What is an EMO?

Well most people would consider it punk with emotion is what we would call the classification of a new rising way of feeling your inner self.

More About Emo
Close enough to punk and rock Emo is now know for it's more emotional state of mind. Instead of the anger hard-core way of expressing one-self , Emo (short for emotional) has taken a new tole on the twentith century of expressing yourself. From the music with strong emotion and feeling, unlike hard rock or this is more of an alternative way to let your feeling be known.Emo is not only a classification or a type of music it's also taken over the way one expresses themself by dressing. It includes the tighter fiting pants to the dyed-black or dark hair with it covering your face. The longer hair in front with the spikes in the back is also a more Emo- or emotional look to dressing. Emo is also being known as for the hot emo guys and emo girls kissing. From pictures all on the web to the music videos. Hot emo girl to girl and well as hot emo guy to guy is becoming more and more adventurous and more open concluding; Emo meaning being comfortable with oneself. Its a more direct way of altering the feelings one has without words, just emotion.

Some say music is not a type of music. That it is more of a fashion and a way of feeling, hence the emotional. Just recently people have been considering emo to be a genre or music.. Taking back Sunday is one of the many bands people consider to be emo.

Wondering why everyone hates emo? Not all emo people are cry babies or sucidial. Many emo kids come from families which are having serious issues whether it being money issues or what have you

What is emo to mean to you? Just post your comments and i'll post it here... Thanzx!

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Who is Michael Jackson?

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009), often dubbed the "King of Pop," was an American recording artist, widely regarded as one of the greatest entertainers of modern times. With his trademark black fedora and single, sequinned glove, his unique contributions to music and dance, along with a highly publicized personal life, made him a central part of popular culture around the world for four decades.

One of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, his achievements included multiple Guinness World Records—including the "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time"—13 Grammy Awards, 13 number one singles, and the sale of over 750 million records. He was also a notable philanthropist, donating millions of dollars to the 39 charities he supported, and raising more through his own Heal the World Foundation.

The seventh child of the Jackson family, he made his debut in 1968 as a member of The Jackson 5, beginning a solo career in 1971. His 1982 album Thriller remains the best-selling album of all time, with four others—Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995)—among the best selling. He popularized several physically complicated dance moves, such as the robot and the moonwalk, now iconic. He is widely credited with having transformed the music video from a promotional tool into an art form, with videos such as Thriller, "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" making him the first African American to amass a strong crossover following on MTV, and others, such as "Black or White" and "Scream", ensuring his popularity well into the 1990s.

Jackson's personal life generated significant controversy. His changing appearance was noticed from the early 1980s, his skin appearing paler and his facial features becoming almost androgynous. He was accused in 1993 of child sexual abuse, and though no charges were brought, his health suffered when he started using painkillers to cope with the stress. He married twice, first in 1994 and again in 1996, and brought up three children, one of them with a surrogate mother, actions that triggered more speculation about his life. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of different child molestation allegations, which provoked a further decline in his health. Jackson died at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009, in Los Angeles, after suffering a cardiac arrest. His memorial service was broadcast live around the world, watched by up to one billion people.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson

All about Influenza A(H1N1) Virus

What is this virus?

• Influenza A(H1N1) is caused by a novel virus that resulted from the reassortment of 4 viruses from pigs, human and birds
• It is a new virus causing illness in people
• It was first detected in people in April 2009 in the United States
• This virus is spreading from person-to-person, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread
• There is no vaccine yet to protect humans from this virus
• There are existing and recommended medicines that are effective in treating these Influenza A(H1N1)
• Influenza A(H1N1) can be fatal to humans due to severe respiratory distress (pneumonia)

Why this new Influenza A(H1N1) virus is sometimes called “swine flu”?

This virus was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory tests showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It has two genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and avian genes and human genes. Scientists call this a “quadruple reassortant” virus.

Syptoms:

fever
chills
headache
nasal congestion or runny nose
sore throat
cough
body aches or lethargy
lack of appetite
nausea or vomiting
diarrhea
Also, like seasonal flu, severe illnesses and death has occurred as a result of illness associated with this virus.

Prevention & Treatment:

What can I do to protect myself from getting sick?

There is no vaccine available right now to protect against this new H1N1 virus. There are everyday actions that can help prevent the spread of germs that cause respiratory illnesses like influenza.

Take these everyday steps to protect your health:

Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
Stay home if you are sick for 7 days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptom-free for 24 hours, whichever is longer. This is to keep from infecting others and spreading the virus further.
Follow public health advice regarding school closures, avoiding crowds and other social distancing measures.
Be prepared in case you get sick and need to stay home for a week or so; a supply of over-the-counter medicines, alcohol-based hand rubs, tissues and other related items might could be useful and help avoid the need to make trips out in public while you are sick and contagious

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Source:http://www.meycauayancollege.edu.ph/home/swineflu.html#1

Great Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand--
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep--while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

To One In Paradise by Edgar Allan Poe

Thou wast all that to me, love,
For which my soul did pine-
A green isle in the sea, love,
A fountain and a shrine,
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
And all the flowers were mine.

Ah, dream too bright to last!
Ah, starry Hope! that didst arise
But to be overcast!
A voice from out the Future cries,
"On! on!"- but o'er the Past
(Dim gulf!) my spirit hovering lies
Mute, motionless, aghast!

For, alas! alas! me
The light of Life is o'er!
"No more- no more- no more-"
(Such language holds the solemn sea
To the sands upon the shore)
Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree
Or the stricken eagle soar!

And all my days are trances,
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy grey eye glances,
And where thy footstep gleams-
In what ethereal dances,
By what eternal streams.

Hymn by Edgar Allan Poe

At morn- at noon- at twilight dim-
Maria! thou hast heard my hymn!
In joy and woe- in good and ill-
Mother of God, be with me still!
When the hours flew brightly by,
And not a cloud obscured the sky,
My soul, lest it should truant be,
Thy grace did guide to thine and thee;
Now, when storms of Fate o'ercast
Darkly my Present and my Past,
Let my Future radiant shine
With sweet hopes of thee and thine!

Are There Health Benefits to Drinking Coffee?

According to the National Coffee Association (NCA) more than half of all Americans over the age of 18 drink coffee daily, and 18.12% go for the designer stuff. On average, Americans drink three and a half cups a day, which amounts to approximately $161.71 per year. (Per capita, men drink slightly more than women which is anyone's guess as to why.)

Some Trivia About Coffee
•Norway leads the world in coffee consumption; Germany is second; and Japan ranks third.
•Next to oil, coffee is the world’s second-most-valuable commodity.
•The two leading coffee-producing nations are Brazil and Vietnam; however Brazil produces almost three times as much as Vietnam.
•The word “coffee” comes from Kaffa, a region in Ethiopia where coffee beans may have been discovered.
•Coffee was considered a forbidden drink in the 16th century by the Mufti of Constantinople. Users in Cairo, Mecca and Turkey were punished if caught drinking it since it was supposed to encourage Satan worship among other sins.
•A “cappuccino” was created in the 17th century when the Turks left a bitter coffee behind when they fled Vienna. The Christians added milk and named the concoction after the religious order of the priest Capuchin.
Some More Interesting Facts
To date, Starbucks Coffee Company is the leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee with over 9,000 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. And their Joe has the must buckshot of all the leading brands. A16-ounce Starbucks house blend contains 223 milligrams of caffeine, and a 16-ounce Starbucks Grande has nearly three times as much caffeine as a No-Doze.

Should Coffee be Taxed?
Fortunately, for imbibers, unlike tobacco, coffee is not government regulated. If it were taxed, the price might be $7.50 a cup, which is what a pack of cigarettes goes for in New York City. Maybe that’s one strategy to get coffee addicts to go cold turkey.

Coffee and Health
Though some would strongly disagree, the latest medical reports claim coffee consumption is actually good for our health. According to the International Journal of Cancer, Reuters Health, “Consumption of caffeinated coffee significantly reduces the risk of developing breast cancer among women who have a specific genetic mutation that greatly increases the chance of being diagnosed with the disease.” (Jan. 4, 2006 edition.) And moderate consumption is said to improve mood, and prevent gallstone and kidney stone formation.



Source: http://foodfacts.suite101.com/

HIV vaccine invention not too far away?

Currently there is no effective HIV vaccine. There have been many attempts to develop HIV vaccine but none of them prove to be successful. All previous attempts used substances aimed at stimulating the body's immune system to produce antibodies or killer cells that would eliminate the virus before or after it infected cells in the body but they all failed. But this new research under the guidance of Philip R. Johnson, M.D., chief scientific officer at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia showed how invention of effective HIV vaccine may come even sooner than scientists were expecting it.

This time scientists used completely different approach that bypasses the usual path followed by vaccine developers. By using gene transfer technology that produces molecules that block infection, the scientists protected monkeys from infection by a virus closely related to HIV—the simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV—that causes AIDS in rhesus monkeys. Johnson said how they basically "used a leapfrog strategy, bypassing the natural immune system response that was the target of all previous HIV and SIV vaccine candidates".

Though there is a reason for hope there are still many hurdles ahead before we see HIV vaccine for humans. According to Johnson if by any chance this technique leads to an effective HIV vaccine, such a vaccine may be years away from realization because of further studies that need to be conducted before this technique becomes an actual preventive measure against HIV infection in people.

The research was done in two phases. In the first phase, the research team created antibody-like proteins (called immunoadhesins) that were specifically designed to bind to SIV and block it from infecting cells. Once proven to work against SIV in the laboratory, DNA representing SIV-specific immunoadhesins was engineered into a carrier virus designed to deliver the DNA to monkeys. The researchers chose adeno-associated virus (AAV) as the carrier virus because it is a very effective way to insert DNA into the cells of a monkey or human.

In the second part of the study, the team injected AAV carriers into the muscles of monkeys, where the imported DNA produced immunoadhesins that entered the blood circulation. One month after the injection of the AAV carriers, the immunized monkeys were injected with live, AIDS-causing SIV. The majority of the immunized monkeys were completely protected from SIV infection, and all were protected from AIDS. In contrast, a group of unimmunized monkeys were all infected by SIV, and two-thirds died of AIDS complications. High concentrations of the SIV-specific immunoadhesins remained in the blood for over a year.

Further studies should give us an answer was this a first successful step that could lead scientists to HIV vaccine discovery. Let us hope it is.

Source: http://interesting-science-facts.blogspot.com/