The gel, which is be ing developed by scientists
in France, works by prompting cells in teeth to start multiplying.
They then form healthy new tooth tissue that gradually replaces what has been lost to decay.
The gel, which is be ing developed by scientists
in France, works by prompting cells in teeth to start multiplying.
They then form healthy new tooth tissue that gradually replaces what has been lost to decay.
LIKE children with their hands in the cookie jar, dogs steal food quietly to make sure they don’ t ge
t caught. The finding adds to evidence that dogs can work out what others are thinking.
Nothing new to those of us who live with dogs, but more proof of the intelligence of animals.
If you avoid eating soy-
based foods, including tofu, tempeh, edamame, veggie burgers, and soy milk because you’ve heard reports claiming that soy products are responsible for everything from “man-boobs” and cancer to deforestation you might be interested
in the recent Guardian article urging people to ignore all the scaremonger stories and eat more soy.
And the people who ate fish
often — nearly every day — were about 20 percent less likely to be diagnosed with dementia
compared with the folks who never ate fish.
Researchers suspect that the inflammation-fighting omega-3 fatty acids in fish produce the benefit.
(Concerned about mercury in your fish
? Here are the kinds of fish you should choose to reduce your intake of this environmental toxin.)
Something in the Water
?
So here’s what you should choose at each meal if you don’t care much about your brain: meat. In the study, the more meat people ate (think beef, chicken, and pork) the higher
their risk of dementia.
PALISADE — Betty’ s Blue, M
s.
Katherine and Impress Purple wave their bee-circled flowers in an early morning breeze, wafting the clean scent of lavender across the landscape.
Fields of these fragrant, fancifully named lavender plants are gaining popularity in Colorado.
They are popping up alongside orchards and vineyards as well as on hay and corn farms from Mack to Byers.
Colorado now boasts more than 20 commercial lavender growers.
A year ago, there were about four.
A lavender association is in its second year of promoting the benefits of
lavender and educating growers. The association is planning the state’ s fir
st lavender festival next summer in Palisade.
Read article. Long interested in nurturing the planet, I’m always glad to read about “green” projects.
Quantum physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe it is possible to create a time machine which could affect the past without creating a “grandfather paradox”.
A ten-year study in the University System of Georgia has concluded that students highly benefit from study abroad experiences.
Improvements were seen in overall academic performance, graduation rates and cultural awareness.
In addition, the students found to benefit the most from study abroad were those qualified as “at-risk”.
Th is
is not your typical hairy ass.
This is Lambada, one of the incredibly rare Baudet de Poitou donkeys of Poitou-Charente, France.
With 600 to 1,000 in existence, the Poitou are among the world’ s mo
st endangered animals.
“These donkeys are more rare than the white rhino,” said Maryon Attwood, chairwoman of the Northwest Poitou Donkey Institute in Washington state, an organization working to ensure that the animals don’ t go ex
tinct.
Actress Pamela Anderson recently posed for a provocative PETA advertisement reminding people that legs, breasts, and ribs are body parts—not entrées.
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Chickens, pigs, cows, and other animals killed for food may not speak in ways that we can easily understand, but they are like us in many other important and relevant ways: They are made of flesh, blood, and bone.
They feel pain and pleasure
and joy
and grief. They are terrified of the knife, and they cry out and don’ t wan
t to be eviscerated.
When you eat a chicken’s breast, leg, thigh, or wing, or any other piece of animal flesh, you are eating part of a dead, dismembered animal who was killed in a bloody, violent way.
I would call attention to the fact that modern culture tends to treat women and men as if
they are body parts to be enjoyed and consumed in various ways.
With this softer, gentler solution, everybody wins: the turtles, the farmer, the state and the environment
Thomas Ramey Watson is an affiliate faculty member of Regis University's College of Professional Studies. He has served as an Episcopal chaplain (lay), trained as a psychotherapist, done postdoctoral work at Cambridge University, and was named a Research Fellow at Yale University.
In addition to his scholarly writings, he is a published author of poetry and fiction.