A confession of sorts: I had no idea that Odesk uses proprietary software to track freelancers actions while they are working on Odesk, until today, when I read about it at Deb’s writing blog . My freelance work has exploded to the point where I very rarely have to go looking for work, and when I do, I am fortunate to be able to skip places like Odesk
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An Odd Thing Odesk Taught Me
– San Diego-based Illumina announced today that it has fully sequenced the genome of American actress Glenn Close — making her the first sequenced female to be named and have her genome made publicly available. (Dutch geneticist Marjolein Kriek reportedly had her DNA sequenced in 2008, although the work was never published.) The news also follows two published studies (here and here) that fully sequenced the genomes of individuals and their family members with rare genetic diseases. This w…
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The Daily Dose – Genome sequencing comes Close-r
An earthquake and following tsunamis destroyed great parts of Chile, killing people, ripping apart families, and affecting infrastructure, business, politics, animals and ecological relations. This is my short report on thoughts and fears of the reorganization phase, based on following Chilean television and Swedish news flows
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Chile – destroyed and reorganizing
By guest blogger Sharon Halkovics ‘Mon petit chou’ is a French term of endearment that translates to ‘my little cabbage’. I use this playful term when expressing my long-term affection for the humble, cruciferous cabbage. I honestly believe (and sometimes rant) that it is one of the most overlooked, under-utilized vegetables readily available in markets. Sturdy, abundant, and inexpensive, cabbage is a longstanding dietary staple throughout the world and stores so well that it is available throughout the year. Although, it is at its best during the late fall and winter months when it is in season.
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Mon Petit Chou
I got an email this morning with an article from mThink (Revenue Magazine) about how Hydra is dumping 15,000 affiliates off of their network . I’m sure that every network goes through a phase where they want to tighten up their ranks and get rid of the fraud affiliates that have penetrated the approval process, but isn’t this a bit excessive? It seems to me that the only reason Hydra would do something like this is to get some free publicity. The best part about all of this is that Hydra states they are doing it to separate themselves from “ ad networks peddling nutraceutical diet remedies, cash grant opportunities, tooth whiteners and other non-branded campaigns of low consumer value. ” Oh, you mean the exact same type of offers that you made hundreds of millions of dollars on? The offers that established Hydra as a force in the industry? And now that the rug has been pulled out from under the rebill market you are focusing on other things? How valiant of you Mr. Brandenburg! I don’t usually post about things like this but the way that Hydra is positioning itself right now combined with their ongoing legal battles and the arrogance of their CEO has just really rubbed me the wrong way for a while now, and this new move is the icing on the cake. I had to say something.
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Hydra Dumps 100% Of Their Credibility
This time-lapse video captures how the Google Docs team turned an online spreadsheet into sort of a painting canvas by filling individual cells of the sheet with different colors simultaneously. It might have take them several days to plan and draw the whole thing but luckily, you get to enjoy the process in under 60 seconds.
We haven’t released a theme from Chris Hennis recently, but here’s his latest. Again, this is a free WordPress theme available exclusively through All Freelance Writing! It’s ideal both for blogs and professional sites.
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InBloom: Free WordPress Theme
If you blog, you’ll likely come across at least one content thief in the process. They’ll take your articles (usually in full) and they’ll publish them on their own sites so they can either monetize your work or use it to build their own false authority. As someone who makes a living from writing, I find content theft infuriating.
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Don’t be a Victim. Stop Content Thieves Dead in Their Tracks
MAGIC SEEDER This week I have been using the Magic Seeder seed sowing tool which is based on the principles of automatic seed dispensing machines that large growers use, but this fits snugly into one hand and only cost €6.90. The Magic Seeder can be used to sow seeds of all shapes and sizes up to 2mm
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Hello All, I am planning to teach few sceintific concepts to my child and looking for scientific apparatus like ie. magnets, magnifying glass but I have no idea where in b'lore I can find the same. Anybody who knows any such shop pls
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Anybody knows any shop where magnets, magnifying glass etc. can be found.
I stay in Krishnappa Garden, C V Raman Nagar and planning to send my daughter to NHPS this year to Nursery. Are there other parents in the surrounding areas planning to send their kids to NHPS. We can possibly club together for the school transport.
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Anyone in C V Raman Nagar area planning to send their kid to NHPS Indiranagar
A few days ago, the UK postal service issued a new series of stamps featuring 10 eminent scientists to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society. The image above shows two of the stamps, depicting Edward Jennner (1749-1823) and Joseph Lister (1827-1912) — who are considered the ‘fathers’ of vaccination and antiseptic surgery, respectively
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Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister, posted
Almost a year ago, Nature published a set of opinion articles, including Science journalism: Toppling the priesthood by Toby Murcott. I did not react at the time, but JR Minkel and Jessica Palmer did and got some interesting responses in the comments. The article was brought to my attention by Gozde Zorlu who is ruminating on the same ideas and will have a blog post about it shortly (and I will let you know when it’s up)
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New science journalism ecosystem: new inter-species interactions, new niches
The title provides a short answer to the question: Why do we integrate with Google Apps? An important emerging theme in cloud applications is the one-page or to be more accurate the one-browser-tab approach to design – i.e contextual integration of information across applications, so that whichever app the user happens to be, it pulls relevant information from other apps, and displays it in the right context.
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It is not about our App, It is about the User's Data and Context
It has been reported that draft legislation has been passed by a committee of the European Parliament, which extends maternity leave across Europe from 14 weeks to 20 weeks on full pay. In the UK women get 52 weeks statutory maternity leave (26 weeks Ordinary Maternity Leave and 26 Additional Maternity Leave) of which the first 6 weeks are on 90% pay, followed by 33 weeks on Statutory maternity pay, which is currently 124.88 a week
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Plans for extended maternity rights
To continue in my (very short) series of common questions asked of a freelancing mom, I’ll now reveal my true personality. It’s not very pretty – really, I know that. But this mom isn’t really that soft and gentle when she’s not dealing with her own children.
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Burning Questions Asked of a Freelancing Mama – Will You Show Me How?
Image via Wikipedia We normally view happiness and sadness to be opposites on a single continuum, but I propose that it is time to change the textbooks and view happiness as opposed to ennui/despair and sadness as opposed to anger/irritability when it comes to basic opponent affects. But before we go down that path first a detour.
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Happiness opposed to despair/ennui; sadness to anger/irritability
I finally unboxed my newest office gadget, a wireless printer I ordered online from Amazon: HP OfficeJet 6500 All-In-One Wireless Printer/Fax/Copier (Yes I know, I can be slow on these things! ) This particular HP model wireless printer is currently on special offer at Amazon.com for only $125.43 (normally $246), free shipping. The cool thing is, it was a breeze to set up – and I even did it myself! It only took me a few minutes from unboxing to ready-to-use. And I have a quick slideshow of the entire process: HP Officejet 6500 Wireless HP Officejet 6500 Wireless HP Officejet 6500 Wireless HP Officejet 6500 Wireless HP Officejet 6500 Wireless HP Officejet 6500 Wireless HP Officejet 6500 Wireless I couldn’t resist the great opportunity to use the Slickr Flickr plugin again! *************** The accessories that you see in the photo are: HP Advanced Photo Paper, glossy 8.5
Saturday, April 3 rd from 12-4pm, The Bake Sale, one of CSR’s most anticipated community events is hopping onto the calendar. This year, the Bake Sale will be held over Easter weekend. Get a jump start on your sweet shopping and place a preorder for your favorite Bake Sale goods.
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Preorder Your Bake Sale Sweets & Treats
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