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Sunday, December 10, 2017

Daily bread 12/10/2017

7 programming languages that every developer should learn in 2018 - TechRepublic
- 7 programming languages that every developer should learn in 2018
- That being the case,
- to remain relevant
- one useful way to measure
- to improve their career prospects
- job postings
- in-demand
- chugging along
U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital stirs sentiments of Islamic world - People's Daily Online
- Jerusalem
- stirs
- recognition
- Islamic
- sentiments

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Friday, December 8, 2017

Daily bread 12/08/2017

Buying in New Zealand? Time is running out . . .
- backdrop
- safe haven
- when disaster strikes
- there is no better place to be than
- an escape from a volatile world
- ties to
- Would-be buyers
- being snapped up
- increased ferociously
- aspiring buyers
- a vastly watered-down version
- thrives on
- to close the door on
- supply and demand imbalance

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Daily bread 12/06/2017

Study finds reading information aloud to yourself improves memory – UKEdChat
- reading information aloud to yourself improves memory
- tudy from the University of Waterloo
- helps to get words into long-term memory
- “production effect,”
- dual action of speaking and hearing oneself that has the most beneficial impact on memory.
How New Zealand Invented Adventure Sports - Condé Nast Traveler

tags: nz
New Zealand ‘like a beautiful person with cancer’ says environmentalist | The Independent

tags: nz

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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Daily bread 12/05/2017

ESL Lesson Plan on Married People - Breaking News English Lesson
- marital bliss
- cortisol
- saliva
- widowed
- regulates
- inflammation
- intimate social relationships
Would, Used To Or Simple Past

tags: used_to
Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence – Brain Pickings
- You have to tweak the system by pushing
- the main predictor of success is deliberate practice
- persistent training to which you give your full concentration rather than just your time
- often guided by a skilled expert, coach, or mentor
- experts did so with full concentration on improving a particular aspect of their performance that a master teacher identified.
- a second necessary element: a feedback loop that allows you to spot errors as they occur and correct them, much like ballet dancers use mirrors during practice.
- Ideally that feedback comes from someone with an expert eye and so every world-class sports champion has a coach. If you practice without such feedback, you don’t get to the top ranks.
- The feedback matters and the concentration does, too — not just the hours.
- Paying full attention seems to boost the mind’s processing speed, strengthen synaptic connections, and expand or create neural networks for what we are practicing.
- The experts, in contrast, keep paying attention top-down, intentionally counteracting the brain’s urge to automatize routines. They concentrate actively on those moves they have yet to perfect, on correcting what’s not working in their game, and on refining their mental models of how to play the game, or focusing on the particulars of feedback from a seasoned coach. Those at the top never stop learning: if at any point they start coasting and stop such smart practice, too much of their game becomes bottom-up and their skills plateau.
- Focused attention, like willpower, is like a muscle and gets fatigued with exertion:
- limit arduous practice
- Rest and restoring physical and mental energy
- Optimal practice maintains optimal concentration.