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...Shahar endorses Pounders’ efforts to spread happiness, and describes the site as “lovely.” With around 1,000 students enrolled in his class, and many more watching his lectures online, Ben-Shahar is probably the best person to have on your side for matters of happiness and sharing. And for John B. Pounders, that’s a very happy thought...
...midst of Hollywood’s baby craze, pregnancy has been moving from the red carpet to the silver screen. But the darker side of pregnancy has yet to be discussed. In the recent hit comedy “Knocked-Up,” one character takes baby steps towards addressing this “issue,” going so far as to say the quasi-taboo word “shma-shmor-shmin.” In an effort to open up the abortion debate, at least on campus if not in the hills, Harvard Students for Choice...
...companies in Nepal said last week that Beijing has asked Nepal to shut down access to southern climbing routes up Mt. Everest. This year's Olympic torch relay includes a visit to the summit of the world's highest mountain; Chinese authorities recently announced that they are closing their side of Everest - the northern slopes - because of overcrowding and environmental concerns. Most climbers believe the real reason is that China wants to prevent any demonstrations that would mar the event. Last year, climbers unfurled a banner at Everest base camp playing on the Beijing Olympic Slogan: "One World, one Dream...
...Beijing and the Dalai Lama are a long way from productive dialogue right now, of course, and each side sees reason to mistrust the other. Chinese leaders view the Tibet rebellion as having been stoked by the exiled Tibetan leadership in order to embarrass Beijing on the eve of its Olympic coming-out party, hoping to internationalize their quest for independence in the way that the Kosovar Albanians have - an outcome China will resist at any cost. The activists may be hoping to provoke an international boycott of the Beijing Olympics as a way of forcing China to deal with...
...violence is against human nature." Clearly troubled by the images of Tibetans in Lhasa responding to the police crackdown by attacking ordinary Chinese residents of the city and their businesses, he added, "We must not develop anti-Chinese feelings. Whether we like it or not we have to live side by side...