The micro-organisms in fermented food such as pickles, kimchi and yogurt may alleviate social anxiety, according to a study that will be published in the August issue of Psychiatry Research. Researchers at the University of Maryland and the College of William & Mary in Virginia found that these beneficial bacteria increase production of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a neurotransmitter that counterbalances other neurotransmitters involved with anxiety disorders.
“It is likely that the probiotics in the fermented foods are favourably changing the environment in the gut, and changes in the gut in turn influence social anxiety,” said Professors Matthew Hilimire, assistant professor of psychology at William & Mary. “I think that it is absolutely fascinating that the micro-organisms in your gut can influence your mind.”
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Germy Shoemangler
“I want you to understand that every scar that you have is a reminder, not just that you got hurt, but that you survived. And as painful as they are, those holes we all have in our hearts are what truly connect us to each other. They are the spaces we can make for other people’s sorrow and pain, as well as their joy and their love so that eventually, instead of feeling empty, our hearts feel even bigger and fuller.”
– First lady Michelle Obama, commencement speech given King Junior College Prep high school on Chicago’s South Side
I wonder how long it’s going to take for the GOP to lose its collective mind over ISIS microbes infecting innocent American guts via shipments of sharia yogurt across the Mexico-Michigan border.
I like the way China is taking the game to the Dutch, although I wonder whether they might run out of steam in the second half. I thought they got screwed by the referee against Canada with the penalty call in the last minute, so I’d like to see them do well (unfair to the Dutch though that might be!).
Well, I loathe kimchi, so I wouldn’t be able to protest too strongly on that point.
What the hell do China have to do to get a fair shake on penalties?
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Steeplejack
Thanks for the reminder. I didn’t see the game on the usual channels, but this post prompted me to hunt it down on Fox Sports 2. Low-def picture is low-def.
In the meantime, I switched over to the Golf Channel, which is like a tropical fish tank screen saver for me, and I did a spit-take when I clearly heard a touring PGA professional, after shanking his drive in the FedEx St. Jude Classic, say, “God, I just suck!” Heh. They do a good job of getting the sounds of the game and filtering out the verbiage, but occasionally something slips through.
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Germy Shoemangler
@Steeplejack: Last Sunday I watched some golf and saw a spectator holding a sign with a bible quote.
I was too much of a heathen to recognize it and I was too lazy to look it up.
I wonder if that guy is a regular thing?
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Morzer
I don’t know if people would agree with me on this one, but I think women’s soccer has steadily improved in quality over time, with the exception of the officiating. I know it takes time to build up a corps of good referees and lineswomen and that the men’s game is far from perfect, but some of the (non)calls in this world cup have been absolutely mystifying.
Was it from the Book of Irons? “Neither shalt thou shank, nor shalt thou overclub, lest thy name be a shame and a reproach before men in strangely-patterned trousers”?
Also: is it too much to ask TV commentators to make something like a halfway decent stab at pronouncing Chinese names?
At least as far as what shows up on TV, it’s incredibly rare. We’re talking about a sport where the venues are country clubs—or places that look down on country clubs—so the whole demographic is pretty upscale and they keep a tight rein on all that commie protestin’ crap. Corporate wing of the GOP rather than Teahadi. I think in the last few years I’ve seen only a handful of (brief) crowd shots with some moran in the background holding up a sign.
With the advent of cheap but high-quality cameras, the video coverage is so saturated that the director can cover almost every shot in the tournament without letting you see anything untoward. In fact, one of the things that I enjoy is the artistry with which the Golf Channel—much more than the big networks, which take over coverage late on Saturday and Sunday afternoons—shows you everything of note while making it feel casual and organic—the opposite of hectic.
I note that I am not a hard-core, watch-every-frame golf viewer. As I said before, it’s a pleasant background TV thing: easy to follow (but who cares, really?), great scenery (especially the European tour, which is on live in the morning here), calm, usually intelligent commenters, often with interesting accents. Like I said, one step above an aquarium screen saver.
While on layover on his way to an ashram in India, Michael Murphy decides to play a round of golf at Burningbush, a famous local golf course. There he meets the mysterious and charismatic golf pro Shivas Irons, who over a 24-hour period teaches him about golf and spirituality.
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ThresherK
@Steeplejack: The strange link between golf and soccer: If it’s on in the background and I hear a lot of noise from the crowd, if I’m not watching the screen then I know to look up.
And if I miss something incredible, they’ll show it a few times over.
That said, my wife thinks I watch “enough soccer”, a phrase I am unfamiliar with. She hopes I don’t learn enough Spanish to understand the broadcasts on Univision of CONMEBOL or La Liga MX, because then I’ll add the those to my list.
Synchronicity! Just as I saw your comment and started to read it, crowd noise alerted me to China scoring right at 90 minutes in the match. Holy shnikeys!
If it’s on in the background and I hear a lot of noise from the crowd, if I’m not watching the screen then I know to look up.
True. Or sudden excitement from the announcers. In addition to the replays, I’ve got a DVR, which always buffers the last hour of the current live channel, so I can rewind and catch things with that, too.
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ThresherK
@Steeplejack: As a self-appointed late adopter, I may get one of those in ten years.
However, I am trying to figure out how to stream FoxSports2, which is not on my cable package.
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Morzer
I am so glad the Chinese got that goal. They’ve deserved this win and it was a very good finish by Wang Lisi.
It’s hard to explain, but once you’ve gone DVR you’ll never go back. Incredibly convenient.
Someone posted links to live streams for the WWC on one of the previous soccer threads, but I don’t remember which one. If you ask at the start of one of the threads you’ll probably get an answer pronto.
Germy Shoemangler
The micro-organisms in fermented food such as pickles, kimchi and yogurt may alleviate social anxiety, according to a study that will be published in the August issue of Psychiatry Research. Researchers at the University of Maryland and the College of William & Mary in Virginia found that these beneficial bacteria increase production of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a neurotransmitter that counterbalances other neurotransmitters involved with anxiety disorders.
“It is likely that the probiotics in the fermented foods are favourably changing the environment in the gut, and changes in the gut in turn influence social anxiety,” said Professors Matthew Hilimire, assistant professor of psychology at William & Mary. “I think that it is absolutely fascinating that the micro-organisms in your gut can influence your mind.”
Germy Shoemangler
“I want you to understand that every scar that you have is a reminder, not just that you got hurt, but that you survived. And as painful as they are, those holes we all have in our hearts are what truly connect us to each other. They are the spaces we can make for other people’s sorrow and pain, as well as their joy and their love so that eventually, instead of feeling empty, our hearts feel even bigger and fuller.”
– First lady Michelle Obama, commencement speech given King Junior College Prep high school on Chicago’s South Side
Morzer
@Germy Shoemangler:
I wonder how long it’s going to take for the GOP to lose its collective mind over ISIS microbes infecting innocent American guts via shipments of sharia yogurt across the Mexico-Michigan border.
Germy Shoemangler
@Morzer:
Reminds me of William Burroughs and his Thanksgiving Prayer
Morzer
I like the way China is taking the game to the Dutch, although I wonder whether they might run out of steam in the second half. I thought they got screwed by the referee against Canada with the penalty call in the last minute, so I’d like to see them do well (unfair to the Dutch though that might be!).
Morzer
@Germy Shoemangler:
Magnificently lugubrious!
Morzer
The Dutch keeper is really earning her guilders today. China have looked really good going forward.
Randinho
@Morzer: Not to mention North Korean kimchi and Russian pickles.
Morzer
@Randinho:
Well, I loathe kimchi, so I wouldn’t be able to protest too strongly on that point.
What the hell do China have to do to get a fair shake on penalties?
Steeplejack
Thanks for the reminder. I didn’t see the game on the usual channels, but this post prompted me to hunt it down on Fox Sports 2. Low-def picture is low-def.
In the meantime, I switched over to the Golf Channel, which is like a tropical fish tank screen saver for me, and I did a spit-take when I clearly heard a touring PGA professional, after shanking his drive in the FedEx St. Jude Classic, say, “God, I just suck!” Heh. They do a good job of getting the sounds of the game and filtering out the verbiage, but occasionally something slips through.
Germy Shoemangler
@Steeplejack: Last Sunday I watched some golf and saw a spectator holding a sign with a bible quote.
I was too much of a heathen to recognize it and I was too lazy to look it up.
I wonder if that guy is a regular thing?
Morzer
I don’t know if people would agree with me on this one, but I think women’s soccer has steadily improved in quality over time, with the exception of the officiating. I know it takes time to build up a corps of good referees and lineswomen and that the men’s game is far from perfect, but some of the (non)calls in this world cup have been absolutely mystifying.
Morzer
@Germy Shoemangler:
Was it from the Book of Irons? “Neither shalt thou shank, nor shalt thou overclub, lest thy name be a shame and a reproach before men in strangely-patterned trousers”?
Also: is it too much to ask TV commentators to make something like a halfway decent stab at pronouncing Chinese names?
ThresherK (GPad)
@Morzer: Michigan/Mexico? Man, I was gonna do a pedestrian overpass to Canada.
Steeplejack
@Germy Shoemangler:
At least as far as what shows up on TV, it’s incredibly rare. We’re talking about a sport where the venues are country clubs—or places that look down on country clubs—so the whole demographic is pretty upscale and they keep a tight rein on all that commie protestin’ crap. Corporate wing of the GOP rather than Teahadi. I think in the last few years I’ve seen only a handful of (brief) crowd shots with some moran in the background holding up a sign.
With the advent of cheap but high-quality cameras, the video coverage is so saturated that the director can cover almost every shot in the tournament without letting you see anything untoward. In fact, one of the things that I enjoy is the artistry with which the Golf Channel—much more than the big networks, which take over coverage late on Saturday and Sunday afternoons—shows you everything of note while making it feel casual and organic—the opposite of hectic.
I note that I am not a hard-core, watch-every-frame golf viewer. As I said before, it’s a pleasant background TV thing: easy to follow (but who cares, really?), great scenery (especially the European tour, which is on live in the morning here), calm, usually intelligent commenters, often with interesting accents. Like I said, one step above an aquarium screen saver.
Steeplejack
@Morzer:
Michael Murphy’s Golf in the Kingdom (1971) was a funny book, even if you don’t like golf. (I haven’t read it in years.)
Wikipedia:
ThresherK
@Steeplejack: The strange link between golf and soccer: If it’s on in the background and I hear a lot of noise from the crowd, if I’m not watching the screen then I know to look up.
And if I miss something incredible, they’ll show it a few times over.
That said, my wife thinks I watch “enough soccer”, a phrase I am unfamiliar with. She hopes I don’t learn enough Spanish to understand the broadcasts on Univision of CONMEBOL or La Liga MX, because then I’ll add the those to my list.
Steeplejack
@ThresherK:
Synchronicity! Just as I saw your comment and started to read it, crowd noise alerted me to China scoring right at 90 minutes in the match. Holy shnikeys!
Randinho
Very, very tentative defending by the Dutch on that goal.
Steeplejack
@ThresherK:
True. Or sudden excitement from the announcers. In addition to the replays, I’ve got a DVR, which always buffers the last hour of the current live channel, so I can rewind and catch things with that, too.
ThresherK
@Steeplejack: As a self-appointed late adopter, I may get one of those in ten years.
However, I am trying to figure out how to stream FoxSports2, which is not on my cable package.
Morzer
I am so glad the Chinese got that goal. They’ve deserved this win and it was a very good finish by Wang Lisi.
Steeplejack
@ThresherK:
It’s hard to explain, but once you’ve gone DVR you’ll never go back. Incredibly convenient.
Someone posted links to live streams for the WWC on one of the previous soccer threads, but I don’t remember which one. If you ask at the start of one of the threads you’ll probably get an answer pronto.
ThresherK
@Steeplejack: Thanks, I’ll try that.
Steeplejack
@ThresherK:
Answer upstairs.
ThresherK
@Steeplejack: Got it!