What The Increase In Chlamydia Means.
2007-11-13 18:58:26
According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), the rate of Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, is increasing along with Gonorrhea and Syphilis. Chlamydia is alarming the medical community because 75% of all cases in women are without symptoms.
If untreated, it can cause PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease), urinary infections and many other complications. Scarring of the fallopian tubes become the primary cause of infertility in women, while in men, epididymitis, which causes pain on one or both of the testicles, can lead to infertility. If caught early, Chlamydia is easily treated with current antibiotics.
One of the reasons for the increasing number of cases could be that urine and swab tests are becoming more sensitive and performed aggressively in both men and women. Chlamydia can occur alone or concurrently with the diagnosis of Gonorrhea. In the past, anyone found to be positive for Gonorrhea, was treated presumptively for Chlamydia.
The increase in
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Resonant Afterthought - Poem
2007-11-13 10:00:28
Reflection,
Mementos, long forgotten notions.
Fractured mirrors, and poets’ folly,
Time’s mock of future’s past,
Presents fill of reverberation.
Invisible keys of eluded chance,
Burdened circumstance
Incomplete insight.
A chest cluttered with select fantasy
Until unveiled visions,
Empower light’s gift.
Resonant Afterthought.
Donda West And Cosmetic Surgery
2007-11-12 23:10:36
The untimely death of Kanye West’s mother Donda, due to a reported cosmetic procedure, causes one to pause and wonder. Surgery
, at best, is a trauma to the body with risks which can range from potential infection, bleeding, cardio-pulmonary complications or an unanticipated reaction to anesthesia.
No surgery should be considered minor or risk free. A full medical examination by the patients’ primary care physician prior to any planned procedure should be insisted upon by a competent, licensed plastic surgeon or dermatologist while considering the surgery, to rule out an undiagnosed medical condition that may affect a successful outcome.
A full consideration of the risks should be weighed including a review of all current medications for potential cross reaction during the operation. Drugs such as Plavix effect platelets and cause prolonged bleeding, as does Aspirin. These drugs, with doctors consent, should be discontinued for a minimum of a week to ten days before any s
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Stargazing For UFO’s - Unidentified Flying Objects
2007-11-12 13:01:03
Putting aside for a moment that the unidentified flying object rapidly moving towards you is not something your significant other threw when he/she unexpectedly came home and found you in a passionate embrace (or more), the claim of UFO’s has been relegated to science-fiction, delusion or over ripe imagination.
On Larry King Live (11/9/o7), it was reported that a distinguished panel of former high-ranking government, aviation and military officials from seven countries plan to discuss encounters with UFOs and official investigations, scheduled for Nov 12th.
What will we hear that hasn’t already been said by Hollywood in EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS (1956), directed by Fred Sears, starring Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
Perhaps, Stargazzer - The SkyScout Planeterium would help them in what is being hyped as a plan to transform science fiction speculation into scientific fact. Is there life on oth
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, Flying
On Norman Mailer, Reflective Pioneer Of Creative Non-Fiction 1923-2007
2007-11-11 05:56:15
Norman
Mailer, one of the most prolific writers of the Twentieth Century who co-founded The Village Voice in 1955, died on November 10th in New York City at age 84 from complications of renal failure.
Argue-ably one of the most controversial writers of his generation, he was said to have created what is now considered “New Journalism”, which covered such literary works as the non fiction novel, to the essay.
Gore Vidal, who argued incessantly with Mailer, was quoted as saying: “of all my contemporaries, I retain the greatest affection for him as a force and as an artist. He is a man whose faults, though many, add to rather than subtract from the sum of his natural achievements.”
Highly outspoken on almost all subjects, he was often loud and occasionally incoherent in his pronouncements, especially on talk shows. Described in the New York Times’ obituary as “belonging to the old literary school that regarded novel writing as a heroic enterprise u
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, Fiction
An Interesting Symbol - Eclectic and Common
2007-11-10 10:00:10
As I stumble upon different pages, I look for symbols that remind me of things I have encountered in the past or capture an essence of something that strikes free floating images. I came across this object in a quaint new online store, Nicoya Gift (www.nicoyagift.com), that features interesting forms that go well with the idea/vision of Eclectic Common
s.
This object conveys a simple design that speaks of Lothlorien, enchanted forest of Middle Earth in JRR Tolkiens, The Lord Of The Rings. Reminiscent of something worn by the fair Lady Galadriel (the morning star), Lady of the Wood, her granddaughter Arwen (the evening star), Queen of Minas Tirith, or a simple elf maiden. An elegant design which features “a vine motif” in silver, representative of the earth, branches of a tree, and mystery of that which arises from the Acorn, the seed of life that grows and becomes the wood in the rectangular shape also reminiscent of Manhattan’s gem, Central Park.
The simplest design,
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Love Potions For The Ages
2007-11-19 10:00:41
“Herbs, roots, flowers and various berries found in nature are able to be used wholly when effective combinations appropriate for restoration of individual deficiency be understood. Naught ingredients, but proportion, determine potency of said potion. This be true for healing illness.”
Contessa Llwaxanna Loveless Von Bralispth
In her book, Love Potion For All Ages, she writes: “After adding minute amounts of various natural forest berries, roots, edible mushrooms normally eaten by wildlife, with other natural ingredient, he would disappear. The howl of females deafening, scratching on the walls. Igor constructed a door where he slept by the main entrance, which allowed him to leave and return unfettered. In several months time, I perchanced notice an increase in three-eyed cats of many sorts as we left the isle off the coast of Chin. Everywhere we transversed, cats with three eyes appeared. It have became apparent, Peanut sired many since each possessed a perfectly
Nature’s Hoe – A Poem
2007-11-17 10:00:38
Born from life’s artful delineation
The seed of earnest potential
Longing urges, programmed calls.
A Spiral Truth, life anew
Borne upon the edge of fate
Directed, toward some sweet embrace.
Never early, a timely date
Figuring its place, amongst the Be
Honey’s dew, nature’s Being,
Freshly mated, unspoiled
Dying to be baited.
Is This True, Not, Or Just A Crock#2
2007-11-16 13:06:56
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in “old” England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them “Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down. Thus we got the phrase, “mind your P’s and Q’s”
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Karma + History (Actions Over Time) = Destiny
2007-11-15 10:00:56
According to people who hold to the tenants of Reincarnation, a soul is placed in a situation because of some previous karma, earned in another life that remained unresolved, the task of which would be to discover the pattern, accept its impact on behavior, then experiment with elements that may lead to other outcomes. The most likely way to achieve this would be to change thinking that motivated the act.
As with individual Karma, group karma can be both subtle and obvious. Intertwined with the the karma of others and of groups, a national Karma emerges whether it’s of one of the superpowers or not. The trends that define its path lies in its history.
If one takes a more current events approach, rather than a “sequentially linear” point of view, a circumspect perspective of history emerges. Only by focusing on the inter-relationships of people and nations is it possible to determine the impact they have on the course of events shaping attitudes and future historical t
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, Actions
, Destiny
Oh Essence, Oh Essence - A Poem
2007-11-24 10:00:18
oh essence, oh essence
for where art thou be
the sweet perfumed scent
of hallucinogenic pink elephants
running free
spots before my eyes do move
as my stomach growls
perhaps even tasty gruel
to calm my nerves
sustain my creative urge
oh essence, my tears run
as the smoke filled room
doth irritate mine eye for thee
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How To “Hand-le” Your Thing(a)
2007-11-23 10:00:40
The first image I saw in mind’s eye as I gaze at the “Hand-le“, designed by Naomi Thellier de Poncheville was Gomez Adams’ childhood companion “Thing
T. Thing” - or just plain Thing - the disembodied hand aptly portrayed by Thing in The Adams Family. Perhaps this is, Thinga’magig, Thing’s long lost love who lived in the same box in The Adams family mansion, with Uncle Fester, Mama, Puglsy, Wednesday and Lurch. Let’s not forget Mortica who knew how to “smoke” head instead of a cigarette from her mouth, or the illustrious cousin ITT.
Perhaps the “love” hands had a marital dispute, went through family court, and in a huff, Thinga left, parting company and met Ms. Thellier de Poncheville while on an ocean liner on her way to Paris France to start a new life. Thing was reported to have said in “hand” language that his beloved had plans to open a McDonald’s concession on the Champs Elysee selling,
The Old Man and The Burden
2007-11-22 10:00:09
On my fifteenth birthday, I was walking home from school. I chanced a small wagon with an old man. No horses to drive it, just there, as if it be his house. A small dog tied on a leash to the wheel, looking tired and sad.
“Can you avail me? I need help lifting a heavy burden,” he asked.
What kind of burden, may I ask?
“A chest,” he responded. “Filled with lost dreams.”
Have you not found the key to unlock it? I thought.
Before I could ask it of him, he said:
“I have many keys, but none can open this lock.”
Why not? I said with uncertainty.
“Because I do not know the correct key to use.
The lock changes so fast, I can’t keep up. Will you not try?”
Why think you I could do what you could not?
“Because you have seen The Old Lady Of The Tree and heard the voice of the Wolf. Your eye reveals it.”
She helped me find my way home once, I said, I have not encountered her again.
There are many things I have not seen an
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Elecciones Argentina, “La Nueva Evita”
2007-11-30 10:00:51
This is the first post from new guest writer Davin Blu. Please support his blog EclectIdeas. If your Spanish is limited, scroll to the bottom of this post to use the translator.
Ella ha sido llamada “La Nueva Evita
” y la “Hillary Latina,” pero este domingo recién pasado, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner hizo historia como ninguna otra mujer tiene en su país. CFK, como la conocen simplemente en Argentina
, fue de senador, y de ser la primera dama del país, paso a ser la primera hembra elegida presidente.Fernández necesitaba el 40% de los votos para ganar las elecciones, y de acuerdo al Associated Press indica que ella recibió entre el 42% y el 46% de los votos.
Algunos no recuerdan que ella y su marido ayudaron a la Argentina a salir de la crisis económica en la que vio sumergida en el año 2003 el país. Nadie duraba en la presidencia detrás de tal situación. Kirchners tomaron el control, y ayudaron al país.
En las encuestas del domingo, la mayoría del A
Prima Donna Looks – Poem/Lyrics
2007-11-29 10:00:41
Always looking for a place to go
Acting sophisticated, and on the go
Never willing to travel far below
Their aristocratic-ly shaped, Ho Ho Ho.
Constantly focused on their looks
Never reading any text or books,
Except for those that exclusively say
How to have a better face and body for display.
So keep your distance, and stay away
For “They are the Diva’s, keeping everyone at bay”
By avoiding “yo’ all” far from the fray
And all “They” say is, Hey Hey Hey.
Never without a lasting glance
Balancing romance with happenstance
Claiming they can’t, no never, perchance?
Acting like they belong in Paris, France.
Nothing more than a roving eye
Amongst the heated cattle,
As the Prima
Moo-ves by
Waving, with a faint smile, whispering, Buh-bye.
Why you ever thought they could love you so?
Should be more than enough to make anyone blow
Their high brow snobby intense flow
More like Uncle Fester’s light-bulbed mouth, aglow.
Regardless of their p
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, Looks
Life Is… Dot.
2007-11-28 10:00:58
Visualizing something as vast as “the cosmic expanse” and understanding it in familiar expression can help to compromise doubt and encourage more questioning, allowing an open mind.
Suppose life is a yoke laid by a very large chicken in a Cosmic Chicken Coop, surrounded by a luminous fence defining the area of its peck as it incessantly cackles.
Now, fill in your own… Dot.
Is It True, Not, Or Just A Crock #3
2007-11-27 07:30:03
In Scotland, many years ago, a new game was invented
It was called, “Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden”.
Thus, the world GOLF entered into the English Language.
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Poetic Muse
2007-11-26 10:00:49
Poetry becomes,
Space between the line,
Separated by letter, comma, period,
Encapsulating possibilities.
Evoked Images,
The Poet’s Muse.
What is not said is as important to poetic thought as what is. The Breadth between the line, the mind’s eye , developed with accumulated imagery , from the very first word to the last, the boundary of empty canvas waiting to be filled with suggested impressions, independent or not. Liberated borders of the writers’ thought, by which the reader becomes intuitively informed. Colloquy, soliloquy, spaced, a stream of though that includes unanticipated notions, logical or not, paradoxically co-existent, perhaps analogous to dreams.
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The Original LG Chocolate - Original or just Coco?
2007-12-07 10:00:05
Before I convey my impressions of this device, what does its name and look suggest? We initially see an object, like fashion as the outer package, even if at first glance its other meanings appear hidden, conveying messages, motives and can in some cases speak to the subconscious while suggesting, like a dream, perfectly logical contradictions.
This is more than just a phone, its the original LG Chocolate
and it tells its own story.
What this image transmits is that this gadget could be the long lost prop in the rumored third season missing episode of the original Classic Star Trek series, when the Starship Enterprise NCC -1701 goes back in time in a tense and uncertain sling shot effect around the sun and encounters Elvis Presley just prior to a 1969 concert in Nashville when Scotty accidentally beams him aboard. Its title was “Let’s Rock Around The Clock with Mr. Spock” mysteriously lost in the archives of Desilu Studio when Desi Arnaz sold his share to Lucille B
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Navigating The Maze Of Health Care Insurance
2007-12-06 10:00:25
However one views the health care industry, successful navigation requires understanding the principles it follows. Although its goal should be to provide health care, business concerns often take precedence. In her compelling article, “Health
Care Industry“, Patricia M. Danzon begins, “It is unpredictable and imperfectly understood by producers, and still less by consumers. Third-party payment and government intervention are pervasive. Although none of these characteristics is unique to health care, their extent and interaction are. Nevertheless, health care markets obey the fundamental rules of economics, and economic analysis is essential in appraising public policy.”
Assuming that no serious pre-existing medical condition, the contract is simple - pay the premium and the consumer is provided with medical care if, in the future, it is needed. However once a medical problem develops, the goal of the insurance company becomes more complicated and less consumer
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Exploring Philosophical Photography
2007-12-03 10:00:11
When I considered Art in the past, photography was never part of the repertoire of forms which were as creative as painting or sculpting. Just aim and press a button. What’s creative about that? I have since had remorse, realizing that I was doing to photography what a friend of mine, a painter, implied when he said, “Painting is a purer art form than sculpture.”
I had decided to explore photography. I wasn’t concerned about the quality of the photograph as much as understanding what it was that I was setting out to do, with a pocket sized Casio 900 series camera. What I discovered was intriguing.
My awareness of what was going on around me became noticeably focused on looking for interesting things to picture. I was excited when walking down 59th street between Park and Madison Avenues, on the South side of the street, I passed a Hallmark Store. When I gazed into the window, there was a 2-inch water bug, belly up in an “I love NY” ashtray. Anyone wh
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, Philosophical
My Life Is A Card Catalog Room In New York’s Forty-Second Street Library
2007-12-01 10:00:25
When contemplating any subject, I often intentionally avoid researching it. After all, I think, part of writing has to come from what I already know, not what I set out to learn. Only then can I test my apprehension, from what I think I understand, assuming it’s worth writing in the first place.
If I read before I thought about a subject, how could I be sure my thoughts weren’t influenced by someone else, or arising from an external source?
As long as I keep my mind open, I’m on safe ground, taking an initial introspect point of view. That’s assuming that it’s possible to separate what I think I know from what I have learned from the life I have already lived, which has already been affected by many circumstances set in motion.
Another point of view might question the ability to write before exploring other perspectives, because limited knowledge is insufficient to make conclusions. Although, that would be true of science or math. If life really is &ldquo
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, Street
, Library
, New York
The Salamander Who Lost His Tail
2007-12-17 10:00:03
On the edge of a pond, lived a salamander who had a habit of making himself invisible whenever he left his burrowed-out hole, mostly to avoid large snakes looking for food.
In the pond, on a large waterlily, sat a bullfrog eyeing the insects as they skimmed above the water, avoiding the fish as they jumped close to the surface, gazing up below the waterline. Evey now and then, the frog’s tongue sprang out, catching a number of them, on his long sticky tongue which always caught the attention of the salamander.
As the bullfrog ribbited, his gaze now fixed on the salamander, “You really aren’t invisible, you know. In fact, I see you have no tail. How did you lose it?”, he asked. “It’s invisible, not lost, but I always forget where I put it,” said the salamander.
“How can you possibly forget your tail? It’s part of you” said the Bullfrog. “No one will believe you’re invisible if you keep changing your tale”, he
The Original Star Trek - Remastered on HD-DVD
2007-12-15 10:00:08
Although most agree, there will always be a special place in “Sto-Vo-Kor" for James T. Kirk, dashingly portrayed by William Shatner in his pre TJ Hooker, Dennie Crane days. Some might add that Shatner’s flashy over-the-top acting and huge ego might be more appropriately settled if he were sent to Gre’thor, the Klingon Hades that was the destination of B’Elanna Torres in Star Trek
Voyager’s, “The Barge Of The Dead.”
Setting a mold and a standard to be surpassed by the other Captains of the Star Trek Saga, the character most admired in the original series, Science Officer Spock (emotionlessly played by Leonard Nimoy), the one whose “logical” advice Captain Kirk most relied on, to survive “The Wrath Of Khan” and almost got him killed in the overture of peace with the Klingon Empire in “The Undiscovered Country”.
Dr. McCoy (DeForrest Kelly), on the other hand was the character most often quoted, “He&rsqu
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, Remastered
Computer Security Done Right
2007-12-14 10:00:21
Anyone with a computer has faced the prospect of a virus or a worm intended to invade the inner sanctum of the hard drive, wreaking havoc amongst all those programs and collected data. A malevolent, perhaps mischievous individual or group wanting to make some point. Now it is possible to protect yourself, and the very files that define everything about you as clearly as your DNA.
For those who believe in the potential “power” it can generate, this is something that no Internet Intellectual can do without. It’s small, easy to travel, won’t trigger airport security systems, never needs driver updates, never crashes, doesn’t require a long booting time and guaranteed to make any virus or worm think twice about invading your GUI. The hand-painted poly-resin Computer
Gargoyle figurines will ward off evil glitches as you go about your daily work. They are sold as a set of four, approximately 3 1/4″ tall each. Beautifully crafted to remind one of New York&r
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Alternate Realities
2007-12-13 10:00:49
“For any event, there is an infinite number of possible outcomes. Our choices determine which outcome will follow, but in quantum physics, there is a theory where all possibilities that can happen, do happen in an alternate reality.”
Lieutenant Commander Data in Parallels - TNG 263
Are these words credible? Or do they represent the machinations of a science-fiction writer used to illustrate an interesting story line for an episode of Science Fiction, specifically Star Trek - The Next Generation.
The approach to writing fiction does involve creation of imaginative ideas, a compelling occurrence that can only happen if facts are altered to allow the events to crystallize and support a coherent tale. Creation of an alternate Universe, a thing of science fiction, perhaps to be proven fact at some later date.
Until quite recently, biology held that once a cell differentiated, then matured and specialized, it could never return to its “stem cell” nature. Now
When You've Got "IT"
2007-12-12 10:00:34
When everyone looks at you, there are two possibilities. Either you are unbelievably attractive, sexy, an object d’attention or displaying an unsightly bugga, a fly unzipped, perhaps to be swatted?
Sexiness is the ability to stir sexual fantasies in other people, just by look. Those that are the cause of the “stir” are what many people would define as a sex object. Those that evoke blushing are “drop dead for”. The ones that cause traffic accidents become stellar and can only be seen using, The Stargazer, Skyscout Planetarium, as they glitter the sky, dazzling everyone who encounters their path.
The people who are incredibly sexy, who understand it early, recognize its power as a card to play in their deck and learn to use “IT”, negotiating life. One such way is in advertisement and sales, all sorts of “profit” making. Everyone (99.9%) who want them, the attraction will be mutual, so the potential is endless for those who are &ldquo
Is It True, Not, Or Just A Crock #4
2007-12-11 09:39:13
In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase “goodnight, sleep tight.”
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Traveling Alternate Dimensions Using The "Eye Of Agamatto"
2007-12-10 10:00:58
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, Dimensions
Ode To Peanut - The Three Eyed Cat
2007-12-08 10:00:04
Three is better than two, they all doth say
Even the potato has more to keep those at bay
The dreaded cyclops has one , you see
Whilst Peanut
had three, one blue, two green.
The feline sire, females all sought
All eye-ing the cat, that came from nought.
A sage, a lover, a cat friend of all
Acting with zest, with zeal before the fall
As his balls of yarned catnip, filled the air
Amongst the Bud-Hadnu queen so fair
As she bared her soul in a fit and a flair
A clarity of vision, perhaps the eye of division.
Each eye blinked, one right after the other.
He only had three eyes for the one he could see
As they all eyed The Old Lady Of The Tree.
For further reading:
On the Late Contessa Llwaxanna Loveless Von Bralispth
On Peanut, The Three-Eyed Cat
Love Potions For The Ages
On October 31st, 1750
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