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2/29/2012 5:33:56 PM

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

~ Friedrich Schiller 1759-1805
 

NJ mother, child, both born on leap day

New Jersey mom Michelle Birnbaum celebrates her real birthday for only the eighth time today.

And the guest of honor at her party will be another very special birthday girl — her 4-year-old daughter, Rose, who remarkably beat the 2 million-to-1 odds and also ...

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/leap_in_lizards_XgXmpzQqtJDuISftdJXuhM#ixzz1noSH901q
 

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2/28/2012 7:06:28 PM

AND IF YOU ATE FISH AND CURRY TOGETHER?



Curry better for dementia than an antipsychotic drug

Few of us need too much encouragement when it comes to heading off to the curry house.

But scientists have come up with one of the best excuses ever: a spicy ingredient in curry could be an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease. 

Tests on ...

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2101585/Dementia-Eating-curry-twice-week-stave-symptoms.html#ixzz1niyI3OB2

NOTE FOR SKEPTICS:  FRUIT FLIES SHARE ABOUT 60 % OF THEIR DNA WITH HUMANS
GOOD OILS
2/27/2012 5:20:59 PM

YOUR GRANDMOTHER SAID, "EAT YOUR FISH, IT'S BRAIN FOOD"


Fish Oil May Help Prevent Psychiatric Disorders

Researchers at Zucker Hillside Hospital's Recognition and Prevention (RAP) Program who have worked with teenagers at risk for serious mental illness for the past decade are now studying the effectiveness of Omega 3 fatty acids (fish oil) for treating psychiatric symptoms. This new study ...
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241484.php


THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR NAME
2/26/2012 6:04:53 PM

WHY ELSE WOULD SO MANY ACTORS AND AUTHORS CHANGE THEIR NAMES ?


Easy To Pronounce Names Help Win Friends And Influence People

Having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is more likely to win you friends and favor in the workplace, a unique study by Dr. Simon Laham at the University of Melbourne and Dr. Adam Alter at New York University Stern School of Business has found.

In the first study of its kind, researchers analyzed a range of names from ...
http://www.asianscientist.com/in-the-lab/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-easy-to-pronounce-name-2012/


COLOR THEORY
2/26/2012 5:43:09 PM

COLORS HAVE MORE INFLENCE ON US THAN WE KNOW

Women wearing red send signals that attract men

Women dressed in red are more sexually attractive to men as the colour transmits "powerful" messages about how interested they might be, scientists have found.

It seems men really do prefer the lady in red.

A new study has found that men are more attracted to women wearing red compared to other colours because ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9105879/Women-wearing-red-send-signals-that-attract-men.html

TO HEAR THE SONG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2YIpZWBqA


 
GREEN, GREEN GRASS
2/24/2012 5:59:39 PM

PEOPLE APPARENTLY NEED TO BE NEAR A NATURAL SETTING IN ORDER TO ENJOY GOOD MENTAL HEALTH

Green spaces help cope with job losses, post traumatic stress disorder, chronic fatigue, anxiety

If you don't see green when you look out the window, you're at greater risk of mental and behavioral health issues, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the The James Hutton Institute and OPENspace research center in the U.K. found a ...
http://www.dailyrx.com/news-article/stress-levels-reduced-vegetation-17676.html
 





CENTENARIAN II
2/13/2012 5:54:35 PM
IN A TRULY RATIONAL SOCIETY, PEOPLE LIKE FLORENCE GREEN & JUDGE BROWN WOULD BE THE NORM

OLDEST JUDGE IN US HISTORY, APPOINTED BY JFK, DIES AT 104

U.S. Senior District Judge Wesley Brown handled a full criminal docket at the federal courthouse in Wichita well into his 100s, but ...
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/01/24/in-remembrance-wesley-brown-the-nations-oldest-federal-judge/
CENTENARIAN
2/13/2012 5:30:53 PM

THE LAST OF HER TRIBE


Last surviving veteran of First World War dies aged 110

Florence Green, the world's last surviving First World War veteran has died, marking the end of an era in British history.

Mrs Green passed away in her sleep at a care home in Norfolk just two weeks before her 111th birthday.

The great-grandmother signed up to the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) 93 years ago in September 1918, when she was aged just 17.

She was the last surviving person to have served in WWI following the death of ...
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9066371/Last-surviving-veteran-of-First-World-War-dies-aged-110.html


STONE AGE MAN
2/12/2012 5:30:19 PM

THE PAST IN THE PRESENT

What happens when an uncontacted tribe meets civilisation?

Peruvian authorities say they are struggling to keep outsiders away from a clan of previously isolated Amazon Indians who began appearing on the banks of a jungle river popular with environmental tourists last year.

The behavior of the small group of Mashco-Piro Indians has puzzled scientists, who say ...
http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/10343617-418/isolated-mashco-piro-tribe-makes-uncomfortable-contact.html


 



MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS
2/11/2012 3:37:11 PM

REPRESSION REVISITED



Silence May Not Cause a Memory to Fade

Emerging research questions the belief that if we do not talk about something, then we will forget the episode.

The issue is timely as experts look for new methods to ...
http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/02/06/silence-may-not-cause-a-memory-to-fade/34494.html

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