3

Be still

Reader's Digest -- Be still.Just for a moment.Listen to the world around you. Feel your breath coming in and going out. Listen to your thoughts. See the details of your surroundings.Be at peace with being still.In this modern world, activity and movement are the default modes, if not with our bodies then at least with our minds, with our attention. We rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and...     08-25     采编 LindaPan
点击查看全文
0

Table Manners: What You Need to Know

Reader's Digest -- 1. The bread plate is the one on the left (though on a crowded table, the bread plate on the right may look closer). 2. The wine and water glasses are on the right.  3. How to remember this Make an "okay" sign with both hands by touching the tip of each thumb to the tip of your forefinger. Your left hand will form a lowercase b (for bread), and your right will form a d (for drinks). Or remember th...     08-24     采编 LindaPan
点击查看全文
0

Dreamers: The Digg Idea

Reader's Digest -- For two months after he launched digg.com, Kevin Rose didn't need an alarm clock. "By 6 a.m., I was up and on the computer," he recalls. "It was the sheer fear of not knowing what was on my own home page." Here's why: Seasoned editors do not deliberate over Digg's front page. It's strictly a popularity contest. Users post news stories and images—found anywhere from the websites of big newspapers t...     08-24     采编 LindaPan
点击查看全文
1

Puppy Love

Reader's Digest -- Beloved Pet Goes Missing Last Sunday our dog, Smudge, wandered off, probably into the 214-acre forest preserve on the edge of our property, a rocky, hilly patch of hundred-year-old oak trees where he once loved to run. My husband Bob, son Tom and I searched the forest, calling his name. No one knew how he'd make his way back.He's an old dog now, becoming increasingly blind. That night, we got a so...     08-24     采编 LindaPan
点击查看全文
0

Jay Leno's Next Adventure

Reader's Digest -- Also in this article:  Listen to more of our interview with Jay Leno As host of the legendary Tonight Show, Jay Leno proved to be a worthy successor to Johnny Carson. After all, the show maintained its No. 1 status under Leno through nearly three U.S. presidencies, 9/11, and guests ranging from a 12-year-old Lindsay Lohan to astronauts beamed in from space. Through it all, Leno never appeared jade...     08-12     采编 cyberhero
点击查看全文
0

From Small Business Dream to Million Dollar Success Story

Reader's Digest -- Her business Supplier Diversity Works LLC works with purchasing departments of major corporations and government entities to achieve supplier diversity goals. We also have a division that focuses on assisting the construction businesses with achieving good faith effort compliances for public projects. Services include minority vendor databases, vendor prequalifications, supplier diversity program ...     08-12     采编 cyberhero
点击查看全文
0

Fish Made Easy

Reader's Digest -- For years, doctors have been begging patients to skip the sirloin and order the salmon now and then. Yet Americans still consume seven times as much red meat as fish. Only about one in five eats the recommended two servings of seafood per week. © 2009 Jupiterimages CorporationThe biggest reason medical researchers love fish: It combats the top health threat in the United States. Why don't we take ...     08-12     采编 cyberhero
点击查看全文
0

Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires

Reader's Digest -- Success Stories When you think “millionaire,” what image comes to mind? For many of us, it’s a flashy Wall Street banker type who flies a private jet, collects cars and lives the kind of decadent lifestyle that would make Donald Trump proud.But many modern millionaires live in middle-class neighborhoods, work full-time and shop in discount stores like the rest of us. What motivates them isn’t mate...     08-06     采编 Shaunna
点击查看全文
0

Quirks: What Does a Film Producer Do?

Reader's Digest -- What does a producer do? The screenwriter, obviously, writes the screenplay.The actors, of course, act in that screenplay. And the director, without question, directs the whole thing.But what does the producer do?I will attempt to explain.A film producer is the guy who, when a writer tells him about a good idea he's got for a screenplay, says, "That was done in 1938 by William Wyler. It costarred ...     08-06     采编 Shaunna
点击查看全文
1

Make the Most of Your Vacation

Reader's Digest -- Active Travel When many of us take a vacation, more than anything, we seek to relax. We spend long, lazy days on a beach chair or in a hammock and socialize the night away with rum drinks, fancy martinis, and indulgent desserts. Too often, we return home heavier and flabbier than we've been since, well, our last vacation.It doesn't have to be this way.Active vacations are often the most relaxing o...     08-06     采编 Shaunna
点击查看全文
1

5 Ways You Can Promote Reading

Reader's Digest -- Find out how you can foster a love of reading at home, in school and in your own community.We asked you to choose the cause that matters most to you. Your votes are in and the winner is literacy and education. On October 3, 2009, Reader's Digest will rally behind this cause on Make it Matter Day. In the meantime, here are 5 simple ways you can promote reading and literacy.1. Read to your kids or g...     08-04     采编 lolocici149
点击查看全文
0

10 Tips for Staying Safe in a Thunderstorm

Reader's Digest -- Of all weather phenomena, lightning is perhaps the most unacknowledged threat. Summer is peak season for lightning fatalities, which is why June 21 marks the commencement of Lightning Safety Week. Here, tips from the National Weather Service's guide to lightning safety that will help you and your family weather a storm: Avoid open areas. Don't be the tallest object in the area. Stay away from isol...     07-29     采编 Gwen
点击查看全文
0

Quick Study: The Future of Work

Reader's Digest -- Say goodbye to the classic 40-hour workweek. The sputtering economy, the decline of manufacturing, and the ubiquitous BlackBerry are remaking 9 to 5 into something with unpredictable hours and fuzzier borders. Here's a look at the forces that will shape your time on the job through the recession and beyond.Flash Points Shorter weeks … for some National statistics show a shrinking workweek, droppin...     07-26     采编 lolocici149
点击查看全文
2

50 Funniest Jokes

Reader's Digest -- Laugh more, live longer with the funniest jokes ever.Laughter ExtravaganzaCheck out our collection of some of the funniest jokes ever! These short, laugh out loud jokes are some of the best that the Reader's Digest editors sample each month while reading through the thousands of new joke submissions that come piling in. Doctor, Doctor Two doctors and an HMO manager die and line up together at the ...     07-26     采编 lolocici149
点击查看全文
0

10 Tips for Staying Safe in a Thunderstorm

Reader's Digest -- Thunder is the nation's most underrated weather hazard. These lightning safety tips will keep you protected until a storm passes.Of all weather phenomena, lightning is perhaps the most unacknowledged threat. Summer is peak season for lightning fatalities, which is why June 21 marks the commencement of Lightning Safety Week. Here, tips from the National Weather Service's guide to lightning safety t...     07-26     采编 lolocici149
点击查看全文
0

West Point’s First Female Admissions Director Opens Up

Reader's Digest -- When I was 16, I saw a 1978 made-for-TV melodrama called Women at West Point. Back then, it was enough to inspire me. I entered in 1980 and resigned two years later. I wasn’t sure if the Army was right for me. Almost immediately, I realized my mistake and was lucky enough to be readmitted. I soon fell in love with my classmate Kenny McDonald. We were married three days after graduation. #largeImag...     07-22     采编 LindaPan
点击查看全文
0

Second Marriage

Reader's Digest -- 'If I were to die first, would you remarry?" the wife asks."Well," says the husband, "I'm in good health, so why not?""Would she live in my house?""It's all paid up, so yes.""Would she drive my car?""It's new, so yes.""Would she use my golf clubs?""No. She's left-handed." We are from RDT~!  Do you know Reader's Digest Translation Plan? No? Click here to read more! If you are interested, join us!     07-22     采编 LindaPan
点击查看全文
1

Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak

Reader's Digest -- #largeImage a img{border:none;} #largeImage a {cursor:default;} #largeImage a.video {cursor:pointer;}   Where he is, I am home.-- Julia EvansIn hindsight, I'd still choose you.-- Natana GillLove: eight pounds and six ounces.-- Kenny ClarkMuch married, fourth time is charmed.-- Erica JongWonder-filled, and never a dull torment.-- Diane AckermanMarriage, children, empty nest: Now what?-- Oliver Hous...     07-22     采编 LindaPan
点击查看全文
0

10 Funny Photos You Have to See to Believe

Reader's Digest -- Larger Than Life -- Submitted by Laura Jacobson I Can Fly! -- By Melba Mcilwain Hanging Parallel -- By David C. Stone Stunt Dog -- By Elsa Me as Bait --By Casper L. Hagan Caught! --By John Schaefer Spit Out --By Candy Chan                                                           Punch Out!                                                              --By Mengühan                                  ...     07-15     采编 tinazhu
点击查看全文
0

8 Essential Foods for Beautiful Skin

Reader's Digest -- Avocados are not just for eating! A good source of biotin, avocados help to prevent dry skin and brittle hair and nails. When applied topically, they can hydrate parched skin. A tip from 1,801 Home Remedies: Create a moisturizing mask. Pit the fruit, puree the pulp, and pat it on your face. The oil acts as an emollient. It also contains beneficial vitamin E.3 Recipes to Try:Chilled Leek and Avocad...     07-15     采编 tinazhu
点击查看全文
页数 [1] 2 3 4 5 6 下一页 最后一页