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08.11: Up: How Positive Outlook Can Transform Our Health and Aging

2013-07-10 23:33:38| Powells Books Events Calendar

A positive attitude is important, but until now we didn't know how important. In Up: How Positive Outlook Can Transform Our Health and Aging (Hudson Street Press), Hilary Tindle, a practicing physician and National Institutes of Health-funded researcher, draws on her research and experience to show that our outlook on life — our unique patterns of thinking and feeling about ourselves, others, and the world — may be the key to how well and how fast we age. Using the Seven Steps of Attitudinal Change that she applies to her own patients, Tindle offers us a path toward healthy aging. Prescriptive and accessible, Up puts forward a paradigm shift in how we age and treat disease, giving even the most struggling optimists a chance for hope.

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Perry's Decision Will Transform Texas Politics

2013-07-08 15:17:50| Electronics - Topix.net

If the state's longest-serving governor chooses to retire, then at least six out of nine elected executive offices will change hands in a series of political dominoes.

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The Market for Volt/VAR Optimization Set to Transform

2013-07-01 22:33:00| Transmission & Distribution World

Global shipments of volt/VAR Optimization control electronics used in smart electricity grids are forecast to double during the next five years, according to a new report. read more

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Climate Change May Radically Transform Desert Bacteria

2013-06-27 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: Climate change may transform the community of microbes that forms the crucial top layer of soil, known as a biocrust, in deserts throughout the United States, new research suggests. The study, published today (June 27) in the journal Science, found that one type of bacteria dominates in warm climates, whereas another is more prevalent in cooler areas. Combined with climate models, the findings suggest that the cold-loving bacteria could completely disappear from their current habitats as the climate...

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