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Saturday, 15 February 2020 05:11

Why standard hotels check passports

Seasoned international travelers are familiar with the ins and outs of checking into a European hotel. After a long flight, you walk up to the concierge, give them your reservation information and hand over your passport. That’s right. Many European hotels check your passport in addition to asking for a credit card for incidentals. In most cases, you only need to show your passport at check in, or, rarely, leave it overnight. According to Traveller, in the U.K., it’s actually required by law. The Immigration (Hotel Records) Order 1972 states "all hotels, must keep a record of the full name…

Friday, 14 February 2020 06:26

Reluctant global citizens: The de-civilising process

Adrian Wooldridge In his new book, “In Pursuit of Civility”, British historian Keith Thomas tells the story of the most benign developments of the past 500 years: the spread of civilised manners. In the 16th and 17th centuries many people behaved like barbarians. They delighted in public hangings and torture. They stank to high heaven. Samuel Pepys defecated in a chimney. Josiah Pullen, vice-principal of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, urinated while showing a lady around his college, “still holding the lady fast by the hand”. It took centuries of painstaking effort – sermons, etiquette manuals and stern lectures – to convert…

Wednesday, 12 February 2020 04:49

The surprising altruism of babies

Infants will give away food to a stranger even when they’re hungry, a new psychology study finds. One of the most famous — if contentious — studies in social science is known as the marshmallow test. In the 1970s, that experiment probed kids’ ability to delay gratification when faced with a yummy snack. It turned out some kids can resist the temptation to eat one marshmallow immediately if you tell them that waiting will earn them two marshmallows later. But will a kid pass up a yummy snack altogether — not just delaying gratification but forgoing it entirely — if…

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 05:16

One thing you should never eat on a plane

Before a recent flight across the country, I bought a shawarma wrap at the airport to take into the cabin. At the time, it seemed like a brilliant idea: I knew I’d get hungry, and this Lebanese place looked good for an airport fast-casual spot. A chicken wrap would be much more satiating than whatever dry snacks would be offered for purchase. The minute I pulled the shawarma out on the plane, I realised my huge mistake. I hadn’t accounted for my wrap’s fiercely potent aroma. It hadn’t smelled particularly fragrant on the ground, but now, things were different. Shame…

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 05:13

Do you often forget things? This is how to improve your memory

Memory improvement is not much different than physical improvement in that both require conscious effort and daily dedication. However, figuring out how to improve memory and concentration doesn’t necessarily involve drastic lifestyle changes. Instead, you learn to re-prioritise some of the things you’re already doing (like sleeping, laughing, eating, and socially interacting) while throwing in a few extra hacks and activities. Put it all together and you’ll be boosting brain power and memory in no time! So how does one improve memory, focus, and concentration? To answer that question, we’ve assembled a list of 10 different ways to boost brain…

Monday, 10 February 2020 05:47

signs you have high emotional intelligence - and how to boost your EQ

Maggie Seaver Emotional intelligence is one of the most valuable qualities you can have, both at work and in life. But what exactly is it, and how is it different from general intelligence, or IQ? "Emotional intelligence (or EQ) can seem like a complex concept," says Gemma Leigh Roberts, an organizational and performance psychologist, LinkedIn Learninginstructor, and founder of Career Compass Club and the Resilience Edge. "EQ is about understanding, recognizing, and managing your own emotions; recognizing and understanding emotions displayed by others; and interpreting that information to help manage relationships and social situations." The Difference Between Emotional Intelligence and…

Sunday, 09 February 2020 05:07

A new war of religion: Blurring the separation between church and state

Under the banner of “religion and traditional (ecclesiastical) privileges”, in 1858 Mexican Conservatives rose in arms against a Liberal constitution which declared freedom of worship and ended a rule preventing Catholic church property from being transferred to anyone else. After a three-year war, the liberal principles of religious toleration and the separation of church and state triumphed. In the following decades they spread across Latin America. Now, it seems, this 19th-century political battle has to be fought all over again. The new blurring of the divide between spiritual and temporal realms owes much to the rise of evangelical Protestantism. Although…

Sunday, 09 February 2020 05:06

Faced with losing my breasts and peproductive organs, here's what I learned about hope

I shuffled into the operating room in my ugly brown hospital socks at 10:17 a.m. on the Monday before Thanksgiving. By 10:19 a.m., I was in tears. Not like misty-eyed. Not like a single tear rolled down my face. These were the kind of tears that make your chest heave and your throat ache and your sinuses feel like they’re going to explode. The kind of tears you can’t fight back. The kind you’ll remember for a long time. I wasn’t scared of surgery. I had been a nurse in my previous life (my life before breast cancer) and I…

Saturday, 08 February 2020 05:13

How to unpack your ‘why’

Helen Hanison Discovering your "why" can radically change the course of your career (and life) for the better. We all feel more alive and aligned when what we do expresses what matters most. And once you have that clarity, you can hold on to it tight as you build forward. Not only will your "doing" be more motivated, but crucially, knowing why you’re doing the thing you do means setbacks won’t set you back. Because when we know our "why," we become unstoppable in the best possible, purpose-driven way! There are many avenues to explore when it comes to unpacking…

Saturday, 08 February 2020 05:04

trans fat foods you should avoid at all costs

Some fats are good for you, some fats are bad. Trans fats? They're in the latter category. "Trans fats are man-made fats where manufacturers take what should be a liquid-at-room-temperature fat, transform it into a solid-at-room-temperature-fat," says Robin Foroutan, MD, RDN, HHC, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. "The benefit to this is that then the fat becomes more shelf-stable and resistant to spoiling." According to the Food and Drug Administration, the primary dietary source of trans fats in processed foods are partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs). Foroutan adds that trans fats do exist naturally in tiny amounts…

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Friday, 07 February 2020 05:13

Influential leaders avoid these common words

An entrepreneur says, "Everyone says my fees are too high." ,,, In response, a business coach might say, "Everyone? Exactly how many people is that?" Could it be everyone he meets? Everyone in his family? Three people, or ten? Either way, it's unlikely that the answer is 100 percent, everyone. The word, everyone, falls into a category referred to as absolutes. An absolute is defined as things that are guaranteed, exact, precise, conclusive, and unquestionable. There is no exception to an absolute; it is all-encompassing. Leaders with high levels of emotional intelligence don't operate from a place of bias, which…

Thursday, 06 February 2020 05:30

The 12 most effective fat-burning foods, according to science

Looking to lose weight, safely? By switching up your diet to favor those things that help you burn fat and increase your metabolism, you can do just that. But what does that mean, grocery shopping–wise? We've got the answers from Angie Kuhn, RDN, director of research and nutrition for Persona Nutrition, and Daily Harvest nutritionist Amy Shapiro MS, RD, CDN, who detail what foods and items you should definitely be adding to cart. Fish Fish provides countless minerals and vitamins essential to body functions, including zinc, iron, selenium, vitamins B12 and D, and especially iodine. "Iodine is used by the…

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 05:50

Trump’s latest ‘visa ban’ poses a threat - and an opportunity - to Nigeria’s tech ecosystem

Yomi Kazeem As part of new visa restrictions by the Trump administration, the US will no longer issue immigrant visas to Nigerian applicants. While Nigeria is not the only country affected by the “ban” (Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar will also face similar restrictions while Tanzania and Sudan have been excluded from the United States’ popular visa lottery scheme), it is, by far, the most high profile country affected by what the Trump administration describes as a penalty for unsatisfactory security and information sharing standards. While focused only on immigrant visas, the net impact of the newly issued restrictions is far-reaching,…

Tuesday, 04 February 2020 05:44

Families in Africa fear impact of U.S. immigration ban

An Eritrean father yearning to be reunited with his four children after 15 years apart. An American woman adopting a Nigerian toddler. A Nigerian man desperate to be with his American wife and children. These are some of the families waiting to see how they will be affected by President Donald Trump’s expansion of the U.S. travel ban. Awet, who asked that Reuters use a nickname to avoid reprisals against his family, fled Eritrea in 2005. He is now a U.S. citizen. Awet described how he hugged his four young children hard, whispering only to his weeping mother that he…

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