Cat Facts and Trivia Cats purr at the same frequency as an idling diesel engine, about 26 cycles per second.

While I believe that it is important to have wide acceptance of
various personal codes of conduct, I do like to cultivate a social
atmosphere where it's basically not OK to be a jerk. What that means
in practical terms is rightfully a hot, ongoing discussion topic that
helps a group arrive at its social equilibrium.

My feeling is that informality is essential to the healthy growth of
an online community. According to Ray Oldenburg in _The Great Good
Place_, "the activity that goes on in third places is largely
unplanned, unscheduled, unorganized and unstructured. Here, however,
is the charm. It is just these deviations from the middle-class
penchant for organization that give the third place much of its
character and allure and that allow it to offer a radical departure
from the routines of home and work." Hence, I favor just enough rules
to get us by and no more.

Social Dynamics

Making communities out of individualists

Anonymity or your real name?

Both are valid and both can coexist. But they don't mix well.

Bates College: BATES PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Archaeologist Bruce Bourque digs up the whole story about American Indians in Maine Bates Anthropology Lecturer Bruce Bourque has received high praise for comprehensiveness as as co-author of "Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine," recently published by the University of Nebraska Press. "This is a part of the world that hasn't had a whole lot of synthesis,"

Physiques of Women Track and Field Athletes at the Sydney Olympics Heavier body weights with more muscle mass were seen in women in the discus throw, shot put, and hammer throw events, all averaging more than 187 pounds. These events also included the women with the highest BMIs, between 27.3 and 28.1. These BMI levels are considered overweight if they occur with low activity levels and high body fat percentages, but in these Olympic athletes at an exceptionally high level of training they reflect extraordinarily muscular physiques.

John F. Nash, Jr. - Autobiography Now I must arrive at the time of my change from scientific rationality of thinking into the delusional thinking characteristic of persons who are psychiatrically diagnosed as "schizophrenic" or "paranoid schizophrenic".

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The Jinenkan System

About the Jinenkan 1. Maintain your composure.
Anger and haste make you blind, causing you to lose the ability to move naturally.
2. Don't be overconfident of your abilities.
Overconfidence will make you neglect to carefully take the proper steps to meet any situation.
3. Accept all natural phenomena with an open mind.
In doing so, you will be able to avoid being trapped.
4. Techniques must be executed flawlessly.
This prevents your enemy from capitalizing on your weak points.
5. Try to capture the exquisite character of each technique.
When you understand this, you will move in the best and most natural way.
6. Practice correct basic techniques repeatedly.
This type of practice will enable you to move naturally anytime.