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If you are reading this, you are likely one of the more than 14 million people who vehemently believe that this audio clip is saying either the word "yanny" or the word "laurel."
If you haven't heard it yet, take a listen:
The short audio clip has sharply divided the Internet since it was posted on Twitter by Cloe Feldman on Monday. Why would people hear two totally different words?
To answer this, we consulted experts in how human brains perceive sound.
Nina Kraus, a neurobiology professor at Northwestern University, says, "It is not at all surprising to me that two different people will take a sound that is admittedly acoustically ambiguous and hear it differently."
"Acoustically ambiguous" in this case means that it's a very poor-quality file. That is crucial in explaining why people are hearing different things.
The viral tweet posted by Feldman was actually taken from a post on Reddit, as she has explained. And the person who appears to be the original Reddit poster, RolandCamry, says that he made it from playing a recording from Vocabulary.com out of his speakers. In other words, there are multiple steps that degrade the quality of the audio.
(Spoiler alert: Based on what the Redditor who claims to be the original poster said, the original recording is probably this one on Vocabulary.com, which says "laurel.")
The poor quality of the audio, likely re-recorded multiple times, makes it more open to interpretation by the brain, says Brad Story, a professor of speech, language and hearing sciences at the University of Arizona. Primary information that would be present in a high-quality recording or in person is "weakened or attenuated," Story says, even as the brain is eagerly looking for patterns to interpret.
"And if you throw things off a little bit, in terms of it being somewhat unnatural, then it is possible to fool that perceptual system and our interpretation of it," says Story.
Story says the two words have similar patterns that easily could be confused. He carried out his own experiment by analyzing a waveform image of the viral recording and compared it to recordings of himself saying "laurel" and "yanny."
He noticed similarities in the features of these words, which you can see below. Both words share a U-shaped pattern, though they correspond to different sets of frequencies that the vocal tract produces, Story explains. Take a look here:
"So with a recording that's somewhat ambiguous and low-quality, it's not surprising that some people may flip those when they're perceiving that word," Story says. That probably wouldn't happen in a high-quality recording, he says, or if it were spoken in a full sentence to give people more context clues.
Britt Yazel, a neuroscience doctoral student at University of California, Davis, analyzed the sound file and filtered out all the sound above the frequency 4.5 kilohertz.
That filtering "takes away the entire perception of hearing the word 'yanny' and all you get is the word 'laurel,' " he says. "If you lose the high frequencies, the illusion goes away."
Some people have greater sensitivity to higher frequencies or lower frequencies, Yazel says, which could explain part of why people hear different things.
"But not only that, the brains themselves can be wired very differently to interpret speech," he says. For example, if you hear the sounds in either "yanny" or "laurel" more in your everyday life, you might be more likely to hear them here.
It's also worth noting that people are expecting to hear either "yanny" or "laurel," which makes it more likely that they actually will hear one of those words and not something else.
For Kraus, the Northwestern professor who runs a laboratory on the biology of how humans process sound, it matters little how people interpret this single word in a poor-quality, idiosyncratic recording. Where this does matter, she says, and where similar issues are at play, is how people fill in the gaps of their hearing when faced with a noisy context. Much of what you hear, she says, is about what you're expecting to hear.
She provides another example. First, listen to this noisy clip and see if you can hear a sentence.
Next, listen to this clip, which is no longer noisy.
Finally, go back to the first clip. Now that the brain is primed to cut through the noise, you will probably be able to hear: "The juice of lemons makes fine punch."
"We all perceive the world a little differently based on our experiences," she says. It's crucial, she adds, to "use your experience with sound and what you know about it to fill in the gaps."
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Less than half of B.C.'s construction contractors are expecting more work in 2020, according to a survey released by the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association Wednesday.
The survey found that 40 per cent of the companies in the survey are expecting more work this year, compared to 51 per cent last year. This year represents a five-year low, according to the ICBA, which surveyed 1,000 construction companies.
When broken down by region, the ICBA survey found that 42 per cent of contractors in the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and Whistler expected an increase in work, 40 per cent in the province's Interior, 38 per cent in northern B.C. and 24 per cent on Vancouver Island.
In the report, ICBA president Chris Gardner said the dip represented a "notable drop in confidence."
Gardner said the reasoning behind that could be because 53 per cent of contractors think government "is on the wrong track when dealing with their businesses." Just eight per cent said government was on the right track while 39 per cent said they didn't know.
"This reflects government policy that has been hostile to job creators on many fronts ranging from its stances on major project development, to freezing out 85 per cent of construction workers from the tendering of public construction projects, to adding more red tape and regulation," Gardner said. The 85 per cent figure is the ICBA's shot at the NDP's building trades union-only hiring model for taxpayer-funded construction projects.That 2018 agreement allowed only only 19 unions to bid on provincial megaprojects.
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Thanks to a recent acquisition of video-taped lectures from the 1990's*, we are proud to re-present this lecture by this courageous pioneer of abduction research. Most within the UFO / Abduction research community will recognize Dr. Turner's name, and would covet the opportunity to hear her lecture today. We encourage you not to miss this opportunity to hear from this groundbreaking, controversial and immensely respected author. DVD copied from early 1990's VHS, and is quite viewable, but does not reflect 21st Century standards.
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If you wanted to find four words to describe the life of alien abduction investigator Karla Turner, Ph.D., those words might be "intrepid human rights activist." A former college instructor who held a doctorate in Old English Studies from the University of North Texas, Turner had authored three books on the abduction phenomenon, Into the Fringe (1992), Taken (1994), and, with psychic Ted Rice, Masquerade of Angels (1994). She was convinced that the aliens were here not to help us out, but to steal from us the sovereignty of our souls.
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She wanted us to fight back--with the same courage that she herself showed when, after a period of struggle, she succumbed to a particularly virulent form of breast cancer, on Jan. 9, 1996.
The diminutive scholar, author and activist, who was born in 1947 and made her home in Roland, Arkansas, had been involved in alien abduction work since 1988. Two traits, she had come to conclude, characterized alien behavior above all: deceitfulness and cruelty. In *Into the Fringe, published by Berkley, she recounted the abduction experiences of herself, her husband Casey (an assumed name), and several other members of her family. The family had first became aware of their experiences in 1988. Later, they were able to recall abduction events going back to their childhoods; the experiences were uniformly disturbing. In er second book, *Taken (published, like Masquerade of Angels, by her own press, Kelt Works, in Roland), Turner told the stories of eight female abductees who had contacted her after the publication of her first book. *Masquerade of Angels was the biography of Louisiana psychic Ted Rice, who, used to channeling benevolent entities, then becoming aware of his alien abduction experiences, first believed the aliens were benign, then came to the conclusion that they were no more than remorseless predators.
From beginning to end, Turner had been struck by how contradictory the stories of the aliens were. They would, she averred, say anything they wanted to attain their ends. As the abductees in *Taken reported it, the aliens insisted variously that they had come to help us cope with upcoming ecological disaster, interbreed for our good and theirs, help us evolve, take our genetic material to revivify their dying race. Sometimes they claimed they had outright created us; other times, that they were genetically altering us for our own good.
In one of the most moving accounts in the annals of alien abductions, Turner tells Ted Rice's story, in *Masquerade of Angels, of how, as an 8-year-old boy, Rice found himself along with his much-beloved grandmother inside a UFO and surrounded by a variety of aliens, including a tall reptoid. The aliens brought out the grandmother's husband, who had been dead for six years, and insisted she have sex with him. Partway through the act, the grandfather metamorphosed into the tall reptoid. Now the reptoid demanded to have sex with Rice. The boy's grandmother refused to allow this, even though the aliens insisted she would be dead in two days if she did not renege. Two days later, the grandmother was indeed dead of a massive heart attack.
The blatant deceit of this incident shaded over into Turner's other area of contention with the aliens: often, they were cruel, inflicting physical and mental pain on the abductees. One of the *Taken interviewees was so traumatized by her experience of impregnation on a UFO that she could not resume normal sex. Another suffered a bloody, painful miscarriage in her own bathroom. On account of a pulling action by the aliens, a third victim sustained a spinal injury so severe that her doctor warned her it could prove permanent. And these physical problems were accompanied by the usual emotional trauma of the abductee: confusion, terror, paranoia and ambivalence.
If abductees often came to believe that the aliens must somehow have some lofty purpose, this was because, insisted Turner, they have total control over our minds. Turner cited many cases pointing to a psychic technology that enabled the aliens to make us see whatever they wanted us to see. They could create virtual reality scenarios at will, she was certain. The abductees took home from their abduction experiences as memories whatever the aliens wanted them to remember. Even what was revived under hypnosis might only be a screen memory.
Turner was profoundly at variance with those who claimed we would see the alien abduction phenomenon as benign, if only we could understand it--but we were not capable of understanding it. The author spelled out in Taken what became her credo: "In spite of what some prominent abduction theorists tell us about avoiding thinking in terms of 'good and evil' or 'positive and negative' when it comes to the aliens, this cannot be done, nor should it be. For these women, for my husband and myself, for all abductees, knowing that we have been made a part of this agenda and that we have been implanted, trained, and programmed to participate in some future scenario, how can we not ask to what purpose our minds, bodies, and souls will be used?"
Turner entertained at least one comprehensive theory about why the alien abductions took place. At least one group, she suspected, the reptoids, needed to eat our bodies. Rice had provided her with a chilling account (similar to accounts in *Taken) of an alien abduction during which reptoid aliens actually murdered the psychic (Rice watched this, as if disembodied, from a distance), then sucked the soul out of his body into a black box. In a short time, they re-released the soul back into a clone of his body, which they had manufactured apparently using organic materials reaped from cattle mutilations. Turner believed the reptoids then ate Rice's original body--and in general need to ingest human bodies--because it was saturated with the emotional and/or the soul vibrations of the human; the reptoids did not eat cloned bodies, she speculated, because they had not become imbued with soul/emotion substance in the course of living. (Turner also wondered if the oft-mentioned hybrids might not simply be organic fodder used to manufacture the bodies of the zombie-like, carefully-regimented 'greys.')
What Turner perceived as the deceit and cruelty of the aliens-- along with the total lack of reciprocity in their actions--made her into a human rights activist who insisted that we must stand up for ourselves and seize back our souls from this rapacious, non-human species (she speculated that the aliens had developed parallel to us, on this Earth, then become transdimensional). "To accept a spiritual explanation for the abduction process and the abducting entities," she told an interviewer for *Contact Forum in May/June, 1995, "is foolhardy and potentially dangerous to our souls." To another interviewer she reiterated that, if we do not rouse ourselves, "we may come to the point where we cede the sovereignty of our souls. We should stand up for our souls. I think there is a possibility of finding out how to change the situation."
Until shortly before her death, Turner regularly issued veritable calls to arms from the podiums of UFO conferences across the U.S. and abroad. The aliens, she said time and again, used their powers to control our perceptions and practice disinformation in order to break down our resistance and deceive us into believing they were interested in our well-being--when they were not. All the evidence, she said, suggested their purposes were totally self-serving and without regard for the needs of homo sapiens. Now was the time, she insisted, "to work at getting back control."
How could this be done? Turner contended the best defense against alien intrusions was not "abduction therapy"--though that could be helpful--but abduction research itself. To audiences around the country she listed what she considered to be the only "facts" that might be construed about the alien invaders:
* We do not know with any certainty what they are. * At least some of the aliens lie. * During encounters, they control our perceptions. * They can implant false memories. * What we report about them is what they want us to report. * The alien agenda has physical aims and procedures that have nothing to do with reproduction. * From childhood, they manipulate us physically, spiritually, and sexually. * They create virtual reality scenarios that are absolutely real to the abductees. * They show an extraordinary interest in human souls and in our thoughts. * There is some element of human involvement in UFO phenomenon.
Turner suspected the military sometimes harassed abductees after they had been harassed by the aliens; but the Arkansas researcher did not reveal facts for fear of endangering friends.
The abductee/author insisted the aliens were engaged in a propaganda war to convince us that their designs were more benevolent than they were. They might be creating virtual reality scenarios of cross-breeding, she thought, to suggest that we share commonalities with them and that they need us. But, she said, there are just as many accounts of, for example, brain operations as there are of fetal transplants. In a propaganda campaign that included demonstrating their superiority and their proprietary relationship to us--and in consistently painting a benevolent picture of themselves--they were basically concerned, she had become certain, to "debase and lower our self-view, and to break down our resistances."
Articulately, always with sensitivity, the former college lecturer maintained there were a number of steps abductees could take in the face of alien provocation:
* Educate themselves about the phenomenon; there is some control in knowledge. * Let go of fear; it is through fear that negative entities maintain control. Anger is a more effective defense than fear. * Abductees should be aware of how they're reacting; they should learn to step out of themselves, and to maintain perspective. * Maintain a good quality of life. * Be realistic about what can and cannot be done. * Stay close to their families. * Confide. "The hell with the results," says Turner. "You don't need the burden of carrying this around [without being able to talk about it]."
If the terrors of the abduction experience made us grow stronger, concluded Turner, it was not because the aliens wanted us to have this strength, but because we willed it ourselves. Similarly, she insisted, we should take into our own hands this appalling violation of our rights as human beings, and fight it with all the resources which we could muster out of the richness of human creativity and experience.
This brave and defiant refusal, in the name of humanity, to countenance suffering from an alien tyrant masquerading as a benefactor, is Karla Turner's final legacy.
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So here we are at the end times… I mean.. the final days.. I mean the last day of the "one caricature a day challenge" called Caricature Resolution 2017.
Anthony Hopkins was the designated subject and I worked on and then overworked this one of him in his current "Westworld" role as I seem to do too often. Once again, trying to exaggerate did not work for me. I tried making the eyes small, the forehead and nose large, and somehow, when the resemblance wasn't there, kept changing things and proportions until I was practically back to the damned original proportions to being with, only I had still changed things enough that there was still no resemblance (I think this now looks more like BIlly Graham than Anthony Hopkins!!) but as a bonus there was also NO exaggeration! Double fail!!
At least this challenge has taught me that I have a long way to go if I want to move past "Party Caricature" type of barely-exaggerated styles and seeing all the entries from artist who do know how to do it is very helpful, if disheartening. Even seeing the few that were just awful and looked like third-grade children drew them were not helpful to my ego when they still got more of the precious "likes" that are the only payment we get for all this work than the consistently few I always got (from the kindhearted people who make sure to like ALL the entries just to be encouraging.)
So there you have it 31 caricatures of celebrities that I would otherwise never had done, some more successful than others. This is the reason I like these things. I also kept a disciplined daily routine of updating this blog, which also usually would never happen. Never mind the fact that it may as well just be a personal diary, seeing as how no one is reading or knows that it exists, at least introducing that kind of regimented daily productivity builds character, or so I'm told.


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When Disaster Strikes Lyrics
Artist: Busta Rhymes
Album: When Disaster Strikes
Good God!
(in background: "Tra-la-la-la-lah" *4X*)
Yeah, for all you motherfuckers across the whole entire galaxy
Busta Rhymes and the whole entire Flipmode Squad
Back at y'all motherfuckers in 1997
(in background: "Tra-la-la-la-lah" *4X*)
Hah, When Disaster Strikes, When Disaster Strikes
Take a look and sit on the sidelines and bear witness
On and on, return from the future like a centurion
All my affili-ates.. let's stack another mill-ion
While you learn on how the words go to my motherfucking song
Watch me puts it on.. it keeps you open all day long
The way we fuck shit up you thinkin somethin must be wrong
Set the high standards for corny niggaz to get the gong
Bleach your ass blonde and black your color back to bronze
On Happy Days I be the coolest nigga like The Fonz
So spectacular how I touch souls from here to Africa
My Zimbabwe niggaz bangin my joints up in they Acura
Pssh, OOH! Makin you feel the funk from bumper to bumper
Drive an imported 500 in foreign license plate numbers, ha ha
Laugh at ya, oh, me and my passengers
flip ass niggaz over quick like frying pan spatulas
Why do you be wastin your time, bein mad at us?
Every voice should sing and help the music sound miraculous!
(in background: "Tra-la-la-la-lah" *4X*)
Yes yes y'all! Flipmode Squad y'all
We reign supreme in 1997
When Disaster Strikes, you will all feel
(in background: "Tra-la-la-la-lah" *4X*)
When Disaster Strikes, you will all see
When Disaster Strikes, you will all bear witness
to The Most High Exalted
Yo.. now check it out, yo
I keeps flows so ridiculous
Rhyme flow taste good like a handful of cherry licorice
Practice your rhyme or be the local practitionist
Well you can try bein a doctor or bein a local obstetricianist
See, you can be somethin
Quit tryin to work so fuckin hard to-wards nothin
This rhyme shit was never designed for every swollen muffin
Yo, I'm sayin..
Why y'all niggaz think that y'all could really see my Squad?
And if we hit you hard that's when you feel the power of the God
Do it right and big up my peeps and A*Alikes
On alike, repel, especially feel When Disaster Strikes
Extremely delicate like the blowin out of candlelights
The quiet killings of projects niggaz whenever they wanna fight
That type of shit that shine and blind a nigga eyesight, aiiight?
We keepin it tight, y'all niggaz don't want it right?
You will never ever get no wins inside _mi casa_
We killin all impostors like we kill the cucurachas
Bounce to award ceremonies like we winnin Oscars
Rhymin rastas, eatin enough exotic pasta, hah! Yo..
We keep it movin for all of y'all
Freak y'all niggaz out while I'm makin y'all niggaz fall
Disaster will hitcha quick any time you wanna brawl
Perm, press, a nigga back, peel them of the wall
So tell me, why do you be wastin your time, bein mad at us?
Every voice should sing and help the music sound miraculous!
(in background: "Tra-la-la-la-lah" *4X*)
Hah, oh yes y'all!
This situation.. has now been brought before your very eyes
And as we carry on Flipmode Squad continues to conquer the world
(in background: "Tra-la-la-la-lah" *4X*)
When Disaster Strikes, you will all fear
When Disaster Strikes, you will all bear witness
to The Most High Exalted, hah!
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Busta Rhymes When Disaster Strikes Lyrics
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Round two of the Great American Conference double round robin basketball schedule begins on Thursday night, and that means one thing — the teams that make the proper adjustments are the teams that will come out on top. Arkansas Tech will visit Arkansas-Monticello for a GAC doubleheader at Steelman Field House in Monticello on Thursday, Feb. 2. Tip-off for the women's game between nationally 13th-ranked Arkansas Tech (13-3 overall, 5-3 GAC) and the UAM Cotton Blossoms (6-12, 2-6) is set for 5:30 p.m. GAC co-leader Arkansas Tech (14-4, 6-2) and the UAM Boll Weevils (15-5, 5-3) will begin their contest at 7:30 p.m. Both games can be heard on KWKK 100.9 FM.
Click here to access an Internet stream of the broadcast. Balance and parity are the watch words of the GAC basketball season so far. Six teams are within three games of the lead in the GAC women's standings. On the men's side, there are six teams within two games of the lead. "Watching tape over the last couple of games, you see more teams going zone on defense and trying to take their opponents out of their comfort area and disrupt timing," said Wonder Boys head coach Doug Karleskint when asked about adjustments as the conference season unfolds. "You've got to go with what is successful during that game. You can't be afraid to try anything. We try to incorporate some of those things into our practice plan so that we can throw it out there in games when the time is right." Arkansas Tech is tied with Henderson State (11-7, 6-2) for first place in the men's GAC basketball standings, but one of the Wonder Boys' losses was to their opponent on Thursday night. UA-Monticello came to Russellville and defeated Arkansas Tech 78-69 on Jan. 5. It remains the Wonder Boys' only home loss of the season. Arkansas-Monticello is 9-0 at home this season, so Tech has a chance to repay the favor on Thursday night. "I think that we became a better team after that loss, especially offensively," said Karleskint. "We were so flat coming out, and you have to tip your hat to Monticello. They made us pay for it, and before we knew it we were down 15 points. I think the guys are excited. Our guys took it personal when Monticello came into our house and beat us." Arkansas Tech is the hunter rather than the hunted in the women's GAC standings. The Golden Suns are in sole possession of third place, two games behind front-running Southwestern Oklahoma State (12-5, 7-1) and one game behind second-place Harding (13-5, 6-2). "We look at what was successful the first time we faced an opponent and some things that weren't as successful," said Golden Suns head coach Dave Wilbers when asked about making adjustments the second time through the league schedule. "After you face an opponent for the first time you know their personnel a little bit better and their tendencies. We've had three days of practice that have allowed us to put some new things in. I think all good coaches make adjustments, and the coaches in our league do a good job of adjusting even during a game." All of the Arkansas teams in the GAC will have to make another adjustment in February.
Recent years in the Gulf South Conference meant that only four of eight teams from the GSC West Division advanced to the postseason. Not so in the Great American Conference, where eight of the nine teams will make it to the GAC Tournament March 1-4 in Bartlesville, Okla. That means that teams like UA-Monticello, which is tied for seventh in the GAC women's standings, will have something to play for until the final day of the regular season. "Those seeds in the conference tournament are important," said Wilbers. "Everybody is playing for that. Monticello is playing really well right now. They are scoring a lot of points, playing good defense and generally playing at a high level. This is the best UAM team in the last several years, and they've improved throughout the season." The Golden Suns defeated Arkansas-Monticello 76-68 in Russellville on Jan. 5. Arkansas Tech rallied from a four-point deficit in the final 11 minutes to defeat the Cotton Blossoms for a sixth consecutive time. The Suns are 11-1 against UAM since the beginning of the 2006-07 season.


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Remember Freddie Highmore, the young wide-eyed Brit who played Charlie in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?
Well Freddie is all grown up now, and he's taking on another famous fictional character: Norman Bates.
The now 21-year-old will play a younger version of the "Psycho" killer in "Bates Motel," a new A&E TV series that explores the life of Norman and his mom Norma (Vera Farmiga) following the death of his father. They move to White Pine Bay to start a new life and business as motel owners, but quickly learn that the town and residents aren't what they seem. Check out the trailer below and an extended clip here.
It's hard to believe it's been eight years since "Charlie" and nine years since Freddie's breakout role in "Finding Neverland." To see how even more child stars have aged, check out the gallery below!


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Nona Hendryx-Mutatis Mutandis
Occupy the dance floor! The funk-rock force of nature that is Nona Hendryx is back and bolder than ever on a ferocious new CD on Righteous Babe Records. Whether you've been a fan since the days of Labelle and her acclaimed solo albums of the 80s or you're new to her signature sound, Nona will have you moving your feet and working your brain at the same time. On focus tracks "The Tea Party" and "Black Boys," the groove is deep and the lyrics are as current as the crawl on the 24-hour news networks.
Powerhouse vocals, blistering guitars, killer horns, gospel flourishes, and unstoppable beats fuel scathing attacks on political and religious conservatives, corporate greed, and black-on-black violence, among other targets. (Rush Limbaugh even gets the Wild West ballad he so richly deserves.)
The result is an album steeped in vintage R&B and soul, but totally in tune with the here and now. These times call for outrage and insight, and Nona is not afraid to tell it like it is: There's "Oil On the Water" and she's got fire in her veins. You'll feel the fire, too—and the joy when she suggests "Let's Give Love a Try." Mutatis Mutandis means changing what needs to be changed, and Nona Hendryx is on the scene (and on tour!) to shake things up with both funk and fury.Share
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Canadians aren't getting enough light physical activity during the pandemic, according to a new study from UBC's school of kinesiology released Monday (July 27).
Light activity was defined by the study as an activity that is "leisurely, allowing for easy conversation" such as walking and other everyday activities.
Canadians have been instructed to stay at home since physical distancing measures were introduced this spring. While researchers expected a decline in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, data collected from 2,338 Canadians found that light physical activity declined from an average of 1.023 minutes per week pre-pandemic to 730 minutes per week post-pandemic.
The study, published in Frontiers of Psychology, found that moderate-to-vigorous activity declined between nine to 12.6 per cent from the beginning of the pandemic when physical distancing was introduced, but has returned to normal levels in the weeks since.
"Traditionally we've always focused on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, but more recent evidence shows that light physical activity can have some of the same benefits to physical and mental health," said Katie Di Sebastiano, a postdoctoral fellow in kinesiology, and lead author of the study. "That's a significant amount of activity that Canadians in the study were no longer getting."
Staying active has been proven to be effective at preventing and treating a variety of ailments, including heart disease and diabetes. More recent evidence also shows that physical activity can help with the health issues related to COVID-19 by strengthening the immune system and improving mental health.
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"These results really highlight the need to consider physical activity when we're creating public health guidelines for a second wave of infections, or for future pandemics," said Di Sebastiano. "In particular, our findings demonstrate the necessity for public health measures that provide extra space for everyone to engage in incidental activity through walking or cycling
The study used physical activity data from an app called ParticipACTION, which collected that data during a 10-week period from Feb. 10 to April 19, giving the study four weeks of pre-pandemic data and six weeks of post-pandemic data. This data included heart rate and speed of steps.
The participants of the study were mostly between 35-44 years old (26.6 per cent) and female (90.2 per cent). The study's findings claim that this loss of activity may have significant long-term implications for the physical and mental health of Canadians.
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-A possible unfulfilled prophesy, but also a sign for Garabandal detractors
The passing of Joseph Lomangino on the anniversary of the first apparition and also the last public message of Garabandal
6/18/2014- Lindenhurst, New York.
June 18, 2014 has marked the passing of Joseph "Joey" Lomangino, precisely 53 years ago to the day of the first alleged heavenly apparition (June 18, 1961) to four young girls in Garabandal, Spain. After the first initial appearance of St Michael the Archangel on this date, the Blessed Virgin Mary would allegedly appear on numerous occasions to the children until the final public message, once again on June 18, 1965. And for this reason, June 18th is the primary feast day of the events of Garabandal, since it marks the date of the first apparition to the children in 1961, and also that of the last public message of the Blessed Virgin Mary on that same date in 1965. And so it is that also on this very significant same date that Joey Lomangino died of a heart attack in his home at 10:30AM, lovingly surrounded by his family.
The timing of Joey's passing is not a coincidence
Firstly it should be pointed out that those who have faith in God and in His Providence know very well that God arranges the timing of important events, and those who have eyes to see and ears to hear should very well recognize the hand of God in the timing of Joey's passing on June 18--the anniversary of the first Garabandal apparition, and also the last public message of the Blessed Virgin Mary--for June 18 is truly a key date in the Garabandal apparition.
I remember when Pope John Paul II died on the evening of April 2, 2005 which that year was precisely the evening vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday--how so many people overlooked or did not recognize the remarkable sign in the timing of his death, for it was he who fought so hard for the recognition and acceptance of the message of Bl. Faustina and Divine Mercy Sunday--for it was beginning in the 1950's that Bl. Faustina's Diary with its writings on Divine Mercy were originally condemned by the Holy Office---but thanks to Pope John Paul II this original ruling was completely overturned. Thus, the timing of such events such as the death of Pope John Paul II and Joey Lomangino are signs for those with an open mind and heart, and such signs are not meant by God to be ignored or taken lightly.
A possible unfulfilled prophecy
Within hours of Joey's passing, already in comment forum here on this website and on other blogs and websites doubters of the alleged apparitions of Garabandal were quick to point out the apparent unfulfilled prophesy concerning Joey:
Letter to Joey Lomangino from Conchita Gonzalez (one of the visionaries of Garabandal)
"My Dear Joseph,
Just two lines to tell you the message which the Blessed Virgin gave me for you today at the pines…she told me that the voice you heard was hers and that you shall see on the very day of the Miracle. She also told me that the House of Charity you will establish in New York will bring great glory to God."
"You shall see on the day of the Miracle." --Here we come to the prophecy of the long awaited "new eyes" that were promised by the Blessed Virgin Mary to Conchita in a vision.
Now that Joey has passed from this life, many have jumped to the conclusion that this prophesy is false and unfulfilled. And at first appearance this writer would have to agree that such is the case. But, reading carefully the prediction of what the Lady in the vision said to Conchita---that is that Joey would see on the day of the Miracle---well, one has to recognize that there are other interpretations and possibilities than the most obvious and apparent one, and I will leave it to the reader to consider other such possibilities.
Keep in mind that this writer is not making excuses for what appears to be an unfulfilled prophesy, only that there are other possibilities and interpretations contained in such a message.
The failed prophecy that wasn't--The prophesy that St Padre Pio would see the Miracle of Garabandal before his death.
When the great St. Padre Pio died on September 23, 1968, many who were familiar with the events of Garabandal were surprised because the 'Great Miracle' prophesied at Garabandal had not yet occurred, because of the well known prophecy by the Blessed Virgin to Conchita that Padre Pio would see the Great Miracle, however his death by all appearances at first SEEMINGLY negated this alleged prophesy.
Fr. Combe, a French parish priest from Chazay d'Azergues in the diocese of Lyon and a great promoter of the cause of Garabandal was in Garabandal that day. He and his collaborator B.L. Ellos took Conchita and Conchita's mother Aniceta in their car and set out that night for Lourdes. In the morning of October 17, Conchita received on behalf of Padre Pio a short written message, a large section of the veil that had covered Padre Pio's face after his death, and also one of Padre Pio's gloves. Delivering these gifts to her from Padre Pio was the Italian Capuchin, Fr. P. Bernardino Cennamo.
Conchita took advantage of this meeting to ask Fr. Cennamo:
He replied: "Padre Pio saw it [the Miracle] before his death. He told us himself"
As to the authenticity of the alleged apparitions at Garabandal, it is up to the Church to make the final decision. In the meantime, the faithful are free to come to their own personal judgement after careful discernment.
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Almost exactly 5 years ago I posted about a Ghanaian cookbook by Asantewaa Tweedie called Ghanaian Cooking with a Twist. Since then, Asantewaa and I have corresponded virtually. She returned to Ghana over a year ago, and emailed me recently that she had expanded and updated her cookbook.
A couple of weeks ago during a visit she made to Pennsylvania we met up together. It was a treat to meet face-to-face for the first time and also to see and hear about the new version, Melting Pot: Ghanaian Cooking with a Twist. Before returning to Ghana, Asantawaa asked me to continue as the sole North American distributor of her book, which retails at $30.00 plus mailing and handling. If you would like to order a copy, contact firstname.lastname@example.com for details.
Here is an excerpt from our conversation. I apologize in advance for the buzz on the video: I had to use a small digital camera and the quality was not perfect.
People sometimes ask me if I don't feel like I'm in competition with other Ghanaian cookbook authors. No way. I'm always excited to see the new wave of Ghanaians getting the word out about Ghanaian cuisine. I'd love to see as many Ghanaian cookbooks as there are Italian cookbooks on the shelves!


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Food Addiction Treatment at The Cabin Hong Kong
Do you often find yourself eating even when you are not hungry?
Are you plagued by guilt or shame as a result of your eating habits?
Do you tend to eat in private or avoid eating in front of other people?
We all have food cravings from time to time however, if you find yourself consumed by thoughts of food and eating, you may suffer from a food addiction.
Research has identified Hong Kong as having the highest rates of fast food consumption in the world. Although the over-consumption of fast food does not always lead to food addiction, it undoubtedly plays a contributing role.
Those struggling with food addiction face unique challenges – the prevalence of food related advertising in society and the countless social events centered around eating make reminders of food impossible to escape. Further, since we must eat to live, abstinence from food is not an option.
Fortunately, there is hope. The Cabin's effective and innovative treatment programme can help you develop a healthy relationship with food and gain freedom from your food addiction.
Food Addiction Explained
Food addiction is characterized by a compulsive desire to consume food. This desire persists in the face of the negative consequences, such as obesity and other health concerns. It is important to note, however, that not all of those who suffer from food addiction are overweight, as many sufferers engage in compensatory behaviours such as purging (bulimia), fasting or over-exercise.
In contrast to substance addiction, which involves an addiction to a specific substance, such as drugs or alcohol, food addiction is an addiction to a behaviour – or the process of eating. For this reason, food addiction is considered a process addiction. Like substance addiction, process addictions involve a malfunction in the reward circuitry of the brain.
'Junk' foods are especially problematic for individuals who suffer from food addiction. The high quantities of fat, sugar and salt in these foods act on the pleasure centres of the brain by producing a dopamine response similar to that caused by alcohol or drugs. An individual will continue to eat, despite not being hungry, in order to prolong the feeling of pleasure that results from dopamine flooding the brain.
Signs of Food Addiction
If you experience any of the following, it is possible that you have an addiction to food:
Dangers of Compulsive Over-Eating
As with substance addiction, food addiction can negatively impact several aspects of your life and may pose harmful physical, social and emotional consequences.
Physical dangers include:
- High cholesterol
- Heart disease
- Fatigue
- Cancer
- Stroke
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Kidney disease
- Bone deterioration
- Sleep apnea
- Arthritis
Social and emotional dangers include:
- Experiencing guilt or shame as a result of overeating or compensatory behaviours
- Feeling isolated from others
- Avoidance of social events that are centered around food or where food may be present
- Feeling depressed or hopeless
- Impaired performance at work or school stemming from a preoccupation with food or food-centered behaviours
- Reduced enjoyment in life, potentially leading to suicidal ideation in extreme cases
Recovery from Food Addiction
Despite the complex nature of food addiction, recovery is possible. Treatment for food addiction can be provided in either outpatient or inpatient settings.
With treatment in an outpatient setting, people are able to maintain their daily schedule – they learn to manage their addiction while keeping up their normal routine. This type of treatment is ideally suited to individuals for whom taking leave from work or other personal obligations is not an option. Outpatient treatment is most effective for 'high functioning addicts'— those who are capable of managing their addiction while remaining in their normal environment. This form of treatment allows people to immediately apply the skills they learn in treatment to their daily lives.
Inpatient treatment is provided at a residential rehab facility. This treatment option is best for those whose normal environment poses too many obstacles to recovery. Inpatient clients have access to round-the-clock care as they are housed and treated simultaneously.
The Cabin Hong Kong: Effective and Confidential Food Addiction Treatment
The Cabin Hong Kong's outpatient programme offers effective, confidential treatment for bulimia, over-eating, and other forms of food addiction. Our holistic Recovery Zones method, which boasts an impressive 96% completion rate, is designed to treat process addictions for which complete abstinence is not an option.
Each client at The Cabin Hong Kong receives a treatment plan specifically tailored to their individual needs. Our certified and highly trained clinical professionals employ the use of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), the 12 Steps and mindfulness techniques to teach the coping skills necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle free from food addiction.
At The Cabin, we take every possible precaution to ensure that your personal information is kept secure during and after treatment. Your confidentiality is important to us!
Those attending The Cabin Hong Kong gain fast-tracked access to our inpatient programme at The Cabin Chiang Mai. This programme allows clients to completely immerse themselves in the recovery process in a carefully controlled environment with access to 24 hour support. Our on-site nutritionist provides training in shopping for and preparing healthy, satisfying meals which provide the nutrition the body needs, while avoiding unhealthy addictive ingredients.
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This spring I read A Life in Balance, a most intriguing book produced by a company called Learning Breakthrough Program. This is a book for parents, whether they homeschool their children or not.
This paperback book was written by Frank Belgau as told to his son, Eric Belgau. It is the story of how Frank Belgau, an Air Force Flyboy and mechanic turned special education teacher and researcher, created the Learning Breakthrough Program, which helps children overcome their learning differences. It is a pleasant and easy reading – 200 pages long. It costs $16.95.
It is also an interesting account of what Houston and the space-program was like in the 1960s. Finally, it is a riveting account of how the brain works and, in particular, how the vestibular system affects our physical mental processes.
If you are looking for an ADHD alternative treatment or for a dyslexia treatment, you need to read this book. If you simply want to improve your child's (or your own) reading, you need to read this book. If you are a professional trying to keep up with an increasingly demanding workplace, you need to read this book. The suggestions will help your brain stay focused and sharp.
Last but not least, if you have Baby Boomers in your life who want to continue to stay sharp, you need to tell them about this book. Brain training and brain fitness suggestions abound in A Life In Balance.
Have you ever noticed how your toddler toddles? Have you ever noticed children walk differently? Some walk smoothly, freely swinging the arms, with an erect posture, and in a rhythmic fashion. Others suppress their arms and their feet do not move smoothly. They seem to lose their balance after a few steps. Many are somewhere between these two extreme points.
Frank Belgau discovered the connection between the physical ability to walk straight and the cognitive ability to read in a very personal way.
You see, Frank Belgau could not learn to read himself until he was in fifth grade. As such, he developed a strong empathy for "unteachable children." He felt the shame of being the only child in his family who could not read.
He also lost his lunch to a bully. But the bully did not want his lunch or his lunch money. The bully simply wanted to find somebody weaker than he, to beat up on and make himself feel better.
Frank tripped over his own feet after a few yards – consistently. Physically, he was a mess. The bully only made it worse.
As a fourth grader, Frank accepted the fact that he could never be as smart and accomplished in school as his siblings. But to not be an athlete and to receive daily beatings from a bully pushed him to come up with a plan. He spent the summer between his fourth and fifth grade running on the beach, aiming his feet at fiddler crab holes, like a football player doing a tire run at training camp.
At first, he tripped often and tumbled face down. As the summer wore on, he got better. His speed picked up. He could aim and not miss these holes.
When he went back to school, he put the bully in his place. They even became best friends. But he discovered his summer set of exercises brought about another benefit: he could read. Just like that.
By running and organizing his physical balance, Frank organized his brain.
Once he was honorably discharged from the Air Force, he became a teacher and, then, a special education teacher. From one school system to another, from one university research lab to another, he perfected the Balance Board and a set of exercises which help children organize their brain so they can learn.
The largest industry in the United States is the prison system. All the inmates in our prison system have some sort of learning disability or difference. These people are not stupid. Many of them are quite intelligent. But they are frustrated. They could never learn as easily as their peers. Sitting at a school desk feeling stupid and useless and inferior lead them to frustration. So they act out. And the downward spiral commences.
The book contains a preface written by Dr. Edward Hallowell, MD – a Harvard professor – who strongly believes in and supports the Learning Breakthrough principles. However, there have been many in Academia who gave Frank Belgau a hard time through the forty years of his research and experiments. You can hear the sadness and frustration in Frank's "voice" about that as you read the book.
Personally, I think the book could use some editing to eliminate repetition and numerous typos. But, overall, this book will give you an alternative way to deal with learning differences.
I have always believed that physical exercise impacts the brain tremendously and modern research supports that premise. I saw ADHD being reversed through an education which involved similar principles when I worked for a special education residential treatment program. This book lines up even more arguments in support of such alternative programs and stepping away from medication.
The Space Walk – a series of exercises that will give you observable results in improving reading – is outlined in the back of the book.
Here are the Space Walk Activities which develop a smooth walking pattern:
- toe on spot
- walk heel to toe
- sidestep, lead right
- sidestep, lead left
- march
- march backwards
- walk and turn clockwise
- walk and turn counterclockwise
- pick target, close eyes, and walk to target
- close eyes, walk heel to toe on line
- zigzag walk
All these activities are described in length in the Appendix of the book, which would give you a clear way of experiencing the benefits of the Learning Breakthrough Program before deciding about purchasing the Balance Board.
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