The remote control that revolutionized our ‘fat assets’ – Leonard Pitts Jr. – MiamiHerald.com
We are gathered here today to memorialize a man who revolutionized our lives.
So what did Eugene J. Polley do? What was the nature of his great leap forward? Did he invent the PC? Did he invent the cell phone? Did he invent the Internet?
No. Eugene J. Polley invented the wireless remote ….
The remote control that revolutionized our ‘fat assets’ – Leonard Pitts Jr. – MiamiHerald.com
Remember by Christina Rossetti : The Poetry Foundation
Remember
By Christina Rossetti 1830–1894 Christina Rossetti
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann’d:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
I’ve wanted to see The Fall since it came out. Tarsem Singh directed The Cell, which completely blew me away. In both movies, Tarsem features fantastical, vast landscapes – he has a painter’s eye. Many scenes in both movies are fantastically beautiful.
The Fall is also a bit of an homage to early film and to stuntmen. Above all, it celebrates imagination. However, the final half hour stumbles quite a bit. I’d recommend The Cell, instead.
The Fall(2006)
117 min - Adventure | Drama | Fantasy - 3 January 2008 (Russia)
Ratings: 7.9/10 from 46,079 users Metascore: 64/100
Reviews: 250 user |166 critic |23 from Metacritic.comIn a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
Director:
Writers:
Dan Gilroy (screenplay), Nico Soultanakis (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
Stars:
Wow. Non-stop kung fu with half a dozen powerful figures in play. Quite amazing. Recommended to any martial arts fan. Best martial arts movie I’ve seen since Jade Warrior (4.7 stars) [Fri 04/08/11 at 10:47 pm]. Iron Monkey has much more action.
Iron Monkey(1993)
Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau (original title)
90 min - Action | Crime | Drama - 12 October 2001 (USA)
7.5
Ratings: 7.5/10 from 8,845 users Metascore: 79/100
Reviews: 117 user |95 critic |28 from Metacritic.comA doctor fights the corrupt authorities as a masked Robin Hood hero, even while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt for him.
Director:
We have a diverse and complex ecosystem in our guts. There’s no reason to believe the mind-gut connection doesn’t go both ways. Tend your garden.
Probiotics: Exploring the Gut-Mind Connection
Long-Term Goal
A long-term goal is to determine whether eating probiotic products or taking probiotic supplements regularly can change the balance of bacteria in the gut and alter emotional response to stress and other negative stimuli, Tillisch says.
John Petrini, MD, a gastroenterologist at the Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, Calif., says the findings suggest that there is "some kind of interaction" between bacteria in the gut, activity in the brain, and emotions, but that the work is "very preliminary."
A shortcoming of the study is that the researchers looked at activity in areas of the brain that they hypothesized would be involved in such an interaction, Petrini says. "There could be other [areas of the brain] that are more important."
"I wouldn’t run out and buy a lot of yogurt in hopes of becoming less emotional or less stressed," he tells WebMD.
The study was funded by Danone Research, makers of Dannon Yogurt.
Salud!
Drinking Red Wine Is Good for Gut Bacteria
By Cari Nierenberg
WebMD Health NewsReviewed byLouise Chang, MD
May 25, 2012 — Drinking a daily glass of red wine not only tastes good to many people, but it’s also good for the bacteria lining your large intestine.
A new Spanish study suggests that sipping about 9 ounces of Merlot or a low-alcohol red wine changed the mix of good and bad bacteria typically found in the colon in ways that can benefit your health. …
Polyphenols are helpful plant-based compounds found in a variety of foods and beverages. Besides red grapes, many other fruits and vegetables are rich sources of polyphenols, as are coffee, tea, chocolate, and some nuts. …
The findings showed that the balance of intestinal bacteria shifted in the men in a similar way whether they drank the Merlot or low-alcohol red wine. In both cases, they had a larger percent of certain beneficial gut bacteria.
After drinking the polyphenol-rich beverages, the men also had lower blood pressure. It also decreased triglyceride levels, HDL cholesterol (the so-called good cholesterol), and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, a measure of inflammation.
"This study was the first to show that regular, moderate consumption of red wine could have a noteworthy effect on the growth of select gut microbiota," the researchers conclude.
Today, I voted early. Kudos to Maggie Toulouse for distributing numerous early voting sites. (Remember: You can vote at any location now and in the fall.) I was greeted at the door by one person who lead me to a clerk who asked me for information. He printed the application for early in-person voting, which I signed. Then, he printed my ballot, which he told me he was not allowed to touch, so I took it off the printer. Another person pointed me to the booths. I filled the short ballot. Another person pointed me to the machines that read ballots. I was the 60th person to use the 3rd machine; over 200 had used the first and 99 the second. That person said, “I want to see you again in the fall.” You bet. Finally, I was shown the door (in the nicest sense). The process was quick and easy.
My gripe? Filling in ovals with a pen. Seriously, I hate that laborious process, which is made worse by a rickety booth that oscillates with my efforts. Can’t I have an oval stamp – one press per race?
Better: Let me use a computer to make my selections, and then review them all before printing the completed ballot. I’m not talking about electronic voting. The entry computer would not create a record. I would still carry my ballot to the machine. No ballots would be rejected for improper completion – that would be eliminated.
