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11 Cynical Proverbs About Love From Around the World

Claro, el amor es maravilloso, pero a veces puede ser ... complicado. Culturas de todo el mundo han capturado las duras lecciones de amor en la pequeñas pepitas, pulido de la sabiduría que llamamos proverbios. Estos 11 proverbios cínicos sobre el amor no te hará sentir cálida y difusa, pero muestran que todos, en todas partes, ha tenido lo malo en algún momento.

1. polaco.El primer amor es como una serpiente, y si no se destruye, te paralice.
2. alemán. Usted puede sufrir sin amor, pero no puedes amar sin sufrir.
3. Avar, Cáucaso ruso Ceda el paso a los deseos de su cuerpo, y luego soportar los desastres que siguen.
4. Hausa, Nigeria / Níger Cuando el corazón manda, el cuerpo se convierte en su esclavo.
5. ruso El amor tiene alas en sus hombros, el matrimonio tiene muletas bajo los brazos.
6. Punjab, India Hay mil miserias de un amor.
7. italiano El que se casa por amor, muere miserablemente de la ira.
8. ruso El amor es como una ortiga que pica mucho.
9. español El amor es como una sopa, el primer bocado es muy caliente, y los que siguen se vuelven gradualmente más frío.
10. Malgache, Madagascar El amor es como las algas: vas con ella, ella te deja, te dejarla, ella te sigue.
11. árabe Las promesas de la noche, hecha de mantequilla, derretir cuando los primeros rayos de sol aparecen.

Sure, love is wonderful, but sometimes it can be…complicated. Cultures all over the world have captured the hard lessons of love in the tiny, polished nuggets of wisdom we call proverbs. These 11 cynical proverbs about love won't make you feel warm and fuzzy, but they show that everyone, everywhere, has had it bad at some point.
1. Polish

First love is like a snake; if it doesn't destroy you, it will paralyze you.
2. German

You can suffer without love, but you can't love without suffering.
3. Avar, Russian Caucasus

Yield to the desires of your body, then endure the disasters that follow.
4. Hausa, Nigeria/Niger

When the heart gives orders, the body becomes its slave.
5. Russian

Love has wings on its shoulders; matrimony has crutches under its arms.
6. Punjabi, India

There are a thousand miseries in one love.
7. Italian

He that marries for love, dies miserably of anger.
8. Russian

Love is like a nettle that stings badly.
9. Spanish

Love is like soup, the first mouthful is very hot, and the ones that follow become gradually colder.
10. Malagasy, Madagascar

Love is like seaweed: you go to her, she leaves you, you leave her, she follows you.
11. Arabic

The promises of the night, made of butter, melt when the first sunrays appear.

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4 Other Popes Who Resigned

El Papa Benedicto XVI anunció que iba a ser el primer papa que dimitir en 600 años. Incluso antes de eso, el jefe de la Iglesia Católica renunciar a su cargo voluntariamente fue una ocurrencia muy rara. Si bien hay teorías de dos o tres de los primeros Papas han renunciado pueden, así, estos son los cuatro único que sabemos con certeza.

1. El Papa Benedicto IXEl papado era diferente en la Edad Media. Muchos papas eran corruptos, pero pocos se acercaron a los niveles de corrupción de los primeros Benedicto a renunciar. Él consiguió el trabajo en 1032, cuando sólo tenía 18 años porque su familia era potente y había producido ya dos Papas. Una vez que se ejecuta la iglesia, el Papa no se molestó con nada de eso el cristianismo, prefiriendo en lugar de tener orgías homosexuales en el Vaticano. Sus contemporáneos lo llamaron "inmoral", "un demonio del infierno", y una "desgracia". Un obispo incluso lo acusó de violación y asesinato. Desde que era una vergüenza, los cardenales finalmente le pagó para dejar el cargo. Benedicto aceptó en 1045 .

2. El Papa Gregorio VIJusto después de que Benedicto renunció Gregory se convirtió en Papa, que no sorprendió a nadie ya que era el tipo que paga Benedicto irse. La jerarquía de la Iglesia frunció el ceño en el esquema de pago-por-el-papado y lo declaró culpable de simonía (compra oficinas santos). Gregory renunció apenas 18 meses después de que él se hizo cargo.

3. Papa Celestino VCelestino era tan piadoso que tuvo que dejar de papa-ción a causa de ella. Nacido en una familia pobre, se abrió paso en las filas religiosas a pesar de su amor por la vida como un ermitaño en cuevas durante años a la vez. Todavía estaba viviendo allí en 1292 cuando se enteró de que el Papa había muerto. Él envió al Colegio de los Cardenales una carta diciendo que tenían que elegir a un nuevo papa, tan pronto como sea posible o Dios se enojaría. Mostrando una absoluta falta de creatividad, el Colegio elegido el autor de la carta. Sólo había un problema: Celestine no quería el trabajo. Trató de huir del país antes de ser finalmente convenció a darle una oportunidad. Pero ser Papa no estaba de acuerdo con él, y él sólo hizo tres decretos durante sus cinco meses en el cargo. El último decreto hizo bien para los papas a abdicar, que él inmediatamente hizo. Mientras Celestino quería pasar el resto de su vida en una cueva, el próximo Papa lo hizo arrestar y murió en la cárcel.

4. El Papa Gregorio XIIGregory se convirtió en Papa durante la época más confusa de la historia de la Iglesia Católica. Usted ve, él no fue el único Papa. Él era el chico de los cardenales en Roma le gusta lo mejor, pero también había un papa francés. Llamado el Cisma de Occidente, esta confusión se prolongó durante casi 40 años. En 1409, un concilio de la iglesia decidió que la mejor cosa para hacer era deponer a ambos Gregory y el otro papa, Benedicto XIII, y elegir uno nuevo, Alexander V. Dado que todos los papas se negó a dimitir y todos tenían protectores poderosos, los iglesia ahora tenía a tres personas a cargo. Por último, en 1415, Gregorio accedió a renunciar y pasó el resto de su vida en la oscuridad.

Pope Benedict XVI announced he would be the first pope to step down in 600 years. Even before that, the head of the Catholic Church giving up his office voluntarily was a very rare occurrence. While there are theories two or three of the earliest popes may have resigned as well, these are the only four we know about for sure.
1. Pope Benedict IX

The papacy was different in the Middle Ages. Many popes were corrupt, but few approached the levels of debauchery of the first Benedict to step down. He got the job in 1032 when he was only 18 because his family was powerful and had already produced two popes. Once he was running the church, Benedict didn’t bother with any of that Christianity stuff, preferring instead to have gay orgies in the Vatican. Contemporaries called him “immoral,” “a demon from hell,” and a “disgrace." One bishop even accused him of rape and murder. Since he was such an embarrassment, the cardinals eventually paid him to leave office. Benedict accepted in 1045.
2. Pope Gregory VI

Right after Benedict resigned Gregory became pope, which surprised no one since he was the guy who paid Benedict to leave. The church hierarchy frowned on the paying-for-the-papacy scheme and found him guilty of simony (buying holy offices). Gregory resigned just 18 months after he took over.
3. Pope Celestine V

Celestine was so pious he had to stop pope-ing because of it. Born to a poor family, he worked his way up in the religious ranks despite his love of living as a hermit in caves for years at a time. He was still living there in 1292 when he heard the pope had died. He sent the College of Cardinals a letter saying they had to elect a new pope as soon as possible or God would be angry. Showing an utter lack of creativity, the College elected the letter writer. There was only one problem—Celestine didn’t want the job. He tried to flee the country before finally being convinced to give it a try. But being pope didn’t agree with him, and he only made three decrees during his five months in office. The last decree made it okay for popes to abdicate—which he then immediately did. While Celestine wanted to spend the rest of his life in a cave, the next pope had him arrested, and he died in jail.
4. Pope Gregory XII

Gregory became pope during the most confusing time in Catholic Church history. You see, he wasn’t the only pope. He was the guy the cardinals in Rome liked the best, but there was also a French pope. Called the Western Schism, this confusion went on for almost 40 years. In 1409, a church council decided the best thing to do was depose both Gregory and the other pope, Benedict XIII, and elect a brand new one, Alexander V. Since all of the popes refused to step down and all had powerful protectors, the church now had three people in charge. Finally, in 1415, Gregory agreed to resign and spent the rest of his life in obscurity.

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Lifehacking Smartphone Tips For Dire Survival Situations [Infographic]

This infographic called How To Upcycle Your Broken Mobile Phone Parts Into Survival Tools is brought to us by Anson Alex (design by Natalie Bracco) and is a good attempt at educating us all on what goodies lie hidden within our power gadgets. These lifehacking smartphone tips are carefully explained and are sure to give you a fighting chance if you find yourself in a situation which requires some advanced survival tools and skills. This will definitely keep you alive long enough until someone either realizes you are gone or comes to your rescue.

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10 YouTube Channels to Follow for Tech Help

iYogi

Name: iYogi
Expert on: Microsoft Windows
Number of subscribers: 524

Despite its popularity, Microsoft Windows can tie even the most savvy IT professional in knots. Enter iYogi, a New York-based computer repair company that provides remote phone tech support and promotes itself online with Windows troubleshooting videos.

Don't let the marketing scare you away. The iYogi experts in the YouTube videos provide free tips on such topics as web browser tweaks and print driver installation.

Want to keep tabs on your company's Windows 7 computers without raising employee suspicions? Here, iYogi recommends enabling a hidden administrator account.


Expert Village

Name: Expert Village
Expert on: Mac OS
Number of subscribers: 1,126,146

While Apple strives to make its products and operating systems as intuitive and easy to operate as possible, even seasoned users can run into problems.

For help, try this Expert Village playlist, a series of videos in which a former Apple Genius covers pesky issues that pop up in the Mac OS X operating system, such as changing screen resolution and using sticky notes. Even though the videos were produced in 2008, the solutions are still relevant.

For instance, deleting applications on a Mac might not be as straightforward as you think. Here, Expert Village suggests that you delete stray files that programs leave behind and keep your hard drive tidy.

Eli the Computer Guy

Name: Eli the Computer Guy
Expert on: Computer hardware repair
Number of subscribers: 9,511

After watching these videos, you might think that if you asked Eli what time it is, he'd explain how a clock works.

A Baltimore-based IT professional, Eli is extremely thorough in exploring an array of topics 14from cloud services to security. On this computer repair playlist, each video generally runs about an hour.

If online viruses and other net-based unpleasantness have slowed down your Windows PC, Eli suggests here to hunt the culprits down with the free application Spybot Search & Destroy.

Motion Training

Name: Motion Training
Expert on: Microsoft Excel
Number of subscribers: 9,524

Mastering Excel spreadsheets can be daunting. But help is available from Motion Training's video lessons, which are short enough to watch in one sitting. The entire series has been viewed by millions of computer users who rave about Motion Training's mastery of Excel.

Though the videos date back to 2008 and were made using Excel 2000, the tips are timeless and compatible with current versions of the program.

Here, Motion Training recommends Excel's charting functions to turn a number-based presentation into an attention grabber.

Lifehacker

Name: Lifehacker
Expert on: GTD (also known as "getting things done")
Number of subscribers: 45,222

This channel is like a Swiss Army knife of how-to content.

Produced by Lifehacker, a popular blog about unconventional ways to clear the to-do list, the videos dole out tips on how to deal with IT issues, such as cracking WiFi hotspot passwords and upgrading RAM on a Macbook Pro, along with more general advice about how to save time and be more productive.

Here, Lifehacker recommends trying Prey, a free program, to help recover a lost or stolen laptop.

MobileProfessor

Name: MobileProfessor
Expert on: Apple iOS
Number of subscribers: 428

Don't let the Dr. Katz-esque icon or hip-hop background music put you off. This channel, produced by Matt Guanti, a Baltimore-based maker of mobile device tutorials, offers useful tips on managing your cell phone or tablet, whether you're carrying an Apple or Android device.

Ranging from the basics of using an iPhone 4 to manually entering an email account into iOS, the channel covers topics of both personal and business interest.

In this four-part tutorial, MobileProfessor explains how you can pair your iPad with Bluetooth technology and make it another tool in your gadget arsenal.

UseMyDroid

Name: UseMyDroid
Expert on: Android OS
Number of subscribers: 1,171

With so many different Android phones, interface overlays and versions of the operating system, it might be easier to recite all the ways to skin a cat than to describe all the methods for using a Google phone.

This channel, produced by the website UseMyDroid.com, covers Android OS basics. Although it's using an older version of Android, the tips are still helpful for new smartphone users.

In this video, UseMyDroid examines eight ways you can optimize the battery life of your Android device, such as downloading the free Advanced Task Killer app to quit programs that are running in the background.

thenewboston

Name: thenewboston
Expert on: All things computers
Number of subscribers: 215,686

Raleigh, N.C.-based Bucky Roberts turned a hobby of posting YouTube tutorials into a profession, explaining everything from physics to programming languages.

Sort the videos from oldest to newest to find content that's relevant to your business. Not all of his clips focus on business issues, but his "How to Build a Computer" series and Photoshop tutorials are worthwhile. Illustrated with crude sketches and dotted with comments like "that's what she said," the tutorials have a happy hour, back-of-napkin feel. That makes the lessons memorable and the knowledge stick.

Here, Roberts suggests that the best way to keep your business computer network operating at optimal efficiency is by learning how it actually works -- everything from nodes to servers.

eHow Tech

Name: eHow Tech
Expert on: Building a website/online presence
Number of subscribers: 20,081

Finding advice online can be easy. Finding useful advice can be a challenge. That's why many people turn to the popular tips website eHow. Its YouTube videos provide the same kind of practical information.

For example, a collection of videos with professional website designer Kelly Karnetsky breaks down Internet publishing in a way that beginners can easily follow to build an online presence.

In this clip, eHow explains how to generate revenue from your website through online advertising, donations, corporate sponsorships and other sources.

Constant Contact

Name: Constant Contact
Expert on: Social media and email marketing
Number of subscribers: 1,366

Having worked with more than 500,000 small businesses, online services provider Constant Contact knows a thing or two about reaching customers via the Internet.

Its YouTube channel contains case studies and how-to videos, showing how social media and email marketing can attract new business.

Here, Constant Contact demonstrates how communicating with customers via social media online is important, but warns that overdoing it could end up hurting your business.

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