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The potential health benefits of sweating it out
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As wellness practices go, sitting in a pool of your own perspiration lands somewhere between juice cleanses and going on a brisk walk. Though the sauna’s biggest claim of detoxification lacks much scientific basis, plenty of other benefits appear to hold water.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, research suggests that regularly getting your heart pumping and your pores dumping at the sauna can:Reduce muscle soreness.
Increase blood flow, which can ease pain from some chronic conditions like arthritis.
Reduce inflammation and improve heart and lung health.
Improve sleep and reduce stress, possibly because of the general calming effect of the whole sauna experience.
At least one study has suggested a link between sauna visits and lower risks of dementia and Alzheimer’s, but doctors need more research to draw a solid conclusion.
Caution: Since one of the biggest risks is dehydration, hitting the sauna after boozing isn’t recommended. It’s also not advised if you’re recovering from a heart attack or stroke.—ML
The potential health benefits of sweating it out
timofeev/Adobe Stock
As wellness practices go, sitting in a pool of your own perspiration lands somewhere between juice cleanses and going on a brisk walk. Though the sauna’s biggest claim of detoxification lacks much scientific basis, plenty of other benefits appear to hold water.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, research suggests that regularly getting your heart pumping and your pores dumping at the sauna can:Reduce muscle soreness.
Increase blood flow, which can ease pain from some chronic conditions like arthritis.
Reduce inflammation and improve heart and lung health.
Improve sleep and reduce stress, possibly because of the general calming effect of the whole sauna experience.
At least one study has suggested a link between sauna visits and lower risks of dementia and Alzheimer’s, but doctors need more research to draw a solid conclusion.
Caution: Since one of the biggest risks is dehydration, hitting the sauna after boozing isn’t recommended. It’s also not advised if you’re recovering from a heart attack or stroke.—ML
Robert Reich
Friends,
Something dramatic has happened.
Many people who consider themselves non-political or independent, or moderate Republican, or who even voted for Trump last November, can’t avoid seeing what’s now come so clearly into the open.
And they’re finding it terrifying.
They’ve watched Trump order the Texas National Guard into Portland and Chicago, over the objections of the mayors of those cities and the governors of Oregon and Illinois. They’ve heard him call for jailing the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois for opposing these moves.
They’ve heard him threaten to invoke the Insurrection Act and send federal troops all over America.
They’ve watched Trump’s ICE agents drag people out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip-tie them and their children, and haul them away.
At A Glance
What was the dot-com bubble? Why the Nasdaq dropped 76% in two years.
The 1920 proposal to turn central Europe into a pizza-shaped state.
Breaking down why microwaves heat food in a fundamentally nonuniform way.
Inside "Blood Meridian" author Cormac McCarthy's library of 20,000 books.
The thrilling 99 bends of the Chinese road up to Tianmen Mountain.
How do inhalers actually work to treat asthma?
"Johnny Appleseed" was a real guy—itinerant horticulturalist John Chapman.
How Microsoft Excel launched in 1985 to serve a billion people today.
NFL stadiums are designed to maximize profits, not number of seats.
The story of a bitcoin loophole that gave one man millions.
The business behind America's 350,000 advertising billboards.
The three competing theories explaining how the pyramids were built.
Revisiting the milieu of the Greenwich Village music scene in the '60s.
How pitcher Pedro Martinez helped reverse the curse of the Red Sox.
Six of the seven wonders of the ancient world are destroyed.
In The NEWS
China hits US ships with retaliatory port fees.
Beginning Tuesday, US-owned, operated, and affiliated vessels will be required to pay a docking fee in China. The Chinese Ministry of Transportation declared the move Friday in response to a similar US port fee on Chinese ships, also set to take effect next week. The Trump administration announced the fee earlier this year in an effort to curb China’s dominance in freight ship manufacturing and boost the US industry.
... and Trump to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese goods.
President Donald Trump cited new rare earth export controls announced Thursday by China’s commerce ministry as the reason for the new US tariffs, which are expected to begin by Nov. 1 and supersede existing duties. Trump also said he would place export controls on critical software. China leads global mining and processing of rare earth minerals, which are critical to advanced technologies, such as computer chips. US stock markets fell Friday (S&P 500 -2.7%, Dow -1.9%, Nasdaq -3.6%).
Tennessee explosives plant accident leaves several dead, missing.
As of this writing, 19 people are missing and feared dead after an explosion at a military munitions plant in rural Tennessee Friday. Emergency crews initially couldn’t enter due to ongoing detonations, but the site is now secure and officials say there is no further risk. The cause remains unknown, and the investigation could take days, according to the local sheriff.
Trump administration begins laying off federal workers.
The White House said yesterday that it began mass firings as part of its ongoing effort to reduce the federal workforce. The departments of Homeland Security, Education, and Energy are among the impacted agencies; it remains unclear how many employees were affected. A federal employees union has asked a federal judge to halt the firings, alleging they are intended to punish workers and pressure Democratic lawmakers during the ongoing government shutdown.
Peru ousts president, swears in new one amid crime surge.
Peruvian lawmakers voted 122–8 early Friday to remove President Dina Boluarte from office. Boluarte, an independent who leans conservative, faced mounting accusations of corruption and failure to curb rising crime; her approval rating has hovered between 2% and 4%. Congress Chief José Jeri, a conservative, will serve as president until Peru's April general elections.
Savannah Bananas' new baseball league grows.
Two new teams—the Loco Beach Coconuts and Indianapolis Clowns—will join the Banana Ball Championship league for its inaugural 2026 season. They’ll compete with the Savannah Bananas, Party Animals, Texas Tailgaters, and Firefighters in a 75-stadium, 45-state schedule, expected to attract roughly 3.2 million fans. Read about Banana Ball’s history and gameplay here.
No Doubt announces Sphere residency.
The 1990s American rock band No Doubt will reunite for a six-night residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere in May. The announcement comes after the quartet reunited for the first time in nearly a decade to perform both weekends of Coachella 2024. The residency will make No Doubt the first female-fronted act to headline the $2.3B high-tech venue since it opened in 2023. See how the Sphere was built here (w/video).
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
The Pathetic Democrats
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What I find fascinating about politics in 2025 is that the Democrats are BITCHING that Trump is doing the same thing to them that they were doing to him and don't like it.
The southerners have an expression that fits the situation perfectly:
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND...
The Democrats tried their damnest to keep Trump from winning the election with LAW SUITS, BAD PRESS, CONGRESSIONAL ATTACKS... and still do not realize that the GENERAL PUBLIC elected Trump anyway.
GO FIGURE???
What has Trump done in the first 6-9 months of his term?
- Closed the border to illegals
- Removed illegals from US
- Removed waste from government
- Passed one big, beautiful bill
- Ended several global wars
- Improved the military
- Lowered taxes
- Negotiated Favorable trade agreements/tariffs
- Lowered inflation
- Improved the economy
How many of those celebrities who claimed they were going to leave the US actually left the US???
A few did but not all that said they were going to...
I mention this because, the is exactly the main behavior pattern of the Democrats. They make all these horrific claims about what will happen or what they will do, and then NOTHING HAPPENS OR IS DONE...
What I have learned about the Democrats and the MAINTSTREAM MEDIA that supports them, is that:
- They do not tell the truth
- They distort the truth against political opponents
- They accuse their political opponents of what they are actually doing
- They have no plans other than to block Trump
Bear in mind that this author is not a member of any political party. This author votes for the candidate who will best serve the citizens of USA. This author wants:
- Small Govt
- Large Military
- Low taxes
- Healthy economy
- Stronge VA
- No GOVT supported DEI
- Job opportunities
- Robust Education
- Affordable Healthcare
- ANTI-SOCIALISM
Prime Numbers Show Unexpected Patterns of Fractal Chaos
Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if some unknown pattern underlies their ordering. Recently number theorists have proposed several surprising conjectures on prime patterns—in particular, probabilistic patterns that show up in large groups of the mathematical atoms.
The patterns in the primes trace back to an 1859 hypothesis involving the legendary Riemann zeta function. Mathematician Bernhard Riemann derived a function that counts the number of primes up to a number x. It includes three main ingredients: a smooth estimate, a set of corrective terms coming from the Riemann zeta function, and a small error term.
Saturday, October 11
Wonderings 8
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I am a man... or, by default a male as opposed to a female... although, I could transition to female, if I was so inclined... which presupposes that simply being a male is not locked in stone but a function of technology, not just birth.
Returning to the statement, I am a man...
But, what kind of man are you?
- Fat or thin
- Tall or short
- Smart or dumb
- Kind of hateful
- Silly or serious
- Black or white
- White or Asian
- Asian or Hispanic
- Hispanic or other
- Educated or not educated
- Religious or non-religious
- Black hair or other
- Blue eyes or other
- Vegetarian or other
And the list goes on and on and on... just wondering about the type of man (or woman) you are...
Nothing, it seems, when one is pondering, is without shades of variation which makes it extremely difficult to actually use ONE WORD or even two or three words to describe who one is.
It is these variations that make Human Beings and the Human Race somewhat unique although what other race do we have to compare ourselves too?
The answer to that question is NONE.
There is no other race of which we know about, however, we have intellectually speculated that there, LOGICALLY, must be other races in this vast universe.
Why would a universe this large be created for just one race of people, who, will never visit one end to the other end during the existence of time... or spacetime as it is called.
Yet, the universe must follow the laws of ENTROPY, so we know one day it will end...
But will spacetime cease to exist as well? If, that is the case, then what is the point of understanding or wanting to know WHO AM I?
Regardless, I am a man will never be understood in its totality of enlightenment... which is why our wonderings will always continue, as we pursue complete understanding of WHO AM I and WHAT IS MY PURPOSE?
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