Determinants of Courage

Once Dr. Phil played an episode in which he interviewed several people who had done courageous things and asked them to explain courage. I do not consider myself a courageous person, but I know a number of people who are highly courageous, and from what I've seen there appear...

London mayoral election: Brown faces first poll test

Londoners go to the polls today to select a new mayor, the most powerful directly elected position in the UK. The vote is being seen as a major test for Prime Minister Gordon Brown. A loss for Labour incumbent...

Finger on Your Pulse: Microsoft Seeks New Spyware

Human Resources departments could be assessing workers based upon biometric measuring software developed by Microsoft, which brought us such bulletproof products as Vista... Integrity of development aside, this...

EC takes Govt to court over driver testing

"The European Commission is taking the Government to court for failing to introduce new laws on the training and testing of professional bus and truck drivers. A directive on driver training was approved by MEPs...

Germany To Send Craft to Moon

Maybe they can take some pictures of the original moon landing site and put the conspiracy theories to rest."Germany hopes to put an unmanned space craft into the moon's orbit in the early part of the next decade, a senior German official said on Wednesday. The lunar orbit...

UK watchdog faces flak over Northern Rock

"The City regulator was on Thursday facing criticism from MPs and investors that it failed in its job by not tackling Northern Rock’s aggressive financial practices before the bank ran into trouble. Questions over the competence of the Financial Services Authority moved to...

Body Language: A Secret To Workplace Success

" Even in the the workplace your carriage speaks volume about you than words. But how you go about it really matters. Eye contact, hand gestures amonst others are other body language techniques. But when you dont have any of these learning them is not out of the question too....

Canadian Muslim MP not Muslim enough for islamists

"Canadian Muslim organizations criticized a Muslim legislator for a fact-finding mission to Israel that he undertook at the prime minister’s request. The leaders of the Canadian Arab Federation and the Canadian Islamic Congress issued a joint statement mocking the...

Will the Real Adults Please Stand Up

""People such as academics, teachers, scientists and many other professionals are often strikingly immature outside of their strictly specialist competence in the sense of being unpredictable, unbalanced in...

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