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27 Email Pet Peeves That Stress Out Your Recipients

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:40:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: By Elizabeth Scott, M.S., About.com
Updated: June 30, 2008

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People trying to solve complex issues using email.

Dirty email messages.

Subject lines that don’t match the message or ones that do little to let you know what the message is about.

Last-minute cancellations.

Procrastinators.

People who call you instead of checking their email.

No response.

One-liners. “Thanks,” “Oh, OK.” My goodness! You sent an email message to 25 people, and 15 of them sent you a one-liner. Next time, put “No Reply Necessary” at the top.

Underlines.

My original message not attached.

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Smileys, emoticons.

Plaxo.

Senseless auto responders.

Cute shortcuts.

Read receipt.

Too many attachments.

Attachment and no body.

Abuse of my email address.

Recipient names not private.

Passing on hoaxes instead of checking them out first.

Who are you?

Messages without signature lines.

Adding me to your email list.

Bad grammar and punctuation.

Work email abuse.

Unprofessional email IDs.

Mental risk of Facebook teens...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:54:04 GMT

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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.

Walk on burning embers at night (pic)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:53:50 GMT

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In Spain, a reveller walks on burning embers on the night of San Juan, when people make wishes as they burn unwanted objects.

Tags: walk, embers, burning.

Courage is not the absence of the fear...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:47:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Courage is taking a bold step forward despite all your fears...

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The sudden sound emanating from a bird which couldn't sleep, or the sudden twist of a twig which falls on your path, that is making you to stop in silence for a moment… All you can hear is the irregular beating of your heart, with less rhythm and more fear… The thump of the shoes coming from a nearby place, making you to hesitate, stop and listen to and pouring oil into your already disturbed imagination of all sorts of unwanted shapes and sizes… You are strongly tempted to turn around and run back towards your home! The fear of the unknown

The fear of the unknown becomes the prominent feature of your midnight walk alone! You continue to walk on, with the unknown fear and with the discomfort in your heart… With such persistence arrives the confidence of just one step more at a time… Somehow, you walk on, despite the sounds, the misgivings, the fear factor and the darkness all around you! Courage is not the absence of fear; courage is taking a step forward despite all your fears

U Wound them, and honor them 4 getting wounded!

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:30:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Does it make any sense to you?

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U.S. President Bush shakes hands after awarding a Purple Heart medal to U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Jacob Brittain, of Frankfort, Tn, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, July 3, 2008.

REUTERS/Eric Draper/the White House

Denmark, World's happiest nation and zimbabwe...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:50:31 GMT

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Denmark is the happiest country in the world, according to the latest World Values Survey published by the United States National Science Foundation.

The annual study surveyed people in 97 countries to discover who is happiest.

The survey asked people two simple questions about their happiness and their level of satisfaction with life.

Puerto Rico and Colombia completed the top three happiest nations. Zimbabwe was found to be the least happy, with Russia and Iraq also in the bottom 10.

The study also found that the countries at the bottom of the list all struggle with widespread poverty or authoritarian governments.

The Idea Festival...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:46:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: very interesting...wish I could participate!

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Aspen, high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in what used to be the "Wild Wild West" is perhaps an unlikely setting for a festival of ideas.

But ideas also contributed to this resurgence: this high-altitude setting is also the home of some lofty thinking, hosted by the Aspen Institute - organisers of the Ideas Festival - which brings together politicians, academics, artists and people from the world of commerce for a week-long session of brain-storming and debate.

All of these people have come here with one central conviction. It is that ideas matter and especially so in a presidential election year. Men and women can change the world by thinking about problems and by approaching them in new ways.

Daily sessions typically begin at 7.45 in the morning: you have to be willing to take your dose of ideas early.

By Jonathan Marcus
Diplomatic correspondent, BBC News

Terror label from Mandela's name shall be removed!

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:19:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Who cares? We have never thought of him as a terrorist! He is the Mahatma Gandhi of the modern times! Simple, nice and easy!
MOC.

(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; editing by Chris Wilson)

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As celebrities threw an early 90th birthday party for Nelson Mandela in London's Hyde Park on Friday, U.S. lawmakers erased references to the former South African leader as a terrorist from national databases.

Legislation proposing the move received final congressional approval late on Thursday when the Senate unanimously passed it on a voice vote. The House of Representatives approved it on May 8.

It removes the "terrorist" label and travel restrictions imposed on Mandela and other cadres from the African National Congress, which fought to end white minority rule in South Africa.

"I am gratified that we were able to show our respect and high esteem for a man who is loved and admired around the world," said Payne.

Some lawmakers wanted the changes made to the legislation before Mandela turned 90 on July 18 and there were fears that it would be delayed by Congress' summer recess for much of August and a break over the July 4 week.

I don't know why I was picked out of the crowd and ...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:19:50 GMT

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'My aim is to get a boyfriend'

My name is Jess Lee and I am 17 years old. I live in Liverpool with my mum, dad and sisters.

I am different from my family because I have a rare condition called Apert Syndrome.

It means that I was born with a facial disfigurement.

My eyes were widely spaced and protruding, my nose and mouth were unusually small - rather cute I like to think. My fingers were also fused together. They looked like little mittens.

Since I was four months old, I have had over 20 operations for medical reasons.

Strangers stare

And so last year, I decided to completely transform the way I look - not because I needed to but because I wanted to.

I went under the knife again, but this time for cosmetic reasons. It was a long and hard decision.

During my latest operation, my mid-face was reconstructed by the amazing surgeons at Alder Hey Hospital.

tune into BBC3 on Monday 30 June at 2100 BST. Oh and spare a thought for me. That's when I'm going under the knife.

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:13:40 GMT

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Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

AfterVote

Footnote

Hard to Find 800 Numbers

Ninjawords

Uncyclopedia

Wikisky.org

Wink

Cork'd

ExtraTasty

Lumosity

Menupages

Top Secret Recipes

Who Is Sick?

The World's Healthiest Foods

Dethroner

EXPN

FirstShowing.net

Going.com

I Can Has Cheezburger?

iminlikewithyou

I Watch Stuff

MeeVee

MyPunchbowl

Skeptic

BullPoo

Indeed

Kiva

Rentometer

Trulia

AllHipHop.com

Amie Street

Beethere.net

Imeem

Musicovery

SingShot

Slacker

Guerrilla News Network

MediaStorm

Tech President

Topix

Act-I-Vate

copyblogger

Goodreads

Ironic Sans

Librivox

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs

Verbotomy

xkcd

The Bargainist

Do My Stuff

EuroCheapo

Roadside America

TheThingsIWant.com

Ugallery.com

Wikitravel

Yapta

afreeDLL

DaFont

DZone

Infected or Not

InviteShare

MajorGeeks.com

OldVersion.com

ProgrammableWeb

Website Grader

Armor Games

K2xl

Kongregate

LikeBetter

Line Rider

Shacknews

All Things Digital

Anything But iPod

Everything USB

GoodCleanTech

iLounge

Phone Scoop

TechMeme

AppScout

Download Squad

eHub

MakeUseOf.com

Mashable

Uncov

Dabble

PrezVid

ScienceHack

Ustream.tv

uLinkx

VideoJug

Bubbl.us

Eyejot

MediaFire

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5000+Resources to do just about anything online free

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:18:09 GMT

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Since May 2007, we’ve been bringing you resources and tools to be more productive on the web. Due to popular demand, we’ve brought all these lists together into one gigantic meta-list: 5000+ Resources to Do Just About Anything Online.

Enjoy! And don’t forget to subscribe to Mashable for the latest web news and resources.

6 Key Ways to Measure Your Blog’s Success - Six essential tools for measuring how your blog is performing.

20+ Firefox Plugins For Managing Email - Use Firefox to help you manage and control your email.

100+ Tools For Flickr Addicts - The possibilities with Flickr seem endless, and this toolbox shows you just some of what is out there for you Flickr addicts.

90+ Online Photography Tools and Resources - Tools for editing, finding, and storing photos.

50+ Websites For the Kickass Control Freak - More tools to get your life organized and get more done online and out in real life.

120+ Web Development Resources - A huge list of tools to assist you with developing your website.

Tags: internet, tools, resources, programs, free

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.

CANCER: The Facts!

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:23:33 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

One in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer during our life.

The disease tends to affect older people - but can strike at any time.

Excluding certain skin cancers, there were more than 270,000 new cases of the disease in 2001 - and the rate is increasing by about 1% a year.

Some cancer, such as breast, are becoming more common, while new cases of lung cancer fall away due to the drop in the number of smokers.

However, while the overall number of new cancers is not falling, the good news is that successful treatment rates for many of the most common types are improving rapidly.

BBC News Online has produced, in conjunction with Cancer Research UK, a guide to some of the most common forms of cancer and the treatments used to tackle them.

To learn more about different types of cancer, and to read the experiences of patients, click on the links to the right.

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...

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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

Mother's junk food 'harms child'

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:17:37 GMT

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Eating a poor diet when pregnant or breastfeeding may cause long-lasting health damage to the child, animal studies suggest.

We always say: 'You are what you eat', but in fact it may also be true that you are what your mother ate

Dr Stephanie Bayol, one of the researchers, said: "It seems that a mother's diet whilst pregnant and breastfeeding is very important for the long-term health of her child.

Of particular concern was fat gathering around the major organs, which has been implicated in the development of type II diabetes.

However, there were interesting differences between the sexes, with the male offspring of unhealthy mothers having higher levels of insulin and normal blood sugar, while the reverse was true of females, who also tended to be fatter.

"Humans share a number of fundamental biological systems with rats, so there is good reason to assume the effects we see in rats may be repeated in humans."