A Few Health Benefits of Wine

By John Forde



I've had wine on my mind lately. Here are some of the wine-related news stories I've been thinking about that I thought you'd be interested in:

• First, the Swedish study. Turns out wine (a little, not a lot) is good for helping you keep rhythm. In your heartbeat, that is. Especially if you're a woman. But only wine. Not beer or spirits, which don't have the same positive effect.
   
• According to a Spanish study, moderate wine drinking also cuts the risk of lung cancer by 13 percent. (But quitting smoking works even better.)
   
• And, say the Canadians, did you know that drinking wine can help prevent gum disease? Might stain your teeth, though. And, uh, it's not a replacement for the brush-n-floss routine.

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Notes From Asia: Useful Confucian Sayings

By Michael Masterson

While in Asia, I've been reading a little booklet called "A Collection of Confucius's Sayings," and have found a few maxims you might find useful:

• There is a single saying that can govern one's life. It is expressed with the word shu, which means never do to others what you would not want them to do to you.

• He who is able to put five sorts of morals into practice in this world may be called good. The five are courtesy, breadth, good faith, diligence, and clemency.
   
• The great man understands what is right. The petty man understands what is profitable.
   
• When you see a good man, think of emulating him. When you see a bad man, examine yourself.
   
• When honesty overbalances refinement, crudeness results. When refinement overbalances honesty, there is superficiality. Only when refinement and honesty are duly balanced will the great man emerge.
   
• Set your heart upon the Way, support yourself by virtue, lean upon goodness, and seek distraction in the arts.
   
• With coarse food to eat, cold water to drink, and the bended arm as a pillow, happiness may still exist.
   
• The true gentleman is conciliatory but not accommodating. The common man is accommodating but not conciliatory.
   
• The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.
   
• There are nine things of which great men must be mindful: to see when they look; to hear when they listen; to be gentle in appearance; to be respectful in manners; to be faithful in words; to be earnest in service; to inquire when in doubt; to think when in anger; to be just when they have an advantage.

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Word to the Wise: Moiety

A "moiety" (MOY-uh-tee) is a small portion or share. It is derived from the Latin for "middle."

Example (as used by Mark Twain in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer): "Tom divided the cake and Becky ate with good appetite, while Tom nibbled at his moiety."

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