Celebrating Spiritual Birthdays

BY SUSAN

One of the biggest days for parents of young children is their child’s birthday! All over the country, moms go to great lengths to celebrate in a fitting way. One mom rents a clown, another a horse and buggy, yet another a restaurant complete with games and food. Cupcakes or cakes are often spectacular and gift bags beautifully arranged. Even moms (often older, more exhausted, and wiser ones!) who do not go to great lengths still celebrate their child. It’s a rare parent who forgets or ignores this special day. And usually this day is shared with lots of friends and certainly remembered by relatives. It’s an important day. It’s a genuine celebration of one of God’s most precious gifts — our child.

But there’s an even more significant birthday celebration. It’s the day our child asks Jesus to come into his or her heart. Too often, this day is noticed and a parent rejoices, but rarely is this good news shared with others. Oh, how it needs to be!

For Chimps, a Rear End Is Worth a Thousand Faces

Chances are, you’ve seen more than one guy on the street turn to stare at a woman’s rear end. Now it looks like men aren’t the only ones: A new study found that chimps can recognize other chimps simply by looking at photos of their butts.

Well-known Emory University primatologist Frans de Waal discovered that chimpanzees could match up pictures of other chimps’ rear ends and genitals to pictures of the corresponding faces—though it only worked if the observer knew the photo subject personally. “They were not only seeing the photographs as representations of chimps they knew,” says de Waal, “but linked the face and behind by drawing upon a mental representation of the whole body of those chimps.”

What to keep in mind when you start online dating.

New to Online Dating: 11 Tips

By Winnie Yu                                                                                              Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
WebMD Feature

You're ready to meet someone new. Heading to the local bar doesn't appeal. Friends have no one to suggest. So you're thinking about trying online dating.

For many people these days, the better option is online dating, says Fran Walfish, PhD, a psychotherapist in Beverly Hills, Calif. "Online is the faster, most accessible place," she says. "Many couples have found each other through online dating sites."

Online dating offers a large pool of candidates that you can "meet" from the comfort of your home, notes Terri Orbuch, PhD, a relationship therapist in West Bloomfield, Mich. "It's really convenient, and it opens you up to a wide-open world of potential matches," Orbuch tells WebMD.

Ants : You Can Almost Hear Their Tiny Voices Singing "Whistle While You Work"

Geekologie

What looks like a screen cap from a CGI-heavy Super Bowl commercial is actually a real, not-manipulated photograph. And no, those aren't posed ant corpses with a bottle cap hot glued to their tiny hands, if that's what you think, Professor Coldheart. It's from a series of images that photographer Andrey Pavlov took outside his house, after studying and then making an art project out of a real live ant colony. He's a former set designer, which allowed him to make some pretty incredible sets for the ants to interact with in the most stereotypically industrious ways possible.

Telegraph.co.uk
Seen here, reeling in a 300-pound marlin.

Seeing ants get things done at this scale is inspiring, but if you're anything like us, that sensation quickly turns to a sense of foreboding for the day when they finally decide to rise up and take humanity down.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19817_18-images-you-wont-believe-arent-photoshopped-part-9.html

A Facebook Photo Cost Me My Internship

By katya gordeeva | Yahoo! Contributor Network

If you are seeking employment, you might want to make sure your Facebook profile doesn't reveal any unflattering information about yourself. Nowadays, many companies check out potential employees' Facebook profiles before hiring them. If your profile picture is of you playing a game of beer bong at a party, it's probably best for you to take it down. Some employers are going as far as asking job candidates to provide their Facebook usernames and passwords. I have had my own social media privacy issues while searching for jobs.

A couple of years ago, I heavily searched for public relations internships. I was almost finished with college and wanted to add more experience to my resume. I must have applied for over 30 internships, but one stood out to me. It was a public relations firm in Chicago that specialized in hotels and restaurants. I was so excited when I got invited for an interview with the firm. I bought a business suit and read interview tips online beforehand; I knew I was prepared for the interview.