Archive for July 17th, 2012

Adventures In Microsoft Office

Posted on July 17th, 2012

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I hung up my teaching and manual writing skills about Microsoft products exactly four years ago. I was bored, each new Microsoft iteration merely seemed to add complexity that few users would ever need. 95% of users use 5% of the product. How many of you have ever used the TOC (Table of Contents) feature [...]

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Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Liberals?

Posted on July 17th, 2012

by jonjayray in All News

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By Jaime L. Napier and John T. Jost I commented briefly on the study bearing the title above yesterday (See here) but I thought a few more comments showing what rubbish it is might be in order. It is of course an attempt to show that conservatives are happy for discreditable reasons. They started out [...]

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Iran’s Chicken problem: It’s the Food Stupid

Posted on July 17th, 2012

by Nancy Reyes in African News, All News, Asian News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Business News, Country News, crime, Economic News, Environmental News, Government News, India News, Middle Eastern News, North American News, Philippines News, Presidential News, Regional News, Religious News, Science News, Society and Culture, Stock Market News, Technology News, UK News, US Government News, US News

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This report from an Iranian blog on Global Voices, says they have such a chicken shortage the price of .chickens have soared. So someone decided to censor films and TV programs that show…chickens (!) Against a backdrop of lengthening food queues, Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam, the head of Iran’s law enforcement forces, has warned that films depicting [...]

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