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Sometimes the writing happens and some other times, you happen to write!

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:34:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: by Lalitha V Raman

All through her life she thought that love was everything and was never ever bothered about the money! She gave her entire life, time and energy to her family, undemanding in her love and affection for her husband and her children. And then one fine morning, as they show in the movies, her husband had told her that he found another woman more attractive and more youthful than her and had coolly walked out on her! Her children had grown up and flew away from her protective nest! She was left with a place to live in and the savings to live for about four months from then on!

She never knew of any trade nor was she trained in any particular job: however, she was good in narration: she had realized that she could say something to someone in such a way that it would go straight to their heart or arrest their attention right away: she had started writing…

launched the text pad

no colors, no reproachful underlines to point out your errors and no irritating gem clips, dogs and cats

no Einstein

Top six ways to save gas while traveling...

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:11:30 GMT

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Clip Source: frugalliving.about.com

By Erin Huffstetler, About.com

1. Rely on Local Transportation

Choose a travel location that offers local transit, and take advantage of it. Exploring a new city by bus, subway or ferry allows you to see the town as locals see it, and even cuts out the hassle of parking – a bargain for the price of a few bus or subway tokens.

2. Rent a Bike

3. Seek Gas Card Offers

4. Foot It

5. Look for Shuttle Service

Staying at a big-name hotel? Check to see if they offer a complimentary shuttle service. This will allow you to skip driving all together, and net you a free tour guide – not a bad deal, indeed.

6. Choose an All-In-One Destination

Resorts and other all-in-one destinations completely erase the need for transportation once you arrive. Choose one of these vacation spots, and you'll have easy access to food, entertainment and everything else that you'd need to make your trip enjoyable.

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

Clip Source: www.wikihow.com

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

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100 Unbelievably Useful Reference Sites You’ve Never Heard Of

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:39:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Impressive list of resources.
Go to site as it is impossible to clip more than a small portion.

Clip Source: www.teachingtips.com

100 Unbelievably Useful Reference Sites You’ve Never Heard Of

Dictionaries and More

OneLook: This no-frills online dictionary lets you look up basic definitions, related words, phrases and more. You can even customize your experience with different searches.

RhymeZone: Type in a word to find rhyming words, synonyms, definitions, Shakespeare references and more.

Strange and Unusual References: Head to this site to look up all-vowel words, magic words, magic archetypes, how to identify unicorns and other odd material.

freedict.com: This online translator can find words in Dutch, Afrikaans, Russian, Portugese, Swedish, Japanese, Hungarian and more.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: Search through topics like technology, American history, literature in English, proverbs and more to become a more "active citizen in our multicultural democracy."

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites (2)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:02:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Don't miss "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites (1)"
http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/2FB36AA0-3BFC-4418-A0D0-3C87A1D5BA8B/

... You'll see a large collection of Web applications and tech sites, excellent blogs, offbeat social networks, and, as always, a handful of addictive Flash games for those slow days at work.

Some of these sites are completely under the radar and get very little traffic. Others are hugely popular within a specific demographic. But all of them deserve to be in your bookmarks.

Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites

TheThingsIWant.com

Ugallery.com

Wikitravel

Yapta

Infected or Not

DZone

DaFont

afreeDLL

InviteShare

MajorGeeks.com

OldVersion.com

ProgrammableWeb

Kongregate

K2xl

Armor Games

Website Grader

All Things Digital

Shacknews

Line Rider

LikeBetter

Anything But iPod

Everything USB

GoodCleanTech

iLounge

Download Squad

AppScout

TechMeme

Phone Scoop

Uncov

Mashable

MakeUseOf.com

eHub

Ustream.tv

PrezVid

Dabble

Eyejot

Bubbl.us

VideoJug

uLinkx

Picnik

Only2Clicks

Meebo

MediaFire

Zoho

Zamzar

Wetpaint

Remember the Milk

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites (1)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:57:56 GMT

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You'll see a large collection of Web applications and tech sites, excellent blogs, offbeat social networks, and, as always, a handful of addictive Flash games for those slow days at work.

Some of these sites are completely under the radar and get very little traffic. Others are hugely popular within a specific demographic. But all of them deserve to be in your bookmarks.

Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites

Ninjawords

Hard to Find 800 Numbers

Footnote

AfterVote

Uncyclopedia

Wikisky.org

Wink

Cork'd

Top Secret Recipes

Menupages

Lumosity

ExtraTasty

Who Is Sick?

The World's Healthiest Foods

Dethroner

EXPN

iminlikewithyou

I Can Has Cheezburger?

Going.com

FirstShowing.net

I Watch Stuff

MeeVee

MyPunchbowl

Skeptic

Rentometer

Kiva

Indeed

BullPoo

Trulia

AllHipHop.com

Amie Street

Beethere.net

Slacker

SingShot

Musicovery

Imeem

Topix

Tech President

MediaStorm

Guerrilla News Network

Act-I-Vate

copyblogger

Goodreads

Ironic Sans

xkcd

Verbotomy

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs

Librivox

Roadside America

EuroCheapo

Do My Stuff

The Bargainist

Mental risk of Facebook teens...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:54:04 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Children growing up alongside the rise of social networking websites may have a "potentially dangerous" view of the world, says a leading psychiatrist.

Dr Himanshu Tyagi said sites such as Facebook and MySpace may be harmful.

It may be possible that young people who have no experience of a world without online societies put less value on their real world identities

Dr Tyagi said that people born after 1990 did not know a world without the widespread use of the internet.

He warned that the current crop of psychiatrists were perhaps not fully prepared to help young people with internet-related problems.

While social networking sites offered great benefits, he said, there were potential pitfalls.

Spam experiment overloads Inboxes!!!

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:27:57 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Surfing the web unprotected will leave the average web user with 70 spam messages each day, according to an experiment by security firm McAfee.

It invited 50 people from around the world, including five from the UK, to surf without spam filters.

One UK participant received 5,414 spam e-mails during the month-long trial.

But the US still tops the global spam league.

US - 23,233

Brazil - 15,856

Italy - 15,610

Mexico - 12,229

UK - 11,965

Australia - 9,214

The Netherlands - 6,378

Spain - 5,419

France - 2,597

Germany - 2,331

Data supplied by McAfee

Participants in the US received a total of 23,233 spam e-mails during the course of the experiment compared to 15,856 for the second most spammed country - Brazil.

In the UK, the five participants racked up 11,965 spam messages during the course of the experiment. Germany attracted the least spam, with just 2,331 junk messages.

The results show that spam is showing no signs of slowing down, although the opposite can be said of those receiving messages.

41 secrets your doctor would never share...

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:29:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: both good and bad aspects are there in the three pages @ the site: a visit is recommended to read through the complete article...

Clip Source: www.rd.com

Shocking Stats

60% of doctors don't follow hand-washing guidelines.
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

96% of doctors agree they should report impaired or incompetent colleagues or those who make serious mistakes, but ...

46% of them admit to having turned a blind eye at least once.
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine

94% of doctors have accepted some kind of freebie from a drug company.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine

44% of doctors admit they're overweight.
Source: Nutrition & Food Science; Minnesota Medicine

58% would give adolescents contraceptives without parental consent.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine

Anatomy of a Doctor's Bill

Just how much of the $100 your doctor charges for taking 30 minutes to investigate your stomach pain goes into his pocket? After paying the bills, he gets less than half. The breakdown, according to Robert Lowes, senior editor at Medical Economics

From Reader's Digest - July 2008

Judge backs Facebook deal in suit over origins

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:59:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.reuters.com

By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of cash and stock to settle a long- running legal battle over whether founder Mark Zuckerberg stole ideas for the site from fellow Harvard students, according to court documents released late on Wednesday.

The parties in the case -- which pitted Zuckerberg, a shy 24-year-old entrepreneur now worth billions of dollars, against former Harvard classmates and one-time U.S. Olympic team rowing hopefuls Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss -- agreed to a tentative settlement deal in February, according to the court papers

The settlement agreement was delayed by a subsequent challenge by the Winklevosses, who argued the deal was incomplete and that Facebook had committed fraud by failing to disclose crucial documents related to Zuckerberg's actions.

Judge James Ware of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected those claims and ruled the settlement is enforceable

25 Beautifully Colorful Websites - Part 2

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:13:50 GMT

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Clip Source: vandelaydesign.com

25 Beautifully Colorful Websites - Part 2

A few months ago I posted a collection of beautifully colorful websites, and I wanted to follow up with 25 more sites that provide excellent inspiration when working with colors. The 25 sites displayed here use a wide variety of design styles, but all make effective use of color to create a fabulous look that leaves an impact on visitors.

Tags: web design