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So back to the problem: do you have a friend who is always the victim of an accident? I do and you probably have one also. This is because there are people who seem to attract misfortune with each step they take. Until now, science was looking at them with a raised eyebrow, but recent studies proved there is a personality type prone to accidents. The connection between personality and crashes Your personality can provide a deep insight into your behavior, which alters the way you drive, because your personality is what makes you act in a certain way in critical situations, when you have to make vital decisions....

However I’ve recently found that the phrase is very useful when I turn it around to be about me and not someone else. Milk is good. Milk is healthy. And “milking it” has turned into a great personal practice, specifically in regard to my habits with getting the most out of information I suspect holds new learning for me. If you are reading this, and you are one who reads blogs on a daily basis, I would guess you struggle with information overload....

Official US figures show that there are at least 3 people fighting for each job opening, but that statistic isn’t even the worst of it. College graduates all over the developed world are finding work hard to come by, with 85 graduates competing for each graduate job opening in the UK. So how do you get the right experience (or indeed any experience) to prove yourself and move to the top of the pile?...

The Mute Tab extension on Chrome aims to put a stop to this frantic searching to identify the sounds in different tabs by allowing you to control which tabs are muted and which are allowed to play sound. Original Source –Laughing Squid

Walking from your bedroom to the kitchen in the middle of the night can be a hazardous experience. If you have kids, you’re almost expecting to step on something they might have left on the floor earlier that day. Snap Power offers a solution for those who don’t want to turn on all of the lights in the house while getting a glass of water in the middle of the night....

Rather than worrying about whether or not revision is necessary, it makes more sense to focusing on making revision as painless and as useful as possible. Here are a few tips for you to keep in mind while writing. Try to get what you’ve written on paper. Scanning a piece on a computer makes revision extremely difficult, even though it may seem like the more sensible process. By printing out your computer work, you’re able to get more hands-on with your writing process....

The difference between unsuccessful people and successful people often comes down to one thing: mental toughness. You can be someone who lets failure derail you, feel like a victim, and tell “your story” of defeat to everyone you know. Or you can do the most difficult and healthy thing of all: move on and try a different approach to accomplish your goals. How To Instantly Feel Better When You Are Depressed

1. Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. Revise your to-do list every day. Identify the really important things that must be done soon. Make sure that you tackle these first every day. Highly effective people plan their work and then work their plan. They make sure that they work first on the critical items and do not although themselves to get sidetracked with less important issues. 2. Agree your priorities with your boss....

How to Forgive Someone You Really Hate

1. Start with your own paperwork I’m always surprised to find out how many people aren’t registered to vote. Even if you’ve gotten the necessary paperwork in to your county board of elections, you will probably need to confirm that the paperwork went through if you really want to vote on November 4. On top of that, you’ll want to know where your polling place is and the local hours. The easiest way to find out all of this information is to get on to your county board of elections’ website: what information isn’t prominently displayed on the website is available through the phone number also displayed online....

On Election Day, millions of people will go to the polls and vote for either Republican candidate John McCain or Democratic candidate Barack Obama. And they will do so for the wrong reasons. Instead of voting for the candidate on the ballot who would best represent their views, they will vote for McCain or Obama because they fear that if they don’t vote for one of them, they will help the wrong guy win....

To make sure I slept well at night, I started to pay attention to everything I did throughout the day. And unlike what most people advise us, it’s not just a good bedtime routine that helps, it’s about everything we do – from the moment we wake up in the morning to going to bed at night. Morning (7am – 12pm) Wake up at the Same Time Every Day to Build Patterns That means even weekends and days off....

3D printers are getting more and more reliable these days. AstroPrint is a unique 3D printer system that aims to separate themselves from the crowd by providing wireless services. Using an app, and a pad (WiFi network), you can print anywhere from your home or office! This technology is particularly useful for projects where more than one person is using the 3D printer. No more long lines. No more wasting time, waiting for a printing job to finish....

By the age of 12, Mother Teresa decided she would dedicate her life to religion. And at 18, she left her home, mother, and sister, to join Sisters of Loreto as a missionary, in Dublin, Ireland. Over there, she changed her name to Sister Mary Teresa, after Saint Therese of Lisieux. During her life in Macedonia, Mother Teresa were intrigued by the lives in India, particularly, Calcutta. She was so interested, that in 1929, she made her way to India, where she lived in Darjeeling, a town in India’s west, in the Himalayan region....

Rapportive is a social hub, unlike the direction we are seeing from Blackberry and Microsoft. It pulls contextual information about whomever you are communicating with, and presents it to you in an useful form. When you open an email window, and put a person in the “to:” field, Rapportive pulls all the social media intel it can find based on that person’s profile, and delivers it to you. It contains a really useful mix or related information....

Keeping the romance alive doesn’t mean you have to always give massive tokens of love or go through the motions with traditional gestures at birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas. The little things all count and something simple can give you that little moment of intimacy, perfect to rekindle your romance, when life gets in the way. 1. Behave like children You might be responsible adults now, but why shouldn’t you have as much fun as you did when you were kids?...

Remember these 24 things even though you’ve been hurt in a relationship. Everyone is different. Don’t let one bad experience ruin your next experience. Time heals all wounds. You have the ability to move on and love it. It’s totally within your control. Only you control your heart. Never forget that only you let yourself fall in love. Loving yourself is the first step to loving someone else. Make sure you take time to focus on yourself and finding what you love....

How Does Coconut Oil Outshine Toothpaste? Coconut oil can clean your teeth and prevent decay better than any mouthwash or toothpaste with fluoride on the market. Additionally, there are zero side effects since coconut is natural, and no chemicals to worry about. The study says that coconut oil is able to kill common strains of bacteria in the mouth better than toothpaste. That includes something particularly harmful called Candida albicans....

Based on the research found from the American Gap Association, a non-profit organization in charge of handling the data for gap year students, students who had pursued the gap year in 2012 and 2013 were more likely to graduate with a higher grade point average than traditional students. This research was done in both the United States and the United Kingdom. It also suggested that even students who were not very academic in high school would go on to be some of these students who held higher grade point averages upon completion of college....