January 2011
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קורס בזק בשיווק עצמי לעסקים זערוריים מאת יעל...
מה שעולה יותר, שווה יותר
אל תנסו להיות הכי זולים, ובטח אל תהפכו את זה ליתרון התחרותי המוצהר שלכם. כי ברגע שיבוא מישהו זול יותר, גם איבדתם את היתרון היחסי שלכם, וגם נתקעתם עם התעריף הזול שהלקוחות שלכם רגילים אליו.
אנשים לא מתגאים בקנייה זולה אלא בקנייה משתלמת. קניה משתלמת היא תרגום מעולה במחיר סביר, אבל תרגום גרוע במחיר זול היא לא. אז אם אתם גובים תעריף דומה לזה של עוסקים אחרים בתחום, אתם...
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An Oldie
A US Navy cruiser anchored in Mississippi for a week’s shore leave. The first evening, the ship’s Captain received the following note from the wife of a wealthy plantation owner: ”Dear Captain, Thursday will be my daughter Melinda’s Debutante Ball. I would like you to send four well-mannered, handsome, unmarried officers in their formal dress uniforms ...
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Stream The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and... →
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China Blocks 'Egypt' on Top Twitter-Like Service →
Search for “Egypt” on the Sina Microblogging Service Brings Up Message Saying “…Search Results Are not Shown”
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WikiLeaks Times Release of Egypt-Focused Cables to...
Controversial “whistleblower” site WikiLeaks is improving as a timely source of information: It’s just released a fresh batch of leaked U.S. cables that concern Egypt.
Earlier today WikiLeaks’s official (if still “unverified”) Twitter account had the following tweet: “We will soon release numerous cables on Egypt.”
Then just a few hours...
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North Korea Tees Up for Golf By Alastair Gale
In the quest for hard currency, North Korea is teeing up a new initiative.
From April 26 to 30, the isolated nation will host the first ever North Korean Amateur Golf Open. The competition is open to amateur golfers from around the world willing to part with 999 euros to enter.
The venue is the Pyongyang Golf complex, North Korea’s only 18-hole golf course, where local legend has it that...
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שבוע מסעדות ניו יורק - לאכול בזול ב-10 המסעדות הכי... →
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Acre: Half a Day Tour →
In the old city of Acre (Akko in Hebrew) there is a unique atmosphere like which you can’t find elsewhere. Protected by its natural bay from storms, Acre has been the main city port in the Land of Israel for thousands of years, and the rulers and stories whose names connected to this city are innumerable. The story of to city tells the chronicles of the Land of Israel, and few are the cities...
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Husbands
When creating husbands, God promised women that good and ideal husbands would be found in all corners of the world…
And then He made the Earth round.
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“We live and do business in the Information Age, but the last major...”
– President Barack Obama, 2011 State of the Union Address
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Paraprosdokians
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong. War does not determine who is right - only who is left. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; To steal from many is research. Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw...
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New Twist on an Old Scam
Well, this seems to come from Russia instead of West Africa, but it’s not much cleverer in concealing its intended ripoff -
fromMr. Koffi SANKOH - 7936064@multilinks.com
reply-to“Mr. Koffi SANKOH - koffisankoh@qip.ru” date20 January 2011 22:28subjectReply: further to your email
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES Internal...
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Oscar-Nominated "Waste Land" Examines Recyling...
Lucy Walker’s moving documentary about the massive Jardim Gramacho dump in Brazil and the people who make their living picking through it, opens Friday in New York, Nov. 5 in L.A.
[UPDATE: Waste Land has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Congratulations to Lucy Walker!]
Waste Land, a new documentary about an art world superstar and garbage pickers in...
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Why the NYT Should Go NPR BY Anya Kamenetz
There’s a lot of harrumphing around the blogosphere about the New York Times’ decision to again put up paywalls for digital access (the last attempt, TimesSelect, was shuttered in 2007). People are gaming out the angles: Have they chosen the right price points at as much as $20 a month? Why the different prices for the iPad app vs. website access vs. print subscriptions?
But...
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TripAdvisor Lifts the Lid on America's Dirtiest...
Top 10 U.S. Grime-Scenes Revealed, According to Traveler Cleanliness Ratings
NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 25, 2011/PRNewswire/ — TripAdvisor®
This year, the tarnished title of America’s dirtiest hotel goes to Grand Resort Hotel & Convention Center, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The southern belle hotel failed to charm TripAdvisor travelers; 87 percent of those who reviewed it recommended ...
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Bumper-Stickers Seen on American Military Bases
“Marine Sniper - You can run, but you’ll just die tired!” “Except For Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism and Communism, WAR has Never Solved Anything.” “U.S. Marines - Certified Counselors to the 72 Virgins Dating Club.” “Death Smiles At Everyone - Marines Smile Back” “Marines - Providing Enemies of America an Opportunity To Die For...
Editors' Picks: Winter Photography →
Do the math...
If it was zero degrees outside yesterday, and it’s going to be twice as cold today, how cold is it going to be?
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Can Quantum Mechanics Be Used to Fight Disease?
With Proper Planning, Selective Rather Than Mass Vaccination Can Provide Immunity Against Flu, Say Hebrew U., US Scientists. See introduction here and full article here.
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“Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has been invited to meet with Chinese...”
– Jake Novak
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What if Global Warming is a Hoax ...
… and we:
create green jobs
decrease our dependence on foreign oil
stop using non-renewable fossil fuels
clean up our environment
create new technologies
increase the chances for peace
… and it’s all for nothing ?!
Why Do Marriages Fall Apart? Via...
American marriages have never been more precarious. But why do marriages fall apart, and how are families changing as a result?
The following infographic, by Tiffany Farrant and PromotionalCodes.org.uk, casts a piercing eye on the institution. Based on the annual report by The National Marriage Project, it paints a picture of marriage becoming a less and less relevant factor in the way...
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ →
“After installing and launching this year’s edition of TurboTax, the...”
– Phil Glowatz
should I work for free? by Jessica Hische →
Who’s ready to stop working for free? Hopefully you are! If you have any doubts, consult this handy chart in the URL. Start in the middle and work your way to your answer!
NOOKcolor hacked to run Ubuntu Linux →
“Jewish Buddha Says….
….If there is no self, whose arthritis is...”
– Paul Benoit
Google, Facebook, IBM and Others' Weird Job... →
Chatroulette Founder Andrey Ternovskiy Raises New...
Following a week’s worth of back and forth and blown off interviews, including one scheduled at 11 p.m EST, Chatroulette founder Andrey Ternovskiy finally picks up his cell phone after several rings. It’s early in Palo Alto, California, and Ternovskiy’s voice is soft and raspy. He sounds like he’s still half-dreaming.
“Just a second—I can’t talk very...
Why Twitter Was the Only Company to Challenge the...
The government has almost certainly made secret requests for WikiLeaks-related material from other companies. But only Twitter (successfully at least) fought to have to have those orders brought into the open. Here’s why.
Secret subpoenas* information requests of the kind the Department of Justice sent Twitter are apparently not unusual. In fact, other tech companies may also have received ...
WatchIntel’s Virtual Footwear Wall for Adidas Turns Boutiques Into Shoe-topias
BY Linda Tischler
Footwear fanatics will no longer have to trek to some massive metropolitan shoe shrine to ogle the latest products if Intel’s dazzling virtual footwear wall catches on with retailers.
Unveiled today at the 2011 National Retail Federation’s convention in New York, the magical...
Cash for Food Porn
Foodspotting Scores $3 Million in Funding
BY Ariel Schwartz
Foodspotting, an online platform for users to share pictures and recommendations of good food, has come a long way since its inception in January 2010. Over the past year, the startup has passed 550,000 iPhone app users, collected 275,000 dish recommendations, and gathered over 300,000 monthly visitors. Last July, Foodspotting...
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Thanks to a Super Material, Your Future Phone May...
Scientists have invented a new type of metal-infused glass that’s stronger than steel. In fact it’s tougher and stronger than any other known material.
While the revolutionary smash-resistant Gorilla Glass is improving the survivability of touchscreen devices, and Apple’s leading the avant garde use of glass as a structural material in portable devices with the iPhone 4, no...
“Naught is possessed, neither gold, nor land nor love, nor life,
nor peace, nor...”
– D. H. Lawrence, 1885 - 1930
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