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Why some hacks where you set a short time for yourself to finish something work. It kind of helps you against Parkinson’s law.
The name “Parkinson’s Law” can mean at least four different things:
- The 1957 book by C. Northcote Parkinson
- The first chapter of Parkinson’s book
- The principle expressed in the book’s opening line, as understood by Parkinson
- The principle in the opening line as understood today.
via “Work Expands to the Time Allowed” – Office culture – Lifehacker.
I pray this is the beginning of a good life for him. The path won’t be easy but it can be done.
RP Futkaleros join Street Child World Cup
PIER DOS, Tondo — He grew up inside a truck yard–a little boy dwarfed by 18-wheelers maneuvering non-stop to and from the gates. An almost-permanent cloud of dust is kicked about by the many turning wheels, or the occasional breeze wafting from the sea. There is nothing in this place but rubber, steel, grease, and dirt. But to 15-year-old Roberto Orlandez, this is home.
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Street child World Cup
And with the heart of a Tondo kid, and a desire to get his family out of their container van life, Roberto then left the truck yard and tried out for the Street Child World Cup, an international competition of children from poor backgrounds coming from all over the world.
Street Child World Cup aims to give street children a voice, and a chance to rise from the conditions they were born into.
“When you live in a place like this, you should really have the courage to dream. It’s important to aim for something, because if you don’t, you’ll never leave this place. You’ll be stuck here for the rest of your life. You will amount to nothing,” he says.
For months, Roberto trained and tried out with boys and girls from orphanages, from the streets, or from informal homes like his own. Those who will be picked in the 10-member football team will compete in South Africa against street children from eight other nations, namely Brazil, Tanzania, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ukraine, Nicaragua, India, and Vietnam.
And when the final roster was announced, there was his name, next to a position so befitting of his mission in life – ROBERTO ORLANDEZ: GOALIE.
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via Poor Pinoy kids off to ‘World Cup’ | ABS-CBN News Online Beta.
Lesbian panic shuts down Mississippi high-school prom
Mississippi’s Itawamba County school district has cancelled a prom after Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old student, asked permission to bring her girlfriend as her date. The student planned to wear a tux. The school district’s bureaucratic non-excuse for the cancellation is that it’s “due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events.” The district appears to be tap-dancing around the reason for the cancellation in an effort to avoid openly saying “We are scared of teh ghey,” since that would open them up to legal liability. The ACLU isn’t buying it. They’ve told the school district that they’ve got until Wednesday to change the policy or else.
“A bunch of kids at school are really going to hate me for this, so in a way it’s really retaliation,” McMillen told The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson. Calls to McMillen by The Associated Press late Wednesday went unanswered…
via Lesbian panic shuts down Mississippi high-school prom – Boing Boing.
Nice article on trying to save someone from committing suicide. I found the don’t dos more useful than the dos.
1. Don’t say, “I know how you feel.”
“You don’t know how I feel,” Moore says. “Even if you’ve been suicidal, you don’t know how I feel, because everyone’s situation is different.”
Sharing your own experiences of psychological distress isn’t helpful, either, she says.
“The last thing anyone in that situation wants to hear is someone else’s story,” she says.
2. Don’t say, “Just snap out of it.”
If they could, they would.
3. Don’t say, “There was an earthquake in Haiti. Your situation isn’t that bad.”
You might think you’re encouraging your depressed friend to realize how fortunate he or she is, but you’re probably not succeeding, Rappaport says.
“The idea of counting your blessings does help, but it’s hard to hear,” she says. “It can feel like you’re diminishing the psychic pain someone is in.”
via How to save a friend from the brink | ABS-CBN News Online Beta.
Neurosurgical patients get closer to God
Category: Neuroscience • Religion
Posted on: February 27, 2010 3:58 PM, by Mo
REMOVAL of specific parts of the brain can induce increases in a personality trait which predisposes people to spirituality, according to a new clinical study by Italian researchers. The new research, published earlier this month in the journal Neuron, provides evidence that some brain structures are associated with spiritual thinking and feelings, and hints at individual differences that might make some people more prone than others to spirituality.
via ScienceBlogs.com here
Wow. this was really really frank. Pass Healthcare Reform NOW!!!!
Harry Gives ‘Em Hell
Wow. Harry Reid’s letter to Mitch McConnell.As you know, the vast majority of bills developed through reconciliation were passed by Republican Congresses and signed into law by Republican Presidents – including President Bush’s massive, budget-busting tax breaks for multi-millionaires. Given this history, one might conclude that Republicans believe a majority vote is sufficient to increase the deficit and benefit the super-rich, but not to reduce the deficit and benefit the middle class. Alternatively, perhaps Republicans believe a majority vote is appropriate only when Republicans are in the majority. Either way, we disagree.
As Ezra says, this can be summed up as: Reconcile this.
found this web comic through bea. found this nice!!!
See the pic here
Express Your Soul
I believe two truths to be self-evident:
- We have a soul.
- That soul needs to be expressed.
And before we die, # 2 needs to be taken care of.
Yes, it’s easier to pretend that #1 & #2 don’t matter, that they’re both untrue, that somehow status and “stuff” will fill the void.
It’s a very expensive mistake to make… I’m very lucky, most of my readers and customers don’t make this mistake very often.
Read the whole list here http://littlemiss.tumblr.com/post/431613368/how-to-get-inside-a-guys-mind.
1. He Says: “We should hang out sometime.”
He Means: “I’m afraid you’ll say ‘no’ if I ask you out.”
Of course, actions speak louder than words. Find out if he’s hitting on you by decoding his body language.
8. He Says: “That’s not what I meant.”
He Means: “That’s totally what I meant, but now that I see you’re mad, I wish I hadn’t said it out loud.”
9. He Says: “It’s fine.”
He Means: “It’s not actually fine, but I’m in no mood to discuss it.”