31 March 2010

Magnets modify morality? What about cell phones?

I just wonder...
If judgements of right and wrong can be disrupted by low level magnetic pulses to an area just above and behind the right ear... what are the implications for extended cell phone use?

Scientists have shown they can change people's moral judgements by disrupting a specific area of the brain with magnetic pulses.

12 March 2010

Note from My Dad - About Critical Incident Planning : What he would tell us about pilot training requirements

Today while working my way through my parent's correspondence and journals, recovered after their deaths in 2003 and 2006, I came across a single sheet, with an additional note attached. Both in my Dad's handwriting, but showing the difference between 1991 and the tiny note dated 9/1999.  I am working on "their book" elsewhere (The Long Goodbye - A WWII Love Story ).  My Dad, John W. Atkinson,  was in the Army Air Corp during WWII. He was a pilot. He was an instructor of other pilots.

It has not been a month since the first anniversary of the crash of flight 3407, when I lost my dear friend Susan Wehle. My Dad's voice was in my ear from the moment I learned of the crash of flight 3407. I want to share here what I just found, in his own words:

07 March 2010

Staying Healthy

My cousin used to talk with me about the difference between problems and annoyances. He spent a good amount of his time helping people sort out the difference, to get the world in perspective. At the end of the day, you do what you are able and then it is out of your hands.

So how does this relate to Staying Healthy?