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TRICKS FOR OPTIMIZING YOUR BRAIN -
There are two basic principles to keep your brain healthy
and sharp as you age: variety and curiosity. When anything
you do becomes second nature, you need to make a change.
If you can do the crossword puzzle in your sleep, it’s
time for you to move on to a new challenge in order to get
the best workout for your brain. Curiosity about the world
around you, how it works and how you can understand it will
keep your brain working fast and efficiently. Use the ideas
[contained in this article] to help attain your quest for
mental fitness.
'GAY BOMB' SCOOPS IG NOBEL AWARD -
Pioneering research into a "gay bomb" that makes enemy troops "sexually
irresistible" to each other has scooped one of this year's
Ig Nobel Prizes.
>> DAN RATHER ON HDNET - A series of outstanding, in-depth
special reports by Dan Rather are now being broadcast in high
definition on HDNet. After airing, these reports are being
posted on the web. Of special note: a current report that provides
an inside look at how the U.S. military is being inappropriately
influenced by Christian fundamentalists and a dramatic, hands-on
look at how global warming is affecting Greenland.
>> INDONESIA TO PLANT 79 MILLION TREES IN ONE DAY -
Indonesia, which has destroyed vast tracts of forest, will
plant 79 million trees in a single day ahead of the U.N. climate
change summit in Bali in December, an official said on Thursday.
>> ARE U.S. TROOPS BEING FORCE-FED CHRISTIANITY? - For
Mr. Weinstein -- a former Air Force judge advocate and assistant
counsel in the Reagan White House -- charges that several incidents
in recent years point to a growing willingness inside the military
to support a particular brand of Christianity and to permit
improper evangelizing in the ranks. More than 95 percent of
those complaints come from other Christians, he says.
UC BERKELEY FIRST TO POST FULL LECTURES TO YOUTUBE - YouTube
is now an important teaching tool at UC Berkeley. The school
announced on Wednesday that it has begun posting entire course
lectures on the Web's No.1 video-sharing site.
THE DARK SIDE OF 'FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS' -
To some, it may seem like an ideal relationship, less stressful
than an affair, longer lived than a fling or that elusive one-night
stand. Yet relationships in which
close friends begin having sex come with their own brand of
awkwardness, according to the first study to explore the dynamics
of such pairs, often called friends with benefits, or F.W.B..
>> CHINA MAY WIN NEW SPACE RACE - The Soviets beat the
United States at getting a satellite, and a man, into space.
Now, the Chinese may get to the moon before the U.S. can make
a return visit.
>> PARENTS BLAME EXOTIC HALLUCINOGENIC FOR SON'S SUICIDE - "Our system of time has no meaning and is completely
pointless in the grand scheme of things. Also, our existence
in general is pointless compared with everything else there
is in the universe. Us, Earth, and humans are nothing." --
From Brett Chidester's journal, written before he committed
suicide. Brett's mother believes the little known hallucinogenic
her 17-year-old son was taking was reshaping his mind and perception
of reality.
>> CONCERNING 'OIL PULLING' (A REPORTED CURE FOR ALMOST
EVERYTHING) - Dr. (med.) Karach said the OP heals
totally “head-aches,
bronchitis, tooth pain, thrombosis, eczema, ulcers and diseases
of stomach, intestines, heart, blood, kidney, liver, lungs
and women’s diseases. It heals diseases of nerves, paralysis,
and encephalitis. It prevents the growth of malignant tumors,
cuts and heals them. Chronic sleeplessness is cured.”
BIOLOGISTS
AIM TO WIPE OUT 'RAT ISLAND' - Two centuries after
rats first landed on a remote Aleutian island from a shipwreck,
wildlife managers in Alaska are plotting how to evict the non-native
rodent from the island that bears their name.
SECESSIONISTS MEETING IN TENNESSEE - Separated by hundreds
of miles and divergent political philosophies, the Middlebury
Institute and the League of the South are hosting a two-day
Secessionist Convention starting Wednesday in Chattanooga.
They expect to attract supporters from California, Alaska and
Hawaii, inviting anyone who wants to dissolve the Union so
states can save themselves from an overbearing federal government.
>> NEANDERTHALS TREKKED ALL THE WAY INTO SIBERIA - Neanderthals,
the stocky kin of modern humans, were far more widespread geographically
than previously thought, with some trekking into southern Siberia
before vanishing about 30,000 years ago, scientists said on
Monday.
>> 'GREEN ROOFS' COULD COOL WARMING CITIES -
Covering city buildings in vegetation -- creating “green roofs” and
walls -- could substantially save energy by reducing the need
for air conditioning on hot days, say researchers.
>> THE SHOCK DOCTRINE -
Have you heard of "Year
Zero." It's essentially the idea of a totally fresh start.
But it has shown up in grotesquely twisted form referring to
the creation a harsh free-market economic mechanism in a society
that would otherwise reject it, but has been damaged or destroyed
by natural disaster or military attack? The more destruction,
the easier the makeover.
>> STALLONE & CREW
WITNESS MYANMAR AFTERMATH - Sylvester
Stallone says he and his "Rambo" sequel movie crew
recently witnessed the human toll of unspeakable atrocities
while filming along the Myanmar border. "I witnessed the
aftermath -- survivors with legs cut off and all kinds of land-mine
injuries, maggot-infested wounds and ears cut off," Stallone
told The Associated Press in a phone interview Monday. "We
hear about Vietnam and Cambodia and this was more horrific."
>> ARCTIC MELT UNNERVES THE EXPERTS (INCLUDES GRAPHICS) -
The Arctic ice cap shrank so much this summer that waves briefly
lapped along two long-imagined Arctic shipping routes, the
Northwest Passage over Canada and the Northern Sea Route over
Russia. Scientists are unnerved by the summer’s
implications for the future, and their ability to predict it.
>> EUROPEANS ANGRY AFTER BUSH CLIMATE SPEECH 'CHARADE' - George Bush was castigated by European diplomats and found
himself isolated yesterday after a special conference on climate
change ended without any progress. European ministers, diplomats
and officials attending the Washington conference were scathing,
particularly in private, over Mr Bush's failure once again
to commit to binding action on climate change.
>> THE SWIFT-BOATING OF JAMES HANSEN -
On September 22, 2007 an article by Doug Ware of KUTV.com called "Global
Warming Scientist Once Warned Of 'Ice Age' " began making
the rounds. The heart of the story was that famed scientist
James Hansen had warned in 1971 of "a modern day ice age,
which would cause the planet's temperature to plummet as many
as six degrees". Did the reporter get his facts right,
or did he do a hatchet job on James Hansen? Apparently the
latter. What follows is Hansen's response to Ware's article.
>> USING ALGAE TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE - Research into
the use of algae to capture carbon dioxide from the air is
changing the negative reputation of these organisms, often
seen as a plague associated with agricultural fertiliser run-off.
>> VIDEOS
OF BELIEFNET PREACHERS & TEACHERS - Video presentations
of preachers and teachers featured on BeliefNet.
>> POLYGAMY REMAINS AT LARGE IN UTAH - Warren Jeffs'
sect and many others are expected to continue practicing plural
marriage, and the state sees little it can do.
>> L.A. COUNTY CALLING FOR LIGHTS-OUT HOUR - Following
San Francisco's lead, Los Angeles County and city officials
are urging people, businesses and government to switch off
nonessential lights for one hour next month to save energy.
>> FOLLOWUP 1: KIVA: MY PEOPLES, YOUR PEOPLES,
OUR PEOPLES - After sending out the message [about Kiva], I
heard back, almost immediately, from other NHNEers who decided
to join Kiva and help folks in third world countries. And it
occurred to me it would be fun to create a web page for those
of us who have decided to lend a hand. Along with helping create
a sense of community -- that we are all working on a project
together -- it would also give us a chance, at a glance, to
see how many other NHNEers are participating and who all the
folks are that are benefiting from our efforts.
>>>> KIVA: AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO HELP
PEOPLE IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES - You can go to Kiva's website
and lend to someone in the developing world who needs a loan
for their business -- like raising goats, selling vegetables
at market or making bricks. Each loan has a picture of the
entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they
plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is
being spent -- and you get updates letting you know how the
business is going. The best part is, when the entrepreneur
pays back their loan you get your money back -- and Kiva's
loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground
who have a lot of experience doing this, so you can trust that
your money is being handled responsibly.
>> CLINTON INITIATIVE INSPIRES UTILITIES,
BANK TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING - Today in New York, the opening
day of the third annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative,
CGI, brought together some 1,000 leaders of business, government
and nongovernmental organizations from over 70 countries, including
52 current and former heads of state, who made commitments
focusing on the Initiative's four focus areas: education, energy
and climate change, global health and poverty alleviation.
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