"Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves."
~ Carl Sagan
Image of the day:
BODY
~ 10 ways to eat healthier -- "As someone who is not genetically gifted with a fat-burning mechanism that some of my college teammates and friends seem to have, I understand that it can be hard to lose that extra weight that keeps us from looking in the mirror and being completely satisfied with the image staring back." Interesting suggestions.
~ Best of the Best of the Back -- "Dorian Yates had a big back, but he trained it wrong. You heard me, wrong. At least that's what Scott Abel says. But you know something? After we read this article, Scott convinced us. We're now doing it the Abel way."
~ Prostate Cancer Prevented By Compound In Red Wine -- "Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have found that nutrients in red wine may help reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer.The study involved male mice that were fed a plant compound found in red wine called resveratrol, which has shown anti-oxidant and anti-cancer properties. Other sources of resveratrol in the diet include grapes, raspberries, peanuts and blueberries." You'd have to become a wino to get enough resveratrol, so find a good supplement.
~ No Weight Loss Advantage to Vegetarian Diets -- "Following a vegetarian diet does not yield a larger amount of weight loss than following a non-vegetarian diet according to a study published in the International Journal of Obesity."
~ More vitamin D could mean fewer cancers: study -- "Thousands of cases of breast and colon cancers might be averted each year if people in colder climates raised their vitamin D levels, researchers estimate in a new report."
~ Not Just for Weight Loss: Healthy Diet Cuts Cancer Risk -- "A balanced diet can reduce cancer risk."
~ Born lucky: Scientists discover ‘skinny’ gene -- "Scientists now say they have discovered the “skinny” gene. And they’ve found this lucky batch of DNA in a variety of animals, including humans, according to a report published Tuesday in the journal Cell Metabolism."
PSYCHE/SELF
~ Forget What They Say: Men Go for Looks -- "Men go for looks, while women look for more, study finds."
~ Family therapy most helpful for teens with bulimia -- "Family therapy is more effective than traditional solo psychotherapy in helping teens with bulimia to abstain from binging and purging, a new study shows."
~ Emotional wiring different in men and women -- "The romantic guy might be found right on our college campuses. A recent study finds male undergraduate students were more likely than women to choose intimate relationships over their careers and education."
~ 7 Simple Stress-Reduction Strategies -- "There are countless books, audio tapes and Web sites with similar stress management advice. But here are some simple, everyday things we can do to reduce stress."
~ The Story Behind the Rise in Bipolar Diagnoses -- "Our news story about the increase in bipolar diagnoses in children and teens is eye-opening to everyone who reads it. The study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry basically found a huge, 40-fold increase in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and teens."
~ 7 Effective Ways to Deal With Criticism -- "Nobody likes being criticised but, unfortunately it is a fact of life. To be able to respond to criticism with nobility and detachment is an important life skill, which few people have. If we respond to criticism without careful consideration, it can easily lead to unnecessary suffering."
~ Where do the boundaries of the mind end? -- "In the previous blog I discussed the idea that dualism was flawed and that some form of monism provided a much more satisfactory explanation of the ontology of the physical and the mental. According to this monist view, there is only one reality. Physicalists like to call it the physical and deny the mental altogether. I tend to avoid this and stick to the idea that there really is only one reality, its just when talking about it, or indeed practising Cognitive Science there are multiple levels of analysis that need to be accounted for to provide a satisfactory account; physical, phenomenal, functional, etc."
~ 30 Happiness Tips: Program Your Life for Optimum Enjoyment -- "For many of us, the goal of life isn't ultimate wealth, a massive amount of stuff, or the perfect car. It's happiness, plain and simple."
CULTURE/POLITICS
~ Why Do People Do Evil? -- "Decent people have sought to identify the roots of evil since the first indecent person inflicted cruelty on an innocent person. And people have come up with one or more of nine explanations, most of which are indeed valid."
~ The (Josh) Marshall Plan -- "Today, Marshall presides over a staff of four reporters—one of whom also serves as deputy editor—three associate editors, and a small army of unpaid interns. Their work is posted on a quartet of interconnected sites: Talking Points Memo, as Marshall’s original blog is known; TPM Café, a two-year-old site devoted to policy and culture debates; TPM Muckraker, a year-and-a-half-old project that trawls for political scandal; and TPM Election Central. In total, the sites draw roughly 400,000 page views on an average weekday."
~ Books: Walt Whitman's Only Novel Comes Back from Strange Obscurity -- "After decades out of print, Walt Whitman's only novel comes back from its strange obscurity"
~ Travails of an Outcast -- "Junot Díaz’s wondrous first novel is so original it can only be described as Mario Vargas Llosa meets “Star Trek” meets David Foster Wallace meets Kanye West."
~ Iowa Fallout: Huckabee as the New 'Darling' -- "Ex-Arkansas governor could use this week's debate to keep up the momentum."
~ Restoring Classroom Justice -- "Restorative justice programs focus on using community networks and dialogue to reconcile the offender to the community. "It's about trying to find resolution rather than being punitive," says Mosley. The growing movement for restorative justice in schools is partially a response to "zero tolerance" policies that require students to be suspended or expelled for certain violations."
HABITATS/TECHNOLOGY
~ 'Clearest' images taken of space -- "A team of astronomers from the US and the UK has obtained some of the clearest pictures of space ever taken."
~ Congo's Rare Mountain Gorillas Caught in Fighting -- "Reuters reports: Rebels in eastern Congo have occupied part of a reserve protecting rare mountain gorillas, putting the endangered primates in the crossfire of an escalating political and ethnic conflict, conservationists say."
~ New nanotechnique producing small things in large quantities -- "Although relatively new to the market, liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions may soon be obsolete, thanks to a new technique created by University of Houston professors."
~ Archaeologists Discover Ancient Beehives -- "Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found."
~ Endangered Turtle Nests Found in Texas -- "Wildlife officials counted a record 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this summer on Texas beaches."
~ Microsoft Loses Vote on File Standards -- "Microsoft Corp. has failed in a first step to win enough support to make the data format behind its flagship Office software a global standard, the International Standards Organization said Tuesday."
~ Experts: Expect 6 More Hurricanes in 2007 -- "The worst may not be over, warns a new report."
INTEGRAL/BUDDHIST
~ Paying attention to what’s behind the curtain -- "When I explore how a sense of I and Other is formed, I find three general zones...."
~ 'Integral Flow' ~ a community blog initiative -- "New! An IRG experiment: an open source blog for a community of Integrals on the Leading Edge:integral flow This blog is currently accepting new members!!! Is there INTEGRAL BEYOND INTEGRAL???"
~ Thoughts as sense field -- "When I first learned the labeling practice, differentiating the six sense fields of sensation, taste, smell, sound, sight and thought, thoughts came up saying thought, that is not really a sense field, but OK, I can see it can be called that to not make it too complicated."
~ The Science Delusion? Review of Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion -- "It’s rare for a book about science to polarize the general public, but when such a book takes on religious questions, the combination is highly combustible."
~ Tibetans Oppose China on Reincarnations -- "A Chinese order claiming Beijing must approve all of Tibet's spiritual leaders is an attempt to further repress and undermine the religious culture of the Himalayan region, the Tibetan government-in-exile said Sunday."
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