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THAT MANTRA THAT your mother used to roar at you about needing a good night’s sleep after school.
Well, Irish mammies are always right, aren’t they?
Scientists are finally able to explain the physical process behind the commonly-held belief that a good night’s sleep is key to the brain’s ability to store new information.
In a recent study, a team of scientists witnessed – and examined in close detail – the process for the first time ever.
Researchers found that minuscule connections between brain cells, known as dendritic spines, grow more quickly when the body is well-rested.
The study, carried out by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and published in Science, used mice that were taught to balance on a spinning rod.
Using special laser-scanning microscopes, scientists witnessed that these dendritic spines began to grow soon after the mice learned this new activity.
The mice were separated into two groups; one that practised on the rod and then slept for seven hours and another that practised but then stayed awake for the same amount of time.
The sleep-deprived group experienced difficulty in getting to grips with balancing on the rod, and the growth of dendritic spines was slow compared to the well-rested mice.
“We’ve known for a long time that sleep plays an important role in learning and memory,” senior investigator Wen-Biao Gan PhD said. “If you don’t sleep well you won’t learn well.
Here we’ve shown how sleep helps neurons form very specific connections on dendritic branches that may facilitate long-term memory.
“We also show how different types of learning form synapses on different branches of the same neurons, suggesting that learning causes very specific structural changes in the brain… imagine a tree that grows leaves (spines) on one branch but not another branch; when we learn something new, it’s like we’re sprouting leaves on a specific branch.”
Previous research had demonstrated that we recall memories learned during the day during deep (slow-wave) sleep, when rapid eye movement and dreaming stops.
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You’d have to be insane to vote Mick Wallace back in
@Ruaidhrí: Or from Wexford….he can’t do anything wrong down there.typical parish pump politics.
@Ruaidhrí: He’s one of the few we’ve sent to Brussels who isn’t afraid to stand up and speak against the ever increasing militarisation of the EU, the ever expanding ambition of NATO and US/UK imperialism. I’m aware of his failings regarding under declaration of tax and not properly paying into his employees pension but he gets a pass on that from me as his not a corporate shill like most of them and I’ll be voting for him again
@uUleRhCu: Parish pump? how so John,
@Ruaidhrí: We don’t want anyone to disturb the establishment narrative now do we? You want overpaid nodding donkeys, who stand idly by and do nothing while genocide is perpetrated in front of the whole world.
@Sean: who listens to him? I’m all 4 individuality but look at the cut of him. Do u honestly think anyone is listening wen he’s speaking.i agree it shouldn’t b like that but unfortunately it is and he’s just like a court jester over there
@Sean: He’s only anti-war when it comes to NATO allies, where his hatred for America drives him so far off-piste that he will happily be an apologist for Russian war-crimes.
@Jason Memail: Nonsense. Give me one example of him being an apologist for Russian war crimes. Wallace said that he supported the text in the UN resolution that condemns Russia’s “illegal, unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against and invasion of Ukraine” That’s hardly supporting Russia, now is it!
He said(paraphrasing) he voted against the resolution because it had so many elements of NATO an EU cooperation and as he is pro-peace he could not vote in favour of NATO because that entity is pro-militarisation, pro-war and expansionist. I fully agree with that. Are you going to call me a war crimes apologist?
@Red Rooster: Hi there. remember the fun poked at Gandhi’s appearance? Didn’t stop people eventually listening to him, despite the mocking of the hawks. Wallace is part of the left alliance in Brussels so they certainly listen to him. And if the EU is to be dragged back to some semblance of the democratic and peace promoting union we were promised in the 1970′s, when we joined, it’s the left alliance(unlike the corporate/military captured alliance that ffg are in with over there) that will do it
@Sean: Maybe do some research into Moscow Mick and his Pro Russian activities before trying to cast him as some sort of imperialistic freedom fighter. I pray that people have seen his true colors since the ukraine invasion and give him the boot he deserves.
@Sean: You certainly seem to like defending those that consistently receive high praise from Russia, to the extent that their speeches have been shown on national television. No amount of “but NATO!” changes those facts.
@Sean Minihane: citation required if you’re interested in proving something. Otherwise it just sounds like a smear campaign job from the NATO hawks
@Sean: You want an example? How about when Wallace bent over backwards to try to remove details from a parliament resolution about the downing of flight MH17? The specific details that he wanted removed concerned the outcomes of a Dutch investigation that “confirmed that Flight MH17 had been downed with the use of a Buk surface-to-air missile supplied by the Kursk-based 53rd anti-aircraft brigade of the Russian Ground Forces”. Wallace attempting to rewrite history because he deems it too critical of his comrades. A useful idiot indeed.
@Jason Memail: Ah so you can’t back up your ridiculous “war crimes apologist” nonsense! Surprise surprise.
A speech.. shown on the telly.. in Russia.. Such a weak argument that I’m inclined to go easy on you. Have a nice day and mind the roads. Good man
@Sean: Humour us there Sean and explain how a murderous invasion ordered by a psychopath fascist was the fault of NATO/USA/UK.
@Bobby Digital: I never said it was
@Bobby Digital: I hear the Americans and the Germans want the war to end now, bit like what Wallace was asking for.
@John Brennan: What do you think went on in Bucha, Mariopol, Kramatorsk etc etc etc? Meanwhile Wallace spouts NATO, NATO, NATO. Literally doing what your post says.
@Sean: The ‘special military operation’ is an imperialist project to deny Ukraine and its people the right to self determination. It denies they even exist as a country. Wallace says both sides. Go on ahead and vote for that.
@Jason Memail: That’s not evidence of Russian war crimes.
As the Dutch investigation states “The missile was launched by a Buk TELAR installation that was transported from the Russian Federation to an farm field near Pervomaiskyi in Eastern Ukraine. At that time, that area was controlled by separatists”
I discovered this after 3 minutes of research so it’s obvious that you would have had access to the same information but your zeal in portraying Wallace as some kind of Russian super agent got in your way.
So come on now.. Just one example to back up your claim of “war crimes apologist”
@Sean: “if there is an idiot in power then those who elected him are well represented”-Mahat Ma Ghandi.
@Ruaidhrí: Mick wasn’t one of the 4 Irish MEPs who voted to leave people to drown in the Mediterranean.
@Sean: NATO only expands when states apply to join. The Eastern Europe expansion was driven by fear of Russia, as was Finland’s/Sweden’s abandonment of their neutrality policies more recently. The European Military Industrial Complex was moribund before Russia invaded Ukraine, military spending having decreased markedly throughout non Russian Europe since the Cold War days.
Rightly so too, as at one level, nearly all military spending is a waste.
@Murto O Brien: I agree with some of that Murt.
As a correction to your point about EU military spending I should say that Since 2015, EU member states’ collective defense expenditure has steadily increased, with 2021 marking the seventh consecutive year of real growth. https://securityconference.org/publikationen/sonderausgaben/defense-sitters/defense-budgets/
Regarding the EU military industrial complex and it’s supposed moribund condition..
Please see below. I’m restricted to 800 words..
In 2015, the European Commission created a “Group of Personalities on Defence Research” (GoP) to provide strategic input on European security and defence policy. This GoP had 16 members. Seven of them represented the military industry. Civil society was not represented, nor was academia.
The conclusions of the GoP’s report urged the EU to “strengthen Europe’s overall military posture” and to fund this with €3.5 billion into military research. This recommendation was literally copied into the European Defence Action Plan published by the Commission in November 2016.
https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/money-for-eu-defence-development-went-to-a-small-group-of-arms-producers
@Bobby Digital: Nothing went on in Bucha etc, MSM dropped all those nato staged charades when it was seen for what it was and people weren’t buying it.
@Sean: Be careful you don’t slip a disc while bending over backwards to defend the people who use their elected position as a platform to preach, yet have delivered precisely nothing in Ireland’s interests
@Murto O Brien: No, it was completely driven by the USA
@John Brennan: Sure John. Keep swallowing.
Search un-report-details-summary-executions-civilians-russian-troops-northern
@Sean: Getting rinsed again? Give it up son.
@Ruaidhrí: Vote Dustin before mad micko. Dustin has better personal grooming.
There is no one in Europe that parrots Russia’s talking points more than Mick Wallace. He is at best a naive stooge. Ireland deserves better representation in the EU.
@Simon P: But he’s right!
It has come to light that Zelenzkyy did in fact approach the Russian leadership to state that Ukraine would NOT join NATO £ days after Russian troops went into Ukraine!!!
Within 3 days Zelenzkyy realized he was being used by Nato/USA and EU.
Enter Joe Biden and Boris Johnson, who both demanded that Zelenzkyy face down Russia, which he did, because he is a subservient leader. Boris and Joe anlong with Zelenzkyy are directly responsible for all lives lost in that conflict.
Mick Wallace and Clare Daly both stated this and both were found to be correct!!!
@David: What’s your source? YouTube videos will not be accepted
@Simon P: I wouldn’t be his biggest fan but he’s been spot on regarding the genocide taking place in Gaza. Both himself and Clare Daly have put their heads above the parapet. Too many in the Dáil dancing to Israel’s tune and staying silent.
@Mick Duvanny: Whatever his source you can be sure it wasn’t MSM propaganda pushers.
@Mick Duvanny: Try Chris Hadges, Jeffery Sachs, Max Blumenthal.
The 1st is a well respected journalist from the USA.
Jeffery Sachs just gave a speech at the United Nations and has direct links with Washington and Moscow.
Max Blumenthal, another journalist from the USA and he too has addressed the United Nations on multiple occasions.
All 3 have reported on this, all 3 confirm sources in the upper Ukrainian government. This was also widely reported at the time, but like all American shills, you obviously were not paying attention!
@Simon P: I await your candidacy announcement
@Mick Duvanny: Youtube is for the braindead that want information served to them on a plate, lazy minded Americans spring to mind.
@David: sorry…”3 days”
@Mick Duvanny: it was in the papers that a deal was made with Russia early on but then Boris visited Zelensky and suddenly everything changed. I think Wallace let us all down big time with the payments to his son and the tax/pensions fiascos but he was one of few who weren’t afraid to say publicly what a lot of us were thinking wrt Ukraine.
@David: I had a reply typed and then I see your sources below. Jaysus. I assume you’re a ‘free thinker’.
@David: ah you’re fuppin hilarious, some boyo
@Fergus Cullen: What were a lot of us thinking Fergus? That the murdering, raping, torturing fascists of Russia need to get out of Ukraine? Or by us do you mean the ‘free thinkers ‘ who suck on the Russian hosefire of disinformation?
@Bobby Digital: I’m completely against Russian aggression. I am completely against the autocratic Putin. Now as for you, new account, how do you view US/UK/Israeli aggression? Are you one of these one-sided types or are you against all acts of aggression by powerful states? It’s hard to tell because you only mention Russia. At least Wallace condemns all acts of aggression
@Sean: When you use a phrase like US/UK/Israel why would you expect an answer to questions you have already answered for me in your head? And Wallace condemns the Russian atrocities? Can you link specifics? All I’ve read is mealy mouthed nonsense. Surely you can find a quote from him about Bucha if he condemns all acts of aggression. I can’t.
@David: It’s really very simple imo, Russia is the first European state to invade another European state since WW2. It’s the clearest black/white right/wrong situation (in Europe) since the German/Russian invasion of Poland.
States join NATO in fear of Russia. NATO (in Europe) has not invaded, nor threatened anyone. There is no justification for starting a war
@Bobby Digital: it’s a simple question. Do you condemn Israeli/UK/US war crimes? Or are you, as is becoming obvious, a one sided hypocrite?
@Murto O Brien: No justification for starting a war, tell that to the multiple countries invaded and destroyed by NATO.
@Murto O Brien: Hello again Murt. Regarding your claim that NATO didn’t threaten any any European countries..
Operation Gladio was the codename for clandestine “stay-behind” operations of armed resistance that were organized by the Western Union (founded in 1948), and subsequently by NATO (formed in 1949) and by the CIA (established in 1947), in collaboration with several European intelligence agencies during the Cold War. Although Gladio specifically refers to the Italian branch of the NATO stay-behind organizations, Operation Gladio is used as an informal name for all of them. Stay-behind operations were prepared in many NATO member countries, and in some neutral countries..
Continues below..
The NATO operation involved the use of assassination, psychological warfare, and false flag operations to delegitimize left-wing parties in European countries, and even went so far as to support anti-communist militias and right-wing terrorism as they tortured communists and assassinated them, such as Eduardo Mondlane in 1969.
NATO’s Secret Armies – Libcom.org https://files.libcom.org/files/NATOs_secret_armies.pdf?shem=ssusba
@David: this is ridiculous. Please stop.
@Sean: Those answers you’re hearing are not mine Sean. I’m talking about Moscow Mick and his tacit support for the war crime committing Russian fascists. Nothing else.
@Murto O Brien: You people are dense!
He sent troops in to force Zelenskky into a negotiation and it worked. £ days after Russia entered Ukraine, Zelenskyy was on the phone stating that Ukraine would not join NATO, problem solved and war averted.
Then Boris enters the game and destroys peace, the same Boris is now has a cushty number with a NATIO think tank.
@Bobby Digital: did you get all those adjectives from RTE?
@David: You people are dense, followed by pathetic Russian nonsense that only a (for want of something less polite) low information individual could swallow. Keep it up David, you have me convinced.
@David: Absolute nonsense. Dude, you really, really need to re-evaluate your sources of information. Daly and Wallace have not been found correct. They are both parroting russian propaganda. Or more precisely, Daly is and Wallace is simply following along.The man doesn’t have an original thought in his head.
@Mick Duvanny: Er no Mick, this is the lazy stenography you get from arm chair pundits like yourself who claim others get their info from YT while you get yours from the reliable mainstream press like the BBC, RTE, you see how that works when you fail to apply basic critical thinking skills before opening your mouth.
The Best ” Gravy Train” on the Planet for no Hopers.
WALLACE, WALLACE, Who the Hell is WALLACE ? If ever a mistake was made by the Irish Electorate, it was to elect Wallace to the Dáil initially and then to Europe.
@vxQ6cYzh: You should check out all the UN votes for November, Ireland have consistantly voted against democracy, against fairness, against equalizing every nation on a level playing field. At least we have 2 decent people left that don’t vote along colonial lines!
@David: btw, just to clarify, I am not suggesting that the EU and UN are the same entity, I am simply contrasting the 2 bodies.
@David: Maggoty Mick with his hair bleached white.
Maggoty Mick is a Putinite.
Cowen is a gurrier
@Paul Kavanagh: not a fan but gurrier? Where I’m from the lads in Dublin riots r gurriers so where does this leave him?
@Red Rooster: if Wallace gets back it will be thanks to anti eu groups who vote for disruption and not much else. It’s a shame that there are no genuinely progressive candidates. Btw, has Wallace paid us back our money?
@Alan: The right wing will vote Wallace ? Who knew?
I really hope Clare Daly puts herself forward, she has been immense and garnered praise from some of the most vulnerable countries on Earth.
@David: must have missed all of that.
@Red Rooster: No, you didn’t “miss it”, you are either completely unaware of what is going on around the world, or you completely ignore it, but one can’t seek this information and still “miss it”!
If you haven’t caught it, it is all there for everyone to see, all you have to do is seek these votes out and watch how Ireland talks about fairness and equality but consistently vote against it, along with just about every country in the EU
@David: Today I learned, Russia is a vulnerable country. Daly voting against an overall European Parliament resolution to condemn Russian aggression against Ukraine tells you all you need to know.
@Jason Memail: nobody is above criticism. But it’s interesting that Putin is given a free pass. And that posts ignoring his culpability get rafts of likes.
@Jason Memail: Spreading more misinformation. Daly condemned the “illegal Russian invasion” (her words)
A simple search online would have shown you that but something tell me you’re more interested in smears and convenient falsehoods than actual facts
@Alan: Point out one comment on here that’s giving Putin a “free pass”
Sounds like you’re deliberately conflating views that are pro-peace with views that are pro-Putin. Interesting. Noted.
@Sean: “Noted”…. How very KGB of you.
@Sean: Misinformation? Falsehoods? So Daly didn’t vote against it? She can say she condemns something until the cows come home, it’s actions that matter and her voting record is there for all to see.
@Jason Memail: Press.un.org…it’s all there in black and white and can’t be denied!!!
@Jason Memail: Another child.
@David: only child here is daly. The idea that not supporting nato/eu will make peace more likely shows a complete ignorance of Russian and Putins history. Putin is deeply rooted in czarist/imperialist thinking. You only have to look at the last couple decades to see how Putin operates and why he does what he does.
Hope the voters have Ireland east do the sensible thing and don’t vote for Mick Wallace. Plenty of good candidates from other parties
Wallace won’t make it back. As for Cowan, poor candidate.
Unfortunately I live in the constituency where Cowan will be standing. I will be voting back, anyone but Cowan. I would vote for Wallace if i could. He’s a bit maverick at times but seldom wide of the mark.
Cowen , ye wouldn’t trust the man as far ye could throw him ,donkey
Mick Wallace is one of the few who tells it like it is , he is opposed to war and always speaks out .
The media however portray him as pro Russian because he wants peace not war .
Don’t be a muppet and believe what you read .. check out the facts . Google Wallace at the EU .
Cowan is a yes man and supports war and the dissolution of the triple lock .
Remember … opposing war is actually a good thing ,
@BL Music: so why does Wallace never speak out against Putin (and he doesn’t. Watch the speeches)
@Alan: Wallace has said he supported the text in the UN resolution that “Condemns the illegal, unjustified and unprovoked aggression by Russia against Ukraine”
Do you have anything factual to share or is it all uneducated slander?
@Sean: and then, more importantly, neither himself nor daly supported the eu resolution on the basis that this would not bring peace. Showing, as I pointed out in an earlier post, a complete lack of understanding of Russia’s and putin’s imperialist agenda and the way it is implemented, something that the last two decades makes clear to anybody who follows Russian history. So maybe you check the eu website. The facts are there for all to see. Sometimes realpolitik trumps ideological considerations, a fact that neither Wallace nor daly seem to appreciate. Blessed are the peacemakers (Putin).
VATman Wallace. Laughing at us. Hates the West. Purrs over despots around the world.
A true and enduring embarrassment to this country.
@honey badger: While you glorify the slaughter of innocent children by the IDF. You’re the embarrassment!
Anyone but a shinner is a good candidate
@Paul Gorry: I don’t like Shinners, but compared to Ming, Wallace. and Daly they come out shining!\
@John McDonagh: Ming is a legend but I think he should be doing more to get hash cafes up and running in Ireland
@Paul Gorry: Oh for god sake, this is what you want.
Whole system is ROTTEN
A nice paying, expenses laden gravy train. Sure why wouldn’t they “run” for it?
The real power in the EU is with the European Central Bank controlled by the Germans and French.The European Parliament is nothing more than a talking shop to give the illusion of a democratic institution. Wallace/Daly at least to their credit put their money where their mouth is unlike the rest of the stooges ie. Kelly,Harkin etc…
Ireland Out! Out! Out!
@carol mullen: If you’re not happy feel free to leave Ireland and revel in the glittering utopia of the regions Daly and Wallave shill for.
You’ll love it there and all your dreams will come true!
@carol mullen: so much uneducated in one comment and yet oblivious to harm it would cause to Ireland to leave the EU. How did you get to this point? Why comment when being so obviously and utterly ill informed?
@honey badger: Says the lug who constantly glorifies the terrorist state of Israel and can’t bring himself to condemn the slaughter of children
@honey badger: Where are you from and who are you to tell anyone where to live? Did you do a crash course on Ireland when you were found out to be commenting exclusively on the war in Ukraine?
@carol mullen: Did you write that on the way back from collecting your dole?
Mick wallace and Claire are two of the very few MEP who never stop campaigning in the European Parliament for the innocent people of Gaza and other human rights abuses around the world which are mostly sponsored by Eu/USA/ and carried out by Israel , who use the media to make the opressed look like the opressor any criticism here in the comments is a testament to how sucessfull this brain washing is
@Kevin O Brien: Anyone, ANYONE, who pays more than lip service to human rights will call out human rights violations regardless of where they occur. Take a look at Wallace’s suggestion in a formal E.P. debate about the relevance of human rights in political debate. Praising Wallace & Daly for simply employing a geographically reversed ideology is (deliberately?) endorsing exactly the same worst, most blatant tactics that are claimed to be used by ‘The Other Side’. Slamming Wallace & Daly is not endorsing the status quo, or any other part of the political spectrum. It is though calling out opportunism, appeals to emotion to over-ride reason and actual information and a level of self-indulgence that is unforgivable. They are both also in breach of European Parliament ethics guidelines on several issues. So they really are yet another example of Irish people supporting ‘our’ crooked politicians, versus ‘their’ crooked politicians. And just to be clear, the last people I would ever trust about human rights issues in their country are the current governments of that country. Wallace & Daly don’t have that level of scruples. They believe whichever government they publicly back and offer their assurances as objective fact.
Has anyone got the business card of Mick Wallace’s bespoke tailor?
Mick the dick and barry clown
@Sean: I hope you’re forwarding all your tedious drivel to Mick. I’m sure he’ll be delighted your talking out of your ar5e in his defence. Imagine simping for Wallace. Tragic and hilarious!
@honey badger: It’s called the truth. I’m not surprised it’s such a difficult concept for you to grasp
@honey badger: says the guy simping for Ukraine
Basted auto correct. I won’t be voting back. I’ll be voting ABC anyone but Cowan, a lickspital if ever rhere was one.
And the Gravy train just keeps on a rollin
A drink driver and a nobody cannot do anything worse than what’s there already
@Sean: Be a good boy and show me evidence of where I “glorify the slaughter of innocent children by the IDF”(your words).
Its oddly amusing that in your desperation to defend Wallace, you’ll lay down some genuine bs like that.
Feckless lying isn’t a good look. Silly boy.
2 Wasters , shouldn’t be allowed
Judge Orla Crowe – rot in hell for giving a man caught with videos of a baby boy being raped no jail time. and to all the criminal politicans in this country – your time in hell is coming too
Regardless the way they deliver it in the EU both Mick Wallace and Clare Daly are true Irish voices for sanity, seeking peace and reconciliation over both Ukraine and Gaza, unlike the trolls and useless idiots on here who couldn’t scrap a critical thinking skill to buy a pint of Me Wadi.
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