Morning exercise

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis eveiy day before bicakfast. It keeps him young. —Konrad Lorenz, The So-Called Evil, Chapter 2, (1966). 

This form of self-remembering usually works more effectively if it is preceded by a more specialized practice in the morning. This practice, the morning exercise, has benefits in and of itself, and leads direcdy into sensing, looking, and listening. 

These considerations apply to the entire morning exercise. 

The time this part of the morning exercise takes will vary from day to day. If it s hard to focus your attention, it might take ten or fifteen minutes, whereas if your attention is under good control it can be done in five or six minutes. 

At this point in the morning exercise you begin a broadening of your attention span that leads you directly into the form of self-remembering that we call sensing, looking, and listening. 

Now listen to the music in both of your feet. Put your attention on whatever sensations are in your feet and gently let the music be there too. Don t force it there isn t some very specific sensation you re trying for and must have. As in the morning exercise described in Chapter 18, gently put your mind in your feet. Sense whatever is there, and hear the music there. 

This is a modification of the morning exercise described in Chapter 18. It is to be done about once a week. It is particularly useful to notice any resistances you have to doing this morning liking exercise. 

Just before starting the morning exercise, think I like me, Feel it a little. Put a little smile on your face. 

Now, all through the regular steps of the morning exercise, keep that little smile on your face emotionally smile at your body parts as you sense them. As with the musical body exercise, don t force too hard or try to overdo it. Just a gentle physical and emotional smile, a gentle liking, not a big deal. 

Most of the interviewees agree that they do not invest much in safety if there is no PFSS. This statement is supported by most of the contractors in private sectors who do not implement PFSS. However, Mr. Li argues about the requirement of 70 % attendance for morning exercises as an example, since such requirement is nearly impossible to achieve for a large site. Moreover, only the main contractor receives money for safety from clients. The sub-contractors do not receive money for this. Their incentive to provide safety measures is low. 

The site implemented Site Safety Cycle which is the same as Case 1. However, there are some problems in the implementation. Take for instance, the requirement of 70 % attendance at morning exercise is difficult to achieve. The major reasons for the difficulty are threefold first, Hong Kong workers tend not to obey the rules as there are no penalties for not attending. Second, because the site is very large, there are many site entrances, and the location of morning exercises may not be located on the way to one s worlqjlace. Third, workers hours on the site differ, and some may arrive at the site in the afternoon Fig. 6.15. 

Symptoms may occur more often at night, early in the morning, or with exercise. 

After initiation of antiinflammatory therapy or an increase in dosage, most patients should begin experiencing a decrease in symptoms within 1 to 2 weeks and achieve maximum symptomatic improvement within 4 to 8 weeks. Improvement in baseline FEVj or PEF should follow a similar time frame, but a decrease in BHR as measured by morning PEF, PEF variability, and exercise tolerance may take longer and improve over 1 to 3 months. 

Keeping a schedule during the work week is very positive for me. When I m well I come into my office every morning at nine o clock. I work, I take a lunch break, I do about forty-five minutes of exercise, I come back into the office. I m very, very regimented. 

Prevention of ElB- 1 inhalation at least 30 minutes before exercise protects patients against EIB. When used intermittently as needed for prevention of EIB, this protection may last up to 9 hours in adolescents and adults and up to 12 hours in patients 4 to 11 years of age. Do not use additional doses of salmeterol for 12 hours after administration of this drug. In patients who are receiving salmeterol twice daily (morning and evening), do not use additional salmeterol for prevention of EIB. If this dose is not effective, consider other appropriate therapy for EIB. 

Imagine a lizard waking in the morning and stretching out on a warm rock to absorb the heat and raise body temperature to the ideal for action. Later in the day, observe the snake, which like the lizard has warmed itself in the morning, has hunted successfully, and has now produced excess body heat from exercise and the digestion of food. To get rid of the... 

The body temperature is regulated via the hypothalamus. A fever is a body temperature of more than 38.2°C, measured rectally. Premenstrual women have higher body temperature and children develop fever easier than adults. The body temperature is lowest in the early morning hours and highest in the afternoon, and increases during exercise. 

A 60-year-old man comes into the office complaining of chest pains that primarily occur in the early morning and do not appear to be associated with stress or exercise. Following coronary angiography and a positive ergonovine test you determine that this patient has angina pectoris as a result of coronary artery spasm. How would you (1) treat the patient to alleviate the acute attacks when they occur and (2) treat chronically to prevent their reoccurrence ... 

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