January 20, 2008 – 4:58 pm
From ScienceDaily.
Throughout the tropics, ants and Acacia trees live together in intricate interdependent relationships that have long fascinated scientists.
Now researchers are reporting that in Africa, this plant-insect teamwork depends on the very antagonist it is intended to ward off: Africa’s big browsing mammals.
Researchers report that elephants, giraffes and other large plant-eaters spur Acacias to “hire” [...]
January 13, 2008 – 8:43 pm
From Google news.
Young Japanese people are evolving a new lifestyle for the 21st century based on the cellphones that few are now able to live without.
They are using their phones to read books, listen to music, chat with friends and surf the Internet — an average of 124 minutes a day for high school girls [...]
November 3, 2007 – 4:47 pm
Original article at Seishindo by Charlie Badenhop.
I witnessed a beautiful scene the other day that epitomizes the way many Japanese approach conflict and relationships. I share this story with you now, hoping it will help you better deal with conflict in your own life.
A rather old man who lives in my Tokyo neighborhood came shuffling [...]
October 28, 2007 – 12:36 pm
From designboom. (photos)
the natural environment still manages to fill us with a sense
of awe and amazement. despite the amount of scientific
knowledge mankind has gathered, nature still holds great
mysteries that we may never be able to unravel.
this complexity has continually daunted man. in frustration, we
try to control nature by enforcing order. as a result,
we have distanced [...]
October 21, 2007 – 4:03 pm
From Telegraph by David Sapsted.
Seventy years locked up in institutions hardly seems to be a punishment that befits the crime of stealing half-a-crown.
However, it is just such a fate that befell Jean Gambell when at the age of 15, in 1937, she was falsely accused of stealing 2s 6d (12.5p) from the doctor’s surgery where [...]
October 20, 2007 – 2:23 pm
From Good Experience by Mark Hurst.
Chip Conley is CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, the world’s second- largest boutique hotel company. After a severe downturn in his business after 9/11, Conley read Abraham Maslow’s works as inspiration for his turnaround plan. It worked: Joie de Vivre is again thriving, and Conley has written a book [...]