Friday, September 30, 2011
Vol 143
I don't get the fancy double-decker train. *pout* Terrible night of sleep. I don't even think I slept. Not cool since I'm on my way to NYC today and the last thing I need to be is sick and sleepy. Speaking of sick. I packed the wrong pills. I was supposed to pack the antibiotics but I packed the valium instead. Yes, I know. Considering that I didn't sleep, the valium would help me but i'm not taking that crap. That mess wilds my life.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Vol 142
Joined the chat over on TKA tonight. Got to talk to NS, GS, Jill Monroe, and Jessica Andersen.
GS said that she loved writing Neeka but wouldn't tell more about her. THEREFORE, I'm going to take that as a "we'll see more of Neeka in the future." Since GS has a LoTU spin-off coming out, I can only pray that we'll see Neeka again in that. I loved that deaf but deadly harpy.
NS said that the ghost is a character we've met and his identity will be revealed soon. *faints*
And I won one of Jessica Andersen's Night Keepers novels. *squeal* Free books are great. Free books about hot ancient Mayan folk is even better. This has been the best book filled birthday weeks everrrrrr. *dances*
GS said that she loved writing Neeka but wouldn't tell more about her. THEREFORE, I'm going to take that as a "we'll see more of Neeka in the future." Since GS has a LoTU spin-off coming out, I can only pray that we'll see Neeka again in that. I loved that deaf but deadly harpy.
NS said that the ghost is a character we've met and his identity will be revealed soon. *faints*
And I won one of Jessica Andersen's Night Keepers novels. *squeal* Free books are great. Free books about hot ancient Mayan folk is even better. This has been the best book filled birthday weeks everrrrrr. *dances*
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Vol 141
People expect your birthday to be a joyous, carefree day, and sometimes it is. Yesterday was a bit of both. Got out of school insanly hourly, 6 hours or so early. I went shopping and bought a nice pretty orange waist length Inspector Gadget jacket. When I got home, I enjoyed one of the two birthday gifts I bought myself. Both are books. (STRIDEY-MAN, how I now adore thee. Kaia's too good for you, but that's okay. Defeat will make you better.) But my jaw ached and so did my head, and the pain pills I took, ones prescribed by my doctor for headaches, didn't work. Let's just say it went down hill from there. So, when I woke up this morning, I called my dentist to have this tooth that's usually the source of all aches and pains checked. But that isn't until 4:30 and it's barely three. I'm killing time down at the Inner Harbor. This is the other side, across from my job, stretched out on a bench in the shade with my kindle. Still feeling a little weird, a combination of having a cold and what ever the hell is going on with my mouth and head. Oh yeah, got a 50 dollar amazon kindle card for my birthday. Amazing. Three years ago I wouldn't be caught dead reading a book. Now, that's all I want to do. I fell old.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Vol 140
STRIDERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Now isn't this a wonderful gift to myself. Happy Birthday to meeeeee! *swoons*
Now isn't this a wonderful gift to myself. Happy Birthday to meeeeee! *swoons*
Friday, September 23, 2011
Vol 139
So I finally did it. I finally cut my hair off. Just call me Justina Beiber. P.S, I have no clue why i'm making that face.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Vol 137
Look at the big orange ball of fire. No seriously. What do you think the sun is?
I'm a bit snappy, snippy, and bitch today...well, this week, but I just know today will test my patience and it's only 7am....Aw fuck. Forgot my work shirt. Oh well. I' m not going back to get it. They can either take me in my sweat jacket or not. There was a reason I blogging today, but my less than patient self has forgotten.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Vol 137
Shit. My notes so far and I still have 30 minutes of class to go.
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Psych 390
Sept 6th
Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology
Division of the
nervous system
Central Nervous system (CNS) – brain and spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system (PNS) – nerves outside the brain
and spinal cord
Somatic –sensory
nerves to CNS
-motors nerves to muscles
and glands
Autonomic – neurons that control
heart, intestines, and other organs
Organization of the
Spinal cord
Organization:
White = Fibers (malinated axis)
Gray = Cells (cell bodies)
Dorsal = Sensory (import)
Ventral = Motor (sensory output)
Ganglion – site of cell bodies
Functions:
Transmit information to and from the brain
Reflex control of motor activity
Some integrative functions
Sympathetic System: (Thoracic/Lumbar system)
Controls fight or flight response
Release ACH at ganglia (ganglia are interconnected)
Release norepinephrine at target
Increase heart rate, increase blood pressure
Parasympathetic system: (Cranial/Sacral Origin)
Counteracts the effect of the sympathetic system.
Helps build resources.
Ganglia are not interconnected
Release ACH at both ganglia and target. No release of
adrenaline.
Division of CNS:
Spinal cord
Medulla
Ascending/descending fiber tracts
Postural reflexes – maintain upright position
Reflex control of swallowing and vomiting
Pons
Continuation of fiber tracts
Postural reflexes
Bulge – fibers connect to cerebellum
Locus Coeruleus and Reticular Formation: maintenance of
sleeping and walking (collection of nerve cells)
Midbrain
Tegmentum
Reticular formation: Cortical EEG
Tegmentum
Reticular formation: Cortical EEG
Sleeping/Waking
Dopaminergic nuclei – substantia nigra, VTA; Parkinson’s
Disease
Tectum:
Superior colliculus; visual reflex center (located above
inferior colliculus)
Inferior colliculus; auditory reflexes
Forebrain
Cerebellum
Sensory-Motor
Coordination
Jerky
movement
Input from
all sensory systems
Hypothalamus
Controls pituitary
Sympathetic NS
Motivation
Regulation of food intake
Thalamus
Relay nuclei (every sensory system goes through)
Sleeping/Waking
Basal Ganglia
Striatum: caudate globus palldus putamen
Motor Functions: Extrpyramidal system
nAccumbens: reinforcement
Limbic System
Limbic Lode include temporal neocortex
Emotion/Motivation (amygdala, septum, cingulate)
Hippocampus: Spatial learning/memory
Cerebral Cortex
Organization
Six
distinct layers of cells
Organized
into columns in which cells have similar or related properties
Sensory, motor, association cortex – modality specific
Relative increase in association cortex: higher nervous
processes
Bilateral representation (with some exceptions, e.g., language)
Corpus callosum: Fiver bundle responsible for interhem
Blood-Brain Battier
Refers to permeability barriers that present obstacles to
the diffusion of chemicals from blood and CSF (cerebral spinal fluid) to neurons.
Produce by close-fitting, continuous epithelial cells of
brain capillaries
What can pass the blood brain barrier?
Passive transport – require no energy to pass
Small
uncharged molecules such as O2 and CO2
Molecules
that can dissolve in fat
Active transport – requires energy
Glucose,
amino acids, vitamins and hormones
Circumventricular Organs:
Neural structures that are functionally on the blood side of
the barrier
Monitor blood and CFS and communicate with neurons on the
other side of the barrier
Glial Cells
Glia cells are concerned with the maintenance and integrity
of neurons.
Oligodendrocytes produce myelin sheaths that insulate motor
axons in CNS
Schwann cells have a similar function in the periphery
Astrocytes pass chemicals back and forth between neurons and
blood and among various neurons in an area
Microglia proliferate in areas of brain damage and remove
toxic materials
Neurons
Designed to admit and receive information
Monday, September 5, 2011
Vol 136
I can't really show you what it looks like on because it's hard taking the picture with it on. It's very soft, lamb skin leather, kinda feel bad about the poor lambs. It's really thick, double lining, so i can wear it in the fall and winter. Yay. It was on sale for $200 but i talked him down to 150 because i'm cheap. He said 170, but when I saw that it's a little sratched on the back i refused to pay more than 150 so got it for 150. I really wanted one since last year and i said if i ever buy a leather i want a real one, not pleather.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Vol 134
I know I complain about the price of ebooks all the time, but let's go further into that.
Back before I bought a Kindle, I had the kindle program downloaded on both my ipod and PC. A lot of novels that I read run $7.99 in paperback format when I buy them from Barnes and Noble, and when I would purchased them on Amazon, I would pay about $5.99. Now, the prices are equal. It pisses me off because I paid over $100 for the ereader, yet I still pay the same amount for the book. Therefore, I actually spent more money when I was originally trying to save.
And what do I get for it?
I get the book instantly. That's a plus, but is that a big enough plus. I also save trees and space. That's another plus, but still, is it plus enough? Sometimes it feels like it is, but other times it doesn't.
Right now, I'm not happy I'm paying the same amount for an ebook that I pay for a physical copy. I could actually buy it used from someone for a penny. I feel cheated. Then there's the fact that amazon will sell the hard copy book for less than the Kindle edition. WTH man! Other times, like when I buy self-published books and I only pay $1 or $2, I feel satisfied.
There have been plenty of arguments between customers and publishers about the price of ebooks costing so much but publishers spending less to actually produce the novel, and publishers will say that's not true, and even if it does cost a bit less, they don't sell as many copies of the ebook as the hard copy, therefore, they have to make up the money some way. B.S. Publishers also complain about books being pirated. *rolls eyes* When you put anything on the internet, it's going to be pirated. It's as simple as that. The question is, should they charge so much for the ebook to make up for a lost that was guaranteed from the beginning? Hey! Here's an almost-not-really-solution. How about dropping the price of those ebooks that are even with the hard copies by a few bucks (depending on how much the hard copy cost) and maybe more people will buy the novel when they first look at it instead of looking for a book and saying, "Oh hell no!" to the price, then turning around to find a torrent for it. That's what I would do Just saying. But it doesn't matter what the publishers decide because stupid fans like me will still buy the books...a third of the time.
You know, I want to boycott over priced ebooks. I mean, it's not like I have the same privileges with the ebooks as I have with my paper copies. I can't loan it to anyone who highlight it (although most ereaders allow you to highlight text, it's not the same). It's actually more time consuming locating pages. But, will I boycott them? It depends. I'm a little obsessive over some books and will pay for them regardless of the price if I want it terribly, and my utter dislike of library books cuts that option. But if it's not a novel of a series I already read I would probably not purchase it.
So really? Am I being scammed by publishers who feel they should charge more for ebooks so they can recooperate the money or am I breaking even and/or getting off?
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