Stories
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Stories
In this theme we are going to post interesting stories, articles. No flood or off-top please!
Who seeks shall find.
Sophocles
How Can Headphones Kill a Person?
The number of US pedestrians who have been killed or badly injured while wearing headphones has tripled in six years, according to recently published study. The annual tally rose from 16 in 2004 to 47 in 2011, bringing the total of cases to 116 over this period, say the authors. More than half of the incidents involved pedestrians who were run down by trains. Two-thirds of the victims were males under the age of 30. The research, published in the British journal Injury Prevention, was headed by Richard Lichenstein of the University of Maryland Hospital for Children in Baltimore. The paper warns of "inattentional blindness" when wearing headphones, meaning a distraction that lowers the resources the brain devotes to external stimuli. The trawl of US accident statistics covered iPods, MP3 players and other musical devices. It did not include mobile phones.
How Can Headphones Kill a Person? What is your point of view? What do you think about that?
Who seeks shall find.
Sophocles
I use headphones almost each time, when i'm outside, and, i must admit, not each I listen to the music, sometimes I listen to the audiomovie, and I do not listen in a high volume
but i'm afraid of listening music by headphones near the tram- or rail-ways, it's very dangerous, that's why i prefer ordinary headphones, not acoustic or vacuum ones
MONEY - How Important Is It For You?
For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money. -Arne Garborg, writer (1851-1924)
In 21st century everything seems to be connected with money. They say that money moves the world.
Some years ago I traveled abroad hoping that I will make more money that way and experience happiness. But then I realized that I was so emotionally connected to my family; to my Tashkent with its endless bumpy roads and so on.
I realized that there are a lot of other more precious things in life ( I will tell you more about them in my comments). So to what extend is money important to you these days?
What do you think about this topic? Do you agree with Arne Garborg?
Who seeks shall find.
Sophocles
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