news for August 19, 2011

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/18/us-testosterone-study-idUSTRE77H78A20110818

--> I have "low T" and take medication for it, however, my mortality is not a question, but my quality of life is.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44195507/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/

--> UN pushing for sanctions against Syria. The UN is all talk and is wholly ineffective against tyrants. Why are they not taking greater notice of the crimes in North Korea?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/health-care-law-how-to-enroll-34-million-americans-in-health-insurance/2011/08/18/gIQAS0sKOJ_blog.html

--> "... Last summer, the law created high-risk insurance pools, meant to serve those with pre-existing conditions who have had trouble finding coverage. A program that many expected to be flooded has has seen dismal enrollment. ... at last count, just about 12,437 Americans had signed up. ..." Which means they either don't need or want government insurance. The take from the government is "how do we get people to sign up for our unconstitutional plan?". Instead the government should be asking "WHY are people not signing up? Do they really need or want this service?" The lack of participation seems to indicate that the vast majority of Americans do not need or want government to play doctor.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576518093778968936.html

--> The Japanese official is saying the yen is stronger than the economy supporting it. He is saying that Japan is not that great an investment. Is this going to lead to a default by Japan? Watch how the world is slowly falling and falling all together.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-says-disagrees-with-calls-for-syrias-assad-to-resign-should-be-given-more-time/2011/08/19/gIQAKFlfPJ_story.html

--> Russia probably has economic deals with Syria. They were opposed to Saddam Hussein being removed from office, too, for that very reason.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44176575

--> If your roommates boyfriend/girlfriend is spending a lot of time at your place, then it is time they started paying up.

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/19/how-good-is-coconut-oil-for-you/

--> The truth about coconut oil. "... Research on coconut oil is still limited, but one small study published in the journal Lipids found that in women with too much belly fat (waist size larger than 35 inches), taking coconut oil while following a low-calorie diet and walking almost an hour a day raised good cholesterol, or HDL, and lowered belly fat more than a diet including soybean oil. (The soybean oil diet actually increased bad cholesterol and lowered good cholesterol.) ..."

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/18/is-charity-sex-better-than-no-sex/

--> "... Pity sex is about checking sex off your to-do list. Charity sex is about checking in with each other. It’s not about meeting someone else’s physical needs-it’s about meeting your relationship’s emotional ones. It’s about opening up, quite literally, to each other. Why might you engage in charity sex? You might do it because your partner is all wound up from work, and sex relaxes him or her. You might do it because she’s feeling a little down, and sex gives her a boost. Or maybe you do it because -- like some 41 million Americans - you’ve both gone too many days, weeks, or even months without sex. ... the less often you have sex, the harder it is to get back into the groove. Testosterone levels drop and, as a result, libido levels drop, too. Before you know it, you’re experiencing the longest dry spell of your life...."

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards/2011/aidan.html

--> And a child shall lead them. Academia can be blind due to over-education and "standards" or "rules of thumb". It took a 13 year old boy to show the industry how solar cells should be optimally arranged. He took a lesson from nature, whereas the academics didn't.

http://news.discovery.com/space/save-the-galaxy-destroy-humanity-110818.html

--> Why would aliens invade Earth? To destroy Humanity in order to save the galaxy. This presumption is still made on human-derived ideals and a definite "humanity is evil" platform. Perhaps the aliens won't see us as polluters but as doing more to conserve resources and preserve the natural world than they did. "... Needless to say, all these scenarios are completely constructed from human experience -- any study into the hypothetical nature of ETI will have a heavy anthropocentric bias. ..."

http://news.discovery.com/space/survive-the-cosmic-ecosystem-keep-your-head-low-110409.html

--> Maybe we have not heard alien signals since they have found a way to communicate using gravity waves, or even quantum entanglement. The aliens may not even be capable of receiving radio waves anymore. They are an advanced civilization, after all. Radio waves? Really? That's for CHILDREN!

http://makeprojects.com/Project/How-to-Remove-Anything-from-Metal/1224/1

--> How to clean up metal objects.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/08/diy-mosquito-repellent-diffuser-refill.html

--> Use a slice of orange peel in place of your mosquito repellant diffuser insert

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/paula_tells_tony_get_life_jswHsIgTk3teIhd7cXJTFI#ixzz1VTdbAQ28

--> It sounds like Anthony Bourdain was slipping in the ratings and had to do something to get the cameras focused back on his ego.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/fashion/the-stayover-as-a-relationship.html?_r=1

--> The "stayover" is the new less committed form of cohabitation

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-moderate-alcohol-dementia-20110819,0,3773509.story

--> Moderate drinking is good for your brain and may help stave off dementia. But more is not better. High alcohol use was a contributing factor to dementia.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Aftershock-book-predicts-economic/2011/07/25/id/404782

--> Dire predictions for the US economic outlook and what you can do about it. It won't matter who is in the White House in 2013.

http://www.lifescript.com/Health/Conditions/Arthritis/7_Exercises_for_Low-Back_Pain.aspx

--> Yoga positions to help your back.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/liquid-bomb-plot-special-is-gripping-investigation-of-terrorism/2011/08/18/gIQASxDVQJ_story.html

--> Peroxide and Tang?

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/should-google-buy-hps-pc-business

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http://www.newscientist.com/special/dating?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/18/republican-state-senator-looks-into-potential-run-for-rep-giffords/

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=mind-reviews-the-compass-of-pleasure

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/19/republicans-decry-dhs-deportation-review-as-amnesty/

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