stress, cont.

I'm getting continued mileage out of this old post,
http://gathatoulie.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/like-chronically-stressed-rat-looking.html
to which this supplement applies:

"Social defeat was based on the resident-intruder paradigm. In brief,
15 min after the female had been removed from the resident's cage, the experimental male (intruder) was placed inside. The animals were allowed to interact for a maximum of 10 min but usually experimental subjects took no more than 3-5 min to be defeated by the residents, as indicated by the overall behavior and submissive posture (escape, freezing, defensive upright, vocalization). Immediately afterwards, the intruder was physically separated from the resident by an acrylic divider with holes within the resident cage for further 60 min. To avoid individual differences in intensity of defeat, each day the intruders were confronted with another resident, randomized to maximize the time between repeated encounters. In forced swimming, animals were placed inside a 20-cm diameter cylinder half-filled with 24 ± 1oC water during 10 min. Regarding restraint stress, rats were immobilized inside sized- fit PVC tubes for 30 min." --
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2009/07/30/325.5940.621.DC1/Dias-Ferreira.SOM.pdf

I'm also surprised that I didn't anywhere note the connection to
http://gathatoulie.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/country-doctor-effekt.html

chamber 1

Function · Set · Number · Integer · Real Number · Point · Property ·
Finite · Ring · Relation Theory · Operation · Topological Space ·
Positive · Proof · Group · Equation · Natural Number · Implication ·
Field · Class · Basic Polynomial · Category · Obvious · Sequence ·
Relation · Even Number · Vector Space · Variable · Associative ·
Binary Operation · Expression · Incidence Geometry · Cardinality ·
Intersection · Subset · Bijection · Superset · Summation · Addition ·
Biconditional · Prime · Multiplication · Collection · Metric Space ·
Continuous · Complex · Terms And Formulas · Matrix · Empty Set ·
Infinite · Product · Structures And Satisfaction · Mapping · Open Set
· Commutative · Equivalence Relation · Set Theory · Vector · Convex
Angle · Abelian Group · Divisibility · Polynomial Ring · Complex
Number · Representation Lie Algebra · Complement · Definition · Graph
· Equality · Converse Theorem · Filter Basis · Necessary And
Sufficient · Axiom · Subgroup · Interval · Multivalued Function ·
Proper Subset · Angle · Representable Functor · Indexing Set ·
Division · Arity · Partial Order · Rational Number · Triangle · Union
· Integral Domain · Measure · Injective Function · Base · Operator ·
Ordered Tuplet · Induction · Ordered Pair · Compact · Equivalence Of
Forcing Notions · Identity Element · Differntiable Function ·
Distributive · Convergent Sequence · Basic Polygon · Similarity In
Geometry · Signature · Circle · Group Action · Subspace Topology ·
Zermelo Fraenkel Axioms · Module · Geometry · Additive · General
Associativity · Polygon · Surjective · Frame · Logical Implication ·
Linear Transformation · Operations On Relations · Partial Orderings Of
Subobjects Of An Object · Poset · Generating Set Of A Group ·
Cartesian Product · Parameter · First Order Theories · Closed Set ·
Valuation · Vector Subspace · Subtraction · Power Set · Isomorphism ·
Divisibility In Rings · Ordinal Number · Curve · Terms From Foreign
Languages Used In Mathematics · Commutative Ring · Series · Extension
Field · Group Homomorphism · Countable · Truth Table · Fraction ·
Language · Universal Formula · Elementarily Equivalent · Ordering
Relation · Boolean Valued Function · Total Order · Ideal · Commutative
Diagram · Subring · Disjoint · Inequality For Real Numbers ·
Equivalent · Quantifier · Algebraic System · Fundamental Theorem Of
Arithmetic · Equivalence Class · Simple Algebraic System · Semigroup ·
Logic · Continuation Of Exponent · Manifold · Order Group ·
Neighborhood · Well Defined · Random Variable · Lemma · Dimension ·
Irrational · Truth Function · Zeros And Poles Of Rational Function ·
Arithmetic Mean · Fix · Logical Connective · Symmetry · Normal
Subgroup · Root · Commutative Semigroup · Scalar · Normed Vector Space
· Chu Space · Euclidean Distance · Basic Length · Cardinal Number ·
Set Difference · Permutation · Euclidean Vector Space · Domain ·
Characteristic Function · Functor · Reflexive Non Degenerate
Sesquilinear · Absolute Convergence · Sign Relation · Argument ·
Inverse Image · Integral Closure · Types Of Homomorphisms · Axiom Of
Choice · Liber Abaci · Subfunction · T Space · Real Function ·
Groupoid · Subgraph · Unity · Identity Map · Closed Operator · Strict
· Number Theory · Ordered Ring · Convex Set · Inclusion Mapping ·
Upper Bound · Algebraic · Euclidean Transformation · Zero Elements ·
Something Related To Injective Function · Uncountable · Tree Set
Theoretic · Homeomorphism · Difference · Direct Image · Opposite ·
Diagonal · Universe · Line Segment · Riemann Multiple Integral ·
Extended Real Numbers · Dimension · Division Ring · Limit · Integral ·
Quotient Group -- from
http://www.clipclip.org/wowelster/clips/detail/406829

[Essentially] we computed the pagerank of each article and clustered
them into 36 chunks, which we call chambers here. If an article is e.g. in the
first chamber, it indicates a kind of higher importance (within the universe of
the PlanetMath.org articles) than an article in chamber 30. Additionally
incoming and outgoing links are displayed for each article, sorted by their
pagerank/chamber. --  From myyn.org

meat soup

"My roommate last semester was such a pain in the ass. She made a fuss
over everything. She hated the air freshener scent, she hated any food
that someone else made, she hated it when people tried to be
considerate of her when they were cleaning or cooking, she hated being
the only one who wasn't cooked for after complaining that she didn't
want to have food, she hated that everyone else worked but her and she
absolutely hated how the living room was so messy when it was her shit
all over the place. Her side of the room was like the closet threw up.
An avalanche fell out of the closet and from under the bed. One time
she gave an hour lecture, screaming because she thought someone eat
her candy. We had all watched her eat it. She wouldn't listen tho.
Instead she sat beside me and ate mine without a word. Then later
yelled at me about buttons. It's okay though. She's been a vegetarian
for 3 years now, and I just found out her fave soup from her fave
place has meat in it. I won't tell her." --
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/3410018/why-is-the-rum-gone
(comment)

great art can be yours

William Burroughs Shot Print

Titled: 'And something new has been added'

Edition: 120

Each print was shot and signed in pencil by Mr. Burroughs at his home
in Lawrence, Kansas in 12 blocks of 10 sheets at a time of Mouldmade
Fine Paper from a distance of 6 feet in his socks and wearing khaki
battle fatigues. The year was 1995. Don't blame me for the strange
limitation numbering which goes- A1 thru A10, B1 thru B10, C1 thru C10
etc until L1 thru L10.

Each print is wildly different in effective firearm damage depending
on the weapon used by this great and unpredictable writer.

Size: 30.25 inches X 44.25 inches

This six-color silk-screened print is signed in pencil by both the
artist and William S. Burroughs with the added touch of bullet holes
placed with loving care by Mr. Burroughs.
Price: $2,500

-- http://www.ralphsteadman.com/01art.asp