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boilermaker75

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  1. @Cod Liver Oil Exercise does more things for the brain than I mentioned above. Another thing it does is increase, and balance, neurotransmitters. That could contribute to the effect you have observed. Edit: What sport?
  2. I used to work on GaAs semiconductor devices. We had a saying, GaAs was the semiconductor of the future, and it always will be. It came from knowing so many more researchers were working on silicon that silicon would always be ahead.
  3. @Blugolds11 If you look at some NFL players, especially OL some drop over 100 pounds after their careers are over and they are not lifting fantically anymore. Examples I know because I have seen them are Matt Light and Nick Hardwick. Of course there are those that put on 100 pounds, LOL. @cubsfan I am just ahead of you at 69. I work out every day at least one hour. Not nearly as heavily into weight-lifting as you but that is part of my program. I also feel I am stronger than I was in my 20s and easily feel 25 years younger than I imagine most 69 year olds feel. A couple of week ago a student had questions after class so we came up to my office on the third floor. She is on the women's soccer team and is actually one of the better players. She made a comment about climbing the stairs to the third floor. I bound up those stairs.
  4. You can do it when you are 60, or even 70 or 80. I am 69 and I don’t feel I have lost any cognitive abilities. I have older colleagues who have maintained the size and success of their research programs. Your brain is 2% of your bodies’ mass but utilizes 20% of the oxygen you breath and the food you consume. What you do for your bodies’ health is even more critical for your brain. MRI scans show that the brain of someone who spent their life on a typical Western diet has suffered much more brain atrophy than someone who instead was on a Mediterranean diet. (L. Mosconi, et. al., "Mediterranean Diet and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Assessed Brain Atrophy in Cognitively Normal Individuals at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease," Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 1, pp. 23-32, 2014.) I would suggest the MIND (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) diet developed at Rush University Medical Center. Similarly exercise is very important. Every 7 minutes your entire volume of blood flows through your brain. Exercise not only improves the circuilatory system in your body, but also in your brain for delivering that oxygen and fuel. But something else really important occurs during exercise. Your muscles excrete compounds called myokines (hundreds of them) such as brain derived neurotropic factor (BDNF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). BDNF is like fertilizer for the brain. It promotes neuroplasticity, something that happens when you are learning. Neurons are born everyday in a region of your brain called the hippocampus. The hippocampus is very important region for formation of explicit memories. BDNF is required for the survival of these new neurons, along with actually using those new neurons. Use them or lose them.
  5. For the Russian soldiers on the ground I am sure they feel this is all FUBAR.
  6. https://news.yahoo.com/putin-speaks-russias-greatness-brioni-222200632.html Putin must not want to be outdone by James Bond, https://www.bondsuits.com/james-bonds-brioni-suit-model-names-and-more/ Does no one over there want to tell him Brioni looks cheap on him?
  7. My daughter is just moving into a condo she had remodeled in West Hollywood, CA. Our architect told us not to go the permit route. We did have a great person who did her previous condo renovation for her who would have done it if we didn't go the permit route. The permit route cost her an addition 6 months delay, while she had to pay $5k per month rent, over $10k for the permits and no where near the quality we would have gotten from the no-permit guy.
  8. I have been doing something similar, I have been writing calls.
  9. I watched all the seasons including the final one of Unforgotten. I found it all right, but not in the same tier as shows like Vera, Endeavor, and Shetland. I do like Sanjeev Bhaskar. Have you watched The Indian Doctor?
  10. And why would you want to put the rest of the players through this? Can you imagine the chants at every Browns road game? If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
  11. I have been continually writing BRKB puts as the price has risen. I have strike prices from 270 to 290 expiring tomorrow.
  12. That is good to hear. I am looking forward to reading my copy. I just need to find the time.
  13. The Keys are great. In college for Spring break we would camp on Bahia Honda. It was a group from my fraternity and a group from a neighboring sorority. It is how I met my wife!
  14. We are really liking L’art du Crime. There are five seasons and it is still in production. Each crime is two episodes and we are in the middle of the third season. Florence is an art historian at the Louvre and works with police captain Antoine to solve art related crimes. I really like the character of Florence. I don’t really like the actor playing Antoine, but the stories, filming, and other characters make up for him.
  15. I have also read all of Diamond's books and think they are all great. But they usually leave me depressed.
  16. @Parsad Reading through your list of great Westerns made me think of another great Clint Eastwood Western with Shirley MacLaine, Two Mules for Sister Sara. You have probably seen it, but if not you are in for a real treat.
  17. You are welcome and thanks for saying that! You must have an interest in electromagnetics?
  18. Or you could write Aug 19 expiration, 20-strike puts. They last traded on Friday at $0.29 per share. That would be a five week return of about 1.5%.
  19. This is a site I look at to find risk arbitrage plays. http://intrinsicedge.blogspot.com It has probably been several months since I last checked. I usually do well with these plays so you would think I would be checking this site all the time.
  20. The Outlaw Josey Wales, with those Colt-Walker revolvers, is also my all time favorite. I have probably seen it a dozen times and it doesn't ever get old. Josey Wales: When I get to likin’ someone, they ain’t around long. Lone Watie: I notice when you get to DISlikin’ someone they ain’t around for long neither
  21. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ZsENSXOVzI0zHt4i2bZFw
  22. I have a YouTube channel with over 22,500 subscribers. The subject is electric and magnetic fields. It is mostly demonstrations with explanations. These are demonstrations I have generated for a class I teach. I do many of them live in class.
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