“But how was it possible for a book to be as big as life?” asks Mercer Goodman, the teacher, would-be novelist, and sometime-lover of William. “Such a book would have to allocate 30-odd pages for each hour spent living (because this was how much Mercer could read in an hour, before the marijuana)—which was like 800 pages a day. Times 365 equaled roughly 280,000 pages each year: call it 3 million per decade, or 24 million in an average human lifespan.” Hallberg does not give us a book as big as, at least, this life
Sunday 31 January 2016
BDDHST PRYR FOR DD AND DTHING
| Oh Buddhas and Bodhisattvas abiding in all directions, Endowed with great compassion, Endowed with foreknowledge, Endowed with divine eye, Endowed with love, Affording protection to sentient beings, Please come forth through the power of your great compassion, Please accept these offerings, both actually presented and mentally created. Oh Compassionate Ones, you who possess The wisdom of understanding, The love of compassion, The power of doing divine deeds, And of protecting in incomprehensible measure, [...................................] is passing from this world to the next, [He/she] is taking a great leap, The light of this world has faded for [him/her], [He/she] has entered solitude with their karmic forces, [He/she] has gone into a vast silence, [He/she] is borne away by the great ocean of birth and death ..… Oh Compassionate Ones, protect [......................] who is defenceless. Be to [him/her] like a mother and father. Oh Compassionate Ones, let not the force of your compassion be weak, but aid them. Let [...........................] not go into the miserable states of existence. Forget not your ancient vows. |
DTH MEDITATN
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1. Everyone must die...
2. The remainder of our life span is decreasing continually.3. Death will come regardless of whether or not we have made time to practice the dharma. 4. Human life expectancy is uncertain. 5. There are many causes of death. 6. The human Body is very fragile. 7. Our wealth cannot help us. 8. Our loved ones cannot help. 9. Our body cannot help. |
Saturday 30 January 2016
"If you're scared of doing it because you're afraid that people will judge you, trust me they won't even remember it after a year."
"If you're scared of doing it because you're afraid that people will judge you, trust me they won't even remember it after a year."
Carl Sagan: "The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff.
Carl Sagan: "The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff.
. But the water, the hydrogen, that’s just protons. They were all formed in the Big Bang. So we actually carry about 10 percent of our body weight in us that is Big Bang material. The protons were all recycled numerous times throughout the stars, but the actual protons were made in the hot Big Bang when all the subatomic particles actually came together and formed protons and neutrons. And so that we are not just children of the stars. Actually we are also children of the Big Bang. And I think it’s really nice once in a while to reflect on that and really realize how much we are actually connected to the cosmos.
. But the water, the hydrogen, that’s just protons. They were all formed in the Big Bang. So we actually carry about 10 percent of our body weight in us that is Big Bang material. The protons were all recycled numerous times throughout the stars, but the actual protons were made in the hot Big Bang when all the subatomic particles actually came together and formed protons and neutrons. And so that we are not just children of the stars. Actually we are also children of the Big Bang. And I think it’s really nice once in a while to reflect on that and really realize how much we are actually connected to the cosmos.
SCIAM-The presence of a gun increases the likelihood that someone in the home will die a violent death, particularly by suicide
The presence of a gun increases the likelihood that someone in the home will die a violent death, particularly by suicide
GRF
“The days will always be brighter,
because you existed.
The nights will always be darker,
because you are gone.”
because you existed.
The nights will always be darker,
because you are gone.”
Eucatastrophe is a term coined by J. R. R. Tolkien which refers to the sudden turn of events at the end of a story which ensures that the protagonist does not meet some terrible, impending, and very plausible doom.
Eucatastrophe is a term coined by J. R. R. Tolkien which refers to the sudden turn of events at the end of a story which ensures that theprotagonist does not meet some terrible, impending, and very plausible doom.
Friday 29 January 2016
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward." -- C.S. Lewis
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."
-- C.S. Lewis
-- C.S. Lewis
Benjamin Franklin“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”
Benjamin Franklin was right when he wrote: “There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”
FR DEEP TERMINAL SEDN-‘allowed to get to sleep, soothed and serene’ under provisions for a medicated death
‘allowed to get to sleep, soothed and serene’ under provisions for a medicated death
Eigenfaces is the name given to a set of eigenvectors when they are used in the computer vision problem of human face recognition
Eigenfaces is the name given to a set of eigenvectors when they are used in the computer vision problem of human face recognition
NH370
There is the intriguing possibility that human-level consciousness cannot be simulated, not because it is too mysterious, but because of inherent characteristics of complexity. Our understanding (never mind our management) of complex systems still seems pretty dismal
SUPERHUMAN AI
Imagine an ant observing the behavior of a human. From the ant’s point of view, the human doesn’t spend its time “solving hard ant-centric problems.” Virtually nothing the human does is remotely comprehensible, nor even observable, since the scale and complexity of the human’s simplest action is far beyond the ant’s conception. From what it can observe, I think the word this ant would most likely use to describe the human is “weird.”
COLONISING ET-As we conquer the 3 dimensions of space, the 4th dimension of time will increasingly become the greatest challenge we face.
As we conquer the 3 dimensions of space, the 4th dimension of time will increasingly become the greatest challenge we face.
Thursday 28 January 2016
"Before deciding to retire, stay home for a week and watch the daytime TV shows." -- Bill Copeland
"Before deciding to retire, stay home for a week and watch the daytime TV shows."
-- Bill Copeland
-- Bill Copeland
life long learner. learn as much as you can about as much as you can. Life is fortuitous. We never what chances we will find to use our knowledge; who we can benefit and thus benefit us.
life long learner. learn as much as you can about as much as you can. Life is fortuitous. We never what chances we will find to use our knowledge; who we can benefit and thus benefit us.
RUSSELL-"The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage."
"The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage."
The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ~ Henry Miller
The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ~ Henry Miller 
SINGLE TASKING
Our brains did not evolve to multitask.
MULTITASKING SHRINK PFCWORRY LIST AND WRITE IN
Singletasking helps you become immersed in the moment, leading to a happier and more balanced life.
increasing the money you spend on food is linked to a better quality diet, particularly increased consumption of fruit and vegetables, leading to a healthier weight and decreased risk of cardiometabolic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular problems.
increasing the money you spend on food is linked to a better quality diet, particularly increased consumption of fruit and vegetables, leading to a healthier weight and decreased risk of cardiometabolic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular problems.
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Tuesday 26 January 2016
Cow’s milk–protein allergy can be distinguished from lactose intolerance by the presence of symptoms in multiple organ systems.
Cow’s milk–protein allergy can be distinguished from lactose intolerance by the presence of symptoms in multiple organ systems. -
We all want to be recognized. We all want to be seen. See me. See who I am. See I am awesome. See I am important. See me! This pitiful cry from the depths of our self, this aspect of our deepest suffering. ~ Michael Kewley
We all want to be recognized. We all want to be seen. See me. See who I am. See I am awesome. See I am important. See me! This pitiful cry from the depths of our self, this aspect of our deepest suffering. ~ Michael Kewley 
Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.” ― James Joyce, Ulysses
Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses
― James Joyce, Ulysses
Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.” ― James Joyce, Ulysses
Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses
― James Joyce, Ulysses
Higher rates of consumption of fruits and vegetables were associated with older age, white race, higher educational attainment, and lower rates of smoking. Participants who ate more fruits and vegetables also ate less fast food and refined carbohydrates.
- Higher rates of consumption of fruits and vegetables were associated with older age, white race, higher educational attainment, and lower rates of smoking. Participants who ate more fruits and vegetables also ate more fish and less fast food and refined carbohydrates.
Monday 25 January 2016
It is believed that the first generation of stars did not contain metals and, therefore, their masses could have exceeded that of the Sun hundreds of times, and in the end of their evolution, they could become much more massive black holes than those observed today.
It is believed that the first generation of stars did not contain metals and, therefore, their masses could have exceeded that of the Sun hundreds of times, and in the end of their evolution, they could become much more massive black holes than those observed today.
The remains of a clearly butchered woolly mammoth in Siberia date to 45,000 years ago, 10 millennia earlier than when humans were thought to have crossed north of the Arctic circle
The remains of a clearly butchered woolly mammoth in Siberia date to 45,000 years ago, 10 millennia earlier than when humans were thought to have crossed north of the Arctic circle
VLNCE IN TURKANA KNYA-between 9,500 and 10,500 years ago, making it the earliest scientifically dated evidence of organized human violence among scavenging humans.
between 9,500 and 10,500 years ago, making it the earliest scientifically dated evidence of organized human violence among scavenging humans.
Vegetables fried in olive oil have greater nutritional value than boiled vegetables, and may help to prevent cancer, diabetes, and macular degeneration, according to recent research.
Vegetables fried in olive oil have greater nutritional value than boiled vegetables, and may help to prevent cancer, diabetes, and macular degeneration, according to recent research.
Why did the scarecrow get an an award? He was outstanding in his field
Why did the scarecrow get an an award?
He was outstanding in his field
CARD ARRST-higher floors mean longer delays to EMS arrival, and therefore the ever important chest compression and defibrillation.
higher floors mean longer delays to EMS arrival, and therefore the ever important chest compression and defibrillation.
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” ― Desmond Tutu
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
― Desmond Tutu
― Desmond Tutu
Sunday 24 January 2016
Pathological anxiety and chronic stress are associated with structural degeneration and impaired functioning of the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which may account for the increased risk of developing neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression and dementia.”
Pathological anxiety and chronic stress are associated with structural degeneration and impaired functioning of the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which may account for the increased risk of developing neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression and dementia.”
Stress affects the brain such that it makes people more likely to fall back on things they know well - stereotypes and simple ways of thinking," says Taylor.
Stress affects the brain such that it makes people more likely to fall back on things they know well - stereotypes and simple ways of thinking," says Taylor.
BLF X THREAT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
amygdala shows it is a key part of the threat-assessment response and, in no small part, in the formation of beliefs. Damage to this alarm bell - and subsequent inability to judge when a situation might be dangerous - can be life-threatening. In hunter-gatherer days, beliefs may have been fundamental to human survival
BLF X MMRY
Physically speaking, then, how does a belief exist in the brain? "My own position is to think of beliefs and memories as very similar," says Taylor. Memories are formed in the brain as networks of neurons that fire when stimulated by an event. The more times the network is employed, the more it fires and the stronger the memory becomes.
BLF
Beliefs also provide stability. When a new piece of sensory information comes in, it is assessed against these knowledge units before the brain works out whether or not it should be incorporated. People do it when they test the credibility of a politician or hear about a paranormal event.
Even people who believe to their core that they do not have prejudices may still have negative associations that are not conscious," says Lieberman
Even people who believe to their core that they do not have prejudices may still have negative associations that are not conscious," says Lieberman
Saturday 23 January 2016
"In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact." -- Les Brown
"In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact."
-- Les Brown
-- Les Brown
ADLT NEC
pneumatosis intestinalis, is associated with various diseases, including pulmonary disease, autoimmune disorders, immunosuppression, and bowel ischaemia, but can be an incidental finding. The most likely cause here was chemotherapy induced impaired mucosal integrity, which permitted gas forming bacteria to invade the bowel wall
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close."
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close."
BLD LETTING
During the bubonic plague, infected people would have painfully swollen lymph nodes bursting through their skin. However, people with hemochromatosis would have iron-starved macrophages that could resist the bubonic plague, and therefore be more likely to survive and reproduce. The gene for hemochromatosis would then be selected for and carried forward in future populations.
The long held tradition of bloodletting to fight disease may therefore have had a good basis in fact after all. Starving infectious bacteria of iron by reducing the amount of blood is the surprising benefit that might explain why people believed in the value of bloodletting for so long. There might have been enough situations when bloodletting resulted in recovery to explain why the belief in the procedure persisted for such a long time.
QNTM CMPUTE-Processing information in quantum states, rather than in the electrical currents of conventional computer chips, exploits strange quantum effects such as superposition and entanglement. It
Processing information in quantum states, rather than in the electrical currents of conventional computer chips, exploits strange quantum effects such as superposition and entanglement. It
BRAIN X INHERITED
The first thing to remember is: our brain is inherited. The first neurons came from jellyfish. Jellyfish gave rise to the first chordates. The first chordates gave rise to the first vertebrates. The vertebrates came out of the sea, and here we are.
Thursday 21 January 2016
Wednesday 20 January 2016
BORED= pervasive boredom as a general lack of intersests toward environment and a prevalence of autocentred feelings, referrals and emotions.
pervasive boredom as a general lack of intersests toward environment and a prevalence of autocentred feelings, referrals and emotions.
The Boredom Proneness Scale,
http://www.nature.com/news/why-boredom-is-anything-but-boring-1.19140#quiz
A single CT has a 1:2000 risk in young children for causing a fatal cancer sometime later in life. A single CT has a 1:5000 lifetime risk of causing a fatal cancer in older children.
A single CT has a 1:2000 risk in young children for causing a fatal cancer sometime later in life. A single CT has a 1:5000 lifetime risk of causing a fatal cancer in older children.
LEX/70-The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved; it is a reality to be experienced. – Jacobus Johannes
The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved; it is a reality to be experienced. – Jacobus Johannes Leeuw
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. – Abraham Lincoln
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. – Abraham Lincoln
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting or lying down, everything you do is Zen. ~ Bodhidarma
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting or lying down, everything you do is Zen. ~ Bodhidarma 
MED UGIB-GB SCORE-If the GB score was 0, the patient could go home from the ED, and be followed up as an outpatient.
If the GB score was 0, the patient could go home from the ED, and be followed up as an outpatient.
Frequent infections-RESP/GI- during the first 18 months of life can lead to an increased risk for developing coeliac disease,
Frequent infections during the first 18 months of life can lead to an increased risk for developing coeliac disease,
LAARGEST KNOWN PRIME NO DISCOVERED
The new number - written as 2^74,207,281-1 - is more than 22 million digits long and was published by Dr Curtis Cooper at the University of Central Missouri.
HWKING X DOOM
Stephen Hawking has once again warned that humanity could wipe itself out before it
has a chance to establish far-flung space colonies.
has a chance to establish far-flung space colonies.
At a recent talk in England, the famed physicist singled out nuclear war, genetically engineered viruses and global warming as likely culprits. According to Hawking, the odds of a planetary disaster in the next millennia are high.
BRAIN X COOKING
h this large brain now affordable by cooking, we went rapidly from raw foods to culture, agriculture, civilization, grocery stores, electricity, refrigerators, all of those things that nowadays allow us to get all the energy we need for the whole day in a single sitting at your favorite fast food joint. So what once was a solutionnow became the problem, and ironically, we look for the solution in raw food.
HMN BRAIN
With our 86 billion neurons and 60 to 70 kilos of body mass, we should have to spend over nine hours per day every single day feeding, which is just not feasible.
Well, if our brain costs just as much energy as it should, and if we can't spend every waking hour of the day feeding, then the only alternative, really, is to somehow get more energy out of the same foods. And remarkably, that matches exactly what our ancestors are believed to have invented one and a half million years ago, when they invented cooking. To cook is to use fire to pre-digest foods outside of your body. Cooked foods are softer, so they're easier to chew and to turn completely into mush in your mouth, so that allows them to be completely digested and absorbed in your gut, which makes them yield much more energy in much less time. So cooking frees time for us to domuch more interesting things with our day and with our neurons than just thinking about food, looking for food, and gobbling down food all day long.
Well, if our brain costs just as much energy as it should, and if we can't spend every waking hour of the day feeding, then the only alternative, really, is to somehow get more energy out of the same foods. And remarkably, that matches exactly what our ancestors are believed to have invented one and a half million years ago, when they invented cooking. To cook is to use fire to pre-digest foods outside of your body. Cooked foods are softer, so they're easier to chew and to turn completely into mush in your mouth, so that allows them to be completely digested and absorbed in your gut, which makes them yield much more energy in much less time. So cooking frees time for us to domuch more interesting things with our day and with our neurons than just thinking about food, looking for food, and gobbling down food all day long.
BRAIN
there is a tradeoff between body size and number of neurons. So a primate that eats eight hours per day can afford at most 53 billion neurons, but then its body cannot be any bigger than 25 kilos. To weigh any more than that, it has to give up neurons.So it's either a large body or a large number of neurons. When you eat like a primate, you can't afford both.
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