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Making A Change

Friday, October 13th, 2006

Cassie makes a discovery. Tammy moves on. Ava goes to the police.

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Alan-Michael tries to help

Cassie spills her coffee over a set of blue prints while her brownies are burning in the oven,. She's too late to rescue them when Josh suddenly arrives home. She tells him that he should run away from the chaos. He takes her in his arms and says that he sees no chaos. As the panic continues, Josh assures her that he will take care of everything and sends to her to office to get more blueprints.

Reva is ducking out of her doctor's appointment so she can spend some time with friends and family. She looks through a luxury car brochure when Jonathan finds her. She tells him that she's been thinking about what he said when he imagined her going out in ablaze of glory. She asks if he would stop her. He says 'no, take me with you.' Then he recounts how Tammy left him and his plan to get Remy away from her backfired. Reva is concerned and says she won't leave the world until she knows her children are happy. She pulls his arm around her and he whispers her to her that he doesn't want to let her go. She tells him about being with her mother when she died and assures him that she will be with him always, at least in spirit. After this, she apologizes for saddling him with all of her problems, but reminds him that, when she 'kicks it' he has to keep her secret. Jonathan asks her if she's sure she doesn't want Josh to know 'that she loves him forever and all that?' She answers that she'll find away. Reva sends him off, she bought him the fishing shack he used to live in with Tammy and she wants him to fix it up for them. As he walks away, Lizzie runs into him and asks him where he's going. She tells him it's not a good idea to see Tammy and doubts that she will actually show up, but he's convinced and strides off. During the previous conversation, Cassie has been lurking a few feet away listening, wondering where it is Reva is supposedly going. Finally, Reva's doctor appears, concerned that she's been breaking appointments, but she tells him that she has no desire to spend what's left of her life in hospitals. Cassie follows her back to her apartment and grabs one of her bank notes where she notices substantial withdrawals and realizes something is seriously off.

Remy drags Tammy from her room after receiving complaints that she's been disturbing the peace by playing music too loud. He takes her to the police station where he sets her infront of a computer and shows her a picture of an apartment. He asks her if she'd like to live there...with him...and Marina, he adds to her relief. She flatly says 'no' and Remy tells her that her life is still too dominated by Jonathan. Marina peeks in on the conversation to try and convince Tammy, but they're both put-off by Remy's suggestion that they do all the cooking and cleaning. After accusing Remy of living in an 80's sitcom, she says she isn't ready to start a life without Jonathan, not even for now let alone for good.

Tammy goes looking for her mother and finds Josh at the house, trying to fix the stove. She tells him about the offer to move in with Marina and Remy, but that she doesn't want to take a step away from Jonathan because he's 'everything.' No one is ever everything, he tells her. He's just glad he finally made the choice to leave Reva because she made him miserable for too long and staying with her would have been the biggest mistake of his life. She calls Remy and says she will move in with them because she needs a change in her life. Remy is very pleased with himself. Moments later, she receives Jonathan's note asking to meet with her at the shack.

The Coopers all manage to interpret Olivia's slip statement that she 'brought Ava into the world and she can take her out' as simply another threat. This pushes Ava too far and she goes for the phone to call Frank, but Olivia grabs her arm and says that, if she does, she will have her charged with reckless endangerment of a minor. She also wonders how she will explain to Frank why she waited so long to go to the cops about someone who was trying to kill her.

Ava calls Alan-Michael who asks her to meet him at the station. When she arrives at the station with Coop, Alan-Michael is already waiting there. Coop isn't happy to see him, but Alan-Michael hands them a picture of Gillespie and tells them that he has private eyes tracking him down. Frank wanders over and recognizes Gillespie, saying that he was the guy that was after Olivia. Coop tries to convince Frank that Olivia hired Gillespie to go after Ava and shows him the bruises on her arms. Frank says it's not enough proof and tells Alan-Michael not to get involved. Before leaving, Alan-Michael lets Ava know that he won't let Olivia get away with it. Coop shoots him a dirty look and pulls her into the office to make her statement.

Buzz takes Olivia home and tells her straight that he doesn't believe her. He forcefully takes her face in his hands and shouts at her that 'she's tearing his family apart!' Olivia protests that things have changed and he should go now. He admits that, even if he doesn't believe her, he still can't leave her. Even good people do bad things, he says; he only wishes he could protect her from herself because he loves her. She pleas with him to walk away from her before he loses Coop, but he won't hear of it and they fall into bed. She still can't understand why he wants to stay with her. Unconditional love makes her worry and she wonders if Emma will ever understand all the things that she has done. Buzz tells her that everything she's done, she's done for love. After a kiss, she promises him that he won't regret loving her. Soon, Frank comes to arrest Olivia for attempted murder. When he starts to take her out the door, she loudly protests that Ava doesn't know what she's doing before blurting out that she is Ava's mother.

Jonathan goes to the shack and fixes it up with flowers and candles as he waits for Tammy alone while Reva tries to write a farewell note to Josh. She can't do it and throws it in the garbage. When Cassie returns home, she finds Joshua with brownies that Tammy helped him cook, but she is worried about Reva and tells him so, though he's reluctant to hear it.

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Day 59 An added bonus: letting go of shame and fear

I spent about 20 years in the county jail of overeating and an earlier 20 years in the prison of alcoholism. Much of both of those experiences was driven by shame and fear. Shame that I couldn't stop doing what I was doing and fear that I was ruining my health and some nights that I was killing myself. When I got sober in 1989, the fear and shame went into hiding for a while. I was at a healthy weight and didn't worry about the massive amounts of numbing sugar and fat I begin to eat in substitution for the numbing effects of alcohol. Then probably 4 years into sobriety, all those calories caught up with me and I was deep into addiction again, one that seemed even harder to kick than alcohol in some ways. How do you abstain from food?

As I've said in earlier posts, my diet experiences had been full of deprivation, craving, misery. The joy of being thin or thinner never felt better than being numb. I looked better maybe, but I sure didn't feel better. I knew when I got sober, that I couldn't just stop drinking. I would have to have a life where drinking was no longer needed for survival. And yet how could I stop eating? I never imagined that it was what I was eating that was the problem, not just how much.

This week I'm keeping a food diary. I'm keeping it for my coach so there's a little bit of anxiety there about what she'll think, but no matter what I eat or how much, I don't feel shame or fear around it. I'm not ashamed of eating too much healthy food or afraid it will kill me. What a relief!

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THIS WEEKEND’S action in the TT WoLF (Women’s League Football) saw wins for Flow Sports Real Dimension, Trincity Nationals and the National Under-17 to move up the Super League standings.

However the game between Mic-It St Ann’s Rangers B and St Augustine FC in the First Division were cancelled on Sunday due to issues with the condition of the ground at the St Augustine Secondary School.

On Saturday afternoon, at UWI SPEC Ground in St Augustine, it was smooth sailing for Dimension as they defeated Petrotrin 2-1, continuing their unbeaten run and pulling away at the top of the Super League table momentarily.

Scorers were national players Karyn Forbes and Tasha St Louis for Dimension while Kurlene Jacob netted for Petrotrin.

In a heated encounter at the St Anthony’s College Ground in Westmoorings, Queen’s Park earned a hard-fought 3-2 win over Trincity Nationals.

It was a disappointing result for Trincity Nationals who were looking to maintain their position at the top with Dimension close on their heels.

However they remain only three points behind current leaders Trincity.

At Palo Seco, the National U-17s recorded their first win of the season with a 3-2 result over bottom of the table Club Sando, who remain without a point so far.

POINTS STANDINGS SUPER LEAGUE DIVISION: 1.Flow Sports Premier Real Dimension 18; 2. Trincity Nationals 15; 3.Queen’s Park 11; 4.Mic-It St Ann’s Rangers 10; 5.Tobago Chicas 9; 6 Petrotrin 9; 7.St Augustine 5; 8.National U-17s 4; 9.Club Sando 0.

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Steve Taylor's 'Goliath' is a Roaring, Raging Comeback

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If you had to compile a list of Steve Taylor's sharpest lyrics over his 30-plus-year career, most of that material would likely come from the period including and following his darkly comic 1987 album I Predict 1990, the moment when his writing, which was always incisive, developed nuance and humanity. Considerably fewer would come from the period prior -- and especially not "Whatever Happened to Sin?" a song I choose to believe that Taylor has disavowed so that I can keep getting up in the morning. (Tellingly, he hasn't played it live in 25 years, and to be honest I'm almost loath to bring it up here; I said similarly stupid things two decades or so ago, I just didn't say them on a rock record.)

Personal politics aside, that division is crucial. Taylor's first few records are shot through with a kind of sneering judgmentalism and salty self-satisfaction that sandbags even his more salient points. Looking back on them three decades later, he often comes off like the very preachers he's rebuking. In his frequently brilliant later work, Taylor simply stands back and gives everyone enough punchlines to hang themselves. The best of his writing casts him as a kind of Jarvis Cocker of American Religion, pointing out its foibles with an acid tongue and sanding his sharp darts with wry, expertly-applied satire. It was a rare gift that was ill-served by the limiting confines of Christian music, where Taylor spent the bulk of his early career. One of the most rewarding things about the sole album he recorded with the group Chagall Guevara for MCA Records in 1991 was the opportunity to hear him turn that rapier wit on subjects outside the four walls of corporate Christianity.

It was an easy transition. Taylor's best songs are the ones that center around the folly of man's hubris and smugness, and that's a theme that transcends church. I Predict's harrowing "Jim Morrison's Grave" is a bleak portrait of destructive narcissism. "The Lament of Desmond R.G. Underwood-Frederick IV," from 1994's Squint opens with a self-involved millionaire moaning, "The news of my impending death / came at a really bad time for me." And on "Smug" from that same record, he took a lancet to both the 24-hour media cycle ("we love being politically Koreshed") and the nakedly capitalist culture of the megachurch, smirking, "Strike the proud pose of our country club brethren / friendly as a tomb / fragrant as the bottom of a locker-room broom."

Goliath, Taylor's first record in two decades, finds all of that wit still mercifully intact. The video for first single "Only a Ride" intercuts scenes from the 1980s schlock film Stunt Rock by the Tarantino-beloved director Brian Trenchard-Smith with grindhouse- style shots of the band performing while a giant wizard hurled fireballs into the audience -- a nice complement to lyrics that lancet contemporary culture's narcotic obsession with perpetual, destructive amusement. It's like "The Entertainment" from Infinite Jest as filtered through a Richard Hell song. Throughout Goliath, Taylor makes his points through implication rather than explication, dropping hints and reveling in some of the knottiest, cleverest wordplay of his career. Lyrically, the album mostly favors the art-film, up-for-interpretation approach Taylor employed with Chagall Guevara, stringing clever phrases together like popcorn on a Christmas tree and letting the listener do the untangling.

It's abetted by music that's relentlessly tough. Squint counterbalanced toothy rockers with a few goofball genre exercises that ought to have been snipped from the final product (starting with the goony faux-reggae of "Easy Listening"), but everything here is wound tight and ready to pounce. Co-produced by Menomena's Danny Seim, most of the songs build to moments of bug-eyed, bleeding-throat punk fury, Jimmy Abegg's guitars scraping away nastily alongside Taylor's sandpaper-and-strychnine voice. "In Layers," easily the album's nastiest outing, deploys one of Taylor's craftiest rhyme schemes to date ("You fall in, you grin, you fake it / something stirs and the perps can't shake it") and detonates with a chorus of "Lies! We've all been compromised!" while guitars rain down like comets. The ragged, roaring "Rubberneck," slices and dices Taylor's voice into bullet-like syllables ("Rubber check, bounce / rubber soul, bounce / where'd they go? / If the soul weighs an ounce / you can fetch it / go on catch it if you can"), its righteous indignation slowly giving way to cold panic. And on "Double Negative," which would be somewhere near the top of that list of Great Taylor Songs, he constructs dizzying, Möbius strip lyrics that reveal a little more meaning with each twist.

Goliath's loose theme is mankind's increasing ridiculousness and maniacal obsession with the trivial. "Rubbernecker" employs accident gawkers as a coy metaphor for a societal fascination with the salacious; the protagonist of "The Sympathy Vote" -- who's either a politician or a rock star -- dilutes his talking points until all that's left are mealy non sequiturs. That kind of stuff in the hands of a clumsier songwriter can feel wearying and hectoring, but Taylor's observations come off not so much as stuffy polemics as wry, Swiftian gallows humor -- Pilgrim's Progress staged by Armando Iannucci.

Abegg -- who's traditionally backed quieter artists like Charlie Peacock and Rich Mullins -- has a reputation for being an inventive player, but his bracing, counterintuitive work throughout Goliath is one of the record's greatest strengths. He bends and wails in sections that seem to want chords and laces lyrical leads through the album's few quiet moments. One of those is closer "Comedian," which is both the album's most overtly religious song and also its most beautiful -- it could easily slot at the end of a National record and no one would notice. Taylor opens with a bit of clever wordplay -- "The saints came marching in this morning / and they marched back out the door / wholly offended / no pun intended" -- but then proceeds to carefully construct a complex lyrical puzzle-box that buckles, but never fully opens (it's beguilingly hard to know how to read the line, "The king and I began a feud that time will not erase / until he wipes that omniscient smile off his face"). It is one of the best songs of his career.

If there is a drawback to the record, it's in the brief, occasional flashes of us-vs-them posturing that ran rampant throughout Taylor's earliest songs. To be fair, the notion of opposition is right there in the album's title. It's also not surprising: Taylor's favorite record is the Clash's London Calling, which is itself awfully oppositional. The trick for some listeners -- like this one -- comes when it's time to cast the parts in couplets like this one from the tense title track: "You've been on a roll, pushing us around / Here's your high-five, now you're going down." For now, I've decided the song is aimed at the one-percent, even though deep down I kind of know it's about leftists like me. Not that it's an issue. I enjoy plenty of music that doesn't jibe with my worldview, as well as music by artists whose life decisions I find abhorrent, and much of that is not nearly as well-written or cannily executed as Goliath. There's always that tug-of-war of conscience, the wrestling match between personal enjoyment and personal agreement. But participation, however enthusiastic, does not equal assent; that internal dialogue is -- and should be -- one of the upshots of art. If we only spend time with music that reassures instead of challenges, we're subscribing to a worldview that is inherently limited. Goliath is a tough, relentless rock record, whose questions are well worth confronting.


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Record Reviews: "I Want To Be A Clone" By Steve Taylor

The Rock
March-April 1983 Issue 11
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"I Want To Be A Clone" By Steve Taylor

Review by Dave Young

So early in my career as a record reviewer (this is #2)... I find myself at a loss for words. The cause of this temporary inability to articulate, known among record reviewers as the "I-don't-know-what-it-is-but-I-like-it" syndrome, is a new album from Steve Taylor called "I Want to be a Clone". The fact of the matter is, the album just defies description. It simply will not conform to any known descriptive terms.

Not satisfied with the lack of information on Steve Taylor, I immediately arranged for an interview which, because of his touring schedule, will not take place until after the deadline for this article. For now, you just want to know whether or not to buy this album, right?

Well, here's my answer: If you are between the age of 2 and 40 and can handle anything harder than classical music, BUY IT! It has that amazing ability to cross nearly all barriers of musical taste. I'm convinced that the element responsible for this acceptance is raw energy. The whole album radiates it. The instrumentation is fairly basic: guitars, keyboards, drums, etc., but the sound is totally new and exciting. My vocabulary fails me beyond that. Oh, did I forget to mention the lyrics? Definitely not for the spiritually squeamish. Some of the topics covered are hardness of heart ("Whatever Happened to Sin?"), tithing ("Written Guarantee"), hypocrisy ("Bad Rap") just to name a few. The album has fewer songs than most (6), but many times the energy.

This one's a must for additions to your record collection in 1983!


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Monday, March 8, 2010

buttercups by the lake

I finally finished this mini landscape quilt. I took this class last year but i had to do the thread painting at home. I wanted to practice a little first but to be honest i never did and today i thought what the heck just go for it and this is how it came out !! I added some yellow french knots to emphasise the buttercups and now i just need to buy a frame to put it in ! Thanks for stopping by and please leave a message i love getting your comments !!

  1. Oh Michelle! I just can't begin to tell you how gorgeous I think this is! Fabulous work, girlfriend! xxD

  2. This is wonderful Michelle, wish i could see a close up too.

  3. OMG! This is beautiful! I would love to have half your talent girl!

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You do anything at all and get away with it.
It's not so fair to us, not so fair.
You do it every time you see, not so fair to him or me.
No one is around.

You don't know what to do, what to say, or where to go.
And you'll find that it's something deep inside.
You'll get away with it because your name is Chuck.

You'll see that I am not a toy that you can run with and play with and do what you want.
That's not how it is.

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a dress with a heart?

How strange is that, from my sketch book ... thinking a bit about Valentine's day. You know it's almost a month away. Oh, by the way ... I love a pretty dress, but one with a heart, I just don't know.

I've been reading Unconventional Guide blog
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  1. you can "wear your heart on your sleeve." why not your dress? as long as your radiating love, it's all good.
    I too have some Valentines juice buzzing around in my brain. And I'm making a Valentines pixies dress for my Etsy store. our brains seem to run along the same line.
    sending you and your dress LOVE today.

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The third annual Ocean State Oyster Festival returns to the Providence Riverwalk on September 23

Any true Rhode Islander knows that the Providence Riverwalk is the place to be on September 23 when the third annual Ocean State Oyster Festival returns to South Water Street. It’s no secret that our aquaculture game is on point, just look at the millions of dollars earned on the locally raised Rhode Island oysters sold annually. Frank Mullin, in charge of event programming and communications says we should be particularly excited for the 18 farms and wholesale oysters at the festival – including Moonstone Oysters from South Kingston, Walrus & Carpenter from Charlestown and Bluff Hill Cove Oyster Co. from Narragansett – as well as the range of varieties “from wild oysters to cultivated oysters from farms that are as large as multi-oyster farms to ones that are just half an acre.”

The event aims to not only celebrate this booming industry, but to also promote environmental sustainability with the help of Save The Bay. In fact, partial funds from your ticket purchase will go to Save The Bay after school programs. To top it all off the event is entirely sustainable and is working with The Compost Plant and Nature Conservancy to build reefs by re-using the oyster shells.

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door, and you will get to try half a dozen oysters and a craft beer, wine, or other beverage. Loccal food trucks from all over Rhode Island – like Pat’s Pastured, Smoke ‘n Squeal and many more – plus live music and culinary exhibits will all be on hand from 1-7pm. And if you’re looking to get in on the action, you can try your hand in the shucking contest.


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Lately, I've felt rejuvenated. Most people would say I'm a morning person; I'd say I just love sunlight that much! You have to think of yourself in life as a plant, everyday you need sunlight and food to grow. Everyday needs to be a productive and kick butt kinda day! Sleep is for tomorrow, then again tomorrow never comes around when your having fun.

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I did this shoot not to long ago in Santa Barbara for the Fess Parker Double Tree. I planned it out about 2 or 3 months in advance. Finding models and getting the location dialed in right on time. It was a really fun shoot for me. When people say they hate Monday's, I just laugh about it because as you see my Mondays sure are quite different from most.

Monday's are the WORST! Not for me.

An active lifestyle is the only lifestyle I know as of late. Everyone wants to know what's got me ticking as of late. Once you get all the kinks and distractions out of the way you start to focus on the main objective and really start to give it your all to one thing. I'm pleased that I can build on my career, hobbies and loves and yet really give it my all to what I love to shoot everyday! Keeping fit helps as well, it keeps my mind and body at peace and lets me focus on what I need to focus on in life.  This shoot really let me sink in to this idea and notion of where I'm at in life. Hope you enjoy the shots and get your fit on!

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Clay Siegal Created a Genetics Empire

Many people may not know this, but most drugs have some type of genetics that go into them. This is what allows the drugs to work and enables them to connect with the body to do the treatments that they need. It takes a lot of genetic work to get a drug developed and that is exactly what Clay Siegal had in mind when he started Seattle Genetics. He knew what he wanted to do and he continued to do it so that people could use the different genetic options when they are using their medication to treat various illnesses.

For Clay Siegal to do this, he had to ensure that Seattle Genetics was doing the necessary research. They learned about antibodies and how they could make things better for the drugs that they worked with. Clay Siegal also tried his best to show people that they could use these for the drugs that they were developing. When Clay Siegal did all of this, he knew that his company would get better and that people could use the opportunities that they had for success with the different drugs that they had made in their own areas.

As the company grew and more drug reps were interested in the things that they could do with Seattle Genetics, things got better for them. It was a huge part of what they were doing and a huge part of what made pharmaceuticals better for people to use them to feel better in their own lives. Clay Siegal knew this and continued to use the right type of genetics to make these drugs (and others) that would help treat a variety of illnesses for people who were suffering.

While Clay Siegal has done a lot of work with genetics, he knows that it is important to keep trying to find new information on antibodies and drug resistance. He is confident that the researchers who work for his company will be able to do this and that they will always be able to try different things with the opportunities that they have. Clay Siegal knows that it is imperative to continue doing these things for people and knows that his career will be better thanks to the options that he has created for the genetic testing and antibody opportunities that he has with the medication. He wants to be able to create genetic opportunities for everyone to enjoy.


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Monday 2nd September.  Evensong in Winchester Cathedral with a meal to follow!

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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Sad news in the Bigfoot Community...

It is with deep sadness that I learned a dear friend - our dear friend in bigfooting - Joyce Kearney passed away on Friday. Please think a good thought, say a prayer, enjoy her smile here and remember a gregarious, vivacious, dedicated soul who has gone ahead. I'm still processing the news and will pass along more details when I know them. She leaves behind her beloved Chester, her loved ones - sisters & a brother, two daughters, nieces, nephews - and all her friends. She was a BIG part of some historic events - the 2007 P-G Film 40th Anniversary, the Yakima Bigfoot Round-Up in 2009 and the Sasquatch Summit in 2011...always there to support the events we put on. A longtime sasquatch/bigfoot researcher with a penchant for truth and evidence. Rest in Peace, Joyce!

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Wednesday, 8 April 2015

Higgs Boson Bottoms

Higgs boson bottoms are circles made of rotational particles in sinusoidal waves shape and covalent bonding; the main objective of this post is to understand how the universes are filled with different particles in the shape of bottoms. It is important to talk about five rotating particles which are filling our universe exactly the same as a watermelon and simply these particles are managed by Higgs boson magnetism and it’s acceleration.

The first bottoms I am interested to talk about are made of Omega particles; the source of these bottoms is Higgs boson experiment inside Bose Einstein Condensate system (BECs) and what is interesting to know is that Higgs boson sets up to date are enough to fulfil all our universe with these kind of bottoms, Omega particles are produced inside Higgs boson sets and dispersed into our universe due to Higgs boson of the first universe magnetism.

The second of Higgs boson bottoms are produced from Alpha particles acrobats and made of phonons; an unimaginable quantity of Alpha particles is released in our universe to accelerate phonons to form rotational sinusoidal waves; this makes bottoms created made of phonons to fulfil the whole universe.

The third of Higgs boson bottoms is manufactured through Gamma rays; the assumpted Gamma rays from inside Bose Einstein Condensate system (BECs) to the first universe are built on rotational sinusoidal waves that make Higgs boson bottoms created inside our universe; this kind of bottoms is the widest due to the size of Gamma rays.

The fourth of Higgs boson bottoms are special contents made of Quarks and Gamma rays; my intention here is around two particles working exactly the same as covalent bonding; a strip of Quarks could be mixed with Gamma rays to form bottoms.

The last of Higgs boson bottoms is based on photons’ acceleration by Higgs boson magnetism; because all particles in the universes are under Higgs boson acceleration; photons take a sinusoidal waves shape to form bottoms.

My conclusion to this post is to design a new shape of movement of behaviour of particles; this means that the new era of life will assist huge changes in natural phenomena, some of these phenomena are already appearing in the size of the moon and in high clouds.
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  1. Movenpick

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    53 m from hotel

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    94 m from hotel

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    From there you can take the long tail boat to Railay Beach West (100B one way), one of the best beaches in the world. Good for climbing, snorkelling and kayaking.

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    If your visiting Ao Nang. Sukhothai is a must. Very good foot,body massage. Scrubs are awesome. Manicure pedicure is good as well. As for price it's really reasonable :)

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    Really good springrolls, crispy chicken with mango sauce, fish with spicy sweet and sour, also very good and finished off with extremely good mango, coconut sticky rice and icecream desert.

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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Super Bowl Shuffle Remix

Just a little bit of love for our boys before the big game Sunday.
And yes, I know I'm a dork, but somebody's gotta believe the hype. ; )

We're the new Bears Shufflin' Crew
Shufflin' on down, doin' it for you.
Going 13-3 is how we get our kicks
Blowin' your mind like '85-'86
You know we're just struttin' for fun
Struttin' our stuff for everyone.
We're not here to start no trouble.
We're just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle.

Brian Urlacher
Urlacher here, I'm the heart of the D
You wanna get to the endzone, gotta go through me
I'm a hit with the ladies, they love my style
But putting hits on Favre is what makes me smile
We've known all season that we're number 1
The new Monsters of the Midway, we're having some fun
We didn't come here to look for trouble
We just came to do the Super Bowl Shuffle

Rex Grossman
Well they call me Sexy Rexy and I'm young and tough
Had a couple rough games, but I know I got the stuff
I'm an Indiana boy, at home on a farm,
I like throwing it deep and showing off my arm
Staying cool under pressure, is the key
And if we get behind, we've always got our D
I've got my doubters, but watch me, girl
My Super Bowl Shuffle's gonna shock the world

Thomas Jones
Thomas Jones here, the man in the middle
Running the ball is like solving a riddle
First I find a gap, then I read the D
Once I get a step, ain't nobody catchin me
Me and Cedric B we make the run look pretty,
Bringing some offense to the Windy City
I didn't come, to burst your bubble,
I just came to do the Super Bowl Shuffle

Muhsin Muhammed
This is Muhsin Muhammed, I'm a heckuva guy
Throw a pass in the air and watch me fly
Fans call me Moose and scream my name
#1 receiver, I got crazy mad game
Like a speeding train, streaking down the field
I outrun the D like they're on training wheels
If you like my skills on the turf and grass
Just wait 'til you see me shakin' my a—
There's noone here that does it like me,
My Super Bowl Shuffle will set you free.

Robbie Gould
I'm Robbie Gould, pro bowlin for a reason
I went 26 of 26 to start the season
Breakin' Bears records and winning clutch games
They say I'm good as gold, and not just cause of my name
Most kickers are quiet, but I'm all smiles
Put the game on the line and I can kick for miles
I didn't come here, looking for trouble
I just came to do the Super Bowl Shuffle

Devin Hester
"Thank heaven for Devin", the papers say
Faster than a cheetah, is the Hester way
Give me open field and I'll show you a score
I'm bringing sexy to special teams like never before
When it's time to punt they're all full of fear
Making moves and making plays, you know I'm rookie of the year
That's why I got here, on the double
To take the Bears to do the Super Bowl Shuffle

Lance Briggs
I'm the tacklin machine, stopping fools on a dime
Big Lance Briggs, and I always get mine
Forcin fumbles is what I'm all about
And sacking QBs makes me scream and shout
When the ball is snapped, get outta my way
Cause you know Lance Briggs gonna make a play
I didn't come here to start no scuffle
I just wanna do the Super Bowl Shuffle

Tank Johnson
Get ready for the Tank, cause I'm here to stay
Mighta made some mistakes, but I'm ready to play
Forget about what you may have read
No more messin' around, I'm playin' ball instead
The best tackle in the biz, I'm big and tough
And when it comes to dancin, I got the stuff
I really don't wanna cause more trouble
I just wanna do the Super Bowl Shuffle

Bernard Berrian
Berrian here, I'm lean and tall
Throw it deep and I'll outrun 'em all
Me and Moose always cause a fuss,
Making defenses crazy tryin to stick with us
I'm sweet off the field and I'm smooth in the game
Winning's my goal, not fortune and fame
I didn't come here just for fun
I won't stop 'til we're number 1

Lovie Smith
Lovie here, and I'm a soul man
When it comes to winning, I got the plan
Ladies love Lovie, I always look fly
Now that Ditka's gone, I'm the guy
"Da Coach" and leader, of Papa Bear's boys
Come on Chicago, make some noise
You better start making your Super Bowl plans
'Cause we're goin' to Miami, and we're bringin' our fans

Anonymous Anonymous said...

this is the best song ever!
da bears!

1:19 PM
Blogger MWCB said...

I actually heard the original for the first time today, and now I get to read a 2007 version too. Weird. Nice job, though, you write well, best of luck with LA.

1:24 PM
Blogger MDG said...

Hey good work.

2:05 PM
Anonymous CLV said...

Spain--yes you are a dork---if you put this much time into our show maybe we'd get extended--oh i guess we already are. okay, okay, gorgeous and a great writer--maybe you do have it all--well, 1st you gotta get that super bowl trophy, and then you will officially have it all---Vasko

2:28 PM
Blogger Adam said...

Spain...this is freaking amazing! You left yourself out of the lineup #1 Fan!

4:38 PM
Anonymous Alex said...

hey, you probably don't remember me, but I worked in the sports section at the Daily Sun, and I just came across this linked on KSK. That's really good stuff...just wanted to pass along the compliment and say hi.

5:27 PM
Blogger Signal to Noise said...

I'm not sure I believe Tank Johnson saying he doesn't want to cause any more trouble when the big game's in Miami.

Nice job.

7:59 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice work...hey, are you the same girl from here:

If so, wow...wish I had a ticket...um, and money...

10:52 AM
Blogger Kevin said...

I'm Rex Grossman and I'm here to say
If I throw a bad pass, I'm off all day
I used to snort coke, and **** lots of girls
But now I try to rock your NFL world
My QB rating isn't too high
But you've gotta know, I'm Lovie's guy
And if I throw one pick, the Bears are in trouble
And won't get to do the Superbowl Shuffle!

2:02 PM
Blogger Gibbon Jockey said...

I thought I was a dork for singing the fight song after every score. Nicely done. Bear Down!

9:24 PM
Blogger Rudy Gay Faulker said...

please tell me you've seen this
new rendition
might not be as good as yours but it's pretty strong

9:34 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I guess God could be hotter.

10:34 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No Steve Fuller-esque verse for Kyle Orton? It would go something like this...

They say Grossman, is our man.
If Rexy can't do it, I sure can.
This is Kyle, and it's no wonder.
I drink like lightning.
Grow beards like thunder.

So bring on Seattle! Bring on Minny!
This is for George and his daughter named Ginny.
I'm not here for neck beard scruffle.
I just came to do the Super Bowl Shuffle.

Bear down!

1:55 PM
Blogger Daniel C. said...

OK, Coming from a fellow dork (wait, can I be considered a fellow dork if am not remotely as sexxy? Hmmm... food for thought) that 'remix' is the Shi-z-it!!! I will proceed to pasting that friggin awesome SB Shuffle on all walls at work.. and will ask my brother to provide the right Beat for it. BANGIN!! ... and that goes for u too (yea, am a dork. Sorry)

Enuff said. GO BEARS!!!

PS: CB is gonna run for 2 scores.

Oh, and Wish I had the Ni-z-utz to apply for that last ticket u got.

for the Colts I wanna say, Count On Losing The Superbowl!!

8:16 AM
Anonymous 2pac said...

On Google, I type in "Super Bowl Shuffle Remix" and this is one of the first websites that came up. I wanted to post it on my blog just as you did here, so thanks for the phenom lyrics.

It's just so ironic that you're the same person from all the eBay/Axe hype (I'm assuming, anyway).

10:21 PM
Blogger cubby doodle said...

didn't have enough repeating chorus. but still really good.

2:35 PM
Blogger SarahS said...

Repeating chorus implied. : )

7:17 PM
Anonymous Rishi said...

Haha, that's funny... I did the same thing for the Bears unexpected big year in the Jim Miller days.

Nice work.

The one I did was called "The Urlacher Shuffle"... if you want to see part of it, here's a link:

Here's a sample- "I'm Keith Traylor, I'm the man in charge. Played linebacker in college, then I ate myself large. I hold up blockers so my 'backers can smack 'em. I do the Urlacher Shuffle, then I 50 Big Mac 'em."

10:28 AM

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Loving with all your...brain

Wait, wait, wait...LUST isn't the same as LOVE?

Someone better tell most red-blooded American men.

Loving With All Your...Brain
By Elizabeth Cohen
CNN Medical Correspondent

(CNN) -- Close your eyes for a minute and envision all the romantic parts of the human body.

Her beautiful eyes. His strong shoulders. We'll stop there, but you go right ahead and think about all the body parts you want.

Bet you didn't think about the caudate and the ventral tegmental areas, did you?

These areas of the brain, while little known to most people, are helping scientists explain the physiological reasons behind why we feel what we feel when we fall in love.

By studying MRI brain scans of people newly in love, scientists are learning a lot about the science of love: Why love is so powerful, and why being rejected is so horribly painful.

In a group of experiments, Dr. Lucy Brown, a professor in the department of neurology and neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and her colleagues did MRI brain scans on college students who were in the throes of new love.

While being scanned, the students looked at a photo of their beloved. The scientists found that the caudate area of the brain -- which is involved in cravings -- became very active. Another area that lit up: the ventral tegmental, which produces dopamine, a powerful neurotransmitter that affects pleasure and motivation.

Dr. Brown said scientists believe that when you fall in love, the ventral tegmental floods the caudate with dopamine. The caudate then sends signals for more dopamine.

"The more dopamine you get, the more of a high you feel," Dr. Brown says.

Or as her colleague, Dr. Helen Fisher put it: When you fall in love, "exactly the same system becomes active as when you take cocaine. You can feel intense elation when you're in love. You can feel intense elation when you're high on cocaine."

Is it love -- or sex?

Scientists then wondered: Does a brain in love look much like a sexually stimulated brain? After all, we associate love and sex and sometimes confuse them.

The answer is: Brains in love and brains in lust don't look too much alike.

In studies when researchers showed erotic photos to people as they underwent brain scans, they found activity in the hypothalamus and amygdala areas of the brain. The hypothalamus controls drives like hunger and thirst and the amygdala handles arousal, among other things.

In the studies of people in love, "we didn't find activity in either," according to Dr. Fisher, an anthropologist and author of "Why We Love -- the Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love."

"We now have physiological data that suggests there are different brain systems for sex and love," says Dr. Fisher.

At some point, the two do become linked. People in love have elevated levels of dopamine. Lots of dopamine, in turn, triggers the production of testosterone, which is responsible for the sex drive in both men and women.

This helps explain why falling in love can make someone all of a sudden seem sexy.

"Three weeks ago he was just another nice guy in the office and now everything about him is sexual," says Dr. Fisher.

All this research into sex and love got the researchers thinking: Most other mammals don't have this drive for romantic love and attachment. Why do humans have it? After all, we could easily propagate the species just with our sexual urges.

Dr. Fisher thinks it has a lot to do with how difficult it once was to raise children.

"Go back millions of years to the grasslands of Africa. A woman was carrying the equivalent of a 20-pound bowling ball in one arm, and sticks and rocks in another arm to protect herself in this dangerous environment. She needed a partner to help her. She couldn't do it alone," Dr. Fisher says.

And even today, when we have strollers and the environment isn't quite as dangerous, having a mate still helps. "There are women who raise a baby by themselves, but it's a lot harder," she says.

Male brain - female brain

In their work with the lovestruck, the scientists found brain differences between men and women.

"The men had quite a bit more activity in the brain region that integrates visual stimuli. This isn't surprising considering that men support the porn industry and women spend their lives trying to look good for men," says Dr. Fisher.

But she adds there's probably a more anthropological reason at work. Simply put: A man's evolutionary mission is to spread his seed. That won't work if he mates with an 80-year-old grandmother.

"Men have to be able to size up a woman visually to see if she can bear babies," says Dr. Fisher.

The women's brain activities were a bit more puzzling.

The scientists found that women in love had more activity than men in the areas of the brain that govern memories. Dr. Fisher theorizes that this is a "female mechanism for mate choice." There are no visual clues for whether a man is fertile, but if a woman really studies a man and remembers things about his behavior, she can try to determine whether he'd make a reliable mate and father.

Thus, if it sometimes seems like a woman remembers everything -- good and bad -- about a man, "it's not just her being picky. It's an old Darwinian evolutionary strategy."

What's love got to do with it?

In the end, Drs. Fisher and Brown say what they learned from lovers' brains is that romantic love isn't really an emotion -- it's a drive that's based deep within our brains, right alongside our urges to find food and water.

"This helps explain why we do crazy things for love," says Dr. Brown. "Why did Edward VIII give up the throne for Wallis Simpson? The systems that are built into us to find food and water are the things that were also active when he renounced the throne of England."

Now their research is centered on the flip side of love. They've recruited college students who'd just been rejected by their sweethearts. Again, the scientists performed MRI's while these students looked at photos of the objects of their affection.

This time, the results were different, Dr. Brown says. The insular cortex, the part of the brain that experiences physical pain, became very active.

"People came out of the machine crying," she said. "We won't be doing that experiment again for a long time."

Elizabeth Cohen is a correspondent with CNN Medical News. Producer Amy Burkholder contributed to this report.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

An oldie...

A friend who thought this was cool told me to post this. I wrote it for a English class my Senior year at Cornell and I highly doubt anyone will appreciate it...or even get past the first stanza. But I suppose if there's an epic poem fan out there, this one's for you. It's written in the style of Spenser--phrase structure, historical nods, evocation of gods and all. An interesting side note--I chose the Spiderman theme because my heinous wench of a professor falsely accused me of cheating on the first assignment, so I wanted to pick a current (at the time) topic that I couldn't have plagiarized from years past. Also, I have no idea how to use html to format it, so all the ° words are defined in parentheses and all the numbered words have corresponding footnotes at the bottom.

The First Book of The American Captaine(1)

The Legende of Peter Parker
Of Duty

O onetime chief, proud leader of year last,
Whose name doth sparkle(2) as a crown bedight,° (° adorned)
Come to mine aide as for the Flag(3) thou hast,
When towers tumbled, torn by terror’s flight(4) ,
And loss of sinless souls proved might not right(5) .
The duty that thou never wouldst° refute, ( °would)
Is matchéd in this tale of one boy’s plight,
In city ay° yclept° by Eve’s first fruit, (°always/called)
To use his power to fight all things dissolute.° (° evil)

O she with scarlet breast (6) and fangéd maw°, (°mouth)
Ay° widowered by finishing her mate (7), (° always)
Als° Arachne (8), with fatal hubris flaw (9), (° also)
Now spider, spinning stringéd webs of fate
With tireless members° made to number eight. (° appendages)
To write this tale of Peter Parker’s fame,
O she-lobs (10), shine on me your wisdom great,
Reveal your world as Grandmother’s bright flame (11),
And with this help you’ll earn my humble tale acclaim.

Canto 1

Peter Parker the spider bites,
Leaves him with super skills:
As Spiderman he fights crime, and
The Green Goblin he kills.

A humble lad was wakening at prime,° (° sunrise)
His corse° like weed, of redwood (12) strength his brain. (° body)
As ay° the bus amounted° he on time, (°always/mounted)
And when he yode° this morn, he was quite fain,° (°went/eager)
But yet unwares° of pow’rs he’d soon gain. (° unaware)
At school a tank, full many bugs within,
He gazed in awe ‘til sudden felt a pain,
Look’d at his hand of whilome° healthy skin, (° formerly)
Now filéd° by the piercéd bite of Maya’s kin (13). (° tainted with disease)

More changed was he each moment that did pass,
No longer hatchling, meager, frail and tine°, (° tiny,small)
Goliath (14), now—a giant in his class (15).
Lachesis, measur’ing Clotho’s (16) fated twine,
Dealt Peter Parker quite the tangled (17) line;
But sturdy was this karmic thread—and true,
And Pete, of composition° now most fine°, (° proportion/of the best quality)
Like spawn of great Anansi and Adu (18),
His designated duty knew he now to do.

But first, ‘fore ridding Liberty (19) of crime,
Young Pete would need a novel (20) name and guise°, (°costume)
To serve in maskéd mystery the clime°, (° region/realm)
And keep his clan removed from watchful eyes.
The moniker he chose should not surprise—
For his powers and his look—Spiderman.
As for his weedes°, all sapphire and cerise°, (°clothes/red)
Like webbéd breeches° head to toe in span, (° tights)
Glorious and colorful—fit to suit a slan (21).

And so, ycladd° in webbed amis° and tights, (° clothed/hood)
Brave Spidey yode° to kid-naps and to fires, (°went)
To accidents and robberies and fights,
By way of distant flingéd silken wires
The which help’d Spidey fly in whirling gyres°, (° circular turn)
O’er streets, o’er roofs, o’er mountains and o’er trees.
And at each crime the sinners and the liars,
The murderers and all the city’s lees°, (° basest people)
Of him were ‘fraid° as mortals of the dieties. (° afraid)

One foe, howe’er, for Spidey, no fear bore,
A faméd leader both in wealth and trade,
His aim: to rot the Apple (22) from its core (23)
And fight the Spider with the strength of Raid (24).
He too, wore costume—his of purest jade,° (° green )
Like basest envy—his of Spidey’s fame (25),
And owned false name his person true to shade.° (° hide)
Green Goblin, after weeks of evil game,° (° trickery)
At last, to Spiderman, on floating glider (26) came.

That day burned fierce an ample° fiery blaze, (° large)
Ten men from savage flames our hero lad,° (° led)
And gain’d from city more indebted° praise, (° thankful)
‘Til man he sudden saw in green yclad.° (° clothed)
The Goblin, off on hov’ring glider yad,° (° went)
Past Liberty (27), below sea, to his lair,
And drew young Spidey with him, smiling glad,
For thought he Maya’s tricks would fail him there (28),
And then, unpestered (29), would of city, act as Mare (30).

Our Spider, casting webs from out each wreste,° (° wrist)
Trail’d Goblin, wont° to duty ay° be true: (° in the habit of/always)
To aid all danger’d° man and babe full prest° (° endangered/quickly)
And fight the basest villains all by rew.° (° in order)
His end° a cave sub-mere° he nad° been to, ( °destintation/ocean/had not)
Like sordid Hades, sudden sown with seed (31),
Den fit for fiend although all green in hue.
He trode° three trodes° through territory treed° (32) (° tread/footsteps/wooded)
‘Til Goblin sudden° ‘peared° on floating metal steed (33). (° suddenly/appeared)

The Goblin’s trayne° had been to trap this wye° ( ° deceptive plot/warrior)
In cave of snarléd shrubbery full thick.
As Spidey’s webs in forest could not fly,
It look’d as though the plot had done the trick.
But Spider’s thread to rocky roof would stick,
And so silk string he shot to canopy,
And from above wove web o’er foe most wick,° (° wicked)
Who’d gone against the essence of duty:
“With great power comes great responsibility.” (34)

© 2002 Sarah Spain

**** Note: the definitions for all words not taken from Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene were found in The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition. That information which I gained from research, as opposed to general knowledge, is cited as such in the endnotes, along with the source of the information. Several Spenserian techniques, such as paronomasia and alliteration, are used a great many times throughout the poem, and thus are not cited each time.

1. Refers to Captain America, the leader of the Marvel Comic Avengers, of which Spiderman was a former member. (www.marvel.com)
2. Refers to the “jewel” sound in Guiliani, the Mayor of New York City during the time of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
3. “The Flag” stands for the United States of America. An example of antonomasia, as in Faerie Queene (III.Pr.5.5-6).
4. Alliteration, as in FQ (II.1.36.7).
5. “Might is Right” is a famous repeated phrase from TH White’s version of the Arthurian saga, The Once and Future King.
6. Black widow spiders are known by the bright red color of their abdomens.
7. Female black widow spiders often eat their mates during or just after copulation. Finishing, then, here is an example of paronomasia and its function is threefold: to eat; to kill literally, (to finish off); and to kill sexually (as in the classic literary practice of describing orgasm as dying or being killed).
8. Reference to the ancient Greek myth of Arachne, a mortal who was turned into a spider
9. Arachne’s transformation came as a result of her excessive self-confidence—she challenged (and defeated) the goddess Minerva in a weaving contest, and was thus cursed to a life of endless spinning as a spider.
10. Female spider, from lob, the Old English word for spider
11. Folklore of several Native American tribes includes the story of Grandmother Spider, who lit the world by bringing fire to man and teaching him to use it. (http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore120.html )
12. Peter Parker is a small, weak boy (physically built like a plant weed), but known for his great intelligence (his mind as strong as a redwood tree, the largest trees on earth). This line uses analogy.
13. The female spider Maya is the weaver of illusion in Indian myth.
14. Goliath is the giant slain by David in the Bible.
15. An example of paronomasia. The meaning of class here is twofold: academic class at school and scientific class Arachnida
16. Two of the three Fates in Greek mythology; Clotho, the spinner, spun the thread, while Lachesis, the measurer, measured it for each man, deciding its length and the destiny it held for him. (http://apk.net/~fjk/fates.html )
17. Tangled, here, meaning mixed or confusing.
18. In African mythology Adu Oginyae is the first man, while Anansi was the trickster spider and chief advisor to the Creator. (http://www.cybercomm.net/~grandpa/mytlogy2.html )
19. "Liberty” stands for the New York City, after the Statue of Liberty. An example of antonomasia, as in Faerie Queene (V.4.46.1-3).
20. An example of paronomasia. Novel, here, means new, but also puns the origin of the Spiderman tale in literature (comic books).
21. Slan is a slang word used in science fiction to describe a being of exceptional intelligence or physical prowess—a superman. Originated in the novel Slan, by A. E. Van Vogt, about Samuel Lann, (S. Lann) who, in the novel, first created and named slans. (http://www.troynovant.com/Franson/Van-Vogt/Slan.html)
22. “The Apple” stands for the New York City (The Big Apple). An example of antonomasia, as in Faerie Queene (IV.1.10.5-6).
23. In the original Spiderman comics, and the recent film, the Green Goblin’s human alter-ego, Norman Osborn, is a very wealthy and influential New York City businessman, thus, his attacks originate from the very center (core) of the city.
24. Household spray used to kill insects.
25. Repetition of “his of,” an example of anaphora, as in Faerie Queene (IV.3.41.7-9).
26. The Green Goblin moves by way of a hovercraft originally designed by his human counterpart, Norman Osborn, for use by the U.S. military.
27. Here, Liberty stands for the physical landmark itself, the Statue of Liberty. An example of synechdoche, as in Faerie Queene (VI.3.3.7-8).
28. Again, a reference to Maya, the she-spider and weaver of illusion in Indian myth.
29. An example of paronomasia. Unpestered, here, means freed from annoyance, but is also a pun on the word pest—the Green Goblin would like to remove Spiderman (an insect, pest) from the city.
30. An example of paronomasia. Mare, here, is meant in both original definitions of the word: 1) “a kind of goblin supposed to produce nightmare by sitting on the chest of the sleeper” and 2) “ the nightmare itself.” (Oxford English Dictionary) Also a pun using the sound of the word Mare, which sounds like Mayor.
31. The lair is as evil and dirty as Hades, but rather than red and rocky, is filled with plants and trees—and thus looks like Hell sown with seeds. The description that follows is an example of topothesia.
32. “Trode three trodes” example of polyptoton, as in Faerie Queene (III.1.66.6-8). The alliteration in the sentence also requires one to read it slowly and carefully, a mirror of Spiderman’s difficulty walking through the area, which is heavily covered by trees.
33. An example of catachresis—his hovercraft is clearly not a horse, but serves the same purpose of transportation.
34. Repeated phrase in both comic book and film versions of Spiderman—told to Peter Parker by his uncle (and surrogate father) just before he is murdered, the phrase is the inspiration for Spiderman’s life fighting crime.


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Sunday, March 26, 2006

Rags to Riches?

I have been observing that most people that come from rich families more often than not tend to be rich themselves too later on. Or at least, they seem very promising to be successful based on their current achievements.

Take for example, a guy whose parents are both doctors is brought up in a nice family; with maids to handle the chores and to ensure he is well fed, lots of toys to play with when he is young, air-conditioned study rooms, home tutors, frequent overseas holidays, shelves full of books and nothing less than education at private institutions. The environment he lives in is perfect for character building. It is one that is conducive for learning, growing and covers all the necessities of nurturing a so-called role model kid. Of course with a little discipline and dinner table manners instilled to the child by the parents, the child would be a potential success; in scoring maximum As in his SPM, or in becoming a person his/her friends would admire and sing praises to. Furthermore, if I were to just say all these in the context of a family where both parents are doctors, you can very much expect the children to be easily, as intelligent and successful or exceeding that of their parents. When the parents are doctors, most of their children get pretty much influenced to become one too. They achieve the good results as a result of the conducive environment they live in, get the PSD scholarship, and get to go to England to study medicine. Never mind the fact that their parents could have easily been able to pay for their course in full.

And when the children pass out along with the other doctors, they seem to get a higher rating by the senior doctors. This is true due to recommendations given by their parents or by their parents' colleagues, or simply by their potentials seen during the days when they were doing attachments at private specialist hospitals. This is true even so in terms of applications for a post with limited vacancies. A doctor who comes from a family of doctors tend to find their way around EASIER than those whose entire clan doesn't even have a veterinarian.

Scholarships awarded based on sole merit compounds this fact, although I know many may argue with me against it. Scholarships given on sole merit WITHOUT taking into consideration the family's background and financial capabilities are really depriving the poorer/middle class people who most of the time, are not the highest achievers. Although the poorer/middle class people have put in efforts to the best of their abilities, it may just be inadequate in comparison to those who did better as a result of the better background and environment they were from. I do not discount the fact that top SPM scorers in recent years are not those from elite backgrounds, and I salute them for their achievements. But apart from them, controversies arise in many occasions that are not seen in the newspapers. What would you think when a 10 A1 scorer whose father is a Datuk of a public-listed company gets a full scholarship to UK for medicine while a son of a typist at a government Jabatan fails to get even a twinning medical programme just because he got 9A1s and 1A2? This happens in real life, believe me or not.

So in essence, it seems that the rich would just get richer, while the poor will get poorer. Or if they wanted to break loose from the so-called generational curse of poverty or mediocrity, they have to really work hard to turn their rags into riches. And to these people who are currently working hard in their bid to challenge this adversity and achieve their fair share of success, i truly respect you.

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Simple vs. Profound

It hasn't been the first time today that I realised my posts in my blog are rather... simple. Or at least, not as profound as those found on Adeline, Grace or Sheena's blog. Is this supposed to be a good thing or not? Or is it just a matter of variety?

I admire Adeline's posts the most; not only because of the good grammar and vocabulary, but the profound nature of her delivery of thoughts and ideas into words. Sheena also never fails to be articulate in blogging/describing about any thing that comes into her mind, be it about Sarawak laksa or simply the process of pulling ticks out of armpit hair (joking). Grace on the other hand exudes a subtly gentle yet impactful energy in her writings, evident of the fact she is a well-read person. Also not to forget someone from the male species, Ken Jay joins the pact of profound and articulate writers/bloggers with his wits, sarcasm and other capabilities seen in his capacity as resident blogger of M203's blog.

Well at the end of the day, I suppose that apart from the fact that these serve as providing variety to the various types of personalities, more importantly it shows the extent of READING that they must have undertaken all the years. In fact, I must say that if there was only one thing that they had in common, it would be the fact that they all love reading.

I love Doraemon comics, but Stephen King, David Eddings or Clive Barker I don't think so. Never mind the fact they actually stimulate my creative thinking and sharpen my writing and descriptive skills.

But what exactly do I read?

As some of you may know, I am more of a factual person than one with much preferences for fictions, fantasies and novels. I read more real life stories than those genres, but since we do not discuss about Hamas or Warren Buffett's fortune story always, I guess posts which mainly revolve around my life and experiences will remain SIMPLE, free of any possible attempts at sarcasm or profoundness (such word?) .

I hereby rate my blog...

Sesuai untuk bacaan umum.
(Suitable for general reading)

To go or not to go...

Yee Pei told us that Sheena and her have pretty much decided to go to Manila for the 2nd Asian Universities Debating Competition in May yesterday, and was nice enough to tell Elena and I that she has arranged fundings for us to join in too. Now Elena is so enthusiastic about going to Phillipines for the competition, never mind the fact that she and I would most probably be in what we call a Bin Team. She has been bugging me to join her and the rest to Manila, but I have many doubts and worries about going for this. Firstly, we have not debated or practiced for a long, long time. Heck, I hardly even have time to read any news in the papers or in nowadays because I am just too busy with my course. So apart from practically putting to waste IMU's money on our registration fees for the competition, we are really going to be making a fool out of ourselves. Elena and I are not THAT popular like Sheena in the debating scene, but people still recognise us. It would be shameful if people would to say: "Aren't they the IMU debaters who have been around like for many years? They haven't progressed much, have they? Never did see any significant achievements by them". By the way, we were at the first AUDC in Singapore last year too.

Secondly, is The Philllipines safe at the moment? I am not too sure. Although it is not by anyway a huge target for bombings, I am more concerned of its internal problems ie. the People's Power to oust the stubborn headed and tak-tau-malu Madam President. What if coincidentally there was a big riot going on and Emergency Rule was declared again? What if we get mistaken for protesters while we go out to Makati for shopping and riots are happening? Maybe I am thinking too much.

Thirdly, we will be starting our sample collections for our research in April. It would require us to travel to Seremban and Bukit Jalil back and forth every Wednesday and Thursday to collect and analyse samples. If both of us were to go to Manila, no one will bring the blood samples back to the lab in IMU, let alone process and store them properly. Although it is just one week that we will be away, our act of irresponsibility may land us in the bad books of the Seremban doctors which may mean a lack of cooperation by them in future. Moreover, we may miss out on some good samples which are essential in producing good results for our paper. And Elena is thinking of winning the Nobel prize. Sheesh.

But the only incentive I see to this is, when else can I get a chance to be sponsored by Jewish IMU for an international event?It will be a nice holiday and exposure for me, as I have never been there before. And if I really can form a no-stress, no-expectations, anything goes Bin Team, I think it would be really fun. Unlike the last AUDC where my team was really stressed not only by the trainings but also by Sheena and co., I would love it if this time around things are more at our own pace. See how things go.

On another note, Adeline aka Gongster will be leaving soon. In fact, on April 1st. Debaters will be having a BBQ for her at Deborah's place tonight and there will also be another get together this coming Friday. Looks like one by one, they are all going off. I wish I have farewells by my friends before I go to Australia next January too... But they will be all gone by then. Oh well people gotta move on I suppose.

Convocation is on 27th May, for IMU people who do not know this yet. You guys should be getting the invitations soon. Really looking forward to it, though I I would be just another head amongst hundreds of other students graduating as Doctors. We have no square hats, but we do have gowns to put on though. Apart from the sole gold medal winner, I will be just another ordinary student making up the numbers. Haha. I wonder if there are any other special prizes for Dean's list students or for other categories. Really can't expect much from IMU's Jewishness.

Oh and hopefully if the convocation date falls within the dates when we are supposed to be in Manila, then it would be a definite no go.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Change of Strategy

I think I should stop trying to aim for long posts as the thought of blogging for hours to produce just one post is too time consuming, considering my current state of business. Therefore, from now on I will be posting in installments, ie. many SHORT posts. To start the ball rolling, this will be a short post indeed.

A quick update...

Today's presentation (Defence of Research Protocol) concludes the series of vetting by IMU for our research projects. Unlike the Research Committee and Ethics Committee meetings, today's presentation was done by ME, and I was GRADED for it. But I must say that I did well in it, at least by my own judgement of my own presentation. There were two examiners saying "EXCELLENT" work, and another saying that my work/presentation is at par with a Master's degree work. After the hard work and hours spent on my PowerPoint, I would still have been so relieved that it's over now, regardless of the comments I got. Oh and did I mention that I was the first presenter? It made me really sleepless yesterday night. Well now I am officially starting my research!

And to all the folks out there who have been missing my posts so badly, I assure you that I will try my best to keep my posts up as frequently as possible, albeit a little shorter from now on.

So stay tuned!

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Yet another week has passed and it's bout time I publish another once weekly post.

I'm back home in PJ after completing the 2nd week of my year long BMed Sci course. And I must say I really am worn by the whole research thing. But mind you, I have NOT even started any work on my research project as it has not passed thru the 3 vetting committees yet. Well the reason is that unlike MOST of my other friends (or in fact ALL of them), Elena and I have to do our own research proposals from scratch. Our supervisors (Dr. Vishna and Prof. JPJ) are not those who spoon-feed us; they think that by us doing the whole thing it will give us a better understanding of the entire project besides teaching us to be responsible over our own work. So both of us have been spending hours in the Post-Grad room in IMU typing and retyping our proposal so as to be acceptable to the supervisors in terms of grammar, language and usage of scientific terms. This is also not to mention the hours spent perusing various scientific journals to learn up more about our topics. We do all these while our friends spend their time at Fitness First centers trying to build muscles or walk around malls with their partners. Sigh...

But in times when I am free, especially on occasional night times, I get to indulge in mahjong sessions with Adrian and Yee Pei for hours. And I must say that this is the ONLY joy I get out of all my stress and it really is fun. Was looking forward to movies but since the petrol prices has gone up by 20% I guess I will be spending more time indoors than going out. And by the way, for those who did not know this, RAJINDER aka Techycardia has joined in the BMed Sci program to be the 9th student in this little fraternity! He was supposed to have started his Phase 2 at Seremban in Monday but he ditched it and instead appealed to join the BMed progam. Well I guess doing research sometime along our path as medical professionals is very essential as this field gets much more competitive in future asides from helping us being recognised as an outstanding doctor. Publish or Perish is what they say in the West, where old school medical personnel who do not get involved in any form of research will eventually find themselves left out in terms of recognition, promotion and competency. So blessing or not, I feel proud to be able to be in a real research with a hope of contributing to mankind and my country now. For now I just aspire to publish a good paper and have it in the Malaysian Medical Journal or at the international level hopefully.

The coming week is going to be a busier week, with presentations to be prepared, proposals to be defended and more mahjong! And sorry if my posts are all revolving around my course; it just shows how much time of my life I am spending on it and not doing anything much other than that. Have a great week ahead to all my fellow friends and readers and God bless all of you. Stay tuned guys.


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Course Description

EEH 551 Advanced Environmental Health Sciences

3 Credits, Spring Semester

Prerequisites: EEH 501 and EEH 550

Advanced course designed to provide students with the latest knowledge and an in-depth discussion of how the environment interacts with human biological systems and potentiates various health effects over the life cycle. The course includes a detailed examination of environmental hazards, exposure assessment, human susceptibility, biological response pathways, application of biomarkers in environmental health studies and the disease burden of environmental exposure. The course focuses on three major environmental topics: air pollution, water pollution and food safety.

Instructor: Ren


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Answering What Is A Pinched Nerve And Its Symptoms

So, what is a pinched nerve ….. really? We’ve all used the expression to describe sharp pain. That said, a “pinched nerve” actually doesn’t exist. The term is used to describe a condition in which a nerve has been irritated or damaged. That can be by injury, arthritis, joint narrowing or other trauma to the system.

For the sake of this article the term will remain for discussion. A pinched nerve is quite common, and is more likely in some areas of the body than others. In our neck, back, wrists (Carpal Tunnel) nerves become irritated, causing sharp radiating pain of some degree.

Common causes of severe pinched nerve pain are auto accidents, heavy lifting, injuries at work. A person gets a pinched nerve in the shoulder blade and they can feel the pain radiate through their upper back sometimes into their shoulders.

There is always a defined source of nerve pain, even though it may be elusive.

You may have a damaged nerve in your arm, your leg, or you may have sciatica which is one of the most common and stressful pinched nerve conditions. The important thing to remember is that in every case there is a source where the nerve is actually irritated even though you may feel the pain throughout a limb or body area.

Keep in mind that pinched nerve symptoms are pain that radiates, refers, and travels from a defined source of irritation or damage.

While dealing with the source of a pinched nerve, you do not necessarily have to suffer endlessly with it. You can get safe, natural relief while dealing with the injury.

Here are some common pinched nerve locations and their usual marked path of pain.

A pinched nerve in the neck may cause pain just in the immediate area. Commonly though, it radiates down through the shoulder, into the arm as far as the fingertips. What is not often realized is that this type nerve injury pain may radiate upwards into your head and eyes. It may also result in numbness throughout the area.

A pinched or otherwise damaged nerve in the forearm or wrist can cause debilitating pain, numbness and immobility with carpal tunnel type symptoms. Read how my wife replaced Celebrex with natural, effective inflammation relief.

Low back pain, which is one of the most common complaints always involves pinched nerve symptoms. A pinched nerve in the low back often radiates through the hip and down the leg. It can travel through the buttocks, thighs, calf, even into the ankles and feet. With a pinched nerve actually being an irritated nerve, the pain can take various forms and various conditions.

It can be constant or sharp and prohibitive during movement. This type pain source may affect our organs, causing varying degrees of loss of bowel or bladder control.

A pinched nerve in the upper back is not as common, but certainly happens. It can travel into our chest and affect the heart and lungs. People with this condition commonly mistake it for a heart attack or other serious condition.

A pinched nerve or irritated nerve in people of general good health, though painful, is most often resolved with some basic treatment. It commonly does not cause further problems past the immediate discomfort.

Pay attention to the warning signal that is  “pinched” nerve pain.

In spite of the usual ability to resolve pinched nerve pain it is important to not minimize this condition. Our nervous system is what notifies us when something is wrong in the body. It is never just the irritated nerve that is causing the pain.

So, what is a pinched nerve? It is a nerve notifying us that something has or is happening to cause irritation or damage to the nerve.

These conditions can be anything from sleeping in a bad position to the development of osteo or rheumatoid arthritis.

Pinched nerve symptoms are signals. Don’t panic but don’t ignore the source of pain that is causing the signal. That’s your clue to full healing rather than just immediately dealing with what hurts.


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Traditional thinking has always been that men are bigger risk takers than women. But research from England’s University of Exeter and the University of Melbourne, in Australia, is challenging that notion.

Dr. Thekla Morgenroth, the study’s author, says we believe men are bigger risk takers because risk is typically measured using masculine behaviors.

High stakes gambling, white water rafting or crossing the Grand Canyon on a tightrope are things men are more likely to do. But when study participants were asked about behaviors that were deemed gender neutral or feminine, women rated themselves equal or more likely to take risk than the men surveyed.

Across cultures, risk is strongly associated with masculinity. These researchers challenge us to ask, “Why?” They also put forth the notion that this thinking contributes to our justification for ongoing gender inequality and underrepresentation in politics and leadership positions.