tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42648133978307735762024-03-06T12:00:38.331-08:00Citizen of the EarthEveryday life. Social issues. New Knowledge. Brilliant discoveries. Funny. Technology. Frustrations. Music. Arts. Internet.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-91481141963409212682012-03-14T21:51:00.000-07:002012-03-14T21:51:08.839-07:00The Seil Bag - An Exceptional Biker's Bag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Most bikers carry backpacks containing their pouch or wallets, phone, water and some other things. We see bikers (I only see them bec. I don't ride a bike) carrying small bags on their back while they cross the roads.. but we are in good company to say that turning a biker's bag into something that'll not just carry your things but keep you safe.. well that is pure genius.<br />
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What I am most concerned about (coz my BF is one enthusiastic biker) is the safety. Mostly because there are some terrible and lousy drivers out there who doesn't care much about these bikers on the road.. and it is worth mentioning that not all cities have bike lanes.<br />
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Lee Myung Su a budding IT fashion product designer from Korea designed a simple but brilliant bag.. the <a href="http://www.leemyungsu.com/works.html">Seil Bag</a>. Lee saw the necessity of a biker's bag to carry stuff while riding a bike and saw the opportunity to turn a simple backpack into something that could save a life.<br />
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This remarkable bag has LED installed on the front part with a wireless controller which can be easily controlled by the biker.<br />
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<br />Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-17359202492608414352011-02-22T06:49:00.000-08:002011-02-22T07:07:26.878-08:00200 Years of World History in 4 Minutes (Amazing Video)Han Rosling attempts to graphically show the history of the world in the past 200 years in this 4 minute video. Interesting presentation of facts demonstrating over 120,000 statistics in 4 minutes. This video is part of the BBC Project: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wgq0l">The Joy of Stats</a>.<br />
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The concept of marrying very young girls is actually common within Yemen and seems to have drawn the eye of worldwide legal rights organizations wanting to demand the authorities to support ban on child marriage. Legislation that could allow it to become against the law for all those younger than 17 to be able to marry is at critical spot following solid resistance coming from a number of Yemen's most powerful Islamic frontrunners.<br />
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The 13-year-old lass from Hajja province, northwest part of the capital of Yemen, passed away on April 2, just only four days after the girl's marriage with a 23-year-old man. A medical statement coming from al-Thawra infirmary stated the young girl suffered a laceration to her genital area as well as excessive hemorrhaging. Respective authorities held up the spouse for questioning.<br />
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The Yemeni legal rights group mentioned the young girl ended up being wedded away in an arrangement involving 2 men to wed each other's sisters in order to avoid recompensing costly bride-prices. The human rights group asserted that this is a typical set up in the profoundly poverty-stricken country.<br />
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Yemen's riveting impoverishment takes on a part in blocking initiatives to expel this practice, as very poor households end up incapable to say no to high-priced bride-prices.<br />
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A lot more than a quarter of this country's females get married before age 15, based on a record this past year from the Social Affairs Ministry. Tribe cultures furthermore plays a part, such as the perception that a younger bride-to-be could be shaped towards becoming a submissive wife, give birth to more children and also be held from enticement.<br />
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In the previous month, several of the nation's highest Islamic government bodies announced all those promoting a ban on child marriages as renegades.<br />
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A February 2009 legislation established the bare minimum age for marriage at 17, however it had been repealed as well as re-sent to parliament's constitutional committee for evaluation immediately after several members of the congress referred to it as un-Islamic. The committee will be likely to come up with a final verdict for the legislation this month.<br />
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Additional blockading the attempt is the government's weak unwillingness to face the clerics along with other traditional tribal authorities, whose backup is crucial.<br />
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The matter of Yemen's child brides received popular interest 3 years in the past when an 8-year-old girl bravely resolved to go by herself to a courtroom and called for a judge to break-up her marriage with a man in his 30s. The kid at some point gained a divorce, and legislators started investigating solutions to restrain the practice.<br />
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Around September, a 12-year-old Yemeni bride died just after having difficulties for 3 days in birth labor.<br />
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Yemen at one time set the age of 15 as being the minimum age intended for marriage, however parliament nullified that legislation during the 1990s, declaring parents must determine when a girl marries.<br />
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There are some deeply rooted cultures together with impoverishment that provides insalubrious environment for some of us.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-31797029392895743482010-03-08T19:21:00.000-08:002010-03-08T19:47:05.809-08:00Singing Could Actually Help Stroke Patients to Speak Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtul57uA-rOsNmDr8wVbVbw7f1I5FUUBYSB-R0K7g_ELzdjMvU8CyZYXjvXMeNgVdO_EpkW5ewx7ceFsSKKHgAJKxLYkYHU_h83vXCNspFso2crAOc7GHYz73wfwalmDda1lkS3AbNhhyphenhyphenT/s1600-h/singing-helps-stroke-patients-talk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtul57uA-rOsNmDr8wVbVbw7f1I5FUUBYSB-R0K7g_ELzdjMvU8CyZYXjvXMeNgVdO_EpkW5ewx7ceFsSKKHgAJKxLYkYHU_h83vXCNspFso2crAOc7GHYz73wfwalmDda1lkS3AbNhhyphenhyphenT/s320/singing-helps-stroke-patients-talk.jpg" /></a></div>Scientists from the United States discovered that singing can help stroke patients having speech troubles. Medical doctors from 2 medical universities explained that they had positive results with helping stroke patients to sing words and phrases rather than speak them.<br />
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The groundbreaking method was tested with success during continuous and monitored sessions for stroke patients who are left struggling to speak after enduring injury to the left part of their brain.<br />
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The therapy is termed <a href="http://www.musicianbrain.com/#index">Music Intonation Therapy</a> (MIT). One of many doctors, Gottfried Schlaug, provided an instance where this theraphy for stroke patients showed a favorable outcome. The doctor recorded a video of an individual who had a stroke and couldn't say the lyrics of a birthday song. The patient can just pronounce the albhabets N and O. As soon as Dr. Schlaug requested him to sing the birthday song, the phrases "happy birthday to you" came out easily. Schlaug explained: "This patient utters meaningless sounds when we ask him to say the words but as soon as we asked him to sing, he was able to speak the words."<br />
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<b>It Is Not a Coincidence</b><br />
Whenever parents talk to kids, it is usually in a singsong or melodic manner. That may be no coincidence, experts point out, considering the fact that music along with language tend to be so elaborately associated within the human brain.<br />
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Experts are utilizing this essential link concerning song and speech to treat sufferers who have lost their capability to talk. There is proof that music may be used to assist people who have critical brain problems be able to talk again, researchers stated during the yearly conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<br />
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The investigation team remains to be unclear on exactly how MIT helps these stroke patients. Dr. Schlaug provides one particular explanation. He said that our brain processes music in a different section from that which handles speech, however there are parts that overlap. "Music-making is a multisensory experience that simultaneously activates several systems in the brain and links and loops them together. It engages many regions of the brain," he explained. Music Intonation Therapy could be a very lengthy treatment. It could carry on for about 16 years and also involves by the hour therapy five days per week. What's promising is actually the advantages of MIT are often irreversible.<br />
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Medical practitioners have acknowledged for over a century that stroke patients who are unable to converse will often sing distinctly. The reason being is that the area of the human brain that processes language is actually independent from the part of the brain that deals with music.<br />
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This approach originated during the seventies, however it was overlooked, Dr Schlaug told the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 'We took the method another step by taking this therapy and really proving the efficacy of this,' he said.<br />
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Resources <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/22/aaas.music.language/index.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1252727/Singing-helps-stroke-victims-talk-again.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.fox11online.com/dpps/health/healthy_living/singing-helps-stroke-patients-speak-_3248072">here</a>.<br />
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</div>Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-44315316171593375022010-02-11T03:56:00.000-08:002010-02-11T04:45:04.540-08:00Gadgets to Watch Out for in 2010?With 2009 past behind us, you are definitely on my side that there are some <a href="http://www.laptopical.com/top-10-useless-gadgets-of-ces-2009-98945.html">useless gadgets from last year</a> that were not so much a hit (and a not so good idea to start with), and we're hoping that new gadgets this year would be better enough to wow us (at least... if we can't buy).<br /><h2>Here are some gadgets “now showing” for 2010:</h2><h3>1.Amazon Kindle 2 International Version</h3><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wLfRP0Jjyw5LKasfU7GdnxHiQXD_0t36ccgVpMHReP9pDX-kW_b2Ulooxs94WM7KLjWqEI06wYTuqf6LHIv2jp2hwggftlPhafqt7N14MwsccHmRmr7vlFcsCWx_zhWRnP3XqV1sG6ML/s1600-h/kindle_international_version-image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wLfRP0Jjyw5LKasfU7GdnxHiQXD_0t36ccgVpMHReP9pDX-kW_b2Ulooxs94WM7KLjWqEI06wYTuqf6LHIv2jp2hwggftlPhafqt7N14MwsccHmRmr7vlFcsCWx_zhWRnP3XqV1sG6ML/s400/kindle_international_version-image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436957543365015970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This e-reader has it's second generation released in 2009, but during that time it was only released in the US, and after releasing an international version (which could work in over 100 countries), the world is now starting to catch up on this e-book reader.<br /><br /><h3>2.Pandora</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9dnBRe-pHv9sfbk7wnj3td4jC_GiePWOffw58J8km4vhV-3EHaYeayVhZgPTPT56aH9fFJjAivcB8qjulBWw6dwlP33PWYZ72AoCG8vngK10B6Y2J3ENtjMApxGEmEztEiRTuJ9Ii1eO/s1600-h/pandora_radio_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9dnBRe-pHv9sfbk7wnj3td4jC_GiePWOffw58J8km4vhV-3EHaYeayVhZgPTPT56aH9fFJjAivcB8qjulBWw6dwlP33PWYZ72AoCG8vngK10B6Y2J3ENtjMApxGEmEztEiRTuJ9Ii1eO/s400/pandora_radio_image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436958049029102722" border="0" /></a></div><br />A standalone online radio that allows you to listen to thousands of radio stations without the need to connect using your laptop or PC. <a href="http://www.livioradio.com/pandora-radio-by-livio/">Pandora</a> music radio also allows you to customize your music and programming by utilizing dedicated “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” button on the device. You don't have to access your computer or setup a software through your PC or phone to connect and listen. It has its own speaker, a remote, connects online using wi-fi, works pretty well with any audio source and can also be used as an alarm clock.<br /><br /><h3>3.Optimus Tactus Keyboard</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0wZBueYt6f31TmkzRxkMgt_aTDRdureexu2LavENzZLIoO7lsPciryNGfxn_xIK0voVXK0_bfoF5gjqWo8-vtcKc_9n1KOK29u9hIdLSG2LuJINTzhhRP9jbxCWIQm9VG1llte3Jgv8n/s1600-h/optimus-tactus-keyboard_468.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0wZBueYt6f31TmkzRxkMgt_aTDRdureexu2LavENzZLIoO7lsPciryNGfxn_xIK0voVXK0_bfoF5gjqWo8-vtcKc_9n1KOK29u9hIdLSG2LuJINTzhhRP9jbxCWIQm9VG1llte3Jgv8n/s400/optimus-tactus-keyboard_468.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436959598833635474" border="0" /></a></div><br />Imagine your keyboard – without keys. That's what <a href="http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/">Optimus Tactus Keyboard</a> is all about. It's a touchscreen flat surface “touchboard” (I can no longer use “keyboard” because now it has none). That allows you to program each individual keys on wherever you like it. The cool thing about this keyboard is after pressing here and there, just wipe up those sweat and smudges and you can turn it to a video screen.<br /><br /><h3>4.Nikon S1000PJ</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlK0Rl345xP1FyFb7Xh2a-U25CJHzmWGsh2RPA3NeK-tibbSfUMRPTCIZCV1C9pLQFQg9npob7IxKY6aSginT0hyut6-NVWSJliKQcRShVjiHQnye8GOhFU68i4fNEWY6nn9usAl_TLa35/s1600-h/Nikon+S1000PJ+Image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlK0Rl345xP1FyFb7Xh2a-U25CJHzmWGsh2RPA3NeK-tibbSfUMRPTCIZCV1C9pLQFQg9npob7IxKY6aSginT0hyut6-NVWSJliKQcRShVjiHQnye8GOhFU68i4fNEWY6nn9usAl_TLa35/s400/Nikon+S1000PJ+Image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436960337568836194" border="0" /></a></div><br />A not so typical compact digital camera that you can bring during a presentation. This 12.1 megapixel camera has a built-in projector. Point and shoot and just press a little button and it will show you your favorite pics and your latest shoots on any flat surface that's up to 40 inches in size. You can also add some music aside from numerous transitions you could do to make your presentation aplomb. (<a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Digital-Camera/26186/COOLPIX-S1000pj.html">Nikon S1000pj</a>)<br /><br /><h3>5.Apple Tablet</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexHXCodLufqFlrTRSaT7pWj-u2Iuy6SeX3bL1KcF4VnzHQ8M9eMOxKT1j2U5qrFj1p_SNEWD3VA-w-_v9jx-I_bnEFJhaS-gfj_cm_UqdQ889ljZHGqqfj4phF-jfAroMHvWCXmVJnLWm/s1600-h/iPad-Apple-Tablet_20100127.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexHXCodLufqFlrTRSaT7pWj-u2Iuy6SeX3bL1KcF4VnzHQ8M9eMOxKT1j2U5qrFj1p_SNEWD3VA-w-_v9jx-I_bnEFJhaS-gfj_cm_UqdQ889ljZHGqqfj4phF-jfAroMHvWCXmVJnLWm/s400/iPad-Apple-Tablet_20100127.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436960976494541586" border="0" /></a></div><br />No official news about its release yet but <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/">Apple Tablet (iPad)</a> is now getting a lot of attention online. This sleek and thin device is again a multi-touch screen that would enable a user to get online, browse websites, send emails, flick photos and pretty much everything you do online.. (for Apple it means to point and touch). Although there have been a lot of rumors about how this product would fare, there has been a growing <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/tag/ipad-criticism/">criticism about iPad</a> saying it's an iPhone, only it is oversized.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-36211902806737324362009-07-10T03:54:00.000-07:002009-07-10T04:09:09.401-07:00Urine As Source of Energy?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zHamH3DH-hK7yom6pNR3NU8YJ28AMetTaG_ikO03FqyRYYWgxz3UpRScONgs6cOjfXJ9nnJ5GFT3Bl6Gn_hu-JVhX37Ea1sqkWN-erRomPd5Fz282-W8a2_zHx9pXWJHhPef0mGWutRj/s1600-h/urine_as_source_of_energy_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zHamH3DH-hK7yom6pNR3NU8YJ28AMetTaG_ikO03FqyRYYWgxz3UpRScONgs6cOjfXJ9nnJ5GFT3Bl6Gn_hu-JVhX37Ea1sqkWN-erRomPd5Fz282-W8a2_zHx9pXWJHhPef0mGWutRj/s200/urine_as_source_of_energy_image.jpg" title="Urine as Source of Energy" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356785708852557842" border="0" /></a>You’ll never look at pee the same way again. According to a study and technology developed by researchers and scientists in Ohio University, in six months time, <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/07/08/urine-power.html">urine can now be used to fuel cars, electric devices and can also be a source of electricity for homes</a>.<br /><br />Researchers and scientists discovered that finally, it can be made possible to get cars, and electric devices working up with the use of hydrogen, and started “<a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/06/hydrogen-electrolyzer.html">greening the ride</a>” by creating prototype hydrogen fuel bus, a transportation vehicle to operate using only water.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfekqrso8cfMdtzumdbFjq_mEwVTJAMVQz6_b0GFVpjRnnqA_IXj_WLRcx0Ke7cHTe09H72BLtPRppfBMQ_PnCPhH6Fe4rSOC8Qw5gXjmaambwqIujLZOF49suMSDi8Osb22XQWEETH0F/s1600-h/hydrogen_fueled_bus_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfekqrso8cfMdtzumdbFjq_mEwVTJAMVQz6_b0GFVpjRnnqA_IXj_WLRcx0Ke7cHTe09H72BLtPRppfBMQ_PnCPhH6Fe4rSOC8Qw5gXjmaambwqIujLZOF49suMSDi8Osb22XQWEETH0F/s400/hydrogen_fueled_bus_image.jpg" title="Hydrogen Fueled Bus" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356786663236712258" border="0" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-economy/hydrogen-economy.htm">Hydrogen</a> is one of the most common element found on Earth, but one that is hard to store, transport and expend, however, scientists have developed a machine that will enable to mix oxygen and hydrogen (water) and then use the device they called the “electrolyzer” to release hydrogen to power up cars and electric devices.<br /><br />Hydrogen is everywhere around us but there should be a way to collect this element, put it in one container and make use of its energy. And scientists are working to develop a way to store hydrogen in a commercial way.<br /><br />However, the study and development did not stop there.<br /><br />They found out that the liquid waste, urine, which is chemically composed of water and sodium chloride or salt, contains a good amount of hydrogen, the source of green energy.<br /><br />Hydrogen found in urine is bonded with nitrogen, and scientists found out that bonding hydrogen with nitrogen makes it easier to store and transport hydrogen and releasing this chemical element from the bond also requires less amount of electricity, compared when hydrogen is bonded with oxygen (water).<br /><br />Scientists further indicated that using the urine of a single cow can provide enough energy supply to provide hot water for 19 houses. This is what we call “pee power.”<br /><br />Scientists carry on however, that consumers shouldn’t save their pee just yet.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmKBx1xrCmGOM08puYkHI97ofvqqfdWePaCGQVio5vTTousQyDbsmmIB6LexsPvY0ogPQYfzrMQ3q1FB2zzlU8SemobfeweaviBVV27KVaxKBzI22Y2gac8-OAwlwUxup07_NYc0x2n7Q/s1600-h/cow_urine_to_use_as_energy_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmKBx1xrCmGOM08puYkHI97ofvqqfdWePaCGQVio5vTTousQyDbsmmIB6LexsPvY0ogPQYfzrMQ3q1FB2zzlU8SemobfeweaviBVV27KVaxKBzI22Y2gac8-OAwlwUxup07_NYc0x2n7Q/s400/cow_urine_to_use_as_energy_image.jpg" title="Cow Urine to Use as Source of Energy" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356784648681903714" border="0" /></a><br />Scientists’ prototype device that would enable to store and convert pee to energy is still in the labs yet. And they are targeting farms, using animal urines, to develop a livestock farms powered by their own waste.<br /><br />Pee as source of energy? Hmm, about the smell? I sure won’t complain.<br /><br />This idea starts to make me think that God made no waste material at all in this world.<br /><br />Everything can be used up again and again. We just have to use our abilities how.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-83572172657858369482009-07-07T01:00:00.000-07:002009-07-07T01:18:45.653-07:00Day Planner Clock? - Talk About PressureHaving a hard time scheduling your activities for the day? Then get this <span style="font-weight: bold;">day planner clock</span>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxAHZWs-WdqBE9kEPj0cobIVxRl6OIoXe4W8QkQEIpRTN1iRpdQjMFvkprBEJkObAxtFdmqT46j1o2EFTl41uhx9o-YFROcNt5mj9fMZ4R6tfBbbSUocg_URcyw5kUxkvN_RMVnPS1-fV/s1600-h/day_planner_clock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxAHZWs-WdqBE9kEPj0cobIVxRl6OIoXe4W8QkQEIpRTN1iRpdQjMFvkprBEJkObAxtFdmqT46j1o2EFTl41uhx9o-YFROcNt5mj9fMZ4R6tfBbbSUocg_URcyw5kUxkvN_RMVnPS1-fV/s400/day_planner_clock.jpg" alt="Day Planner Clock" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355625961358605330" border="0" /></a><br />If you're a very visual kind of person, you'll never look at clocks the same way again with this clock aka planner. This "<a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/da">Trace of Time</a>" clock has the hour hand smartly incorporated with a whiteboard eraser. And you can pretty well write your activities for the day on the clock surface. Neat? Huh?<br /><br />Just make sure that you write all you activities pretty small to fit the tiny space of each hours. Funny. This clock literally shows you that once the time passed, well it's totally erased!Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-47414182778380157242009-05-19T17:06:00.001-07:002009-05-19T17:20:36.143-07:00Interesting Environmentalist VideoA <a href="http://www.bemyplanet.com/">friend of mine</a> created this very interesting video.<br /><br />Watch this and ask yourself. "What am I doing?"<br /><br /><center><object height="349" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AEmjP7Dm9c8&rel=0&border=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AEmjP7Dm9c8&rel=0&border=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="349" width="425"></embed></object></center><br /><br />We're not that big to do immense changes to our planet, but what we can do, small things or even close to being small things to help save the environment. And if all of us contribute our pocket sized concern, it will definitely bring about a huge difference.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-56034303332744628692009-05-03T01:24:00.000-07:002009-05-03T01:34:27.852-07:00Swine Flu Pandemic - A Hoax?Recent reports say swine flu pandemic may not be a real pandemic at all.<br /><br />For the past few weeks we have been alarmed and perplexed by news alerts about a threat of pandemic on its way to our doorstep . We have been bombarded in the last few weeks with 24 hour news coverage about the swine flu virus and the risk of influenza A Virus pandemic on its way.<br /><br />As I’m writing this, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/health/30flu.html?_r=2&th&emc=th">WHO (World Health Organization) has raised the Swine Flu Pandemic alert level to 5</a> out of its 6-Level threat scale. By doing this, WHO has just set PANIC to our hearts and minds.<br /><br />However, looking back to previous outbreaks or pandemic occurrences in the past, (this is not first time there had been a “swine flu pandemic”) we can be better informed about this swine flu pandemic that is emerging.<br /><br />Being alarmed about this, I have searched the internet to get more updates. But instead I come across from the mail, a very informative article which has shed light in my panic-stricken mind.<br /><br />Read the article here: Critical Alert: <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/29/Swine-Flu.aspx">The Swine Flu Pandemic - Fact or Fiction</a>?<br /><br />Here’s another eye-opening video. Most scientific researchers think that this video poses an answer to what may be the cause of the swine flu outbreak.<br /><br /><center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMOAaciER6o&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMOAaciER6o&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></center>Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-84029064516654828292009-04-26T16:19:00.000-07:002009-04-26T16:41:04.392-07:00A Tribute for Samuel Morse: Morse Doodle for GoogleA cute Google Doodle for Samuel Morse.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLD-76k7aCQAwr8ljJzScNiLFH8yZWZ3parbYmE5h3KEzIIDJz6J_H-nxZwWf2nHSKvSQpZCfSMPnqzw3cLRSXMJ-dy_KiKpBLrZhcWYXNAnEjwlXm7UWHKv9yXJ7e1mMQSS1VEpP8atn/s1600-h/morse_google_doodle.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLD-76k7aCQAwr8ljJzScNiLFH8yZWZ3parbYmE5h3KEzIIDJz6J_H-nxZwWf2nHSKvSQpZCfSMPnqzw3cLRSXMJ-dy_KiKpBLrZhcWYXNAnEjwlXm7UWHKv9yXJ7e1mMQSS1VEpP8atn/s400/morse_google_doodle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329148559037133522" border="0" /></a><br />Cute isn't it?<br /><br />I really enjoy the creative designs and makes me remember holidays simply by opening my homepage. =)<br /><br />Check out for more <a href="http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html">Google Doodles</a>.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-62083936520333922032009-04-20T17:44:00.000-07:002009-04-20T18:13:01.314-07:00Objectum Sexuals and Mecaphiles – True Love for Inanimate Objects?<h2>Woman Marries Eiffel and More</h2>A woman declares her intense feelings to a tall, dark and erect… object. The Eiffel Tower.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6ryJTG0P8m5DTpC8gTbaNEgdzkEf1U0eGKRfs-Mhe04Ea0-u92Lr_G4ZiJHMio7j1sKE_-ktfA2c-9JNcaEkfIVh5rXBz9aQ7EVsOVGh3LQm6N6NOOE3cTkSlIYnYAEl1A2OdJq6Si56/s1600-h/woman_marries_eiffel_tower.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6ryJTG0P8m5DTpC8gTbaNEgdzkEf1U0eGKRfs-Mhe04Ea0-u92Lr_G4ZiJHMio7j1sKE_-ktfA2c-9JNcaEkfIVh5rXBz9aQ7EVsOVGh3LQm6N6NOOE3cTkSlIYnYAEl1A2OdJq6Si56/s400/woman_marries_eiffel_tower.jpg" title="Woman Marries Eiffel Tower" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326943773345296898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photosource: Independent.co.uk</span><br /></div><br />Ex-US Army pilot Erika, now known as Erika La Tour Eiffel (she married the thingie 2 years ago), formally tied the knot with the famous 1,000 ft iron tower located on Champ de Mars near the Seine River in Paris.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkPKB-2JxA8ouaRvpYBPkDJuAU4IcFOiHUGQSf5WpjQ0XGSFzEMjE1n-LELHOC2VT34sgbIInIsNU_e7NdzURbjOV1jamOa4YXCx3UlyPo1T27LsZ0XEYkLoyLnQ2zeGJA9kY2Dy3F0_a/s1600-h/erika_la_tour_eiffel_kisses_eiffel_tower.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkPKB-2JxA8ouaRvpYBPkDJuAU4IcFOiHUGQSf5WpjQ0XGSFzEMjE1n-LELHOC2VT34sgbIInIsNU_e7NdzURbjOV1jamOa4YXCx3UlyPo1T27LsZ0XEYkLoyLnQ2zeGJA9kY2Dy3F0_a/s400/erika_la_tour_eiffel_kisses_eiffel_tower.jpg" title="Mrs. Eiffel Gives Husband and Kiss" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326944526697371330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>We are all astounded by the tower’s magnificent beauty but for her, it was true love at first sight. Erika is one of the few people who call themselves “Objectum Sexuals,” or those who feel emotional desire for particular inanimate things, their intense feelings towards objects varying from a regular home furniture, electrical appliances, to a towering edifice like the Eiffel or Berlin Wall. (Objectum Sexuality or Objektsexualität in German was first coined by a woman named <a href="http://www.berlinermauer.se/">Eija-Riitta Eklöf Berliner-Mauer who married Berlin Wall</a> 29 years ago.) It was a smooth relationship so far. They never had a fight whatsoever.<br /><br />According to Mrs. Eiffel, her desire for objects didn’t happen overnight. As a former world champion in archery, she confesses that she had an ex-love, and that was her bow she calls Lance. They broke up years ago and she’s now having a hard time shooting arrows because she and Lance never had a formal break up. It was complicated.<br /><br />To date, there are at least 40 self-confessed Objectum Sexuals and most of them are women. Others think they are crazy but they think they are just following their heart. More than half of these Objectum Sexuals are Europeans and most of them suffer from Asperger Syndrome which is a condition when a person has a difficulty interacting with others and has limited empathy with his or her peers.<br /><br />According to an <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/living/i-married-the-eiffel-tower-832519.html">interview</a> with psychotherapist from New York named Jerry Brooker: “"<span style="font-style: italic;">It is not that an Asperger person does not long for human relationships; they do, desperately. But someone who falls in love with objects can control that relationship on their own terms. Their objects will not let them down. That is extremely attractive for a person who is otherwise often desperately lonely.</span>"<br /><br />For Erika, Mrs. Berlin Wall and other Objectum Sexuals, they want more control in their relationships and loving and inanimate object is just the perfect commitment. They won’t be rejected and they will be loved no matter what.<br /><br /><h2>Mecaphiles - Strange Love</h2><br />Moving on, have you guys heard of Mecaphiles? Hmm, I guess you’ve already heard about guys falling in love and making L-O-V-E with their cars right? Not yet? Mechapile is a new coined word (it doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page yet.)<br /><br />You may find it interesting to watch a documentary about this strange love for CARS on YouTube. Two guys confess intense eherm, sexual feelings of desire to their sleek and sexy… car. Nasty enough, you can opt not to watch the videos, some say it’s just for fun, but see for yourself… if you like. =)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Car is My Lover Part 1</span><br /><br /><center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HvuY1nO27Go&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HvuY1nO27Go&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Car is My Lover Part 2</span><br /><br /><center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JTiVO8kbEvc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JTiVO8kbEvc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRnWJ7GiS08&feature=channel_page">My Car is My Lover Part 3</a></span><br /><br />(Embedding disabled.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Car is My Lover Part 4</span><br /><br /><center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fMjsMaOf82U&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fMjsMaOf82U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Car is My Lover Part 5</span><br /><br /><center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5kJ4UlOmXRg&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5kJ4UlOmXRg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Car is My Lover Part 6</span><br /><br /><center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Oy60aUaDfOU&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Oy60aUaDfOU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><br />We may find the idea unsettling, but for these groups of people, who knows, maybe it’s just a reaction for this world where people starts to lose their human touch thus more people are less motivated to trust others. (I guess this is better than <a href="http://womanoftheearth.blogspot.com/2009/03/josef-fritzl-is-monster.html">locking up your daughter inside your cellar for 24 years</a>… or <a href="http://womanoftheearth.blogspot.com/2009/04/15-most-unbelievable-x-ray-images.html">thrusting sharp knives to other people’s head</a> or <a href="http://womanoftheearth.blogspot.com/2008/05/shocking-news-fetus-soup-being-served.html">eating a fetus</a>. Urgh.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-13864259487951483312009-04-13T07:14:00.000-07:002009-04-13T08:42:02.630-07:0015 Most Unbelievable X-ray ImagesAfter my post about <a href="http://womanoftheearth.blogspot.com/2008/05/odd-stuff-interesting-x-ray-pictures.html">interesting x-ray images</a>, here's the latest collection of 15 most unbelievable x-ray images.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Lance Armstrong “screwed”</span><br />This is an x-ray image of Tour de-France champion Lance Armstrong’s collarbone. His bones were severely dislocated orthopedic surgeons had to “screw” him with 12-inch long screws. (March 009)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Y_S4LYBVaiQdApWZnA5K_J3ggQ-5klsRJg86t1Pp-zqq1MstPTVOMly8IY35Ii9-i_WCuX05u8ifBd-CPpUxknbtKVRWC_wf9PW9T-yGy6f0IS64zfqpAJiBsFR64eSO30czqEIw__z2/s1600-h/lance_armstrong_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 389px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Y_S4LYBVaiQdApWZnA5K_J3ggQ-5klsRJg86t1Pp-zqq1MstPTVOMly8IY35Ii9-i_WCuX05u8ifBd-CPpUxknbtKVRWC_wf9PW9T-yGy6f0IS64zfqpAJiBsFR64eSO30czqEIw__z2/s400/lance_armstrong_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Lance Armstrong Unbelievable X-ray Image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324187498612923250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Pierced by a fishing spear</span><br />Emerson de Oliveira Abreu encountered a very dreadful experience while diving off the coast of Rio de Janeiro when his brain was strucked with a 6-inch spear. Reports say, he himself owns the spear that pierced him, fired it towards the coral but bounced back striking his skul so deep. He was under the knife for 5 hours before he was surprisingly declared out of danger. Whew. (March 29, 2009).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlTrItVuEuV0d_cCwLh1i9h7mn-O1rBWlQTR9SwgcJYUsokRX76n2fM5P_QYaLJxpHyH24x8p1Hq1I7y9OBuKo5iaH-95etpiumt178a8YXinOuXY1KbgGccGRm9oHpTuA99IerQskIQk/s1600-h/emerson_de_oliveira_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlTrItVuEuV0d_cCwLh1i9h7mn-O1rBWlQTR9SwgcJYUsokRX76n2fM5P_QYaLJxpHyH24x8p1Hq1I7y9OBuKo5iaH-95etpiumt178a8YXinOuXY1KbgGccGRm9oHpTuA99IerQskIQk/s400/emerson_de_oliveira_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Emerson de Oliveira Pierced by a Fishing Spear X-ray Image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324188125811216402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Jabbed in the skull</span><br />Michael Hill of Jacksonville Florida was stabbed in the head with a 7-inch knife by an unknown person who appeared infront of his door last 2007. He currently holds the Guiness World Records Title: “Largest Object Removed From Human Skull.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJSAiC2-T14A4psCWcpNI8EVxRSKevisTprq15BQosAvtN6p7zRJdV7uBaQgxSeonAnYixPN_G2zZhGxtBbl_p0Nq6A3RVxdn684J06EuraRdis-gMHoetYOaieNFghVTSBdSn2KBEfmF/s1600-h/michael_hill_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 356px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJSAiC2-T14A4psCWcpNI8EVxRSKevisTprq15BQosAvtN6p7zRJdV7uBaQgxSeonAnYixPN_G2zZhGxtBbl_p0Nq6A3RVxdn684J06EuraRdis-gMHoetYOaieNFghVTSBdSn2KBEfmF/s400/michael_hill_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Michael Hill Skull X-ray Image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324188292844770018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Poor Chinese Girl</span><br />X-ray of Luo Cuifen, a 29 year old Chinese girl who was discovered to have 23 sewing needles inside her body. Cuifen was complaining about blood in her urine last 2007 and when doctors did an x-ray on her, found out sewing needles floating and scattered in her body, piercing her kidneys, liver, lungs and other vital organs. There has been a speculation that the needles were inserted when she was still a baby, because some of the needles had already broken off to pieces. She said that her grandparents must have been the ones responsible for this because they were expecting a boy when she was born. This however will never be confirmed because her grandparents are both deceased. OUCH!!! Her feelings must have been hurt knowing this…<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdS5YFhlk9iRlG2ld6IJ4GIPdpPRz4IVL7fcYNyLGkvmnu5yTU4yCgt_IJKswtKCzJyraWBswPp1UYBzsVzoUWGVA3BOH9zWLJjKBhQauVvhblGat9l7OBAQ_N1AklFCUeqFHZx1BlWUwN/s1600-h/luo_cuifen_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdS5YFhlk9iRlG2ld6IJ4GIPdpPRz4IVL7fcYNyLGkvmnu5yTU4yCgt_IJKswtKCzJyraWBswPp1UYBzsVzoUWGVA3BOH9zWLJjKBhQauVvhblGat9l7OBAQ_N1AklFCUeqFHZx1BlWUwN/s400/luo_cuifen_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Luo Cuifen Chinese Girl with 26 needles in her body x-ray image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324188435145637890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Afghan Boy Stabbed </span><br />X-ray of a 10-year old Afghan boy stabbed deeply in the head as he was trying to protect his father from a customer who had gone berserk. He was saved and operated by the Britain’s Reserve Territorial Army and had survived the chilling incident.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDP2L2RL4RrMnO7Lp1h6KeUnoeMRMlaQs3OzkJPW0a6PXJeXRCv61q4_mQpnzdT60cZqb5hTKUU28z9hfO-snk-BkzXB_dLCvCEUCvA_DhB71Hr-4_Ikrv0l5DKTz0dIy4PkNwUn5B8kKq/s1600-h/afghan_boy_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDP2L2RL4RrMnO7Lp1h6KeUnoeMRMlaQs3OzkJPW0a6PXJeXRCv61q4_mQpnzdT60cZqb5hTKUU28z9hfO-snk-BkzXB_dLCvCEUCvA_DhB71Hr-4_Ikrv0l5DKTz0dIy4PkNwUn5B8kKq/s400/afghan_boy_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Stabbed Afghan Boy Skull x-ray image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324188556427154994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Leg of chair inside the eye socket</span><br />Atrocious x-ray images of the skull of Shafique el-Fahkri, a 19-year old teenager from Melbourne, Australia. He was rushed to the hospital last Febuary 2007, after he was attacked by another 19-year old teenager in a bar brawl at nightclub in the city. He was strucked with a chair and one of its leg piercing through his head, just below his eyes straight to his neck. It was a metal chair.<br /><br />The metal was successfully removed from the teens head after a three-hour complex operation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenexBKg7Aly7Nv6ijClniwFac6JyWsvZlxkGXZ1NqBW98-GY3pJvVKCwZk68bbW1LVhvKcj3_55t9yba9efEYfw_SV1bPJvZZoFsxyqcqdippAbTByEdRFjpRsT2obs_Iu-452E6g0KLC/s1600-h/shafique_el_fahkri_x-ray_image2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenexBKg7Aly7Nv6ijClniwFac6JyWsvZlxkGXZ1NqBW98-GY3pJvVKCwZk68bbW1LVhvKcj3_55t9yba9efEYfw_SV1bPJvZZoFsxyqcqdippAbTByEdRFjpRsT2obs_Iu-452E6g0KLC/s400/shafique_el_fahkri_x-ray_image2.jpg" title="Shafique el Fahkri Pierced by a metal chair x-ray image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324188672873507586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Nail Gun Accident</span><br />X-ray of Patrick Lawler, 23 showing a four-inch nail embedded into his head, taken last January 2005. The accident happened 6 days earlier when Lawler had a construction accident where a nailgun backfired and one nail pierced through his mouth. He didn’t notice the nail in his mouth only until he felt an extremely painful toothache accompanied with a blurry vision.<br /><br />After a visit to the dentist only did he realize what he was keeping inside his head. It was removed after a 4-hour operation leaving him with less than $100,000 hospital bills. Oh no, he had no medical insurance.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZF-bLrv1Hk2gKSdh634uzrY_jiYZ-UmZxiAsgUns6eZt1iD_e1GOCnMpEff5J2cFa6WvTJirlkvD6vCrnuws4jkEL_BPClaeMGccvMBCT0MQheScLcMe3mmTlMa_F5NOIvsGr7rXvAGr/s1600-h/Patrick_Lawler_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZF-bLrv1Hk2gKSdh634uzrY_jiYZ-UmZxiAsgUns6eZt1iD_e1GOCnMpEff5J2cFa6WvTJirlkvD6vCrnuws4jkEL_BPClaeMGccvMBCT0MQheScLcMe3mmTlMa_F5NOIvsGr7rXvAGr/s400/Patrick_Lawler_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Patrick Lawler Nail in the Head X-ray Skull Image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324189912334396930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ph3qt5BaeMdGTcSsU0OKH2rwug5HUlDgyYFh7uj1hzK48MT9dsePyVCeG5VhymFBEbRvz8vRcub81pXFGGLDch0ZF4PgjhsvlWzBI9J3JonyQcKVPx0OMeeEl6rWNvZ5dCxs3KtmmFwG/s1600-h/patrick_lawler_nail_accident.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ph3qt5BaeMdGTcSsU0OKH2rwug5HUlDgyYFh7uj1hzK48MT9dsePyVCeG5VhymFBEbRvz8vRcub81pXFGGLDch0ZF4PgjhsvlWzBI9J3JonyQcKVPx0OMeeEl6rWNvZ5dCxs3KtmmFwG/s400/patrick_lawler_nail_accident.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324189726471717250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Toddler with Car keys lodged in his brain</span><br />Horrifying x-ray image of Nicholas Holderman when he was 20 months old. He was accidently stabbed with keys in his eye while playing in the living room with his elder brothers. Doctors removed the keys from his eyes, without any damages to the brain. Amazing. Amazing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhX9Egkuki-sM0dDoxZGit3YVbuJJPDFqJXt3rEJwZbxLcv1BYIVNVayKp_tc1HhoPTDLo7D4lLs3kyBY5pHbZPNmRiMMdntBw7NO2AvefLR09Ss13n0zFYB1U9FUpHgCtWuxztqWwk7xO/s1600-h/Nicholas_Holderman_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 363px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhX9Egkuki-sM0dDoxZGit3YVbuJJPDFqJXt3rEJwZbxLcv1BYIVNVayKp_tc1HhoPTDLo7D4lLs3kyBY5pHbZPNmRiMMdntBw7NO2AvefLR09Ss13n0zFYB1U9FUpHgCtWuxztqWwk7xO/s400/Nicholas_Holderman_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Toddler Nicholas Holderman stabbed in the eye with car keys x-ray image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324189408932423650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR6V89ZdrHXAXC6YZM6G1aS6u3Zn0nRGcvJBC-B-1ycQt8lc5ztep05eRuakaWDWyd1oNM2yphiAHKjL90bwiY0ZANSWctCU7yfy_GN2EsiXFQ36cvntRHM7fDS12gS8MnLqz3u6V1Xe1/s1600-h/Nicholas_holderman_picture.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 355px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR6V89ZdrHXAXC6YZM6G1aS6u3Zn0nRGcvJBC-B-1ycQt8lc5ztep05eRuakaWDWyd1oNM2yphiAHKjL90bwiY0ZANSWctCU7yfy_GN2EsiXFQ36cvntRHM7fDS12gS8MnLqz3u6V1Xe1/s400/Nicholas_holderman_picture.jpg" title="Nicholas Holderman after surviving the accident" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324189264897326162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. Terrible nail gun accident</span><br />Construction worker, Isidro Mejia, fell from a roof, unfortunately falling on top another co-worker using a nail gun. 6 nails drove into Mejia’s head, penetrating his brain and the base of his skull. He survived the operation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidlT8x_I-NhdDGmiEQbpoGMgZOkFurK2Ow_7SkwsP7SxP5jKqgonRdgDvxmS_YnoHSUe0o04DhZNkiLzxf2MjWlheY4tuy1k8f2LoLUCWYDpBG-XXgnLtoITQSgA4UidBQ7V5BOMJjvIu/s1600-h/Isidro_Mejia_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidlT8x_I-NhdDGmiEQbpoGMgZOkFurK2Ow_7SkwsP7SxP5jKqgonRdgDvxmS_YnoHSUe0o04DhZNkiLzxf2MjWlheY4tuy1k8f2LoLUCWYDpBG-XXgnLtoITQSgA4UidBQ7V5BOMJjvIu/s400/Isidro_Mejia_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Isidro Mejia Terrible Nail Gun Accident x-ray image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324190870153362802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYl7vkBynCasLE16LRAWTF3bIiy5OgfI9vBwicCsyVBhozQFD5Tci33q7r141lMwHlos378caeJW-pd5FH3Yy5cQ-XPV744qP2wWr5HffjfznaX-Tf3F8qxtQCvASOd7tx_MkO4j-6h-X/s1600-h/isidro_mejia_picture.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYl7vkBynCasLE16LRAWTF3bIiy5OgfI9vBwicCsyVBhozQFD5Tci33q7r141lMwHlos378caeJW-pd5FH3Yy5cQ-XPV744qP2wWr5HffjfznaX-Tf3F8qxtQCvASOd7tx_MkO4j-6h-X/s400/isidro_mejia_picture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324191564249333778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10. Steel Balls swallowed</span><br />8 year old girl from Indiana was rushed to the hospital after she accidentally swallowed steel balls and magnet from her toy set. She had immediate surgery, survived the operation after being hospitalized for 2 weeks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1asHFjKZf7qTCNpvRM8IHLodmui5bjUGufgC7yxvoJKsdW-drixA3pOmYmvFGTYVt_d5pXCcAMaL28a9EEoU1Y-Mfe2LnwXBwALdIzL3tbyzVhmS7VGn1fr7bXm9PgSWYPg-UPQzzAohH/s1600-h/girl_from_indiana_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1asHFjKZf7qTCNpvRM8IHLodmui5bjUGufgC7yxvoJKsdW-drixA3pOmYmvFGTYVt_d5pXCcAMaL28a9EEoU1Y-Mfe2LnwXBwALdIzL3tbyzVhmS7VGn1fr7bXm9PgSWYPg-UPQzzAohH/s400/girl_from_indiana_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Girl from indiana who swallowed steel balls x-ray image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324191364326866098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11. Dog swallows a knife</span><br />A Saint Bernard swallowed a 13-inch knife last 2005. He was fine after the operation and the incident only left him with an 8-inch scar.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexAfDC43Tc2vAUJm4Po9BPrwmscJxn-eh2Duz0w9gfNlEhk-OrLd9lbsePCYJjmW632TYHCF_HKx1lkeedpAuHZZhrmZrDSiICHyNKfxasVdT7J17-_QufoEpIMC1-h7MKZvO8FVPy6mB/s1600-h/saint_bernard_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexAfDC43Tc2vAUJm4Po9BPrwmscJxn-eh2Duz0w9gfNlEhk-OrLd9lbsePCYJjmW632TYHCF_HKx1lkeedpAuHZZhrmZrDSiICHyNKfxasVdT7J17-_QufoEpIMC1-h7MKZvO8FVPy6mB/s400/saint_bernard_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Saint Bernard dog swallowed knife x-ray image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324191770987374002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12. Comb stabbed in the skull</span><br />X-ray of Louis Pepe, when he was stabbed by comb in the skull last 2000. He lost his left eye and affected his right eye as well. The comb caused him much damage paralyzing his right arm and leg and his ability to speak. The attacker was sentenced 23 years imprisonment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Y-e8rlvn9VlwFZ3F01U8IoyKtl2pDVmuuyPnmlDvZPCizrEEZcSqQ_OIdd3CpaBU6mx9sucRQjAY8r7-oZFXOWj3fdAXa4w8HCy1zUscbQYdig-N8ggd8ps51r4kGPYPseyVZg_XuvIe/s1600-h/Louis_Pepe_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Y-e8rlvn9VlwFZ3F01U8IoyKtl2pDVmuuyPnmlDvZPCizrEEZcSqQ_OIdd3CpaBU6mx9sucRQjAY8r7-oZFXOWj3fdAXa4w8HCy1zUscbQYdig-N8ggd8ps51r4kGPYPseyVZg_XuvIe/s400/Louis_Pepe_x-ray_image.jpg" title="shocking x-ray image of a man stabbed using a comb" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324192593068182818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13. Risk of having a surgery</span><br />A pair of 6-inch surgical scissors was left inside a woman’s abdomen after her operation. Pat Skinner, had an operation last 2004 to remove her colon at a hospital in Sydney, Australia. 18 months after the operation, she suffered excruciating pain in her abdomen. When she had an x-ray, they found a 6.7-inch surgical scissors. Traumatic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0d1JVk0ULW5QGPyAV8g7xhUS9E6eiq9kOE8VncWjYTFuvK_3VEAiQH1TKzoUrXsrctrb4QSfUrEsq1RNth2-tFQ74VRVgSEHQ9AXxjUIawQsaoaPWM4KK1-hzUcBplKSSF1ar1z2yZAd8/s1600-h/pat_skinner_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 363px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0d1JVk0ULW5QGPyAV8g7xhUS9E6eiq9kOE8VncWjYTFuvK_3VEAiQH1TKzoUrXsrctrb4QSfUrEsq1RNth2-tFQ74VRVgSEHQ9AXxjUIawQsaoaPWM4KK1-hzUcBplKSSF1ar1z2yZAd8/s400/pat_skinner_x-ray_image.jpg" title="unbelievable x-ray of Pat Skinner after finding a pair scissors inside her abdomen" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324192799289488386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14. Another knife misuse</span><br />A 16-year old boy was stabbed in the head by a knife last 2007. An unusual supermarket incident.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjn_tN20jYSq0Hqay8jX5ae9Vi_56mo5GUHPu68zDx34C5US3AFfwjQOALp5wa0H7WyxJXkL9nBPIaCK7rslwZy61QhHhCwmsqQsGjsrLbDii7HDrrq3K4mxi6Lj_82ml7UMTQQWgt8NP/s1600-h/16_year_old_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjn_tN20jYSq0Hqay8jX5ae9Vi_56mo5GUHPu68zDx34C5US3AFfwjQOALp5wa0H7WyxJXkL9nBPIaCK7rslwZy61QhHhCwmsqQsGjsrLbDii7HDrrq3K4mxi6Lj_82ml7UMTQQWgt8NP/s400/16_year_old_x-ray_image.jpg" title="Horrifying x-ray of a boy stabbed in a supermarket" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324193288315837042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15. Korean man with a nail in the skull</span><br />A South Korean complained about a very bad headache and doctors discovered a rusty nail resting inside his head. Doctors say that the nail was embedded inside his skull four years earlier. That’s a looong, agonizing headache.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0BlBbcthcUtuTqFxJHOVj-LPBasysZr0y-k_iB7MnhFRwruuwqtPxcT4wQx4xt1iH5QhFPirIvdqZ2Yz4FbJ-7Eos-X-Q_8vryNmVzUUWfCwHtFiKBj7AmBAYZUV5Owtn-ACzmjVL11m/s1600-h/korean_man_x-ray_image.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0BlBbcthcUtuTqFxJHOVj-LPBasysZr0y-k_iB7MnhFRwruuwqtPxcT4wQx4xt1iH5QhFPirIvdqZ2Yz4FbJ-7Eos-X-Q_8vryNmVzUUWfCwHtFiKBj7AmBAYZUV5Owtn-ACzmjVL11m/s400/korean_man_x-ray_image.jpg" border="0" title="Korean man x-ray image of nail inside his head"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324201502926787234" /></a>Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-54805544651657378802009-03-17T20:12:00.000-07:002009-03-17T20:22:43.893-07:00Josef Fritzl is a MonsterI’m glad I let that off my chest. After my <a href="http://womanoftheearth.blogspot.com/2008/04/unbelievable-story-austrian-father.html">first post</a> about Josef Fritzl incest and sex-slavery to his very own daughter Elizabeth Fritzl, downright anger and grief surfaced on my mind, thinking that there is actually a monstrous man capable of doing this form of evil act and to his own flesh and blood for that matter.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4aExFwOTww4VtWpNp0MtHphvM5vRV1Wn1cqvVJdAG5XsLHGqyjeXx-lAw1kbx6DegARx7PzR2j38iQDWpvosGS8EfvOjOxoP5bDNE5n4ILRsbozpnWq32KUTHn8lMl0BB7UQdnIqox7D/s1600-h/Josef_Fritzl_face_covered_with_blue_binder.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4aExFwOTww4VtWpNp0MtHphvM5vRV1Wn1cqvVJdAG5XsLHGqyjeXx-lAw1kbx6DegARx7PzR2j38iQDWpvosGS8EfvOjOxoP5bDNE5n4ILRsbozpnWq32KUTHn8lMl0BB7UQdnIqox7D/s400/Josef_Fritzl_face_covered_with_blue_binder.JPG" title="Josef Fritzl covering his face with blue binder" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314362382828690194" border="0" /></a><br />News shows photos of him covering his face with a blue binder to save some dignity if there’s something left, but no cover or any form of concealment would make me forget his face. Who would forget about this man’s despicable eyes, agelong roguish eyebrows, twitched moustache and a displeasing face oozing with evilness and immorality?<br /><br />He truly is a monster. He doesn’t deserve the air he breaths and he doesn’t even deserve the body he was given. He’s too old to suffer the consequences and though criminal law enforcers and the Austrian court would make him pay for all his malevolence, they would not be able to turn back the years spent and wasted by Elizabeth Fritzl and her children in the cold and dark cellar they were in for 2 decades.<br /><br />Elizabeth describes her life in 24 years in a few words. Lights out. Rape. Lights on. Mouldy walls. Lights out. Rape in front of children. Lights on. Mouldy Walls. Birth. Lights Out. Rape.<br /><br />According to Elizabeth’s 11 hour video testimony that was not released in public, she was already being sexually assaulted by his father at age 11. And when she was 18, Josef Fritzl lured Elizabeth to the underground prison by pretending to need Elizabeth’s help in fixing the cellar door. He forced her inside, handcuffed her and the rest is 24 years of undeserved, unjust and utterly unforgivable slavery to his own daughter.<br /><br />Elizabeth and her children are kept away in a safe place and were given new identities to help them start over and have a new life. They will be masked, given their new names, a new life, but what happened in the past will never be erased and all we could hope is for the unfortunate Elizabeth and her kids to move on, get all the support they could get, enjoy the sun and pray that this would never happen again.<br /><br />Read news <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/17/austria.incest.trial.fritzl/index.html?eref=edition">here</a>, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/17/josef-fritzl-austria-trial">here</a> and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/17/josef-fritzl-austria">here</a>.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-19301483044763245902009-03-11T19:42:00.000-07:002010-02-11T04:51:28.314-08:00Older Dads Cause Lower Child’s IQ<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzozBQOZw5FozzD9IG4lysSgHo7O_DmK3UbIXs1ovW_Y2Xo681MiOUhk_lpf8JqxV_edsLkpURdM0BcBKRdBODWL8FeqCPyrfiUBULxiuwuFeQQUWGMoBp8LAQ3AowL75W2F3cP8FIScyt/s1600-h/Older+Dads+to+Father+Babies+May+Cause+Lower+Child+IQ.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzozBQOZw5FozzD9IG4lysSgHo7O_DmK3UbIXs1ovW_Y2Xo681MiOUhk_lpf8JqxV_edsLkpURdM0BcBKRdBODWL8FeqCPyrfiUBULxiuwuFeQQUWGMoBp8LAQ3AowL75W2F3cP8FIScyt/s400/Older+Dads+to+Father+Babies+May+Cause+Lower+Child+IQ.JPG" title="Older Dads May Cause Lower Child's IQ" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312130602409304466" border="0" /></a><br />After being surprised reading the news about the <a href="http://womanoftheearth.blogspot.com/2009/02/alfie-patten-britains-youngest-father.html">youngest father of Britain</a>, here’s a new scientific finding for those 40+ year old husbands who don’t feel like having a baby yet.<br /><br />New findings reveal that children who have older dads tend to have lower IQ performance than those children who have younger fathers.<br /><br />In a <a href="http://www.healthnews.com/family-health/child-health/a-childs-iq-may-be-affected-by-paternal-age-2772.html">research study</a> conducted to 33,000 children with ages ranging from 8 months, 4 years and 7 years old, those children who have fathers aged 50 and above, scored 6 points lower compared to children with fathers in their late 20s and early 30s. This is based on the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale. Though it has been assumed before that children with older parents tend to have higher or advanced skill set, the scientific study proved otherwise.<br /><br /><br />The study suggested that this may be because of the <a href="http://www.livescience.com/health/060605_corrupt_sperm.html">age-related genetic mutation of the sperm</a> wherein aside from the high risk possibility of fathering to children with dwarfism, men are also more likely to produce offspring with lower IQ if they have babies later in life.<br /><br />Aside from this discovery, the test also showed results that children with <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/story?id=7038992&page=1">older mothers</a> tend to have a higher IQ level if paired with younger dads. Hmm. The intelligence test results showed that children of older women scored higher compared to children with teenage moms.<br /><br />According to the study this is due to the fact that older mothers tend to be more mature and spends time more on their children, and therefore nurtures the child’s mental growth.<br /><br />However, for very old mothers still <a href="http://www.preggymomguide.com/Planning_Pregnancy.html">planning pregnancy</a>, you can put your plans on halt because they still suggest that the optimal age for fathers and mothers to have a baby is the same.<br /><br />Researchers from the University of Queensland, Australia stated that the ideal age to for having children is in the 20s and early 30s.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-32923774020687189122009-02-17T18:39:00.000-08:002009-02-17T19:40:27.281-08:00Alfie Patten: Britain’s Youngest FatherThe world was taken aback by this quite surprising news about a 13 year old boy coming out of the public saying he has fathered a child. Alfie Patten, 13 and his partner Chantelle, 15 showed their baby to the world last February 12, 2009 leaving viewers in awe. Seeing Alfie Patten who looks more like an eight year old kid, I was having a hard time seeing a father image in him.<br /><br />Chantelle gave birth to cute little girl, they named Maisie at a local hospital in Eastbourne. Patten was 12 when he was said to have fathered the baby.<br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpc2-b0ruZs7AOr0-IMWRvOm1AZ8Cwy3Bw6S-udX8R_sLqfmzN0OnzyAWqBvCSKKnAS-YImub5z269-1Fi9IXS81mlps9bFo9mYao6AOfMuPmkF0YiqNLMDf-aEOMRjL28vkgc7V5Ywyn/s1600-h/alfie+patten+chantelle+maisie+image.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpc2-b0ruZs7AOr0-IMWRvOm1AZ8Cwy3Bw6S-udX8R_sLqfmzN0OnzyAWqBvCSKKnAS-YImub5z269-1Fi9IXS81mlps9bFo9mYao6AOfMuPmkF0YiqNLMDf-aEOMRjL28vkgc7V5Ywyn/s400/alfie+patten+chantelle+maisie+image.JPG" title="Alfie Patten, Chantelle and Baby Maisie Picture" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303970517661387330" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Picture source: <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2238252.ece">TheSun.co.uk</a></span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >He was even interviewed, and I’ve copy pasted some excerpts on how he answered the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1145845/I-DNA-test-says-Alfie-teenagers-claim-father.html">interview</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-style: italic;">When asked if he loved Chantelle he said: ‘Dunno.<br /><br />Did you get her a Valentine's card? ‘No!’<br /><br />Did you know how babies were made before you had sex with Chantelle? ‘Course’.<br /><br />Do you like changing the baby's nappies? ‘It's OK but getting it back in the clothes is hard - the arms are the worst bit.’<br /><br />Are you looking forward to getting back to school soon? ‘No, school's dead boring.’<br /><br />What are your favourite subjects? ‘Dunno. Haven't got any. Not maths.’<br /><br />What would you like to do when you grow up? ‘Go in the Army, but Mum says she won't let me.’</span><br /><p><i style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" ><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >This may not be the first time that we heard of <a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980121/ai_n9650794">young fathers</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_birth_mothers">young birth mothers</a> but somehow we can’t help but picture what will come out of this situation after the media buzz is over. <o:p></o:p></span></p><br />News said that Alfie’s family <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1145643/Parents-13-year-old-father-Alfie-embroiled-tawdry-battle-make-packet-scandal.html">sold his story</a> for a five figure amount and even some his <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2238066.ece">relatives</a> said that his father is to be blamed about this surprising teenage oddity if I must say.<br /><br />Seeing some of Alfie’s pictures I was concerned and a little bit distraught. I can say I was deeply troubled on how such a kid got capable of doing this “grown up thing” and made a baby out of it. Should the media be blamed, or should sex education be taught to kids earlier?<br /><br />I just imagine this kid would now have to think about changing diapers or mixing baby’s formula than play outdoors and spend time with other kids his age. It’s sad to imagine that his childhood memory will be all about having a baby at such an early age with all the papers and reporters taking pictures of his clueless face and that tiny little baby in his arms.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,992482,00.html">Teenage sex</a> has gotten quite more uncontrollable nowadays and we keep on hearing news of younger teens being forced to parenthood and losing their innocence at a very young age. Somehow adults should take responsibility on how to control this matter.<br /><br />Read more about Baby faced daddy Alfie Patten, <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2233878.ece">here</a>, <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2233878.ece">here</a> and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/alfie-patten-chantelle-steadman">here</a>.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-74108770729272895722009-01-22T18:53:00.000-08:002009-01-22T19:10:05.331-08:00Men More Attracted to Women in Red<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEOmsZNmD4oQ8vgdAlsb2eD_eFQjw1LjPTbG0Id9Wwb-ZTbUKCkxcsKjK1q_OrCbUVgNd4fy3J1uqNzQzfugTuFO7HxTV2K9bk_PpWEa_1VXKZxCmLvt2SLzKmbKTUN4veq3DT4OHbZpb/s1600-h/red-dress.jpg" title="Men More Attracted to Women in Red"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEOmsZNmD4oQ8vgdAlsb2eD_eFQjw1LjPTbG0Id9Wwb-ZTbUKCkxcsKjK1q_OrCbUVgNd4fy3J1uqNzQzfugTuFO7HxTV2K9bk_PpWEa_1VXKZxCmLvt2SLzKmbKTUN4veq3DT4OHbZpb/s400/red-dress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294319172403925810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Red Alert: Men more attracted to women in red</span><br /><br />Forget the saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Lady in red gets more points. Wondering what dress to wear on a date? Here's a quick tip on what color to pick! A new psychological study conducted at the University of Rochester found out that men are more physically attracted to a woman if she wears red. The report from the <a href="http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/">Journal of Personality and Social Psychology</a> reports that the impact of color red to man's emotion are more positive and they tend to be more attracted and "smitten" to ladies in red.<br /><br />Previous study showed that <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4518114_yourself-more-available-men.html">wearing red lipstick</a> can prove to be a woman's secret weapon to attract men, but new studies show that wearing red dresses or clothing aside from your luscious red lips can add more attractive points to women.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.livescience.com/culture/080815-hn-color-red.html">WHY is red such a potent color</a>, well that would be another topic but the study and various experiments conducted to 100 men show this "scarlet" results. According to study conducted by the American Psychological Association, Men were asked to give grades to pictures of women. Rate the pictures based on good looks, how much they would like to kiss them, their intelligence and how kind they look. They were also asked to provide in details on what type of date they would like to take each woman. Results showed that those women wearing in red scored higher points and are most likely to get an expensive date from men. According to a psychology professor Andrew Elliot, "It is attractive to find something like [ever-present] that the color has an impact on our behavior without our awareness."<br /><br />And from another <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028074323.htm">study</a> conducted last October 2008, a red shade on surroundings can change how men perceive a woman. The study asked men to see pictures of women and this time, women are not wearing red but selected women are placed on red frames. And these women scored higher and men are more willing to spend twice on a date.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO23NDwCLIpD9lkYCws0d-92zotlV3JZ3Gyp3jljSlUzQjVIhQ7hp8qeYPLg8Xaz8TxlM4InE62CWaIxkooAXJY44EMp4Rf-25dB6KH4iD3bhwVgAkfSlrEXrjvMt3H8NRiD_AnEZBayaw/s1600-h/mia.jpg" title="woman in red frame"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO23NDwCLIpD9lkYCws0d-92zotlV3JZ3Gyp3jljSlUzQjVIhQ7hp8qeYPLg8Xaz8TxlM4InE62CWaIxkooAXJY44EMp4Rf-25dB6KH4iD3bhwVgAkfSlrEXrjvMt3H8NRiD_AnEZBayaw/s400/mia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294320761910593890" border="0" /></a><br />With these results APA added that men are genetically programmed to be attracted to the color of love and passion. Even primates or apes are said to display such behavior.<br /><br />Well, another reason why men are like monkeys? Oh no, that's just below the buckle. =)Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-77115119185681402362009-01-21T17:58:00.000-08:002009-01-21T18:23:51.909-08:00Pigeons Can Be Used to Measure Pollution<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrt8VtLS-xiqKZNrVI9S3pD9S46ibwi-ro9NmZ81tz7b7qoKlxZPB27NDZ_Pa5P-wHDnFd-eseLyT3b_jLBNdwFY0O_LO5IQRBj2vlqjKVezc7RVF8uouWoewXlMX47_9cVDoRX5si2La/s1600-h/2223384089_604bac6159.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrt8VtLS-xiqKZNrVI9S3pD9S46ibwi-ro9NmZ81tz7b7qoKlxZPB27NDZ_Pa5P-wHDnFd-eseLyT3b_jLBNdwFY0O_LO5IQRBj2vlqjKVezc7RVF8uouWoewXlMX47_9cVDoRX5si2La/s400/2223384089_604bac6159.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293936714033409378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Studies conducted in pigeons in Jaipur City show that Pigeons can be used to measure a city of pollution. According to researchers at the University of Rajasthan, in Northern India, "Heavy metal in the home enter the pigeon's feathers, and remain even after the pigeon feathers are shed." New Delhi's Gobar Times explains that since pigeons usually live in a fixed area, the levels of cadmium, chromium, copper and lead detected in their feathers may be an accurate indicator of local pollution.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ecogeek.org/images/stories/pigeon.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 428px; height: 273px;" src="http://www.ecogeek.org/images/stories/pigeon.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Pigeons have a 35 year maximum life span. They more adapt to living on coastal cliffs, buildings in towns and cities. Last 2006, a <a href="http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/177/">science project</a> conducted in Northern California used Pigeons to monitor pollution in the Northern California skies. Attached with backpacks containing sensors, GPS and a cellphone they are released to monitor the air composition of a certain location.<br /><br />Cool.Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-16665287600820511732009-01-07T21:13:00.000-08:002009-01-07T21:32:18.576-08:00Heart Attack Alert: Bad Boss is Dangerous to Your HealthThis is a news worth sending your boss.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/11/24/1227581195_2057/300h.jpg"></center><br /><br /><h2>Heart Attack Symptoms</h2><br />Tired of your job as well as you boss? Are you satisfied with your job? Recent findings show that having a bad boss can cause heart attack. This is the conclusion of a Swedish learning institute in management style and health. According to researchers, the poor treatment of managers can add risk of having heart attack symptoms to its employees. A study was conducted in Stockholm University where 3,000 male workers are asked to fill up a detailed list of questions about their working condition and about their boss. The questionnaire also includes if the employees are well treated by their boss, if their seniors communicate properly or if they provide positive feedbacks. Other questions looked at how much work bosses provided to workers and how well they outlined their goals. The research study discovered that workers who have good bosses have healthier condition and fewer heart problems.<br /><br />"A manager needs to be sincere and care about his or her employees from an individual standpoint and know what motivates them, and understand what their skills and competencies are," said Dawn Hatterer, principal of the Consulting Authority in Frederick, Md. Managers, she said, also should know what employees "want to be when they grow up. That's what keeps people engaged at work, from a management standpoint."<br /><br />Researchers said they found an unmistakable trend: The longer workers toiled for feckless bosses, the more likely they were to be ailed with heart disease. That was a greater negative effect than if the employee smoked, didn't get enough exercise, was overweight, or had high cholesterol.<br /><br />The report is published in newspapers and professional Environmental Medicine. This suggests that companies should re-train bosses to improve the health of workers. A healthy workforce will improve the overall health of the company. Investing in providing leadership skills to senior managers can be a good long-term investment. The researchers said a more supportive and understanding boss will reduce the chance that the progress of workers high blood pressure and stress-related illness. Magnus Larsson, an engineer at a large IT company, agreed to report the findings. He believes in his heart attack last year was due to his boss: "The man is a monster. Working for him is a daily experience for eight years," Larsson said.<br /><br />Sources: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7745324.stm">BBC News</a>; <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/43656/bad-bosses-may-be-deadly.html">Newser</a>; <a href="http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/articles/2008/11/25/heart_attack_eh_boss_may_be_cause/">Boston News</a>; <a href="http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200203000-00010.htm;jsessionid=JlPHT6hc8NzXvBTlnGrdCQJTL4xl4GvYSy20nlysndRLJppq1C16!1329102805!181195628!8091!-1?index=1&database=ppvovft&results=1&count=10&searchid=1&nav=search">OEM</a>Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-72476200035142399232008-10-02T18:03:00.000-07:002008-10-02T20:39:07.226-07:00Paradox of Our Time<span style="font-family:arial;">An interesting poem written by Dr. Bob Moorehead, (actually some says it's George Carlin a comedian or Jeff Dickinson or someone unknown, but either way the Paradox of our Time is a very inspiring piece:<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br />The Paradox of our Time</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3G5YsLheIM2EWqzFTP91khTivTvpvrBG-gtG8ZsCZgWDVcmTcpa3eyC1moTllTxpuYleRI6YsQMfw5ugW3fv8eNUyV62VAVRpsECFX7aQgGDGKfg2Saywjv_LhLSvK4p_bRFxd9VvXyCP/s1600-h/nature.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3G5YsLheIM2EWqzFTP91khTivTvpvrBG-gtG8ZsCZgWDVcmTcpa3eyC1moTllTxpuYleRI6YsQMfw5ugW3fv8eNUyV62VAVRpsECFX7aQgGDGKfg2Saywjv_LhLSvK4p_bRFxd9VvXyCP/s400/nature.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252766918325045474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The paradox of our time in history is that… </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We have taller</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> buildings, but shorter tempers. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Wider freeways, but narrow viewpoints. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We spend more, but have less. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We buy more, but enjoy it less. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We have bigger houses and smaller families. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">More conveniences, but less time. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We have more degrees, but less sense. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">More knowledge, but less judgment. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">More experts, but more problems. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">More medicine, but less wellness. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We talk to much, love too seldom, and hate too often. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We’ve learned how to make living, but not a life; </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We’ve added years to life, not life to years. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We’ve conquered outer space, but not inner space; </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We’ve done larger things, but not better things. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We write more, but learn less; </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We plan more but accomplish less; </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait; </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We have higher incomes, but lower morals; </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We have more food, but less appeasement; </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">but have less communication.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We’ve become long on quantity, but short on quality. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">tall men, short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure; but less fun; </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">more kinds of food, but less nutrition.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">one-night stands, overweight bodies, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div>Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-5423821422402657192008-09-16T10:16:00.000-07:002010-02-11T02:03:38.377-08:00Bioluminescent Bay in Puerto Rico<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtsrHI-Bzn2Ec0NV75eWNT-iN9n4M1wKeOOG0nIaS87u22gc7ChpEqv8tf1Vva7NDXD5H3qHhTpnKmh4henG40Ll0Bm039Z7lTH_mw10Rp1If3_AY7ub2Sx9RxPrWObp2jYD4UKZe4jHN/s1600-h/bio-bay-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtsrHI-Bzn2Ec0NV75eWNT-iN9n4M1wKeOOG0nIaS87u22gc7ChpEqv8tf1Vva7NDXD5H3qHhTpnKmh4henG40Ll0Bm039Z7lTH_mw10Rp1If3_AY7ub2Sx9RxPrWObp2jYD4UKZe4jHN/s400/bio-bay-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436922741017522242" border="0" /></a><a href="http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/amazing-attraction/natural-wonder/the-amazing-bioluminescent-bay/"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image Source</span></a><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;">Have you guys heard of the Bioluminescent Bay in Puerto Rico? This particular ecological nature is not just your ordinary bay. It is considered a very special tourist attraction in Vieques, Puerto Rico for its natural, amazing ecological feature.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Bioluminescent</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Bay</st1:placetype></st1:place> or Biobay for short is definitely a wonder in nature and taking a dip in it during moonless nights would give you the feeling that you’re like “<span style="font-style: italic;">bathing amongst the stars</span>.”</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">This attraction caught my attention when I saw a photo on one of the travel catalogues we have at home. It was a really cool sight and just seeing the pictures made me want to visit.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Here are some pictures taken from tourists taking a dip at the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Bioluminescent</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Bay</st1:placetype></st1:place>:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzfoSqIBgNkTwG3w5Qe-BRVWFUvPstQujU3Ji8R_8Y04Qf71mUsfa76JQRt4ZgXsbiFGrZYKIou1YTYPWBbBLGfuhlTjEA5TqgJ9WiFSvy2Mxweg6vvzRxAleuY16dzRmbVPiZjLRzU3j/s1600-h/biobay2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzfoSqIBgNkTwG3w5Qe-BRVWFUvPstQujU3Ji8R_8Y04Qf71mUsfa76JQRt4ZgXsbiFGrZYKIou1YTYPWBbBLGfuhlTjEA5TqgJ9WiFSvy2Mxweg6vvzRxAleuY16dzRmbVPiZjLRzU3j/s400/biobay2.jpg" alt="Bioluminescent Bay Picture of A Guy Swimming" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246670681926306818" border="0" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.nautiluspr.com/parguera.htm">Image Source</a></span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz75cJEvgYzoREM_c88KXe0s_MS0QVSz3S8OM5dQzOsl9AL3_1hhliQY3ZQc5siMj87P0rrpVs0HCmi7WNHM4zktC1nm6w7mTVFdmpJ6K46LWNLEVEhnKyfSAVnmAFjC7wqUjUHABIh5Cl/s1600-h/biolady.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz75cJEvgYzoREM_c88KXe0s_MS0QVSz3S8OM5dQzOsl9AL3_1hhliQY3ZQc5siMj87P0rrpVs0HCmi7WNHM4zktC1nm6w7mTVFdmpJ6K46LWNLEVEhnKyfSAVnmAFjC7wqUjUHABIh5Cl/s400/biolady.jpg" alt="Bioluminescent Bay Image of a Girl Swimming" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246670867893042034" border="0" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.elenas-vieques.com/biobay.html"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image Source</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">This bay is very special because it is concentrated with a certain living organism called <em><b style="">Pyrodinium bahamense</b></em> dinoflagellates. It is said that the bioluminescent bay in Vieques, <st1:place st="on">Puerto Rico</st1:place> contains around 700,000 of this light emitting organism per gallon of water. (Now that’s population bomb.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWLak0PhEZ4SJR-A30uIZ1cwOdxwlS058rb9-fzHh9gs-1XzSnDkR73Yb3AySdOaOSPMrlCZcsI4B93-HIp3eLCL0rgzTnWRDKtxufrs1KKLDfpeQGuBZNSjdggTDydQuEM10qKsZGINc/s1600-h/ppbburst.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWLak0PhEZ4SJR-A30uIZ1cwOdxwlS058rb9-fzHh9gs-1XzSnDkR73Yb3AySdOaOSPMrlCZcsI4B93-HIp3eLCL0rgzTnWRDKtxufrs1KKLDfpeQGuBZNSjdggTDydQuEM10qKsZGINc/s400/ppbburst.jpg" alt="Pyrodinium bahamense dinoflagellates upclose image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246671075409153714" border="0" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.kayakingpuertorico.com/pages/biobay.html">Image Source</a></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">These one-celled microorganisms, once disturbed, get nervous and emit a certain substance that causes their bodies to radiate like crazy. They are said to measure around 0.002 of an inch and once their tiny bodies burst light, it sorts of gives the bay a glowing, bright-green, twinkling appearance against the dark, moonless night.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> For most tourists, the Biobay is where the shooting stars fall at night. <o:p></o:p><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I sort of created an imaginary romantic scene on this bay inside my head.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">This bay is a must see. Added on my list of travel destinations, page 112... Oh no, make that 113.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Aside from this spectacular bay, there's also a noted event of bioluminescent red tide on 2005 at Carlsbad, California, and here's a taken picture of the crashing glowing waves filled with billions of dinoflagellates.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGI0511JaYJ8GLZ1ZN4Nroff1j4LKLh3KREMw57_ZjLo5wH_izR4Tw0xlN2p9UMSyNHezRgjBRU28HgnuCW6HILIsLS-fLECB7fQAnF8seo7uAZvLcRTC-wfyAvzQSlzqUfuoR5zMnpkq/s1600-h/800px-Red_tide_bioluminescence_at_midnight.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGI0511JaYJ8GLZ1ZN4Nroff1j4LKLh3KREMw57_ZjLo5wH_izR4Tw0xlN2p9UMSyNHezRgjBRU28HgnuCW6HILIsLS-fLECB7fQAnF8seo7uAZvLcRTC-wfyAvzQSlzqUfuoR5zMnpkq/s400/800px-Red_tide_bioluminescence_at_midnight.jpg" alt="Red Tide Bioluminescence Picture taken at Carlsbad California" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246673490109412466" border="0" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Amazing isn't it?</span></p><p style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sources: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioluminescence">here</a> and <a href="http://www.golden-heron.com/biobay.html">here</a><br /></span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"></p>Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-37044889570309997242008-08-12T18:58:00.001-07:002008-08-13T00:00:53.946-07:00Diet Pills to Replace Exercise: Could This Magic Pill Be the Answer?<span style="font-family:verdana;">Scientists have recently discovered a “magic diet pill” that can help a person lose fat minus the exercise. Could this exercise pill be the answer?</span><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQMhv02b7U953XkF99hXheSED5y84-vvAlqTAL9wvd2uAxPbXTw1WC8Ti-0VqMawUL3R1EudMVPVObVkP8VnH18KjjphXz4qJ3xGXV-pveb5o3nrMVk5_7QNo-1LN6Jtyjr5jEFiBFXlP/s1600-h/2756321369_5bc1b514bc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQMhv02b7U953XkF99hXheSED5y84-vvAlqTAL9wvd2uAxPbXTw1WC8Ti-0VqMawUL3R1EudMVPVObVkP8VnH18KjjphXz4qJ3xGXV-pveb5o3nrMVk5_7QNo-1LN6Jtyjr5jEFiBFXlP/s400/2756321369_5bc1b514bc.jpg" title="Runner Image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233822121449885154" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;">A team of researchers and scientists stated on a press release that they have discovered a drug that provides a faster way to burn fats without the gym.</span><br /><br /><h2 style="font-family: verdana;">A Breakthrough Exercise Pill for Athletes?</h2><span style="font-family:verdana;">The so-called “exercise pill” called GW1516 (not yet commercially available) was tested on laboratory mice and revealed dramatic results in just four weeks.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The said exercise pill increased treated animals’ resistance by 77 percent. And mice show no signs of fatigue from the strenuous regimen of 50 minutes of treadmill everyday.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Scientists from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.salk.edu/news/news_press_details.php?id=231">Salk Institute of Biological Studies</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> stated that the drug activates a certain genetic switch called PPAR delta. When this PPAR delta hormone was activated, it can boost energy levels and improve body resistance against fatigue.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Surprisingly, activating this certain hormone to lab mice resulted more than that, it turned mice into inexhaustible runners with super-endurance (We’re talking about Super Mice here). The mice were fed with high-calorie diet and they showed no signs of gaining weight compared to untreated mice that gained weight fast and turned obese.</span><br /><br /><h2 style="font-family: verdana;">Diet Pills without Exercise</h2><span style="font-family:verdana;">In the same study, untreated mice were given another drug called “AICAR.” This is what the scientists refer to as the “ultimate couch potato” test.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">They fed untrained, untreated laboratory mice with AICAR and after 4 weeks of providing this drug, the mice where able to run 44 percent longer than normal mice, with no prior training.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It sorts of like fool the muscles to believe it is exercising. By chemically mimicking exercise, it reprograms the muscles causing it to burn fat and not tire easily.</span><br /><br /><h2 style="font-family: verdana;">AICAR: Magic Diet Pill Description</h2><span style="font-family:verdana;">AICAR activates a protein called “adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase” or AMPK for short. When this protein is activated it produces signals to the body that it needs more energy and thus more energy boosting components are produced.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We need to exercise because this protein is only activated when the body is subjected to a muscle stretching workout.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">However, this supercharging stamina booster is said to be more than that, its primary use is to cure muscular disorders and metabolic diseases.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I’ve searched the net and based on the searches per day on “diet pills” it seems like people who are desperate to lose fat are even willing to try “tapeworm diet pills” just to lose weight. Yeah, pills full of tapeworm. This is just an urban legend but the search results show that many consumers are willing to try one...</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2uDj9CaVkG7gsSn1DK60mODQ-KzKa_JOvtGqvGKtX97itBkJgckd4cIyvNMhyphenhyphengTP7AOFn_sjAJuMvm3tKOKhpNo29j50P9_H_3RevHdpBCAsqRc0Zv5Lap8j2ZlqN-P2yd_Rwb9jdzcH/s1600-h/diet.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2uDj9CaVkG7gsSn1DK60mODQ-KzKa_JOvtGqvGKtX97itBkJgckd4cIyvNMhyphenhyphengTP7AOFn_sjAJuMvm3tKOKhpNo29j50P9_H_3RevHdpBCAsqRc0Zv5Lap8j2ZlqN-P2yd_Rwb9jdzcH/s400/diet.jpg" title="Daily Search Results Query for diet pills" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233822328182574754" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">tapeworm diet pills? anyone?</span><br />(<span style="font-style: italic;">interesting number of searches per day...urgh</span>)<br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Excited to try these magic pills? Don’t pop the magic beans right away, because other scientists argue that “rats are not humans.” Michael Rennie a physiologist from University of Nottingham in England says that “Rats and mice are much more metabolically unstable than human beings.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The exercise pill and magic diet pill are not yet commercially available and still under further scrutiny and athletes on the Beijing Olympics shouldn’t get high hopes on trying the effect of these pills because scientists have already found a way to detect this drug on urine samples.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sources: <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=could-a-pill-replace-exercise">here</a>, <a href="http://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/features/local_story_224093329.html?keyword=secondarystory">here</a>, <a href="http://www.enews20.com/news_Could_Pills_Actually_Replace_Exercise_10034.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.salk.edu/news/news_press_details.php?id=231">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Side comment:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Today sexy energetic rats... tomorrow... hmm..super cats? =)<br />But this is great news really!<br /><br />Speaking of rat... I just wanna add this very cute picture... hope nobody would mind... =)<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSprWpz_3z3ys65RRL9UVCe4TgEfB2jOW0C2u0p5nMlXJyk0RzP_9wPjOuboJTXSN7jxTbvZqFUThp6_u6b5XllQB79WkMmLLORPCa8YAEjRrdId8W3CGCrea0sgOrIDYr0Sek8grIYLg1/s1600-h/rat.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSprWpz_3z3ys65RRL9UVCe4TgEfB2jOW0C2u0p5nMlXJyk0RzP_9wPjOuboJTXSN7jxTbvZqFUThp6_u6b5XllQB79WkMmLLORPCa8YAEjRrdId8W3CGCrea0sgOrIDYr0Sek8grIYLg1/s400/rat.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233893599972609058" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">cutie!<br /><br /></span></div>Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-22537744780424464872008-07-29T16:06:00.001-07:002008-07-29T22:45:48.232-07:00Rare Philippine Eagle Killed and Eaten by a Local Farmer<span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">The Philippine eagle (<em>Pithecophaga jefferyi</em></span><span style="font-size:100%;">)</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, named “Kagsabua” a male, 2 year old eagle, that has only been recently released by the <a href="http://www.philippineeagle.org/">Philippine Eagle Research Center Foundation</a>, was killed after spending years of taking care of the giant bird. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link style="font-family: verdana;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMYLEEN%7E1.CAS%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Kagsabua was rescued from captivity last 2006 and was only released into the wild March this year after it was shot and wounded by game hunters in the Kitanglad Mountains, located at the southern part of the Philippines.</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">And on July 10, just a few months after its release, a local farmer from the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Philippines</st1:place></st1:country-region> has killed and eaten the rare Philippine Eagle. The farmer, a 22 year old local from the Southern part of the country thought the endangered Philippine eagle was an ordinary bird.
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">He shot it with an air-gun and saw the transmitter attached to its feet, frightened, he buried it in a ravine. He later changed his mind, dressed the eagle and cooked two kilograms of meat. He stated he cooked the eagle as “Tinola,” a Filipino broth.
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<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-u7Kh6ifn1ozAA_obTAEv3Zu9sfpPt0bxGTWMk8TkxFHm-x5TKmKKlIfnnOKWQd9aaeMxdrCnkn5rlSfnv3iw6H_UBbcnH7j-IuMhQ2idX9vhQhpXDsaLucYRRlo5vM1ujr1X1KbNqvkr/s1600-h/IMG_1924.preview.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-u7Kh6ifn1ozAA_obTAEv3Zu9sfpPt0bxGTWMk8TkxFHm-x5TKmKKlIfnnOKWQd9aaeMxdrCnkn5rlSfnv3iw6H_UBbcnH7j-IuMhQ2idX9vhQhpXDsaLucYRRlo5vM1ujr1X1KbNqvkr/s400/IMG_1924.preview.JPG" title="Filipino Cuisine: Tinola Image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228595712219844946" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size:100%;">The attack was only discovered when members from the Philippine Eagle Foundation noticed that radio tracking device of the said eagle was not moving for quite sometime. They started the search and found only the feet of the hapless eagle, with its radio tracking device still attached to it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">“The Philippine environment secretary has called for the farmer to be punished severely to show that the authorities are serious about enforcing the wildlife protection laws,” local newspaper, Philippine Daily Inquirer noted.</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">“He shot and ate one of the world’s largest, tallest and rarest eagles.” Researchers and those who spent time with “Kagsabua” later on stated that it felt like the perprator, Brian Balaon, has killed their brother.</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Kagsabua is just one of the remaining 250 Philippine eagle roaming the Philippine skies. It has a 2 meter wingspan, weighs 8.8 pounds and is only 2 years old and can only be found in the said country.</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Aside from “Kagsabua”, “Tinuy-an,” another Philippine eagle, a female one, was also released last June. The team from the Philippine Eagle Research Center are focusing their efforts to track and observe the giant bird closely to avoid another shooting and eating of the endangered eagle.</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal" face="trebuchet ms"><span style="font-size:100%;">This is just one of the many killings of endangered eagles going around the world. Last 2005, an immature eagle was killed in <st1:state st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>, while 2 wedged tail eagles have been killed in <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Tasmania</st1:place></st1:state> last 2007.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Check out more Philippine Eagle pictures and photos <a href="http://www.philippineeagle.org/index?pageval=gallery&categ=Philippine%20Eagles">here</a> and <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1318286/footage/list">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><div style="text-align: right; font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Source: <a href="http://www.philippineeagle.org/">Philippine Eagle Foundation</a>, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7519717.stm">BBC NEWS</a>, <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/endangered-indigenous-bird-prey-killed-southern-philippines">NowPublic.Com</a>, <a href="http://www.philippinenews.com/article.php?id=2978">Philippine News</a>, <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080716-148866/Philippine-eagle-killed-in-the-wilds-of-Bukidnon">Inquirer.Net</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div> Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-42340160666707199632008-07-23T16:19:00.000-07:002008-07-23T16:29:34.577-07:00Scientists Discover Amazing Use of Windows to Trap Solar Energy<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Scienctists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or MIT opens up a new window of opportunity with a “<a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solarcells-0710.html">window</a>.”<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">They have discovered that using windows can provide a better way in capturing solar energy.The MIT team have created a new technique that uses simple windows to capture sun’s energy and convert it into electricity. </span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Currently, with traditional solar energy systems, we are using quite a large number of “solar cells” (expensive semiconductor devices that changes solar energy to electricity) to gather electrical power. </span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />In a home solar energy for instance, we need an entire solar panel or roof to be covered with these expensive solar cells to obtain the needed amount of electricity and power the entire house.<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">But with this new discovery, the MIT team believes that the “solar concentrator” will be able to minimize the cost because the solar cells will only be placed around the solar window’s edges.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndWW3eAbL8imjrhWGD1QpnUE8pVN5ReGYLJ1H_jzgpTs9zIsiSEKQz7eogbAthj60M0sQB5rfkIL1stK7s8O7VeXp0343RRkF9t0UkdARdOWZla3Cq-nypKJyP_uOOYhmFAsv6DNEHI5E/s1600-h/solar-nsf-enlarged.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndWW3eAbL8imjrhWGD1QpnUE8pVN5ReGYLJ1H_jzgpTs9zIsiSEKQz7eogbAthj60M0sQB5rfkIL1stK7s8O7VeXp0343RRkF9t0UkdARdOWZla3Cq-nypKJyP_uOOYhmFAsv6DNEHI5E/s400/solar-nsf-enlarged.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226354799438821746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />By using special chemical dyes coated on the entire window surface, the solar concentrator window can trap light from the Sun without the need to cover the entire window with solar cells. The special dyes work together to gather light energy and then transport it to the solar cells located around the window’s edges.<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">"We were able to substantially reduce light transport losses, resulting in a tenfold increase in the amount of power converted by the solar cells." MIT engineer expert Jon Mapel said.<br /></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />The MIT team expects that this new technology can be commercially available in three years time. That could also mean that buildings can be a good source of electricity and windows could start to power our homes and could fight further environmental or climate change.<br /><br />So we need not just to look outside our window anymore, but start looking at the window closely.<br /></span> </span>Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-60082792896053483822008-07-16T19:25:00.000-07:002008-07-17T00:41:14.790-07:00Check this out! China Swimming Pools: World's Most Crowded<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Great Pool of China: Take a Dip<br /><br /></span>This is a surprising photo taken recently in a swimming pool located in Penglai, Sichuan, Western China. Seems like China swimming pools are getting more crowded.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZk2MfDPnGyvystYFTws-2XH-HhAJnKhKSzv180tgfWisZe-grWvkDcsax1PgExbQmET2nJgy_Wk7ddnciExXG9zfd_XtpKkAMeXsC4BdrTfAem9fXrNIoek2R31HALuFOHWOkuTHcIi79/s1600-h/article-1035533-01F69AC100000578-995_468x703.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZk2MfDPnGyvystYFTws-2XH-HhAJnKhKSzv180tgfWisZe-grWvkDcsax1PgExbQmET2nJgy_Wk7ddnciExXG9zfd_XtpKkAMeXsC4BdrTfAem9fXrNIoek2R31HALuFOHWOkuTHcIi79/s400/article-1035533-01F69AC100000578-995_468x703.jpg" title="China's most crowded swimming pool picture" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223805518441635842" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">warning: Don't swallow.</span><br /></span></div><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><br />Thousands of swimmers can only just thread with their rubber rings when people started to swarm the place. China swimming pools are back to business when it starts to become popular again after the earthquake tragedy last May.<br /><br />Chinese families are now starting return to their normal lives and seems like taking a dip on swimming pools is one of those missed routines.<br /><br />I'm just fascinated with how Chinese people could get close to one another while on a public bath. I can't imagine pushing elbows while enjoying a relaxing bath (or maybe not so relaxing) in a pool. But they seem to be having a good time while pushing their rubber rings with each other.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1035533/Anyone-seen-rubber-ring-The-worlds-crowded-swimming-pool.html">Anyone seen my Rubber Ring? The world's most crowded pool</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264813397830773576.post-84900327380212344762008-07-14T07:18:00.000-07:002008-07-14T07:35:59.347-07:00Breeding Humans? The Quest for Designer Babies<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I came across a <a href="http://www.watchtower.org/e/20000922/article_02.htm">very interesting article</a> about the quest for perfect society. It’s pretty detailed and got me wondering about this topic. </span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">So I blogged about it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I don’t know, but you guys may be familiar with Eugenics. Actually I’m more used to hearing about human breeding program, human cloning and genetically modified bloggers nowadays than read about books or article that define eugenics.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JN4JqhG5lmP1U84mJgo1x7Dt5zKYL_Y8wIepjXWtomNL4eGtGh5mexS99Y06kaqK7nf7o6Gnlcls4qrkojApJ88efta-9MlvTmz3SZJ2MwLvj6whyphenhyphenoLf-nQ2R9-yrD3kR4uSlpzOZtlg/s1600-h/perfect+society+picture.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JN4JqhG5lmP1U84mJgo1x7Dt5zKYL_Y8wIepjXWtomNL4eGtGh5mexS99Y06kaqK7nf7o6Gnlcls4qrkojApJ88efta-9MlvTmz3SZJ2MwLvj6whyphenhyphenoLf-nQ2R9-yrD3kR4uSlpzOZtlg/s400/perfect+society+picture.jpg" alt="Breeding humans: The Quest for the Perfect Society Picture" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222875692918710258" border="0" /></a></div> </div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Well as I quote Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics">eugenics</a> is “a social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary traits through various forms of intervention.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">When we hear of eugenics, usually it is often related with terms like genetic tes</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ting, genetic engineering, in vitro fertilization, test tube babies and selective breeding... but sadly, it is also often linked with discrimination, forced killing (cleansing), and immoral act.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Eugenics was first coined by a man named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton">Sir Francis Galton</a>. He even made up the phrase <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">“nurture versus nature.”</span> He believes that the human society deserves only the best breed. Based on what I’ve read about this guy, he’s described as one with prolific intellect. I had to scamper and find my dictionary to see what that means and one thing I found out was that I don’t actually fit the bill. *ugh* </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Francis Galton studies lots of things, and well, he got to hang around frequently with Charles Darwin, so you could imagine what kind of conversation they must have... because he is, in fact, Charles’ cousin, so imagine that. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If Charles believes that we came from evolution, Galton was thinking way faster. With clenched fist (maybe) he asserted that “<span style="font-style: italic;">it’s high time we take control of our evolution.</span>”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Okay, so he thought that if flowers and animals could be genetically modified throu</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">gh selective breeding, wherein the farmer can make a flower grow with certain desirable qualities with a little “help,” then why not use this for humans?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And there came eugenics. But actually, it wasn’t Galton who was considered the first eugenicist, I talked with Plato yesterday and told me a very useful quote for this article, <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">"The best of either sex should be united with the best as often as possible, and the inferior with the inferior as seldom as possible."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So in simple math, it goes something like (Good + Good = Unquestionably Good, or Good 2x)... Hmm, I thought opposites attract... never mind.</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The history of eugenics show that Galton’s idea was acknowledged and was well received (with an applause) during his time which lead to series of experiments, (era of the guinea pigs I should say), and where the term “forced sterilization” was coined. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_sterilization">Compulsory Sterilization</a> is actually a big part of eugenics history because it was an attempt to minimize human imperfection by “sterilizing” mentally retard or mentally ill, people with physical deformities, blind, deaf, those who have epilepsy, and those with criminal violations. The history provides us some notes that there has been some serious eugenics movement in Britain and America.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">How are these poor guys “sterilized”? By castrating males, and preventing women label</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ed as inferior or physically deformed, to reproduce. It was a bit tedious work, until Hitler came and thought there’s an easier way to do it... See Holocaust.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Okay so not so good background for eugenics right there. But after the buzz about this area of science died down, another scientific leap made its way on center stage. </span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jMY_u5_bQBmETKir94ArH9O4ubPE9ZriBxbpl9Db-f4rb1a36ffjtWH0CFraWSzygMMhGbShFX9MRfKUgmE0-A-FhVDZLTIAMKnAC96Jh-cK_n1NmicT4cUXO2guoo4-UkHwKNfgpkU0/s1600-h/perfect+baby+picture.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jMY_u5_bQBmETKir94ArH9O4ubPE9ZriBxbpl9Db-f4rb1a36ffjtWH0CFraWSzygMMhGbShFX9MRfKUgmE0-A-FhVDZLTIAMKnAC96Jh-cK_n1NmicT4cUXO2guoo4-UkHwKNfgpkU0/s400/perfect+baby+picture.jpg" alt="Quest for designer babies: The Perfect Baby Picture" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222875993898382834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Search for Designer Babies</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Genetic engineering, molecular biology, human cloning these are just a few of th</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">e many scientific advancements that promise to provide the “perfect baby” we’ve always wanted.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If you would read certain <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s290619.htm">articles</a> about how they could improve life and the health of your baby, somehow, it does make sense. But thinking that you can have the power to customize your baby, decide whether you would like to have a blond child with blue eyes or a girl with straig</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ht hair... this could be really frightening.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Human breeding programs promise betterment with the help of science. But isn’t that playing God already?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Galton may be a prolific genius but he definitely doesn’t fit the bill to be tagged as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfection">perfect</a>, doesn’t he?<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwO-TQ1jeb0o7Sr6FgGkRgiVH9x1EVrqdcfyjD5DMaDn0JmpFTbtXidfZZRh39xVkqRn7UrACAmIB9qzEiQ_XYAT_JqHhBCCj3mvUqsoQjmhy0U978hOoGG_9gV6SNvKSYbRm-KS4ZmEf/s1600-h/galton.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwO-TQ1jeb0o7Sr6FgGkRgiVH9x1EVrqdcfyjD5DMaDn0JmpFTbtXidfZZRh39xVkqRn7UrACAmIB9qzEiQ_XYAT_JqHhBCCj3mvUqsoQjmhy0U978hOoGG_9gV6SNvKSYbRm-KS4ZmEf/s400/galton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222877699395576946" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So how do we define a perfect human? Out of the blue, Beethoven and Helen Keller came into mind. I don’t know. Maybe you know why.</span><br /><br /><br /></span>Anne Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857197372166895856noreply@blogger.com1