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Balance Exercises to Improve Your Strength HERE: https://livenewsamerica.com/balance-exercises-to-improve-your-strength/ August 12, 2022 by LiveNewsAmerica Len Kaplan began having difficulty walking in a straight line when he was in his 50s. Scoliosis combined with compressed discs in his back were causing his balance to deteriorate. “Physical therapy, regular exercises, just wasn’t getting the job done. I needed something different,” Len, now 80, said. Around that time Len and his wife, Ginny, took a cruise with twice-daily Tai Chi classes. Ginny, 77, said they loved Tai Chi — which consists of slow, controlled movements and deep breathing — so much they found a class in nearby Yorba Linda, Calif., when they returned home. The habit stuck. Len and Ginny have now been taking Tai Chi and balance classes regularly for more than 15 years. Len is able to easily walk in a straight line and his balance has improved. Last September while visiting Greece, Len and Ginny decided to hike the nearly 100 steps to the top of the Acropolis. Up they went, over slippery, uneven steps with no hand rails. They made it to the top and were rewarded with ancient ruins and sweeping views of Athens below. “At my age I know people who would go, ‘Oh no, I’ll stand at the bottom in the parking lot and take pictures, thank you,’” Ginny said, “but how fun is that?” Balance training is an important but often-neglected skill, one that impacts both our longevity and our quality of life, beginning around age 40. A study in June by a Brazilian team found that 20 percent of the 1,700 older adults tested couldn’t balance on one leg for 10 seconds or more. And that inability to balance was associated with a twofold risk of death from any cause within 10 years. If you have tried out the one-legged test (with a wall or chair nearby for safety) and didn’t pass, don’t panic. It’s never too late to start working on balance training, even if you can pass the 10 second test, especially if you’re over age 50. This doesn’t have to mean handstands and acrobatics. In fact, you can start at home without any equipment. What the 10-Second Test Can (and Can’t) Tell Us Falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide, yet doctors don’t have an easy way to check balance, like they do blood pressure or pulse. In this test, which can be done in less than a minute, the patient gets three attempts to do a 10-second one-legged stand on either leg. “The idea here was just to come up with a really simple test that might be an indication of a person’s ability to balance,” said Dr. Jonathan Myers, a professor at Stanford University, researcher at the Palo Alto VA Health Care System and an author of the balance study. He said the inability to perform this task was powerfully predictive of mortality. In the study, one in five people could not manage it. “With age, strength and balance tend to decrease and that can result in frailty. Frailty is a really big thing now that the population is aging,” Dr. Myers said. Balance problems can be caused by a variety of factors, many of them age-related, said Dr. Lewis Lipsitz, a professor of medicine at Harvard University and the director of the Marcus Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife. When your vision is affected by cataracts, or the nerve signals from your feet to your brain slow down, this makes it more difficult to balance. While it’s impossible to prevent all types of age-related decline, you can counteract the impact on your balance through specialized training and building strength. “There’s a downward spiral of the people who don’t go out, who don’t walk, who don’t exercise, who don’t do balance training, and they become weaker and weaker. And muscle weakness is another important risk factor for falls,” he said. Researchers have previously connected balance and strength with mortality, finding that the ability to rise from the floor to a standing position, balance on one leg for 30 seconds with one eye closed and even walk at a brisk pace are all tied to longevity. But no test is perfect. Dan Layne, who runs the Center for Balance, where Len and Ginny study Tai Chi, said the Brazilian paper caused a stir in his classes, which include balance and fall prevention. Many of his students, whose ages range from 30 to 105, tried it and failed. They approached him, worried. “I’ve got a lot of people that can’t balance for 10 seconds, but their balance control is fine. They’re not falling and they’re living long lives,” Mr. Layne said. Even if your vision is impaired, or your coordination is affected by arthritis, you can improve your balance — at any age. “The body is very adaptive. And if one pathway doesn’t work to maintain your balance, by training other pathways in the body and the brain you can overcome some disabilities,” Dr. Lipsitz said. Balance-Enhancing Activities Balance training goes hand-in-hand with strength training. The stronger the muscles in your legs, glutes, feet and core, the better your balance. You can improve your balance by taking Tai Chi or yoga classes, but weight training, dancing, rock climbing or aerobics classes are also excellent ways to work on your balance skills. “Really any type of exercise seems to help with balance and fall risk,” said Dr. Avril Mansfield, a senior scientist at KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, who specializes in movement science. But some forms of exercise are better than others. If your only movement is walking on a smooth surface, with no side-to-side movement, it’s not going to significantly improve your balance, said Dr. Rachael Seidler, a professor in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology at the University of Florida. If you really want to improve your balance, Dr. Seidler said, you’ll get the most benefit focusing on several specific exercises. Training Your Balance at Home So how do you get started? Fortunately, most balance training doesn’t have to require any special equipment, and you can start at home. As with any new exercise program, be sure to talk to your physician first, and have a chair nearby to grab onto if you feel unsteady. Try these five balance exercises two to three times a week, gradually increasing the difficulty as you feel comfortable and start to improve your strength. Stand behind a chair, holding on with both hands. Lift one leg off the ground, bending the lifted knee toward your chest and stand on one leg for five seconds. Repeat five times, then do the same with your other leg. Too easy? Hold onto the chair with one hand, release both hands or try closing your eyes. Body-weight squats Stand with feet hip distance apart, toes forward. Bend your knees and lower yourself until your thighs are parallel to the floor, keeping your weight in your heels. Extend your arms in front of you if you need help with balance, or squat lower if it’s too easy. Repeat 10 times. Hold a dumbbell to add to the difficulty. Bird dog Start on your hands and knees, back flat. Lift one leg straight behind you and lift the opposite arm straight in front, so you are balancing on one knee and one hand. Hold for five to 10 seconds, then repeat on the other side. Stand behind a chair, holding on with both hands. Lift one leg to the side, trying to keep your body as still as possible. Repeat with the other leg, five times per side. Increase the intensity by holding the leg up longer or letting go of the chair Tandem stance Stand up straight and put one foot directly in front of the other, with your heel touching your toe. Keep equal weight on both feet, knees slightly bent. Hold for 30 seconds, then switch feet, repeating three times. Close your eyes to make it more difficult .............. - by Hilary Achauer

"I don't know what happened to me, but, for the last few days, I was happy and enlightened, but today, I became depressed and negative out of sudden and nowhere (exactly like what @sunryze said). Nothing entertains me anymore." - Mina @mina7601: Relax, it’s only a meteor on your pillow...so take action before it is too late. No time for procrastination. 'Meteorite' Crashed Through Roof, Landed on Sleeping Woman's Pillow: https://www.newsweek.com/meteorite-crashed-through-roof-landed-sleeping-womans-pillow-1638283# The-Sun.com image: Canadian woman was fast asleep when a "space rock" believed to be a meteorite crashed through her roof and landed on her pillow, reportedCastlegar News. She said the terrifying experience has provided her with a new outlook on life. The event happened on October 4 in Golden, British Columbia, said the newspaper. Ruth Hamilton was asleep when she awoke suddenly to the sound of a loud crash and the feeling of debris on her face. "I just jumped up and turned on the light, I couldn't figure out what the heck had happened," she told Castlegar News. Thankfully, Hamilton was not injured. As she looked around her room, she discovered a hole in the ceiling and a rock on her pillow....

The amazing thing spinach does to your brain: https://newsrnd.com/life/2022-08-10-the-amazing-thing-spinach-does-to-your-brain---voila!-health.H1boDanlA5.html Green leaves are healthy and not only for the diet or the heart. A new study has found that there is a chance that it can also stop degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. So what are you waiting for? Dr. Noa Bergman explains what causes Alzheimer's, is there a way to prevent the disease, and how to treat someone who has already become ill... Leafy greens are perhaps one of the healthiest nutrients to add to your daily menu, partly because of the high presence of vitamin K which is known to be beneficial against heart disease and helps with blood clotting. Now, an international team whose research was published in the scientific journal NATURE found a new and surprising benefit in the consumption of vitamin K - preventing cell death and stopping degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, vitamin K comes in two forms. The main type is phylloquinone, which is found in green leafy vegetables such as kale and spinach. The second type is menkinones, found in some animal foods and fermented foods. This type can also be produced by bacteria in the human body. Researchers claim that there are 10 forms of vitamin K2 in the diet and each of them may be absorbed and act differently in the body. Researchers from the Helmholtz Center in Munich, Tohoku University in Japan, the University of Ottawa in Canada and the Technical University of Dresden discovered that vitamin K acts as an antioxidant that inhibits cell death. Researchers say that proptosis (Ferroptosis) "is a natural form of cell death related to iron in the cell and characterized by oxidative destruction of the cell membranes". Very tasty and healthy. Recently, proptosis has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease and other diseases. The findings suggest that vitamin K therapy may be a powerful new strategy to ameliorate the diseases associated with proptosis... A study published in 2020 in the journal Neurology found, for example, that foods containing flavonols - compounds found in plant pigments - may delay and prevent Alzheimer's. They wrote at the time that "Eating more fruits and vegetables and drinking more tea could be a relatively cheap and easy way for people to help prevent dementia." The top sources of flavonols included pears, olive oil, kale, beans, tea, spinach, broccoli, wine, tomatoes and apples. 3 Ingredients In Your Diet That Can Stop Dementia: https://newsrnd.com/life/2022-05-11-3-ingredients-in-your-diet-that-can-stop-dementia---walla!-health.BkllX06dI9.html ... Now a new study has found that people with high levels of three major antioxidants in their blood are less likely to develop dementia. Two of the compounds - lutein and saxanthin - are abundant in vegetables and green leaves, as well as in peas and spinach. Oranges and papaya are the main sources of the third ingredient - beta cryptoxanthin...

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Owners could soon have 2-way conversations with pets, scientists say: HERE: https://nypost.com/2022/05/31/owners-may-soon-have-2-way-pet-conversations-scientists/ ...“Machine learning can revolutionize our understanding of animal communication,” ...

"take what you read on the internet with a grain of salt and as for entertainment purpose." @XPerceniol I’m an ear doctor – you’ve been cleaning your ears all WRONG HERE: https://www.the-sun.com/health/4143435/specialist-never-use-ear-buds-tricks/ IT'S incredibly satisfying to clean your ears with cotton buds. But if your parents haven't already warned you - experts say using ear buds could be dangerous. Before we delve into why, lets look at why ear wax should actually be left untouched. Ear wax isn't a sign that you're unclean or dirty - it is completely natural. It is produced by the cells lining your outer ear and ear canal and is made up of a natural oily substance produced in the sebaceous glands. This natural oil gets mixed up with dirt, sweat and dead skin cells, which is what comes out when you use a cotton bud to clean your ears. Ear wax acts as a barrier and protects against viruses and harmful bacteria from entering the ear canal. The ears are normally self-cleaning. But if you do have a build up of wax which is making your ears feel full, you have earache or you're struggling to hear, then you may want to clear the ears out. Dr Jerry Lin, an ear, nose, and throat specialist at the University of Louisville, said that sometimes you might have to visit the doctor. But there are things you can do at home - which do not involve ear buds. He explained that picking out a little bit of wax from the front of the ear is okay but that you should never put a cotton bud in there. He explained: "Q-Tips are a bad idea. "They take up much of the canal diameter. Therefore, using them packs the wax deeper into the ear canal. "In the worst-case scenario, the wax could be packed against the eardrum and possibly even create an eardrum perforation." This could potentially cause hearing loss, earache, itchiness in the ear or a buzzing in the ear (tinnitus). ... ... SAFE EAR CLEANING SOLUTIONS: 1. Ear drops ... 2. Baking soda solution ... 3. Olive oil ...

@XPerceniol wrote: "Such a beautiful experience - thank you for sharing it! I use honey in my tea and never forget when that comes from :)" 5 Reasons Honey Should Be in Your Medicine Chest: https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/5-reasons-honey-should-be-your-medicine-chest Five Medicinal Uses for Honey: 1. Help Heal Wounds and Burns 2. Soothe Coughs and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections 3. Support Oral Health 4. Relieve Hemorrhoid Symptoms 5. Heal Dandruff and Seborrheic Dermatitis ... ...

Big sorry, @Dave-H I think to post about people, not political or religious debate, visibly I've misjudged the subject, again sorry, this will not happen again! So forgive me this error in judgment, please

27 times the speed of sound: a huge asteroid on its way to Earth's orbit The asteroid, traveling at 27 times the speed of sound, will come within about 4.3 million km of Earth. This is eight times greater than the average distance between Earth and the Moon. By cosmic standards, this is a tiny gap. The US space agency is tracking a "potentially dangerous" space rock, 13 to 28 meters in size, which is expected to pass by Earth (tomorrow - 12.08) at a speed of 33,012 km/h. HERE: https://newsrnd.com/tech/2022-08-11-27-times-the-speed-of-sound--a-huge-asteroid-on-its-way-to-earth-s-orbit---voila!-technology.ByGICrz0q.html

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the good life... Plato posits that the good life is the state of happiness. One gets the good life by having a harmonious inner self where reason is the master of our pride and our desires. One doesn’t need external goods for happiness. The reason for this is that the pleasures of external goods are fleeting. Only the higher, closest pleasures, most real pleasures are necessary. Reason is this pleasure. The role of reason is central by recognizing the role of the good the form of the good. Few will attain this level. These people will be leaders in the perfect state. This may not be the case if the state is corrupted by the rule of the rich or democracy. Epicurus definition of the life that would bring happiness is a life that is free from disturbance. A life free of disturbance is a life that is a life where pleasure is maximized and pain is minimized. Epicurus says you need external things to reach a happy life because he acknowledges that there is a certain level of material comfort that is required in his philosophy to be happy. The role of reason is recognizing the things that need to be in one’s life. The knowledge one needs for happiness is the nature of necessary versus unnecessary desires, the nature of the gods, the nature of death, and a life of contemplation and science. Anyone can have this life. A simple life with a few friends, not a political existence, because this is a life that doesn’t require much strife. "Life’s race-course is fixed; Nature has only a single path and that path is run but once, and to each stage of existence has been allotted its own appropriate quality ... It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment; in these qualities old age is usually not … poorer, but is even richer.... death should be held of no account! For clearly death is negligible if it utterly annihilates the soul... with the old [death] is the result of ripeness. To me, indeed, the thought of this “ripeness” for death is so pleasant, that the nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in his home port after a long voyage.... old age is the final scene … in life’s drama, from which we ought to escape when it grows wearisome and, certainly, when we have had our fill." Marcus Tullius Cicero Our life is short and deplorable, and there is no salvation from death for man, and they do not know who to release from hell. We were born accidentally and afterwards will be unchanged: the breath in our nostrils is smoke, and the word is a spark in the movement of our heart. When it fades, the body will return to dust, and the spirit will dissipate like liquid air; and our name will be forgotten with time, and no one will remember our deeds. Our life will pass like a trace of a cloud, and it will dissipate like a mist, dispersed by the rays of the sun and weighed down by its warmth. Our life is the passage of the shadow, and there is no return from death for the seal is set, and no one returns. They that despise wisdom and instruction are unhappy, and their hope is vain, and labors are barren, and their deeds are vile. But the fruit of good works is glorious. John E. Pike HERE: https://www.globalsecurity.org/org/staff/pike.htm

Even tired thinking causes toxic substances to accumulate in the brain: https://newsrnd.com/tech/2022-08-11-even-tired-thinking-causes-toxic-substances-to-accumulate-in-the-brain.SyxoRyoMRc.html Even thinking tired, but fatigue is not an illusion created by the brain to switch to more rewarding activities, as was hypothesized: it is a real alarm signal to preserve one's functions, since intense mental activity prolonged for several hours causes potentially toxic substances to accumulate in an area of the brain known as the prefrontal cortex. This was stated by a group of researchers from the University of Salpêtrière in Paris, who published the results obtained in the journal Current Biology and who advises not to make important decisions when you are fatigued: in these circumstances, in fact, the brain tends to prefer options. that offer quick rewards with little effort. Researchers led by Antonius Wiehler used magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy to monitor brain activity over the course of a working day. The signs of fatigue emerged only in the group engaged in more intense mental activities: these people had higher levels of a molecule called glutamate in the area of the prefrontal cortex. The authors of the study, therefore, also based on the results of previous studies, affirm that it is the accumulation of glutamate that is responsible for the sense of fatigue, making cognitive control more difficult after a hard work day from a mental point of view. "Our results show that cognitive work results in a real functional alteration", comments Mathias Pessiglione, one of the authors of the study, "so fatigue would be a signal that makes us stop working to preserve the integrity of brain functioning. Unfortunately - continues Pessiglione - I don't think there is a way to get around this limitation of our brain. I would recommend the old remedy: rest and sleep. In fact, there is a lot of evidence that indicates that glutamate is eliminated during sleep ".

Audrey Mash, almost three years after surviving a six-hour cardiac arrest: https://newsrnd.com/news/2022-08-11-audrey-mash--almost-three-years-after-surviving-a-six-hour-cardiac-arrest--"they-asked-me-if-i-knew-anything-about-the-afterlife".BkFu3UM0c.html The British mountaineer explains how her life has been after suffering severe hypothermia in 2019, when she was climbing with her husband in the Catalan Pyrenees British mountaineer Audrey Mash (Kent, 37 years old) was surprised by a snowstorm in Vall de Núria (Girona) at the end of 2019, became unconscious due to severe hypothermia, suffered a respiratory arrest that lasted more than six hours - a record in the clinical history of Spain—and “came back to life” to appear on the news around the world as a medical feat. She says, just starting the interview, that she has "almost" forgotten about the accident. The protagonist of this story thinks that this was “the most important thing” in her life until, a few months later, in March 2020, she began quarantine: “Mine was very dramatic, but there were people who lived things a lot worst. I had my family, I recovered without consequences... It could have been worse [it could have been worse]”, she closes in English, with a smile that never leaves her. In this time, Audrey Mash has changed her life. When asked if this is due to the accident, she hesitates: "I don't know if she has a relationship or not, but I wanted to change her." The day she climbed that mountain she was 34 years old. ... ... Together they got lost on November 3 in the Girona mountain of the Catalan Pyrenees, after being surprised by a snow storm. They got disoriented. The sensation of cold increased and Audrey fell unconscious after suffering from severe hypothermia. Her husband had made calls and photographs that allowed the Generalitat Firefighters to trace her path. They arrived at 3:30 p.m. When they were found, Audrey's body did not show any vital signs: her body temperature was 18 degrees. They were soon transferred by helicopter to the Vall d'Hebrón hospital in Barcelona. When they arrived nearly two hours later, doctors began extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment, through a machine that replaces the function of the heart and lungs. This process also oxygenates the blood and warms it up, before returning it to the body. The objective was to reach Audrey's tissues, as well as increase her body temperature, explained then Dr. Eduard Agudo, from the Intensive Medicine Service of the health center. The patient's body progressively went from 20 to 30 degrees. Six hours had passed since her heart had stopped. An electric shock with a defibrillator caused the organ to beat again: at 9:46 p.m., she Audrey had "come back to life." “The doctors and technology we have today are amazing. ... ... Read too: British woman in Spain revived after 6 hours in cardiac arrest: https://www.france24.com/en/20191205-british-woman-in-spain-revived-after-6-hours-in-cardiac-arrest

Sorry @Dave-H, this discussion is over on my side.

Brita water filter is cool! We also use water filtering since many years, no need to carry heavy bottles, care your hands!

So you don't agree with?...says it out loud, this is called discussion.

"most evil person ever" in Russia: do not forget lenin, stalin, those are the best in killing people! yeah mao too

hmmmmm maybe people, but NOT gouvernments "clear goals", sure. "The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was both a blatant violation of international law and the catalyst for World War 2 in Europe. A Secret Protocol within the agreement divided parts of Eastern and Northern Europe into spheres of influence “in the event of territorial-political reorganization” of these regions. This thinly veiled agreement to apportion the spoils of Europe relegated Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and parts of northern Romania to the Soviet sphere, with Poland being split between the Soviet and German spheres." - HERE: https://communistcrimes.org/en/mythbuster-why-molotov-ribbentrop-pact-1939-was-not-forced-stalin .. and here: "In reality it was in fact an "aggression" pact which made Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany allies, and enabled Hitler and Stalin to invade Poland and start WW2, and also enabled Stalin to invade Finland and occupy the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and parts of Romania (Bessarabia)."..."a secret protocol hidden from the world told the real story of this pact and why it was the opposite of a non aggression pact.": https://www.dispropaganda.com/single-post/2020/08/23/Ribbentrop-Molotov-the-aggression-pact-that-started-WW2 Hitler, Stalin, and recently: see Schroeder, Merkel ... Nord Stream, the German-Russian gas pipeline...etc etc

Me too...

The barrister who is guilty of feeding wild animals says that feeding wild pigeons is a real trick to feeding stray cats and dogs.: https://newsrnd.com/news/2022-07-05-the-barrister-who-is-guilty-of-feeding-wild-animals-says-that-feeding-wild-pigeons-is-a-real-trick-to-feeding-stray-cats-and-dogs-.SkWpxiqbiq.html The AFCD's latest submission to the Legislative Council proposes amendments to cover the current no-feeding zone for wild animals throughout Hong Kong and significantly increase the penalty. one year. The no-feeding area has been greatly expanded, but the definition of wild animals is broad. Will feeding stray animals and birds violate the law in the future? Some lawyers said that in the relevant regulations, wild animals are defined as any animals other than "domestic animals" such as cats and dogs, and domestic animals that are lost or abandoned are not wild animals. However, wild pigeons and wild birds are obviously wild animals. After the amendment, it is illegal for the public to feed wild pigeons. ... The AFCD also explained that, according to the proposed amendments, as long as the animals involved are "domesticated animals", no matter whether they are stray or unattended for a long time, they will not be regarded as wild animals. This means that feeding stray cats and dogs in the future will not necessarily violate the ordinance on the prohibition of feeding wild animals, but it is necessary to pay attention to whether it will cause environmental cleanliness and hygiene problems. ... So you can feed " "domestic animals" such as cats and dogs"! Cool!

Wild boars | The no-feeding zone is planned to be expanded to the whole of Hong Kong: https://newsrnd.com/news/2022-07-06-wild-boars-|-the-no-feeding-zone-is-planned-to-be-expanded-to-the-whole-of-hong-kong-scholars--the-order-to-kill-pigs-without-immediate-effect-must-still-be-maintained.HJZgeBuMi9.html Following the introduction of the "Swine Killing Order" last year, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department recently proposed an amendment to extend the no-feeding zone to the whole of Hong Kong. People who illegally feed wild animals can be fined up to 100,000 yuan and imprisoned for one year. Department of Biology, The University of Hong Kong. ... ... People who illegally feed wild animals can be fined up to 100,000 yuan and imprisoned for one year. ... ...

Peter McGahan @peter_mcgahan 2 billion plastic covid face masks entered our oceans in 2020 alone. Disposable plastic masks can take up to 450 years to decompose. HERE: https://twitter.com/peter_mcgahan/status/1556167006206001152

Rainwater everywhere on Earth unsafe to drink due to ‘forever chemicals’, study finds: https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/08/04/rainwater-everywhere-on-earth-unsafe-to-drink-due-to-forever-chemicals-study-finds Rainwater almost everywhere on Earth has unsafe levels of ‘forever chemicals’, according to new research. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of human-made chemicals that don’t occur in nature. They are known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they don’t break down in the environment. They have non-stick or stain repellent properties so can be found in household items like food packaging, electronics, cosmetics and cookware. But now researchers at the University of Stockholm have found them in rainwater in most locations on the planet - including Antarctica. There is no safe space to escape them. ... ...

Take great care...

Reread this, please. This is a truth independent of religion. - Parents very old... Don't you think to concentrate your forces to help them?