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POPSEtymology Dictionary I clipped this some time ago, however it never really took off, so to speak. IMO this is a great resource and one can spend quite a bit of time learning, and even being surprised. So here it is again.
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POPSWhy I Love Clipmarks So, i didn't write this, I read it. It was posted by Clipmarks user onlinedesign in the "Why I Use Clipmarks" section of her profile. You can click the source link to visit her page. I wanted to clip this because it really moved me. It is exactly what i hope Clipmarks can provide for people. Knowing that we have accomplished this for some people gives me great pride and satisfaction. I could never adequately convey how impressed, inspired and grateful i am for the collective contributions of the people who share the content, thoughts, opinion, passion and perspective that gets mixed together here on clipmarks.com. I think it's truly remarkable.
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POPSOne World, Many Minds: Intelligence in the Animal Kingdom In recent decades scientists have cast aside a linear, sequential view of brain evolution in which the human brain incorporates components resembling the brains of modern fishes, amphibians, reptiles and birds and have adopted a new view of divergently branching brain and mind evolution. Substantial cognitive abilities have evolved multiple times, based on differing neural substrates—including the mental agility that enables us humans to decipher brain evolution and its meaning
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POPSHow Advertising Manipulates Our “Caveman” Brains (& How to Resist) Fortunately, there are ways to go about PROOFING YOUR BRAIN. 1. Change your mindset to “postmore” by challenging culture’s ingrained assumption that “more” of everything is automatically better. 2. Grow your gratitude. Our poor, starved, frozen ancestors would cry tears of joy if they suddenly landed in our culture of abundance. Fostering our appreciation of this bounty can also block the consumerist “cool” pressure to deride so many of our fine, workable possessions as “so last year”. 3. Be enough. We’re constantly told that we aren’t rich enough, glam enough, cool enough, networked enough, etc. This has a powerful insidious effect on our primitive, socially competitive brain circuits. It’s like a toxic substance that turns rational brains into needy toddlers wanting “more, more, more!
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POPSThe Best Advice You've Had & Followed, in 7 Words or Less I'll add: Don't let the bastards grind you down. Hang onto your sense of humor. Eat to live, not live to eat. Set a good example. Keep your chin up. Live and let live. Be true to yourself. Set realistic goals. Watch your back. Pick your battles. Let it be. Do your best. Be kind. Listen. Empathize. Relax. Smile. Your turn.
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POPSHow Homophobia Hurts Us All It hurts me that my own Mother wouldn't love me if she knew I was bisexual, but it also helps me to know that through it all some people can love me for who I am. My husband, my youngest daughter, my very best friends, and the support at CM.
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POPSArrogant Assholes, Myself Included
"But there are so many people who are souls "in progress, who do not seek to engage in conflict. They are passionate people who lose it for a moment. As far as my own history. I used to get caught up in flame wars on line-- in forums, listserves, email-- more often than I would have liked. Then I set a simple rule for myself. If I write a message-- email, comment, posting-- that is angry and mean or combative-- I sit on it, preferably overnight. I don't send it out right away. One thing I learned from a researcher is that when you write down stuff that bothers you, that makes you sad, angry, miserable, just writing it down can be therapeutic. But then, if you throw it away, or delete it, that can also be a good healthy thing to do. This researcher even showed that when people did this-- wrote down stuff that made them angry-- their immune functions improved. I'd say that 98% of the time, when I write an angry missive-- and I still do ocassionally-- I end up throwing them away. I ge
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POPSHow to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie Here are the rest of the article: Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Let the other person save face. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise." Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to. Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.
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POPSOn Bullshit Long article.Good Bullshit. My take: Bad Bullshit - Instantly found Good Bullshit - A little research you will find Genius Bullshit-Took a very long time to find The whole world is made of bullshits - one pile on top of one another. We are all bullshitters - Bad, Good and Genius. Cheers. P/s I am one of them.
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POPSDiscover Your Character Strengths ... 6 virtues and 24 strengths. The core virtues are those identified by philosophers, religious thinkers and others as being central to a 'good character' - these are the six main headings in the list below. The 24 character strengths, meanwhile, are those characteristics of individuals that contribute towards these virtues. These are listed under the virtue to which they contribute
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POPSTop 10: Things Only Men Can Do At a potential risk of losing all female appreciation, I think this one was too hilarious to pass...as usual, the best ones are saved for the last!
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POPSWhen giving gifts, the price is wrong In three different investigations of gift exchanges among adults, the researchers consistently found that givers wrongly assumed that money spent on gifts buys recipients’ appreciation. “I suspect we’d see different results if we studied gift appreciation among children,” Flynn predicts. Kids, more than adults, focus primarily on the nature of a gift rather than its source. Gift givers reported that relatively expensive purchases best conveyed their thoughtfulness and consideration, the Stanford researchers say. Givers apparently spent more on gifts to impress recipients with the givers’ caring, not their cash, the researchers suggest. Yet recipients preferred gifts that they really needed or that had special personal meaning, regardless of price.
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POPSFirst They Came for the Lawyers The words of Martin Niemoller are the exact reason, why I clip stuff like this and I can hear that little quote too in the back of my mind that goes: "Evil thrives, when good men do nothing" Gitmo, CIA secret prisons, FEMA detention camps, extraordinary rendition, the MCA and cases like José Padila's just have to be challenged by everyone, all the time. They just have to...
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POPSMay Premier George Bush drink the blood.... George Bush must crush Iraq with his big hands and feet. Next, hopefully Bush will sit upon Uzbekistan like a giant Rooster laying a fire egg. Kazakhstan will provide support with catapults, and use of our women. I Love U S and A!
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POPSciipmarks Community: Let's Say THANKS to American Troops Lets GIVE THANKS to our troops -- past, present and future -- this holiday season for defending our national security, for sacrificing their lives, and for protecting our rights to free speech, i.e., we can say what we want, "clipmark" what we want, "pop" what we want and "comment" on what we want! Rock on troops! God bless America.
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POPSMy 100th Clip Thanks to all my fellow clipmarkers for a great first hundred clips. This is a great site and I look forward to clipping and popping in the days ahead. Special thanks to everyone that has popped or commented on my clips. To Sohil for being my first "follower" and to the Clipmark staff for continually upgrading the site to make it more interactive and enjoyable.
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POPSEliminate poverty consciousness
I remember in one of my first economics lessons, the Teacher said: "People have needs, and wants. It is the job of Advertising to convince people their wants are needs." That was in my first year of high school, and it stuck. One of the biggest problems can be the number of things we are certain we need when we only want them. In todays world we are told we need so many useless things- more than we can ever afford. So we go into debt. A loan is a millstone. When I take stock of what I need I'm not short. Not wanting something until you can afford it can take practice and patience, but then you own it. The bank doesn't own you. There is a lot more space in the cupboard. Saving for something gives time to consider the value of the purchase. These days if you save up for computer equipment, in the time it takes to save, the price is likely to have come down a few hundred dollars. We don't need everything 5 minutes ago. Forget the words 'Everyone else can afford it.' It isn'
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POPSGeneralised Features of Fascism Coherent article, difficult to do justice to in clip, showing how independent of localised conditions - such as economic downturns - there is a generalised potential for fascist tendencies that never disappears.
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POPSwAy cOoL clipmarks feature: PRINTING a clip Printing a clip is awesome! Just tried it for the first time and I never expected to have OPTIONS as to what parts of the clip I want printed. That is a unique, helpful and most Web 2.0 feature! Kudos and appreciation to the team. What happened to your mustaches?
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