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What Will You Discover? Go RVing.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:07:04 GMT

clipped by: zalisan
clipper's remarks: Don't let the present economic situation keep you from vacationing. RVing is affordale and everything you need is right there with you.
Avoid the sky-high costs and hassles of air travel. Save on hotels and restaurants. Discover why RV vacations are hassle-free, fun for all ages and the most affordable way to go. The Value Vacation – RVs provide more bang for your travel buck – find out how & why. You Can’t Afford Not to Go! – RVers won't be missing their family vacations this year, because RV travel is still the most affordable. Good For You – A new study shows how travel benefits everyone in areas of health & wellness, relationships and career success. RV Shopping – Now is a great time to buy an RV for years of great adventure. Which RV for You? – Towable or motorized, compact or expandable? Learn the features and price ranges of all RV types. Tax Break – Low interest rates plus the ability to deduct RV loans as a second home mortgage, adds up to a smart investment. Check it out.

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Who doesn’t enjoy a great vacation? You can’t wait for it to begin and wish it would never end…You return to your everyday routine feeling relaxed and happier…You bond with your spouse and family while away, growing closer…you return to work with a more motivated outlook…And research has proven these “feelings” to be truths.

In addition, RV trips add benefits like less stress because you are in control of your itinerary and timetables – easy to pick up and go without having to pack luggage or limit the things you can and can’t take in your luggage – ability to follow special diets or eat your favorite foods with your own kitchen along – no worries about having to leave any family members behind because even four-legged companions love to RV.

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness…Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”

Mark Twain

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Bring the Pets

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RVing Through History

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Tags: rv, vacation, affordable, camping, travel

Blowing Away Stress One Cigar at a Time

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:57:27 GMT

clipped by: wildcat
clipper's remarks: stress-relief medication...

Clip Source: www.scientificblogging.com

If Leopold de Rothschild, Sir Winston Churchill, or the 5th Earl of Lonsdale were alive today their supreme goal would be to eliminate stress from the world with a nice smoke.

At the Tobacco Republic, in Loomis, California, such a place exists.

In this sort of separate universe where the motto is "Every cigar is like a mini vacation," one of the owners, Ron, tells the story of his first experience with cigars, in his usual calm demeanor, which can be fittingly compared to the alluring effect of cigar smoke.

"I stood there and watched them roll the cigar," Ron reflected on his monumental cigar experience in Florida where he grew up. "I was always an anti-smoker," something that he based on his perception of cigarettes.

The main thing that Ron and his employees want to reveal to any individual, cigar connoisseur or amateur alike, is the calming effect that they bring. In modern terms this can be described as stress-relief medication.

Tags: cigars, stress relief

Phenolic Antioxidants from Plants and Mechanism of Action through Redox Metabolism

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:53:42 GMT

clipped by: faroby
clipper's remarks: Oxidative stress is now suggested to be one of the major causes for the induction of many chronic diseases. In this context, populations consuming diets rich in fruits and vegetables have shown to have lower incidences of many oxidation-linked chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. This has led to a recent surge in interest in the use of diet as a potential tool to manage oxidation-linked diseases. Phenolic phytochemicals with antioxidant properties are now believed to be an important component in fruits and vegetables responsible for these beneficial health effects.

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Phenolic Antioxidants from Plants and Mechanism of Action through Redox Metabolism

Tags: oxidative stress

No More Sleep can lead to No More New Brain Cells

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:02:20 GMT

clipped by: AScomputer
clipper's remarks: Missing out on sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new cells show a new study

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No More Sleep can lead to No More New Brain Cells

Missing out on rest can harm brain cell making.

Missing out on sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new cells show a new study.

A team from Princeton University found a lack of sleep affected the hippocampus, a brain region involved in forming memories. The research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science showed a stress hormone causes the effect. UK expert said it would be interesting to see if too little rather than no sleep had the same consequence.

The researchers compared animals that were deprived of sleep for 72 hours with others who were not.

They found those who missed out on rest had higher levels of the stress hormone corticosterone.

They also produced significantly fewer new brain cells in a particular region of the hippocampus.

When the animals’ corticosterone levels were kept at a constant level, the reduction in cell proliferation was abolished.

Tags: sleep, health

Vets, military families: McCain has been 'AWOL' on needs

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:19:44 GMT

clipped by: tabsey

Clip Source: www.michaelmoore.com

Democratic veterans praised Republican John McCain’s Vietnam service today, but said he’s been “AWOL” when it comes to boosting funding for vets’ medical care and the GI Bill.

“Senator McCain had honorably served as a POW and was courageous and was steadfast and he kept faith with his fellow POWs,” retired Air Force Col. Dick Klass told the DNC Veterans and Military Families Caucus.

“He has not kept faith with American’s veterans,”

It was Barack Obama, vets and military family members said, who had fought to repair the scandalously decrepit facilities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and pushed legislation to help an estimated 200,000 homeless vets.

Now, Democratic vets, say it’s the non-veteran Obama – not the revered war hero McCain – whom they can trust to help veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress and combat brain injuries and military families strained by the pressure of four or five combat tours in Iraq or Afghanistan.

10 Calm - Foods That Fight with Your Stress

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:50:38 GMT

clipped by: AScomputer
clipper's remarks: The following nutritional strategies will not only help you to manage stress, but will also improve your general health, so that you’re calm, even in the middle of the chaos of your life.

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10 Calm - Foods That Fight with Your Stress

Everyone suffers from stress. If you are jittery package of nerves, start eating for stress relief.

The following nutritional strategies will not only help you to manage stress, but will also improve your general health, so that you’re calm, even in the middle of the chaos of your life.

1. Oranges

2. Dark chocolate.

3. Herbs or supplements

4. Berries.

5. Essential fats.

6. Shellfish and zinc.

7. Chai tea.

8. Avocados

9. Mixed nuts.

10. Guacamole.

Tags: distress, stress, calm

Plant Seeds of Healing

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:02:55 GMT

clipped by: mrobert
clipper's remarks: Kim Painter in USA Today article on the health benefits of working in a garden

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

While it may be basic and even old-fashioned, using gardening as a health care tool is blossoming. New or refurbished hospitals, rehabilitation centers and nursing homes increasingly come equipped with "healing" or "therapeutic" gardens where patients and staff can get away from sterile, indoor surroundings. Many also offer patients a chance to get their hands dirty and their minds engaged in the nurturing work of plant care. "It really is a national movement," says Teresia Hazen, coordinator of a pioneering therapeutic gardening program at Legacy Health System in Portland, Ore. The five-hospital system includes seven gardens.

Just strolling through a garden or, for that matter, seeing one out your window, can lower blood pressure, reduce stress and ease pain, studies show. Get out there and start digging, and the benefits multiply.

Tags: health

Increase Your Endurance and Reduce Stress With One Simple Technique

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:34:11 GMT

clipped by: milmufmas

Clip Source: www.sethigherstandards.com

Focus on breathing through your nose. Make nose breathing a habit and you are bound to see a profound change in the quality of your life.

Have you ever taken a step back and observed babies and kids? Have you noticed how they breath?

they breath in very relaxed fashion completely through their nose. There is no gasping for air through their mouth

The human body was built for nose breathing. The mouth has evolved for eating and drinking. The nose has evolved to breathe.

Even more intriguing, is that the nose contains a series of ridges or turbinates, that are shaped like elongated sea-shells. Think of these turbinates like your own air conditioning system. They allow inhaled air to adopt a smooth flow and pass through the maximal surface area of cilia and mucous membranes. Air that passes over these built-in Brita Filters is heated up to body temperature, filtered and humidified (up to 98% saturation).

Therefore, it would seem that we are built to nose breath all the time.

Drug Treatment Center

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:14:25 GMT

clipped by: speedybird
clipper's remarks: "we offer hope to individuals and families needing immediate treatment for eating disorders, alcoholism, drug addiction and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)."I think I should save this link in one of my favorite ones.

Clip Source: www.casapalmera.com

Our holistic treatment approach enables you or your loved one to return home with a newfound sense of fulfillment, peace and well-being.

Tags: drug, treatment, drugs, drug-rehab, rehab, rehabilitation, bulimia, alcohol, alcoholism

EXTREME X-RAYS COULD THEY THE EXTREME FUTURE FOR AIRPORTS ?

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:41:21 GMT

clipped by: jt3600
clipper's remarks: While reading this a scene in the movie "RUNNING MAN" came to mind and a few question one being, how has Nick Veasey made it this long with all that exposure ? next can this process by made to work on a large scale and could the exposure time be cut to match someone passing by it ?

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Extreme X-Rays: Photographer Nick Veasey Takes You Inside ... Everything

Not many photographers need a linear accelerator. But Nick Veasey isn't your average shutterbug. Instead of tweaking f-stops and light boxes, he fine-tunes the speed and frequency of energy pulses emitted by a Russian-made tabletop particle turbocharger. That's because Veasey doesn't work with traditional cameras and film — he works with x-rays.

The 46-year-old Englishman estimates that over the past decade or so he's x-rayed more than 4,000 objects: flowers, football players, alarm clocks, tractors, even a 777. "I'm interested in how things work, and x-rays show what's happening under the surface," he says. "Plus, they look cool." To get his pictures, Veasey uses industrial x-ray machines typically employed in art restoration (to examine oil paintings), electronics manufacturing (to inspect circuit boards), and the military (to check tanks for stress fractures).

Proofreading and writing errors

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:07:15 GMT

clipped by: SonjaDavis

Clip Source: www.authorhouse.com

With this thought in mind, every author needs a skilled pair of eyes to closely examine his or her work for typographical errors (imagine if you tried to read a book peppered with typos). This is a crucial step since any typo may reflect poorly on you. Plus, any message you are trying to convey in the book can be short-circuited. AuthorHouse copy editors stress the importance of having an objective eye read your manuscript because, on average, they find nearly 20 errors per page of work they edit.

20 Pictures That Will Make You Laugh

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:15:00 GMT

clipped by: jplnoons
clipper's remarks: These are some really funny pictures that will make you laugh.

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We have a winner!

What kind of doctor is this?

Jesus tells you to hate

Very hard to remember

I'm gonna go to this gas station!

This deer has 6 legs yikes!

Hi Satan!

Timmmmmmmmmay!!!

Man boobs!

Is the girl on the right side a rabbit?

Hilarious Blo Us

Interesting Tat

WTF is this woman doing?

Wannabe Rambo LOL!

Stress is bad

WTF???

How did this happen?

Birth control?

Kinda of cute

Freeze!

Tags: funny, humor, pictures

Eat for All-Day Energy

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:09:26 GMT

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Clip Source: www.prevention.com

Healthy treats such as half of a whole wheat English muffin with fruit spread are rich in carbohydrates, which can boost your levels of serotonin, a calming brain chemical.

Nibbling on a few squares of dark chocolate may work, too--it's packed with caffeine and theobromine, mild mood- and energy-boosting stimulants, according to UK researchers.

Staying hydrated is one of the simplest ways to keep energized and focused. A recent study of athletes found that 92% felt fatigued after limiting fluids and water-rich foods for 15 hours; they also had lapses in memory and reported difficulty concentrating.

Tea A recent report found that pairing caffeine and the amino acid L-theanine, both present in tea, decreased mental fatigue and improved alertness, reaction time, and memory. What's more, black varieties can help you recover from stress

Science Battles Ignorance

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:14:16 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: By ignorance I mean literally ignoring reality and substituting myth and superstition. The solution is simple. If the students insist on replacing reality with dogma on science tests let them be graded accordingly.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash

In February, the Florida Department of Education modified its standards to explicitly require, for the first time, the state’s public schools to teach evolution, calling it “the organizing principle of life science.”

But in a nation where evangelical Protestantism and other religious traditions stress a literal reading of the biblical description of God’s individually creating each species, students often arrive at school fearing that evolution, and perhaps science itself, is hostile to their faith.

Tags: school, evolution, biology, florida

Sob story: Why tears are no longer taboo

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:56:00 GMT

clipped by: Tri-City Psychology

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

What makes us weep? and, why don't boys cry?

we cry at moments when our emotions brim over. The precise psychological mechanics of emotional tears are still debated by academics, but there is a general agreement that they perform a cathartic action relieving feelings of stress, supporting the oft-given advice from well meaning aunties that we should, "have a good cry, it'll make you feel better."

It is acceptable in the West for women to cry freely in times of trouble or stress (although a study earlier this year by the British Psychological Society explored how female tears in the workplace can be a source of embarrassment). But the rule that "boys don't cry" still applies, even in our more emotionally liberated times.

"In truth, crying isn't weakness, it's a relaxation system in the human organism," says Hodson, "In order to function, we have to function with our emotions, not against them. You cry when tension needs to be dissipated.