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Monster titanoboa making public debutA full-scale replica of the recently discovered mega-snake may shock New York City commuters. T-Rex of snakes
Was Cheney too old for heart transplant?As the former V.P. recovers, one doctor asks whether the organ should have gone elsewhere. 'Who didn't get one?'
Ethereal "angel" appears in cloudsA photographer captures a heavenly "angel" as it materializes in the skies over Thailand. Week's best photos
There's a scientific reason why some people seem to have a natural alarm clock, and sleep has real effect on wrinkles.
ISS astronaut snaps stunning photoAndre Kuipers takes a hypnotic photo of a mysterious rock formation visible from space. Richat structure
Nothing hurts more than heartbreak (dukkha), which along with impermanence the Buddha defined as two-thirds of the problem of phenomenal existence (SNL/Celebjihad.com).
In a devastating turn of events, poor Katy Perry (Catty Purry) has been dumped by British comedian Russell Brand after 14 months of marriage to the "ET" songstress. Now as she descends into a funk or a wild acting out spree to compensate for the loss, she is likely to listen to less pop and more trip hop such as Portishead's "Sour Times." What else is she to do without a New Year's Eve date?The Buddha's Advice
"O meditators! What is the Noble Truth of suffering (dukkha)? Rebirth is disappointing, aging is disappointing, death is disappointing; sorrow, crying (lamenting), physical pain, grief, and despair are disappointing; associating with the unloved is disappointing; being separated from the loved is disappointing; not getting what one wants is disappointing. In brief, the Five Aggregates of Clinging are disappointing" (SN 56.11).
Sadly the world this week lost famed atheist, alcoholic, and author Christopher Hitchens. He challenged the Judeo-Christian West to reevaluate our deeply ingrained belief systems and assumptions. His book God is Not Great made a splash among monotheists and joyful nonbelievers. Even more sadly, in his foolishness and fanatic devotion to Science, Hitchens could not overcome mainstream medicine's mocking of "alternative" cancer cure claims. And so he lost his life, and we lost a great voice of reason and inquiry, however misguided he may have been in his search for truth from time to time.
Are profitable cancer (oncology) centers, mainstream drug companies, and wealthy research labs mourning the loss? No, they are busy counting the profits and pleading for more funding to explore the same three treatment options: chemo, surgery, and radioactive bombardment. Hitchens ignored the healing methodologies not based on corporate profit, which people celebrate every single day choosing instead to "fight" cancer. Forced to stick to his pride and misplaced devotion to proprietary science in the name of real "Science," Christopher followed the deadly route of allopathic medicine, whose official articles of faith only allow discussion of chemical poisoning, excision, and ionizing radiation. His acidifying habit of alcohol toxicity would have made the alternatives seem very unappealing when one can carry on as one loses one's hair (due to chemo, not to cancer) and health and eventually this precious human life. Hitchens died without knowing. And depending on where he was reborn, he may still not know where he went wrong. But there is a chance it all became clear...just a little too late.
Tyrant's baby son to rule North Korea -- with an iron fist or velvet glove remains to be seen (heraldsun.com.au).
"We came, we saw, he died," Clinton squealed about Libya. [She came, she didn't meet with him, we killed him?] She then went to Burma to make sure it stayed away from North Korea and its weapons sales. Then their troublesome leader died mysteriously on a train.
will rise to the throne of absolute power. Will he be a playboy, a tyrant, a revolutionary youngster inspired by the worldwide Arab Spring and Occupy Movement? Whatever he does, we are likely to hear the worst of it in an ongoing campaign of disinformation about North Korea, having sided with the South and manned a no man's land (the DMZ or demilitarized zone) that sees frequent unrest while creating an island of biodiversity in the midst of a long running war.
Finally, a more inspiring leader was also lost in Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel, 75. He was the much-lauded Czech writer and dissident turned president after the 1989 Velvet Revolution in which “people power” led to a peaceful transition of power after 40 years of communist rule. He passed away on Dec. 18. He died in his sleep at his country house in northern Bohemia next to his second wife, actress Dagmar Veškrnová.
His experience as a dissident who spent years in Communist prisons and his powerful writings -- not only his plays with their critique of the regime but even more his open letter to the Communist leader Gustav Husák, his essay “The Power of the Powerless,” and his Letters to Olga, written while imprisoned from 1979 to 1983 -- seem all the more important to recall at the end of a year in which popular Occupy and Arab Spring uprisings have ended the rule of dictators in the Arab world and in which the protester, occupying on Wall Street and cities throughout the US, Canada, and Europe, has become an emblematic figure. More
Whew, thank goodness Dick Cheney sur-vived yet another revolt from his own heart. The internal revolution was put down by doctors using stents or secret procedures, which they are not willing to reveal at the moment. A pacemaker had already been installed. But one would think that with all the billions steered to Haliburton (which he was formerly CEO of) doctors could do a little more, like maybe steal/purchase someone else's heart. But conservatives who are very compassionate, like the group Cheney addressed only last week, would never consider that.
Grandpa Death, the loveable old curmud-geon who tried to take over the world along with the Bush Dynasty, is resting comfortably after yet another heart attack. It seems blackened hearts can't run nearly as well as pink ones. First war criminal Alexander Haig passes away, then Cheney seemed to understand that he didn't have long.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former vice president Dick Cheney was hospitalized after experiencing chest pains today, an aide said. Cheney assistant Peter Long issued a statement that the 69-year-old Cheney was at George Washington University Hospital and his doctors were evaluating the situation. Cheney has a history of heart problems, including four heart attacks since the age of 37. When doctors rule out an immediate heart attack, the next step in evaluating chest pain usually is an X-ray exam called an angiogram to help uncover the cause. Doctors inject a dye that will highlight narrowed arteries leading to the heart. More>>
Being religious may not make you healthier after all
Ivan Oransky, MD
A number of studies over the past two decades have shown that religious people tend to be healthier. But a new study suggests that when it comes to heart disease and clogged arteries, attending religious services or having spiritual experiences may not protect against heart attacks and strokes. This study suggests "there's not a lot of extra burden or extra protection afforded by this particular aspect of people's lives," said Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, of the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, who led the study, published in the journal Circulation. More>>
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