He was already dead!

From the Latin MANUS MANAM LAVAT, meaning “Hand washes hand,”

or

“One hand washes the other”;

or impliedly,

“You scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours.”

Rather obviously, he remarked: “You’re decorating, I see.”

Angus replied:  “No. I’m moving house.”

Factory outlet

Spaccio, Emporio

Fact sheet

Scheda informativa

Fading

Segnale debole

Fair play

Cortesia, correttezza

Family business

Conduzione familiare

Fan

Ammiratore

FAQ – Frequent Asked Questions

Domande frequenti

Fashion

Moda

Fast Food

Pasti rapidi

Fax

Telecopia

FeedBack

Riscontro

Feeling

Intesa, empatia

Fellow

Borsista

Fiction

Sceneggiato

Field

Campo

Fifty-Fifty

Metà ciascuno

File

Documento

Film

Pellicola

Finish

Volata, finale di gara

First Lady

Moglie del Presidente

Fiscal drag

Drenaggio fiscale

Fitness

Benessere

Flash

Annuncio breve

FlashBack

Richiamo

Flat rate

Tariffa fissa

Flirtare

Amoreggiare

Flood

Inondazione

Flyer

Volantino

Follow up

Seguito

Font

Fonte

Football

Calcio

Footing

Corsetta

Forecast

Previsione

Form

Modulo

Franchising

Affiliazione commerciale

Free-lance

Collaboratore indipendente

Freak

Anticonformista

Free-style

Stile libero

Freezer

Congelatore

Freeware

Programma gratuito

Fringe benefit

Benefici accessori

Front office

Accoglienza clienti

Full immersion

Immersione totale

Full text

Testo integrale

Full time

Tempo pieno

Fund raising

Colletta, raccolta fondi

Più di due secoli orsono lo scienziato Georg Lichtenberg creò questo aforisma. Niente di più aggiornato per mettere “chiarezza” nella confusione attuale del mondo occidentale in crisi.

Stories have the capacity to delight and surprise and to spark creativity by making meaningful connections between data and the ideas, interests and lives of your readers. Science is “full of vexing questions, conflict, dead ends, insights and the occasional thrilling leap” and, as such, is “a story well told”². At the Story Collider (http://www.storycollider.org/), this approach to science reporting is exemplified by compelling narratives.

Martin Krzywinski and Alberto Cairo

Fonte:  Nature/Methods

Q: What is Murphy’s law for experimental scientists?

A: If something can go wrong, it will do so just before your grant is up for review.

Q: Did you know there are 10 types of people in the world?

A: Those that understand binary and those that don’t.

Q: What do chemists use to make guacamole?

A: Avogadros.

Q: Why should you never eat a PB and J sandwich?

A: Because lead is bad for you.

Q: Why didn’t the dendrochronologist get married?

A: All he ever dated was trees!

Q: What happened the first time a physicist, biologist and a chemist went to the ocean?

A: The physicist saw the ocean and was fascinated by the waves. He said he wanted to do some research on the fluid dynamics of the waves and walked into the ocean. Obviously, he was drowned and never returned.

The biologist said he wanted to do research on the flora and fauna inside the ocean and walked into the ocean. He too, never returned.

The chemist waited for a long time and afterwards, wrote the observation, “The physicist and the biologist are soluble in ocean water.”

Q: What is H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O?

A: Water

Q: What happened after the bartender said, “We don’t serve faster-than-light particles here”?

A: A neutrino walked into a bar.

Q: What did one titration say to the other?

A: Let’s meet at the endpoint.

Q: Why do chemists like nitrates so much?

A: They’re cheaper than day rates.

Q: How do you make a hydrogen bond into James Bond?

A: Erase the hydrogen and write in James

Q: Why shouldn’t you invite Schrodinger’s cat to a celebration?

A: He’s simultaneously the life and soul of the party and a dead bore.

Fonte: Laboratory Equipment

Job hunting is a frazzling experience. There are so many concerns for a job hunter that sometimes its hard to focus on what is important and urgent and what is busy work.

The question for the job hunter is “What do I do first, second, and what can I ignore?”

Its an ongoing situation and can be a daily struggle.

There are so many different details like the resume, job boards, LinkedIn, Facebook, networking online, person to person networking, telephone calling, it can and is overwhelming. 

And the worst part is that you never know what is the single thing that will make the difference in the job hunt.

While the goal of job hunting is clear, to get a great job doing what you want, its how to divide your time that is difficult. Every job hunt is different because every person is different. 

But there are some  priorities that are important to ensure your success. I have laid out what I think are the top ten priorities that apply to everyone.

Using the list is simple, each day start at the top of the list. If there is something you can do for that item on the list, then do it. If not, go to the next item on the list.

1. Maintain your mental health. If you feel, or people close to you feel, you have serious emotional issues, immediately consult your family physician for advice and help. While it is typical for a hunter to feel anxious about finding a job, the anxiety can becomes debilitating and self defeating. Some of the danger signs to watch for are if you are constantly angry, critical about people around you, sitting in front of the television, playing video games, randomly cruising the Internet, or unable to concentrate for long periods. If you have any of these signs, get help today. Looking for a job requires you need to be calm, focused, positive, and pleasant to all around you. The next two priorities help you maintain the your mental health.

2. Exercise daily for 30 minutes. When you are physically healthy and active it stimulates the brain and gives you unlimited energy. An exercise program will release endorphins into your brain that allow you to concentrate while not exercising. It may seem that when you are spending time exercising that you are wasting valuable time that could be spent in the job hunt. This is untrue, a reasonable exercise program will allow give you time to reflect on what you are during your job hunt. A simple and effective exercise program that will provide immediate results is a brisk walk for 30 minutes each day. A brisk walk is one that will raise your heartbeat to 60% of your maximum heart rate. This measure depends on your starting fitness and your age. About.com has a fitness calculator which you can find at http://exercise.about.com/cs/fitnesstools/l/bl_THR.htm.  The page includes information about heart beat zones and other good stuff. Always consult with your family physician before starting a regular exercise program. I started with a walking program and now I run marathons (very badly). More on my thoughts about marathon running can be read at Marathon Running Is A Metaphor For Success 

3. Maintain Your Relationships. Job hunting can be incredibly stressful and depending on your personal circumstances it can consume you. Its important that during this stressful time that you maintain your important relationships with family and close friends. Don’t let the job hunt overwhelm you and be the only topic of conversation.Spend time with your friends and family. A long walk or hike, playing cards, a board game, or a home cooked dinner is all that is necessary to stimulate conversation and maintain connections.

4. Have A Positive Mental Attitude. I know it gets tough. Some days it seems like nobody wants to talk to you, there are absolutely no jobs available, and every company you want to work for is going out of business. But, the reality is that everyday new companies are starting up, companies are taking over other companies, people are retiring, people are quiting, people are moving. Each of these creates new job opportunities for you. Your job and your priority is to keep at it and to keep working at it. You must become better and better at every one of the skills you need for finding a job.  PMA is a quaint saying and sounds simple and seems to fly in the face of “You have to be realistic.”. I know PMA is all about being realistic. Somebody who believes in a Positive Mental Attitude is choosing to select a positive outcome from any number of possible outcomes. We never know what the world will bring. Here are 22 Case studies in Success Through Positive Mental Attitude from my LinkedIn contacts.

5. Read Your Goals Every Single Day. Having clear goals in life gives you a significant advantage. In fact most people think having dreams are goals. Dreams are not goals, goals are measurable, tangible, and have a date. Saying “One day I will take the family to Disneyland” is not a clear goal. Saying “In August 2011, I am taking the family to Disneyland” is a clear goal. I believe you should have goals in five different areas, Health, Relationships, Financial Stability, Giving Back and Personal Growth. The goals your read must be Personal, Positive, and in the Present. Read all your goals out loud. This simple act does two things in your subconscious that will help your conscious mind. Firstly it creates cognitive dissonance between the reality and the goal and secondly it tells the reticular activating system to stop ignoring things that you need to help you. Once you get hooked on goals, you see them everywhere. I loved the movie UP because I believe its all about setting goals, read what I wrote about UP in my Movie Review: Up – Forget The Story – Its About Setting Goals .

6. Finish 3 Tasks In Your Job Hunt Plan A task is an activity that moves you closer to one of your goals. By having three tasks that must be completed each day, you will slowly move towards your goals. Tasks are not the things you need to do each day. Such as brushing your teeth, tasks are individual work items that are part of your plan that move you closer to a goal or a milestone. If you don’t have a detailed plan, consider using GOSPA (Goals, Objectives, Strategy, Priorities, and Actions) to create your plan. Read more at Using GOSPA For Personal Success. 

7. Do Something That Will Market Yourself. In my e-letter My Top 10 Job Hunting Tactics I mention the 12 business problems you can solve. Make sure that these 12 stories are every where.the story everywhere online, on your business cards, and elsewhere are all about those 12 problems. Use the same picture on your LinkedIn profile as you do on Facebook, as you have in your white papers. It takes 7 times for somebody to see a message and for it to register. If every time you send a different message, then you are defeating yourself. You can find a few more ideas about marketing yourself at Marketing Yourself and Schmoozing For The Job Hunter or For Getting New Business .

8. Make Some Choices. Its important that you have a variety of different job hunt methods. You probably already know my disdain for “Click and Apply”. As a job hunter you should have many different tactics in play. Choose the correct tactic for each and every job opportunity or target company. Select a tactic for meeting the hiring authority, select one for getting your cover letter read, select one for getting your resume in front of the person. There are many different tactics for head hunters, for job fairs, and for answering newspaper advertisements. Don’t limit yourself. To get you started in understanding the width and breadth available to you, I have created 77 Guerrilla Job Hunting Tips. You can find the all the first tips and all the rest at 77 Guerrilla Job Hunting Tips . 

9. Track The Effectiveness Of Everything You Do  To track the effectiveness of your job hunt, you need to measure what you have done and how well it helped you reach your goals. Depending on the job hunt tactics you select will depend on what you measure. For example, lets say one of your tactics is to get face to face meetings with key executives in your city. Therefore, you would need to track, the total number of executives, how many you go into contact with, how many spoke with you on the phone, and how many you were able to setup a face to face meeting. At the beginning of anything new, it takes times to practise and get good at it. Don’t expect a 100% success rate. The first 100 calls might get you nowhere. The second 100 calls might get you 5 meetings. When you track each step in the process to the goal, you can see if you are improving in the step, and if you are not, you can do some research on what are the best practises are for that step.

10. Spend 8 Hours Each Day On The Job Hunt. Unfortunately, many people don’t spend the time necessary for their job hunt. And many times they fool themselves into thinking they are working on the job hunt. Working on a job hunt is about working towards your goals. Having coffee with buddies does not count, cruising job boards doesn’t count, and doing your daily exercise does not count. Only the hours working on the specifics of the job hunt count. There is no teacher watching you, you need to be honest with yourself. If you don’t know what to do, implement another tactic from the 77 Guerrilla Job Hunting Tips.

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a-, an-  not, without
ab-, a-, abs-  away
acr-, acro-  height, summit, tip
aer-, aero-   air, atmosphere
albus- white
ambi-  both, on both sides
ampulla- botile, flask
ana-  again, against, back
angeion – vessel
ant-, anti-   against, opposed to, preventive
ante-, anti-  before, in front of, prior to
anth-, antho-   flower
aqu-   water
archaeo-, archeo-  ancient
arthr-, arthro- joint
astr-, astro-   star, star-shaped
aur-  relating to gold, or gold-colored
aureus – golden, gold coin
avi-  bird

B

bac-  rod-shaped
baro-  weight, pressure
basi-  at thè bottoni
bi-  two
bio-  life
blast- germ, embryo, bud, celi with nucleus
bon(i)- good
bor-  north
brach-  short
brachi-, brachio- arm
brachys, brachy – short
brev(i)-  brief, short (time)
brevis – short
bronch- windpipe
bucc- check, mouth, cavity
burs- pouch, purse

C

camp-   field
cand- glowing,iridescent
canis – dog, coyote
cap-, -cip-, capt-, -cept- hold, take
capit-, -cipit- head
cav-  hollow
cen(o)- new
cephale- head
cephalo- head
cervie- relating to thè neck, relating to thè cervix
chrom- color
chryso- gold
clad- branch
coccus- seed, sphere
cochl- shell
coel- hollow
crypt- hidden
cune- wedge
curv- bent
cyan- blue

D

deca – ten
derma – skin
dino- terrible
diplo- doublé
dorsum – back

E

echinos, echino- hedgehog, sea-urchin, spiny ‘
equ- horse
erythros, erythro- red
eu-   well
exo-   outside

F

falc-  sickle
fase-  bundle
felis- cat
ferr-  iron
flav-  yellow
flavus- Golden yellow, light yellow
fort-   strong
fruct-, frug- fruit
fulvus- Deep yellow, tawny
fung-, funct- do
fuse- dark

G

galact-  milk
gastr- stomach
ge(o)- earth
glabra- smooth, hairless

H

haem(o)- blood
haema-, hema – blood
hali-, hallo – of thè sea, salt
beli-, helio- sun
helico- spirai
hom(o)-   same
homeo- like
hydro- water
hyper- above, over

I

inter- among, between
intra- within

K

kil(o)- thousand

L

lact- milk
lat(i)- broad, wide
leuc(o)-, leuk(o)- white
lig- bind
lip(o)- fat
lith(o)- stone
lue- bright, light
lutea- yellow, saffron-colored

M

macr- long
macro- long, large
mamm- breast
medi-, -midi- middle
meg- great, large
melan- black, dark 
mening- membrane
mes- middle
micr(o)-   small
mili-  thousand
min-  less, smaller
mir-  wonder, amazement
mono- single
morph-   form, shape
morpho-   shape
mort-   death
mur-   wall
mut- change
myx-   slime

N

nanos- dwarf
ne(o)- new
necr(o)- dead
nephr- kidney
neur- nerve
nigr- black
nov- new

O

ocul- eye
odont- tooth
olig- few
orna- cancer
oo- egg
operculum- little cover
orth- straight
oxy- sharp, pointed

P

pach- thick
paed- child
palae-, pale- ancient, old
pan- panto – ali
pan-, pam- ali
ped- child
ped- foot
pedi – foot
pen- almost
penia-   deficiency
pept-  peptic, stomach
peri- around
petr- rock

phaeo- dark
phag- eat
philia- love, friendship
phyl- tribe
phyll- leaf
phyt-  plant
pii- hair
pir- pear
plas- mould
plen- full
plesi- near
pleth- full
pleur- side
pneu- air, lung
poly- many
porphyr- purple
post- after, behind
pre- before
prim- first
prot(o)- first
pseud(o)- false
psil(o)- bare
psychr(o)- cold
pulmon- lung
purpur- purple
pyl- gate
pyo- pus
pyro- heat, fire

Q

quadr- four

R

radi- beam, spoke
ram- branch
retro- backward, behind
rhabd- rod
rhin- nose, snout
rhiza-  root
ruber, rubra, rubrum- red

S

sacchar- sugar
sai- salt
sanguin- blood
sapiens- wise
sarc(o)- flesh 
schis- split
scler- hard
scop-, scopy, scept- look at, examine, view,
observe
scut- shield
serr- saw, saw-toothed
sinus- hollow, bay
soma- body
spher- spheroid
spir- breathe
spor- seed
squam- scale
staphylo- grapelike
stom(a)- mouth, opening
strepi- twisted, in chains
sucr- sugar
supra- above, over
syn-, sy-, syl-, sym- with

T

tach- swift
taenia-   ribbon
terr- dry land
terti- third
tetra- four
theca- case
toxo- arrow, dart
trich- hair
troph- feed, grow

U

und- wave

V

vac- empty
ver- true
verm- worm
verrucosus- rough skinned
viridis- green
vitr- glass
viv- live
vulg- common, crowd
vulgaris- common
vulner-   wound

X

xanth- yellow
xen- foreign
xer- dry

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