Brain Aging (and Injury?)
Researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey) have reported findings that affect memory and motor control. While I usually don’t focus on early exploratory research, what they’ve done has implications affecting a large number of people.
Most studies of brain function focus on electrical connections in the brain. The Stevens group approached the topic from a mechanical engineering perspective, looking at the physical structure.
So called “white matter” nests around neurons in the brain and carries electrical messages from one neuron to another. As people age — and potentially under other circumstances — this white matter develops lesions that interrupt message transfer. The interruptions affect the ability to recall things, as well as movement control. In medical terms, these lesions are “deep and periventricular white matter hyperintensities.”
The Stevens group identified that leaks of cerebral spinal fluid into the brain can cause these lesions. The lining separating the…
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45,000 coronavirus cases reported in L.A. County over weekend – Los Angeles Times
The number of those testing positive for the coronavirus in Los Angeles County was even higher over the New Year’s weekend than it was last winter.
Source: 45,000 coronavirus cases reported in L.A. County over weekend – Los Angeles Times
Need vs Urge
Inhale Peace; Exhale Love. Joy will Follow! - RUELHA
Food, water, air, rest, and shelter We need this at the core centre These are the most basic human needs And aren't dependent on your deeds But, apart from what the body pleads There are psycho-socio-eco needs Followed by mindset and self actualization These are things that lead to motivation If we analyze the basics, You'll notice this A man will die without water or food And we need oxygen irrespective of aptitude Hypothermia and hyperthermia, the elements and weather Frost bites and heat strokes can kill us if unprotected without shelter Exhaustion and lack of sleep can actually lead to death If you don't shut those peepers, you'll probably begin to hallucinate But what about sex? Let's look at the specs Turns out, no one ever died due to lack of it! And sure, even I'll admit Sex is a strong desire, like an urge If you don't have…
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Spills from life: Would a change of number in a year alter events in life?
Universal Spirituality In A Sikh Spirit

My husband asked me about my resolution for this year and I hesitated to answer. Do you know why? Because I thought to myself, ‘ resolution is just words unless I’d add action to it’. We all can relate to a question that our parents, uncles, aunties, and almost all adults might have asked when we were children, ‘What do you want to become when you grow up?’ I remember it created so much confusion in my little mind instantly because there were so many buzz words that my parents and teachers had injected into my brain- ‘Doctor’, ‘Engineer’, ‘Pilot’ and ‘Accountant’…I think my memory couldn’t go past these few of the most important occupations in society. But in reality, I became a teacher in school, then a trainer for adults in known Airline, then a Manager in the same company, Semi-professional dancer and Choreographer till university days, Editor of…
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What I don’t know about Mutual Aid
Disclaimer: Before getting to that, I think I should make a disclaimer, especially since I shared the 2021 Peace and Social Concerns report of my yearly meeting, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative). I included that because Mutual Aid is mentioned in the report. “These injustices are some of the effects of systems of white supremacy. The concept of Mutual Aid is becoming an increasingly used model for communities working for justice. The idea is to have a horizontal hierarchy, where everyone has a voice. And work to ensure a vertical hierarchy does not develop. Without a vertical hierarchy, there can, by definition, be no superiority. Several of our meetings are supporting existing Mutual Aid communities or considering creating their own. These are opportunities to begin to disengage from the colonial capitalist system and white supremacy. Ways we can model justice in our own meetings and communities.”
But that doesn’t mean…
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LE LUCI DELLA FESTA
– Journeys-Jornadas
Interessante hoje em dia estava aqui pensando em como queremos ser perfeitos e nos expomos isso sempre, principalmente nas redes sociais postamos um lado estritamente importante, as coisas boas, as pessoas, momentos felizes, os amores, as conquistas, sonhos e planos… etc… Mas a realidade nua e crua nós exilados, fingimos não ter, mas na verdade tem sim Muito a se dizer, a se mostrar, a se revelar. Por traz de cada pequenas Vitória, existe dor, choro, crítica, julgamento, especulações, distorções, fuga, medo e renúncia, na verdade muitas outras abordagens também. Isso não postamos, amenizamos este lado escondido em nós pros outros, uma fração disso só se encontra em pessoas de quem confiamos, familiares e amigos, pessoas a quem chamamos confidentes do não revelado. Está é nossa sina. Uma vida fragmentada… cheia de realçadas jornadas… Que sejamos observadores… Com carinho: Coisas da SiL.

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Pollution Can Destroy Beautiful Places — FunWritings
When more people go green and tell the children about it, pollution wil be reduced The post Pollution Can Destroy Beautiful Places appeared first on FunWritings.
Pollution Can Destroy Beautiful Places — FunWritings
More on the Covid Legacy
Nails it – long Covid-19 will impact us all for decades. We must prepare against the next pandemic and get everyone vaccinated for this one – now!
Research from the NIH confirms the following:
- Covid can persist in the body for up to 283 days after infection. That’s not a limit, it just the oldest tissue sample the NIH has at present.
- Covid can spread into the heart and brain of people even if the individuals have shown either mild or no symptoms of the virus.
I’ve been worried about this for awhile. It’s interesting to here scientists now expressing my concerns.
“We don’t yet know what burden of chronic illness will result in years to come,” Raina MacIntyre, PhD, a professor of global biosecurity at the University of New South Wales, told Bloomberg News.
“Will we see young-onset cardiac failure in survivors or early-onset dementia?” she said. “These are unanswered questions which call for a precautionary public health approach to mitigation of the spread of this virus.”
We also don’t know what proportion of the…
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