May 24, 2013

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Career Advice for the Class of 2013

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 04.30.2013 | College

Read More: Linkedin, Social Networking, Employed, Self-Confidence, Jobs, Self-Esteem, Millennial Generation, Class of 2013, Recruiters, University, Unemployed, College, Employers, Millennials, Careers, Emails, Take a Risk, Networking, College News

Busy professionals get hundreds of emails a day. Distinguish yourself by picking up the phone. Leave an articulate voice mail if necessary and use a script until it becomes second nature.

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Who Are the Enemies of the Internet?

Christophe Deloire | Posted 04.03.2013 | Technology

Reporters Without Borders has been investigating countries that operate some of the most restrictive and oppressive areas of cyberspace. Syria and Iran join China, Bahrain and Vietnam on top of the list of five spy state. But how do they manage it?

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My 75-Year-Old Dad Reviews "Shaun of the Dead"

Leslie Goshko | Posted 05.13.2013 | Comedy

They say kids say the darndest things. But my belief is that it's 75-year-old parents who have just discovered a new movie who really blurt out classic nuggets of truth (hell, just look at Shit My Dad Says).

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What If Daylight Savings Actually Meant Saving Time?

Janie Emaus | Posted 05.07.2013 | Fifty

Read More: Time Bank, Time, Memories, Emails, Daylgiht Savings, Aging, Teenagers, Living in the Moment, Passage of Time, Appreciation, Being Present, Fifty News

One minute you're walking down the aisle wearing a silk gown for a big ceremony, and the next you're being wheeled down the corridor wearing a paper gown for a colonoscopy.

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'Gay' Email Lands City Councilman In Hot Water

Posted 03.07.2013 | Gay Voices

A Pennsylvania city councilman is feeling the heat after allegedly sending a test email calling a friend "gay" over a citywide transit alert system. ...

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Why We Are Addicted to Checking Email

Nancy Colier | Posted 04.03.2013 | Healthy Living

Read More: Email, Addiction, Wellbeing, Texting, Text Messages, Text Addiction, Emails Addiction, Email Addiction, Text Message, Check Email, Texting Addiction, Well-Being, Checking Email, Emails, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Email triggers a part of the brain that I call "lottery brain." It is the part of the brain that produces the thought/hope/belief that miracles can happen.

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Will the Real Francis Schaeffer Please Stand Up? A Tribute

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 03.16.2013 | Religion

Read More: Politics, Religion, Crazy for God, Frank Schaeffer, Religious Right, Emails, Faith, Alternet, Spirituality, Francis Schaeffer, Evangelicals, Religion News

The most wonderful tribute to Dad and to my book came many years later, last Sunday, when I got this email (used by permission of the writer) that really speaks to who Dad was and to the man I knew and loved. I've reproduce it here unedited.

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Most Emailed Curse Words 2012: 'S' Fs 'F*' And 'B' In A Gd** S*show

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 01.03.2013 | Technology

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The year 2012 saw several epic clashes between titans. Barack Obama triumphed over Mitt Romney in a hard-fought presidential election; the New York Gi...

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Truth of Benghazi Emails: Smoking Gun or Fog of War?

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 12.25.2012 | Politics

Read More: Embassy, White House, Benghazi Attack, Jay Carney, Breitbart, The Huffington Post, Right Wing, Reuters, Yahoo News, Ansar Al-Sharia, Ambassador Chris Stevens, Benghazi, State Department, Sept. 11 2012, Fox News, Libya, Emails, Politics News

A more realistic scenario takes into account the confusion that seems to have clearly ensued during and immediately after the attack, as Reuters also reports: "Intelligence experts caution that initial reports from the scene of any attack or disaster are often inaccurate."

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Managing Your Inbox

Jennifer Langione | Posted 12.24.2012 | Business

The average person is bombarded with 75 emails a day and urgent emails often get lost in the clutter. Fortunately, though, email management tactics are easy to implement. Three strategies you can adopt to start controlling your inbox

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DO NOT Steal This Woman's Kombucha Tea!

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 10.12.2012 | Small Business

Read More: Funny Emails, Kombucha Tea, Video, Stolen Tea, Kombucha Tea Emails, Office Emails, Woman Kombucha Tea Emails, Emails, Woman Mad Stolen Teas, Kombucha Tea Theft, Small Business News

Theft out of the office refrigerator is a common nuisance for employees everywhere. (Three out of 10 workers have experienced it according to a recent...

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Syrian President Has The World's Worst Email Password

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 09.07.2012 | Technology

Read More: Asma Al-Assad, Video, Shamri, Syria Uprising, Emails, Computer Hackers, Anonymous Hackers, Bashar Al-Assad, Syria, Hackers, Technology News

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's private email address was sam@alshahba.com. His password was 1234. This absurd factoid about the now-floundering...

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Netiquette Rules: The Right Way to Send Business E-mails

Scott Steinberg | Posted 09.30.2012 | Business

Read More: Corporate Emails, Sending Emails, Email, Email-Reply-All, Email Etiquette, Emails, Business Emails, Business News

Although over 300 billion e-mails are estimated to be sent every day, however, a surprising number of executives and entrepreneurs still struggle to grasp fundamental rules of netiquette.

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Worst Career Move: JPMorgan Summer Intern Sends Inappropriate Work Emails, Touts Fake IDs

Dumb As A Blog | Posted 07.05.2012 | Weird News

Read More: JP Morgan, Video, Underage Drinking, Party, Bad Interns, Emails, Work Account, Weird UK, Interns, Weird News News

It's officially summer in the concrete jungle, which means the city is swarming with interns. Unfortunately not all of them have read the How To Be...

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How I Stopped My Ex’s Cyber Abuse

Pauline Gaines | Posted 08.29.2012 | Divorce

Read More: Peter Cook, Christie Brinkley, High-Conflict Divorce, Cyber Bullying, Emails, Psychological Abuse, Divorce News

As someone who has endured nine years of cyber harassment from an ex, I'll tell you what it's like. It's degrading, bile-producing, and blood pressure-spiking.

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Send Us Your #TextsFromDad!

Posted 06.15.2012 | Women

Read More: Funny, Dad, Texts, Twitter, Texts From Your Dad, Father's Day, Emails, Slideexpand, Texts From My Dad, Women News

Most of us have received a hilarious text or email from our fathers at some point. Whether they're proposing potential band names, urgently reminding ...

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Texting and Etiquette -- A Compass

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 08.08.2012 | Parents

Read More: Telephones, Friends, Digial Communication, Talkingpsychology, Bullying, Parenting, Facebook, Texting, Cyberbullying, Teens, Dating, Cell Phones, Tweeens, Technology, Emails, Friendshipssexting, Communication, Parents News

As parents, we need to teach our teens about the etiquette of texting. Although we, too, grapple with the same errors as our teens, there is still quite a bit that we can teach them.

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Answering The Telephone For Personal Connection

Jen Bilik | Posted 03.19.2012 | Healthy Living

No one is more amazed than me by how much I've enjoyed -- and benefited from -- this personal return to the telephone. I find myself thinking about these dear friends and family members more frequently, like they're a regular part of my life, as once upon a time they so deliciously were.

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Mom Tangled in Web of Email and Family Schedules

Mia Redrick | Posted 03.13.2012 | Parents

Read More: Time for Mom-Me, Mommy, Mia Redrick, Mom-Me, Mother, Self Care, Mom, Emails, Self Care for Mothers, Time-for-Mom, Family Schedules, Mom Strategist, Mom Self Care, Time for Mom, Me Time, Parents News

At some point, I want to model what quality of life looks like for my kids and I'm pretty sure it isn't riding around from place to place in your car. Can you relate?

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Perry Administration's HPV Emails Raise Questions Of 'Under The Table' Input, Merck Involvement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.27.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON--The day before Texas Governor Rick Perry issued his now-controversial executive order mandating the administration of the HPV vaccine, an ...

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Search Sarah Palin's Inbox

Posted 08.14.2011 | Politics

Read More: Governor Palin, Sarah Palin, Search Palin Emails, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, Governor Sarah Palin, Alaska, Palin Emails, Emails, Alaska Government, Email Search, Politics News

This past Friday the Alaska government released over 24,000 of Sarah Palin's emails from the period when she served as Alaska's governor. Shortly ...

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Friday Talking Points [169] -- Weiner Roast

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.11.2011 | Politics

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Having just gotten back from a trip abroad where the news was dominated by the story of a politician facing severe consequences for his sexual misconduct, I opened up the pages of the American news to find... well, pretty much the same thing.

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