It was 1997, when my Daughter Kristin went to her 'Acceptance Parade" to be admitted to the Corp! Today, she will be teaching there!
Here is what I am reading today:
“San Francisco State University researcher Dennis Desjardin and colleagues have now collected new specimens of this forgotten mushroom and reclassified it as, Neonothopanus gardneri. Findings are now online and scheduled to be published in the November/December print issue of Mycologia.
They hope that careful study of the Brazilian mushroom—which shines brightly enough to read by–and its other bioluminescent cousins around the world will help answer the question of how and why some fungi glow.”
“”The question of whether there are characteristics that render objects beautiful has been debated for millennia by artists and philosophers of art but without an adequate conclusion,” says Professor Semir Zeki from the Wellcome Laboratory of Neurobiology at UCL (University College London). “So too has the question of whether we have an abstract sense of beauty, that is to say one which arouses in us the same powerful emotional experience regardless of whether its source is, for example, musical or visual. It was time for neurobiology to tackle these fundamental questions.””
“HIV weakens the blood-brain barrier — a network of blood vessels that keeps potentially harmful chemicals and toxins out of the brain — by overtaking a small group of supporting brain cells, according to a new study in the June 29 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings may help explain why some people living with HIV experience neurological complications, despite the benefits of modern drug regimens that keep them living longer.”
“Emotions are useful — for example, fear tells your body to get ready to escape or fight in a dangerous situation. But emotions can also become problematic — for example, for people with depression who can’t stop thinking about negative thoughts, says Gal Sheppes of Stanford University, who cowrote the study with Stanford colleagues Gaurav Suri and James J. Gross, and Susanne Scheibe of the University of Groningen. “Luckily, our emotions can be adjusted in various ways,” he says.”
“”Sports, and by extension sports media, can be a powerful force for good. It can bring people together. It can provide hope, even in the midst of great destruction,” says Dr. Ken Zagacki, co-author of a paper describing the research and a professor of communication at NC State. “
“Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states in the past year and did not decline in any state, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011, a report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Twelve states now have obesity rates above 30 percent. Four years ago, only one state was above 30 percent.”
“Travelling more than 5,000 miles around the world to sleep on a concrete floor, in the rain, without a tent, for four days, in the hope of catching a glimpse of the film’s stars, is dedication.
That is what 28-year-old Patty Zurita is doing.
She flew in from Mexico City on Sunday and has been camped out in Trafalgar Square ahead of the premiere there on Thursday of the final instalment of the film franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows II.”
