World Views

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... rcise.html

"Just 20 minutes in an urban park will boost happiness, new study finds - and you don't have to exercise"

Well ... walking is good exercise and the 20-minute distraction
hints that whatever you were doing before is a bit stressful ...
with "before" sometimes referring to life itself.

Rod

[Sandy]

Thank you for that... I'm soon off to our local park...granted it is to pick dandelions for our pet rabbits...but the well being will find me all the same.
xxSandy

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... BRAIN.html
"tiny tweaks that age-proof your BRAIN: From changing radio stations to avoiding tubby friends"

"In one study, when scientists interviewed older adults who did not have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s,
they found that those who engaged in more leisure activities involving socialising and learning
had less risk of developing dementia."

However ...

Re: "PUT YOUR KEYS IN THE SAME PLACE"

In contrast, memory development advice suggests making a conscious note when/where you put your keys
... especially since you will not always be able to place them in the same location.

Re: "SHUN UNHEALTHY FRIENDS"

LOL: Sorry, a spouse or relative can also be an "unhealthy friend" ...
use your experiential neurons to decide how best to interact to lessen stress.

Re: "WORK IN A CHARITY SHOP"

LOL2: Go to a charity shop to shop ...
where you might meet interesting, economy-minded new friends.

Re: "TAKE UP CARPENTRY"

LOL3: Discover new ways to use tools and materials ...
then go to a hardware store to hear how to use the right tools and right supplies.
Enjoy amazement (or perplexion) when a salesman can't believe that you'd use duct tape
to wrap old garden shoes for another season or silicone rubber to seal leaking old plumbing.

Nevertheless ... a stimulating article about brain plasticity
And I always leave my wired mouse in the same place!

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/woman ... r-43-years

“The service was a blessing ceremony, but as far as we’re concerned it’s a marriage, it’s a show of love.”

... and one of extreme patience! Nevertheless, why knot
when we can bless the many years of this informal relationship.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/taco ... ed-in-snow

Not necessarily food for survival, such sauce packets might contain antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals
in sufficient quantity to keep the body's immune system active and also provide some energy.

Snow cone salsa? Who knew
"Such a life on such a planet."

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/mov ... 098442002/

Lookin' for something positive about this performer's life ...

Michael's music, performances, and talents were enjoyed - even appreciated - by young and old for years! That Michael was such a popular star may explain how children having the supervision of responsible adults, some aka "parents", could have been permitted to be so vulnerable.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.theorganicprepper.com/mind- ... t-choices/

"These Neuroscientists Can Predict Your Choices 11 Seconds Before You Make Them"

Apparently, your decision is made by your brain before you're conscious of it ...
and that decision may evolve from previous similar decisions. Why not

Why have short- and long-term memory if it doesn't participate ...
even subconsciously while you attend to more important consciousness.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/world/tel-aviv- ... ed-walkers

Somehow, "smartphone" seems oxymoronic if users walk in front of moving traffic

Maybe a new app could turn off the display if you're in a city crosswalk.
Of course, users will then be more focused on the "broken" phone.

Rod

[Amigoo]

"smartphone" seems oxymoronic if users walk in front of moving traffic
a new app could turn off the display if you're in a city crosswalk.

Jaywalking is the next response (not in the crosswalk)
... however, "survival of the fittest" benefits society.
(jaywalkers depart the planet earlier)

Rod

[Sandy]

Jaywalking is the next response (not in the crosswalk)
... however, "survival of the fittest" benefits society.
(jaywalkers depart the planet earlier)

Thanks for the chuckle this morning, Rod.

xxSandy

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/15/health/e ... index.html

"the relationship between eggs and the risks of heart disease and early death is only 'modest'"

However, "three or more" eggs per day is not the typical diet ...
while one egg + an egg white is both satisfying and nutritional
(dietary cholesterol is a necessary nutrient).

Of course, if you're fond of statins, go for "three or more" ...
cooked in butter with a side of bacon or sausage!

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail ... acy_theory

Despite the many voices claiming that "chemtrails" do not exist (or that what you see is not a "chemtrail"), I've observed jet planes' vapor trails for previous decades and they were never the long-lasting white trails sometimes seen in recent decades over metropolitan areas - worldwide The vapor trails were consistently short despite the changes in weather ... and the spraying of "non-existent" chemtrails (or whatever) is usually conducted in good weather, probably for better distribution of the particles they contain.

... which segues to the point: Our metroplex weather was clear and cool yesterday as a number of jet planes created a criss-cross pattern of "non-existent" chemtrails, resulting (hours later) in a hazy sky that was clear before the spraying started.

... which segues to a related point: Today, I auto-programmed my TV reception (uses antenna) and collected the greatest number of channels in a year! I surmise that "non-existent" metallic particles in the chemtrails improved my antenna reception (broadcaster towers 30 miles away).

Technically, if a "contrail" is defined as the exhaust from a jet engine, then a "nonexistent" chemtrail is also a "contrail" ... unless it is not spewed from a jet engine. Who can tell Perhaps, we might learn the truth about "non-existent" chemtrails when we learn the truth about "non-existent" UFOs and their visitations.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/17/health/a ... index.html

"Business as usual" ...

Old advice is modified after new convincing studies ...
and this study includes the risk of bleeding:

"Patients should work closely with their doctors to establish their risk for bleeding. That risk rises
as one ages or develops kidney disease, heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure."

The higher the risk (as with aging), the less beneficial daily low-dose aspirin.


"Business as usual" ...

Check with your doctor before changing your medications

So ... what's the new story about eating eggs?

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... waste.html

"Coffee cups are being grown from fruit by a design company in a bid to cut down on plastic waste."
"made from gourds, a large fruit with a hard skin in the pumpkin family"

Perhaps, the beginning of a new era in environment-friendly food packaging!

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog ... past-lives

"These types of memories typically fade, by the way, around six years of age, according to Tucker. The kids involved usually express a desire as well to fully embrace the life they’re in now."

"Could there be a mechanism, somewhere between life and death, where memories associated with the struggling person’s circumstances are preserved? It would be akin to the echoes, preserved down the eons, of the Big Bang observable through faint but distinct background radiation. Except in the cases we are considering, the intensity of the person’s feelings – his or her life energy, self-awareness and being – might somehow be captured in a fusion of space and time. This 'imprint' might become available for another, nascent life form – not “his” or “her” memories (as in reincarnation) but a transmutation just the same."

Analysis suggesting that a past life's facts can be known without the remembering person being the reincarnation of that former human.

Also, young children may have the mental (psychic?) ability to "tap into" an intense memory stored on a permanent metaphysical internet (PMI), for example; ability that fades with their increasing age. This suggests that a child's memory of that past life is not fading but that the child's access to that memory stored "online" is weakening. The specific memory accessed might explain the connection between the emotions(?) of storing that memory (on the PMI) and the emotions of accessing that memory (from the PMI).

"Say what?!" Real life Twilight Zone stuff.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt ... index.html

"The prevalent practice of damaging images of the human form -- and the anxiety surrounding the desecration -- dates to the beginnings of Egyptian history."

"'The damaged part of the body is no longer able to do its job,' Bleiberg explained. Without a nose, the statue-spirit ceases to breathe, so that the vandal is effectively 'killing' it. To hammer the ears off a statue of a god would make it unable to hear a prayer. In statues intended to show human beings making offerings to gods, the left arm -- most commonly used to make offerings -- is cut off so the statue's function can't be performed"

Nowadays, a texter statue would have broken thumbs.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2 ... 264731002/

"Justin Bieber blamed for too many tourists at Iceland canyon, forcing its closure"

Interesting media spin ("blamed") on showcasing so well the natural beauty of a canyon
that tourists rush to visit, overwhelming accomodations, transportation, and pathways.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://sputniknews.com/asia/2019032310 ... tographer/

"Presumably the photographer violated the rules regarding 'adjusting the angle so that the camera's flash covered the Dear and Respected Supreme Leader Comrade's neck'."

(also) "When the leader got out of the car, the photographer blocked the head of state for about three seconds, which was perceived as causing damage to his 'supreme dignity'."

Evidence of what "supreme leader" should mean to the citizens of that country (and to foreign visitors).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/travel/ ... 270179002/

"Flight bound for Germany lands in Scotland by mistake"

"Passengers were just amused" ...
and reminded to occasionally think about "the system"
... since the pilots were just following the flight plan.

OMG The baggage was all destined to Germany
... and the flight plan did not know this

OMG2 What if the flight was to the moon,
but went to Mars by mistake.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/ ... -cuddling/

"The group is accepting of men from all backgrounds, but notes 'men with back or knee injuries, or those suffering from obesity may find it difficult to fully participate.'"

"The group establishes 'safe touch boundaries' before every session and only allows non-sexual cuddling. Participants must remain fully-clothed at all times and must shower before meetings." ... but no cuddling in the shower.

Intriguing study ... and what kind of cuddling is limited with back or knee injuries or by obesity? I might prefer to cuddle those with generous wealth, intelligence, or social connections (in case this might trickle over to my side of the bed).

However ... lap dances involve a fully clothed man and woman (so I've heard).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... years.html

"one of the Belgian capital's most popular tourist attractions,
has been weeing fresh water into the city's sewers since the 17th century."

"for the first time in 400 years, Manneken Pis is not peeing out fresh drinking water."

Of course, this was not a drinking fountain! And for perspective,
much more fresh water runs into city sewers when it rains (at least,
fresh when first dropped from the clouds).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/natio ... 8a6cd5f4e8

"Viking Sky's crew sent a mayday call and anchored in heavy seas to keep the ship from being dashed on rocks in an area known for shipwrecks. Five helicopters lifted 479 passengers off with winches. The rescue operation ended Sunday when the engines restarted. The ship traveled under its own power to a Norwegian port with nearly 900 passengers and crew members onboard."

900 passengers were still on board when the engines were started, but this SOLAS standard might also explain why the 479 passengers were quickly taken away by helicopters: "International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), an international maritime safety treaty, sets the safety standards for cruise ships. Regulations require each side of cruise ships have enough lifeboats to accommodate 37.5% of the total number of persons on board (passengers and crew), 75% in total. Inflatable or rigid liferafts must accommodate the remaining 25% of passengers and crew."

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/wor ... 287179002/

"Xiaoping Ren and Sergio Canavero said the new work they published in a scientific journal showed that monkeys and dogs were able to walk again after their spinal cords were 'fully transected' during surgery and then put back together again."

Good progress toward head transplantation but still far from such transplantation that will require extremely complex surgery and anti-rejection drugs, etc. Ultimately, a successful head transplant will prove (IMO) that we are our brain (host of a non-material mind and soul) and not the physical body attached to the head.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Regarding the never-ending new diets, none will surpass Shakespeare's
"Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog"

(complete recipe: http://www.potw.org/archive/potw283.html )

"DieT(ea)" comes to mind - serve with Eye of Newt.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/a ... -pics.html

"Underboob" is not so provocative ...
the prefix "under" is the real problem word!
Consider more words that begin with 'under':

- underwear (not related to use of dictionary)
- undereating (not related to underwear)
- underbosses (not related to underboob)
- undershorts (not related to stock market)
- understands (not related to bleachers)
- undertaker (not related to grave robber)
- underwriter (not related to desk chair)
- understates (not related to "down under")
- underunder (not related to dictionary)

Rod (under-minded)