Posted by Paula Góes to Global Voices Online The highly sensitive Brazilian blogosphere is fizzing after a famous brand of beverage decided to invest in blogs as the main vehicle to market its latest product. Nine prominent bloggers were cherry picked and received a fancy USB mini fridge with a new product to be tested […]
Childless Couples Happier, Studies Show
Posted by Lindsey Chapman to FindingDulcinea Some recent studies on parenthood indicate that childless individuals are happier than those with kids. “Parents experience lower levels of emotional well-being, less frequent positive emotions and more frequent negative emotions than their childless peers,” reported sociology professor Robin Simon. Some parents may bristle at that idea, but psychology […]
Remebering the School Days…
*Gone are the days.. When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet Managed to line up daily for the morning prayers. *Gone are the days.. When we chased one another in the corridors in Intervals, And returned to the classrooms drenched in sweat. *Gone are the days.. When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors, […]
“Mudslinging in Karnataka politics !!”
It will happen only in India, the largest democracy in the world.Shame on politics and the mudslinging happening in Karnataka state.All because of forthcoming assembly elections. While BJP and the secular Janata Dal tries to recapture political power in the forthcoming assembly elections,the BJP is harping on its glory in Gujarat, Himachala Pradesh […]
Harassment Against Women (Focus on Domestic Violence): Domestic Rape, Acid Throwing, Dowry, Mental B
Part-6 13. Domestic Rape & Acid Throwing: Many women and children are victimized by domestic rape. Not only an adult woman, but also a female child is raped at family. A child of 8 years old was raped by her step grand father. Her mother was unwilling to discuss about this more, but it […]
A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF YOUR MIND
What is the self? How does the activity of neurons give rise to the sense of being a conscious human being? Even this most ancient of philosophical problems, I believe, will yield to the methods of empirical science. It now seems increasingly likely that the self is not a holistic property of the entire brain; […]