Thursday, September 30, 2004
“They say the path of true love never runs smoothly but nearly half of young people have cheated on a partner, it seems.
Forty-seven per cent of Britons aged between 25 and 34 have been unfaithful and a fifth of those have cheated on their current partners, a new study suggests.
A quarter of people [...]
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
There was a documentary on Channel 5 last night that horrified my collegues. It was about 8 year old Richard Sandrak aka Little Herculese, an 8 year old body-builder and marshal arts expert.
The kid not only looks like a freak, but I am certain there are serious health implications from the possible steroid abuse [...]
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Brendan O’Neill reviews Frank Furedi’s new book “Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?”
‘Dumbing down’ is often seen as being about the rise of reality TV and other dumb culture. In fact, says Frank Furedi, the problem is much bigger than Big Brother.
‘Cultural institutions like universities and galleries no longer challenge us or encourage us to [...]
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Electrical Armor and X-Ray Vision in Iraq
There are many urban legends and myths about the coalition forces in Iraq, including: The vehicles have electrical armour which defeats RPGs (countered by putting insulating tape on your RPG rockets) and that soldiers sunglasses allow them to see through clothes (no defence).
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
The site has recently added a Tech section, has some beautiful photos, keeps putting out superb position documents, briefings, primers and news analysis. Here are two recent samples:
Selections from Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi’s speech to Congress and President Bush’s speech recent speech the UN.
and this from the excellent Behaviour section of the site
The size of [...]
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Hard facts about offshoring, imports, and jobs from Reason Magazine.
Thursday, September 23, 2004
“Newborn babies prefer to look at attractive faces, says a UK researcher, suggesting that face recognition is hardwired at birth, rather than learned.!
Thursday, September 23, 2004
“The London Noise Map Web Viewer contains maps that show calculated levels of road traffic noise across the Greater London area. The maps do not include the effects of any other sources of noise, such as railways, aircraft, industrial or neighbour noise. One set of maps show noise from All Roads, and another set show [...]
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Check out International Villas, specialising in luxury villas in Ibiza, Cape Town and St Tropez. Reading about those magnificent Cape villas makes me very homesick.
You might also like greatsmallhotels.com, an excellent resource on high quality small hotels all over the world.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Very sad topic, but worth noting:
For the first time a major study is now being presented in which parents of children who died of cancer were given the opportunity to talk about their experiences. The findings are being published in several acclaimed articles and a doctoral dissertation at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. All parents of [...]