Today is Oct 6, 2007.Good watching drives away ill-luck.~Proverb, (French)~
//////////NSOT=NATURAL SCHEME OF THINGS
LNTIOC=LET NATR TAKE ITS OWN COURSE
LLTIOC=LET LAW TAKE ITS OWN COURSE
/////////////////A 72-year-old man has agreed to become a sperm donor for his own "grandchild".
The anonymous man wishes to donate his sperm to his son and daughter-in-law who have yet been unable to conceive a child through IVF.
The anonymous man wishes to donate his sperm to his son and daughter-in-law who have yet been unable to conceive a child through IVF.
/////////////////////LONDON (Reuters) - The world moved into 'ecological overdraft' on Saturday, the point at which human consumption exceeds the ability of the earth to sustain it in any year and goes into the red, the New Economics Foundation think-tank said.
Ecological Debt Day this year is three days earlier than in 2006 which itself was three days earlier than in 2005. NEF said the date had moved steadily backwards every year since humanity began living beyond its environmental means since 1980S
Ecological Debt Day this year is three days earlier than in 2006 which itself was three days earlier than in 2005. NEF said the date had moved steadily backwards every year since humanity began living beyond its environmental means since 1980S
///////////////////ULTIMATE OXYMORON
It's all part of Frito-Lay's attempt to secure its financial future by creating the ultimate oxymoron: healthy junk food. At a time when rising obesity levels have become a national preoccupation and New York City has banned artery-clogging trans-fatty oils in restaurants, food companies are trying to adapt to shifting nutritional mores. It's a risky and expensive balancing act—no company wants to alienate the junkies who care about taste above all. But, in fits and starts, food companies are changing. McDonald's has become the nation's biggest buyer of apples (which it serves with a side of sugary caramel sauce). Coca-Cola recently launched Diet Coke Plus, fortified with vitamins. After several years and 28 recipes, all 4,500 Dunkin' Donuts stores will be using zero-gram trans-fat oil to make the doughnuts. But will Homer Simpson still approve?
Perhaps no company has more at stake than chip-giant Frito-Lay, the world's biggest producer of snack foods, with $10 billion-plus in annual sales. Home of Doritos, Fritos, Cheetos and Tostitos, Frito-Lay represents 36 percent of parent company PepsiCo's operating profits. Faced with emerging scientific data of the perils of trans fats, which are created when hydrogen is added to liquid oil in a process that creates a solid fat that's easier to work with, Frito-Lay abandoned their use in 2002. But now that so many other food companies have made the switch, how can Frito-Lay still look more healthful than the competition?
Perhaps no company has more at stake than chip-giant Frito-Lay, the world's biggest producer of snack foods, with $10 billion-plus in annual sales. Home of Doritos, Fritos, Cheetos and Tostitos, Frito-Lay represents 36 percent of parent company PepsiCo's operating profits. Faced with emerging scientific data of the perils of trans fats, which are created when hydrogen is added to liquid oil in a process that creates a solid fat that's easier to work with, Frito-Lay abandoned their use in 2002. But now that so many other food companies have made the switch, how can Frito-Lay still look more healthful than the competition?
/////////////////////MASHED POTATO VERY FATTENING
///////////////////HUMILITY"We grow small trying to be great." -- E. Stanley Jones
////////////////////Vision without action is a daydream.Action without vision is a nightmare.-- Japanese Proverb
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.-- Charles de Gaulle
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funny haiku's
In Japan, they are considering replacing the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft Error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict construction rules. Each poem has only three lines, 17 syllables: five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, five in the third. Haiku is used to communicate a timeless message often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity -- the essence of Zen:
Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
funny haiku's
In Japan, they are considering replacing the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft Error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict construction rules. Each poem has only three lines, 17 syllables: five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, five in the third. Haiku is used to communicate a timeless message often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity -- the essence of Zen:
Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
Your file was so big. It might be very useful. But now it is gone.
The Website you seek Cannot be located, butCountless more exist.
Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return. Program aborting: Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much. Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams. Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. First snow, then silence. This thousand-dollar screen dies So beautifully.
With searching comes loss And the presence of absence: "My Novel" not found.
The Tao that is seen Is not the true Tao-until You bring fresh toner.
Stay the patient course. Of little worth is your ire. The network is down. A crash reduces Your expensive computer To a simple stone. Three things are certain: Death, taxes and lost data.Guess which has occurred.You step in the stream,But the water has moved on. This page is not here. Out of memory. We wish to hold the whole sky, But we never will.Having been erased, The document you're seeking Must now be retyped.
/////////////KOLNKINI KANKABOTI= A TALE OF SEXUAL JEALOUSY
/////////////////Modest Weight Loss Cuts Hypertension
Losing a Little Extra Weigh May Make a Difference in Lowering High Blood Pressure, Study Shows
By Miranda Hitti WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Oct. 1, 2007 -- Got high blood pressure? If you're overweight, modest weight loss might bring your blood pressure down to normal.
Italian researchers reported that news in Tucson at the American Heart Association's 61st Annual Fall Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research.
The University of Pavia's Roberto Fogari, MD, and colleagues asked 220 overweight (but not obese) men and women with stage 1 hypertension to lose at least 5% of their body weight in 6 months.
Losing a Little Extra Weigh May Make a Difference in Lowering High Blood Pressure, Study Shows
By Miranda Hitti WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Oct. 1, 2007 -- Got high blood pressure? If you're overweight, modest weight loss might bring your blood pressure down to normal.
Italian researchers reported that news in Tucson at the American Heart Association's 61st Annual Fall Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research.
The University of Pavia's Roberto Fogari, MD, and colleagues asked 220 overweight (but not obese) men and women with stage 1 hypertension to lose at least 5% of their body weight in 6 months.
///////////////////100 CAL SNACKS
Look for snacks that contain protein with healthy carbohydrates and fats, and eat your snacks slowly so they fill you up," says Weems.
Here are 22 portable and healthy snacks that make the list of dietitian's favorites:
Half a peanut butter sandwich on whole-wheat bread
Low-sugar, whole-grain granola bars that have at least 3 grams of fiber
Whole-grain crackers or whole-wheat tortilla with hummus or nut butter
A handful of unsalted or lightly salted dry-roasted nuts
Individual unsweetened applesauce with a few dry-roasted walnuts
Small apple with 2 teaspoons peanut butter or 1 ounce low-fat cheese
Ants on a log -- celery with nut butter, topped with raisins or other dried fruit
Half of a single-serving string cheese with a small piece of fruit or a few whole-grain crackers
4-ounces to 6-ounces of low-fat yogurt or yogurt treat
High-fiber dry cereal with a few nuts or seeds and dried fruit (put this in a baggie for a make-your-own snack pack)
Individual packs of carrots, celery sticks, or apple slices, with a protein source like a tablespoon of nuts, nut butter, or low-fat cheese
Pretzels and low-fat cheese
Whole-wheat cracker sandwiches made with natural nut butters
1 ounce of lean meat and a few whole-grain crackers
3 ounces low-fat or fat-free cottage cheese and a few whole-grain crackers
1 whole graham cracker and 1 teaspoon nut butter
Raw vegetables with 1/4 cup low-fat ranch dressing
100-calorie pack of low-fat popcorn rich in whole grains and fiber
Handful of tortilla chips and salsa
100-calorie ice cream treats
"Skinny" latte (made with low-fat or skim milk)
Small bowl of whole-grain cereal with skim milk or low-fat yogurt
Here are 22 portable and healthy snacks that make the list of dietitian's favorites:
Half a peanut butter sandwich on whole-wheat bread
Low-sugar, whole-grain granola bars that have at least 3 grams of fiber
Whole-grain crackers or whole-wheat tortilla with hummus or nut butter
A handful of unsalted or lightly salted dry-roasted nuts
Individual unsweetened applesauce with a few dry-roasted walnuts
Small apple with 2 teaspoons peanut butter or 1 ounce low-fat cheese
Ants on a log -- celery with nut butter, topped with raisins or other dried fruit
Half of a single-serving string cheese with a small piece of fruit or a few whole-grain crackers
4-ounces to 6-ounces of low-fat yogurt or yogurt treat
High-fiber dry cereal with a few nuts or seeds and dried fruit (put this in a baggie for a make-your-own snack pack)
Individual packs of carrots, celery sticks, or apple slices, with a protein source like a tablespoon of nuts, nut butter, or low-fat cheese
Pretzels and low-fat cheese
Whole-wheat cracker sandwiches made with natural nut butters
1 ounce of lean meat and a few whole-grain crackers
3 ounces low-fat or fat-free cottage cheese and a few whole-grain crackers
1 whole graham cracker and 1 teaspoon nut butter
Raw vegetables with 1/4 cup low-fat ranch dressing
100-calorie pack of low-fat popcorn rich in whole grains and fiber
Handful of tortilla chips and salsa
100-calorie ice cream treats
"Skinny" latte (made with low-fat or skim milk)
Small bowl of whole-grain cereal with skim milk or low-fat yogurt
/////////////////////Chapter III: The Yoga of ActionIII.40. INDRIYAANI MANO BUDDHIR ASYAADHISHTHAANAM UCHYATE;ETAIR VIMOHAYATYESHA JNAANAM AAVRITYA DEHINAM.(Krishna speaking to Arjuna)'The senses, mind and intellect are said to be its seat;through these it deludes the embodied by veiling his wisdom.'III.41. TASMAAT TWAM INDRIYAANYAADAU NIYAMYA BHARATARSHABHA;PAAPMAANAM PRAJAHI HYENAM JNAANA VIJNAANA NAASHANAM.'Therefore, O best of the Bharatas (Arjuna), controlling thesenses first, do thou kill this sinful thing (desire), thedestroyer of knowledge and realisation!'
///////////////////////WALKING MEDITATION
Thanks for sharing this. Walking meditations are the ones I find mosteffective. And getting to where I am OK just being is the greatest.Most of the time I think I have to be doing 7 productive things atonce, and forget that just being is pretty darn amazing.Things are really bad at work, half the people laid off, and the restof us shuttled around to a variety of departments to keep the placerunning. I've been doing a position I don't care for all week...but itdoes involve repetitive tasks and lots of walking...so, when possible,I let it become a meditation. yesterday it came to me...aches, painsand all...yes, this is not the most preferable way to spend my time,but considering the alternative. .being laid off...it's a plum!And I learn a great deal about myself, and my body. Just spending afew minutes sweeping was a welcome break. Just to do somethingdifferent for 5 minutes!I remind myself that even though I am inside, I am still part of thesame awesome universe, and can still enjoy myself, find insights, andexperience connectedness. And when my eight hours are done, the restof the beautiful universe is right out there for me to enjoy.
//////////////////////IS THERE ETERNAL FIRE OF HELL=NOROK IN HINDUISM
////////////////ASK SKY DADDY
//////////////////Sam,
I can honestly say that death doesn’t instill any greater fear in me than pain does.
I am aware that I’ll be dead, I’m aware that my death will continue for perpetuity, and I’m aware my death will occur relatively soon.
You are correct - If I did your little experiment, there would be a little pit of despair nagging at the back of my mind.
But, let’s put your little experiment into perspective:
Instead of telling yourself 100 times each night that you’re going to die, pick a spot on your left arm and flog it with a leather strap 100 times. If you can do it without causing a significant amount of pain, bruising, and bleeding, I’ll envy you because I certainly cannot.
Would you actually conduct this experiment? If not, then why are you willing to torture your own mind by repeatedly contemplating depressing conditions beyond your ability to control?
I’m going to step back from my usual lightheartedness for a moment. All kidding, joking, and tomfoolery aside, you are describing my own behavior not even a few years ago. The “road” you appear to be on leads to chronic depression and despair. The good news is that this road has numerous busy intersections. You can stop and get directions to a better destination at any of them. Friends, family, internet acquaintances, doctors, even the police are ready and willing to help you start a new journey on a different highway.
Moving on:
Yes, MANY people come to the conclusion that there is no god despite years of rigorous training to the contrary. For many people, this leads to a crisis within their own minds - until they are able to suppress the training and indoctrination, they judge themselves by the yardstick of that indoctrination. Their sense of morality includes concepts of heaven and hell despite the absence of God, and they recognize that the outcome of their behavior is more consistent with eternal damnation than salvation.
Until this person can develop or adopt a moral code that operates without reliance on damnation/salvation, they will continue to use the old code, and continue to feel failure and depression about their decision.
In other words, the transition between Religious and Atheist is often a long, depressing, difficult journey, and one that can be almost entirely avoided if we have the good fortune to avoid the initial indoctrination.
As parents, it is our duty to prevent harm to our children. Allowing our children to develop critical thinking skills BEFORE exposing them to religion ensures that they will come to the decision of their own free will, and not out of some undue influence.
Subterraneanly,Rival
I can honestly say that death doesn’t instill any greater fear in me than pain does.
I am aware that I’ll be dead, I’m aware that my death will continue for perpetuity, and I’m aware my death will occur relatively soon.
You are correct - If I did your little experiment, there would be a little pit of despair nagging at the back of my mind.
But, let’s put your little experiment into perspective:
Instead of telling yourself 100 times each night that you’re going to die, pick a spot on your left arm and flog it with a leather strap 100 times. If you can do it without causing a significant amount of pain, bruising, and bleeding, I’ll envy you because I certainly cannot.
Would you actually conduct this experiment? If not, then why are you willing to torture your own mind by repeatedly contemplating depressing conditions beyond your ability to control?
I’m going to step back from my usual lightheartedness for a moment. All kidding, joking, and tomfoolery aside, you are describing my own behavior not even a few years ago. The “road” you appear to be on leads to chronic depression and despair. The good news is that this road has numerous busy intersections. You can stop and get directions to a better destination at any of them. Friends, family, internet acquaintances, doctors, even the police are ready and willing to help you start a new journey on a different highway.
Moving on:
Yes, MANY people come to the conclusion that there is no god despite years of rigorous training to the contrary. For many people, this leads to a crisis within their own minds - until they are able to suppress the training and indoctrination, they judge themselves by the yardstick of that indoctrination. Their sense of morality includes concepts of heaven and hell despite the absence of God, and they recognize that the outcome of their behavior is more consistent with eternal damnation than salvation.
Until this person can develop or adopt a moral code that operates without reliance on damnation/salvation, they will continue to use the old code, and continue to feel failure and depression about their decision.
In other words, the transition between Religious and Atheist is often a long, depressing, difficult journey, and one that can be almost entirely avoided if we have the good fortune to avoid the initial indoctrination.
As parents, it is our duty to prevent harm to our children. Allowing our children to develop critical thinking skills BEFORE exposing them to religion ensures that they will come to the decision of their own free will, and not out of some undue influence.
Subterraneanly,Rival
///////////////////Racemic epinephrine has more potent effects than albuterol on airway oedema, and studies have found that just one treatment is needed and fewer patients worsen. But epinephrine is potentially toxic, and there are case reports in the literature of babies having myocardial infarctions following repeated epinephrine inhalations, he said.
The rational use of epinephrine, therefore, involves a one-time trial in patients with moderate to severe bronchiolitis, an avoidance of repeated doses, and observation for at least 60 minutes. It can be used as rescue therapy for patients who worsen with albuterol, he noted.
Systemic corticosteroids also have been widely used, and it makes sense that their anti-inflammatory properties would be beneficial, he said. Many, but not all, small early studies were negative, but firm conclusions could not be drawn because inconsistent disease definitions and outcomes were used.
In a small but well-conducted trial, 70 patients with moderate to severe disease were randomised to 1 mg/kg oral dexamethasone or placebo, Dr. Corneli said. At 4 hours, respiratory assessment change scores improved more in the steroid group, and admission rates were much lower, at 19%, compared with 44% among placebo patients (J. Pediatr. 2002;140:27-32).
Nonetheless, experts thought that this single-centre trial’s data could not yet be considered conclusive. So in a trial under the auspices of the U.S. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, some 600 patients were enrolled over 3 years in 20 centres, and the effects of corticosteroids were analysed. “The data remain under publication embargo, but in general we found insignificant differences in respiratory assessment change scores, later outcomes, or risk for admission with the use of steroids,” Dr. Corneli said.
As to why corticosteroids may not be useful in alleviating the airway inflammation associated with bronchiolitis, evidence is emerging suggesting that replication of respiratory syncytial virus actually may increase with corticosteroid therapy. There also is some evidence that inflammation may be beneficial in slowing the spread of the virus out of the nasopharynx down into the bronchi and bronchioles, Dr. Corneli said.
Finally, there are simple measures that can help in the ED management of bronchiolitis, such as suction, stimulation, and positioning of the child, along with the use of mist and fluids.
Parental education also is important. The message for parents is “don’t panic,” because 50%-66% of kids have RSV infection by 1 year, and 80%-100% are infected by the second or third year of life, Dr. Corneli said. Only 12%-40% develop bronchiolitis with this infection, only 5% become significantly ill, and only 1% require hospitalisation, he said.
The rational use of epinephrine, therefore, involves a one-time trial in patients with moderate to severe bronchiolitis, an avoidance of repeated doses, and observation for at least 60 minutes. It can be used as rescue therapy for patients who worsen with albuterol, he noted.
Systemic corticosteroids also have been widely used, and it makes sense that their anti-inflammatory properties would be beneficial, he said. Many, but not all, small early studies were negative, but firm conclusions could not be drawn because inconsistent disease definitions and outcomes were used.
In a small but well-conducted trial, 70 patients with moderate to severe disease were randomised to 1 mg/kg oral dexamethasone or placebo, Dr. Corneli said. At 4 hours, respiratory assessment change scores improved more in the steroid group, and admission rates were much lower, at 19%, compared with 44% among placebo patients (J. Pediatr. 2002;140:27-32).
Nonetheless, experts thought that this single-centre trial’s data could not yet be considered conclusive. So in a trial under the auspices of the U.S. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, some 600 patients were enrolled over 3 years in 20 centres, and the effects of corticosteroids were analysed. “The data remain under publication embargo, but in general we found insignificant differences in respiratory assessment change scores, later outcomes, or risk for admission with the use of steroids,” Dr. Corneli said.
As to why corticosteroids may not be useful in alleviating the airway inflammation associated with bronchiolitis, evidence is emerging suggesting that replication of respiratory syncytial virus actually may increase with corticosteroid therapy. There also is some evidence that inflammation may be beneficial in slowing the spread of the virus out of the nasopharynx down into the bronchi and bronchioles, Dr. Corneli said.
Finally, there are simple measures that can help in the ED management of bronchiolitis, such as suction, stimulation, and positioning of the child, along with the use of mist and fluids.
Parental education also is important. The message for parents is “don’t panic,” because 50%-66% of kids have RSV infection by 1 year, and 80%-100% are infected by the second or third year of life, Dr. Corneli said. Only 12%-40% develop bronchiolitis with this infection, only 5% become significantly ill, and only 1% require hospitalisation, he said.
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