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"She remains curious about the world around her: about people, about new technology like her new ipod, and about the nightly news. "I love surprises!" says Lou, giving voice to the sense of joy and wonder that animates so much of what she does. "Change excites me, because I need a little variety, now and again. Mind you, I like things my way, but I'm not a creature of habit," she says, admitting to having her share of that's-the-way-things-ought-to-be thoughts. She illustrates her flexibility with a small example: "I like oval serving dishes at dinner." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"The same can be true for loading up your ipod with sad songs. Recognizing how you may be using alcohol, food, or the media to escape from painful thoughts can help you choose healthier forms of distraction. Come to recognize when your thinking is going nowhere. Create a stable of activities you can turn to that can break the grip of rumination and lift your emotions. Become More Mindful o Your habitual thoughts are the riverbed, your emotions the river. Negative thoughts inevitably arise. Yet all too often negativity gushes, seemingly out of your control." - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.) "I also did the things he wanted to do, but couldn't: fluffed his pillow, kept his books and ipod within arm's reach, helped him sit up. When there was downtime, I simply held his hand, stroked his hair, or massaged his legs, watchful for signs that my touch was received as pleasant and not painful or irritating. Seven days after his ill-fated surgery, my husband and I were both growing frustrated. When would this hospital stay end? Why weren't we hearing explanations from his doctor for all his symptoms, tests, and results? The days were molasses-slow." - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.) "I brought in his ipod. Now he had more than 5,000 songs at his fingertips, plus a handful of guided meditations. With the pleasures of taste unavailable to my husband for the time being, I sought to enliven all four of his remaining senses. Days passed. We had no signs that this hospital stay would end anytime soon. Thanks to schools and childcare, I was able to be at the hospital from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each weekday. But I was stretched thin. I was suddenly a solo parent, trying to meet everyone's needs, not to mention my own." - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.)

"A Moody Blues melody fills the room from Altschuler's ipod speakers as he and a technician don gloves and paper gowns. Before moving to his patient's side, Altschuler quietly rattles off the particulars of her case: "Elderly female, a smoker. Unstable angina. Abnormal nuclear stress test." Translation: Crofton has cripplingly intense chest pains that hit at odd moments—when she walks up stairs, gardens, or is at rest. The abnormal stress test suggests that she has at least one severe narrowing, or stenosis, in her coronary arteries, the vessels that supply the muscle of the heart with blood." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"The nice thing about music is you can access it around the clock—in the car, via your ipod on the walk to work, or on the home stereo. You may prefer to kick back in reverie to the soaring strains of Vivaldi or blast southern rock while you're in the kitchen making dinner. With music, it's different strokes for different folks. Just watch out for harsh discordant sounds—this type of music is good for release of powerful emotion, but a steady diet of it will drive too much negative energy into your subconscious mind and BioEM field. I have trouble listening to music without dancing." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Make a set of ipod speakers out of two Altoids tins, two playing cards, and a set of headphones. Sod Sofa: Build a living, biodegradable couch in your backyard. How much oxygen did your furniture produce today? In our version of the future, the things we loaf around on inside will be as beneficial as the stuff we grow out back. In the meantime, sculpt lawn furniture from the lawn itself. Unlike your standard-issue sofa, this lush green sofa is totally organic, requires no synthetic finishes, and can be brought to life, Golem-style, from salvaged dirt. Note: Couch may require mowing." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "Nobody wants to be without one, and nobody is asking for an ipod that is also a datebook, a phone, and a computer In its first iteration, it did one thing, came in one color, and made its way into the hands of nearly everyone who could drop two hundred bucks. 5R mmmt resources Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin (Harper Paperbacks, 1998) The notion of voluntary simplicity hinges on the idea that knowing when you've had enough is the key to financial independence and to enjoying your stuff more. It's not about renunciation of wealth or social engagement: it's about focus." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"We can "test drive a BMW for the cure," buy an ipod "Case for a Cause" and "save lids to save lives" with Yoplait yogurt — though you'd have to eat three yogurts a day for four months to raise $36 for the cause, points out the nonprofit group Breast Cancer Action on their "Think Before You Pink" website.11 The site urges consumers to ask critical questions about pink-ribbon products and promotions, such as: How much money goes to the cause? What is it supporting? What is the company doing to ensure its products don't contribute to breast cancer?" - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"MTV or music videos, and some may have even surfed the Web and used an ipod. The researchers also found that this group was into current events, led healthy lifestyles (really, now?), and also considered faith and spirituality a priority. The U.S. Census Bureau says we'll have seven times more centenarians by the year 2040; that's a half million more than we have today. We think the number could be much greater. Figure 16.1 Age Old?" - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"You can generally subscribe to these shows via Apple iTunes and listen on your ipod or other portable MP3 player. guin Parallel Texts is an anthology of French and Italian short stories with translations in English. And Sign And Sight translates ideas and articles from German media into English. Finally, AlbanianLiterature.com is Robert Elsie's excellent Web site dedicated to Albanian literature that has been translated into English, including modern authors from Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Apple now has a battery replacement program, although it's tantamount to an ipod replacement program—for a small fee, they send you a new or refurbished equivalent to your now-powerless purchase.) Biogenic obsolescence—that is to say, aging—might accomplish two similar ends. First, by clearing out older models, aging makes room for new models, which is exactly what creates the room for change—for evolution. Second, aging can protect the group by eliminating individuals that have become laden with parasites, preventing them from infecting the next generation." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"She was in the front seat, ipod earphones in place, and her baby was strapped, facing away from her and keening quietly to itself, in the back. But there are also statistics on the subject - some of the most depressing statistics I've ever read. About a decade ago, two American researchers, Betty Hart and Todd Risley, followed three groups of children through the early years of childhood, from carefully selected 'professional', 'working-class' and 'welfare' families." - Sue Palmer, Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About it (Get the book.)

"You wouldn't buy an extended warranty on an ipod if you were only going to keep it for a week. On the flip side, a species that is more dominant in its environment, and that can continue to reproduce for most of its life, will gain an advantage in repairing accumulated DNA errors. If it lives longer, it can reproduce more. I believe that programmed aging confers an evolutionary benefit on the species, not the individual. According to this thinking, aging acts like a biological version of planned obsolescence." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.) "CHAPTER VIII THAT'S LIFE: WHY YOU AND YOUR ipod MUST DIE Seth Cook is the oldest living American with a particularly rare genetic disorder. He's lost all his hair. His skin is covered in wrinkles. His arteries are hardened. His joints hurt from arthritis. He takes an aspirin and a blood thinner every day. He is twelve years old. Seth has Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, often just called progeria. Progeria is very rare—thought to occur in just 1 of every 4 to 8 million births." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"Turning up your ipod headphones to a 70 percent level reaches the 90-decibel range, and that increases by 10 decibels if you use ear buds that go directly into your ear. Think you know your noises? See if you can match up loud sounds to their decibel levels. A. 80 decibels 1. Front row of rock concert B. 100 decibels 2. Instant perforation of eardrum C. 110 decibels 3. Military jet takeoff D. 140 decibels 4. Vacuum cleaner E. 160 decibels 5." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"Culture jammers don't have the budget to saturate society with their images like commercial advertisers do, but their one-time acts have proven ef- Forkscrew Graphics, a design team committed to political and social awareness, created these "iRaq" posters, spoofing Apple's ipod campaign, to promote what the group calls a "more real" freedom. fective nonetheless." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"For example, Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion (a dated, unacceptable formula if there ever was one—it was even ordinary when it was first launched) is the likely candidate for that sales position, and comparing this state-of-the-art product with Clinique's option is like comparing a boom box to an ipod. Avon has crafted a daytime moisturizer with an in-part avobenzone sunscreen and lotion base suitable for normal to slightly dry or slightly oily skin." - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.)

"A Moody Blues melody fills the room from Altschuler's ipod speakers as he and a technician don gloves and paper gowns. Before moving to his patient's side, Altschuler quietly rattles off the particulars of her case: "Elderly female, a smoker. Unstable angina. Abnormal nuclear stress test." Translation: Crofton has cripplingly intense chest pains that hit at odd moments—when she walks up stairs, gardens, or is at rest. The abnormal stress test suggests that she has at least one severe narrowing, or stenosis, in her coronary arteries, the vessels that supply the muscle of the heart with blood." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"A Spanish ten-year-old told me proudly about his 'virtual world' - TV, computer, games console, DVD, ipod - where he retreats after school and at weekends. His parents meanwhile lead their own virtual lives, tailored to their own interests. Media people call this 'splintering' of the audience (children watching or playing in one room, dad watching sport in another, mum doing the email somewhere else) and it's becoming the norm across the developed world." - Sue Palmer, Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About it (Get the book.)

"Take a walk (without your ipod or Walkman). Be cognizant and appreciative of the resources you use—water, food, fuel. Be mindful about your intake of electronic media?TV, radio, Web. Sing out loud—even if you can't hold a note. Shake up your routine by doing something completely out of character. Spend an entire day in silence. Resist the temptation to judge, blame, or criticize. Before speaking always ask yourself: Is what I'm about to say true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? Do something kind for someone you don't know." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.)

"Most of us do not have heart rate monitors, the latest running shoes, or shorts with a pocket designed to hold an ipod. When the subject of exercise comes up in conversation, we may be at a bit of a loss if are not part of the gym culture. Guilt and blame come into the picture when we are sedentary, just as they do when we are not eating well. Sometimes family members try to scold us into exercising, and sometimes doctors try the same approach. But all their moralizing is nothing compared to the guilt-laden punishment we heap on ourselves, as if not exercising were a tremendous moral failing." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.)

"Apple should continue what they started with the ipod. They are in a unique position to implement such a program because they have retail stores. But they don't prioritize recycling and they aren't trying hard enough to stop being toxic. Even though they offer the $30 buyback, it seems like this is a program that was just put in place so they can say they have a recycling program. This is not just an environmental issue, but also a values issue." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Cell phones were considered necessary by only one in two respondents; three out of a hundred thought an ipod was a must-have device.1 As to TV, air-conditioning, and automobiles ... if they were really necessary for a person to be happy, everyone who lived prior to the mid-1900s would have been out of luck. The benefits of central heating and painless dentistry, for example, are obvious. But why would a man work so hard for so long to buy a bottle of Cheval Blanc? And, one man's necessity is often another man's bugaboo." - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.)

"As I attempt to answer these curly questions, for a few moments anyway, please switch off your TV and mobile phone; and if you must insist on wearing your ipod earpiece, make sure it is playing either Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony or Smokey Robinson's Greatest Hits. Tuning in to the ultimate Network (so far) I was once in a room full of people discussing their near-death experiences (NDEs). My own peak experiences, although wonderful, certainly couldn't compete with their amazing stories in which each of their lives was held in such a precarious balance." - Robin, Dr. Kelly, The Human Antenna: Reading the Language of the Universe in the Songs of Our Cells (Get the book.)

"I play tennis and basketball, I ski, bike through the Berkshire hills, jump on the trampoline, hike up mountains with friends, dance to R & B, wrestle with my children, and run with my dog and my ipod. But exercise—never. The key is finding something you love to do, or a hundred things you love to do, and doing them. Our ancestors never exercised, but their life was filled with movement.Your genes depend on movement to produce messages that lead to a healthy metabolism." - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"The rule is that you should be able to hold a conversation during exercise, but if you can sing along with your favorite artist from your ipod, you need to increase your intensity. Because a sufficient oxygen supply is necessary to stimulate the fat releasing enzymes and burn fat, your rate of breathing and the delivery of oxygen are extremely important. If your intensity level is too high and oxygen demands cannot be met through respiration, your body reacts by switching to anaerobic mode (without oxygen) and instead uses stored glycogen for energy instead of body fat." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

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