Special tricks of Google search

                                 

Google is probably the most popular search site on the web, used for finding just about everything we need on the internet. It's quick, easy and simple to use, and most of the time we find what we need in the first one or two result pages. But what if I told you that you have been using Google wrong? It turns out that Google has a few special tricks that will make your life a whole lot easier.

1. Remove words from your search results: Let's say you are looking for bread recipes but you don't want any with "yeast" as an ingredient. All you need to do is type your desired search terms normally and then add a minus sign (-) followed by the words you want excluded without a space. It should look like this in the search bar: bread recipes -yeast. 2. Look up Related Words and synonyms: This is a simple way for finding out other ways for saying something if you want to use the same word twice in one sentence, and you don’t want it to sound weird. In the google search bar put a tilde mark (~, normally located next the 1 key on the top left of the keyboard) in front of the search term you want to find synonyms for. 3. Google can help you define a word: Type "define:" (with both " marks) followed by the word you want and Google will take you straight to the definition. Use this to catch anyone trying to cheat on Scrabble and get fast definitions for words you don’t know.

4. Search for the exact order of words: If you are looking for the origin of a quote or a song you can only remember one line from, then this is the right tip to find what you are looking for. Simply put your search phrase inside quotation marks and search. 5. Search for items in a specific price range: If you are looking for something to buy but you don't want google to show you all the price options simply use this handy little trick. First type in your term, let's say phone, and after that type the lowest and highest prices you're willing to pay with two periods (..). The end result should look like this: Phone 100$..200$. The more accurate the item you are looking for will be the better results you will get. 6. Limit your search to a website: If you once read a good article on a site and you can't remember its name and how you got to it then it's very easy to find it again. Type "site:" followed by the URL of the website you'd like to search. A URL of a site looks like this: www.baba-mail.com. After the site name type the rest of your terms, for example: "site:"www.baba-mail.comdog. 7. Search for a GIF: A GIF is a type on animated picture file looping over and over like a very short (mostly poor quality) video. Finding GIFs is as easy as using the Google images search. Go to Google Images, type what you are looking for, click "Search tools" and then "Type". A small drop down list will appear, select "Animated" and search. The results you'll get might look like normal pictures at first but press on any of them and you will see their animation. 8. Setting a timer: Not really a search option, but still a very useful feature if you want to remind yourself to take a break or to take something out of the oven. Type "set timer for" into the search bar and you will see the Google timer as your first result. Enter the time you want in hours, minutes or seconds, and start the timer, Google will start beeping when the time runs out.

9. Do math: This one is really straight forward, type in an equation in the search bar and google will give you the answer on its calculator. If possible, you can copy-paste the equation to the search bar to make your life easier. 10. Search for a file type and not just a website: If you are looking for a Word file, a PowerPoint presentation or something similar then this will make your search faster and more accurate. Enter your search terms followed by "filetype:PPT". PTT is the file type for PowerPoint, DOC is for most Word files and if you are looking for other kinds of files, just google their file type initials. 11. Convert currency: Much like doing math for you, google can also tell the value of different currencies and help you prepare for that trip abroad. Type the name of the currency you own, add "to" and then type the name of the currency you want to get in return. Keep in mind that many places trading with foreign coin take a commission and google can't calculate that.       12. Search for something for forgot: If a part of your search is unknown or forgotten then you can use google to fill in the blanks. Enter your search terms using asterisks (*) as stand-ins for the unknowns. It can also be used to answer simple question such as searching for: When you are in Rome be sure to visit *

Tips for living a better Life

These life tips were collected from men and women 85 or older. Some have been through wars, others through depressions, sickness, and even concentration camps. They are a generation that was unlike any other, and we can all profit from their advice. Even those of us over 85 ourselves, because these days, it is never too late to get good advice.

Health 1. Drink lots of water. 2. Eat your breakfast like kings, your lunch like princes, and your dinner like beggars.  3. Eat more things that grow on trees and plants and less things that are made in factories. Remember your digestive system doesn't know it's the 21st century, so help it out by feeding it stuff it's built for. 4. It's always a good time for some TEE - Truth, Energy and Empathy! 5. Walk 10-30 minutes a day.  6. Get more actual games in your life, games that have no gain but the simple pleasure of playing them. 7. Read more books than you've read last year.  8. Sit silently (without a tv) for at least 10 minutes a day and take time to ponder things (for some - pray).  9. Invest at least 7 hours a night in your sleep. It'll pay back big time later on. Character 10. Smile while you walk those 10-30 minutes a day. 11. Do not compare your life to those of others, it's easy to see the good but the bad is as well hidden as yours, or better. You have no idea what their lives are really like or if they are happy inside, get on with yours instead. 12. Don't waste time and energy thinking of things you will never be able to change. Instead, use that energy to works towards future positive moments. Make your spouse laugh for a moment, isn't that better than feeling bad? 13. Don't be extreme in any action. Remember that truth is mostly in the middle, and life  is hardly black and white.  14. Accept the fact that you will sometimes lose the argument, and that you were wrong.  Or if you still think you are right, agree to disagree. Very few people have ever been shouted into true agreement. 15. Don't waste your energy complaining about people you don't know and their actions.  You have no idea what motivates or what lead them to that decision. Judging is so easy even 4 year olds can do it. The driver honking at you might have had a horrible day, or is anxious to see his sick wife at the hospital while worried about making rent. We only see the behavior, never the events leading to it.  16. Dream more while you are awake. 17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have what you need, and being envy won't create more for you. 18. Try to never again bring up your spouse's past mistakes. It WILL destroy your present happiness, and even being right - just isn't worth it. 19. Life is too short to hate people. You should fear some and pity others, but hate is a bigger waste of time than any other emotion. 20. Make peace with your past, or it will make short work of your future. 21. No one controls your level of happiness but you. 22. Life is the school, remember that you are here to learn. Problems are like tests, and the lesson you take will help you solve the next one correctly. 23. Smile and laugh more with your entire face, including your eyes. Find humor when you can. 24. Don't take yourselves so seriously, no one else will! Community 25. Call your family often enough so they feel like you are walking besides them in this life. 26. Every day - do at least one good thing for others that really helps them out. It will make you feel better about your own and later on - someone grateful will help you when you need it. 27. Try to forgive, it's the hardest thing there is, much harder than hate, but it's doable.  28. Spend some time with people over 70 and under 6 - it will teach you patience and empathy. 29. Try to make at least 3 people smile, every day. 30. What other people think of you is none of your concern, since they'll never tell you! So why bother? Live your life and stop wondering what's on the other side of their skulls, you will never know the complete truth! 31. Your work buddies won't take care of you when you're sick. Your family and friends will.  Don't let people that care about you out of your life. We all need help at some point, don't throw caring away. Life 32. Do the right thing. The kind that doesn't leave anyone hurt, despite your personal feelings. It will be worth its while in the long run. 33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, sentimental or brings you true pleasure in life. 34. Forgiveness can heal more than you can ever imagine. It can revive relationships and rekindle love and true appreciation. Forgiveness is way to show strength, and strength is impressive and attractive. 35. Doesn't matter how good or bad the situation is - it will change at some point. So plan for either and don't lose your head to overjoying or over fearing. 36. Doesn't matter how you feel at this particular moment - get up, get dressed and be there on time. A good start will help get rid of that feeling. 37. If actors can become huge successes in their 70's, you can believe that the best is yet to come. And if it isn't, then try to create the best for someone else, it will often be surprisingly great for you as well. 38. When you wake up alive in the morning, don't take it for granted - embrace life! 39. The biggest secret is that anyone can be happy. But some decide they won't be and then look for reasons to support that theory.Don't fall for that! Assume you are happy and find reasons to support that claim! Keep creating these reasons, and you just might start believing it. 40. Enjoy yourself, every day. Remember, life is just a ride, and you are shown many different things, some wonderful, other awful. But you always continue and it is always just a ride. Enjoy it. "Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think... enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink... The years go by... as quickly as a wink..."

The Ten Most Beautiful Gardens of the World

1. Versailles, France The famous French landscape designer André Le Nôtre laid out these gardens southwest of Paris in the 17th century at the behest of Louis XIV. The Sun King wanted them to magnify the glory of his palace at Versailles, which was itself a monument to his absolute rule. The 250 acres (101 hectares) are riddled with paths that lead to flower beds, quiet corners decorated with classical statuary, ornamental lakes, and a canal that King Louis used for gondola rides. 2. Singapore Botanic Garden, Singapore Considered one of the world's prettiest botanical gardens, the Singapore Botanic Garden was established in 1859. Its 128 acres (52 hectares) are divided into three "cores." Bukit Timah Core is geared for educational and recreational use. In Tanglin Core, visitors can find a bandstand and many statues sprinkled among favorite native plants and trees. The most popular core for tourists is Centre. The National Orchid Garden is in this section, atop the park's highest point, where more than 60,000 colorful orchids bloom. 3.Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California A mere 20-minute drive outside of Los Angeles you'll find a bucolic paradise with more than 100,000 plants and one of the world's largest collections of camellias. The gardens and woods of Descanso ("rest" or "repose" in Spanish) unfold over 160 acres (65 hectares) of the San Rafael Hills. Don't miss the Japanese garden and the International Rosarium that is home to thousands of roses. Children particularly enjoy riding the Descanso Gardens Enchanted Railroad, a mini-diesel train. 4. Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island, British Columbia The Butchart Gardens are a dazzling example of a successful reclamation project. The land, used for years by Portland Cement, by 1904 had exhausted its value as a quarry. That's when Jennie Butcher, the wife of Portland Cement's owner, filled the space with soil from nearby farms. Her vision expanded into a 55-acre (22-hectare) tract filled with 700 varieties of plants that bloom from March to October. 5. Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy A Renaissance cardinal decided to make life in Tivoli bearable by turning a dilapidated Benedictine monastery into a lovely villa, the Villa d'Este. This was embellished by one of the most fascinating garden and fountain complexes in the world, recently listed by UNESCO as one of Italy's 31 major historical/artistic sites. Among the most bewitching of the mossy fountains are the Fontana del Bicchierone (water pours out from a large shell-shaped basin); the Rometta fountain, which is a miniature Rom complete with a wolf-suckling Romulus and Remus; and the Avenue of the Hundred Fountains, where animal heads, lilies, a small boat, basins, and so on all spurt water. 6. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. You might feel as though you've stepped into a Merchant-Ivory set in any of the gardens that make up this estate at the north end of Georgetown, one of Washington's poshest neighborhoods. Vines tumble down stone walls enclosing the Fountain Terrace. Lovers' Lane meanders past a Roman-style amphitheater built around a small deep-blue pool. And what used to be a simple cow path leading away from the pool is now called Melisande's Allée, perhaps as a nod to the haunting opera Pelleas et Melisande. 7. Gardens of the Villa Éphrussi de Rothschild, St.-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France In the early 1900s, Béatrice Éphrussi, a Rothschild baroness, built a pink-confection, Venice-style villa surrounded by breathtaking gardens, with the sparkling sea beyond. Pathways meander through the seven themed gardens, the focal point being the French gardens, with a lily-pad-dotted pool, dancing fountains, and a Temple of Love replicating the Trianon at Versailles. There are also a Provençal garden, filled with olive trees and lavender; a lapidary garden, with sculptures too large to be displayed in the villa; and Spanish, Japanese, Florentine, and exotic gardens. 8. Stourhead, Warminster, England To the English gentry of the 18th century, the more classical something could be, the better. Stourhead is a grand example of genteel fascination with the past. Henry Hoare II punctuated the gardens of his Wilshire estate with re-created ruins and classical buildings such as the Pantheon and Temple of Apollo.    9. The Master-of-Nets Garden, Suzhou, China This residential garden in southeast China, called Wangshiyuan in Chinese, was designed during the Song dynasty (A.D. 960-1270). The arrangement of pavilions, halls, music rooms, winsome bamboo groves, and waterside perches is an exercise in natural harmony. The central section is a small world within itself; piles of yellow stones form "mountains" complete with caverns, and a tiny arched bridge called the "leading to quietude" crosses a pond to a small pavilion in the center. 10. Sans Souci, Potsdam, Germany Frederick the Great of Prussia built the splendid rococo palace as his summer place, where he could live without a care, sans souci. Busts of Roman emperors, decorative statues, and a Chinese teahouse dot the lavish grounds.