"I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down."
~ Mitch Hedberg
Image of the day:
BODY~ Taking A Daily Selenium Supplement Can Slow Down HIV -- "A new US study suggests that HIV patients who take a daily supplement of selenium experience a slower rate of HIV progression.The randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial was performed by scientists from Miami University in Florida, and led by Dr Barry E. Hurwitz."
~ 10 Things to Do . . . in the Gym, in the Kitchen, and in Your Head by Chris Shugart at T-Nation.
~ 8 Sneaky Weight Loss Saboteurs -- "Find out what's keeping you from losing weight."
~ Training Breathing Muscles Improves Swimming Muscles' Performance -- "Swimmers and scuba divers can improve their swimming endurance and breathing capacity through targeted training of the respiratory muscles, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown."
~ Repeat fracture risk same for older men and women -- "While considerable attention has been given to women's risk of suffering fractures as they age, a new study shows that once an older person has sustained a fracture there's no significant difference between men and women in their risk of having another fracture."
~ High school football players overweight, 1 in 10 obese -- While this may be true in terms of BMI, the real test for strength athletes is bodyfat percentage, so this study is dumb.
~ More Reasons to Avoid Potato Chips -- That's just gross.
~ Is Resveratrol the Modern-Day Fountain of Youth? -- "Resveratrol is one of the most exciting antioxidants out there, as it’s been found to extend life, prevent Alzheimer’s disease and inhibit the spread of cancer." It also seems to reduce estrogen in men.
PSYCHE
~ Why Learning A New Language May Make You Forget Your Old One -- That just sounds silly, until you read the article.
~ Active Minds May Keep Alzheimer's at Bay -- "For the first time, scientists have shown that learning slows the build-up in the brain of protein plaques and tangles that are the signature of Alzheimer's disease."
~ Drug helps heart disease-related depression: study -- "A drug can combat depression common among patients with severe heart disease, but psychological counseling doesn't seem to work, a study said on Tuesday."
~ Internationally Adopted Children Shed Light On How Babies Learn Language -- "Although most are infants and toddlers, thousands of older children are also adopted. Typically, these older children lose their birth language rapidly and become fluent speakers of their new language."
~ The colourful world of naming and knowing.
~ As mentioned at Mind Hacks, "The New York Times has an article on magical thinking - the mental process of making connections between unrelated or loosely-related things." It's actually worth the read.
~ Reinvention: You 2.0 -- "Be a self-starter with these five steps of change."
~ Symbols in Cognition: How Do Labels Help? -- "Although grammar is usually considered the "uniquely human" aspect of language, and the capacity to use primitive symbols is thought to be common among primates, high-level cognition is nonetheless strongly impacted by the use of symbols."
~ Lasting Change -- "Define a goal and work for it."
CULTURE
~ The Sam Harris and Andrew Sullivan debate continues.
~ Is Dakota Fanning in kiddie porn? -- "Hounddog premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Monday, despite controversy over its depicted rape of a character played by 12-year-old Dakota Fanning. Online petitions have demanded the arrest of Fanning's mother and agent, alleging that the film could be considered child pornography and asking federal prosecutors to investigate the matter." This is the scandal of the hour.
~ Who got snubbed by Oscar -- "It's somehow perfect that this year's Oscar nominations coincide with George Bush's sixth State of the Union address. The Oscars and the State of the Union are like the senior proms of their respective spheres of influence: overhyped, meaningless, self-congratulatory shams that somehow matter anyway, if only to give us a common target at which to hurl invective, opinions, and wisecracks."
~ Wild Card Bill -- New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson could be the most dangerous Democrat in the race. Very true. He's got a great political profile: tons of experience, Latino, from the Southwest, etc."
~ Minimum Wage Rises, Sky Does Not Fall -- "A visit to Washington state, which has the highest minimum wage in the country, reveals a booming economy with none of the problems Big Business had been warning about."
~ Oscar nominations have Hollywood abuzz -- "The musical drama Dreamgirls led the Oscar field with eight nominations on Tuesday, but its historic omission from the coveted best picture and directing categories instantly transformed the race for Hollywood's top honours into a wild guessing game."
~ Will blacks vote for Obama? -- "Can Obama Appeal to Blacks? I wanted to write an item a few weeks ago predicting that Barack Obama would actually have trouble appealing to many African-Americans because he's not a "native" African American who can trace his roots through slavery, the South, emancipation, Jim Crow, civil rights, etc.. He's an African African American. His family journey from Kenya to Harvard was recent and short."
HABITATS
~ Gaining weight may influence earning power -- "Piling on the pounds is not only bad for health it can have a negative impact on earning power."
~ Birth Defects Cost Hospitals More Than $2.5B Annually, Study Finds -- Birth defects in the U.S. cost hospitals more than $2.5 billion annually, according to a study released this week by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports."
~ Wal-Mart is Helping to Degrade Organic Food Standards -- "Now the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is calling on consumers to boycott Wal-Mart for degrading the organic standards."
~ Testing finds lead in vitamins, other problems -- "Among 21 multivitamin products for adults and children independently selected and tested by ConsumerLab.com, problems were found with more than half -- including unacceptably high levels of lead, and too much or too little of a particular ingredient."
~ Bush Acknowledges Global Climate Change!!! -- "Oh, who cares. It's like being the last kid to say "not me" when somebody farts."
~ Alps Glaciers Gone by 2050, Expert Says -- "The loss would change the supply of drinking and irrigation water, lead to more falling rocks, and cripple the European ski industry."
~ Leading CEOs Lobby Washington to Curb Warming.
INTEGRAL
~ Going to the REALLY Dark Places -- From Gary Stamper at Integral Seattle.
~ From Tom at Thoughts Chase Thoughts, Babel: A quick analysis of a great movie -- WARNING, contains spoilers.
~ Poet in the forest: Tomas Tranströmer from Dave at Via Negativa. Excellent post.
~ Integral Practice for Psychotherapists: Therapeutic Presencing, a great article posted in the Zaadz I-I Pod, authored by Willow Pearson.
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