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I found this article online and felt compelled to share it with you guys.
(credit: Radio Praha)
Among the souvenirs that tourists bring back from a visit to Prague are little clay figures of the Golem – a giant linked to one of Prague’s best known legends. What few of them know is that there is a [...]

Switching languages can also switch personality: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – People who are bicultural and speak two languages may unconsciously change their when they switch languages, according to a U.S. study.
Researchers David Luna from Baruch College and Torsten Ringberg and Laura A. Peracchio from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee studied groups of Hispanic women, all [...]

I don’t usually share things that are sent to me by e-mail but this one was so good I just had to. I have no idea who the original author is so sorry can’t give credit where it is due.
FINALLY–I understand how the economy really works…

It’s a slow day in some little town……..
The [...]

HAARETZ ARTICLE: Most people go to the Western Wall to pray, but now some will also head there to pay.
The cabinet has approved a plan that would allow for sponsorship messages to be beamed onto the Western Wall, sources in the Prime Minister’s Office told Haaretz Monday.
According to the plan, any company will be able [...]

Long-term pot use can double risk of psychosis
Young people who smoke marijuana more prone to delusions, study says

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REUTERS LONDON – Young people who smoke cannabis or marijuana for six years or more are twice as likely to have psychotic episodes, hallucinations or delusions than people who have never used the drug, scientists said on [...]

For us common People, Stuff is subjective. Stuff is one of the most general words out there, ranging from emotional issues (i.e. I have lots of stuff going on in my life,) to physical things (i.e. You cant camp out in my garage its loaded with stuff.)

Striking Differences between Winners and Losers

Some people are successful in whatever they do and some people just can’t seem to make it. Besides the little bit of luck and Lots of help from Hashem, there is a distinction between these two groups of people.
It is not a magic formula or an ancient word passed [...]

In a world where instant is rarely quick enough (just think about how annoying it is when your celphone takes more than .025 seconds to find a connection…) it’s about time that the folks at Photoshop have come up with the ultimate cooking/baking software. I remember back in the day when I installed Photoshop on [...]

God Bless America….and…Hulu.
That was the feeling I had in my heart after one of my close friends introduced me to Hulu.
I did not have a TV in my house and my Blockbuster account was way too expensive for me, living on a limited student’s budget, but Hulu changed all of that.
There was no more late [...]

Contrary to the typical American kid, Getting help in case of emergency was a different experience.
Growing up in the strong Jewish neighborhood of Boro Park, Brooklyn, 911 was not a number that I grew up with. With all these volunteer organizations surrounding us, like Hatolah, Shomrim, Chaveirim etc. which in most cases had a faster [...]