John Medina

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First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

CORONA: Fire crew goes beyond rescue

Jose Gonzalez is a Long Beach police officer who has had some close calls with “bad guys” during his 10 years on the force.Last spring, around noon May 26, he almost died, but it wasn’t in the high-crime area he patrols on the graveyard shift. It was ... [Published Riverside Press Enterprise - May 15 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

WATCH: Kevin McClatchy Talks Pro Sports at GLAAD Awards

Kevin McClatchy accepts his award during the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Hilton San Francisco-Union Square on May 11, 2013. | Photo by John Medina/WireImageThis past weekend GLAAD hosted its Media Awards event in San Francisco, which honored ... [Published Gay.com - May 14 2013]
First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Exercising Tips for Brain Health

Brain Fitness: It's free to start.Rarely do you find neuroscientists, psychologists and physicians agreeing unequivocally on anything. But here's an exception: They all say that exercise is hands down the single best thing you can do for your brain. "If ... [Published AARP - May 10 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Final Honor Flight returns to Mobile

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - On Wednesday, May 8, hundreds were there to greet veterans as they returned from their journey to our nationâs capitol as the final south Alabama Honor Flight, honoring World War II veterans. Â "The reception out here is unbelievable. ... [Published FOX 10 WALA - May 09 2013]
First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

What Does It Take for Traumatized Kids to Thrive?

Paine High School was a shambles when Jim Sporleder arrived to serve as its new principal in the spring of 2007. Housed in a run-down, brown-brick building with metal security screens on its windows, the “alternative” secondary school served 77 of Walla ... [Published Pacific Standard - May 06 2013]
First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Good not to let babies ‘cry it out’

Nicholas Kasovac Healthy Steps Specialist - Summit Healthcare White Mountain Independent | 0 comments“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” ... [Published WMI Central - May 01 2013]
First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Delivering a PowerPoint? Your Audience Will Tune Out After 10 Minutes

Your audience will check out of your next presentation after about 10 minutes. I know your presentation is engaging, I know youâre a wonderful speaker, and I know that your slides look really cool, but neuroscientists now know that the human mind gets ... [Published Forbes.com - Apr 30 2013]
First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

The Brain-Power Workout

Exercise your mindThe road to a fit mind isn't paved in crossword puzzles alone. In fact, walking that road can also give your gray matter a boost, according to top researchers."Exercise is as close to a magic bullet as brain fitness gets," says John ... [Published Prevention - Apr 29 2013]
Entities: Hippocampus, Tai Chi, Memory
First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

CORONA: Firefighters honored 36 years after heroic rescues

Thirty-six years ago, Corona firefighters raced to the area of River Road and Cota Street, where 18-year-old Rodney Allen Waltzingham lay at the bottom of a sewer.What began as an attempt to save the life of the Norco man on June 5, 1977, soon turned ... [Published Riverside Press Enterprise - Apr 28 2013]
First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

3-alarm fire displaces several families

TAMPA, Fla. - A fire destroyed multiple units at a Tampa apartment complex on Wednesday morning.  Many are now left without a home."It's all gone now, there's nothing," Angelique Vargas said through tears.Ashes and debris are now what's left of the apartment ... [Published ABC Action News - Apr 24 2013]
First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Women tribal leaders meet to foster tribal growth

Native women have a long history of providing leadership within their tribes. Historically, women’s roles in tribal societies have been well respected and revered. Today, their voices and their roles are stronger and more influential than ever, according ... [Published Examiner Enterprise - Apr 24 2013]
First reported Apr 02 2013 - Updated Apr 02 2013 - 1 reports

Back in time for 04-02-13

The Herald Plainview Herald | 0 commentsApril 2, 1943: Ray F. Buchanan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Buchanan of Plainview, has begun a course of study in aviation mechanics at the Amarillo Army Air Field.•Aviation Mechanists Mate William John Messick has ... [Published Plainview Daily Herald - Apr 02 2013]

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Aerobic exercise "reduces the level of brain loss and keeps cognitive abilities sharp" says John Medina, an affiliate professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington School of Medicine and author of Brain Rules...
...Medina says peer-reviewed studies, as well as his own studies and observations, confirm that the human mind starts to tune out after ten minutes. "the brain seems to be making choices according to some stubborn timing pattern, undoubtedly influenced by culture and gene" says Medina
"exercise is as close to a magic bullet as brain fitness gets" says John Medina, PhD, director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning at Seattle Pacific University...
"they saved my dog. these people are the best" Medina said

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Heart nang-agaw ng eksena sa proclamation night... [Published Philippine Star - May 18 2013]
CORONA: Fire crew goes beyond rescue [Published Riverside Press Enterprise - May 15 2013]
WATCH: Kevin McClatchy Talks Pro Sports at GLAA... [Published Gay.com - May 14 2013]
Exercising Tips for Brain Health [Published AARP - May 10 2013]
Final Honor Flight returns to Mobile [Published FOX 10 WALA - May 09 2013]
What Does It Take for Traumatized Kids to Thrive? [Published Pacific Standard - May 06 2013]
Good not to let babies ‘cry it out’ [Published WMI Central - May 01 2013]
Delivering a PowerPoint? Your Audience Will Tun... [Published Forbes.com - Apr 30 2013]
The Brain-Power Workout [Published Prevention - Apr 29 2013]
CORONA: Firefighters honored 36 years after her... [Published Riverside Press Enterprise - Apr 28 2013]
3-alarm fire displaces several families [Published ABC Action News - Apr 24 2013]
Women tribal leaders meet to foster tribal growth [Published Examiner Enterprise - Apr 24 2013]
Back in time for 04-02-13 [Published Plainview Daily Herald - Apr 02 2013]
Finding better ways to change students misbehav... [Published Seattle Times - Mar 11 2013]
Why, to improve memory, we need to think of the... [Published SharpBrains - Jan 24 2013]
Willow River Rod & Gun Club flourishes [Published New Richmond News - Dec 14 2012]
Staying away from drama [Published Bloghound - Nov 29 2012]
Brain Rules for Baby Releases Video Shedding Li... [Published PRWeb - Sep 25 2012]
Back to school: Get sleep; get organized [Published WCPO - Aug 16 2012]
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Why, to improve memory, we need to think of the... [Published SharpBrains - Jan 24 2013]
(Editor’s Note: every month we host an online Q&A with participants in the e-course How To Be Your Own Brain Fitness Coach . This is the lightly edited and anonymized transcript from the January Q&A session; the February Q&A will take place on Tuesday, ...
Staying away from drama [Published Bloghound - Nov 29 2012]
Last month I  was in a board meeting that went off the rails. The two-hour session devolved into conversations about personalities, systems limitations,  approval hold-ups by the legal department,  problems uncovered by market research, frustrations ...
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