Chapter 1+2
The first chapter names “a head is terrible thing to waste.” It addresses a practice on human heads by plastic surgeons. Mary Roach, the author of the book, went to a Southern university medical centre to observe a facial anatomy and a face-lift refresher course. The basic step to deal with human‘s heads is to be placed them in roasting pans, putting in the center of a lavender plastic cloth. Theresa is a woman whose job is to set up the seminar. Besides her, Yvonne is in charge of sawing off the head. With a facial anatomy, surgeons “elevate the skin in a subcutaneous plane from lateral to medial.” As doing it, surgeons do not feel sick because they think heads as rubber Halloween masks, but they do not relish it. Nonetheless, they value the chance to practice on human heads. Taking over the face-lift refresher course is a woman named Marilena Marignani. She divides skin layers into four sections, separating, repositioning, and then suturing them. The second chapter is about crimes of anatomy. The author stops by an anatomy lab to observe students working with stiffs and experiencing their feelings. They feel bad, but they produce attached to dead people. They name their cadavers and grow feelings of missing them when the course finishes. However, students are cautious in term of gratitude and respect because sometimes students make fun of their cadavers. The author also explains the enlargement of crime. It is due to the expansion of private medical schools in eighteenth and nineteenth century, while the number of cadavers does not boost. This results in lacking cadavers which processes to the growth of criminals. Burke and Hare are examples who sell corpses to generate their own income. They kill a guest by both pressing a pillow to the face and using the body weight laying down on the guest’s body. It is estimated that they do it fifteen times. Besides killing people, other mean applied to earn a living is digging up graves of the dead people. Overall, the demand of anatomy for cadavers causes the increase in crime.
Written by Anh Phuong Cao
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Death and Dying
I have not thought much about death since I am 19 years old. At the age of people who are dealing with stress from college, death is far away from the sky. I experienced death from one of my neighbor. I was shocked since he is a female peer, living next door. I did not think that he would complete his life so soon, at the age of 17. He had a motorcycle accident when he was in a motorcycle competition with a group of friends. This competition was illegal since he and some of his friends are under age and also it was concealed from his parents. He passed away in the early morning around 5 am, right after the accidents befell on him.At that time, his parents was sleeping, who did not think that their son was in hospital, having an opportunity to see him before he left.When I knew this story, I became speechless. I would not see him anymore. He was young and so inspirational.He left the life before his parents. However, I hope he may rest in peace and continue a new life in a new location. We are always looking forward to him.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Music Playlist ( part 2/2)
My classmate did really well at making references about my play list. I was glad that they recognize the theme of my play list. These songs are important to me because every time I listen to them, I feel comfortable and they seem to suit with my feelings. I usually listen to them via the Internet.My mix say about me that I am considerably affected love. My music choices reflect not so much my sense of self and the subculture I am belong to. That is, it goes well with my feelings at that time, but does not describe so much about my self. For example, I like to stay alone to think about my self. I like to solve problems by my self , but likely to receive help without asking other people. I relish sport. I think they would learn about me was that the gratitude of the love from parents. They should not learn about me that I am introvert, not expressing myself to surrounding people.My list indicate the love between people and people. They are people who can support and motivate others to action. I did not well interpreting my classmate's list of songs. I thought it was a male. Instead, it was a female. I guess that because the play list has a strong melody and is not beautifully handwritten.
Music Playlist ( part 1/2)
The soundtrack is described to belong to a woman. This is because a lot of songs talks about relationship and women think about that subject. Moreover, it is due to my handwriting. I am described as introvert because I want people to understand me , but I keep to myself. He(she) thought that I would mostly found studying, hanging with friends, and watching a chick flick. I wear jeans,printed T-shirt, and a zip hoodie over. I like to listen music, DDR, read books, and hang out with friends. I and he( she) both wish we were in a relationship right now.I was said to belong to bio club, book club, and volunteering.I am mentioned as a person to possess a small scruffy dog. Because most of songs pertain to love, I was depicted to want in a relationship. He( she ) considers being friends with me because I am a good person to talk about relationship problems
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Music
Iforgot to upload music paper on blog yesterday, but I uploaded on D2L by duedate. It was funny that yesternight I was reminded of uploading the paper on the bog because of dreams.Thus, I do it today.
ARI HERSTAND
On Friday night at 8pm in the Cabin, Ari Seth Herstand gave a performance as the special guest for the 40 years celebration of the Cabin. Even though it was a solo stage, he emerged as a full band, delivering an extraordinary show to his audience. It was fortunate for me to have a chance to attend this live music event. He encouraged dynamism and enthusiasm in the audience and connected them, all of us together enjoying the music. However, I was not impressed by his obsession, soft voice, and band’s structure.
Actually, it was an interesting solo show. When I came, I was stunned by the number of people attending the event. All of the tables in the Cabin were filled by a crowd of his fans, even in the hallway, and while some people were seated, some of them stood up in order to not lose the opportunity to see and cheer their icon. With curly hair and comfortable clothes, Ari Herstand charmingly appeared and performed seven songs (“Last day”, “float by on”, etc.) He played with many different instruments including the acoustic guitar, trumpet, tambourine, piano, and harmonica. Even though the dark room was filled with the smell of popcorn, the audience attentively focused on his performance. They clapped their hands and sang sweet melodies such as “bomp barom bomp bao bumb but ta ra rao rao,” along with him. During the break, he told jokes to make the atmosphere warmer, more pleasant, and friendlier. The audience was really excited, instantaneously responding to the jokes. They pleasantly chatted with him as if they were best friends. Thus, Ari Herstand had a power to connect to the audience.
Currently, Ari Herstand has released two albums: Baby Eyes and Whispering Endearment. The genre in those albums mainly included folk, hip hop, jazz, and acoustic. In terms of lyrics, he wrote about memories and experiences of travels within the United States, and the feelings of love and loss of love that arose from his soul and the bottom of his heart. Genuine and real sensations in the lyrics made the audience move, melting our hearts. His fans were serenely seated and avidly and admiringly gazed at him, even ignoring the surrounding people’s movement. Moreover, he stole many girls’ hearts. A lot of girls waited for him after the show, when they immediately stood in a long line in order to talk face to face with him. They certainly did not forget to shake hands, hug, take pictures and obtain his signature on the posters and his albums. It took me about thirty minutes to wait for him in order to conduct the interview. Overall, those constant and real emotions depicted in the lyrics actively impressed the audience. However, the descriptions of the topics were beyond that. He illustrated a melancholic relationship with his girl friend by using provocative words. Lyrics that Ari Herstand poured out became more sexual, “The pillow loses volume below you/ I move to give it life, the blanket has now fallen all on you/ blanket serve one purpose and I am nervous/ I will never find one that keeps me warm/ I have fooled my brain into thinking blankets change with each new owner they find.” Therefore, he seemed to suffer too much obsession with sex.
Nonetheless, people cannot deny the musical abilities of Ari Herstand. Those abilities started to blossom during his childhood. Throughout the interview, I had a glimpse of part of his amazing childhood. Passion, curiosity, and excitement motivated him to learn different kinds of instruments. He taught himself by listening music of Ingrid Michael, Meiko, and Coldplay, Ari Herstand said. He started to play piano at 3 years old, continued to learn trumpet, and at the age of 14, he picked up guitar. Because of his love of music, he chose to major in music when he entered McNally Smith School in St Paul. Surprisingly, he stopped college after one year and was determined to become a performer.
Even though Ari Herstand was skillful at condensing emotions and interweaving different sounds, he did not possess a strong voice. His voice was so sweet, soft and tender like gyros (well seasoned beef-lamb) that he could not succeed in generating high notes for a long time. It became worse when he sang gently and mildly while the music was so loud, noisy, and powerful. Therefore, it was hard for me to hear his voice.
An especially remarkable aspect that everybody always noticed in his solo stage, which was unique for Ari Herstand, was using the loop pedal. This tool allowed him to intertwine different sounds from different instruments including the acoustic guitar, trumpet, tambourine, harmonica, string sounds and beat boxing, delivering a lively, energetic, and vigorous show. Furthermore, because of this technology, sounds were repeated. Ari Herstand started with one instrument and it kept playing with the support of the loop pedal. Following the example, he did the same thing with another instrument. Different repetitive sounds from different instruments were built on the top of each other. As a result, the audience could enjoy different layers of music, producing inspirational and moving music.
With the advance of technology, the loop pedal helped him convey striking performances. Ari Herstand was not bothered by having to collect other members for the band. Instead, he could complete shows by himself and did not have to share profits with other members. Consequently, if any singer cannot seek musicians who match the music style of the band but still wants to generate more capital, the loop pedal is an effective and secure method.
In conclusion, even though I did not like his obsession, weak voice, and lack of other band members, I still enjoyed the show. He brought not only inspiration, stimulation, and happiness for audience but also interaction between the singer and his fans. We also should praise for his talents and nonstop efforts of tailoring his show on his own. I will definitely come to his show next year. Finally, I hope his live DVD of the performance in St. Olaf University will acquire success.
Work Cited
Ari Herstand Whispering Endearments. “Lyrics: Whispering Endearments.” < http:/ /www.ariherstand.com/lyrics.php>. 03 Mar, 2009. 08 Mar, 2009.
Herstand, Ari. Personal Interview. 07 Mar, 2009.
ARI HERSTAND
On Friday night at 8pm in the Cabin, Ari Seth Herstand gave a performance as the special guest for the 40 years celebration of the Cabin. Even though it was a solo stage, he emerged as a full band, delivering an extraordinary show to his audience. It was fortunate for me to have a chance to attend this live music event. He encouraged dynamism and enthusiasm in the audience and connected them, all of us together enjoying the music. However, I was not impressed by his obsession, soft voice, and band’s structure.
Actually, it was an interesting solo show. When I came, I was stunned by the number of people attending the event. All of the tables in the Cabin were filled by a crowd of his fans, even in the hallway, and while some people were seated, some of them stood up in order to not lose the opportunity to see and cheer their icon. With curly hair and comfortable clothes, Ari Herstand charmingly appeared and performed seven songs (“Last day”, “float by on”, etc.) He played with many different instruments including the acoustic guitar, trumpet, tambourine, piano, and harmonica. Even though the dark room was filled with the smell of popcorn, the audience attentively focused on his performance. They clapped their hands and sang sweet melodies such as “bomp barom bomp bao bumb but ta ra rao rao,” along with him. During the break, he told jokes to make the atmosphere warmer, more pleasant, and friendlier. The audience was really excited, instantaneously responding to the jokes. They pleasantly chatted with him as if they were best friends. Thus, Ari Herstand had a power to connect to the audience.
Currently, Ari Herstand has released two albums: Baby Eyes and Whispering Endearment. The genre in those albums mainly included folk, hip hop, jazz, and acoustic. In terms of lyrics, he wrote about memories and experiences of travels within the United States, and the feelings of love and loss of love that arose from his soul and the bottom of his heart. Genuine and real sensations in the lyrics made the audience move, melting our hearts. His fans were serenely seated and avidly and admiringly gazed at him, even ignoring the surrounding people’s movement. Moreover, he stole many girls’ hearts. A lot of girls waited for him after the show, when they immediately stood in a long line in order to talk face to face with him. They certainly did not forget to shake hands, hug, take pictures and obtain his signature on the posters and his albums. It took me about thirty minutes to wait for him in order to conduct the interview. Overall, those constant and real emotions depicted in the lyrics actively impressed the audience. However, the descriptions of the topics were beyond that. He illustrated a melancholic relationship with his girl friend by using provocative words. Lyrics that Ari Herstand poured out became more sexual, “The pillow loses volume below you/ I move to give it life, the blanket has now fallen all on you/ blanket serve one purpose and I am nervous/ I will never find one that keeps me warm/ I have fooled my brain into thinking blankets change with each new owner they find.” Therefore, he seemed to suffer too much obsession with sex.
Nonetheless, people cannot deny the musical abilities of Ari Herstand. Those abilities started to blossom during his childhood. Throughout the interview, I had a glimpse of part of his amazing childhood. Passion, curiosity, and excitement motivated him to learn different kinds of instruments. He taught himself by listening music of Ingrid Michael, Meiko, and Coldplay, Ari Herstand said. He started to play piano at 3 years old, continued to learn trumpet, and at the age of 14, he picked up guitar. Because of his love of music, he chose to major in music when he entered McNally Smith School in St Paul. Surprisingly, he stopped college after one year and was determined to become a performer.
Even though Ari Herstand was skillful at condensing emotions and interweaving different sounds, he did not possess a strong voice. His voice was so sweet, soft and tender like gyros (well seasoned beef-lamb) that he could not succeed in generating high notes for a long time. It became worse when he sang gently and mildly while the music was so loud, noisy, and powerful. Therefore, it was hard for me to hear his voice.
An especially remarkable aspect that everybody always noticed in his solo stage, which was unique for Ari Herstand, was using the loop pedal. This tool allowed him to intertwine different sounds from different instruments including the acoustic guitar, trumpet, tambourine, harmonica, string sounds and beat boxing, delivering a lively, energetic, and vigorous show. Furthermore, because of this technology, sounds were repeated. Ari Herstand started with one instrument and it kept playing with the support of the loop pedal. Following the example, he did the same thing with another instrument. Different repetitive sounds from different instruments were built on the top of each other. As a result, the audience could enjoy different layers of music, producing inspirational and moving music.
With the advance of technology, the loop pedal helped him convey striking performances. Ari Herstand was not bothered by having to collect other members for the band. Instead, he could complete shows by himself and did not have to share profits with other members. Consequently, if any singer cannot seek musicians who match the music style of the band but still wants to generate more capital, the loop pedal is an effective and secure method.
In conclusion, even though I did not like his obsession, weak voice, and lack of other band members, I still enjoyed the show. He brought not only inspiration, stimulation, and happiness for audience but also interaction between the singer and his fans. We also should praise for his talents and nonstop efforts of tailoring his show on his own. I will definitely come to his show next year. Finally, I hope his live DVD of the performance in St. Olaf University will acquire success.
Work Cited
Ari Herstand Whispering Endearments. “Lyrics: Whispering Endearments.” < http:/ /www.ariherstand.com/lyrics.php>. 03 Mar, 2009. 08 Mar, 2009.
Herstand, Ari. Personal Interview. 07 Mar, 2009.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
added information
The first professor realizes that there are more and more students with designer clothes coming to class, and also number of students smoking is reduced. The second professor mentioned that more and more students have laptop and headphone around . They somehow less pay attentition the lecture, but overall their performance of the subject is the same.
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