Friday, October 19, 2018
Second Look...
The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty.
The project manager says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
The realist says the glass contains half the required amount of liquid for it to overflow.
A second look at this theory may be an important step to explore the half we consider.
The cup half empty noticed what is wrong with one half. Accordingly may be ready to do something about it.
While the optimist sees the little water in, and accept it as such.
Optimist or pessimist are based on how we view things, but it's what we do about it that shape the character we would like to have. Just a thought.
Face...
Both Trump and Clinton, in their own trademark ways, stepped in it again this week when it comes to women.
Trump’s comments describing Stormy Daniels as “Horseface” is the more offensive as he is the president, and presidential words carry extra weight.
Yet Clinton’s comments insisting that her husband’s affair with Monica Lewinsky did not constitute an abuse of power because Lewinsky, then 22, “was an adult” are the more painful because she could have, should have, done better.
Trump played to piggish type with his comment about Daniels, the adult-film actress who was paid $130,000 to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she says she had with Trump. This was a tweet about a judge’s ruling in Trump’s favor in a defamation suit filed by Daniels: “Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer,” Trump wrote.
Yet that was all about cashing in on a story in order to get more.
“Horseface” now joins the panoply of Trump’s greatest sexist hits: “Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that?” (Carly Fiorina). “Face of a pig” (Gail Collins). “Fat, ugly face” (Rosie O’Donnell). “Blood coming out of her wherever” (Megyn Kelly). That this is not anywhere near the complete list tells you everything you need to know about Trump’s unrelenting offensiveness.
The List...
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., issued an apology Tuesday after publishing a newspaper campaign ad that used the names of sexual assault and domestic violence victims without their permission.
The ad was an open letter to Heitkamp's opponent, Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., that criticized his statements in favor of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. It then used the names of more than 120 women, with the statement: "We are all survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or rape. We are all North Dakotans. We are all prairie tough."
But after the ad appeared in print, several women took to social media to say that they didn't give permission to use their names. Several women listed said they were not victims of domestic violence or sexual assault and others said they didn't support Heitkamp,
Jackpot...
The jackpot has topped $1 billion, officially making it the second highest jackpot ever and the highest ever Mega Millions jackpot.
"Large-prize winners experience sustained increases in overall life satisfaction that persist for over a decade and show no evidence of dissipating with time," the researchers concluded.
Researchers discovered that for those who won at least $100,000 in the lottery happiness and mental health wasn't significantly impacted.
With that, don't broadcast to the world that you just won the lottery, don't be afraid to ask for help with a financial planner, and instead of splurging on an airplane or a yacht, place a significant portion of the winnings in an emergency fund, a high-interest earning savings account and/or a retirement account, such as a 401(k).
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Harm...
Three large studies on the use of aspirin to prevent heart attacks, strokes or dementia have now shown no benefit in patients without known cardiovascular disease.
The incidence of significant bleeding was higher in the group taking aspirin compared to the placebo group, without any benefit over almost 5 years.
This negative finding in the primary prevention of vascular disease in those without CVD is a new finding and goes against the previous general recommendation, not previously backed up by evidence.
Several studies have shown that those with cardiovascular disease (CVD) do benefit from the use of 81mg of aspirin on a daily basis, but these 3 studies show that in a general population without CVD, more harm than benefit is the bottomline.www.thenyheartcenter.com
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