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Sunday, 08 December 2019 05:25

My wife’s enemies are now my enemies, too

Josh Gondelman No one tells you about the other in-laws you acquire when you get married. Until about five years ago, I got along with basically everyone. Sometimes, I knew, people didn’t care for me, but my impeccable get-along instincts and crushing fear of confrontation prevented things from coming to a head very often. And if I didn’t like someone, I’d try to never let them know, because even if the sight of them made my stomach curdle, I still wanted them to like me. I’d attempt to wear them down with relentless kindness until one of us moved to…

Saturday, 07 December 2019 05:07

NATO is finally talking about China, and there are 3 big problems it has to address

NATO leaders gathered in London this week for a summit marking the alliance's 70th anniversary. Many of the longstanding problems facing the alliance were under discussion, but the agenda also included a relatively new challenge: China The NATO leaders summit that ended Wednesday featured many of the debates that have come up before in the alliance's 70-year history, but there was also a newer topic on the agenda: China. "That's a relatively new addition for the alliance, to start thinking about the security challenges that China poses to the alliance," Andrea Kendall-Taylor, director of the Center for a New American…

Saturday, 07 December 2019 05:03

8 ways to recognise when it's time to break up with your friends

Breaking up; letting go; cutting ties — no matter how you phrase it, ending a friendship is never easy. Thanks to the doubt and anxiety that usually tags along with this kind of decision, choosing to part ways can be one of the hardest — not to mention saddest — choices a person can make. I state this because I know; I've been there. As difficult as it can be to accept at first, I also know cutting ties with someone you naturally just don't sync with anymore can be the best remedy for your mental health. Not all friendships…

Thursday, 05 December 2019 05:52

7 wars that defined the decade and changed how we fight around the world

The past decade has tested military alliances and brought on threats few could have imagined. ISIS's use of social media to recruit fighters and disseminate propaganda was unprecedented, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's government has relied on Facebook disinformation to bolster support for his drug war and disparage his enemies. Russia has used both Syria and Ukraine as testing fields for hardware and propaganda campaigns. The past decade has tested military alliances and brought 0n threats few could have imagined. In many ways, the principles of conflict never change there is always an enemy to be vanquished, and the consequences are…

Thursday, 21 November 2019 05:52

The revolutionary Left in Africa - Adam Mayer

In a report on a recent conference in Dakar on the Revolutionary Left in sub-Saharan Africa, Adam Mayer celebrates a gathering of activists and researchers, which could not have been more different from the mega-conferences of academia today. The conference examined the extraordinary vibrancy of left politics and movements across the continent in the 1960s and 1970s. Dakar based independent researcher Pascal Bianchini, aided by committed organizers such as Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung’s Ndongo Samba Sylla, and a scientific advisory body that included representatives of ROAPE, Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone, the Sorbonne and others, successfully overcame the logistical nightmare…

Monday, 18 November 2019 05:21

Self-leadership is the new self-care: Why this ritual is your secret to success

Shelley Zalis If you’ve ever been on a plane, you’ve heard the following from flight attendants: In the event of an emergency, put your own oxygen mask on first. I’ve heard this safety spiel thousands of times (I’m only half-joking when I say that I live on United Airlines!), but each time it resonates with me. After all, if we don’t first help ourselves, how can we help others? The same applies for leadership. In order to be a great leader of others, you have to first take care of yourself. Everyone wants to know how to move up the…

Saturday, 16 November 2019 05:23

Shocking truth on how hand sanitizer negatively affects health

Hand sanitizers, that small bottle that advertises itself to kill 99.9 percent of bacteria on your hands with just a few drops. They’re everywhere these days, and chances are, you might be one of the people who always keep a handy bottle in their purse or bag. If not, then you may know someone who does, who habitually gives it a squeeze after doing anything that involves them using their hands. You might think it’s a bit crazy but you also understand that keeping yourself healthy by beating germs and bacteria is better than doing nothing. But do you know…

Saturday, 16 November 2019 05:21

Is your perfume ageing your skin faster than it should?

We’re very much into looking after our skin, but is perfume ageing our skin much faster than it should? The fragrances we love to wear not only give us pleasure, hopefully those around us feel the same. But if it is ageing to our skin can we stop that damage, or will we have to ditch scent for good? The good news is that, no, we don’t have to stop wearing perfume. The bad news is that, yes, it can be very ageing on skin and here’s why. Perfume, fragrance, scent, whatever you choose to call it is essentially perfume…

Sunday, 10 November 2019 04:53

Sometimes find it difficult to sleep? Follow this military procedure for falling asleep in two mins

Getting a good night's sleep is absolutely crucial to being in peak shape the following morning. And no on knows that better than the U.S. Army. Given the potentially deadly consequences of exhaustion on the battlefield, the military developed a sleep trick to help soldiers nod off in just a few minutes. The sleep hack was first laid out in Relax and Win: Championship Performance, a 1981 book on how to utilize athletic methods to ease tension and better succeed in life by Lloyd Bud Winter, the legendary sprinting coach. The sleep hack proved effective for 96 percent of military…

Saturday, 09 November 2019 05:14

Psychologists explain how colors affect human emotion and behavior

Oscar Wilde once said, “Mere color can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.” And he may have not known how right he was. Have you ever felt green with envy? Sang the blues? Been given the red carpet treatment? The psychology of color has a language all its own. It touches our moods, affects our lives and offers a glimpse into who we are. Is your world filled with color, or could you use a tad more? We have Sir Isaac Newton to thank for our understanding of the color spectrum. In the 17th century, he realized…

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Thursday, 07 November 2019 05:40

'I was kidnapped and now only travel by train'

To avoid Nigeria's notorious kidnapping gangs thousands of commuters pack on to trains each day between the capital, Abuja, and the city of Kaduna. Mannir Awal Addo, a trader in Abuja who has family that he visits every weekend in Kaduna, was kidnapped on the Abuja-Kaduna highway earlier this year and held for five days. He told the BBC that he paid his abductors $1,300 (£1000) for his freedom: "It was a traumatic experience." He was affected by polio as a child and said he could not run away when kidnappers attacked the vehicle he was travelling in "Since then,…

Sunday, 03 November 2019 05:18

This is why we eat more around friends

The amount of food people eat tends to be profoundly influenced by the company they share while taking their meal, and may be linked to evolutionary psychology, a study led by researchers from the University of Birmingham found. The study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on October 4, was based on a meta-analysis of 42 previously conducted studies into the "social facilitation" of food consumption, according to a release from the University of Birmingham in England. The analysis found that a person's meals could be 29 to 48 percent larger when they ate with friends as opposed…

Thursday, 31 October 2019 05:32

5 qualities that set truly great leaders apart from everyone else

The best leaders are superior communicators. Storytelling. Great founders are able to articulate the story of their company and its mission, and the story of themselves, to employees, investors, and customers. And they do it with an energy that's almost like a religious fervor--they evangelize, basically. It's about getting people to feel that there's a movement here and they have a chance to be part of it. You have to create this energy that makes it feel like it's inevitable that this little thing you're building will grow and grow and you'll win. It's about inspiring conviction. Every CEO has…

Wednesday, 30 October 2019 06:21

7 hard lessons the most successful people master early in life

1. It's okay to ask for advice Sometimes we let our fear of looking unprepared or ill-informed keep us from asking for help. But the secret is out: more often than not, everyone else also has no idea what they are doing. Do not be afraid to ask for advice, whether in the workplace, at home, or in life in general. Search for a person who you admire and ask for their help. 2. Dedicate a certain amount of your week to alone time You are constantly doing things for others: your partner, your children, your siblings, your boss, etc.…

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