Canadian researchers have come up with an unconventional technique for investigating the unconscious using a Ouija board—a wooden board marked with the words “yes” and “no.”
The University of British Columbia (UBC) team hopes to apply what they learn to make things like planes, cars, and objects in the home more intuitive and safer to use.
“Most people think they have complete control of their minds, but they are wrong,” said study co-author Ron Rensink in a press release. “The truth is, we perform thousands of unconscious mental and physical tasks every day.”
Rensink gives driving as the perfect example: “In many cases, we are navigating through dangerous situations, thinking only about what we want for dinner,” he explained. “We get home and often remember very little about the trip.”
The researchers found that people gave more accurate responses when guessing the answers to questions with a Ouija board (65 percent) versus answering verbally (50 percent). In contrast, when participants thought they knew the answer, both response types had almost equal accuracy.
“These surprising findings suggest we have a powerful ‘second intelligence’ resting beyond our conscious minds that can be accessed under the right conditions,” said study co-author Hélène Gauchou in the release.
Investigation: Unconscious Mind
using the Ouija Board
Source: the epoch times
The kids watch the opening of Thing From Another World, The (1951) on TV. Carpenter would later re-make this film himself in 1982 as Thing, The (1982).
Halloween was shot in 21 days in the spring of 1978. Made on a budget of $300,000, it became the highest-grossing independent movie ever made at that time.
According to screenwriter/producer Debra Hill, the character of Laurie Strode was named after John Carpenter's first girlfriend.
Inside Laurie's bedroom there is a poster of a painting by James Ensor (1860-1949). Ensor was a Belgian expressionist painter who used to portray human figures wearing grotesque masks.
Halloween takes place primarily in fictional Haddonfield, Illinois. Haddonfield, NJ is the home town of screenwriter Debra Hill.
The performance of Halloween's musical score is credited to "The Bowling Green Philharmonic." There is no Philharmonic in Bowling Green. The "orchestra" is actually John Carpenter and assorted musical friends.
HALLOCHEAP
Since the movie was actualy shot in spring, the crew had to buy paper leaves from a decorator and paint them in the desired autumn colors, then scatter them in the filming locations. To save money, after a scene was filmed, the leaves were collected and reused.
Due to its shoestring budget, the prop department had to use the cheapest mask that they could find in the costume store: a William Shatner mask, from the movie "The Devil's Rain." They later spray-painted the face white, teased out the hair, and reshaped the eyeholes
cool facts and it shows you don't need a big budget to make a horror classic.
Via: Film Halloween Facts
Kermit Meets Vincent
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH WE THE PEOPLE EXHIBIT and WE THE PEOPLE TV, A PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN POPULACE TO COINCIDE WITH THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Curated by Alison Gingeras, Jonathan Horowitz and Anna McCarthy, the exhibition will be a conjectural exploration of American identity politics against the backdrop of this year's political debates.
October 3–November 17, 2012
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space
455 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday–Saturday
Free admission
WE THE PEOPLE
Curated by Alison Gingeras, Jonathan Horowitz and Anna McCarthy
We the People will create a diorama of the American populace using strategically chosen examples of figurative painting, sculpture, and photography. Works from American artists of older generations―including Romare Bearden, George
Segal, Margaret Bourke-White, Alice Neel, Duane Hanson, Alex Katz, and Robert Rauschenberg—will be installed in cacophonous dialogue with works by a younger generation of artists—Tina Barney, Fred Wilson, Elizabeth Peyton, Barkley L. Hendricks, Nicole Eisenman, and Danny McDonald. This exhibition includes new works made for the show by artists Nate Lowman, Julio Cesar Morales, Richard Phillips and Swoon.
Left, Norman Rockwell, Four Freedoms-Freedom from Want, 1943 and right, Danny McDonald, Restricted Access to Medical Care (The Mummies), 2008
Painting Above: Richard Phillips
“It was wrong. I screwed up,” Matt Schaeffer, president of Wilcoxson’s Livingston Ice Cream, was quoted as saying by NBC News. “I don't want to be the one who took down a 100-year old company because I made a stupid comment. If necessary, I will resign.”
The row started after a Muslim customer asked about the company’s cookies and cream-flavored ice cream containing gelatin.“Does it contain pork? I am a Muslim and love your ice cream and when I read it today I was shocked,” the customer wrote on Wilcoxson’s Facebook page.
“I look forward to you writing me back. Thank you. If possible, if it does have pork gelatin please tell me what flavors do so I can avoid them thanks again.”
Relying to the question, Schaeffer wrote “We don’t deliver outside of Montana, certainly not Pakistan.”The Muslim customer replied that the comment was “rude” for assuming he lived in Pakistan. “What are u talking about!!??? I think. ur comment is rude to assume I live in Pakistan,” the customer wrote.
“Just because of your ignorance, I won’t buy your ice cream and definitely won’t recommend it.”Justifying his comment, Schaeffer argued that he was tired and did not see the customer’s address.“There was a map on his Facebook page with a map of Pakistan, with a balloon in the center,” Schaeffer said.
RACISM OVER ICE CREAM
An American ice cream maker has plunged into hot waters after making a racist reply to a question by a Muslim customer about whether the company’s product contains pork.
Source: OnIslam
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Australian Premier Colin Barnett announced the $6.85 million plan of package of new "shark mitigation" strategies aimed at, "reducing the risk of shark attacks against Western Australian beachgoers." The funding will be added to a similar $13.65 million shark mitigation plan announced last year.
$2 million of the funding will fund a program for the Department of Fisheries to, "track, catch and, if necessary, destroy sharks identified in close proximity to beachgoers." NBC news reports: "[Barnett] announced Thursday that any great white sharks seen near beachgoers would be killed in order to prevent attacks on humans."
There have been five deaths connected to shark attacks this year in Western Australia; 12 shark fatalities have been recorded in the area over the last 100 years, according to NBC news.
"We will always put the lives and safety of beachgoers ahead of the shark," Barnett told ABC radio.
"This is, after all, a fish — let's keep it in perspective."
Shark Attack Provention:
KILL THE SHARKS!
The Australian government will start killing sharks on its western coast in order to prevent shark attacks.
Source: Business Insider
Old meets new in this unique set of tattoo flashes by illustrator Derick James. James puts his own modern spin on traditional tattoo flash designs by representing pop culture icons including characters from Star Wars, Batman, and yes, even Pokemon. He is a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and is now based in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
COMICS AS
TATTOOS
Derick James takes traditional tattoo imagery and brings a little DC/Marvel Comics into the fray.
JONATHAN STEIN
Jonathan's art has appeared in countless publications and he has had solo and group shows within the United States, Europe, and Latin America. Jonathan is a staple artist in Scope Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach for over 7 years.
Noted for his philanthropic commitment to aiding pediatric cancer patients, Stein has worked with celebrities like Katy Perry and noted companies like Gibson Guitar, Office Depot, Nascar and Remy Martin Cointreau to benefit children in distress.
Jonathan Stein currently serves as the Creative Director of Drops of Hope, Inc. a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization in South Florida that provides free specialized services to pediatric cancer patients in serious financial need.
Jonathan Stein was born in Bronx, New York and classically trained in fine art production from Boston University, with a B.F.A. in Art Education and Art History. A South Florida based conceptual artist well versed in sculpture, painting, site specific installation, photography and video installation, Stein asserts that the "concept dictates what medium I work in.” Offering bold social statements cleverly concealed behind sparkling Swarovski crystal veneers or faux sugary frosting, Stein's work asks an audience to "indulge" in his imagery that excites the mind, intrigues the eye and tempts the stomach.
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"I hope this doesn't harm Obama, but if I was from the United States, I'd vote for Obama," the socialist Chavez said of a man he first reached out to in 2009 but to whom he has since generally been insulting.
Chavez is running for a new six-year term against opposition challenger Henrique Capriles, while Obama seeks re-election in November against Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Venezuela's election is next weekend.
"Obama is a good guy ... I think that if Obama was from Barlovento or some Caracas neighbourhood, he'd vote for Chavez," the president told state TV, referring to a poor coastal town known for the African roots of its population.
Chavez is one of the world's most strident critics of Washington and his 14 years in office have been characterized by diplomatic spats and insults at the White House.
He called former U.S. President George W. Bush a "drunk" and the "devil." After an initial overture to Obama came to nothing, he said the new president had disappointed progressives the world over and was the "shame" of Africans.
CHAVEZ: "I WOULD VOTE FOR OBAMA"
With both presidents facing tight re-election fights, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez gave a surprise endorsement to Barack Obama on Sunday - and said the U.S. leader no doubt felt the same.
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But Chavez was back in a conciliatory mood in a TV interview with friend and former vice president Jose Vicente Rangel.
"After our triumph and the supposed, probable triumph of President Obama, with the extreme right defeated here and there, I hope we could start a new period of normal relations with the United States," he said.
Via: Reuters
In 1948, German pharmocologist P. N. Witt started his research on the effect of drugs on spiders.
Witt tested spiders with a range of psychoactive drugs, including amphetamine, mescaline, strychnine, LSD and caffeine, and found that the drugs affect the size and shape of the web rather than the time when it is built. At small doses of caffeine (10 µg/spider), the webs were smaller; the radii were uneven, but the regularity of the circles was unaffected. At higher doses (100 µg/spider), the shape changed more, and the web design became irregular.
All the drugs tested reduced web regularity except for small doses (0.1-0.3 µg) of LSD, which resulted in more ordered webs
Spiders on
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"The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less."
Brenda Behan
