EGO CHECKING - by Bill Cottringer------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
A popular catch phrase today is "check your ego at the door." Actually you really don't want to do that. Sometimes the only thing you have that holds you all together is your ego. What you do want to leave behind though, are the more subtle negative behaviors of your ego, that interfere with good interpersonal relations-especially effective communication. These are the things that keep you from going from good to great in learning how to be successful.
Tell Starbucks to stop lacing its coffee drinks with Monsanto's genetically engineered Bovine Growth Hormone. Tell them that injecting this cruel and dangerous drug into dairy cows is morally unacceptable. By calling them and telling them you'll stop going to their cafes if they don't drop rBGH, you'll let Starbucks know that rBGH is bad for business. Call Starbucks at: 1 (800) 235-2883
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/Starbucks/index.cfm
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From Steve and the group: In presenting these forecasts it is always important to remember that we are in charge of our reality. The group says they cannot tell the future, as we have yet to write it. Still, they can see down the road in the direction we are heading at this time and that is what we offer here. Click Here for Article
Earth News; Keep up-to-date on the latest happenings on our planet Earth - Earthquakes and Information. The activity levels are increasing; the western USA activity level is looking very familiar (remember Scallion's map?). Check in regularly to this resource section for current updates.
Volcano Activity: Action on the worlds volcanos, esp. Alaska, is on the increase also. Your one-stop monitoring area is here on this page - check in regularly for updates.
New research shows that at least 10 percent of genes in the human population can vary in the number of copies of DNA sequences they contain--a finding that alters current thinking that the DNA of any two humans is 99.9 percent similar in content and identity. Article Here
Nov. 20, 2006 - This Thanksgiving, you may want to turn down that second piece of pie and reach for the cranberry sauce instead. The fruit is among the top foods with proven health benefits, according to Amy Howell, a researcher at Rutgers University. Click Here for Article
21-Nov-2006: A University of Utah study suggests that memories are held in our brains because certain proteins serve as anchors, holding other proteins in place to strengthen synapses, which are connections between nerve cells. .."The essential idea is that synapses are in a constant state of flux, so how can they be the seat of memories that can last a lifetime?" says mathematics Professor Paul Bressloff, a member of the Brain Institute at the University of Utah. "Part of the answer is that there are anchors inside the synapse that keep proteins in place, and these proteins help determine how strong a synapse is, which in turn contributes to forming and retaining memories."
The research is relevant not only to how memory and learning work, but to Alzheimer's disease, which is believed to involve, at least in part, a breakdown in the normal movement of proteins within synapses. Check Health News
21-Nov-2006: Scientists have discovered that autoimmunity can be triggered in the thymus, where the immune system's T cells develop, if T cells fail to recognize just one of the body's thousands of proteins as "self." The research confirms an emerging view that autoimmunity can start in this cradle of the immune system, and not only at the sites where autoimmune diseases emerge, such as the pancreas in the case of type 1 diabetes, or the joints in rheumatoid arthritis. Check Health News for Article Link