If you can't be a good example, serve as a warning. What can others learn from your mistakes?

For example:

Do not double dog dare your sometimes-inappropriate coworker to demonstrate ...

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Amid TEDGlobal's talk of our global connection and interconnection, it's a fine time to present Bob Thurman, Buddhist monk and scholar, on the Buddhist view of the universe. In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Thurman, is our first step toward becoming Buddha. When we can know everything, we can see how everything is interconnected -- and we can begin to feel compassion for every living being.

Bob Thurman on happiness and becoming Buddha

First, from Afghanistan:

Three-year-old Said is an opium addict. Without it, he becomes restless.

His mother Zarbibi shares her child's condition. She herself is a user and has been one for the past four years.

Zarbibi routinely blows opium into Said's face to keep him quiet. It is the only way she knows how to free herself so that she can work.

She said: "Whenever I have chores or work at home, I give my son opium so he would stay calm.

"I also give him opium so he can sleep. When I realised he became an addict, I regretted it."

Second, from Egypt:

It exists in all strata of society, as well as in our minds and our tradition. In my opinion, it is a very barbaric act. Let's see, first of all, what people think in simple villages. Why? How come, after all that's been said in the media, and after doctors and religious scholars have met with you, you still insist upon it?

...

Interviewer: In these villages, a woman can do something behind her husband's back?
Sheik: In the villages, the women are the men.
Interviewer: Sheik, how can you say such a thing?
Sheik: We are simple people, and nobody says: I am the man, and that's it...

“I’m so inspired by the book. It's a throwback to a better time, when people didn’t check Defamer every 15 minutes."
-- Maria Semple

The Art of Feeding

Tea may have been inappropriately marketed a decade ago, but today no other commodity is better poised to capitalize on a convergence of societal trends. In one marketing narrative, tea is touted as a multifaceted health aid and as a salve for those who wish to rebalance a life accustomed to speed. In another, it is pitched as worldly, gourmet, and, when it is organic and fair trade, even virtuous. In one moment tea acts as a social lubricant, and in the next it occupies the center of personal ritual. Taken collectively, these approaches reveal-as much as they deliberately and shrewdly exploit-the contemporary American social moment.

Steeped in Tea

Compulsory vaccination has a legitimate place in our health care system. But why should the government restrict its vaccinations to the victims? Why not include the carriers?

Requiring a Vaccine for Young Girls

Congratulations to Texas for becoming the first state to require vaccinating young schoolgirls — ages 11 and 12 — against a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer and genital warts. Other states would be wise to follow the same path.

A Vaccine to Save Women’s Lives

1. Eat smart.
2. Work smart.
3. Memorise.
4. Mimic.
5. Challenge your brain.
6. Avoid smoking.
7. Think laterally.
8. Meditate.
9. Sleep well.
10. Exercise.

10 ways to a powerful mind

A sumptuous marvel of Macromedia mastery to accompany the recent rehash on obesity trends.

Dig in, and enjoy! It's your heart, after all!

InVision Guide to a Healthy Heart

In this story, the last he ever wrote, broadcaster, journalist, and author Bill Cameron describes his journey into what he called "Cancerland"

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