Walking...

 

Walking for at least 11 minutes a day could lessen the undesirable health consequences of sitting for hours and hours, according to a helpful new study of the ways in which both inactivity and exercise influence how long we live. The study, which relied on objective data from tens of thousands of people about how they spent their days, found that those who were the most sedentary faced a high risk of dying young, but if people got up and moved, they slashed that threat substantially, even if they did not move much.

For most of us, sitting for prolonged periods of time is common, especially now, as we face the dual challenges of Covid-related restrictions and the shortening, chilly days of winter.  

 Multiple past epidemiological studies show links between sitting and mortality. In general, in these studies, couchbound people are far more likely to die prematurely than active people are.

But how active an active person should be if he or she hopes to mitigate the downsides of sitting has remained unclear. If you sit for eight hours at work, for instance, then stroll for half an hour in the evening  meaning you comply with the standard exercise recommendation of about 30 minutes of exercise most days.  Just a thought.

Similarity...

 

The similarity-attraction effect refers to the widespread tendency of people to be attracted to others who are similar to themselves in important respects. ... Similarity effects tend to be strongest and most consistent for attitudes, values, activity preferences, and attractiveness.

Television shows and games, allegedly, completed by another participant, or what researchers refer to as a “bogus stranger,” then rate the attraction toward the bogus stranger.  

The researchers altered the scales to manipulate how similar the bogus stranger was to the participant and how many attitudes appeared on the scale. 

They discovered that proportion of similarity is more important than the overall number of similar attitudes. It is more important to be similar on 7 out of 10 traits (i.e., 70%) rather than 30 out of 200 traits (i.e., 15%).  Just a thoght.

Gain-loss..

 

Which is more attractive?

A new study tested college students engage in a series of meetings.⁴ The participant “accidentally” (it was actually an intentional part of the study) overheard the experimenter describe them in one of four ways: all positive; all negative; initially negative but becoming positive, or initially positive but becoming negative.

Participants liked the experimenter when the evaluation was completely positive but, surprisingly, liked the experimenter even more, when the evaluation was initially negative but became positive. 

This finding demonstrates the gain-loss theory of attraction or the idea that winning over people who had an initial bad impression is more rewarding to us than someone who liked us all along. It is a possibilities though. Just a thought.

Hide...

When people are self-conscious about an aspect of their behavior or appearance (such as a large pimple), they often overestimate the extent to which others notice it. Researchers call this phenomenon the spotlight effect.

In one clever study, researchers asked college students to wear an embarrassing t-shirt (one with a photo of singer Barry Manilow). As predicted, the students overestimated the number of other students who actually noticed the t-shirt.

Research on the spotlight effect suggests that others may be less focused on our imperfections than we are. Isn’t that a relief?

People don’t always notice what we wish to hide. Just a thought.

Wandering...

 

Yeah...

 

Amateur...

 

Colin...

 

Petito...

About 600,000 people are reported missing in the United States every year. Sometimes, it's more than that.  But only a tiny fraction of those people ever get the attention of the general public and the news media like this story.

The disappearance and death of 22-year-old Gabby Petito is a tragic story for the young woman's family and all who cared for her, but it's the latest example of the tiny fraction of stories that's all over the TV networks, no matter their political leanings, as well as social media.  

Gabby Petito was on a cross-country trip with her fiance when she disappeared, and, sadly, her remains have since been found and identified in Wyoming. 

This woman documented her journey across the country with her boyfriend. Video and pictures and audio to pull from and to try to fill in the blanks of a story and tell a narrative. 

The couple were stopped by the Moab police couple of days before she disappeared.

The tragedy of her disappearance would turn out to be the even more fundamental tragedy of her death.  Then the boyfriend came home with Petito's car, disappeared and then his remains were found.

It is a very odd, and sad story all around it. We need more info about the mentality of these young folks and the circumstances that led to this tragedy. It is a unique story  the Media and the public took great interest in it.  Just a thought.

Dinos...

 

Donald Trump’s favorite insult for political opponents inside his own party is “Rino” – Republican in name only. By such logic, Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are the epitome of Dinos, two elected Democrats whose dogged resistance to Joe Biden’s social agenda threatens to upend his entire presidency.

Their standoff with the party’s progressive wing over the price tag of Biden’s ambitious reform package has become almost more of a hazard to his legacy.

On the other hand, does any one know the massive spending will be wasted where and on what?
Why do we expect the Democratic Senators to be all the same, just approve whatever Plan like "Afghanistan Airport withdrawal" flashed in front of their eyes.

Do we need experience, conscious, waste prevention.... or just accepting hollow words?   Just a thought.