| 191 | The importance of Thanksgiving every day Preview: Thanksgiving is the most important holiday of the year. Oh, sure, Christmas is grand, and I know it has many, many fans. I'm not knocking Christmas, but The Thanksgiving story is more important. And Easter has its fans, too. Rebirth is a wonderful thing, but I still say Thanksgiving is more important. Yes, kids jump for joy at the thought of Hall... (more) Published By: David Leonhardt Submitted: 10 October,2003 |
| 192 | Popular Misconceptions Regarding Translation and Interpreting Preview: It is often thought an interpeter's only job is to repeat what he hears in one language in another, and that no thought process is involved. Nothing could be further from the truth. Often, the terms "translation" and "interpreting" are used interchangeably. Of the two, "translation" seems to be the most commonly used word. "Interpreter" is av... (more) Published By: James B. Wilson Submitted: 10 October,2003 |
| 193 | Ten Alternatives to Cutting Down a Tree for Christmas Preview: Ten Alternatives to Cutting Down a Tree for Christmas First, congratulations. As someone who is considering an alternative to the 'cut' Christmas Tree, I salute you for having a mind that is open to creative possibilities! Here are Ten Alternatives to Cut Christmas Trees, with some direct links to for each option whenever possible. I hope you en... (more) Published By: Andrea Lee Submitted: 11 October,2003 |
| 194 | The Merits of Stereotypes Preview: "The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so." Henry Wheeler Shaw Do stereotypes usefully represent real knowledge or merely reflect counter-productive prejudice? Stereotypes invariably refer in a generalized manner to - often arbitrary - groups of people, usually minorities. Stereotypes need no... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 195 | The Ecology of Environmentalism Preview: The concept of "nature" is a romantic invention. It was spun by the likes of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the 18th century as a confabulated utopian contrast to the dystopia of urbanization and materialism. The traces of this dewy-eyed conception of the "savage" and his unmolested, unadulterated surroundings can be found in the more malignant forms of... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 196 | Ethical Relativism and Absolute Taboos - Part II Preview: IV. Race Social Darwinism, sociobiology, and, nowadays, evolutionary psychology are all derided and disparaged because they try to prove that nature - more specifically, our genes - determine our traits, our accomplishments, our behavior patterns, our social status, and, in many ways, our destiny. Our upbringing and our environment change little.... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 197 | The Self-Appointed Altruists - Part II Preview: NGO's in places like Sudan, Somalia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Albania, and Zimbabwe have become the preferred venue for Western aid - both humanitarian and financial - development financing, and emergency relief. According to the Red Cross, more money goes through NGO's than through the World Bank. Their iron grip on food, medicine, and fund... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 198 | Ethical Relativism and Absolute Taboos - Part I Preview: I. Taboos Taboos regulate our sexual conduct, race relations, political institutions, and economic mechanisms - virtually every realm of our life. According to the 2002 edition of the "Encyclopedia Britannica", taboos are "the prohibition of an action or the use of an object based on ritualistic distinctions of them either as being sacred and con... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 199 | Muslims - Europe's New Jews Preview: They inhabit self-imposed ghettoes, subject to derision and worse, the perennial targets of far-right thugs and populist politicians of all persuasions. They are mostly confined to menial jobs. They are accused of spreading crime, terrorism and disease, of being backward and violent, of refusing to fit in. Their religion, atavistic and rigid, in... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 200 | And Then There Were Too Many Preview: The latest census in Ukraine revealed an apocalyptic drop of 10% in its population - from 52.5 million a decade ago to a mere 47.5 million last year. Demographers predict a precipitous decline of one third in Russia's impoverished, inebriated, disillusioned, and ageing citizenry. Births in many countries in the rich, industrialized, West are below... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 201 | The Self-Appointed Altruists - Part I Preview: Their arrival portends rising local prices and a culture shock. Many of them live in plush apartments, or five star hotels, drive SUV's, sport $3000 laptops and PDA's. They earn a two figure multiple of the local average wage. They are busybodies, preachers, critics, do-gooders, and professional altruists. Always self-appointed, they answer to no... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 202 | DANGERS OF DIGITAL DATING Preview: As we enter the new millennium the Internet is evolving into a major meeting ground, one that affords us access to people all over the world and draws us daily into online relationships with individuals we have not yet met. An increasing number of people are using the Internet to meet and get acquainted with potential mates. While many of those ... (more) Published By: LINDA J ALEXANDER, ESQ Submitted: 16 October,2003 |
| 203 | Online Fan Clubs: Group mechanics, emotional addiction, and separation anxiety Preview: Online Fan Clubs: Group mechanics, emotional addiction, and separation anxiety Kathleen Johnson 10/14/03 Online communication strips emotional cues from conversation: tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language amongst others. This creates anonymity which hastens intimacy. People become bonded in mailing lists. The regular contact creat... (more) Published By: Kathleen Johnson Submitted: 20 October,2003 |
| 204 | Quit your addiction here and now. Preview: how to permanently quit addictions I am a reformed alcoholic. I am a reformed chain smoker. I am an ex fat person. I am also not selling anything. My only wish now is to help people by passing on my knowledge, I guess this sounds too good to be true. When you have really nearly died a few times, money takes on a sort of reduced role in your think... (more) Published By: Malcolm Pugh Submitted: 28 October,2003 |
| 205 | Things Not to Believe Preview: Let babies cry. It is good for their lungs. When crying is the only means of communication by which an infant can express that they have a need, emotional abandonment is not a response of love. Children are to be seen and not heard. If it annoyed God to hear from us, we'd be up a creek without a paddle. 'Sparing the rod' means the child will b... (more) Published By: Joyce C. Lock Submitted: 10 November,2003 |
| 206 | Prayer in Schools Preview: Flaws in government fall back on the church, as, divided, we have no voice. Many have mixed thoughts in voting for prayer in schools. Do we want government to teach religion to our children? The next question being, "Which religion?" Once that's considered, "Absolutely not!" Then, why pay taxes for satanic literature offered in school libraries... (more) Published By: Joyce C. Lock Submitted: 10 November,2003 |
| 207 | Tar and Tax Preview: It wasn't but a few short years ago, especially in the south, that tobacco was many farmer's main crop and even preachers were known to smoke ... and it was accepted. It was the tobacco industry that added ingredients to keep one hooked and our government who looked the other way ... the same government who has, now, picked out a select minority ... (more) Published By: Joyce C. Lock Submitted: 10 November,2003 |
| 208 | Cannabis, misunderstandings and possibilities. Preview: I think a lot of the things being said now stem from the plain fact that the Government at present have abjectly given in to something endemic they feel they can not fight. So they seek to liberalize and soften the impact, to talk down the effects, and to move the goalposts as they do with anything that is a little too difficult to deal with in a ... (more) Published By: Malcolm James Pugh Submitted: 12 November,2003 |
| 209 | Do You Make Less Money Than Your Taller Peers? Preview: A recent study at the University of Florida found that over the span of their careers short people earn less money than their taller counterparts. In terms of cold hard cash, each extra inch in height equals roughly $800 difference in annual pay. So, essentially a person standing at 5 ft 8 inches tall will make about $9600 less annually than some... (more) Published By: C.S. Deam Submitted: 05 December,2003 |
| 210 | Flights Of Fancy Preview: Feeling cranky about air travel? Get a grip. Not on the arm of your passenger seat--on reality, history, and the incredible accomplishment of human flight. We've just celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Although there werecertainly others who were experimenting with flying ma... (more) Published By: Maya Talisman Frost Submitted: 19 December,2003 |