25-08-2012 20:21 Premiered in 2008 at NASA's Golden Anniversary Gala held at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., this 13-and-a-half-minute video produced by NASA TV highlights the agency's historic half-century milestones, including the landing of Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon in 1969.
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25-08-2012 21:34 This live program at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC highlights the success of America's space program as it met President Kennedy's challenge of putting a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander, who was the first person to set foot on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, features prominently.
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NASA is taking the cheap but effective route by launching 4-inch satellites using Android phones as the on-board computer. Brilliant.
E.T. won't need to fall to the Earth to phone home: he'll be able to grab one of NASA's cube-like miniature satellites -- roughly the size of a coffee mug -- later this year. They'll reportedly be powered by Google's Nexus One smartphones and include external batteries, an external radio beacon, and a watchdog circuit that will monitor the system and reboot the Android smartphone if necessary.
On Friday NASA said its cube-shaped, pre-Borg-like satellites are part of the PhoneSat Project aimed to make extensive use of commercial-off-the-shelf components, including an unmodified, consumer-grade smartphone. A small team of engineers is working on the project at the agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., and are taking the same "release early, release often" smartphone route with the small spacecraft.
"Out of the box, smartphones already offer a wealth of capabilities needed for satellite systems, including fast processors, versatile operating systems, multiple miniature sensors, high-resolution cameras, GPS receivers, and several radios," NASA said.
By using only commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and keeping the design and mission objectives to a minimum for the first flight, the team was able to build each of the three prototype satellites in the PhoneSat project for $3,500. Each NASA PhoneSat nanosatellite is one standard CubeSat unit in size (approx. 4-inches) and weighs less than four pounds.
"NASA PhoneSat engineers also are changing the way missions are designed by rapidly prototyping and incorporating existing commercial technologies and hardware," NASA said. "This approach allows engineers to see what capabilities commercial technologies can provide, rather than trying to custom-design technology solutions to meet set requirements. Engineers can rapidly upgrade the entire satellite's capabilities and add new features for each future generation of PhoneSats."
According to the report, the Nexus One smartphone acts as the spacecraft's on-board computer. Sensors are used for orientation while the camera will be used for Earth observations. This 1st-generation satellite -- PhoneSat 1.0 -- will have a simple mission: to stay alive in the frigid vacuum of space long enough to send back images of earth and space while sending data about its overall health in the process.
Once that mission is completed, NASA will move on to the next-generation PhoneSat (2.0) featuring the zippier Nexus S smartphone. This device will add a two-way S-band radio to the core PhoneSat design to allow engineers to command the satellite from Earth. Solar panels will also be added to enable longer missions as well as a GPS receiver. The team will also throw in magnetorquer coils electro-magnets that interact with Earth's magnetic field and reaction wheels to actively control the satellite's orientation in space.
Three NASA PhoneSats systems (two PhoneSat 1.0's and one PhoneSat 2.0) are scheduled to launch aboard the maiden flight of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Va., later this year, NASA said. The image provided above is a PhoneSat 1.0 satellite during a high-altitude balloon test.
Later in 2013, NASA's upcoming Edison Demonstration of Small Satellite Networks mission -- part of the Small Spacecraft Technology Program -- will demonstrate the possibility of conducting heliophysics measurements using small spacecraft.
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A unique partnership that connects health practitioners and chefs could change the way doctors approach disease management and prevention through culinary medicine.
Last week, Johnson & Wales University of Providence and Tulane University School of Medicine of New Orleans announced a collaboration that implements a comprehensive curriculum to include culinary classes for medical students.
Classes are taught by Johnson & Wales student interns and staff in New Orleans, and Tulane medical students will have the opportunity to study culinary nutrition on the Providence campus.
Somerset resident Suzanne Vieira, chairwoman of the Culinary Nutrition Department and a registered dietician, said the new program will dramatically change medical school education and how doctors are taught, particularly how nutrition plays a role in preventing obesity and managing diabetes.
Its connecting the world of medicine and nutrition together. People dont eat nutrition, they eat food, Vieira said.
The Johnson & Wales culinary nutrition program is the only four-year accredited curriculum of its kind in the country, with one-third of its graduates going on to earn registered dietician credentials.
Were a heat-and-eat society, Vieira said. People need to understand food and nutrition and learn how to cook.
The idea to expose medical students to culinary arts comes from Dr. Benjamin Sachs, the dean of the medical school because statistics show 65 percent of Americans are overweight and one-third are obese.
Michael Makuch of Westport is an assistant professor of culinary nutrition and a graduate of the program. He teaches nutrition and spa cuisine.
Makuch traveled to New Orleans earlier this year and conducted a cooking demonstration for medical students in a biochemistry class on how to cut out fats through using fresh food.
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Michael L. Carius, M.D., of Stratford, chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Norwalk Hospital, has been honored with the 2012 John G. Wiegenstein Leadership Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Established in 1975, the award is presented to a current or past national leader for the American College of Emergency Physicians for outstanding contributions to the organization and to the profession. The award was named in honor of Dr. John G. Wiegenstein, founding member and first president of the ACEP and past president of the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Carius is a former president of the American College of Emergency Physicians and was a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians Board from 1996 to 2003. He was previously honored with an award from the American Board of Emergency Medicine for having served as an ABEM oral board examiner for 32 examinations, with the first one occurring in 1990, and is currently a senior oral board examiner. He was elected to the ABEM Board of Directors in 2009 and was re-elected to a second four-year term this summer.
Carius joined Norwalk Hospital as chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine in 1995. He is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington.
He holds a Bachlor of Science degree from Trinity College in Hartford and medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. He completed his internship at the Naval Regional Medical Center in San Diego, Calif., and his emergency medicine residency training at USC/LAC Medical Center in Los Angeles. Carius also fulfilled an aerospace medicine primary course as a flight surgeon at the School of Aerospace Medicine in San Antonio, Texas.
He is a diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Family Practice, as well as the National Board of Medical Examiners.
Carius is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and a member of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians, where he held posts as secretary, treasurer, president-elect, president and councilor. He is also a member of the Fairfield County Medical Association and Connecticut State Medical Society and serves an Alternate Delegate to the American Medical Association House of Delegates.
Carius is the recipient of numerous teaching awards and lectures frequently at emergency medicine symposiums. He is a past recipient of the Phil Stent Award for Outstanding Contributions to Emergency Medicine presented by the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians.
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Race is everywhere in medicine. Mosthealth statistics are broken down by race. We routinely characterize diseases by which populations they affect more and less and medications by which ethnicities respond better or worse.
Its so ubiquitous that its easy to take for granted as justified. But the use of race in medicine is a subject that is vigorously debated. Whenever a new study comes out stratifying results by race, there are inevitably supporters and critics.
The question under debate: is there a place for race in medicine?
Theres a growing number who say we should toss this way of thinking entirely. Many scholars now contend that race is closer to a social construct than a biological category, and theres the legitimate fear that pointing out differences between races sends the message that the difference is biological. Even if there are certain genetic differences among populations, we know that self-reported race is at best a crude proxy for indicating them. Moreover, studies often do not adjust for all other variables besides genetics, such as socioeconomic status, culture, and discrimination meaning if differences are shown, the knee-jerk tendency to think biology might overshadow important environmental disparities that deserve our attention. There are social concerns too, in that historically ethnicity in research has been abused by pseudoscientists with racist agendas of demonstrating the superiority of certain people over others. In light of that history, profound sensitivity toward using race as a variable in medicine is understandable and warranted.
Part of the problem may be that some simply do not give it enough thought. There are some who stratify any data they collect on any health-related subject by race because thats what others did before them, along with others before that. But when you do any data analysis, you need to justify its being done. Theres no such thing as just laying out the facts because there is no such thing as a predetermined set of facts that we either expose or hide. We make choices with everything. Collecting, breaking down, and representing data all involve choices. When comparing groups, we can draw the lines wherever we want. Telling of this point is that many studies that talk about race still only compare blacks to whites, ignoring all other groups along with cases of mixed ancestry.
When the choice lies with the researcher, she has an obligation to use it responsibly. As such, its not enough to enough to justify a project with some ambiguous version of: this will contribute to the literature by showing something we do not know. We dont know infinite numbers of things. Research has to have value. At the forefront of every decision should be the questions: Whats the point? Are the differences Im trying to show relevant to anything? Are there implications for disease prevention, diagnosis, management, or treatment?
Sometimes, indeed the answer is yes. There have been cases where thinking about race, even as a rough guide, have led to benefits for patients. Knowing that sickle cell anemia is more prevalent among populations of sub-Saharan African ancestry can tip physicians off for earlier and thereby more effective diagnosis and management. Since Tay-Sachs is a genetic disease with increased prevalence among Ashkenazi Jews, Jewish communities early on welcomed genetic testing for prospective parents and by doing so dramatically reduced the incidence of the disease. Individuals of Asian descent are more likely to carry certain genetic polymorphisms resulting in slower drug metabolism meaning patients need lower doses to achieve the desired effects and avoid toxicity. There are many more examples. While it is such an important point that Ill say it again that race is only a very imperfect proxy for genetics there has been demonstrated medical value in being aware of these trends.
The reason is that medicine is a field that uses heuristics simple rules of thumb that help home in on best guesses when comprehensive searches are not feasible. These shortcuts are so frequently employed because medicine is the perfect storm of information overload combined with limited time. Best guesses in medicine are probabilistic; doctors collect clues from various sources to select more likely and less likely options. Every test, every new piece of information contributes to that ranking. Thus, some argue that just as doctors clue into best guesses based on a patients constellation of symptoms and test results, so too can race be used as an approximate guide. With the recognition that heuristics can lead to biases, the solution is not to discard them but rather to make doctors more cognizant of biases so they can work to eliminate them and use heuristics more effectively.
The use of race in medicine is a deeply sensitive issue and should be treated as such. One thing to note is that in contrast to shameful periods in history that focused on race with unethical agendas, the vast majority of current research is completely well-intentioned, toward the goal of optimally tailoring medical care to a diverse patient population. Those on both extremes of the debate are looking out for patients. So where does that leave us? While there is a place for race in medicine, the literature also remains rife with studies with seem to point out differences with no valid reason for pointing out differences, and my sense is that theres a greater tendency to overuse race when its not appropriate than to neglect it when it is. The burden should be on every medical researcher who wants to talk about race to be explicit as to what contribution this data would make to the world. And, if those measures fail, it would behoove readers and patients to apply just as critical an eye.
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Alana Beard passes the ball around San Antonio Silver Stars forward Sophia Young. (Bret Hartman / Associated Press / August 23, 2012)
August 25, 2012
Where: Staples Center.
On the air: NBA TV, TWC 101.
Records: Sparks 18-6, Liberty 9-13.
Record vs. Liberty (2011): 1-1.
Update: In Thursday's 101-77 win over San Antonio, the Sparks ended the Silver Stars' 12 game win streak while extending theirs to eight. The Sparks have clinched a playoff spot and are only one game behind Minnesota, which is first place in the Western Conference and has the best record in the league. The Sparks will play New York in the last game of a three-game homestand before starting a five-game trip. The Liberty is in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. The Liberty is led by Cappie Pondexter, who is averaging 20.8 points, four rebounds and four assists a game.
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Los Angeles Sparks up next: vs. New York Liberty on Saturday
Saturday, August 25, 2012
VIETNAM opposes Taiwan drills in Spratly Islands was a news headline a few days ago. There is Taiwans plan to conduct military live-in drills in Babinh island, which is part of Vietnams Truong Sa archipelago, the countrys name of the Spratly Islands the Philippines calls Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) or Kapuluan ng Kalayaan.
Of the dispute on the ownership of the shoal with the Philippines and China, the recent tension started with a report of the sight of Chinese ships seen in the lagoon without permission.
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And the standoff started, and the Philippines sent its own ships there.
Turf disputes in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) have as island claimers the Philippines, the Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan). But there are other countries claiming an island or two, which includes Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Brunei.
It can be confusing to find out which islands which country claims and standoffs would be like a fuse that could blow up right where you are, among islands.
Islands have owners, the disputes seem to say.
One thing interesting about the earth are the islands, as though at one time in the far past, a whole worldfor deep reasons of change through the yearsbroke into big and small continents, into islands, islets, shoals.
Thats the attraction of the Philippine archipelago7,107 islands, much of the space untouched as only a total of 2000 islands and islets are peopled.
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Hannah Giles, of the American Phoenix Foundation, speaks Saturday during the Freedom Conference at The Steamboat Grand.
Steamboat Springs Freedom Conference attendees on Saturday got to hear what drove Hannah Giles to investigate corruption at an agency that was supposed to be advocating for low-income families.
Giles was a 20-year-old aspiring journalist who had landed an internship in the Washington, D.C., area during summer 2009. While out for a jog, she ran past the housing barracks for the The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN.
It hit me, Giles said. I could do an investigation. Theyre right here.
She said she had written investigative pieces that were critical of ACORN and its political ties during college, but the articles did not change the national perception of the organization.
By the time Giles had finished her jog and returned to her apartment, she said she had formulated a plan to investigate ACORN.
She joined with James O'Keefe, who along with Giles is generally described as a conservative activist. Together, at a cost of $1,500, they produced a number of undercover videos that drew national controversy and led to the organizations downfall. One of the videos was shown at the beginning of Giles speech Saturday. It showed O'Keefe, posing as a pimp, and Giles posing as a prostitute. An ACORN employee was offering them advice on how to avoid paying taxes on their prostitution ring.
ACORN lost its government and private funding and declared bankruptcy in 2009.
Today, Giles helps lead investigations for the American Phoenix Foundation. According to its website, the goal of the foundation is to recruit and train select young potential leaders to transcend the traditional media by becoming independent truth-seeking journalists who relentlessly pursue truth with courage and creativity.
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August 25, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Florence, KY-The Florence Freedom (51-38) continued their winning ways Saturday night as they put together clutch hits late in the game for a 3-1 win against the Washington Wild Things(38-51).
It was the Freedom's seventh straight win as they remain tied for the final wild card spot with Lake Erie, and Schaumburg with just seven games left in the season.
The Wild Things took a 1-0 lead in the 2nd on an RBI single by Jovan Rosa. The Freedom then tied it in their 2nd on a leadoff solo homerun from Eddie Rodriguez. It was Rodriguez's 14th homer of the season and his seventh in his last seven games.
The game remained 1-1 until the 8th inning. Pierre LePage led off with a single against reliever Chandler Barnard. David Harris then drove a pitch to deep center field which scored LePage from first on the RBI double. Peter Fatse also contributed in the inning with an RBI single of his own to make the score 3-1. Fatse drove in his team high 65th RBI of the season.
Andres Caceres started for the Freedom and turned in a quality start. The lefty went 7 innings allowing 2 hits on 1 earned run. He also matched his career high in strikeouts with 6 as he walked 5.
Caceres earned a no decision as Matt Kline(3-3) earned the win out of relief. Kline retired the only batter he faced Darian Sandford in the 8th on a pop out to second base.
Jorge Marban nailed down his 14th save of the year and his fourth in as many games.
The Freedom will go for the series sweep Sunday night against the Wild Things. Washington will feature RHP Casey Barnes(5-7, 3.70)as the Freedom will counter with RHP Andy Clark(1-1, 1.90).
The games can be heard starting at 5:50 with Steve Jarnicki on Real Talk 1160 AM and realtalk1160.com.
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In the months ahead many people will be hitting the coastal beaches to go fishing or razor clam digging which is set to open sometime in late October.
With that in mind the Washington State Marine Debris Task Force wanted to make the public aware on how to report potential Tsunami debris they may encounter.
According to the Task Force, many Pacific Northwest coastal beaches are seeing an increase in marine debris, which likely came from the March 2011 Japan tsunami.
Tsunami debris is expected to hit the shores intermittently over the course of the next several years, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predictions.
The Task Force - a group of state agencies led by the state Military Department's Emergency Management Division - has established a marine debris information listserv for Washington residents and coastal visitors. To join, go to the state Department of Ecology website and choose "marine/tsunami debris."
The public can also call the toll-free line at 1-855-WACOAST (1-855-922-6278).
Report oil and hazardous items to the National Response Center and Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) by pressing "1."
Report large floating debris items that might pose a boating or navigation hazard by pressing "2."
Or get instructions for reporting debris that is not large or hazardous.
Hazardous materials to watch out for include spilled oil, drums and barrels, fuel tanks and gas cylinders, chemical totes and other containers with unknown fluids. Do not touch or attempt to move such items.
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NAPLES, Fla. - Southwest Florida beaches left battered by a tropical storm earlier this summer are set for another lashing from Tropical Storm Isaac.
Isaac, on a track that could send it just west of Southwest Florida or right over it, could further erode beaches already in need of renourishment and could wash out what's left of a successful sea turtle nesting season.
"I have no clue what to expect from this," said Maura Kraus, manager of the sea turtle monitoring program for Collier County. "We are just hoping for the best."
In June, Tropical Storm Debby plowed through the Gulf of Mexico on its way to a landfall in the Florida Panhandle. Along the way, the storm hammered Southwest Florida beaches for three days.
Almost 600 sea turtle nests, each with as many as 100 eggs, were flooded or washed away from Collier beaches in Debby. Fewer than 500 nests are left on the beach, Kraus said, and more are hatching every day. More than 1,200 sea turtle nests were laid on Collier beaches this year compared to 751 last summer, according to county figures.
In south Lee County, monitors have counted 129 sea turtle nests, 43 of which already have hatched. Another 20 nests have been lost, according to the nonprofit Turtle Time.
Because turtles that nest on Southwest Florida beaches, mostly loggerheads, are protected species, state and federal rules don't allow the nests to be moved out of harm's way, Kraus said.
Since Debby, sea turtles have been mostly laying eggs high on the beach, but it remains to be seen whether that will be far enough from the Gulf of Mexico to be protected from Isaac.
At the Vanderbilt Beach Resort, manager Mick Moore is worried that not enough beach is left between the hotel and Gulf to keep Isaac from overtopping the seawall.
Moore was concerned enough to install a giant sandbag, called a TrapBag, about 2 feet tall and 100 feet long, on top of the seawall to try to buy some insurance, he said.
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Pop stars, heads of state and Fortune 500 companies will have another reason to look to San Antonio now that Singapore-based ST Aerospace has opened an affiliate dedicated to customized, interior renovations of VIP-style aircraft.
Need an extra bedroom or media center for your wide-body jet? Aeria Luxury Interiors, the new company ST Aerospace started, can do that. Dining rooms, lounges and medically equipped transport capabilities also are among the upgrades Aeria can offer select customers.
It's high-end, luxury interiors, said Ron Soret, general manager of completions at Aeria, and the lead manager of the team pulling the company together.
Our clientele have not been as affected by the downturn in the market as other sectors have been, he said. I think this is going to be a very successful venture for (ST Aerospace).
Gore Design Completions is another San Antonio company that has established itself in the market for high-end aircraft interior refurbishments. Thomas Moore, chairman of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce's aerospace committee, said the market has been red hot for Gore Design, and he believes it will create strong opportunities for Aeria as well.
Aeria already is in operation on a limited basis at a 100,000-square-foot hangar. The hangar is still under renovations to make it ready for the company to operate at full speed.
Soret said one small interior refurbishment job already has been completed using employees from ST Aerospace San Antonio, the repair and maintenance affiliate of ST Aerospace.
Bids are out on four other projects, and Aeria expects to learn within a few weeks whether any were accepted.
At full capacity, the company could handle up to five renovations a year and employ about 300 people, Soret said. It expects its hangar to be completed by the end of September and will add employees as contracts are signed.
Aeria's hangar once was part of Dee Howard Aircraft Maintenance, an aerospace firm that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2002 and became part of ST Aerospace a year later. Interior aircraft renovations were part of its mission, and its demise left a pool of talent that ST Aerospace and other aerospace companies have utilized.
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One is bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, whose just-completed Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act class attracted more than 30,000 students - about 5,000 more than the Penn student body.
Emanuel's class is being outdrawn by Wharton School professor Kevin Werbach's Gamification, which starts Aug. 27 and will apply game-design techniques to business problems. Its 50,000 sign-ups top the Penn offerings so far.
Last month, Penn joined with the California Institute of Technology to invest $3.7 million in Coursera, which now offers 117 free courses from 16 official partners, including Stanford, Duke, and Princeton Universities. The University of California Berkeley and two Indian colleges also offer classes on Coursera but are not yet official partners.
The online courses mimic aspects of a traditional experience by having not only video lectures, but also strict class start and end dates, homework assignments, interactive quizzes, and discussion boards for students.
"Coursera feels like a good partner for us," said Deirdre Woods, interim executive director of Penn's Open Learning Initiative, which is for now primarily devoted to the Coursera project. "Penn is about rigor . . . and [Coursera's] philosophy was very much in line with that."
Of Penn's 16 online courses, two are currently in session and more will start up in the next several months.
The focus on medicine was not deliberate, explained Coursera cofounder and co-CEO Andrew Ng. However, the strength of its medical school makes the dominance of health-related classes "an obvious choice" for Penn, which so far is the only Philadelphia medical school - and one of the few nationwide - to present its classes online.
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The registration for the 35th intake into the very popular Graduateship Program in Chemistry, conducted by the Chartered Chemists in Sri Lanka is now in progress.
Those having or expecting to obtain three A/L passes are strongly advised to make use of the early bird registration facility available until August 31, in order to follow the four year program at an academic level equivalent to a BSc Special (Honours) Degree in Chemistry in the fastest possible time and at minimal cost.
Professor J. N. Oleap Fernando, Honorary Rector of the College of Chemical Sciences said that the College has been for the past 15 years the largest producer of graduate Chemists in Sri Lanka.
Further information about this low cost, fast track, high quality program can be obtained from the website http://www.ichemc.edu.lk or by calling over at 341/22, Kotte Road, Welikada, Rajagiriya (near post office) on any day or by phoning 011-2861231/2861653 or by attending the next orientation session on September 8.
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Registration for chemistry graduateship program closes on August 31
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This letter is in response to F. Neil Folks I aint religious, but I am spiritual column appearing in Fridays Craig Daily Press.
Neil, this aphorism is not an oxymoron as you purport. There is a huge difference with spirituality and religiousness.
The word religion is rooted in the Greek word for rule. Spirituality or faithfulness is an individuals belief system or faith based philosophy on life.
Im not (sorry, I wont say aint because Im not redneck either) religious, but I am spiritual and faithful.
Please keep in mind that an aphorism is a terse saying embodying a general truth. Hence, you have already acquiesced that there is general truth in the statement that I am not religious, but I am spiritual.
Given that you accept there is general truth in the statement, I feel confident that you can understand that because I choose not to accept an archbishops, popes or pastors interpretation of Gods words, but do choose to accept the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ as my personal savior and follow the Ten Commandments as prescribed in Leviticus, I am spiritual and faithful but not religious.
Going to church every Sunday, not eating meat on Fridays and judging others that dont agree with our teachings (ie: following rules), does not make a good Christian. Walking in Christs footsteps and living as he taught us does.
I would rather be faithful than religious.
Paul Auwaerter
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THURSDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Spirituality can be uplifting for your mental health, according to a new study.
University of Missouri researchers examined the results of three surveys that asked Buddhists, Catholics, Jews, Muslims and Protestants about their personalities, levels of spirituality and physical and mental health.
Among people in all five faiths, a greater degree of spirituality was associated with better mental health -- specifically lower levels of neuroticism and greater extraversion. After considering personality variables, the researchers concluded that forgiveness was the only spiritual trait predictive of mental health.
The study recently appeared in the Journal of Religion and Health.
Spirituality may help people's mental health by reducing their self-centeredness and developing their sense of belonging to a larger whole, said study co-author Dan Cohen, an assistant teaching professor of religious studies.
"In many ways, the results of our study support the idea that spirituality functions as a personality trait," Cohen said in a university news release. "With increased spirituality, people reduce their sense of self and feel a greater sense of oneness and connectedness with the rest of the universe. What was interesting was that frequency of participation in religious activities or the perceived degree of congregational support was not found to be significant in the relationships between personality, spirituality, religion and health."
"Our prior research shows that the mental health of people recovering from different medical conditions, such as cancer, stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury, appears to be related significantly to positive spiritual beliefs and especially congregational support and spiritual interventions," Cohen said. "Spiritual beliefs may be a coping device to help individuals deal emotionally with stress."
The relationship between spirituality and health could prove helpful in health care, the researchers suggested. For example, treatments and rehabilitation programs could be tailored to accommodate a person's spiritual beliefs.
Although the study found an association between spirituality and mental health, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
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Thunderstorms have ruined NASA's second attempt to launch a pair of science satellites.
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