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The Middle East Friendship Chart

The Middle East Friendship Chart
For the interactive version, visit Slate.com on your desktop or tablet. Egypt’s military government has made cracking down on extremist groups in the Sinai Peninsula a priority, and the al-Qaida-inspired group Ansar Beyt al-Maqdis has emerged as the country’s most formidable terror threat. The two groups have been linked in the past and have a shared hostility toward Israel, but their ultimate goals are quite different. While nominally on the same side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Shiite Lebanese militia and the Sunni international terror network have found themselves on opposite sides of Syria’s brutal civil war. Despite their religious divide, Iran has allowed senior members of al-Qaida to operate from its territory in the past, particularly after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, but the civil war in Syria has seriously strained the relationship. Al-Qaida remains opposed to the U.S. Al-Qaida and its affiliates remain committed to the destruction of the Jewish state.

The best smartphone you can buy The One to Buy Apple iPhone 5S 8.8 Verge Score Buy now$149.00 Sprint Verizon Apple Store Amazon Our smartphones are the single most important devices we own. Not long ago, there were good phones and bad phones. This is a device you'll use all day, every day. Shot on location at WeWork. The Winner The iPhone has always been at the cutting edge of smartphone technology. The 5S' appeal begins with its design. The iPhone 5S runs iOS 7, which is somewhat polarizing both for its design and functionality, but with that software comes the best ecosystem of apps and services you'll find anywhere. iOS has hundreds of thousands of beautiful, powerful, polished apps; it gets the best apps before any other platform, and has a huge selection of games and tools that Android or Windows Phone users never see. Other devices may have particular advantages — a bigger screen or longer battery life — but they all come with complications and trade-offs. The Runner-Up But let's say you want a bigger phone. HTC One (M8)

65 Terrific Social Media Infographics As you know, infographics are visual representations of information, data, or knowledge. They present complex concepts quickly and clearly, and communicate ideas in an easily understandable fashion. Last year, I assembled a collection of 35 infographics that told the story of social media at that time. That post proved to be so popular that I wanted to update it, including images that are still relevant and adding newer visualizations that illustrate more recent knowledge and insights into the social Web. Since social media marketing is a relatively recent addition to organizations’ integrated marketing communications plans, it’s imperative for marketing professionals to gain as much understanding as possible about how people leverage social media for everyday interaction. These snapshots communicate essential information to help marketers make sense of the social networking space and how people are using it in their everyday lives to communicate and share information and ideas.

Russian photographers secretly scale Pyramids to capture gorgeous images Russian photographer Vadim Makhorov caused quite a stir this week when he published a set of stunning images captured from atop Egypt's Great Pyramid. The photos, posted to Makhorov's LiveJournal page, provide a rare view of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, though they've fueled a fair bit of controversy, as well. Once the pyramids complex had closed to tourists, Makhorov and his two friends, Vitaliy Raskalov and Marat Dupri, staked out for nearly five hours, hiding themselves from Egypt's armed guards. Once the coast was clear, they embarked on a 481-foot climb to the top of the pyramids, where they captured sweeping shots of the Giza Necropolis, while avoiding the sights of the guards below. According to Raskalov, the trio would have faced between one and three years in jail, had they been caught. "We didn't want to insult anyone. "I've always been drawn to Egypt," he wrote. "We didn't want to insult anyone," Makhorov continued.

What is Chat, Twitter, text messaging and instant messaging abbreviations? - Definition from WhatIs.com For other IM slang terms, check out the glossary on SearchUnifiedCommunications.com. This page was suggested by Tom "Sky" King with additional contributions from Bill Bailey, Garry Beaty, Rohan Beckett, Robert Berne, Blip, Dan Brennan, Britney, Seth Caldwell, Steve Coile, Eric Danneels, Andrew Drummond, Heather Ekey, Chris Frezza, Ron Good, Tim Gossman, Chris Grabenstein, Loren Guerra, Michael Guinn Madeleine Guggenaster, Christopher Hemminghaus, Josh Jones, Tim Joyce, Paul Kassal, Susan M. King, Jacob Lewis, Julia Lloyd, Sally Martin, Ben Mason, Max Matthews, Heather McCarthy, Meagan, Laura Mosko, Lindsay Musko, Ed Odom, Franziska Paul, Ruth Sochard Pitt, James Ponder, Terence J. >> Stay up to date by receiving the latest IT term daily. This was last updated in September 2007 Email Alerts Register now to receive SearchCRM.com-related news, tips and more, delivered to your inbox. By submitting you agree to receive email from TechTarget and its partners.

Tipo de personalidad Myers-Briggs Myers-Briggs es un indicador de personalidad. El indicador es el resultado de un formulario con alrededor de 70 preguntas binarias (si o no), y que indica tu tipo de personalidad. Según Myers-Briggs, el tipo de personalidad tiene 4 aristas independientes que miden: Extroversión /Introversión, Sentido /iNtuición, PensanTe / Sensible (F), Juicio / Persepción. Estas 4 aristas dan lugar a 16 tipos de personalidades: {E,I}x{S,N}x{T,F}x{J,P}, que posteriormente fueron asociadas con los nombres: Inspector (ISTJ), Protector (ISFJ), Consejero (INFJ), Mente Maestra (INTJ), Artesano (ISTP), Compositor (ISFP), Sanador (INFP), Arquitecto (INTP), Promotor (ESTP), Actor (ESFP), Campeón (ENFP), Inventor (ENTP), Supervisor (ESTJ), Proveedor (ESFJ), Profesor (ENFJ), y Mariscal de Campo (ENTJ). Entonces, ¿Que esperas para conocer tu tipo de personalidad? De acuerdo con Wikipedia, los tipos de personalidad Myers-Briggs se basan en los estudios de C.

setlist.fm - the setlist wiki 23 Maneras creativas de decirle al mundo que estás teniendo un bebé: Rincón Abstracto Las siguientes fotos son maneras creativas y lindas de anunciar que estás esperando un bebe, una excelente demostración de que en ocasiones las imágenes dicen más que las palabras Fuente No está ocurriendo aquí, pero está ocurriendo ahora | Curiosidades, publicidad Por triste que parezca, lo que vemos en las películas no se parece nada a la realidad, la realidad es mucho más terrorífica. Muchos ciudadanos desconocen estas acciones y situaciones, por lo que Amnistía Internacional ha ingeniado una buenísima campaña para concienciarles. Más tras el salto. Vía

Shades of Truth: The Many Ways We Lie | Lisa Firestone There's a scene in the movie Something's Gotta Give that simply and succinctly captures one reality about the truth. After catching the man she loves on a date with another woman, Diane Keaton is chased out of the restaurant by a guilty and distraught Jack Nicholson. When he finally stops her, he pleads, "I have never lied to you, I have always told you some version of the truth." She replies, "The truth doesn't have versions, okay?" And that's the truth. The truth may have many sides to it. In her research, Bella DePaulo, Ph.D., found that people lie in one in five of their daily interactions. It's common for people to only say the parts of the truth that they feel are acceptable or that they think people want to hear, leaving the full truth hidden away. When you control a response by shading the truth, you create an alternate, agreed upon reality between you and another person. At times, you may lie to compensate for guilt. Gossip or covert communication -- Gossip is an epidemic.

6 Mother Teresa Quotes to Live By Find daily motivation in this curated collection of quotes from Mother Teresa that celebrates her passion to ease suffering and spread peace. By Caitlin O'Connell Loading Carsten Koall/Getty Images Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without being tired. What we need is to love without being tired. We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop were not there, I think the ocean would be less by that missing drop. But if that drop were not there, I think the ocean would be less by that missing drop. Stay where you are. Find the sick, the suffering, and the lonely right where you are—in your own homes and in your own families, in your workplaces and in your schools. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. We can do not great things. If we have no peace...

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