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Going Immobile
Could you go without your mobile phone for a month?
PETER MUNRO
THERE is a strange patch of people who still don't own a mobile phone, apparently. I imagine them to be either senile or properly smug about how very special they are, like vegans.
It's an ...
The Downside of High Heels
Stiletto stiffness
High heels leave permanent marks on legs—and not just blisters
Peeping Toms
Unlike almost everyone else around me, I haven’t actually watched those racy Ariel Peterpo...
The Power of Happiness
Happiness is power.
What makes you perform at your peak? What makes you happiest? When are ...
How We Perceive Things
Monday, Jul. 12, 2010Human Perception: The Invisible Gorilla Strikes Again
By John Cloud, Ti...
The Space In-Between
I am writing this from an airport lounge in Incheon, Korea on my way back to Jakarta. To ...
Future of Twitter
Indonesia has the world's fastest growth in Twitter users. How this phenomenon could be taken advantage of by businesses however, is still not clear. But one thing is s...
Rita Summers
Rita Summers
ENDANGERED SPECIES
Mountain Gorilla Baby
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
“Several groups of gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park have been habituated to ...
Many Roads to Rome
A recent article in Newsweek caught my eye. Entitled ‘We are all Hindus now’ it quoted a 2008 Pew Forum survey on the way Americans think about God, themselves, each oth...
Once Were Cannibals
Bones from a Cheddar Gorge cave show that cannibalism helped Britain's earliest settlers survive the ice age
Robin McKie
The Observer Analysis Mon 21 Jun 2010 09:12 BST
New ...
Daily Avocado Community Photos
Post your favourite photos and works of art for others to enjoy. Simply join Avocado Community and start uploading. Express, Share and Spread your creativity on The Dai...
Lost In History
I have a great fondness for Turkey. No, not because it is like Indonesia, a young democracy with a large Muslim population where you could find lots of women with headsc...
The Swearing Parrot
So there's this fella with a parrot. And this parrot swears like a sailor. I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes straight without repeating himself.
Troubl...
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At times a bed would be empty, more often because the occupier had checked out of this li...
Wrong Way
Muslims are supposed to face the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia during prayer and the ...
Lindsay Lohan: a Jail Bird
Paris Hilton served 23 days of a 45-day sentence at the same jail for violating her probat...
Objet du Desir
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
~ Confucius
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