Are the XY species going less??

"If you are thinking of having children and want to have a boy, you might want to book that romantic weekend getaway soon. Boys are getting harder to make, according to a new analysis.

Worldwide, a handful of extra boys have historically been born for every 100 girls. Boys are also more likely to die young, so it all works out by the time they start dating."

Not too sure of the facts here. Since the article referred to only 2 studies. See below >>>>

"Devra Lee Davis of the University of Pittsburgh and her colleagues gathered data on U.S birth ratios from the National Center for Health Statistics. From 1970 to 2001, they found, the number of boys born for every 100 girls dropped steadily from 105.5 to 104.6. Male births among U.S. whites dropped even more steeply, from 105.9 per 100 girls to 104.7."

"The researchers found similar declines in Japan, another industrialized country with excellent birth records. They also found that the proportion of deaths among fetuses after the 20th week of pregnancy (before that, gender can be difficult to determine) has steadily risen in both countries. The data suggest that some, but not all, of the decline in male births is because of fetal loss. The remainder appears to be because of fewer males being conceived."

Does this mean that the world would soon run out of men and is this a good thing? Should we be all concern about this information?


Well if you ask me, I wouldn't but it is worth exploring since those claims came from two countries whose health care system is one of the best in the world but I would not be able to tell if the study carried out is of good quality. How was the study carried out? Were they any difficulties in obtaining accurate data? Though it has does not provide reasons for these claims still I wouldn't believe it yet until more studies are carried out.

But it seems strangely convenient for data to appear in two first world countries to make a claim that "Worldwide a handful of extra boys have historically been born for every 100 girls....." when the 100 girls actually came from US. The lower male births could be attributed to the rapid pace of development for Japan and US, which could have been due to chemicals in the food, water or lifestyle.

If you ask me, these claims are simply atrocious because there don't represent the world as a whole. And if the male species is going extinct, I don't think that two countries can decide the fate of the male species in general.

OK, let's clear this out. The reason why I post this is not in any way, a form of male sexism or chauvinism. As a medical student, more so for a medical research student, we have learned not to accept every darn information from research studies or papers.

Read this on Y chromosome not going extinct. >>>> Link

Because strong claims and even weak claims could have so much impact towards society, that suddenly you see many people start to believe in something so medically significant to the point that they are willing to make dramatic changes in their lives like the antioxidant scam.

You see most people, believe that taking antioxidant pills or tablets will give you a better quality of life. Antioxidants actually prevent damage to cells thus allowing its repair and growth amongst its many functions. Some oxidants can set a precedence towards cancer for example gastric cancer and colon cancer. Unfortunately according to a study, antioxidants administered in pill form is no more effective than taking a placebo.

A meta-analysis study carried out produced some shocking results which is quite a bitter pill to swallow for some...
>>>>>In fact some studies have actually proved that antioxidants cause a SLIGHT INCREASE in cancer.

So for those who wants to still take antioxidants take it from fruits and vegetables.

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Tis, The Dumpling Season is Nigh..

Deck the halls with strings of dumplings,
Fa la la la la, la la la la!
Tis the season to be jolly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la!
We shall all begin our feast now,
Fa la la la la, la la la la!
Sing we joyous all together,
Fa la la la la, la la la la!

Every year, just before the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar year, my mum would be making dumplings for all of us. Before this scrumptious dumplings can make it out of the wok, she will spent long hours meticulously preparing the ingredients, so that she will not waste them, cos there are getting more and more expensive every year. Believe me, the initial process is painstaking and very tiring. So she's really worried how it will taste like.

Dumplings: Glutinous rice the major ingredient, plus "mei tau", fung lut (chestnut), "ha mai"(shrimps), egg yolk, oyster, pork, mushrooms all make wat I call da "Home Made Dumpling".

The Final Verdict: Is almost always certainly so good, that I have to always remind her that she should open some makan shop. Dun care whether it is dumplings.... Bcoz she's really a great cook

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The BMW Concept CS

Check this out. The BMW CS Concept car. Truly yummy looking. It looks like it borrowed designs from the Aston Martin and a little bit of Mercedes but still very much BMW at its core.

The body is sleekly design, love the backlights and design. The front kinda looks like the Aston Martin but I wish the designers could juz touch that up a little.



Check out Autoblog for more info....

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"48 15 16 23 42"

This is friggin unbelievable. I just won 10 million dollars from this number!!!

Gosh...How am I going to spend all this money???

To Find out how... please refer below >>>

"48 15 16 23 42"

So how am I going to spent it? I'm not going to spent it.

Huh??

That's because those numbers ain't real and it actually refers to the 10 digit numbers featured in the LOST series.

To find out why this is ONE BIG LOUSY joke, please refer to the next post

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Are you LOST??

As some of you have known, especially the avid LOST followers, Season 3 has recently come to an end. And the ending is great but there are even more questions arise from the season finale.

There was a recent announcement that the remaining 3 series, which makes LOST a full six season series. The last 3 seasons will run uninterrupted for 16 episodes culminating in a shocking finale in 2009-2010.

The numbers "48 15 16 23 42" is a lottery number which earned Hugo a.k.a Hurley nearly 150 million dollars.

Can u imagine what would you do with that amount of money??

Of course Hugo went on a spending spree, buying a huge mansion, a shop of his own which all got destroyed by some strange series of events. His winnings instead brought him more misery and disaster and from dat day on, he believed that those numbers are CURSED. AS he had discovered from some dude in a rehabiliation centre.

In LOST, those numbers actually appear again and again in the show,

"48 15 16 23 42"

• Oceanic Flight 815
• The sum of all the numbers, 48+15+16..... equals to 108 which is the time frame where Desmond had to enter the number in the Swan station.
  
• Hugo's winning lottery ticket number.
• There were 48 survivors in the fuselage section
• The monk telling Desmond they have only 108 bottles of wine.
  
• Roman Numbers on a diagram, one of them is 108.

This number is part of a so-called Valenzetti Equation which can predict the exact time when the world will end. It is actually the product of a research by Enzo Valenzetti, a math prodigy but a recluse.

(Enzo Valenzetti is a fictitious character in the LOST World)

My Predictions for LOST

Walt...

Walt returned in the final episode, looking older than the Walt we used to see. Michael wasn't there though. Walt instructed Locke in this final episode to wake up because "he has work to do...."

What I believe here, is that the entire island is situated in a time zone where everything seems to be moving slower than the outside world. So when, Ben let Michael and Walt go, few years may have already passed but on the island it was just a couple of months.

Walts Mission....

This is what I believe, Walt might have come back to the Island to instruct Locke to accomplish a task which could have been ruined by Ben. Ben seemed like a man who's bent on accomplishing something noble, probably to save the world as most part of the series have told us but more likely he's a man with a hidden agenda bent on achieving something totally different for his self-interest which might explain why Jacob said "Help me..." to John Locke.


John Locke...


John Locke would be able to stop Ben from his hidden motives and bring back order to the entire island. John Locke was special as Ben mentioned before and that was why Ben trusted John to help him finish his work. So when Jacob said "Help me..." , and later Ben shot him. I believe that Ben became afraid that his "noble" plans might not work out.

My thoughts on the island.

I believe that Jacob is the central figure controlling the island. But things got out of hand when Ben interfered. I think that Jacob was a man but very special/gifted person. The island chose him so that the Island could perhaps communicate with any inhabitants who came to the island. He must have died somehow, probably due to natural causes or Ben. So Jacob's consciousness fused with the island.

The island seems to have some rather strange electromagnetic properties which could have resulted in the dreams, hallucinations, the whispers, John Locke's ability to walk again, Sun conceiving, the death of all mothers who had previously given birth and Desmond's premonitions. This strange occurrences could have only materialized because Jacob communicated with them. I believe that Desmond should have died at the Swan station which was completely obliterated. Jacob saved him and he was given the gift of seeing the future.



Desmond's ability might be useful in changing some of the things that has previously happen before for example Charlie's death. He was suppose to be dead 3 times but he died only during the"fourth" time. He might also play a role in changing the fate of all the survivors for example, avoiding the crash. But this theory only works if the survivors are trapped on the island and the island somehow created a time loop until things get corrected.


In a way this sort of agrees with the "order of the universe" or "the universe has a way of balancing things" as mentioned in the show but it also contradicts that statement because if Charlie doesn't die yet he will sooner or later. Charlie later died in the Looking Glass station in the final episode.

Something Possible...

The flash forward scenes in LOST could have been a prediction of what will happen but may not necessarily happen.

When Naomi said that all the people on Flight Oceanic 815 died, she could have been lying and this should prove Ben statement right. This could be the most logical explanation why the survivors are still there on the island unless they are all trapped in a parallel world created by the island itself which is highly unlikely.



It might be possible that the rescuers might caused even more imbalance to the island's function and the world. Ben could have been right in this and that was why Locke shot Naomi before threatening Jack. Since the island chose them to survive for a reason, they should not have gone back. And if they died on the island, they died also for a reason. Jacob could have a role in this also, that is why he might have probably chosen some of them to do something through dreams, vision

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