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Sunday 11 May 2008
TNGR CHLD BRVMNT-UFTOE-CRM/TAPCHIDU6
//////////////////Nature within reach
Posted by: "Bennett Lewis" FPBennett@roadrunner.com bnjlewis2003
Sat May 10, 2008 10:05 am (PDT)
Terry,I'm not sure I consider myself a pantheist either, but for different reasons. I think God exists in the minds of men, and nowhere else, while the Universe is a different thing altogether. "God is all, and all is God," is just a human attempt to expand a concept, but it is still just a concept. However, the Universe is real and powerful (dare I say "omnipotent? "), and therefore much more worthy of reverence than a mere "concept."At any rate, I don't think "God" should be revered when "God" is ugly. I think most of the casinos I have visited in Vegas are FAR from beautiful. It seems so artificial and EMPTY to me. I am a closet Egyptologist, so when I had the chance, I stopped at the Luxor while driving through Vegas. As I walked the halls of that casino, the air was toxic (from smokers) and stale, the carpet was stimulating, but not in a good way, making me feel chaotic and jittery, and there was no depth or meaning in the structure, amusements, or people. It was so EMPTY! The only fulfillment I found there was in three places:(1) I saw the 3D IMAX presentation of "Into The Deep," which is an exploration of the kelp forests off the shores of California. It was an awesome experience, the most memorable part was watching a baby leopard shark hatch from its egg, just two feet in front of my face. 3D IMAX is an awesome way to use technology to present at least part of the experience of nature.(2) I think man's ability to engineer a hotel like the Luxor is amazing. The fact that man can build such awesome and useful structures is beautiful. It is also very sad. What a waste of talent and ability in the service of the meaningless. But I'm not afraid of sorrow. Reverence for the Universe /cannot/ be free of sorrow. Perhaps we become empty when we fill ourselves with too much of either Sorrow or Happiness.(3) I don't gamble (well, I have bought the occasional lottery ticket, maybe five or six in my life), and I find gambling in general to be highly unethical, and not at all "beautiful." When we were leaving and my mother-in-law said, "we can't come to Vegas and not gamble!" She put a quarter in and lost. I said, "Now Pam, you know better than that!" I put a quarter in and hit the spin button, and just as I had hoped (I had a 1 in 3 chance), I got a cherry, and it paid out two quarters. I handed one of them to my mother-in-law and said, "I got your quarter back...now please don't do that again." My wife and her brother thought it was quite funny, me "schooling" their mother about the evils of gambling, by gambling. That whole exchange, made possible by a 1 in 3 chance at the slot machine, was a very fun social exchange, which I find beautiful and meaningful.We got in the car and left Las Vegas... I've been through Las Vegas many times traveling back and forth between California and Utah, but I've only stopped a couple of times. The Star Trek experience was a lot of fun (even if it is kind of cheesy), and as a former dance club owner, I always love to see the creative use of lighting effects (I like the fake sunset in the Caesar's Palace mall area). The beauty I see in Las Vegas is the creativity and create-ability of humans. Much of it is cheap imitation, and most of it is empty of real meaning, so in addition to awe, Las Vegas also evokes sorrow. When visiting Las Vegas (particularly the casinos, not the homes of friends), I frequently feel thrilled, numb, excited, and sad, but I rarely feel joy.So I feel for you. When I think about Las Vegas, I may feel awe for the engineering, and see beauty in human creativity, but it inevitably turns to sorrow because of the emptiness.On the other hand, Lake Mead (another of man's creations) is full of life, vitality, and meaning. The Desert Wildlife Refuge is wonderful, as is the Mojave. And Las Vegas isn't far from Southern Utah, with Zions, Bryce, Canyonlands, the Grand Canyon, etc.Dare I compare Las Vegas to an oasis in the desert, where you may drink, but never quench your thirst?B
Posted by: "Bennett Lewis" FPBennett@roadrunner.com bnjlewis2003
Sat May 10, 2008 10:05 am (PDT)
Terry,I'm not sure I consider myself a pantheist either, but for different reasons. I think God exists in the minds of men, and nowhere else, while the Universe is a different thing altogether. "God is all, and all is God," is just a human attempt to expand a concept, but it is still just a concept. However, the Universe is real and powerful (dare I say "omnipotent? "), and therefore much more worthy of reverence than a mere "concept."At any rate, I don't think "God" should be revered when "God" is ugly. I think most of the casinos I have visited in Vegas are FAR from beautiful. It seems so artificial and EMPTY to me. I am a closet Egyptologist, so when I had the chance, I stopped at the Luxor while driving through Vegas. As I walked the halls of that casino, the air was toxic (from smokers) and stale, the carpet was stimulating, but not in a good way, making me feel chaotic and jittery, and there was no depth or meaning in the structure, amusements, or people. It was so EMPTY! The only fulfillment I found there was in three places:(1) I saw the 3D IMAX presentation of "Into The Deep," which is an exploration of the kelp forests off the shores of California. It was an awesome experience, the most memorable part was watching a baby leopard shark hatch from its egg, just two feet in front of my face. 3D IMAX is an awesome way to use technology to present at least part of the experience of nature.(2) I think man's ability to engineer a hotel like the Luxor is amazing. The fact that man can build such awesome and useful structures is beautiful. It is also very sad. What a waste of talent and ability in the service of the meaningless. But I'm not afraid of sorrow. Reverence for the Universe /cannot/ be free of sorrow. Perhaps we become empty when we fill ourselves with too much of either Sorrow or Happiness.(3) I don't gamble (well, I have bought the occasional lottery ticket, maybe five or six in my life), and I find gambling in general to be highly unethical, and not at all "beautiful." When we were leaving and my mother-in-law said, "we can't come to Vegas and not gamble!" She put a quarter in and lost. I said, "Now Pam, you know better than that!" I put a quarter in and hit the spin button, and just as I had hoped (I had a 1 in 3 chance), I got a cherry, and it paid out two quarters. I handed one of them to my mother-in-law and said, "I got your quarter back...now please don't do that again." My wife and her brother thought it was quite funny, me "schooling" their mother about the evils of gambling, by gambling. That whole exchange, made possible by a 1 in 3 chance at the slot machine, was a very fun social exchange, which I find beautiful and meaningful.We got in the car and left Las Vegas... I've been through Las Vegas many times traveling back and forth between California and Utah, but I've only stopped a couple of times. The Star Trek experience was a lot of fun (even if it is kind of cheesy), and as a former dance club owner, I always love to see the creative use of lighting effects (I like the fake sunset in the Caesar's Palace mall area). The beauty I see in Las Vegas is the creativity and create-ability of humans. Much of it is cheap imitation, and most of it is empty of real meaning, so in addition to awe, Las Vegas also evokes sorrow. When visiting Las Vegas (particularly the casinos, not the homes of friends), I frequently feel thrilled, numb, excited, and sad, but I rarely feel joy.So I feel for you. When I think about Las Vegas, I may feel awe for the engineering, and see beauty in human creativity, but it inevitably turns to sorrow because of the emptiness.On the other hand, Lake Mead (another of man's creations) is full of life, vitality, and meaning. The Desert Wildlife Refuge is wonderful, as is the Mojave. And Las Vegas isn't far from Southern Utah, with Zions, Bryce, Canyonlands, the Grand Canyon, etc.Dare I compare Las Vegas to an oasis in the desert, where you may drink, but never quench your thirst?B
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World Bank backs anti-Aids experiment
Thousands of people in Africa will be paid to avoid unsafe sex, under a groundbreaking World Bank-backed experiment aimed at halting the spread of Aids.
The $1.8m trial – to be launched this year – will counsel 3,000 men and women aged 15-30 in southern rural Tanzania over three years, paying them on condition that periodic laboratory test results prove they have not contracted sexually transmitted infection-$45 -1/4 of annual salary
World Bank backs anti-Aids experiment
Thousands of people in Africa will be paid to avoid unsafe sex, under a groundbreaking World Bank-backed experiment aimed at halting the spread of Aids.
The $1.8m trial – to be launched this year – will counsel 3,000 men and women aged 15-30 in southern rural Tanzania over three years, paying them on condition that periodic laboratory test results prove they have not contracted sexually transmitted infection-$45 -1/4 of annual salary
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BREECH-BOTTOMS DOWN
Bottoms Down: Can Risk for Breech Birth Be Inherited?
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Risk for breech delivery was doubled in the offspring of both men and women who were themselves delivered in breech presentation.
///////////////////////All sunshine makes a desert
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Mother's Day [May 11]
///////////////////KIP=KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
///////////////////TASHAN
//////////EVIL DOLL
////////////////personality type:
Serious and quiet, interested in security and peaceful living. Extremely thorough, responsible and dependable. Well-developed powers of concentration. Usually interested in supporting and promoting traditions and establishments. Well-organized and hard working, they work steadily towards identified goals. They can usually accomplish any task once they have set their mind to it.
Careers that could fit you includes:
Business executives, administrators and managers, accountants, police, detectives, judges, lawyers, medical doctors, dentists, computer programmers, systems analysts, computer specialists, auditors, electricians, math teachers, mechanical engineers, steelworkers, technicians, (militia members).
/////////////////Why do we have wisdom teeth?
Tucked away at the back of your mouth are the the heavy mashers of the enamel world.
Anthropologists believe that your third set of molars (wisdom teeth), are the evolutionary answer to your ancestor’s early diet of coarse, rough food – like leaves, roots, and the occasional wiry squirrel – which required some major chewing power and resulted those little front teeth being worn down to useless nubbins in no time.
Your current diet with its softer foods and yogurt products (something your distant ancestors would have loved), along with marvels of modern technologies such as forks, knives, and Tom LeLanes new super-quite Juicer have relegated wisdom teeth to the status of just another lowly dental scare tactic. As a result, evolutionary biologists now classify wisdom teeth as vestigial organs, or body parts that have become functionless due to evolution. You know, like your coccyx.
From baby teeth to permanent teeth, tooth development lasts years. While your first molar erupts around the age of six and the second molar pokes it’s head above gum at around the age of 12, wisdom teeth, which begin forming around your tenth birthday usually don’t erupt until you are between the ages of 17 and 25. Because this is the age that you stop putting your body parts inside pencil sharpeners and pulling the ear hair out of feral dogs, the set of third molars has been nicknamed “wisdom teeth.”
Some people never get wisdom teeth, leading to the term ‘non-wisdom teeth people’, but for those who do, they may sprout anywhere from one to four – and, on very rare occasions, more than four. If you’re one of the unfortunates who get these extraneous, or supernumerary, teeth, it can lead to all sorts of problems.
Since human jaws are smaller than they used to be (possibly due to fashion), when wisdom teeth form they often become impacted, or suppressed, by the other teeth around them. (Evidently teeth are imperialist capitalists whose only wish is to subjugate their immediate neighbors.) If the tooth only partially erupts, food gets trapped in the gum tissue surrounding it which creates a perfect little home for bacteria leading to the potential for a serious infection and really bad breath. (Some people have bad breath without this.)
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons estimates that about 85 percent of wisdom teeth will eventually need to be removed. This dovetails nicely with the fact that Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons are the ones who remove them.
The association recommends that patients remove wisdom teeth around 15 to 18 in order to “prevent future problems and to ensure optimal healing” and because no one cares if teenagers can’t talk for a week.
////////////////I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer." — Woody Allen
///////////////////Everything you can imagine is real. " — Pablo Picasso
//////////////////////Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all." — William Goldman (The Princess Bride)
LINAF-LIFTD
////////////////////"My one regret in life is that I am not someone else." — Woody Allen
////////////////////why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out" — Oliver James
/////////////////////A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." — Joseph Stalin
//////////////////You can get all A's and still flunk life." — Walker Percy (The Second Coming: A Novel)
//////////////////////Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am." — Henry Miller (Stand Still Like the Hummingbird)
//////////////////May you live all the days of your life." — Jonathan Swift
///////////////////////it takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeded." — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
//////////////////Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward." — Søren Kierkegaard
///////////////////Elena: Yes, were you looking for something? Alejandro: A sense of the miraculous in everyday life. " — *the mask of zorro
/////////////////Find something you're not good at then don't do it. " — ALF
///////////////////Life is hard. After all, it kills you. " — Katharine Hepburn
////////////////////Growing up is mandatory, but growing up isn't." — K.L. and C.S.
/////////////////Brain studies reveal big differences among individualsScans show depressed people have fewer serotonin and opioid receptors, and that variation is linked to symptoms and treatment responsehttp://www.brainmysteries.com/research/Brain_studies_reveal_big_differences_among_individuals.asp
////////////////desire line (di.ZYR lyn) n. An informal path that pedestrians prefer to take to get from one location to another rather than using a sidewalk or other official route.
///////////////"I have nothing to declare but my genius."-wilde
////////////////Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing. -- Matt Biondi
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/////////////////Life is a strange school." — earon davis
///////////////////To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair and that there will be wonderful surprises." — Unknown
Summary and Comment Subscription Required
Risk for breech delivery was doubled in the offspring of both men and women who were themselves delivered in breech presentation.
///////////////////////All sunshine makes a desert
/////////////////////
Mother's Day [May 11]
///////////////////KIP=KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
///////////////////TASHAN
//////////EVIL DOLL
////////////////personality type:
Serious and quiet, interested in security and peaceful living. Extremely thorough, responsible and dependable. Well-developed powers of concentration. Usually interested in supporting and promoting traditions and establishments. Well-organized and hard working, they work steadily towards identified goals. They can usually accomplish any task once they have set their mind to it.
Careers that could fit you includes:
Business executives, administrators and managers, accountants, police, detectives, judges, lawyers, medical doctors, dentists, computer programmers, systems analysts, computer specialists, auditors, electricians, math teachers, mechanical engineers, steelworkers, technicians, (militia members).
/////////////////Why do we have wisdom teeth?
Tucked away at the back of your mouth are the the heavy mashers of the enamel world.
Anthropologists believe that your third set of molars (wisdom teeth), are the evolutionary answer to your ancestor’s early diet of coarse, rough food – like leaves, roots, and the occasional wiry squirrel – which required some major chewing power and resulted those little front teeth being worn down to useless nubbins in no time.
Your current diet with its softer foods and yogurt products (something your distant ancestors would have loved), along with marvels of modern technologies such as forks, knives, and Tom LeLanes new super-quite Juicer have relegated wisdom teeth to the status of just another lowly dental scare tactic. As a result, evolutionary biologists now classify wisdom teeth as vestigial organs, or body parts that have become functionless due to evolution. You know, like your coccyx.
From baby teeth to permanent teeth, tooth development lasts years. While your first molar erupts around the age of six and the second molar pokes it’s head above gum at around the age of 12, wisdom teeth, which begin forming around your tenth birthday usually don’t erupt until you are between the ages of 17 and 25. Because this is the age that you stop putting your body parts inside pencil sharpeners and pulling the ear hair out of feral dogs, the set of third molars has been nicknamed “wisdom teeth.”
Some people never get wisdom teeth, leading to the term ‘non-wisdom teeth people’, but for those who do, they may sprout anywhere from one to four – and, on very rare occasions, more than four. If you’re one of the unfortunates who get these extraneous, or supernumerary, teeth, it can lead to all sorts of problems.
Since human jaws are smaller than they used to be (possibly due to fashion), when wisdom teeth form they often become impacted, or suppressed, by the other teeth around them. (Evidently teeth are imperialist capitalists whose only wish is to subjugate their immediate neighbors.) If the tooth only partially erupts, food gets trapped in the gum tissue surrounding it which creates a perfect little home for bacteria leading to the potential for a serious infection and really bad breath. (Some people have bad breath without this.)
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons estimates that about 85 percent of wisdom teeth will eventually need to be removed. This dovetails nicely with the fact that Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons are the ones who remove them.
The association recommends that patients remove wisdom teeth around 15 to 18 in order to “prevent future problems and to ensure optimal healing” and because no one cares if teenagers can’t talk for a week.
////////////////I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer." — Woody Allen
///////////////////Everything you can imagine is real. " — Pablo Picasso
//////////////////////Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all." — William Goldman (The Princess Bride)
LINAF-LIFTD
////////////////////"My one regret in life is that I am not someone else." — Woody Allen
////////////////////why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out" — Oliver James
/////////////////////A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." — Joseph Stalin
//////////////////You can get all A's and still flunk life." — Walker Percy (The Second Coming: A Novel)
//////////////////////Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am." — Henry Miller (Stand Still Like the Hummingbird)
//////////////////May you live all the days of your life." — Jonathan Swift
///////////////////////it takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeded." — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
//////////////////Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward." — Søren Kierkegaard
///////////////////Elena: Yes, were you looking for something? Alejandro: A sense of the miraculous in everyday life. " — *the mask of zorro
/////////////////Find something you're not good at then don't do it. " — ALF
///////////////////Life is hard. After all, it kills you. " — Katharine Hepburn
////////////////////Growing up is mandatory, but growing up isn't." — K.L. and C.S.
/////////////////Brain studies reveal big differences among individualsScans show depressed people have fewer serotonin and opioid receptors, and that variation is linked to symptoms and treatment responsehttp://www.brainmysteries.com/research/Brain_studies_reveal_big_differences_among_individuals.asp
////////////////desire line (di.ZYR lyn) n. An informal path that pedestrians prefer to take to get from one location to another rather than using a sidewalk or other official route.
///////////////"I have nothing to declare but my genius."-wilde
////////////////Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing. -- Matt Biondi
//////////////////
/////////////////Life is a strange school." — earon davis
///////////////////To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair and that there will be wonderful surprises." — Unknown
SEWA
SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION (SEWA)
Self employed workers are those who earn a living through their own small business or through selling their own labour. These are workers who have no fixed employee-employer relationship and depend on their own labour for survival. They are poor, illiterate and vulnerable. They barely have any assets or working capital. But they are extremely economically active, contributing very significantly to the economy and society with their labour. This sector of the economy is called the unorganised sector.
///////////////////////SABAR MONE MONE SACIST AKROSH-VK
//////////////////mood=HSP-HAPPY-SAD-PHILO
Self employed workers are those who earn a living through their own small business or through selling their own labour. These are workers who have no fixed employee-employer relationship and depend on their own labour for survival. They are poor, illiterate and vulnerable. They barely have any assets or working capital. But they are extremely economically active, contributing very significantly to the economy and society with their labour. This sector of the economy is called the unorganised sector.
///////////////////////SABAR MONE MONE SACIST AKROSH-VK
//////////////////mood=HSP-HAPPY-SAD-PHILO
Saturday 10 May 2008
BRMA CYCLN DTH 150K-CDS 110508
///////////////120K DTHS EVERY DAY IN WORLD +THAT
////////////////////VK SCL CARE FNDING CRSS=AD JB CRSS
//////////////////SEXIST NONSENSE
///////////////////Today is May 11, 2008.When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.~Joseph Addison~
//////////////////DN CMPR-ALSA-AT LST STLL ALVE
//////////////////EXAM CONGESTION
////////////////////1994: Mandela becomes SA's first black presidentNelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president after more than three centuries of white rule.
/////////////////1940: Churchill takes helm as Germans advanceGerman forces invade the Low Countries by air and land, while in London, Chamberlain is replaced by Churchill.
///////////////////From Chapter XVI: The Yoga of the Division Between the Divine and the DaemonicalXVI.13. IDAMADYA MAYAA LABDHAM IMAM PRAAPSYE MANORATHAM; IDAMASTEEDAMAPI ME BHAVISHYATI PUNARDHANAM. (Krishna speaking to Arjuna of daemonical thoughts)"This has been gained by me today; this desire I shall obtain;this is mine and this wealth too shall be mine in future." XVI.14. ASAU MAYAA HATAH SHATRUR HANISHYE CHAAPARAANAPI; EESHWARO'HAMAHAM BHOGEE SIDDHO'HAM BALAVAAN SUKHEE. "That enemy has been slain by me and others also I shall slay. Iam the lord; I enjoy; I am perfect, powerful and happy".
//////////////////INTELLECTUAL MASTURBN
///////////////////Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others
///////////////////65-million-year-old asteroid impact triggered a global hail of carbon beads
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The asteroid presumed to have wiped out the dinosaurs struck the Earth with such force that carbon deep in the Earth's crust liquefied, rocketed skyward, and formed tiny airborne beads that blanketed the planet, say scientists from the U.S., U.K., Italy, and New Zealand in this month's Geology.
The beads, known to geologists as carbon cenospheres, cannot be formed through the combustion of plant matter, contradicting a hypothesis that the cenospheres are the charred remains of an Earth on fire. If confirmed, the discovery suggests environmental circumstances accompanying the 65-million-year-old extinction event were slightly less dramatic than previously thought.
///////////////////TV Watching
Prolonged TV watching is a strong predictor for obesity1. Recent research2 has proved that people who watch around two hours of TV per day are much more likely to be overweight than those who watched only half an hour per day. When you watch TV you are virtually motionless. Your heart rate, blood pressure and metabolic rate decline, resulting in burning 20 to 30 calories less per hour. Research by Harvard University4 has shown that there is a link between the amount children eat and the amount of television they watch.
///////////////////Eating Too Fast
It is a habit of most people living in a fast paced society. Eating fast lets you eat too much before you are fully aware of it. It takes the brain about 15-20 minutes to start signaling feelings of fullness. Scientists suppose that fast eating is a risk factor for the metabolic syndrome3, a combination of the symptoms such as high blood pressure, obesity, high cholesterol, and insulin resistance.
/////////////////MORGAN FREEMAN VS NACHIKETA
/////////////////////Task Snacking
Task snacking refers to eating while doing other activities. if you often eat meals or snacks while working by yourself in front of your computer, while driving, watching TV, or standing at the kitchen counter, shopping with a friend, or talking on the phone, it's likely that the "task snacking" eating style is increasing your odds of becoming overweight or obese.
////////////////Frequent Fast Food Consumption
One of the big reasons we’re seeing more obesity in our society these days is that we are too stressed and busy to make healthy dinners at home, often opting to get fast food at the nearest drive-thru instead. Fast foods compromise the quality of the diet by replacing more healthy foods. Fast foods are known for having high content of saturated and trans-fat, low content of fiber and massive portion sizes, which leads to obesity.
/////////////////////Eating To Manage Feelings
Emotional eating is the practice of consuming large quantities of food (usually "comfort" or junk foods) in response to feelings (such as depression, anxiety, or loneliness) instead of hunger.
Experts estimate that 75% of overeating is caused by emotions. How many times have you found yourself scouring the kitchen for a snack, or absently munching on junk food when you’re stressed, but not really hungry?
///////////////////Too Busy To Exercise
With all the demands on your schedule, exercise may be one of the last things on your to-do list. If so, you’re not alone. Americans live a more sedentary lifestyle than we have in past generations, yet our minds seem to be racing from everything we have to do. Unfortunately, from sitting in traffic, clocking hours at our desks, and plopping in front of the TV in exhaustion at the end of the day, exercise often goes by the wayside.
///////////////////Your Friends Can Make You Fat
If you're putting on weight, you might want to take a look at who you're hanging around with. A study7 published in the July 26, 2007 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that obesity may be "socially contagious." The study was conducted on more than 12,000 people over 32 years, and concluded that having an overweight friend, sibling or spouse increased one's risk of obesity by 37 to 57 percent.
///////////////////Lack Of Sleep
Sleep deprivation can increase your risk of obesity by boosting ghrelin (an appetite stimulating hormone) and lowering leptin (an appetite suppressor). The study5 from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom found that, compared to an eight hours of shut-eye, each one-hour decrease in sleep duration was linked to almost 3% more body fat.
9Unaware Of Calories And Fat
Many people eat foods with no idea of the calorie or fat value. This leads to weight gain and unhealthy eating habits because you can easily consume twice the normal calories required to maintain your weight, let alone lose weight, if you don't know how many calories you are eating.
10Credit Cards
Your plastic may be affecting more than just your credit score. Visa conducted a study of 100,000 fast-food restaurant transactions and found that people who pay for their food with a credit card spend 30% more than those who pay with cash. For the average woman, who visits a fast-food restaurant once a week, that adds an extra 17,160 calories, or 4.9 pounds, per year.
11Missing Meals
Research shows that people who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight, and that morning meals seem to help those who've lost weight keep it off. Denise Bruner, MD, obesity specialist and former president of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, says that skipping meals of any kind results in a "tremendous bout of compensatory hunger."
12Uncomfortable Clothing
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse6 found that casual and comfortable clothing workdays promote increased physical activity. Specifically, study participants took an average of 491 (or 8%) more steps on Jeans Day than on those days in which they wore normal business attire. It is also estimated that study participants burned an average of 25 additional calories on Jeans Day with the extra steps and miles walked. Wearing casual clothing every day for 50 weeks of work translates into burning an additional 125 calories per week and 6,250 calories per year.
13Neglecting Scales
Recent study from the University of Minnesota found that dieters who weighed themselves daily lost about 12 pounds over two years, while those who never did shed only four pounds. Other research, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, concluded that those who have daily weigh-ins (along with face-to-face support) are 82% less likely to regain five pounds than a control group without weigh-ins or support.
14Boredom
A survey by the Priory Group in the U.K. found that more people ate when bored than when stressed.
///////////////////WE HAVE A DREAM-BBTBR-MCLWP
/////////////////As the researchers note, "Death, a metabolic affliction causing total shutdown of all life functions, has long been considered humanity's number one health concern. Responsible for 100 percent of all recorded fatalities worldwide, the condition has no cure."
/////////////////pollan-eat less,mostly plants
"nutritionism"---breaking down foods intellectually into their components and then slapping components back together haphazzardly. He argues that actual food is the best,well, food
/////////////////GE=
The theory of evolution
Posted: 09 May 2008 01:58 PM CDT
Over at The Scientist Neil S. Greenspan has an article up, Darwin and deduction:
One of the most remarkable but insufficiently noted features of Charles Darwin's conception of evolution is that its logical implications are still being worked out. I am not merely claiming that experimental and observation studies continue to make use of and bear on Darwinian ideas and principles. I am calling attention to the fact that after almost a century and a half, new deductions are still being teased out of his very fertile axioms of descent with modification and natural selection.
One of the primary criterion which scientists use to judge the utility of a theory is its inferential power. It is one thing to describe; but another to predict. This is one reason I recommend all my friends to read The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection; R. A. Fisher's attempt to create a mathematical framework in which to conceptualize the action of natural selection within evolutionary process. To a great extent I think Fisher fails in his grandest objectives, but fundamentally I think the exposition clarifies one's thinking fruitfully.
////////////////////FISHING -PARASYMP ACTY
///////////////XB- QANCHAYAT QOLL VNREST
///////////////////KHINGUTGRAM NRDR
///////////////////BLOK SAJ VS M TETH
/////////////////////............Hall was a gunner on a Humvee, which took several bullets in its protective shield. Afterward, his commander asked whether he believed in God, Hall said.
"I said, 'No, but I believe in Plexiglas,'" Hall said. "I've never believed I was going to a happy place. You get one life. When I die, I'm worm food."
////////////////////MIO NO SIN-SLF GRTIFICN
///////////////////YG=
The Threat of Global Food Shortages - Part IIMira KamdarYaleGlobal, 7 May 2008Big agribusiness may boost crops temporarily, but wreaks environmental havoc over the long term
The Threat of Global Food Shortages - Part IC. Peter TimmerYaleGlobal, 5 May 2008Hoarding by countries and speculative bidding on food exacerbate scarcity and cause prices to climb
//////////////////GRATEFUL MOTHERS DAY=COOL MOM
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////////////////////VK SCL CARE FNDING CRSS=AD JB CRSS
//////////////////SEXIST NONSENSE
///////////////////Today is May 11, 2008.When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.~Joseph Addison~
//////////////////DN CMPR-ALSA-AT LST STLL ALVE
//////////////////EXAM CONGESTION
////////////////////1994: Mandela becomes SA's first black presidentNelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president after more than three centuries of white rule.
/////////////////1940: Churchill takes helm as Germans advanceGerman forces invade the Low Countries by air and land, while in London, Chamberlain is replaced by Churchill.
///////////////////From Chapter XVI: The Yoga of the Division Between the Divine and the DaemonicalXVI.13. IDAMADYA MAYAA LABDHAM IMAM PRAAPSYE MANORATHAM; IDAMASTEEDAMAPI ME BHAVISHYATI PUNARDHANAM. (Krishna speaking to Arjuna of daemonical thoughts)"This has been gained by me today; this desire I shall obtain;this is mine and this wealth too shall be mine in future." XVI.14. ASAU MAYAA HATAH SHATRUR HANISHYE CHAAPARAANAPI; EESHWARO'HAMAHAM BHOGEE SIDDHO'HAM BALAVAAN SUKHEE. "That enemy has been slain by me and others also I shall slay. Iam the lord; I enjoy; I am perfect, powerful and happy".
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///////////////////Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others
///////////////////65-million-year-old asteroid impact triggered a global hail of carbon beads
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The asteroid presumed to have wiped out the dinosaurs struck the Earth with such force that carbon deep in the Earth's crust liquefied, rocketed skyward, and formed tiny airborne beads that blanketed the planet, say scientists from the U.S., U.K., Italy, and New Zealand in this month's Geology.
The beads, known to geologists as carbon cenospheres, cannot be formed through the combustion of plant matter, contradicting a hypothesis that the cenospheres are the charred remains of an Earth on fire. If confirmed, the discovery suggests environmental circumstances accompanying the 65-million-year-old extinction event were slightly less dramatic than previously thought.
///////////////////TV Watching
Prolonged TV watching is a strong predictor for obesity1. Recent research2 has proved that people who watch around two hours of TV per day are much more likely to be overweight than those who watched only half an hour per day. When you watch TV you are virtually motionless. Your heart rate, blood pressure and metabolic rate decline, resulting in burning 20 to 30 calories less per hour. Research by Harvard University4 has shown that there is a link between the amount children eat and the amount of television they watch.
///////////////////Eating Too Fast
It is a habit of most people living in a fast paced society. Eating fast lets you eat too much before you are fully aware of it. It takes the brain about 15-20 minutes to start signaling feelings of fullness. Scientists suppose that fast eating is a risk factor for the metabolic syndrome3, a combination of the symptoms such as high blood pressure, obesity, high cholesterol, and insulin resistance.
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/////////////////////Task Snacking
Task snacking refers to eating while doing other activities. if you often eat meals or snacks while working by yourself in front of your computer, while driving, watching TV, or standing at the kitchen counter, shopping with a friend, or talking on the phone, it's likely that the "task snacking" eating style is increasing your odds of becoming overweight or obese.
////////////////Frequent Fast Food Consumption
One of the big reasons we’re seeing more obesity in our society these days is that we are too stressed and busy to make healthy dinners at home, often opting to get fast food at the nearest drive-thru instead. Fast foods compromise the quality of the diet by replacing more healthy foods. Fast foods are known for having high content of saturated and trans-fat, low content of fiber and massive portion sizes, which leads to obesity.
/////////////////////Eating To Manage Feelings
Emotional eating is the practice of consuming large quantities of food (usually "comfort" or junk foods) in response to feelings (such as depression, anxiety, or loneliness) instead of hunger.
Experts estimate that 75% of overeating is caused by emotions. How many times have you found yourself scouring the kitchen for a snack, or absently munching on junk food when you’re stressed, but not really hungry?
///////////////////Too Busy To Exercise
With all the demands on your schedule, exercise may be one of the last things on your to-do list. If so, you’re not alone. Americans live a more sedentary lifestyle than we have in past generations, yet our minds seem to be racing from everything we have to do. Unfortunately, from sitting in traffic, clocking hours at our desks, and plopping in front of the TV in exhaustion at the end of the day, exercise often goes by the wayside.
///////////////////Your Friends Can Make You Fat
If you're putting on weight, you might want to take a look at who you're hanging around with. A study7 published in the July 26, 2007 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that obesity may be "socially contagious." The study was conducted on more than 12,000 people over 32 years, and concluded that having an overweight friend, sibling or spouse increased one's risk of obesity by 37 to 57 percent.
///////////////////Lack Of Sleep
Sleep deprivation can increase your risk of obesity by boosting ghrelin (an appetite stimulating hormone) and lowering leptin (an appetite suppressor). The study5 from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom found that, compared to an eight hours of shut-eye, each one-hour decrease in sleep duration was linked to almost 3% more body fat.
9Unaware Of Calories And Fat
Many people eat foods with no idea of the calorie or fat value. This leads to weight gain and unhealthy eating habits because you can easily consume twice the normal calories required to maintain your weight, let alone lose weight, if you don't know how many calories you are eating.
10Credit Cards
Your plastic may be affecting more than just your credit score. Visa conducted a study of 100,000 fast-food restaurant transactions and found that people who pay for their food with a credit card spend 30% more than those who pay with cash. For the average woman, who visits a fast-food restaurant once a week, that adds an extra 17,160 calories, or 4.9 pounds, per year.
11Missing Meals
Research shows that people who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight, and that morning meals seem to help those who've lost weight keep it off. Denise Bruner, MD, obesity specialist and former president of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, says that skipping meals of any kind results in a "tremendous bout of compensatory hunger."
12Uncomfortable Clothing
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse6 found that casual and comfortable clothing workdays promote increased physical activity. Specifically, study participants took an average of 491 (or 8%) more steps on Jeans Day than on those days in which they wore normal business attire. It is also estimated that study participants burned an average of 25 additional calories on Jeans Day with the extra steps and miles walked. Wearing casual clothing every day for 50 weeks of work translates into burning an additional 125 calories per week and 6,250 calories per year.
13Neglecting Scales
Recent study from the University of Minnesota found that dieters who weighed themselves daily lost about 12 pounds over two years, while those who never did shed only four pounds. Other research, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, concluded that those who have daily weigh-ins (along with face-to-face support) are 82% less likely to regain five pounds than a control group without weigh-ins or support.
14Boredom
A survey by the Priory Group in the U.K. found that more people ate when bored than when stressed.
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/////////////////As the researchers note, "Death, a metabolic affliction causing total shutdown of all life functions, has long been considered humanity's number one health concern. Responsible for 100 percent of all recorded fatalities worldwide, the condition has no cure."
/////////////////pollan-eat less,mostly plants
"nutritionism"---breaking down foods intellectually into their components and then slapping components back together haphazzardly. He argues that actual food is the best,well, food
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The theory of evolution
Posted: 09 May 2008 01:58 PM CDT
Over at The Scientist Neil S. Greenspan has an article up, Darwin and deduction:
One of the most remarkable but insufficiently noted features of Charles Darwin's conception of evolution is that its logical implications are still being worked out. I am not merely claiming that experimental and observation studies continue to make use of and bear on Darwinian ideas and principles. I am calling attention to the fact that after almost a century and a half, new deductions are still being teased out of his very fertile axioms of descent with modification and natural selection.
One of the primary criterion which scientists use to judge the utility of a theory is its inferential power. It is one thing to describe; but another to predict. This is one reason I recommend all my friends to read The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection; R. A. Fisher's attempt to create a mathematical framework in which to conceptualize the action of natural selection within evolutionary process. To a great extent I think Fisher fails in his grandest objectives, but fundamentally I think the exposition clarifies one's thinking fruitfully.
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/////////////////////............Hall was a gunner on a Humvee, which took several bullets in its protective shield. Afterward, his commander asked whether he believed in God, Hall said.
"I said, 'No, but I believe in Plexiglas,'" Hall said. "I've never believed I was going to a happy place. You get one life. When I die, I'm worm food."
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The Threat of Global Food Shortages - Part IIMira KamdarYaleGlobal, 7 May 2008Big agribusiness may boost crops temporarily, but wreaks environmental havoc over the long term
The Threat of Global Food Shortages - Part IC. Peter TimmerYaleGlobal, 5 May 2008Hoarding by countries and speculative bidding on food exacerbate scarcity and cause prices to climb
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////////////////Enjoy the commercials. This is particularly easy if you rarely watch TV. An enormous amount of ingenuity and creativity goes into commercials, and they can be fascinating if you pay attention.
///////////////////////Today is May 9, 2008.Want of variety leads to satiety.~Proverb, (Danish)~
//////////////////////Free AIDS drugs slash death rate in Malawi study
By Ben Hirschler Thu May 8, 7:19 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Providing free AIDS drugs to people in northern Malawi has slashed adult mortality rates, vindicating a recent ramp-up in treatment in poor parts of rural Africa, researchers said on Friday.
Just eight months after a free clinic opened in Karonga Town in June 2005, the death rate in a rural area 80 km (50 miles) away had fallen enough to be detected at the general population level, they wrote in the Lancet medical journal.
By Ben Hirschler Thu May 8, 7:19 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Providing free AIDS drugs to people in northern Malawi has slashed adult mortality rates, vindicating a recent ramp-up in treatment in poor parts of rural Africa, researchers said on Friday.
Just eight months after a free clinic opened in Karonga Town in June 2005, the death rate in a rural area 80 km (50 miles) away had fallen enough to be detected at the general population level, they wrote in the Lancet medical journal.
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//////////////////////Belly Fat May Make You HungrierThe extra fat we carry around our waists could be making us hungrier. Dr. Yaiping Yang and researchers at the Lawson Health Research Institute (affiliated with The University of Western Ontario, Canada) found abdominal fat tissue can secrete a hormone that stimulates appetite and further fat cell production. Read more...
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////////////////////////////////Enter cell phones: The popular, inexpensive devices are owned by almost 3 billion users worldwide, or roughly half the world’s population. Millions of new cell phone users are added each year in countries such as Africa, India, China, and South America. When equipped with cameras, the ubiquitous devices can conceivably be used in remote areas as the eyes and ears of doctors without the need for an on-site visit.
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/////////////////////How to Become Biologically YoungerBy Staff Writer Maggie Spilner
We know that regular exercisers have lower rates of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and osteoporosis—all good things. But recent research is indicating that an active lifestyle may actually lead to changes in your DNA that may make you biologically younger than those your chronological age. How cool is that?
CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING
////////////////////////Is Status Epilepticus an Independent Risk Factor for Death?
Summary and Comment Subscription Required
A small study suggests that it is.
/////////////////////1981: Bobby Sands dies in prisonHunger striker Bobby Sands dies in the Maze prison 66 days after first refusing to eat.
////////////////////Chapter XVI: The Yoga of the Division Between the Divine and the DaemonicalSRI BHAGAVAAN UVAACHA: XVI.1. ABHAYAM SATTWASAMSHUDDHIH JNAANAYOGAVYAVASTHITIH; DAANAM DAMASHCHA YAJNASHCHA SWAADHYAAYASTAPA AARJAVAM. The Blessed Lord(Krishna) said(to Arjuna): Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in Yoga andknowledge, alms-giving, control of the senses, sacrifice, study ofscriptures, austerity and straightforwardness, XVI.2. AHIMSAA SATYAMAKRODHAS TYAAGAH SHAANTIRAPAISHUNAM; DAYAA BHOOTESHVALOLUPTWAM MAARDAVAM HREERACHAAPALAM. Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness,absence of crookedness, compassion towards beings, uncovetousness,gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness, XVI.3. TEJAH KSHAMAA DHRITIH SHAUCHAMADROHO NAATIMAANITAA; BHAVANTI SAMPADAM DAIVEEM ABHIJAATASYA BHAARATA. Vigour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absenceof pride-these belong to one born in a divine state, O Arjuna!
MUTUAL SURVIVAL OF SOCIETY
///////////////////WHY FCKING ME
//////////////////WHT THE FCK
//////////////Ancient Bacteria May Be Oldest Life Form
Two views of the crystal from which ancient bacteria were isolated. (Reproduced with permission from Nature.)
Alarm bells ring as microbiologists—some convinced, others skeptical—contemplate the purported longevity of persistently dormant, recently revived, and perhaps extraordinarily ancient microorganisms. Russell Vreeland of West Chester University in Pennsylvania and his colleagues claim to have reawakened very old bacteria from spores inside a 250-million-year-old salt crystal. If the results hold, "then it is the oldest living organism," says Vreeland's collaborator William Rosenzweig. Indeed, the cells from which those spores presumably formed were alive and active before the time of the dinosaurs. "Our plans are to study the bacterium and learn everything it wants to tell us about its physiology, morphology and genetics," adds Vreeland, who is convinced these studies will provide insights into very early life.
However, this study and others like it trigger a great deal of skepticism, some of it still raging following an announcement some five years ago by Raul Cano and colleagues at California Polytechnic State University. They claimed to have revived bacteria from spores within the intact carcass of a bee that was trapped in amber 25 to 30 million years ago. Vreeland's
/////////////////////FATE=NORMAL GAUSSIAN BELL CURVE
//////////////////////Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It’s the same with apples!
///////////////HANOVER, N.H. ? Edie Gieg, 85, strides ahead of people half her age and plays a fast-paced game of tennis. But when it comes to health care, she is a champion of ?slow medicine,? an approach that encourages less aggressive ? and less costly ? care at the end of life.Grounded in research at the Dartmouth Medical School, slow medicine encourages physicians to put on the brakes when considering care that may have high risks and limited rewards for the elderly, and it educates patients and families how to push back against emergency room trips and hospitalizations designed for those with treatable illnesses, not the inevitable erosion of advanced age.Slow medicine, which shares with hospice care the goal of comfort rather than cure, is increasingly available in nursing homes, but for those living at home or in assisted living, a medical scare usually prompts a call to 911, with little opportunity to choose otherwise. SNIPPED............Read the full article athttp://health.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html
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////////////////////////////////Enter cell phones: The popular, inexpensive devices are owned by almost 3 billion users worldwide, or roughly half the world’s population. Millions of new cell phone users are added each year in countries such as Africa, India, China, and South America. When equipped with cameras, the ubiquitous devices can conceivably be used in remote areas as the eyes and ears of doctors without the need for an on-site visit.
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/////////////////////How to Become Biologically YoungerBy Staff Writer Maggie Spilner
We know that regular exercisers have lower rates of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and osteoporosis—all good things. But recent research is indicating that an active lifestyle may actually lead to changes in your DNA that may make you biologically younger than those your chronological age. How cool is that?
CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING
////////////////////////Is Status Epilepticus an Independent Risk Factor for Death?
Summary and Comment Subscription Required
A small study suggests that it is.
/////////////////////1981: Bobby Sands dies in prisonHunger striker Bobby Sands dies in the Maze prison 66 days after first refusing to eat.
////////////////////Chapter XVI: The Yoga of the Division Between the Divine and the DaemonicalSRI BHAGAVAAN UVAACHA: XVI.1. ABHAYAM SATTWASAMSHUDDHIH JNAANAYOGAVYAVASTHITIH; DAANAM DAMASHCHA YAJNASHCHA SWAADHYAAYASTAPA AARJAVAM. The Blessed Lord(Krishna) said(to Arjuna): Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in Yoga andknowledge, alms-giving, control of the senses, sacrifice, study ofscriptures, austerity and straightforwardness, XVI.2. AHIMSAA SATYAMAKRODHAS TYAAGAH SHAANTIRAPAISHUNAM; DAYAA BHOOTESHVALOLUPTWAM MAARDAVAM HREERACHAAPALAM. Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness,absence of crookedness, compassion towards beings, uncovetousness,gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness, XVI.3. TEJAH KSHAMAA DHRITIH SHAUCHAMADROHO NAATIMAANITAA; BHAVANTI SAMPADAM DAIVEEM ABHIJAATASYA BHAARATA. Vigour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absenceof pride-these belong to one born in a divine state, O Arjuna!
MUTUAL SURVIVAL OF SOCIETY
///////////////////WHY FCKING ME
//////////////////WHT THE FCK
//////////////Ancient Bacteria May Be Oldest Life Form
Two views of the crystal from which ancient bacteria were isolated. (Reproduced with permission from Nature.)
Alarm bells ring as microbiologists—some convinced, others skeptical—contemplate the purported longevity of persistently dormant, recently revived, and perhaps extraordinarily ancient microorganisms. Russell Vreeland of West Chester University in Pennsylvania and his colleagues claim to have reawakened very old bacteria from spores inside a 250-million-year-old salt crystal. If the results hold, "then it is the oldest living organism," says Vreeland's collaborator William Rosenzweig. Indeed, the cells from which those spores presumably formed were alive and active before the time of the dinosaurs. "Our plans are to study the bacterium and learn everything it wants to tell us about its physiology, morphology and genetics," adds Vreeland, who is convinced these studies will provide insights into very early life.
However, this study and others like it trigger a great deal of skepticism, some of it still raging following an announcement some five years ago by Raul Cano and colleagues at California Polytechnic State University. They claimed to have revived bacteria from spores within the intact carcass of a bee that was trapped in amber 25 to 30 million years ago. Vreeland's
/////////////////////FATE=NORMAL GAUSSIAN BELL CURVE
//////////////////////Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It’s the same with apples!
///////////////HANOVER, N.H. ? Edie Gieg, 85, strides ahead of people half her age and plays a fast-paced game of tennis. But when it comes to health care, she is a champion of ?slow medicine,? an approach that encourages less aggressive ? and less costly ? care at the end of life.Grounded in research at the Dartmouth Medical School, slow medicine encourages physicians to put on the brakes when considering care that may have high risks and limited rewards for the elderly, and it educates patients and families how to push back against emergency room trips and hospitalizations designed for those with treatable illnesses, not the inevitable erosion of advanced age.Slow medicine, which shares with hospice care the goal of comfort rather than cure, is increasingly available in nursing homes, but for those living at home or in assisted living, a medical scare usually prompts a call to 911, with little opportunity to choose otherwise. SNIPPED............Read the full article athttp://health.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html
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