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Friday, February 13, 2004

Water and salt consumption guidelines. Last year I reported on a paper from the American Journal of Physiology that dispelled the myth that people should drink eight glasses of water per day. Now this has been supported by another study published by the Institute of Medicine. The new report recommends that thirst be the main motivator for drinking more. One of the urban myths of water consumption was that if you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated. This study helps put that myth to rest. Another common myth about water consumption is that water from caffeinated beverages should not count. The new report repeats previously published findings that say you should count all water intake, including from caffeinated drinks such as coffee, tea and soft drinks, and also from food. A more significant health finding is that Americans are consuming far too much sodium (usually in the form of salt in foods) and too little potassium. Report summary | Press release | Order report | Full report online free [David Harris' Science & Literature] 10:00:58 AM  Permalink  comment []

100 Albums You Should Remove from Your Music Collection Immediately. [music] One Hundred Albums You Should Remove from Your Collection Immediately ... 'The Police - Synchronicity -- That this album is considered a classic is quite a feat for a collection of songs that Keith Richards deemed suitable for a dentist's waiting room. Certainly, no album dealing with topics such as stalking, psychological abuse, betrayal and silent desperation has ever sounded so homogenized or made less thought-provoking pronouncements. To enjoy Synchronicity is to consider [LinkMachineGo] 9:49:56 AM  Permalink  comment []

<!--mild rant-->. BillSaysThis is "very excellent political activism" and I agree totally.  With problems like steroid abuse, imaginary WMDs, and the current duct tape shortage, why is so much energy being put into trying to change the realities of today's culture?  What does giving benefits to spouses, same sex or not, take away from the rest of us?  Nothing!  Seriously, we need jobs and a peaceful world a lot more than the crap that Bush and his sexually repressed cronies have been dishing out since day one... [jenett.radio] 8:24:18 AM  Permalink  comment []

Judge the record, not the legend . Cult of personality  The Real Man by Paul Krugman (...) ... On "Meet the Press" he promised to release all his records -- and promptly broke that promise. I don't know what he's hiding. But I do think he has forfeited any right to cite his character to turn away charges that his administration is lying about its policies. And that is the point: Mr. Bush may not be a particularly bad man, but he isn't the paragon his handlers portray. Some of his critics hope that the AWOL issue will demolish the Bush myth, all at once. They're probably too optimistic --i f it were that easy, the tale of Harken Energy would have already done the trick. The sad truth is that people who have been taken in by a cult of personality -- a group that in this case includes a good fraction of the American people, and a considerably higher fraction of the punditocracy -- are very reluctant to give up their illusions. If nothing else, that would mean admitting that they had been played for fools. Still, we may be on our way to an election in which Mr. Bush is judged on his record, not his legend. And that, of course, is what the White House fears. [more] [Craig's BookNotes] 8:22:36 AM  Permalink  comment []

I left my pictur on th ground wher u walk. Apparently, 2002 was the last year of the Text Poetry Competition. Luckily, the results are with us still. And the £1,500 winner was Emma Passmore, for this: I left my pictur on th ground wher u walk so that somday if th sun was jst right & th rai [Funlog] 8:04:55 AM  Permalink  comment []

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