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Nature and how to explore it

published by LookingToSee on 17 May, 2013 - 18:59

So, if you are a total beginner with nature exploring and have grown up in the urban jungle how would you go about discovering the beauty of the rest of the world? starting with the UK, Britain, the South East (for me)

where do we start? where do we go? how do we get there? what do we need to bring along? and any other relevant info.

so, was just looking at a map of britain online and saw those patches of green which seem to be national parks. that sounds pretty awesome. how does one prepare to go to a National Park? and what should one expect there?

Events Forum Deprecated (Closed) in favour of a brighter future

published by You on 16 May, 2013 - 20:10

Salaam all

In order to improve the functioning of this site, the events forum is to be closed.

Fear not though, you can still add events by adding an "event". just go to "add" and choose "event" from the list.

This allows us to create an events calendar which is more useful than this topic and allows events to be listed by date.

(It allows us to filter the events from the new topics list.)

If anyone has any ideas on how th improve the fuunctioning of the events management, please do not hesitate to make your ideas known.

(In the future, it may be useful to also allow to filter by location, but I dont think we have enough traffic for this to be a real concern yet.)

why do we watch tv?

published by LookingToSee on 15 May, 2013 - 21:26

so why do you watch TV? have you ever thought abt it? the first reason you might come up with is "for entertainment" but i'd like you to think abt it more deeply and if that;s still your answer then please define entertainment.

and i'll define TV: not jsut the plasma screen, im including anything you watch ever.

do feel free to categorise your watching and talk abt them individually. documentaries, non fiction, fiction.

i realise i watch fiction as a mean to escape reality. pretty sad. wonder what that says abt me. then i get annoyed at myself, "why were you watching someone else's life, actually SOMEONE THAT DOESNT EVEN EXIST's fake life" that really annoys me. that those people arent even real. as in, the characters. urgh.

 

Peer pressure

published by _Me_ on 15 May, 2013 - 17:43

''The social influence a peer group exerts on its individual members, as each member attempts to conform to the expectations of the group''

Examples; type of clothes you wear, how you dress, what you say/do, places to go.

Good or bad? Does it make or break an individual? Have you ever been in a similar situation, and how would you respond? 

Outrage at Syrian rebel shown 'eating soldier's heart'

published by You on 14 May, 2013 - 22:00

A video which appears to show a Syrian rebel taking a bite from the heart of a dead soldier has been widely condemned.

US-based Human Rights Watch identified the rebel as Abu Sakkar, a well-known insurgent from the city of Homs, and said his actions were a war crime.

The main Syrian opposition coalition said he would be put on trial.

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Evolution - what do you reckon?

published by Joie de Vivre on 13 May, 2013 - 04:02

Broad scientific consensus has it that relatively soon after the earth was formed chemicals began to act like small organisms that over millions of years evolved into loosely prokaryotic cells that continued to evolve into all the life we see around us today,  the little organisms and fungi and plants and animals, from which last group we humans evolved.

Psychologists V psychiatrists - This is WAR!

published by You on 12 May, 2013 - 16:42

Psychiatrists under fire in mental health battle

British Psychological Society to launch attack on rival profession, casting doubt on biomedical model of mental illness

There is no scientific evidence that psychiatric diagnoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are valid or useful, according to the leading body representing Britain's clinical psychologists.

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