Month: October 2016

Buddhism, Curiositys, Health, Living, Media&Culture, Philosophy, TechnologyLeave a comment

What Silicon Valley Can Learn From Buddha’s Diet

Fernando Kaskais

Dan Zigmond at his home in Silicon Valley. ROSS MANTLE FOR WIRED AUTHOR: CADE METZ AS WE WALK, Dan Zigmond pulls on a black baseball cap. The sun is high, and the trees give little shade. It’s a big park—stretching across a good nine acres of grass, mulch, shrubs, and gravel paths—but from where we are, it looks much bigger. Beyond the nine acres, all we can see are more trees, more green, and the mountains in the east, so the park seems almost endless. “That always amazes me,” I say. After all, we’re on the roof of the newest … Continue reading What Silicon Valley Can Learn From Buddha’s Diet

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The second sage

Fernando Kaskais

Mencius, The Three Moves. Anonymous drawing, China, 20th century. Photo by AKG Images Confucian philosopher Mengzi provides an intriguing (and oddly modern) alternative to Aristotelian accounts of human virtue Bryan W Van Norden is professor of philosophy at Vassar College in New York, and a guest professor at Wuhan University in China. His latest book is Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy (2014), co-edited with Justin Tiwald.  A man is hiking in the countryside when he suddenly sees a toddler about to fall into an abandoned well. What will he do? Many people will instinctively run toward the toddler to save him. However, some people will … Continue reading The second sage

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Migrant battles on the streets of Paris: Riot police clash with Afghans and Eritreans as they move in to clear up camps in French capital following closure of Calais Jungle

Fernando Kaskais

Up to 3,000 migrants, many wanting to head to the UK, had set up tents on the pavements close to the Paris Eurostar hub but they were destroyed this morning after riot police moved in. It followed thousands of migrants arriving in the French capital following the razing of the Calais Jungle refugee camp last week. While some 5,000 Jungle residents agreed to be bused to resettlement centres around France, many others headed off independently, saying they still wanted to get to Britain.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html   Continue reading Migrant battles on the streets of Paris: Riot police clash with Afghans and Eritreans as they move in to clear up camps in French capital following closure of Calais Jungle

Curiositys, Europe, Freak Religion, Islam, Military, Terrorism, WarLeave a comment

ISIS Defeat In Mosul May Lead To More Terrorist Attacks In Europe

Fernando Kaskais

Oct 30, 2016Source: rt.com The defeat of Islamic State militants in their Iraqi stronghold Mosul may spark terrorist attacks across Europe, the head of the German Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Hans-Georg Maassen, has said. Speaking to German media outlet Deutschlandfunk, Maassen acknowledged that the jihadists “possibly stand with their backs to the wall” and can “effectively face defeat” in the Iraqi city, adding that the BfV is “closely watching the situation in Mosul.” The Iraqi Army and allied militias backed by the US-led coalition launched an operation to retake the country’s second-largest city on October 17. “That … Continue reading ISIS Defeat In Mosul May Lead To More Terrorist Attacks In Europe

Activism, Curiositys, Eco, Future, Globalization, Health, Media&Culture, Philosophy, PlanetLeave a comment

The Psychology of Environmentalism

Fernando Kaskais

By UC Santa Barbara Study by researchers at UC Santa Barbara finds culture a significant factor in motivating eco-friendly behaviors Plenty of people give lip service to solving environmental issues, but what actually leads them to change their behavior? According to research conducted by psychologists at UC Santa Barbara, it may have a lot to do with culture. Individual concern, they suggest, is more strongly associated with motivation to act in countries that espouse individualistic values, while social norms may be stronger in collectivistic societies. Their findings are published in the journal Psychological Science. “It isn’t that people from different … Continue reading The Psychology of Environmentalism

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When the Mob Owned Cuba

Fernando Kaskais

Tourists and Cubans gamble at the casino in the Hotel Nacional in Havana, 1957. Meyer Lansky, who led the U.S. mob’s exploitation of Cuba in the 1950s, set up a famous meeting of crime bosses at the hotel in 1946. (Ralph Morse, LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) Best-selling author T.J. English discusses the Mob’s profound influence on Cuban culture and politics in the 1950s By Simon Worrall Smithsonian Journeys Quarterly T. J. English, a best-selling author of books about organized crime, caught the Cuba bug as a child watching Fidel Castro on newscasts. Later he fell under the spell of Cuban music. … Continue reading When the Mob Owned Cuba

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Did you know that cinnamon can boost intelligence?

Fernando Kaskais

 by: Amy Goodrich (NaturalNews) Cinnamon is one of the world’s most consumed spices. For thousands of years, it has been prized for its medicinal properties and sweet, warming taste. Aside from sprinkling cinnamon on top of your lattes or adding magic to grandma’s apple pie, researchers have found that consuming this tasty household spice also might enhance learning skills. Scientists at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago found that increased ingestion of cinnamon significantly improved the memory of “poor learning” mice. Recently, their findings were published in the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology in an article entitled “Cinnamon Converts Poor Learning … Continue reading Did you know that cinnamon can boost intelligence?

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This is the Man Militarized Police at Standing Rock are Working For

Fernando Kaskais

By Isaac Davis, Staff Writer, Waking Times The months long Dakota Access Keystone XL pipleine protest at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation by Native Americans and those sympathetic to protection of our water supply has been met with heavy-handed and brutal clamp down by police and national guard. Militarized goons in battle dress have stormed protector camps with LRAD sonic weapons, attack dogs, tear gas, tazers, and even live ammunition (killing horses), while politicians and mainstream media do their best to ignore this growing atrocity, hoping to wait it out until the protestors give up. But, as the saying goes, Water Is … Continue reading This is the Man Militarized Police at Standing Rock are Working For

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How to Survive an Earthquake: Your 60-Second Guide

Fernando Kaskais

by Patrick Hutchison The Gulf Coast and East Coast have hurricanes, the Midwest and South have tornados, and the West Coast faces tsunami threats. No area of the country is without their own special brand of natural disaster to worry about. Earthquakes, however, span state lines, cross mountain ranges, and traverse climates. With the increased practice of deep wastewater disposal in the oil and gas industry, even the typically stable Midwest and central areas of the country are seeing an exponential rise in the number of earthquakes strong enough to get your house shaking (e.g., before 2009 there were an average … Continue reading How to Survive an Earthquake: Your 60-Second Guide

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‘Titanic’ Germany Is Going Down – Muslim War On German People

Fernando Kaskais

  image edited by Web Investigator    By Patricia Doyle 10-28-16 Hello Jeff – Here are a couple of paragraph from the essay I sent you from a German citizen whose family has a 500 year history in Germany. Patty The ‘TITANIC’ named Germany has already hit the iceberg and has started to sink, while the band is still playing. Inside Germany we have a huge censorship in TV/Media/net, with threats to all those who do not post/broadcast/write in a manner which is regarded as ‘politically correct.’  More below. The mainstream media will NOT properly inform you about what’s really … Continue reading ‘Titanic’ Germany Is Going Down – Muslim War On German People