GoDaddy.com CEO Kills Elephant

GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons recently video taped his African vacation, which details an elephant hunt. The CEO said the hunt was a humanitarian expedition.

"[Zimbabweans] have very little," said Parsons. "Many die each year from starvation and one of the problems they have is the elephants, of which there are thousands and thousands, that trash many of their fields destroying the crops."

In the middle of the night, Parsons, along with his African guides, ambush and shoot what Parsons calls a "problem elephant."

Then the video gets really graphic, as Parsons records villagers who come out in the early morning to slaughter the dead animal, stripping it of its flesh.



PETA has launched a campaign urging people to join them in closing their GoDaddy.com account and e-mailing Parsons to express their outrage.

Parsons provided an explanation of the video.

What do you think? Is it inappropriate?


Source: Huffington Post

Bring Spring

Crocus is a perennial flowering plants, native to a large area from coastal and subalpine areas of central and southern Europe (including the islands of the Aegean), North Africa and the Middle East, across Central Asia to western China.

The genus Crocus is placed in the iris family. The plants grow from corms and are mainly hardy perennials, and are found in a wide range of habitats, including woodland, scrub and meadows.

There are about eighty species of crocus. Their cup-shaped, solitary, salverform flowers taper off into a narrow tube. Their color varies enormously, although lilac, mauve, yellow and white are predominant. The grass-like, ensiform leaf shows generally a white central stripe along the leaf axis. The leaf margin is entire. Crocuses typically have three stamens. The spice saffron is obtained from the stigmas of Crocus sativus, an autumn/fall-blooming species.

This is my first spring owning my new home and it's fun to see all the flowers sprouting and trying to figure out what they are. One easy-to-identify flower are crocuses, since the buds have already formed.

I was trying to be a gardener earlier (when it was warm in Erie), and while I was attempting to clear the flower bed, I knocked this bud off. But I brought it inside and it opened right up!

Bring Spring! My crocuses want to bloom!

Wild Wednesday: Gray Whale

Due to overfishing, the gray whale became extinct in the North Atlantic in the 18th century. In May 2010, however, it made a reappearance in the Mediterranean. Spotted off the coast of Israel, the whale would have had to have made a record migration to reach this area from extant groups in the North Pacific.


Historically there were three populations of gray whales; the ones which formerly would have been in this region, the North Atlantic population, has been extinct since the 18th century. So what's this gray whale doing there?

The current two areas where gray whale lives are in the western North Pacific and the eastern North Pacific. In the former region the whales remain critically endangered, while in the latter they have recovered after years of exploitation reduced them to just a few hundred individuals.

This particular whale was sighted off the coast of the Herzliya Marina on May 9, 2010 and has raised the possibility that gray whales may be recolonizing a part of the planet they haven't been in for 200 years.

Read more about the sighting.

Royal Wedding - Countdown 1 Month

Will and Kate will tie the knot in only one month. And as we await the biggest romantic event of this decade, more and more details are revealed.

Cake: Fiona Cairns will bake a multi-tiered traditional fruit cake, decorated with cream and white icing. McVitie's Cake Company will create the chocolate biscuit cake for the reception at Buckingham Palace (requested by Will).

Transportation: After the ceremony, Will and Kate will ride in the 1902 State Landau horse-drawn carriage  from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace. The queen's gray horses will pull the carriage. Kate will arrive by car to the Abbey. It's expected to be same car attacked by student protesters last year with Charles and Camilla inside.


Bridesmaids: Kate will have five bridesmaids. Pippa, her sister, will be her maiden of honor.
 
Parties:
"Hen" Party being planned by Pippa will be a Dirty Dancing theme party (date unknown)
"Stag" Party was this past weekend. The secret bachelor party took place just two hours outside London with 20 of William's closest friends and was thrown by Harry.


Housing: The married couple will live in a 4,000-square-foot farmhouse near Will's Royal Air Force base in Anglesey, North Wales. They have chosen Beverly Hills designer Kenneth Bordewick to update their home with a casual and contemporary look.


More information can be found here:
http://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/

Dancing with the (sorta) Stars

Tell more more about Mike Catherwood.

He's hansome.
He's funny.
He's 32.
He's cute.
He used to be a body builder.
He can't really dance.
He's the most unknown star on DWTS.
He's the co-host of Loveline - although he doesn't have a face for radio.
His Twitter handle is @mcatherwood.
He used to be a drug addict.

Also, I want to marry him.

Mrs. Catherwood. And I wouldn't even need to change my initials.

Happy Birthday, Mase!

Happy Birthday, Amy!

And to celebrate her (your) birthday, please enjoy a collection of silly photos:

laughing. uncontrolably.

putting up with the crazies.

showing the love.

reaching great heights!

don't worry it's not real -- the gun or the cigarette.

dancing. (like her mom?)

excluded? never!

Also, Daisy sayz Hapee Birfdah!

I hope she (you) has a wonderful, family- and fun-filled birthday! Enjoy!

(I also hope she (you) doesn't remember these shared memories when it comes time to celebrate my birthday.)

Wild Wednesday: Black Kokanee Salmon

In 1940, a hydroelectric dam was constructed in northern Akita Prefecture, Japan. The project, it was known at the time, would destroy the only native habitat of the black kokanee salmon by making the waters too acidic for the fish to survive. Still, developers went ahead with their plans.

A concession was made to protect the species: 100,000 eggs were transported to nearby Lake Saiko (pictured above). Unfortunately, the transplanted eggs did not hatch and the species quickly became extinct. At least, that's what was thought.

Now, a new discovery suggests that a small population of kokanee salmon may have survived. 70 years later, a small population of the extremely rare fish was discovered in Saiko Lake.

The population had grown large enough as to be sustainable. Sustainable, that is, as long as the environment in and around the lake can be maintained. Lake Saiko, Nakabo explained, is a popular destination for tourists because of the views of Mount Fuji from its banks. A sudden influx of fisherman, especially, could threaten the survival of the fragile species.

Wild Wednesday: Ghost Orchid

The ghost orchid, a rare plant named for its almost transparent flowers and habit of hiding underground for years, was been found again in the UK after being declared extinct there in 2005.

The small flower does not rely on photosynthesis for sustenance and instead lives in symbiosis with an underground fungus that supplies nutrients. This allows the plant to survive underground for years without blooming.

The rediscovery of the translucent ghost orchid blossom is credited to the painstaking detective work of an amateur botanist, Mark Jannink, who allegedly greeted the flower with the words "Hello you? so there you are!" Before his recent discovery, there had been no sightings of the ghost orchid since 1986.

Erie Exceeds 100 Inches of Snow

Erie's snowfall total has hit triple digits.

The 9.8 inches of snow that fell at the Erie International Airport on Friday pushed the seasonal snowfall total to 103.8 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Cleveland. That's a little more than a foot above an average Erie winter. (Erie received 91.4 inches of snow during the winter of 2009-10.)

Is it just me? Didn't it feel like a mild winter in terms of snowfall? And I even had to experience shoveling for the first time (although I had a much shorter commute to work than last year).

What did you think of our winter in Erie?

Source: Erie Times-News

is it summer yet?

The Erie Downtown Partnership announced its 2011 Bud Light Summer Block Party schedule and Labatt Bike Night dates.

The Block Parties will again be raising money for local charities such as the Achievement Center, Autism Society, Community Health Net, Therapy Dogs United, Erie DAWN, the Maleno Family Fund, Safe Net and many more!

Here is the full schedule so you can start looking forward to summer:

• May 27th Bike Night
• June 16th The Cove/Rum Runners with bands Lucky Dog and Chrome
• June 23rd SeaWolves/BayHawks with One Sweet World
• June 24th Bike Night
• June 30th Plymouth Tavern with bands Blues Beaters and New Wave Nation
• July 1st Bike Night
• July 7th Cell Block with bands Earthquakers and Joe Bauchman
• July 21st Park Place/Boardwalk with bands Kristen & the Cosmonauts and Geek Army
• July 28th Brewerie at Union Station with bands 25 or 64 and Mans Room Band
• August 4th Sherlock’s/Molly Brannigan’s with bands Open Island and The Cover Up
• August 11th Skeeters Clubhouse & Grill with bands Leader of Men and Thirst N Howl
• August 12th Bike Night
• August 25th Crooked I/Docksider with bands Big Leg Emma and Eric Brewer & Vermont Tavern Friends
• Sept. 1st Scully’s with Next of Kin

Difference Between Cream Cheese and Neufchatel Cheese

There really is a reason why many people are confused between cream cheeses and Neufchatel cheeses. One of the reasons is because there is hardly any difference in terms of looks and taste. Saying one is a tastier cheese than the other is purely subjective. The second reason for the confusion is because of the many commercial variations made under the name of Neufchatel. The differences between the two depend on where you live or where you bought the product.

Clearly, Neufchatel cheese originally comes from France. Hence, other Neufchatel cheeses outside of this country like the U.S. version are not true Neufchatel cheeses. The true Neufchatel cheeses make use of whole milk, and not cream. On the other hand, the Neufchatel cheese version in America is made from cream and pasteurized milk.

Technically speaking, Neufchatel cheese is lower in fat content than cream cheese. No wonder many people regard Neufchatel cheese as the light cream cheese version. Named after Neufchatel, a town in France, it is often described as a soft type of cheese and at the same time unripened. If you compare 1 oz of cream cheese with the same amount of Neufchatel cheese then you’ll discover that the latter has about 6.6 g of fat compared to the former’s 9.9 g.

Neufchatel cheese also has more protein (2.8 g) as compared to cream cheese’s 2.1 g. Both cheeses have the same carbohydrate value. However, these values may vary a little depending on how the cheese was prepared like when some filler ingredients were added to make a certain Neufchatel cheese preparation (i.e. cheese stabilizers).

In France, Neufchatel cheese is just one kind of cream cheese. In fact, it is hailed as one of the oldest cream cheese of the land. Confusion sets in when many American manufacturers label some of their cheese products as Neufchatel cheese just because they contain a lower amount of fat than generic cream cheeses. As mentioned, these are not true Neufchatel cheeses.

Even though there are early roots that trace the history of cream cheese back to France, this cheese product is however made known to the world by an American who planned to copy Neufchatel cheese.

Lastly, cream cheeses are obviously the ideal cheese for making cheese cakes. Substituting the cheese component with other cheeses like the Neufchatel cheese simply won’t do the exact same desired result.

1. Neufchatel cheese has a lower fat content than cream cheese.

2. Neufchatel cheese originated from France while cream cheese, although it had some vague roots in France, flourished in the U.S.

Erie by the Numbers

The city of Erie's population remains on the decline, a trend since 1970 in each U.S. Census Bureau count, according to data released Wednesday. Erie's 2010 census population was 101,786, a decrease of nearly 2 percent since the 2000 census.

Erie is the fourth largest city in Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia: 1,526,006. (Population increase of 0.6%)
Pittsburgh: 305,704. (Population decrease of 8.6%),
Allentown: 118,032. (Population increase of 10.7%)
Erie: 101,786. (Population decrease of 1.9%)
Reading: 88,032. (Population increase of 8.5%).

Prior to the 2000 U.S. census, Erie was considered the third largest city. The city of Erie reached its peak census population in 1960, 138,440, and has declined in population every count since.

The drop in population wasn’t limited to Erie. Across northwestern Pennsylvania, a loss in population was reported in all five counties: Erie, Crawford, Warren, Mercer and Venango.

However, Erie County’s population remained mostly steady. The county’s total count only dropped by 277 people (a decrease of less than one-tenth of a percent).

Harborcreek Township had the largest population gain in the entire region. The township added 2,056 people — an increase of 13.5 percent. (Blogger's Note: Woop Woop! Go HC!) Check out Erie Times-News map of the regional changes.

As expected, the Hispanic population for the region did grow. The increase, though, wasn’t as significant as other areas throughout Pennsylvania. Statewide, the Hispanic population jumped by nearly 83 percent. For Erie County, the Hispanic population grew by 3,392 — a 55 percent increase. Crawford County’s Hispanic population rose by 286, or 53 percent.

The number of Pennsylvania residents increased 3.4 percent, to just over 12.7 million. Still, the state will lose one of its 19 congressional seats because of demographic changes.

6 Gas Saving Myths

There are a lot of myths out there when it comes to saving gas. So what does actually help improve your fuel economy? Instead of looking at your car to improve fuel economy, try changing the way you drive. Calm driving on the highway -- not zipping between lanes, tailgating or revving the engine so you quickly get up to speed -- can improve your fuel efficiency a whopping 33%. Remove any excess weight from your car to bump fuel economy another 2%, and drive sixty miles an hour (when the speed limit allows) on the highway for another 23% improvement in fuel efficiency. In the end, best fuel economy comes from a calm and safe driver, something that's a good thing regardless of the price we pay at the pump.

Here are six gas saving tips you may have heard, but that don't actually work.

1. Turning Off the AC

Air conditioning in your home does a number on your electric bill, so it must drain your gas tank too, right? Not so much. Auto testing at Consumer Reports proves that running the AC uses such a nominal amount more in gas, you may as well turn on the AC and be comfortable on a hot day. Rolling down your windows can add drag, zapping your car's efficiency; for best gas mileage, run the fan and keep your windows rolled up.

2. Filling Up When It's Cold Outside
Get your gas in the evening or early morning -- the fuel is cold, and therefore denser. The truth about this myth is that you can barely register a temperature difference, since gas is stored in cool underground tanks, so fill up when you want. There are no savings to be had by waiting until it's cool out.

3. Increasing Tire Pressure
To get the most out of your gallon of gas, you should pump up those tires, some say. While driving on underinflated tires can cost you 3.75% in fuel economy, overinflating tires can be downright dangerous, since it reduces your grip on the road and could cause an accident. Proper tire inflation is important for safety and longevity of your tires, but don't expect any significant gas savings there.

4. Pouring Additives
Where there's a need, there's a product, but that doesn't mean it actually works. Our desire for better fuel economy seems answered by fuel additives and even bolt-on devices -- but they're a complete waste of money according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

5. Changing the Air Filter
Taking care of your car is a good thing: You'll be able to drive it longer, and get the most for your money. Don't expect maintenance like changing the air filter to get you more miles out of the gas tank, though. Consumer Reports tests have shown that with today's computerized cars, clogged air filters don't actually reduce fuel economy. Take care of your car to make it last, but don't look at air filters to reduce your gas expense.

6. Keeping the Engine Running
Starting a car sucks up fuel, some say, so keep the engine idling when possible. That's bad advice: today's fuel-injected vehicles are efficient and don't waste gas during start-ups anymore. In fact, idling can cost you up to half a gallon of gas an hour, so turn off the engine if you're not going anywhere.

And in case you are looking for more tips, I blogged two years ago (when gas was almost at $4/gallons), ten tips to conserve gasoline.

Source: Yahoo Finance

How to Brew a Greener Cup of Coffee

You're already greener for making your coffee at home instead of driving to the coffee shop and burning fossil fuel. Could you do more? Here, experts' tips on brewing greener:

Buy From a Local Roaster
Buy from a local roaster to reduce the impact of "coffee-miles-traveled" to your cup, says Kimberly Lord Stewart, author of Eating Between the Lines: The Supermarket Shopper's Guide to the Truth Behind Food Labels (St. Martin's Press, 2007). After all, coffee is grown chiefly in equatorial regions, so the beans have already made a long journey; by shopping local, you'll keep it from being any longer. And chances are the beans will be fresher since you've eliminated some of the middlemen steps. Don't forget to reuse or recycle the container you bring your beans home in. Extra points for choosing an environmentally committed roaster like Boulder, Colorado's Conscious Coffees—which makes deliveries by bike and recycles its coffee leftovers into fertilizer for local farms.

Choose an Organic Brew
Choose an organic brew, preferably Fair Trade certified. Opting for certified organic coffee is your guarantee that the beans were grown, processed and harvested without toxic chemicals or pesticides. A "Fair Trade Certified" stamp from TransFair USA casts an even wider net, as it ensures that fair-wage standards and equitable social and working conditions, as well as environmental standards, were met.

Beyond those labels, "you can decide to support an additional cause if it's important to you," notes Kenneth Davids, founder of coffeereview.com, the go-to coffee buying guide for industry insiders. "Bird-friendly" coffees, certified with a stamp from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, help ensure coffee was grown with surrounding vegetation and trees left intact, preserving sanctuary for migratory birds (and, incidentally, bees and other pollinating insects). Likewise, a Rainforest Alliance Certification stamp attests that strict guidelines were followed to protect the coffee region's habitat, local population, and wildlife.

But finding "Shade-Grown" on a label is a less helpful guide, Davids notes. "There's no clear definition of what it actually means." What's more, he adds, "in some places you can't grow coffee in shade—such as Brazil or Kona, Hawaii."

Skip the Plastic Pods
Skip the plastic pods. Until someone invents a biodegradable version, disposable coffee pods used in single-cup brewers add to landfill waste—so Stewart recommends avoiding them. Reusable pods are available but a little tricky to use. If you want to brew just a cup at a time with less waste, try a single-cup brewer.

Recycle Your Grounds
Recycle your grounds. Compost nitrogen-rich coffee grounds or use them in your garden: mix directly into the soil for an acidic boost, sprinkle on the surface to make a slug and ant barrier or steep grounds in water for a couple hours to make a nourishing brew for watering plants.

Source: Eating Well

Wild Wednesday: Eastern Cougar

The Eastern cougar, a subspecies of the mountain lion, was officially declared extinct last Wednesday, March 2, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ending 38 years on the Endangered Species List (ESA).

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has concluded there are no longer any wild populations of mountain lions in the eastern United States. Researchers believe the subspecies has probably been extinct since the 1930s.

Although sightings have been consistently reported up to the present-day, no sightings have been confirmed of the cougar since the 30s.

"We recognize that many people have seen cougars in the wild within the historical range of the eastern cougar. However, we believe those cougars are not the eastern cougar subspecies. We found no information to support the existence of the eastern cougar," explained the Service’s Northeast Region Chief of Endangered Species Martin Miller.
Cougars sighted in the area may be western mountain lions expanding their range or escaped pets.

Remaining cougar subspecies in the U.S. include the North American cougar, inhabiting the western US, and the Florida panther, which is considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List, and survives in a few protected areas in Florida.

The Eastern cougar is not the first megafauna subspecies to vanish in the US. Both the Eastern elk and Merriam's elk were killed off in the late nineteenth century; the California golden bear vanished in the 1920s while the Mexican grizzly bear became extinct in the 1960s; and a number of contested subspecies of wolf have also vanished in the US including the Florida black wolf, the cascade mountain wolf, and the southern Rocky Mountains wolf.

Bruce Wright, New Brunswick wildlife biologist and author, with what is believed to be the last eastern puma, or cougar. The puma was trapped by Rosarie Morin of St. Zacharie, Quebec, in Somerset County, Maine in 1938. Mounted specimen resides in the New Brunswick Museum in St. John, New Brunswick.

About 1880, the last known mountain lion was killed near the border of Pennsylvania's Centre and Clinton counties north of the Penn State campus. The lion's hunters gave it to Penn State, and the stuffed and mounted lion was displayed in Old Main and Recreation Hall. Eventually, that lion was displayed at the World's Fair in Chicago and in the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, where it remained 40 years until the university reclaimed it about 20 years ago. The mountain lion now is displayed at Pattee Library.

5 reasons not to quit coffee

1. It protects your heart: Moderate coffee drinkers (1 to 3 cups/day) have lower rates of stroke than noncoffee drinkers, an effect linked to coffee’s antioxidants. Coffee has more antioxidants per serving than blueberries, making it the biggest source of antioxidants in American diets. All those antioxidants may help suppress the damaging effect of inflammation on arteries. Immediately after drinking it, coffee raises your blood pressure and heart rate, but over the long term, it actually may lower blood pressure as coffee’s antioxidants activate nitric oxide, widening blood vessels.

2. It diverts diabetes: Those antioxidants (chlorogenic acid and quinides, specifically) play another role: boosting your cells’ sensitivity to insulin, which helps regulate blood sugar. In fact, people who drink 4 or more cups of coffee each day may have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to some studies. Other studies have shown that caffeine can blunt the insulin-sensitivity boost, so if you do drink several cups a day, try mixing in decaf occasionally.

3. Your liver loves it: OK, so the research here is limited, but it looks like the more coffee people drink, the lower their incidence of cirrhosis and other liver diseases. One analysis of nine studies found that every 2-cup increase in daily coffee intake reduced liver cancer risk by 43 percent. Again, it’s those antioxidants—chlorogenic and caffeic acids—and caffeine that might prevent liver inflammation and inhibit cancer cells.

4. It boosts your brain power: Drinking between 1 and 5 cups a day (admittedly a big range) may help reduce risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as Parkinson’s disease, studies suggest. Those antioxidants may ward off brain cell damage and help the neurotransmitters involved in cognitive function to work better.

5. It helps your headaches: And not just the withdrawal headaches caused by skipping your daily dose of caffeine! Studies show that 200 milligrams of caffeine—about the amount in 16 ounces of brewed coffee—provides relief from headaches, including migraines. Exactly how caffeine relieves headaches isn’t clear. But scientists do know that caffeine boosts the activity of brain cells, causing surrounding blood vessels to constrict. One theory is that this constriction helps to relieve the pressure that causes the pain, says Robert Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of neurology and director of the Headache Clinic at the University of Vermont Medical School.

Source: Shine from Yahoo

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Green Your Movie-Goin​g

In honor of the 83rd annual Oscars, this week's tips are about how to green your cinematic experiences.

Tip #1: Attend a local film festival
Cannes and Sundance sound fabulous, but chances are there's a film festival closer to you that won't have you leaving such a large carbon footprint. Local gatherings offer the chance to see smaller budget, indie films that might not have made it to the cineplex. They also promote the works of local filmmakers and are great places to connect with regional artists and activists. Find film fests anywhere from San Francisco to rural Vermont and everywhere in between.
 
Tip #2: Find a green movie theater
Lights (solar-powered), camera (also solar-powered), action! Movie theaters are going green, from California to the U.K. The historic Palm Theater in San Luis Obispo, California, became the world’s first fully solar-powered movie theater in 2004; movie buffs can see an up-to-the minute display of the building’s energy output in the lobby. Folsom, California's Palladio 16 Cinemas has the largest solar array of any cinema complex. And Sol Cinema, a tiny mobile setup, is the world’s smallest solar-powered theater. There are also theaters like Brooklyn’s reRun that serve sustainable snacks and organic drinks. If you can't find an eco-friendly movie venue near you, encourage your local theater to go greener.

Tip #3: See a movie with a mission
They’re not always easy to find in theaters but supporting cause-based films is an excellent way to get informed and bolster environmental initiatives. National Geographic, for example, will donate proceeds from The Last Lions (out Mar. 4), to the Big Cats Initiative. A 2008 film with an incredible story, Taking Root: the Vision of Wangari Maathai helped fund the Green Belt Movement. And The Cove's producers capitalized on their film’s success to work with conservation organizations to create real change.

Wild Wednesday: New Crayfish Species

A new species of giant crayfish literally crawled out from under a rock in Tennessee, proving that large new species of animals can be found in highly populated and well-explored places.

The new crayfish should not have been easily overlooked, as it is large -- twice the size of other species, the team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Eastern Kentucky University said. But the crustacean is also quite rare.

"This isn't a crayfish that someone would have picked up and just said, 'Oh, it's another crayfish,' and put it back," said University of Illinois aquatic biologist Chris Taylor, one of the researchers. "You would have recognized it as something really, really different and you would have saved it."
Taylor and Guenter Schuster of Eastern Kentucky University found their first specimen of the new species under one of the biggest rocks in the deepest part of a commonly explored Tennessee creek.

The new species, called Barbicambarus simmonsi, is about 5 inches long and has antennae covered with a sensitive fringe of tiny, hair-like bristles, called setae.

More than half of the 600 known species of crayfish in the world are found in North America, Taylor said.
"We spend millions of dollars every year on federal grants to send biologists to the Amazon, to Southeast Asia -- all over the world looking for and studying the biodiversity of those regions," Schuster said. "But the irony is that there's very little money that is actually spent in our own country to do the same thing. And there are still lots of areas right here in the U.S. that need to be explored."

a smile a day keeps the doctor away

A new study released Monday adds to growing evidence that having a positive attitude can help you live longer.

Researchers looked at nearly 3,000 patients over 15 years who underwent hospital treatment for heart disease and found that those who had the highest expectations of a full recovery had a higher chance of living longer than those who were pessimistic about their chance of recovery.

And many experts say there's good reason to believe your attitude can shape your outcome. The degrees of evidence observed in these studies suggest that optimism is a powerful 'drug' that compares favorably with highly effective medical therapies.
Plus patients with a 'positive' attitude may simply be healthier than patients with a negative attitude. In fact, their 'attitude' may reflect their health status.