10 things to learn on April 15th

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mental_floss Blog » 15 Film Production Credits Explained

Ever wonder what all those strange credits are when they roll by at the end of a film? I used to, until I moved to LA, where I started meeting Best Boys and Dolly Grips with their kids when I took my son to the playground—yes, Hollywood, where you meet Gaffers and Armourers at your average Saturday night house party.

So I started asking questions, and here’s what I’ve learned:

In India, Hand That Rocks the Cradle Also Calls the Shots – NYTimes.com

Relationships are changing rapidly in modern, urbanized India: extended families are giving way to nuclear ones, women are joining the work force after school rather than heading straight for marriage, and Western habits like dating are becoming more common. But one bond seems to remain as strong as ever — the doting relationship between Indian mothers and their sons.

Some of this country’s most successful businessmen, politicians and entertainers receive maternal counsel daily — and follow it. For example, some political analysts say they believe that Mrs. Gandhi, a politician herself, is fueling her son’s anti-Muslim views. Matriarchs with little formal business experience sit on the boards of industrial giants. Recently, the country’s highest court even told two tycoon siblings to go to their mother to settle a corporate dispute.

How P&G Finds and Keeps a Prized Workforce – BusinessWeek

Few employers spend as much time cultivating their workforce as Procter & Gamble (PG). The consumer-products company expects to get 400,000 applications for entry-level management positions this year. It will hire less than one half of 1% of them, selecting only those most likely to fit the P&G culture. "We actually recruit for values," says Chief Operating Officer Robert McDonald. "If you are not inspired to improve lives, this isn't the company you want to work for."

The careful vetting, training, and career development pay off. P&G boasts 23 brands with at least $1 billion in annual sales and is the market leader in everything from detergent to diapers to razors. True, the company's renowned marketing skills and deep pockets help. But another important edge is personnel management—bringing in and promoting creative thinkers.

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Neuroworld » Blog Archive » Under the Pink Light » A True/Slant Contributor

One of my favorite design blogs, Architectures of Control, highlights a new tactic from a residents’ association in England for driving away teenagers: hitting them with pink lights that flag their acne.

Ouch.

But it works. At least for the time being in a very small spot. (BBC has a short article and a 2-minute video at the link.)

And, it’s not the first anti-teenager device to be implemented (for some reason also in England). There’s also the mosquito, which emits an unpleasant, high-pitched sound that only those under 25 can hear.

And it’s not the only light-based behavior-control measure attempted in Jolly Old England. There’s also this program, which uses blue light to make it harder for heroin users to see their veins in public rest rooms.

Only problem with the bathroom blue lights (other than making junkies miss their veins, which isn’t actually a great thing): It apparently creates great ambiance for sex.

20 Must-Read Blogs for Online Entrepreneurs | Freelance Folder

One of the most important parts of being an online entrepreneur is maintaining an intellectual edge. Those who work and start businesses on the web are always learning, always watching other businesses, and always looking for new sources of information.

The goal of this list is to provide that — 20 useful, thought-provoking, and potentially lucrative sources of news and ideas. Each of these blogs are run by leading individuals and companies, and together they can help form a cornerstone of learning in your daily schedule.

Not all of these blogs are about entrepreneurship, or even business, but all of them are well-written and definitely worth looking at.

Comparisons Between Most Popular Theme Frameworks

Developing a WordPress theme from the ground up is a big task. Sure it might not take long to throw up the basics, but there are a lot of small details that can go into a site. Frameworks are a tool to make developing a theme easier and quicker. Their not something that everyone needs to use, but it’s an option for people. However, getting going in this field can be confusing. The theme development community has some issues to get through and it really messes up some ideas about what is what.

MarketsInEverything.com

A chronological index to Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok's Markets in Everything posts at MarginalRevolution.com.

16 Windows Live Writer Plugins For Bloggers | TECH YARD

Windows Live Writer (WLW) is the most popular desktop blogging client, and the plugins can extend its hands even further by allowing tasks like taking screenshots, adding social bookmarking links, adding videos, uploading content etc even easier. Here’s list of 16 plugins for WLW that many bloggers could find useful.

All the Best Linux Cheat Sheets

All the best Linux cheat sheets rounded up in one post broken down into Linux command line, Linux security, Linux administration, Gnome/KDE, sed/awk/vim, and distribution specific cheat sheets..

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