Regenerated brain cells may be just a matter of silence
The brain is actively internalizing and evaluating information during silence
Silence relieves stress and tension
Silence replenishes our cognitive resources
It is possible for the brain to restore its finite cognitive resources. According to the attention restoration theory when you are in an environment with lower levels of sensory input the brain can ‘recover’ some of its cognitive abilities. In silence the brain is able to let down its sensory guard and restore some of what has been ‘lost’ through excess noise.
Michael Flynn’s Immunity Request Rejected By Senate Intelligence Committee
KEN DILANIAN and KASIE HUNT
The Senate Intelligence Committee turned down the request by former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s lawyer for a grant of immunity in exchange for his testimony, two congressional sources told NBC News.
A senior congressional official with direct knowledge said Flynn’s lawyer was told it was “wildly preliminary” and that immunity was “not on the table” at the moment. A second source said the committee communicated that it is “not receptive” to Flynn’s request “at this time.”
At last, someone, somewhere is developing the guts to come out and tell this ’emperor’ that he has no clothes!!
This ‘man’ doesn’t represent the USA!
This man doesn’t represent me.
I strongly believe there are plenty others out there who feel the same way I do.
Sure, he has a base. That base has always been there but they remained in the fringes.
They were hiding.
This ‘man’ has opened the door for hate, bigotry, racism, xenophobia, misogynistic views, cheating, dishonesty, tax evasion, bullying and so much more to come out to the forefront.
Those embracing his ideas are indeed deplorable because these values and ideas are deplorable.
“El silencio otorga.”
“Silence is/implies/gives consent.”
This means your silence makes you complicit and you tacitly agree.
The good kind of silence,
Is the comfortable,
Calm silence,
Where nothing really matters,
As you float through your own world of happiness.
The bad kind of silence,
Is every woman’s nightmare
Why nightmare you ask?
Well, when a woman is silent,
A billion things are flashing through her mind,
Doubts, insecurities but most of all …
hurt.
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country located in South Asia. With an area of 147,181 square kilometres (56,827 sq mi) and a population of approximately 27 million, Nepal is the world’s 93rd largest country by land mass and the 41st most populous country.
It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People’s Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India. Nepal is separated from Bangladesh by the narrow Indian Siliguri Corridor and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim.Kathmandu is the nation’s capital and largest metropolis.
The mountainous north of Nepal has eight of the world’s ten tallest mountains, including the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest, called Sagarmāthā in the Nepali language. More than 240 peaks over 20,000 ft (6,096 m) above sea level are located in Nepal. The southern Terai region is fertile and humid.
Nepal earthquake: Death toll passes 4,800 as rescuers face challenges
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN)
More than 4,800 people dead. More than 9,200 injured. Eight million affected across Nepal. One million children urgently in need of help. Those are the startling numbers that indicate the scale of the devastation from the huge earthquake that struck the Himalayan nation on Saturday.
And some of the grim figures are likely to get even worse as hopes of rescuing any more survivors diminish every hour. Heartbreaking scenes of suffering and loss are playing out across this shell-shocked nation as it reels from its deadliest natural disaster in more than 80 years.
Official: Death toll expected to rise
The death toll has now climbed to 4,768 in Nepal, the country’s National Emergency Coordination Center said early Wednesday, as rescue and relief efforts continue. Another 72 people died in India, while China has reported 25 deaths.
Nepal army Lt. Col. A. J. Thapa told CNN’s Sumnima Udas that the first 72 hours after the earthquake is the time when the most lives can be saved.
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