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10 REASONS TO DRINK MORE WATER:
We should drink more pure water every day. The absolute purist water is distilled water. Drink water on an empty stomach. When you drink a lot of liquid with a meal it dilutes your digestive enzymes and makes your digestion less effective. Get yourself a BPA free water bottle and carry it with you. .
- Our blood is over 80% water
- Our bones are over 50% water
- Drinking more water helps lessen pain in the body by getting the lymphatic system moving
- Water helps eliminate wastes and toxins from the body
- Water lubricates joints and reduces joint pain
- Water regulates your metabolism
- Water balances body temperature
- Water helps ensure adequate electrical functioning of the nervous system
- Water elleviates dehydration
- Every cell in the body requires adequate water to function properly
Staying hydrated keeps your memory sharp, your mood stable and your motivation intact. When you’re well-hydrated, you can also think through a problem more easily. Researchers hypothesize that not having enough water could reduce oxygen flow to the brain or temporarily shrink neurons — or being thirsty could simply distract you.
Water keeps your throat and lips moist and prevents your mouth from feeling dry. Dry mouth can cause bad breath and/or an unpleasant taste, and can even promote cavities.
Dehydration lowers your blood volume, so your heart must work harder to pump the reduced amount of blood and get enough oxygen to your cells, which makes everyday activities like walking up stairs — as well as exercise — more difficult.
When you’re well hydrated, the water inside and outside the cells of contracting muscles provides adequate nutrients and removes waste efficiently so you perform better.
Water is also important for lubricating joints. Contrary to popular belief, muscle cramps do not appear to be related to dehydration, but, instead, to muscle fatigue, according to Sam Cheuvront, Ph.D., an exercise physiologist for the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine.
When a person is severely dehydrated, skin is less elastic. This is different than dry skin, which is usually the result of soap, hot water and exposure to dry air.
The easiest thing that anybody could do on a daily basis is monitor their urine color,” says Douglas Casa, Ph.D., A.T.C., who studies hydration at the University of Connecticut. “Lighter urine color — like lemonade — means you’re generally well-hydrated. If it’s darker, like apple juice, you are most likely dehydrated.”
Staying hydrated keeps your memory sharp, your mood stable and your motivation intact. When you’re well hydrated, you can also think through a problem more easily. Researchers hypothesize that not having enough water could reduce oxygen flow to the brain or temporarily shrink neurons — or being thirsty could simply distract you.
Your kidneys need water to filter waste from the blood and excrete it in urine. Keeping hydrated may also help prevent urinary tract infections and kidney stones. If you are severely dehydrated, your kidneys may stop working, causing toxins to build up in your body.
And, no, unfortunately, drinking lots of water won’t prevent wrinkles.
10 Benefits of Drinking Warm Lemon Water
- Boosts your immune system: Lemons are high in vitamin C, which is great for fighting colds. They’re high in potassium, which stimulates brain and nerve function. Potassium also helps control blood pressure.
- Balances pH: Drink lemon water everyday and you’ll reduce your body’s overall acidity. Lemon is one of the most alkaline foods around. Yes, lemon has citric acid but it does not create acidity in the body once metabolized.
- Helps with weight loss: Lemons are high in pectin fiber, which helps fight hunger cravings. It also has been shown that people who maintain a more alkaline diet (see #2) lose weight faster.
- Aids digestion: Lemon juice helps flush out unwanted materials. It encourages the liver to produce bile that is an acid that required for digestion. Efficient digestion reduces heartburn and constipation.
- Is a diuretic: Lemons increase the rate of urination in the body, which helps purify it. Toxins are, therefore, released at a faster rate that helps keep your urinary tract healthy.
- Clears skin: The vitamin C component helps decrease wrinkles and blemishes. Lemon water purges toxins from the blood which helps keep skin clear as well. It can actually be applied directly to scars to help reduce their appearance.
- Freshens breath: Not only this, but it can help relieve tooth pain and gingivitis. The citric acid can erode tooth enamel, so you should monitor this.
- Relieves respiratory problems: Warm lemon water helps get rid of chest infections and halt those pesky coughs. It’s thought to be helpful to people with asthma and allergies too.
- Keeps you Zen: Vitamin C is one of the first things depleted when you subject your mind and body to stress. As mentioned previously, lemons are chock full of vitamin C.
- Helps kick the coffee habit: After a glass of hot lemon water, you won’t crave coffee in the morning.
Placement of the feeder should be done with care when it comes to windows. Birds get confused by reflections and accidentally fly into glass. “Window strikes take a huge toll on bird populations,” says John Griffin, the director of urban wildlife at the Humane Society of the United States. To avoid strikes, place feeder within three feet of a window or 30 feet away. “Within three feet they can’t get enough speed to do a lot of damage, and 30 feet is far enough away that they’re unlikely to get confused.
Six things you should never feed local birds:
Bread – Bread has zero nutritional value. If birds fill up on it, they end up not eating what they need. Angel wing is a condition birds get when their bones don’t develop properly because they aren’t getting enough nutrition This often occurs because bread is a staple of their diet. If the case is severe, birds won’t be able to fly.
Sugar – Sugar water ferments. Refill hummingbird feeders every 3 days. Fermented water can kill hummingbirds. Sugar ferments in the sun. If hummingbirds drink too much fermented liquid, it can lead to organ failure and death. Make sure to restock your hummingbird feeder with fresh liquid every three days or go the more natural route by growing plants that attract hummingbirds.
Chocolate – Don’t leave chocolate outside unattended. Chocolate is poisonous for birds and if they eat enough, it can be fatal. So keep your candy stash safely inside.
Rice – Like bread, rice lacks the nutrition that birds need. They’re likely to gorge themselves on it instead of eating nutritious food, resulting in vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
Salt – Don’t salt the water in your birdbath. Extreme care should be used when feeding anything with salt to birds. While salt is a part of birds’ normal diet, it’s easy for them to overdose. A better method to keep your birdbath from freezing is to float a small object in it and check regularly in cold weather.
Milk – If you’re setting out a saucer of milk for a neighborhood kitty, please don’t. Birds are lactose intolerant, and milk can cause severe gastric distress. In large quantities it can kill a bird.
Pet Food Safety
1. Chemical Preservatives (BHT and BHA) no one knows how these chemicals might affect human or pet health. Limit use if possible. It’s especially important for pets since they eat the same food at every meal, and have a higher exposure rate.
2. Menadione, known as vitamin K3, is a synthetic form of vitamin K. Vitamin K, found in leafy greens, helps the body form blood clots. Dogs and cats need very little. Their gut bacteria produce Vitamin K. There’s evidence K3 causes liver toxicity and damages cell membranes. It was banned from use in human food in 1963.
3. Meat-Byproduct Meals – This means all the refuse from the human food industry; organs, blood, bones, fatty tissue, and beaks. It’s generally OK to give pets small amounts of byproducts. Chicken byproduct meal is different. When the word “byproduct” is followed by “meal,” it means the meat leftovers were cooked for hours to kill off bacteria, viruses, and parasites. The meal may contain more questionable waste, such as very out-of-date supermarket meat, restaurant grease, and diseased or disabled livestock. Pet food cannot contain hoofs, horns, feces, or road kill. Chicken meal can be safe if you buy a high quality product. Look for “chicken” or “chicken meal,” not “poultry” or “poultry meal,” and no animal meal.
4. Corn Products – Dry kibble can be loaded with corn byproducts as filler in treats, like feed corn scraps, seen as the ingredient “corn gluten” on labels. Foods where corn is the main ingredient is a sign the product is nutritionally lacking. Buy brands whose main ingredients are specific meat protein, such as chicken or tuna.
5. Sweetener – Sugar is as bad for your pets as for you. Sweeteners are in poor quality foods and pets can get addicted to it. Leave products with sugar, corn syrup, cane molasses, fructose, glucose, and ammoniated glycyrrhizin (a licorice extract) on the shelf. Natural sweeteners like honey and blackstrap molasses are fine in small amounts in treats, but not in every meal.
1 tsp. rosemary
1 tsp. fennel seeds
1 tsp wormwood
1 tsp dried rue
Lice use Artemesia
Natural Pet Remedies will save you money while keeping your carbon footprint and paw print in check!
1. Rid Fleas With Citrus – Fleas don’t like citrus. Rub your pet’s fur with a small amount of fresh lemon or orange juice. Put those mostly-juiced citrus rinds to use!
2. Repel Biters With Brewer’s Yeast – A dose of brewer’s yeast mixed with a small amount of garlic in dry food daily will help to repel fleas for dogs. For cats, add brewer’s yeast, but no garlic. (It can lead to anemia for felines).
3. Drown Fleas With Water – Fleas aren’t so grabby when deluged with the miracle solution known as water. Dip your pet in a tub of water and rinse as well as you can. A gentle shampoo (or natural liquid dish detergent) can help. Or you can take him to the lake or beach to swim!
4. A Clean House Makes Fleas Sad – Tidy housekeeping can keep the flea community down. Frequently vacuum your pet’s favorite hangout, launder pet blankets, towels and beds, and keep floor clean with a natural disinfectant.
5. Feed Flea Babies to the Worms – Beneficial nematode worms, available at garden shops and pet stores, like to eat flea larva. Keeping them in the garden can help keep outdoor flea populations down.
6. Make a Rose Geranium Tick Collar – Rose geranium essential oil is successful for repelling ticks from dogs, apply a few dabs to your dog’s collar. (Not recommended for cats.)
7. Treat the Feet – If your dog’s feet seem sore from rough terrain, hot or cold pavement, or any other reason, check the paws and toes. Remove anything that doesn’t belong there, wash gently, and apply a gentle moisturizer. If bleeding, apply antibiotic ointment and gently bandage them.
8. Spray Chamomile for Icky Skin – Chamomile tea is great for alleviating skin irritations. Make tea, put it in a spray bottle in the refrigerator, and apply it to your pet’s raw skin.
9. Pamper the Pup with Vitamin E – A dog’s dry skin can benefit greatly from applications of vitamin E oil to affected areas.
10. Kick Itch with Oatmeal – Use baby oatmeal (or fine-grind your own), add water, and rub the paste onto itchy areas. Leave on for 10 minutes and rinse with warm water. Works!
11. Rehydrate a Sick Dog – Flavorless electrolyte drinks, like sports waters and pediatric drinks, can help a sick dog recoup necessary fluids after a bout of diarrhea or vomiting.
12. Make a Happy Tummy – Pets on antibiotics may have stomach problems as the medication wipes out beneficial bacteria as well as the sinister ones. A little yogurt (with live active cultures) with dinner will help the stomach.
13. Relax Aching Eyes – If you pet’s eyes seem irritated or infected, a warm chamomile tea bag can be used to soothe them.
14. Use Epsom Salt for Sprains and Strains – Your limping dog may have strained or sprained something. Add ½ cup Epsom salt to a warm bath and let your dog soak for five minutes, twice daily. If your dog doesn’t agree with you on this method, you can soak a washcloth in Epsom salt and warm water and apply to the local area.
15. Reduce Facial Hot Spots by Switching Bowls – If your pet eats from plastic bowls and suffers from chronic hot spots, irritation, or allergic reactions around the face, the fix may be as easy as changing to a glass or metal bowl. Plastic harbors bacteria and other nastiness that can be very irritating. Be sure to wash the bowls thoroughly.
16. Fight Hairballs With Butter – The grooming brush is your best defense against hairballs, A daily brush followed by a wipe from a moist towel should help considerably. But during high hairball season, a half a teaspoon of butter for a few days can really help.
17. Administer Juice for the Bladder – Cats are naturally prone to bladder and urethra issues. Unsweetened cranberry increases urine acidity resulting in a reduced chance of blockages or infections. Add cranberry powder to food, or cranberry juice to the water, or give your cat a cranberry capsule.
18. Prunes or Canned Pumpkin for Digestion – In older animals, digestion can get a bit bumpy. If your pet is more mellow than usual, is straining, and makes frequent toilet attempts, constipation may be the problem. Adding canned pumpkin or diced prunes to food could get things started again. For a sever case, try mixing in a tablespoon of Milk of Magnesia. Prune pits are toxic to both animals and humans, so make sure they are pit-free.
19. When They Eat Something They Shouldn’t Have – If your pet devours something toxic, you can use hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting. Give them one teaspoon per five pounds of body weight, and repeat once if needed. (Call your vet)
Home Remedies for Fleas
The essential oils used here are all natural insecticide/pesticides, shown to either kill or deter the pests due to their naturally occurring chemicals.
1. Flea collar
A flea collar is a great way to ward off fleas without always having to reapply something topically, and it keeps the flea control constant and steady.
3-5 drops of cedar oil or lavender oil
1-3 tablespoons of water
Bandana OR your dog’s collar
Dilute 2-3 drops of your chosen oil in 1-3 tablespoons of water. If you go up to ½ teaspoon you can use up to 5 drops of the liquid. Using an eyedropper, apply 5-10 drops of the mixture to a bandana and rub the sides of the fabric together and tie it about your dog’s neck. Reapply oil mixture to the collar once a week. 1 or 2 drops of oil diluted with 1 tablespoon of olive oil can be placed at the base of your dog’s tail.
2. Flea deterring drink– can be used alongside any of these remedies.
1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar or apple cider vinegar
For every 40 pound dog add 1 teaspoon of white distilled vinegar or apple cider vinegar to 1 quart of their drinking water. Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar deters fleas and improves a pups skin and coat condition from the inside-out.
3. Flea comb
This contains lemon and lemon contains something called limonene, which is a chemical that kills and repels fleas but is harmless to us or our pets.
1 freshly sliced up lemon
1 pot of fresh water
comb, sponge, or brush
Boil a pot of water and add the slices of a freshly cut lemon to it. Turn off the heat after the lemons has been added and cover the pot, letting the mixture steep overnight. The next day dip a comb or your pets brush in the liquid (make sure it’s sufficiently cool) and run it through their hair.
4. Flea spray
Your pup will get a nice gleaming finish to their coat after using this flea spray.
1 cup white distilled vinegar OR 1 cup apple cider vinegar OR a 50/50 blend of both
1 quart fresh water
2-3 drops of lavender or cedar oil
The essential oil gives the spray an extra edge and a nice smell. Add 2-3 drops as you add 1 cup of white distilled vinegar/apple cider vinegar to 1 quart of fresh water. Fill your spray bottle, and mist your dog. Avoid spraying near the face. Dampen a cloth with the mixture and wipe it around the neck and behind the ears/their chin area. Spray your pets bedding and around it lightly with this mixture.
5. Flea (be-gone) bag
This little sachet contains things that smell pleasant to us, but that drive pests away from your pet.
Two 6 inch squares of breathable fabric (such as muslin)
handful of cedar chips
1-2 teaspoons of dried lavender buds
peel of 1 lemon
Cut 2 6 inch squares of fabric and place them together inside out. Sew all but 1 side and turn inside out. Fill with a rough handful of fragrant cedar chips, 1-2 teaspoons of lavender, and 1 lemon peel. Leave enough room at the top so you can tie it off with a ribbon or sew it shut (tying allows you to reuse it when the contents lose their potency.) Place under your pets bed/bedding or near it to ward off fleas. Change the mixture every month or so.
6. Flea bath– wash your pup with this weekly to deter fleas.
half a cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice*
1 ½ – 2 cups of fresh water
1/4 –1/2 cup of mild pet-friendly soap or shampoo
Stir together a half a cup of lemon juice, 1½ cups of water, and ¼ cup of mild pet-friendly shampoo or soap. Bottle and label and bathe weekly to keep fleas away. As a general rule of thumb, use 2 parts water to every ½ cup of soap and lemon juice.
Benefits of Napping
Many Europeans believe in the benefits of napping and shut down work in the afternoon to allow everyone to take a quick power nap, recharge, and come back to work. In the U.S., a mid-day nap is a luxury and often is perceived as laziness.
Studies have shown that short naps can improve awareness and productivity. You don’t need much; 15 to 20 minutes can make a world of difference.
A study from the University of Colorado Boulder discovered that children who didn’t take their afternoon nap didn’t display much joy and interest, had a higher level of anxiety, and lower problem solving skills compared to other children who napped regularly. The same goes for adults as well. Researchers with Berkeley found that adults who regularly take advantage of an afternoon nap have a better learning ability and improved memory function. Why is napping so essential? Because it gives your brain a reboot, where the short-term memory is cleared out and our brain becomes refreshed with new defragged space.
According to experts, 10 to 20 minutes is quite enough to refresh your mind and increase your energy and alertness. The sleep isn’t as deep as longer naps and you’re able to get right back at your day immediately after waking up. If you nap for 30 minutes you may deal with a 30-minute grogginess period because you wake up just as your body started entering a deeper stage of sleep. The same can be said if you sleep for an hour, but on the other hand, these 60-minute naps provide an excellent memory boost. The longest naps— lasting about 90 minutes—are recommended for those people who just don’t get enough sleep at night. Since it’s a complete sleep cycle, it can improve emotional memory and creativity.
Naps are good for you physical and mental well being so you should practice them as much as you can. However, be advised that you shouldn’t sacrifice nighttime sleeping for an afternoon nap, they should be an addition to a good night sleep.
SLEEP DEPRIVATION’S TOLL
Make napping a regular part of your healthy lifestyle
Sleep has a wide range of health benefits, from protection against heart disease and obesity to stronger bones and memory. But napping has some particular perks all its own. Below are six healthy reasons to indulge in a siesta. It doesn’t have to be long — even just 20 minutes of daytime shut-eye can make a world of difference.
Once you blink away those first few seconds of grogginess after a nap, you’re likely to benefit from a boost of alertness. A NASA study found higher measures of alertness in pilots after a 40-minute snooze. Even just 20 minutes has been shown to perk up shift workers, according to Harvard Men’s Health Watch. Onestudy found that after a 10-minute nap, study participants reported feeling more alert.
Improve Learning And Memory
It’s the REM sleep that’s been linked with the cognitive process. It takes a longer nap to reap real brain benefits, but if you can squeeze in an hour, or 90 minutes, you may find your mental fatigue has vanished upon waking. A longer nap may leave you a little groggy, but has a longer benefit to brainpower. MRI scans show that brain activity remains higher in nappers all day compared to people who don’t take a nap.
Ever waked up suddenly knowing the solution to what’s bugging you? A team of researchers set about monitoring the brain to attempt to figure out why the light bulb turns on after napping. They discovered a burst of activity in the right hemisphere, the side most strongly linked to creativity, Health.com reported. An earlier study found that longer naps that allowed sleepers to enter REM led to better performance on a series of creative word problems, National Geographic reported. Boosts Productivity
Experts agree that an afternoon nap is in fact the opposite of laziness in the workplace: That siesta can actually improve work output. A short power nap can be just the right pick-me-up for sleep deprived, worn-out employees, sleep researcher Sara Mednick told Businessweek.
Lift Your Spirits
Think back to the last time you were around a toddler who hadn’t napped. It’s not a pretty picture, is it? A quick nap is a well-documented mood booster.
Part of the reason a nap can get you smiling might be related to relaxation. The sheer luxury of escaping for a nap can be a great stress-reliever, even if you don’t sleep for long (and as long as you don’t let the stigma against napping get to you). The National Sleep Foundation recommends considering it “a mini-vacation.” And don’t stress if you can’t actually doze off in your allotted 10 minutes: A 2007 study found that asleep or not, a short period spent resting in bed is just as relaxing.
Foods to Help You Sleep
In one small study, participants drank eight ounces of tart cherry juice in the morning, and another eight ounces in the evening, for two weeks and reported better sleeping habits. Why does it work? All varieties of cherries are naturally high in melatonin, a hormone that makes you sleepy. Eat a cup of whole cherries as a late-night snack if you’d rather not drink juice.
Fish are rich in tryptophan, a natural sedative, with shrimp, cod, tuna and halibut having the highest levels, even more than turkey. Since not all seafood choices are healthy (some are high in contaminants) or for the planet (many are overfished, or methods for catching them kill other species), stick to catches like Pacific cod from Alaska or pole-caught Albacore tuna from the U.S. or British Columbia.
This lemon-scented member of the mint family has been a sleep-inducing superstar for ages, but it seems to be most effective in combination with another herb called valerian. In one study published in the journal Phytotherapy Research, 81 percent of people with minor sleep problems who took a combination of the herbs reported sleeping better than people on a placebo. Both can be purchased as supplements, or you can make a tea by steeping 1 to 2 teaspoons of dried lemon balm and 1 teaspoon of valerian root in 1 cup of hot water for 5 to 10 minutes. (If you take other medications, though, ask a doctor or pharmacist about any potential herb-drug interactions.)
Another herb that works as well as lemon balm, chamomile has been used as an herbal remedy for insomnia for thousands of years. In one animal study, it calmed down mice as effectively as tranquilizers, and in the only human study to study the effectiveness of chamomile, the herb reduced mild to moderate generalized anxiety disorder much better than placebo. Ready-made chamomile teas are sold in every supermarket, so it’s an easy remedy to get your hands on
These perfectly snack-sized superfruits are packed with potassium and magnesium, two minerals that promote muscle relaxation. In fact, magnesium deficiencies are related to restless leg syndrome and nighttime muscle cramps, two conditions that can certainly interfere with your sleep. Make it a goal to eat one banana a day to see if that helps your sleep problems.
In addition to being rich in potassium and magnesium, spinach is high in calcium, yet one more mineral that plays a role in sleep. Calcium helps the body generate melatonin, the hormone that helps your body maintain its circadian rhythm. You can get the same benefits from other dark leafy greens, such as Swiss chard, kale, turnip greens and collard greens.
Like spinach, dairy products are rich in melatonin-boosting calcium, and a number of studies are finding that calcium deficiencies are linked to poor sleep quality. So there may be something to that old adage that a glass of warm milk will help you sleep, after all!
They’re full of magnesium and yet another source of calcium. You can eat a handful of almonds or spread some almond-butter on a piece of whole grain bread, which will help you get to sleep for another reason .
There’s some debate as to how well your body handles tryptophan, and a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that getting it from high-protein foods can work against you, because protein can prevent tryptophan from entering your brain. But when you combine high-protein foods with carbs, the insulin your body produces in response to the carbs makes it easier for tryptophan to break through your brain’s barriers. So think oatmeal with bananas and almonds, for a real sleepy snack, or whole-grain cereal with organic milk.
Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself. -Thomas Browne’
It is as important to cultivate your silence power as it is your word power. William James
Mindfulness Meditation Linked with positive brain changes
It Makes Your Brain Plastic
Quite literally, sustained meditation leads to something called neuroplasticity, which is defined as the brain’s ability to change, structurally and functionally, on the basis of environmental input. For much of the last century, scientists believed that the brain essentially stopped changing after adulthood. But research by University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Richard Davidson has shown that experienced meditators exhibit high levels of gamma wave activity and display an ability — continuing after the meditation session has attended — to not get stuck on a particular stimulus. That is, they’re automatically able to control their thoughts and reactiveness.
It Increases Gray Matter
A 2005 study on American men and women who meditated a mere 40 minutes a day showed that they had thicker cortical walls than non-meditators. What this meant is that their brains were aging at a slower rate. Cortical thickness is also associated with decision-making, attention and memory.
It Can Be Better Than Sleeping
In a 2006 study, college students were asked to sleep, meditate or watch TV. They were then tested on their alertness by being asked to hit a button every time a light flashed on a screen. The meditators did better than the nappers and TV watchers — by a whole 10 percent.
It’s Better Than Blood Pressure Medication
In 2008, Dr. Randy Zusman, a doctor at the Massachusetts General Hospital, asked patients suffering from high blood pressure to try a meditation-based relaxation program for three months. These were patients whose blood pressure had not been controlled with medication. After meditating regularly for three months, 40 of the 60 patients showed significant drops in blood pressure levels and were able to reduce some of their medication. The reason? Relaxation results in the formation of nitric oxide that opens up your blood vessels.
It Can Protect Your Telomeres
Telomeres — the protective caps at the end of our chromosomes — are the new frontier of anti-aging science. Longer telomeres mean that you’re also likely to live longer. Research done by the University of California, Davis’ Shamatha Project has shown that meditators have significantly higher telomerase activity than non-meditators. Telomerase is the enzyme that helps build telomeres, and greater telomerase activity can possibly translate into stronger and longer telomeres.
It Can Slow The Progression Of HIV
A 2008 study on HIV positive patients found that, after an eight-week meditation course, patients who’d meditated showed no decline in lymphocyte content compared with non-meditators who showed significant reduction in lymphocytes. Lymphocytes or white blood cells are the “brain” of the body’s immune system, and are particularly important for HIV positive people. The study also found that lymphocyte levels actually went up with each meditation session. However, due to the small sample size — only 48 volunteers — it’s harder to draw definitive conclusions.
It’s Pain Relieving Properties Beat MorphIne
Earlier this year, a study conducted by Wake Forest Baptist University found that meditation could reduce pain intensity by 40 percent and pain unpleasantness by 57 percent. Morphine and other pain-relieving drugs typically show a pain reduction of 25 percent. Meditation works by reducing activity in the somatosensory cortex and increasing activity in other areas of the brain. This study also had a small sample size, making it harder to draw definite conclusions.


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The revolutionary use of stem cells in medicine is now being hailed as the latest breakthrough in the ongoing battle against the natural aging process. Stem cells are unique in that they are literally the tabular rasa, or blank slate, in cellular biology. They are known as “undifferentiated” cells, meaning they have the potential to be transformed into other types of cells – a liver or heart cell, or a skin cell – or regenerate old or damaged tissue.
This is why stem cells are frequently viewed as the body’s natural fountain of youth.
The Stem Cell Facelift is a new facial cosmetic procedure utilizing adult stem cells harvested through liposuction from a patient’s own fat tissue. The fat stem cells are then separated out and comingled with stem cell growth factors, which activate and energize the stem cells. The mixture is then injected by a qualified physician into specific areas of the patient’s face to restore lost facial volume and a youthful appearance.
The technique promises a complete facial rejuvenation, and a growing number of patients are looking into this less invasive procedure with much hope and anticipation.
The Stem Cell Facelift does indeed hold promise because of its efficient use of the body’s own rejuvenation potential to regrow or replace tissue that is lost as a result of normal aging. The use of stem cells has had remarkable results in the treatment of spinal cord injuries, for example.
The advantages associated with the use of stem cells in facial cosmetic procedures, however, should be weighed against any potential risks as the technology is still in its infancy. In one extreme case, a patient who had the procedure went back to her plastic surgeon with bone shards growing inside her eyelids.
Stem cell technology in cosmetic surgery is an exciting development that still has a long way to grow. One, therefore, should not overlook other non-invasive procedures with proven track records of success, such as Botox and injectable fillers used to remove facial lines and wrinkles, as well as time-tested surgical procedures like the traditional facelift.

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NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices rose more than expected in September as the cost of energy surged, a government report showed on Friday, but underlying inflation pressures were muted.
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TODD SCHOENBERGER, MANAGING PRINCIPAL AT THE BLACKBAY GROUP IN NEW YORK
"If you look at the month-over-month, it did cool down a bit, which is interesting. People who expect recent Fed actions to lift inflation are probably right, but I don't think we'll see the impact of that for a few months, so enjoy this while you can.
"This shouldn't impact trading as traders remain focused on earnings and outlooks. That will have a much bigger impact on trades right now."
STOCKS: U.S. stock index futures held onto their earlier gains .
FOREX: The dollar maintained its losses versus the euro and held its gains versus the yen .
BONDS: U.S. Treasury debt prices held steady .
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NE Senator introducing several bills in upcoming session to fight mental health crisis
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A rare warning from the U.S. Surgeon General Tuesday, issuing a public health advisory on the mental health crisis affecting our youth.
“We have to start addressing the issues that have been happening with mental health care and access to mental health care for a really long time. It, unfortunately, took that being exacerbated by the pandemic for us to start to notice,” Nebraska Senator Jen Day (District 49) said.
Mental health care was one of the reasons Senator Day got involved in public policy. She says mental illness has touched her life personally so that’s why she’s introducing several bills this upcoming session to address the mental health crisis felt around the world.
Senator Day says one of the problems in Nebraska is a shortage of mental health care professionals. She’s trying to solve that by working with universities to provide incentives for people to join the profession and get those qualified, right into the schools.
“Schools have essentially become, at least in the state of Nebraska, the primary resource for kids in terms of mental health care, the access to mental behavioral health care, so that’s where we’re focusing our efforts is kind of the intersection between education and mental health care,” Day said.
Another initiative by several senators is to establish a mental health crisis hotline in the state. It would be similar to dialing 911.
Day says we have a lack of awareness on how important it is.
“A 7-year-old would be able to tell you, what do you need to do to be healthy physically. You have to exercise, you have to eat well. But if you ask that same kid, well what do you need to do to take care of your brain health and your mental health, behavioral health, they might not be able to articulate what those things are,” Day said. “I think that in itself is a really big problem.”
This comes after a rare warning from the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issuing a public health advisory on the mental health challenges confronting young adults, citing growing evidence.
From 2009 to 2019, data shows there was a 40% increase in teens feeling sadness or hopelessness. The pandemic has only made that worse.
Murthy says mental health challenges in our kids and young adults are widespread but are treatable and often preventable. It will take an all society effort, but he believes we can change the trend.

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Cham Trek, India (August 2011)
I apologize for my lack of posts. I failed on my last film roll.
Until the next serie, I have uploaded more photographs on my personal website.
JONATHAN CHERRY: When did you last see the sunrise?
CAMILLE LEAGE: You will be disappointed with my response : in reality, I see the sunrise everyday in winter, since I wake up early to go to work. The last memorable one was on New Years Day 2013; I was following the Thames in Roma, when the sun came up.
JC: Any emerging artists inspiring you at the moment?
CL: Since my travel in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, I have been obsessed by the post-communist countries. To name a few, even though they are not all emerging artists, I love the talented work of Evgeniaar Bugaeva, Claudine Doury, Almagul Menlibayeva, Alexander Gronsky. Their ability to combine storytelling and aesthetics inspire me.
JC: Whats your current project all about?
CL: Today, my plan is to finish my last film roll by shooting a snow-covered Paris. This film roll also contains my last shots from my Kyrgyzstan series. I hope to disclose it shortly on my website. Unfortunately, it will be incomplete. I got sick and missed out on a third of the travel. I hadn’t been able to hold my camera and snap photographs of the breathtaking lansdcapes that surrounded me, at the end of the trip.
JC: Where are you currently living and how is it shaping you?
CL: I grew up and currently live in Paris, France. My identity is totally shaped by this town. As a result, I have been developing a very personal project about it. This is called Bus 60. It is the name of the bus that passes through the poorest and most multi-ethnic neighbourhoods of Paris, where I come from. Although some people still describe this area as unsafe, its dizzying array of cultures captures my interest. For some years now, I have seen this neighborhood slowly become gentrified. Last year, I started to document this contrasting ethnic landscape that is unfortunately disappearing.
JC: One piece of advice to recent photography graduates?
CL: Would it be suitable for me to advise recent photography graduates since I’ve never attended photography school ?
JC: Any big plans for 2013?
CL: Explore roads less traveled in China and immerse myself in the daily life of the Chinese.
JC: Favourite tree?
CL: The Palaver Tree. It is not only a majestic tree but also a place in Africa where the village gathers and talks about any political, social and community issues at hand.
Currently based in Paris, France.
q: You’ve documented your travels around the world, where to next?
a: China will certainly be my next destination. My cousin, who speaks fluently Mandarin, is going to travel with me. This will be an ideal opportunity to explore the roads less traveled. At the moment, we are discussing several itineraries; China poses quite a logistical challenge. It is vast, very hot in summer and sights are often crammed with Chinese on holiday. For example, after beginning the Silk Road in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan last year, I would love to continue through China. But this is hardly feasible to cross a whole continent in such a short period of time! On the other hand, I am also very interested in the contrast between modernity and rural communities. We plan to explore villages in minority regions but also in Chongqing, one of the biggest and most polluted cities in the world.
q: What was your favorite part of your trip to Uzbekistan?
a: It’s difficult to decide the favorite part of a trip. One of my best memories was my arrival to Khiva, a town surrounded on all sides by desert, at sunset. The atmosphere was worthy of the tales from the Arabian Nights. The whole country has a fascinating culture, amazing landscapes and a great sense of hospitality. I was welcomed with open arms by the local people. I took away beautiful memories that will last.
q: Upcoming projects or ideas?
a: I have several series in the pipelines but also travel ideas to finish planning. My series “Bus 60” is a very personal project. The “Bus 60” passes through the poorest and most multi-ethnic neighborhoods of Paris, where I come from. Although some people still describe this area as unsafe, its dizzying array of cultures captures my interest. For some years now, I have seen this neighborhood slowly becoming gentrified. Last year, I started to document this contrasting ethnic landscape that is unfortunately disappearing.
q: Any music to recommend?
a: The last band that blew me away was the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, from Chicago. Their ability to bring together their jazz roots and their hip hop sensibility with only horns and a drum set impressed me. Otherwise, I have been deeply involved in an association which organizes three music festivals each year. One of them called “Music to Rock the Nation” is the biggest music festival organized by students in Paris. I can’t list all the artists we have lined up, but I can recommend two promising French bands, Electrophazz and Carmen Randria & Radek Azul Band, both are worth a listen.

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Virginia Beach, VA
International and Public Affairs & English
Ayoola Fadahunsi, a junior concentrating in International and Public Affairs (IAPA), on the policy and government track, was drawn to law and criminal justice from an early age. In elementary school, she was introduced to the Legal Studies Academy, a specialized high school that exposes students to the complexities of the legal and criminal justice systems. "I knew I wanted to pursue that path," said Fadahunsi, who ended up graduating with multiple honors from the academy. "I met people from the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. I attended federal and state court hearings and visited Washington, D.C. frequently. It fueled my passion for law."
One of the things that particularly attracted Fadahunsi to Brown was its reputation for advancing academic excellence through a student-centered model. Talking with Brown students about their academic and co-curricular experiences and learning about the Open Curriculum and Brown's need-blind financial aid program confirmed for the first-generation college applicant that Brown was the right place for her.
"Brown is so welcoming, with so many organizations and spaces for undocumented students and students of color," she said. "This is the first time in my life I've had friends with similar backgrounds. There's always a space for my voice to be heard."
Although Fadahunsi knew she wanted to study law, Brown expanded her horizons to focus on refugee and immigration law. She said that professor Nina Tannenwald's Introduction to International Relations "changed the trajectory of my path. I realized that I could go broader with my interests. I'm now drawn to the international realm," said Fadahunsi.
This year, she's intrigued by Tannenwald's International Law and Politics of Human Rights class, and Watson Postdoctoral Fellow Blair Sackett's seminar, Displaced: How Global Systems Shape Refugee Families because of the seminar's focus on the familial and holistic impacts of immigration. Fadahunsi added, "I'm interested in refugees' experiences, the larger issue of migration and how immigration and refugee laws shape lives."
During a study abroad semester, Fadahunsi and a classmate conducted ethnographic research in Copenhagen, Denmark, and wrote a book, "Where is my Fairytale: Danish Immigrant Literature and its Socio-political Limitations." Calling the research project "very fruitful," Fadahunsi said, "We interviewed refugees, migrants, ex-patriots and students studying abroad to learn more about immigration and movements of people. Over the years, I hope to expand that research to include more such stories."
At the Danish Institute of Study Abroad, she took four classes, including one in international refugee law and another in international humanitarian law. On one class trip, she visited the United Nations Office in Geneva, met people investigating human rights violations in Myanmar, and explored the role humanitarian nongovernmental organizations play in immigration. "This experience further opened my eyes to future career paths in this field," she said.

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Millennium Challenge Corporation
November 1, 2023
WASHINGTON (Oct. 27, 2023) – The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to drive the growth of successful women entrepreneurs and women-led small and medium enterprises (W-SMEs) in Africa. The collaboration empowers W-SMEs to access information and data, utilize digital tools, and perform business data analysis, which is pivotal to the sustainability, competitiveness, and resilience of their businesses.
In 2021, MCC, USAID, and Microsoft, in collaboration with local partners, launched the DigiFemmes program in Côte d’Ivoire. The program equips W-SMEs with digital and data skills necessary for business growth. Thousands of established and aspiring Ivorian women entrepreneurs have benefitted.
Through this new USADF-MCC partnership, USADF will provide grants to eligible DigiFemmes graduates, empowering them to grow and scale their businesses. This supports MCC and USADF’s inclusion strategies to enhance women entrepreneurs’ access to opportunities in the digital economy. Additionally, this collaboration aligns with the Biden Administration’s Digital Transformation with Africa (DTA) initiative, which seeks to expand digital access and literacy, and strengthen digital enabling environments across the continent.
“This partnership highlights MCC’s commitment to empowering women through data and digital skills so that they can be included in the growing digital economy,” said MCC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alice Albright. “USADF is an excellent partner and well poised to further the impact of the DigiFemmes program, which is helping women entrepreneurs access information, analyze business data and use digital tools to refine their products, access new markets and grow their businesses.”
Travis Adkins, President/CEO of USADF emphasized that “USADF’s commitment to empowering women entrepreneurs across the African continent is a vital component of our mission. As such, we are thrilled to launch this partnership and to provide the seed capital for Ivorian women entrepreneurs to scale and grow their enterprises in the digital space. We commend our partners at MCC for their outstanding achievements with this initiative and hope to amplify these results through our collaboration.”

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Experience in creation/development of automation framework using automation tool like QTP, Silktest, etc
Experience in creation/development of automation scripts using the automation framework
Execution of automated scripts in different test env.
Analysis of automation test run log and debugging of scripts
5 to 7 years of experience
Test system modifications to prepare for implementation.
Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
Monitor bug resolution efforts and track successes.
Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.
4 – 7 YearsHyderabad / SecunderabadINR 5,00,000 – 8,50,000 P.AOpenings: 15
Mandatory Skill Set requirements
Should be proficient/expert with Vugen scripting with multiple protocol.
Should able to run project performance testing end-to-end from requirements, planning, scripting, load test executions and result analysis.
Must have strong skills in HP load runner or Performance center 11.5 and above version
Must have experience using server monitoring tools like site scope, HP OVR Desired Profile (Width and Depth of Experience ) Details of both total IT experience and experience range in and Experience range in the required skill
Should have minimum 4-5 yrs of extensive experience in performance testing.
Should have strong analysis of performance test result to present to product team
Work tightly with application development, architecture, infrastructure and engineering groups for performance testing and application analysis initiatives to define success criteria and evaluation methodologies.
Ability to work independently on project performance testing with minimal supervision
Should able to handle multiple projects performance testing parallel
Should have strong knowledge on product performance/load testing concepts, methodology and its techniques. Exp. Range in the given Skill Set Key Job Responsibilities The resource will be doing performance testing of multiple project parallel. Must have experience in setting up/designing load scenario for various test like load test, endurance test, stress, fail over test etc. Will be responsible to do end to end performance testing which includes requirement gathering, test planning, scripting, execution, result reporting/Analysis. Will be monitoring servers utilisation during the test. Should able to understand complex architecture of the product developed in various different technology like .net, java.
Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree
Work Location: Hyderabad
CTC: 7.5 LPA to 8.4 LPA
Salary: INR 5,00,000 – 8,50,000 P.A
Industry: IT-Software / Software Services
Functional Area: IT Software – QA & Testing
Role Category: Testing Engineer
Role: Testing Engineer
Keyskills: Performance Testing, Automation Testing, HP load runner, Performance center 11.5, load runner 11.5, qtp, Automated script, Vugen scripting, vugen workflows , vugen shell , vugen perl , vugen siebel and configuration
Education:UG -Any Graduate – Any Specialization, Graduation Not Required
PG – Any Postgraduate – Any Specialization, Post Graduation Not Required
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Recruiter Name:Jugal Kishore
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The question of how to process just-harvested coffee is answered only in part by geography, and by the resulting natural resources… it’s also a question of tradition.
A farmer of high-grown coffees on a finca or co-op in Central America wouldn’t dream of dry-processing his hard, dense and fruity beans… he’d probably sooner leave them on the tree (which, in countries like removing coffee stemsYemen is a not an altogether unusual practice).
And while it might occur to the farmer in Sumatra to wet-process his beans, to gently ferment them to loosen the sweet pulp, and then to carefully sun-dry the result (precisely as that finca in Costa Rica or Guatemala has done for generations) it’s likely our farmer in Sumatra wouldn’t find much of a market for his beans. While there’d be nothing wrong with the resulting coffee, neither would it have the cup characteristics long associated with the origin.
But even tradition can’t begin to explain why coffee growing regions that may not have an abundance of water resources – Kenya, say, or Ethiopia – have come to rely on wet processing for their specialty ethiopian coffeecoffee crop. It can be argued that these regions have an ample natural resource… the sun! As it happens, there are regions within Ethiopia that that dry-process and sun-dry their coffees, to wonderful effect… it’s just this process that gives us the celebrated Ethiopian Harrar coffee.
Ultimately it’s all about the coffee itself, and the potential found within. Dry-processing yields lovely mocha-like flavors in an Ethiopian coffee – winey and wild and fruity – but wet-processing yields something altogether different: explosively perfumed aromatics, sparkling citrus, vibrant, flowered fruit… flavors and aromatics that make Ethiopian Yirgacheffe arguably the most distinctive coffee in the world.
While geography and tradition still play a role, theirs is a bit part compared to the starring role commanded by the coffee crop, itself.
(Source: Green Mountain Coffee.com)

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Colors of the Texas Hill Country Spring
Texas Hill Country
On a pleasant early May evening the Texas Hill Country, I'd set about to photograph the brilliant colors that were popping up everywhere. I found this Texas Wildflower image near Llano. I had hoped for a nice sunset with amazing clouds, but instead I was presented with clear skies and a setting moon. I did enjoy this field of reds and golds, and it even had a few bluebonnets sprinkled here and there. Photo © copyright by Rob Greebon.


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Trucks, trains and conveyor belts are the primary methods used to transport the bulk material out of the mine so finding ways to increase the capacity of these material flow lines is a constant endeavor. This article focuses on conveyor belts and ways to increase their capacity.
approx. @ Conveyor carrying capacity of 800 mm wide belt is approx 140 tons/hour at belt speed of 45 mtr / min. Also, manufacture of Oil Resistant PVC coated conveyor belts, confectionery use PU belting, sugar transportation
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Internet speed can be an ongoing issue in many people’s lives. Streaming 4K quality television shows over sluggish broadband can lead to a buffering nightmare. Slow download rates can be killer for those who work-at-home. Verizon is offering a solution to those who only have one broadband option or none at all. Enter Verizon’s SmartHub
SmartHub is a 4G LTE router that uses Wi-Fi to offer unlimited cellular broadband to any household. The router itself is $199.99 off the bat. Otherwise, you can opt for a two-year contract at $99.99 per year. To get out of the contract, there is an early termination fee of $175.
From there, data plans start at $40 per month. This will give the owner 4GB of LTE data. Tiers of plans continue until you reach unlimited, which peaks at $110 a month. However, it is of note that you really will pay $130 a month for unlimited if you don’t bundle with other Verizon services.
This may all seem like a pricey endeavor, but it may be just the answer to those who have streaming woes. Tech website, Tom’s Guide, conducted a study and found that Verizon had the fastest LTE internet service in the United States, blowing away its competition in download times with an average speed of 36 Mbps down.
Verizon’s latest foray into the world of Wi-Fi also has the capabilities to make your home a smart home. In the company’s official press release on the SmartHub, they noted, “To make your smart home even smarter, download Verizon Home, a companion app for SmartHub that lets you conveniently monitor and control smart home accessories from your smartphone,” says the company’s release. “Get notifications and schedule routines like adjusting lights, setting thermostat temperatures and more, from your sofa or on the go.”
Other features of the SmartHub include an LED display on top of the unit that allows you quick access to information of common interest such as Wi-Fi passwords and data usage. The SmartHub also comes with a battery to combat power outages. Netflix and chilling during a stormy summer’s night has never been easier.


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End of day at Bigbury-on-Sea. Watching the ships role in. Sharing the scene with two Russian fishermen. One random evening…
Over the weekend, I was down in Devon and had hoped to be able to shoot a more natural setting than my recent London city images. However, the weather had other plans. On Saturday evening, the miss rolled in and even before I arrived at Budleigh Salterton beach to shoot the end of day scenery, the fog meant that the view was very limited.
With the limited vista available, I ended up taking long exposure images of the waves lashing the shoreline. With no fixed point in focus, the end result is more reminiscent of a painting than a photograph. It also goes to show that even when you have poor light and limited options, there are still photographs worth taking.
Taken in 2017 in south east Devon, this singular tree stood alone on the common. Above, storm clouds gathered. Indeed, I just managed to pack away before the rain fell hard. As the scene was devoid of much colour, black and white seemed a better way to convey the sinister, brooding scene best.
Last shot in the sequence from the previous weekend in Devon. An interesting outcrop of rocks, jutting into the sea, replete with seaweed on the Jurassic coast. This shot was taken facing south, with the sun setting 90 degrees to my right. The gentle evening colours were caught in the lower clouds on the horizon.
Stormy weather ahead.
The last vestiges of light were visible in the opalescent sky. Shortly after this shot was taken, the heavens opened and the rain did not stop for the next two days.
Believe it or not, this was taken on a very popular beach in Devon, just at a very unpopular time (i.e. moments before a torrential rain storm). Definitely worth it!
Taken a few days ago on the beach at Budleigh Salterton, the fisherman in the picture very kindly asked if he was ruining my shot by fishing in front of me. Normally one for trying to avoid human presence in my images, this one worked out very nicely. The lonely fisherman occupies the space between sky and sea.
Walking along the beach in Exmouth last week, the clouds took on a pattern similar to the sand bumps on the shore. My new Formatt-Hitech filter gave a warm purple tone instead of the customary cold blue of the Lee filters, lifting the colour of the scene. I was so pre-occupied with the scene that I did not notice the progressive surf. Moments later, a wave washed in from my left and soaked me to the knee. Worth it though.
Low tide on Exmouth beach over the weekend. The water was low enough to reveal this concrete jetty, covered in very green seaweed. A long exposure blurred the sky and left the water a milky, glassy texture. You can just make out a seagull at the end of the jetty. It stood there almost motionless for the 260 second exposure.
After waking up early for a dawn shoot, I was a little dejected by the lackluster weather. However, using a Lee Filter Big Stopper to slow the scene down and generate movement in the clouds, whilst making the sea turn more glassy.
The delicate orange glow below the morning clouds, behind the pillar of land at Ladram Bay in Devon made for a rather haunting scene.


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KNOW YOUR FUTURE
Lord, I long to be with You forever.
Read 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1–10
Awaiting the New Body
5 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, 3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
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“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:55). Give thanks to God that Jesus has defeated death and that you share his victory.
God sustains us during difficult times in our personal ministry by our future hope, as Paul was. His flow of thought is not easy to follow, so it’s good to make sure we grasp it. He longs to be “clothed” with his “heavenly dwelling” (2), namely the resurrection body all believers will receive at the return of Christ (cf. Paul’s argument in 1 Cor. 15). But what if he dies before his Lord returns? Ideally, Paul does not want this to happen, as then he will be “unclothed”: he will be with Christ still awaiting his new body (3,4). Even so, he knows that being “away from the body” and “at home with the Lord” is far better than life in the here and now (8).
Notice that the apostle does not focus on “going to heaven when we die.” Rather, he looks forward to the resurrection from the dead and the coming of the new heavens and the new earth (cf. 1 Cor. 15; Rom. 8:18–27). What is more, he has absolute “confidence” (6,8) that these things will take place. His hope is not vague, but sure and certain. He asserts these things. Such hope belongs to all Christians, based on the trustworthy promises of God and his incomparable power to fulfill them.
Does this focus on the future make us ineffective in the present, so heavenly minded that we are of no earthly use? Not at all. Rather, it encourages us to live productively in the here and now. All true believers can be secure in their salvation, yet we will have to give an account of how we have lived to our Lord himself (10). Even this, however, is not the greatest motivation for full-blooded Christian discipleship. In the light of our glorious future, we want to please Christ (9). If we are to be of real earthly use, we need to be more heavenly minded, not less.
“…live by faith, not by sight” (7). How will doing this help to shape your life as a disciple of Jesus today?
Lord, I realize that You will require an accounting of my life from me on the other side. Keep me in that awareness every day.
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NIH awards Tulane $2.3 million to study link between COVID-19 and cognitive decline
Since the early days of the pandemic, researchers and patients alike have noticed a link between COVID-19 infection and cognitive impairment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists dementia as a risk factor for contracting COVID-19, and a 2022 review found that patients with dementia were two to five times more likely to die as a result of COVID-19 infection than the general population.
Now, Tulane University has been awarded a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how COVID-19 and dementia are linked and whether a drug used to treat cancer can help stem cognitive decline.
“There is an association between a particular kind of cognitive impairment, called vascular dementia, which has to do with decreased blood flow to the brain, and cognitive impairment after COVID-19,” said Dr. Gregory Bix, Director of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Center at Tulane School of Medicine.
He compares it to a fast forward button for patients. “If they were somewhat cognitively impaired prior to getting COVID, often, when they recovered, it was much, much worse.”
Bix and his collaborators, Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi, PhD, of the Tulane School of Medicine and Tione Buranda, PhD, of the University of New Mexico will study cognitive decline in COVID-19 patients with pre-existing vascular dementia (VaD) and animal models of the disease to investigate a link between the two and potential therapies.
“We have identified a therapy that we think both directly and indirectly targets the virus,” Bix said. This therapy is a protein fragment called ATN-161. It has been used before to treat other conditions, like some cancers, but this would be the first time it has been used as a treatment for COVID-19. “We think that this therapy can block acute viral infection but also can help with all of the blood vessel breakdown that occurs in association with viral infection. It’s sort of like a one-two punch against the virus.”
Since ATN-161 has been safely used before in patients, Bix is hopeful that it could help COVID-19 patients in the future. “If we see evidence that it is effective, I will be very aggressive with moving forward to clinical trials.”
This study is funded by the NIH's National Institute on Aging under award No. RF1AG078677.

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One of many recent changes to the college football landscape, the early signing period has become the premiere window to sign recruits. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian basically said as much in his early signing day press conference on Dec. 15.
“It’s obviously a pretty unique time, having an early signing period that inevitably now becomes the real signing day,” Sarkisian said. “What used to be February, the first Wednesday of February, [is] now mid-December.”
Sarkisian managed to take advantage of the early period this cycle, signing the No. 5 class in the nation, but during last year’s early signing window, the former Alabama offensive coordinator was preparing for a national championship game — and Tom Herman was still the head coach at Texas.
Thus, Texas’ 2021 class was not as strong as Sarkisian would have liked. But there are still a few gems in the Class of 2021, and one in particular has already made a huge impact in his first season on the 40 Acres.
With this year’s early signing period done and dusted, we’re looking back at how last year’s Longhorn recruiting class fared during the season. Here’s a look at the Class of 2021:
Best player in the class
Wide receiver Xavier Worthy: No doubt about it. After recruiting him while at Alabama, Sarkisian wooed Worthy away from Michigan in April, a few months after taking the Texas job. Really the only guy Sarkisian was able to recruit after taking the job in early January, Worthy was not just a home run — he was a grand slam. The former four-star recruit out of Fresno, Calif. was Texas’ second highest-rated recruit in the 2021 class, but was the only true freshman to start a game for Texas last season. Worthy won Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, and was the best receiver in the Big 12, bar none.
The Fresno Central East product led the Big 12 in receiving yards (981) and receiving touchdowns (12). He scored a 75-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage in the Red River Shootout, and would end the day with 261 receiving yards and two touchdown receptions. He had two games with three touchdowns and 100-plus receiving yards, against Kansas and Texas Tech. With Texas having just signed Ohio State transfer Quinn Ewers, the two 18-year olds could prove to be one of the most formidable passing-and-catching duos in recent Longhorn history.
Most surprising player in the class
Running back Jonathon Brooks: Other than Worthy, none of the 2021 recruits made a notable impact. However, Brooks showed flashes of promise, playing in three games, when his chances of seeing the field at all as the fourth-string running back seemed bleak. Behind Bijan Robinson, Roschon Johnson and Keilan Robinson in the depth chart, Brooks will have to wait his turn to see significant action for the Longhorns. But in the three games he did play, Brooks impressed, racking up 143 rushing yards and a touchdown. The former four-star recruit out of Hallettsville High School ran for 63 yards in Texas’ 58-0 rout of Rice, picking up a 25-yard gain and a 17-yard touchdown.
Most disappointing player in the class
Cornerback Ishmael Ibraheem: There weren’t many in Texas’ 2021 class expected to make an impact right away, and Ibraheem certainly wasn’t projected to see a lot of playing time. However, Ibraheem is the most disappointing player in the 2021 class because of his off-the-field antics. The Kimball product got into trouble prior to signing with Texas, having been arrested for carjacking and evading arrest in December 2020. After completing his community service and enrolling at Texas, Ibraheem was given a fresh start. But Texas’ fourth highest-rated 2021 recruit, Ibraheem, got into trouble off the field again, and was charged with violating Oklahoma’s revenge porn law in early December. Ibraheem was subsequently suspended from all team activities, after making just one appearance in the blowout defeat of Rice in September.
Player who hasn’t broken out but still could
Athlete Ja’Tavion Sanders: Despite being Texas’ only five-star recruit in its 2021 class, Sanders couldn’t find a role for himself last season. Sanders, the No. 1-rated athlete and No. 3-rated Texas recruit in the Class of 2021, couldn’t even lock down a spot anywhere on the depth chart. The Denton Ryan product can play tight end, but three-star 2021 recruit Gunnar Helm held down the third-string tight end spot last season. With his athleticism and 6-foot-4, 235-pound frame, Sarkisian will find a spot for Sanders sooner rather than later.
My grade for the class
B-minus: Other than Worthy, none of the 2021 recruits have made an impact so far. However, Worthy was such a smash-hit and there are a few other Longhorns who are poised to break through, like Sanders, and potentially safety JD Coffey III.