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  • Fact! Fracking Is Unhealthy

    Gas extraction produces a range of potentially health-endangering pollutants at nearly every stage of the process, according to a new paper by the California nonprofit Physicians Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy, released last week in Environmental Health Perspectives, a… Continue reading

  • New eBook: Bridging the Bipolar Gap by Dawn Figueroa

    At the age of 24 Dawn was preparing to move to Colorado with her boyfriend when she was overtaken by a manic episode which included severe anxiety, hallucinations, and paranoia. She recalls driving around a hospital parking lot debating whether… Continue reading

    New eBook: Bridging the Bipolar Gap by Dawn Figueroa

  • OM Calming Meditation | Youtube

    Related articles Meditation on Sound (travellerunknown.wordpress.com) Gayatri Mantra and Its Scientific Interpretation (harikrishnamurthy.wordpress.com) “Om – Everythin… (katymobley.wordpress.com) Significance of OM (experiencehinduism.wordpress.com) Keeping concentration during meditation (buddhajourney.net) OM – State of non-return (dierievnia.wordpress.com)   Continue reading

    OM Calming Meditation | Youtube

  • Reexamining the Definition of Cancer | NPR

    When your hear the word cancer, what does it mean to you? The big C, right? Fear, uncertainty. But not all cancers are created equal. Not all are equally harmful. They are not all treated the same way. This week,… Continue reading

    Reexamining the Definition of Cancer | NPR

  • The Myth of Complementary Protein

    Big thanks to my good brother Dušan B. who posted this piece to his FB wall. Recently, I was teaching a nutrition class and describing the adequacy of plant-based diets to meet human nutritional needs. A woman raised her hand and… Continue reading

    The Myth of Complementary Protein

  • Madness and (American) Civilization

    In “The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why?” (New York Review of Books, 2011), Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, discusses over-diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, pathologizing of normal behaviors, Big Pharma corruption of psychiatry, and the adverse effects… Continue reading

    Madness and (American) Civilization

  • World’s Biggest Virus May Have Ancient Roots | NPR

    Researchers have discovered the largest virus ever, and they’ve given it a terrifying name: Pandoravirus. In mythology, opening Pandora’s Box released evil into the world. But there’s no need to panic. This new family of virus lives underwater and doesn’t… Continue reading

  • How to Spot a Sociopath | The Daily Beast

    Yesterday, while I was watching George Zimmerman’s interview from last year with Sean Hannity, I began asking myself, “How do you spot a sociopath?” M. E. Thomas describes herself as a cutthroat attorney who sailed through law school without much… Continue reading

  • Get the Most Out of the 60 Hours in Your Weekend

    Weekends always seem to go quickly, but they’re longer than we think. There are 60 hours between that 6 p.m. Friday beer and that 6 a.m. Monday alarm clock. Even if you sleep for 24 of those hours, that leaves… Continue reading

    Get the Most Out of the 60 Hours in Your Weekend

  • [Harper’s Index] | August 2013

      …Net amount contributed to Medicare by immigrants between 2002 and 2009 : $115,000,000,000 Net amount drawn out by native-born citizens over the same period : $28,000,000,000 Average amount a Water Valley, Mississippi, hospital bills Medicare for treating pneumonia with no complications : $4,552 Average amount… Continue reading

    [Harper’s Index] | August 2013

  • Daodejing 44

    #44* Fame or life: Which is dearer? Life or fortune: Which is most valuable? Gain or loss: Which is more harmful?  Hence, excessive love Is bound to great cost. Too many possessions Is bound to great loss. Knowing satisfaction, [1] Avoid… Continue reading

    Daodejing 44

  • Daodejing 42

    #42* Dao begets one. One begets two. Two begets three. Three begets 10,000 things. The 10,000 things carry YIN on their backs and embrace YANG. Yin and Yang contest Then blend each with the Other in harmony. People detest most… Continue reading

    Daodejing 42

  • Senator Wendy Davis, Marina Abramovic, and the Art of the Filibuster

    The Texas Senate was held in a Special Session Tuesday night in order to discuss SB5 which would greatly limit the accessibility of clinics authorized to perform abortions throughout the State. To give you a metric, it is estimated that… Continue reading

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    down rolling falling drifting earth cold mud parting away foot leg waist torso neck head deranged beneath the at-level down ground water baptism “this is my beloved baby” breath stopping stoney ranging down-below emptiness down devils elementals daemons gods caressing hot memories death… Continue reading

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  • Boon of Dandelions 7

    Anything done to excess opens the door to more excesses. The spiral downward–slow or fast–can only be arrested with real moderation born of bold honesty. Any Existenz who lies to himself with the con game of “I am NOT an… Continue reading

    Boon of Dandelions 7

  • How Big Business Robs Us With “Externalities”

    A lot of folks go around talking about the efficiency of corporations and businesses based on the size of their profit margins. They often cite this as evidence that these busyness people really know how to do things the right… Continue reading

    How Big Business Robs Us With “Externalities”