Sometimes, during my daily browsing of the Web for news and interesting angles on the sport science world, I get lucky and hit a home run. I stumbled on this great May 2007 Wired article by Jennifer Kahn, Wayne Gretzky-Style 'Field Sense' May Be Teachable. It ties together the people and themes of my last three posts, focusing on the concept of perception in sports.
Wayne Gretzky is o
Bonnie's getting so much hair. Any Winston Churchill babies in need of some, I will see what I can do. She will be rivaling Conor within a month at this rate.Conor claimed that "my brain is moving" today. This was followed by a squishy faced, screwed up eyes expression and grunting. He basically looked badly constipated. He was trying to make his brain move more. He also vacuumed most of th
I once had the unusual, but fortunately, taking into account the possibility of the same phenomenon in the brains of a man who, in a paroxysm of alcoholic excitement, decapitated himself under the wheel of a railway transport, and whose brains were immediately evolved from the skull by the crash. The brains themselves, whole, it was for me within three minutes after death. The exhaled the smell
Researchers using brain scans have found new evidence that biology—and not environment—is at the core of sexual orientation. Scientists at the Stockholm Brain Institute in Sweden report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA that gay men and straight women share similar traits—most notably in the size of their brains and the activity of the amygdala—an area of the brain
An interesting article has been posted on Yahoo News.
A Swedish research claims that straight women and gay men may have similar brains.
[...] scientists tracked connectivity in the amygdala, the region of the brain involved in emotional learning and in activating the fight-or-flight response. They noted strong similarities between gay men and straight women, and lesbians and straight men.
It
New binoculars use brain waves to activate enemy detection algorithms based on threat responseThe enemy is the area. You scan the perimeter alert, tense. Your pulse races.In the past such situations called for constant surveillance via binoculars either discrete or in headgear to try to spot the approaching enemy. However, such binoculars were limited by reaction times and luck, and the skilled
Actually, I made that last half of the title up, but it wouldn't surprise me if he did.National Geographic News reported today that heterosexual men and homosexual women, and their respective opposites, share significant physiological and neurological similarities in their brains.Differences both in the brain activity and anatomy were observed in a study involving 90 men and women, including homos
Gyananand - the joy of true knowledge! And no doubt a divine pleasure filled one's heart on hearing Gyananand speak. Even prose spilled out of his lips like a divine sweet song, and he could enthral huge crowds with his powerful speech. When he stirred the emotions of the audience not a eye remained dry, and with light anecdotes he would have them rolling in the aisles.
Yet there was a time when
Well, here is one actress who surely knows how to give those learnt by heart answers but is really bad in common sense and most general of knowledge. Dia Mirza, the actress who had represented India in international beauty pageant, doesn’t even know the easiest of history of her own country. The girl, who is seen giving cheesy answers while talking about her movie, couldn’t answer when asked t
Thanks to the ubiquity of text on the Internet, not to mention the popularity of text-messaging on cell phones, we may well be reading more today than we did in the 1970s or 1980s, when television was our medium of choice. But it’s a different kind of reading, and behind it lies a different kind of thinking—perhaps even a new sense of the self. “We are not only what we read,” says Maryanne
A University of Alberta researcher in collaboration with researchers from Duke University has proven that wisdom really does come with age, at least when it comes to your emotions. A study conducted by Dr Florin Dolcos, assistant professor of psychiatry and neuroscience in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, identified brain patterns that help healthy older people regulate and control emotion
Well, here is one actress who surely knows how to give those learnt by heart answers but is really bad in common sense and most general of knowledge. Dia Mirza, the actress who had represented India...
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Ever wondered why men are more violent than women? Scientists think they have found an explanation.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Three-year-olds whose mothers ate more fish while pregnant with them score better on several tests of cognitive function than their peers whose mothers avoided seafood, a new study shows.
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There’s a scene that arrives early in Sylvester Stallone’s bloody 2008 action extravaganza Rambo (aka John Rambo) that should, in theory, help soothe the irritated souls of those who believed this unnecessary sequel wouldn’t capture the balls-out intensity of our hero’s previous adventures. The sequences, without giving too much away, is a brutal, uncompromising confrontati
Brains From Thunderbirds Dancingfor all the geeks out there, here's Brains dancing! This is a new TV ad for drench water featuring Brains from Thunderbirds dancing to 90s Classic ‘Rhythm is a Dancer’ by SNAP!”all clips via LOLFACTORY.BLOGSPOT.COM
Well you know us, we make fun of everything and its hard not to resist poking fun at the obvious. But of course the sobering reality is that many of us struggle with our weight and having a higher awareness and interest in the culinary arts can (if you’re not careful) make ‘watching your [...]
by Kara Gavin Depressed people may have far fewer of the receptors for some of the brain's "feel good" stress-response chemicals than non-depressed people, new University of Michigan Depression Center research shows. And even among depressed people, the numbers of these receptors can vary greatly. What's more, the number of receptors a depressed person has appears to be linked with the severity o
The present Chairman of the Tata Group, Ratan Tata is now in the list of 73 biggest brains in business for his innovation of 1 lakh rupee Nano car. A US business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio, has published the list of 73 biggest brains of business. Other important business tycoons in this list are Bill [...]
Awhile back I discussed the reporter, Sonia and Chili of TLC. I said I thought Chili could be their child. At the time I thought the reporter was Gene. He is not. I believe he is his younger brother.
If the reporter knew Sonia, it is also possible Gene knew Darnetta– supposedly [...]
A study found that cannabinoid receptor antagonists, a relatively new class of weight loss drugs, stunted the brains of juvenile mice. It is possible that such drugs could have similar effects on human children.
Several new anti-obesity treatments, including Merck's taranabant and rimonabant -- sold in Europe as Acomplia -- reduce appetite by blocking the brain's cannabinoid receptors. But they also have disturbing side effects that are only now becoming apparent.
Other researchers have found that cannabinoid receptor blockers interfere with neural connectivity in rat brains -- a phenomenon associated with depression in humans. The FDA has so far refused to approve Acomplia because it appears to cause anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Suicide victims who were abused as children have clear genetic changes in their brains, Canadian researchers reported on Tuesday in a finding they said shows neglect can cause biological effects.
The findings offer potential ways to find people at high risk of suicide, and perhaps to treat them and prevent future suicides.
And, the [...]
Ever since mobile phones got popular on the worldwide markets, researchers have been trying to find a link between their emitted radiation and brain cancer conditions. However, given the fact that the achieved results are absolutely irrelevant, anti-mobile phone groups started to pinch other sensitive chords: gonad cancer. The researchers' explanations would always detail on the fact that, while using the mobile phone, users get the device dangerously close to the parietal bone. Moreover, while holding it inside the pocket, the handheld device spreads radiation fields around, which could trigger miscellaneous conditions related to the crotch area. However, all the studies conducted by now omitted an essential aspect of using mobile phones: the device almost always rests in the pal
Microsoft turn to free software? Thatll be the day. Some have suggested that Microsoft might embrace free software and thus resolve the present conflict. That actually would be a terrific strategy for them, but I dont think that Microsoft is smart enough to do it.
Microsoft turn to free software? Thatll be the day. Some have suggested that Microsoft might embrace free software and thus resolve the present conflict. That actually would be a terrific strategy for them, but I dont think that Microsoft is smart enough to do it.
Northwestern University researchers of washington have pioneered a technique called targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), which allows an artificial limb to respond directly to the brain’s signals, making it much easier to use than traditional motorized body parts.The technique, which is still under development, allows wearers to open and close their artificial hands and bend and straighten their artificial elbows nearly as naturally as their own arms.“The idea is that when you lose your arm, you lose the motors, the muscles and the structural elements of the bones. But the control information should still be there in the residual nerves,” said Dr Todd A Kuiken, a physiatrist at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and professor at Northwestern University.He conceived the idea of t
weird factsScientists have been able to take control of flies' brains to make females behave just like males.Researchers genetically modified the insects so that a group of brain cells that control sexual behaviour could be "switched on" by a pulse of light.The team was able to get female fruit flies to produce a courtship song - behaviour usually only seen in males.The study, published in the journal Cell, suggests that the wiring in male and female flies' brains is similar.Scanning electron micrograph of the fruit fly (SPL)What would happen if we turned the neurons on in femalesGero MiesenboeckGero Miesenboeck, from Oxford University, UK, who carried out the research with J. Dylan Clyne from Yale University, US, said: "It is often the case that males have to work very hard to convince fe
Starting a three way collaboration, between Vans, Bad Brains and Supreme, we have a new Vans Sk8 Hi. Each bringing their own history, Bad Brains is a American Hardcore Punk Rock Band which formed 1977 in Washington D.C.
Three different colorways of the Vans Sk8 Hi x Bad Brains x Supreme which main base colors [...]
Bad Brains is an American Hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1977. Highly regarded as being among the pioneers of hardcore punk, though Bad Brains themselves have objected to the term “hardcore” to describe their music.
Bad Brains has had a major influence on skate culture, therefore it was only natural for Supreme to [...]
The tech buzz is over. I blame Sarbanes-Oxley. Get rid of it.
USA doing a poor job of tech recycling.
Google discussion. The company has a lot of free food. Google also has a campus clothing store.
What the hell is nerdic?
I’m distracted by the fact that big brains mean longer life.
AT&T lays [...]
MIT's team competes at the International Collegiate Programming Contest.
A team of MIT students was named regional champions--and placed second overall--in 32nd annual International Collegiate Programming Contest, held recently in Alberta, Canada. The IBM-sponsored competition, also known as the "Battle of the Brains", challenged students to solve a semester's worth of computer programming
Earlier this month, the upcoming collaboration between Bad Brains, Supreme and Vans was previewed and displayed three different color-ways. Each shoe has been designed with the band’s colors, Red, Green and Yellow which will also be incorporated into the matching apparel that will go along the shoes. Unfortunately, no release date has been announced, but [...]
Sumpreme is known for their interesting collaborations with artists, celebreties and musicians. Their latest is with hardcore punk band, Bad Brains on a set of Vans Sk8-Highs done in the bands colors of red, green and yellow. This pictures showed up in Shoe Master Vol. 09 with no specified release date at [...]
As a New Yorker and someone that lives in Brooklyn a big victory was won today. Today the New York State Assembly rejected a "congestion pricing" proposal by Mayor Bloomberg(recently passed by the NY City Council)that would have charged cars and commercial vehicles 8 dollars and trucks 21 dollars to enter certain zones within Manhattan during peak hours from 6am - 6pm. The plan was seen as an environmental plan to reduce pollution. The money collected from congestion pricing would theoretically have been used to pay for upgrades and more service within the MTA.The NY Daily News reports the major contributing as factor to why the congestion pricing plan was killed: Its fate was sealed after Bloomberg refused to negotiate major changes in his plan to charge cars $8 to enter Manhattan below
Supreme and Vans are set to hook up again to pay homage to the mighty Bad Brains with these Rastafarian sytle Sk8-His. Expect Supreme to accompany the release with a range of matching apparel. Stay posted for release dates.
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I moved to America about one year ago after living and traveling all over the world and thought I would be pretty competent around personal finance and investing activities. However I soon realized that I had a lot to learn and was already behind the curve for my age group. So I started this blog as a way to track, record and share ideas along the way.Most of the topics on which I write about, you could find on the thousands of personal finance and investing sites currently out there. What I bring to it is a personal touch and unique perspective based on my own direct and indirect experiences. So what I write is what I live. I am married with a young kid, have a decent household income, growing share/funds portfolio and hope to retire before I am 50. These dimensions/goals provide a lot of
On April 6 to April 9, 2008, the world’s most creative minds in the information technology field will gather in Alberta, Canada. This is because the 32nd annual World Finals from the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest will be held there. Being sponsored by IBM, this event is a noteworthy contest especially [...]
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HOLLYWOOD, CA – In a bold career move for repeatedly publicly declared ex-porn queen Jenna Jameson, the de-enhanced bottle blonde will appear in the soon-to-be-released Sony Pictures mega pic, Zombie Strippers.With theatrical release set for April 18th, fans of the presumably mostly clothed porn-mega-star-turned-undead-movie-stripper will soon get the opportunity to ogle her super slim [...]
Children Reading or Brains Becoming Mush - Do you read to your children? Do they read to you? Do you think reading is important? What will happen if your children tell you - I don't like to read. It's boring, read on. More: continued here Other Review: Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (Audio CD)
Are you trying to loose weight but not having much luck, then the Diet Sunglasses might be what you need. Yumetai is a Japanese company that have created these sunglasses that have deep blue lenses that are said to calm the brains appetite centre and will make the food you eat look disgusting but at [...]
After a month of easy village living in the South of India, we took a break from the yoga routine and went up for a wild weekend in Bombay (Mumbai). There we ran into our friends in the Smirnoff Ten, and checked out a new music club called Blue Frog. In the club's brochure, the chef claims to be knowledgeable about "obscure meats" but we didn't see any on the menu.
We were told that lamb
Getting over with it, I am now getting used to Ubuntu's. Am already using it for 3 weeks? Maybe. And Now Holy week is almost ending and summer is already starting. Speaking of summer, me and my...
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New Statistics Canada figures show that along with tradespeople, there is a huge surge of post-secondary school graduates choosing Edmonton over trendy spots like Montreal and Vancouver. Why because smart people go where the money is!In Vancouver you can spend close to 70% of your income on housing, Montreal you can get a job but pay higher taxes than you would in Alberta.Or you could chose Alberta with the lowest taxes in Canada, highest salaries and enjoy quite good housing affordability.No wonder over 160,000 people have moved to Alberta over the last 7 years. With a higher quality of life and virtually limitless opportunities Alberta is where young smart professionals are choosing to make their home.
Sad day yesterday. I had to remove the cool 8 ball attachment from the shifter in my car. This, obviously, downgraded the car’s coolness factor to “cool,” due to the fact that I still have my fuzzy dice hanging on the rear view. It had been “bitchin’” with the 8 ball gearshift cover, and I was [...]
I have been involved with a business startup recently after one of my friends invited me to join him and help the startup take off. Our management team currently consists of three people, with me as the business / soft skills guy and the other two in charge of software development. Honestly, my friend roped me [...]
Peanut is full of interesting things to share these days.I blogged previously about the how the preschool lessons were being interpreted by the 4 and 5 year olds in his class. They are really interested in historical figures who lived a long time ago, because that means... they are DEAD!He saw a Scooby-Doo cartoon that had a mad scientist with brains in jars and informed me the other night that he had dug up some brains from the cemetery, and I was a little sad that he didn't call it a "ripgarden" anymore. One of the little things about having a kid with a steel-trap memory is that once you correct him, he's got it. (So long, cute made-up phrases! I'm glad I have a blog so I'll remember this stuff in time to mortify you at your wedding!)After a brief intermission where I explained that
Build a Nation (2007) 01 Give Thanks And Praises02 Jah People Make The World Go Round03 Pure Love04 Natty Dreadlocks 'Pon The Mountain Top05 Build A Nation06 Expand Your Soul07 Jah Love08 Let There Be Angels (Just Like You)09 Universal Peace10 Roll On11 Until Kingdom Comes12 In The Beginning13 Send You No More Flowers14 Peace Be Unto Thee link Considering that the Beastie Boys were a fledgling punk group before they were rappers and MCA (Adam Yauch) was often seen slam-dancing front and center at Bad Brains' legendary early performances, he would seem the perfect candidate to produce and resurrect the newly reunited group. In truth, he does a fantastic job capturing Bad Brains on Build a Nation, and they rock nearly as hard as they did in their glory days before they switched to funk metal -- Yauch explained that his goal was to replicate the raw sound that he remembers from their live shows and the first self-titled Reach Out International Records tape. Although the group recalls
With the year winding down, the last few months have seen the addition of a number of new Stars to the QuirkStation. Including our new array of Trojan interns along with some fresh faces in the various departments, our reinforcements haven’t arrived a moment too soon.
While many workplaces start to wind down around the December period, at Quirk we don’t like to conform to the norm. As such we have hit a period of frenzied madness that has resulted in many a near-aneurism, and in many much-needed Friday drinks sessions.
I must admit, when the coffee machine finally kicked the bucket earlier on in the week, I did have my doubts whether we were going to make it. However, a short trip to find a replacement messianic device got us quickly back on track.
At any rate, I digress. Our new complement of interns are proving to be real lifesavers for both Tim and myself. They’ve helped us out quite a bit already, and Tim and I owe them a large measure of thanks for keeping our
I recently explored the ability of the brain to stay “fit” and avoid the possibility of Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive losses through Dr. Michael Merzenich’s “Brain Fitness Program.” According to revered international author, science journalist, PhD, Dr. of Psychology Daniel Goleman as interpreted by Gina Stepp author of familymatters.vision.org:
“People who are good at maintaining important relationships in their lives have always instinctively known what researchers are now discovering: good relationships are crucial to our health and well-being”
Dr. Goleman posits the following about the new field of Social Neuroscience: “Our interactions with anybody are a two way street where one person’s brain is setting the other person’s brain in any of a thousand emotional states.” Our brains are built to connect in ways we have never realized in the past. The “chatter” between brains is the basi
Interesting piece I saw on CNN. Here's where to catch it online.
What I liked best of all out of this piece is that parents in San Diego, in their first year check up for the wee-ones, are given a questionnaire, and depending on the answers, the children could be quickly placed in a study to see if they are autisitc...and thus, can begin early intervention therapy.
Good stuff.
Long long ago, much before Viagra mails started flooding your Spam,some other part of the human body was the focus of everybody's attention.I am referring to the IQ improving tips and tricks, ya...brains!Apart from the edible form of IQ enhancers, Raj Bapna's Mind Machine was my favorite. I used to read carefully every word of his ad which had as much text as a Harry Potter series, all compressed,boxed(sic),into one page!Probably his ad remains the oldest running print ad campaign in India.Even though I never believed his ads,I admired his ability to use all possible words synonymous with intelligence in India;IIT, IIMs ,100% and to highlight that he was from BITS Pilani, was an NTSE Scholar and he topped RAJ board.(The content of the ad is recollected from my memory,blame it on not using
Some days I feel like only a hand full of people use their brains at Lynn. Today is one of those days.
People say and do stupid stuff, like talk on their cell phone in the library. There is a girl doing it infront of me now while I am trying to work and all I want to do now is throw something at her and be like “It’s a library, leave if you want to use your cell phone to gossip.”
And I am going to blog about the Holiday Gala. It was fantastic. Just haven’t had the time. I know its going to be a long post already.
Freshmen 101 tip: Do not use your cell phone in the library. You will get evil looks and nasty comments from people around you.
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Extradia, maker of replaceable mobile device batteries, is accusing Apple of putting iPhone users at risk by not allowing them to use Extradia's replaceable battery units. They claim that cellphones might cause health risks due to radiation given off, and that their batteries just so happen to have a special RF-blocking circuit. They say that since the iPhone can't use their replaceable batteries, they put the iPhone users at potential risk.
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Last week I talked about Mia's silliness. Today I'm bragging up my oldest daughter, Molly. She is fourteen years old and miles ahead of me in sophistication. Almost every day I have to ask myself where she came from, because the skills that she shows with ease most certainly did not come from me (or her father)! Molly's pulling off straight A's in school, tonight she's the female lead in the play One and All at the school, and on Thursday, she made the junior varsity cheerleading squad. There are days when she's at school 10-1/2 hours between practice for jazz choir and cheerleading, but she's managing it with ease. She just blows me away. But the thing that makes her shine the brightest in my eyes is how our relationship has grown in the last couple of years. Molly was prickly as a child. She didn't like to be hugged or cuddled, and she had the nickname Katie Ka-Boom for a reason. Middle school mellowed her, and high school seems to be refining her even further. Now I get regu
Some people are mislead as far as what to expect when they get a puppy or kitten, and some people are amazed at how long they are in that stage. As humans, it is hard for us to understand how a dog at one year old (although she may be incredibly large) has not [...]
Ann Coulter’s most recent book, “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans” will undoubtedly upset her most loyal fans. The reason why her avid fans will be disappointed is because there is simply nothing new in this book that her fans have not read before. Amazingly, it appears that this time she intended to target people who have never read her material.
In fact, her latest work is...
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“To do science you have to have an idea, and for years no one had one; they saw sleep as nothing but an annihilation of consciousness. Now we know different, and we’ve got some very good ideas about what’s going on.”~ Dr. J. Allan Hobson, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard.~Throughout the ages, scientists and thinkers have been trying to determine why people have to sleep. But so far all they know is what any parent of a newborn quickly discovers: sleep loss makes it harder to cope with stress, our thoughts more mentally foggy and our bodies more prone to get sick.Neuroscientists have long wondered if sleep is somehow tied to learning and memory, or other cognitive processes. Now new findings suggest that sleep does indeed appear to play a crucial role in sorting and storing our memories. Harvard and McGill Universities have reported that participants who napped after playing a memory game score significantly higher on a retest than those who did not sleep. “We think what
O Bad Brains é uma influente banda americana de hardcore/punk e reggae, formada em Washington,DC em 1977. Eles são considerados os pioneiros do Hardcore. Originalmente formada com influências de jazz fusion, a banda desenvolveu um punk rock muito mais rápido e intenso e musicalmente mais complexo e extremos que os seus contemporâneos. A banda é considerada uma das primeiras bandas americanas a ser consideradas harcore e mais pra frente, foram os primeiros a fazer a fusão do heavy metal com o funk. Eles também são adeptos da música reggae sendo notáveis seguidores da religião Rastaffari. A banda ganhou um tributo chamado Never Give In: A Tribute To Bad Brains, com bandas grandes da cena metal/hardcore como Sepultura, Downset e Moby, que saiu no Brasil pela gravadora holandesaCentury Media Records.O All Tribes na sua incessante busca e divulgação da boa música, posta a discografia do Bad Brains pra você!Black Dots(1978, lançado apenas em 1996)4 all TRIBES: downloadBad Br
Awino has been in the USA 6 years after leaving her native Kenya. She has a serious head on those shoulders as she is majoring in both computer science and math at the same time. She has this to say about the difference between African and American men.
Thery’re both good in different ways. African men know how to take care of household responslibities. They are providers and family men, but American men are better on the romance side.
Ever thought who is the most beautiful woman in the world? Half a century ago, Hollywood would have presented her to us. Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman or perhaps Elizabeth Taylor. But today? Correspondent Bob Simon reports the woman who currently holds the title, at least according to thousands of Web sites, Internet polls and even Julia Roberts, is someone you’ve probably never heard of. Her name is Aishwarya Rai, the reigning queen of Indian cinema and she is an actress living and working in Mombai, India.Aishwarya Rai is an award winning Indian actress. She won the Miss World title in 1994, made her film debut in Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar (1997) and had her first critical and commercial success with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). Since then, she has acted in nearly forty Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English films. Today, she is considered to be one of the most popular actresses in India and the best-known Indian actress in the world. Aish is married to Indian act
While you were watching Bionic Woman, being a vigilant blogger, dedicated to keeping you all informed, I checked out last night's Democratic Presidential Debate.Neither Barak, Hillary or Edwards will pledge to have all American troops out of Iraq during their first four years in office.The Kiebler Elf promised to have troops out by 2009.You can't set the bar low enough for these guys. No one mentioned that in 2006 America elected the Democrats because they promised to end the war in 2007, and they could do that. But no--now the radical position is two more years. And the rest of them—why don't we just elect another neo-con?They all endorse payroll tax increases to assure a stable Social Security system. And there is their big plan for universal health care. This is going to be paid for with all the money that is now being spent on Iraq.How totally asinine.First they don't plan on ending the war.Second, the Iraq War and the rest of the Republican big spending has resulte
Slashdot recently ran the story of how researchers have pegged some differences in brain function between the supporters of their two political parties. While the story itself is a yawner unless you care about American politics, some commenters grasped the idea and wondered what differences in brain function other groups might show.
It figures that there might be. Our brains evolve and change over time, conditioned to respond to stimuli in different ways depending on our experience. But certain brains with certain thinking patterns also seek out certain kinds of experiences. they affect each other, and over time the thinking patterns of the brain and the situations put in front of it reinforce each other. What you do shapes you, and who you are makes you do more of the same, which shapes you further.
Command lines, for instance. I’ve met command line users who will rattle off a complex string of characters for every situation. Other people cringe at the mention of one. So
Slashdot recently ran the story of how researchers have pegged some differences in brain function between the supporters of their two political parties. While the story itself is a yawner unless you care about American politics, some commenters grasped the idea and wondered what differences in brain function other groups might show.
It figures that there might be. Our brains evolve and change over time, conditioned to respond to stimuli in different ways depending on our experience. But certain brains with certain thinking patterns also seek out certain kinds of experiences. they affect each other, and over time the thinking patterns of the brain and the situations put in front of it reinforce each other. What you do shapes you, and who you are makes you do more of the same, which shapes you further.
Command lines, for instance. I’ve met command line users who will rattle off a complex string of characters for every situation. Other people cringe at the mention of one. So
This was not a good dream, either, though I don’t remember much of it anymore.
There was a guy who was experimenting on people and he would cut their heads open, in half, and examine their brains. There was no pain involved but it was creepy. Then he would do some more stuff and turn them into walking dead people. Not really zombies, and he wouldn’t really kill them, he would just transform them.
And then I remember being in an open top Jeep with Tom and Diane from the 4400. We had a baby with us (not sure whose it was, Diane’s maybe) and there was another baby that we stole because it held clues to the cure for this thing that the evil experimenter guy was doing.
It was not a good dream. I dislike bad dreams. It left me with a bad feeling in the morning.
2 of today's 6 classes started level-up lessons. I could swear I heard their brains frying. In a few weeks they will be just fine.Halloween is coming soon!!(Note)The blog title should say "Chris's English School" if it does not, please refresh the page. This page was designed for monitors of 1024+ res.Tags: English Conversation School, English teacher in Japan, Halloween Party,
Has anyone seen Martina Hingis lately ? Someone should make sure she's ok, perhaps she was affraid her skull will be removed by Sylar... I mean... Radek, hence the split. He's playing so well at the moment, you have to wonder whether he's stolen her powers, or for that matter, who else's powers he's been stealing lately. He's playing some amazing tennis, currently 2 sets to 1 up against that other Hero - Novak Djokovic.
PS. If you don't know what I'm on about then you need to start watching Heroes on TV, definitely a Punt.com favourite at the moment.
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Wellcome Trust scientists have identified for the first time how our brain's response changes the closer a threat gets. Using a "Pac Man"-like computer game where a volunteer is pursued by an artificial predator, the researchers showed that the fear response moves from the strategic areas of the brain towards more reactive responses as the artificial predator approaches.When faced with a threat, such as a large bear, humans, like other animals, alter their behaviour depending on whether the threat is close or distant. This is because different defence mechanisms are needed depending on whether, for example, the bear is fifty feet away, when being aware of its presence may be enough, or five feet away, when we might need to fight or run away.To investigate what happens in the brain in such a situation, researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL, London, created a game where subjects were chased through a maze by an artificial predator -- if caught, they would rece
Hmmz... Thought I'd steal a few minutes to update on what's going on and why I didn't update my blog for so long... Not that anybody is interested to know tho...
Well... My routine everyday is so very...boring... Wakes up at 7.15am... Gets out of house by 7.35am... Reaches office at around 8.15am... Starts work around 8.45am... Goes for lunch at around 1.00pm... Goes back to work at around
Amazon.comWilliam Calvin, a neurophysiologist and author of The River That Flows Uphill: A Journey from the Big Bang to the Big Brain, attempts to reclaim the study of human consciousness from physicists like Roger Penrose. Physicists, Calvin suggests, reduce the mind to subatomic particles and mathematical equations, whereas those in his specialty see the seat of consciousness and intelligence in higher levels of brain physiology--the neurons, synapses, and cortex. Calvin is a Darwinist who regards the unique level of human consciousness as the product of evolutionary forces that began with the ice ages two million years ago. The human response to this natural threat, he argues, was to develop mental faculties that allowed high-level communication and, thus, cooperation, leading to complex language capabilities and the distinguishing human characteristic of abstract thought.Sunday Times [London], 1997"Calvin is fizzing with ideas and this is a provacative, stimulating book." --This te
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Amazon.comWilliam Calvin, a neurophysiologist and author of The River That Flows Uphill: A Journey from the Big Bang to the Big Brain, attempts to reclaim the study of human consciousness from physicists like Roger Penrose. Physicists, Calvin suggests, reduce the mind to subatomic particles and mathematical equations, whereas those in his specialty see the seat of consciousness and intelligence in higher levels of brain physiology--the neurons, synapses, and cortex. Calvin is a Darwinist who regards the unique level of human consciousness as the product of evolutionary forces that began with the ice ages two million years ago. The human response to this natural threat, he argues, was to develop mental faculties that allowed high-level communication and, thus, cooperation, leading to complex language capabilities and the distinguishing human characteristic of abstract thought. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Sunday Times [London], 1997"Calvin
The scandinavian hotel chain Scandic decided in April, after public critique by an anti-religious activist group, to remove all Bibles from the chain's 23,000 hotel rooms. Instead, Bibles, Qur'an's, and other religious writings were to be made available upon request at hotel receptions. Now, the chain, after suffering hundreds of booking cancellations by Swedish church organizations, have reversed their former stance and will now allow the Bibles back in hotel rooms. The initial withdrawal of Bibles and the sudden decision to allow them back is not, according to Scandic spokesmen, a result of opportunism or pressure by different interest groups. Not very likely. The Scandic corporate people, in their efforts to be politically correct, have shown an unprecedented and deplorable lack of backbone. Making decisions, supposedly in the best interest of the company and its shareholders, is what these people are hired to do. Not to be weathervanes to the slightest whiff of criticism.
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10 of the best NLP Master Trainers including Dr Richard Bandler himself have been interviewed by Tom and Vik. (Tom is an NLP Trainer and Vik an NLP Master Practitioner).
Below is an example of some of the questions they asked them.
- What exactly did you do to get so good at NLP
- How did you get your first clients
- Where do you see the opportunities in NLP to make money
- What do you believe about creating lasting change
And many more questions.
I dont think that that there is any other product like this around. Just getting the different trainers views on these questions would be an invaluable resource to anyone interested in NLP!
Just one idea from these interviews could change the way you think about NLP forever.
Tom and Vik currently have a discounted launch price for this product which they have called ' Modeling the Masters'. The discounted launch price will only last for a limited time peri
