Friday, September 12, 2008

J.R. Bremer signs with MBC Moscow Dynamo. « NBA inside & other stuff

J.R. Bremer signs with MBC Moscow Dynamo. « NBA inside & other stuff:
"The St. Bonaventure product averaged 6.5 points and 2.2 assists in his NBA career. Bremer played for Spartak Primorje in the Russian Basketball Federation last year and was first in the league in assists and second in scoring. ”He’s probably one of the best point guards in all of Europe,” agent Craig McKenzie said."

CONGRATS JR!!!!! (A can brag that I had JR in class!)

Friday, September 05, 2008

Why Disasters Are Getting Worse - Yahoo! News

Why Disasters Are Getting Worse - Yahoo! News:
"It is tempting to look at the line-up of storms in the Atlantic (Hanna, Ike, Josephine) and, in the name of everything green, blame climate change for this state of affairs. But there is another inconvenient truth out there: We are getting more vulnerable to weather mostly because of where we live, not just how we live.

In recent decades, people around the world have moved en masse to big cities near water. The population of Miami-Dade County in Florida was about 150,000 in the 1930s, a decade fraught with severe hurricanes. Since then, the population of Miami-Dade County has rocketed 1,600% to 2,400,000."

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Playing, And Even Watching, Sports Improves Brain Function

Playing, And Even Watching, Sports Improves Brain Function:
"It shows, for the first time, that a region of the brain usually associated with planning and controlling actions is activated when players and fans listen to conversations about their sport. The brain boost helps athletes and fans understanding of information about their sport, even though at the time when people are listening to this sport language they have no intention to act."

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Vital Signs - With Treadmill Therapy, Signs of Progress Long After Stroke - NYTimes.com

Vital Signs - With Treadmill Therapy, Signs of Progress Long After Stroke - NYTimes.com:
"researchers have found that even years after suffering a stroke, some patients may see significant improvement in their ability to walk if they are given a form of physical therapy that uses a treadmill.

The changes were not limited to their walking and their overall fitness."

Monday, September 01, 2008

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Climate 'hockey stick' is revived

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Climate 'hockey stick' is revived:
"The 1998 hockey stick was a totem of debates over man-made global warming.

The graph - indicating that Northern Hemisphere temperatures had been roughly constant for 1,000 years (the 'shaft' of the stick) before turning abruptly upwards in the industrial age - featured prominently in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 2001 assessment."