13 APR 2012 by ideonexus

 The Geological Strata Could Not have been Put Down At the...

Surely, somewhere, at least one courageous trilobite would have paddled on valiantly (as its colleagues succumbed) and won a place in the upper strata. Surely, on some primordial beach, a man would have suffered a heart attack and been washed into the lower strata before intelligence had a chance to plot a temporary escape.... No trilobite lies in the upper strata because they all perished 225 million years ago. No man keeps lithified company with a dinosaur, because we were still 60 million ...
Folksonomies: faunal succession
Folksonomies: faunal succession
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Otherwise we would, somewhere, find a trilobite in an upper strata or a human with the dinosaurs.

26 OCT 2011 by ideonexus

 Seven Steps to Achieve a 90% Chance of Living to 90 or 100

1. GET ACTIVE: Inactivity can shave almost four years off a person's expected lifespan. People who are physically inactive are twice as likely to be at risk for heart disease or stroke. 2. KNOW AND CONTROL CHOLESTEROL LEVELS: Almost 40 per cent of Canadian adults have high blood cholesterol, which can lead to the build up of fatty deposits in your arteries − increasing your risk for heart disease and stroke. 3. FOLLOW A HEALTHY DIET: Healthy eating is one of the most important things...
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If people adhere to these seven habits, they dramatically increase the number of years they can live.