Dog enthusiasts will frequently tell you that certain dogs have certain
characteristics: Golden Retrievers are friendly, German Shepherds are
protective, and Corgis are smarter than a fifth grader.
But is a dog’s
breed really such a great predictor of its personality?
What Defines a Breed, Anyway?
We can’t
really talk about whether breeds are predictive of personality without
first understanding what a breed is. Breed, naturally, has to do with
breeding. Skoda is (presumably) a Boxer because his dame and sire were
(presumably) both Boxers. Simple, right?
Many people fail but not everyone tries again. Here are the stories of some legendary public figures who never gave up.
Music: "The Heart of Courage"
Famous Failures
Inspiring video on persevering no matter how many times you have failed in life.
This video mentions well known people who had failed, but kept pressing on until they became successful. Those People are:
Michael Jordan After being cut from his high school basketball team, he went home locked himself in his room and cried. Albert Einstein He wasn't able to speak until he was almost 4 years old and his teachers said he would "never amount to much" Oprah Winfrey Was demoted from her job as a news anchor because she... "Wasn't fit for television." Walt Disney Fired from a newspaper for "lacking imagination" and "having no original ideas"... Lionel Messi At
age 11 he was cut from his team after being diagnosed with a growth
hormone deficiency... which made him smaller in stature than most kids
his age. Steve Jobs At 30 years old he was left devastated and depressed after being unceremoniously removed from the company he started. Eminem A High School dropout, whose personal struggles with drugs and poverty culminated in an unsuccessful suicide attempt... Thomas Edison A
teacher told him he was... "Too stupid to learn anything" and that he
should go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant
personality. The Beatles Rejected by Decca Recording studios, who said "we don't like their sound"... "They have no future in show business" Dr. Zeuss His First Book Was Rejected By 27 Publishers. Abraham Lincoln His Fiancé Died, Failed In Business, Had A Nervous Breakdown And Was Defeated In 8 Elections.
Ending Quote
"If you've Never Failed, You've Never Tried Anything New"
Ever wished you could see what was going on inside your body when you have sex?
You're
in luck! A new NSFW video featuring footage from multiple MRI scans
affords a remarkable glimpse inside human bodies as they engage in
intimate activities ranging from a French kiss to, yes, full-bore
coitus.
Department of
Radiology, UC Davis School of Medicine.
MRI scanners create still and, in this case, moving images with the help of strong magnetic fields that interact with protons inside our bodies.
And as you can see in the video above, those interactions can tell us a lot about interactions of our own.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging "sees" inside the body by mapping the
position of water molecules, which exist at different densities in
different types of tissue. Watch the video above for a sample of some
impressive MRI images of the human body in action.
Ig Nobel Prizes First Laugh, Then Think! Episode 4: Having sex in MRI-scan
Sex
in a MRI-scan! Pek van Andel, Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, Eduard
Mooyaart and Ida Sabelis conducted the revolutionary experiment in which
heterosexual couples made love in a MRI-scan. The Medicine price in
2000 went to the Netherlands.
Ig Nobel Prizes are the
not-so-well-known alternative of the famous Nobel Prizes. Each year
since 1989, ten scientists receive prizes for "research that makes
people LAUGH and then THINK". Watch six scientists and their studies
about the most important subjects of our daily life: having sex, food,
money, death, and having sex again.
Director
Mr. Bahram
Sadeghi (1967, Iran) works since 1998 as a director and host for public
TV stations in The Netherlands. In addition he is a freelance writer for
various national newspapers and weeklies. Mr Sadeghi has no hobbies.
Camera & Sound: Bahram Sadeghi
Editor: Dikla Zeidler, Sander Cijsouw
About Minimovies
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Superclusters – regions of space that are densely packed with galaxies – are the biggest structures in the Universe. But scientists have struggled to define exactly where one supercluster ends and another begins. Now, a team based in Hawaii has come up with a new technique that maps the Universe according to the flow of galaxies across space. Redrawing the boundaries of the cosmic map, they redefine our home supercluster and name it Laniakea, which means ‘immeasurable heaven’ in Hawaiian.
Analysis of galaxies shows local supercluster to be 100 times larger than previously thought.
Elizabeth Gibney
The supercluster of galaxies that includes
the Milky Way is 100 times bigger in volume and mass than previously
thought, a team of astronomers says. They have mapped the enormous
region and given it the name Laniakea — Hawaiian for 'immeasurable
heaven'.
Galaxies tend to huddle in groups called
clusters; regions where these clusters are densely packed are known as
superclusters. But the definition of these massive cosmic structures is
vague.
The new study, published in Nature1,
describes a novel way to define where one supercluster ends and another
begins. A team led by Brent Tully, an astronomer at the University of
Hawaii in Honolulu, charted the motions of galaxies to infer the
gravitational landscape of the local Universe, and redraw its map.
Cosmic speed
The team used a database that compiles the velocities of 8,000 galaxies, calculated after
subtracting the average rate of cosmic expansion. “All these deviations
are due to the gravitational pull galaxies feel around them, which comes
from mass,” says Tully. The researchers used an algorithm to translate
these velocities into a three-dimensional field of galaxy flow and
density. “We really can’t claim to have a good understanding of
cosmology if we cannot explain this motion,” says Tully.
This
method is superior to merely mapping the location of matter, because it
enables scientists to build a map of uncharted regions of the Universe,
says Paulo Lopes, an astrophysicist at the Valongo Observatory, part of
the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. It relies on detecting the
galaxies' influence, rather than seeing them directly.
Moreover,
the galaxies' motions reflect the distribution of all matter, not just
that which is visible in our telescopes — including dark matter.
Discounting
cosmic expansion, their map shows flow lines down which galaxies creep
under the effect of gravity in their local region (see video). Based on
this, the team defines the edge of a supercluster as the boundary at
which these flow lines diverge. On one side of the line, galaxies flow
towards one gravitational centre; beyond it, they flow towards another.
“It’s like water dividing at a watershed, where it flows either to the
left or right of a height of land,” says Tully.
Frontiers in space
This
is a completely new definition of a supercluster. Scientists previously
placed the Milky Way in the Virgo Supercluster, but under Tully and
colleagues' definition, this region becomes just an appendage of the
much larger Laniakea, which is 160 million parsecs (520 million light
years) across and contains the mass of 100 million billion Suns.
However,
this work is unlikely to be the final word on what a supercluster is,
says Gayoung Chon, an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for
Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany. Her team works on a
different definition, based on superclusters being structures that will
one day collapse into a single object. This will not happen to Laniakea,
she estimates, because some of the galaxies within it will recede from
one another forever. “The definition you use really depends on the
questions you want to ask. This latest method is a very good way to
chart the large-scale structures of the Universe, but it doesn’t ask
what will happen to these superclusters eventually,” she says.
Although
the map is comprehensive over the Universe around the Milky Way, its
distance measurements become less accurate, and less numerous, the
farther out you go, says Lopes. This is currently the technique’s
biggest potential source of error, he says, but adding more galaxy
measurements will improve the map and could eventually help scientists
to fully trace what is behind the motion of our local group of galaxies.
With its endless trails, hidden nooks,
museums and nearby night spots, Central Park is that rare tourist
destination that is also a pleasure ground for locals.
Video Credit By Fritzie Andrade, One Glass Video, Kriston Lewis, Will Lloyd and Oresti Tsonopoulos on
Publish Date September 17, 2014.
Image CreditPiotr Redlinski for The New York Times
In
1859, the sanctuary of undulating hills, bridges and lakes taking shape
in the heart of Manhattan was described in The New York Times as a
“noble work, which is so clearly destined to be the honor and delight of
New York.” Neglect and decline in the 1970s threatened to snuff out
that utopian vision of Central Park, but today, after years of
restoration, it is verdant and flourishing — the rare tourist
destination that is also a pleasure ground for locals. Depending on the
season and cycle of life, one might be sunbathing or ice skating,
sailing a toy boat or rowing a real one, listening to Shakespeare, rock
music or the call of one of 230 species of birds.
Designed
by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park’s more than 840
acres are dappled with sculptures, monuments and fountains that tell of
the nation’s explorers, artists and heroes, both real and imaginary:
Columbus, Beethoven, Duke Ellington, John Lennon, Alice in Wonderland.
The park is also home to tennis and handball courts, croquet greens, a
carousel, a castle, a marionette theater, a zoo and more than a dozen
playgrounds. It is crisscrossed by horse-drawn carriages and ringed by
astronomically priced apartments, luxury hotels and world-class museums.
Yet despite its being a kind of three-ring circus, there are quiet
trails and hidden nooks, museums and bars within and around the park
where one can find a more tranquil, timeless Manhattan.
FRIDAY
1.Boldface Names
Download the free Central Park app
to your smartphone. Its map allows you to pinpoint where you are, but
more interesting, the app has audio clips of celebrities like Jerry
Seinfeld welcoming you to the Mall and Literary Walk, or Whoopi Goldberg
discussing Wollman Rink (where she learned to ice skate). Then, pretend
you’re an aristocrat in a Merchant Ivory film and step through one of
the iron gates near 105th Street and Fifth Avenue into the formal,
six-acre Conservatory Garden (an official quiet zone), which is divided
into three garden styles: French, Italian and English (don’t miss the
Frances Hodgson Burnett Memorial Fountain with its sculptures of a boy
and a girl, created in honor of the author of “The Secret Garden”). In
the Italian garden, climb the stairs to the tall wisteria pergola, sit
on a shady bench and observe the 12-foot-tall jet fountain below. Now is
a good time to press play on the app and listen to Candice Bergen
discuss the gardens. Before leaving, look down. At your feet, medallions
etched into the ground carry the names of the original 13 states,
including New York.
2. Museum Mile | 3:30 p.m.
Exit
the gardens onto Fifth Avenue through the soaring wrought-iron
Vanderbilt Gate, made in Paris in 1894 and once part of Cornelius
Vanderbilt II’s mansion at 58th Street. Walk south. You’re on the aptly
named Museum Mile. Already been to heavyweights like the Guggenheim?
Stop by less-trafficked spots like the Museum of the City of New York,
where you’ll find vestiges of the city’s younger days, including
handwritten manuscripts by Eugene O’Neill. And Neue Galerie celebrates
20th-century German and Austrian art and design with works by Gustav
Klimt, Josef Hoffmann, Vasily Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Then enjoy a
lobster roll ($18) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s self-service roof
garden cafe and martini bar (open May through late fall) as the sun
sets.
A view of the park, looking north.Credit
Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times
3. A Southern Crawl | 7:30 p.m.
Begin
at the Plaza. Skip the buzzy Champagne Bar in the lobby and climb the
stairs to the more-intimate Rose Club, where plush chairs are ideal for
tête-à-têtes. A Bloody Mary costs $23, but, hey, you can almost make a
meal of free nuts and popcorn. (The Plaza Food Hall is a great place to
pick up pastries and other treats to eat in the park.) Then walk west
along Central Park South, peeking into the windows of bars to see what
pulls you in, from Whiskey Park to the bar at South Gate restaurant in
the J W Marriott Essex House. When you reach the Museum of Arts and
Design, go to the ninth floor, where you’ll find Robert, a restaurant
and lounge with live piano music and views of Columbus Circle. Across
the street at the Time Warner Center, there are several bars (as well as
upscale shops), including the lovely Center Bar, where you’ll also find
live piano music, and Landmarc, which serves casual bistro fare. For
something fancier, there’s the Stone Rose Lounge.
SATURDAY
4.Early Birds | 7:30 a.m.
Bird
lovers know that daybreak is magical. In the Ramble, a
more-than-30-acre maze of boulders and trees, birding is especially
rewarding because, according to the Central Park website, it is on the
Atlantic Flyway, a migration route that birds follow in the spring and
fall. Walking its shady arteries, it’s easy to forget that this section
of the park is almost entirely man-made: The running water in the stream
can be turned on and off as if it were coming from a kitchen faucet.
(For those who get a later start, the Central Park Conservancy offers
kits with binoculars, maps, a guidebook and sketching materials that you
can borrow at no charge at Belvedere Castle.)
5. Into the Woods | 10 a.m.
On
sunny days, Central Park’s vast lawns are littered with people. If you
want a little peace — and a hint of the Adirondacks — head to the North
Woods. Be cautious, though, as this is a dense, somewhat isolated area.
That said, the 90 acres of wildflowers, trees, a ravine and a waterfall
will transport you to the country. These woodlands (another
bird-watching hot spot) were designed to block out the skyline and drown
out the noise of the city with babbling water. And do they ever. Little
wonder that the magician David Copperfield has said that this is the
place he comes to when he longs to disappear. Look, too, for the nearby
Pool, where ducks nestle on the banks beneath weeping willows. Farther
north, at the Harlem Meer, you can try catch-and-release fishing.
6. Tasting Menu | 1 p.m.
When
you’re in the mood for lunch, walk over to Trump Hotel Central Park and
into Nougatine, the elegant yet “casual sister” of Jean-Georges. Here
Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s prix fixe lunch menu ($38) changes with the
seasons but includes an appetizer, main course like seared salmon with
corn pudding and cherry tomato salad or organic chicken with ricotta
gnocchi, market carrots and Roma beans, and dessert (the warm chocolate
cake with vanilla bean ice cream is a must).
7. Star Gazing | 3 p.m.
Next
door to the American Museum of Natural History is a giant orb in a
glass box: the Rose Center for Earth and Space. There are few better
ways to spend a rainy day than gazing at star clusters and galaxies
during a show at the Hayden Planetarium, or watching an Imax nature film
at the museum. Speaking of the museum, stop by to marvel at dinosaur
fossils and to lie down (go ahead, it’s O.K.) beneath the 94-foot-long,
21,000-pound fiberglass model of a blue whale suspended from the
ceiling.
8. All That Jazz | 7:30 p.m.
In
the warmer months you can catch a concert or play in Central Park or at
nearby Lincoln Center, but any time of year is right for listening to
jazz while eating finger-licking fare like a catfish po’boy ($16) or
bourbon-glazed barbecued baby back ribs ($24) at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola.
Part of Jazz at Lincoln Center, this intimate club has table and bar
seating, all facing a vertiginous wall of windows behind the performers —
almost close enough to touch — that lets in Central Park and the
twinkling city lights.
9. Nightcap in the Park | 10 p.m.
The
recently reopened, more rustic (think hunting lodge) Tavern on the
Green at 67th Street and Central Park West has an oval indoor bar and
fireplace to take the chill out of fall nights. For something more
romantic, visit the outdoor bar where, beneath glowing lanterns, you can
sip drinks with unromantic names inspired by boroughs, including the
Staten Island (Cacao Prieto rum, coconut water, pineapple and lime
juice; $14).
Rowing near the Loeb Boathouse.Credit
Piotr Redlinski for The New York Time
SUNDAY
10. Waffles and Row Boats | 9:30 a.m.
Yes,
it’s rife with tourists. But do visit the Loeb Boathouse, which opened
in 1954. How often can one tuck into maple waffles with warm berry
compote ($16) and watch rowboats glide by on a lake — in the middle of
Manhattan? After brunch, go for a row (boats are $15 an hour; $20 cash
deposit required).
11. Walk on the Wild Side | 11:30 a.m.
Tigers,
red pandas, and an emerald tree boa are a few of the creatures you may
encounter at the Central Park Zoo. There are penguin and sea lion
feedings, a children’s zoo with a nature trail, and a 4-D theater. The
zoo is tiny compared with the Bronx Zoo, but it is a delightful way to
end a weekend in an urban jungle.
THE DETAILS
1. Conservatory Garden, Central Park.
French garden
Italian garden
English garden
2.Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue; mcny.org. Neue Galerie, 1048 Fifth Avenue, neuegalerie.org. Metropolitan Museum of Art Roof Garden Café and Martini Bar, 1000 Fifth Avenue; metmuseum.org/visit.
6. Nougatine, Trump Hotel Central Park, 1 Central Park West; jean-georges.com.
7. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street; amnh.org. Rose Center for Earth and Space, 81st Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions.
