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The luckiest people in the world are
born in May. The unluckiest, or at least the people with the most
negative view of their lives, are born in October.
That's
the word from researchers at the University of Hertfordshire in the
United Kingdom who used the Edinburgh International Science Festival to
conduct a poll of 40,000 visitors to determine if people born at
certain times of the year consider themselves luckier than others,
reports the BBC News Online.
But the reality is that being lucky may be nothing more than having a sunny, optimistic outlook.
bad news!
People born in April, May and June face an increased risk of suicide,
reports the BBC News of new research by a joint team from St. Helen's
and Liverpool University and the Institute of Child Health at
University College London.
After studying data on 26,916 suicides between 1979 and 2001 in England
and Wales in what is likely the largest study of its kind, the team
found that those who were born in the spring had a 17 percent higher
risk of killing themselves than those born in the autumn months. Among
women, nearly 30 percent more suicides were committed by those born in
the spring; among men with April to June birthdays, the rate was nearly
14 percent higher.
Why? Spring babies grow up to have more problems with
alcoholism, depression and mood disorders than those who are born in
other months. Also, team leader and psychiatrist Dr. Emad Salib also
believes that a baby's health prospects are linked to its seasonal
experiences in the womb. "As the baby is developing, the brain is very
sensitive to any change in maternal state, like infections and even
temperatures. This can affect the way that cells in the brain are
arranged," Salib told the BBC. "We are born all the same, but some of
us are more vulnerable than others to certain diseases. Some of us will
get away with it, but some of us may end up falling victim to disease
and committing suicide."
From "Scary Warning For Anyone Born in Spring" and "Luckiest People Born in this Month" on Netscape News.
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| "Until yesterday, I had no definite intention of killing myself. But more than a few must have noticed that lately I have been tired both physically and mentally. As to the cause of my suicide, I don't quite understand it myself, but it is not he result of a particular incident, nor of a specific matter. Merely may I say, I am in the frame of mind that I lost confidence in my future. There may be someone to whom my suicide will be troubling or a blow to a certain degree. I sincerely hope that this incident will cast no dark shadow over the future of that person. At any rate, I cannot deny that this is a kind of betrayal, but please excuse it as my last act in my own way, as I have been doing my own way all my life."
Wow ... what an outstanding suicide note. If I were to write a note, I could only aspire to something so elegant, calm and utterly self assured.
The note was penned by Yatuka Taniyama, a brilliant Japanese mathematician who took his life in 1958 at the age of 31. Taniyama wrote Modern Number Theory (1957) together with Goro Shimura in Japanese. An English version was planned, but never came to fruition. The two later worked on advanced studies in modular forms, and the result become known as the Taniyama-Shimure conjecture. In a nutshell, it held that every elliptic curve defined over the rational field is a factor of the jacobian of a modular function field. Many years later, the conjecture proved to be a major factor in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by Andrew Wiles.
In November 1957, Taniyama met a girl named Misako Suzuki. After dating a few months, the couple got engaged to be married. At the time of his 31st birthday, they were busy preparing for the wedding. Five days later, Taniyama took his life.
It seems quite possible Taniyama was thinking of Misako in his note when he refers to "someone" who may be troubled by his suicide. If so, his hope that "no dark shadow" would be cast over her future was not in the stars. Less than a month later Misako tragically killed herself also "to join him".
For further reading:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3550/taniyama.htm
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Taniyama_Yutaka.html
G Shimura: Yutaka Taniyama and his Time. Very Personal Recollections.
Bull. London Math. Soc. 21 (1989) 186-196. | | |
| Here's a friendly e-mail I got a couple of days ago ...
Hey how about you stop being a fucking psycho, and MOVE ON, I dont' even BOTHER with whaat you wrote, so, save your time and energy ... I dont' care, understand this, that I DON'T CARE lemme try saying it again so your stubborn hard headed, arrogant, mind would understand "I DON'T CARE" Got it? I dont' give a shit, I dont' care, period. PERIOD. And that includes me not caring about what you THINK or what you SAY or what you HAVE to say or what you DO or what you dont' do, I dont' care! Simple. -- X
* Sigh *
It seems pointless to respond. I will just post a few things here instead.
- Fake friends suck!
- Ungrateful people suck!
- Immature people suck!
- Mean people suck!
- Disloyal people suck!
That's it for now!  | | |
| Here's something to ponder ...
After Sept. 11th, one company invited the remaining members of another company whose office was destroyed to share their available office space. At a morning meeting, the head of security told stories of why these people were alive..... and all the stories were just:
L I T T L E things
As you might know, the head of the company got in late that day because his son started kindergarten.
Another fellow was alive because it was his turn to bring donuts.
One woman was late because her alarm clock didn't go off .
One was late because of being stuck on the NJ Turnpike because of an auto accident.
One of them missed his bus.
One spilled food on her clothes and had to take time to change.
One's car wouldn't start.
One went back to answer the telephone.
One had a child that dawdled and didn't get ready as soon as he should have.
One couldn't get a taxi.
The one that struck me was the man who put on a new pair of shoes that morning, took the various means to get to work but before he got there, he developed a blister on his foot. He stopped at a drugstore to buy a Band-Aid. That is why he is alive today.
Now when I am stuck in traffic, miss an elevator, turn back to answer a ringing telephone .. all the little things that annoy me. I think to myself, this is exactly where God wants me to be at this very moment.
Next time your morning seems to be going wrong, the children are slow getting dressed, you can't seem to find the car keys, you hit every traffic light, don't get mad or frustrated; God is at work watching over you.
May God continue to bless you with all those annoying little things and may you remember their possible purpose.
Pass this on to someone else, if you'd like. There is NO LUCK attached. If you delete this, it's okay: God's Love Is Not Dependent On E-Mail. | | |
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