A Man Called Otto is a comedy-drama directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Magee. It is the second film adaptation of the 2012 novel A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, and an American remake of the 2015 Swedish film of the same name written and directed by Hannes Holm. I thought the trailers were interesting and suggested a pleasant entertainment experience, plus I […]
A MAN CALLED OTTO (2022) – My rating: 8.5/10
A MAN CALLED OTTO (2022) – My rating: 8.5/10
January 27, 2023
How extinct animals could be brought back from the dead
January 26, 2023
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Millions of years ago thylacines, also known as Tasmanian tigers, were widespread across Australia. About the size of an American coyote, these dog-like creatures with stripes disappeared from the mainland around 2,000 years ago. They remained in Tasmania until the 1920s when they were slaughtered by European colonizers who saw them as a threat to livestock.
“It was a human-driven extinction – European settlers came to Australia and brutally obliterated this animal,” says Andrew Pask, a geneticist at the University of Melbourne.
Pask is leading a team of scientists who, together with “de-extinction” company Colossal Biosciences, aim to recreate the wolf-like creature and bring it back.
Thanks to recent advances in genetics, namely the advent of gene editing technology Crispr-Cas9, the thylacine is not the only lost species that we could soon see again. How does the science of de-extinction work, and what kinds of ethical questions does it raise?
In the case of the thylacine, the first step is sequencing the extinct animal’s DNA – the genetic blueprint contained in every single cell of the body. Pask did this in 2017.
“The great thing about the thylacine, is that as it was such an important marsupial every major museum wanted one in their collection, so there are hundreds of samples around the globe, and some are exceptionally preserved,” says Pask.
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From an Australian frog that swallowed its own eggs to woolly mammoths, scientists are getting ever closer to being able to bring long-lost species back from the dead.
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7 Anti-Inflammatory Fats You Should Eat, According to a Dietitian
January 26, 2023
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No matter how many marathons you run, how many dietary supplements you take daily, or how often you see your chiropractor, inflammation is unavoidable. Trauma, infections, injury, and toxins trigger inflammation to defend your body’s health. While inflammation sounds like the ultimate killjoy, its job is to fight these foreign invaders so your body can heal and get healthy again, per StatPearls.
Diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s can stem from chronic inflammation when inflammation worsens and lasts for months or even years. Aging, alcohol intake, and diets high in saturated fats can amplify inflammation, per a 2022 review published in Food Research International. The bright side? You can equip your body to combat inflammation and lessen your chances of developing chronic diseases. Even though there’s no magical cure-all food, eating a diet patterned after the Mediterranean diet can be a first-line approach to reducing inflammation. The Med diet focuses on fruits, vegetables, lean protein, whole grains, and healthy fats from nuts, olive oil, and fish.
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# Happy New Year, friends #
January 26, 2023
Hello, my friends, Welcome to my creative website, retiredkalam.com. This is my first website where I share my feelings, my thoughts, my happiness & my pain because sharing my feelings with you keeps me alive. Happy New Year 2023 Let us welcome 2023 with renewed hopes and an opportunity to set new goals for the betterment […]
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A sound you can’t hear but may one day change your life
January 25, 2023
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Undergoing clinical trials around the world is a brain surgery that doesn’t need an incision or produce any blood yet drastically improves the lives of people with essential tremor, depression, and more. The procedure, known as a focused ultrasound, aims sound waves at parts of the brain to disrupt faulty brain circuits causing symptoms.
“Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive therapeutic technology,” said Dr. Neal Kassell, founder, and chairman of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation. “We’ve said that focused ultrasound is the most powerful sound you will never hear, but sound that someday could save your life.”
Kassell describes the way it works as “analogous to using a magnifying glass to focus beams of light on a point and burn a hole in a leaf.”
“With focused ultrasound, instead of using an optical lens to focus beams of light,” he added, “an acoustic lens is used to focus multiple beams of ultrasound energy on targets deep in the body with a high degree of precision and accuracy, sparing the adjacent normal tissue.”
Kassell served on the board of Insightec — a leading maker of focused ultrasound machines — more than 10 years ago, according to an Insightec spokesperson. As a result, he holds .03% of the company’s private shares. Kassell told CNN the financial aspect doesn’t drive his interest in focused ultrasound procedures.
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Brenda Hric consults with neurosurgeon Dr. Jeff Elias, who conducted her focused ultrasound.
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The 99% sober movement: should we keep dry January going all year?
January 25, 2023
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Honoring the Rule of Reciprocation
January 24, 2023
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In his book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Robert Cialdini makes reference to what he considers to be one of the most important yet often unrecognized factors inherent in the art and practice of influence and persuasion, two highly significant aspects of effective communications. Whether we are involved in personal relations, business transactions, politics, sales, education, or any other domain that deals with just about any type of interpersonal transaction, our ability to influence the perspective of others is critical to the fulfillment of our goals and intentions.
Lest we forget, there is a profound difference between “control,” which has to do with having domination or authority over another, and “influence” which has to do with the power to sway or affect change in another’s perspective or behavior. Efforts to control frequently result in outcomes that differ from or may even be the opposite of our intended desires, since most of us have a natural tendency to resist overt efforts from others to control our behavior or beliefs.
Exploring the rule of reciprocation
In his book, Cialdini makes reference to what he refers to as the “rule of reciprocation” which has to do with the universal tendency in human beings to feel compelled to repay or reciprocate when given a gift whether it has come in the form of a material object, a kind deed, or an act of generosity. There is a strong impulse in people from all cultures to repay gifts or favors with a gift of our own to them. This impulse expresses itself in reciprocation to invitations to parties, Christmas cards, birthday presents, or acts of kindness.
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How to Sleep: Try Japan’s Kaizen Method to Cure Insomnia and Sleep Anxiety
January 24, 2023
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Getting a good night’s sleep is absolutely essential for our mental and physical health.
Rather than being a time when the body completely shuts down, as is sometimes said, it is actually an active time when your body repairs cells, processes information, and strengthens itself. Many of the exact ways in which this happens are still a mystery to scientists, but they all resolutely emphasize its importance for good health and well-being.
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Timmieblaze Speak On This Article: Brain scan study uncovers bias and disgust toward interracial couples in the United States
January 24, 2023
I have seen this information in white supremacist circles and this article has been used as proof that interracial marriage is wrong and that we are innately designed to resist it. Some have gone so far as to say, it is against nature and our internal mechanism are triggered and the disgust response is our […]
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The last quarter…
January 23, 2023
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Most of us are now in the last quarter of our life and should read this interesting piece of advice
This is one of the nicest and most gentle articles I’ve read in a while: no politics, no religion and no racial issues – just food for thought.
You know …… time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years.
It seems just yesterday that I was young and embarking on my new life. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went.
I know that I lived them all.
I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams.
However, here it is …… the last quarter of my life and it catches me by surprise.
How did I get here so fast?
Where did the years go and where did my youth go?
I remember well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that I was only on the first quarter and that the fourth quarter was so far off that I could not visualise it or imagine fully what it would be like.
Yet, here it is …… my friends are retired and getting grey – they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me but I see the great change. They’re not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant …… but like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we’d become.
Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day! and taking a nap is not a treat anymore, it’s mandatory! because if I don’t of my own free will, I fall asleep where I sit!
And so …… now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did! But at least I know that, though I’m on the last quarter and I’m not sure how long it will last, that when it’s over on this earth… it’s over.
A new adventure will begin!
Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn’t done …… things I should have done but truely there are many things I’m happy to have done.
It’s all in a lifetime.
So, if you’re not on the last quarter yet, let me remind you that it will be here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life do it quickly!
Don’t put things off too long! Life goes by so quickly.
So, do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether you’re on the last quarter or not!
You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of life…. so, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember – and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!
‘Life’ is a gift to you.
Be Happy!
Have a great day!
Remember, it is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
You may think;
Going out is good – but coming home is better!
You forget names – but it’s okay because some people forgot they even knew you!
You realize you’re never going to be really good at anything like golf – but you like the outdoors!
The things you used to care to do, you aren’t as interested in anymore – but you really don’t care that you aren’t as interested.
You sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV on than in bed – you call it ‘pre-sleep’!
You miss the days when everything worked with just an ‘On’ and ‘Off’ switch!
You tend to use more 4 letter words – ‘what’ and ‘when’
You have lots of clothes in your wardrobe, more than half of which you will never wear – but just in case!
Old is good –
- Old is comfortable
- Old is safe
- Old songs
- Old movies
- …… and best of all,
- Friends of old!
So, stay well, ‘Old friend!’
Have a fantastic day!
Have an awesome quarter – whichever one you’re in!
Take care
Send this on to other “Old Friends!” and let them smile in agreement.
It’s not what you gather but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived…
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