News - baked to a rich golden brown, and fresh out of the oven. Right - I'm off to watch Star Trek.
- Spain says Great Apes have right to life and liberty.
- Cyrus cylinder's ancient bill of rights 'is just propaganda'.
- Volcanoes fingered in oceanic mass extinction. It was an asteroid. No, it was volcanoes. Asteroid. Volcanoes. Asteroid! Volcanoes! Okay, how about this: It was an asteroid that triggered the volcanoes.
- The cult of Hadrian -- a very modern emperor.
- Vampires: the Celtic connection.
- Traces of ancient DNA shed light on contents of amphorae.
- Google Earth reveals archaeological sites in Afghanistan.
- Commemorating the ultimate geek project: Apollo 11.
- An alien's view of planet Earth. NASA video: Lunar transit of Earth.
- Moonlighting rocketmen.
- Ineos patents first way to make bioethanol from municiple solid waste. And happily, they already own a conventional refinery.
- Genders have different genes for long-term memory creation.
- Why we sometimes have to re-read a page.
- Schizophrenia linked to split protein.
- White horses are actually mutants.
- Mistress Bonferroni cracks whip, tames data.
- The Car of Tomorrow Has an Extension Cord.
- Green-loving California may dodge the utility bill bullet - while rest of the US pays 20-30% more for energy.
- Commercial fishermen are reverting to wind power in response to soaring fuel prices.
- Gamers' virtual enemies get minds of their own.
- Online game lets players invent superheroes. Sony likes to watch.
- Mexico intercepts mini-sub laden with 5.8 tons of cocaine. Check out that photo!
- Wonder Drugs that can kill.
- Fantasy Islands: Cities at sea have long been a libertarian dream.
- MSM bitch fight in progress: Responding to statements made by Fox News executive John Moody, MSNBC's new president, Phil Griffin, says, 'You can't trust a word they say.'
- Our Continuing National Disgrace Is Our Media.
- Mixing it up with 9-11 Truthers last week, Guardian op/ed, "So, you believe in conspiracy theories, do you? You probably also think you're the Emperor of Pluto", garners a record 1,700 comments -- and a follow-up op/ed.
- Physicists forced to reaffirm that human-caused global warming is "incontrovertible".
- The right's misguided frenzy over the American Physical Society.
- It may be years before the new internet protocol IPv6 takes over from the current IPv4, but many systems – corporate and personal – are already open to attack through channels that have been enabled on their machines to support IPv6 traffic.
- Evangelical atheist slaps creationists into primordial soup.
- Food crisis: If it comes down to a choice between jellyfish, bugs and pigeons, I think I'll take the pigeons. And hope they taste like doves.
- A little perspective on the fuel crisis and the energy crisis.
- Stunning photos of a leopard savaging a crocodile.
- The real Batman.
Thanks, RPJ.
Quote of the Day:
Always question the recieved reality.
George Carlin
Climate progress
Ha! I've had several GW skeptics throw the alleged APS report in my face as indisputable proof that GW is a hoax. I've sent them the Climate Progress demolition job, but I haven't heard a peep from any of them. I wonder why?
Elsewhere on the intarweb, skeptics clutch Marque's editorial like it's the Holy Grail of GW skepticism, the magic bullet that will pierce Al Gore's heart, unaware they've been caught in the act of gross deception, incompetence, and two-faced lying.
What a despicable act by Marque, he really does deserve to be fired and held in contempt. I'm sure the APS have a legal avenue to take further action -- although to be honest, they need to be more vigilant with their newsletters.
By the way, this is not a "GW is real" post. I'm criticising the double-standards and outright sly deceitfulness of skeptics like Marque, Randi, Shermer, et al. Yes, there are far-Left groups guilty of obfuscation and exaggeration, and I'm just as critical as them. But it's becoming more and more obvious that the ground the GW skeptics stand on is growing shakier by the day. It's a shame they muddy the name of real, honest skepticism, which exists on all sides of the GW debate. Sensationalism sells.
PS Now I know why Jameske's news is so brief on Tuesday. ;-)
problem
I still have the same problem: the simulation codes that supposedly prove that the problem is the CO2 are secret. I don't need to run the simulation to form some judgement about what they do. I can just read the codes.
There are many reasons why these codes could be kept secret. None of them are honest, considering the magnitude of the problem. And considering the magnitude of the proposed solutions.
Something is wrong with the IPCC. This disturbs me greatly - I have serious doubts about their intentions.
In particular I have serious doubts that the proposed solution of lowering the output of CO2 and methane will work.
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The large print giveth,
The small print taketh away.
Why we sometimes have to re-read a page?
The researchers found brain cells need the neurochemical called acetylcholine to send signals around the nervous system. When it is not present it causes lapses in concentration
Any ideas on how to raise one's levels of acetylcholine, without the need to use dangerous drugs or something?
Would eating a lot of fish do the trick? ;-)
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
easy
An easy and completely natural method is to get some sleep.
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The large print giveth,
The small print taketh away.
you're absolutely right
I know I need to have a more orderly sleep regime. Time to buy a TiVo I guess ;-)
When I was in highschool I used to have this method to study for a test: Get up at 5:00 am and give the text a final review. I would also skip a class or spend the midday break re-reading my notebooks while walking on the running track. Of course, that only worked because I had paid attention during classes, but it always amazed me how sharp my mind was during those wee hours of the morning.
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
acetylcholine
>> Any ideas on how to raise one's levels of acetylcholine, without the need to use dangerous drugs or something? Would eating a lot of fish do the trick?
Eating enough Choline will do the trick - for most people. (Very good article at that link, btw.)
Adult males need at least 550mg of choline per day, and females need 450mg per day.
After looking over this list of the choline content of various foods, it's seems obvious that we could probably all do with a supplement of phosphitidylcholine (see choline link above for info).
Regarding those 'dangerous drugs' you mentioned, the best - and worst - is probably nicotine. Nicotine increases concentration, attention span, memory, and stamina by stimulating the release of certain neurotransmitters - including acetylcholine.
Wikipedia's article on acetylcholine offered these interesting tidbits:
Organic mercurial compounds have a high affinity for sulfhydryl groups, which causes dysfunction of the enzyme choline acetyltransferase. This inhibition may lead to acetylcholine deficiency...
Botulin acts by suppressing the release of acetylcholine; where the venom from a black widow spider (alpha-latrotoxin) has the reverse effect.
Cheers,
Kat
Thanks
Thanks for all the valuable info.
Botulin acts by suppressing the release of acetylcholine; where the venom from a black widow spider (alpha-latrotoxin) has the reverse effect.
So that's why the people with botox keep that idiot grin all the time, eh?
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
I'll pass ...
... on the brussels sprouts and broccoli, thanks - can't stand either of them! The chocolate sounds good though.
Regards, Kathrinn
Cities at sea have long been a MISANTHROPIC dream
People have dreamed of colonising the oceans for decades, but they've generally glossed over the practical challenges. Their minds have been on higher things - specifically, creating new nations to which their founders could escape and live in peace, untroubled by the actions of governments, or by other people in general. Their projects have had names such as the Free State Project, Laissez-Faire City, Libertocracy and New Utopia. As is common in the world of libertarian politics, the language in which they speak of their plans tends to be tetchy and misanthropic, dripping with contempt for the ordinary herd [Emphasis mine].
Case in point: Andrew Ryan, founder of Rapture
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie