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Blamestorning you say?  What is blamestorming?  Yes this is a real word and according to Merriam-Webster.com
it means:

blamestorm (verb) : Generally pejorative, to spend, or more commonly waste, time attempting to place blame for a given failure.
They spent the whole meeting blamestorming about the quarterly losses. —Alex Flood,
Submitted by: flood from Michigan on Mar. 10, 2008 20:23
blamestorming:
(verb) : Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
Submitted by: Anonymous on May. 15, 2007 16:34
(verb) : Gathering around in a group to discuss why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who is to blame or responsible.
All the managers were locked up in a meeting for the all day blamestorming about the lost contract.
Submitted by: munthu from Arizona on Mar. 12, 2007 16:16
(noun) : a meeting held in order to come up with a name of a person to assign guilt to a certain incident
The board of directors were exhausted after a four hour blamestorming session which finally resulted in two names for the chopping block. —Gab Halasz,
Submitted by: gab from Canada on Jan. 13, 2006 11:27

this is just one of the top 10 words of the year ( 2007)

The top #1 word is….drumroll please:

1. w00t (interjection)
expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word “yay”

w00t! I won the contest!
Submitted by: Kat from Massachusetts on Nov. 30, 2005 23:18

Thousands of people take part in the Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year and according to Webster, even though these words many not be included in their regular dictionary, they can be found on the online version.

Over 100 new words have been added to the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary of which here is a sampling:

Air quotes (1989): gesture made by raising and flexing the index and middle fingers of both hands, used to call attention to a spoken word or expression.

Dark energy (1998): hypothetical form of energy that produces a force that opposes gravity and is thought to cause the accelerating expansion of the universe.

Dirty bomb (1956): bomb designed to release radioactive material.
Dwarf planet (1993): celestial body that orbits the sun and has a spherical shape, but is too small to disturb other objects from its orbit.

Edamame (1951): immature green soybeans, usually in the pod.
Fanboy (1919): boy who is an enthusiastic devotee, such as of comics or movies.
Infinity pool (1992): outdoor swimming pool with an edge over which water flows into a trough, but seems to flow into the horizon.

Jukebox musical (1993): musical that features popular songs from the past.
Kiteboarding (1996): the sport of riding on a small surfboard propelled across water by a large kite, to which the rider is harnessed.
Malware (1990): software designed to interfere with a computer’s normal functioning.
Mental health day (1971): day that an employee takes off from work to relieve stress or renew vitality.
Mondegreen (1954): word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said or sung. From the mishearing in a Scottish ballad of “laid him on the green” as “Lady Mondegreen.”
Netroots (2003): grassroots political activists who communicate via the Internet, especially by blogs.
Norovirus (2002): any of a genus of small round single-stranded RNA viruses; specifically, Norwalk virus.
Pescatarian (1993): vegetarian whose diet includes fish.

Phytonutrient (1994): bioactive, plant-derived compound (as resveratrol) associated with positive health effects.
Pretexting (1992): presenting oneself as someone else to obtain private information.

Prosecco (1881): a dry Italian sparkling wine.

Racino (1995): racetrack at which slot machines are available for gamblers.
Soju (1978): a Korean vodka distilled from rice.

Subprime (1995) 1: having or being an interest rate that is higher than a prime rate and is extended especially to low-income borrowers; 2: extending or obtaining a subprime loan.

Supercross (1983): motorcycle race held in a stadium on a dirt track having hairpin turns and high jumps.

Texas Hold ‘em (1995): Poker in which each player is dealt two cards face down and all players share five cards dealt face-up.

Webinar (1998): live, online educational presentation during which participating viewers can submit questions and comments.

Wing nut (circa 1900): Slang: one who advocates extreme measures or changes; radical.

There are those times when we need to be reminded what success means.  May these Famous People lead you on a path to a better understanding of Success:

Denis Waitley
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

Tony Dorsett
To succeed… you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

Albert Einstein
Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.

L. G. Elliott
Vacillating people seldom succeed. Successful men and women are very careful in reaching their decisions, and very persistent and determined in action thereafter.

Theodore T. Hunger
Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself.

Robert Collier
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

Christopher Morley
There is only one success–to be able to spend your life in your own way.

Vince Lombardi
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

Herbert Bayard Swope
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–which is:
Try to please everybody.

Josh Billings
Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.

Earl of Beaconsfield
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Evan Esar
Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration.

Jospeph Addison
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Edwin H. Chapin
Impatience never commanded success.

Henry W. Longfellow
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.

Albert Einstein
Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.

David Frost
Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

Willie Davis
The road to success runs uphill.

General George Patton
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

John D. Rockefeller
The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

Al Bernstein
Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.

Rev. Randall R. McBride, Jr.
Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standard to success.

Alonzo Newton Benn
Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success.

Napoleon Hill
Before success comes in any man’s life he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps, some failures.When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do.

Sir Winston Churchill
Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. Courage is what counts.

Charles Lindbergh
Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Anthony J. D’Angelo
In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

Michael Korda
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility… in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have… is the ability to take on responsibility.

Winston Churchill
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

John Maxwell
Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

Dorothea Brande
To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.

To Your Success

Whether you are a university student or a blogger,  you need to be aware that Plagiarism is a very serious issue that needs to be adressed.

Most people feel that Plagiarism has only one simple meaning, which is copying of anothers work, but this is not the case.

From the website of plagiarism.org is a more complete definition of Plagiarism:

What is Plagiarism?

Many people think of plagiarism as copying another’s work, or borrowing someone else’s original ideas. But terms like “copying” and “borrowing” can disguise the seriousness of the offense:
According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to “plagiarize” means

1. to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own
2. to use (another’s production) without crediting the source
3. to commit literary theft
4. to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else’s work and lying about it afterward.
But can words and ideas really be stolen?

According to U.S. law, the answer is yes. The expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property, and is protected by copyright laws, just like original inventions. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way (such as a book or a computer file).
All of the following are considered plagiarism:

* turning in someone else’s work as your own
* copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
* failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
* giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
* changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
* copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on “fair use” rules)

Most cases of plagiarism can be avoided, however, by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed, and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source, is usually enough to prevent plagiarism.

What is Social Bookmarking?

According to Wikipedia and their definition:
“Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata………”

Rather than go into a lengthy article on this subject the great folks at Commoncraft have created a Youtube video that explains very simply what Social Bookmarking is all about.

Enjoy

What is the best advise we can give you about Social Bookmarking?

NEVER spam

NEVER Lie

NEVER Misrepresent

NEVER Scam

ALWAYS WRITE GOOD CONTENT!

There has been a one word meme going around the blogsphere for a while now and it looks like fun. The purpose is to do it and then tag others! what a great way to get your blog noticed and have some fun at the same time.
You are more than welcome to take it, and use on your blog to tag others, better yet, if you have not created a blog then this is a great opportunity to start one now. Have fun and let us know how you did

One Word Meme

• 1. Where is your cell phone? Huh?
• 2. Your significant other? None
• 3. Your hair? Long
• 4. Your mother? Somewhere
• 5. Your father? Jim
• 6. Your favorite thing? Coffee
• 7. Your dream last night? Chaotic
• 8 Your favorite drink? Coffee
• 9. Your dream/goal? Joy
• 10. The room you’re in? Dark
• 11. Your hobby? Walking
• 12. Your fear? Loss
• 13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Wherever
• 14. What you’re not? Rude
• 15. Muffins? Blueberry
• 16. One of your wish list items? Cabin
• 17. Where you grew up? Everywhere
• 18. The last thing you did? Twitter
• 19. What are you wearing? Clothes
• 20. Favorite Gadget? Computer
• 21. Your pets? Loving
• 22. Your computer? Temperamental
• 23. Your mood? Thoughtful
• 24. Missing someone? Sometimes
• 25. Your car? Feet
• 26. Something you’re not wearing? Shoes
• 27. Favorite store? Indeed
• 28. Like someone? Yes
• 29. Your favorite color? Blue
• 30. When is the last time you laughed? Afternoon
• 31. Last time you cried? Ago

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We wish to let all our new bloggers a warm welcome and hope that you are successful in your endeavors with your blog.

Some of you have had problems with getting your verification mail when creating your new blog.

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If this is the first time for you to try your hand at blogging, to create an income online, then you should be aware of some facts.

1. Rome was not built in a day! Your blog is going to take time to develop, to create traffic, so if anyone says..put some content on and presto we will advertise for you, is sadly mistaken.

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To Your Success,

It was probably the longest few weeks of my entire career online!
When the Blognet first went down, we were hoping for a rapid reload on the new servers and a quick return to the buzz of activity our members were creating on the Success Blognet.

Horrors when we discovered that the backups we did have, and those on the host, were incomplete and/or corrupt and although we worked with support from WPdx Manager and our host, it was finally determined that all previous information was lost, and that everyone was going to have to start from square one. The fortunate few kept records and files of their own posts, but there were more that didn’t.

I can’t imagine a worse nightmare for any website owner responsible to others for all their hard work!

Needless to say I take that responsibility quite seriously, and so we’ve been hard at work to revise the whole system to improve the platform AND ensure that this kind of thing never happens again. After a false start using this new system, we found some mods had to be made on the server. Perhaps you had received an email announcing your new blog. If you did and tried to access your account, you met with error messages of “server not found” or something to that effect.

We dumped that install and reinstalled this newest version..and at this point all appears to be working fine, so we will be installing all of the 68 accounts from the previous incarnation of Success Blognet.

Even though it may seem like a setback, I believe that this might have been the best thing for Success Patrol and Success BlogNet, because we’ve come through this time with a renewed focus, a stronger team, and even some powerful new ideas that we believe will even further increase the value of this Blog Network / Portal.

You will see and hear more of that in the near future, but in the meantime we highly encourage you all to return to your former activities with vigor and excitement!
Your NEW Blogging platform is more complete, has more flexibility, is just like a regular WordPress blog, and JUST as powerful in introducing your presence on the Web. Whether you are a Business looking for greater exposure, a Marketer looking to build your team, or someone just looking to share your particular expertise with others in your favorite niche, Success BlogNet has something for you!

You’re in the right place at the right time, and we’re excited to be able to share this time with you!