Teargas: a booming market in repressing dissent | Anna Feigenbaum
To weapons companies, Turkish protests sit alongside terrorism as another sales opportunity. It's time to stop the mass poisoningIn the wake of the protests in Turkey, much has been written and said about the iconic "woman in the red dress" pictured in Istanbul's Gezi Park. But there's another story in the photograph that has been circulating around the globe. What do we know about the spray can in the policeman's hand?First developed for domestic markets in the 1920s, teargas dispensers expanded from first world war grenades to a series of other hand-held contraptions. Everything from fountain pens to police batons were d...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 7, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Anna Feigenbaum Tags: Comment World news guardian.co.uk Protest Technology UK news Weapons technology UK security and counter-terrorism Turkey Science Comment is free Source Type: news
Refuse To Self-Pity
How we respond when hardships, hassles, and even tragedies befall goes a long way toward determining our happiness quotient. Will you be a victim or a take-charger? Find out how to keep on keeping on no matter what.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - May 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Russell Grieger, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Depression Happiness Personality Philosophy Relationships Resilience Self-Help Stress Therapy alcoholic father anger cold december courage freezing rain guess lemons to lemonade mixture motorcycle onslaught Source Type: news
Swaptimism: The Best Recipe for Turning Lemons into Lemonade
Swaptimism is telling optimistic stories about how you gradually swapped out your former beliefs and values for new ones and how it turned out to be well worth it. You tell these stories as if looking back on how you grew and what you gained from your re-rooted circumstances. read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - April 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Jeremy Sherman Tags: Anxiety Behavioral Economics Cognition Creativity Depression Ethics and Morality Happiness Personality Philosophy Relationships Resilience Self-Help Social Life Spirituality Stress Therapy Work belief commitments deci Source Type: news
When Life Gives Therapists Lemons…
"L.A. Shrinks" may have people wondering what therapists' private lives are like. But it hasn't answered the ubiquitous question. What are some of our best tricks of the trade? What do we do when life hands us lemons? read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - April 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Goal Auzeen Saedi, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Happiness Resilience Self-Help amount of time behavioral theorists Body image cognitive behavioral therapy consumers decade fighting spirit human behavior insightful questions lemons phd in psychology photoshopping Source Type: news
Kenya: Condoms - a Guilt Purchase
[Capital FM]I popped into the supermarket for some early night shopping on a Sunday. I had to stock up on a few basics items; A bottle of rum, lemons, airtime for the cell-phone, toilet paper and some condoms. I did not even bother to use a shopping basket. I picked the items and walked towards the cashier counters where the condoms are usually displayed. But when I got to the express counter, the queue was longer than regular counters. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 25, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Lance Armstrong, Oprah and the Multimillion Dollar 'Confession'
Lance Armstrong's orchestrated 'confession' sure was a long time coming. It may not mend any fences and given the less than contrite nature of many of his answers, the whole fiasco hardly seems likely to gain him much sympathy. Yet there's no question the athlete is trying to make a little lemonade out of the lemons. Oprah Winfrey's exposure and gravitas can't hurt. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 18, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert W. Wood Source Type: news
Balancing testosterone in women naturally
You may or may not be aware that the NHS have recently removed Testosterone implants from the NHS prescription lists. Whilst it may be possible to pay for a private prescription these are expensive and potentially unnecessary. Testosterone in women helps to regulate mood and libido and it’s production continues mostly unaffected by the menopause, unlike oestrogen and progesterone. In addition to these benefits for women post menopause it also supports the immune system and assists the body in the production of muscle tissue as well as helping to boost your appetite.
There are a variety of ways in which you can loo...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - September 1, 2011 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health depression libido testosterone Source Type: news
Balancing testosterone in women naturally
You may or may not be aware that the NHS have recently removed Testosterone implants from the NHS prescription lists. Whilst it may be possible to pay for a private prescription these are expensive and potentially unnecessary. Testosterone in women helps to regulate mood and libido and it’s production continues mostly unaffected by the menopause, unlike oestrogen and progesterone. In addition to these benefits for women post menopause it also supports the immune system and assists the body in the production of muscle tissue as well as helping to boost your appetite.
There are a variety of ways in which you can loo...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - September 1, 2011 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health depression libido testosterone Source Type: news
This weeks favourite ’ round robin ’ email
I just had to include this round robin email (mainly because my blog is in danger of becoming serious and I couldn’t bear the thought of that) as it is my favourite from the many I’ve got in the last month or so.
Tips for the ladies in year 2008
1. Aspire to be Barbie – the bitch has everything.
2. If the shoe fits – buy one in every colour..
3. Take life with a pinch of salt… A wedge of lime, and a shot of tequila.
4. In need of a support group? – Cocktail hour with the girls!
5. Go on the 30 day diet. (I’m on it and so far I’ve lost 15 days).
6. When life gets you down R...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - October 30, 2008 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Life Happiness Source Type: news
