How to avoid 'catching' a contagious Depression

On contamination of depression: First off, no, you can't catch it from toilet seats...

"No votes have been cast!
Everyday I’m starting to believe more and more that depression is a contagious disease. Just being in the vicinity of some chronically depressed people is enough to get you feeling down as well and forces you to start wallowing about your own life. I guess I can’t generalize, but many people are susceptible to this form of telepathic pathogen."

"And the man from Istanbul came to visit Cairo for the first time since the revolution of January 25 and ousting of Mubarak. Turkey has been in the minds of the Egyptians for months now especially with the talk of Turkish scenario , the admiration of the Islamists with the AKP’s experience and last but not least the Turkish reaction from Mavi Marama."

"I don’t have time for a full post, but I really have to say something about what PM Erdogan said in Egypt yesterday (Arabic) about secularism and the state."

"... How many refugees will want to return and where will they live? How will they earn a living? What will happen to the historic village core? Will it be rebuilt or otherwise preserved? What about refugees who don’t choose to return? What will be the relations between the returnees and residents of nearby localities? What will be the nature of the state to which they return – a Jewish state, as it is today, solely for Jews?"

"The [Zochrot] (remembering) mapping workshop developed the idea that the return of Palestinian refugees contains the hypothetical potential of opening up Israel’s Jews to the Arab world in whose midst they live."

For those who hadn't realized we'd run out of sports...

Not for the faint-hearted.

"The weirdest sport on earth"?
Hold you breath (and nose too!) for "competitive flossing" in the Olympics