Two Men Get a Glimpse Into What Childbirth Feels Like [Video]

Two Men Get a Glimpse Into What Childbirth Feels Like [Video]

By Devan McGuinness | January 19th, 2013 at 1:16 pm

“Before I experienced my first labor pains, I really wasn’t sure what to expect. I had heard how much it hurt and the idea of all that happens didn’t sound like it was going to be a walk in the park. I have a very high pain tolerance so how it was going to feel to me — I wasn’t sure.

Then, I went into labor for the first time and understood. It’s a whole new type of pain that I had not experienced. Even after dealing with 7 kidney stones during that pregnancy, the pains of contractions and back labor were intense in comparison. It’s a pain that I can’t really describe or compare to much else — because it’s a pain with a great purpose, it is something I would go through again.”

2 Dutch television hosts got curious about what the pains would feel like so — for their tv show, they put themselves to the test. According to The Huffington Post, “the two men used electro-stimulations to simulate contractions so they could experience the distress for themselves.” The two men lasted through 2 hours of contractions (which is far shorter than my 14 hour labors), but the video is priceless.”

Thousands of Plastic Figures Hold Up the Floor

• Posted by alice on January 10, 2012 at 11:00am
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One of the most exciting contemporary artists of our time, Korean Do Ho Suh, created this large sculptural installation that doesn’t look like much until you come closer. Glass plates rest on thousands of multicolored miniature plastic figures who are crowded together with their heads and arms turned skyward. Together, they are holding the weight of the individual visitor who steps onto the floor.

Currently showing at Lehmann Maupin’s pop-up gallery at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI), Floor is one of those installations that’s wonderfully thought-provoking. The figures represent the diverse and anonymous masses of people who support and/or resist the symbolic floor.

This installation can be seen, alongside works by artists Teresita Fernández, Ashley Bickerton, and Lee Bui, from now till February 11, 2012.

DO HO SUH
Floor, 1997-2000
Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York

*cringe*

posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:58pm EST

 

1. Ahhh! Baby!

 

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2. 7-10 split

 

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3. Xtreme parkour

 

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4. Safety on

 

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5. Like a boss

 

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6. Screw this. I’m going.

 

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7. Hey! I’m walking here!

 

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9. I’m a BUUUUSSSS!

 

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10. $2.25 a gallon is so cheap!

 

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11. BEEEP, bro, BEEEP!

 

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12. Last one in is a rotten egg!

 

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13. Tokyo drifting the PT

 

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14. A truck! A bike! Ditch the car!

 

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The New York Times’s Most Looked Up Words

Staturday: The New York Times‘s Most Looked Up Words

The Times just released its list of the words that most people clicked on to look up when reading online in 2009. Which words stumped the most people? Here’s a look at the top five:The definitions, and the number of times looked up, are below. You can see the full list here.SUI GENERIS: unique, from the Latin “of its own kind” (7,645 look-ups). Most recent use: “But Muriel’s was sui generis. You passed through a door beside an Italian restaurant, climbed stairs smelling of damp or worse, and entered a dark green room with a bar to the left.”SOLIPSISTIC : the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist (6,134 look-ups). Most recent use: “Some critics hail her as a major figure in world letters; others dismiss her as a comparative lightweight whose work is solipsistic at best, salacious at worst.”LOUCHE: disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way (4,636 look-ups). Most recent use, a headline (this article also contains the most recent use of sui generis): “Den Mother to the Louche and Famous”LACONIC: using very few words (4,395 look-ups). Most recent use: “Laconic and suspicious, Cali isn’t pleased when Tice agrees to give shelter to a white man on the run, Corbin Teel (Garret Dillahunt), who shows up at their door, looking desperate.”SATURNINE: slow and gloomy (4,211 look-ups). Most recent use: “Dick Cheney has done many dastardly things. But presiding over policies so saturnine that they ended up putting the liberal speaker from San Francisco on the hot seat about torture may be one of his proudest achievements.”

How to Build Awesome Home Theater

Posted on September 3, 2012 · Posted in DIY Projects

When it comes to the Home Decorating Ideas, the most important design for mens is how will their Home Theater look alike. There are thousand other things like home theater seating, surround sound system, television or projector and a lot more to have on mind. In the following article you will be able to check the step by step guide on how to make outstanding home theater from one simple room. You wil need extra $15k in your pocket, but once you see the end result you will know that it was worth every single penny. 

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Colorfully Steppin’

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Colorfully Steppin’

 There’s nothing better than smart use of color where it’s least expected.

 

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This space makes me exceptionally happy. From the white plank floor to mix of new and old, coloring the stairway gives a seemingly plain space tons of charm.

 

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Because turquoise makes everything better.

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Not so much color, subtle?

 

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But when you can’t decide on one color, do them all!

 

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So there you have it, should be your dose of color for the day!

A Drug That Could Give You Perfect Visual Memory

Imagine if you could look at something once and remember it forever. You would never have to ask for directions again. Now a group of scientists has isolated a protein that mega-boosts your ability to remember what you see.

A group of Spanish researchers reported today in Science that they may have stumbled upon a substance that could become the ultimate memory-enhancer. The group was studying a poorly-understood region of the visual cortex. They found that if they boosted production of a protein called RGS-14 (pictured) in that area of the visual cortex in mice, it dramatically affected the animals’ ability to remember objects they had seen.

Mice with the RGS-14 boost could remember objects they had seen for up to two months. Ordinarily the same mice would only be able to remember these objects for about an hour.

The researchers concluded that this region of the visual cortex, known as layer six of region V2, is responsible for creating visual memories. When the region is removed, mice can no longer remember any object they see.

If this protein boosts visual memory in humans, the implications are staggering. In their paper, the researchers say that it could be used as a memory-enhancer – which seems like an understatement. What’s particularly intriguing is the fact that this protein works on visual memory only. So as I mentioned earlier, it would be perfect for mapping. It would also be useful for engineers and architects who need to hold a lot of visual images in their minds at once. And it would also be a great drug for detectives and spies.

Could it also be a way to gain photographic memory? For example, if I look at a page of text will I remember the words perfectly? Or will I simply remember how the page looked?

I can’t see much of a downside for this potential drug, unless the act of not forgetting what you see causes problems or trauma.

via Science

Why Are Thin People Not Fat

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