Last week 96-year-old retired surgeon Dr. Henry Heimlich (credited with developing the namesake Heimlich maneuver),saved Patty Ris--who was choking on her food--using, you know, the same said maneuver. Ris is a co-resident at the same Cincinnati senior living center Heimlich lives in. news
Principle in the type: "Each new day is an opportunity to bind ourselves to act
according to what we know." Jo N. Jepsen
The funny side of politics? Oh Please!! It's a nightmare right now! .... wait a second. Here's something that might make you chuckle. Take a load off from the presidential race, and enjoy:
(And below? A little theory on opposites, and competition.)
Principle in the type: "Various schools of thought about forest management have
been followed through the years . . . a test plot was selected for a practice
known as release thinning.Foresters identified what they felt were
potentially the largest and healthiest young trees in the test plot, and then
they cut and pruned out the less-promising trees and the competing
undergrowth.The supposition was that by
removing much of the competition for water, sunlight, and soil nutrients, the
chosen trees would be released to
grow and develop in extraordinary ways. . . . After some years it became
obvious that just the opposite was occurring.Once freed from competition, the chosen trees became complacent.Instead of stretching upward toward the
light, they slowed their vertical growth, put out many lower limbs that
eventually became useless when the canopy closed, and became fatter.None of the trees in the test plot compared
in size or vitality to the trees that had to compete and overcome opposition in
order to survive and thrive."Marlin K. Jensen
What? National Cereal Day was yesterday? Cereal would go out of business without my family. Cereal trivia in honor: Cap'n Crunch's full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch. story
Principle in the type: "Choose your love. Love your choice." Thomas S. Monson
"The rapper Wiz Khalifa was handcuffed" at Los Angeles Airport in August, for "refusing to get off a hoverboard." Hoverboards are all the rage, but apparently personnel at airports still prefer the old fashioned walk to your flight. news I'm okay with hoverboards, and I'm definitely okay with rising, or hovering above with a good healthy life perspective.
Principle in the type: "I looked around and thought about my life.I felt grateful.I noticed every detail.That is the key to time travel.You can only move if you are actually in the
moment.You have to be where you are to
get where you need to go.Amy Poehler
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