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September 12, 2003
And the answer is...
NY Times: Is Buddhism Good for Your Health?
The fact that the brain can learn, adapt and molecularly resculpture itself on the basis of experience and training suggests that meditation may leave a biological residue in the brain -- a residue that, with the increasing sophistication of new technology, might be captured and measured...
''What's being measured,'' Davidson explained, ''is a person's capacity to voluntarily regulate their emotional reactions.''
Daren Jackson, the lead researcher on the study, added, ''Meditation may facilitate more rapid, spontaneous recovery from negative reactions.''
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Good question
Business Week: What's an MBA Really Worth? 1,500 alums from the class of '92 "report high levels of satisfaction with their careers and say they owe much of that success to their MBA experience." Low marks for the alumni networks.
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PB, CC & J
If you're anything like me you've often wondered how it might be possible to improve upon the classic PB & J. I think I've got it. Ingredients: 2 slices of toast, peanut butter, jelly and cream cheese.
- Spread the PB on one piece of toast as usual
- Spread cream cheese on the other slice
- Add a thin layer of jelly over the cream cheese
- Put together the two slices
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