Gabrielle Giffords: New Photos Since Shooting, Looks Great!

Gabby 18 months ago in January 2010

From Denny: This week Gifford's staff put up on her facebook page more recent photos of her. These photos reveal a still vibrant woman with a healthy glow. What is so amazing is she just underwent yet another surgery. This time it was to replace part of her skull that had previously been removed months ago to allow the brain to swell from its injuries.



Good news! Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) is recovering at a rapid rate that astonishes and gladdens her doctors. To those of us - by the millions - who have prayed for her health and well being, this is proof positive how prayer works. Prayer is about giving energy to others when their energy is ebbing or weak. She looks wonderful!

How Do Mothers Fare Around The World?

*** original post found here at http://thesocialpoets.blogspot.com Photo of International Women's Day celebration in Afghanistan of Women from the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team and Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team, 8 March, photo by DVIDSHUB @ flickr





From Denny:  The recent Mother's Day celebration does make us wonder how other women fare in the rest of the world. The organization, "Save The Children," conducted a study and ranked the best - and the worst places - in the world to be a mother.



They ranked child and maternal mortality, health care, and education. The disparities were glaring:



Women who die from pregnancy-related causes:



Afghanistan: 1 in 11 women die

Norway: only 1 in 7,600 die



The bottom worst countries ranked:



Children that die before the age of five: 1 out of every 6 children

Women who die of pregnancy-related causes: 1 out of 30 women die

A skilled attendant at birth: fewer than 50 percent

Children who suffer from malnutrition: 1 out of 3 children



How well did America fare in the study? Not that well. We were ranked at 31 out of the 43 developed countries. Considering the state of our expensive health care system and wages driven down to the point people have dropped their health care insurance it's no surprise.

Posts Roundup at Dennys Blogs - 28 Feb 2011

Choose from world news analysis combined with the best political cartoon opinion, celebrity watching, science and health news, arts, poetry, funny photos, serious photography, funny videos, great satire, awesome food and spiritual thoughts.





From Denny: The world is changing at a dizzying rate the past few weeks with all the political upheaval in the Middle East. This kind of change is good and will end up improving everyone's lives around the world. Thirty years of poor economies and human rights abuses brought it to a head. This change was inevitable. When people feel so desperate they no longer feel they have anything to lose is when people take high risks.



Egypt and Tunisia have been decided and they are in transition to developing new governments. Libya has yet to be decided though defections from the Army and other sectors has Gadhafi increasingly isolated from his former supporters - and enablers.



It's best the West stay out of this turmoil. We don't need to arm the rebels or protect the leader in the process of getting deposed. It is up to the people of Libya to rise up and do the work themselves. If America interferes it takes away their pride of their moment in history. It is not for us to be so paternalistic in attitude toward developing nations. They will learn to grow just as we are also learning to take a hands off approach and trust them to choose well for themselves.



Where you can easily find all the links to all the posts on all the blogs on a daily basis:



Dennys: News Politics Comedy Science Arts Food - an online newspaper

Dennys People Watching:



17 Best Oscar Gowns Ever 



Music Video: Britney Spears Song Spoof - Hold It Against Me 



Lady Gaga Mugs For Cameras For Supreme Magazine Shoot 



Funny Lady Gaga Makes Grand Egg Entrance To Grammys 



The Golden Globes 2011: Winners and Gowns 











The Social Poets:



44 Wisconsin Uprising and Federal Budget Fight Cartoons



In Passing poem - Libations Friday 25 Feb 2011



17 American Uprising Cartoons: Wisconsin 



Funny News: Fake David Koch Punked Idiot GOP Wisconsin Gov. Walker 



Italy: Women Fed Up With Whoring Bersculoni



Egypt Revolution: Late Night Jokes Roundup 



42 Obama 2011 Budget Cuts and Economy Cartoons



The Obama Budget and American Economy Cartoons



Posts Roundup at Dennys Blogs - 13 Feb 2011



Gabby Giffords Speaks 1st Words, May Attend NASA Space Launch



American Political Cartoons - 12 Feb 2011

Posts Roundup at Dennys Blogs - 13 Feb 2011

From Denny: What an exciting week it has been with the 18 Day Egypt Revolution, following the twists and turns of real life drama. I'm proud to say I wrote many posts to cover it. The most time consuming was to wade through various English written Egyptian blogs to find out what was going on, what they thought was happening in their own country.



Remember the state controlled the news. You think it's bad in America, try living under martial rule with news black-outs and propaganda. OK, the Republicans do so love to spread their political gospel but at least most Americans know it's all lies. Comics make jest of what the GOP churns out of their "war rooms."



I've started yet another silly blog for interesting people, whatever I find as I find it: Dennys People Watching. Originally, I thought it might be interesting to cover world leaders but then Lady Gaga just had to get some face time. She is my most favorite outrageous person. If she's this cheeky at age 24, can you imagine her at age 50? Sure hope she doesn't burn herself out and become a conservative in her old age.



I also waded through a tremendous number of political cartoons about the Egypt Revolution which, naturally, have proven to be a big hit with the Middle Eastern countries.  I even started posting the Egypt news on The Social Poets rather than Dennys Global Politics because I was concerned anyone from the Middle East or Egypt might be in danger for visiting what the state might perceive as a  mainstream American media site  After all, who would think a poetess would be a political subversive? OK, bring on the political clowns... :)



During this fast-paced Egypt news we had the Chinese New Year and the Super Bowl.  I managed to get up some great recipes so take a look at the four food blogs.



Another blog I just birthed too, still in development stage, is Dennys Guest Bloggers. I thought it might be fun to invite other bloggers to answer interview questions for their readers to better get to know them.  It's also an interesting way to help market your blog, your art work or whatever.  I'm always up for figuring out ways to get out information - of which I am The Ultimate Information Junkie - and experiment with how to reach maximum awareness on the web.



If you are interested and want to post there - which would get linked on my many other blogs and linked in search engines and social sites - leave a comment on the blog or email here: warriorspearl@gmail.com.  It might be a good idea to catch my eye with the subject heading: Dennys Guest Bloggers.



Over the past several months artists and other bloggers have written for guest blogging but some of them were not a fit for my blogs or I couldn't get to them at the time.  So, I've been wracking my brain to figure out how to create a fit for just about any blogger - and in a timely manner. So this crazy blog idea was born.



Take a look around. Put up your feet; take a load off and enjoy yourself as you trip through what I found to post!  Sometimes, I feel like a writing monkey as depicted in that silly photo...





The Social Poets:



Gabby Giffords Speaks 1st Words, May Attend NASA Space Launch



American Political Cartoons - 12 Feb 2011 



Breaking News: Egypt Jubilant, This Blogger Called It Right: Mubarak Leaves



Breaking News: Mubarak Angers Protesters As Saves Face, Justifies Rule, Long Goodbye 



Egypt: Tahrir Square Excitement Builds, Protesters Await Confirmation Mubarak Leaving



Breaking News: Egypt Protesters Win, Mubarak Stepping Down!



Poll: Obama Will Not Win 2012 Reelection - The mood of the American people does not bode well for President Obama if he wants to seek a second term.



Cartoons: My Demo-Yard-Cats and GOP Temper Tantrums - What is it about my Democrats? Like the typical yard cat they don't seem to know their name or come when they are called.



Cartoons: Some Hummers to Scratch Your Head Why - OK, these are those wonderfully obscure type of cartoons that some people don't always "get" as to why they are funny but they sure made me grin.



Cartoons: Just Good Old-Fashioned Political Comedy - Sometimes, Life is just too amusing and these cartoonists certainly have capitalized on the opportunists capitalizing on us



31 More Egypt Revolution Cartoons - Cartoonists churn out new opinions at as fast a rate as the situation changes in Egypt during the protests.



Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Early Spring for 2011 - Check out this year's funny prediction from the famous American groundhog and plenty of groundhog day trivia and more.



Posts Roundup at Dennys Blogs - 30 Jan 2011



Political Cartoons: Obama 2011 State Of The Union



Taxpayers to Goldman Sachs: Give Us Back Our $3 Billion You Stole

Posts Roundup at Dennys Blogs - 30 Jan 2011

Posts on astronomy, news, politics, poetry, lots of crazy humor, health and food.

From Denny: The past month I've been busy rounding up what the readers enjoyed throughout the year on all the blogs. It's amazing what people find intriguing - like the crazy humor post about the sloths over at Dennys Funny Quotes. The sloth post has gone past 30,000 views. People just love the cute little guys in the video. It's for a good cause too - a sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica.



Thanks, all of you, for visiting, commenting, subscribing in feeds and email updates! Your support is much appreciated!



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What Is Prez Obama Really Thinking? Watch His Hands As He Talks

*** Our body language reveals much about our thoughts, telegraphing it to others if only we learn the language and how to read it.President Obama's hand gesturesFrom Denny: Are you right or left hand dominant? President Obama is left hand dominant and when he wants to discuss his favorite things he favors using his left hand to gesture. Left hand dominant people studiedScientists have studied the left-hand dominant like the President. Researchers discovered that left-handers tend to favor their left hand when discussing any subject of which they feel positive. Left-handers use their right hand to gesture when they feel negative about a subject. Are you a right-hand dominant? Then the results are the opposite: you use your right hand to gesture when you feel positive and your left hand when you feel negative.Researchers studied last two presidential election candidatesThis study was published in PloS ONE. Scientists studied tapes from the final American presidential debates from 2004 and 2008. They were wondering if they could spot a right or left hand bias gesture from the candidates. A curious fact here: in the 2004 election both candidates were right hand dominant. In the 2008 election both candidates were left hand dominant.We talk with our handsYou know what they say, "Americans talk with their hands, especially politicians - and angry women." Politicians unconsciously telegraphed their true feelings by use of their hand gestures. An interesting observation from this study about candidate Obama was that when he spoke about health care passionately he used his left hand to gesture, indicating he felt positive about the subject. When talking about the Iraq War he gestured with his right hand, indicating he felt negative about the subject.President George Bush is right hand dominant. When he felt positive about a subject he favored his right hand. When he felt negative about a subject he favored his left hand.Positive associations with our dominant hand, negative with our less dominant handWhat's funny about this study is that it also revealed that people tend to have negative or positive associations with which hand is dominant. If you are right-hand dominant you are more inclined to believe things on the right are "good," while anything oriented to the left like people or images are "bad." With left-hand dominant people the opposite is true.Amusing findings from volunteer studyHere's what was really amusing during the study. The study volunteers were shown a drawing. In this drawing was a group of space aliens sitting side by side. The perception reached? Those who were right hand dominant concluded that those aliens on the right end of the picture were supposedly smarter, happier, more honest and more attractive than the aliens on the left side of the picture. Left hand dominant folks preferred the aliens on the left side of the picture, viewing them in the same positive light."Overall, the data support the idea that people associate good things with the side of the body they can use most fluently – dominant is fluent, and fluent is good," says the study’s lead author Daniel Casasanto of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands."It’s a good example of how our bodies influence the way we think without our ever knowing anything about it," says Diane Halpern, a professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College.Body language observation a handy quick lie detectorTalk about an easy quick and handy lie detector. Think of all the situations it could be used: political campaigns, a cheating spouse or your boss. The next time you get an evaluation at work, pay very close attention to their hand gestures to know their true feelings. And as far as knowing for whom to vote, well, that should be obvious now that you know their true feelings.*** THANKS for visiting, feel welcome to drop a comment or opinion, enjoy bookmarking this post on your favorite social site, a big shout out to awesome current subscribers – and if you are new to this blog, please subscribe in a reader or by email updates! *** Come by for a visit and check out my other blogs:The Social Poets - news, politicsThe Soul Calendar - science, astronomy, psychologyVisual Insights - photos, art, musicBeautiful Illustrated Quotations - spiritual quotes, philosophyPoems From A Spiritual Heart - poetryThe Healing Waters - health newsDennys People Watching - people in the newsDennys Food and RecipesDennys Funny Quotes - humor

Funny Smile Quotes - Cheeky Quote Day - 30 June 2010

*** Enjoy smiling at funny smile quotes and the funny photography!From Denny: With all the negativity swirling around us, the depressing national conversation about the BP Gulf oil spill, we need relief. What could take our minds off all the nagging news than to talk about smiling? Even the ancient Taoists taught about The Inner Smile to relieve tension, stress, and build up our immune systems.Take a moment, read a little, think good thoughts and refresh yourself and enjoy the funny photographers over at flickr!Quotes* Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. - Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.* A smile confuses an approaching frown. - Anonymous* People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile. - Lee Mildon* A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. - Phyllis Diller* Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over. - Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997* The world always looks brighter from behind a smile. - Anonymous* Start every day with a smile and get it over with. - W.C. Fields* Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available. - Jim Beggs* A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. - Charles Gordy* Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. - Mark Twain, Following the Equator* The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. - William Shakespeare, Othello* A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home. - Anonymous* If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. - Andy Rooney* If you smile at someone, they might smile back. - Anonymous* Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it. - Anonymous* Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile. - Anonymous* Everyone smiles in the same language. - Anonymous* If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine. - Anonymous* I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful. - Anonymous* Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. - George Eliot* She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket. - Raymond Chandler* Smiling is infectious,You can catch it like the flu.Someone smiled at me today,And I started smiling too. - Anonymous* A smile appeared upon her face as if she'd taken it directly from her handbag and pinned it there. - Loma Chandler* A laugh is a smile that bursts. - Mary H. Waldrip* Smile - sunshine is good for your teeth. - Anonymous* The shortest distance between two people is a smile. - Anonymous* If you don't start out the day with a smile, it's not too late to start practicing for tomorrow. - Anonymous* Smiling is my favorite exercise. - Anonymous* I have a tickle in my brain. And it keeps making the corners of my mouth point toward the heavens. - Jeb Dickerson, www.howtomatter.com* Wear a smile - one size fits all. - Anonymous* No matter how grouchy you're feeling,You'll find the smile more or less healing.It grows in a wreathAll around the front teeth -Thus preserving the face from congealing. - Anthony Euwer* Every day you spend without a smile, is a lost day. - Anonymous* Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. - Mother Teresa* A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile. - Anonymous* A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. - Washington Irving* Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. - Charles Reade* A smile is the universal welcome. - Max Eastman* Keep smiling - it makes people wonder what you've been up to. - Anonymous* You're never fully dressed without a smile. - Martin Charnin* A smile can brighten the darkest day. - Anonymous* It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown. - Anonymous* Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. - Janet Lane* All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile. - Chris Hart* If you would like to spoil the day for a grouch, give him a smile. - Anonymous* Smile - it increases your face value. - Anonymous* Peace begins with a smile. - Mother Teresa* A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it. ~Author Unknown* Most smiles are started by another smile. - Anonymous* A smile is something you can't give away; it always comes back to you. - Anonymous* A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it. Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give. - Anonymous* It takes a lot of work from the face to let out a smile, but just think what good smiling can bring to the most important muscle of the body... the heart. - Anonymous* A smile is the universal welcome. - Max Eastman* A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. - William Arthur Ward* Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful. - Thich Nhat Hanh* Don't cry for a man who has left you, the next one may fall for your smile. - Mae West* If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers. - Maya Angelou* If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. - Andy Rooney* It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown. - AnonymousI guess I'm lazy 'cause I go for just the 17... :)* Wear a smile. One size fits all. - AnonymousPhoto CreditsYou are never fully dressed without a smile photo by serendipity @ flickrSmile and the whole world smiles with you boy against white flowers photo by Zanastardust @ flickrSmiling white-faced dog by Rennett Stowe @ flickrFunny pink heart glasses smile by Pink Sherbet Photography @ flickrLittle girl in yellow giggling by MelvinSchlubman @ flickrFunny Bozo nose smile by pulguita @ flickrSmile food plate by the_moment @ flickrUnderwater smile by Jonf728 @ flickrFunny smiling cat by [puamelia] @ flickr*** THANKS for visiting, feel welcome to drop a comment or opinion, enjoy bookmarking this post on your favorite social site, a big shout out to awesome current subscribers – and if you are new to this blog, please subscribe in a reader or by email updates! *** Come by for a visit and check out my other blogs:The Social Poets Dennys Global PoliticsThe Soul CalendarVisual InsightsBeautiful Illustrated QuotationsPoems From A Spiritual HeartThe Healing WatersDennys Art SanctuaryRomancing The ChocolateComfort Food From LouisianaUnusual 2 TastyDennys Blog FeedsDennys Funny QuotesOuch Outrageous Obnoxious And Odd