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Blog Action Day 2008

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Blog Action Day 2008 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 1:00 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging As a participant in Blog Action Day 2008, I asked everyone I know for information on programs (actual or planned) which combat poverty.

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8 Niche Careers You Didn’t Even Know Existed

Success

Professional bridesmaid The “always a bridesmaid, never a bride” adage Katherine Heigl lived out in her 2008 movie 27 Dresses might be closer to reality than rom-com fans thought. He was working as an X-ray technician when he learned about the field. “I It is very unpredictable what we do,” he says. I can say I was lucky.

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We all have relationship regrets — and here’s how we can learn from them

Ideas.Ted

Late one night in December of 2008, Amy received a message from a mutual friend that Deepa’s health had taken a serious downward turn. A few years after Deepa died, Amy learned that another childhood friend had been diagnosed with cancer. To learn more, watch his TED Membership event now. Amy wanted to call her old friend.

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Biophilic design has a long history and an even bigger future

Workplace Insight

It also confirms something we have learned about biophilic design; that natural forms can improve our wellbeing almost as much as actual nature. Researchers led by Vrije University Medical Centre in the Netherlands recently explored how looking at images of natural scenes and forms could improve feelings of wellbeing.

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Everyone Pays When Companies Don’t Live up to Their Organizational Purpose

Energage

Medical research fascinates you, not only because of the scientific process, but because it’s your chance to make a positive impact on people’s lives. So you join a small medical device company whose organizational purpose appears to align with your own aspirations. The government and the press take your entire firm to task.

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Will the New Artisan Economy Save the Middle Class?

Small Business Labs

 For more on this topic, see our Artisan Economy category or the 2008 research report The New Artisan Economy.  Given the labor markets, becoming a new artisan will be the best employment path forward for many. We continue to believe new artisan jobs are key to the future success of our economy. Artisan Economy'

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Why I don't rely on Wikipedia anymore

Laughing all the Way to Work

In the meantime I noted that they were actually quoting the Howard Hughes Medical Institute so I contacted HHMI and they gave me permission to quote from their article with the accurate information. Lesson learned. Go to the source and don't always rely on Wikipedia. This is the commonest form of color blindness, but it affects only.4

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