The Way of a Christian - theTrumpet.com
24 May 2012, 11:22 pm
Yet, paradoxically, there has also been a substantial increase in boredom and idleness. And the consequences, as Bork points out, have not been good. During the last half of the 20th century, television surpassed printed material as our primary source of entertainment.

India Inc's most powerful CEOs 2012: Mughal emperor Akbar shares his secrets of power - Economic Times
24 May 2012, 2:39 pm
Never let fall from the hand, the reins of self control. We allow no sloth or idleness to find its way to us. We wake up three hours before day break. We eat once a day and leave before we are full. We are busy with work till late at night.

Dear Lupin: Letters to a Wayward Son - Spectator.co.uk
24 May 2012, 11:26 am
To begin with, the tone of his father’s letters is exasperated, despairing even. ‘Surely you can see for yourself that your idleness and refusal to do any little task that is in the slightest degree irksome renders you totally unfit for adult employment?’

Scrounger dad's nothing more than a sperm donor’ - The Sun
21 May 2012, 6:08 am
WHEN economist William Beveridge dreamed up the post-war welfare state he wanted to fight five “giant evils” — want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness. Fast forward 65 years and it seems the last New Labour government grew an Unfair State that ...

Enduring four hours of idleness at Kaphatenga - The Times Group
19 May 2012, 8:40 am
At about 7:00 PM we had reached Kaphatenga Trading centre in Salima. The driver of our bus told us that he could no longer force the bus to continue moving further on our road to Lilongwe. We had to find an alternative mode of transport. Unfortunately, no ...

Prison re-entry programs help inmates leave the criminal mindset behind, but few have access to the classes - nola.com
18 May 2012, 6:57 pm
One inmate, then another, came up to shake Hayden's hand. No more idleness. Their days are now occupied with coursework: anger management, character-building, job interviewing, computer training, money management, resume writing. Hayden is like ...

Canada: Not Fit For Duty - Mondaq
15 May 2012, 10:54 am
"It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature." Self-regulating ...

Escape from boredom and idleness - Yemen Times
14 May 2012, 1:22 am
“Where are we chewing qat this weekend?” nineteen-year-old Mohsen asked his friends as Wednesday came to a close. Mohsen asked the same question that most Yemeni youth ask as they wonder how to pass their weekends. “There is nothing else to do or ...

Daydreamers Could be The Smart Kids, Says USC Study - Los Angeles Weekly
11 May 2012, 10:59 am
are the smart ones. A USC paper titled "Rest Is Not idleness," published in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, argues that mental wandering is crucial to healthy brain development. In fact, disciplining daydreamers in classrooms could be a bad thing.

The Egyptian Republic of Retired Generals - Foreign Policy
8 May 2012, 8:35 pm
For most people in the world, retirement is a time of idleness and careful penny-pinching of pensions or savings. Senior Egyptian military officers, however, are not most people in the world. Upon retiring from his post, a senior officer in ...