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Thursday, April 15, 2004
Heart attack survivors half as likely to suffer further attacks if they have love and friends
A new study shows that if you had a heart attack and survived it, your chances of having another attack within a year are halved if you have close friends and/or relatives who love you (in comparison to patients who do not have close friends and loving relatives). The study monitored about 600 patients for one year (after their heart attack).
The study mentioned that patients with a close confidant had only half the risk of a further cardiac event of those without a confidant. According to the report, they made adjustments for many other heart disease risk factors.
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A new study shows that if you had a heart attack and survived it, your chances of having another attack within a year are halved if you have close friends and/or relatives who love you (in comparison to patients who do not have close friends and loving relatives). The study monitored about 600 patients for one year (after their heart attack).
The study mentioned that patients with a close confidant had only half the risk of a further cardiac event of those without a confidant. According to the report, they made adjustments for many other heart disease risk factors.
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Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Revealing beauty
EDUCATION:A renowned watercolor artist teaches elementary students colorful life lessons.
If passion is a primary color, then compassion is its color-wheel complement. Merging them through art creates peace. That was the lesson watercolor artist Cheng-Khee Chee taught Lester Park Elementary School fifth-graders. The artist is teaching a free lesson at every elementary school in the Duluth school district this month. It's part of a special project in conjunction with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota Ballet's production of "Old Turtle." Chee illustrated the classic children's book, which was written by Douglas Wood.
Chee maintained a steady stream of dialogue throughout the hourlong lesson, in which he collaborated with students to create a shimmering painting of three angelfish. The students and teachers were captivated by every word. The story is about an array of creatures and their different beliefs in God, which nearly collide in catastrophe if it wasn't for Old Turtle.
"If you want to be an artist, you should have an open mind," Students helped Chee create a swirling backdrop of mostly blue and purple. Teacher Nancy Dallum's jaw dropped and students watched in fidgety amazement as the artist used a paintbrush to strip back some of the wet paint to create a sketchy white outline of an angelfish. "Did you know that's what you painted, guys?" Dallum asked her class. "I didn't even know there was a fish in there." Chee then told the Lester Park students. "Art has to have a mission. What is important is the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty."
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EDUCATION:A renowned watercolor artist teaches elementary students colorful life lessons.
If passion is a primary color, then compassion is its color-wheel complement. Merging them through art creates peace. That was the lesson watercolor artist Cheng-Khee Chee taught Lester Park Elementary School fifth-graders. The artist is teaching a free lesson at every elementary school in the Duluth school district this month. It's part of a special project in conjunction with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota Ballet's production of "Old Turtle." Chee illustrated the classic children's book, which was written by Douglas Wood.
Chee maintained a steady stream of dialogue throughout the hourlong lesson, in which he collaborated with students to create a shimmering painting of three angelfish. The students and teachers were captivated by every word. The story is about an array of creatures and their different beliefs in God, which nearly collide in catastrophe if it wasn't for Old Turtle.
"If you want to be an artist, you should have an open mind," Students helped Chee create a swirling backdrop of mostly blue and purple. Teacher Nancy Dallum's jaw dropped and students watched in fidgety amazement as the artist used a paintbrush to strip back some of the wet paint to create a sketchy white outline of an angelfish. "Did you know that's what you painted, guys?" Dallum asked her class. "I didn't even know there was a fish in there." Chee then told the Lester Park students. "Art has to have a mission. What is important is the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty."
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India: Jains demand minority status
The Tamilnadu Minorities Commission will recommend to the Central and State governments to accord minority status to Jains and declare government holiday on Mahaveer Jayanthi in the State, Annamma Phillip, chairperson of the commission has said. Speaking at the 2603rd Janm Kalyanak celebrations of Bhagwan Mahaveer in Chennai recently, Phillip said Mahaveer advocated peace and harmony which was important for the present generation. Jainism had been recognised as the universal religion which preached Ahimsa, she said while lauding the community for taking up various social activities for the uplift of the underprivileged.
Justice S Jagadeesan, chairman, Intellectual Property Appellate Board, said the teachings of Mahaveer should be practised for peace in society. S P Thyagarajan, Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras, said the nation had been respected worldwide because of its rich values and Mahaveer was a standing model who emulated such values and thoughts.
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The Tamilnadu Minorities Commission will recommend to the Central and State governments to accord minority status to Jains and declare government holiday on Mahaveer Jayanthi in the State, Annamma Phillip, chairperson of the commission has said. Speaking at the 2603rd Janm Kalyanak celebrations of Bhagwan Mahaveer in Chennai recently, Phillip said Mahaveer advocated peace and harmony which was important for the present generation. Jainism had been recognised as the universal religion which preached Ahimsa, she said while lauding the community for taking up various social activities for the uplift of the underprivileged.
Justice S Jagadeesan, chairman, Intellectual Property Appellate Board, said the teachings of Mahaveer should be practised for peace in society. S P Thyagarajan, Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras, said the nation had been respected worldwide because of its rich values and Mahaveer was a standing model who emulated such values and thoughts.
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Evolution Group Uses Federal Tax Money to Promote Religion, According to Discovery Institute
The federal government has spent nearly a half-million dollars on a website that encourages science teachers to use religion to promote evolution, sparking objections that the website violates the separation of church and state.
Unveiled earlier this year, the Understanding Evolution website was jointly developed by the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), a private group whose self-described mission is "Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public School," and the University of California Museum of Paleontology. The avowed purpose of the website is to help teachers teach evolution better. Much of the website was funded by a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
One part of the website explicitly uses religion to promote evolution. In that section, teachers are told that nearly all religious people, theologians, and scientists who hold religious beliefs endorse modern evolutionary theory, and that indeed such a view "actually enriches their faith." Teachers are also directed to a page on the NCSE's own website containing statements by religious groups endorsing evolution. For example, teachers can read a statement from the United Church of Christ that "modern evolutionary theory . . . is in no way at odds with our belief in a Creator God, or in the revelation and presence of that God in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit."
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The federal government has spent nearly a half-million dollars on a website that encourages science teachers to use religion to promote evolution, sparking objections that the website violates the separation of church and state.
Unveiled earlier this year, the Understanding Evolution website was jointly developed by the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), a private group whose self-described mission is "Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public School," and the University of California Museum of Paleontology. The avowed purpose of the website is to help teachers teach evolution better. Much of the website was funded by a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
One part of the website explicitly uses religion to promote evolution. In that section, teachers are told that nearly all religious people, theologians, and scientists who hold religious beliefs endorse modern evolutionary theory, and that indeed such a view "actually enriches their faith." Teachers are also directed to a page on the NCSE's own website containing statements by religious groups endorsing evolution. For example, teachers can read a statement from the United Church of Christ that "modern evolutionary theory . . . is in no way at odds with our belief in a Creator God, or in the revelation and presence of that God in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit."
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Rock climbers: Ban at Tahoe promotes religion
A U.S. Forest Service climbing ban on a Lake Tahoe landmark is unconstitutional because it promotes religion, a rock climbing group contends. In papers filed Thursday in support of its federal lawsuit against the agency, The Access Fund claims the ban at Cave Rock gives control over public property to the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. The Boulder, Colo.-based group maintains the tribe has always said Cave Rock is a religious, sacred site.
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A U.S. Forest Service climbing ban on a Lake Tahoe landmark is unconstitutional because it promotes religion, a rock climbing group contends. In papers filed Thursday in support of its federal lawsuit against the agency, The Access Fund claims the ban at Cave Rock gives control over public property to the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. The Boulder, Colo.-based group maintains the tribe has always said Cave Rock is a religious, sacred site.
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Study: Marked increase in television news coverage of religion
Television coverage of religious issues is up sharply compared to a year ago according to a study from the Media Research Center.
A study released today finds the A-B-C, C-B-S and N-B-C evening newscasts did 303 stories on religion during the 12 months that ended March first, compared with 121 stories during a one-year period in 1993. The report cites several reasons for the increase -- including the movie "The Passion of the Christ" -- the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's reign -- sexual abuse within the Catholic Church -- the struggle over an Alabama Ten Commandments monument -- and controversies over gay ministers. Still, study author Tim Graham contends the networks are often hostile to orthodox faiths and use mostly liberal religious scholars.
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Television coverage of religious issues is up sharply compared to a year ago according to a study from the Media Research Center.
A study released today finds the A-B-C, C-B-S and N-B-C evening newscasts did 303 stories on religion during the 12 months that ended March first, compared with 121 stories during a one-year period in 1993. The report cites several reasons for the increase -- including the movie "The Passion of the Christ" -- the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's reign -- sexual abuse within the Catholic Church -- the struggle over an Alabama Ten Commandments monument -- and controversies over gay ministers. Still, study author Tim Graham contends the networks are often hostile to orthodox faiths and use mostly liberal religious scholars.
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Students carve out niche for religion in public schools
State says groups allowed to meet and pray before and after classes
There's a box in Gwen Fountain's classroom at Milford High School where students may drop in requests for prayers. On most mornings, a group of about eight students hold hands and pray near a doorway in the cafeteria at Laurel High School while their classmates eat breakfast. After school on Wednesdays, eight students hold a discussion at Christiana High School's Bible Club, on subjects including the meaning of Bible passages and the end of the world.
Contrary to popular belief that religion has been excised from the public schools, numerous high schools throughout the state allow student-initiated religion clubs and prayer services before and after school. Each club has a "sponsor," usually a teacher, to watch over the students while they meet. And it's perfectly legal. Since the passage of an "equal access" law in 1984 that allows student-initiated religious activity outside of school hours, religious activity in the public schools has increased steadily, experts and school officials said.
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State says groups allowed to meet and pray before and after classes
There's a box in Gwen Fountain's classroom at Milford High School where students may drop in requests for prayers. On most mornings, a group of about eight students hold hands and pray near a doorway in the cafeteria at Laurel High School while their classmates eat breakfast. After school on Wednesdays, eight students hold a discussion at Christiana High School's Bible Club, on subjects including the meaning of Bible passages and the end of the world.
Contrary to popular belief that religion has been excised from the public schools, numerous high schools throughout the state allow student-initiated religion clubs and prayer services before and after school. Each club has a "sponsor," usually a teacher, to watch over the students while they meet. And it's perfectly legal. Since the passage of an "equal access" law in 1984 that allows student-initiated religious activity outside of school hours, religious activity in the public schools has increased steadily, experts and school officials said.
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