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Health: the Big One
These are the two questions children always want to know about you :age & income. Say you worth:
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000... You know that, the health is the first one, the others are zeroes. http://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...6/mswv6_01.htm So what are your creative ways for fitness? |
I have a dog. I walk her. When she makes me feel really guilty, I walk her more than the absolute minimum.
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Everyday I do 100 push-ups, 20 pull-ups, abdominals, run 5 miles, NOT!
And to add insult to injury, I love pizza, lasagna, etc... |
Yours are very good examples.
Hua Tuo is a famous physician of the Han Dynasty who is so widely respected that his name and image adorn numerous products (e.g., as a brand name for acupuncture needles and for medicated plasters). He is known for the early qi gong exercise set known as the frolics of the five animals, in which one imitates the actions of tigers, deer, bears, apes, and birds; these practices were later incorporated into various health promoting martial arts practices, such as taijiquan. http://www.itmonline.org/arts/huatuo.htm http://www.itmonline.org/docs/huato.htm |
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I don't "monkey around" with exercise . . . (that's a joke) but I know I should. This summer, I had to take back a small acreage of hay, and ended up moving a 1/4 mile line of sprinkler pipe three times a day. Great exercise, but I admit I'm not "into" seeking it out if it's not imposed like this. I do find that I paint better if I interrupt studio sessions with more physical activities . . . |
When I am walking I like to entertain myself by identifying everything I see by value, temperature, and intensity, then try to mix the color in my head. The only problem with this is that I become so involved with my color mixing that I fail to notice how far I have gone. By the time I "come to" I'm several miles from home and have to back track. Keeps me in shape though!
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The sentiment expressed in this thread, about keeping the physical form in shape to support the creative form, is valid. I really, very much hate working out, but love having worked out, so I give it 25 minutes every single day at 4:30 a.m. Otherwise, if I sidle up later that day (after cubicle hours) to the easel like Jabba the Hutt, that's the caliber of work I'll do, and we know what happened to Jabba. If I've had a workout and breakfast (and two other of my four ideal essentials, best left unmentioned here) by 8 a.m., there is nothing I can't accomplish in a given day. But without that physical exertion straight away, I'm in first gear all day, oily sludge in the crankcase and clutch slipping. Thirty minutes' worth of attending to the physical health will give you three, clear, extra hours of acuity and productivity every day. You'll waste thirty minutes in the next 24 hours just casually, aimlessly surfing the Net. Choose differently, for a different result. |
Richard, Vianna:
I thought about several different replies, names such as Surikov, Menzel, were in my head. Please read Mao's "Swimming": "Now I am swimming across the great Yangtze, Looking after to the open sky of Chu. Let the wind blow and waves beat, Better far than idly strolling in a courtyard. Today I am at ease. 'It was by a stream that the Master said-Thus do things flow away!'' http://www.oa18.com/read/poem/mao/mao_e/swimming.htm On Mao's poetry: "Mao's poetry exhibits a spirit of boldness and power, weaving together history, reality and commitment, and going beyond the limitations of time and space. When writing about history, he kept his sights on reality and lets history encompass the sequence of events; writing about reality, he posited the possibility of a better world in the future; and when writing about ideology, he based it on facts and deployed myth and imagination within a framework of realism. Mao Zedong advocated a method of literary composition that combines revolutionary realism and revolutionary romanticism, and his poetry was a synthesis of his theory and practice. Bold transformation of myth and literary quotations are a distinct feature of Mao's poetry. His poetry also radiates sweeping and colorful derivation, like in Spring in a Pleasure Garden (Snow), which described grand and beautiful imagery, and The Moon over the Qin Bower (the Loushan Pass), which was meant to portray a brutal battle scene. What people garner from the poem, however, is a fig with deep colors and elegant structure. The use of colors in poems not only made tangible the poet's feelings but also deepened the reader's grasp of the poem. Mao was good at using simile and "evocation" in his poetry, as when he compared a hawk's acumen and vigor to a revolutionary's keen insight and generosity, or, a plum blossom to the common people's nobility. " Steven: 4 o'clock of morning is the best time for exercise, for it's the vulnerable time for human hearts. Early stirrer will steal a march on the rest of us. |
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These days, I like to walk and listen to books on tape. I also try to do mind/body stuff like pilates/yoga type exercises with the occasional step class and weight training session thrown in.
I have a blog re: health/fitness/living well. Stop by and leave a comment! That said, my favorite food is chocolate. I know I feel much better and get more done when I am exercising and eating well on a regular basis. Lately I have been seeing a Doctor of Chinese Medicine, who does some accupressure massage and acupuncture. I walk out of there with my muscles relaxed and my mind calm. Hey, I grew up on the west coast! As a young person, I didn't move pipes, but I did mow a lot of very big lawns at $2 a shot :D |
Noble laureates
Laurel:
Yes,You are young. Your name and your future are close to "laureates". Half of Chinese-American Nobel laureates were born in the Year of the Rat. Effort alone is not enough. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_C.C._Ting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_T._Lee His father is a famous artist:http://www.tzefan.org.tw/ehome.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Chu http://mgi.blogsome.com/2007/12/29/y...famous-people/ George Bush is not one of them. ******************************* The Olympics 2004 by James H. Lee Jr. The Olympics is for champions who |
ROBERT PINSKY: The original Olympics of ancient Greece included familiar events like footraces and wrestling, as well as races in horsedrawn chariots and mule cars. The poet Pindar wrote many odes in 476 B.C. Pindar compares the games to the elements:
Water is supreme, and gold Like fire at night stands out Among all the subtances that heighten human pride-- But if you want to celebrate Greatness in games, O my soul, you'll find No brighter star in the vastness of space Than the sun, no contest more glorious Than Olympia-- http://www.rhapsodes.fll.vt.edu/PindarOlympia.htm http://www.olympic.org/uk/utilities/...&MediaType=vid English translation (literal) ANTHEM OF THE GAMES Ancient immortal Spirit, pure father of beauty, of greatness and of truth, descend, reveal yourself as lightning here within the glory of your own earth and sky. At running and wrestling and at throwing illuminate in the noble Games |
Think about your price of oil...
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http://environmentpsychology.com/save_electricity.htm Happy - 一个最令人感到意外的发现是，快活的人较容易早死。 One of the most surprising finding is that happy people more vulnerable premature death. 加州大学研究者们说：「被父母和教师认为较快活、较有幽默感的儿童，在成年期早死的机会比那些不快活的人高 。与人们预期的相反，快活和幽默感的人恰恰较不长寿。」 University of California researchers said: "by their parents and teachers that live faster, more children have a sense of humour, premature death in adulthood than the chance of people who are not happy high. And people's expectations to the contrary, the people happy and good humour precisely Less longevity. " 一个解释是，快活的人低估了生命的危险处境，在遭遇不如意的事情时应付起来也较困难。 One explanation is that the happy life of people underestimate the danger of the situation, in the event of unsatisfactory when things are more difficult to cope with it. http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl...UNA_en___US232 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$ http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview....6&postID=30360 Bodyshock: The Amazing Story behind the 256 Year-Old Man －－By Chris Ingham Brooke Li Ching-Yun. Image from The People |
John Goddard's "Life List" & health
1.John Goddard's "Life List"
John Goddard is most known for his amazing |
Ha! Goddard didn't even try to become a portrait artist.
Too difficult, perhaps. |
Steven:
To be a subject of a statue is even harder. He tried 500x3+350 times... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:P...ockyStatue.jpg |
Qi Gong
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One World, One Dream----2008 Olympic Game Slogan
One World, One Dream----Portrait Olympic Game
http://web.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.ph...y&MsgID=174363 http://news.wenxuecity.com/messages/...12-669659.html http://2008.people.com.cn/GB/113266/129492/index.html http://www.beijing2008.cn/10/49/article212024910.shtml http://www.blueyze.us/ Always aim higher than you believe you can reach. So often, you'll discover that when your talents are set free by your imagination, you can achieve any goal. 在这个大家庭里，金牌的争夺从来不是最重要的目标，世界各国文化的相互交流、相互借鉴，才是最值得珍惜的精 神遗产。诚恳迎接不同文化的交流交汇，以平常心面对多种文化的精彩纷呈，政治尊重、文化多样和价值包容，同 样是奥林匹克精神的体现。 "In this large family, to contest for the gold medal has never been the most important goal, mutual cultural exchanges of countries of the world and the learning from each other, are the most valuable spiritual legacy. To welcome sincerely the exchange of different cultures, the sense of balance in the face of a variety of brilliant culture, to respect for political, cultural diversity and value of tolerance, are also the embodiment of the Olympic spirit." We will enjoy interpretation of "faster, higher, stronger" spirit of sport, together play the "unity, friendship, peace" in the great symphony. |
Opening Ceremony
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Sculpture
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Moon festival cake, buy or try
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