NOT by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

NOT by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I NOT love thee?

Let me count the ways.

First you prefer the nights

but I the days

which my flagging spirits keep

while you are fast asleep.

And late afternoons  when I hope to rest 

is when you begin to fill with zest.

And though for the present i have a moderately full purse

you never  think  that things could suddenly get worse

and care less  that I am NOT some hedge fund hero

with  resources of many  more than one  extra zero.

You've been to fifty countries it is true

yet I have mostly remained at home

but when all that traveling is through,

does it last longer  than a simple poem? 

If  some claim that two can live cheaply as one.

Is that only provided  one sleeps while the other has fun?

HzL

5/30/16

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Sonnets from the Portuguese

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Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and first published in 1850, is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection was acclaimed and popular in the poet's lifetime and it remains so today.

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• First published: 1850
• Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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The Chinese Nuclear Restaurant

 The Chinese Nuclear Restaurant

Chinese military logic is now  threateningly scanty--

 if you increase  your defences, we'll raise the ante.

And  we intend to be the winner

in the coming Nuclear Dinner.

If you think you can defend against our missiles by air--

we'll call that group A, if you so dare--

then we'll attack from under the sea,

since, of course, that's our Group B.

Don't ask when  this insanity is ever going to cease,

when the only thing never on the menu is peace! 

HzL

5/26/16

PS: And if you still think you can avoid a nuclear war,

remember there's also  a Russian Restaurant next door. 

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China to send nuclear-armed submarines into Pacific amid tensions with US

Beijing risks stoking new arms race with move although military says expansion of the US missile defence has left it with no choice

 A Chinese navy submarine. China has been working on ballistic missile submarine technology for more than three decades. Photograph: Guang Niu/Getty Images

Julian Borger World affairs editor

Thursday 26 May 2016 00.26 EDTLast modified on Thursday 26 May 201604.10 EDT

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The Chinese military is poised to send submarines armed with nuclear missiles into the Pacific Ocean for the first time, arguing that new US weapons systems have so undermined Beijing’s existing deterrent force that it has been left with no alternative.

Chinese military officials are not commenting on the timing of a maiden patrol, but insist the move is inevitable.

They point to plans unveiled in March to station the US Thaad anti-ballistic system in South Korea, and the development of hypersonic glide missiles potentially capable of hitting China less than an hour after launch, as huge threats to the effectiveness of its land-based deterrent force.

A recent Pentagon report to Congress predicted that “China will probably conduct its first nuclear deterrence patrol sometime in 2016”, though top US officers have made such predictions before.

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Kurdish women soldiers wear suicide belts

Kurdish women soldiers wear suicide belts

Often, even nightly,

the world is ever changing,

but this news item is more than slightly

disturbing and deranging.

While it is never wise 

for  mere men with women  to quarrel,

I wonder how many manly guys

would choose similar  intimate apparel

and then --perhaps in a  month or even week--

perhaps visit a military  fashion boutique

to try to obtain  the latest in explosive chic?

HzL

5/25/16

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Early Wisdom?

Early Wisdom?

Benjamin Franklin, a man  exceptionally wise

said it should be  'early to bed and early to rise'

though I suspect his behavior in bed

was not always exactly what he said

since, when he was our ambassador to France at well over 40

the ladies there found him open  to romance as well as  sporty. 

And, thanks to the internet,  now you and  I can both  know it

is advice that has  often been  rejected by many another poet

whether Asian, European, American, Mexican  or Canadian,

since it depends on one's particular  rhythm Circadian,

and thus more often on individual genes and chromosomes

than in always living life's  scenes in quietly  shaded homes.

HzL

5/23/16

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How Will You Sleep Tonight? It's in Your Genes

Research finds major differences in the brains of night owls and early risers.

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Are you one of those people who rises before dawn and never needs an alarm clock? Or would you happily sleep until midmorning if you could? Do you feel like you are just hitting your stride by late afternoon, or do you get the day's main tasks accomplished by lunch? 

Most of us have some degree of preference for late nights or early mornings. Where an individual falls on this spectrum largely determines his or her chronotype—an individual disposition toward the timing of daily periods of activity and rest. Some of us are clearly “larks”—early risers—while others are distinctly night owls. The rest of us fall somewhere between the two. 

We’re now learning that these night owl and early riser tendencies are driven to some significant degree by biological and genetic forces. Different chronotypes are associatedwith genetic variations, as well as differences in lifestyle and mood disposition, cognitive function, and risks for health problems including sleep disorders and depression. 

New research has found evidence of physical differences in the brains of different chronotypes. Scientists at Germany’s Aachen University conducted brain scans of early risers, night owls, and “intermediate” chronotypes who fell in between the two ends of the spectrum—and discovered structural differences in the brains of people with different sleep-wake tendencies.

For the study, researchers observed 59 men and women—16 early risers; 20 intermediate sleepers; and 23 night owls. They found that, compared to early risers and intermediates, night owls showed reduced integrity of white matter—the fatty tissue that facilitates communication among nerve cells—in several areas of the brain. Diminished integrity of white matter in the brain has been linked to depression and disruptions of normalcognitive function. 

Are Night Owls at Risk?

The cause of this difference in white-matter quality between night owls and other sleepers is not clear. Researchers speculate that the diminished integrity of white matter may be a result of the chronic “social jet lag” that characterizes the effects many night owls' sleep-wake routines—people who are disposed toward staying up late and sleeping late often find themselves at constant odds with work and school schedules that require early-morning starts. This can leave night owls chronically sleep deprived, experiencing many of the same symptoms of travel-induced jet lag, such as fatigue and daytime sleeplessness, difficulty focusing, and physical pain and discomfort. 

Other research indicates that people who stay up late are at higher risk for depression, and are more prone to significant tobacco and alcohol use. They are also inclined to eat more, and to have less healthful diets than early risers or people with intermediate sleep patterns.

But it's not all bad news for night owls. Some studies have shown that people who stay up late are more productive than early risers, and have more stamina throughout the length of the day. Other research has shown that night owls display greater reasoning and analytical abilities than earlier-to-bed peers. And, on average, research shows, they achieve greater financial and professional success than those with earlier bedtimes and wake times.