en  

just one WORD makes a difference https://www.fastcompany.com/40546185/this-common-word-makes-you-sound-more-negative-than-you-want-to  

A growing body of research is finding that mornings are actually the most optimal time for you to ideate or be creative.      Morning Routine Mistakes Could Cost You Productivity and Peace Whatever you do, don't open your eyes and grab your phone. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/364704?utm_source=pocket-newtab-intl-en       Love, Appa

using a schedule brings back the fun in life by relieving the feeling that you should be doing something else. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/be-a-schedule-builder-not-a-to-do-list-maker?utm_source=pocket-newtab-intl-en — Best Regards, Seetha Ram — Drs Lakshmi and Seetha Ram 830 Brillia ist Canal Court, Shinonome 1-9-22, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062,   Japan Mobile: +81-7044968978;  +81-7048157908

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