Um dia eu vou deixar de ser e ser como quando ainda não era

Com esta citação de Millor Fernandes, expressando clara e obscuramente a transitoriedade e impermanência dos seres, encerramos nossas atividades. Obrigado pelas visitas e pelos e-mails encorajadores.

Algumas Músicas - Eef Barzelay

Ifar "Eef" Barzelay is an American musician, born in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 12, 1970. Most notably known as the principal songwriter and singer of alt country band Clem Snide, he has performed in a number of Boston-based bands, as well as toured as a solo act, both as headliner and as international support for artists such as Ben Folds.
Barzelay grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended Teaneck High School.
In 2006 Barzelay released his debut solo album entitled Bitter Honey. In 2007 he composed many original tracks for the film Rocket Science. Barzelay's second solo album, Lose Big, was released on June 17, 2008 on 429 records. In 2009, Barzelay reformed Clem Snide. (Wikipedia)

Num site de Barzelay - http://eefbarzelay-clemsnide.bandcamp.com/ - podemos ouví-lo cantando covers de sua (dele) preferência, onde aparece de tudo um pouco: Bob Dylan, Bee Gees, Cat Stevens, Sandy Denny, Procol Harum e quinze outros.

As Músicas

Eef Barzelay - Thanksgiving Waves



http://www.vaguespace.net/files/02-thanksgiving-waves.mp3

Eef Barzelay - The Great Barrier Reef



http://youaintnopicasso.com/mp3/eef%20barzelay%20-%20the%20great%20barrier%20reef.mp3

Eef Barzelay - Numerology

http://quietcolor.com/media/mp3/2009_10/numerology.mp3

Eef Barzelay - I Love the Unknown



http://jcgarza.com/music/songs/eef_barzelay_i_love_the_unknown.mp3

Eef Barzelay - True Freedom



http://patradio.org/audio/eef/Eef_Barzelay_True_Freedom.mp3

Eef Barzelay - The Girls Don't Care



http://jcgarza.com/music/songs/eef_barzelay_the_girls_dont_care.mp3

Eef Barzelay - Lose Big



http://www.toolshed-media.com/ts/eef-barzelay-lose-big.mp3

Eef Barzelay - Ballad Of Bitter Honey



http://www.acertainromance.com/files/02.24.06_ABD1/ABDVol1_12_EefBarzelay_BalladOfBitterHoney.mp3

That was my ass you saw bouncing
Next to Ludacris
It was only on screen for a second
But it was kinda hard to miss
And all those other hoochie skanks
They ain't got shit on me
And one of Nelly’s bodyguards
He totally agreed

My mother cleaned the homes of wealthy people ‘till the day
She died and so to California
I did make my way
I tried to finish nursing school
I really wanted to, you see
But all those broken bodies
Well they, they really got to me

And they all think I’m stupid
I can see it in their eyes
But I know what’s inside their hearts
I penetrate their lives
Sometimes it gets me crazy
But I keep my feelings hid
‘Cuz I know deep inside they’re only frightened little kids

And if I press my breasts together
And arch my back just so
I can ask for pretty things
And they will not say no
No one should have to suffer
No one should go without
Don’t hate me 'cuz I know just what this world is all about
Don’t hate me 'cuz I know just what this world is all about

Linguística do Corpus

Corpus linguistics is the study of language data on a large scale - the computer-aided analysis of very extensive collections of transcribed utterances or written texts. This textbook outlines the basic methods of corpus linguistics, explains how the discipline of corpus linguistics developed and surveys the major approaches to the use of corpus data. It uses a broad range of examples to show how corpus data has led to methodological and theoretical innovation in linguistics in general. Clear and detailed explanations lay out the key issues of method and theory in contemporary corpus linguistics. A structured and coherent narrative links the historical development of the field to current topics in 'mainstream' linguistics. Practical tasks and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter encourage students to test their understanding of what they have read and an extensive glossary provides easy access to definitions of technical terms used in the text.

Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory and Practice
Tony McEnery
Cambridge University Press 2011 PDF 312 pages 10.7 MB
http://fp.io/588m4adc/

Algumas Músicas - Transmissionary Six

O T6 é basicamente Terri Moeller (foto acima) e Paul Austin. Terri, ex-Walkabouts, também grava como Terri Tarantula. Paul também fundou - em 1995, com Robert Fisher - o coletivo Grant Willard Conspiracy.

Transmissionary Six - Big Game Hunter



http://sound.hinah.com/hinahsingle002/transmissionary six - big game hunter.mp3

Transmissionary Six - Jacques Cousteau



http://sound.hinah.com/hinahgift005/6_t6_jacques_cousteau.mp3

Transmissionary Six - Mothball



http://sound.hinah.com/hinahgift005/1_t6_mothball.mp3

Transmissionary Six - Piece Of Cake



http://sound.hinah.com/hinahgift005/4_t6_piece_of_cake.mp3

Transmissionary Six - Always Crashing In The Same Car



http://sound.hinah.com/hinahgift005/2_t6_always_crashing_in_the_same_car.mp3

Transmissionary Six - Almost Every Dog



http://sound.hinah.com/hinahgift005/5_t6_almost_every_dog.mp3

Ouça Eef Barzelay (Clem Snide) cantando músicas do T6 aqui (muito bão):

http://blacktinrocket.bandcamp.com/album/black-tin-rocket-songs-of-the-transmissionary-six

Escute o CD Night of the Leapist, de Terri Tarantula (lançado em dezembro de 2011), que também é muito bão:

http://territarantula.bandcamp.com/

Ouça também algumas coisinhas do Willard Grant Conspiracy (de quem já postamos dois CDs, mas só Let it Roll (http://plgomes.blogspot.com/2009/11/willard-grant-conspiracy.html) ainda está disponível):

http://www.myspace.com/willardgrantconspiracy

Cérebro e Cultura

Com um nome horripilante (Taking the sacred path to decision making) mas nos trazendo conteúdo de primeira, o blog A Hippo on Campus publicou uma postagem muito interessante sobre a tomada de decisões, o valor que atribuímos às nossas escolhas e algumas abobrinhas sobre a localização cerebral disso tudo. Vou traduzir um trechinho para sacudir a inércia dos leitores.

Valores sagrados são aqueles valores e crenças fundamentais que guiam as decisões que tomamos através da vida. De sua identidade como membro de uma nação até sua ideologia política, sua crença religiosa e talvez até seu time favorito, esses valores são definidos pelo fato de que v. não os trocaria por todo o ouro desse mundo. Pelo menos não por $100. E precisamente foi isto que se pediu que fizessem os participantes de um estudo recente que estava pesquisando as redes neurais referentes a tudo o que é sacrossanto. Os pesquisadores da Emory University utilizaram fMRI para observar os cérebros de 32 participantes à medida em que liam afirmativas que iam do corriqueiro (Você é uma pessoa do tipo felino) àquelas que provavelmente alcançavam os valores sagrados do participante (Você acredita em deus - NT- com 'd' minúsculo no original). Cada uma das 62 afirmativas tinha um par oposto (Você é uma pessoa do tipo canino e Você não acredita em deus), e pediu-se aos participantes que selecionassem as afirmativas que melhor refletissem seus pontos de vista.

(...)

Quando Berns e seus colegas compararam os resultados de fMRI com as afirmativas que estavam sendo examinadas, descobriram algo muito interessante. As afirmativas que mexiam com os valores sagrados dos participantes resultavam em ativação significativamente maior dos sistemas neurais na junção temporoparietal esquerda e no córtex préfrontal ventrolateral esquerdo, e as afirmativas que os participantes se recusavam a abandonar resultavam em ativação da amigdala. Ora, eu sei o que v. está pensando. Não são essas as respectivas regiões cerebrais responsáveis pela determinação da oposição entre certo e errado, da recuperação das regras semânticas e das reações emocionais? Sim, elas são, mas para se ter uma idéia melhor da importância desses resultados talvez nós devêssemos fazer um passeio pelos meandros da ética da virtude.

Aqui: http://hippooncampus.blogspot.com/

Algumas Músicas - JJ Grey & Mofro

JJ Grey & Mofro - By My Side



http://thefrump.typepad.com/my_weblog/files/05_by_my_side.mp3

JJ Grey & Mofro - I Believe



http://www.carlsandburgvisits.com/Music/September 2008/12 I Believe (In Everything).mp3

JJ Grey & Mofro - Wylef



http://www.carlsandburgvisits.com/Music/September 2008/06 Wylef.mp3

JJ Grey & Mofro - War



http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/89250984/War.mp3

JJ Grey & Mofro - Orange Blossoms



http://weblogbahamas.com/OrangeBlossoms.mp3

JJ Grey & Mofro - Walkin Shoes Blues



http://thephoenix.com/mp3/237_2.mp3

Já se cansou de ler sobre a consciência?

Nem pense nisso. Leia esse artigo:

Self as Symbol
The loopy nature of consciousness trips up scientists studying themselves
By Tom Siegfried
February 11th, 2012; Vol.181 #3 (p. 28)

Aqui: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/337947/title/Self_as_Symbol

Bão, esse artigo, ao terminar, nos remete a outro que também é excelente:

Emblems of Awareness
Brain signatures lead scientists to the seat of consciousness
By Laura Sanders
February 11th, 2012; Vol.181 #3 (p. 22)

Aqui: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/337940/title/Emblems_of_Awareness

A linguagem incorporada

The Embodied Language. Why language should not be conceived of in abstraction from the brain and body, why there is more to it than sensorimotor and semantic resonance, and the consequences for robotics
Michał B. Paradowski 2012
Institute of Applied Linguistics,
University of Warsaw
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1111.7190

Magnífico artigo, com seis páginas de texto e oito de referências - boa parte delas bastante recentes, e todas à propos. A "robótica" do título não ocupa nem um vigésimo da história - os holofotes estão sobre o cérebro e o corpo e comportamento humanos e o processamento de linguagem. Escrito em inglês perfeito (o autor é polonês, mas é Mestre em filologia inglesa), é tão denso que requer umas três leituras consecutivas para que possamos ter uma boa idéia geral de tudo que está sendo esmiuçado.

Algumas Músicas

Robb Johnson - Carrying Your Smile



http://www.robbjohnson.co.uk/mp3/carry.mp3

Brian Madison - Baby You Already Know



http://www.blastfishing.com/MP3/Baby_You_Already_Know.mp3

Will Stratton - Night Will Come
Many thanks to Slowcoustic



http://slowcoustic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/night-will-come-demo-version.mp3

Cath & Phil Tyler - Fisherman's Girl



http://cowsarejustfood.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/fishermans-girl.mp3

Peter Bradley Adams - Los Angeles



http://blog.macjams.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/02-los-angeles.mp3

Como a mente surge da matéria

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Aprendizagem e Cognição

This collection of 58 articles from the recently-published third edition of the International Encyclopedia of Education focus on learning, memory, attention, problem solving, concept formation, and language. Learning and cognition is the foundation of cognitive psychology and encompasses many topics including attention, memory, categorization, etc. Most books in the area either focus on one subtopic in-depth (e.g. an entire book on memory) or cover the gamut of subjects in a series of long, technical handbook-like chapters. This concise reference offers researchers and professors teaching in the area a new take on the material that is comprehensive in breadth, but lighter in depth - focusing on main findings, established facts, and minimizing the amount of space taken up by large, multi-volume references. An introduction to a complex field via summaries of main topics in this discipline. Contains contributions from the foremost international researchers in the field. Makes content available to individual cognitive psychology researchers.

Learning and Cognition
Vibeke Grøver Aukrust
2.24 MB 2011
http://ifile.it/17akhf/__Learning_and_Cognition.l_z1x3tk043x24x6n.pdf