Woke up to our first day of rain in Yanshuo fortunately we were leaving today. After breakfast we finished packing up and began our travels to Hainan Our bus to Guilin was stopping constantly trying to gather any stragglers to bump their wage for the day I guess It ended up arriving in Guilin far later than we anticipated but we were lucky that another was running in an hour. After some corn on
Yearly Archives: 2009
Enjoy Holidays In Panama City With Florida Adventure
Panama City is a good city in United States and state of Florida. This city is most popular for its destination nightlife sightseeing and one of the most attraction cities for tourists. I went to this city with my friends in holidays. We reserved our hotel and air tickets by searching on net with hotel reservations which give a lot of hotel sites but we choose a site which was giving discount of
Accommodations Near To Attraction City In Panama City
Little months before I went to Panama City for the reason of my organization profession. This city was very nice and draws many visitors for its sightseeing destinations and attractions. I went to this city for a project deal. After achievement of my project deal my wish was to see this city. But due to finishing of project deal before time I got two or three days for seeing this city. For see
the many Wats of Ayutthaya
So we are heading off to Ayutthaya this is the old capital of Siam has lots of temples scattered all around the city so looks like lots of walking ahead. Our trip up there is a little bit different than planned we had bought ourselves a return ticket to Bangkok by local bus and then change buses there and go on from there to Ayutthaya but as I told you in the previous blog we had met up with
Winter To Destinations Aspen
Last Year I went to Aspen city for vacation of Christmas and took the best adventure to there along with Skiing and Christmas fun. Nevertheless this winter couldnrsquot complete due to more rush to there. I forgot that we go to Aspen city so we couldnrsquot take any reservation to there two or three month before. When I searched then found not empty any resorts or inn to Aspen city. Thus w
Lamb Chop
DAY 409I was up bright and early this morning and went in to the kitchen it was like the Mary Celeste as quite as the grave.The kettle was put on and tea was made I knew this morning that Helen and Robert were up at Hazeldene weighing sheep ready for market Helen had told us what was happening so we wouldnrsquot feel like we have been abandoned.This morning Ross Jilbert from Landmark would
The End Of The Sticks
Simply absorbed the scenery today took a little stroll along the river and took some snaps. Food was provided by a lady on sticks Again But sooooo good Time to head home to pack for the next adventure Its gonna be a long one
Xilang Shan Xiaogu shan and Noodles
We head out for the park and this is where Man HillXilang Shan is said to resemble a young man bowing and scraping to a shy young girl represented by Lady Hillxiaogu shan. Other hills nearby are named after animals like Crab Hill Swan Hill Dragon Head Hill. In the actual park were lots of elderly men playin card games and also a board game translated to 'Go' I think all looked confusing bu
Sandy Beach but no sand
DAY 408My cold is well and truly coming out now I stayed in bed until 9.00 but soon got bored and got up. I had some breakfast put a load of towels in the washing machine and did some reading.Helen received a phone call from Jason but it was for us Kristy Jasonrsquos partner was asking if we wanted to go into Wagga with them for some lunch we thought it would be a great idea to head out fo
Workshop and Strike
This last week I took a short vacation from writing to spend some time with a dear friend of mine who came to visit me in Kathmandu from Taiwan where she works as an English teacher. We had a wonderful week of visiting and sightseeing but as it has little to do with my purpose on this site Irsquoll spare the details. If yoursquore interested please write me individually. This also marks a
China Facts
The People's Republic of China is located in the eastern part of the Asian continent the Pacific West Coast. Its land area of about 9.6 million square kilometers second only to Russia and Canada is the world's third largest country. Chinese territory north of Heilongjiang middle of the river north of Mohe latitude 53 30 ' James Shoal south to the southern tip of the Nansha Islands latitud
Day 328330 Karamea New Zealand
Sunday December 20thWe woke to another wet morning. Like wersquove mentioned before it seems to rain mostly on the weekends. On a doccie we saw they said that itrsquos because of the way we humans pollute the air during the work week that causes rain on the weekends. Apparently the water molecules attach themselves to dust and pollutants and then fall as rain when they become heavy enough. T
Brief Introduction for Aion Scout
Scout classes have perhaps the highest learning curve in aion kina but can also be the most rewarding with proper control. It contains two classes Assassin and Ranger .Their advantages is Fast in movement and swift in attackaion kinah both classes also have some form of stealth in their arsenal for those of you that like to ninja your way beyond dimensional rifts.You will start paly with a d
Compare the customer mind of the wedding dress
Discount wedding dress in the domestic market of the convergence is the basic fabric wedding and the majority of brandbased fabric with chiffon. for majority of chemical fiber blending mainly emphasis on the appearance of feeling. Wei Fu wedding products and the main consideration is related to skin comfort health and other factors as well as gorgeous texture and other characteristics in th
New Home …
Well I moved into my new home on Thursday 4 December and finally I have time to upload some photos No wonderful writing at this stage...am very busy preparing for Christmas etc.
Marinduque Mountains
Marinduque's beaches and smaller islands that you could conquer for a day have been photographed endlessly. But not many have really taken the paths less trodden such as the interiors perhaps because of the tropical heat. The interior roads are also not regularly served by public vehicles often not more than two trips if you are coming from the capital town.But now the current administration has
Medical Fun with Christmas Carols
Warning: If you are offended by humor that depends on psychiatric and medical diagnoses, read no further.
Disclaimer: Before anyone complains (and in this age of exaggerated political correctness, someone surely will), let me make it clear that I mean no disrespect to people suffering from the illnesses mentioned below. I have the greatest empathy for sick people, and I have encountered several of these conditions in my own family and have actually experienced four of them myself. Humor about them doesn’t offend me, and I hope it will not offend you. Also, my mention of Christmas and Hanukkah songs is not intended to endorse any religious belief.
=================
After a year of serious talk about mostly discouraging things, I thought it was time for a totally frivolous post to cheer us up with a little holiday humor. A friend sent me a list of “Christmas Carols for the Psych Ward.” I thought they were funny, and I’ve copied the best of them below. I’ve added a few of my own for other medical diagnoses, and then I added several about complementary and alternative medicine.
Christmas Carols for the Psych Ward
SCHIZOPHRENIA: Do You Hear What I Hear?
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER: We Three Kings Disoriented Are
AMNESIA: I Don’t Know if I’ll be Home for Christmas
NARCISSISTIC: Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me
MANIC: Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and Fire Hydrants and….
PARANOID: Santa Claus is Coming to Get Me
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER: Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells…
AUTISTIC: Jingle Bell Rock and Rock and Rock and Rock …
SENILE DEMENTIA: Walking in a Winter Wonderland Miles From My House In My Slippers and Robe
Christmas Carols for Other Medical Conditions
Argyria: Silver Balls
Mumps: The Chipmunk Song
Depression: Blue Christmas.
Rosacea: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rhinophyma patient
Hypothyroidism: Baby It’s Cold Outside (and Inside too)
Obesity: We want some figgy pudding. (from We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
Scotomas (defects in visual field): O Holey Night
Edentulous: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth (along with the rest of them).
Alcoholic: Here We Come A-Wassailing
Deaf: Silent Night
Tinnitus: Jingle Bells
Narcolepsy: Shepherds! Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep
Christmas Carols for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Chiropractors: Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (and we can fix the resulting subluxations).
Acupuncture: The Twelve Acupoints of Christmas
Homeopathy: Kissin’ By The Mistletoe [Viscum album, one drop of mistletoe extract diluted to 30C and deposited on a sugar pill. Shaken, not stirred.].
Customer for penis enlargement products: I Have a Little Dreidel
Probiotics: The Friendly Beasts
Colon cleansing: Come, All Ye Feces-full
Herbalists: “Greens/Leaves”
Faith healers: Rise Up (out of your wheelchairs) Shepherds and Follow
TCM practitioners: From East to West
CAM believers responding to SBM: You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
=======
Playing with song titles can be great fun. Think up some of your own and post them in the comments section. It makes a great holiday pastime or party game.
Best Wishes for Whatever You Celebrate: Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Newton’s Birthday and Winter Solstice to All!
The fall of UK science | Bad Astronomy
I have been quiet about the woes being suffered in the UK over science funding. That’s mostly because it’s hard enough keeping up with the attacks here in the U.S.! But the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has been underfunded and in trouble financially for a while now, and they announced last week that they will make up the gap by basically slashing and burning major amounts of science research in the UK.
How much? Well, gone will be the UK participation in SOHO, Cassini, Venus Express, and XMM. These are major projects, and just in astronomy. Also gone will be many more projects — some critical — across the science spectrum.
I don’t have the experience or insight to understand all this, but you can read what astronomer Ian O’Neill, Ian Douglas at the Telegraph, and the e-astronomer have to say. Brian Cox, a physicist and friend, has been tweeting about this relentlessly as well. Brian has some insight on the political aspects of this too, and is a particularly good source of information.
I don’t know how this will all fall out. The money shortfall is a pittance — about $U.S. 200M — compared to so many other programs that don’t contribute to the public good nearly as much as science does. If this does not get straightened out (and it doesn’t look like it will) then this is a great tragedy for the UK and indeed for the world of science.
Futurist Tree Alights Milan
December 18, 2009 – January 18, 2010
Milan (between Cairoli and the Castello Sforzesco)
Curated by Stefania Morici and Federico Poletti
L’assessore alla Cultura, Finazzer Flory, ha dichiarato: “Con l’Albero di Luce lo spazio antistante il Castello Sforzesco, uno dei luoghi simboli di Milano, prende vita per accogliere un omaggio fatto di luce rivolto ai milanesi e ai turisti in visita in città . L’installazione, interpretando il principio della simultaneità futurista, esprime le potenzialità di un intrigante binomio fra tecnologia e arte con la volontà di costruire un ponte ideale verso il 2015, l’anno dell’Expo, per allestire una nuova e vivace scena urbana capace di dialogare a livello internazionale con le altre realtà metropolitane”. link