Why this song popped into my head this morning, I couldn't begin to tell you. But a quick YouTube search yielded a pretty cool clip from a 1988 gig on Daytona Beach. Spring break (?), complete with sand and waves in the background, is not the usual scene conjured by memories of old Bad Brains gigs. I usually think of them shredding up the little stage at the old 9:30 Club in DC, or bouncing off
Gene Tunney, heavyweight boxing champion of the world from 1926 to 1928, is probably best remembered by sports fans for his storied bouts against Jack Dempsey, especially the second one (the famous "long count" match). Tunney was not typical of most of his boxing competition, much preferring to turn his fights into chess matches rather than slugfests, so it should probably be no surpris
Oxford University research has helped understanding of the so-called ‘cocktail party effect’ how brains develop the ability to pinpoint and focus on particular sounds among a background of noise.The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, has implications for the emergence of hearing abilities in children and for restoring hearing aids.
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Sarah Bellum here. Just wanted to let you in on this one day Beauty Brains book special. For today only, you can get the Beauty Brains book for only $19.99. That’s a $5 savings and still includes FREE SHIPPING.
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Since those other Brains aren’t here, I’m going to empty out our sample closet. The first [...]
A new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the hippocampus of the mouse brain, and suggests that this happens because exercise restores a brain chemical that promotes the production and maturation of new stem cells.Neural stem cells and progenitor cells differentiate into a variety of mature nerve cells that have different funct
Thanksgiving may well be the year's biggest bonanza for your brain — all of them. This famous feast doesn't just satisfy the survival instinct of your rudimentary reptilian brainstem. The gathering of family and friends also serves up the emotional interaction craved by your mammalian limbic brain.Celebrating this historic holy day does more than fulfill the spiritual longing of your time travel
Remember that sociopath in elementary school — the overgrown mutant who would enjoy hanging you and the rest of your pre-pubescent buddies up by your underwear on the nearest fencepost or tossing you into a suitable hedge?
Well, according to a recent study making the news, that future Esso gas jockey was not behaving in this [...]
On November 4, 2008 - which will be a momentous Election Day - Bad Brains will revisit their own history at DC’s 930 Club. I guess they’re no longer “Banned in DC” hmm? Ba dum ch! (In 1979 the Brains were the subject of an “unofficial ban” by nearly every venue in the city.) They’ve [...]
A new research at the University of California has suggested that our brains work fastest at the age of 39 and after that, at age 40, the signals go downhill.The fatty sheath which coats the the nerve cells acts as an insulation and it allows rapid bursts of signals around the brain and body. But at age 40, the body loses the battle to repair the protective sheaths.Prof George Bartzokis of the Uni
Ted Williams, arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all-time, once said, "I think without question the hardest single thing to do in sport is to hit a baseball". Williams was the last major league player to hit .400 for an entire season and that was back in 1941, 67 years ago! In the 2008 Major League Baseball season that just ended, the league batting average for all players was .264, while t
A few of us woke up in the wee hours of the morning last night, completely ravenous, but lacking the necessary intestinal fortitude to really do anything about it. Chip from accounting found a can of what we hoped to be ‘Potted Meat’ but turned out to be something much more sinister. The [...]
With the MLB League Championship Series' beginning this week, Twenty-six teams are wondering what it takes to reach the "final four" of baseball which leads to the World Series. The Red Sox, Rays, Phillies and Dodgers understand its not just money and luck. Over 162 games, it usually comes down to the fundamentals of baseball: pitching, hitting and catching. That sounds simple enough. So, why
I have this pet theory. We are often attracted to the media’s handling of a story not because we’re particularly interested in the story itself, but to see how the media handles the story.
When the media is often congratulating itself for terrific coverage of an event, pointing to viewer statistics, what they aren’t factoring in [...]
The Bad Brains free pre-sale password is here! With this pre-sale code, you can buy Bad Brains tickets early (before the regular onsale). Here is the Bad Brains concert info:Bad BrainsThe Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza,New York, NYThursday, November 6, 2008 at 8:30 pmPre-Sale Info:Fri, 08/22/08 at 10:00 am to Fri, 08/22/08 at 10:00 pm EDTBad Brains pre-sale code: CLICK HERE to see the Bad Brai
The world's first Frankenstein-like creature has finally been created. This week's New Scientist (out today) reports that scientists at the University of Reading have created a so called "animat", a robot with the actual brains of rats. Before I explain how it works, I would like to refer to the actually article, as this will prevent me from making mistakes. The story is great though. What the s
Working on link strategies can be an extremely frustrating process because of the difficulty in getting other people to put the link on their website - let alone to do it without having to give a reciprocal link. I can't say enough - I believe reciprocal links are increasingly meaningless. But then I get asked - "well how am I supposed to get links if we are not swapping". It is quite simple -
We’ve got our wires crossed: The bizarre stories of people whose brains have rewired themselves
By Lucy Elkins
12th Aug 2008
The human brain is the most complex organ in the body and contains 20 billion cells, responsible for everything from dreaming and movement to appetite and emotions.
It consists mainly of grey matter - the brain cells or [...]
There is a lot of important information that you should be aware of when it comes to the Xbox 360 Pro system. If you are a serious gamer looking for the ultimate video game console, the search will end here. Really. The Xbox 360 Pro system is the perfect choice of video game for everyone, no matter how serious or experienced a gamer you are.SystemYou will receive quite a few items when you purchas
Raima sen beauty with brains. Gone are the days when Raima Sen would limit herself to playing second lead in films like Chokher Bali, Parineeta or Eklavya - The Royal Guard. Raima Sen’s upcomming projects include films like C Kkompany, Mumbai Cutting, Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye and Leena Yadav’s Teen Patti with Amitabh [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
One of the most important aspects of the human experience that couples are wise to fully understand is how brain physiology impacts intimate, committed
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 [...]
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
Literally speaking, brain drain is the draining of the brains. People who are educated here go in search of the Promised Land to earn their living. They leave their hometowns and go abroad. The main reason being, they get to earn more money and there are plenty of opportunities out there. Once they settle there and become accustomed and adapt themselves to the style of living there, they find it
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.
