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24% of Amsterdam's population is Muslim (and increasingly religious). will that change the city's attitude towards sex & drugs?

according to Morningstar, of the 1700+ mutual funds they track, only ONE was positive in 2008.

Wow. That's amazing. One could imagine there was at least one mutual fund that shorted the market at the top of the year ... but I guess not ...

internal clocks and jet lag

Jet lag is often talked about ... especially this time of year with so many of us returning from far-away trips and needing to be fresh for work.

It seems some people are extremely affected by jet lag and others barely notice it. from an informal poll of friends, it seems there is very little in-between.

I found that friends who generally wake up in the morning at the same time every day (those people who do not need an alarm clock) tend to have a very strong internal clock. These people seem to be the most affected by jet lag.

Other people who might sleep forever if there was no alarm clock seem to be little affected by jet lag.