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"Work less, Play nice, Take care, and Sleep more"
In this last in the three part series on sleep we explore occupational, recreational, and parental sleep deprivation, and the restorative effects of meditation and the siesta.

Headline News
North American Regional Action Plan on Lindane
http://www.cec.org/lindane
Environmental Protection Agency Closes Six Libraries http://www.panna.org
Integrated Pest Management
http://www.cec.org/pubs_docs/documents/index.cfm?varlan=english&ID=2053
Pesticide Neighbour Notification Law http://www.cec.org/news/details/index.cfm?varlan=english&ID=2739
Increasing Paternal Age and Birth Risk http://www.alternative-therapies.com/at/index.cfm?page=news
Lifestyle Affects Testosterone Levels http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/health/19aging.html?_r=1&ref=healthDecember 19, 2006
Commonweal Foundation Health Literacy Report http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=424780
National Health Law Language Barrier Webcast http://www.kaisernetwork.org


"Work less, Play nice, Take care, and Sleep more"
Occupational Sleep Deprivation
Dr. TK Joshi
Dr. TK Joshi is the founder of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi. He initiated the first course in Occupational Health within India in 2005. He was a member of the committee formed by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to develop an Environmental Health Action Plan for India in 2000. He works closely with the Central Pollution Control Board of India and is a member of several committees, including the task force on Cement and asbestos industry.
Educational Sleep Deprivation
Dr. RK Kaushal
Dr. RK Kaushal is professor of pediatrics and head of the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College in Dharamsala. He is currently teaching medical students. He taught residents at Indira Gandhi Medical College in Simla for 23 years.
Parental Sleep Deprivation
Dr. Sharon Adler
Dr. Sharon Adler is a clinical instructor at the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center and the California Department of Health Services STD Control Branch. She holds an MD degree from Mount Sinai Medical College in New York. She did a residency in Family and Community Medicine at UCSF/SFGH and received her training in Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Univ of Ca-Berkeley. She is also a new parent of a girl now about one and half years old.
The Value of the Siesta
Dr. Luis Dominguez Ortega
Luis Dominguez Ortega is Director of the Unidad de Medicina de Familia and is a specialist in sleep medicine at Clinica Ruber in Madrid. He studied Medicine at the University Complutense of Madrid. He studies sleep medicine at Stanford University and has a certificate in clinical hypnosis from the Spanish Society of Hypnosis. He is now also Professor at University of Madrid and Co-director of a course in sleep medicine.
Meditation and Sleep
Dr. PK Sharma
Dr. Pradumna K Sharma has a Ph.D. in biophysics and retired as professor of electronics and instrumentation and director of the department of telecommunications center from Pumjab University in Chandigarh. He also graduated with a degree in homeopathy and has been practicing for the past 40 years.
Recreational Sleep Deprivation I
Mr. Bill Witter
Mr. Bill Witter is a property owner, artist, and musician in his 50s in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Recreational Sleep Deprivation II
Ms.Vivian Samano
Ms. Vivian Samano is teaching english full time in Madrid while simultaneously doing her Master’s degree in Education.
Recreational Sleep Deprivation III
Ms. Vanessa Norton
Ms. Vanessa Norton lived in Madrid from 2002 to 2005 while she was teaching english and writing a collection of short stories. She currently is doing a Masters degree in creative writing.

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triple telltale totemz
the sinaquanons
of sleep sufficiency
one
wakes without alarm
from ar ee em
no startle starts
to the rat race
too,
coffee, tea become
black, green, red, white
excessive energy
three
good humor gemz
enough enthusiasm
adequate attention
plenty of patience
for
peoplez responsibilitiez incidentz
and imperfectionzzzzzzzzz

-jaysi

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Oct-Nov 2006 -- "Sleepless in..."

Aug-Sep 2006 -- "Sleep Sweet Sleep"

May-June 2006 -- "Dr. Doctor"

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