Midlife, Crisis or Awakening?

I have been thinking a lot lately about midlife.  Why, you ask, when I’m only 30-ish! (cough, choke, spit)  If asked straight out I don’t lie about my age.  I never have.  (I just become a low talker)  I am quite the opposite actually as  I...

Antarctica's cold awakening

It feels like stepping onto another planet. Some 90% of all the ice on the globe is locked into Antarctica. If all of it melted, the oceans would rise by 70m (230ft). That might not be on the cards, but fundamental...

Source: Bush considering 8,000 troop cuts in Iraq

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The top U.S. general in Iraq is recommending nearly 8,000 troop cuts in Iraq because of the improving situation there, a source close to the process has told CNN. ...

Iraq: Suicide Bomber Death Toll up to 30 - as Ex-Al Quaida Prisoner Returns f...

The unwanted guest at the Party: "BAGHDAD — Sheik Ayyid Salim al-Zubaie held a large party at his house in Abu Ghraib on Sunday to celebrate the release of a family member who had been imprisoned by U.S. forces...

Obama Concedes That Surge Didn't Go As He Expected

Sen. Barack Obama said it was "fair" to notice that he did not anticipate that the surge of U.S. troops into Iraq would be coincident with the so-called Sunni Awakening and the decisions of Shia militias to reduce...

Oprah Picks Tolle's Self-Help Book, All By Herself

From The Secret to A New Earth, new age is all the rage again. Discover the magic that life has in store for you, by going to the store and buying the book that Oprah told you to."Oprah Winfrey has endorsed a book...

PKB faction in House supports KPPU`s ruling on Temasek

"The KPPU had found Temasek guilty of violating Law No 5 of 1999 on monopolies by its cross-ownership of two strategic Indonesian telecommunication companies, Indosat and Telkomsel."Now we should go on and take the next step: all those who sold Indosat and also Telkomsel must...

Google Analytics Predicts Where Human Consciousness is Going

All I can say is this: The different keywords that have been showing up lately on my blog statistics really start to paint a clear picture that something.. SOMETHING is happening to our collective consciousness - much of which I myself have yet to understand. Here are some...

A Rude Awakening for Americans in Nicaragua

"Some U.S. investors and retirees in the Central American nation fear president-elect Daniel Ortega, but others are more worried about how President Bush will respond to the stunning election victory. It took North Carolina native Don McCandless 13 months, several work crews...

Iran through women's eyes: Shirin Ebadi and Azar Nafisi

" It is important to take the current political situation [NYT] in Iran in context. Shirin Ebadi and Azar Nafisi are two women who have written memoirs (Iran Awakening and Reading Lolita in Tehran, respectively) dealing with being a woman in the world's only theocracy....

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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