Source http://zenrockfitness.com/2017/03/march-2017-outings/
Howe Street Stairs — Sunday March 19th at 11
am
This stair training adventure is for all people going to Greece and anyone else who would like to join. We will be going to brunch after to refuel. This is a great way to see a very different view of Seattle and get a great cardio workout.
RSVP with Petra by the 14th
Cougar Mountain Hike — Saturday, March 25th at 12pm
We will be hiking the Wildside Loop on Cougar Mountain — meet at ZenRock at 11:30 to carpool or at the trail head at noon. This is a easy hike to get started with spring hiking. Wear good waterproof shoes or boots and get into nature with us for a 4 mile trek in the woods.
RSVP by the 23rd
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Source http://zenrockfitness.com/2017/03/march-2017-outings/
Howe Street Stairs — Sunday March 19th at 11am
This stair training adventure is for all people going to Greece and anyone else who would like to join. We will be going to brunch after to refuel. This is a great way to see a very different view of Seattle and get a great cardio workout.
RSVP with Petra by the 14th
Cougar Mountain Hike — Saturday, March 25th at 12pm
We will be hiking the Wildside Loop on Cougar Mountain — meet at ZenRock at 11:30 to carpool or at the trail head at noon. This is a easy hike to get started with spring hiking. Wear good waterproof shoes or boots and get into nature with us for a 4 mile trek in the woods.
RSVP by the 23rd
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Source: http://womensbrainhealth.org/think-twice/brain-health-is-a-womens-issue
by Lynn Posluns, Founder and President of Women’s Brain Health Initiative: On International Women’s Day, we rightly celebrate the achievements of brilliant scientists and selfless humanitarians, of inspiring artists, world-beating athletes and visionary entrepreneurs. As we cheer those success stories, this……
Source: http://womensbrainhealth.org/think-twice/brain-health-is-a-womens-issue
by Lynn Posluns, Founder and President of Women’s Brain Health Initiative: On International Women’s Day, we rightly celebrate the achievements of brilliant scientists and selfless humanitarians, of inspiring artists, world-beating athletes and visionary entrepreneurs. As we cheer those success stories, this……
Source http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tinybuddha/~3/abJoJBLGSZM/
“Your face will change. Your body will change. The only kind of beauty that endures is the kind that lives in your heart.” ~Lori Deschene
How many times have you hidden away from the world when you felt ashamed by your appearance?
How many invitations have you turned down because you felt disgusted by the way you look?
And how many times have you gazed into the bathroom mirror and thought, “Why, in my brief existence on this planet, does it have to be me?”
Seeing your reflection in the mirror is like a physical pain. It’s not just one part of your life. It’s obsessive. It consumes your every waking moment.
Then you start feeling envy toward beautiful people. Wrath at whatever higher being there is for not making you one of them. Pride in your strengths whenever you see someone who looks worse than you. Self-loathing and blaming your treacherous genes for giving you an odd face, an imperfect shape, a visible health condition.
For me, it was my skin.
I was cursed by a chronic illness that regularly causes rashes all over my body, and sometimes even on my face.
I can’t count how many times I cried over it. Sometimes from the pain. Sometimes from the itch. Too many times from people’s looks of revulsion or t…
Source http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tinybuddha/~3/abJoJBLGSZM/
“Your face will change. Your body will change. The only kind of beauty that endures is the kind that lives in your heart.” ~Lori Deschene
How many times have you hidden away from the world when you felt ashamed by your appearance?
How many invitations have you turned down because you felt disgusted by the way you look?
And how many times have you gazed into the bathroom mirror and thought, “Why, in my brief existence on this planet, does it have to be me?”
Seeing your reflection in the mirror is like a physical pain. It’s not just one part of your life. It’s obsessive. It consumes your every waking moment.
Then you start feeling envy toward beautiful people. Wrath at whatever higher being there is for not making you one of them. Pride in your strengths whenever you see someone who looks worse than you. Self-loathing and blaming your treacherous genes for giving you an odd face, an imperfect shape, a visible health condition.
For me, it was my skin.
I was cursed by a chronic illness that regularly causes rashes all over my body, and sometimes even on my face.
I can’t count how many times I cried over it. Sometimes from the pain. Sometimes from the itch. Too many times from people’s looks of revulsion or t…
Source: http://womensbrainhealth.org/think-about-it/depression-is-not-a-normal-part-of-aging
by Sharon Johnson for The Mail Tribune: This business of “aging well” is challenging in countless ways. There are the chronic diseases such as arthritis and diabetes, and those hard-to-avoid mobility and memory challenges, but there’s one aspect of aging……
Source: http://womensbrainhealth.org/think-about-it/depression-is-not-a-normal-part-of-aging
by Sharon Johnson for The Mail Tribune: This business of “aging well” is challenging in countless ways. There are the chronic diseases such as arthritis and diabetes, and those hard-to-avoid mobility and memory challenges, but there’s one aspect of aging……
Source http://www.foodpolitics.com/2017/03/conflicts-of-interest-among-national-academies-gmo-committee-members-an-analysis/
Sheldon Krimsky of Tufts University and Tim Schwab of Food and Water Watch have done an analysis of financial conflicts of interest among members of the committee that produced a large report on agricultural biotechnology last year. Their paper (and the report) are open access so you can read them both and decide for yourself whether you think Krimsky and Schwab are being fair.
Academics’ financial ties to companies with an interest in the outcome of their work are a well established problem because such ties are known to influence the results and interpretation of research as well as the opinions of advisory committee members—even though the recipients of corporate gifts (even small ones) are unaware of the influence , had no intention of being influenced, and deny that such influence exists.
The Academies’ GMO report stated that none of the 20 committee members had financial ties to the GMO industry.
But these investigators found evidence of several kinds of undisclosed ties among six of the 20 members:
- Holds patents
- Holds equity
- Serves on company advisory committee
- Receives research funding
- Employed by company or non-profit funded by company
- Consults for company
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Source http://www.foodpolitics.com/2017/03/conflicts-of-interest-among-national-academies-gmo-committee-members-an-analysis/
Sheldon Krimsky of Tufts University and Tim Schwab of Food and Water Watch have done an analysis of financial conflicts of interest among members of the committee that produced a large report on agricultural biotechnology last year. Their paper (and the report) are open access so you can read them both and decide for yourself whether you think Krimsky and Schwab are being fair.
Academics’ financial ties to companies with an interest in the outcome of their work are a well established problem because such ties are known to influence the results and interpretation of research as well as the opinions of advisory committee members—even though the recipients of corporate gifts (even small ones) are unaware of the influence , had no intention of being influenced, and deny that such influence exists.
The Academies’ GMO report stated that none of the 20 committee members had financial ties to the GMO industry.
But these investigators found evidence of several kinds of undisclosed ties among six of the 20 members:
- Holds patents
- Holds equity
- Serves on company advisory committee
- Receives research funding
- Employed by company or non-profit funded by company
- Consults for company
…
Source: http://totalbrainhealth.com/tbh-science-update-february-2017-regular-yoga-meditation-can-improve-memory-and-executive-control-in-older-adults-with-mild-cognitive-impairment/
Regular Yoga Meditation Can Improve Memory and Executive Control in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment
What: In a study looking at the effects of Kirtan Kriya meditation training on cognitive decline, researchers found that the ancient yoga practice may be an effective and low-cost methodology for enhancing performance in mild cognitive impairment, or MCI. Researchers at UCLA conducted a randomized trial on 79 adults over the age of 55 who had been diagnosed with MCI (CDR=.5). Both groups showed significant gains in memory function. However, the meditation group also showed significantly more improvement in executive function and depression symptoms.
Why This Matters: The world’s population is aging fast, with more than 2 billion people over the age of 60 estimated by 2050. That will naturally lead to more instances of mild cognitive decline. Proving that meditation, in ad…
Source: http://totalbrainhealth.com/tbh-science-update-february-2017-regular-yoga-meditation-can-improve-memory-and-executive-control-in-older-adults-with-mild-cognitive-impairment/
Regular Yoga Meditation Can Improve Memory and Executive Control in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment
What: In a study looking at the effects of Kirtan Kriya meditation training on cognitive decline, researchers found that the ancient yoga practice may be an effective and low-cost methodology for enhancing performance in mild cognitive impairment, or MCI. Researchers at UCLA conducted a randomized trial on 79 adults over the age of 55 who had been diagnosed with MCI (CDR=.5). Both groups showed significant gains in memory function. However, the meditation group also showed significantly more improvement in executive function and depression symptoms.
Why This Matters: The world’s population is aging fast, with more than 2 billion people over the age of 60 estimated by 2050. That will naturally lead to more instances of mild cognitive decline. Proving that meditation, in ad…
Source http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tinybuddha/~3/M6pieXvcfhk/
“When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.” ~Fred Rogers
There aren’t many clichés I resent more than this old chestnut about finding true love: “When you know, you know.”
As a late bloomer and skeptic who took her sweet time to get into a relationship, after decades of singleness and observation, nothing made me feel more like an outsider than the idea that love is an unexplainable phenomenon reserved for people who “know.”
In my early years of singledom, I believed I “knew” things. I had unwavering faith in a myriad of beliefs, and when doubts cropped up in my mind, I dismissed them or stuffed them back down into my subconscious.
The most liberating day of my life was the day I embraced doubt as a friend. Confronted with an idea that conflicted with one of my beliefs, I said to myself, “I do not know the answer, and I will not pretend to.”
Everything changed then, but life didn’t become scarier without “knowing” the answers. On the contrary, a world of possibilities opened up, along with the appearance of many fellow voyagers who were on the same path as…
Source http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tinybuddha/~3/M6pieXvcfhk/
“When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.” ~Fred Rogers
There aren’t many clichés I resent more than this old chestnut about finding true love: “When you know, you know.”
As a late bloomer and skeptic who took her sweet time to get into a relationship, after decades of singleness and observation, nothing made me feel more like an outsider than the idea that love is an unexplainable phenomenon reserved for people who “know.”
In my early years of singledom, I believed I “knew” things. I had unwavering faith in a myriad of beliefs, and when doubts cropped up in my mind, I dismissed them or stuffed them back down into my subconscious.
The most liberating day of my life was the day I embraced doubt as a friend. Confronted with an idea that conflicted with one of my beliefs, I said to myself, “I do not know the answer, and I will not pretend to.”
Everything changed then, but life didn’t become scarier without “knowing” the answers. On the contrary, a world of possibilities opened up, along with the appearance of many fellow voyagers who were on the same path as…
Source: http://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-06-2013/sharpen-your-mind-with-mental-workouts.html
Subscription to “AARP The Magazine”. Free membership for your spouse ….
Director Thomas Frieden on Zika and Influenza – AARP. Thomas Frieden,
Director of ……
Source: http://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-06-2013/sharpen-your-mind-with-mental-workouts.html
Subscription to “AARP The Magazine”. Free membership for your spouse ….
Director Thomas Frieden on Zika and Influenza – AARP. Thomas Frieden,
Director of ……
Source http://www.foodpolitics.com/2017/03/mar-3-weekend-reading-letters-to-a-young-farmer/
Martha Hodgkins, ed. Letters to a Young Farmer: On Food, Farming, and Our Future. Princeton Architectural Press, 2017.
This publication is from the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture. Its executive director, Jill Isenbarger, explains what it is:
Letters to a Young Farmer, written by some of the most influential farmers, writers, leaders, and entrepreneurs of our time, offers advice, observations, gratitude, and a measure of harsh reality. Farming is a difficult endeavor and an arduous undertaking at best, yet farming remains one of the most important, tangible, and meaningful things one can do to improve human and environmental health and community well-being. And it is vital to our future.
The book contains 36 letters, all inspiring. One of them is mine (you can read it here).
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Source http://www.foodpolitics.com/2017/03/mar-3-weekend-reading-letters-to-a-young-farmer/
Martha Hodgkins, ed. Letters to a Young Farmer: On Food, Farming, and Our Future. Princeton Architectural Press, 2017.
This publication is from the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture. Its executive director, Jill Isenbarger, explains what it is:
Letters to a Young Farmer, written by some of the most influential farmers, writers, leaders, and entrepreneurs of our time, offers advice, observations, gratitude, and a measure of harsh reality. Farming is a difficult endeavor and an arduous undertaking at best, yet farming remains one of the most important, tangible, and meaningful things one can do to improve human and environmental health and community well-being. And it is vital to our future.
The book contains 36 letters, all inspiring. One of them is mine (you can read it here).
…
