Friday, September 29, 2006
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Celestial dance called "The Love"
Post by Angelina Jolie on Yahoo 360
Mmm...so you want more, uh?!...OK, here is a little bit of biology before I start:
Our body has cells, and each cell has nucleus, each nucleus has a bunch of chromosomes, each of this stuff has complex molecule called DNA and DNA contains genes...also I presume you know that gene is the blueprint of our body. Interestingly, the gene is not prefect and the best part is that it "knows" it is not perfect! Hilariously enough it also has a backup to fix the mess!
Ok here are the details: Each chromosome is complemented by its pair - we have 23 pairs or 46 chromosomes in all. BTW, species that has one backup like us are called diploid, some species have 3 or even more called polyploidy and of course there are some which have no backup called haploid! Anyway, these backups are not exact replicas of the original but a variant. For instance an original gene may define a blue eye and a backup one will define a brown eye; well we will defer the discussion on what eye will that person have to a different time, but the point here is that these trait defining components (called "allele") are constantly under scrutiny and even being repaired constantly. This process is called "the gene repair".
Now coming to the women’s body, by nature, it is designed to reproduce. A precursor to this mission’s nature, a woman performs a special function, you may call it “gene hunting" if you want, because that is what she does. Her gene first tries to repair the deficiency from the back as said before, but when it fails to find the fix; it looks for gene from out of her body (not for her own selfishness, but for her offspring). But the principal driving force behind this is the principal of life itself: "survival of the fittest". The woman's body always strives to get the best fix for all its deficiencies so that it’s offspring is "fit" to survive, and the only outside source is a man's "sperm"! OK, now the biggest question is how to find a man (the source of the sperm) who has the allele that she wants? Also, how does man in his part advertise what he has? Well, this process is what traditionally called the primeval mating dance, or the fertilization tango or simply put courting! In modern days dating! It was hilarious to see in discovery channel how a crazy bird literally did a seduction dance to its "potential" mate advertising his allele!! How the mate did decode the allele information from his dance; I have no idea but decoding did happen!! Smart females you see...ha...ha...ha
Well now, how does modern man does the tango? Show-off his muscles, show-off his wealth & career stability, show-off his talents, in painting, singing, spend lavishly on her to prove that he cares and what not!! Have you done that guys? l.o.l...(Some of the entities mentioned here, such as wealth, are meme substitutes, which I will discuss in my next blog, probably). In olden days men's genitals were the main source of an allele advertisement; they are meticulously examined and tasted by his woman before accepting him; his erected penis length and thickness defined whether he could pump her deep in, his massive balls advertised that he can eject massive sperm (cum) into her! To complement him, she proves that she could be the fertile vessel to propagate his allele to the next generation by exposing her huge breasts and wide vaginal openings, if she has such. Actually, even today many do that, and scientists believe that irrespective of the fact whether massive genitals provide her the required allele, this act in the male part is the best advertisement a man could do to win a woman!! (Of course when and where and how, they didn't tell, hence many couples mess-up this technique...he…he…he)
Here are the celestial dance steps and the truth:
1. During the dance, the woman is very curious gathering cues for her deficient alleles,
2. And man desperately advertising all his strong alleles; desperately try to lock her attention.
3. If the woman finds a match in him she makes her first move!! (Remember, she is just making an optimistic guess here, that's all).
4. Man's heart delights but confused as to which of his trait triggered the fire!!
5. Well, if he is smart (has an allele to read between the lines) he can read her cues, because at this juncture, she does show him distinct interests in certain traits, not all of them of course.
6. Detailed exposure of an allele happens rapidly between them, mostly very explicit; no subtle dance any more.
7. If the decoding is successful on both sides, then the woman goes for the kill. (Watch who makes the decision!)
8. If decoding fails, (it invariably always fails on one side only for some reason!) The looser (whoever screwed-up the dance) keeps wondering what went wrong, while the other takes the next chance on someone else!!
9. Also remember, the advertiser may or may not advertise to many "potential" mates at one time, but the hunter, sure in most cases, always looks for the missing/best allele from many advertisers, simultaneously!! In other words a woman is always looking for the best, while keeping the better as a stand by! The man's strategy is to make sure no better suitor is around than him, at least during step 6!!
Ok, here are the common “word” mappings for the above scientific truth:
a) Items 1 & 2 or the initial encounters, you can call them courting, that trigger the spark. "Love at first-sight" or "head-over heals falling" or what not...
b) Items 3 & 4 is when they decide to go out on a date, first few confused outings may be…. Both parties mostly deny "Love" but secretly desire "could this be the one?”
c) Item 5 is going steady exclusively, lots of sharing & exchange of words. Identifying common interests, differences and so on…. In most cases, both openly proclaim that they are "in" love, and publish this message to as many as possible! Pathetically!
d) Item 6 is getting very close to each other, secrets exchanged, some times even negatively, includes physical pleasure in most cases. Talks about marriage, children, commitment etc., even behave like already married; spending and saving together, trial run may be…l.o.l
e) Item 7 is the "mission accomplished" sort of scenario; ends in marriage or at least successful impregnation. Also remember, item 1 to 6 is no more required, meaning, eventually one will complain "you are not my old blah, blah...." So the best part in the dance is steps 1 to 6! That's why western women keep repeating 1 to 6 and reach 7 only when they run out of dance partners! Are you laughing?
f) Item 8, well it’s very obvious, either the man did not advertise properly, or he got tired reading her cue! Or the woman is too slow to send her cues or simply found him not containing her required allele!!! In either case there is a heartache and frustration. Some give a long warning but many do break-up just like that.
g) Item 9 is just to warn that all during (and after) steps 1 through 7, both parties secretly do keep "backup plans", especially the woman… Hey, you know what? A fall-back system is always good, uh!! This is a proven fact by scientists (read the white paper on the subject called "sperm competition"!)
Well, I hope this summarized the celestial dance called the "love" between the potential mating partners, but remember during all steps from 1 to 8, both parties are spell-bound, kind of having an incurable fever: they don't listen to anyone but to each other, don't believe in anyone but each other, don't even see that the world exists around them! In one world, the word "rational thinking" simply disappears from the dictionary!! Well, the feeling "world to each other" might sound like an attribute of the divine love that I quoted in my earlier blog, but it is far from a toddler son or daughter who believes the world is just composed of dad and mom alone!! Because, the former happens in the "absence" of rationale thinking, and in the later case, the toddler consciously rationalizes his/her world with his/her tiny brain!
Mmm...so you want more, uh?!...OK, here is a little bit of biology before I start:
Our body has cells, and each cell has nucleus, each nucleus has a bunch of chromosomes, each of this stuff has complex molecule called DNA and DNA contains genes...also I presume you know that gene is the blueprint of our body. Interestingly, the gene is not prefect and the best part is that it "knows" it is not perfect! Hilariously enough it also has a backup to fix the mess!
Ok here are the details: Each chromosome is complemented by its pair - we have 23 pairs or 46 chromosomes in all. BTW, species that has one backup like us are called diploid, some species have 3 or even more called polyploidy and of course there are some which have no backup called haploid! Anyway, these backups are not exact replicas of the original but a variant. For instance an original gene may define a blue eye and a backup one will define a brown eye; well we will defer the discussion on what eye will that person have to a different time, but the point here is that these trait defining components (called "allele") are constantly under scrutiny and even being repaired constantly. This process is called "the gene repair".
Now coming to the women’s body, by nature, it is designed to reproduce. A precursor to this mission’s nature, a woman performs a special function, you may call it “gene hunting" if you want, because that is what she does. Her gene first tries to repair the deficiency from the back as said before, but when it fails to find the fix; it looks for gene from out of her body (not for her own selfishness, but for her offspring). But the principal driving force behind this is the principal of life itself: "survival of the fittest". The woman's body always strives to get the best fix for all its deficiencies so that it’s offspring is "fit" to survive, and the only outside source is a man's "sperm"! OK, now the biggest question is how to find a man (the source of the sperm) who has the allele that she wants? Also, how does man in his part advertise what he has? Well, this process is what traditionally called the primeval mating dance, or the fertilization tango or simply put courting! In modern days dating! It was hilarious to see in discovery channel how a crazy bird literally did a seduction dance to its "potential" mate advertising his allele!! How the mate did decode the allele information from his dance; I have no idea but decoding did happen!! Smart females you see...ha...ha...ha
Well now, how does modern man does the tango? Show-off his muscles, show-off his wealth & career stability, show-off his talents, in painting, singing, spend lavishly on her to prove that he cares and what not!! Have you done that guys? l.o.l...(Some of the entities mentioned here, such as wealth, are meme substitutes, which I will discuss in my next blog, probably). In olden days men's genitals were the main source of an allele advertisement; they are meticulously examined and tasted by his woman before accepting him; his erected penis length and thickness defined whether he could pump her deep in, his massive balls advertised that he can eject massive sperm (cum) into her! To complement him, she proves that she could be the fertile vessel to propagate his allele to the next generation by exposing her huge breasts and wide vaginal openings, if she has such. Actually, even today many do that, and scientists believe that irrespective of the fact whether massive genitals provide her the required allele, this act in the male part is the best advertisement a man could do to win a woman!! (Of course when and where and how, they didn't tell, hence many couples mess-up this technique...he…he…he)
Here are the celestial dance steps and the truth:
1. During the dance, the woman is very curious gathering cues for her deficient alleles,
2. And man desperately advertising all his strong alleles; desperately try to lock her attention.
3. If the woman finds a match in him she makes her first move!! (Remember, she is just making an optimistic guess here, that's all).
4. Man's heart delights but confused as to which of his trait triggered the fire!!
5. Well, if he is smart (has an allele to read between the lines) he can read her cues, because at this juncture, she does show him distinct interests in certain traits, not all of them of course.
6. Detailed exposure of an allele happens rapidly between them, mostly very explicit; no subtle dance any more.
7. If the decoding is successful on both sides, then the woman goes for the kill. (Watch who makes the decision!)
8. If decoding fails, (it invariably always fails on one side only for some reason!) The looser (whoever screwed-up the dance) keeps wondering what went wrong, while the other takes the next chance on someone else!!
9. Also remember, the advertiser may or may not advertise to many "potential" mates at one time, but the hunter, sure in most cases, always looks for the missing/best allele from many advertisers, simultaneously!! In other words a woman is always looking for the best, while keeping the better as a stand by! The man's strategy is to make sure no better suitor is around than him, at least during step 6!!
Ok, here are the common “word” mappings for the above scientific truth:
a) Items 1 & 2 or the initial encounters, you can call them courting, that trigger the spark. "Love at first-sight" or "head-over heals falling" or what not...
b) Items 3 & 4 is when they decide to go out on a date, first few confused outings may be…. Both parties mostly deny "Love" but secretly desire "could this be the one?”
c) Item 5 is going steady exclusively, lots of sharing & exchange of words. Identifying common interests, differences and so on…. In most cases, both openly proclaim that they are "in" love, and publish this message to as many as possible! Pathetically!
d) Item 6 is getting very close to each other, secrets exchanged, some times even negatively, includes physical pleasure in most cases. Talks about marriage, children, commitment etc., even behave like already married; spending and saving together, trial run may be…l.o.l
e) Item 7 is the "mission accomplished" sort of scenario; ends in marriage or at least successful impregnation. Also remember, item 1 to 6 is no more required, meaning, eventually one will complain "you are not my old blah, blah...." So the best part in the dance is steps 1 to 6! That's why western women keep repeating 1 to 6 and reach 7 only when they run out of dance partners! Are you laughing?
f) Item 8, well it’s very obvious, either the man did not advertise properly, or he got tired reading her cue! Or the woman is too slow to send her cues or simply found him not containing her required allele!!! In either case there is a heartache and frustration. Some give a long warning but many do break-up just like that.
g) Item 9 is just to warn that all during (and after) steps 1 through 7, both parties secretly do keep "backup plans", especially the woman… Hey, you know what? A fall-back system is always good, uh!! This is a proven fact by scientists (read the white paper on the subject called "sperm competition"!)
Well, I hope this summarized the celestial dance called the "love" between the potential mating partners, but remember during all steps from 1 to 8, both parties are spell-bound, kind of having an incurable fever: they don't listen to anyone but to each other, don't believe in anyone but each other, don't even see that the world exists around them! In one world, the word "rational thinking" simply disappears from the dictionary!! Well, the feeling "world to each other" might sound like an attribute of the divine love that I quoted in my earlier blog, but it is far from a toddler son or daughter who believes the world is just composed of dad and mom alone!! Because, the former happens in the "absence" of rationale thinking, and in the later case, the toddler consciously rationalizes his/her world with his/her tiny brain!
Veganism Explained!
OK; I’ve been asked to explain veganism and I don’t think I can do better than to reproduce the following from the ‘Viva!’ website (link below this post). I’m not trying to preach, just to give the information for those who are interested! I’ve been vegan for three years now (after being vegetarian for 10 years) and, like it says below, it’s a natural step to take from vegetarianism.
What is a vegan?
A vegan is a person who eats and wears no animal products of any kind. That means that as well as avoiding meat, we don’t eat or drink dairy products (cow’s or goat’s milk or cheese) or eggs and honey. That also means, of course, that we eat nothing which includes any of those products as an ingredient. We also wear no leather, fur, silk or wool.
Why go vegan?
There are many reasons for going vegan – just as there are for going vegetarian. Being vegetarian helps immeasurably in reducing animal suffering, environmental damage, hunger in the developing world and risks to our own health. Veganism takes all those advantages just a little further. For very many people concerned about any or all of these problems, it seems the natural step to take from vegetarianism.
Saving Animals
Cattle reared for milk production are exploited and made to suffer, just like animals reared for meat. They suffer from lameness, mastitis (inflammation of the udders) and other illnesses and – worst of all – they are forcibly separated from their calves just days after they are born so that humans can drink their milk. Cows are not some kind of special animal that produces milk automatically: just like every other animal, including us, they only produce milk to nurse their young. Male dairy calves, meanwhile, are useless to the dairy industry and are usually shot at birth. Meanwhile, egg-laying hens may be crammed into battery cages or disgusting, disease ridden percheries and forced to produce twenty times the number of eggs as are natural to them. Even free range and organic layers face disease and parasites – and are slaughtered for cheap meat as soon as their productivity falls below the level that the egg business will accept. Male chicks are as useless to the industry as male dairy calves and all are killed – including those on free-range and organic systems.
Like leather, wool is a vital part of the profitability of the meat business – and animals suffer to produce it. Over 90% of British sheep flocks have problems with lameness and almost 1 in 5 lambs die before getting to market. Even honey bees are prone to infectious diseases and the ill-effects of intensive production. All animals kept for profit are exploited in one way or another: the only way to ensure that animals are not harmed is to ensure they are not farmed at all.
Saving the Planet
Dairy cattle and laying hens consume land, water and resources just like other farmed animals. They eat pesticide-soaked fodder, produce polluting slurry, consume chemicals and drugs produced at environmental cost and generate greenhouse gases. They are a drain on our resources that this planet cannot afford.
Saving Others
Again, dairy cattle and laying hens are consuming resources that could go to feeding human beings. As the developing world increasingly industrialises its animal agriculture, farming animals in order to generate revenues instead of food that problem will get worse – and as more dairy and egg produce is consumed in the developing world, so its people are at risk of falling prey to the diet-induced illnesses of Western society.
Saving Yourself
Human beings are the only animals which consume milk after infancy – and the milk of another species at that. It is neither natural nor healthy. A study published in 2003 found that a vegan diet could reduce the most harmful form of cholesterol by 29%. The American Dietetic Association has declared that a vegan diet can provide all the nutrition that human beings need – from cradle to grave. Veganism is infinitely closer to the diet human beings evolved to thrive on than a normal, animal fat-soaked western diet – and the health benefits of a well-balanced vegan diet reflect that.
This is from: http://www.viva.org.uk/
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Thursday, September 07, 2006
What's this crazy thing called "LOVE"?
Post by Angelina Jolie on Yahoo 360
I too had lots of confusion about this 'crazy little thing’ called 'love' when I was young; lots of misinterpretations, lots of misguided definitions from friends and folks and so on… All I needed was one solid definition that answers all questions about love, defines all its behavior, and tells where to find one; interestingly when I found the answer, it took me by my surprise (and I am sure that it might happen to you as well)!! :D
Here is the premises (or facts) first:
1. Love has only one definition and it applies to all individuals, all relationships and at all situations. Its characteristics are:
a) is patient and kind;
b) It is not jealous or conceited or proud;
c) is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable;
d) does not keep a record of wrongs;
e) is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth.
f) never gives up; meaning, it’s faith, hope, and patience never fail.
g) finally, it is eternal (transcends from earth through heaven)
2. It is common in society to call lots of specific behaviors, emotions and acts by the name 'love' for many good reasons; here are some:
a) Some acts don’t have rationale reason behind them, but they become immensely meaningful if they label these acts as 'love' such as grand-standing charity, peaceful war etc…
b) Institutions such as church, school, family etc., use certain unpopular emotions to bind it’s members, these emotions such as anger, jealously etc., cannot hold the members together except if they are called as 'love' for some weird reason!
c) Finally, certain behaviors are legitimized or made acceptable on moral grounds by deliberately substituting this word 'love' for example it’s a taboo to say "I am horny, come and fuck me" but the same thing if rephrased as "I am in love, come and make love to me" is considered legitimate and natural!! Hilarious!
And here is the discourse:
The first one, as you see, is divine, and we cannot see it’s full manifestation in the world. Although some traces are seen between parents and children, between siblings of same parent, between matured couples and in certain gifted soul like Angelina Jolie :D The truth is that infatuations of the teens, dating passions of the youth, and even marriage fever between the couples many times do not fall into this first rule.
The second one is the consequence of the ever growing war between the 'genes' and the 'memes'. These are tremendous forces that alter our life, our culture and what not!! Once we know what's happening behind the scenes it will be so interesting to see how rational, the reason behind every act falls in place like magic. For example, have you ever asked a question why a) only nice looking girls have dates, most of the ugly ones are left out for arranged marriages? On the contrary b) sloppy but with good-career men normally have young, good looking wives, same as ugly but career-smart women bag hunks? Former example (a) is the success story of a gene and the later one (b) is the success story of a meme! Interestingly, couples in both these categories call their mystical attraction to each other as 'love'!!
Mmm…feel a mild shock? Nevertheless, life is not as simple as 1,2,3… hence don't assume fact 1 and 2 are mutually exclusive… guess I have completely messed up your head, uh? It will be a long discourse if I start explaining this drama of 'love' in the context of gene and meme, so I thought I can just give the synopsis first and if you've not still run away, probably I will continue….L.O.L.
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