Francisco's Thoughts

By DENNIS OVERBYE

I was a free man until they brought the dessert menu around. There was one of those molten chocolate cakes, and I was suddenly being dragged into a vortex, swirling helplessly toward caloric doom, sucked toward the edge of a black (chocolate) hole. Visions of my father’s heart attack danced before my glazed eyes. My wife, Nancy, had a resigned look on her face….

Researchers are revealing hidden complexities behind the simple act of kissing, which relays powerful messages to your brain, body and partner

By Chip Walter

“Accused fathers in child sex abuse trials have the odds stacked against them, a new study suggests. Monica McCoy
of Converse College and Jennifer Gray of the University of Wyoming
found that with all other circumstances and evidence held equal, people
are more likely to judge a father guilty than a mother. However the
same gender bias wasn’t found to apply when the suspect was a stranger
to the alleged victim…”

I read it at BPS Research Digest

“Dr. Kandel is a Professor of Physiology and Psychiatry and the founding director of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for his work on the biological mechanisms for memory. In this episode, he explains how the mind learns and stores memory, and also shares some of his most recent findings.”

Many of the points made in this article are valid. I wish the Phoenix would have made news in a better light.

This application captures your desktop so you can show your friends how to do stuff on the computer and makes a video of screenshots then make it very easy to share. Very helpful, for little 30 sec to a minute tutorials.