Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Rx and Pets

A news and a question.
The question first: "What's Rx?"
And now the news.
salutim
Peltio
From Texas A&M University (
http://www.tamu.edu/
)
 Rx For A Better Life? Get A Pet, And Do It Now
COLLEGE STATION, - It might be the prescription of the future: Take two
aspirin and get a pet immediately.
Numerous studies have shown that pets - or at least the presence of
animals - can have medical benefits that are beyond dispute. These range
from lowering blood pressure to lessening anxiety and depression and even to
faster healing times after surgery.
Fido is no placebo - he can literally be man's best friend when people are
ailing.
"We have known for many years that the company of a pet can be of benefit in
a variety of ways, but exactly why this is, no one seems to have the
answer," says Dr. Bonnie Beaver, who specializes in animal behavior and
human-animal relationships at Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary
Medicine.
"For example, the long-term survival rates of heart attack victims who had a
pet have been shown to be significantly longer than for those who did not.
There is also data showing that widows who have cats are better off
medically during the first year, which is a critical stress time, than
widows who do not."
Other studies have shown that:
* Senior adults who own dogs go to the doctor less than those who do not. In
a study of 100 Medicare patients, those who owned dogs made 21 percent fewer
visits to a physician than non-dog owners;
* Pet owners have lower blood pressure, and one study showed that just 10
minutes in the company of an animal significantly reduced blood pressure
rates;
* Pet owners have lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels than non-owners;
* Pet owners have overall better physical health due to exercise with their
pets;
* 70 percent of families surveyed reported an increase in family happiness
and fun after acquiring a pet;
* Children exposed to pets during their first year of life have a lower
frequency of some allergies and asthma;
* Children who suffer from autism have more prosocial behaviors if they own
a pet;
* Owning a pet - especially a dog - helps children in families better adjust
to the serious illness or death of a parent;
* Pets decrease feelings of loneliness and isolation in their owners;
* Having a pet may decrease heart attack mortality rates by 3 percent, which
translates into 30,000 lives saved annually;
* Positive self-esteem in children is enhanced if the child owns a pet;
* Children owning pets are more likely to be involved in sports, hobbies,
clubs or even chores;
* Victims of AIDS who own a pet report less depression and reduced stress
levels.
Many groups take pets to visit residents of nursing homes, and usually the
experience is a very positive one for both the pet and the individual.
"Many people in nursing homes had pets all of their lives, but for several
reasons, are not allowed to in an extended-care facility," says Beaver.
"The tendency is to make those places 'sterile,' with minimal plants or
animals. Those who bring in nature of all kinds generally bring in a better
quality of life to their residents."
The reverse is also true - the life of a pet is usually enhanced if its
owner cares for it properly.
"Geriatric animals in most veterinary settings are those that have had
loving and caring owners who followed good husbandry practices," she adds.
"We don't really understand why pets make us feel better and in some cases,
add years to our own lives," Beaver explains.
"There are many forms of the animal-person relationship. Some are not good,
some are neutral, some are not realistic at all and some are very nurturing.
Different people get different benefits from the animal, and even different
benefits at different stages in the person's life."

The question first: "What's Rx?"
A doctor's
prescription for a medicine.
It's probably an abbreviation for something
Latin, forgot what.
---
Xakero
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  Rx For A Better Life? Get A Pet, And Do It Now
Ma sě, prenditi un cagnetto che ti lecchi tutto e che ti ami anche cosě come
sei, e piantala di rompere i coglioni alla gente.

The question first: "What's Rx?"
QUOTE
Main
Entry: Rx 
Pronunciation: "är-'eks
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration
of <rx>, symbol used at the beginning of a prescription, abbreviation for
Latin recipe, literally, take -- more at RECIPE
Date: 1926
: a medical
prescription  
UNQUOTE
Source: 
www.webster.com
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The question first: "What's Rx?"
While on the
subject of Rx: Do you happen to have an Rx to get rid of an oik? It would
be an oikicide, I guess.
I see that the obnoxious oik -- you know who --
is rearing his ugly head again in this ng with increasing frequency.
If
I weren't on the move so much, I'd get myself a cat or a rabbit, or both.
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It would be an oikicide, I guess.
That would be good riddance 
+--
I know you can't speak, I know you can't sign
So cry right here on the dotted line

 be an oikicide, I guess.
Hai già rinnovato la tessera al Ku Klux Klan? Affrettati.

 provider soon enough.
Hai già rinnovato l'iscrizione al Klu Klux Klan? Affrettati.

 or both.
Yeah, I know what you mean. It's high time those fast food chains offered
something more than beef and chicken.
saluti,
Peltio
who adopted a rat. An overly squealing one. I think it should be returned to
the doctor.
PS
Watching the fireworks, looking at the fireworks, or both?

 Watching the fireworks, looking at the fireworks, or both?
Hai letto del tizio a cui i fuochi artificiali (che stava preparando in
segreto per una Grande Festa) sono scoppiati in mano?
Qualcosa mi dice che nel giro di qualche giorno qualcosa scoppierà in mano
anche a te... beh, diciamo 'scapperà di mano' anche a te. Se avrai bisogno
di aiuto, chiamami. Adoro perdonare chi mi fa del male.

 Stupid Egocentric Rat, in short: LASER.
ROTFL
Dear Prof. Peltio,
you forgot to mention, in order to describe accurately the phenomenon, the
effect of several totally reflective and partially reflective mirrors in
stimulating the emission of OTons.
Giorgio Fabry-Perot

Tale Mr Fisk mi ha appena definito su Icl "uno dei più noti troll di tutta
usenet". Il mio persecutore ufficiale Peltio - di Icling - ha parlato a sua
volta di assoluta necessità di "contenimento di un troll pernicioso come
questo".
Naturalmente si tratta di mere leggende usenettiane. La mia pretesa
*perniciosità* sta tutta nell'invio di qualche bonario sfottò ai danni di
vari tromboni che impazzano in vari ng NON moderati, e di cui si ostinano a
considerarsi moderatori (benché senza portafoglio).
Come ha reagito l'abuseman di Libero davanti alle loro segnalazioni
compulsive (Angelini dice le parolacce, Angelini ci prende per i fondelli,
Angelini non ha rispetto per i capi carismatici del nostro ng e altre menate
dello stesso tenore...)? Ebbene il poveretto, in parte fuorviato dalla
quantità delle segnalazioni, in parte incurante della loro SCADENTE qualità,
in parte perché probabilmente incapace di distinguere l'INNOCUO dal NOCUO,
non ci ha pensato due volte e mi ha blacklistato il numero di telefono.
Non così l'abuseman di Tin.it (il nuovo provider a cui mi sono appoggiato)
il quale, malgrado la pioggia di segnalazioni a sua volta ricevute da questa
piagnucolosa folla di paggi e trabanti, è riuscito a mantenere il proprio
sangue freddo e a onorare il proprio convincimento che non si può trattare
un utente alla stregua di un malavitoso o di un pedofilo (sospendendogli la
luce, l'acqua, il gas, Internet), solo perché qualche net-talebano si è
messo in testa  che ***Dio è con lui*** (cfr. 'Got mit uns') nella sua
improbabile crociata contro i DIVERSI della rete. Evviva, dunque, Tin.it, di
cui *mi pregio* tessere questo PUBBLICO ELOGIO.

 Watching the fireworks, looking at the fireworks, or both?
Dear R.A., KISA, etc
One can I believe both watch fireworks, or watch the fireworks display as
well as look at the fireworks or look at the firewor....well you get the
gist.
Hoping Rat and Thee are well and wearing suitable eye protective shades for
the dazzle that is surely imminent,
--
I remain as always, etc.,ecc.,
Bambi
dtb

 the dazzle that is surely imminent,
Sono davvero preoccupato per il *cuore* di Peltio.

 the dazzle that is surely imminent,
Sono davvero preoccupato per un *cuore* che sta a cuore a Peltio.

 Xakero
Try the quaint English custom of sending someone to Coventry.
Loki
-- 
  Brevity is the soul of wit.    W.Shakespeare

 Watching the fireworks, looking at the fireworks, or both?
 watching is good :-) 
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Try
the quaint English custom of sending someone to Coventry.
I didn't know
that one and had to look it up on 
dictionary.cambridge.org
Most
appropriate, I should say. Exactly what I meant by giving somebody the
silent treatment. I shall have to remember it.
Thank you for the
illumination!
It’s a pity 
dictionary.cambridge.org
 doesn’t give the
etymology, and 
m-w.com
 that does does not list this idiom. The Concise
Oxford Dictionary says the origin of the phrase is uncertain. Perhaps there
once was in Coventry a monastery whose monks (Franciscans? Benedictines?)
had vowed silence.
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xak...@hotmail.com
 (Xakero) wrote:
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ( see
www.bartleby.com/81/
 )
1  To send one to Coventry. To take no notice of him; to let
him live and move and have his being with you, but pay no more
heed to him than to the idle winds which you regard not.
According to Messrs. Chambers (Cyclopśdia), the citizens of Coventry
had at one time so great a dislike to soldiers that a woman seen
speaking to one was instantly tabooed. No intercourse was ever
allowed between the garrison and the town; hence, when a
soldier was sent to Coventry, he was cut off from all social intercourse.    
2  Hutton, in his History of Birmingham, gives a different
version. He says that Coventry was a stronghold of the
parliamentary party in the civil wars, and that all troublesome and
refractory royalists were sent there for safe custody 
3  The former explanation meets the general scope of the phrase
the better. (See BOYCOTT.)
J


www.bartleby.com/81/
 )
Thank for this UEL, Julian. Very useful!
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 Latin recipe, literally, take -- more at RECIPE
<cut>
That's interesting... I hadn't a clue but, at first sight, I thought the
pronunciation were "a:ks" which made me think of that ship packed with
animals...wrong conclusion, forget it
Tabhall

experience is a very positive one for both the pet and the individual.
Yes.  Many years ago (when I was young) I worked at Pets Unlimited, a non-kill
cat shelter in SF founded by Alice Coldwell who recently passed away.  I am not
sure how much familiarity people in Italy have with the Coldwells.  They're
bankers.
Every Tuesday morning we used to take dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits and
whatever else happened to be at the shelter that day to the Laguna Honda
Hospital Residents.  This was one of the first pet facilitated therapy programs
in the country.  It was a joy to see those old folks (some of them with no
family, no friends and no visitors) interact with the animals.  Believe it or
not, our visit was the highlight of their week.  I'd say that so much happiness
can only be good for your health!  
The article was very interesting and well written, but it failed to mention one
of the latest "applications" of the animal/pet/human bond: pets in prisons.
ciao
Arianna

 had vowed silence.
It may have something to do with Lady Godiva. In fact we have the
term "peeping tom" from that time. And maybe it also came from the
legend that the townspeople turned their backs to Lady Godiva as she
rode through town naked. Now, for the townspeople it would have been
out of respect for her to turn their backs. Then later, as is their
wont, the expression could have been turned around to be a shutting
out of an individual, but not through respect.
The other explanations just don't cut it in my mind ( soldiers etc)
Try a google search on 'send coventry' it has more hits.
Cheers,
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