The Great

2022 - 12 - 24

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What Makes an Idea Great? These 3 Key Elements Are the Answer (Entrepreneur)

Morale was low. My coaching friend and I knew we had to inject energy into them, so we came up with a cheer called the Heart and Hustle chant. It goes like this ...

[authentic desires](https://www.entrepreneur.com/starting-a-business/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-attract-the-clients-you-desire/280686)toward a shared goal, with targeted focus, puts your team and your business in the best possible place to stir up those world-changing ideas. Part of what makes ideas stick is having the perfect blend of circumstances that allows all of those three components to come together — along with other far more nebulous elements like timing, community attitudes and trends — which is part of the reason why not all ideas stick. Focus on the elements you can control and bring them together as frequently as possible.There's no perfect roadmap and certainly no instruction manual. These kinds of people are often the ones who come up with the ideas that stick. Your team may have 10 fantastic projects they'd like to ideate on, but if you only have time for three realistically, you're doing all 10 projects a disservice by not channeling your energy. A team that truly wants to make a positive change in the world or really values its company mission will inherently be more impactful than one backed only by flimsy, half-hearted slogans. But while that kind of positivity can be extremely helpful in creating a welcoming work environment, it won't make or break a company. [too many projects](https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/doing-two-things-thats-one-too-many/237583) leaves every project without the momentum needed to deliver true impact. Fast forward to today, and that chant is still shared by every team that comes through that lacrosse program — which has expanded to over 400 girls playing in any given year. Scattering your motivation into During a time when I was serving as a coach in a girls' lacrosse program, I was asked to help a team that had just had a series of tough games. The chant invigorated them and they powered through.

The Great Unconformity or Great Unconformities? (Eos)

Some scientists think the Great Unconformity was caused by a single erosional event. Recent work suggests the phenomenon might not be so simple.

[injectites](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1913131117), in the Colorado example that helped her and her colleagues argue for pre–Snowball Earth erosion. In her GSA talk, Flowers discussed how thermochronologic results from the east and west sections of the Grand Canyon suggest different thermal histories—different routes to the surface—at a scale of tens of kilometers. [Snowball Earth](https://eos.org/articles/did-global-glaciation-cause-the-great-unconformity) may be the culprit. In the Grand Canyon, that tectonic history could obscure a glacial signature. Nevertheless, Flowers’s proposition of multiple Great Unconformities (with multiple causations) may be valid. (This somewhat predictable relationship is called the geothermal gradient.) Combining that information with when a rock was hot or not tells you when a rock was at a certain depth. Determining the intricacies of a rock’s travels requires using multiple minerals from a single sample that record different parts of the path and consideration of geologic information, said McDannell, who was not involved in Flowers’s study but is actively applying thermochronologic methods to Her approach involved strategically targeting locations that have other geologic constraints on when the unconformity was at the surface. She argued that it may instead be better characterized as many [Great Unconformities](https://eos.org/editor-highlights/the-great-unconformities), based on modeling when these chapters were torn from the book of Earth history. [3-month-long adventure](https://eos.org/features/green-and-grand-john-wesley-powell-and-the-west-that-wasnt), during which they explored the gorges and chasms of the Colorado River. This surface betrays a history of either nondeposition or erosion (or both) lurking in the boundary between the rock strata. In a talk at the

Great Escapes: Goa, India's Unique Place on the Subcontinent (Barron's)

The Taj Fort Aguada Resort & Spa is perched atop Sinquerim Beach and nestled alongside the historic fort for which it's named. Its main building, with two wings ...

The production site is the home of one of India’s leading whisky operations, and has the feel of a Portuguese governor’s estate hidden amid an industrial park. The nearby hilltop Aguada Lighthouse was built in 1864, and the Devil’s Finger viewpoint is worthy of a photo op. Now a UNESCO World Heritage site, the riverfront district is known for its colonial architecture and surviving cathedrals and monuments, including the Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa Church, Church of St. Villas have grassy lawns with lounge chairs, and Portuguese décor in the form of blue and white tiles and wall hangings, while its guests receive access to a lounge including a separate pool, gym, and breakfast restaurant. But while its modern reputation is that of a holiday haven and vice destination, the region is even more of an outlier due to its unique history. With a population of 1.8 million, Goa represents a tiny sliver of India’s whole; it’s India’s smallest state by area, and fourth smallest by population.

If You Want to Be a Great Communicator, Avoid Falling Into These ... (Entrepreneur)

As leaders, we all want to be the best communicators we can be — it's integral to our job, after all. Here are a few classic traps you don't want to fall ...

[factual](https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/for-real-knowledge-of-your-business-look-deeper-than-facts/286597) and based on data, not just "gut feel." That will allow you to be more effective with your message, which is what we all want. For most, especially if you have a diverse group, it would be more helpful to say: "I'm worried that these ideas are focused on the short-term, and they center on things we've already done. [compare and contrast](http://entrepreneur.com/starting-a-business/starting-a-business-can-be-like-well-so-many-things/239217) things for the sake of explanation, then there's a chance you don't understand the current situation well enough or feel comfortable talking about it directly. For most, it would be more helpful to say: "I know he's very supportive of the current initiative, especially since he was here for the pilot. This is the case when you draw a comparison of something that's well understood to something that's less well understood. We'll insert them into conversation regularly, saying "I don't like any of these proposed solutions; let's think outside the box" or "You can't talk to John about this; he's been drinking the Kool-Aid." We'll say things like "this happens a ton," "everyone feels this way," or "she's acting crazy." Phrases as simple as "we should punt on that decision," "we're in a holding pattern on this project," or "I don't want that meeting to be a no-hitter" might make total sense to us, but not everyone. If you're leading a team or looking to progress in your career, it's important that your words don't unintentionally alienate or offend others. When with friends or a homogenous group, where you're sure everyone is familiar with your reference, that's one thing. By avoiding the following four blunders, you'll automatically be in a better position to communicate effectively.

Vital Impacts announces two great new initiatives (Vogue.com)

More than a hundred world-renowned photographers and conservationists offer unique fine art prints to raise $1 million dollars to support the Jane Goodall ...

Just a few of the exceptional photographers are James Balog, Brian Skerry, Steve McCurry, Nick Brandt, Beth Moon, Britta Jaschinski, Frans Lanting, Charlie Hamilton James, Chris Burkard, Jimmy Chin, Tamara Dean, David Doubilet, Steve Winter, Jim Naughten, Xavi Bou, Aletheia Casey, and Ami Vitale. The photographs that are part of the print sale are diverse, each with a distinctive style, but they all share a commitment to the environment. Jane Goodall DBE, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has contributed exclusive, autographed prints that she took herself over sixty years ago in Gombe National Park with her beloved chimpanzees.

The 'Great Lake Jumper' Just Dove Into Lake Michigan … While It ... (Block Club Chicago)

Dan O'Conor, known as the Great Lake Jumper, has been jumping into Lake Michigan every day since June 2020. His streak continued Thursday and Friday.

The Lincoln Square man posts his jumps to social media each day. But he still flipped into Lake Michigan in nothing but a jacket, shorts and water shoes. His streak continued Thursday and Friday despite the dangerously cold, windy storm hitting Chicago this week.

How the size and depth of the Great Lakes affect how much snow falls (The Washington Post)

As we move deep into winter, lake icing typically plays an increasingly important role in lake-effect snowstorms.

The large lake volumes of Michigan and Superior mean those lakes are able to retain more of the summer-derived water warmth vs. [Michigan ](https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/glicd/AMIC/Michigan.png)skews close to the characteristics of Ontario (low-ice coverage), with [Huron ](https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/glicd/AMIC/Huron.png)and [Superior](https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/glicd/AMIC/Superior.png) showing high variability from winter to winter, though each can see significant ice coverage depending on the degree of winter cold. [GLERL](https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/) has studied the trends and impacts of lake ice over the past several decades. Lake Michigan produces its fair share of lake effect across the winter, and Lake Huron will often contribute to lake-effect plumes that traverse downstream over Ontario into New York State depending on its extent of frozenness. November’s no slouch either, evidenced by the 2022 snow dump of 6-plus feet just a smidgen south of Buffalo, serving an impressive reminder of the vulnerability to crippling lake effect even before Thanksgiving. The group is from the University of Michigan, Michigan State and University of Wisconsin, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Size-wise, Superior is by far the largest lake, with over four times the area of Lake Erie. The water in Ontario is not only deeper than Erie’s, but there is also more water movement within the lake. Erie rarely freezes over totally, but it has happened in some of the coldest winters. “Comparatively, Lake Erie is so shallow that ice can form quickly when temperatures are cold enough,” the GLISA website says. [one blasting the Great Lakes now](https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/12/23/winter-storm-snow-forecast-live-updates/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2), are always incredible to see, particularly when they occur early in the season. Then, the wind-driven delivery of blinding snowfall over adjacent land completes the cycle.