"One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say."
~ Will Durant
Image of the day: Multnomah Falls, 20 degrees outside:
BODY~ The Powerful Partials Program -- A strength program by Chad Waterbury of T-Nation.
~ An Alternative to Lean Cuisine and Smart Ones -- For those who eat pre-packaged meals.
~ ChromeMate(R) Favorably Influences Genes That Promote Muscle Development, Burning Of Brown Fat -- "ChromeMate, produced by InterHealth Nutraceuticals, is an oxygen-coordinated niacin-bound form of supplemental chromium that has previously been shown to promote healthy glucose metabolism and lipid profiles, as well as lean body mass."
~ New Study Investigates Links Between Fatigue, Genes And Athletic Performance -- "Scientists at the University of Portsmouth are investigating whether endurance athletes with a specific type of gene are less likely to suffer fatigue."
~ Dates, Cranberries, Red Grapes And An Espresso After Could This Be The Anti-Alzheimer's Diet? -- "New research suggests that oxidative stress which results from an accumulation of free radicals is involved in the neurodegeneration observed in dementias such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, whilst the administration of anti-oxidants has the opposite effect and so might help in the control of these types of diseases."
~ Ancient medicine all the buzz in modern China -- "A folk remedy for treating arthritis, back pain and rheumatism for 3,000 years in China, bee stings are thought to repair damaged cells, stave off bacteria and ease inflammation."
PSYCHE
~ Brains can tell the difference between metaphor and irony -- "Some types of figurative language, such as metaphor and irony ... involve the right hemisphere. But research on perception of metaphor and irony has had difficulty identifying differences in how the two processes work."
~ Brain Scan Predicts Difference Between Altruistic And Selfish People -- "Using brain scans, scientists have found a part of the brain that behaves differently for altruistic and selfish people."
~ When Personalities Clash -- "Yes, we still have to deal with other people."
~ Handling Difficult People -- "Smart ways to deal with a tyrant."
~ Childhood Abuse May Significantly Increase Psychosis Risk -- "Childhood abuse could significantly increase the risk of psychosis in later life, according to research by University of Ulster psychologists."
~ Building Attentional Strength -- "Even though I've practiced meditation off and on in the past, taking this Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction class is sort of like meditation boot camp."
~ From Steve Pavlina: Gratitude -- "Gratitude equals wealth. Wealth equals gratitude. You’ve probably heard one of those expressions before… or at least something similar. Certainly the connection seems true on an internal, emotional level."
~ From Anxious Living: Dealing with Social Anxiety One Technique at a Time.
~ From How to Save the World: Art as Story.
CULTURE
~ President Bush Urges Congress To Pass Genetic Privacy Bill -- "President Bush on Wednesday called on Congress to pass legislation to ensure the privacy of genetic testing results, the New York Times reports. Experts say safeguarding genetic privacy would encourage millions of U.S. residents to undergo testing for cancers and other diseases that could lead to earlier detection and treatment, the Times reports."
~ The Waif From Ipanema -- "Why do women suffer to look like skeletons even when men don’t want them to?"
~ Anti-Smoking Legislation Passing Across the United States.
~ The History of Vegetarianism -- "It argues that vegetarianism is important not only as an ethical stance but because it became entangled with several other historical movements."
~ Are Evangelicals 38% of the Population or Just 9%? Measurement Matters According to New Survey -- It's all about the questions you ask.
~ Buddhist Geeks 3: Phil Stanley on the Development of Western Buddhism.
~ Inside Obama's 'madrassa' -- "We went in and spoke with the deputy headmaster, other officials, even some of Obama's old schoolmates. There were boys and girls singing and dancing, Christian kids next to Muslim kids." See Also: CNN Debunks "Madrassa" Smear Against Obama.
~ White House Purges Courts Of Independent Prosecutors -- "One by one, federal prosecutors are being relieved of their jobs in what Attorney General Alberto Gonzales describes as "a personnel matter." More like a personal matter: The kinds of prosecutors that are being heaved out (like San Diego's Carol Lam, who successfuly prosecuted Duke Cunningham) are the kind of attorneys who seek to bring justice for the people, and that appears to be making the Bush administration very uncomfortable."
~ Vast "Cloud Warrior" Ruin Found in Amazon -- "The ancient structure in Peru may change perceptions of the Chachapoya Indians, a mountain civilization known for battling the Inca Empire."
HABITATS
~ Reanalysis Of Cigarettes Confirms Tobacco Companies Increased Addictive Nicotine 11 Percent -- Freaking weasels.
~ Microwave zaps 99 percent of germs on sponges -- "Two minutes in a microwave oven can sterilize most household sponges, US researchers reported on Monday."
~ The Future is Climate Neutral -- "Historians of the future will almost certainly see the current debate on climate change as a classic example of paradigm rift, where people raised to think the world is one thing are unable to act intelligently when they discover it to be another."
~ Cheap Safe Drug Kills Most Cancers -- "The drug, dichloroacetate (DCA), has already been used for years to treat rare metabolic disorders and so is known to be relatively safe. It also has no patent, meaning it could be manufactured for a fraction of the cost of newly developed drugs...."
~ Flood of Relief for South Australia -- "WHEN rain finally came it was a one-in-50-year phenomenon which deluged the outback, bursting across some of the driest land in the country."
~ India Teen Honey Business Example for Girls -- "A single box of honey was all it took to transform Anita Kushwaha, a petite teenager from a nondescript village in Bihar, into a successful entrepreneur who countered gender bias to become a role model for millions of girls in India."
~ Snow in Tucson, January of 2007 -- Some great pictures.
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