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Finally
Treated Testis The testis is composed of many tubes called “seminiferous tubules.” The seminiferous tubule on the left is from a testis that was not treated with ultrasound while the tubule on the right is from a testis that was treated with ultrasound. The ultrasound-treated tubule is completely lacking testicular sperm and has lost almost all immature germ cells, decreasing its overall diameter while greatly increasing the amount of “empty” space in the center of the tubule. Courtesy James Tsuruta and Paul DaytonAn ultrasound zap to the testicles can stop the production of sperm, reducing overall sperm count to a level that would render males infertile, according to a new study involving rats. Further studies are still needed to test how long this new contraceptive method would last, and whether infertility could be reversed. But for the researchers studying rat and monkey testicles, the early results are pretty gratifying.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine rotated high-frequency ultrasound transducers around the testes of rats. They put the animals’ testes in a cup full of saline solution to provide better conduction between the transducer and the skin. Then they measured the animals’ sperm counts to see how much they dropped. After several tests, scientists led by James Tsuruta found the ideal therapy was two 15-minute sessions, two days apart, which led to a dramatic reduction in sperm.
This was all pretty promising, so the foundation that funded the rat study commissioned a second study in monkeys. Researchers at the University of California-Davis fiddled with the numbers and found three 30-minute sessions two days apart reduced sperm counts for six weeks. Lead researcher Catherine VandeVoort said it was rough going:Posted on January 31, 2012 with 7 notes
Source: popsci.com
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Cool.
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A fitting excerpt for the evening
“Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.I do not think thy will sing to me.
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black.We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us and we drown.”The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
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This is my goal for the semester.
This headstand variation tripod headstand is an advanced variation and really should not be practiced with out proper instruction from a experinced teacher shame lululemon people could get serious neck injuries trying to do this.
(via blog| 5 steps to headstand| lululemon athletica)Posted on January 26, 2012 via Yoga for mind body & spirit with 40 notes
Source: lululemon.com
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Anonymous asked: I found your blog via a tag search of "aesthetics." I appreciate your perspective. Thank you =)
I’m glad! Have a good day :)
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Source: globalone.tv
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Schedule this semester
Studio
Native art of the America’s
Human ecology
Philosophy of aesthetics.
Taking it very easy my last semester of art school. In fact, I have a weekly four-day weekend!
Very enthusiastic about the courses I’m in though. Considering turning this blog into a documentation of my studies from this semester.
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Monday 23 January 2012
Enlightenment is a very ordinary thing.
It is nothing extraordinary, it is nothing special
- because the special is the search of the ego. It is just ordinary!
There is no demand, no hankering for anything, no clinging.
Simply you are, and you are happy - happy without any cause.
OshoPosted on January 23, 2012 with 12 notes
Source: deeshan.com
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RIP Etta James
Something told my friend Sarah and I to put her on last night. Glad I spent the last night of her life listening to her beautiful voice. She’ll forever be in our hearts.
A fellow once told me
I am a Virgo in both moon and sun
A fellow once told me
He wanted to hold me
Though he had never
Held smoke in his hands.
Wisdom is my main concern.
I was brought up nomadically.
Though I do not currently believe in universals, I do believe the Earth is a singular location and that we should begin to treat it as such.
My superpower would be time travel.
I believe that the human condition is the backbone of all world issues; this parallels environmental concerns.
I am often ashamed of where the human species has led us and fear for the future.
