"If
you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." ~Audrey Hepburn
There
is always time for more fun, especially on a Happy Friday!
Dec 14, 2018
Pig Hearts and Baboons
Some anubis baboons were the recipients of a new
heart, courtesy of an international team of researchers. With
the new hearts, which came from pigs, the baboons were able to
live normal and healthy lives for months.
According to a study published last month in the journal Nature, the researchers managed to keep two of the baboons alive for 90 days before they euthanized them in accordance with the terms of the study. The other two baboons survived for 180 days before the researchers put them down.
Prior to this study, the longest a baboon with a life-supporting pig heart survived was 57 days, and 60 percent of recipients died within just two days.
According to a study published last month in the journal Nature, the researchers managed to keep two of the baboons alive for 90 days before they euthanized them in accordance with the terms of the study. The other two baboons survived for 180 days before the researchers put them down.
Prior to this study, the longest a baboon with a life-supporting pig heart survived was 57 days, and 60 percent of recipients died within just two days.
Bacon Vending Machine
My brother and a friend Deby, both sent this
info along to me, almost the same day I came across it on the
web (great minds). Ohio State University students have a new
vending machine and it is going hog wild for bacon, offering
strips and bits for just $1. The machine was courtesy of the
Ohio Pork Council.
Located in the Animal Sciences building at the school’s College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, profits from the vending machine will benefit the meat science program, according to the Ohio Pork Council. The porky contents were donated by Hormel, Sugardale and Smithfield. It is like having your own personal cook in the house. Wouldn't it be nice if it also served up a side of eggs. Yumm!
Located in the Animal Sciences building at the school’s College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, profits from the vending machine will benefit the meat science program, according to the Ohio Pork Council. The porky contents were donated by Hormel, Sugardale and Smithfield. It is like having your own personal cook in the house. Wouldn't it be nice if it also served up a side of eggs. Yumm!
Generations
The media is always writing about generations, but many people
do not know exactly what ages they represent. Now you do. Some
reporting sources vary slightly, causing overlaps.
| start |
end |
|||
| The Interbellum Generation | 1901 |
1913 | ||
| The Greatest Generation | 1914 | 1924 | ||
| The Silent Generation | 1925 | 1945 | ||
| Baby Boomer Generation | 1946 | 1964 | ||
| Generation X (Baby Bust) | 1965 | 1979 | ||
| Xennials |
1977 | 1983 | ||
| Millennials Generation Y, Gen Next |
1980 | 1994 | ||
| iGen / Gen Z | 1995 | 2012 | ||
| Gen Alpha | 2013 | 2025 |
Picture Hanging Tip
The middle of hanging piece of art should be
57 inches from the floor.
Picture is 20" tall
Middle is at 10" (this mid point should be at 57" from the floor)
Wire comes to 2" below the top
10" - 2" = 8"
Lightly mark 8" above your first mark or 65" on the wall
Hang up art. You are welcome.
Picture is 20" tall
Middle is at 10" (this mid point should be at 57" from the floor)
Wire comes to 2" below the top
10" - 2" = 8"
Lightly mark 8" above your first mark or 65" on the wall
Hang up art. You are welcome.
How To Be Happy
In The How of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky
shares the results of years of research into what makes people
happy. She is concerned with “chronic happiness” (as opposed to
temporary happiness), with people who maintain an elevated sense
of well-being over time. Based on her work, Lyubomirsky
believes:
-
About half of human happiness is biological. Each of us seems to
have a happiness “set point” which accounts for roughly 50% of
our level of contentment. Because this set point is genetic, it
is tough to change.
- Another 10% of happiness is circumstantial, based on external factors. These include traits like age, race, nationality, and gender, as well as things like marital status, occupational status, job security, and income. Your financial situation is part of this 10%, which means it accounts for a tiny fraction of your total happiness.
- The final 40% of happiness comes from intentional activity, the things you choose to do. A huge chunk of contentment is based on your actions and attitude. You can increase your level of well-being through exercise, gratitude, and meaningful work.
Because circumstances play such a small role in your well-being, and because many of your circumstances are unchangeable, it makes more sense to boost your bliss through intentional activity, by controlling the things you can control while ignoring the things you can't.
You can't wait for someone or something to make you happy. Happiness is not something that just happens; happiness is a byproduct of the the things you think and say and do.
- Another 10% of happiness is circumstantial, based on external factors. These include traits like age, race, nationality, and gender, as well as things like marital status, occupational status, job security, and income. Your financial situation is part of this 10%, which means it accounts for a tiny fraction of your total happiness.
- The final 40% of happiness comes from intentional activity, the things you choose to do. A huge chunk of contentment is based on your actions and attitude. You can increase your level of well-being through exercise, gratitude, and meaningful work.
Because circumstances play such a small role in your well-being, and because many of your circumstances are unchangeable, it makes more sense to boost your bliss through intentional activity, by controlling the things you can control while ignoring the things you can't.
You can't wait for someone or something to make you happy. Happiness is not something that just happens; happiness is a byproduct of the the things you think and say and do.
Just
as you should become a money boss to take charge of your
financial life, you should become a happiness boss to take
charge of your emotional life. Believe it or not, you can
control your emotional responses. It just takes a bit of
knowledge and practice.
Dec 7, 2018
Happy Friday
If you moderate your desire for happiness, you moderate your
ability to achieve it.
Some things should never be moderated, especially on a Happy Friday!
Some things should never be moderated, especially on a Happy Friday!
Aunt Bertha
Aunt Bertha is the largest closed loop referral network for free
and reduced cost social services in the United States. Since
2010, it has been connecting people in need and the programs
that serve them, with dignity and ease. Go to the site and type
in your zip code. Especially great for seniors or others on
fixed budgets. LINK
Wordology
If
something is run of the mill, it is average, ordinary, not
special. It most likely originally referred to a run from a
textile mill. It is material that has been manufactured, before it
is decorated or embellished.
The expression you have your work cut out for you comes from tailoring. To do a big sewing job, all the pieces of fabric are cut out before they get sewn together. It seems like if your work has been cut for you, it should make job easier, but we do not use the expression that way. It is more that the task is ready to be tackled, but the difficult part is laying out the pieces in order, and doing the actual sewing.
The expression you have your work cut out for you comes from tailoring. To do a big sewing job, all the pieces of fabric are cut out before they get sewn together. It seems like if your work has been cut for you, it should make job easier, but we do not use the expression that way. It is more that the task is ready to be tackled, but the difficult part is laying out the pieces in order, and doing the actual sewing.
More Proof of Laughter Benefits
Laughter has positive psychological,
physiological, and immunological impacts on our health. In fact
there is a term for the study of laughter and laughing and the
examination of its effects on the human body: gelotology, from
the Greek gelos, meaning 'laughter'.
In a study “Humor and Laughter May Influence Health” in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, authors report that a sense of humor influences psychological and physiological well-being.
- Laughter leads to increased heart rate, respiratory rate, and oxygen consumption, similar to aerobic exercise. After intense laughter, body muscles relax.
- Like other strong emotions, humor seems to activate the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), which shows an increase in such hormones as urinary epinephrine and norepinephrine, but blood pressure remains stable. (Sad emotional stimulus results in higher blood pressure.)
- Exposure to a humorous stimulus decreased self-reported anxiety.
- Laughter in response to humorous stimuli correlates with improvement of natural killer (NK) cell activity, the immune cells that kill cancerous cells and prevent some types of viral illnesses.
- Laughing also has social benefits. Since much laughter is a social response rather than a reaction to jokes, laughing facilitates social reaction.
- Laughter is also contagious. If you see someone laughing, you will probably laugh, too. Scientists found that we often mimic other’s behavior, copying words or gestures due to the mirroring system in the brain.
In a study “Humor and Laughter May Influence Health” in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, authors report that a sense of humor influences psychological and physiological well-being.
- Laughter leads to increased heart rate, respiratory rate, and oxygen consumption, similar to aerobic exercise. After intense laughter, body muscles relax.
- Like other strong emotions, humor seems to activate the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), which shows an increase in such hormones as urinary epinephrine and norepinephrine, but blood pressure remains stable. (Sad emotional stimulus results in higher blood pressure.)
- Exposure to a humorous stimulus decreased self-reported anxiety.
- Laughter in response to humorous stimuli correlates with improvement of natural killer (NK) cell activity, the immune cells that kill cancerous cells and prevent some types of viral illnesses.
- Laughing also has social benefits. Since much laughter is a social response rather than a reaction to jokes, laughing facilitates social reaction.
- Laughter is also contagious. If you see someone laughing, you will probably laugh, too. Scientists found that we often mimic other’s behavior, copying words or gestures due to the mirroring system in the brain.
Straw vs. Hay
Straw and hay are often used interchangeably, and it is easy to
see why. They are both dry, grassy, and easy to find on farms in
the fall, but the two terms actual describe different materials,
and once you know what to look for, it is easy to tell the
difference between them.
Hay refers to grasses and some legumes such as alfalfa that are grown for use as animal feed. The full plant is harvested—including the heads, leaves, and stems, then dried, and typically stored in bales. Hay is what livestock like cattle eat when there is not enough pasture available, or when the weather gets too cold to graze. The baled hay most non-farmers are familiar with is dry and yellow, but high-quality hay has more of a greenish hue.
Straw is the byproduct of crops, not the crop itself. When a plant, such as wheat or barley, has been stripped of its seeds or grains, the stalk is sometimes saved and dried to make straw. This part of the plant is lacking in nutrients, which means it doesn't make great animal fodder. Farmers have found other uses for the material throughout history, such as to weave baskets, thatch roofs, and stuff mattresses.
Straw is easy to identify, such as if it is being used in a way that would be wasteful if it were food. Every hayride you have ever been on was most likely a straw-ride.
Hay refers to grasses and some legumes such as alfalfa that are grown for use as animal feed. The full plant is harvested—including the heads, leaves, and stems, then dried, and typically stored in bales. Hay is what livestock like cattle eat when there is not enough pasture available, or when the weather gets too cold to graze. The baled hay most non-farmers are familiar with is dry and yellow, but high-quality hay has more of a greenish hue.
Straw is the byproduct of crops, not the crop itself. When a plant, such as wheat or barley, has been stripped of its seeds or grains, the stalk is sometimes saved and dried to make straw. This part of the plant is lacking in nutrients, which means it doesn't make great animal fodder. Farmers have found other uses for the material throughout history, such as to weave baskets, thatch roofs, and stuff mattresses.
Straw is easy to identify, such as if it is being used in a way that would be wasteful if it were food. Every hayride you have ever been on was most likely a straw-ride.
8K is Here
On
December 1, 2018 Japanese TV networks began publicly
broadcasting 4K and 8K channels via satellite. NHK is pushing
content at 8K with 22.2 channel sound. The first movie listed in
its TV guide is '2001: A Space Odyssey', and it is a rescanned
version of the original 70mm negatives specifically for this
broadcast. Seems like a great choice.
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