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2015年11月，有位加州的年輕媽媽做了一件驚人的事情。 Brandie是雙胞胎Blaine與Rylie的媽媽，她決定在自己舒適的家中做個小小的試驗；她也因此發現一個科技對於家庭生活造成的悲哀卻十分常見的事實。Brandie在臉書上分享了她的試驗結果，這篇貼文獲得了廣大的迴響。她的貼文寫道「今天我決定來做個實驗。我安靜的坐在房間角落看我的小孩玩遊戲，並且紀錄他們為了各種理由看向我的次數。他們想看我有沒有看到他們的酷把戲、看他們能不能做某些事情、或是看看我的反應如何」請往下看Brandie在這試驗中發現了什麼。

In November 2015, a young mom from Lakeside, California did something incredible. Brandie, a mother of twin boys Blaine and Rylie, decided to conduct a little experiment in the comfort of her own home — and she uncovered a sad but common truth about the role of technology that exists within the family dynamic. Brandie took to Facebook to share the results of her experiment, and her post went massively viral. “Today I did an experiment, I watched my boys play,” she writes. “As I sat quietly in the corner of the room I tallied how many times they looked at me for various reasons: to see if I saw their cool tricks, to seek approval or disapproval for what they were doing, and to watch my reactions.” Scroll down to see what Brandie realized when she looked at the total tally card…

今天我決定來做個實驗。我安靜的坐在房間角落看我的小孩玩遊戲，並且紀錄他們為了各種理由看向我的次數。他們想看我有沒有看到他們的酷把戲、看他們能不能做某些事情、或是看看我的反應如何。我在想要是我邊玩什麼科技產品邊坐在那，我給孩子們傳達的又是什麼樣的訊息?

“Today I did an experiment, I watched my boys play. As I sat quietly in the corner of the room I tallied how many times they looked at me for various reasons: to see if I saw their cool tricks, to seek approval or disapproval for what they were doing, and to watch my reactions. I couldn’t help but wonder if I was on some sort of technology what message would I have been sending?”

那麼我的小天使們可能會有28次看向我時，想著網路比他們還重要。我的兒子會有28次得不到大部份成人都在尋尋覓覓的被注意感。我親愛的孩子會困惑自己是不是孤單的28次。我的孩子會被傳達28次網路上虛擬的那個你才是重要的。

也許賣弄性感並沒有用。

Maybe sex doesn’t sell after all

根據Psychological Bulletin學術期刊所發表之研究，包含性或是暴力的廣告，或是類似性質的節目其實比中性的呈現方式更沒有效果。

9個簡單的方法就可以減少塑膠的使用

塑膠對我們的地球與海洋來說是其中一種最嚴重的汙染。簡單幾個方法就可以少使用塑膠喔。

1. 使用玻璃杯喝飲料。

2. 使用不鏽鋼杯，請不要再買瓶裝水了。

3. 在你的車內或是桌上隨時準備一份真正的(鐵製或是木製)餐具。

嘻哈歌手Marshall Mathers，也就是我們熟知的阿姆受在訪時說到他知道他女兒的18歲男友 Justin Denham從小就聽自己的歌長大的時候，覺得非常的驚慌。

Hip-hop artist Marshall Mathers, a.k.a. Eminem, said he was left wholly terrified today after meeting his daughter Hailie’s new boyfriend Justin Denham, an 18-year-old who was reportedly raised on the rapper’s music.

他說他完全無法想像自己17歲的女兒Hailie與一個喜歡他歌曲的人交往，而他的歌曲總是充滿仇恨女性與暴力的歌詞。阿姆現在四十歲了，他說他一聽到女兒男友說他是自己七張專輯的超級大粉絲，整個就呆住了。

Saying he could barely fathom the thought of Hailie, 17, with a man who ever enjoyed listening to, or was inspired by, his often misogynistic and violent lyrics, Eminem, 40, claimed he was disturbed from the second Denham said he was “a huge fan” of all of the rapper’s seven albums.

"Justin說我是他從小到大最喜歡的歌手，而現在他居然說要跟我的寶貝女兒約會。"阿姆說他無法想像從小聽他歌詞裡許多有關玩弄女人的歌，這樣長大的Justin的感情觀到底是怎麼樣。他說"說真的我現在也不知道該怎麼做。我要怎麼答應Hailie跟一個說自己與身邊朋友都深受我影響的人在一起。"

全力以赴聰明工作找到你的導師。當我們談到給女性在職場上的建議時，總是會陷入一個迷思:公司文化就是對女性不平等，想要衝破玻璃天花板、打破男性獨尊的工作環境，那麼你必須要更聰明、更有策略的工作。

Lean in. Work smarter. Find a mentor. When we talk about women advancing in the workplace, the meme is the same: The corporate culture is working against you, that if you want to shatter the glass ceiling and break through the old boy’s network, you’ve got to get smarter and be more strategic about the moves you make.

雖然我絕對相信有些公司在女性升遷上有不平等的考量，但我不認為這是最主要讓女性無法升遷的因素。我擔任職業諮詢師工作超過20年的經驗下，我注意到其實女性常就是自己最大的敵人。人們常無意識之下，搞砸了自己的升遷機會，讓自己陷入了綁手綁腳的狀況。

While I definitely believe that women are still bumping their heads against glass ceilings in many companies, I don’t believe that is the main thing holding them back. In my work as an executive business coach for more than 20 years, I’ve noted that women are often their own worst enemies.We actually unconsciously gum-up our rise up the corporate ladder by falling prey to “Sticky Foot Syndrome.” 

我發現女性常常會有六個方式來毀了自己的職涯發展。看看這是不是讓你無法升遷的原因:

在西非，伊波拉病毒患者的生存率是20%。那你猜猜美國患者在美國接受治療的話生存率是多少?

The Ebola survival rate in some West African countries is only 20%. Guess what it is for American patients treated in American hospitals.

是的。沒有錯。

Yep, that's right.

可悲的是，這百分之百的治癒率並沒有包括來自賴比瑞亞的Thomas Eric Duncan，他在達拉斯過世。又如獅子山共和國的醫生Martin Salia，他在自己國家內與許多病患接觸，並為他們治療，最後卻死於內布拉斯加州。然而，每一個感染的美國公民在美國境內接受治療後都已完全治癒。反觀在西非，80%的病人卻因此喪命。這也難怪這些明星們會覺得奇怪...

塑膠樂高要絕版了?

Goodbye plastic Legos?

這家玩具公司在本周宣布將要在未來的十五年中，投資十億的資金(相當於一億五千萬美金)來研發新的"永續性"材料。最終目標用新的材料來取代現在最著名的塑膠積木。樂高也計畫要將產品的包裝做得更環保。

The toy company announced this week that it plans to invest 1 billion Danish Krone (or about $150 million) over the next 15 years in a program to develop new “sustainable” materials which will eventually replace the plastic currently used to make its iconic building blocks. Lego also plans to make its packaging more environmentally-friendly.

樂高的老闆Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen 在新聞稿中提到，這樣的行動也是為了實現公司的理念，期許為後代子孫生存的地球留下好的影響。

想像自己在機智問答中不行使用Google，或是想要跟上朋友的話題但不使用臉書呢？很難吧。科技除了給我們帶來許多便利，還給了我們很多創造性。

Can you imagine trying to win the pub quiz without google at your finger tips, or keeping up with your friends without the use of Facebook? Scary prospect, right? Aside from being a great convenience to us, technology is actually capable of an immense creative power.

你有沒有想像過如果大明星們過的是“正常的”生活，他們會長什麼樣子呢？你不需要在想像了！在Danny Evans的神手與Photoshop的神力之下，我們有了些許答案了。

Have you wondered what celebrities would look like, if they lived ‘normal’ lives? Well, you don’t have to wonder anymore! With the genius and artistic skill of Danny Evans, and the incredible power of Photoshop we now have some answers. 

Danny把這些名人的明星光環拿掉，也拿掉了減重飲食 私人健身教練 頭髮中的空氣感 或是植髮。他把這些讓人目不轉睛的大明星變身為平凡人。雖然這只是虛構的，但這的確認我們心裡有種不錯的感覺，至少我們知道我們跟明星其實也沒差多少，也就是他們有更多錢花在自己的身上。

看看你臉書上朋友的貼文內容，可能包含對新工作的雄心壯志、分享渡假的照片、甚至是對最新社會公平公正議題的政治怒吼等。

If you scroll through your Facebook news feed, you’ll find people posting about everything from boasts about new jobs, to colorful pictures from lavish vacations to heated political rants about the latest social justice issue.

我們都在工作無聊時，或是晚上睡不著時，忍不住上臉書看著這上面各式各樣的廢話。

Facebook is a cornucopia of bullsh*t through which we all waste time perusing when we’re bored at work or can’t fall asleep at night.

當我們認為這人的PO文太憂鬱、太長、甚或是太快樂，我們總忍不住心中尖酸刻薄的評斷他們一番。

當Greg Wickerst的三歲女兒Izzy頭髮越來越長的時候，他忽然發現自己不知道怎麼幫她綁頭髮。不想讓女兒披頭散髮的走來走去，他開始在美容美髮班上課。讓女兒只要跟他在一起的時候，都能夠有最潮的髮型。

When Greg Wickerst's 3-year-old daughter Izzy's hair started getting long, he realized he didn't know what to do about it. Instead of letting his daughter walk around like a hot mess, he enrolled in cosmetology classes so she'd have a badass hairstyle every day she was with him, reports The Huffington Post.

Wickherst是個在科羅拉多州IntelliTec College工作的單親爸爸，大部分時間都是他自己帶女兒。根據BuzzFeed News報導，Wickherst 去年夏天向學校的美容課程接洽，當時美容科的學生馬上就開始幫忙他。他說“很短的時間內，我就可以綁簡單的辮子，接者還會了法式還有魚骨式的辮子。我還會綁馬尾，然後上盤或是下盤馬尾都會。我叫他反馬尾髮型”

Wickherst, a single dad who has Izzy most days, works in admissions at IntelliTec College in Pueblo, Colorado. According to the BuzzFeed News, Wickherst reached out to the school's cosmetology department last summer and students immediately began helping him out. "In no time, I was able to do a simple braid, then a fishbone braid, and a French braid. I learned how to do a ponytail, then flip it through itself either under or over. I call that an inverted ponytail," Wickherstsaid.

他陸陸續續地把他每次的髮型作品放到他的FB上面，這些作品都在一個叫做“Izzy的髮型“相本裡。注意拉～他的反馬尾髮型。（下圖）

Annette Larkins已經73歲了，但他看起來就像30幾接近40歲一樣。她是如此的活力充沛又健康的女性，她的肌膚乾淨無瑕，而她的曲線是人人夢想的那種。

Annette Larkins has 73 years and looks like she is in her late 30s. She is incredibly vital and healthy lady, she has a perfectly clean skin and a body figure that all dream of.

Annette從來就不吃任何的藥物。她使用最天然的方式對抗病菌，她知道如何使用許多種天然草藥與他自己種的水果蔬菜等。

Annette never drank any chemical drug. She treats all ailments exclusively naturally, she has a large selection of herbs that she knows how to properly use, and fruits and vegetables that she grows herself.

每天早上睡在她身邊的老公看起來就像是她的爺爺一樣，而她那四十歲的兒子看起來就像他同年紀的朋友。因為他們全家沒有人能堅持的做得到像她那樣的生活方式。