Slaying the sacred cows

Some Remarks On Sacred Cows: Revisiting Method Technique

Theater historians often speak of theories of acting (Carlson, 1983), although the term tends to shift in meaning across much of their commentary. Theories of broader sweep, as instanced in the writings of Grotowski, Brecht, Craig, Artaud, Chaikin, Lecoq, or Copeau involve alternative theatrical directions, and differ in scope from those about processes necessary for actors to achieve stage rea...

Pasture Evidence - Based Practice Habits : Putting More Sacred Cows Out

Slaying the Hydra

for 22 Oct. 2015 The Lernaean Hydra was a mythological creature, which, when one of its many heads was cut off, immediately grew two more. One of the ten labors of Hercules was to slay the Hydra. In order to help Hercules slay a mathematical version of the Hydra, we will introduce transfinite ordinal numbers, to do what Peano arithmetic cannot. Bring swords, helmets and spears, and a willingnes...

Sacred Cows and Sympathetic Squirrels: The Importance of Biological Diversity to Human Health

June 2006 | Volume 3 | Issue 6 | e231 Why are cows sacred? Travel anywhere in India and they have the right of way. Travel anywhere in the eastern United States and you’ll see squirrels, more than likely, as roadkill. Yet both species serve a similar epidemiological function: they receive bites from infected vectors that might otherwise have bitten humans, and they break the chain of pathogen t...

Slaying the CVD dragon with steroids.

C ardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a big problem worldwide, accounting for 29% of all deaths and over 16 million deaths annually [1]. Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke are by far the most important contributors to total CVD mortality, responsible for 43% (7.2 million) and 33% (5.5 million) of all CVD deaths, respectively. At the heart of IHD and stroke is atherosclerosis, characterised b...