Monday, December 18, 2006

Speedlinking 12/18/06

This morning's image is from The Fairest:

The Earth is a beautiful place. And on that thought, Happy Monday.

BODY
~ When It Comes To Slimming, Diet Is More Popular Than Exercise -- of course it is. No one wants to work hard to lose weight, but you need to diet and work out.
~ Obesity Cited Number-One Kids’ Health Issue: Americans Split On Who’s Responsible. "More than a quarter of Americans (27 percent) named obesity as the top health issue for kids, followed by lack of health care/insurance (16 percent) and nutrition/unhealthy diet (9 percent). Americans are divided on whether addressing obesity is an individual or societal issue." Of course, it's both.
~ Weight Loss Through Calorie Restriction, But Not Exercise, May Lead To Bone Loss -- weight training is the best prevention for bone loss.
~ Pioneers In Field Of Functional Genomics Work Toward Gene Therapy For Vision Defects.
~ How Diet, Drugs Affect Cholesterol Varies From Person To Person.


PSYCHE
~ High IQ Children Become Vegetarian Adults -- as if that's a good thing. I guess I am an exception, although I may have given back twenty or thirty IQ points when I was drinking and drugging in my teens -- so maybe that's why I love my cooked flesh. Or maybe this is why.
~ On a related note: Brain can repair alcohol's damage. Thank god(dess)!
~ Scientists identify gene mutation in autism.
~ From Omni Brain: A Year in Review: Twelve wacky cool studies.
~ A YouTube video looking at Aldous Huxley & Mescaline. Mmmmm . . . . mescaline.
~ My DNA contains the Milky Way -- a look at a Times UK article on schizoaffective disorder.
~ On the Other Hand: "Study refutes scientific belief that left-handedness is linked to dyslexia, homosexuality, asthma."
~ From Mind Hacks: Inside the mind of a psychopath.
~ Laugh And The Whole World Laughs With You -- Why The Brain Just Can't Help Itself -- cool.
~ From James at Buddhist Blog: Meditation Alone is Not Enough.


CULTURE
~ Bob Dylan's 'Modern Times' Wins Billboard's Critics Poll. What decade is this?
~ Powell: "What Mission Is It These Troops Are Supposed To Accomplish?"
~ Mortimer B. Zuckerman Thinks Universal Health Insurance Is a Step Toward Calming the High Anxiety of America's Middle Class.
~ HarperCollins terminates OJ's publisher -- Judith Regan is unemployed. Couldn't happen to a more deserving person.
~ From George Will: GOP Contenders on a Tightrope. A look at McCain and Romney.
~ An animated history of Scientology.
~ Hardliners defeated in Iran's twin elections -- that's interesting, and good news.


HABITATS
~ Commercial Marketing In Schools May Discourage Healthy Nutrition Environment For Students.
~ Top 10 climate stories of 2006: Part I.
~ Biodiesel: Fat of the land?
~ Global Exchanges Will Benefit Investors. "This coming week could mark the beginning of a brave new world for individual investors as the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext NV move closer to forming the first trans-Atlantic stock market."
~ Moulin Blanc: Expedition Probes Deep into Greenland Glacier.
~ Kalahari Bushmen win land rights.


MATTERS INTEGRAL
~ From Joe Perez: Beyond the question of truth... on integral truth.
~ From Ed Berge at Open Integral, a discussion on Overall Altitude?
~ From Alan Kazlez at Open Integral: What does the Integral Movement represent?
~ From the ISC blog: Ken's home and say Hello to LeeLoo! K dub is home from the hospital and father to a new piglet. No, really.
~ More from Joe Perez: Measuring spiritual development and Kosmic addresses.


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