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Fox & Marvel is cooperating now?

fix24311 — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:37:42 +0800

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Exclusive: First ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Trailer Is Attached to ‘Star Wars’

The opening weekend of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is going to be massive. It may or may not break the record, but the film will have the widest release of all time, meaning it will be in front of a lot of eyeballs not only opening weekend, but throughout the Christmas break and through New Years. As a result, every studio in town wants to attach its biggest trailers in front of Star Wars. What better way to announce your big 2016 films than by introducing them to a gargantuan number of people at once?

We’ve already reported that the first trailer for Captain America: Civil War will be attached to The Force Awakens, which was pretty much a given since both films are distributed by the same studio. But we can now break the news that the first trailer for Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse will also be attached to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, meaning Fox was able to score prime placement for director Bryan Singer’s superhero sequel.

X-Men: Apocalypse co-writer/producer Simon Kinberg revealed the trailer premiere placement to us in a wide-ranging conversation with Steve earlier today, adding that we can expect something along the lines of a teaser, though maybe a tiny bit more substantial:

“I can in fact confirm that information. Our first trailer will be on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s our first thing out there so it is somewhat of a teaser but it’s certainly longer than a minute and it has a ton of cool stuff in it.”

Sumber Bernama/Reuters

So... is Fox and Marvel is on good terms now? They jointly released their movie trailers on Star Wars. Will we see future Marvel cross-overs with these two companies?

Previously Fox even managed to show X-Men DOFP trailer on Sony's The Amazing Spider-man before Sony decided to cross-over with MCU instead.

Thoughts?

It says "Welcome to Malaysia"

fix24311 — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:15:17 +0800

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[WTR] For 2 pax

fix24311 — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 19:29:05 +0800

Want to rent master bedroom
- Immediate vacancy
- Room contains 2 mattress and one coffee table
- Room has its own bathroom (shower type)
- House is semi furnished
- Working gas stove for cooking
- Working washing machine
- Dining table and television on main hall
- Unifi 5mbps (bill shared equally)
- Utilities bill will be shared evenly
- we got fridge, but malfunction at the moment

Perks:
- Gated and guarded residence
- Swimming pool
- Free parking for motorist inside
- Self-service laundry on lobby
- Laundry service shop a floor above management office
- 24 hour mamak on lobby
- 7E and Speedmart is just outside the condo. Laundry shop is available here too
- Nearby tyre shop, workshop, auto bodyshop, service centres etc.
- 24 hours eateries is nearby, pick any you like
- Nearby Hong Leong bank
- 8 minutes to Technology Park Malaysia (Astro HQ is here)
- 10 minutes to Pejabat Pos Besar Seri Kembangan
- 11 minutes to The Mines
- 11 minutes to Stadium Bukit Jalil
- 15 minutes to KTM Serdang
- 18 minutes to Universiti Putra Malaysia
- 20 minutes to AEON Equine Park
- 20 minutes to IOI City Mall Putrajaya
- 30 minutes to Cyberjaya
- 30 minutes to Kajang
- 30 minutes to KL
- 40 minutes to Subang
- Connected to MEX, LDP, Federal, PLUS, SKVE
- KFC, Domino Pizza, Pizza Hut, McDonalds do delivers here. You can also check them out yourselves since it's nearby

* Please discuss about deposit in private message
* Preferably male tenants
* Monthly rent would be RM200+ for 2 pax, if you rent alone different rate applies
* Working or student doesn't matter, what matter is payment on time

Interested, sms/whatsapp 013-3606598

Guys! Is this a joke or real? Or I'm slowpoke?

fix24311 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 02:09:54 +0800

http://www.newsarama.com/23475-marvel-sony...c-universe.html

Awesome! Hope to see Andrew Garfield continued portrayal as Spidey/Peter Parker

**Provided this news is true that is**

[WTA] any service available to print custom box?

fix24311 — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:05:30 +0800

Hi. So my issue goes like this. I want to know if there are any service out there that can print customized box for me.
I've googled around and most company only accept bulk order, which means they need min orders of thousands or hundreds.
My problem is I only want to order one. It's for my motherboard box that got ruin. I want to make an exact replica to keep my stuffs inside.

Do you guys know or can recommend any service/company that can help me?

Thank you.

can anyone help transcript this japanese vid?

fix24311 — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:19:25 +0800

Hi. can anyone help transcript this japanese video please? Would like to know what they talked about, about Malaysia

* i know this is not serious kopitiam or under serious topic tag, but u ktards response the fastest *

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Guys! What sorcery is this?

fix24311 — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 13:09:12 +0800

RON 95 is RM2.30. But look at this insanely cheap RON97 as reported on Paul Tan!
"At the time of writing RON97 is RM1.92 per litre"

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hey /k/, y no malaysian is as generous as this guy

fix24311 — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 14:18:43 +0800

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Millionaire Chinese businessman bulldozes run down huts in village where he grew up and builds luxury flats for residents instead... for free
- Xiong Shuihua paid for wooden huts he grew up in to be knocked down
- Tycoon then spent millions replacing them with luxury flats for residents
- He has housed 72 families to repay them for their kindness in his youth
- A further 18 families who were particularly kind will be given villas to live in
- Elderly and low paid residents will also be given three meals a day for free
- Flats constructed in Xiongkeng village in the city of Xinyu, southern China

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-28...social-facebook

anyone wants to buy me a house? simple condo oso can
we need more guys like this

Chuck Norris isn't the greatest action star

fix24311 — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:43:42 +0800

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Beaten by Tom Cruise at no. 17

u think Wolverine (X-Men)

fix24311 — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:55:01 +0800

as per title. discuss..

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http://paultan.org/2014/11/23/kia-sorento-wolverine/

ghost hunting...how do u feel about

fix24311 — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:38:22 +0800

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as per title. how would u feel? would it be more better to have this kind of person in your group?

Which of the 3 actresses can play young Jean

fix24311 — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:31:02 +0800

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Chloe Moretz, Elle Fanning and Oscar-nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld are among the teenage leading ladies being eyed to play young Jean Grey in Bryan Singer‘s “X-Men: Apocalypse,” while Ben Hardy, Charlie Rowe and Timothee Chalamet are under consideration for the role of young Cyclops, multiple individuals familiar with the 20th Century Fox project have told TheWrap.

20th Century Fox had no comment on the respective shortlists.

While a representative for Moretz didn't respond to multiple requests for comment, an insider confirms that she and Fanning were among the girls who met with Singer in recent weeks as he commenced his search for young Jean Grey, who is expected to recur in future “X-Men” movies.

Sources caution that official test offers for the role of Jean Grey have not been made yet and not only are other up-and-comers still in the mix, but it's unclear whether Fanning is even pursuing the high-profile role at this time.

http://screenrant.com/x-men-apocalypse-you...an-grey-actors/

Since I'm bias towards Chloe Moretz, I'll admit here that I vote for her
To hell with other candidates

So /k/... Is this what u ktards called...

fix24311 — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:48:33 +0800

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Dream come true for cancer-stricken child
BY FIRDAOUS FADZIL - 18 NOVEMBER 2014 @ 11:32 AM

SHAH ALAM: A cancer-stricken child's wish came true many times over after a Facebook posting by his mother on a residents' association Facebook page caught the attention of netizens and some other famous Facebook pages.

Hasni Hassan posted a message asking for a samaritan with a BMW to fulfill her son Muhammad Rayyan Azhar's, 5, wish of going for a ride on a BMW on 'Shah Alam Residen (tak suka ban orang)' also known as SARBAN Facebook page on Sunday and was overwhelmed by the respond she received from kind hearted group members and netizens.

Muhammad Rayyan Azhar, an avid fan of BMW cars has been dreaming of having a ride on one of the iconic German made car since November last year.

Hasni said her son loves BMW cars and always got excited upon seeing 'Beemers' on the road especially on his frequent trips to Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) for his cancer treatment.

Rayyan was diagnosed in September 2013 and voiced out his wish in November last year.

However, due to his poor health condition, his parents had to postpone fulfilling their son's wish.

"Rayyan has been saying that he would love to have a ride on a BMW car since November last year. In fact, someone had offered to take him out on a Ferrari but he declined," she said with a laugh.

"He first made the request when he was very ill. We had to postpone it because he was so weak and cannot afford to be exposed much to the sun because he could easily get a fever," she added.

Hasni said she voiced out her son's wish through a Facebook posting on SARBAN on Sunday afternoon and received a confirmation from a local BMW car owner club in less than 24 hours that a convoy would come to her house to take Rayyan out on a ride.

Her posting also went viral as it was also reposted by some famous Facebook page with huge following requesting BMW owners to reach out.

Yesterday, three BMW owners took Rayyan out on a ride in their cars and he still has the BMW convoy on Wednesday night to look forward.

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http://www.nst.com.my/node/53954

is it? faith in humanity restored?

Will PC Master race rage?

fix24311 — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:59:18 +0800

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so PC master race bangla or rage?

Since Disney own Marvel and Star Wars

fix24311 — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:13:01 +0800

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So, Disney owns Marvel and Star Wars. Avengers Infinity Wars is coming, set in space. Guardians of The Galaxy is sure to return.
Do you think they will, to make this more epic, cross over with Star Wars?

Infinity Gauntlet has the power to transcends dimension!

i think i don't like MP pandan suggestion

fix24311 — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:11:12 +0800

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he said to make a system at petrol pump giving quota to citizen for subsidized fuel.

this is bollocks. how about those supplier, manufacturer, dealer etc. that needs fuel to transport goods?
fuel is directly related to goods and service price hike, if the gomen implement that kind of system there will be:

1) another money spent to create, test, and distribute the system. wastage.
2) it won't resolve goods and services price increase since when the quote have been used up, the distributors cost would still be increase

your say on this?

10 English words you dunno had malaysian roots

fix24311 — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:31:25 +0800

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1. BAMBOO

Bamboo is a fast-growing, woody species of grass that can be used for a variety of purposes. There are over 1200 different species world-wide and it can grow to heights of 30m or more. Perhaps the most famous use of bamboo is as the setting for one of Chow Yun Fatt’s sword-fighting scenes in the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

The word 'bamboo' itself is actually derived from an old Malay word, samambu. But, wait a minute! The Malay word for Bamboo is buluh, isn’t it?

Well the fact is, back in the 16th century, there are records of the Dutch calling this plant bamboe, which was probably derived from the Portuguese bambu. It’s an accepted fact that bamboe and bamboo are derived from the Malay word mambu or samambu.

But language does not stand still. It is always evolving, and in modern Malay, buluh is commonly used instead of mambu.

2. CAMPHOR

Camphor is a waxy, white substance with a strong aroma. It is traditionally used in ointments for relieving arthritis, and stiff muscles or joints. It is also used to treat bruises, insect bites, burns and small wounds. In modern times, it has industrial uses and is also an ingredient in everyday products such as Zam-Buk, Vicks Vaporub and mothballs.

Camphor is extracted from the camphor tree, found abundantly in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Early Arab traders rushed eagerly to trade in this region as camphor was worth more than gold at that time! Ancient international trade between India, East Asia and the Middle East made camphor widely known throughout Arabia in pre-Islamic times. Camphor is even mentioned in the Quran as a flavouring for drinks. In olden-day Europe, it was used to flavour sweet foods.

Just as the substance had travelled extensively in trade, the word “camphor” has evolved along the ancient trade routes.

The modern word “camphor” derives from the French word camphre, which itself is derived from Medieval Latin camfora. Camfora is taken from the Arabic kafur, which in turn was taken from the Old Malay word kapur. As in, pokok kapur, the Malay name for the camphor tree.

3. COMPOUND

In modern times, “compound” refers to a cluster of buildings within an enclosure. The enclosure could be a wall, fence, hedge or other structure. It may even be formed by the buildings themselves, when they are built around an open area.

Originally, the word “compound” was used to describe "an enclosure for a factory or settlement of Europeans based in the East". Later, it was used to describe South African diamond miners' camps, and later evolved to refer to any large fenced-in spaces.

The word “compound” originates from the 1670s, derived from the Dutch word kampoeng. This is very clearly derived from the Malay word kampung, meaning "village” or a “group of buildings".

4. COCKATOO

A cockatoo is a large, exotic bird that is native to Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia. Cockatoos are related to parrots, but it has many of its own characteristics. It is especially known for the majestic crest on its head.

The word “cockatoo” dates from the early 1600s, and is derived from the Dutch kaketoe. Many other variants existed in the 17th century, including cacato, cockatoon and crockadore. Cokato, cocatore and cocatoo were also used in the 18th century. Eventually, the English-speaking world decided to spell it as “cockatoo”, influenced by the word “cock” (referring to the male fowl, of course).

The original word? It comes from the Malay name for the bird – kakaktua, a combination of kakak (elder sister) and tua (old). The Malay word could also possibly be derived from the call of the wild cockatoo.

5. COOTIES

Any kid unfortunate enough to be diagnosed as having the imaginary “cooties” disease faced instant ostracisation by his peers. It’s all pretty fun - unless you’re the one diagnosed with “cooties”. Then you may need therapy.

The earliest recorded use of the word “cooties” was during World War I, when it was popular slang for "body lice". Later, a hand-held game, the Cootie Game, was produced in 1915. It involved tilting capsules (the cooties) into a trap over a background illustration of a battlefield. Other cootie games followed, all involving some form of bug or cootie. “The Game of Cootie” was launched in 1948 and became so successful that in 2003 the Toy Industry Association included it in its list of the 100 most memorable toys of the 20th century.

And where did “cooties” come from? It is believed to be derived from “kutu”, the Malay word for flea, or perhaps even “kudis” the Malay word for scabies, a type of skin disease caused by mites.

6. GODOWN

A “godown” is a “warehouse”. This word is still used in the former British colonies today but rarely used in the West.

“Godown” was commonly used by the British during colonial times to refer to warehouses in East Asia, especially those at a dockside. Now, in English, this word doesn’t make sense at all, because for a building used to store valuable goods, it could hardly have been a felicitous to create a name for it indicating a downward trajectory. Heaven forbid that a warehouse should “go down” in any sense of the phrase! So how did it come about?

See, the British East India Company had many adventures all over the far east as it expanded its empi…er, trading activities. In their many travels, the Company encountered the Malay word “gudang”, which means “warehouse" and they thought it would be a good idea to just take it and use it for their own purposes. Which they promptly did.

7. GONG

Whenever popular culture depicts gongs, the large flattish Chinese version usually comes to mind. But the English word “gong” has nothing to do with the Chinese at all!

In fact, the word “gong” began circulation in the English language only from the 1600’s, and is derived from the Malay word “gong”, which is exactly the sound a Malay gong makes when it’s struck.

8. KETCHUP

The word “Ketchup” evolved from “catsup”, and refers to a sweet/sour red sauce that is claimed to be made from the freshest tomatoes. But the original “catsup” recipe was something entirely different.

Believe it or not, “catsup” originally referred to a fish sauce. Over time, the word came to be used for a wide variety of sauces. The Cook's Oracle, written by one William Kitchiner in 1817, devotes 7 pages to recipes for different types of catsup (his book has 1 spelling of ketchup, 72 of catsup), including walnut, mushroom, oyster, cockle and mussel, tomato, white (vinegar and anchovies were main ingredients), cucumber, and pudding catsup. Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1870) lists mushroom, walnut, and tomato catsup as "the three most esteemed kinds."

Eventually, tomato catsup emerged as the dominant recipe in the US around the 1800’s. Since the 20th century, “ketchup” has become synonymous with tomato catsup.

So where did “ketchup” come from? It traces its beginnings to the 1700’s, when “catsup” was derived from the Malay “kichap”. But that is probably not an original Malay word as it may have come from the Chinese “koeychiap” (brine of fish). Catsup is a failed attempt at 'English-ing' the word, and it eventually became known as “ketchup”.

9. LAUNCH

Today, the word “launch” refers to a large motorboat used to carry passengers for short distances, especially on a lake or a river, or from the land to a larger boat. Originally, the word “launch” referred to the largest boat carried by a warship in the days when they still shot cannon balls at each other.

The English word “launch” is actually borrowed from the Portuguese lancha which means "barge". The Portuguese, in turn, had borrowed it from the Malay word “lanchar” which means pretty much what it means today: “gliding smoothly without effort”, which is what everyone hopes a boat would do.

10. PANGOLIN

Pangolins are usually in the news for the wrong reasons. Not that they’ve done anything wrong. On the contrary, these cute(ish) fellows are fast becoming extinct as a result of massive poaching. Pangolins are hunted for their skins, scales, and meat for the superstitious belief that they possess special healing powers. By the early 2000s, demand had so far outstripped supply that an unusual barter trade was proposed: Thai smugglers would give insurgents in Indonesia's Aceh province up to five AK-47 rifles in exchange for one pangolin, according to the International Crisis Group.

This odd-looking mammal is found in various parts of Asia and Africa. It is the only mammal with scales, and it’s other distinctive features are its huge front claws and a long-tongue for scooping termites and ants out their nest. In Malaysia, the pangolin is called the tenggiling.

The word “pangolin” began circulation in the mid-1700s, describing a "scaly toothless mammal of Java". Pangolin is derived from the Malay word “pengguling" or “one that rolls up" from the animal’s habit of curling into a ball when threatened.

Sauce Kicap

i am indeed surprised. anyone know this but me?
i only knew "amok" and "paddy" was the only original words from our bahasa.

Police in China have caught invisible man!

fix24311 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:04:47 +0800

Source

So...overweight people = stupid?

fix24311 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:22:19 +0800

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How Exercise Could Lead to a Better Brain

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

The value of mental-training games may be speculative, as Dan Hurley writes in his article on the quest to make ourselves smarter, but there is another, easy-to-achieve, scientifically proven way to make yourself smarter. Go for a walk or a swim. For more than a decade, neuroscientists and physiologists have been gathering evidence of the beneficial relationship between exercise and brainpower. But the newest findings make it clear that this isn’t just a relationship; it is the relationship. Using sophisticated technologies to examine the workings of individual neurons — and the makeup of brain matter itself — scientists in just the past few months have discovered that exercise appears to build a brain that resists physical shrinkage and enhance cognitive flexibility. Exercise, the latest neuroscience suggests, does more to bolster thinking than thinking does.

The most persuasive evidence comes from several new studies of lab animals living in busy, exciting cages. It has long been known that so-called “enriched” environments — homes filled with toys and engaging, novel tasks — lead to improvements in the brainpower of lab animals. In most instances, such environmental enrichment also includes a running wheel, because mice and rats generally enjoy running. Until recently, there was little research done to tease out the particular effects of running versus those of playing with new toys or engaging the mind in other ways that don’t increase the heart rate.

So, last year a team of researchers led by Justin S. Rhodes, a psychology professor at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois, gathered four groups of mice and set them into four distinct living arrangements. One group lived in a world of sensual and gustatory plenty, dining on nuts, fruits and cheeses, their food occasionally dusted with cinnamon, all of it washed down with variously flavored waters. Their “beds” were colorful plastic igloos occupying one corner of the cage. Neon-hued balls, plastic tunnels, nibble-able blocks, mirrors and seesaws filled other parts of the cage. Group 2 had access to all of these pleasures, plus they had small disc-shaped running wheels in their cages. A third group’s cages held no embellishments, and they received standard, dull kibble. And the fourth group’s homes contained the running wheels but no other toys or treats.

All the animals completed a series of cognitive tests at the start of the study and were injected with a substance that allows scientists to track changes in their brain structures. Then they ran, played or, if their environment was unenriched, lolled about in their cages for several months.

Afterward, Rhodes’s team put the mice through the same cognitive tests and examined brain tissues. It turned out that the toys and tastes, no matter how stimulating, had not improved the animals’ brains.

“Only one thing had mattered,” Rhodes says, “and that’s whether they had a running wheel.” Animals that exercised, whether or not they had any other enrichments in their cages, had healthier brains and performed significantly better on cognitive tests than the other mice. Animals that didn’t run, no matter how enriched their world was otherwise, did not improve their brainpower in the complex, lasting ways that Rhodes’s team was studying. “They loved the toys,” Rhodes says, and the mice rarely ventured into the empty, quieter portions of their cages. But unless they also exercised, they did not become smarter.

Why would exercise build brainpower in ways that thinking might not? The brain, like all muscles and organs, is a tissue, and its function declines with underuse and age. Beginning in our late 20s, most of us will lose about 1 percent annually of the volume of the hippocampus, a key portion of the brain related to memory and certain types of learning.

Exercise though seems to slow or reverse the brain’s physical decay, much as it does with muscles. Although scientists thought until recently that humans were born with a certain number of brain cells and would never generate more, they now know better. In the 1990s, using a technique that marks newborn cells, researchers determined during autopsies that adult human brains contained quite a few new neurons. Fresh cells were especially prevalent in the hippocampus, indicating that neurogenesis — or the creation of new brain cells — was primarily occurring there. Even more heartening, scientists found that exercise jump-starts neurogenesis. Mice and rats that ran for a few weeks generally had about twice as many new neurons in their hippocampi as sedentary animals. Their brains, like other muscles, were bulking up.

But it was the ineffable effect that exercise had on the functioning of the newly formed neurons that was most startling. Brain cells can improve intellect only if they join the existing neural network, and many do not, instead rattling aimlessly around in the brain for a while before dying.

One way to pull neurons into the network, however, is to learn something. In a 2007 study, new brain cells in mice became looped into the animals’ neural networks if the mice learned to navigate a water maze, a task that is cognitively but not physically taxing. But these brain cells were very limited in what they could do. When the researchers studied brain activity afterward, they found that the newly wired cells fired only when the animals navigated the maze again, not when they practiced other cognitive tasks. The learning encoded in those cells did not transfer to other types of rodent thinking.

Exercise, on the other hand, seems to make neurons nimble. When researchers in a separate study had mice run, the animals’ brains readily wired many new neurons into the neural network. But those neurons didn’t fire later only during running. They also lighted up when the animals practiced cognitive skills, like exploring unfamiliar environments. In the mice, running, unlike learning, had created brain cells that could multitask.

Just how exercise remakes minds on a molecular level is not yet fully understood, but research suggests that exercise prompts increases in something called brain-derived neurotropic factor, or B.D.N.F., a substance that strengthens cells and axons, fortifies the connections among neurons and sparks neurogenesis. Scientists can’t directly study similar effects in human brains, but they have found that after workouts, most people display higher B.D.N.F. levels in their bloodstreams.

Few if any researchers think that more B.D.N.F. explains all of the brain changes associated with exercise. The full process almost certainly involves multiple complex biochemical and genetic cascades. A recent study of the brains of elderly mice, for instance, found 117 genes that were expressed differently in the brains of animals that began a program of running, compared with those that remained sedentary, and the scientists were looking at only a small portion of the many genes that might be expressed differently in the brain by exercise.

Whether any type of exercise will produce these desirable effects is another unanswered and intriguing issue. “It’s not clear if the activity has to be endurance exercise,” says the psychologist and neuroscientist Arthur F. Kramer, director of the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois and a pre-eminent expert on exercise and the brain. A limited number of studies in the past several years have found cognitive benefits among older people who lifted weights for a year and did not otherwise exercise. But most studies to date, and all animal experiments, have involved running or other aerobic activities.

Whatever the activity, though, an emerging message from the most recent science is that exercise needn’t be exhausting to be effective for the brain. When a group of 120 older men and women were assigned to walking or stretching programs for a major 2011 study, the walkers wound up with larger hippocampi after a year. Meanwhile, the stretchers lost volume to normal atrophy. The walkers also displayed higher levels of B.D.N.F. in their bloodstreams than the stretching group and performed better on cognitive tests.

In effect, the researchers concluded, the walkers had regained two years or more of hippocampal youth. Sixty-five-year-olds had achieved the brains of 63-year-olds simply by walking, which is encouraging news for anyone worried that what we’re all facing as we move into our later years is a life of slow (or not so slow) mental decline.

Gretchen Reynolds writes the Phys Ed column for The Times’s Well blog. Her book, ‘‘The First 20 Minutes,’’ about the science of exercise, will be published this month.

Editor: Ilena Silverman

TLDR:
- neurons starts dying after birth
- in past scientists says no way new neurons would be regenerated
- new studies shows otherwise
- new neurons would be created by doing our everyday lives but it won't be connected to the brains
- exercises helps connect the neuron and made it more usable than learning new things, which only connect the neurons to particular action and only usable to the particular action (in other words: brain games or learning things isn't very helpful in developing brain)
- people who exercises have higher brain-derived neurotropic factor, or B.D.N.F., a substance that strengthens cells and axons, fortifies the connections among neurons and sparks neurogenesis
- people who exercise have bigger hippocampi
- exercise needn't be exhausting to develop brain the study shows people who walk develop brain better than people who stretch

Guys / Girls, let's play this

fix24311 — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 14:40:09 +0800

http://www.playbuzz.com/gregs/which-romant...itten-about-you

I've got Whitney Houston - I'll Always Love You