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Stressed Out — Chew Some Gum

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:35:15 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

A new study discovers chewing gum helped relieve anxiety, improve alertness and reduce stress among individuals in a laboratory setting.

The research effort, titled “An investigation into the effects of gum chewing on mood and cortisol levels during psychological stress,” will be presented at the 2008 10th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine.

The study examined whether chewing gum is capable of reducing induced anxiety and/or acute psychological stress while participants performed a battery of ‘multi-tasking’ activities.

The use of chewing gum was associated with higher alertness, reduced anxiety and stress, and improvement in overall performance on multi-tasking activities.

• Relieved Anxiety: When chewing gum, participants reported lower levels of anxiety.
o Gum chewers showed a reduction in anxiety as compared to non-gum chewers by nearly 17 percent during mild stress and nearly 10 percent in moderate stress.

Tags: stress, chewing, gum

ACLU: 200,000 school kids punished by beatings

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:49:50 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: During 06-07; nonwhites and kids with disabilities punished at higher rates. Educators have immunity under law in some states.

Clip Source: www.hrw.org

More than 200,000 US public school students were punished by beatings during the 2006-2007 school year

African-American girls were twice as likely to be beaten as their white counterparts

in Texas and Mississippi children ranging in age from 3 to 19 years old are routinely physically punished for minor infractions such as chewing gum, talking back to a teacher, or violating the dress code, as well as for more serious transgressions such as fighting

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Students with mental and physical disabilities are also punished at disproportionate rates

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The report documents several cases in which children were beaten to the point of serious injury. Since educators who beat children have immunity under law from assault proceedings, parents who try to pursue justice for injured children encounter resistance from police, district attorneys, and courts

Parents also face enormous

obstacles in trying to prevent physical punishment of their children.

Tags: education

Try chewing gum to reduce your stress...a study

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:35:13 GMT

clipped by: fewstingscorpio
clipper's remarks: Full article:
http://psychcentral.com/news/2008/09/01/stressed-out-chew-some-gum/2859.html

Clip Source: psychcentral.com

Stressed Out — Chew Some Gum

Clip Source: psychcentral.com

Monday, Sep 1 (Psych Central) -- A new study discovers chewing gum helped relieve anxiety, improve alertness and reduce stress among individuals in a laboratory setting.

The study examined whether chewing gum is capable of reducing induced anxiety and/or acute psychological stress while participants performed a battery of ‘multi-tasking’ activities.

The use of chewing gum was associated with higher alertness, reduced anxiety and stress, and improvement in overall performance on multi-tasking activities.

Andrew Scholey, Ph.D., professor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia led the research study of 40 gum chewers.

The participants who averaged 22 years old, were tested with the Defined Intensity Stressor Simulation (DISS), a multi-tasking platform which reliably induces stress and also includes performance measures, while chewing and not chewing gum.

Tags: stress, anxiety, psychology, science, research, testing, gum

Mostly African American Children are Assaulted Legally in Schools

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:43:15 GMT

clipped by: DanaGarrett
clipper's remarks: Just as slavery, Jim Crow laws and the subjugation of women in the USA are looked upon as primitive and embarrassing practices, I believe that corporal punishment in schools will someday be looked upon as a strange and inexplicably cruel practice.

It will also be looked upon as another vehicle of racism as this study indicates.

What will the conservative critics say in response? That African American children misbehave more in schools and, therefore, deserve the punishment? But isn't that what they say about higher incarceration rates for African Americans?

So what is the picture that emerges from those who rationalize these institutional racist practices? In my view, it tells us that (their denials notwithstanding) conservatives believe that from childhood to adulthood African Americans are naturally more disposed to violate cultural norms, to act out in an anti-social manner. It's a racist orientation masquerading as a pro law and order stance.

Corporal punish

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

More than 200,000 children were hit as punishment in U.S. schools last year and in the South more blacks than whites are struck, two human rights groups said in a report released on Wednesday.

Texas accounted for a quarter of the instances of corporal punishment in the 2006-2007 school year

Twenty-one U.S. states still permit the use of corporal punishment in schools. In Texas and Mississippi children as young as 3 are struck for transgressions as minor as gum chewing, the report says.

In 13 states in the U.S. South where corporal punishment is the most prevalent, African-American girls are twice as likely to be hit as their white counterparts

"African-American students are punished at 1.4 times the rate that would be expected given their numbers in the student population," the groups said in a statement.

13 Things You Won't Believe Are Against the Law Somewhere Pt 2

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:51:08 GMT

clipped by: revenantdm
clipper's remarks: Too Hilarious! Readers who like a good laugh should actually read the full list!

Clip Source: www.cracked.com

#9.

Being at the Library Whilst Having Body Odor (Houston)

We're too busy reading, damn it. We don't have time to shower

#8.

The Jolly Roger (Stafford Borough, England)

Over in England, the council of Stafford Borough decided to vent its frustrations on a child by banning the pirate flag from being flown at a 6-year-old's pirate-themed birthday party. The council must have figured that pirates are known to be a crafty bunch, and if they planned to rape and pillage the neighborhood, a 6-year-old's birthday party would be the perfect cover.

The family was eventually allowed to fly the flag, after paying 75 pounds for a special permit and presumably passing a piracy background check.

#7.

Ice Cream Truck Music (Stafford, New Jersey)

we find the same township banned basketball hoops in driveways and attempted to have a leash law for cats implemented

#6.

Chewing Gum (Singapore)

#5.

Lobster (Reggio, Italy)

lobsters have to be boiled was too intense

#4.

Saggy Pants (Delcambre, Louisiana)

cost of $500

Tags: lists, funny, laws, strange, weird, cracked

Chewing Gum Sculptures

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:45:43 GMT

clipped by: Fast T friend

Clip Source: blameitonthevoices.blogspot.com

Italian artist Maurizio Savini has distinguished himself by using a very unusual material for his sculptures: pink chewing gum. Here are some of his works.

Tags: chewing, gum, sculptures

12 Food Additives to Avoid

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:13:26 GMT

clipped by: murieleileen

Clip Source: articles.mercola.com

1. Sodium Nitrate (also called Sodium Nitrite)

This is a preservative, coloring, and flavoring commonly added to bacon, ham, hot dogs, luncheon meats, smoked fish, and corned beef. Studies have linked eating it to various types of cancer.

2. BHA and BHT

Butylated hydroxyanisole and butylated hydrozyttoluene are used to preserve common household foods. They are found in cereals, chewing gum, potato chips, and vegetable oils. They are oxidants, which form potentially cancer-causing reactive compounds in your body.

3. Propyl Gallate

Another preservative, often used in conjunction with BHA and BHT. It is sometimes found in meat products, chicken soup base, and chewing gum. Animals studies have suggested that it could be linked to cancer.

4. Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)

MSG is an amino acid used as a flavor enhancer in soups, salad dressings, chips, frozen entrees, and restaurant food. It can cause headaches and nausea, and animal studies link it to damaged nerve cells in the brains of infant mice.

Tags: bha, bht, msg, cancer, food

Girl Makes Prom Dress out of Gum Wrappers & Duct Tape

Sat, 24 May 2008 22:55:16 GMT

clipped by: agirlanddherdogs
clipper's remarks: i'm not even sure what to say about this one! lol

takes talent and imagination (and a set of big kahunas to wear that out to your prom!)

Clip Source: pressherald.mainetoday.com

WAYNE — Walking into the gym on prom night with a girl on his arm draped in a chewing-gum-wrapper dress was definitely different.

Max Pistner, a Maranacook Community High School senior, said he thought it was "very cool" that his girlfriend, Vanessa Randall, made her prom dress out of 3,000 gum wrappers.

Randall, a 17-year-old senior from Wayne, started collecting Wrigley gum wrappers three years ago to make the dress. Friends, relatives and co-workers saved wrappers for her.

Pistner, who lives in Manchester, said he was just glad she got the dress done in time. She started sewing it together only a week before their recent prom.

Randall said she reinforced the dress with duct tape inside along the edges and used elastic braids around the straps and collar and in between some of the chains down the back so she could easily slip into the dress.

She came up with the design after drawing sketches all year.

Tags: prom dress, gum wrappers, duct tape, creative, weird, strange, artist, high school senior, vanessa randall

Doctor advises French countrymen to fart!

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:27:51 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: Guess its all part of a master plan. I suspect it will affect the French olfactory organs aimed at a progressive perfumes market to flourish locally as well!

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Throw caution to wind, France told

A French doctor is urging his countrymen to give free rein to flatulence, sweating and other bodily taboos to reduce the risk of cancer.

In his book, Le Grand Ménage (Spring cleaning), Frédéric Saldmann invites them to embrace the stereotypical British view of the French and to have a relaxed attitude to bodily functions.

Dr Saldmann also recommends cutting down on chewing gum, never eating while walking and reducing the intake of fizzy drinks.

Similarly, he says his countrymen should feel free to belch at will and certainly after each meal. This, he says, is the best way to reduce the risk of getting a hiatal hernia, an ailment which affects almost a third of French people. Keeping air in the stomach leads to more heartburn, which increases the risk of cancer of the oesophagus. The rise of this disease in France, he says, is due to "the burp that we no longer do".

Tags: dr. frederic saldmann, france, health, dyspepsia, flatulence, healthcare, medicine

101 Uses For Everyday Things

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:58:47 GMT

clipped by: carrerinyes
clipper's remarks: I'm Suzie-Homemaker tonight.

Clip Source: www.realsimple.com

101 New Uses for Everyday Things

11 New Uses for Salt

10. Keep shells from cracking when boiling eggs.

10 New Uses for Velcro

6. Keep track of the remote.

10 New Uses for Ziploc Bags

3. Remove chewing gum or candle wax from a tablecloth, a couch, or carpeting.

5. Store homemade soup.

10 New Uses for Vinegar

3. Treat oily hair.

9. Remove stubborn price tags or stickers.

10. Kill weeds between cracks in paving stones and sidewalks.

10 New Uses for Baking Soda

1. Exfoliate skin.

2. Erase crayon, pencil, ink, and furniture scuffs from painted surfaces.

3. Unclog a drain.

10 New Uses for Dryer Sheets

1. Freshen smelly shoes.

5. Loosen caked-on food from a pan.

7. Prevent old books from smelling musty when in storage.

10 New Uses for Olive Oil

1. Shave.

5. Care for your pet.

10 New Uses for Coffee Filters

1. Diffuse the flash on a camera.

10 New Uses for Newspaper

8. Create a home for slushy snow boots.

10 New Uses for Lemon

1. Sanitize a chopping block.

4. Fade tea stains on cloth.

6. Relieve a sore throat.

Bad breath? 10 solutions

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:17:53 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: women.timesonline.co.uk

FRESH PARSLEY

MASTIC GUM

ANTIBACTERIAL MOUTHWASHES

“LIVE” YOGHURT

BAKING SODA

PEPPERMINT OIL

FENNEL SEEDS

HOLLAND AND BARRETT BREATH CHECK CAPSULES

MAGNOLIA CHEWING GUM

BOOTS EXPERT TONGUE CLEANER

- Professional help Gum problems are the main cause of bad breath, so get checked out by your dentist or hygienist

- Drink plenty of water Avoid having a dry mouth, as dead and dying bacteria and cells, which would normally be swept away by saliva, linger, stagnate and release pungent gases. And be aware that the more you chat, the worse you’ll smell. Talking makes your mouth dry, so drink plenty of water.

- Eat fruit Chewing fruit not only hydrates the mouth, but also efficiently dislodges the dead and dying cells and bacteria in the mouth that lead to bad breath.

- Medical problems Persistent bad breath may indicate an underlying condition such as diabetes or kidney problems.

- Always eat breakfast

Tags: health, dragon breath, ewww

Double mint gum

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:40:58 GMT

clipped by: valann 47
clipper's remarks: I wish they still sold it like that.

Clip Source: www.yourememberthat.com

Tags: chewing gum, advert

Dangerous Chewing Gum

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:06:28 GMT

clipped by: boniface

Clip Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Chewing Gum Sweetener Can Cause Dangerous Weight Loss

Many sugar-free chewing gums contain a sweetener called sorbitol. Sorbitol is a laxative which is poorly absorbed by the small intestine. An article in this week's British Medical Journal (BMJ) warns of the dangers of excess sorbitol intake.

The warning comes after doctors came across two patients who had chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain and dangerously excessive weight loss. After lengthy investigations which could not identify why the patients were losing so much weight and had chronic diarrhea and pains, a detailed analysis of eating habits put the problem down to eating too much chewing gum with sorbitol.

The authors conclude that sorbitol consumption may not only cause chronic diarrhea and functional bowel complaints, but also significant unplanned weight loss of about 20% of body weight. Any investigation of unexplained weight loss should include a detailed dietary history with regard to sorbitol-containing foods.

Chewing Gum Sculptures

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:01:42 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: www.pastificiocerere.com

Chewing-gum, as a matter of fact known in Italian also as “ American gum “, was introduced by American soldiers with the end of World war two together with jeans, nylon, stocking and boggie-woggie. Its association with a state of euphoria of change and carefree youthfulness some how carried on in the following decades. Also for those born in the sixties as Maurizio Savini and I, chewing-gum reaches in the mind ‘s meanders at a tie with childhood and adolescence, and a light pressure of a future still to be built and dreamt and the slaughterhouse of personal and collective memories of the past which is gone, no one knows where when and with whom.

Tags: art, sculptures, chewing gum, abc, sticky wicket

Chewing Gum Sculptures

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:20:09 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth

Clip Source: www.funforever.net

Chewing Gum Sculptures

Maurizio Savini, an Italian artist used a strange material for his creations - pink chewing gum or as it’s called in Italy “American gum”. The animal sculptures look very nice but the people are just outright scary. I’d put them in my top 10 scariest things list.

Tags: art?