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////////////////////////////Weightism” More Widespread Than Racism

We all know it is illegal to discriminate against people on the basis of age, race, gender or sexual preference, but researchers from Yale have found that widespread discrimination exists against the overweight and obese. I am quite certain that this information is nothing new to anyone who has ever struggled with their weight.
The dirty looks you get when you buy fast food, the snickering as you try to squeeze your way into a packed elevator, people staring at you before you enter an airplane hoping their seat is not next to you. This type of stigmatism and stereotyping is terrible to experience, but demonstrates that weight discrimination does exist even in a society that believes in freedom form racial or gender discrimination. Talk about double standards…

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///////////////////Bhagavad Gita Selection Number 287, for Friday, April 4, 2008From Chapter XIII: The Yoga of the Division Between the Field and the Knower of the FieldXIII.19. ITI KSHETRAM TATHAA JNAANAM JNEYAM CHOKTAM SAMAASATAH; MADBHAKTA ETADVIJNAAYA MADBHAAVAAYOPAPADYATE. Thus the Field as well as knowledge and the Knowable have beenbriefly stated. My devotee, knowing this, enters into My Being. XIII.20. PRAKRITIM PURUSHAM CHAIVA VIDDHYAANAADEE UBHAAVAPI; VIKAARAAMSHCHA GUNAAMSHCHAIVA VIDDHI PRAKRITISAMBHAVAAN. Know thou that Nature and Spirit are beginningless; and know alsothat all modifications and qualities are born of Nature.

ABIOGENESIS IS THE GUCKING PROBLEM

////////////////////////Russian-American research team examines origins of whaling cultureRecent findings by a Russian-American research team suggest that prehistoric cultures were hunting whales at least 3,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than was previously knownhttp://www.fossilscience.com/research/Russian-American_research_team_examines_origins_of_whaling_culture.asp

//////////////////////Research shows that many Americans feel anxious during interracial interactions whether or not race is even mentionedhttp://www.brainmysteries.com/research/Fear_of_Messing_Up_May_Undermine_Interracial_Contact.aspWhy we don't always learn from our mistakesMaking mistakes regularly may be unconsciously creating a pattern of failurehttp://www.brainmysteries.com/research/Why_we_dont_always_learn_from_our_mistakes.asp

//////////////////////Europeans don't like diversity? [Gene Expression]
Posted: 03 Apr 2008 02:03 PM CDT
Danny Pinkus points me to this post which points to a new paper examing public attitudes in Europe and the United States. They find that though overall attitudes toward immigration don't vary much on either side of the Atlantic, Europeans tend to be less positively inclined toward cultural or religious diversity. Check the post & paper for details. To the left is a scatterplot which John Sides kindly produced upon request. It is interesting to point out that Americans and the French both come out as the least fixated on religious homogeneity despite the fact that among Western societies they come out at opposite ends in terms of secularism.Read the comments on this post...

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////////////////////Faeces hint at first AmericansFossilised excrement found in a cave may settle the debate about how and when humans came to the Americas.

/////////////////////He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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DELHI=Rs 16-INFLATION 17%

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////////////////////Happiness is self-contentedness.” - Aristotle

////////////////////If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” - Cicero

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///////////////////////How Buddhism Came to TibetA brief history of Tibetan Buddhism from 641 CE, when King Songtsen Gampo unified Tibet and married two Buddhist princesses, to 1642, when the 5th Dalai Lama became ruler of Tibet.

///////////////////////sciam=Cover Story: How Stereotyping Yourself Contributes to Your Success (or Failure)People's performance on intellectual and athletic tasks is shaped by awareness of stereotypes about the groups to which they belong. New research explains why- and how we can break free from the expectations of others

///////////////////Buried Prejudice: The Bigot in Your BrainDeep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst part is: we act on them

/////////////////////The Orgasmic Mind: The Neurological Roots of Sexual PleasureAchieving sexual climax requires a complex conspiracy of sensory and psychological signals-and the eventual silencing of critical brain areas

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