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Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, according to a diagram obtained by The Associated Press.
While rotating through assorted subspecialties as a medical student, I spent two-months on a geriatric psychiatry ward, a sobering glimpse of my own destiny. Occasionally I would wander into the inpatient’s lounge and tickle the ivories. I am not a great pianist, but given that my audience was seriously medicated and their hearing aids squealed like fire alarms, to them I was Liberace in a labcoat. “Play something from our era, lad” they’d yell, prompting me to delve into my Stones repertoire. They rocked in their rocking chairs, they rolled in their hair rollers. They stomped their canes, twirled their beards, made rude noises and waved their pipes high in the air. Men enjoyed it too. In fact, without realizing it, we were all enjoying an informal session of music therapy. Music therapy is the skillful use of music to improve the lives of
those with cognitive, emotional and even physical needs. Music
therapists bop and groove their way through an entire university degree
in order to learn how to harness music’s healing powers. They are then
hired by families or hospitals and asked to provide good “sound”
advice in fields of medicine ranging from palliative care, obstetrics,
mental health, geriatric care, substance abuse, autism, oncology, brain
injuries and speech impediments...Continue reading...
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...Huang isn't doing this just for the LULZ, he's convinced the regimen provides a number of benefits to the pigs and, by extension, himself. He's definitely added interest to the pigs' daily lives and with that in mind, it's not hard to believe the animals eat more, grow faster and exhibit strengthened immune systems... Read here...
Posted by Xeni Jardin Daryn Hinton, who shared this YouTube video, explains:
Ross Kananga who did the stunt of running across the crocodile backs in
the James Bond movie 'Live and let Die' was a friend of my brother Darby
Hinton & I (Daryn Hinton). Wow he almost got killed a couple of
times! Ross was a great guy!!!! Mark Trenchard whose mom was the
production manager's secretary in Jamaica posted it to show us. http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/james-bond-every-attempted-cr.html
...“When Pudding jumped off of my chest and ran out of the room I instantly
felt a sense of panic thinking that my life depended on this animal and
without him I would die,” said Jung. “After minutes of feeling alarmed
and helpless, the next noise I heard was the sound of my son’s feet
hitting the floor and I immediately felt a wave of relief and realized
that this cat had just saved my life.”...Read here...
'I've a pain in my head' 
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The mainstream news isn’t reporting it, or when they do, they’re not giving you much of a personal picture.
Whether it’s their job or not, or they’re fatigued or not, or this is
what the readership wants or not – well, it leaves it up to the rest of us to paint the terrible but personal picture.
