The heart is called Yi [unified power] becuz when intent moves, spirit is agitated; qi is dispersed. Qi is the Mother of spirit; Spirit is the child of qi. The Mother as qi is the horse that guides/conducts the river chariot (yin spirit) in the water (yin jing). Once your mind is away from the lower Elixir Field, your Qi will be led away from it and be consumed. By gathering the Shen into the lower tan tien then the Qi follows it there. Light of eyes descend as Yang fire inner yin qi line
Plasma jet engines are being tested for air transportation using electricity to ionize ambient air instead of burning fossil fuels....
see my new playlist for details! I discussed this in my 2012 book so I just searched for an update. Sure enough - it's not considered the best means of "clean" transportation and also "sustainable" for long-distance space travel. The propulsion fuel is extracted from the ether!
Just got back from a road trip! I listened to the author of "Beer Invented Civilization" - a professor and master brewer scientist. He says a British ale is the BEST BEER. So I searched - Minnesota doesn't sell a British Ale unless you go to Brit's Pub, downtown Minneapolis, for an import. So I found the "top beer of 2025" is a British Ale for Minnesota Craft Beers! I took my mom on a road trip! She admitted the beer tastes really good. It's a seriously very tasty beer and not very high in alcohol. One 25 ounce KING beer and I'm buzzed but not that buzzed. A nice relaxing buzz. thanks.
If you return your print cartridges you HAVE to spend $10 to get the $2 per cartridge but you do not get the $2 per cartridge until 24 hours after you spend the $10. So if you return your print cartridges "early" it doesn't matter - you have to spend $10 minimum to then be able to use the rebate and the rebate is only good for two months. So you are FORCED to make two trips back to OfficeMax no matter what - no way around it. Once to qualify and once to use it.
up to a limit of 10 cartridges per calendar month
Rewards certificates issued for recycling print cartridges at Office Depot / OfficeMax are valid for 60 days from the date they are issued
Office Depot and OfficeMax Rewards post recycling rewards to your account the next day after you recycle your cartridges and meet the $10 qualifying purchase requirement for that month. [1, 2]Recycling Rewards Details
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4uGkjZ5O9w
Fire is what enabled us to digest meat better for better nutrition and also to kill off worms in meat...
Homo Erectus is first real fire use and spread around the world ....
a female orgasm is not the same as male ejaculation. Bonobo females dominate as female orgasm. It's not just "sex." Female orgasm stays in the parasympathetic relaxation nervous system. Male ejaculation for bonobos only happens for mating. The females are doing it all the time to resolve stress. Male ejaculation increases stress. So that's a key point if you want to talk about Bonobos. Study the San Bushmen - the males of our original human culture train in female orgasm as spiritual healing celibacy! It's called Tshoma. Watch the "radical anthropology" lectures series on Vimeo for details. The Harmless People book by Dr. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas was rejected by Male anthropologists because of their ejaculation bias. hahaha.
Walter Jahn lectures series on Genetics!
Wow - he's got really great lectures!
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5011233/
OK based on that study I just ordered eight pounds of organic Erythritol!!
I am finishing off my Xylitol - it has done wonders for my teeth - keeps them squeaky clean!
I'll be curious to see what the Erythritol does!
OH dang - that study is 10 years old!?
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/20002297.2025.2526069
Here's a new one.
In the erythritol group, the lactate concentration significantly decreased com-Organic erythritol is produced through the controlled microbial fermentation of organic plant-derived glucose using natural yeasts or fungi
pared to that of the control group, whereas the pH did not significantly change. In addition, when nitrate was added in combination with xylitol or sorbitol, neither the pH nor lactate concentration significantly changed compared to those of the control group
(Figure 6a,b)....The present study suggests that the combined addition of nitrate and erythritol significantly increased the relative abundance of H. parainfluenzae and
N. subflava, which are nitrate-reducing bacteria...Notably, the combined addition of nitrate
and either xylitol or sorbitol had no significant effect on the relative abundances of H. parainfluenzae, N. subflava, and S. oralis, nor the diversity of the microbial community.... These results suggest that the combined addition of nitrate and erythritol may
promote an oral cavity environment that is less conducive to the development of dental caries.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12939-024-02279-0.pdf
Upon ingestion, erythritol is rapidly absorbed in
the small intestine, with most excreted unchanged in the urine and a small
portion metabolized to erythronate.4 The absorption rate is dose-
dependent, as demonstrated in a recent trial where higher doses (50 g) re-
sulted in slower absorption compared with lower doses (10 g, 25 g),
suggesting a saturable process.
While consumption
of erythritol has no impact on plasma glucose and insulin levels, xylitol leads
to a small increase.
More recent studies have repeatedly demonstrated that acute erythritol
and xylitol consumption—despite their lack in calories—trigger gastro-
intestinal satiation hormones (incretins) release (namely cholecystokinin,
glucagon-like peptide-1, and peptide tyrosine tyrosine), and erythritol
has also been shown to lower concentrations of the hunger hormone
ghrelin.
Mendelian randomisation analyses did not find evidence for a causal
association between circulating erythritol and coronary artery disease, dia-
betes, fasting glucose, eGFR, or chronic kidney disease, nor was any evi-
dence found that the evaluated cardiometabolic and anthropometric
traits significantly influenced erythritol concentration. Rather, Mendelian
randomisation indicated erythritol may decrease BMI
While a significant proportion of xylitol enters the colon, erythritol is
mostly absorbed in the small intestine.4 Moreover, erythritol, which is
only minimally available to the colon, appears non-fermentable, as shown
in studies with fresh human faecal microbiota.56 Overall, xylitol appears
to have prebiotic effects, whereas erythritol likely has no impact on the
gut microbiota.
This study found that erythritol consumption acutely im-
proves small vessel endothelial function (fingertip peripheral arterial tono-
metry), and chronic treatment reduced central aortic stiffness (decreased
central pulse pressure).59
In humans with or without obesity, both acute erythritol and xylitol ingestion also delays gastric emptying
The consumption of erythritol and xylitol stimulates the release of
gastrointestinal satiation hormones while the impact on blood glucose
and insulin concentrations remains minimal. These effects are desirable
in the context of metabolic and CV health.
The Connexus brain implant is a fully wireless brain-computer interface (BCI) developed by Paradromics that records brain signals from individual neurons and translates them into real-time speech or computer commands
the potential of this wireless BCI to restore communication for people who have lost the ability to speak due to neurological disease or injury,” said Willsey, a Site Principal Investigator for the study who led the implant surgery.
“This has the potential to be a major step forward as we work toward our goal of helping treat people with paralysis who otherwise lack efficient and effective therapies for preserving communication.”
allowing the user to control a device with their thoughts.
The Paradromics device contains 421 microelectrodes that capture brain signals from individual neurons. Those signals travel to a small transceiver in the user’s chest that sends information to an external receiver.
https://www.uofmhealth.org/our-care/specialties-services/brain-computer-interface-bci-clinic
Patients with motor and speech disabilities and patients with post-stroke hemiparesis are the primary patient population for FDA-approved therapy (vagus nerve stimulator).
Other conditions targeted for clinical trials include:
Can you turn around and use them right away? I had a customer last week recycle ink and within 60 seconds I checked his account and the rewards were there. One of the best parts of the new Easy Rewards system...: Staples Easy Rewards members earn 500 points per cartridge recycled in-store (roughly $2.50 in value), up to 6 cartridges per month.