You’ve consumed this chemical cocktail « A wide angle view of India. If you heat acetic acid with ethyl alcohol you get ethyl acetate. That’s serious. Because this isn’t some indeterminate chemical that we are talking about. It’s what goes into making a peach flavour and is used extensively by the food industry. Now let’s get a little more adventurous and take this peach flavour, add a dash of tartrazine to it (a yellow carcinogenic colour), then add about .25 per cent of mono-glycerides of fatty acids (an emulsifier) and .25 per cent of sodium alginate (a stablilizer). Now mix this chemical cocktail with 15 per cent of white refined sugar (sucrose), 10 per cent milk solids and then stir in plenty of air and water. What do you get? A helping of a popular brand of ice-cream! Another interesting recipe: Mix maida (refined white flour) with some fat (hydrogenated, which increases cholesterol), refined white sugar, starch, salt, cocoa, sodium bicarbonate, skimmed milk powder and to this add a dash of colour, emulsifier and preservative.
Like this: The Best Google Features You're Probably Not Using. Is Everything I Do Actually Killing Me? It is true, everything you do IS going to kill you somehow. Everyone dies. Simple fact. Everyone dies. Nobody lives forever. That hasn't changed in the recorded history of life on this planet. But what has changed is what people die from, and how long they live before they die. Back when we started out, humans didn't last very long. As we started to bunch up and live in large groups very close to one another, infectious disease became a problem. After infectious disease was no longer an issue, people began to actually live long enough for their bodies to get old and start breaking down.
Which brings us to cancer. So, now that we can live long enough that cancer is an issue, we've turned our considerable energies on fixing it. Do you really need desperately to live until you are 180 years old? If so, relax. If not... better go make yourself a foil hat to protect your brain from power lines. ERROR: Cache Access Denied. Your Resume Is a Sales Letter. Bright Scientifically Matches You to Ideal Jobs for You. What Multitasking Does To Our Brains. I can definitely understand how focusing on one task at a time allows you to be more productive. However, I also believe that you can benefit from taking a break after ~an hour of working on something, and then doing something else. Making progress on multiple different tasks in this way provides a similar feeling of high productivity, but also allows you to get a feel for exactly how much work you have on your plate.
Obviously, not every task can be broken up into hour-long work sessions, but if I can diversify what I'm working on, I won't get bored of my work.In terms of making to-do lists, I've found that just making the old-fashioned, linear lists don't quite cut it for me anymore. One method I've found quite useful is the Eisenhower method, which is a 2x2 matrix that organizes your tasks by urgency v.s. importance. Clean Your Keurig Coffee Maker with Vinegar and a Toothbrush. It's honestly not a bad machine. And it isn't subpar coffee for the most part. 1)If you want a higher coffee quality, perhaps your own custom blend, or maybe you don't want to spend the premium on the K-Cups: you still can use the Keurig! You can buy $10 reusable K-Cup size adapters that let you fill up with your own coffee, some even make the Keurig spread the water more evenly so ALL the coffee gets used.
If you don't want to spend the $10 extra on top of the machine, you can also make a DIY one on the cheap but it's going to need replacement every couple of uses (google). You still get the quick and easy "press-of-a-button" coffee with your own blends without the premium K-Cups. Easy! No more "subpar" coffee. The only other time that the Keurig machine is useless is if you're really critical of coffee that the method of brew itself is critical, such as a traditional coffee press. 2)If your into tea, that is also an option. 3) I wouldn't call all the K-Cup coffee "subpar. " Act as if You're a Certain Type of Person to Become that Person. Thank You in Advance. In email, letters, and memos that include a request, writers often end with one of these statements: "Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. " "Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. " In comments on another blog post this week, one writer said she hated "Thank you in advance" and another wanted to know why the phrase deserves hatred.
People hate the phrase for a couple of reasons. One is that it feels presumptuous. The writer presumes that you will provide what is requested and so is "thanking you in advance. " "Thank you in advance" also suggests that the reader will not be thanked later on, after fulfilling the request. Of course, people who write "Thank you in advance" do not intend to be presumptuous or thoughtless. "Thank you for considering my request.
" You can also sound polite by simply omitting the "in advance": "Thank you for any help you can provide. " I began with the example "Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. " Just kidding. 50 Things to do before you leave university - 19 May 2007. Read full article Continue reading page |1|2|3|4 1 Spend at least one week researching your career Do you want to use your biology degree in a laboratory? Do you want to use your chemical know-how to teach kids? 2 Send off a job application Practice makes perfect, they say, so why not try your hand at a few before the real crunch time arrives. 3 Work on your CV Boring, but it has to be done, and aeons before you graduate. 4 Hand in an assignment a week early You'll be amazed at the feeling. 5 Visit every library on campus And learn, once and for all, how to locate books and journal articles from the library database. 6 Star in a play Apart from the glory and attention, think of the benefits to your interviewing skills: speaking under pressure, the ability to improvise and to appear calm in any situation. 7 Attend a careers fair 8 Attend a history lecture Or any other subject that's not your own. 9 Do something stupid for charity 10 Fall madly in love And of course, get your heart broken.
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If you know you'll have to check it, it has a zipper allowing you to expand it to fit more stuff (like when you buy too many souvenirs). I also recommend checking Costco's travel site for renting cars. Many times I've found additional savings there that I couldn't get with anyone else. For longer trips, especially out of the country, schedule a laundry day somewhere in the middle. Visit www.seatguru.com to help in choosing your seat.
The Three Piles of Life Helps You Decide What's Really Important. 7 Ways to Burn Out Before 30. 10inShare52 Think professionals don’t hit job burnout until mid-to-late career? And that the typical professional with burnout already has a couple of kids and a massive mortgage before “the grind” finally gets them? Actually, burned-out careerists come in all ages and management levels. With the demands of the global economy, conference calls with co-workers around the globe, and the endless stream of emails, it’s even more likely you’ll hit job burnout early on in your career. The good news is that by understanding a few simple warning signs of job burnout, you can either avoid burnout entirely or reignite your career so you’ll achieve a higher level of satisfaction and performance. And by understanding the paths to burnout, you’ll reap benefits like: Ease – You’ll know which opportunities to follow and which to avoid when headhunters or other professional contacts get in touch Freedom – You’ll have freedom to live your career on your own terms versus someone else’s 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Stop Working All Those Long Hours. Jeff Bezos Taught Me When to Quit. Top 10 Ways to Upgrade Your Music-Listening Experience. A few things from the article to address: For PC users, Mediamonkey is almost without rival for organizing your files. It tags album art and other metadata straight from Amazon. One click.
Even if you prefer to use another player, at least try MM as an organizer. Secondly, the suggestion of a USB DAC is spot-on. Aside from the headphones or speakers, this is the most important part of the chain outside the source itself. Fine - three things: Get some actual speakers. Also, there is no shame in using lossless or lossy. Five Best Home Wi-Fi Routers. Don’t Wait for Layoffs or a Job Search to Update Your Resume. Not sure weekly is necessary, unless you're in a really volatile environment.
But I agree with the premise of the article, and review mine at least annually. (I've been with the same employer for 8.5 years.) Usually around annual review time. Length of employment means little when "restructuring" is forecast, I was given notice after 9 years (no severance) — my department was never considered critical. In hindsight, I should have left that place long ago when the job market was boomin'. Updating a resume weekly isn't as productive as keeping track of week to week successes that can be used to propagate several target resumes: a record that can also be used during annual review time.
If past failures are brought up during review, mentioning the learning experience gained and how similar situations were mitigated or brought to fruition can look impressive. Being "let-go" creates an awful feeling of being useless. How to Get Rid of People Who've Overstayed Their Welcome. These all assume that the person who is overstaying is able to pick up on the cues. I had a former co-worker who was somewhere on the Aspergers/Autism spectrum and couldn't pick up on subtle cues. He would be standing in my office talking to me as I collected materials, shut down my computer, picked up things, stood up, and walked to my door and stood in the hallway — and he would still keep talking to me. ("At" me might be more accurate.) I finally learned that I just had to be polite but direct: "I'm sorry, but right now I have to go to a meeting," or "I'm in the middle of something right now — can we talk a bit later?
" In his case, the "polite but direct" option was the only option that worked, because he wasn't capable of picking up on the other little cues (body language, looking at your watch, etc.). The Stupid Things You Do With Your Smartphone (and How to Fix Them) As a new smartphone owner (I refuse to call my old Garmin a smart phone, it kinda maybe let me surf the web, no downloadable apps, and I couldn't even get java jars to work worth a damn on it...), I find that this is becoming my #1 pet peeve. I don't really give a damn about new email, 95% of the time, I'm reading it from my computer, not my phone. And only when I want to read it, not as soon as somebody sends me something. Same with FB and Twitter. Evidently I'm too old school, I'm used to being able to read texts by just looking at my phone, and not this scroll the message in notifications and turn off the screen in one or two seconds that seems to happen.
Texts I DO want to know what's going on, because generally I DO want to respond to those immediately. I understand that some people don't give a crap about texts, it's email they're worried about, or FB or Twitter, or LinkedIn or something else. As far as #6, that's been going on in my family before smart phones. How To Stay Productive After Work. I've had to come to terms with this. I have ideas for things that would be cool, but I'm usually too tired in the evening. After getting everyone fed, I just want to sit on the couch and watch YouTube.
My husband has been great, nudging me towards not beating myself up over needing to relax. If I don't have the energy, I just don't have the energy, and I need to tend to that, not push myself until I fall over in a heap. This article is probably for the single people on this site with no kids (93% of readers). Also, why YouTube? I am seriously addicted to Let's Plays of various RPGs, especially ones that I played when I was a kid, but only vaguely remember now. I could play them, true, but then I'd be up until 4am.
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I guess I need to quit my job and write a book about something. Imagine what would happen if you had enough work flexibility to ignore normal work routine and enough money and job security to blow off anything that might require a normal work schedule. You know, it occurs to me that... This is a story about a well-heeled housewife that realized she was always on facebook and decided to tone it down for a month. I'd like to do this to. Wait, you're honestly saying that the CTO of Twitpic doesn't "work for a living? " The comment that he doesn't work for a living isn't fair, but most of us don't have the luxury of creating our own schedules. Getting all those things done is a lot easier when you have no one to answer to.
One Sentence You Shouldn't Forget in a Job Interview Followup Letter. Buying Happiness. Inversely, I'd be LESS happy if I had a maid. Cleaning is so cathartic to me. I trade off between video games, cleaning, and meditation to manage stress. Fully agree with the above, especially if you can arrange for a trustworthy bonded service that will come by when you're out of the house (so you don't deal with a few hours of awkwardly hiding from the maid, or sitting like the lord of the manor while someone else works around you). It feels strange and often initially offends middle class sensibilities to pay for maid service, but it's worth every penny if you have the disposable income to consider it (maintenance housekeeping is surprisingly cheap if you shop around, even through commercial chains- like with any contractor, get multiple bids).
Cultivating a generally organized lifestyle (an often costly initial investment, in time and money) helps there, as well- it's vexing to feel like you need to clean up before the maid arrives. And you do have to let go of things being perfect. Put Together a Home Networking Emergency Kit for When Your Router Kicks the Bucket. How Can I Make My Parents More Tech-Savvy?