Fiorito: Did you smile? You were voting on candid camera

Fiorito: Did you smile? You were voting on candid camera

If you live on an upper floor in a highrise overlooking the Don Valley, and if you look west at night, you can see the valley woods and they are lovely, dark and deep.

Nice, in a “miles to go before I sleep” sort of way.

If you live in the highrise at 701 Don Valley Rd., and if you had tuned your television to the lobby channel on election day, you could have watched your neighbours lining up to vote at the polling station near the entrance.

Nice, in a “we’re all in this together” sort of way.

But if you had magnified the lobby camera view on your TV screen — given the angle of the spy camera and the placement of the voting tables — then you could have seen, with some degree of certainty, how your neighbours cast their ballots.

And that is not so nice, in a “secret ballot as a cherished principle of democracy” sort of way.

Yes, this is one last small story in the aftermath of the election. Sorry, that’s not quite true; there will be four whole years of stories in the aftermath.

Back to the lobby cam.

I dropped in on my friends Peter and Francoise the other night. They live at the aforementioned building.

Peter’s field is industrial robots. Francoise is an environmental scientist who specializes in brown water. They are a smart couple.

Francoise said, “We voted in the advance poll.” Because of that, they knew whose name was where on the ballot.

We were chatting in their living room. They have a big TV. Francoise had it tuned to the lobby channel. I saw a couple of views of the entrance, and then the spy pen camera cycled over the laundry room, and then it cycled back to the lobby again.

That’s where the polling station was.

Francoise happened to be pet sitting the night of the election. She had turned on the lobby channel to see what sort of crowd she’d have to wade through when she went out.

Peter said, “You could see the backs of the people as they voted, and the mini spy camera was at an angle so that you could see the ballot; if you zoomed in, you couldn’t read the names, but you could tell.”

I glanced at the TV. I saw an old fellow with a walker leave an elevator and enter the lobby. Francoise hit zoom. Up close. Personal.

Yikes.

Peter said, “In this riding, the councillor’s name was at the bottom of the ballot; you could tell. We were sort of stunned.”

What did he do?

“I thought of saying something. I wasn’t sure what the reaction would be. Instead, I sent a letter to the organization that handles municipal elections in the province.”

In the letter, Peter indicated that he wasn’t interested in seeing anyone hauled up on any carpet; he just wanted to be sure that, when polling stations are set up in apartment building lobbies, the position of the lobby wireless spy camera be taken into account.

I’m not sure what anyone would do with the information, by the way. But that’s not the point. The point is that you might think you know how I voted, but you don’t have the right to see me doing it.

I glanced at the TV again.

The old fellow was still sitting on his chair when a young man came by and engaged him in conversation. Francoise said that was the sort of building they lived in; nice, neighbourly.

Peter showed me a note he got in return from the elections guy. I think they’re going to take a look.

An “over the shoulder” sort of look.

Sharpen you focus, supercharge your career

                       Sharpen you focus, supercharge your career

You have probably heard it before: get ahead at work, and in life, by simplifying your day and focusing on what’s really important to you.

But how many people can follow the advice when facing an onslaught of work e-mail and epic to-do lists?

Leo Babauta, who has drawn 200.000 subscribers and millions of viewers to his blog Zenhabits- which Time magazine named the best blog of 2010- want to convince professionals to think again, and try again.

Babauta makes his message personal, explaining his strategies work in his own life. But he says they can apply to a variety of careers.

The Zen master, who has just published a new book， “Focus”, that includes pointers on how to get ahead in your career by doing less, shared with CNN four ways to make big changes by starting with simple actions.

Revamp your to-do lists

If you have list of 10 or 15 or 20 things to do, simplify it down to three, says Babauta. People tend to put off their most important tasks until the end of the day, such as the most important thing is to buy a camera in pen, he says, the most crucial thing ends up being pushed into the next day, and the next.

“You need to make choice about what are the most important things that you have to do today, the things that are highest impact on your business, your career, and focus on those first”. He told CNN.

“I think we know what’s important and we build it up as being something big that we really need to do, and because of that we start to fear it, or we are lazy,” he said.

It’s important to look at why you’re afraid of something, whether it’s writing the first chapter of a book or writing a business proposal about the promotional of camera in car that’s going to bring in a lot of money to your company, he noted.

Try a test run

If you are hesitant, test out an idea by working on it for just 10 minutes, and see what happens. Babauta says.

This applies to taking the plunge with a business proposal, or trying a new workplace strategy like not checking your e-mail for an hour every day to focus on other works.

“A lot of times I think it’ because we are afraid we might fail or we don’t know what we’re doing and we’re afraid we’re going to stupid.” he said.

It’s worth taking a chance on the really important subjects. Babautas said, because the reward can be significant.

Keep your eyes on the prize

You ‘re only productive if you are doing work that moves you towards a goal. You only captured many photos with your pen with camera and your skills will be improved. Babautas said.

“If you really pour yourself into the important tasks, they are going to have a much impact on your business and your career.” he said.

He’s applied this rule in his work. He made the unconventional business decision to remove advertising- a major income steam-from his site because he found that managing that aspect of his business detracted too much from the foundation of his product: his writing.

Disconnect to intensify

Letting go of things that seem essential but aren’t relate to your core tasks will let you focus on your most important work, Babauta argues.

It’s amazing how we all have become trained that we need to be connected, that we can’t shut things off for half an hour, he told CNN.

But if you manage expectations—if your co-worker and manager know you are working on something really important for your business—and they will understand why you carve out time to focus on one important thing exclusively, he said.

“You can put it off for half an hour and you will still be ok” he said, “test it out and see if the world collapses.”

Do not complain the life

                Do not complain the life

Often heard people complain about, why not my face, it makes me in the camera in pen have never confidence. Why so bad weather today, why do I live in such a poor family, why God told me… … why should we complain about it? Life was not all the best, life was not perfect, on the contrary, the ups and downs, is the routine As the saying goes” Laugh, your life will be changed good, sorrowful, get you into endless sorrow”. Do not complain, everyone’s life will not be easy, but precisely because of these twists and turns in folding wave, acquired a colorful life.

If we can often look at the issue from another angle, maybe we could find something that haven’t seen from the camera in car. You might easily find itself still every exciting life. You cannot change the face, why do not show you smile; you cannot change the weather, why do not you change the mood. As the saying goes:”There will be no rainbow without a storm”. The same is true of life, after training can often make life wonderful.

A writer from China came to the United States. To his surprised, he saw a flower of the old lady is always very happy. He would pick a flower asked:” Why are you always so happy?” The old lady ‘s reply made to writer’s amazement。 “Jesus was crucified is the world’s darkest day, three days later to Easter. All the trouble to wait for three days as long as the right not to vanish into thin air?” Writer for the old lady answered and moved an old lady could look at this free and easy life, could see so thoroughly to life. King inventors-Edison do filament in order to find the best materials have been done a 1000 experiment many times and failed. Have a laugh at his neighbor：”Do you know how to do 1000 experiments have failed many times?” Edison said:” I am not found more than 1000 kinds of inappropriate material filament so it?” Edison failed to look at from another angle. I am quite sure that it can be the most suitable materials, is precisely because of this self-confident, they are able to make unremitting efforts, finally successful.

People should love life, to have self-confidence, to show your best side in a pen with camera, it is necessary to make unremitting efforts towards the target. Ai Qing said: “Even if we are a candle, wax should be dry before the torch ashes tears; even though we are a match should be at the crucial moment there is a ray of light”, If so, will the meaning of our lives, our lives will be able to issue a strange glory. Finally, I had to remind you that in the face of setbacks, do not complain about it complained that the old, and to learn how to transform the issue of perspective, so that life is not susceptible to “rain” by knockout.

The importance of Being Kind and Polite

                 The importance of Being Kind and Polite

“Frankly, I think you are boring.” Why do we seldom hear people speak so honestly? Unless you want to end a relationship, you don’t tell another person what you think of her or him like this. Failing to be impressed by a friend’s collection of sample, yawning when a golfer tells you about that great shot he made on the 14^th hole, or falling asleep when friends show pictures with their camera in car from their last trip to Sault Ste. Marie are all things that educated people try not to do. This is what manners are about: acting in civilized way to avoid misunderstanding, friction, and conflict.

There are no laws enforcing respect. Yet we cannot interact with others without some rules of behavior, rules that are set by some form of social consensus. These guidelines represent what a majority of people consider acceptable and what they consider unacceptable. Rude people are those whose behavior shows little respect for the rules that the majority follow. For instance, because they talk at home while the television is on, many people think they can talk at movies as well. They are not even aware that this habit will bother the other members of the audience.

Restaurants have smoking and non-smoking sections, and most smokers are polite enough to ask,” Do you mind if I smoke?” before lighting up. Restaurants should also have cellular-phone and no-cellular-phone sections. A new class of rude people has been born: the look-at-me phone users whose boring conversations are just as dangerous to our mental health as smoke is to our lungs. Sometimes, it is better to remain unknown than to make people hate you.

There are many children and adolescents whose behavior is greatly unacceptable. They swear no matter who is around them, Young people will go through a camera in pen to get people’s privacy pictures, they listen to their Walkmans while the teacher is talking to them. Indifferent people who refuse to discipline their children are not helping them. Kids who have no idea what being polite means will pay the price sooner or later. When they join the work force, their employers and associates alike will soon realize that the behavior of these rude young people is closer to that of animals than civilized individuals. When they lose a few contracts because their talk with their mouth full, or when they say “Bob” to someone who should be “Mr. John-son,” these grown-up kids, because of their ignorance, will never understand why other are getting ahead and they are not.

Every little bit of kindness helps. In the pen with camera lens, many bad habits are exposed. With manners, the best rule is the one that works. It is easy to look and sound attractive when we are nice to other people. Being polite and showing respect can give us an edge. Why do we need an edge? Success in life often starts with a job we like, and since getting a job is usually based on making the right impression, it is always a good idea to be kind and polite.

Elegance is an attitude

                         Elegance is an attitude

Not only women even to pursue the topic of elegance, but also the topic of men forever, many people mistakenly thought that only the beautiful women and handsome men are described as elegance, in fact, beauty is a gift of God, and it is the art and elegance products of long-lasting beauty. Perishable beauty and elegance forever.

Elegant woman is pretty calm in the pen with camera. Women generally prefer to be praised elegant rather than beautiful sexy. However, praised be pretty easy, but it is being praised elegant rare thing. Elegance is not the accumulation of a brand name refine, nor is it facing the camera in car put on a beautiful pose, it is to make your closet, marked with your own brand in your daily life, discovered your own style.

Elegant is not the most imitate, it makes people to look at it is comfortable, and the cast all manner of extreme comfort. The first step is self-confident and elegant bearing. The bearing is self-confident to tell people that you know who you are and you know what kind of people you want to be. However ,there are too many things that tell us what is the fashion and brand new, but very few people guide us how to gracefully.

Maybe one day when you stand before the camera in pen camera, self- confident and arrogant, calm and not panic, you just like the elegant woman.

NO TIME

                         NO TIME

Often heard a radio program to do the theme “No Time”, Why are you busy every day for school? For the causes? To love? A dream? But in our busy time, we certainly want to do but do not have time to do. Perhaps the sunny morning to climb the mountain, perhaps with a loved holding pen with camera shoot with some good pictures, perhaps in the holiday properly clean up the room, etc.

Sometimes I would not like to go to work, but I have to ask myself is not to be strong, perhaps it is because my heart does not fit too much it will be so tired of life. Down the drop, or I will be happier.

Contact with old classmate would like to invite her to play, we can use the new camera in pen captured some photos, but she said：I have a lot of work to do, one day till night I did not know what is the meaning of busy.

In the book to see this sentence: life is to suffer down, otherwise, why would the baby is born crying. If we can often look at the issue from another angle, you might easily find themselves still very exciting life. You cannot change the face, smile why do not you think about indulgence ,that moment will be a good collection of them with camera with car; you cannot change the weather, why do not you change the mood. As the saying goes: after the storm. The same is true of life, after training can often make life wonder. So we can only brave to face the reality, since the outside world cannot change, then it began to change our mind. Now we can make a list, write down what we want to do but not to do, until one day fight for the future to complete it.

Who will pay for my youth?

               Who will pay for my youth?

I watched the leaves on campus suddenly burst into tears, Could not help but hand to touch them, perhaps their own, and they have the same destiny, so there are feelings connected with the disease. I know that maybe only I can feel their helplessness and loneliness, because I often use the camera mode car to cuptured them, baby leaves, do not cry! No one feel sad that we do not go anywhere, a alone become a habit that will not hurt.

There will always be an illusion：I do not belong to the raucous Red! But how are they escape, Everytime and hit the oncoming stranger face to face, I will not help slow down the peace of their own, because I like to hear their heart, because I want to know their heart is not struggling like me? From the pen camera can see now I looked haggard, nothing like normal people.

I was not already hopeless? Every day with their own brilliant smile to greet all, but there will always be unprepared in case of their own have no reason to fall into the mud flow being sad.

Human” character, although only a simple two-strokes, but it also extends to the two extremes of unlimited, I stood for my life to the turnoff and the hesitation and uncertainty which ones to wander, Not no target is not do not know what I want, but always for my next step to put the hesitation.

Those who use the pen with camera in this dress of the youth why the vicissitudes of life in the groaning and struggling alone? Cycle next life I can choose what kind of imprinting in the world to exist? Con I do not make a person? Flowers why litter the wings to the sky and understand the desire to fly? How to release those who have the “War”? learn to forget, is not it can no longer to sad? their youthful elegy why only their singing with tears not vanish into absolute sound?

Who will pay for my youth?