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A third of smartphone owners in Britain check their devices for social network updates and emails in bed before saying good morning to their partner, according to a new poll. Researchers also found that 26% of 18 to 24-year-olds sleep with their phones. I intended, on reading this, to express feelings of shock and horror …
Israel is losing the battle for public opinion in America, says Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie. For “an important group of public intellectuals”, the Israeli government’s failure to engage in the peace process with the Palestinians, and its policy in the occupied West Bank, are sources of real concern. “And we are not talking here …
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“The rise in childhood obesity has led to a surge in demand for super-size school uniforms. At the Wirral Uniform Centre in Birkenhead, UK, two in every five pairs of trousers sold are now a special ”sturdy fit” with a waistband twice as stretchy as that found in a regular pair. The biggest boy’s blazer …
“The faster you get back to people, the less brilliant you have to be”. Helen Gurley Brown (quoted in The Financial Times). How many times have you wondered “when is so-and-so going to get back to me? Are they on holiday? Did they get hat email? Or are they disorganized or just rude? I think …
The UK has the third most slothful population in Europe, with two-thirds of the population taking little physical exercise, say British researchers. 63% of adults (with higher rates in women than in men) do not take the recommended amounts of exercise, such as a brisk 30 minute walk at least 5 days a week, or …
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