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T-Shirt of the Day: Space Invaders Flag. We may not be experts in the field of fashion, but we know an awesome t-shirt when we see one, and with the power of the Internet they're easy to find.

T-Shirt of the Day: Space Invaders Flag

Vancouver is out, Toronto is in as Canada’s hottest housing market. S Blog. Harper nude causes controversy in Kingston, ON. Google Sued in Brazil, Lawyers Answer with Risotto Recipe. Google’s lawyers accidentally included a risotto recipe in an appeal submitted to Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ), the Brazilian website G1 reports.

Google Sued in Brazil, Lawyers Answer with Risotto Recipe

Here’s the offending document as published by G1: We checked for ourselves, and can confirm it happened, as proven by an official authorization to withdraw the page that contains “a risotto recipe” from the filing, “since it doesn’t belong and is not related to the present process.” Thanks for the clarification, Madam Justice Andrighi! Have found out about this stuff.

Steve's Newsletter. S Blog. Advocacy and Poverty. Broadcast Yourself. Rodeo Day Camp Surrey Museum. How to Promote Your Blog With Social Media. Are you looking to use social media to promote your blog?

How to Promote Your Blog With Social Media

Sharing your blog posts on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and even Tumblr can help your content gain significant exposure. Vancouver Women's Health Collective. Health and Wellness. That Was Fast: Criminals Exploit LinkedIn Breach For Phishing Attacks. Skookumchuck. Babalon Cafe. Google+ Submit a link. Reading Women's Emotions and Facial Expressions. Researchers in Germany recently concluded that men suck at reading women's emotions.

Reading Women's Emotions and Facial Expressions

Prove 'em wrong. Program Updates – Vancouver International Film Festival. One Of The Largest Film Festivals in North America This fall, the 33rd annual Vancouver International Film Festival welcomes some of the world's finest films to one of the most beautiful cities on the planet.

Program Updates – Vancouver International Film Festival

For 16 days, almost 365 films from over 70 countries will play on nine screens. Vancity Theatre. Free textures for your next web project. Nothing like a field of beautiful flowers. Download Download These lovely water-colorful dots will make your designs pop. Download More leaves from another angle. Download Download. Free-programming-books/free-programming-books.md at master · vhf/free-programming-books. Pythex: a Python regular expression editor. Green Tea Press: Free Computer Science Books. JSON to JSONP: Bypass Same-Origin Policy. Download source code - 39.3 KB Introduction.

JSON to JSONP: Bypass Same-Origin Policy

Send json HTTP post with bash. Designing Better JavaScript APIs. Advertisement At some point or another, you will find yourself writing JavaScript code that exceeds the couple of lines from a jQuery plugin.

Designing Better JavaScript APIs

Deep Habits: The Importance of Planning Every Minute of Your Work Day. December 21st, 2013 · 153 comments Time Blocking The image above shows my plan for a random Wednesday earlier this month.

Deep Habits: The Importance of Planning Every Minute of Your Work Day

My plan was captured on a single sheet of 24 pound paper in a Black n’ Red twin wire notebook. Productivity 101: How to Use Personal Kanban to Visualize Your Work. How To Stop Being Lazy And Get More Done - 5 Expert Tips. Before we commence with the festivities, I wanted to thank everyone for helping my first book become a Wall Street Journal bestseller. To check it out, click here. Don't Break the Chain. Productivity Hacks From Startup Execs. 6 Things The Most Productive People Do Every Day. Ever feel like you’re just not getting enough done?

6 Things The Most Productive People Do Every Day

Know how many days per week you’re actually productive? About 3: People work an average of 45 hours a week; they consider about 17 of those hours to be unproductive (U.S.: 45 hours a week; 16 hours are considered unproductive). We could all be accomplishing a lot more — but then again, none of us wants to be a workaholic either. 5 Unusual Tricks For Actually Reaching Your New Year's Goals. With the new year rolling around, most of us are planning ways to improve our health, set some big goals, and finally achieve things we have been putting off for a while.

5 Unusual Tricks For Actually Reaching Your New Year's Goals

But when you look at the statistics, almost 80% of people will fail by the springtime, and after a year, only a smaller percentage of people are still involved with their goals at all. So here’s how to be that tiny percentage of people that are still going strong a year later. #1 Follow intrinsic motivation… rather than forcing yourself. Back of a Napkin. 5 Steps for Building a Great Startup Team. 8 Steps to Launch an Idea, in Just a Few Hours. Now that "lean" methodology has taken hold of startup culture, many founders and internal innovation teams grasp the virtue of creating a "minimum viable product" or MVP: An initial prototype they can show to potential customers and investors, in the interest of collecting feedback and making subsequent improvements.

Forget about generating billions: Why entrepreneurs should create $1,000 startups. Walter Chen is the founder and CEO of iDoneThis, the easiest way to share and celebrate what you get done at work, every day. On his downtime, he blogs about management, entrepreneurship, and happiness on the iDoneThis blog. Most entrepreneurs dream about building the next big billion-dollar company. After all, who doesn’t want to be the next Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg? It’s a fair aspiration, but oftentimes, the Apple, Google, and Facebook-shaped stars in their eyes end up clouding their vision. It’s Not the People You Know. It’s Where You Are. The New Psychology of Business Models.

Management 3.0 – a psychological shift You have a great business idea but you are not sure how to develop it. Should you follow conventional wisdom and write-up a thirty-page business plan? No. 50 Time Saving Tips for Small Businesses. 6-avoidable-mistakes-entrepreneurs-make. Being an entrepreneur is difficult enough without falling prey to easily avoidable problems, according to Jeff Busgang, whose career spans starting companies on his won to funding them as a venture capitalist at Flybridge Capital Partners. When to Quit a Side Hustle.

7 Reasons Why Your Startup Will Fail (And How to Soften the Blow) Untitled. How to Fix Curb Damage to Aluminum Alloy Rims. Young Women Urged to Recognize Symptoms of Widely Undiagnosed Bleeding Disorder. AUSTIN, TEXAS (May 13, 2010) /PRNewswire/ — To promote the importance of screening young women for von Willebrand disease (VWD), the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) today announced the launch of its VWD Young Women’s Education Campaign. This educational initiative is designed to inform teenage girls and their healthcare providers about the five signs and symptoms of VWD, the most common hereditary bleeding disorder. VWD is caused by a lack of working von Willebrand factor (VWF), a protein in the blood that is necessary for clotting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that VWD affects one to two percent or three to six million people in the U.S. alone. While the disorder affects men and women equally, women are at a greater risk for miscarriage, life-threatening bleeding following childbirth, and for undergoing unnecessary hysterectomies.

When it Comes to Sparking a Woman’s Sexual Desire, Most Men – and Even Women – May Not Know Where to Start. Washington, D.C., May 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — When it comes to sex, more than half of men and women don't recognize the brain as an important female sexual organ, according to a new survey. SURVEY REVEALS PEOPLE NEED HELP ORGANIZING AND TRACKING HEALTH INFORMATION. ROCHESTER, Minn. and REDMOND, Wash., May 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Organizing personal medical information is even more time consuming than managing most health conditions, according to a new national consumer survey commissioned by Mayo Clinic and Microsoft Corp. In addition, consumers cited their own inability to remember information as a barrier to effective health management. The study, titled "Managing Family Health and Health Information," resulted from an online survey of 1,065 adults that was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation on April 1 and 2, 2010.

Nearly one-third of survey respondents said they spend more time "keeping information organized" than they do finding answers to health questions or dealing with chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and arthritis. Mayo Clinic and Microsoft co-developed Mayo Clinic Health Manager, a free online application that helps people organize and keep track of health information for themselves and their families. SafeShot Technologies Launches "No More Pricks" Campaign to Stop Deadly Needlestick Injuries and Spread of HIV and Hepatitis. 3-D TV and Movies Look to Attract Viewers But Not Everyone Can 'See' What All the Hype is About. ST. Colon Cleanse and Constipation Resource Center.

7 Reasons Why Your Startup Will Fail (And How to Soften the Blow) Creative Conservation: The Disappearing Song That Could Save a Species. JJ Bean - Gastown - Vancouver, BC.

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