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by Mari Nichols-Haining Because to the depths of me, I long to love one person, With all my heart, my soul, my mind, my body… Because I need a forever friend to trust with the intimacies of me, Who won’t hold them again…
astral projection

One moonlit evening in 1924 a restless, depressed young man named Sylvan Muldoon came home from a walk. He collapsed on his bed without bothering to take off his clothes. Instead of relaxing, however, his body grew ri…
the paradox of thrift

Analysis By Steve Schifferes Economics reporter, BBC News Should we save or should we spend? It's gloomy out there. The economy is shrinking, property values are falling and stock markets are in the doldrums. Many p…
world philosophy day!

[Whoever wants to debate these. .. I'll love you for life. Just warn me beforehand] It's World Philosophy Day - an opportunity to contemplate one's very existence and whether computer monitors really exist, says David …
rats!

According to legend, the piper led the rats into the river The Pied Piper's services might be needed again in Hamelin, northern Germany - because the rats are back. An abandoned allotment site on the edge of town has be…
choice

Eduardo Calasanz was a student at the Ateneo Manila University, Philippines, where he had Father Ferriols as professor. Father Ferriols, at that time was the Philosophy department head. Currently, he still teaches Philos…
Rethinking Confucianism:Asian Values and the Global Ethics of Human Rights and Responsibilities

Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication Pacific Region Forum on Business and Management Communication Rethinking Confucianism: Asian Values and the Global Et…
RIP, makeba

And I remember how I accidentally got hold of her CD a good many years ago. Thrust me into the world of African music. . . Footage of Miriam Makeba in concert During her life Miriam Makeba, who has died aged 76, r…
kunstkammer

We exist with a wind whispering inside and our moon flexing. Amid the ducts, inside the basilica of bones. The flesh is a neighborhood, but not the life. Our body is not good at memory, at keeping. - Jack Gilbert, Ku…
license to kill

* Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool And when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled. Oh, man is opposed to fair play, He wants it all and he wants it his way. -Bob Dylan, 1983