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What's the first thing you do if the ground beneath you starts to rumble and the walls begin to shake? Grab the kids and run? Check your home-insurance policy? Fall on your knees and pray for deliverance? All logical enough reactions, but not your very first one. Instead, even when faced with imminent disaster, you'll spend precious time asking, "What was that?" It's called the cognitive imperative, the uniquely human, hardwired instinct to link cause with effect that gave us a vital evolutionary advantage over other animal species. After all, the noise could be just...
QUADRICEPS Lie on your right side, grab your left ankle and pull it as far back as you can for 10 to 20 sec. Then turn over and repeat; four times per side...
...FISH MARKET: With its genial bustle and cornucopia of produce, the Sydney Fish Market at Pyrmont embodies all that is good about Australian eating. Graze the stalls in the covered hall and choose as you fancy?staff will cook fish, slice sashimi or shuck oysters to order. Then go grab a cold, dry Riesling and a couple of plastic cups from the on-site wine shop before finding a picnic table on the dockside. The best part? This exquisite feast should come in for less than $30 a head...
...because it’s pretty hard to escape a high school without having had a few history courses. It is possible to escape without having had a course that focuses in a mature way on how to make decisions in cases of moral dilemmas.”GRAB YOUR PARACHUTE“Is there space and air in your mind,” William James suggested, “or must your companions gasp for air whenever they talk with you?” What is missing in the debate about Moral Reasoning is James’ very point...
...Still, despite the Belorusians' surprising resolve and the predictable Western denunciations of the election as "invalid" and "illegitimate," Lukashenko won't let go of his grip on power easily - or quietly. Leading opposition candidate Milinkevich confirmed to the visiting diplomats at the square that "a big grab" had indeed occurred, with more than 100 key opposition leaders, activists and staffers detained. "The Opposition has been beheaded," Milinkevich said. For his part, Lukashenko announced that "the revolution that was so much talked about failed," and dismissed any talk of economic sanctions as empty threats that would be too costly for European...