Sunday Sermonette: A very strange story
2 Samuel 6 accomplishes the historically important task of getting the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, but it does it in a very strange way. Some of the events in this story are absurd, others inexplicable. I ' m sure the theologians have come up with interpretations, but your is probably just as good.6 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Ba ′ale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of theLord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.3 And they carried the ark of Go...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 9, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 3rd 2022
In this study, we showed that the iPaD (inducing Plagl2 and anti-Dyrk1a) lentivirus substantially rejuvenated the proliferative and neurogenic potential of NSCs in the aged brain. Clonal analysis by a sparse labeling approach as well as transcriptome analysis indicated that iPaD can rejuvenate aged NSCs (19-21 mo of age) to a level comparable with those at 1 or 2 months of age and successfully improved cognition of aged mice.
Once rejuvenated and activated by iPaD, aged dormant NSCs can generate, on average, 4.9 neurons but very few astrocytes in 3-week tracing. Furthermore, these activated NSCs were maintained for ...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 2, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Red Meat Increases Cardiovascular Risk via Raised TMAO Production by the Gut Microbiome
More research into aging and the gut microbiome is taking place these days. A greater investment into this line of research will, as illustrated here, likely lead to a greater knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the known correlations between diet and age-related conditions. That red meat consumption increases cardiovascular risk is quite well established from epidemiological data, and here researchers outline their view of why this happens. One might contrast this with the present consensus, which is that red meat consumption increases lipid levels in the bloodstream, thereby accelerating atherosclerosis and consequent...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 31, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Vitamin B12 Deficiency: 5 Mental Signs Linked To Low B12 Levels
Foods high in vitamin B12 include shellfish, eggs, fish, poultry, meats and milk. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 15, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: A subplot
We now get a little story that is essentially unrelated to the main plot. It features a woman with agency, in fact she acts contrary to her husband ' s intention and gives away a good deal of his property. One point of this seems to be to emphasize David ' s virtue, but it hardly seems virtuous to me that he intends to massacre an entire household -- which in this case evidently means at least dozens of people who are the employees of a wealthy sheepherder. And the reason he will do this is simply because the householder declined to reward David for not robbing him. Does that make sense? Oh yeah, Samuel dies. Or does ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 28, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Can California Control the U.S. Pork Industry?
Trevor BurrusIn 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12, a far ‐reaching law designed “to prevent animal cruelty by phasing out extreme methods of farm animal confinement.” The law requires that all pork, veal, and eggs sold in the state comply with new restrictions on how the animals can be confined. That means that pork producers in other states will have to comply with California law if they want to sell there.In the wake of the law, many suits were filed by various agricultural entities arguing that California law was unconstitutionally crossing state borders and regulating interstate agricultural...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 15, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Trevor Burrus Source Type: blogs
Expressing Outrage At Factory Farming Makes People Feel Less Guilty About Eating Meat
By Emily Reynolds
Meat consumption has decreased by 17% in the UK over the past decade, with more and more people questioning the health, environmental and moral implications of eating meat. While some will be unrepentant about their taste for meat, others may find it more morally ambiguous, with big questions about how justifiable their diets really are.
A new study, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, takes a closer look at how meat-eaters grapple with these quandaries. It finds that blaming third parties, holding them responsible for moral transgressions, can reduce the cognitive dissonance...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 5, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Eating Source Type: blogs
Empty Grocery Store Shelves Show the Limits of Federal Localization Mandates
Scott Lincicome and Ilana BlumsackPointing to empty store shelves and rising prices brought about by the current “supply chain crisis,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) hasintroduced legislation that would mandate at least half of the value of goods “critical” to national security be produced in the United States. However, one of the most visible examples of the current “supply chain problem” –empty grocery store shelves and rising food prices– shows why simplistic government localization mandates are no panacea and could, in fact, make things worse.In particular, the vast majority of the food that Americans consume...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 27, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome, Ilana Blumsack Source Type: blogs
The Nuances of 'Tag-Gag' Laws
Jareb A. Gleckel (Cornell University), The Nuances of 'Tag-Gag' Laws, Neb. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2021): This Essay addresses what I have elsewhere called “Tag-Gag” Laws—laws that regulate and restrict how companies can label and advertise plant-based meat products. Plant-based meat... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 27, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: Writer's workshop edition
1 Samuel 14 is a) very long and b) not very well written. The narrative is jumbled, it contains details that seem irrelevant and on the other hand fails to explain others that are. Saul continues to be inept, but this is more about the adventures of his son Jonathan, who has not previously been introduced but suddenly here he is. And as usual, there ' s plenty of slaughter.14 1 One day Jonathan son of Saul said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.This is the first time the concept of an armor-bearer has appeared. His du...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 20, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Donkey king
In Chapter 9 we meet Saul, who will become the first king of Israel. The story is tediously told, and seems to take forever to get to the point; the reason for presenting this lengthy prologue is not at all clear. It makes no sense in the first place that two people would spend days wandering around aimlessly looking for a couple of donkeys. They obviously could have gone in any direction and be anywhere, and somebody will have grabbed them by now anyway. This just seems to be an elaborate, and implausible way to get Saul to meet Samuel.I will add that the Israelites evidently don ' t have horses, although some of their fo...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 3, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
October 2021: Washing Your Hands: Even More Important Than You Think
No pictures this time. I wish I did have images. At the time, I was focused on getting my patient out of there and thinking that I would probably sound like an idiot talking to the ophthalmologist. Fanning up and down, I could see unattached whiteness floating in the vitreous between the lens and the retinal lining of the globe. I didn't think it was blood, but there was no trauma, the patient wasn't diabetic, and he had no bleeding dyscrasias or anticoagulants on board. Frankly, I wasn't sure what I was seeing.The transfer center picked up on the first ring. "I have this patient who says he can't see out of his ri...
Source: Lions and Tigers and Bears - October 1, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
The Small Change To Diet That Lowers Blood Pressure
A dietary pattern that can reduce blood pressure effectively, even if consumed with some dairy and meat products. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - September 26, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: Sing that thing
1 Samuel 2 is very long. It isn ' t clear why the monks didn ' t split it in half because the first part, Hannah ' s prayer, is really unrelated to the rest of it. The text doesn ' t say that this is sung rather than spoken, but one suspects it is intended as a song. These songs are commonly put in the mouths of women. Miriam organized an all female song and dance party after the exodus, and we see women singing and dancing on other occasions. We don ' t know the provenance of this poem or song -- nor really of any of the material so far. But it does seem anachronistic in referring to a king, since there had never been an ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 8, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
