Can sleep be the fastest way to lose weight? “I can sleep when I’m dead!” This is my usual response to those who care enough about me to ask me to go to bed every time I work nights. I don’t say those words anymore. Not just because it’s rude, but because I’m afraid it…
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Knowing your knots
Even today, with all the technical and mechanical aids that the fencing contractor has at his disposal, getting the knots right can make all the difference in a fencing job. Although many of the knots used by contractors are traditional and have been practiced for many years, there are also many new knots that are…
Araby – The world of love, monotonous and frustration
James Joyce (1882-1941) was born in Dublin. Together with WB Yeats and George Bernard Shaw, he formed the trio. Joyce’s novel “A Portrait of the Young Man” is a very popular novel, “Dubliners” (1905) her first book. It is the collection of stories. His other important works are “Ulysses (1922),” The Lake of Finnegan “(1939)….
Beware the disconnect between science and management practice
In their article, The Disconnect Between the Science and Practice of Management, the authors discuss the great gulf between knowledge and application. Researchers can spend years, some even a lifetime, carefully examining, analyzing, and conjecturing patterns of behavior; they are correct in their conclusions most of the time. People in the corporate world are desperately…
Herb detox with corn milk
What is Cornsilk? You may have heard of the name corn silk and are wondering what it is. There is really nothing complicated with corn silk as it is actually the grain that you see inside the corn that you like to have in snack form. This is actually part of Indian food and you…
How to tell if a baby is teething
Suppose you can see signs at three months. There are big differences for the onset of teething. Some parents may notice the signs as early as three months, and the tooth breaks through the gum by the age of four to seven months. Most children have all 20 baby teeth by the time they are…
How to become a successful dive instructor
At the end of the instructor development course, there is an exam – the dreaded PADI Instructor Exam! It is human nature to focus on passing this exam, but it is not the actual test at all! The actual test is the first class you will teach a PADI instructor. This is why choosing the…
I want my husband to quit his job after cheating on a woman at work, but he refuses to do so
It is no secret that a decent percentage of adventures occur in the workplace or at someone’s work. After all, most of us spend as much time at our desks or at our jobs as we do at home with our spouse. And, in today’s economy, under pressure to perform well and spend time with…
A second chance date with your ex? Don’t even bother, you’d totally screw it up!
If you are trying to get your ex back, a second date with your ex would be like a dream come true for you. Admit it, you’ve been waiting for it for a long time. Ironically, for most rejected lovers, a second date is usually the last nail in the coffin of any hope of…
Stress Management in the Computer Industry: Five Steps to a Stress-Free Life
It would be easy to think, as most people seem to think, that stress and the computer industry (and especially programming) were not bedfellows. The common image of long-haired young “geek” programmers churning out “software” from their teenage rooms is one that many still associate with mainstream programmers. Stereotype or not, this image is still…