U.S., Egypt lurch into perilous limbo on NGO case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. hopes for a quick end to its dispute with Egypt over pro-democracy groups have been dashed, stranding both countries in a dangerous limbo as pressures build on a security partnership that is vital to Washington.

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Commodities struggle to attract new funds after losses

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London > NYC

Back on US soil … almost home again. After David and I said our goodbyes to Sarah in the WEE early hours yesterday morning, we enjoyed a lovely lunch together in a pub before we bid adieu to jolly ol’ England. 7 1/2 hours later, we landed in very cold NYC. The flight, I’m surprised [...]

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Watch: Jimmy Kimmel Presents ?Movie: The Movie?

Jimmy Kimmel hosted a special episode of his late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live after the 84th annual Academy Awards aired on ABC last night and as a treat for his loyal viewers (who managed to stay conscious after 85 hours of the very LONG Oscars telecast), Jimmy aired the trailer for a fictional [...]

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Ashton Kutcher Has a Boys' Night Out With His '70s Show Castmates

After his somber night out in NYC last week, Ashton Kutcher was apparently ready for a little fun with his boys in L.A. last night. He hosted a party for Warby Parker eyewear, where his...

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Cartoon: We Are One with the Trunk

There's always the risk when you first step into the world of productivity that you lose yourself — that you spend far more time immersed in productivity books, lectures, podcasts, videos and apps than you do actually being productive. That instead of Getting Things Done, you'll Get Productivity Books Read.

I got into productivity kind of sideways. I read Susan RoAne's How to Work a Room out of desperation shortly after leaving university; I offered to stand as a little-to-no-hope candidate for a political party, and I urgently needed a crash course in how to walk into a room full of strangers and actually talk to some of them. I was nervous, because the title sounded like the kind of icky insincerity I'd hate to embrace - but to my happy shock, her advice was excellent. True, that wasn't a productivity book as such. But it was the gateway drug that led me to try out the Day-Timer system.

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And then I read Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It achieved the absolute sweet spot for any author hoping to sell sequels, in that it completely changed my perspective on personal productivity while in no way altering my behaviour. Again, not a productivity book as such... but it teed me up to read Getting Things Done.

Like 7 Habits, GTD changed my outlook but also started me down the road to some degree of organization. Anyone who's seen my desk since then can tell you that hasn't been a road without detours, hairpin turns, switchbacks and at least one head-on collision with the 18-wheeler of my-god-where-did-all-this-paper-come-from. (All of which inspired this at one point.)

But I'm back on the productivity straight-and-narrow these days. I'm using OneTask to remind me that what I'm doing right now isn't tracking down interesting hashtags on Twitter; WriteRoom to bang out text without distraction; and a few OmniGroup and 37Signals products to figure out what comes next. And - efficiency of efficiencies - I managed to marry not only the most interesting and amazing person I know, but Earth's best early warning system for life-altering productivity tools. (She's the one who first clued me into the tool that sparked this cartoon.)

What productivity gems have you uncovered? Or are you one of those amazing people who keeps lists of tasks, priorities, dependencies and deadlines in some hyperdeveloped lobe of your brain?

If you've been productive enough today, spend some leisure time browsing through the rest of Rob's cartoons at Noise to Signal.

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Watch: Billy Crystal Hosting The Academy Awards in 1990

Out for brunch yesterday with a friend, the conversation naturally turned to Oscars. My friend, Jonny, commented how he could think of 10 people who he would prefer to host the Oscars next year. I thought this would be an interesting question to put to you all. Billy Crystal is back tonight as host of [...]

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