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And 2 more.

I’ve had Gmail for the past two years and it used to be virtually spam free, I don’t understand what has  happened or when my email address has been to suddenly get all this crap. It is like going back to the gold old days with Yahoo Mail.

Trade cards started to be used in the 17th century by businesses in London a bit like business cards. Often they only advertised the business with the address and a map. In the 19th century with better printing techniques they became more colourful and sophisticated.

empathy

Originally uploaded by this is emily

Everyday I read in the media the result of some research, some of it is so obvious that I wonder why they spend money on it, some other will be contradicted by another research within weeks and sometimes there is some research which is some food for thought.
This is today in The Daily Telegraph.
Researchers believe that the ability to understand and share the feelings of others is at least partly innate and built into our bodies at birth.
I don’t know whether it is a gene or not but I’ve often wondered why some people are totally unable to see things from another person’s perspective even with all the facts there in front of them. There are very few things that irritate me more that people saying “He/she should have done that, if things went wrong they are entirely to blame because they did not do what I’ve would have done” even when the their situation is completely different and the options they have were not available to that person.