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Is standardized testing a good idea?
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Is standardized testing a good idea?
Who was the first test-tube baby?
Louise Brown, born on July 25, 1978, is the first baby produced from fertilization done in vitro -outside the mothers body. Patrick Steptoe was the obstetrician and Robert Edwards the biologist who designed the method for in-vitro fertilization and early embryo development.
In-vitro fertilization occurs in a glass dish, not a test tube, where eggs from the mother's ovary are combined with the father's sperm (in a salt solution). Fertilization should occur within 24 hours and when cell division begins, these fertilized eggs are placed in the mother's womb (or possibly another woman's womb).
Why are eye transplants not available?
It is because the eye's retina is part of the brain, and the retina's cells are derived from brain tissue. Retinal cells and the cells that connect them to the brain are the least amenable to being manipulated outside the body.
"I feel like Adam when he said to Eve, `Back up, I don't know how big this gets'"-Robin Williams at the 71st Academy Awards while opening the Best Supporting Actress envelope
What is the past tense of the word spell? Spelt or Spelled?
This is a list of the posts I've made on other blogs and journals. (I will keep this updated)
Just as a general link, look at FYF.
FUSE Viewer Post: Mookie Riffic rocks!
Yes I've jumped the bandwagon. For the main reason is through a scientific study (coughyeahrightcough) I have found that the more links a blog hands out, the more traffic they are likely to get. So yes I will start doing a blog maze. (Found from Cheesemistress of Chaos)
So here we go. First stop is So Very Posh, its a lovely looking blog, with a very sleek and stylish design that I would want to steal in a heartbeat if I wasn't such a nice person (and if I knew how).
Next stop in the blog maze is Jaded and the first thing I noticed about her was the little desktop pictures in the upper right hand corner... Those I did steal. Hehe
Moving on to... No where. Because I can't find the blogroll on her blog. Maybe she just put it in another format, but I'm too lazy to try and find it or figure out what it is.. so I wont. =D
Prior to the condom, what was the main contraceptive practice?
Contraceptive devices have been used throughout recorded history. The most traditional of such devices was a sponge soaked in vinegar. The condom was named for its English inventor, the personal physician to Charles II (1630-1685), who used a sheath of stretched, oiled sheep intestine to protect the king from syphilis. Previously penile sheaths were used, such as the linen one made by Italian anatomist, Gabriel Fallopious (1523-1562), but they were too heavy to be successful.
So here I am, I got 20 minutes until the final bell, I got 50 minutes till I get home, then once I get home I have 2 and half hours until dinner, I have 2 hours of required reading/annotating, 3 hours of fun reading, math homework, chem homework, gotta pick a song for drama (suggestions are being taken), got to shower, got to feed the dogs... I got a lot to do. *sighs* Too much to do. Its not really that much, but I wasn't counting the time I should spend doing projects. I should also do a few posts for FYF and work on the template... ah things to do.
Always have a highly entertain summary on the back of the book, and the first little "Catch your attention" page that shows you the authors style is also hilarious. Thats why I'm going to post them-its not a daily thing, it'll be irregular, but hopefully enjoyable.
Todays book is The Harlequin Hero
Back of book:
He was the perfect man- a living breathing hero!Front Page:Barbara Lewis found her boss far more appealing than any hero she'd read about in any romance novel. Best of all, she could dream of Chuck Ingram as a possibility in her own life.
Barbara knew the owner of Pacific Trucking was fond of her, but there seemed to be nothing romantic in his intentions. Determined to make Chuck notice her, she decided to adopt the sophisticated image of one of her favorite fictional heroines.
But her plan backfired when Chuck took a page from Barbara's book and decided to use similar tactics to win over the woman of his dreams-and it wasn't Barbara!
"Oo-oh, that's a kiss!"It just drips of cheesynessBarbara leaned her head back, her eyes rolling to the ceiling, just imagining Chuck kissing her like Damon, the hero of Mediterranean Magic.
"I don't believe it." Chuck jerked the book out of her hand and read the steamy passage again.
"Well, don't worry about it." Barbara tried to keep the smugness of her ploy out of her voice. "nobody said you had to be as good at making love as the guy from this book."
"I'm as good a lover as he is any day!" Chuck insisted.
"If you say so." Barbara let a Little disbelief trail into her voice. "Um-m-m--what a man!" she teased.
Suddenly the book was flying across the room as Chuck grabbed her shoulder, his eyes dark with determination. "Come here, woman, and learn what a man really is," he growled.
"I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale."-William J. Clinton
Is religion and science compatible? Do you think they can go hand in hand or must be entirely separate?
Once again, a new (and hopefully) daily segment for Mookie Riffic. Now we'll be adding quotes. For the first quote, I have chosen a truly wonderful quote. Enjoy!
Ah, to be a bird. To fly the skies, sing my song, and best of all occasionally peck someone's eyes out.-George Carlin
What is a tiger's eye?
Tiger's eye is a semiprecious quartz gem that has a vertical luminescent band like that of a cat's eye. To achieve the effect of a cat's eye, veins of parallel blue asbestos fibers are fist altered to iron oxides and then replaced by silica. The gem has a rich yellow to yellow-brown or brown color.
If its summer or spring, and your shaving your legs, make sure you check for bug bites... shaving one off really hurts.
Is it bad to no longer call yourself a "child of", but a Spawn?
I'm RocketJone's Spawn. Hehe!
They know it, I know it, now why doesn't everyone else?
Point is, if I have my way, I'll be posting at FuseBlog quite often! Woot! Man, I can't wait to see if I get a jump in traffic too... heh.