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Friday, May 25, 2007Reality Shows Are Real?Do You Know what happened recently in reality shows? "A decision by the makers of Big Brother to not tell a contestant her father has died has been condemned as inhumane, unethical and psychologically damaging. Contestant Emma's father Raymond Cornell died last week and his funeral was held on Monday in Adelaide, but the 24-year-old is still unaware of his death. "Think Over it if emotions are not cared for then what the hell is reality show about................  
Are wind turbines benign carbon-free power sources or avian death traps that blight the landscape? New numbers have been tossed into the fray, yet we're no closer to achieving common ground. (No surprise there.) It takes 30-plus turbines to reach a kill rate of one bird per year, according to a recent report by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences on the environmental impacts of wind-energy projects, based on 14 studies they felt superlative. A number of caveats were attached to the figure, however, including the acknowledgment that rates can vary by site and that endangered species such as the bald eagle are particularly worth avoiding. However you look at it, though, birds in the United States seem to die in turbine blades at a rate no higher than 40,000 a year. Deaths by dastardly domestic felines, on the other hand, number in the "hundreds of millions." The study seems to have, well, ruffled more than a few feathers, especially those of bird-lovers who reserve a special brand of loathing for wind farms. "My personal opinion is that the evidence base is very poor," says Andrew Pullin, head of the Birmingham, UK-based Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation, in Nature. The non-profit Royal Society of the Protection of Birds also points out that, while its members oppose large offshore developments, existing evidence on British wind farms is limited to studies of small installations onshore. Published studies in Spain, which is the third largest wind-power-producer after the United States and Germany, also suggest that the number of birds killed is low. But at least one Spanish environmentalist, Alvaro Camiña, who monitors bird fatalities at 70 of the country's 140 wind-power farms, says that the figures don't tell the whole story; in the case of a widely accepted study published in 2004, the field work was completed a decade earlier, when turbines were much smaller. More important, Camiña says, are the number of raptors killed—for example, 866 griffon vultures since 2000. "It's important to know the mortality of large birds because they have a lower number of offspring. Even a small number of deaths can affect a population," he tells Nature. More at:http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/cats_more_letha.php
Being crazy is hard, but it's worth the effort. Especially if you're a cop, paramedic, or social worker who may someday need to deal with a person having a psychotic episode. At those times, empathy can be crucial. That's where Virtual Hallucinations comes in. The training device, created by Janssen L.P., is a rig with earphones and goggles that plunges the wearer into the mind of a serious schizophrenic. The system offers two interactive scenarios. In one, you're riding a bus in which other riders appear and disappear, birds of prey claw at the windows, and voices hiss, "He's taking you back to the FBI!" The other features a trip to the drugstore, where the pharmacist seems to be handing you poison instead of pills, and hostile customers stare at you in disgust. Developed with psychiatrists and endorsed by advocates for the mentally ill, Virtual Hallucinations is being used by law enforcement, corrections, and health care professionals in at least half a dozen states. "It's very effective," says Margaret Stout, executive director of the Alliance of the Mentally Ill of Iowa, who's tried it herself. "It really allows you to feel like your mind is just not working well." For cops who have gone through the training, she says, that can make all the difference when it comes to understanding what a mentally ill person is going through. And there's nothing crazy about that. More at:http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-06/st_insane
Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver are working with Mattel to turn "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" into a live-action film. Justin Marks is set to write the script. Silver will produce. Deal, which is contingent on Mattel formally approving an outline for the project, is another example of Hollywood overhauling a 1980s-era pop-culture touchstone in the hopes of seeding a tentpole pic. The sale comes just a few weeks before the July preem of DreamWorks' Michael Bay-directed "Transformers," which began as an '80s animated series and toy line. He-Man was born as a Mattel action figure, and the toymaker created an animated series in hopes of selling dolls. The series became a cult favorite, but the brand was hardly helped by its first bigscreen incarnation, the campy 1987 flop "Masters of the Universe" that starred Dolph Lundgren as the title character and Frank Langella as his nemesis Skeletor. The toymaker, which now licenses "He-Man" for high-end merchandise sold to hardcore collectors, has been wary of going Hollywood again. An attempt by Fox 2000 to make another movie, this time with director John Woo, ended in futility as the toymaker didn't spark to the screen plans. More at:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117965714.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564
With the amount of tools and programs cropping up all over the web for every type of person imagineable, its about time that someone wrote a massive list of resources for bloggers. Domain Registrars If you’re starting up on the web, then you’re gonna need an address where people can reach you: 1. Namecheap - $8.88 per year with free WhoisGuard 2. GoDaddy - $8.95 per year (and lower) 3. 1&1 - $5.99 per year with free private domain registration 4. MyDomain - $8.25 per year Hosting Once you’ve got yourself an address, you’re gonna need a house to store all of your juicy blog posts - so grab yourself some server space: 1. Dreamhost - Great plans, great prices with loads of bandwidth and diskspace. 2. Frozen Webhost - Small company but only $5/month and very reliable. 3. Media Temple - Awesome recommendations, grid and dedicated hosting. 4. Rackspace - Managed, dedicated and scalable web hosting for businesses 5. Hostgator - Shared hosting at $6.95 per month. More at:http://www.blogtrepreneur.com/2007/05/23/101-essential-blogging-resources/
Telling girls that boys are better than they are at mathematics can irritate them so much that it negatively impacts their performance, according to a U.S. study. Researchers from three U.S. universities found that the threat of stereotypes could create worries that undermined the women's short-term memory system needed for problem solving. "The women start worrying about screwing up which uses up important short term or working memory which could otherwise be used performing the task," said Sian Beilock, assistant professor in psychology at the University of Chicago and lead investigator in the study. But the study also found that reminding girls of popular stereotypes, such as boys being better at math, did not just undermine performance in that topic, but in other areas too. "They get so concerned with the stereotype that this spills over into other tests," Beilock told Reuters. "Our work suggests that if a girl has a mathematics class first thing in the morning and experiences math-related worries in this class, these worries may carry implications for her performance in the class she attends next." Researchers have been aware that stereotypes can undermine achievement in schools but little research had focused on the specific mental processes that prompt this response. The research by Beilock and colleagues from the University of Miami and University of California was based on five studies involving about 200 college women who did well in mathematics. More at:http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN2242207920070524
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