My neighbour ‘Little’ Chris, then aged about 9 , once said that he wished there could be a ‘Bass Hero’, ‘Drum Hero’ and ‘Singing Hero’ to go along with the ‘Guitar Hero’ games he loved. Someone must have been listening that day, because a year or so afterward the 1st rockband game appeared on shop floor.
Now on its 3rd instalment, the hugely accepted rockband series seems to have eclipsed these guitar video games for good, forcing a place amongst the most victorious music simulators of all time in the process. Yes, rockband is here to remain even if you like it or not and sure, that is my friend Kieran playing bass on the case of rockband 3 (OK, perhaps it isn’t, however it really looks like him).
Ethical debates on the corporate conquest of rock n roll aside; people are buying and enjoying the up-to-date rockband game in record figures. Let us discover why.
Using the brand new rockband game, up to seven friends can jam on well-over 2,000 songs, with unparalleled longevity and replay value. rockband 3 even features a Pro mode, which is praised by musicians for its understanding to learning your instrument for real.
Certain tricks (just like drum rolls) are made simpler to carry out this time round, plus the game itself does seem slightly more forgiving, this may only be an excellent thing, because who joins a rock band to be tense?
Friday 29 November 2013
Wednesday 27 November 2013
BREAKING NEWS ‘New’ Species of Mammal Discovered in South America
American Scientists from the Smithsonian Institute of Washington DC have discovered a new type of carnivorous mammal previously unknown to Western science.
The creature, known as the olinguito, is the first such animal to be discovered on the American continent in 35 years.
Zoologist Dr. Kristofer Helgen, who works as the curator of mammals in Washington DC’s National Museum of Natural History, discovered some stored remains in a Chicago museum and was reportedly ‘stopped in his tracks’ upon seeing them.
Following further examination, Helgen says that, “The skins were a rich red colour and when I looked at the skulls I didn’t recognize the anatomy. It was different to any similar animal I’d seen, and right away I thought it could be a species new to science.”
DNA testing eventually proved that, whilst the 35-cm long olinguito is a type of olingo (a relative of raccoons), it is definitely a distinct species in its own right. However, not content with simply describing the species from the remains, the real challenge for Helgen was to attempt to observe this new mammal in the wild.
Using educated guesswork and clues obtained from the specimen drawer, Dr. Helgen and his team were able to theorize a possible habitat for the olinguito. Their ideas proved to be correct and the animal has since been established as inhabiting a number of protected areas from Central Columbia to Western Ecuador.
This is not the first time that Dr. Helgen has identified new species by examining museum remains. In fact, throughout his distinguished career, he has discovered around 100 new species of animals. As an example, Helgen’s work has demonstrated that the hog badger, presumed simply to be a single, widespread species, was in fact three different species, albeit with similar attributes.
Historical records show that Washington National Zoo actually had an olinguito specimen in the 1960’s, but it was never identified as such. The animal was exhibited as an olinga, but its keepers were puzzled when it failed to breed. Sadly, the captive olinguito died without ever being correctly identified.
It should also be noted that just because an animal is considered ‘new’ to Western science, the term rarely denotes a species completely unknown to Humankind. People native to the areas inhabited by these animals are usually well aware of its presence and indispensable in locating individuals for observation and study by Western researchers.
A host of other new species have already been discovered this year, including the Cambodian tailorbird, a new type of hero shrew, a reef fish from the Caribbean, a beautifully patterned bat from the Sudan and two new spider species (including a grey and black tarantula the size of an open palm).
To Dr. Helgen, this is hardly surprising, “Conventional wisdom would have it that we know all the mammals of the world. In fact, we know so little. Unique species, profoundly different from anything ever discovered, are out there waiting to be found.” He says.
SOURCES
http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/explorers/bios/helgen-kristofer/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23701151
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/23716967
http://blog.getaway.co.za/travel-news/new-species-discovered-2013/
The creature, known as the olinguito, is the first such animal to be discovered on the American continent in 35 years.
Zoologist Dr. Kristofer Helgen, who works as the curator of mammals in Washington DC’s National Museum of Natural History, discovered some stored remains in a Chicago museum and was reportedly ‘stopped in his tracks’ upon seeing them.
Following further examination, Helgen says that, “The skins were a rich red colour and when I looked at the skulls I didn’t recognize the anatomy. It was different to any similar animal I’d seen, and right away I thought it could be a species new to science.”
DNA testing eventually proved that, whilst the 35-cm long olinguito is a type of olingo (a relative of raccoons), it is definitely a distinct species in its own right. However, not content with simply describing the species from the remains, the real challenge for Helgen was to attempt to observe this new mammal in the wild.
Using educated guesswork and clues obtained from the specimen drawer, Dr. Helgen and his team were able to theorize a possible habitat for the olinguito. Their ideas proved to be correct and the animal has since been established as inhabiting a number of protected areas from Central Columbia to Western Ecuador.
This is not the first time that Dr. Helgen has identified new species by examining museum remains. In fact, throughout his distinguished career, he has discovered around 100 new species of animals. As an example, Helgen’s work has demonstrated that the hog badger, presumed simply to be a single, widespread species, was in fact three different species, albeit with similar attributes.
Historical records show that Washington National Zoo actually had an olinguito specimen in the 1960’s, but it was never identified as such. The animal was exhibited as an olinga, but its keepers were puzzled when it failed to breed. Sadly, the captive olinguito died without ever being correctly identified.
It should also be noted that just because an animal is considered ‘new’ to Western science, the term rarely denotes a species completely unknown to Humankind. People native to the areas inhabited by these animals are usually well aware of its presence and indispensable in locating individuals for observation and study by Western researchers.
A host of other new species have already been discovered this year, including the Cambodian tailorbird, a new type of hero shrew, a reef fish from the Caribbean, a beautifully patterned bat from the Sudan and two new spider species (including a grey and black tarantula the size of an open palm).
To Dr. Helgen, this is hardly surprising, “Conventional wisdom would have it that we know all the mammals of the world. In fact, we know so little. Unique species, profoundly different from anything ever discovered, are out there waiting to be found.” He says.
SOURCES
http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/explorers/bios/helgen-kristofer/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23701151
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/23716967
http://blog.getaway.co.za/travel-news/new-species-discovered-2013/
Tuesday 26 November 2013
PS4: Is The Latest Batch The Greatest?
Where do the latest PS4 games sit on the Pantheon of the PS4? Let’s have a look-see.
College mate Bob.
“Well, with a little trepidation I’ve finally done it” the update read “I’ve bought my own detached house. It has all appliances I could need and a beautiful thatched roof”
Not much older than me. I was shocked that he was enjoying so much success. How he’d gotten so wealthy. Bob and I were in the same class at college. I used to take long lunches. He moved away and I only met him a few years later, whilst we were on the same train. Working as writers. I was about to post a long message congratulating Bob on his newfound success when I noticed the final two words to his status. Dork.
Bob is not alone, loads of people had great fun last year with PS4 games. Skyrim destroyed the social lives of half of my friends. Awesome graphics, Skyrim was quite rightly lauded as one of the best games of 2012. In fact, for a couple months, every. Saw him.
Fell victim to this little number, is FIFA12. probably won’t. F13, for example, might disappoint F1 fans expecting an upgrade. It is the sequel to…Don’t make me tell you!, with updated squad lists and slightly better graphics. It sold well, but I can’t say it’s hugely better than FIFA11.
Another one that did well towards the end of last year. Maybe that’s going too far). I can’t stand Dragon Ball Z. Get into that show? There’s like, three frames of animation per episode, most of which is either recapping the last. Madder. Extremely pissed off) hero gets really mad, glows yellow and kills him. The end. hours of my life I’m not getting back any time soon to get there. What’s that? Oh, the game? {I have no idea, I got sidetracked|Distracted|Taken off on a tangent…Actually, I should issue an apology before DBZ’s legions of fans stand around getting angrier.
Overview
College mate Bob.
“Well, with a little trepidation I’ve finally done it” the update read “I’ve bought my own detached house. It has all appliances I could need and a beautiful thatched roof”
Not much older than me. I was shocked that he was enjoying so much success. How he’d gotten so wealthy. Bob and I were in the same class at college. I used to take long lunches. He moved away and I only met him a few years later, whilst we were on the same train. Working as writers. I was about to post a long message congratulating Bob on his newfound success when I noticed the final two words to his status. Dork.
Bob is not alone, loads of people had great fun last year with PS4 games. Skyrim destroyed the social lives of half of my friends. Awesome graphics, Skyrim was quite rightly lauded as one of the best games of 2012. In fact, for a couple months, every. Saw him.
Fell victim to this little number, is FIFA12. probably won’t. F13, for example, might disappoint F1 fans expecting an upgrade. It is the sequel to…Don’t make me tell you!, with updated squad lists and slightly better graphics. It sold well, but I can’t say it’s hugely better than FIFA11.
Another one that did well towards the end of last year. Maybe that’s going too far). I can’t stand Dragon Ball Z. Get into that show? There’s like, three frames of animation per episode, most of which is either recapping the last. Madder. Extremely pissed off) hero gets really mad, glows yellow and kills him. The end. hours of my life I’m not getting back any time soon to get there. What’s that? Oh, the game? {I have no idea, I got sidetracked|Distracted|Taken off on a tangent…Actually, I should issue an apology before DBZ’s legions of fans stand around getting angrier.
Overview
Thursday 21 November 2013
The General use of Two-Way Radios
Two-way radios are, in a very real sense, a large part of British industry. If not quite the ‘lifeblood’ of our manufacturing, transport, leisure, health and security industries, they are certainly vital components of it.
People from all walks of life use two-way radios every day. Management teams use them to communicate directly with shop floor staff, security guards and production line supervisors, while builders and tradesmen use them to discuss the next step of the job they are currently working on, saving time by being able to talk over long distances. But it doesn’t end there, cab drivers, truckers and train drivers all use two-way radios and the military views the two-way radio as an indispensable part of modern warfare (and has done since World War 2).
To put it simply, two-way radios save lives, being used by health and safety professionals, fire marshals and, of course, the police. The ability to communicate with one another quickly and reliably over relatively vast distances is not only useful; it’s downright indispensable.
Because of two-way radios, production lines can move faster, shopping centres can be more efficient and building work can be completed more quickly. When merchandise is shipped in from foreign lands and produce is, in turn, shipped out to other lands, radios play a massive part, allowing the cataloguing and stock taking process to be handled quickly and efficiently.
Professionals with radios can be seen on golf courses, at rock n roll gigs, repairing roads, managing conference centres, patrolling our streets and saving lives. More reliable than a mobile phone, more durable and tough than a pager and universally praised for the simplicity and ease-of-use displayed in its design, the humble two-way radio is precision engineered for literally thousands of different tasks.
In fact, radios are so ubiquitous that it’s highly probable that you’ve seen (or even used) several of them today and barely even noticed. Two-way radios are used for so many jobs, be they in the public or private sector, be they practical or theoretical, that it is absolutely impossible to live to adulthood in the UK and never encounter one.
So join us in saluting the unsung hero of British industry, the two-way radio. It really is an amazing invention, one that is far more important than most of us actually realize.
The two-way radio is one of those genuinely great inventions that legitimately changed the world, it is high time that it was celebrated as such. Over.
People from all walks of life use two-way radios every day. Management teams use them to communicate directly with shop floor staff, security guards and production line supervisors, while builders and tradesmen use them to discuss the next step of the job they are currently working on, saving time by being able to talk over long distances. But it doesn’t end there, cab drivers, truckers and train drivers all use two-way radios and the military views the two-way radio as an indispensable part of modern warfare (and has done since World War 2).
To put it simply, two-way radios save lives, being used by health and safety professionals, fire marshals and, of course, the police. The ability to communicate with one another quickly and reliably over relatively vast distances is not only useful; it’s downright indispensable.
Because of two-way radios, production lines can move faster, shopping centres can be more efficient and building work can be completed more quickly. When merchandise is shipped in from foreign lands and produce is, in turn, shipped out to other lands, radios play a massive part, allowing the cataloguing and stock taking process to be handled quickly and efficiently.
Professionals with radios can be seen on golf courses, at rock n roll gigs, repairing roads, managing conference centres, patrolling our streets and saving lives. More reliable than a mobile phone, more durable and tough than a pager and universally praised for the simplicity and ease-of-use displayed in its design, the humble two-way radio is precision engineered for literally thousands of different tasks.
In fact, radios are so ubiquitous that it’s highly probable that you’ve seen (or even used) several of them today and barely even noticed. Two-way radios are used for so many jobs, be they in the public or private sector, be they practical or theoretical, that it is absolutely impossible to live to adulthood in the UK and never encounter one.
So join us in saluting the unsung hero of British industry, the two-way radio. It really is an amazing invention, one that is far more important than most of us actually realize.
The two-way radio is one of those genuinely great inventions that legitimately changed the world, it is high time that it was celebrated as such. Over.
Book about Jewel Encrusted Skeleton ‘Saints’ released to great enjoyment
Paul Koudounaris, who’s also known by his nickname ‘Indiana Bones’ is an writer, photographer and top authority on bone-decorated places and ossuarys. Earlier this year, Koudounaris published a book featuring high definition imagery of that 400-year-old ‘catacomb saints’ of Rome, a bunch of corpses that had been painstakingly decorated with jewelry and finery ahead of being offered as ruins of saints to congregations across Europe.
Through the Protestant Reformation of that 16th Century, Catholic churches were routinely stripped of their relics, cryptogram and finery. So they can counter this, The Vatican had ancient skeletons removed out of the Catacombs of Rome and copiously adorned as a remains of acknowledged saints.
Though typically forgotten until Koudounaris released his book, the catacomb saints continue to fascinate interested parties; they can still inspire religious zeal. In 1977, the settlement of Ruttenbach in Bavaria labored hard to raise sufficient money to purchase back 2 of their original saints from confidential collectors, the ornamental skeletons had originally been auctioned off in 1803.
The book, which Koudounaris has cautiously titled ‘Heavenly Bodies’ sees its author attempt to find and photograph each of the surviving tomb saints.
In his glory days (a period that lasted over 200 years before conclusively coming to a close within the 19th century), the saints travelled far and wide, being transported at great expense by the Church. They were venerated as things of care, or conduits for prayer.
Though the saints may seem strange to contemporary eyes (one Telegraph reporter described them as ‘ghastly’), it is vital that you understand that those who prayed at the feet of these gilded cadavers were a lot nearer to demise than their modern counterparts. Within the wake of The Black Death (which recurred regularly throughout Europe from the 14th to the 17th Centuries), art, literature and even worship had moved to accept such ghoulish, macabre imagery.
The remnants were typically adorned by nuns and often placed in a choice of natural poses, before being protected in glass cabinets. Some of our careful decoration took as long as five years to finish, with jewellery and costumes being particularly grand.
Koudounaris’ book, ‘Heavenly Bodies’ is out there now.
Through the Protestant Reformation of that 16th Century, Catholic churches were routinely stripped of their relics, cryptogram and finery. So they can counter this, The Vatican had ancient skeletons removed out of the Catacombs of Rome and copiously adorned as a remains of acknowledged saints.
Though typically forgotten until Koudounaris released his book, the catacomb saints continue to fascinate interested parties; they can still inspire religious zeal. In 1977, the settlement of Ruttenbach in Bavaria labored hard to raise sufficient money to purchase back 2 of their original saints from confidential collectors, the ornamental skeletons had originally been auctioned off in 1803.
The book, which Koudounaris has cautiously titled ‘Heavenly Bodies’ sees its author attempt to find and photograph each of the surviving tomb saints.
In his glory days (a period that lasted over 200 years before conclusively coming to a close within the 19th century), the saints travelled far and wide, being transported at great expense by the Church. They were venerated as things of care, or conduits for prayer.
Though the saints may seem strange to contemporary eyes (one Telegraph reporter described them as ‘ghastly’), it is vital that you understand that those who prayed at the feet of these gilded cadavers were a lot nearer to demise than their modern counterparts. Within the wake of The Black Death (which recurred regularly throughout Europe from the 14th to the 17th Centuries), art, literature and even worship had moved to accept such ghoulish, macabre imagery.
The remnants were typically adorned by nuns and often placed in a choice of natural poses, before being protected in glass cabinets. Some of our careful decoration took as long as five years to finish, with jewellery and costumes being particularly grand.
Koudounaris’ book, ‘Heavenly Bodies’ is out there now.
Could we have discovered possibilities of life from another world?
A team of British scientists believe that they’ve discovered organisms in earth’s environment that originate from outer space.
As demanding as that may be to judge, Professor Milton Wainwright, the team’s leader, insists that this is unquestionably the instance.
The team, from the University of Sheffield, discovered the little organisms (misleadingly known as ‘bugs’ by quite a lot of persistent journalists) living on a research balloon that had been sent 16.7 miles into our atmosphere throughout last month’s Perseids meteor shower.
In keeping with Professor Wainwright, the microscopic creatures could not have been carried into the stratosphere with the balloon. He said, “Most people will imagine that these biological particles should have just drifted up into the stratosphere from Earth, but it’s usually accepted that a particle of the size found cannot be lifted from Earth to heights of, as an example, 27km. The one known exemption is by a violent volcanic explosion, none of these occurred within three years of their sampling trip.”
Wainwright maintains that only salient conclusion is that the organisms originated from space. He went on to mention that “life isn’t restricted to this planet also it almost definitely did not originate here”
However, not everyone is so persuaded. Dr. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer for the SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) project stated, “I’m very skeptical. This claim may be made beforehand, and dismissed as terrestrial contamination.” The team responds to this by saying that they were thorough as they readied the balloon before the experiments started.
Yet, they do acknowledge that there could be an strange reason for these organisms to achieve such altitudes. It must also be well-known that microbal organisms discovered in the 1980’s and 1990’s and named ‘extremophiles’ stunned the scientific community by living in environments that would instantaneously kill the bulk of life on earth.
These creatures have always been observed living deep under Glacial ice and even 1900 feet below the ocean floor. In March of this year, Ronnie Glud, a biogeochemist at the Southern Danish University in Odense, Denmark was quoted as saying “In the most secluded, harsh places, you can even have higher activity than their surroundings,” and that “You can find microbes all over the place – they’re very malleable to conditions, and stay alive where they are,” so it seems more plausible that either the team is in error, or that this is solely another case of microscopic life showing up in an extraordinary place.
Additionally, it is not the 1st time this particular team has come under fire for making such statements, either. Back in January of this year, astrobiologist Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe reported that ‘fossils’ found inside a Sri Lankan meteorite were proof of extraterrestrial life, an assertion that’s commonly criticized by scientific community.
Other scientists have complained that there frankly isn’t enough indication to generate such a claim, as the theory this vital would need a huge body of proof to prove its validity.
What that says to this reporter is that microorganisms can survive almost anyplace and it simply isn’t good science to jump to wild conclusions like aliens each time a more plausible answer is most likely present. Science shouldn’t be subject to such wild leaps of elaborate. Imagination is a good aid to science, however it isn’t a science in and of itself. Unfortunately, Dr. Wainwright and his group look to be seeing what they want to observe.
SOURCES:
http://www.livescience.com/27954-microbes-mariana-trench.html
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/09/22/news/entertainment/have-we-found-alien-life/
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/alien-bugs-discovered-earths-atmosphere-152253962.html#13B0NDB
As demanding as that may be to judge, Professor Milton Wainwright, the team’s leader, insists that this is unquestionably the instance.
The team, from the University of Sheffield, discovered the little organisms (misleadingly known as ‘bugs’ by quite a lot of persistent journalists) living on a research balloon that had been sent 16.7 miles into our atmosphere throughout last month’s Perseids meteor shower.
In keeping with Professor Wainwright, the microscopic creatures could not have been carried into the stratosphere with the balloon. He said, “Most people will imagine that these biological particles should have just drifted up into the stratosphere from Earth, but it’s usually accepted that a particle of the size found cannot be lifted from Earth to heights of, as an example, 27km. The one known exemption is by a violent volcanic explosion, none of these occurred within three years of their sampling trip.”
Wainwright maintains that only salient conclusion is that the organisms originated from space. He went on to mention that “life isn’t restricted to this planet also it almost definitely did not originate here”
However, not everyone is so persuaded. Dr. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer for the SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) project stated, “I’m very skeptical. This claim may be made beforehand, and dismissed as terrestrial contamination.” The team responds to this by saying that they were thorough as they readied the balloon before the experiments started.
Yet, they do acknowledge that there could be an strange reason for these organisms to achieve such altitudes. It must also be well-known that microbal organisms discovered in the 1980’s and 1990’s and named ‘extremophiles’ stunned the scientific community by living in environments that would instantaneously kill the bulk of life on earth.
These creatures have always been observed living deep under Glacial ice and even 1900 feet below the ocean floor. In March of this year, Ronnie Glud, a biogeochemist at the Southern Danish University in Odense, Denmark was quoted as saying “In the most secluded, harsh places, you can even have higher activity than their surroundings,” and that “You can find microbes all over the place – they’re very malleable to conditions, and stay alive where they are,” so it seems more plausible that either the team is in error, or that this is solely another case of microscopic life showing up in an extraordinary place.
Additionally, it is not the 1st time this particular team has come under fire for making such statements, either. Back in January of this year, astrobiologist Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe reported that ‘fossils’ found inside a Sri Lankan meteorite were proof of extraterrestrial life, an assertion that’s commonly criticized by scientific community.
Other scientists have complained that there frankly isn’t enough indication to generate such a claim, as the theory this vital would need a huge body of proof to prove its validity.
What that says to this reporter is that microorganisms can survive almost anyplace and it simply isn’t good science to jump to wild conclusions like aliens each time a more plausible answer is most likely present. Science shouldn’t be subject to such wild leaps of elaborate. Imagination is a good aid to science, however it isn’t a science in and of itself. Unfortunately, Dr. Wainwright and his group look to be seeing what they want to observe.
SOURCES:
http://www.livescience.com/27954-microbes-mariana-trench.html
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/09/22/news/entertainment/have-we-found-alien-life/
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/alien-bugs-discovered-earths-atmosphere-152253962.html#13B0NDB
Tuesday 12 November 2013
Have we irrevocably discovered the solution to our "after death" effect?
A new scientific study has recommended that dying rats experience an strange flow of intense brain motion during their final moments of existence. This amplified brain use may be in line with (and thusly explain) Human accounts of near or after death experiences, as reported by lots of people around the world.
Almost a fifth of all folks who have survived a cardiac arrest have reported having an ‘After Death Experience’ or ADE. This is quite an alarming statistic, particularly as ADE tends to have a very profound effect within the life of that survivor. Having an ADE is seen by many as unquestionable substantiation of an spirit world or a continuation of that individual’s soul after death.
Equally, a ‘Near Death Experience’ (or NDE) is believed being comparable to the ADE, but noticeably occurs while the patient is still technically living. Many people who encounter NDE’s report a balanced sensation or ‘Out of Body Experience’ (OBE), also as encounters with angels, deceased family and cherished ones. Both NDE and ADE survivors recurrently explain traversing a long tunnel in the direction of an extreme light.
Negotiations of life after death appear in early scriptures, archaeological sites and many subsequent works of viewpoint and have fascinated (and frightened) Human beings, no matter of creed, race or culture, since time immemorial.
After convalescing from surgery in 1979, Jazmyne Cidavia-DeRepentigny of Hull, Georgia, USA, reported a stereotypical NDE account that was finally published in the book ‘Beyond The Light’ by P.M.H Atwater in 1994. Like many, Jazmyne recounts information of her surgery that might be very difficult to get were she lying.
Jazmyne states that “I was suspended over my body. I could see and listen to everything which was being said and done. I left the area for a moment and returned to where my body lay. I knew why I died. It is because I couldn’t breathe. I had a tube along my throat and the health staff did not have an oxygen mask on my nose. I’d also been provided excessive general anesthetic”.
She went on to describe her attempts to get rid of the tube from her throat from a relatively harrowing account.
Prior to the aforementioned study, it is accepted fact that brain activity ceases once the heart stops. This has now been demonstrated as being untrue, at least as far as rats are concerned. It is also the strongest theory to this point concerning the reasons of ADEs, OBEs and NDEs.
One of the scientists responsible for these results, Dr. George Mashour of the University of Ann Arbour, Michigan, USA said the team was “astonished with the high levels of motion” within the rodents. “In fact, at near-death lots of recognized electrical signatures of consciousness exceeded levels found in the waking condition, signifying that the brain is able of well-organized electrical activity during the initial stage of clinical death.” He said.
The team’s lead scientist, Dr. Jimo Borjigin added that “This report tells us that reduction of oxygen or equally oxygen and glucose during cardiac arrest can stimulate brain activity which is characteristic of conscious processing,”
However, Dr. Martin Coath on the University of Plymouth, UK was somewhat critical of the team’s findings.
Dr. Coath said, as the rats were anaesthetized, the findings better demonstrated the unconscious brain’s response to a serious lack of blood flow and oxygen. He also said that the study had not necessarily proved that any ‘heightened conscious processing’ had in reality taken place, signifying the wording of the conclusion was “a bit of a stretch”. He commented that, while the results were “genuinely interesting” they were as well “hardly amazing”.
The effects of this report will little doubt be of great importance to many within the scientific kinship, as well as religious groups, those engrossed in the mystical and those who have experienced an ADE or NDE.
SOURCES:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/paranormal-death-experiences-explained-204403437.html#7mbMENa
http://www.iands.org/nde-stories/17-nde-accounts-from-beyond-the-light.html
Almost a fifth of all folks who have survived a cardiac arrest have reported having an ‘After Death Experience’ or ADE. This is quite an alarming statistic, particularly as ADE tends to have a very profound effect within the life of that survivor. Having an ADE is seen by many as unquestionable substantiation of an spirit world or a continuation of that individual’s soul after death.
Equally, a ‘Near Death Experience’ (or NDE) is believed being comparable to the ADE, but noticeably occurs while the patient is still technically living. Many people who encounter NDE’s report a balanced sensation or ‘Out of Body Experience’ (OBE), also as encounters with angels, deceased family and cherished ones. Both NDE and ADE survivors recurrently explain traversing a long tunnel in the direction of an extreme light.
Negotiations of life after death appear in early scriptures, archaeological sites and many subsequent works of viewpoint and have fascinated (and frightened) Human beings, no matter of creed, race or culture, since time immemorial.
After convalescing from surgery in 1979, Jazmyne Cidavia-DeRepentigny of Hull, Georgia, USA, reported a stereotypical NDE account that was finally published in the book ‘Beyond The Light’ by P.M.H Atwater in 1994. Like many, Jazmyne recounts information of her surgery that might be very difficult to get were she lying.
Jazmyne states that “I was suspended over my body. I could see and listen to everything which was being said and done. I left the area for a moment and returned to where my body lay. I knew why I died. It is because I couldn’t breathe. I had a tube along my throat and the health staff did not have an oxygen mask on my nose. I’d also been provided excessive general anesthetic”.
She went on to describe her attempts to get rid of the tube from her throat from a relatively harrowing account.
Prior to the aforementioned study, it is accepted fact that brain activity ceases once the heart stops. This has now been demonstrated as being untrue, at least as far as rats are concerned. It is also the strongest theory to this point concerning the reasons of ADEs, OBEs and NDEs.
One of the scientists responsible for these results, Dr. George Mashour of the University of Ann Arbour, Michigan, USA said the team was “astonished with the high levels of motion” within the rodents. “In fact, at near-death lots of recognized electrical signatures of consciousness exceeded levels found in the waking condition, signifying that the brain is able of well-organized electrical activity during the initial stage of clinical death.” He said.
The team’s lead scientist, Dr. Jimo Borjigin added that “This report tells us that reduction of oxygen or equally oxygen and glucose during cardiac arrest can stimulate brain activity which is characteristic of conscious processing,”
However, Dr. Martin Coath on the University of Plymouth, UK was somewhat critical of the team’s findings.
Dr. Coath said, as the rats were anaesthetized, the findings better demonstrated the unconscious brain’s response to a serious lack of blood flow and oxygen. He also said that the study had not necessarily proved that any ‘heightened conscious processing’ had in reality taken place, signifying the wording of the conclusion was “a bit of a stretch”. He commented that, while the results were “genuinely interesting” they were as well “hardly amazing”.
The effects of this report will little doubt be of great importance to many within the scientific kinship, as well as religious groups, those engrossed in the mystical and those who have experienced an ADE or NDE.
SOURCES:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/paranormal-death-experiences-explained-204403437.html#7mbMENa
http://www.iands.org/nde-stories/17-nde-accounts-from-beyond-the-light.html
Bringing the Cinema to your family with HD projectors
Ever watched any of MTV Cribs? We do. And we have been forever most jealous of those quasi-pop idol properties that comes equipped using a tiny picture theatre. Well, now that technology has reached a decent price notably enough to present us mere mortals a go, and wow, are we excited about that!
Big screen experience is just a click away, so let us be your guides. Buying an hd projector has never been closer, easier, less expensive or more worth it.
Using your hd projector you may make any night a film night, running your favorite Bluray or DVD films for assembled friends and family (as well as the few less-than-welcome hangers-on who always surface) and astound everyone. An hd projector brings out the best in any film, regardless of its era and resources.
To really catch the essence of the cinema at home, you may need an hd projector and a Full-size screen, then you definately can blend old classics with current blockbusters to your heart’s content. By hooking your high definition projector up to the state of the art surround sound system, your bone-crushing celluloid adventures might be done.
Watch movies just how they were intended to be viewed, using your high definition projector. Take the cinema home with you (minus the sticky flooring, over-priced munchies and obnoxious youngsters) and bask in the luxuriousness that only your hd projector can provide. Who needs a lifestyle like the wealthy and (apparently) barefaced if you’ve got a cinema in the home?
Big screen experience is just a click away, so let us be your guides. Buying an hd projector has never been closer, easier, less expensive or more worth it.
Using your hd projector you may make any night a film night, running your favorite Bluray or DVD films for assembled friends and family (as well as the few less-than-welcome hangers-on who always surface) and astound everyone. An hd projector brings out the best in any film, regardless of its era and resources.
To really catch the essence of the cinema at home, you may need an hd projector and a Full-size screen, then you definately can blend old classics with current blockbusters to your heart’s content. By hooking your high definition projector up to the state of the art surround sound system, your bone-crushing celluloid adventures might be done.
Watch movies just how they were intended to be viewed, using your high definition projector. Take the cinema home with you (minus the sticky flooring, over-priced munchies and obnoxious youngsters) and bask in the luxuriousness that only your hd projector can provide. Who needs a lifestyle like the wealthy and (apparently) barefaced if you’ve got a cinema in the home?
Saturday 9 November 2013
Life is not about Xbox one, it is about Kinnection!
The Xbox One Kinect is a marvellous thing. I’ve always wanted to take gaming matters into my own hands, like some sort of deranged geek vigilante.
“If I didn’t have to rely on these buttons so damn much” I frequently grumble, “I’d grab that monster and kick it in myself!”
Case in point, there’s a fat bloke in Pokemon (it doesn’t matter which version of Pokemon, there’s always a f*cking fat bloke) who stands in your way and stubbornly refuses to move until you have performed some task or the other. If a fat bloke did that in real life, I know that I for one would be first in line to smack him in the gob. We’re not that violent as a society, but we’re busy, y’know?
Maybe that’s how Team Rocket and that lot get started? Perhaps they grew tired of the many, many road blocks in their path, rocks that turn out to be Geodudes, Bug Catchers and Snorlax after sodding Snorlax, maybe one day they just had enough. They love cats and, with the exception of Blowfeld, Dr. Evil and a plethora of other classic villains, cat lovers can’t be bad people, can they?
Well, with the Kinect, your body is the controller. When you play a boxing sim, the right hook you’ll be using is your own and when you play running games, its your own legs that you flail about pathetically. Today, the Xbox one with kinect bundle can give you everything you need to get started in one cut price purchase.
That’s right, the Xbox one with kinect bundle is the future of gaming technology. Finally you can get the ‘hands on’ experience you’ve been looking for. Finally you can play a game without having to rely on buttons, sticks, gizmos or combos, you can play an organic and natural feeling game and also get in a bit of a workout, even if it does make you look like kind of a d*ck (our advice is to close the curtains first). The future is now, which puts us only a few centuries away from the development of the first holodeck, yay! (Oh come on, you know you were thinking it!)
“If I didn’t have to rely on these buttons so damn much” I frequently grumble, “I’d grab that monster and kick it in myself!”
Case in point, there’s a fat bloke in Pokemon (it doesn’t matter which version of Pokemon, there’s always a f*cking fat bloke) who stands in your way and stubbornly refuses to move until you have performed some task or the other. If a fat bloke did that in real life, I know that I for one would be first in line to smack him in the gob. We’re not that violent as a society, but we’re busy, y’know?
Maybe that’s how Team Rocket and that lot get started? Perhaps they grew tired of the many, many road blocks in their path, rocks that turn out to be Geodudes, Bug Catchers and Snorlax after sodding Snorlax, maybe one day they just had enough. They love cats and, with the exception of Blowfeld, Dr. Evil and a plethora of other classic villains, cat lovers can’t be bad people, can they?
Well, with the Kinect, your body is the controller. When you play a boxing sim, the right hook you’ll be using is your own and when you play running games, its your own legs that you flail about pathetically. Today, the Xbox one with kinect bundle can give you everything you need to get started in one cut price purchase.
That’s right, the Xbox one with kinect bundle is the future of gaming technology. Finally you can get the ‘hands on’ experience you’ve been looking for. Finally you can play a game without having to rely on buttons, sticks, gizmos or combos, you can play an organic and natural feeling game and also get in a bit of a workout, even if it does make you look like kind of a d*ck (our advice is to close the curtains first). The future is now, which puts us only a few centuries away from the development of the first holodeck, yay! (Oh come on, you know you were thinking it!)
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