The Japanese term Shinrin-yoku may literally mean “forest bathing,” but it doesn’t involve soaking in a tub among the trees. Rather it refers to spending time in the woods for its therapeutic (or bathing) effect. Most of us have felt tension slip away in the midst of trees and nature’s beauty. But science now confirms its healing influence on the body. When you spend a few hours on a woodland hike or camping by a lake you breathe in phytoncides, active substances released by plants to protect them against insects and from rotting, which appear to lower blood pressure and stress and boost your immune system.
7 natural ways to boost your health
Why We Must Occupy Our Food Supply
As Michael Ableman, farmer, author, and founder of the Center for Urban Agriculture puts it: “We need to focus on what we are for as much as what we are against; occupying our land, our soils with life and fertility, our communities with good food. We need to work to rebuild the real economy, the one based on seeds and sunlight and individuals and communities growing together.”
Also related Dr. Vandana Shiva: Occupy our food supply! via sustainable-sam
7. Has also stated that women should not serve in the military, because they are a distraction to the men who would try and protect them.
8. He authored the “partial-birth” abortion ban that passed the Senate in 2003.
9. Remember Terri Schiavo? That was him, too — he was one of the leading voices calling for the federal government to intervene to prevent her from being taken off life support.
10. Does not believe in separation of church and state.“The idea that the church should have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical of the objectives and vision of our country.”
11. Does not want people to go to college. ”Oh, I understand why he wants you to go to college. He wants to remake you in his image.”
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Massively Multiplayer Online Games as Business Collaboration Platforms
Massively multiplayer online games are pushing the envelope in technology and player engagement - they point the way to business collaboration systems in the not too distant future
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Blizzard and Hasbro announce World of Warcraft Monopoly and StarCraft Risk board games
Hasbro has announced plans to bring two new licensed board games based on Blizzard’s popular videogames.
One of my favorite symphonic metal bands - extremely well-known in Europe and almost completely unknown here in the United States. If you’re not familiar with symphonic metal, have an open mind and give it a try. Beautiful vocals, strong guitars, and a good melody and hook.
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What? You thought astrology would disappear in the face of the zombie apocalypse? With inspiration drawn from classic monster movies and my own warped imagination, here’s your weekend horroscope for the radiation-ravaged mutant-infested wasteland, crawling with creatures from our collective nightmares and wrapped in convenience store goodness.
… Ever played World of Warcraft? Or laughed at people who did? Visit Greetings from Azeroth to read about the misadventures of a misguided human paladin as he joins the Alliance and seeks his fame and fortune - and most likely finds neither. If you’ve ever wondered what really happens in an online game after the players log off, here’s your chance to take a peek. You’ll never look at MMO games the same way again! Reader discretion advised.
no. 1 rule of tumblr: you must reblog when ever our creator comes up on your dash.
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How NOT to parent…
“ This video has been making the rounds. Last night there were 90,000 views. This morning, as I write this, there are more than 13 million views.
Let’s review the facts. The teenage daughter posted something on Facebook and limited the post so that it could only be seen by her friends. This is easy to do and the note literally is not visible to anyone except those the poster specifically chooses to read it. Apparently, this was against the directions of her parents as it is insinuated in the video that this wasn’t okay with her father. Her father then accessed her account (which I firmly believe a parent of a minor child has the right to do), took offense at the rant she had posted to her friends (which could only be seen by her friends) and took the following response.
First, he did the same thing that his daughter did - he recorded his own rant about his daughter. There is no other way of interpreting his video response.
Then he posted it for the ENTIRE WORLD to see.
Had this man taken his daughter out to the field, said exactly what he said in the video - privately to her - and then destroyed her laptop in front of her, that’s tough love. I wouldn’t personally go so extreme, but I have disposed of beloved items (either temporarily or permanently) that were at the heart of a child’s discipline issue.
The problem with this video is that, by posting it to the Internet, the man publicly humiliated his daughter. As parents, we assume a lot of roles where our children are concerned. One of those roles is to provide them with a safe place to grow, to learn, and to mature into adulthood. There should be boundaries and expectations - and consequences when those boundaries are violated and/or those expectations are not met. However, as parents, we must keep our children safe.
Whether you want to call it her heart, her spirit, her psyche, or something else, this man demonstrated to his daughter, “I will harm this part of you and violate you to a level that no one else will ever approach.”
To applaud that - an adult utterly humiliating a child before the entire world - is appalling.
Think back to when you were a teenager. Imagine what would happen if your parent showed up at a school assembly, took the mic, and berated you in front of your classmates and teachers because of a note they found that you had written. Because that’s what this girl did. She wrote a note. Even Facebook calls it a note. And she distributed it in such a way that only her friends could see it.
Would your parent showing up at your school assembly to humiliate you in front of your entire school be an appropriate response? If your best friend’s parent did that to them would you be cheering the parent on?
We take the Internet for granted. Each time we forward something like this and say, “Hooray for Dad!” or “Wow, I think she got off easy,” what we’re doing is walking to the door of that auditorium, opening the door, and calling to people passing by to come in and watch as the dad humiliates his daughter.
What if he had been outing his lesbian daughter? What if she had gotten pregnant by a classmate and he was announcing to the world that he thought his daughter was a slut? What if he had found she was doing drugs? What is she had converted to another faith and he was berating her choice when he had forbidden her to do so? Which part of her is it okay to use to humiliate her in front of thirteen million people?
People laugh and debate the merits of this man destroying his daughter’s laptop. No one thinks to debate the merits of him destroying their relationship - and quite probably destroying a large part of her psyche in the process.” ~ Jeffrey Pierce, Old Ways
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