Outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc released a list of what it called 2007’s most unbelievable workplace stories. Some highlights: Workers in Scotland lined up to take classes which encouraged flirting to get ahead in their careers. Class exercises included purring like a kitten and dancing like Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake. An […]
2008 Usher Year of the Rat
Year 2008 is the “Year of the Rat” and so the Chinese calendar says so. Traditionally for the Chinese, animals represent different meanings literally or symbolically. Often, animal symbols associated with disasters, good luck or bad luck, fortune or misfortune. And to put some entertaining features to it, soothsayers, naysayer or doomsayers always managed to […]
Benitez claims Crouch was provoked
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez claimed Peter Crouch was provoked into his two-footed challenge on Chelsea midfielder Mikel John Obi which earned him a red card last night. The dismissal for the England forward capped a miserable night for the Reds, who lost 2-0 in the Carling Cup quarter-final clash at Stamford Bridge with the Blues’ […]
Mythsmasher At The Movies: Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution”
Lust, Caution, the latest film from Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee explores the intersection between eroticism and political intrigue. Set during the Second World War, it features Chia Chi played by Tang Wei as a university student who become involved through acting in resistance to the Japanese invaders and their Chinese collaborators. It is an interesting […]
Aloe vera gel, the healthy drink option at Christmas
This is one drink you would find exciting. It is so loaded with lots of nutrients that it is almost unbelievable! No wonder it is nicknamed the ‘wonder plant.’ With the stress Christmas could bring, would it not be a great idea to have some aloe vera gel drinks around to bounce back each time […]
Chimps Do Better on Memory Test Than Humans
Never mind that TV show that asks if you’re smarter than a fifth-grader. Is your memory better than a young chimp’s? Maybe not. Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in two tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won. That challenges the belief of many people, including many scientists, that "humans are […]