A Human Kaleidoscope !

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This is a fantastic clip and you wonder about the coordination of so many artists in producing it

  

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Sleep's memory role discovered.

The mechanism by which a good night's sleep improves learning and memory has been discovered by scientists.

The team in China and the US used advanced microscopy to witness new connections between brain cells - synapses - forming during sleep.

Their study, published in the journal Science, showed even intense training could not make up for lost sleep.

Experts said it was an elegant and significant study, which uncovered the mechanisms of memory.

It is well known that sleep plays an important role in memory and learning. But what actually happens inside the brain has been a source of considerable debate.

Researchers at New York University School of Medicine and Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School trained mice in a new skill - walking on top of a rotating rod.

They then looked inside the living brain with a microscope to see what happened when the animals were either sleeping or sleep deprived.

Their study showed that sleeping mice formed significantly more new connections between neurons - they were learning more.

And by disrupting specific phases of sleep, the research group showed deep or slow-wave sleep was necessary for memory formation.

During this stage, the brain was "replaying" the activity from earlier in the day.

Prof Wen-Biao Gan, from New York University, told the BBC: "Finding out sleep promotes new connections between neurons is new, nobody knew this before.

"We thought sleep helped, but it could have been other causes, and we show it really helps to make connections and that in sleep the brain is not quiet, it is replaying what happened during the day and it seems quite important for making the connections."

And by disrupting specific phases of sleep, the research group showed deep or slow-wave sleep was necessary for memory formation.

During this stage, the brain was "replaying" the activity from earlier in the day.

Prof Wen-Biao Gan, from New York University, told the BBC: "Finding out sleep promotes new connections between neurons is new, nobody knew this before.

"We thought sleep helped, but it could have been other causes, and we show it really helps to make connections and that in sleep the brain is not quiet, it is replaying what happened during the day and it seems quite important for making the connections."

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-27695144

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The growth of Sri Lanka?

Population: 20 million(APPROX.) 4 million.retired  @NTB 2 million in state Govt;  (Doesn't work)  6 million professionals. in private sector  (Doesn't work for Sri Lanka )  3 Million .in school  1 Million.under 5 years  1 Million..unemployed  1 Million.anytime in hospitals  1,999,999 .anytime in jail  the balance is  U  U are busy  checking Mails  and forwarding them '..!!!  how can  Sri Lanka  GROW alone?

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MAGNIFICENCE OF MOTHER

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 Read each word slowly- digest it-you will feel good!!!!!!!

Mother  MOTHER  This is a truly BEAUTIFUL piece.  Please read this at a slow pace, Do not hurry.....this is a treasure...  The young mother set her foot on the path of life.  'Is this the long way?' she asked.  And the guide said: 'Yes, and the way is hard  And you will be old before  you reach the end of it..  But the end will be better than the beginning.'  But the young mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything could be better than these years.  So she played with her children, and gathered flowers for them along the way,  And bathed them in the clear streams; and the sun shone on them, and the young Mother cried,  'Nothing will ever be lovelier than this.'  Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark, and the children shook with fear and cold,  And the mother drew them close and covered them with her mantle, and the children said, 'Mother, we are not afraid,  For you are near, and no harm can come.'  And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed and grew weary, and the mother was weary. But at all times she said to the children, 'A little patience and we are there.' So the children climbed,  And when they reached the top they said, 'Mother, we would not have done it without you.'  And the mother, when she lay down at night looked up at the stars and said, 'This is a better day than the last,  For my children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness.  Yesterday I gave them courage.  Today, I've given them strength.'  And the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth, clouds of war and hate and evil,  And the children groped and stumbled, and the mother said:  ' Look up. Lift your eyes to the light.'  And the children looked and saw  above the clouds an everlasting glory, and it guided them beyond the darkness.  And that night the Mother said, 'This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God.'  And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and the mother grew old and she was little and bent.  But her children were tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was rough, they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a hill, And beyond they could see a shining road and golden gates flung wide. And mother said, 'I have reached the end of my journey.. And now I know the end is better than the beginning, For my children can walk alone, and their children after them.'  And the children said, 'You will always walk with us, Mother, even when you have gone through the gates.' And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they said: 'We cannot see her but she is with us still. A Mother like ours is more than a memory. She is a living presence.......'  Your Mother is always with you.... She's the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street; she's the smell of bleach in your freshly laundered socks; she's the cool hand on your brow When you're not well. Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every tear drop. She's the place you came from, your first home; and she's the map you follow with every step you take. She's your first love and your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth can separate you.  Not time, not space... Not even death! PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE MOTHERS CHILDREN YOU KNOW. MAY WE NEVER TAKE OUR MOTHERS FOR GRANTED... May Your Day Be Blessed My Friends

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Woman goes back to work after 30 years

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Piyusha Atapattu	8:40 PM (9 hours ago)
The shortest video you've ever seen so pay attention...   A woman goes back to work after thirty years.   Watch carefully, the video is only 5 seconds long, but, you'll get it.   If you're younger than 40 years old, you probably won't understand it.     www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>