Target project and the Center for Information Technology driving astronomy forward
This short video interview with Prof. Edwin Valentijn, the Target project coordinator shows you how our petabyte scale data center at the Center for Information Technology enables astronomers...
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The Birth of Christ Biblical Astronomy Trailer
The heavenly signs surrounding the birth of Christ on Sept. 11th 3BC are discussed in detail, aligning the witness of Scripture, history and Biblical Astronomy in a unified narrative. Read...
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The University of Hawaii is seeking new master leases for its astronomy facilities on Mauna Kea, replacing its leases with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources,The Tribune Herald reported Saturday.
An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) preparation notice was published Thursday, which explores a proposal for a new 65-year lease covering the Mauna Kea Science Reserve and Halepohaku mid-level facilities and potential alternatives, according to the report.
Under the EIS, development will only be on areas withexisting subleases.
Under this and all other alternatives, astronomical and related facilities on Mauna Kea would be restricted to existing sublease areas, the EIS preparation notice states. No new sites would be developed.
A formalEIS and comments will be accepted on the document until Feb. 6.
The current master leases for the 11,288-acre science reserveexpire Dec. 31, 2033. The Halepohaku leases will expire in 2041.
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#CES2015: Nvidia Drive PX Deep Learning
Jonathan Cohen, Nvidia #39;s senior manager for CUDA Libraries and Algorithms, explains deep learning, a field of artificial intelligence that attempts to digitally replicate the processes of the...
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[www.leanus-italy.com] Analysis of italian companies (Deutsche)
Leanus is the businesses analyser leader in Italy that has now been adapted by Bisnode D B a european leader in the business information market It is an easy to use artificial intelligence...
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Hide and Seek (1984) part3
Canadian film adaptation of the science fiction novel #39;The Adolescence of P-1 #39; by Thomas J. Ryan about a young computer hacker who creates an artificial intelligence that takes over a power plant.
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Canadian film adaptation of the science fiction novel #39;The Adolescence of P-1 #39; by Thomas J. Ryan about a young computer hacker who creates an artificial intelligence that takes over a power plant.
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Will Artificial Intelligence Pose A Threat To Mankind?(Dr.Ruehl)
Dr.Franklin Ruehl,Ph.D.,host of cable TV #39;s "Mysteries From Beyond the Other Dominion," asks if artificial intelligence will ultimately pose a threat to humankind. E-mail :drruehl@yahoo.com.
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POLYUNATE:Redefined Polycarbonate,flame-proof,strong Nano material for Automotive,Aerospace
POLYUNATE is redefined Polycarbonate ( PC ) . This new nano material would change the world. It comprises of GRAPHENE. Its flame proof, mechanically strong , available in various grades...
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Infinite Agnosticism - Theblogogy
http://www.theblogogy.com/2015/01/infinite-agnosticism.html My "Mathematical Agnostic" friend says that Agnostics don #39;t say "I don #39;t know" but rather asks, "How could I know?" Given the infinite...
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Angelina Jolie (L-R), cast member Miyavi, his wife Melody Ishihara and Brad Pitt attend the world premiere of Jolie's film ''Unbroken'' at the State Theatre in Sydney November 17, 2014.
Hollywood actress and producer Angelina Jolie arrived in Rome on Wednesday with daughters Zahara, 9, and Shiloh, 8, amid speculation that she will meet the Pope this week.
Sources say Jolie and husband Brad Pitt will meet Pope Francis in a "VIP meet-and-greet at the Vatican" while they are in town.
The paparazzi were on hand as the trio arrived at the Ciampino airport with their bodyguards this afternoon, and entered an awaiting black SUV. According to UsWeekly, Jolie's head of security flew out earlier to conduct a security check prior to the family's arrival.
It is unclear if Pitt is already in Rome or will arrive at a later date.
The 51-year-old leading man was raised in the Southern Baptist faith, but does not consider himself a Christian.
"I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion," he told TheHollywood Reporterin a 2012 interview. "I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism."
Jolie, 39, rarely discusses her faith in interviews, but appeared to lean towards atheism in 2000 when asked if there is a God.
"For some people," she told A.V. Club. "I hope so, for them. For the people who believe in it, I hope so. There doesn't need to be a God for me. There's something in people that's spiritual, that's godlike.
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How to Change People Who Don #39;t Want to Change | The Behavioral Science Guys
The Behavioral Science Guys, a.k.a. the New York Times bestselling authors David Maxfield and Joseph Grenny, provide some behavioral science you can use to h...
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Philippine Anti-Aging Medicine Clinical Aesthetic Society Commencement Exercises
Twenty doctors graduated from their one-year course in aesthetic and anti-aging medicine. The graduates, during their study, participated to UNTV #39;s public se...
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A number of products, including diets, drugs and supplements, are promoted to have anti-aging properties. Unfortunately, the hype is often undeserved. Here, I review the most famous products aimed at delaying the aging process and the misconceptions in which most--but not all--are based. Future anti-aging therapies and some advice on healthy lifestyles is also included.
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Keywords: ageing, anti-oxidants, anti-aging pill, anti-aging products, antiaging, biomedical gerontology, elderly, eternal youth, growing young, healthy aging, old age, rejuvenation, science of longevity
I will be clear from the start: presently, there is no proven way to delay, even if slightly, the human aging process (Olshansky et al., 2002; Hayflick, 2004). Although companies, and often journalists and admittedly scientists too, like to tout whatever-anti-aging-product-is-currently-in-the-news as the "fountain of youth" or the "holy grail", the truth is we do not know of any way to even slightly delay the aging process, much less stop or reverse it (which is what the "fountain of youth" and the "holy grail" are all about). Unfortunately, understanding why a given anti-aging intervention is fantasy rather than science often requires time to gather the scientific data, which not everyone is willing or capable to do (Warner et al., 2005). If you are visiting this website to learn more about anti-aging science and longevity, rather than find out about the latest anti-aging trends in Hollywood, then the discussion below is for you.
It is important to note that it is possible to delay some of the many effects of aging. For example, if you avoid unprotected exposure to the sun, you can delay skin aging. Similarly, a balanced diet can lower the incidence of heart disease. Given the complexity of aging, however, delaying the onset of a single age-related disease cannot scientifically be considered as equivalent to delaying the aging process as a whole (Hayflick, 2004). Just because a given product or lifestyle delays the onset of a particular age-related change or pathology does not mean it delays aging, in the same way that antibiotics used to treat opportunistic infections in patients with AIDS, even if they preserve health, are not targeting the ultimate cause of AIDS which is HIV. As such, my aim in this essay is to discuss interventions in the context of whether they can delay the aging process rather than one of its many consequences.
There are also ways of living longer. Following all that motherly advice like regular exercise and adequate nutrition can make you live longer (Holloszy, 2000), as discussed further below, and any therapy that ameliorates mortality from a specific disease will increase longevity. Still, living longer does not necessarily mean that the fundamental process of aging has been slowed down. Living a healthy life will lower your mortality across the entire lifespan, even if there is no impact on aging and age-related changes. For example, longevity increased roughly 50% in the past century and yet there is no evidence people age slower; we live longer now mostly because deaths caused by infectious diseases have gone down (Hayflick, 1994, pp. 84-88). This important distinction holds true for animal studies. Royal jelly and fish oil can significantly increase the average lifespan of mice (Jolly et al., 2001; Inoue et al., 2003), and yet that does not mean that aging has been delayed by these treatments; all it means is that these nutrients are healthy. Therefore, a great deal of care is necessary when interpreting life-extension studies and there is a lot of controversy in what represents delayed aging.
So how can we determine whether a given intervention delays aging? Based on my definition of aging, a given intervention to be accepted as anti-aging must demonstrate that the onset or pace of multiple age-related changes, including pathologies, is delayed. In addition, while accurately quantifying the rate of aging is impossible, one method to estimate the rate of aging is to calculate the rate at which mortality increases with age and so determining whether a given intervention delays this rate can also help determine if the aging process was delayed (de Magalhaes et al., 2005). Any intervention that fails to meet these criteria cannot be considered as truly anti-aging, even if it extends average lifespan or delays a given age-related change. This debate concerning what anti-aging means is the major source of confusion concerning anti-aging medicine and is often used by companies and even scientists to mislead the public. Certainly, some products pitched as anti-aging may be healthy and/or may soften the effects of aging. For example, a given anti-wrinkle cream may ameliorate one particular effect of aging (wrinkles), but it will not impact on any other aging sign. Importantly, an anti-wrinkle cream will not increase longevity much less delay the mortality acceleration with age and hence its effects on aging will be so superficial that scientifically I do not think it can be considered as anti-aging.
To complicate matters even further, because studying aging in humans is extremely expensive and time-consuming, it is virtually impossible to test whether a given intervention or product delays aging in humans and thus testing whether a product impacts on aging is usually done in animal models. Because animals may or may not be representative of human biology, interpreting the life-extending effects of products in animals must be done with caution. Even studies in animals might be artifacts of particular experimental conditions. For example, one of the largest increases in lifespan (44%) by a product was obtained by feeding worms a synthetic antioxidant called EUK-8 (Melov et al., 2000). Other scientists, however, failed to reproduce these results (Keaney and Gems, 2003), even though EUK-8 was shown to increase antioxidant levels (Keaney et al., 2004), which suggests that possibly very peculiar conditions are necessary for this particular product to increase lifespan.
As detailed elsewhere, senescence.info is not a medical website. It is a website about aging, namely about the whole aging process with a special emphasis on human aging, and thus the following products are interpreted in view of their potential impact on the human aging process as a whole. Hopefully, I can demystify some of hype surrounding these products and, based on scientific evidence, help clarify what they can and cannot do. In the same way I find it crucial to highlight progress and potential in aging research and the possibility (no matter how distant and difficult) of curing aging, it is equally important to fight false publicity, particularly in a field with such a fraudulent past like aging research. Given the numerous products in the recent past thought to be useful and later proven to have negative side-effects (e.g., fen-phen and ephedra), and the lack of clinical studies for most anti-aging products, discussing the scientific evidence is vital.
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The Cosmos
A clip from a video I made for English class. It is for educational purposes only. Videos were supplied by discovery, NASA, and the Hubble Telescope. The music is the main theme from the Interstell...
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January 2015 Breaking News Russia #39;s new military doctrine NATO top military threat
January 2015 Breaking News Russia #39;s new military doctrine names NATO as top military threat http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/russian-military-doctrine-names-nato-key-risk-article-1.2057090.
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NSA spends more tax dollars on hacking than on defense: Snowden "
American whistleblower Edward Snowden has claimed... the NSA spends more taxpayer money on cyber-attacking other countries... than it does on defending the country. He made the statement in...
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