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On This Day: July 20

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:23:36 GMT

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20 July

1974: Turkey invades Cyprus

Thousands of Turkish troops invade northern Cyprus after last-minute talks in the Greek capital, Athens, fail to reach a solution.

1944: Hitler survives assassination attempt
Adolf Hitler escapes death after a third attempt on his life when a bomb explodes in Rastenberg

1982: IRA bombs cause carnage in London
Eight soldiers on ceremonial duty are killed in two IRA bomb blasts in Hyde Park and Regent's Park.

1960: Ceylon chooses world's first woman PM
Sirimavo Bandaranaike makes history when she becomes the first-ever female head of government.

1990: IRA bombs Stock Exchange
An IRA bomb blows a 10-foot hole in the London Stock Exchange.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Turkish troops have invaded northern Cyprus

Tension has been running high in the Mediterranean island since a military coup five days ago in which President Archbishop Makarios, a Greek Cypriot, was deposed.

fears among the Turkish Cypriot community that the Greek-backed military rulers

press for unification for Cyprus with Gre

Tags: history

How to get a job?

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:08:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Thanks to:
wikiHow - The How-to Manual That You Can Edit

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Steps

Network. The best companies to work for tend to rely heavily (up to 40%) on employee referrals.^[1] Make a list of all of your friends, relatives, and acquaintances. Call each one and ask them if they know of any openings that they could recommend you for. Don't be too humble or apologetic; tell them what you've been looking for, but let them know that you're flexible and that if they have any suggestions, you're open to them. This is not the time to be picky about jobs; a connection can often get your foot in the door, and you can negotiate pay or switch positions later, once you've gained experience and established your reputation.

Volunteer.

Develop your personal elevator pitch.

Prepare for a behavioral interview.

Research the company.

Settle down.

Make a list of work-related skills you'd like to learn.

Cold call.

Change your attitude.

Fit the job to the skills

[edit] Tips

[edit] Warnings

Say goodbye to the computer mouse

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:37:01 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

It's nearly 40 years old but one leading research company says the days of the computer mouse are numbered.

A Gartner analyst predicts the demise of the computer mouse in the next three to five years.

"The mouse works fine in the desktop environment but for home entertainment or working on a notebook it's over," declared analyst Steve Prentice.

He told BBC News that his prediction is driven by the efforts of consumer electronics firm which are making products with new interactive interfaces inspired by the world of gaming .

"You've got Panasonic showing forward facing video in the home entertainment environment. Instead of using a conventional remote control you hold up your hand and it recognises you have done that," he said.

"It also recognises your face and that you are you and it will display on your TV screen your menu. You can move your hand to move around and select what you want," he added.

"This" Mr Prentice said, "is all about using computer power to do things smarter."

Yellow

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:23:20 GMT

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Clip Source: abduzeedo.com

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50 feel-better boosters

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:55:18 GMT

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Clip Source: www.lifeoptimizer.org

Read a book

Volunteer

Give someone a compliment

Dress well

Say please and thank you

Look for the best in others

Keep a gratitude journal

Eat well

Exercise

Smile

Meditate

Get a massage

Set goals

Take action

Call your best friend

Visualize success

Focus on your successes

Learn from your failures

Accept what you can`t change

Start a conversation with a stranger

Sing

Reconnect with an old friend

Go for a walk

Spend time with friends and family

Enjoy a great meal

Listen to some great music

Journal

Rejoice in the successes of others

Laugh

Forgive yourself

Get enthusiastic about something

Slow down

Spend time in nature

Pamper yourself

Be spontaneous

Watch a sunset

Spend time with children

Do something creative

Play a game

Ask for help

Daydream

Give someone a hug

Breathe deeply

Take a bath

Get into a happy environment –

Do some gardening

Think of some pleasant memories

Focus on the good in the world

Complete an unfinished task

Decide to be happy

Cartoons

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:03:29 GMT

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Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Defiant Iran tests missiles to show strength in face of US warnings

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

· Long-range exercise 'not routine', Tehran declares
· Warhead could reach Israel and American bases

Link to this video
Pictures from Iranian state television show the country's elite revolutionary guards test-firing missiles during war games in the Gulf

Tehran significantly raised tensions in the Persian Gulf yesterday by conducting missile tests and making clear that its weapons could be used against Israel and US forces if Iran was attacked.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Tory claim to be cleaner than Labour is already shot

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Brown hints 2p rise on fuel duty will be abandoned

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Tories vow to end Brown's tax 'rabbits from hats'

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Archbishop of Canterbury hits out at breakaway Anglicans

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British and US companies win Iraq oil contracts

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Bush hails Korean breakthrough

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Gordon Brown: one year on

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Argentinian ice bridge collapse

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:10:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The article clipped was written on Tue 8 jul. The bridge collapsed around 1120am local time on Wednesday. This site has some more pictures.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90781/90879/6446698.html
The bridge is part of a glacier, that has been known to collapse in summer, and refreeze in winter. Now it is collapsing in what is the middle of the southern hemispheres winter.
There is a link in the clip to live footage of the bridge. The site with the video is in spanish and the link in the article does not lead directly to the video, but there is the option to view the site in English

Clip Source: washingtonbureau.typepad.com

Some Argentines are taking a break from the farm strikes, export taxes and presidential couple that have dominated the headlines for nearly four months.

They're focusing instead on something a little more harmless and just plain cooler – the imminent collapse of an ice bridge connecting the giant Perito Moreno glacier in Patagonian Argentina to the Magellan Peninsula.

This kind of massive ice collapse usually happens in the warm summer months and not in the thick of winter like it is down here now south of the equator. Thousands of visitors are flocking to the scene to try and catch the massive crack and plunge of the collapse.

This time, though, we’re talking about untold tons of ice weakened by a fissure several stories tall that’s formed beneath it. The plunge should be monumental. You can watch the glacier minute by minute by live Webcam although the site was jammed yesterday afternoon because of an overflow of traffic.

(By the way, all puns above are intended.)

7 Habits to master winning against the odds

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:43:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.successsoul.com

1. Learn to accept responsibility for your actions. ~

Finger pointing is one of the most repugnant of all character flaws. With illusive self-image, we tend to live in denial to admit that the desired outcome has not arrived at the time limit we imposed on our efforts.

I can help take someone from failure to success but I can’t take them from excuses to success because if you’re making excuses you haven’t yet realized where the real problem lies.
~ John Maxwell

2. Admit your mistakes. ~

3. Develop mental toughness. ~

Your mental toughness is a gauge of your ability to persist in the face of adversity.

4. One goal at a time. ~

Untangle the web of conflicting goals and start working at one goal at a time.

5. Develop your inner self. ~

6. Focus on what you can control. ~

Our impulsive thoughts always tend to waste our life-energy by focusing on things that we cannot control.

7. Never stop learning. ~

Learning is a life long process.

Ernest Hemingway on "Trust"...

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:43:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is word #2 of Hemingway's 9 Top Words of Wisdom

Clip Source: www.positivityblog.com

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

The thing is if two people or more are waiting for someone else to take the first step then that step may never be taken. Or you may at least have to wait for a very long time.

If you after some time realise that, like in this example, you couldn’t trust the person then at least you have learned that.

By not taking the first step you’ll perhaps never know. So instead of waiting around and trying to figure things out just take first steps of different kinds in interactions. Be proactive.

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Personal Development with The Positivity Blog

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Ernest Hemingway’s Top 9 Words of Wisdom

Published by Henrik Edberg June 13th, 2008 in Productivity, Personal Development, People Skills, Lessons I have learned from... and Success.

Tags: hemingway, trust

7 Ways to Move Beyond Procrastination

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:46:16 GMT

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Clip Source: www.positivityblog.com

Personal Development with The Positivity Blog

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7 ways to move beyond procrastination

Almost everyone is held down by what some call “the silent killer”. Procrastination strikes everywhere. We all want to avoid the pain or discomfort of doing something we feel is boring, stupid, pointless, hard, complicated, risky, possibly really emotionally painful and so on.

But even though we know that we will have to do it eventually and that we’re just deluding ourselves we still put it of. Often with reasons we know deep down are weak and we really just made up. We get stuck in a vicious circle of doing too little of both what we want and what we don’t want. We get stuck. Here are 7 ways to squash procrastination and move forward.

1. Recognize that there is more pain in procrastinating than not

2. Force yourself to do it before you really absolutely have do it…

3. Create a flow

4. Get some leverage

5. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time…

6. Change your beliefs

7. Make a small deal with yourself

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Merriam-Webster unveils new dictionary words

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:03:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: check this one: And then there's "mondegreen." In a category of its own, it describes words mistaken for other words. A mondegreen most often comes from misunderstood phrases or lyrics

Clip Source: www.sfgate.com

Merriam-Webster Inc. has added more than 100 new entries to its new edition of the Collegiate Dictionary.

Is it acceptable to serve edamame to a dinner guest who's a pescatarian? Should you pour prosecco or soju for the winner of the Texas Hold 'em game you're planning near the infinity pool? And what's that wing nut in the corner saying about dirty bombs and nasty Noroviruses?

Before your next party, go ahead and consult the latest edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, which now includes edamame (immature green soybeans), pescatarian (a vegetarian who eats fish) and about 100 other newly added words that have taken root in the American lexicon.

Many of the new entries reflect the nation's growing interest in the culinary arts, including prosecco (a sparkling Italian wine) and soju (a Korean vodka distilled from rice). Others define new technology or products, such as infinity pool — an outdoor pool with an edge designed to make water appear to flow into the horizon.

Tags: words, mw, dictionary

Buy immortality - name a new species

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:23:17 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: www.sfgate.com

Jeff Goodhartz is single and has no children. But he wanted to ensure the family name would live on after he's gone.

So he paid $5,000 to have a newfound sea worm given the Goodhartz name, "goodhartzorum."

"This really jazzes me up," said the 55-year-old high school math teacher whose namesake is translucent with a flamboyant blue tuft. "It will be out there, the family name."

And it will be swimming in the Belize mangroves where someone else discovered it.

Goodhartz bought the naming rights from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which unveiled its name-a-species program earlier this year. This modern twist on taxonomy is a way to raise research money, and lots of groups have been doing it.

But its growing popularity has rekindled a debate over whether the practice invites fake discoveries and has led to a push for oversight.

Tags: species, naming, immortality

Things that make Men proud of themselves

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:27:37 GMT

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Clip Source: www.babydoll.ws

Things that make Men proud of themselves

HAVING A THIN BIT OF WOOD

in the shed, solely to stir paint with. If you don’t have one of these, get one asap. And some paint to stir. The piece of wood must always have paint to about halfway up it from the last time you used it.

KNOWING WHICH SCREWDRIVER IS WHICH

HAVING EARNED THAT PINT

OPENING JARS

CALLING SOMEONE ‘SON’

SHARPENING A PENCIL WITH A STANLEY KNIFE

GOING TO THE TIP

DRINKING UP

HAVING A HANGOVER AND THICK STUBBLE

HAVING A SCAR

NODDING AT COPPERS

USING POWER TOOLS

ARRIVING IN A PUB LATE

NOT WATCHING YOUR WEIGHT

WINKING

TEST SWINGING HAMMERS

TAKING OUT £200 FROM A CASHPOINT

HAVING SOMETHING PROPERLY WRONG WITH YOU

PARALLEL PARKING

Tags: things, men, proud, menstown, right attitude

Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes!

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:23:48 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: www.dizzy-dee.com

Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes!

4 Tablespoons cake flour
4 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons milk
3 Tablespoons oil
1 Mug

Instructions:

Mix flour, sugar and cocoa:

Spoon in 1 egg

Pour in milk and oil, and mix well

Put in microwave for 3 minutes on maximum power (1000watt)

Wait until it stops rising and sets in the mug

Tip contents out of mug onto saucer and enjoy!

Tags: chocolate cake in 5 minutes!, recipes, instant fix, chocolate, yummy

What do you think of my new Profile Picture?

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:41:53 GMT

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