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Aside from a handful of reading assignments in high school and a few beloved thick classics which slipped through, I turned my back to literature and the classics for the sake of science, engineering, and a career in technology.
“How on earth would English Literature or any other classic help me toward excelling in grad school [...]
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The Experience:
It used to be I said I was going to do something and I would do it. It was as factual, as simple and as expected as the rising of the sun and the passage of time. There were no obstacles strong enough to keep me from reaching my goals. There was a [...]
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What an impressive show of contestants on Prolific Living’s Book contest. We had 24 unique entries from you on your all-time most favorite reads and the ways in which you had been impacted by these great books. Thank you!
The variety, creativity and interesting approach to your responses and the books cited made it such a [...]
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This is the second contest on Prolific Living. We had heaps of fun and participation from the first contest on photography in October 2009. For me, the reward was the spirit of engaging you, my readers, and the sheer joy of giving prizes away after building so much energy and anticipation. So I decided to [...]
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This is the 100th Blog Post on Prolific Living and I decided to celebrate this milestone with reflection and joy. In celebration, I have compiled a list of my 100 Lessons about Life and Blogging in 2009. The theme of this experience which most resonates with me is the constant learning. And learning not limited to [...]
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If you have been following us anywhere, you will know that I have been promoting our exciting Photo Contest here on Prolific Living to no end. When Picnik kindly offered to sponsor us with the 3 Free Memberships to a pro account after the initial post on my love of Picnik, I was thrilled to [...]
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This is our first contest on the blog and I am very excited about it. A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about my appreciation and love of Picnik, and today I am very excited that the fabulous Picnik team, who provide this service photo editing website online, have offered 3 generous [...]
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My first healthy obsession with online photography fun was Flickr. My current one is Picnik. As digital photography has entered the main stream in the last few years, the enjoyment of photos has become accessible to everyone. With it, the social media has enabled us to marvel at the amazing pool of photos taken by amateur photographers, [...]
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The Japanese are brilliant. I have always known this. Growing up in Iran, we had a ranking system for all products that were imported from various countries. The Japanese always and without exception ranked the highest. It did not matter if it were clothing, electronics, house-hold items or a car battery. Their brand was universally [...]
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Do aesthetics really matter when it comes to blogs? Do our readers really care about a website’s outward appearance when content is king in blogosphere, and quality of that content is supposedly what drives them to your site? The answer is: Why can’t they have both? There is no reason to compromise one for the [...]
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