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...this opening scenario lacks subtlety, then if mirrors Partners itself. The film presents Ryan O'Neal as Benson, a heterosexual homicide detective assigned to work with homosexual cop Fred Kerwin (John Hurt). Because of a series of homosexual murders, their chief insists that they "set up home" in the gay community...
...film's homosexuals, but also suspense. But why focus on the dreary-aspects of this "thriller"? The director himself apparently thinks tantalizing viewers is worth no more than the movie's last ten minutes, when the murderers are finally introduced. By then, you can't miss them: As Benson and Kerwin tool around town in their lavender VW convertible (homosexuals couldn't possibly drive a blue Chevy), an ominous-looking, long black Cadillac limousine appears...
...researchers wanted answers to two questions, Benson said. They were puzzled as to why, in people who produce the relaxation response by meditation, norepinephrine levels in the blood are not decreased as are blood pressure and heart rate. They also wanted to know why the calming effects of the relaxation response are carried over into periods of the day during which the person is not actively producing the response...
...study found that during stress, people who meditate still produce norepinephrine, but the hormone's effect is blocked, Benson said. This explains why hormone levels are not decreased while the calming effect is still observed, Benson said, adding that it also explains the carry over effect, because the body's response remains altered. Benson said that in persons who meditate, the fight or flight response can still be produced by norepinephrine, but that it takes larger amounts of the hormone to overcome the effects of meditation...
Exactly how norepinephrin is blocked, as well as how a thought process such as meditation is translated into a physiological calming effect, is still unclear, Benson said, adding, "But it's something we've started to investigate...