This is the prob with forwarded emails tho:
You just can't give credit to its rightful owner for creating such interesting ideas.
Maybe someone could point out who did them?
P.s. Top points for SpiderPepsi and Hot&Spicy! :D
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Trucks Gone Wild
Couldn't help it with the title, lol.
This is the prob with forwarded emails tho:
You just can't give credit to its rightful owner for creating such interesting ideas.
Maybe someone could point out who did them?
P.s. Top points for SpiderPepsi and Hot&Spicy! :D
This is the prob with forwarded emails tho:
You just can't give credit to its rightful owner for creating such interesting ideas.
Maybe someone could point out who did them?
P.s. Top points for SpiderPepsi and Hot&Spicy! :D
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Friday, May 02, 2008
Power in Estrogen?
Is estrogen testosterone for women?
Thu May 1, 2008 10:52am EDT
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By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
Photo: REUTERS/Susana Vera
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Estrogen fuels feelings of power and competition in women in much the same way testosterone does in men, researchers said on Wednesday in a study that shows the need to win is every bit as feminine as it is masculine.
Estrogen levels shot up in power-motivated women when they won and plummeted when they lost, while the opposite was true in women who appeared not to be interested in power, the researchers found.
"The biology of dominance in women has been vastly under- researched. On top of that, it sets up very nice parallels with men and testosterone," said Steven Stanton of the University of Michigan, who conducted the study.
Earlier this month, British researchers reported that male financial traders made more money when their testosterone levels were high.
Stanton, working under the guidance of German researcher Oliver Schultheiss of Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen, wanted to see if estrogen or testosterone was affected when women competed.
"We put women in this study in a face-to-face contest where they competed on a computer task for 10 rounds," Stanton said in a telephone interview.
"Following each round, they were told whether they won or lost and they could watch each other's reaction to winning or losing."
Saliva samples were taken to measure their hormone levels.
"Even before the contest started, we have this measure of power motivation or dominance motivation that we use," he added.
Volunteers are shown a neutral picture and asked to write a short story about it. "We look for themes that are related to power. The more power themes that someone writes about, the more power-motivated that we consider them," said Stanton.
Estrogen was linked to personality type as well, Stanton said -- and the women, mostly in their 20s, were evenly divided.
"The higher the women were in estrogen, they higher they were in this measure of power motivation," he said.
"To sum up, we have found that estradiol (estrogen), but not testosterone, and a nonconscious need for dominance are positively related in women. This positive relationship is strongest in single women (and) women not taking oral contraceptives," they wrote in the journal Hormones and Behavior.
Women who seemed to have less of a need to dominate were affected differently, Stanton said.
"It was almost a flip-flop of the result. Those who were not power-motivated, if they won, their estrogen went down. If they lost, their estrogen went up a little bit," he said.
"Estrogen is very behaviorally potent and is actually a close hormonal relative to testosterone. In female mammals, estrogen has been tied to dominance, but there has been scant research examining the behavioral roles of estrogen in women," added Stanton.
He hopes also to test women past menopause, whose bodies produce less estrogen, and also to test men and women as they compete against one another.
(Editing by Sandra Maler)
Thu May 1, 2008 10:52am EDT
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By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
Photo: REUTERS/Susana VeraWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Estrogen fuels feelings of power and competition in women in much the same way testosterone does in men, researchers said on Wednesday in a study that shows the need to win is every bit as feminine as it is masculine.
Estrogen levels shot up in power-motivated women when they won and plummeted when they lost, while the opposite was true in women who appeared not to be interested in power, the researchers found.
"The biology of dominance in women has been vastly under- researched. On top of that, it sets up very nice parallels with men and testosterone," said Steven Stanton of the University of Michigan, who conducted the study.
Earlier this month, British researchers reported that male financial traders made more money when their testosterone levels were high.
Stanton, working under the guidance of German researcher Oliver Schultheiss of Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen, wanted to see if estrogen or testosterone was affected when women competed.
"We put women in this study in a face-to-face contest where they competed on a computer task for 10 rounds," Stanton said in a telephone interview.
"Following each round, they were told whether they won or lost and they could watch each other's reaction to winning or losing."
Saliva samples were taken to measure their hormone levels.
"Even before the contest started, we have this measure of power motivation or dominance motivation that we use," he added.
Volunteers are shown a neutral picture and asked to write a short story about it. "We look for themes that are related to power. The more power themes that someone writes about, the more power-motivated that we consider them," said Stanton.
Estrogen was linked to personality type as well, Stanton said -- and the women, mostly in their 20s, were evenly divided.
"The higher the women were in estrogen, they higher they were in this measure of power motivation," he said.
"To sum up, we have found that estradiol (estrogen), but not testosterone, and a nonconscious need for dominance are positively related in women. This positive relationship is strongest in single women (and) women not taking oral contraceptives," they wrote in the journal Hormones and Behavior.
Women who seemed to have less of a need to dominate were affected differently, Stanton said.
"It was almost a flip-flop of the result. Those who were not power-motivated, if they won, their estrogen went down. If they lost, their estrogen went up a little bit," he said.
"Estrogen is very behaviorally potent and is actually a close hormonal relative to testosterone. In female mammals, estrogen has been tied to dominance, but there has been scant research examining the behavioral roles of estrogen in women," added Stanton.
He hopes also to test women past menopause, whose bodies produce less estrogen, and also to test men and women as they compete against one another.
(Editing by Sandra Maler)
Monday, April 28, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Light Reprise
"Fwd: Light at the end of the tunnel
No matter what situations life throws at you...
No matter how long and treacherous your journey may seem...
Remember, there is a light at the end of the tunnel!
You're laughing aren't you?
that's good .......my job here is done!
Have a great day."
Lol great timing, just when I needed it most to drag me out of the slumps.
Definitely maybe then.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Clinic Fantasy
Taipei bar lets diners tipple from IV tubes
Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:51am EDT
(Sher: Maybe CQ's Clinic would have fared better had they applied such a themed restaurant concept eh)
Photo: REUTERS/Richard Chung
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TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - A Taipei restaurant-bar is letting visitors order "medicine" from a menu and dripping it into their glasses from a transparent ceiling-suspended vat, becoming the latest oddball themed restaurant in Taiwan's capital.
As many as 10 visitors can sit around each bed at the D.S. Music Restaurant, a hospital-themed eatery, and watch showgirls dance on weekend nights or chat up "nurses" whose rabbit-ears complement their starched white uniforms.
The 130-seat restaurant, which features crutches hung from the walls and a wheelchair parked in the lobby, is the only one with a hospital theme in Taiwan.
Other touches include a sign marked "emergency room" leading to the toilets.
"Food is hard to compete on with other restaurants, so the part we emphasise is service," says assistant manager Ou Chia-hao, brother of the 29-year-old owner.
"In Taipei, pressure on people is high, and they want a place near home where they can feel relaxed."
Ou's brother opened D.S. last year with T$5 million ($150,760) to express his enthusiasm for the care he got at a hospital when he was treated for a liver disorder.
Two more D.S. branches are in the works, with plans to open by the end of next year, Ou said.
The spot is the latest in a string of strange-themed eateries in Taipei, as local entrepreneurs cater to people with a taste for the quirky and offbeat.
The Jail puts some of its restaurant tables behind bars, while another serves full-course meals in toilet bowls. "
Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:51am EDT
(Sher: Maybe CQ's Clinic would have fared better had they applied such a themed restaurant concept eh)
Photo: REUTERS/Richard Chung
"powered by Sphere
Featured Broker sponsored link
TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - A Taipei restaurant-bar is letting visitors order "medicine" from a menu and dripping it into their glasses from a transparent ceiling-suspended vat, becoming the latest oddball themed restaurant in Taiwan's capital.
As many as 10 visitors can sit around each bed at the D.S. Music Restaurant, a hospital-themed eatery, and watch showgirls dance on weekend nights or chat up "nurses" whose rabbit-ears complement their starched white uniforms.
The 130-seat restaurant, which features crutches hung from the walls and a wheelchair parked in the lobby, is the only one with a hospital theme in Taiwan.
Other touches include a sign marked "emergency room" leading to the toilets.
"Food is hard to compete on with other restaurants, so the part we emphasise is service," says assistant manager Ou Chia-hao, brother of the 29-year-old owner.
"In Taipei, pressure on people is high, and they want a place near home where they can feel relaxed."
Ou's brother opened D.S. last year with T$5 million ($150,760) to express his enthusiasm for the care he got at a hospital when he was treated for a liver disorder.
Two more D.S. branches are in the works, with plans to open by the end of next year, Ou said.
The spot is the latest in a string of strange-themed eateries in Taipei, as local entrepreneurs cater to people with a taste for the quirky and offbeat.
The Jail puts some of its restaurant tables behind bars, while another serves full-course meals in toilet bowls. "
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Hand in Hand
When nothing should ever deter us from our dreams and goals...
"He without leg...
She without hand..."
Centrestage - Hand in Hand
"He without leg...
She without hand..."
Centrestage - Hand in Hand
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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