You can't down 3,000 calories a day and expect to lose your belly, but calories aren't the entire story. Certain foods seem to pack pounds on the midsection: Last fall, experts from the ongoing Framingham Nutrition Studies reported that women who ate almost 400 fewer daily calories but chose the least nutritious foods had a 2 1/2 times higher risk of abdominal obesity than those who ate that much more but made better choices. They also had dramatically higher risk of such serious health issues as type 2 diabetes and heart attacks, says Barbara Millen, DPH, the study's director of nutritional research. You don't have to "diet": Just fold these strategies into your life and watch ab flab pare down.
Fruits & Veggi
Especially orange ones. Women trimmed their waists by replacing refined grains like white bread and simple or added sugar with carbs from fruits and vegetables, according to the latest review from Copenhagen University Hospital.
Besides packing in the fiber, which keeps you feeling full longer, researchers suspect it's the rich antioxidants, such as vitamin C and beta-carotene, that ward off ab fat. Carrots, cantaloupe, squash, and peaches are great sources of beta-carotene, while oranges, berries, and kiwi provide a good dose of C. To keep calories down, pick veggies, like bell peppers, before fruits, and choose fruits over juice.
Selenium (Cheese!)
This cancer-fighting mineral is also linked to lower rates of abdominal obesity, according to a survey of more than 8,000 Americans. People with low blood levels of selenium and other antioxidants had bigger waistlines than those with higher levels.
Selenium is found in many foods, but it can be hard to know if you're getting the recommended 55 mcg a day because amounts vary based on the soil in which food is grown and the feed livestock consume. To meet your requirement, try a supplement or eat a varied diet. Also, opt for foods grown in different areas: such as grains from the Midwest, Vermont cheeses, and nuts from California.
Proteins (NUTS: Almonds, Walnuts, etc.)
Eating more protein keeps you full and boosts energy, which leads to overall weight loss and--for those over 40--reduced ab fat in particular, according to findings from Skidmore College and Copenhagen University Hospital.
But studies show that eating high amounts of protein may stress the kidneys as they work to eliminate the excess, which can also cause calcium loss. Aim to get 25% of your calories from protein (if you eat 2,000 calories a day, that's 500 from protein). Just make lean choices such as low-fat yogurt, fat-free milk, fish, and poultry. Nuts are another great source but can be high in calories: Have just five 1-ounce servings a week (an ounce is about 24 almonds, 18 cashews, or 35 peanuts).
Wine
Don't start drinking wine just to fight ab fat, but if you enjoy a glass with dinner, it's a great benefit. Some studies even suggest that light to moderate drinking protects against female midsection weight gain, compared with teetotaling. Based on a review of data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics, one 4-ounce glass of red or white wine most days a week (up to 20 a month) seems to be best.
More, however, is not better. That extra glass of wine--or even just one cocktail--adds inches, found the Copenhagen study, while other research implicates beer in the proverbial "beer belly."
Right Oil
Research from Spain shows it's easier to stay slim eating monounsaturated fats (such as olive oil) and omega-3s (found mostly in fish but also in flaxseed and walnut oils and tofu), while omega-6 fats (prevalent in cereals, corn oil, baked goods, and eggs) caused ab fat to pile on.
Fats that should be eliminated completely: trans fats, which have no nutritional value and are mostly found in calorie-dense baked goods and chips. In a Wake Forest University study, monkeys eating a typical American diet for 6 years gained the human equivalent of 10 pounds more when the fat they ate was all trans fat, compared with those eating monounsaturated fat. Worse, "30% more fat was added in the abdominal region, and they had early signs of diabetes," says researcher Kylie Kavanagh, DVM
Monday, June 25, 2007
CHEESE & HAM for Breakfast==> GREAT MEMORY!!
Basically this research is from England, they found that this combination of breakfast helped increasing Memory, Effiency, and Concentration!!
WOW, these 3 are exactly what I need!! So tomorrow, head to Trader Joe's to get me some Cheese and Ham, and some whole grain bread!
*when I read this article, I was like WHAT?! Two super salty foods, and ham always come with Preservatives... not super healthy! But for Americans/westerners, the usual breakfast combo are: eggs, ham, cheese, bread, bacon, milk, fruits.... So it's not new to us, but if they eat eggs, cheese, ham, and bread everyday, why NO ONE tells us that his/her memory is better than ever?!
* but besides the "unhealthy" aspect, they sure taste delicious!
英研究：早餐吃火腿 + 起司有助記憶力 提高工作效率
更新日期:2007/06/25 12:56 記者:記者陳廣先／編譯
早餐對於一天的工作表現，有很重要的幫助，不過到底吃什麼好？英國最新的實驗顯示，起司加火腿的組合對記憶力、工作效率與專注力，有最顯著的影響效果。
英國公佈的最新研究顯示，火腿加起司的傳統德式早餐，最適合拿來作為一天的開始。科學實驗顯示，起司加火腿的組合讓碳水化合物釋放葡萄糖到血液中的速度減緩，因此對記憶力工作效率與專注力有最明顯的影響。
威爾斯史旺西大學心理學教授班頓以6到7歲學童進行4周實驗，分三組吃火腿加起司，含糖玉品片加鬆餅與楓糖，以及麵包，炒蛋，果醬加優格三種早餐，這三套早餐的熱量都一樣，血糖負荷量高低不同。
不過有一說是，一口火腿一口優酪的早餐卻可能吃出癌，其實國內的醫生也頗為認同。台安醫院家醫科主任羅佳琳2006年3月12日接受訪問時曾說，「因為它裡面含有亞硝酸鹽，亞硝酸鹽在跟優酪乳這類經過發酵的乳製品，比較容易產生致癌物質。如果吃的量大，長期吃，的確可能有致癌的危險。」
科學家分析不同早餐的血糖負荷量，也就是評估碳水化合物釋放葡萄糖到血液中的速度後，認為火腿起司當早餐，會比玉米片加鬆餅等血糖負荷量高的食物要好，同時也建議早餐吃高蛋白高纖維的食物，對人體來說也比較有益處，太多的澱粉雖然容易讓人易飽，但是會增加人體的負擔。
醫師建議健康的營養早餐可以多攝取牛奶魚肉蛋類，以及五穀根莖類，如少量的麵包或饅頭，還有大量的攝取新鮮蔬菜生菜沙拉和水果，這將有助於一天的開始。
WOW, these 3 are exactly what I need!! So tomorrow, head to Trader Joe's to get me some Cheese and Ham, and some whole grain bread!
*when I read this article, I was like WHAT?! Two super salty foods, and ham always come with Preservatives... not super healthy! But for Americans/westerners, the usual breakfast combo are: eggs, ham, cheese, bread, bacon, milk, fruits.... So it's not new to us, but if they eat eggs, cheese, ham, and bread everyday, why NO ONE tells us that his/her memory is better than ever?!
* but besides the "unhealthy" aspect, they sure taste delicious!
英研究：早餐吃火腿 + 起司有助記憶力 提高工作效率
更新日期:2007/06/25 12:56 記者:記者陳廣先／編譯
早餐對於一天的工作表現，有很重要的幫助，不過到底吃什麼好？英國最新的實驗顯示，起司加火腿的組合對記憶力、工作效率與專注力，有最顯著的影響效果。
英國公佈的最新研究顯示，火腿加起司的傳統德式早餐，最適合拿來作為一天的開始。科學實驗顯示，起司加火腿的組合讓碳水化合物釋放葡萄糖到血液中的速度減緩，因此對記憶力工作效率與專注力有最明顯的影響。
威爾斯史旺西大學心理學教授班頓以6到7歲學童進行4周實驗，分三組吃火腿加起司，含糖玉品片加鬆餅與楓糖，以及麵包，炒蛋，果醬加優格三種早餐，這三套早餐的熱量都一樣，血糖負荷量高低不同。
不過有一說是，一口火腿一口優酪的早餐卻可能吃出癌，其實國內的醫生也頗為認同。台安醫院家醫科主任羅佳琳2006年3月12日接受訪問時曾說，「因為它裡面含有亞硝酸鹽，亞硝酸鹽在跟優酪乳這類經過發酵的乳製品，比較容易產生致癌物質。如果吃的量大，長期吃，的確可能有致癌的危險。」
科學家分析不同早餐的血糖負荷量，也就是評估碳水化合物釋放葡萄糖到血液中的速度後，認為火腿起司當早餐，會比玉米片加鬆餅等血糖負荷量高的食物要好，同時也建議早餐吃高蛋白高纖維的食物，對人體來說也比較有益處，太多的澱粉雖然容易讓人易飽，但是會增加人體的負擔。
醫師建議健康的營養早餐可以多攝取牛奶魚肉蛋類，以及五穀根莖類，如少量的麵包或饅頭，還有大量的攝取新鮮蔬菜生菜沙拉和水果，這將有助於一天的開始。
Sunday, June 24, 2007
DO NOT DO IT, I WARN YOU!! IT'S JUST WRONG!!
This is from a friend....
pregant with a USA citizen fetus
I dont understand the things people go thru to have their kids a citizenship. They get pregnant in Asia fly to USA then deliver the child in USA then fly back to there country so their kid can have a USA citizenship...... all that for a USA citizenship?
BELOW is MY reply...
Ok, everyone has their freedom of choosing whatever they want in and for their lives.
BUT, I DO NOT agree with this kind of behavior!!
It's the easiest way to get a US citizenship, and any stupid can think of this way!
Not just asian but also mexican...so it creats lots of problems!
Now it seems like the white house trying to push the law that even if the kids have citizenship, but the parents do not have, the parents will still be forced to go back to their own country. Yeh it might seem like a horrible thing to do, but EVERYONE knows that it's those ILLEGAL Immigrants Planned to do!!
Yeh and if a preg woman whether she has US citizenship or not, she was sent into ER to deliver her baby, the hospital can not refuse this woman!!
And the worse things are, they LEAVE with the babies WITHOUT Paying!! NO one can find them cuz they leave no info of themselves!
Yeh thats another hole in this health care system!
We, the LEGAL immigrants, have gone through A LOT to just to get this US citizenship!! Why in HELL those ILLGALS are doing shit like this?! Why in the HELL they asking for WORKING permit to work LEGALLY in the US?!
I've heard of many famous people that just flied to the US and deliver the baby. And this business is reallly HOT in the west coast!! People are in this business and have those women lived here for a while, and take care of their lives, then send them to hospital to Finally get the US CITIZENSHIP!!
It didnt affect me until a friend in Taiwan told Me someday that she wanted to come to the US to have her babies.
well now, she's Not married yet, but has a bf. I totally DID NOT agree with this, but didnt tell her. Instead, I told her, "oh , the fee in Taiwan was sooo cheap! But the US, it's sooo expensive!!"
She replied, "Well, it doesnt matter, MONEY is NOT the issue here! It's NOTHING!"
Yeh, her dad is rich (building houses/big buildings), and of course, Money is Not the issue here.Their intension is to get a US citizenship, OF COURSE!!
And that really PISSED ME OFF!!
If they are that filthily rich, they can just go through the LEGAL process and earn the LEGAL status!! And , I'd respect them more!!
DO NOT DO IT, I WARN YOU!! It's just WRONG!!
pregant with a USA citizen fetus
I dont understand the things people go thru to have their kids a citizenship. They get pregnant in Asia fly to USA then deliver the child in USA then fly back to there country so their kid can have a USA citizenship...... all that for a USA citizenship?
BELOW is MY reply...
Ok, everyone has their freedom of choosing whatever they want in and for their lives.
BUT, I DO NOT agree with this kind of behavior!!
It's the easiest way to get a US citizenship, and any stupid can think of this way!
Not just asian but also mexican...so it creats lots of problems!
Now it seems like the white house trying to push the law that even if the kids have citizenship, but the parents do not have, the parents will still be forced to go back to their own country. Yeh it might seem like a horrible thing to do, but EVERYONE knows that it's those ILLEGAL Immigrants Planned to do!!
Yeh and if a preg woman whether she has US citizenship or not, she was sent into ER to deliver her baby, the hospital can not refuse this woman!!
And the worse things are, they LEAVE with the babies WITHOUT Paying!! NO one can find them cuz they leave no info of themselves!
Yeh thats another hole in this health care system!
We, the LEGAL immigrants, have gone through A LOT to just to get this US citizenship!! Why in HELL those ILLGALS are doing shit like this?! Why in the HELL they asking for WORKING permit to work LEGALLY in the US?!
I've heard of many famous people that just flied to the US and deliver the baby. And this business is reallly HOT in the west coast!! People are in this business and have those women lived here for a while, and take care of their lives, then send them to hospital to Finally get the US CITIZENSHIP!!
It didnt affect me until a friend in Taiwan told Me someday that she wanted to come to the US to have her babies.
well now, she's Not married yet, but has a bf. I totally DID NOT agree with this, but didnt tell her. Instead, I told her, "oh , the fee in Taiwan was sooo cheap! But the US, it's sooo expensive!!"
She replied, "Well, it doesnt matter, MONEY is NOT the issue here! It's NOTHING!"
Yeh, her dad is rich (building houses/big buildings), and of course, Money is Not the issue here.Their intension is to get a US citizenship, OF COURSE!!
And that really PISSED ME OFF!!
If they are that filthily rich, they can just go through the LEGAL process and earn the LEGAL status!! And , I'd respect them more!!
DO NOT DO IT, I WARN YOU!! It's just WRONG!!
Eel w/ Rice!
1. Broiled Eel (Made in Taiwan, farm raised)
2. Teriyaki sauce (soy sauce, mirin, rice wine, ginger, brown sugar, maple syrup)
3. Fresh wasabi
4. sesame seed
5. white pepper
6. Nori & fish flakes
7. red chili peper flakes
1. since the Eel is cooked already... all you need to do is to sprinkle all the above ingredients on top of the Eel , and drizzle some teriyaki sauce! Then pop it into microwave for 2 min, it will be SIZZLING HOT!
2. place the Eel on top of a bowl of rice (Japanese rice)
3. to be fancy, add some seaweed (see how it's made in one of my previous posts) on the side...
be careful, cuz you will definitely eat a LOT of rice, cuz this Eel & Rice is SOOOOO GOOD!!
** When I was little, Eel w/ rice was an expensive treat, sometimes my Mom would take me to the Jap. bento box restaurant and ordered this dish, but since it's Not cheap, so I didnt eat often! but Now, it's fairly cheap, if you just get it from market (during discount days).
Japanese like to eat Eel with rice during summer time, cuz they believe that Eel is very rich in flavor and has a lot of nutrients (Vitamine A & E, Omega 3, proteins, etc.). Since it's very HOT in summer, so it's best to eat Eel to boost up our energy!
** Taiwan USED to be the Largest farm raised fresh water Eel export, But recent years, it seems like the market is occupied by that stupid china!!
so recent years, when I went to market to get some Eel, it's always from china!! (Oh I hate china!) And the eels from china is a lot cheaper... yeh you wonder why HUH?! This is RED FLAG WARNING when you see something sooo cheap esp. it's from china!! Cheap doesnt mean it's gooood! (but most people dont care, cuz they care more about the money left in their pocket, not the Quality of the food!)
I feel VERY UNSAFE to eat ANY product from china, cuz they are famous in their POISONS in many of their products!! They'd add a lot of Extra preservatives, chemical stuff, Dirty stuff, heavy metals, .... Yeh any crazy thing you can imagine, they have their ways to add into them!!
Plus the factory or the places that made those foods or products are Dirty and Disgusting as HELL!! If you dont die from those poisons, you'll have very serious food Poisoning!!
Even though china is a HUGE market, and that everyone wants a piece of it.
BUT why they have to add sooo many Extra FLAVORS into the foods and other products??
yeh just cuz they dont eat them themselves, it doesnt mean they can do business like that!!
I'm Sure that they can SLEEP TIGHT at Nite!! (being sarcastic...)
2. Teriyaki sauce (soy sauce, mirin, rice wine, ginger, brown sugar, maple syrup)
3. Fresh wasabi
4. sesame seed
5. white pepper
6. Nori & fish flakes
7. red chili peper flakes
1. since the Eel is cooked already... all you need to do is to sprinkle all the above ingredients on top of the Eel , and drizzle some teriyaki sauce! Then pop it into microwave for 2 min, it will be SIZZLING HOT!
2. place the Eel on top of a bowl of rice (Japanese rice)
3. to be fancy, add some seaweed (see how it's made in one of my previous posts) on the side...
be careful, cuz you will definitely eat a LOT of rice, cuz this Eel & Rice is SOOOOO GOOD!!
** When I was little, Eel w/ rice was an expensive treat, sometimes my Mom would take me to the Jap. bento box restaurant and ordered this dish, but since it's Not cheap, so I didnt eat often! but Now, it's fairly cheap, if you just get it from market (during discount days).
Japanese like to eat Eel with rice during summer time, cuz they believe that Eel is very rich in flavor and has a lot of nutrients (Vitamine A & E, Omega 3, proteins, etc.). Since it's very HOT in summer, so it's best to eat Eel to boost up our energy!
** Taiwan USED to be the Largest farm raised fresh water Eel export, But recent years, it seems like the market is occupied by that stupid china!!
so recent years, when I went to market to get some Eel, it's always from china!! (Oh I hate china!) And the eels from china is a lot cheaper... yeh you wonder why HUH?! This is RED FLAG WARNING when you see something sooo cheap esp. it's from china!! Cheap doesnt mean it's gooood! (but most people dont care, cuz they care more about the money left in their pocket, not the Quality of the food!)
I feel VERY UNSAFE to eat ANY product from china, cuz they are famous in their POISONS in many of their products!! They'd add a lot of Extra preservatives, chemical stuff, Dirty stuff, heavy metals, .... Yeh any crazy thing you can imagine, they have their ways to add into them!!
Plus the factory or the places that made those foods or products are Dirty and Disgusting as HELL!! If you dont die from those poisons, you'll have very serious food Poisoning!!
Even though china is a HUGE market, and that everyone wants a piece of it.
BUT why they have to add sooo many Extra FLAVORS into the foods and other products??
yeh just cuz they dont eat them themselves, it doesnt mean they can do business like that!!
I'm Sure that they can SLEEP TIGHT at Nite!! (being sarcastic...)
Saturday, June 23, 2007
It's BEST to just KEEP TO MYSELF!!!
Yesterday asked a friend if cetaphil (lotion) and the glucocorticoids (for skin problems) worked for her baby who has Atopic dermatitis, since it's been 2 weeks....
she was like, "oh she applied the lotion on his body, and his condition got WORSE!! so she stopped using it! she used some other commercial brand... " (she Avoided the steroid oniment!)
AHHH... I gave her a whole brand NEW (16 oz!) cetaphil and the steroid cream that I bought for myself!!
Plus, I Repeatedly explained and told her my Personal experiences (allergy problems) and how I self-cared myself!
I cared about this little pt, not just cuz naturally out of my heart (sympathy and EMPATHY!), but also cuz it's a good friend's baby!
I feel the PAIN that this baby is going through... even though I do not have the same disease, but have been suffering from multiple allergy problems...
I told her that I was allergic to a lot of commercial lotion that most people used for my entire life, so I never used lotion to maintain the health of my skin for many years! till a few years ago, a dermatologist recommended Cetaphil lotion and cleanser to me, I started falling in love with this lotion and NEVER Stopped using it since then!
It was like a gift from heaven! Yes I'm Not kidding! I'd rather to have super dry skin and even to the point that there were blistering/crackling.... I'd never use other huge bottle and cheap commercial brand lotion!
Also the steroid ointment has done many miracles ,whenver I have skin allergy problems!
It's from a dermatologist in Taiwan.. so it's LEGALLY prescribed by the MD! Yeh and it's NOT FREE, It's NOT CHEAP Either!!
That friend, despited of my effort and heart, QUESTIONED & DOUBTED that ointment!!
Well, would she DOUBT the drugs that US MD presribed for her/her kids?!?!
Well, of course ANYONE should not completely trust a doctor, and it's ok to be cautious!
A family member also has AD, and has been using this steroid for Many years! Never heard of him complaining about it!
And Of course, it doesnt matter what kind of steroid OR the PERCENTAGE (she Questioned this too), if one uses steorid for a long time for chronic diseases, there would be some bad complications!!
IF she didnt want them, she could have REFUSED IT! I didnt have to waste my MONEY and just gave away FREE STUFF!!
Oh this is just ONE incidence, she gets OVERLY PRECAUSIOUS ever since she got pregnanted with her FIRST kid, and now she has 3!!
like she liked eating snacks and junk food before she had kids, but she PROHIBITED them to have a little pleasure and little fun. I was like nice enough to give them a small pieace of chocolate, she got SUPERLY MAD, and that made Me feel like WHAT THE HELL?!
Anyway, after all the LESSONS that I've learned, I think, it's best to just KEEP TO MYSELF!
I should'nt have been too zealous and even spend time on them and on doing some research for them!!
There are some old sayings in Taiwan, "good heart got eaten by dogs!" and "using my hot face kisses one's cold butt!!" They basically meant that I'm just being nice and have a gold of heart and really really wanna help others, but others doesnt give a DAMN!! and plus they make you feel like SHIT!! LOL
she was like, "oh she applied the lotion on his body, and his condition got WORSE!! so she stopped using it! she used some other commercial brand... " (she Avoided the steroid oniment!)
AHHH... I gave her a whole brand NEW (16 oz!) cetaphil and the steroid cream that I bought for myself!!
Plus, I Repeatedly explained and told her my Personal experiences (allergy problems) and how I self-cared myself!
I cared about this little pt, not just cuz naturally out of my heart (sympathy and EMPATHY!), but also cuz it's a good friend's baby!
I feel the PAIN that this baby is going through... even though I do not have the same disease, but have been suffering from multiple allergy problems...
I told her that I was allergic to a lot of commercial lotion that most people used for my entire life, so I never used lotion to maintain the health of my skin for many years! till a few years ago, a dermatologist recommended Cetaphil lotion and cleanser to me, I started falling in love with this lotion and NEVER Stopped using it since then!
It was like a gift from heaven! Yes I'm Not kidding! I'd rather to have super dry skin and even to the point that there were blistering/crackling.... I'd never use other huge bottle and cheap commercial brand lotion!
Also the steroid ointment has done many miracles ,whenver I have skin allergy problems!
It's from a dermatologist in Taiwan.. so it's LEGALLY prescribed by the MD! Yeh and it's NOT FREE, It's NOT CHEAP Either!!
That friend, despited of my effort and heart, QUESTIONED & DOUBTED that ointment!!
Well, would she DOUBT the drugs that US MD presribed for her/her kids?!?!
Well, of course ANYONE should not completely trust a doctor, and it's ok to be cautious!
A family member also has AD, and has been using this steroid for Many years! Never heard of him complaining about it!
And Of course, it doesnt matter what kind of steroid OR the PERCENTAGE (she Questioned this too), if one uses steorid for a long time for chronic diseases, there would be some bad complications!!
IF she didnt want them, she could have REFUSED IT! I didnt have to waste my MONEY and just gave away FREE STUFF!!
Oh this is just ONE incidence, she gets OVERLY PRECAUSIOUS ever since she got pregnanted with her FIRST kid, and now she has 3!!
like she liked eating snacks and junk food before she had kids, but she PROHIBITED them to have a little pleasure and little fun. I was like nice enough to give them a small pieace of chocolate, she got SUPERLY MAD, and that made Me feel like WHAT THE HELL?!
Anyway, after all the LESSONS that I've learned, I think, it's best to just KEEP TO MYSELF!
I should'nt have been too zealous and even spend time on them and on doing some research for them!!
There are some old sayings in Taiwan, "good heart got eaten by dogs!" and "using my hot face kisses one's cold butt!!" They basically meant that I'm just being nice and have a gold of heart and really really wanna help others, but others doesnt give a DAMN!! and plus they make you feel like SHIT!! LOL
Friday, June 22, 2007
NANOSHELLS CANCER TREATMENT
OMG, this is a SUPER FASCINATING cancer treatment!! It's definitely the greatest news for cancer pts and medical field!!
I first watched it on TV, and it totally grabed my full attention!
basically it's like a small golden bullet that attacks tumor cells, Not the ordinary chemo therapy!!
Great thanks to those researchers and their hardwork!!
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=4469&SnID=2
06/21/2004
CONTACT: Jade Boyd PHONE: (713) 348-6778E-MAIL: jadeboyd@rice.edu
NANOSHELLS CANCER TREATMENT PROVES EFFECTIVE IN FIRST ANIMAL TESTLaser
Treatments Eradicate All Tumors from Mice in Trial
A revolutionary new form of cancer therapy in development at Rice University and its licensee, Nanospectra Biosciences, has proven effective at eradicating tumors in laboratory animals during the first phase of animal testing.
The noninvasive cancer treatment uses a combination of harmless, near-infrared light and benign, gold nanoshells to destroy tumors with heat. The treatment does not affect healthy tissue.
"We are extremely encouraged by the results of these first animal tests," said Jennifer West, professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering. "These results confirm that nanoshells are effective agents for the photothermal treatment of in vivo tumors."
Results of the study are published in the June 25 issue of the journal Cancer Letters.
Invented in the 1990s by Naomi Halas at Rice, nanoshells are about 20 times smaller than a red blood cell. The multilayered nanoshells consist of a silica core covered by a thin gold shell. The size, shape and composition of nanoshells give them unique optical properties. By varying the size of the core and the thickness of the gold shell, researchers can tailor a nanoshell to respond to a specific wavelength of light.
The photothermal cancer treatment uses nanoshells that are tuned to respond to near-infrared light. Located just outside the visible spectrum, near-infrared light passes harmlessly through soft tissue. In the treatment, nanoshells convert this light into heat that destroys nearby tumor cells. The heating is very localized and does not affect healthy tissue adjacent to the tumor.
The animal trial involved 25 mice with tumors ranging in size from 3-5.5 millimeters. The mice were divided into three groups. The first group was given no treatment. The second received saline injections, followed by three minutes exposure to near-infrared laser light. The final group received nanoshell injections and laser treatments.
The blood vessels inside tumors develop poorly, allowing small particles like nanoshells to leak out and accumulate inside tumors. In the test, researchers injected nanoshells into the mice, waited six hours to give the nanoshells time to accumulate in the tumors and then applied a 5 millimeter wide laser on the skin above each tumor.
Surface temperature measurements taken on the skin above the tumors during the laser treatments showed a marked increase that averaged about 46 degrees Fahrenheit for the nanoshells group. There was no measurable temperature increase at the site of laser treatments in the saline group. Likewise, sections of laser-treated skin located apart from the tumor sites in the nanoshells group also showed no increase in temperature, indicating that the nanoshells had accumulated as expected within the tumors.
All signs of tumors disappeared in the nanoshells group within 10 days. These mice remained cancer-free after treatment.
Tumors in the other two test groups continued to grow rapidly. All mice in these groups were euthanized when the tumors reached 10 millimeters in size. The mean survival time of the mice receiving no treatment was 10.1 days; the mean survival time for the group receiving saline injections and laser treatments was 12.5 days.
"The results of these first animal studies are very promising, and while we don't yet have a target date for our first human trial, our entire team is working hard to make this treatment available to cancer patients as soon as possible," said Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry. "We have licensed the technology to the Houston-based firm Nanospectra Biosciences Inc., which will obtain the necessary approvals and funding for human trials."
This research was funded by the National Science Foundation under both an STTR grant to Nanospectra Biosciences and a National Nanotechnology Initiative grant to Rice's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology.
I first watched it on TV, and it totally grabed my full attention!
basically it's like a small golden bullet that attacks tumor cells, Not the ordinary chemo therapy!!
Great thanks to those researchers and their hardwork!!
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=4469&SnID=2
06/21/2004
CONTACT: Jade Boyd PHONE: (713) 348-6778E-MAIL: jadeboyd@rice.edu
NANOSHELLS CANCER TREATMENT PROVES EFFECTIVE IN FIRST ANIMAL TESTLaser
Treatments Eradicate All Tumors from Mice in Trial
A revolutionary new form of cancer therapy in development at Rice University and its licensee, Nanospectra Biosciences, has proven effective at eradicating tumors in laboratory animals during the first phase of animal testing.
The noninvasive cancer treatment uses a combination of harmless, near-infrared light and benign, gold nanoshells to destroy tumors with heat. The treatment does not affect healthy tissue.
"We are extremely encouraged by the results of these first animal tests," said Jennifer West, professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering. "These results confirm that nanoshells are effective agents for the photothermal treatment of in vivo tumors."
Results of the study are published in the June 25 issue of the journal Cancer Letters.
Invented in the 1990s by Naomi Halas at Rice, nanoshells are about 20 times smaller than a red blood cell. The multilayered nanoshells consist of a silica core covered by a thin gold shell. The size, shape and composition of nanoshells give them unique optical properties. By varying the size of the core and the thickness of the gold shell, researchers can tailor a nanoshell to respond to a specific wavelength of light.
The photothermal cancer treatment uses nanoshells that are tuned to respond to near-infrared light. Located just outside the visible spectrum, near-infrared light passes harmlessly through soft tissue. In the treatment, nanoshells convert this light into heat that destroys nearby tumor cells. The heating is very localized and does not affect healthy tissue adjacent to the tumor.
The animal trial involved 25 mice with tumors ranging in size from 3-5.5 millimeters. The mice were divided into three groups. The first group was given no treatment. The second received saline injections, followed by three minutes exposure to near-infrared laser light. The final group received nanoshell injections and laser treatments.
The blood vessels inside tumors develop poorly, allowing small particles like nanoshells to leak out and accumulate inside tumors. In the test, researchers injected nanoshells into the mice, waited six hours to give the nanoshells time to accumulate in the tumors and then applied a 5 millimeter wide laser on the skin above each tumor.
Surface temperature measurements taken on the skin above the tumors during the laser treatments showed a marked increase that averaged about 46 degrees Fahrenheit for the nanoshells group. There was no measurable temperature increase at the site of laser treatments in the saline group. Likewise, sections of laser-treated skin located apart from the tumor sites in the nanoshells group also showed no increase in temperature, indicating that the nanoshells had accumulated as expected within the tumors.
All signs of tumors disappeared in the nanoshells group within 10 days. These mice remained cancer-free after treatment.
Tumors in the other two test groups continued to grow rapidly. All mice in these groups were euthanized when the tumors reached 10 millimeters in size. The mean survival time of the mice receiving no treatment was 10.1 days; the mean survival time for the group receiving saline injections and laser treatments was 12.5 days.
"The results of these first animal studies are very promising, and while we don't yet have a target date for our first human trial, our entire team is working hard to make this treatment available to cancer patients as soon as possible," said Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry. "We have licensed the technology to the Houston-based firm Nanospectra Biosciences Inc., which will obtain the necessary approvals and funding for human trials."
This research was funded by the National Science Foundation under both an STTR grant to Nanospectra Biosciences and a National Nanotechnology Initiative grant to Rice's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Shin-Sen-Gumi HAKATA Ramen
Today went to this Ramen shop for lunch...
Lots of people inside and outside waiting for tables. I was like hmmm, it must be good?
Sat at the counter, ordered their lunch special set A (Hakata ramen with gyoza) for $7.25!
Originally, I only wanted ordered Ramen ($6.95)... but the stupid waitress asked if I wanted lunch special... (from A to D or E?)
Yes since I'm a Talented chef, so I have HIGH expectation everytime I visit a resturant that I've never been to.
The reason that I went was, last night looking through some blogger's exp on ramen in the US and in japan, so I was quite hungry... It's very BAD to read about those articles late at night!!
so I decided to give it a try today.
The special thing about this store was, they asked you to fill out how you'd like your noodle to be done (hard, normal, soft), how OILY you want your soup to be (very oily, normal, light), and how RICH you want your soupd to be (rich, normal, light).
Another special thing about this restaurant is, if you finish the ramen, you can order another order of RAMEN only, for 95 cents!! This, I've never heard of before!
So I picked normal noodle, normal oil, and RICH soup base.
The two MAIN characters of jap. ramen are, 1. the SOUP BASE. 2. the Ramen!!
and of course, there are toppings, like cha shu pork, green onion, pickled ginger, etc...
So SOUP and Ramen are very important and play the KEY factors, and pretty much set the scale in customers' mind! And whether or not I'm gonna come back again!!
Didnt wait for long, since the only thing the chef needed to do was to cook the ramen!
When it came, I looked through the ingredients inside this bowl, 3 very small pieces of cha shu (ha no wonder, they want people to order extra cha shu for $2!!) I ate the pork first.
The soup was VERY VERY SALTY!! Yeh it's rich, but way too salty!
I can tell that the soup is Ton ko tsu (pork bone flavor), shoyu (soy sauce), and some sweet flavor thing... so It tasted kinda ODD!!
Then, it comes the ramen... I was disappointed, cuz the ramen was tooo THIN, and not al dente!! (not Q!!)
cuz it's very thin ramen, so it only needs like 2 or 3 min of cooking, if goes more than that, it become tooo soft!!
Also, the ramen has a weird taste...
I like to add white pepper and sometimes some jap chili pepper to my soup..
but I was disappointed at the soup that it didnt have strong Garlic flavor!
I quickly finish the ramen, and then asked for another order of ramen.
They gave me a small plate of green onion and a bottle of shoyu, just in case the soup was thinned out after adding the ramen.
Actually, the ramen tasted a bit better the 2nd round, and cuz ramen came with a bit of water, so the soup was thinned out a bit, BUT it tasted better and more eatable!
In my mind, the best soup base should be very rich pork flavored PLUS a lot of Garlic!!
In fact, 山頭火 ramen shop (another jap ramen from japan), even though this shop is not very famoust here, but the soup is rich and garlicky!! I like to order Big size, since I love noodle and also the small size only like 1 buck different!! so I might as well order large size!
(well large size is NOT that big... just in case you are wondering)
but the soup is also VERY salty, PLUS VERY OILY!! So for health conscious, I scooped out the excess oil...
So the Q remained......... Will I go back again?!
Lots of people inside and outside waiting for tables. I was like hmmm, it must be good?
Sat at the counter, ordered their lunch special set A (Hakata ramen with gyoza) for $7.25!
Originally, I only wanted ordered Ramen ($6.95)... but the stupid waitress asked if I wanted lunch special... (from A to D or E?)
Yes since I'm a Talented chef, so I have HIGH expectation everytime I visit a resturant that I've never been to.
The reason that I went was, last night looking through some blogger's exp on ramen in the US and in japan, so I was quite hungry... It's very BAD to read about those articles late at night!!
so I decided to give it a try today.
The special thing about this store was, they asked you to fill out how you'd like your noodle to be done (hard, normal, soft), how OILY you want your soup to be (very oily, normal, light), and how RICH you want your soupd to be (rich, normal, light).
Another special thing about this restaurant is, if you finish the ramen, you can order another order of RAMEN only, for 95 cents!! This, I've never heard of before!
So I picked normal noodle, normal oil, and RICH soup base.
The two MAIN characters of jap. ramen are, 1. the SOUP BASE. 2. the Ramen!!
and of course, there are toppings, like cha shu pork, green onion, pickled ginger, etc...
So SOUP and Ramen are very important and play the KEY factors, and pretty much set the scale in customers' mind! And whether or not I'm gonna come back again!!
Didnt wait for long, since the only thing the chef needed to do was to cook the ramen!
When it came, I looked through the ingredients inside this bowl, 3 very small pieces of cha shu (ha no wonder, they want people to order extra cha shu for $2!!) I ate the pork first.
The soup was VERY VERY SALTY!! Yeh it's rich, but way too salty!
I can tell that the soup is Ton ko tsu (pork bone flavor), shoyu (soy sauce), and some sweet flavor thing... so It tasted kinda ODD!!
Then, it comes the ramen... I was disappointed, cuz the ramen was tooo THIN, and not al dente!! (not Q!!)
cuz it's very thin ramen, so it only needs like 2 or 3 min of cooking, if goes more than that, it become tooo soft!!
Also, the ramen has a weird taste...
I like to add white pepper and sometimes some jap chili pepper to my soup..
but I was disappointed at the soup that it didnt have strong Garlic flavor!
I quickly finish the ramen, and then asked for another order of ramen.
They gave me a small plate of green onion and a bottle of shoyu, just in case the soup was thinned out after adding the ramen.
Actually, the ramen tasted a bit better the 2nd round, and cuz ramen came with a bit of water, so the soup was thinned out a bit, BUT it tasted better and more eatable!
In my mind, the best soup base should be very rich pork flavored PLUS a lot of Garlic!!
In fact, 山頭火 ramen shop (another jap ramen from japan), even though this shop is not very famoust here, but the soup is rich and garlicky!! I like to order Big size, since I love noodle and also the small size only like 1 buck different!! so I might as well order large size!
(well large size is NOT that big... just in case you are wondering)
but the soup is also VERY salty, PLUS VERY OILY!! So for health conscious, I scooped out the excess oil...
So the Q remained......... Will I go back again?!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Sesame chicken with Sticky Rice!!
Since I didnt make the sticky rice bun this year, I thought oh I could make Sesame chicken with sticky rice!
It's a very easy and a very famous traditional Taiwanese dish!!
1. Sticky rice (long grain)
2. Organic chicken legs
3. Ginger
4. Dark sesame oil
5. rice wine
6. mirin
7. sea salt
8. white pepper
*chop up ginger into small pieces, mix it with dark sesame oil and salt in hot pan; I like to put a lot of ginger into this dish.
*Add chicken and rice, stir and mix well
*add rice wine, mirin, white pepper
*then transfer everything into a pot, put it in rice cooker, I cooked for like 1.5 hrs. well just till the rice is fully cooked!
* It smells soooooo GOOD after it's all cooked!!
** Be careful do not eat too much during summer time! cuz it's a dish for cold weather! Ginger and sesame oil can make you feel very hot... so it's good to eat this when its very cold!
but if it's hot weather, you'd feel uncomfortable after eating this!
** Also DO NOT eat this dish when you have a cold!! Again ginger and sesame oil can make your throat in more pain than it already is when you are sick!! so avoid these two ingredients when you are sick!!
**Otherwise, it's a very tasty dish and can warm you up during cold winter time!! you wont feel cold anymore!! No more heater!!
It's a very easy and a very famous traditional Taiwanese dish!!
1. Sticky rice (long grain)
2. Organic chicken legs
3. Ginger
4. Dark sesame oil
5. rice wine
6. mirin
7. sea salt
8. white pepper
*chop up ginger into small pieces, mix it with dark sesame oil and salt in hot pan; I like to put a lot of ginger into this dish.
*Add chicken and rice, stir and mix well
*add rice wine, mirin, white pepper
*then transfer everything into a pot, put it in rice cooker, I cooked for like 1.5 hrs. well just till the rice is fully cooked!
* It smells soooooo GOOD after it's all cooked!!
** Be careful do not eat too much during summer time! cuz it's a dish for cold weather! Ginger and sesame oil can make you feel very hot... so it's good to eat this when its very cold!
but if it's hot weather, you'd feel uncomfortable after eating this!
** Also DO NOT eat this dish when you have a cold!! Again ginger and sesame oil can make your throat in more pain than it already is when you are sick!! so avoid these two ingredients when you are sick!!
**Otherwise, it's a very tasty dish and can warm you up during cold winter time!! you wont feel cold anymore!! No more heater!!
Today is Triangular Bamboo Leaves Sticky Rice Holiday!!
Ok the name sounds odd, but I dont know how to translate the chinese name into English..
First, today is 5/15 Chinese lunar calendar. so Every year the date is different on western calendar.
2nd, Taiwanese and Chinese all over the world would celebrate this holiday by eating this triangular shape sticky rice, which is wraped by bamboo leaves.
years ago (2001) I wanted to try to make this kind of delicacy. so I went and shopped for all the ingredients : sticky rice, penuts, dry shitake mushroom (which has a very strong aroma), dry shallot, dry squid, pork belly, salty raw duck egg yolk, dry scallop, garlic, soy sauce, rice wine, mirin, olive oil, sesame oil, white pepper
1. wash and let the sticky rice sits in water for a few hours.
2. wash and let raw penuts sits in water for at least 24 hrs. and cook it in steamer till it;s almost cooked
3. slowly braised pork belly (chop it into chunks) with soy sauce, mirin, rice wine, brown sugar, garlic (OR skip this process, just add the pork into #5, and mix well)
4. put mushroom into a cup, add water, let stand till they'r all POOF UP!
5. EVOO and sesame oil in hot pan, slice up the mushroom, stir fried the mushroom with dry shallot, garlic, squid, and/or pork
6. Mix the sticky rice into the mixture, add soy sauce, rice wine, mirin, white pepper
7. clean the bamboo leaves with brushes and warm water...
8. mix the duck yolk with rice wine... sit for a while..
9. also let the dry scallop sits in water for while...
9. Fold 2 leaves at its 1/3 area, make a traingular shape. Put a scoop of rice mixture into the leaves, add dry scallop, duck yolk, and cooked porkbelly, then adds some more rice to cover up
10. covers up the rice with the leaves and make it into traingular shape. Tight it up
11. Either prepare a big pot of water or steam in rice cooker for HOURS. (yeh I dont remember exactly how many hours!) Probably a couple of hours!!
but it will take longer if steam the sticky rice, cuz it's not easy to cook the sticky rice, it needs more time than regular white rice.
*** This was how my grandma made it when I was a little kid. I remember I sat next to her in grandparents house, and I remember all the nice ingreidents (duck yolk, dry squid, dry mushroom, dry scallop, dry penuts). I dont remember all the details, but I still remember how GOOD it tasted!! After that year, I asked her to make it again, she always said , nooo she's too OLD to do it!! she could not do it no more!!
but I heard that she acutally made it AGAIN yeasterday After all these years!! OH I was sooooo JEALOUS!! I wish I could be there and eat this delicacy!! cuz in my memory, NO ONE could make it better than my grandma could!! Ha, well maybe mine could beat hers!!
*After I did all the hard work, my mom took some to NYC to share them with my sister and brother and sister's bf. and Of Course, they LOVED it!!
First, today is 5/15 Chinese lunar calendar. so Every year the date is different on western calendar.
2nd, Taiwanese and Chinese all over the world would celebrate this holiday by eating this triangular shape sticky rice, which is wraped by bamboo leaves.
years ago (2001) I wanted to try to make this kind of delicacy. so I went and shopped for all the ingredients : sticky rice, penuts, dry shitake mushroom (which has a very strong aroma), dry shallot, dry squid, pork belly, salty raw duck egg yolk, dry scallop, garlic, soy sauce, rice wine, mirin, olive oil, sesame oil, white pepper
1. wash and let the sticky rice sits in water for a few hours.
2. wash and let raw penuts sits in water for at least 24 hrs. and cook it in steamer till it;s almost cooked
3. slowly braised pork belly (chop it into chunks) with soy sauce, mirin, rice wine, brown sugar, garlic (OR skip this process, just add the pork into #5, and mix well)
4. put mushroom into a cup, add water, let stand till they'r all POOF UP!
5. EVOO and sesame oil in hot pan, slice up the mushroom, stir fried the mushroom with dry shallot, garlic, squid, and/or pork
6. Mix the sticky rice into the mixture, add soy sauce, rice wine, mirin, white pepper
7. clean the bamboo leaves with brushes and warm water...
8. mix the duck yolk with rice wine... sit for a while..
9. also let the dry scallop sits in water for while...
9. Fold 2 leaves at its 1/3 area, make a traingular shape. Put a scoop of rice mixture into the leaves, add dry scallop, duck yolk, and cooked porkbelly, then adds some more rice to cover up
10. covers up the rice with the leaves and make it into traingular shape. Tight it up
11. Either prepare a big pot of water or steam in rice cooker for HOURS. (yeh I dont remember exactly how many hours!) Probably a couple of hours!!
but it will take longer if steam the sticky rice, cuz it's not easy to cook the sticky rice, it needs more time than regular white rice.
*** This was how my grandma made it when I was a little kid. I remember I sat next to her in grandparents house, and I remember all the nice ingreidents (duck yolk, dry squid, dry mushroom, dry scallop, dry penuts). I dont remember all the details, but I still remember how GOOD it tasted!! After that year, I asked her to make it again, she always said , nooo she's too OLD to do it!! she could not do it no more!!
but I heard that she acutally made it AGAIN yeasterday After all these years!! OH I was sooooo JEALOUS!! I wish I could be there and eat this delicacy!! cuz in my memory, NO ONE could make it better than my grandma could!! Ha, well maybe mine could beat hers!!
*After I did all the hard work, my mom took some to NYC to share them with my sister and brother and sister's bf. and Of Course, they LOVED it!!
Monday, June 18, 2007
Personal Chef or Catering Biz??
Today planned a catering business blueprint...
Since my greatest interests are Medicine and Cooking... so why not start a caterting biz first?
It does not need a lot of funds to start it (I think). Since it's a Web age, so I can do most of the ads on the internet... and probably need a helper to do the delivery?
I got this idea a while ago, but like yesterday I saw a news which was about an old mom and her daughter in law started a meal-box business right at their house. They started having this idea cuz they thought they had to prepare dinner for their family everyday, so they might as well prepare 5 to 10 extra orders everyday. so they advertized it on the web, and young people that missed the homemade and Mom's cooking were interested in buy the meals... and everything just started from there... and in fact, it's quite popular!! It's sold-out everyday!!
Since my greatest interests are Medicine and Cooking... so why not start a caterting biz first?
It does not need a lot of funds to start it (I think). Since it's a Web age, so I can do most of the ads on the internet... and probably need a helper to do the delivery?
I got this idea a while ago, but like yesterday I saw a news which was about an old mom and her daughter in law started a meal-box business right at their house. They started having this idea cuz they thought they had to prepare dinner for their family everyday, so they might as well prepare 5 to 10 extra orders everyday. so they advertized it on the web, and young people that missed the homemade and Mom's cooking were interested in buy the meals... and everything just started from there... and in fact, it's quite popular!! It's sold-out everyday!!
Christina's HALF- DAY Trip to Downtown!!
On 6/14 evening, I took Christina to downtown to visit my sister. She lived in a hotel there till Friday morning. So we went there for 1 night stay.
Since that hotel doesnt allow pets... so I had to hide christina in a luggage and quickly sneaked her into the room!
Basically Ding Ding didnt go anywhere, she stayed in the hotel room for most of the time.
It's her FIRST time stay in a hotel! So she was quite excited!!
She's a traitor!! She liked my sister more than anyone in the family...
She had cereal and water for her late nite snack!
Next morning, I had to sneak her out... then we went to a waterfall in the plaza next to the hotel, I took a pic of her... and thats about it.. and the END of her downtown TRIP!!
I then walked around on the streets in the downtown area, it's funny that I've lived here for so long, yet NEVER had the chance to visit downtown!!
Since that hotel doesnt allow pets... so I had to hide christina in a luggage and quickly sneaked her into the room!
Basically Ding Ding didnt go anywhere, she stayed in the hotel room for most of the time.
It's her FIRST time stay in a hotel! So she was quite excited!!
She's a traitor!! She liked my sister more than anyone in the family...
She had cereal and water for her late nite snack!
Next morning, I had to sneak her out... then we went to a waterfall in the plaza next to the hotel, I took a pic of her... and thats about it.. and the END of her downtown TRIP!!
I then walked around on the streets in the downtown area, it's funny that I've lived here for so long, yet NEVER had the chance to visit downtown!!
Roasted Tri-Colored Potato with other Root Veggi
1. Organic Purple, Red, Yellow potato
2. Organic Sweet potato/Yam
3. Organic Carrots
4. Green color pumpkin
5. Garlic
6. onion powder+dry parsely
7. Sea salt
8. EVOO
*cut them all into cube size, mix all the ingredients together
*roast them in oven, 400 F or 450F till golden brown!!
*A very colorful and eye cathing dish!!
2. Organic Sweet potato/Yam
3. Organic Carrots
4. Green color pumpkin
5. Garlic
6. onion powder+dry parsely
7. Sea salt
8. EVOO
*cut them all into cube size, mix all the ingredients together
*roast them in oven, 400 F or 450F till golden brown!!
*A very colorful and eye cathing dish!!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Another Physician's Salary surverys
http://www.allied-physicians.com/salary_surveys/physician-salaries.htm
I was quite surprised when I read Forbe's article about the best paid jobs. cuz for one, the Salary was way too low for the jobs they listed, and for two, the number 1 job was Anesthologist!! I thought it's ORS-Spine surgery, Neuro-Surgeon, etc?!
And even for internal med was like number 6 on the list! and psychiatris was number 8?!
I never thought that a psychiatrist would be that HOT and made that much!?!
As for IM, does that include all kinds of speciality?! like Cardio can earn $811,000!!
Any thoughts?
I was quite surprised when I read Forbe's article about the best paid jobs. cuz for one, the Salary was way too low for the jobs they listed, and for two, the number 1 job was Anesthologist!! I thought it's ORS-Spine surgery, Neuro-Surgeon, etc?!
And even for internal med was like number 6 on the list! and psychiatris was number 8?!
I never thought that a psychiatrist would be that HOT and made that much!?!
As for IM, does that include all kinds of speciality?! like Cardio can earn $811,000!!
Any thoughts?
America's 25 BEST-PAYING Jobs!!
http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/04/jobs-careers-compensation-lead-careers-cx_pm_0604jobs.html?partner=careersaol
When we first looked at America's best- and worst-paying jobs a year back, we asked the question, "Why do financially pushy parents want their children to marry doctors?" Our answer then: Because, as Willie Sutton said of banks, that is where the money is. Still is.
The medical profession continues to dominate the top end of our list of the 25 best- and worst-paying jobs in America. Anesthesiologists have flipped places with surgeons to take the top spot, but the next eight places are firmly in the healing hands of various sorts of specialist practitioners.
Chief executives, at No. 10, and airline pilots, at No. 14, are the only two non-medical occupations in the top 15. Even lawyers don't make it. They're No. 16.
At the other end of the scale are jobs in restaurants, hotels and leisure businesses. The lowest paid of all? People who cook, prepare and serve in fast-food joints, followed by dishwashers, busboys and the folk who show you to your seat in coffee-shops and the like.
According to government data, the mean annual salary for America's 29,890 anesthesiologists is $184,340; for its 2.5 million fast-food preparers and servers, $15,230. The mean annual pay for all jobs is $39,190. In all, the lowest-paying 25 occupations employ 15.6 million people in America; the best-paying jobs employ 3 million.
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Our numbers are drawn from the U.S. government's National, State and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates. The latest ones available use 2006 data and are based on a national survey of employers of every size and in all industry sectors. They examine 800 occupations.
The survey covers full- and part-time workers who are paid a wage or salary. It does not include the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, household workers and unpaid family workers.
It asks about basic pay, incentive bonuses and commissions, but not overtime pay or non-wage compensation, such as stock options.
That helps explain why mean annual wages appear lower than one might have expected at the top end and higher at the bottom, where undocumented workers are unlikely to be counted accurately.
Remember, too, that these are mean salaries and that they give no indication of how distant the outliers at either end of the salary scale for any occupation might be. There are plenty of lawyers that earn a lot more than the average $113,660, and surely there are dishwashers who earn a lot less than $16,190.
The total compensation of the best-paid (salary and bonus excluding stock options) chief executive on our most recent CEO Compensation list, Bob R. Simpson of XTO Energy (nyse: XTO - news - people ), was $32.2 million last year, 223 times as much as the average chief executive. And then there was Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people )Steven P. Jobs, who earned a nominal $1 salary--but, thanks to stock options, earned $646.6 million last year.
Earnings can vary widely for the same job in different industries and in different places. Laundry and dry-cleaning workers employed by the federal government, for example, earn almost two-thirds more than the average for the occupation. Ditto cafeteria servers employed by state governments.
In certain occupations, the discrepancy occurs because they are niche jobs in generally high-paying industries. The handful of souls employed to cook for corporate dining rooms, who make $33,620 on average, earn 50% more than the 647,070 cooks working in full-service restaurants.
Where you live can also have a huge impact on what you make. The states and metropolitan areas in the high-wage Northeast pay top dollar in many occupations, as do employers in similarly pricey Silicon Valley.
Parking lot attendants and fast-food preparers and servers in the San Francisco/San Mateo/Redwood City metropolitan area earned, at $24,620 a year and $21,200 a year respectively, one-third more than the national average. Laundry and dry cleaning workers in Framingham, Mass., did even better relatively, earning, at $28,400, 50% more than the national average.
Remote states, particularly Alaska and Hawaii, also pay well for needed skills. On average, Hawaii pays best for busboys, bartenders and lifeguards; Alaska for short-order cooks, personal and home care aides and parking lot attendants. Oregon pays above average for podiatrists; Maine pays more for dentists.
There was little change in the occupations that make up the 25 best- and worst-paid lists. Astronomers fell off the bottom of the best-paying jobs list, to be replaced by financial managers. Service station attendants replaced some sorts of food preparers on the list of worst-paying jobs.
On average, earnings went up--in the best-paid group by 4.2% and in the worst-paid by 3.2%. Yes, the doctors get richer.
The numbers in the following slides are drawn from the U.S. government's National, State and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates. The latest ones available use 2006 data and are based on a national survey of employers of every size and in all industry sectors. They examine 800 occupations.
The survey covers full- and part-time workers who are paid a wage or salary. It does not include the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, household workers and unpaid family workers. It asks about basic pay, incentive bonuses and commissions, but not overtime pay or non-wage compensation, such as stock options.
Year-earlier comparisons are to the 2005 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates.
1.
Anesthesologists
Mean Annual Wage: $184,340One-Year Change: 5.8%No. In Employment: 29,890
Top-Paying Industry: Other Ambulatory Health Care Services (>$145,600*) Top-Paying State: Washington (>$145,600*)Top-Paying Metro: Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ (>$145,600*)Administer anesthetics during surgery or other medical procedures.
* Mean annual wage
2. Surgeons
Mean Annual Wage: $184,150One-Year Change: 3.6%No. In Employment: 51,900
Top-Paying Industry: Offices of Dentists (>$145,600*)Top-Paying State: Wyoming (>$145,600*)Top-Paying Metro: Springfield, MA-CT (>$145,600*)Treat diseases, injuries and deformities by invasive methods, such as manual manipulation or by using instruments and appliances.
3. Obstetricians And Gynecologists
Mean Annual Wage: $178,040 One-Year Change: 3.6%No. In Employment: 22,520
Top-Paying Industry: Offices of Physicians ($183,850*)Top-Paying State: New Hampshire (>$145,600*)Top-Paying Metro: York-Hanover, PA (>$145,600*)Diagnose, treat and help prevent diseases of women, especially those affecting the reproductive system and the process of childbirth.
4. Orthodontists
Mean Annual Wage: $176,900 One-Year Change: 8.3%No. In Employment: 5,200
Top-Paying Industry: Offices of Dentists ($179,260*)Top-Paying State: Wisconsin (>$145,600*)Top-Paying Metro: West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL (>$145,600*)Examine, diagnose and treat dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. Design and fabricate appliances to realign teeth and jaws.
5. Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons
Mean Annual Wage: $164,760 One-Year Change: 2.6%No. In Employment: 5,320
Top-Paying Industry: Offices of Physicians ($182,060*)Top-Paying State: Wisconsin (>$145,600*)Top-Paying Metro: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC (>$145,600*) Perform surgery on mouths and jaws.
6. Internists, General
Mean Annual Wage: $160,860 One-Year Change: 2.8%No. In Employment: 48,700
Top-Paying Industry: Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories ($187,730*)Top-Paying State: Louisiana ($188,570*)Top-Paying Metro: Danbury, CT (>$145,600*)Diagnose and provide nonsurgical treatment of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems.
7. Prosthodontists
Mean Annual Wage: $158,940 One-Year Change: 8.8%No. In Employment: 480
Top-Paying Industry: Offices of Dentists ($185,960*)Top-Paying State: Virginia (>$145,600*)Top-Paying Metro: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (>$145,600*) Construct oral prostheses to replace missing teeth and other oral structures.
8. Psychiatrists
Mean Annual Wage: $149,990 One-Year Change: 2.6%No. In Employment: 24,730
Top-Paying Industry: Other Residential Care Facilities ($165,980*)Top-Paying State: Idaho ($185,420*)Top-Paying Metro: Springfield, MO (>$145,600*)Diagnose, treat and help prevent disorders of the mind.
9. Family And General Practitioners
Mean Annual Wage: $149,850 One-Year Change: 6.8%No. In Employment: 109,400
Top-Paying Industry: Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories ($190,100*)Top-Paying State: Kansas ($177,930*)Top-Paying Metro: Danbury, CT (>$145,600*)Diagnose, treat and help prevent diseases and injuries that commonly occur in the general population.
10. Chief Executives
Mean Annual Wage: $144,600 One-Year Change: 3.4%No. In Employment: 299,520
Top-Paying Industry: Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures ($186,490*)Top-Paying State: New Jersey ($177,210*)Top-Paying Metro: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($187,940*)Determine and formulate policies and provide the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations within the guidelines set up by a board of directors.
11. Physicians And Surgeons, All Other
Mean Annual Wage: $142,220One-Year Change: 2.4%No. In Employment: 208,960
Top-Paying Industry: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services ($198,560*)Top-Paying State: Utah ($186,500*)Top-Paying Metro: Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH (>$145,600*) All physicians and surgeons outside main specialties
12. Pediatricians, General
Mean Annual Wage: $141,440 One-Year Change: 1.6%No. In Employment: 28,930
Top-Paying Industry: Offices of Other Health Practitioners ($177,190*)Top-Paying State: Louisiana ($177,110*)Top-Paying Metro: Monroe, LA (>$145,600*)Diagnose, treat and help prevent children's diseases and injuries
13. Dentists, General
Mean Annual Wage: $140,950 One-Year Change: 5.4%No. In Employment: 86,110
Top-Paying Industry: Other Ambulatory Health Care Services ($179,540*)Top-Paying State: Maine ($171,440*)Top-Paying Metro: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (>$145,600*)Diagnose and treat diseases, injuries and malformations of teeth and gums and related oral structures.
14. Airline Pilots, Copilots And Flight Engineers
Mean Annual Wage: $140,380 One-Year Change: 4.0%No. In Employment: 75,810
15. Podiatrists
Mean Annual Wage: $118,500 One-Year Change: 6.5%No. In Employment: 9,020
16. Lawyers
Mean Annual Wage: $113,660 One-Year Change: 2.8%No. In Employment: 547,710
Top-Paying Industry: Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment ($164,520*)Top-Paying State: District of Columbia ($138,850*)Top-Paying Metro: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($162,880*)Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, and manage or advise clients on legal transactions.
17. Air Traffic Controllers
Mean Annual Wage: $110,270 One-Year Change: 4.2%No. In Employment: 23,240
18. Engineering Managers
Mean Annual Wage: $110,030One-Year Change: 4.3%No. In Employment: 183,960
Top-Paying Industry: Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) ($139,640*)Top-Paying State: Vermont ($126,440*)Top-Paying Metro: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($150,720*)Plan, direct or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.
19. Dentists, All Other Specialists
Mean Annual Wage: $108,340 One-Year Change: -6.3%No. In Employment: 4,560
Top-Paying Industry: Offices of Dentists ($161,940*)Top-Paying State: Oregon ($172,620*)Top-Paying Metro: Philadelphia, PA ($165,720*)Specialist dentists excluding Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Orthodontists and Prosthodontists.
Natural Sciences Managers
Mean Annual Wage: $107,970 One-Year Change: 8.9%No. In Employment: 38,660
Marketing Managers
Mean Annual Wage: $107,610 One-Year Change: 5.5%No. In Employment: 159,950
Computer And Information Systems Managers
Mean Annual Wage: $107,250 One-Year Change: 4.8%No. In Employment: 251,210
Top-Paying Industry: Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation ($129,740*)Top-Paying State: New Jersey ($125,460*)Top-Paying Metro: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($139,460*)
Sales Managers
Mean Annual Wage: $102,730 One-Year Change: 4.3%No. In Employment: 307,960
Financial Managers
Mean Annual Wage: $101,450One-Year Change: 5.0%No. In Employment: 468,270
Top-Paying Industry: Other Financial Investment Activities ($139,390*)Top-Paying State: New York ($133,150*)Top-Paying Metro: New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ ($142,570*)
養狗致氣喘？ 研究：7歲前和狗生活能強化免疫系統
2007/06/13 17:50
在一般人的觀念裡，家中飼養貓狗容易造成小朋友呼吸道疾病，但根據最新的國外研究發現，要防止氣喘病發生，反而更要從小就開始養狗，尤其7歲之前免疫系統正在發育，和帶有細菌的狗相處，免疫系統反而會強化，長大後罹患氣喘的機率，只有一般人的十分之一。
小朋友放學後和小狗一起玩耍，是最快樂的事情，家裡面養狗不但為全家人帶來歡笑，而且對健康也很有幫助。根據醫學研究，孩童7歲前和小狗一起生活，因為免疫系統還在發育，遇到狗身上帶有的細菌，免疫能力會自然增強，長大後罹患氣喘的機率只有一般人的十分之一。
但很多家長都誤以為貓和狗的毛，是引起孩童氣喘的元兇，為了保護孩童，就讓他們服用抗生素。不過，國外追蹤1萬3千名加拿大兒童使用抗生素的情形，發現1歲之前服用抗生素的嬰兒，長大後罹患氣喘的機率反而大增。
現代醫藥發達，但藥品不是萬靈丹，讓小朋友在大自然裡多和小動物們接觸，才是健康的成長之道。
This past weekend, I host a party at home. A friend of mine took her 3 kids to my party. her youngest baby has Atopic ecazema. when she came, she said that she was AFRAID that her baby would be allergic to My dog!!! I said, "the hair would not fly around! it would go down, NOT UP!" And she was still Very concerned!! Then I said, "ok, I will lock my dog up!"
Now I think about it, WHY should I lock my dog up?! It's OUR house and OUR party!! Why should she stay in her room just cuz someone's baby has allergy?!?! THATS NOT FAIR!!
Ever since she has kids, she gets OVERLY CONCERN and OVERLY PROTECTED of her kids, OH WELL, Christina is MY KID and My family, if she was so concerned, then she shouldnt bring her kid with her!
HA, now I read this research finding, I can bring this article and show it to her!!
Well, I have asthma and allergic to lots of things, and I live with my dog, BUT I never had a problem cuz of my dog!!
she's a dentis and was bio major in undergrad, she SHOULD've known very well about HOW Immuno system works!! GEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!
在一般人的觀念裡，家中飼養貓狗容易造成小朋友呼吸道疾病，但根據最新的國外研究發現，要防止氣喘病發生，反而更要從小就開始養狗，尤其7歲之前免疫系統正在發育，和帶有細菌的狗相處，免疫系統反而會強化，長大後罹患氣喘的機率，只有一般人的十分之一。
小朋友放學後和小狗一起玩耍，是最快樂的事情，家裡面養狗不但為全家人帶來歡笑，而且對健康也很有幫助。根據醫學研究，孩童7歲前和小狗一起生活，因為免疫系統還在發育，遇到狗身上帶有的細菌，免疫能力會自然增強，長大後罹患氣喘的機率只有一般人的十分之一。
但很多家長都誤以為貓和狗的毛，是引起孩童氣喘的元兇，為了保護孩童，就讓他們服用抗生素。不過，國外追蹤1萬3千名加拿大兒童使用抗生素的情形，發現1歲之前服用抗生素的嬰兒，長大後罹患氣喘的機率反而大增。
現代醫藥發達，但藥品不是萬靈丹，讓小朋友在大自然裡多和小動物們接觸，才是健康的成長之道。
This past weekend, I host a party at home. A friend of mine took her 3 kids to my party. her youngest baby has Atopic ecazema. when she came, she said that she was AFRAID that her baby would be allergic to My dog!!! I said, "the hair would not fly around! it would go down, NOT UP!" And she was still Very concerned!! Then I said, "ok, I will lock my dog up!"
Now I think about it, WHY should I lock my dog up?! It's OUR house and OUR party!! Why should she stay in her room just cuz someone's baby has allergy?!?! THATS NOT FAIR!!
Ever since she has kids, she gets OVERLY CONCERN and OVERLY PROTECTED of her kids, OH WELL, Christina is MY KID and My family, if she was so concerned, then she shouldnt bring her kid with her!
HA, now I read this research finding, I can bring this article and show it to her!!
Well, I have asthma and allergic to lots of things, and I live with my dog, BUT I never had a problem cuz of my dog!!
she's a dentis and was bio major in undergrad, she SHOULD've known very well about HOW Immuno system works!! GEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!
Sunday, June 3, 2007
危機處理能力強
How FAST can you react to Emergent situation?
How are you gonna HANDLE YOURSLEF and the SITUATION when you face something that's Unpredictable?
Do you remain CALM and have a clear mind?
Are you able to THINK CRITICALLY?
Are you able to be THE PERSON IN CHARGE?
Are you able to DEAL with the UNPREDICTABLE?
Are you able to THINK Faster than others?
Are you able to be THE ONE that Makes Critical Decisions?
Are you able to Take care of the Biz Beautifully?
How are you gonna HANDLE YOURSLEF and the SITUATION when you face something that's Unpredictable?
Do you remain CALM and have a clear mind?
Are you able to THINK CRITICALLY?
Are you able to be THE PERSON IN CHARGE?
Are you able to DEAL with the UNPREDICTABLE?
Are you able to THINK Faster than others?
Are you able to be THE ONE that Makes Critical Decisions?
Are you able to Take care of the Biz Beautifully?
Saturday, June 2, 2007
GET MARRIED or STAY SINGLE?!
Today had a >1 hr phone convo with my MOM...
She again brought up the "friends' children got married and her children should also do the same SOON" issue...
Recent years, she has become more and more depressed, she always brings up the whole "DAD is getting OLD, and she's getting OLD too, and WHO KNOWS how long they gonna live..."
SIGHHH!! Now I realize people that are very close to me are all so damn STUBBORN!!
Dont they know that getting a whole body check up and get the proper treatments, and they can live A Lot LONGER?! They have to get so NEGATIVE and DEPRESSED and basically have GIVEN UP on their lives?! How are they gonna make their children feel?! DO they even care how WE FEEL?! NO , the answer is a damn solid NO !!!
She has been arranging some blind-dates for my brother and sister, and she believes that my brother should get a wife that has high education and is from rich family (best is doctor's family), and likewise, my sister's future husband should be a doctor and is rich and is from rich family!!
Why? cuz Most of her friends' children either are doctors or married doctors or married rich family's sons or daughters, anyway you get the picture...
And the funny thing is, my brother is looking for young and beautiful girls, he doesnt want to marry some book-smart female MD, cuz then he'd feel intimidated by her!! LOL
and my sister already has a lawyer bf whose parent is a doctor, BUT cuz he's not a doctor, my MOM has NOT fully approved YET!! LOL
Yeh and the constant fights and arguments always go on and on in my family!
My mom always gets sooo JEALOUS of her friends and their children and even their grandchildren! She always is like , "oh so on so got married with some dermontology doctor, oh so on so has kids already, oh so on so's kids already that big!!"
Then she'd be like, "SIGH, NONE of my kids has succeeded yet, NONE of my kids has gotten married yet... " Yeh she ALWAYS ALWAYS expressed this NEGATIVITY when she talks to us, always PUTs DOWN ON US, BASHES US
. Always says that we CAN NOT achieve, yet others can?!?!" UGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
She NEVER gives ME compliments, NEVER Cheers for ME, always is like oh you gotta work HARDER, you havent achieved yet!! YEH in another words, what I've done so far is NOTHING, well WORSE than SHIT!!
NO wonder, none of her kids wanna listen to her.
Yeh, like my mentor/best teacher/best friend Dr. Meg Griffith told me once during our convo, "Tough love, you know what tough love is?" I nods and agreed with her. but it's about her "tough love" toward us (students). She made an example: during her intern year, even she's already an intern, and during her Peds round, the peds doctors were the nicest toward them, BUT gave them the LOWEST grade. but the IM doctors were the TOUGHEST/Hardest and pimped them all the time, BUT gave them Good grades!!"
I told her that, "I believed in the tougher the teacher was, the better the students' performance would be."
She again brought up the "friends' children got married and her children should also do the same SOON" issue...
Recent years, she has become more and more depressed, she always brings up the whole "DAD is getting OLD, and she's getting OLD too, and WHO KNOWS how long they gonna live..."
SIGHHH!! Now I realize people that are very close to me are all so damn STUBBORN!!
Dont they know that getting a whole body check up and get the proper treatments, and they can live A Lot LONGER?! They have to get so NEGATIVE and DEPRESSED and basically have GIVEN UP on their lives?! How are they gonna make their children feel?! DO they even care how WE FEEL?! NO , the answer is a damn solid NO !!!
She has been arranging some blind-dates for my brother and sister, and she believes that my brother should get a wife that has high education and is from rich family (best is doctor's family), and likewise, my sister's future husband should be a doctor and is rich and is from rich family!!
Why? cuz Most of her friends' children either are doctors or married doctors or married rich family's sons or daughters, anyway you get the picture...
And the funny thing is, my brother is looking for young and beautiful girls, he doesnt want to marry some book-smart female MD, cuz then he'd feel intimidated by her!! LOL
and my sister already has a lawyer bf whose parent is a doctor, BUT cuz he's not a doctor, my MOM has NOT fully approved YET!! LOL
Yeh and the constant fights and arguments always go on and on in my family!
My mom always gets sooo JEALOUS of her friends and their children and even their grandchildren! She always is like , "oh so on so got married with some dermontology doctor, oh so on so has kids already, oh so on so's kids already that big!!"
Then she'd be like, "SIGH, NONE of my kids has succeeded yet, NONE of my kids has gotten married yet... " Yeh she ALWAYS ALWAYS expressed this NEGATIVITY when she talks to us, always PUTs DOWN ON US, BASHES US
. Always says that we CAN NOT achieve, yet others can?!?!" UGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
She NEVER gives ME compliments, NEVER Cheers for ME, always is like oh you gotta work HARDER, you havent achieved yet!! YEH in another words, what I've done so far is NOTHING, well WORSE than SHIT!!
NO wonder, none of her kids wanna listen to her.
Yeh, like my mentor/best teacher/best friend Dr. Meg Griffith told me once during our convo, "Tough love, you know what tough love is?" I nods and agreed with her. but it's about her "tough love" toward us (students). She made an example: during her intern year, even she's already an intern, and during her Peds round, the peds doctors were the nicest toward them, BUT gave them the LOWEST grade. but the IM doctors were the TOUGHEST/Hardest and pimped them all the time, BUT gave them Good grades!!"
I told her that, "I believed in the tougher the teacher was, the better the students' performance would be."
It's WHITE NECTARINE/WHITE PEACH season!!
I think... starting last week or so, white peaches/nectarines are FINALLY OUT!! OH YEH!
They are my fav. fruit! I got another trip to the farmers market, I was disappointed that not many people were selling cherry... cherry season is quite short, esp. in farmers market...
BUT I discovered my ORGANIC white peaches/nectarines!
I always visited this booth that sells organic fruits, esp. during my fav. fruit seasons!
Besides wp/wn, I also love cherry, persimmon, pear, etc..
Yeh it's organic, so more expensive than non-organic ones... it used to be like $1.5/lb, then up to $2/lb, then 2.50, now it's damn $3/lb!! Yep go to hell stupid bush!! he doesnt hear that we are crying cuz the damn high gas price?!
but they had the "special" today, $8/3lb!! 3lb apporx. could get 14 peaches.
And you know how to pick the sweetest/juiciest peach? Ask, I might tell ... HA!
I also got 2lbs (5 bucks) of Pink cherry... for some reason, the bigger/purple cherry tastes more like pink cherry now! pink cherry usually has more crispy texture, and purple (BING) cherry has softer flesh, but now they pretty much taste the same!
I also visited my another fav. organic booth, they sold a lot more kinds of fruits than that peach booth, they sell more cirtus fruits and avocado and other stuff.. their fruits are a bit cheaper..
and sometimes can get a really good deal! Like I got 8 Organic lemon for $1!!
I then got 2lbs of long beans for $3 from one veggi booth, but its not organic...
I then went to the chicken/eggs booth, I saw some huge eggs, guess what kind of eggs were they? GOOSE eggs! and they were $5/EACH!! HA, why so expensive??
cuz goose ONLY lays like 12 eggs and only for like 2 months!! the seller told me that they only gonna be on sale till like next month... so NO MORE goose eggs for the rest of the year...
The size of the goose egg is about like 3 JUMBO size chicken eggs... , but ONLY one egg yolk/egg!
I also got 12 duck eggs ($5) , but totally I paid $9 for these EXPENSIVE eggs!!
They are my fav. fruit! I got another trip to the farmers market, I was disappointed that not many people were selling cherry... cherry season is quite short, esp. in farmers market...
BUT I discovered my ORGANIC white peaches/nectarines!
I always visited this booth that sells organic fruits, esp. during my fav. fruit seasons!
Besides wp/wn, I also love cherry, persimmon, pear, etc..
Yeh it's organic, so more expensive than non-organic ones... it used to be like $1.5/lb, then up to $2/lb, then 2.50, now it's damn $3/lb!! Yep go to hell stupid bush!! he doesnt hear that we are crying cuz the damn high gas price?!
but they had the "special" today, $8/3lb!! 3lb apporx. could get 14 peaches.
And you know how to pick the sweetest/juiciest peach? Ask, I might tell ... HA!
I also got 2lbs (5 bucks) of Pink cherry... for some reason, the bigger/purple cherry tastes more like pink cherry now! pink cherry usually has more crispy texture, and purple (BING) cherry has softer flesh, but now they pretty much taste the same!
I also visited my another fav. organic booth, they sold a lot more kinds of fruits than that peach booth, they sell more cirtus fruits and avocado and other stuff.. their fruits are a bit cheaper..
and sometimes can get a really good deal! Like I got 8 Organic lemon for $1!!
I then got 2lbs of long beans for $3 from one veggi booth, but its not organic...
I then went to the chicken/eggs booth, I saw some huge eggs, guess what kind of eggs were they? GOOSE eggs! and they were $5/EACH!! HA, why so expensive??
cuz goose ONLY lays like 12 eggs and only for like 2 months!! the seller told me that they only gonna be on sale till like next month... so NO MORE goose eggs for the rest of the year...
The size of the goose egg is about like 3 JUMBO size chicken eggs... , but ONLY one egg yolk/egg!
I also got 12 duck eggs ($5) , but totally I paid $9 for these EXPENSIVE eggs!!
I think My T4/T5 are BROKEN!!
Last sat. my massage therapist felt my spine and told me that something waswrong with my T4 and T5!! well on top of that, something was wrong with my neck too... ugggh!
I couldnt really figure out WHY my T4 and T5 were not in their original places?! Maybe the way I slept?? but for sure I know why my neck was giving me troubles...
So he first tried to loosen up the back muscles... then he used both of his hands and pressed down my spines, yeh damn crackling sound could be heard... so the spaces btw each segments were opened and back to its original position...
then I turned to my sides.. and he massaged some more, and then tried to TWIST my spine side-way... yeh another crackling sounds.. then to the other side, same thing...
Then I laid on my back, he pulled my lower body up, and tried to FOLD me into two, yeh thats right, I felt I was broken into TWO damn pieces!!
Yep I was real surprised, it's like this dude was playing KINDA ROUGH!!
After the therapy, the entire week, I just felt this BACK PAIN when I was laying down and sitting straight up... Maybe it needed a little time to HEAL? Or something went wrong?!
I really have no idea...
Today, I told him oh I was in pain the entire week!! he felt my T4/T5, he said, "yep, something was still wrong there!" AHHH!! Today he didnt play as rough, but he still did the Heavy pressing down shit, but thank god, he didnt try to Fold me into TWO!!
Hopefully I wont be in much pain next week!!
My most honest and sincere advices: OUR BACK IS SO DAMN IMPORTANT!!
Always remember to remain in a good position when you sit, do work on the computer, and sleep!!
Yeh I sit in front of my computer from waking up in the AM till I go to bed late at night (and I always STAY UP!) I love computer/internet, but I also HATES them!! cuz the consequences were to ask Me to SUFFER!!
I couldnt really figure out WHY my T4 and T5 were not in their original places?! Maybe the way I slept?? but for sure I know why my neck was giving me troubles...
So he first tried to loosen up the back muscles... then he used both of his hands and pressed down my spines, yeh damn crackling sound could be heard... so the spaces btw each segments were opened and back to its original position...
then I turned to my sides.. and he massaged some more, and then tried to TWIST my spine side-way... yeh another crackling sounds.. then to the other side, same thing...
Then I laid on my back, he pulled my lower body up, and tried to FOLD me into two, yeh thats right, I felt I was broken into TWO damn pieces!!
Yep I was real surprised, it's like this dude was playing KINDA ROUGH!!
After the therapy, the entire week, I just felt this BACK PAIN when I was laying down and sitting straight up... Maybe it needed a little time to HEAL? Or something went wrong?!
I really have no idea...
Today, I told him oh I was in pain the entire week!! he felt my T4/T5, he said, "yep, something was still wrong there!" AHHH!! Today he didnt play as rough, but he still did the Heavy pressing down shit, but thank god, he didnt try to Fold me into TWO!!
Hopefully I wont be in much pain next week!!
My most honest and sincere advices: OUR BACK IS SO DAMN IMPORTANT!!
Always remember to remain in a good position when you sit, do work on the computer, and sleep!!
Yeh I sit in front of my computer from waking up in the AM till I go to bed late at night (and I always STAY UP!) I love computer/internet, but I also HATES them!! cuz the consequences were to ask Me to SUFFER!!
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