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WITandWISDOM(tm) - March 12, 2002 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. - Karl Menninger By Neil Eskelin in Neil Eskelin's Daily Jump Start(tm), Copyright (c) 2001, http://www.neileskelin.com Subjects: Love ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: Early in the 20th century, two young medical school graduates and their father started a small sanitarium for mental patients on a farm outside Topeka, Kansas. This was a time when the "rest cure" was in vogue in psychiatry, and patients were sent to impersonal institutions to live out their lives. This father and his sons had a different idea. They were determined to create a loving, family atmosphere among their patients and staff. The nurses were given special training and were told "Let each person know how much you value them. Shower these people with love." The doctors were Karl and William Menninger, and the Minninger Clinic, with such "revolutionary" methods, became world famous and has helped countless numbers of people. Karl Menninger said, "Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it . This intangible thing love ... enters into every therapeutic relationship. It is an element which finds and heals, which comforts and restores, which works what we have to call for now, miracles." By Neil Eskelin in Neil Eskelin's Daily Jump Start(tm), Copyright (c) 2001, http://www.neileskelin.com Subjects: Love, Psychiatry ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: NEWSPAPER HEADLINES IN THE YEAR 2050 Florida to Be Re-admitted to Union Younger Generation's Music Provokes Outrage of Elders D.C. Zoo to Receive Rare Cow Court Clears AOLTimeWarnerGE-DisneyCiscoFordRJR-NabiscoExxon-Mobil of Monopoly Charges Cal Ripken Jr. Reduced to Designated Hitter Role Source: Clean Laugh, http://www.cybersalt.org/lists.htm Subjects: Headlines ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: Professor to a student: "Can you think of a solution to end unemployment?" "Yes sir! I'd put all the men on one island and the women on the other." "And what would they be doing then?" "Building boats!" Source: Sebastian's e-mail list Subjects: Unemployment ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Comet Ikeya-Zhang A simple comet-watching mnemonic: I C IC C I-Z? (I see icy Comet Ikeya-Zhang?) Maybe. "A newly discovered comet, now approaching the Sun and Earth, could develop into a relatively bright naked-eye object in coming weeks, researchers say. The best views of the comet may be reserved for those under dark skies far from bright lights, but even city dwellers should be able to spot it. ... Ikeya-Zhang's expected path across the sky in the coming weeks will greatly favor Northern Hemisphere observers. During most of March on into early April, the comet will be visible near to the north-northwest horizon about an hour after sundown. Bright moonlight may hinder observations during the last week of March." From: http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/711116.asp Source: Website of the Week (WoW!) http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/wow.html Subjects: Comets |