November 2008
37 posts
joel is doing a triathlon, please support him:
http://pages.teamintraining.org/il/anttry09/jlande
how sociosexual are you?
British men and women are among the world’s most promiscuous, an international survey of sexual behaviour and attitudes has found.
In an index measuring one-night stands, numbers of partners and attitudes to sex, Britain comes out ahead of other industrialised nations such as Australia, the US, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany. Some 14,000 people in 48 countries filled in...
A beautiful response to a terrible tragedy
Subject: Please do a Mitzvah in memory of Mumbai terror victims Dear Friends, We are all saddened by the terrible news that has emerged from Mumbai: Rabbi Gavriel and Mrs. Rivkah Holtzberg and at least three of their guests, who are still unnamed, have been murdered. We extend our sympathy to their families as well as to the families of all those who have died in this vicious attack. We continue...
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. Lord Chesterfield, Letters, May 8, 1750
a beautiful response to a terrible tragedy….
a book to swear on....
so, it seems that upon being sworn into office, one swears on a book. historically, this has been the bible, but allegedly, it can be any book. thus, the question arises: upon which book should i swear? i am imagining that i am being sworn into the office of: reaching my utmost potential. i thought about it for a while, and then decided that i really couldn’t think of a single book that...
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If you’re walking by a wall covered with graffiti, are you also more likely to litter? The Broken Window Theory, crystallized in a 1982 article in The Atlantic by political scientist James Q. Wilson and criminologist George L. Kelling, posits that the environment has a significant effect on whether people engage in antisocial behavior. But there’s been little empirical research on just...
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