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Of Body and Mind, and Deep Meditation

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:26:42 GMT

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Physiological tests also revealed significant changes. Compared with the relaxation group, IBMT subjects had lower heart rates and skin conductance responses, increased belly breathing amplitude and decreased chest respiration rates, all of which, researchers wrote, "reflected less effort exerted by participants and more relaxation of body and calm state of mind."

Finally, researchers noted, IBMT subjects had more high-frequency heart-rate variability than their relaxation counterparts, indicating "successful inhibition of sympathetic tone and activation of parasympathetic tone [in the autonomic nervous system]." Sympathetic tone becomes more active when stressed."

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Newswise — Chinese researchers have unlocked the mechanism of an emerging mind-body technique that produces measurable changes in attention and stress reduction in just five days of practice.

The practice -- integrative body-mind training (IBMT) -- was adapted from traditional Chinese medicine in the 1990s in China, where it is practiced by thousands of people. It is now being taught to undergraduates involved in research on the method at the University of Oregon.

"The previous paper indicated that IBMT subjects showed a reduced response to stress.” Tang said. "Why after five days did it work so fast?" The new findings, he said, point to how IBMT alters blood flow and electrical activity in the brain, breathing quality and even skin conductance, allowing for "a state of ah, much like in the morning opening your eyes, looking outside the grass and sunshine, you feel relaxed, calm and refresh without any stress, this is the meditation state."

Tags: brain, china, ibmt, meditation, neuroscience, oregon, relaxation, stress

Understndind how children learn language as a new way of building machines

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:32:19 GMT

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Big brother untangles baby babble

"We wanted to understand how minds work and how they develop and how the interplay of innate and environmental influence makes us who we are and how we learn to communicate."

But now, Professor Roy is beginning to get some answers, thanks to an unconventional approach, an accommodating family and a house wired with technology.

I was initially inspired by how children learn language as a new way of building machines,"

"Every parent knows that a child can change a lot in a week or a month," he told BBC News.

"If you're interested in the process of development then it is important to have a continuous view."

"Just as the Human Genome Project illuminates the innate genetic code that shapes us, the Speechome Project is an important first step toward creating a map of how the environment shapes human development and learning," said Frank Moss, the director of MIT's Media Lab at the time.

Climate change shrinks sheep

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:25:28 GMT

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Climate change shrinks sheep

Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to researchers.

Scientists say milder winters are helping smaller sheep to survive, reports the BBC.

Researchers first began studying Soay sheep, on the island of Hirta in the St Kilda archipelago, in 1985.

Since then, the sheep have decreased in size by 5% - their legs getting steadily shorter and their body weight decreasing.

Lead researcher Tim Coulson, from Imperial College London, said: "The island is almost like a natural laboratory - there are only the sheep and the vegetation there.

"In the past, only the big, healthy sheep and large lambs that had piled on weight in their first summer could survive the harsh winters on Hirta."

But because of climate change, grass for food was now available for more months of the year on the island.

World's Most Beautiful Transparent Animals

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:35:16 GMT

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Clip Source: somethinbeautiful.blogspot.com

Here are the most Beautiful transparent animals, Nature sure butterflies is very interesting photos!

Transparent Frog

Transparent Head Fish

Transparent Butterfly

Transparent Squid

Transparent Zebrafish created by scientists

Transparent Icefish

Transparent Amphipod

Transparent Larval Shrimp

Transparent Salp

Transparent Jellyfish

STATUE OF LIBERTY PICTURES: Rare Views, Inside and Out

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:43:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The torch has been off-limits to visitors since the "Black Tom" explosion of July 30, 1916. Debris from the attack on U.S. ammunition supplies on nearby—and long since subsumed by landfill—Black Tom Island, New Jersey, pierced the statue.

Another attack—the terrorist assault on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001—prompted the full closure of Liberty Island, which was reopened a hundred days later. The Statue of Liberty would reopen in 2004, and the reopening of the crown will complete the process on the Fourth of July, 2009.

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July 2, 2009--Photographed from a rare vantage point, several of the Statue of Liberty's 25 observation windows look out over New York Harbor in an undated picture.

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Now with safer, higher railings, a refurbished spiral staircase

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As seen in 1984, strap-iron armature holds the statue's copper skin in place.

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Circa-1930 tourists peer out of the Statue of Liberty's crown

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Before crowds ascend again on the Fourth of July, 2009, Statue of Liberty park ranger Lance Williams quietly takes in the view

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The circa-1886 Statue of Liberty's angular steel skeleton meets its elegantly undulating copper toga in this 1984 picture.

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Invisible to tourists, the Statue of Liberty's 25-foot-long (7.6-meter-long) left foot, pictured in 1984

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the replacement of the torch.

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ladder is the only way to the torch, the Statue of Liberty's highest point.

Tags: historic american engineering record, library of congress

Clipmarks for Firefox 3.5

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:46:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Anyone who is having problems using Clipmarks in Firefox 3.5, please uninstall the version you currently have and then go to the source of this clip and reinstall it - after doing that it will work properly.

I'm very sorry to anyone who is inconvenienced by this. Please POP so others will be made aware.

Thank you!

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Pina Bausch : The Man i Love

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:19:51 GMT

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»Nelken« (excerpt) by Pina Bausch...

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Farvel Wave ..... Pina

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:07:58 GMT

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Coffee with Pina - Lee Yanor

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2006 -Coffee with Pina, Artistic Documentary about Pina Bausch by Lee Yanor. http://www.leeyanor.com

Main Entry

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:44:19 GMT

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Clip Source: news.cnet.com

Photos: Inside Cheyenne Mountain, America's Fortress

Cheyenne Mountain's main entry--already deep inside the mountain--has two blast doors like this. It's easy to see, from the thickness of the doors, that the installation was meant as a fortress against enemy attack.

Photo by Daniel Terdiman/CNET

Observers of Walking Figures See Men Advancing, Women in Retreat

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:29:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: When viewing figures walking, a curious illusion appears. People perceive male strollers as moving toward them, whereas the female walkers appear to be moving away, regardless of the figure's actual direction.

Clip Source: www.scientificamerican.com

One signature detail we use when we recognize people we know—one that is often overlooked—is their walk. Past studies show that we can discern gender, mood, personality traits by just watching animated simple point-figures…meaning, points of light marking joint positions on amblers, such as knees, elbows, hips, etc.

A group from the Southern Cross University in Australia published a fascinating result in the journal Current Biology,

subjects perceived that figure as walking toward them—regardless of its actual direction. If the walker seemed female, the subjects reported it was walking away from them.

The researchers speculate that these misperceptions may signal deeper evolutionary factors: "…a male figure that is otherwise ambiguous might best be perceived as approaching to allow the observer to prepare to flee or fight. Similarly…especially for infants, the departure of females might signal a need to act…"

Tags: science, neuroscience, recognition, identity, gender, appearance, brain, perception, sight

Attitude is the most apparent characteristic

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:28:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Attitude is the most apparent characteristic in an interview, and thus one of the greater determining factors in getting a job offer.

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Basic skills are important to get a job, however:
Marginal Skills + GREAT Attitude often = “I got the job!”
GREAT Skills + Bad Attitude always = “They hired someone else.”

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:56:28 GMT

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Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge

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Bagelheads?The Latest Body Manipulation Trend

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:38:48 GMT

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Bagelheads?

the Latest Body Manipulation Trend

Winner in the latest creepy new "beauty" trend has to be bagelheads. Let's sooo hope the Japanese body modification trend of injecting saline drips into one's body to form bagel shapes will not make it stateside. Heads, faces, boobs, and arms are reported to be targets for those embarking on this, er, unique concept.

According to www.thefrisky.com, the bagelheads "are injected by professional piercers in a specific location, which causes over-the-top inflammation and swelling. Then the area can be molded and dented in to their liking. Using food dye, you can even color your bump!" The bagelhead experience lasts for only one night, after the bagel bump loses shape and allows the skin to return to its normal shape. Oy.

Have a great day!

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:19:01 GMT

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Have a great day!

Today is no special day and I have no particular reason for writing to you...

I have no news to tell you....

nor any problems to discuss with you.

or gossip to tell you...

It's only one of those happy moments...

when I thought of you...

and I would like to share these thoughts with you...

MANY SMILES BEGIN BECAUSE OF ANOTHER SMILE...

Always have good self esteem...

Take care of your friends, especially those dearest to you...

Take care of your body...

But most of all find time to relax...

A Big Hug

from your friend...

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Fire to ice

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:29:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Almost four months after fires devastated the Kinglake region, snow has fallen

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Gallery: Fire to ice

A frosty memorial for a family in Bald Spur Road, Kinglake.

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Shannon Deas, 12, and sister Crystal, 9, build a snowman after falls in the Kinglake region. Almost four months after fires devastated the Kinglake region, snow has fallen on the mountain bringing an early winter for local residents. Picture: Aaron Francis

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Twins Coby and Beau Scott, 4, (front) and brother Lachlan, play in Mt Kitchener Ave where their house was destroyed.

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An Australian flag weighed down by overnight snowfall in Marysville

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Dan Walsh, who lost his wife Marie, 73, in the Marysville fires, walks in his back yard

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Several months after her family home in Kinglake was lost, Elana Watson

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What remained of this Kinglake home

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Snow on a mountain near the Kinglake area, which was devastated by bushfires four months