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Aubrey de Grey will find more hope in this finding. Maybe we just have to just move these over here and....we live longer :)

I haven't made any mistakes quite that big in my job. Dang.

Vilen there's only one problem with your bike - it's not MY size! I want!!!

These challenging life experiences can help us to be more empathetic towards those less fortunate so long as we find the internal strength and external supports needed to get ourselves back on track after experiencing them. Life can be cruel and …

https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-has-one-of-the-most-progressive-prison-systems-for-young-people-2016-10 ...and here's an example of how Germany deals with violent young offenders which includes people up to the age of 25. I think the laws, …

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-norways-prison-system-is-so-successful-2014-12 Here's a quick overview of the Norwegian prison system. Quite a contrast from the American one.

I think that the victim's families would really be helped by learning about mental illness and seeing first hand what it's like. Going to an institution, talking to doctors, seeing patients, learning about long term outcomes and other such things. …

I can understand (to some degree) how a family would feel if their loved one(s) were murdered and the person who did it was fairly shortly thereafter released from prison or was receiving many rights and freedoms but I think it is NOT a reflection …

Did you read what I typed that ended up in light print??

No one is forced to read your posts so post on!

I'm glad to hear your wife's situation is stabilized. A friend of mine has a daughter that started having frequent seizures like your daughter but fortunately the doctors figured out a way to get her to stop having so many seizures. She is making …

I have never had to leave my country but I did leave my home province when I didn't really want to. I was pressured to move due to the lack of jobs. It helped that I had one sister living in the place I wanted to move. It was still however one of …

This is analogous to paying yourself first. By investing a set, but fairly significant amount money on regular intervals, you are establishing that main thing as more important than anything else. Soon you forget you're doing it and it's just a …

I think very much like you Chris!! I could have written that response :)

I hope things went well

I have a friend who was very interested in this diet and he has a background as an extremely competitive science. He got me very curious about it and my quick study of it suggested to me that there was no serious scientific evidence to support the …

In Canada we have a person who is currently about to receive day clearance to go out into the community and in 2014 he murdered 5 people at a house party. "Matthew de Grood, the young man who was found not criminally responsible for stabbing five …

United Nations info or guidelines on prison reform https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/justice-and-prison-reform/prison-reform-and-alternatives-to-imprisonment.html

A topic that I've been interested in off and on came up again today and I figured I'd put it out there to hear what you all had to say about it. It's my feeling that countries like the USA have it all wrong with their privatized prisons and high …

New book just released October 2nd. I purchased it but haven't read it all yet. I'm a huge fan of Dr. Novella and his crew. I highly recommend this book and their podcast The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe. Has anyone read this book yet?

https://theconversation.com/ais-first-pop-album-ushers-in-a-new-musical-era-100876 It's only the beginning...

As a science teacher, lover of science and student of evolution, I love your posts. Hope to see plenty more Joe!