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We’re going to be paying Harvard back with alumni donations for the rest of our lives. When we start out, the University could give us some cushion between the carefree student existence and the reality of making rent...
...best way for home buyers and refinancers to cushion themselves against rate shock during closing is by signing, as Levine did, an agreement with lenders that guarantees a specific rate for 30, 45 or 60 days. Yet in this mercurial environment, borrowers who want to lock in still may find themselves locked out. Lenders stop accepting lock-in guarantees while they are changing rates. And lately mortgage companies that typically update rates once a day have been adjusting them several times daily. "You quote people a rate, and by the time you can lock it in, it's expired," says...
...suffering a seizure. Lots of people still think this is necessary to prevent seizure victims from swallowing their tongue. In fact, "swallowing the tongue is an urban legend," says Greg Stockton, a health and safety expert at the Red Cross. Instead, remove hard objects from around the person and cushion the head. Sometimes the tongue will block the airway. In that case, tilt the head back, lift the chin and turn the person on his or her side. And as with all cases of unconsciousness, call...
After 20 minutes we stop for a break, which surprises me, since I would not have guessed that sitting on a cushion is an activity that requires a break. Before we begin again, our instructor, Sharon Salzberg, a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass., and the author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, asks for questions or comments. Four are about breathing. "Breathing is too complicated for me to concentrate on," one woman complains. "I mean, breathing must be the most complex thing we do." I briefly consider waiting outside and mugging the lot of them...
...research is how meditation can train the mind and reshape the brain." Tests using the most sophisticated imaging techniques suggest that it can actually reset the brain, changing the point at which a traffic jam, for instance, sets the blood boiling. Plus, compared with surgery, sitting on a cushion is really cheap...