Pain is a sensation felt by every living being. We know that humans feel the sensation of pain and we assume that mammals feel pain from their behavior when we stimulate pain receptors in their bodies. Mammals tend to avoid pain stimulation by moving away from that stimulation. Given that criteria, the physical avoidance of [...]
In the days of the Romans, war was an acceptable way of expanding an economy. When the British were conquering helpless people during their period of colonialization by sending troops to backward nations, warfare actually developed the British economy. But as the people of the world developed their minds and social responsibilities, warfare became very [...]
The U.S. Defense Dept. announced today that heavy tanks would be sent to Afghanistan. A FEW FACTS The U.S. has been fighting in Afghanistan longer than the Vietnam War and twice as long as the Second World War. We are about to finish 10 years of war and are planning to stay another 3 more [...]
It seems remarkably strange, that an advanced country, the USA, stuck in a morass of economic failure, with 20 percent of its labor force unemployed, and all its major banks chewing up the personal homes of its citizens through a corrupt foreclosure system, needs to brag about its military prowess? Today, the U.S. Government announced [...]
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS Medical research, or research to solve the problems of disease, takes place across the world by thousands of medical scientists, most of whom are medical doctors. The motivation for this research is complex. Young aspiring doctors want to show their colleagues and their hospitals that they are doing more than their peers [...]
The deaths come days after a rogue Afghan soldier killed three UK servicemen Four British servicemen have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours. The Ministry of Defence said a soldier from the Royal Logistic Corps died in a blast in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. His death [...]
Mountain people are generally stronger and braver than people who live on the plains. As children in the mountains, going anywhere is hard work. Gravity is constantly surrounding the growing child and he learns that going to the top of a mountain requires sweat and endurance. Food is not plentiful in mountainous areas. There is [...]
If you are a very intelligent man, 56 years old, who is married and has a grown child and if you take care of your health by eating no more than one meal daily and by running at least six miles daily, you certainly don’t want to get shot and killed by an expert sniper. [...]
