thought

14Jun

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CULTURE

When Americans Thought Hair Was A Window Into The Soul

In 2004, the North Korean government launched one of the oddest television campaigns in recent history: “Let’s trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle.” Accompanied by radio and print ads, the five-part TV series urged North Korean men to wear their hair short. State-approved haircuts, the campaign explained, ranged in length from one to five centimeters, with seven centimeters permitted for men over 50 who sought to hide a balding scalp. Why, exactly, did the government care so much about how North Korean men chose to wear their hair? Long hair, the campaign argued, “consumes a great deal of nutrition” and thus threatened “human intelligence development” by depriving the brain of necessary energy. Pseudoscientific ideas aside, state media also suggested that hair repre...

Than Previously Thought Far More Adults Don’t Want Children

4Apr

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Journalism

Than Previously Thought Far More Adults Don’t Want Children

Jennifer Watling Neal, Michigan State University and Zachary Neal, Michigan State University Fertility rates in the United States have plunged to record lows, and this could be related to the fact that more people are choosing not to have children. But just how many “child-free” adults there are has been tricky for researchers to pin down. National fertility data provided by the U.S. Census and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lump together all adults who aren’t parents, making it difficult to understand how many people identify as child-free. As social scientists, we think it’s important to distinguish child-free individuals from those who are childless or not yet parents. People who are child-free make the conscious decision not to have kids. They’re distinct from childless...

11Jan

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CELEBRITY NEWS

Jeffery Epstein – Just Another Thought

For many years to come, book makers will struggle to fully discover the person and the operation of Jeffery Epstein, the American Millionaire pedophile convict who recently committed suicide in a New York prison while awaiting trial for sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. He lived and died for sex. His looked like a depraved rich, highly - connected very intelligent man who unfortunately had a very prolonged and tortuous battle with unbridled libido and very powerful sex demons that eventually ended fatally. Yes. So much have been written and said about this man, but none has tried to look at the likely spiritual aspect of the incurable sex addict, who used everything he had: connections and tremendous wealth to pursue an insatiable thirst for immoral relationship with teenagers. Th...

Celebrities Who Are Nowhere Near As Tall As You Thought

7Jan

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CELEBRITIES

Celebrities Who Are Nowhere Near As Tall As You Thought

In today's celebrity driven world, looks and physical stature seem to be everything, but you might be surprised at just how many of the top celebs are not as tall as you might have thought. Clever camera angles, high-heeled shoes, and a bit of clever Photoshop work can make anyone look like a giant. Here are ten big name celebrities that whose real height may surprise you. Scarlet Johansson Scarlet Johansson began her acting career at as a child and she appeared in her first movie, North, at the age of nine. She has since appeared in no end of movies and has also enjoyed a successful singing career too. Most recently, she appeared as the Black Widow in Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Age of Ultron. What you probably didn't know, though, is that this g...