Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Show don't tell
The frozen stare of the lifeless dyed stitches of the weaved maple leaf
seamlessly bring patronage to the land around. The hard icy pinch of the
exposed metal on my 10 fingers, and my upper hand froze them with the
slightest touch. The damp, heavy, "fluid" filled my nostrils and clouded
my thoughts, and the sloshes of the water blocked alien sounds in my
ears. Everything around me seemed to bring an inner peace. At last, I felt calm
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Genetics article
Scientists conducted a study with 51 pairs of twins where one or both had fainted, both monozygous(derived from one egg) and dizygous(derived from two eggs) twins were studied. Monozygous are also known as Identical twins, and Dizygous are known as fraternal. The study showed that Identical Twins are more likely to BOTH faint then fraternal twins, and the reason they chose twins was because their genes are identical (hence the term identical twins). There is no scientific use for this study that was stated in the article, and there are no known implementations for this study either.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Northern Gateway Pipeline
The Northern Gateway Project is an oil pipeline that is set to span 1,170-kilometers (727 miles, or 3,838,582 feet) from Alberta’s oil sands to the West Coast to then be exported to new markets in Asia. After hearing both side's arguments, 1 video for, and 1 against, both were equally compelling yet I was unable to decide on one side or the other.
Here Is An animated Tour of where it will be:
Specifically, in the video that was against the pipeline, it showed how Enbridge literally covered up oil from an oil spill with sand in a stream, thus implying that Enbridge cannot be trusted to do what they say to the letter.
However; In the "for" video, they show how they are constantly monitoring their pipelines, and compensate you for any mishaps.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Dancing under the Red Star
"The shocking and inspirational saga of Margaret Werner and her miraculous survival in the Siberian death camps of Stalinist Russia." - Karl Tobien, Dancing under the red star
This book is about an American girl who's family moves to Russia, but one day, her father was falsely arrested for political crimes. A number of years later, after the second wold war, the same men in the same car show up at her measly apartment, which she shares with her mother, and they arrest her, charge her with espionage, and other political felonies, is moved to the Gorky prison. From there she is sent to many of the Stalin's labor camps, but is the suddenly to be transported to a Siberian death camp. There, she must learn to survive the harsh cold, and the bitter attitudes of prisoners around her and finish her ten years to get out alive.
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