Sober's Dream

My Monitors Display turn Sideways

sober — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:36:09 GMT

The Ctrl-Alt-Direction key sequence is supposed to be used for changing your workspace. On my computer at work it changes the screen orientation.

Ctrl-Alt-Up - right side up

Ctrl-Alt-Right - 90 degrees

Ctrl-Alt-Down - 180 degrees

Ctrl-Alt-Left - 270 degrees
(If that doesn’t work, try Ctrl-Shift-R)

This is a feature in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Which makes sense. But it looks like ~~ATI~~ Intel copied the keystroke for the same “feature” in their video card drivers. I can’t think of a good reason why I would need an always-on keystroke for this on a desktop PC.

When creating a keystroke-mapped feature that only 1% of your customers will want to use and the other 99%[1] are going to be confused by, put in a menu option to disable it and have it disabled by default.

To fix the issue press Ctrl-Alt-Up. To permanently fix the problem go to:

Start >> Control Panel >> Display >> Settings >> Advanced

Vista:

Go to a vacant area of desktop, right click then select "Personalise"

Now click on "display settings" then, in the new window, on "Advanced
Settings"

From there it will depend on your video driver but look around for
some option like "Rotate Display"

Right click on empty part of desktop>>Select Graphic
Options>>Rotation>>Normal

by: http://internetducttape.com/2006/08/01/stupid-windows-features-monitor-display-turns-sideways-or-upside-down/

An Eyeful A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

sober — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:07:06 GMT

“Staring at women’s breasts is good for men’s health and makes them live longer, a new survey reveals. Researchers have discovered that a 10-minute ogle at women’s breasts is as healthy as half-an-hour in the gym. A five-year study of 200 men found that those who enjoyed a longing look at busty beauties had lower blood pressure, less heart disease and slower pulse rates compared to those who did not get their daily eyeful.

Dr Karen Weatherby, who carried out the German study, wrote in The New England Journal of Medicine: “Just 10 minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female is roughly equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics workout. Sexual excitement gets the heart pumping and improves blood circulation. There is no question that gazing at breasts makes men healthier. Our study indicates that engaging in this activity a few minutes daily cuts the risk of a stroke and heart attack in half. We believe that by doing so consistently, the average man can extend his life 4 to 5 years.”

She added that sexy stars like Dolly Parton, Heather Locklear, Anna Nicole Smith and Demi Moore had proved to be especially good for the men’s health.” (Jonathan Hayter)

Engineers and managers (joke)

sober — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:03:08 GMT

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: “Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?”

The man below says: “Yes, you’re in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.”

You must be an engineer” says the balloonist.

“I am” replies the man. “How did you know.”

“Well,” says the balloonist, “everything you have told me is technically correct, but it’s no use to anyone.”

The man below says “you must be in management.”

“I am” replies the balloonist, “but how did you know?”

“Well,” says the man, “you don’t know where you are, or where you’re going, but you expect me to be able to help. You’re in the same position you were before we met, but now it’s my fault.”

Pretty Faces Get Men’s Brains Going

sober — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:05:48 GMT

“A beautiful woman’s face is like chocolate, cash or cocaine to a young man’s brain, according to Harvard University researchers. Their brain-imaging study revealed that while young heterosexual males are indeed capable of finding beauty in another man’s face, only a lovely female visage can set off the “reward centres” in their brains.

When men in the study were shown pictures of various faces, only the female faces deemed beautiful triggered activity in brain regions previously associated with food, drugs and money, according to findings published in the November 8th issue of Neuron. The unique effect of the comely female face occurred despite the fact that the men also rated some male faces as “beautiful.”

“It looks like there can be a difference between what the brain ‘likes,’ an image that is judged to be attractive, and what the brain ‘wants,’ something that is regarded as a reward in and of itself,” study author Dr Hans Breiter, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in a statement. In their experiments, the researchers first asked a group of men to rate how attractive they found the faces - which, unbeknownst to the participants, had already been placed into the categories “beautiful” or “average.” The men’s ratings, it turned out, fell in line with the categories, and attractive male faces garnered ratings similar to attractive female faces.

But in the next phase of the study, men in another group were allowed to control how long they viewed a particular face by pressing a key. Breiter’s team found that they “expended effort” to see the beautiful female faces for a longer time, but for all other faces they tried only to “make the faces disappear faster.” Finally, in a third group of men studied with brain imaging known as functional MRI, the investigators found that only the attractive female faces set off the brain’s “reward circuitry.”

“It’s particularly interesting that the attractive male faces actually produced what could be considered an aversion response, even though they had been recognised as attractive,” Breiter said. His co-author, Dr Nancy Etcoff, noted that this research echoes previous work suggesting the human perception of beauty may be “in-born.” “While we know that experience, learning and personal idiosyncrasies all have an impact on attraction between particular individuals, these results show that this basic reward response is deeply seated in human nature,” she said in a statement.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 10, 2001 via Reuters

Brilliant Scientific Screw-ups (inventions)

sober — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:33:01 GMT

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by: Eric Elfman

Hard work and dedication have their time and place, but the values of failure and ineptitude have gone unappreciated for far too long. They say that patience is a virtue, but the following eight inventions prove that laziness, slovenliness, clumsiness and pure stupidity can be virtues, too.

1. Anesthesia (1844)

Mistake Leading to Discovery: Recreational drug use
Lesson Learned: Too much of a good thing can sometimes be, well, a good thing

Nitrous oxide was discovered in 1772, but for decades the gas was considered no more than a party toy. People knew that inhaling a little of it would make you laugh (hence the name “laughing gas”), and that inhaling a little more of it would knock you unconscious. But for some reason, it hadn’t occurred to anyone that such a property might be useful in, say, surgical operations.

Finally, in 1844, a dentist in Hartford, Conn., named Horace Wells came upon the idea after witnessing a nitrous mishap at a party. High on the gas, a friend of Wells fell and suffered a deep gash in his leg, but he didn’t feel a thing. In fact, he didn’t know he’d been seriously injured until someone pointed out the blood pooling at his feet.

To test his theory, Wells arranged an experiment with himself as the guinea pig. He knocked himself out by inhaling a large does of nitrous oxide, and then had a dentist extract a rotten tooth from his mouth. When Wells came to, his tooth had been pulled painlessly.

To share his discovery with the scientific world, he arranged to perform a similar demonstration with a willing patient in the amphitheatre of the Massachusetts General Hospital. But things didn’t exactly go as planned. Not yet knowing enough about the time it took for the gas to kick in, Wells pulled out the man’s tooth a little prematurely, and the patient screamed in pain. Wells was disgraced and soon left the profession. Later, after being jailed while high on chloroform, he committed suicide. It wasn’t until 1864 that the American Dental Association formally recognized him for his discovery.

2. Iodine (1811)

Mistake Leading to Discovery: Industrial accident
Lesson Learned: Seaweed is worth its weight in salt

In the early 19th century, Bernard Courtois was the toast of Paris. He had a factory that produced saltpeter (potassium nitrate), which was a key ingredient in ammunition, and thus a hot commodity in Napoleon’s France. On top of that, Courtois had figured out how to fatten his profits and get his saltpeter potassium for next to nothing. He simply took it straight from the seaweed that washed up daily on the shores. All he had to do was collect it, burn it, and extract the potassium from the ashes.

One day, while his workers were cleaning the tanks used for extracting potassium, they accidentally used a stronger acid than usual. Before they could say “sacre bleu!,” mysterious clouds billowed from the tank. When the smoke cleared, Courtois noticed dark crystals on all the surfaces that had come into contact with the fumes. When he had them analyzed, they turned out to be a previously unknown element, which he named iodine, after the Greek word for “violet.” Iodine, plentiful in saltwater, is concentrated in seaweed. It was soon discovered that goiters, enlargements of the thyroid gland, were caused by a lack of iodine in the diet. So, in addition to its other uses, iodine is now routinely added to table salt.

3. Penicillin (1928)

Mistake Leading to Discovery: Living like a pig
Lesson Learned: It helps to gripe to your friends about your job

Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming had a, shall we say, relaxed attitude toward a clean working environment. His desk was often littered with small glass dishes—a fact that is fairly alarming considering that they were filled with bacteria cultures scraped from boils, abscesses and infections. Fleming allowed the cultures to sit around for weeks, hoping something interesting would turn up, or perhaps that someone else would clear them away.

Finally one day, Fleming decided to clean the bacteria-filled dishes and dumped them into a tub of disinfectant. His discovery was about to be washed away when a friend happened to drop by the lab to chat with the scientist. During their discussion, Fleming griped good-naturedly about all the work he had to do and dramatized the point by grabbing the top dish in the tub, which was (fortunately) still above the surface of the water and cleaning agent. As he did, Fleming suddenly noticed a dab of fungus on one side of the dish, which had killed the bacteria nearby. The fungus turned out to be a rare strain of penicillium that had drifted onto the dish from an open window.

Fleming began testing the fungus and found that it killed deadly bacteria, yet was harmless to human tissue. However, Fleming was unable to produce it in any significant quantity and didn’t believe it would be effective in treating disease. Consequently, he downplayed its potential in a paper he presented to the scientific community. Penicillin might have ended there as little more than a medical footnote, but luckily, a decade later, another team of scientists followed up on Fleming’s lead. Using more sophisticated techniques, they were able to successfully produce one of the most life-saving drugs in modern medicine.

4. The Telephone (1876)

Mistake Leading to Discovery: Poor foreign language skills
Lesson Learned: A little German is better than none

In the 1870s, engineers were working to find a way to send multiple messages over one telegraph wire at the same time. Intrigued by the challenge, Alexander Graham Bell began experimenting with possible solutions. After reading a book by Hermann Von Helmholtz, Bell got the idea to send sounds simultaneously over a wire instead. But as it turns out, Bell’s German was a little rusty, and the author had mentioned nothing about the transmission of sound via wire. Too late for Bell though; the inspiration was there, and he had already set out to do it.

The task proved much more difficult than Bell had imagined. He and his mechanic, Thomas Watson, struggled to build a device that could transmit sound. They finally succeeded, however, and came up with the telephone.

5. Photography (1835)

Mistake Leading to Discovery: Not doing the dishes
Lesson Learned: Put off today what you can do tomorrow

Between 1829 and 1835, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre was close to becoming the first person to develop a practical process for producing photographs. But he wasn’t home yet.

Daguerre had figured out how to expose an image onto highly polished plates covered with silver iodide, a substance known to be sensitive to light. However, the images he was producing on these polished plates were barely visible, and he didn’t know how to make them darker.

After producing yet another disappointing image one day, Daguerre tossed the silverized plate in his chemical cabinet, intending to clean it off later. But when he went back a few days later, the image had darkened to the point where it was perfectly visible. Daguerre realized that one of the chemicals in the cabinet had somehow reacted with the silver iodide, but he had no way of know which one it was … and there were a whole lot of chemicals in that cabinet.

For weeks, Daguerre took one chemical out of the cabinet every day and put it in a newly exposed plate. But every day, he found a less-than-satisfactory image. Finally, as he was testing the very last chemical, he got the idea to put the plate in the now-empty cabinet, as he had done the first time. Sure enough, the image on the plate darkened. Daguerre carefully examined the shelves of the cabinet and found what he was looking for. Weeks earlier, a thermometer in the cabinet had broken, and Daguerre (being the slob that he was) didn’t clean up the mess very well, leaving a few drops of mercury on the shelf. Turns out, it was the mercury vapor interacting with the silver iodide that produced the darker image. Daguerre incorporated mercury vapor into his process, and the Daguerreotype photograph was born.

6. Mauve Dye (1856)

Mistake Leading to Discovery: Delusions of grandeur
Lesson Learned: Real men wear mauve

In 1856, an 18-year-old British chemistry student named William Perkin attempted to develop a synthetic version of quinine, the drug commonly used to treat malaria. It was a noble cause, but the problem was, he had no idea what he was doing.

Perkin started by mixing aniline (a colorless, oily liquid derived from coal-tar, a waste product of the steel industry) with propylene gas and potassium dichromate. It’s a wonder he didn’t blow himself to bits, but the result was just a disappointing black mass stuck to the bottom of his flask. As Perkin started to wash out the container, he noticed that the black substance turned the water purple, and after playing with it some more, he discovered that the purple liquid could be used to dye cloth.

With financial backing from his wealthy father, Perkin began a dye-making business, and his synthetic mauve colorant soon became popular. Up until the time of Perkin’s discovery, natural purple dye had to be extracted from Mediterranean mollusks, making it extremely expensive. Perkin’s cheap coloring not only jumpstarted the synthetic dye industry (and gave birth to the colors used in J.Crew catalogs), it also sparked the growth of the entire field of organic chemistry.

7. Nylon (1934)

Mistake Leading to Discovery: Workplace procrastination
Lesson Learned: When the cat’s away, the mice should play

In 1934, researchers at DuPont were charged with developing synthetic silk. But after months of hard work, they still hadn’t found what they were looking for, and the head of the project, Wallace Hume Carothers, was considering calling it quits. The closest they had come was creating a liquid polymer that seemed chemically similar to silk, but in its liquid form wasn’t very useful. Deterred, the researchers began testing other, seemingly more promising substances called polyesters.

One day, a young (and apparently bored) scientist in the group noticed that if he gathered a small glob of polyester on a glass stirring rod, he could use it to pull thin strands of the material from the beaker. And for some reason (prolonged exposure to polyester fumes, perhaps?) he found this hilarious. So on a day when boss-man Carothers was out of the lab, the young researcher and his co-workers started horsing around and decided to have a competition to see who could draw the longest threads from the beaker. As they raced down the hallway with the stirring rods, it dawned on them: By stretching the substance into strands, they were actually re-orienting the molecules and making the liquid material solid.

Ultimately, they determined that the polyesters they were playing with couldn’t be used in textiles, like DuPont wanted, so they turned to their previously unsuccessful silk-like polymer. Unlike the polyester, it could be drawn into solid strands that were strong enough to be woven. This was the first completely synthetic fiber, and they named the material Nylon.

8. Vulcanized Rubber (1844)

Mistake Leading to Discovery: Obsession combined with butterfingers
Lesson Learned: A little clumsiness can go a long way

In the early 19th century, natural rubber was relatively useless. It melted in hot weather and became brittle in the cold. Plenty of people had tried to “cure” rubber so it would be impervious to temperature changes, but no one had succeeded … that is, until Charles Goodyear stepped in (or so he claims). According to his own version of the tale, the struggling businessman became obsessed with solving the riddle of rubber, and began mixing rubber with sulfur over a stove. One day, he accidentally spilled some of the mixture onto the hot surface, and when it charred like a piece of leather instead of melting, he knew he was onto something.

The truth, according to well-documented sources, is somewhat different. Apparently, Goodyear learned the secret of combining rubber and sulfur from another early experimenter. And it was one of his partners who accidentally dropped a piece of fabric impregnated with the rubber and sulfur mixture onto a hot stove. But it was Goodyear who recognized the significance of what happened, and he spent months trying to find the perfect combination of rubber, sulfur and high heat. (Goodyear also took credit for coining the term “vulcanization” for the process, but the word was actually first used by an English competitor.) Goodyear received a patent for the process in 1844, but spent the rest of his life defending his right to the discovery. Consequently, he never grew rich and, in fact, wound up in debtors prison more than once. Ironically, rubber became a hugely profitable industry years later, with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. at the forefront.

This article originally appeared in mental_floss magazine.

what to do if computer is infected

sober — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:33:42 GMT

Computer-virus infections don't cause your machine to crash anymore.

Nowadays, the criminals behind the infections usually want your computer operating in top form so you don't know something's wrong. That way, they can log your keystrokes and steal any passwords or credit-card numbers you enter at Web sites, or they can link your infected computer with others to send out spam.

Here are some signs your computer is infected, tapped to serve as part of "botnet" armies run by criminals:

• You experience new, prolonged slowdowns. This can be a sign that a malicious program is running in the background.

• You continually get pop-up ads that you can't make go away. This is a sure sign you have "adware," and possibly more, on your machine.

• You're being directed to sites you didn't intend to visit, or your search results are coming back funky. This is another sign that hackers have gotten to your machine.

So what do you do?

• Having anti-virus software here is hugely helpful. For one, it can identify known malicious programs and disable them. If the virus that has infected your machine isn't detected, many anti-virus vendors offer a service in which they can remotely take over your computer and delete the malware for a fee.

• Some anti-virus vendors also offer free, online virus-scanning services.

• You may have to reinstall your operating system if your computer is still experiencing problems. It's a good idea even if you believe you've cleaned up the mess because malware can still be hidden on your machine. You will need to back up your files before you do this.

How do I know what information has been taken?

• It's very hard to tell what's been taken. Not every infection steals your data. Some just serve unwanted ads. Others poison your search result or steer you to Web sites you don't want to see. Others log your every keystroke. The anti-virus vendors have extensive databases about what the known infections do and don't do. Comparing the results from your virus scans to those entries will give you a good idea about what criminals may have snatched up.

-by: yahoo.com

History of Physical Education (Primitive Society to Modern Society)

sober — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:03:37 GMT

Physical Education

The instrument in the exercise, care and hygiene of the human body, especially in course of gymnastics.

“Primitive Society”

Primitive man moves according to their satisfaction, needs and necessity. They just live by means of hunting such wild animals in the forest, or by fishing along the rivers, streams and sometimes they engage in welfare murder to insure their protection from adverse elements or a hostile environments.

Physical activities were not organized by them. Because their motives about this are for searching foods and protects their selves from their enemies, their gregarious nature was innate and drives only by mating and propagation that gives them desire to dance and play which not being organized.

In the Ancient Oriental Countries, china concerned only by their intellectual excellence they neglecting physical activities however some are believes about the importance of this to the body and has a spirit. And this was only a riches and favored class this was music, dancing and archery. Like in split feather dance, whole feather dance, battle dance and the humanity dance which popular by them.

Medical Gymnastics has developed as early as 2698 BC, people had felt illness because of their sedentary life which them to realize the importance of physical activities. The “Kung Fu” as an earliest exercise in the history that they contributed like in Ancient China, “Yoga” has been contributed also by Indian people that composed of exercises the posture and regulates breaths. This exercise has been accepted by people as the important activity to discipline minds and body.

There as some Greece Philosopher, teachers and medical men who and contributes worth of Physical Education.

According to:

Herodotus – recognized the use of physical education as an aid to medicine as early as the fifth century.

Galen – stated that physical education is a part of hygiene and subordinate to medicine.

Socrates – gave emphasis on the important of physical education attaining health in order to achieve one’s purpose in life grave mistakes caused by poor decisions can be a result of poor health.

Plato – considered gymnastics and music as the two most important subjects in the curriculum.

Xenophon – thought of physical education as important in terms of the military and essential to success in life soundness of the mind and body.

“The Physical Education during the Dark Ages”

This period is the Physical activities are only characterized by the strong healthy and physically morally deteriorated as their way of life. This was the asceticism and scholasticism. Worldly pleasures are not recognized by them because they prepare their lives in the next world. So their body has not physically fit because they focus of what they believe. The scholasticism believes the key to successful life as the development of the mental or intellectual powers. This beliefs has presented a challenge to physical activities are not allowed to be one of the subject in curriculum.

“The Physical Education during the Age of Feudalism”

The period of Feudalism come into the being often the death of powerful ruler Charlemagne in 1814, it was a system of land tenure that based upon the allegiance and service of the nobleman or lord which owned everything. The kinds of Physical Education were like a social and military in nature. That strengthens and hardens the body to be rigorous of whatever tasks.

Physical activities are played as a major part in the training of knighthood and for self preservation only.

“Physical Education during the Renaissance”

The Physical Education has an impact to their bodies and soul that inspirable and endorsable. A good physical health promoted learning and rest and recreation that needed by the body. This believes was necessary for health to develop the body as a preparation for welfare and recognition for the important contribution of physical education to the social and moral life.

In history of Physical Education Modern European countries reflected in the contribution of growth and advancement to which associated the Physical Education.

The Contributors:

Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723-1790)

- established a school called Phelanthropinum the first school in modern Europe that offered a program where physical education was a past of the curriculum.

Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts Muths (1759-1839)

- wrote two books Gymnastics for the young and games which contained illustrations of various exercises and apparatus, arguments in favor of physical education institutions.

Gustaf Nybleus (1816-1902)

- specialized in military gymnastics.

- His innovation was the inclusion of women in the school.

Neil Bukh

- introduced Primitive Gymnastics

- attempted to build the perfect physique through a series of exercises that were performed with out cessation of movement.

Some contributors in the development as physical education as early as 20^th century.

Thomas Dennison Wood – who were introduced natural gymnastics which gave more emphasis on game and game skills.
Clark Helturington – emphasized on children’s play activities.
Jessie Bancroft – influenced the development of physical education as a responsibility of homeroom teachers in the elementary schools.
Jacob Reis – Symbolic of the play ground movement in New York.

Their contribution was become broad and extensive programs that established in school recreational organizations and the agencies as a higher standards that had been produced.

“Physical Education in the Philippines”

Just like in the primitive society, the activities in physical education were very important for survival because this was not affected of what every activities they have. Except for those enforce labor in a lower class which generally had a sedentary likes. While in American period it’s an interesting worthwhile for them.

There are some states that marked and significant event to the people:

1901 – Physical exercise was one of the subjects introduced in the public schools and regular program of athletics was developed.

1905 – Baseball and track and field were introduced and taught to the young boys in school.

1909 – The athletic program for the school was inaugurated and much emphasis was given to the playing of western sports and the coaching of tennis.

1910 – Basketball was first introduced as a game for girls in the Carnival Meet held in Manila, but was later discontinued in 1914 because it was found very strenuous for the girls.

1928 – A summer for coaching was held with the aim of helping the public school teachers in charge of athletics to improve their coaching methods.

Year Present

Nov.15,1935, the Philippine Commonwealth that interrupted the Japanese occupation during the World War II. In 1937 Physical Education was made curricular subject in the secondary schools. The summer schools for Physical Education was been opened by the Bureau of Education under the direction of Serufin Aquino.

The Physical Education was no able to have a chance to emphasis and it was sadly neglected by some Philippine School, after granting Americans independence. But because of the performance of the Filipino athletics this was being launched by the Secretary Education Honorable Carlos P. Romulo. He order No.15 series 1967 entitled “Physical Education and Sports Development Program” this was considerly shots to the arms which made gladness to the hearts of the Physical Educators of the country.

Today it revised to all of those schools in the country as one of the subject in academic and to development and evaluation of programs for promoting and improving organized sports in physical fitness for all numbers of the community.

Portrayed of Women In Japanese Bunraku Drama

sober — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:54:09 GMT

Introduction:

Bunraku or doll drama is a uniquely Japanese cultural form that combines three distinct and highly refined artistic disciplines: Joruri or ballad narration, Shamisen or the instrumental music and Ningyo Tsukai or the art of puppet manipulation. Bunraku is a puppet story telling accompanied with musical instrument. The true magic of Bunraku is revealed when the three independent components of movement, words and music come together – it is the awe inspiring ensemble work that evokes such deep emotion and wonder. This is extraordinary, multidimensional performance, displaying complexities not found in any other theater in the world. One of the examples of Bunraku Drama is the Love Suicide at Sonezaki. It is a love-suicide play by Chikamatsu. The play shows the adventure of Tokubei and Ohatsu and now it is said to be one of Chikamatsu’s domestic tragedies.

Japanese tends to interpret the role of women in various plays according to their customs and tradition. In the story, The Love Suicide at Sonezaki, the women played an important role. Ohatsu and Tokubei’s Stepmother are the women who contributed a lot for the story to be interesting and a little bit complicated. Ohatsu acts as an understanding and faithful courtesan whom Tokubei is in love while Tokubei’s Stepmother is possessive and self-centered woman. In one way or another, the story portrayed the value of women in the society through what Ohatsu have done for Tokubei.

Love Suicide at Sonezaki

Summary:

Tokubei together with an apprentice are making rounds of the firm’s costumers when they encounter Ohatsu who berates him for his coldness in not visiting or writing her and also for not confiding in her his troubles. Moved by her plea, Tokubei tells her everything. Tokubei’s Uncle convinced him to marry his Wife’s Niece but he had tried to politely refuse. His Uncle proposed the match to Tokubei’s stepmother who immediately agreed and returned to her village taking with her the dowry the uncle provided. This agreement remains unknown to Tokubei’s until his Uncle tries to force him into the marriage. Tokubei makes his refusal categorical and absolute this time that made his Uncle infuriated. He fires Tokubei from the firm and demands the return of the dowry which Tokubei does not have. Tokubei went to their village and forced the silver out of his Stepmother. On his return, Tokubei is collared by Kuheiji “the oil merchant”

who tells Tokubei that he desperately needs a loan or else he will go bankrupt. Since Tokubei is so kind hearted, he loans the two kamme but unfortunately Kuheiji denies the existence of any such debt when Tokubei ask to repay the now-overdue loan. Tokubei realizes that he has been perfectly swindled by Kuheiji, that’s why he attacks Kuheiji but he is trounced and beaten by Kuheiji and his followers. While recovering, Tokubei returns dejectedly to Ohatsu’s place. Ohatsu hides Tokubei but Kuheiji and some of his friends arrogantly stride in. They boast of now Tokubei and Ohatsu communicate through their hands and feet and decide to die within the day together. They sneak past the sleeping servant guarding the exit and travel to the “Wood of Tenjin”. By unusual tree in the Sonezaki Shrine, they do the grim deed!

Analysis:

In the sort of Love Suicide at Sonezaki, women played an important role. Ohatsu, a courtesan whom Tokubei is in love contributed a lot to make the story an interesting one as well as Tokubei’s Stepmother who is so greedy and self-centered. Ohatsu made the sense of the story. Though Tokubei is the main character, Ohatsu puts spices in the story. She is the reason why Tokubei keeps on refusing to his uncle’s match. It is one of the reasons why they decided to die. Without Ohatsu, the story would be dull and boring because there will be no longer conflicts to happen. Some characters in the play tried to set them apart for their personal intentions. The love the have served as a foundation for them to be strong in every trials they have encountered. Ohatsu shows the real value of woman through the things she have done to Tokubei. She chose to die with him that to be in other’s arms. She shows the true essence of love! On the other hand, Tokubei’s Stepmother is also important. If she happens not to exist in the story, it won’t have any twist and conflicts. The story would flows boring. The scene with Tokubie’s Stepmother shows the greediness of one’s person that made the story a little bit complicated.

Conclusion:

Based on the story, I conclude that if it is not our own flesh and blood you treat them different compare to our own! There is really a difference in treating them in the story. Tokubei and his Stepmother served as an example. His stepmother immediately agrees to his uncle’s agreement without knowing Tokubei’s plan and feelings. In general, parents showed too much love and care to their real child than to others which is too unfair!

What is an EMO: Broken childhood, Rejection, Depression are several reasons why people tend to become an Emo..

sober — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:20:34 GMT

Here's what i got to say:

Emo is the shortened term of the word Emotional. This is an entire subculture of people usually teens, normally from 15-17 year old teenager. They consider themselves to be much more attached to their emotions than anyone else; whereas they just really feel sorry for themselves. Most Emo’s will claim to be depressed or simply misunderstood. They think that they are unique, different from everybody. They regard themselves as artists. They usually like dark colors that’s why they are accused of being uncreative.

Emo’s like black, bet the are much lighter than a goth and the are much more of the characters of Harry Potter. They are loner type of people. Emo’s hate their selves and they want to kill their selves. They have long black hair with the side swept bangs hat covers one side of their face. They put eyeliners to darken their eyes. The usually wore black skinny jeans (both for guys and girls) and black shirts. For them, the tighter their jeans, the better. If an Emo can hardly walk because of their jeans, then they have reached the optimum emo status. Sometimes they wore stripy jumpers, like jeans this should again be worn as tight as possible. Breathing is a luxury one should sacrifice. They like flats and tatty converse and the emo style music.

This emotional people or mostly known as Emo’s are very emotional. Emotional since they are very attached to their emotions. They are loner type of people. They are very sensitive in their feelings that seems like no one could understand them. Even though they act like that they, Emo’s know how to smile and they can laugh.

These people are seeking attention from their friends, parents or love ones. Sometimes they cut their wrists. They like rock and emo music played by their favorite emo bands.

There are two types of emo, the fake and real Emo. The Fake or Trendy Emo, these are the people that force to be and Emo. The try to dramatize their lives, and think that wearing black and cutting their wrists makes them an Emo. They are doing those things because they think emo is a fashion. They listen to emo and dresses like dorks. They were doing this to attract girls because they think that girls like sensitive guys and that they are not afraid to express their selves. They dye their hair black, put bangs to cover half of their faces, wrap their selves with a dull looking scarf, develop an eating habit and rant about how “nobody understands” them.

The True or Real Emo, someone who is overly emotional and depressed. Real Emo’s can smile and be happy. Many people suffering from Manic Depression are labeled emo because they can’t help feeling life like a misery. A lot of them cut their wrists, hence people labeling other people who cut as Emo. For them, a hardcore emo occasionally cut their wrists. Emo’s look down on someone else. They are accused of being uncreative, judgmental and the sole cause of their depression.

Emo’s are usually seen on bands. These are just the few artists who want to express their selves through music; My Chemical Romance, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Click Five are just some of the famous emo bands. My Chemical Romance is the first Emo band that invades the Philippines. They are ever inch an Emo, from head to foot. Although no their first single, their song “teenager” has a big effect to their listeners. Teenagers is an eye opener on how other parents want their child to be so perfect in the eyes of other people that they neglect their child’s feelings or opinion. The band encourages the teenagers to fight for their right in this song (but not to rebel). Also, they want those kinds of parents to be more sensitive and understanding to their child. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, even though this band doesn’t look so emo, aside from their one sided bangs and tatty converse, we labeled them as on of the famous emo bands. “Face Down: is their most famous song, the song is about how the band looks down to men that hurt their girlfriends or wife physically; how they really respect women. The composition also includes their personal feelings about the issue. Click Five, we’ve stated that this band is one of the famous emo bands partly because of their looks, the way they dress up and also because of their music, so full of emotions. One of their famous songs is “Jenny”, it talks about their perspective on how girls easily change their min and they, the boys, don’t understand it. Also, mood swings of girls and why girls don’t directly say what they mean or what exactly they want.

Here are some reasons why people tend to become an Emo. Usually, it’s because something really devastating happened in their life especially in childhood and they don’t know how to handle or deal with it. Having a broken childhood where they are not given enough attention, they think they are different; for example, if a child is always neglected or ignore by her his parents even if he she is making some way to catch the attention of his parents or when he is good in the class and he make some good deeds when his parents could be proud of or when he she experience some problem but then he she is not given attention by his parents, or when the are always scolded by their parents and compared to their other brothers and sisters. This may cause them to think that they are different from others and they may lead the child to become an emo when they grow up. Being rejected by their friends or a change of friends, friends have big influence to change one’s attitude, looks and identity. Friends have a big role especially on growing teens. Whenever teens are happy, emotional, down, when they have problems at home or with their boyfriends or girlfriends. They often go to their friends to lessen their grudges. Sometimes, because of some instances such as friends, one is rejected, this rejection causes there teens to feels that they are different, they tend to become different, sometimes a change of friend may have influenced them to change their attitudes, looks and identity, this may happen when you transfer from a school or living places, or when you are rejected by your friends. They find friends who could understand them in their problems they are facing. Their friends might change them, in their looks, attitude even their identity to so that they can get along with them. Fashion could also be a reason why a person becomes an emo. They want to get along with the fashion trend. Nowadays, more trends are engaged to fashion. They become trendy and they go along with something new. Since these emo trends are famous, some follow these especially the way they dress. Because these emo is famous they tend to duplicate the emo looks. Lack of one’s identity and being at an impressionable age might lead a child to become emo. As we all know, all teens are an adolescence stage, wherein this stage, they need more attention and guide from the older ones. At this stage, they can’t manage to express their feelings and also at this stage. They are discovering who they can and their identity. When they are not given extension and a chance to express their thoughts, it causes them to lose their identity. Being an Emo is just their self expression. Emo is not a cult; it’s not about being a villain. Being a Emo is just a persons way of expressing their selves. How they act, they dress and get along with many people. It’s just their way of showing who they are and how they live. Being rejected by someone they really love and they can’t move on, they become very depressed and become an Emo. Teens nowadays are more open and usually engaged to the thing called “love” once these teens fall in love and broke their hearts, they can hardly move on from the pain they experienced. Emotional stress or a sudden phase of wanting to be different from the world, most of them are very emotional and just express it through clothing like an Emo. Having family problems, trying to find emo friends to show their selves, finding no more reasons to live and to think that they have their own world are some of the reasons. Music is a main reason why people might end up being an emo. They end up imitating their favorite bands.

Conclusion:

Emo is not a disease. It’s barely a lifestyle. It is their choice. It is their way of expressing their self. Let us respect it, understand and learn about it. Let us not associate emo with suicide or any other negative action. Everbody have the right to express them selves and being an emo is their way of expressing it. Let us respect it and try not to judge them on how they look. Emo’s need understanding, attention and care, instead of criticizing them let’s try to bear with them the depression that they are going to. Being an emo is not bad, unlike many of us thinks. It’s not a cult; it’s just their way of living. Not all people who has one sided bangs, skinny jeans and tatty converse is emo. It’s just a fashion statement. A genre of music and expression of one’s self. Being an emo is not evil.

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More info about emo:
http://www.emo-corner.com/what-is-emo/

Emo Definition:
What is emo? Well most people would consider it punk with emotion is what we would call the classification of a new rising way of feeling your inner self.

More About Emo:
Close enough to punk and rock Emo is now know for it's more emotional state of mind. Instead of the anger hard-core way of expressing one-self , Emo (short for emotional) has taken a new tole on the twentith century of expressing yourself. From the music with strong emotion and feeling, unlike hard rock or this is more of an alternative way to let your feeling be known.Emo is not only a classification or a type of music it's also taken over the way one expresses themself by dressing. It includes the tighter fiting pants to the dyed-black or dark hair with it covering your face. The longer hair in front with the spikes in the back is also a more Emo- or emotional look to dressing. Emo is also being known as for the hot emo guys and emo girls kissing. From pictures all on the web to the music videos. Hot emo girl to girl and well as hot emo guy to guy is becoming more and more adventurous and more open concluding; Emo meaning being comfortable with oneself. Its a more direct way of altering the feelings one has without words, just emotion.

Some say music is not a type of music. That it is more of a fashion and a way of feeling, hence the emotional. Just recently people have been considering emo to be a genre or music.. Taking back Sunday is one of the many bands people consider to be emo.

The History of Emo from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_(slang)

another explanation from wisegeek:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-emo.htm