Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Rubber tire, Luv handle, or just fat?
I heard or read something recently that made me wonder how much overweight does one have to be to be considered obese... I was very disheartened to find out that, yes, I qualify. Where this gives me little to no concern for my overall health because: a) I am barely breaking the bmi index into that category, b) I eat little to no saturated fats and cholesterol, and c) I easily fluxuate 5-10 lbs. over the course of 1-2 weeks.
It did however make me realize how far from the picture of health I really am and how nice it will be to finally be rid of the extra pounds. (Positive imagery reinforcement... imagine yourself the way you want to be to make it easier to achieve... Its gonna happen! I swear... starting tomorrow. er ah yeah) Anyway, two things....
the bmi. Body Mass Index.
Take your weight x 703 / your height in inches squared. 18.5-24.9 is considered normal. Obese starts at 30.0
It's all at wikipedia just search obesity.
Second thing, which ironically applies to so much more than just weight. This passage was in the text under the wiki article Obesity:
Cognitive bias research indicates that people use their life experience to interpret information. “The way we process information is subject to many flaws--scholars call them cognitive biases--that can lead us to ignore or underestimate approaching disaster. We tend to harbor illusions that things are better than they really are. We assume that potential problems won't actually materialize or that their consequences won't be severe enough to merit preventive measure." [15]. This bias also creates a belief that if a medical problem does manifest itself a medical solution will be available.
Hell Boy
Catholic School Opens Gates to Hell Boy
The Associated Press
Monday, July 9, 2007; 10:19 PM
MELBOURNE, Australia -- The Hell family has protested to a Catholic school in Australia after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name.
Officials said the boy had been offered a place at the St. Peter the Apostle school in the southern city of Melbourne after discussions among the principal, the parish priest and the family over his last name.
But Alex Hell, 45, said he would rather send 5-year-old Max elsewhere because the school balked at taking the boy because of his family name. Hell said he had Austrian heritage and that the name means "bright."
Hell, a Roman Catholic father of three, said he and his wife initially offered to enroll Max using his mother's maiden name, Wembridge, but later changed their minds.
"It just didn't sit right," Hell told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
He said the school withdrew its offer of enrollment for the boy, and only backed down when Hell took his story to the media.
The organization overseeing Catholic schools in Melbourne issued a statement to the media that acknowledged the dispute, but did not give details or address Hell's claim that the initial enrollment offer had been withdrawn.
In the statement, director of Catholic Education Stephen Elder said using the boy's mother's name was the parents' idea to "assist the child in the transition of schools."
"After discussions between the parish priest and principal, St. Peter the Apostle School has made an offer of enrollment to the student," Elder said. "The school is working with the family in the best interests of the child."
It did not mention Hell's claim that the school had initially refused to enroll his son using that name.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
The Kids Are Alright
Dozens of juveniles are being held in the D.C. jail awaiting trial as adults, triple the population of a year ago, according to a study released this morning.
In May, for example, the average daily count of juveniles in the jail was 42, compared with 14 a year earlier. Since October, that count has been two to three times higher than a year earlier, according to the report.
The reasons for the sudden rise are unclear.
By Robert E. Pierre
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 25, 2007; 11:22 AM
American Shot!
According to a report by BBC News, an American professor was shot in the hand in the Niger Delta (West Africa). Hmm... I suggest any American Professors going to West Africa keep their hands to themselves.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Sleep With One Eye Up
This is a map showing only homicides, assaults, and violent robberies from Jan 1 '07 to today. You could barely even see there was a map with all of the categories of crime turned on!
Good God, I never would have imagined it would have been this peppered. It's been a long time since I have seen or heard of anyone being even remotely involve in something like this. As either the perpetrator or the victim! What's the deal? I thought things were getting better... anyone get jacked lately?
Check out your neighboorhood here:
www.crimereport.com
Monday, July 23, 2007
Ca$h Crop$
Another article showing how rampid abuse of federal assistance is far more widespread than the typical image one might get in their head when they think of someone taking advantage of the government's "generosity".
C.R.E.A.M.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/22/AR2007072201128.html
Home Grown - Neil Young
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Friday, July 20, 2007
Cognitive Therapy
I don't usually read op-ed pieces... but this one I read and did really enjoy. I need some good ole' cognitive therapy myself... luckily they now offer it in the form of 12 fluid ounces.... glug, glug, glug, glug.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/19/AR2007071901957.html
64 Cents.... Keep the change.
Only 64 cents of every dollar paid to Amerigroup (contractor responsible for large portion of the money budgeted for medical care in DC) was actually put towards health care in our Nation's Capital. The rest of it? It would appear that we decided to let the contractors responsible for distributing the money, keep the change.
I am not about to do the math for it. But doesn't it seem as though this "change" could go to help care for a lot of people who aren't getting the care they need? Or couldn't it go into improving our hospitals and first responders equipment?
Who's taking advantage of who? I am not at all saying that people don't systematically abuse welfair and medicare/medicaide... but this article highlights, in my mind, a bigger problem. The lack of accountability. The lack of good earnest people doing there job well enough that something like this couldn't go on. Unfortunately for us, no one in this country to speak of does anything to prove that they are accountable for their own actions... that goes from Paris Hilton all the way up to the Oval Office. It's a disgrace how careless and morally remiss our country has become.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/20/AR2007072001133.html
Rising Tides...
Don't always raise all boats... Especially if your caught without one, in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Today marked the 30th anniversary of the Johnstown floods in July of '77.
July 19-20, 1977, eighty-five people were killed in and around Johnstown, Pennsylvania, from a massive flash flood. No flash flood in the United States since then has killed more people. Found out how it happened here:
http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/
http://www.jaha.org/FloodMuseum/history.html
Randomly came across this today while trying find some weather info for work. Thought it woud be worth sharing had no one realized themselves.
A lot has happened since then... yet, we still seem as hopelessly at the mercy of things well beyond control. Or at least that is what some people would like you to believe. When will we start to learn to take action before it's too late? In this case, the storms that caused the flooding came on a lot faster than the more recent gaff that cost a lot of people their lives.
Thoughts anyone?
Down in the Flood - Bob Dylan
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
Failte!
100,000 welcomes! Brand spanking new and ready for thread killin'...
Where's the other contributors?
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