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...graceful, slow-motion progression through a series of poses--some call it "moving meditation"--is known to build up strength, agility and balance. But shingles immunity? According to a study in the current edition of Psychosomatic Medicine, 15 weeks of Tai Chi seems to have helped protect a group of 18 elderly adults against the shingles virus (the same virus that causes chickenpox). One week after the study was completed, immune-cell levels increased an average of nearly 50% in those who practiced Tai Chi, while the control group showed no improvement. The results, which will need to be confirmed...
...there ways to protect children online short of shutting down chat rooms? Many Internet companies have decided that a reasonably effective method of weeding out sexual predators is to require chat room habitués to register - and pay. Users must cough up a subscription fee, along with a credit-card number and personal information that can then be used to trace the perpetrator of any future abuse. Indeed, Microsoft itself will in some nations - including the U.S., Japan and Canada - require such subscriptions of between $2 and $10 per month to gain access to MSN chat rooms...
Proving again that Harvard students need help to navigate the hostile waters of the Harvard social scene, this month, three entrepreneurial Harvard students launched HarvardParties.com—a website created “to serve and protect Harvard students’ right to party,” according to their mission statement. The site includes information about upcoming parties—generally large events with no guest lists, both on and off campus—offering Wellesley girls and Harvard Universtiy Police Department officers a quality checklist...
...when you are backpacking in the woods, you have to be ready for anything. It can start to rain buckets in an instant, and even tough hiking boots cannot protect you from roots, stones, slick trails and steep ascents. Trying to make it to camp—hours from a phone or an ambulance—and persevering through tricky terrain, the group has to calmly accommodate the unexpected...
...direct rebuke of the USAFA’s internal inspection, which publicly announced that there was “no systemic acceptance of sexual assault at the Academy,” the independent panel charged that this was merely another attempt to protect Air Force officials when there was a clear, long-standing problem that needed aggressive attention. The report rightly criticized the despicable record that has been ignored by Academy officials. The leadership at the Academy has yet to offer lasting plans to improve the campus environment that is tolerant of these transgressions...