Some might call me paranoid, but after having a long relationship with MySpace, which admittedly has been dwindling lately, I have decided it is in my own best interest to terminate my account in order to safeguard my privacy and my intellectual property. I am still on FaceBook, for now, but sadly, I am certain it is only a matter of time before they strike a similar deal.

C’est la vie…

Boredom is like an emotional and mental oxymoron. Your mind desperately seeks something to do, but your body does not respond. This universal human experience ranks very near the bottom of our list of desirable emotions, and while boredom may spring from various sources, people report almost uniform sensations of lazy restlessness.

Eye-rolling, gum-chewing teens think boredom could just about kill them. And guess what: They're half right. While boredom itself might not kill you, what about its cures?

Read the full article at HowStuffWorks.com.

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The maker of the sights, Trijicon, has a multi-million dollar contract to manufacture the sights and provide them to Army and Marine Corps units. Rules of conduct, drawn up specifically for the mostly-Muslim combat zones, were put in place in order to prevent the appearance that US Forces are not engaged in a war on terror but are instead operating a crusade against Muslims. The inscriptions on these sights, which are components of weapons of war in a Muslim combat zone, bear references such as “2COR4:6”, which appears to refer to Second Corinthians 4:6 which reads “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ”. A spokesman for the manufacturer confirmed the markings are bible verses, states there is nothing wrong with them being there, and dismisses any criticism as comments made by people who are “not Christian”.

While some military spokespersons responded to the report by stating they were unaware of the situation and were looking in to it, other spokespersons stated the bible verses are no different than having “in God We Trust” on our money and failed to see this situation as a problem.

It is my position that having bible verses inscribed on these weapons provides the Taliban and other extremists with a powerful propaganda tool to use against us as we fight terrorism around the world. It is imperative that these sights be replaced and recalled from the battlefield. We are not anti-Muslim crusaders and simply cannot afford to be viewed as such. The states are simply too high.

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Bet you didn’t know that Google offers free email accounts for small businesses with up to fifty accounts each with seven gigabytes of storage! Yes, with Google Apps Standard Edition, you can send and receive email via your name(at)your-domain(dot)com. This is a great way to add the functionality and stability of corporate e-mail to your business, without the added expense of costly IT infrastructure and staff. A great way to save money for your small business!

Learn how to easily set it up at Open Forum.

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There are three basic types of work we complete every day:

Bad work

Time-sucking, life-sapping bureaucratic tasks that keep growing like weeds through the cracks of your working life.

Good work

Useful work that makes up most of your working day. It’s important and productive It’s getting things done. It’s familiar and comfortable. For an organization, good work is the reliable engine of profit.

Great work

Work that challenges and inspires us. This work has meaning and makes a difference. This is the creative, strategic, differentiating work that we hoped we were signing up for when we began a job. It contains both reward and risk.

Think you need to eliminate bad work to get more great work done? Wrong. It’s actually the good work that eats up the majority of our time because it’s comfortable and familiar. There are three ways to nix busywork. See a snippet below:

• Embrace adequate. Excellence is highly overrated. Perfectionism can be debilatating. It’s okay to strive for great standards of success, but embracing ‘just satisfactory’ work in some cases is a crucial asset.

Read more about all three at Open Forum.

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You may love your hometown, but get ready to be nickel-and-dimed by it. Cities all over the country, strapped for cash, are coming up with some novel ideas for raising money, bit by bit.

These range from new charges for responding to 911 calls to taxes and fees on on sodas, bottled water, groceries and grocery bags. One budget officer compares the annoyance factor of these niche taxes to having to pay baggage fees and other airline charges.

Read more at NPR

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