Wednesday, December 13, 2017
دينا حبيب
Dina Habib Powell (Dina Habib Coptic: Ⲇⲓⲛⲁ Ϩⲁⲃⲓⲃ, Arabic: دينا حبيب ; born June 12, 1973)[1][2] is an Egyptian-American[3][4][5][6] and Coptic-American non-profit executive, philanthropist, and U.S. policymaker.
She is the current U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy[7] to President Donald Trump.[8 There she has played an influential role in determining the first year of the administration's foreign policy,[10][11] especially in regard to Middle East policy.[12]
Powell was a managing director and partner at Goldman Sachs[9][17] and president of their non-profit subsidiary, the Goldman Sachs Foundation.[18] In that capacity she ran the foundation's 10,000 Women program.[19] Before that, she served in the George W. Bush administration as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Deputy Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, and an Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel.[9][20]
Powell was born in Egypt and immigrated with her family to Texas at a young age.
Monday, December 11, 2017
Fluid Intelligence...*
Older workers tend to be more knowledgeable than younger workers. Though it can take longer for older people to learn new skills or process new information, they are often much better at tasks they’ve practiced extensively.
Fluid intelligence,” your ability to process new information and situations, tends to decline with age. Meanwhile, “crystallized intelligence,” your knowledge of facts and how to perform particular tasks, generally increases through your 50s and 60s, researchers have found, with little decline after that.
That’s one reason designers and stock traders are more susceptible to decline, than, teachers and academics.
For example, photography, a job that can require lots of fluid intelligence, can be more susceptible to age-related decline than jobs as cooks or cleaners, which depend on physical and cognitive skills that last late into life.
Not all the news about aging is bleak. Americans on the whole are living longer, healthier lives than ever. A record number are working past age 65, and the share of seniors with dementia has plunged, from 11.6 percent in 2000 to 8.8 percent in 2012.
Exercise and good nutrition can help you stay productive longer. Just a thought.
Her Eyes...*
Sunday, December 10, 2017
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