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We spent a lovely day with the little people at Terra Natura yesterday. Because it was raining we spent a lot of time in the indoor exhibition of snakes and spiders. The little people loved these and were delighted to see the little frogs. They didn't seem to care that these tiny creatures are among the most venomous on earth. The animals were quite lively but the Black Panthers were not in the mood for showing off their prowess or anything else. I particularly enjoyed then aviary where the birds fly freely. There has been an addition to this aviary. There are now little monkeys leaping around the place. They are really attractive. Like I said in yesterday's blog it is a lovely place to visit. As it was a cold day there were not that many in the park and we almost had the place to ourselves. Let´s find the forecast as it has now turned beautiful again just as the little people are driving home to the Basque Country.
I cannot believe their bad luck. The little people and their parents have had torrential rain for the past three days!
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You probably don't clean your computer screen very often and it is really hard to do the inside, so here is my present to you. Click on the word "here" and wait for a few seconds
and the inside of your screen will be automatically cleaned.
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Your diet might be a Western diet if it's raining and the closest thing you can grab to cover your head is an empty pizza box.
Your diet might be a Western diet if you can't decide what to drink with your chicken nuggets: chocolate milk or strawberry milk.
Your diet might be a Western diet if just seeing the words "pizza box" and "chicken nuggets" makes you crave a beer.
A new study in the American Journal of Psychiatry spells out the elements of a Western diet pretty clearly: "Processed or fried foods, refined grains, sugary products, and beer."
And for women who follow such a diet for a decade or more, we can add this...
Your diet might be a Western diet if you have major depression, mild chronic depression, or anxiety disorders.
When researchers at the University of Melbourne compared psychiatric evaluations to dietary questionnaires submitted by more than 1,000 women, the results were clear: depression and anxiety disorders were far more commonplace among women who indulged in a Western diet for at least 10 years.
In addition, risk of depression and anxiety was found to be lower in women who followed a "traditional" diet of vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, and whole grains.
This seems kind of obvious, but sometimes the obvious needs to be stated outright: Your diet has a huge effect on your mental well-being.
To Your Good Health,
Jenny Thompson
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complexion, hue; skin; grain, shining surface
Tenía un cutis liso y suave. - She had an even and smooth complexion.
Uso una variedad de productos porque tengo el cutis mixto. - I use a variety of products because I have combination skin (on my face).
La limpieza de cutis - A facial
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People who know me well will know I don't smoke but I realise how difficult it is to give up smoking. I have always considered passive smoking a problem but I am always prepared to hear the other side of an argument. Therefore, you might find the following interesting. I haven't changed my mind but here is another point of view from the rebel doctor.
Firsthand foolishness on secondhand smoke
Maybe you've seen the recent headlines that essentially accuse smokers of giving their kids emphysema.
But you don't have to take this guilt trip -- because I've smoked out the truth here.
Behind those sensationalist headlines lies a shoddy new study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, which finds that children exposed to secondhand smoke grow up to have an increased risk of emphysema.
But get this: The study didn't actually look at people diagnosed with emphysema.
Instead, they compared CT lung scans of adults who grew up in homes with smokers to lung scans of those who didn't. And they found that the ones who were raised in clouds of smoke had lungs that LOOKED like they had some of the signs of emphysema.
Forget symptoms. Let's not talk about those, because the researchers found absolutely no link between childhood smoke exposure and lung function.
None. Their lungs are working just fine. At least they were -- until they were exposed to megadoses of radiation from all those CT lung scans.
The researchers even admit that their study doesn't really show a causal relationship. Of course it doesn't -- because there isn't one to show!
But because the media just loves a headline that makes smoking look bad, and even more when it involves children, no one wants to ask the hard questions.
So pardon me for a moment while I light my cigar, and then let ME ask the hard questions.
If there's such a strong link between second-hand smoke and emphysema, why couldn't they have designed a study that looked at actual emphysema patients, and compared the rates of those raised in smokers' homes to those raised in nonsmoking homes?
It wouldn't be hard to do.
I'll tell you why: They were afraid they'd find no link.
Just remember this one rule when it comes to tobacco research: don't trust a thing you read, unless it comes from me. Just about all the research is done with a predetermined outcome in mind, and the media happily goes along for the ride.
That's not science. That's a witch hunt.
Willing to burn for the right to smoke,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
..........................................................................
Tax Returns
At the end of the tax year, the Tax Office sent an inspector to audit the books of a Synagogue, While he was checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and said, 'I notice you buy a lot of candles.
What do you do with the Candle drippings?'
'Good question,' noted the Rabbi. 'We save Them up and send them back to the candle Makers, and every now and then they send Us a free box of candles.'
'Oh,' replied the auditor, somewhat Disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer.
But on he went, in his obnoxious way:
'What about all these bread-wafer Purchases? What do you do with the crumbs?'
'Ah, yes,' replied the Rabbi, realizing That the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question. 'We collect Them and send them back to the Manufacturers, and every now and then they
Send us a free box of bread-wafers.'
'I see,' replied the auditor, thinking Hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all Rabbi. 'Well, Rabbi,' he went on, 'what do you do with all the leftover Foreskins from the circumcisions you Perform?'
'Here, too, we do not waste,' answered the Rabbi...............'What we do is save all the foreskins and Send them to the Tax Office, and about Once a year they send us a complete dick.'
................................................................................
Pop Trivia/Facts for January 28th
1956, Elvis Presley (with Scotty Moore and Bill Black), made his first National Television. 1963, touring the UK The Beatles played at the Majestic Ballroom in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. 1965, The Moody Blues were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Go Now!' the group's only UK No.1.
1965, The Who appeared on the UK TV show Ready Steady Go! The hand-picked audience consisted only of teens dressed in the current Mod fashion.
1967, The Four Tops appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London with The Dakotas, Madeline Bell, The Remo Four and Johnny Watson.
1978, The Fleetwood Mac album 'Rumours' went to No.1 on the UK and US album chart.
1983, Billy Fury died of heart failure. His 'We Want Billy' (released 1963, with The Tornados) was one of the first live albums in British rock history. Played "Stormy Tempest" in the film That'll Be The Day along side David Essex and Ringo Starr. Liverpool still has an annual memorial service for him.
1984, Frankie Goes To Hollywood started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Relax!' BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read expressed on air his distaste for both the record's suggestive sleeve and its lyrics, he announced his refusal to play the record, not knowing that the BBC had decided that the song was not to be played on the BBC anyway. The song remained on the chart for 48 weeks.
1985, the recording took place for 'We Are The World' the US equivalent of Band Aid. Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie the all star cast included Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry and Bob Geldof.
1994, Paul and Linda McCartney attended the premiere of Wayne’s World II in London. The couple then went on to Hard Rock Café, where the film star Mike Myers presented them with a cheque for the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts for £25,000 from the sale of Linda’s vegetarian burgers.
2000, Saxophonist and bandleader Thomas 'Beans' Bowles died of prostate cancer aged 73. Played on many Motown sessions including Marvin Gaye's, 'What's Going On', Martha and the Vandellas' ‘Heat Wave’ and The Supremes 'Baby Love' and wrote the melody on Stevie Wonder's ‘Fingertips Pt. 2,’
2 001, Limp Bizkit started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Chocolate Starfish'.
2001, Shaggy feat Ricardo Rikrot started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'It Wasn't Me'..... No.1 in the UK.
2004, Elvis Presley fans expressed their anger at plans to cut up a rare tape of the singer’s early songs and sell the snippets at auction. The tape, which featured a recording made by Presley during the early 1950s, was now too fragile to play. US firm Master Tape Collection said the tape would be cut into two-inch snippets and sold for £270 each.
2005, English drummer and singer songwriter Jim Capaldi died of stomach cancer aged 60. Member of Trafficand solo, (1975 UK No.4 single 'Love Hurts'). Also worked with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and George Harrison.
2007, Scottish band The View went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut 'Hats Off To The Buskers.' Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture was at No.1 on the US album chart. The musical based on the history of Diana Ross and the Supremes featured Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose and Keith Robinson.
2009, Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell died at the age of 56 of a suspected heart attack in Florida. Powell called police saying he was having trouble breathing and emergency services tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead an hour later. Powell had missed a doctor’s appointment on the day before his death; the appointment was for a checkup on his heart. He played piano on Kid Rock's ‘All Summer Long’ .
January 28th: Born on this day
1927, Ronnie Scott, jazz musician. Formed his own nine-piece group in 1953, opened the first Ronnie Scott's night club in London in 1959. He played with his own group's at the club, in between presenting the cream of the world's jazz musicians. He died on December 23rd 1996.
Today´s Podcast
We spent a lovely day with the little people at Terra Natura yesterday. Because it was raining we spent a lot of time in the indoor exhibition of snakes and spiders. The little people loved these and were delighted to see the little frogs. They didn't seem to care that these tiny creatures are among the most venomous on earth. The animals were quite lively but the Black Panthers were not in the mood for showing off their prowess or anything else. I particularly enjoyed then aviary where the birds fly freely. There has been an addition to this aviary. There are now little monkeys leaping around the place. They are really attractive. Like I said in yesterday's blog it is a lovely place to visit. As it was a cold day there were not that many in the park and we almost had the place to ourselves. Let´s find the forecast as it has now turned beautiful again just as the little people are driving home to the Basque Country.| Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday |
 15° C | 5° C | 17° C | 8° C | 16° C | 6° C | 16° C | 6° C | |
I cannot believe their bad luck. The little people and their parents have had torrential rain for the past three days!
---------------------------------
You probably don't clean your computer screen very often and it is really hard to do the inside, so here is my present to you. Click on the word "here" and wait for a few seconds
and the inside of your screen will be automatically cleaned.
...........................................................................................
Your diet might be a Western diet if it's raining and the closest thing you can grab to cover your head is an empty pizza box.
Your diet might be a Western diet if you can't decide what to drink with your chicken nuggets: chocolate milk or strawberry milk.
Your diet might be a Western diet if just seeing the words "pizza box" and "chicken nuggets" makes you crave a beer.
A new study in the American Journal of Psychiatry spells out the elements of a Western diet pretty clearly: "Processed or fried foods, refined grains, sugary products, and beer."
And for women who follow such a diet for a decade or more, we can add this...
Your diet might be a Western diet if you have major depression, mild chronic depression, or anxiety disorders.
When researchers at the University of Melbourne compared psychiatric evaluations to dietary questionnaires submitted by more than 1,000 women, the results were clear: depression and anxiety disorders were far more commonplace among women who indulged in a Western diet for at least 10 years.
In addition, risk of depression and anxiety was found to be lower in women who followed a "traditional" diet of vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, and whole grains.
This seems kind of obvious, but sometimes the obvious needs to be stated outright: Your diet has a huge effect on your mental well-being.
To Your Good Health,
Jenny Thompson
..............................................................
Word of the Day
el cutis koo'-tees (noun)
complexion, hue; skin; grain, shining surface
EXAMPLES
Tenía un cutis liso y suave. - She had an even and smooth complexion.
Uso una variedad de productos porque tengo el cutis mixto. - I use a variety of products because I have combination skin (on my face).
IDIOMS
La limpieza de cutis - A facial
...............................................................................................
People who know me well will know I don't smoke but I realise how difficult it is to give up smoking. I have always considered passive smoking a problem but I am always prepared to hear the other side of an argument. Therefore, you might find the following interesting. I haven't changed my mind but here is another point of view from the rebel doctor.
Firsthand foolishness on secondhand smoke
Maybe you've seen the recent headlines that essentially accuse smokers of giving their kids emphysema.
But you don't have to take this guilt trip -- because I've smoked out the truth here.
Behind those sensationalist headlines lies a shoddy new study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, which finds that children exposed to secondhand smoke grow up to have an increased risk of emphysema.
But get this: The study didn't actually look at people diagnosed with emphysema.
Instead, they compared CT lung scans of adults who grew up in homes with smokers to lung scans of those who didn't. And they found that the ones who were raised in clouds of smoke had lungs that LOOKED like they had some of the signs of emphysema.
Forget symptoms. Let's not talk about those, because the researchers found absolutely no link between childhood smoke exposure and lung function.
None. Their lungs are working just fine. At least they were -- until they were exposed to megadoses of radiation from all those CT lung scans.
The researchers even admit that their study doesn't really show a causal relationship. Of course it doesn't -- because there isn't one to show!
But because the media just loves a headline that makes smoking look bad, and even more when it involves children, no one wants to ask the hard questions.
So pardon me for a moment while I light my cigar, and then let ME ask the hard questions.
If there's such a strong link between second-hand smoke and emphysema, why couldn't they have designed a study that looked at actual emphysema patients, and compared the rates of those raised in smokers' homes to those raised in nonsmoking homes?
It wouldn't be hard to do.
I'll tell you why: They were afraid they'd find no link.
Just remember this one rule when it comes to tobacco research: don't trust a thing you read, unless it comes from me. Just about all the research is done with a predetermined outcome in mind, and the media happily goes along for the ride.
That's not science. That's a witch hunt.
Willing to burn for the right to smoke,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
..........................................................................
Tax Returns
At the end of the tax year, the Tax Office sent an inspector to audit the books of a Synagogue, While he was checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and said, 'I notice you buy a lot of candles.
What do you do with the Candle drippings?'
'Good question,' noted the Rabbi. 'We save Them up and send them back to the candle Makers, and every now and then they send Us a free box of candles.'
'Oh,' replied the auditor, somewhat Disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer.
But on he went, in his obnoxious way:
'What about all these bread-wafer Purchases? What do you do with the crumbs?'
'Ah, yes,' replied the Rabbi, realizing That the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question. 'We collect Them and send them back to the Manufacturers, and every now and then they
Send us a free box of bread-wafers.'
'I see,' replied the auditor, thinking Hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all Rabbi. 'Well, Rabbi,' he went on, 'what do you do with all the leftover Foreskins from the circumcisions you Perform?'
'Here, too, we do not waste,' answered the Rabbi...............'What we do is save all the foreskins and Send them to the Tax Office, and about Once a year they send us a complete dick.'
................................................................................
Pop Trivia/Facts for January 28th
1956, Elvis Presley (with Scotty Moore and Bill Black), made his first National Television. 1963, touring the UK The Beatles played at the Majestic Ballroom in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. 1965, The Moody Blues were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Go Now!' the group's only UK No.1.
1965, The Who appeared on the UK TV show Ready Steady Go! The hand-picked audience consisted only of teens dressed in the current Mod fashion.
1967, The Four Tops appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London with The Dakotas, Madeline Bell, The Remo Four and Johnny Watson.
1978, The Fleetwood Mac album 'Rumours' went to No.1 on the UK and US album chart.
1983, Billy Fury died of heart failure. His 'We Want Billy' (released 1963, with The Tornados) was one of the first live albums in British rock history. Played "Stormy Tempest" in the film That'll Be The Day along side David Essex and Ringo Starr. Liverpool still has an annual memorial service for him.
1984, Frankie Goes To Hollywood started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Relax!' BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read expressed on air his distaste for both the record's suggestive sleeve and its lyrics, he announced his refusal to play the record, not knowing that the BBC had decided that the song was not to be played on the BBC anyway. The song remained on the chart for 48 weeks.
1985, the recording took place for 'We Are The World' the US equivalent of Band Aid. Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie the all star cast included Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry and Bob Geldof.
1994, Paul and Linda McCartney attended the premiere of Wayne’s World II in London. The couple then went on to Hard Rock Café, where the film star Mike Myers presented them with a cheque for the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts for £25,000 from the sale of Linda’s vegetarian burgers.
2000, Saxophonist and bandleader Thomas 'Beans' Bowles died of prostate cancer aged 73. Played on many Motown sessions including Marvin Gaye's, 'What's Going On', Martha and the Vandellas' ‘Heat Wave’ and The Supremes 'Baby Love' and wrote the melody on Stevie Wonder's ‘Fingertips Pt. 2,’
2 001, Limp Bizkit started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Chocolate Starfish'.
2001, Shaggy feat Ricardo Rikrot started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'It Wasn't Me'..... No.1 in the UK.
2004, Elvis Presley fans expressed their anger at plans to cut up a rare tape of the singer’s early songs and sell the snippets at auction. The tape, which featured a recording made by Presley during the early 1950s, was now too fragile to play. US firm Master Tape Collection said the tape would be cut into two-inch snippets and sold for £270 each.
2005, English drummer and singer songwriter Jim Capaldi died of stomach cancer aged 60. Member of Trafficand solo, (1975 UK No.4 single 'Love Hurts'). Also worked with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and George Harrison.
2007, Scottish band The View went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut 'Hats Off To The Buskers.' Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture was at No.1 on the US album chart. The musical based on the history of Diana Ross and the Supremes featured Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose and Keith Robinson.
2009, Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell died at the age of 56 of a suspected heart attack in Florida. Powell called police saying he was having trouble breathing and emergency services tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead an hour later. Powell had missed a doctor’s appointment on the day before his death; the appointment was for a checkup on his heart. He played piano on Kid Rock's ‘All Summer Long’ .
January 28th: Born on this day
1927, Ronnie Scott, jazz musician. Formed his own nine-piece group in 1953, opened the first Ronnie Scott's night club in London in 1959. He played with his own group's at the club, in between presenting the cream of the world's jazz musicians. He died on December 23rd 1996.
Today´s Podcast
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