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To The Times In your report “Ex-director goes on sex offender register for making pass at friend”, you write that the judge told the defendant: “You do not make advances towards women who don’t want you to.” In other words, a woman must first indicate that an advance is welcome before a man can make …
The oldest recorded person, Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, died in 1997 aged 122 years and 5 months. Since then no one has equalled or surpassed her. (Yet. Some very rich people are working on it for some reason) A study conducted by Tom Kirkwood at Newcastle University’s Institute for Ageing in the UK, published in Science …
I have always wanted to be an artist. I have dabbled in painting, drawing, singing, acting, Pottery, writing, poetry, verse and music composition. But these days the most celebrated art is Concept Art. How could I muscle in on it? Unmade beds have been done, along with Sitting opposite someone, stock still, saying nothing all day. …
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It goes without saying that raising children is one of the most important things humans do. But there is so much bad advise on how to raise your children. In this post I’ll try to address what both the liberal secularists and the religious conservatives get wrong on parenting, and how to do it in …
The most popular, wildly popular, course at Yale is a psychology course run by Prof. Laurie Santos. Prof. Santos, in mid-semester, told her students that her hour and a quarter session was on no account to be used for work and study, but should be used for relaxation and enjoyment. Stop worrying about grades if …
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