The New York Times
HEALTH
Sugar in the diet can lead to acne.
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR
Published: February 23, 2009
Any link between sugar and acne has long been dismissed. But now scientists are taking another look.
Archive for February, 2009
SDA : Skin, Diet, Acne
February 27, 2009New York for Residents
February 24, 2009There is a very useful map available for those who live in New York and still don’t know every secret of the Big City. Had I found it earlier, many footaches had stayed unknown to me…
You have surely experienced such situations : you ask people on the street for directions. They send you to wrong directions. Not because they are nasty; no, just out of ignorance. And some have no sense of orientation at all. And those who they tell you to turn to the right, whenever they mean ‘to the left’. And what’s about ‘behind’ and ‘ahead’.
To be true, I already sent some askers to the wrong direction, too. I meant to help out, I was so sure of my explanations but by the time I realized that I sent them to the pampa, they were already gone. How come they asked ME and not another person on the street?
Could it be that ‘orientation’ is a personal matter?
Writing this post for you reminds me of my time as a volunteer at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral a couple of years back. Some visitors to the beautiful Cathedral were very specific. They wanted to know where some Saints were standing. There are a saint in each and every corner and there are so many corners in the church. More than four !
At the beginning, I used the guide to get the piece of information the visitors needed. But since visitors were queueing up some times to hear my voice, I decided to learn by heart the location of all saints to serve visitors quicklier. It took me a few days to digest all the saints’ locations. It was great fun to be a volunteer at the Information Desk.
Roberta, how are you doing these days? As you can see, I still know you…
Help The Children of Senegal !
February 22, 2009
Entering the Preview World with Google Books
February 20, 2009I was searching for ‘copie littérale d’acte de naissance’ on the internet today at 5 a.m. Nothing difficult since I wake up at 4 a.m.
That’s how I discovered the Google Books this very morning. What an amazing bookstore ! It’s actually what I have ever dreamed of. I wish Google could make PREVIEWS of ALL THE BOOKS available on earth. I know that it is impossible but please don’t wake me up.
Council of Europe – Terminology Office
gave me the answer to my search.
There is a bookstore in Munich which sells myriads of IT books. Most of them are expensive. Many of them are in English. The only thing I hate in this bookstore is the clear plastic that wraps all books. No way to look at the inside of the books. No way to smell them !
I understand the concern of the shop owner. He wants to protect his goods. Although IT books become obsolete very quickly (average lifetime 9 months or less), a book with a stain or a fat finger print is no longer sellable at regular price. The shop owner must offer a discount if he wants to sell it as quick as possible.
I used to spend much time in this one shop. At first I thought these IT-books were treated the way CDs are in Munich : You go to the vendor and ask him to unwrap the CD because the price tag has to be taped back on the CD cover. Then you take the CD to the CD player and there you listen to your CD as long as your legs can stand.
With the CD ceremony in mind, I took the book I was interested in to the shop assistant and asked him to unwrap it. “Sorry, no. It’s not our company policy…’ Thousands of IT nerds out there write millions of IT books. So which one is the right one ? It is such a nonsense to buy a book by the cover. IT-books are too expensive to take the risk and too ‘kurzlebig’. But I took the risk. Five times. Lots of money thrown away for paper to be recycled. Never ever again.
I’ve got 20 pics that I meant to scan. But they are still waiting in my drawer. Maybe if I put them in a cover, Google will scan them, too ?!?
When Females drive ….
February 14, 2009Layoffs – Hiring
February 13, 2009If the worst has already happened, there is only one thing we can do : Look for another job. Whenever possible, not far from home. Trust in your capabilities. The show MUST go on.
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Un poquito de vino rojo? 
