From http://care.diabetesjournals.o...: "The prevalence of diabetes in several countries with large Muslim populations appears to be similar to the rates observed in western countries and increasing by 10% per year as a result of urbanization and socioeconomic development."
I haven't the patience to search for research on other religions. I do know (from Indian colleagues with diabetes) that South-East Asian populations are genetically predisposed towards a greater diabetes incidence.
It is amazing how much healthy practice gets incorporated into religion. Fasting is important for Muslims and Bhuddists. I'd wager it is not a coincidence.
So do observant Muslims and Buddhists (and Jews) on the Standard American Diet have statistically significant lower incidences of diabetes?
Nah, not a Trump supporter though. When the 2016 US presidential elections got to the point were they put Clinton vs Trump, I was thinking: a population of over 300 million, and the best they can come up with is THESE two??
Ad hominems, self-congratulatory ego overinflation, hysterical hyperbole, insults as the best arguments you can muster.... If you're not a Hillary Clinton supporter, you've all the characteristics of one.
you are a fool because all politicians are far from equally detestable
Don't worry, your starry-eyed optimism will wane with age. Yes, you are of course technically correct. But the difference in how much I detest the least detestable and how much I detest the most detestable is so small as makes no practical difference.
As a non-US, non-CA, non-IE and non-McD denizen, I am still puzzled about the nature of this "shamrock" component of the drink even after reading the Wikipedia article.
And can someone explain to me why one would want to go to McD to buy sham-anything while the real thing is to be had for next to nothing, and probably better tasting?
Really p(h)unny, Elon. That's what sitting in jam traffic does to you, it makes the mind wander. That's why I try to get a job with less of a commute...
I for one, am in favour of putting up a length of string at ankle height - also called a tripwire - at said crossings. Much cheaper, lower tech and thus less finicky, and will also teach people to pay attention to their surroundings.
There are a lot of red brick houses in the world. If only the date of the building of the house is known and the bricks are not repurposed from other buildings, similar information can be derived.
If they can measure the magnetic properties of the mortar you can even get the direction.
smoking is prohibited within 10m (33ft) of a playground, within 4m (13ft) of the entrance to a public building, at rail platforms, taxi ranks and bus stops
I wonder how they come up with those distances. Some evenings I sit in my house, and get this penetrating smell of smoke, and start some anti-invasion house clearing procedures, since there are no smokers living there. Then I look out the window and see it's just some bloke walking past in the street and smoking, some 30m (+-100ft) from the closest point to my house.
Reading the linked Wikipedia article, it seems that:
* "in 2014 a mission to Psyche was proposed to NASA" * "A team led by Lindy Elkins-Tanton... presented a concept for a robotic Psyche orbiter. This team argued that 16 Psyche would be a valuable object for study because it is the only metallic core-like body discovered so far." They don't seem to be worried so much about the monetary value as about the knowledge value.
* "The mission was approved by NASA on January 4, 2017 and is targeted to launch in October of 2023, arriving at the asteroid in 2030, following an Earth gravity assist spacecraft maneuver in 2024 and a Mars flyby in 2025." So mebe I'll get to watch the progress in my retirement.
The Globalnews and Usatoday articles strike me as being tarted up (read: dumbed down) with that gee whizz number of dollars.
Here I thought for a moment the mission was worth (or: would cost) 10 quintillion (18 zeroes if using short scale) dollars.
And now that the fourth Zimbabwean dollar has been demonetized, one can't even use that pun any more (from the WP article: "The Zimbabwean government stated that it would credit 5 US dollars to domestic bank accounts with balances of up to 175 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars and exchange Zimbabwean dollars for US dollars at a rate of 1 USD to 35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars to accounts with balances above 175 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars."
(I believe the cuckoo clock is more a Swabian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabia) thing. Black Forest and all you know. Even if Swabian German and Swiss German sounds very much alike to non-Swiss non-Swabians.)
... with the assistance of the clock (Spectratime of Switzerland)... manufacturer
Seems to be a big blow to the Swiss clock makers' reputation for accuracy and reliability. But rejoice. Maybe those Swiss watches will start to sell for more realistic prices...
Disclaimer: This post is intended to produce whooshing.
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The answer seems to be no, at least for muslims.
From http://care.diabetesjournals.o...: "The prevalence of diabetes in several countries with large Muslim populations appears to be similar to the rates observed in western countries and increasing by 10% per year as a result of urbanization and socioeconomic development."
I haven't the patience to search for research on other religions. I do know (from Indian colleagues with diabetes) that South-East Asian populations are genetically predisposed towards a greater diabetes incidence.
It is amazing how much healthy practice gets incorporated into religion. Fasting is important for Muslims and Bhuddists. I'd wager it is not a coincidence.
So do observant Muslims and Buddhists (and Jews) on the Standard American Diet have statistically significant lower incidences of diabetes?
Now we are going to have even more bees not pollinating plants, but sitting on couches, drinking beer, and hollering at the telly...
I thought the fact that the star is "ultra-cool" is the most exciting thing about this story...
Maybe we can send all the hipsters there?
Nah, not a Trump supporter though. When the 2016 US presidential elections got to the point were they put Clinton vs Trump, I was thinking: a population of over 300 million, and the best they can come up with is THESE two??
Ad hominems, self-congratulatory ego overinflation, hysterical hyperbole, insults as the best arguments you can muster.... If you're not a Hillary Clinton supporter, you've all the characteristics of one.
you are a fool because all politicians are far from equally detestable
Don't worry, your starry-eyed optimism will wane with age. Yes, you are of course technically correct. But the difference in how much I detest the least detestable and how much I detest the most detestable is so small as makes no practical difference.
Thankfully I detest all politicians equally, so I'll go right ahead and criticise both and all other comers.
As a non-US, non-CA, non-IE and non-McD denizen, I am still puzzled about the nature of this "shamrock" component of the drink even after reading the Wikipedia article.
And can someone explain to me why one would want to go to McD to buy sham-anything while the real thing is to be had for next to nothing, and probably better tasting?
Cleaning machines? And mess up the product's nice and unique uhmmm.... bouquet?
Cause I don't have the money to start up ventures like Elon does. Although I'm sure my ideas are just as way out.
Really p(h)unny, Elon. That's what sitting in jam traffic does to you, it makes the mind wander. That's why I try to get a job with less of a commute...
I for one, am in favour of putting up a length of string at ankle height - also called a tripwire - at said crossings. Much cheaper, lower tech and thus less finicky, and will also teach people to pay attention to their surroundings.
I don't know if we are *truly* alone in the University, but it sure is empty here in the proof-reading department.
In my student days, there were a lot of alien - or at least strange - beings wandering the campus.
There are a lot of red brick houses in the world. If only the date of the building of the house is known and the bricks are not repurposed from other buildings, similar information can be derived.
If they can measure the magnetic properties of the mortar you can even get the direction.
Yes. But not from 2000 years ago...
Right, although Lewis Ashwal looks quite white to me. Oh, the wonders of being able to use a simple Google search...
I sleep because I am sleepy. (But only if I manage to shut down the web browser.)
smoking is prohibited within 10m (33ft) of a playground, within 4m (13ft) of the entrance to a public building, at rail platforms, taxi ranks and bus stops
I wonder how they come up with those distances. Some evenings I sit in my house, and get this penetrating smell of smoke, and start some anti-invasion house clearing procedures, since there are no smokers living there. Then I look out the window and see it's just some bloke walking past in the street and smoking, some 30m (+-100ft) from the closest point to my house.
Is that why I haven't seen a single post about Trump all day?
* "in 2014 a mission to Psyche was proposed to NASA"
* "A team led by Lindy Elkins-Tanton
* "The mission was approved by NASA on January 4, 2017 and is targeted to launch in October of 2023, arriving at the asteroid in 2030, following an Earth gravity assist spacecraft maneuver in 2024 and a Mars flyby in 2025." So mebe I'll get to watch the progress in my retirement.
The Globalnews and Usatoday articles strike me as being tarted up (read: dumbed down) with that gee whizz number of dollars.
Here I thought for a moment the mission was worth (or: would cost) 10 quintillion (18 zeroes if using short scale) dollars.
And now that the fourth Zimbabwean dollar has been demonetized, one can't even use that pun any more (from the WP article: "The Zimbabwean government stated that it would credit 5 US dollars to domestic bank accounts with balances of up to 175 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars and exchange Zimbabwean dollars for US dollars at a rate of 1 USD to 35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars to accounts with balances above 175 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars."
That's why the world needs cuckoo spacesuits!!!!
(I believe the cuckoo clock is more a Swabian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabia) thing. Black Forest and all you know. Even if Swabian German and Swiss German sounds very much alike to non-Swiss non-Swabians.)
... with the assistance of the clock (Spectratime of Switzerland) ... manufacturer
Seems to be a big blow to the Swiss clock makers' reputation for accuracy and reliability. But rejoice. Maybe those Swiss watches will start to sell for more realistic prices...
Disclaimer: This post is intended to produce whooshing.
Here's to hoping that Pale Moon won't get rid of the ale. Ale does not make me ill.
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