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You can rewire your brain!This is possible due to Neuroplasticity.Neuroplasticity refers to changes in neural pathways and synapses which are due to changes in behavior, environment and neural processes, as well as changes resulting from bodily injury To be honest, the brain is a dynamic entity undergoing changes all the time. As you read this innocent sentence, some neurons in your brain have fired and some synapses have become stronger. Voila! Your brain has been rewired a bit. But I am not talking about these sort of 'boring' changes which occur all the time.What if I told you, your actions can physically alter your brain? Some parts become larger than usual while some parts begin performing tasks they normally don't?László Polgár is the father of the famous "Polgár sisters": Judit, Susan and Sofia. He is an expert in chess and believed that "geniuses are made, not born". Before he had any children, he wrote a book entitled Bring Up Genius!, and sought a wife to help him carry out his experiment. He found one in Klara, a schoolteacher. He home-schooled their three daughters, primarily in chess, and all three went on to become strong players. Susan Polgar became the first female to earn the Grandmaster title.Because of her intense training, her brain had encoded chess board configurations and she was able to not only recognize these configurations but also what moves she had to do from there to win. Show her a random chess board setup that is infrequent her brain is just as slow as normal chess players. So what was happening? A scan of her brain activity showed she was using the part of the brain that recognizes faces to identify chess board configurations. This part of the brain is really developed in humans and face recognition is something humans are really good at. The hours of practice she had put in playing and studying chess had radically changed ho she used her brain to play it.Some of you might be thinking that it was because she got her training from childhood that she was able to become an expert and this fact is useless to someone older.Not really. Recent studies have shown although neuroplasticity declines it still can be made use of in older ages.The Sea Gypsies are a seafaring people who spend a great deal of their time in boats off the coast of Myanmar and Thailand, have unusual underwater vision -- twice as good as Europeans. This has enabled Mokens to gather shellfish at great depths without the aid of scuba gear. How do the Moken do this? They constrict their pupils by 22 percent. The brain orders the body to adapt to suite its needs. Another example of neuroplasticity has been found in London taxi drivers. A cab driver's hippocampus -- the part of the brain that holds spatial representation capacity -- is measurably larger than that of a bus driver. [from Neuroplasticity: You Can Teach An Old Brain New Tricks ]As children we have lots of free time and our brain is really quick to grasp new skills and ideas. To make signNow changes to the brain as grown ups one needs to exercise it regularly and focus on really specific tasks like learning to play the guitar or solve spatial puzzles. Because of the constraints of being social and other reasons, people miss out on this. It has been observed that spiritual leaders and prisoners of war have been able to develop extra-cognitive skills simply because of the immense amount of time they put in meditation, mental exercises and thought experiments. Plas­tic­ity can also be observed in the brains of bilin­guals (Mechelli et al., 2004). It looks like learn­ing a sec­ond lan­guage is asso­ci­ated with struc­tural changes in the brain: the left infe­rior pari­etal cor­tex is larger in bilin­gual brains than in mono­lin­gual brains.I'll end with some interesting bits from The Brain that Changes ItselfLearning and brain exercises slow age-related mental declines. For example, education necessitates extra branches among neurons to accommodate the new information; new branching increases the volume and thickness of the brain that would otherwise decline with age.Physical exercise promotes the creation of new neurons in the brain. Yet another reason to start that walking program.Specifically designed brain exercises have been shown to improve brain function in children and adults with learning disabilities.The brain undergoes measurable, physical changes as we think. Computer technology can now use these measurements and changes to allow paralyzed people to moves objects with their thoughts.Researchers at UCSD have used imagination and illusion to restructure brain maps and ‘trick” the brain into managing phantom pain and some forms of chronic pain.Performance can be improved through visualization because action and imagination can activate the same parts of the brain. People have learned to play the piano or achieve greater results in athletic endeavors through mental practice. Is it time to visualize eating a nice salad?[from Neuroplasticity Research Shows “Old Dogs” Can Learn New Tricks!]

As asked of me specifically;The others are right, you will likely need a lawyer. But to answer your question, there is a response form to respond to a restraining order or order of protection. Worst case the form is available at the courthouse where your hearing is set to be heard in, typically at the appropriate clerk's window, which may vary, so ask any of the clerk's when you get there.You only have so many days to respond, and it will specify in the paperwork.You will also have to appear in court on the date your hearing is scheduled.Most courts have a department that will help you respond to forms at no cost. I figure you are asking because you can't afford an attorney which is completely understandable.The problem is that if you aren't represented and the other person is successful in getting a temporary restraining order made permanent in the hearing you will not be allowed at any of the places the petitioner goes, without risking arrest.I hope this helps.Not given as legal advice-

Taking Ola Share and Uber Pool for granted.Yes! All of us take these pooled rides for granted, and there are many people who consider the cab drivers their personal chauffers!We like understanding through examples, don’t we? So here’s a small story:I booked an Uber Pool some time ago in Kolkata. My destination was Quest Mall and there was another rider whom we had to pick up at the Kali Temple, Kalighat. Coincidentally, the Driver himself was the owner of a fleet of 13 cars which he was exclusively running for Ola & Uber. He came to fill in for one of his Drivers who had a medical emergency. Before the next pickup at Kalighat he narrated his story, we had a brilliant conversation on how he went on to start his Taxi Business and now one of his children is doing his M. Tech at IIT-Kharagpur and the other child is doing his Bachelors in NYSU. (I’ll reserve this rags-to-riches story for another question)He then told me about the how irritating it was to operate Uber Pool. When I asked him what exactly the issue was, he politely asked me to wait and told me what I told you guys: “I’ll give you a live demonstration”Within no time, he got a call from my fellow traveller whom we were supposed to pick up. The phone was on speaker, and the traveller was speaking in Hindi:T: “Hello Bhaiyya. Where are you?”D: “Sir, I’ve just crossed xyz road. Navigation says I should be picking you up in 7 mins”T: “What were you doing until now?! It’s been 10 mins that we’ve booked our cab”D: “I understand sir. But I’ve had another passenger to pickup. Plus a lot of traffic because it’s the weekend”T: “Why is there another passenger?”D: “You booked an Uber Pool sir!”T: “OK OK. Fine. Just come fast”And then the driver looked at me, gave me a smile and said: “This is part-1 of the movie. More action after the interval” and both of us burst out into laughter. He then politely asked me: “Sir, I understand you might be a bit late. But if you want to understand the true Indian rider mind set, would you mind sitting in the cab for a little longer?”“Absolutely not an issue”, I said.“Then you’ll have a great learning today. Part-2 begins”, he said and picked up his phone, asked the Traveller for directions.T, without hesitation: “Take a left there, then take a right. You’ll find a narrow lane that should fit a Chevy. Beat. Take that lane. Come down to the end, and then take a left”D: “I understand sir. But if you can just walk for 50m, I can avoid all those narrow lanes and pick you straight at the main road. And your co-passenger won’t be discomforted as well”T: “But you have to come to the pickup point. How dare you ask me to walk for 50m? Is that why we booked the cab? You either tell me whether you are coming to pick me up or not”D: “Sir, all I’m asking you is to just walk for 1 minute. And both of you won’t have any unnecessary delays. Also I can save some time avoiding U-turns, so it’ll be mutually beneficial”T: “I don’t care if you’re saving time of your other passenger. I booked a cab so that you can serve me well, so that you can pick me up from my home. If you can’t, then so be it. I’ll cancel my booking”D: “No no sir. Please don’t do that. I’ve almost signNowed your location. I will have to go all the way around and waste the time of multiple people. On my way sir”This is what we’re all collectively doing wrong. We don’t care if it’s a regular Ola/Uber or if it’s a Pool. We are only concerned about our pickup.In case of a Pool ride, it’s supposed to be symbiotic, where all passengers are supposed to understand each others’ constraints and proceed to the nearest pickup point that will minimise hassles for all the co-riders.But alas! Not many people do that.Plus there are people who abuse & insult the Drivers as though they are salaried chauffers working for them. To all such people: NO BOSS. You don’t have any authority over them. They are working to feed their own families just like you might be. It’s just a difference of profession: You might be a Businessman. He/She’s a Driver. In the end, both of you earn the same money. It’s only a difference in magnitude.I hope my answer will help sensitise people on very simple issues of collaboration and Dignity of Labor.Cheers.EDIT:The other side of the coin is misbehaviour from Drivers, ride cancellations etc. I couldn’t agree more with the comments. I guess almost every Ola/Uber rider has faced these situations. But having said this, I believe we should uphold our end of the responsibility. Just because some Driver was not good enough, does not mean that all others are bad too. There are some things we can’t change in a short time. We can only hope that by us being responsible, we can instill the same sense of responsibility in others as well - not instantly, but gradually at leastI did forget about the waiting times. The “Bhaiyya bas 1 minute” (Brother, just 1 minute) and then taking 15 minutes, making the other passengers wait - is another headache indeed.Really humbled by the no. of upvotes. Thank you.

It’s great that you asked. The answer is NO. Also, whatever you are doing with this person, STOP!Bloody hell, how many of these “I need your money to see you sweetheart” scammers are there? It’s probably that or someone totally misunderstood something.All military paperwork is free! However, whether their commander or other sort of boss will let them return or not depends on the nature of duty, deployment terms, and other conditions. They can’t just leave on a whim, that would be desertion and it’s (sorry I don’t know how it works in America) probably punishable by firing (as in termination of job) or FIRING (as in execution)!!!Soldiers are generally paid enough to fly commercial back to home country.Do not give these people any money or any contact information! If you pay him, you’ll probably get a receipt from Nigeria and nothing else.

Let me guess, you've been contacted via email by somebody you’ve never met. they've told you a story about being a deployed soldier. At some stage in the dialogue they’ve told you about some kind of emotional drama, sick relative/kid etc. They tell you that because they are in a dangerous part of the world with no facilities they need you to fill in a leave application for them. Some part of this process will inevitably involve you having to pay some money on their behalf. The money will need to be paid via ‘Western Union’. Since you havent had much involvement with the military in the past you dont understand and are tempted to help out this poor soldier. they promise to pay you back once they get back from war.if this sounds familiar you are being scammed. There is no soldier just an online criminal trying to steal your money. If you send any money via Western Union it is gone, straight into the pockets of the scammer. you cant get it back, it is not traceable, this is why scammers love Western Union. They aernt going to pay you back, once they have your money you will only hear from them again if they think they can double down and squeeze more money out of you.Leave applications need to be completed by soldiers themselves. They are normally approved by their unit chain of command. If there is a problem the soldier’s commander will summon them internally to resolve the issue. This is all part of the fun of being a unit commander!! If the leave is not urgent they will wait for a convenient time during a rotation etc to work out the problems, if the leave is urgent (dying parent/spouse/kid etc) they will literally get that soldier out of an operational area ASAP. Operational requirements come first but it would need to be something unthinkable to prevent the Army giving immediate emergency leave to somebody to visit their dying kid in hospital etc.The process used by the scammers is known as ‘Advance fee fraud’ and if you want to read about the funny things people do to scam the scammers have a read over on The largest scambaiting community on the planet!

My thoughts on how the peer review process can be improved can be found here: Inna Vishik's answer to How could the peer review system be improved? (tl;dr: publish the referee reports keeping reviewer identity anonymous)This is a distinct question, about broader problems with the academic publication process.  As always with these questions about academia, my experiences (condensed matter physics, experiment) may or may not apply to other disciplines.  A second caveat is that my experience is primarily with Nature Publishing Group journals and American Physical Society journals.These are the problems which concern me the most:It is difficult to find qualified referees.  Science has become so specialized that the people who are most familiar with your niche in science are also likely your competitors.  In many fields, it is unlikely that a competitor will give a positive review to a paper, even if it is technically correct, which is why authors usually ask the editor to exclude these people from the referees pool due to conflict of interest.  Another situation where it may be difficult to find a suitable referee is if a paper both has a lot of technical experimental details and a lot of theory.  I don't have a complete solution to this problem but it can be somewhat alleviated byGiving editors more information.  For some journals, potential referees have the option to fill out a profile specifying where they have expertise.  This should be required for all authors submitting a paper and for all referees, for the purpose of accumulating a more complete database.Taking better advantage of postdocs.  Many physicists seek to broaden their scope in their postdoc years, pursuing a topic slightly different from their PhD research.  These are perfect referees: they are experts in a given niche topic, but do not have a current conflict of interest.  I personally receive many review requests, but I doubt editors are fully aware of all of the other qualified postdocs.  The review process takes too long.  In my experience, 2-3 months to receive a first response from referees is not uncommon.   However, this is not the end of the process. Referees almost always require extra convincing, and after one submits a revised manuscript, one can expect to wait for another 2-3 months.  If it gets rejected at the end, the process begins at another journal.  All said and done, one year from submission to publication is typical, more is not uncommon, and if someone can get a paper through in <2 months, people gasp in astonishment.  Posting preprints on arXiv helps get the paper out there, but I still think the problem of slow refereeing needs to be solved.  In some fields, the possibility of being scooped is a real concern, which rules out early ArXiv postings, and additionally, magazines have embargoes* whose effect (not their actual policy) is to discourage early posting.  I think that speedy (<1 month) refereeing should be enforced with some sort of consequences for those who habitually fail to do so.  Perhaps the submissions from the repeated laggards should automatically go on a lower priority queue for editors, or perhaps one's performance as a referee should be (privately) consolidated and play a (minor) role in tenure and promotion.  Generally, this is a difficult problem to solve, because while slow refereeing is terrible, introducing consequences which would cause a newly submitted paper to be judged by anything other than its scientific merits would be disastrous. Too much zeitgeist.  The probability of a paper being published in high impact journals depends as much on the hotness of the topic as on the scientific merit of the paper.  This is unfortunate because quality papers stand the test of time, but clumsy pickings of low hanging fruit are ridiculed by contemporaries and future generations.  Referees and editors often try to justify these choices under the cloak of 'general interest', but lets be real: almost no one reads scientific papers outside their subfield, and the idea of a 'general interest' technical scientific paper in this era of extreme specialization is ludicrous.Overly chummy or overly antagonistic (but mostly overly chummy) relationships between editors and professors.  The appointment of editors is different at different journals, but at the fancy magazines, this is a long-term job, and as such, professors try to cultivate relationships with them.  However, when there is too much familiarity, there is a clear conflict of interest for the editor.  Of course they will send their buddy's paper to referees (rather than rejecting it outright) and they may even be more careful to select favorable referees.  Being a full time editor of a scientific journal is a job that one can get worse at over time.  One's perspective about what constitutes 'good science' loses an absolute reference, and becomes tied to an evolving target-- 'science published in this magazine.'  As such, journal editors would ideally have strict term limits.  However, for-profit publishing houses don't necessarily have an incentive to implement such a policy.Publication costs can be onerous.  (this is a concern I have heard, not one I have experienced) For people in developing countries or in fields where large grants are not the norm, publication costs (when they exist) are real costs (several hundred to several thousand dollars).  As journals are forced to become open access, some will be inclined to shift their revenues from their subscribers to their authors.  People who blindly advocate for open access (with zero desire to actually read scientific papers) should consider this consequence of their activism.And here are some things which I don't want to see happen:Non-anonymous referees.  This would be disastrous for junior scientists.Online comments.  As evidenced by the entire internet, online comment sections require vigilant policing not to devolve into a disgusting flame fest.  Academia does not have the resources to do this policing.  If someone wants to make public comments, they can write a rebuttal paper, or they can do so at a conference.*The policies of magazines like Nature and Science do not prohibit posting your paper on arXiv (as some people think) or presenting it at a conference prior to publication.  They  prohibit discussing it with the press.Nature embargo policyEndnote: peer review in a nutshellWhen authors submit a paper, the first person it goes to is the journal editor.  They can reject it outright or send it to referees.  The editor picks the referees, but authors can suggest people to choose or people to avoid in private communications.  Two or three referees per paper is the usual number, and their identity is not revealed to authors (except in rare cases where they choose to sign their report).Each referee will decide whether to accept the paper as is, accept it with minor revisions, request major revisions, or reject it.  They will write a report justifying their decision.  The editor will consider all the reports together and decide whether to accept or reject the paper.If the paper is rejected in its current form by the editor, but one or two of the referee reports are favorable, authors will usually make revisions and resubmit.Referees do not get paid and authors do not get paid.  Often (depending on journal), authors will have to pay publication costs.