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...does not take you away from the pain, but rather through the pain,” he said. “You go through a more fluid emotional state...
...Introduce asymmetry to your room. Symmetry or strong, harsh lines are a no-no in wabi-sabi because they represent perfection. Fluid lines reflect wabi-sabi's embrace of nature's unpredictability...
Frayn's technique is a fluid mix of re-enactment and narration, docudrama and memory play. Most of the story is told by Gillaume, a Teutonic Sammy Glick who worked his way into Brandt's confidence--and passed along everything he saw and heard to his East German contact, who converses with him from a corner of the stage for much of the play. We witness Brandt's political successes, the infighting among his Cabinet, his knack for galvanizing crowds and his weakness for women. But it's all surprisingly dry and flatfooted as drama: too much tell...
...causes of hypertension, doctors have been pretty clear about what its yard markers are. A reading of 120/80 or below is considered normal; 140/90 marks the onset of hypertension; 160/100 is Stage 2 hypertension; 220/120 is the onset of what is known as malignant hypertension, pressure so high that fluid is squeezed from vessels into the brain and blood leaks out of capillaries into the liquid that fills the eyeballs. "Malignant hypertension is a medical emergency," says cardiologist Richard Devereux of Cornell University Medical College...
...different link in the hypertension chain. Diuretics, which cause the body to excrete water and lower the load in the vessels, are the workhorse drugs with the longest history and the most direct effect. Diuretics work best in older patients, since younger metabolisms sense the change in fluid volume and react by activating the renin-angiotensin system to constrict vessels and boost pressure, negating the effects of the drugs...