Do you know what skin cancer really looks like? … Are you sure?
Source: Tweet of the Week: What’s Your Diagnosis? | Medpage Today
Lifelong Learning
Pets Are Good For Humans’ Health – NPR
Eric O’Grey was 51, obese and suffering from diabetes and high cholesterol when he took home an overweight shelter dog. Now the duo are headlining a campaign on how pets improve humans’ lives.
Source: Eric And Peety Make The Case That Pets Are Good For Humans’ Health : Shots – Health News : NPR
The video located in the website link above is a must see. Wonderful story!
“This Is A Ridiculous Joke” – An Abandoned, Rotting Vancouver House Is Listed For $7.2 Million – Zero Hedge
Welcome to peak insanity.
You might ask what does this have to do with underwriting? Great question. Here’s your answer:
Back during the savings and loan crisis in the US (yes, I’m old) I remember seeing lots of lender initiated life insurance applications to cover mortgage debt. The applications were made years after the loans were on the books. One app sticks in my mind. Like any good underwriter I asked for and received a financial statement. The valuation of the real estate seemed high to me. I told the underwriter to decline the case based on inadequate finances. I was questioned on my decision.
One of the properties (there were multiple properties listed on the balance sheet) was in the same city the underwriter lived in. I said go drive by the house and you tell me if you think it’s worth $800,000 based upon appearance and location. The next day he walked into my office.
“It’s an empty lot.”
Hey, at least there are buildings on this $7.2 million property in Vancouver!
What Ivy League Schools Really Want – Quartz
Source: The Ivy league want students who’ve had meaningful experiences, not just achievements – Quartz
“Our youth’s values appear to be awry, and the messages that adults are sending may be at the heart of the problem.”
Interesting read.
So is the following article.
Source: The educational strategy that’s turning students into unimaginative robots – Quartz
Now add this to a generation who cannot detach themselves from a tiny computer screen. What do you get?
An absence of critical thinking skills and creativity.
Robots.
Should we choose to devalue Humanities we become less human.
Think about it.
This is Not a Day Care. It’s a University! – Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Dr. Everett Piper, President Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Source: This is Not a Day Care. It’s a University! – Oklahoma Wesleyan University
TRIGGER WARNING
If you believe in trigger warnings this is your trigger warning. Don’t read this article because it will piss you off and make you hate me.
Update 03.25.16
The president of Emory University has met with 40 to 50 student demonstrators who said they were concerned and frightened after someone wrote ‘Trump 2016’ .
Source: Emory University students scared by ‘Trump 2016’ chalk signs | Daily Mail Online
It’s enough to make you root for Trump. Well, almost.
After the GOP front-runner’s name was written in chalk on a campus wall, students said they ‘feared for their lives.’ The school vowed to identify the taggers. But professors at the school are now pushing back.
Source: Emory University Students Think Donald Trump Is Out to Kill Them – The Daily Beast
“They’re living in a cocoon bubble, and the university is validating their fears. If these students are frightened by someone writing ‘Trump 2016’ on campus, they need to see a psychiatrist.”
Harvey Klehr professor of political science at Emory
We are starting to see some of these young men and women leave the bubble and figure out how to make it in this world.
From what I’ve witnessed psychiatry and counseling may not be enough to help these victims of a higher educational system gone awry.
Gross Anatomy: Snake Bites Penis
Man’s penis gets bit by a viper
Source: Gross Anatomy: Snake Bites Penis
TRIGGER WARNING – the pictures are very difficult to look at especially if you’re a male.
Reduced Mortality Risks and Correlation vs. Causation | NCCIH
Daily Weigh-Ins Keep Dieters on Track – MedicineNet
Daily Weigh-Ins Keep Dieters on Track – MedicineNet.
Journal of Obesity — An Open Access Journal.
A two-year Cornell University study found that tracking the results of daily weight checks on a chart helped people lose weight and keep it off.
Sometimes I forget but I try to weigh myself every day. I keep a log on a Google Sheet. It is a daily reminder of whether I’ve been good or bad. Bad behavior is not hard to recognize. Too many restaurant meals, too much animal protein, ice cream, pizza, beer, etc. Good behavior is harder but achievable. Grilled chicken on mixed greens, choosing the smaller burrito rather than the giant version, more plant based meals, less beer.
Periodic weigh-in’s work. It’s part of the routine ever since losing over 200 pounds. Boom.
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