Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain

Henry Markram builds a brain in a supercomputer

I know what is the most fascinating thing in this world; and i got a version of it in my own skull. How wonderful does that feel.... !!

Source: TEDTALKS

China overtakes Japan as the World's SECOND biggest economy

Key points from the article:
China surpassed Japan as the world’s second-largest economy last quarter.

Japan’s nominal gross domestic product for the second quarter totaled $1.288 trillion, less than China’s $1.337 trillion

The country of 1.3 billion people will overtake the U.S., where annual GDP is about $14 trillion, as the world’s largest economy by 2027, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. chief economist Jim O’Neill.

China overtook the U.S. last year as the biggest automobile market and Germany as the largest exporter. The nation is the world’s No. 1 buyer of iron ore and copper and the second- biggest importer of crude oil, and has underpinned demand for exports by its Asian neighbors

The country remains a developing nation, with its

per capita gross national income ranked 127th in the world at $2,940

at the end of 2008, behind Angola and Azerbaijan, according to the World Bank

Source: BLOOMBERG

True and Tough Manly Movie characterizations

Here are my personal recommendations of movies with strong and tough MANly characterizations.

Trying not to miss out any good ones that i might have forgot, i searched the web with the key words-'top manly movies' and i was disappointed to see the lists that came up had emphasis on movies with beefy actors and gun fights. So, I hope you see what this list is not about.

This is about the solid characterizations of men with inspiring manly body language. No Fuss, No Extra emotion, No Nonsense. I am having hard time finding the adjectives to describe the list. If you see what i mean, this one word is actually enough to describe the theme - 'MANLY'.

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Unforgiven (1992) - Clint Eastwood

Gone with the wind (1939) - Clark Gable (As Rhett Butler)

Deliverance (1972) - Burt Reynolds (As Lewis Medlock)




Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Lot of them (Directed by Stanley Kubrick).

The movie that made me become a fan of Stanley Kubrick

God father (1972) - Marlon Brando

Schindler's List (1993) - Liam Neeson (As Schindler)

Gangs of New York (2002) - Daniel Day Lewis (As Bill the Butcher)

A Perfect World (1993) - Kevin Costner (One more of Clint Eastwood's)

A Few Good Men (1992) - Jack Nicholson (As Col. Jessep)

Sin city (2005) - Mickey Rourke (Marv)

Dana Veera Soora Karna, Missamma and a lot of other movies i can not recall right now-NTR

I know i didn't list any movies of Rober De Niro, Al pacino, Sean penn, Stallone etc.., May be in the second list.

Did i miss out on any good ones ?