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"L'humour est la politesse du désespoir"... mais qui l'a dit le premier? C'est une vieille loi de la rhétorique : moins on sait, plus on cite. Le vide de la pensée est rempli de sentences définitives. Nos politiques excellent à ce petit jeu. Ils balancent des aphorismes en croyant donner du brillant à leurs propos ternes et l'illusion qu'ils connaissent leurs classiques. Ainsi le moindre candidat battu aux élections nous inflige-t-il le sempiternel «Ce qui ne me tue pas me rend plus fort», de Nietzsche. Mais le plus à plaindre, c'est René Char. Dans ses pires cauchemars, le poète du «Marteau sans maître» n'aurait jamais pensé qu'il serait autant convoqué, détourné et pillé par les phraseurs, dont les discours ronflants sont truffés de: «Agir en primitif et prévoir en stratège»; «L'homme est capable de faire ce qu'il est incapable d'imaginer» ou encore «Impose ta chance, serre ton bonheur et va vers ton risque.

A te regarder, ils s'habitueront.» Heureusement, il y a Dominique Noguez. Jérôme Garcin. L’Eros à la bouche : comment recevoir une fellation ? Décider qu’un seul des partenaires serait actif relève de la pure construction sociale… et du manque d’imagination. Chaque dimanche matin, dans La Matinale du « Monde », la chroniqueuse Maïa Mazaurette vous parle de la sexualité sous toutes ses facettes. Le Monde.fr | • Mis à jour le | Par Maïa Mazaurette Avez-vous remarqué cette tendance des articles de conseil sexuel, qui privilégient toujours le plaisir d’offrir à la joie de recevoir – le rôle actif plutôt que le rôle passif ?

Le problème, c’est qu’on définit rarement la passivité. Est-ce une question de coups de reins ? Est-on toujours passif quand on est au-dessous ? A vrai dire, la passivité n’existe que de manière périphérique, soit dans l’absence de consentement (de la dramatique agression au somnambulisme, en passant par la consommation excessive de substances), soit dans des cas allant du bondage (les gigots d’agneau étant peu connus pour leur capacité d’action) aux jeux de domination. La fellation, donc. Verbalisation Hommes ! The Present - Universal Truth - The Ultimate Truth. A man should look for what is and not for what he thinks should be. Albert Einstein Truth you can check: It is as matter of fact as the ground and as useful as food. It's the kind of truth that can make hate and war as unnecessary as ignorance.

Charles Darwin revealed how evolution works, but not what it really means. Evolution is no longer just a theory; it has been proven true beyond a reasonable doubt. The evidence says we evolved as life evolved. Human beings did not just appear at the top of the evolutionary ladder to reap the benefits of those millions of years of evolution without having to live through it. In other words, you were those other animals. You had to be lower animals to be a human now. In addition to the fossil evidence, the genetic code proves that all animals, including us, evolved from bacteria over the last 700 million years on earth. In other words, you were a microbe, an insect, a fish, a dinosaur, an ape... How do you know you are dead?

Everything is balanced. 1. 5 phrases d'Albert Camus qui changeront votre façon de voir la vie – Nos Pensées. Cookies are Not Accepted - New York Times. Le programme | Institut d'enregistrement du Canada | RAC. Des hommes, des vrais ? Dans ce Topo, on va parler stéréotypes, égalité hommes-femmes et vision du monde. Mais avant d’aborder tout ça, on va faire un petit détour… par l’Islande.

Pendant longtemps, personne ne s’intéressait à l’Islande : c’était loin et froid - et surtout très cher. Puis la crise de 2008 est survenue, et le pays s’est retrouvé dans une crise économique sans précédent. Pourquoi ? Ah oui, la dernière force de la nature islandaise, là, c’estGunthar. Ce dont les banques islandaises se sont aperçu, c’est que les pêcheurs avaient juste le profil parfait pour devenir trader : sur-confiance en soi, insensibilité au risque et esprit de compétition.

Du jour au lendemain, l’Islande s’est retrouvée avec 100 milliards de dollars de dettes. Soit les gens ont l’impression que le sujet a été traité 10 000 fois, soit ils se disent qu’il n’est pas si important que ça… Traité 10 000 fois ? Alors reprenons depuis le début : ils viennent d’où, ces fameux stéréotypes ? Fig.1 : Elliott en mode chill. A part ça ?

Accueil | Légifrance, le service public de l'accès au droit - Accueil. The Myth of Quality Time. Photo EVERY summer for many years now, my family has kept to our ritual. All 20 of us — my siblings, my dad, our better halves, my nieces and nephews — find a beach house big enough to fit the whole unruly clan. We journey to it from our different states and time zones. We tensely divvy up the bedrooms, trying to remember who fared poorly or well on the previous trip. That’s right: a solid week. The answer to the second question is yes, but to the first, an emphatic no. I used to think that shorter would be better, and in the past, I arrived for these beach vacations a day late or fled two days early, telling myself that I had to when in truth I also wanted to — because I crave my space and my quiet, and because I weary of marinating in sunscreen and discovering sand in strange places.

With a more expansive stretch, there’s a better chance that I’ll be around at the precise, random moment when one of my nephews drops his guard and solicits my advice about something private. We can try. Strategies for remembering everything you learn. Good Will Hunting If you're going to learn anything, you need two kinds of prior knowledge: • Knowledge about the subject at hand, like math, history, or programming • Knowledge about how learning actually works The bad news: Our education system kind of skips one of them, which is problematic, given that your ability to learn is such a huge predictor of success in life, from achieving in academics to getting ahead at work.

It all requires mastering skill after skill. "Parents and educators are pretty good at imparting the first kind of knowledge," shares psychology writer Annie Murphy Paul. To wit, education research shows that low-achieving students have "substantial deficits" in their understanding of the cognitive strategies that allow people to learn well. It's a cultural issue. Henry Roediger and Mark McDaniel, psychologists at Washington University in St. So let's cut through that lore. Force yourself to recall. Flashcards force you to really think.benjamingolub/flickr.

15 Hotel Marketing Trends for 2015 [INFOGRAPHIC] In less than a decade social media has revolutionised many businesses around the world, and the hotels and hospitality industry has certainly benefited from using platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to attract, engage with and convert travellers into prospects and customers. Naturally, there’s a flipside to the all of this, too. Hotels are especially vulnerable to bad reviews and negative word-of-mouth – reputation can be crushed with a series of one-star reviews, particularly if they’re ignored. So, using social media for damage control is a key asset for brands working in these verticals.

Times and trends quickly change, and it’s important that hotel management keeps up with the latest digital developments and opportunities. This infographic from Net Affinity looks at 15 hotel marketing trends for 2015. (Source: Net Affinity. He Asked 1500+ Elders For Advice On Living And Loving. Here's What They Told Him. Karl Pillemer has spent the last several years systematically interviewing hundreds of older Americans to collect their lessons for living. Pillemer admits he's an advice junkie. He's also a Ph.D. gerontologist at Cornell University. Some years ago, after turning 50, he wondered whether there is something about getting older that teaches you how to live better. "Could we look at the oldest Americans as experts on how to live our lives? " he asked. "And could we tap that wisdom to help us make the most of our lifetimes? " His first book, "30 Lessons for Living," synthesized advice from over 1,000 elders on topics like happiness, work, and health.

Now Pillemer has followed up with "30 Lessons for Loving," which features practical wisdom from over 700 older Americans with 25,000 collective years of marriage experience. I spoke with Pillemer for Sophia, a HuffPost project to collect life lessons from accomplished people (that was partly inspired by his work). 1. 2. 3. 4. There's no magic bullet.