The polar oceans are not biological deserts

The polar oceans are not biological deserts after all.

A marine census released recently documented 7,500 species living in the Antarctic and 5,500 in the Arctic, including several hundred that researchers believe could be new to science.
Most of the discoveries were simpler life forms known as invertebrates, or animals without backbones.
Researchers, for example, doubled the number of jellyfish-like Arctic ctenophore known to science from five to 10. One of those was the size and color of an orange, had bungee cord-like tentacles streaming off it and was living at a depth of two kilometers.
"The textbooks have said there is less diversity at the poles than the tropics but we found astonishing richness of marine life in the Antarctic and Arctic oceans," said Victoria Wadley, a researcher from the Australian Antarctic Division who took part in the Antarctic survey. "We are rewriting the textbooks."

The survey－which included over 500 polar researchers from 25 countries－took place during International Polar Year which ran in 2007-2008.

New technology helped make the expeditions more efficient and productive than in the past. Researchers used cell-phone-like tracking devices, for example, to record the Arctic migration of narwhals, a whale with a long twisted tooth, and remotely operated submersibles to reach several kilometers down into the oceans to study delicate marine animals that are impossible to collect.

Locally developed device offers hope for aortic dissection patients

Some 28.5 percent of patients with the condition known as aortic dissection who make it to surgery die. But now patients may have a greater chance of survival if surgeons have access to a device that cuts operating times and limits the loss of blood.

The head of the local surgical team that developed the device, Dr. Jeng Wei, director of the Heart Center at the Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Center in Taipei, said he has used the device, called the vascular ring connector (VRC), with positive results on a total of 20 patients.

In 2006, the VRC became the first implanted cardiovascular device developed by Taiwanese researchers to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Wei and his team then submitted the device for approval in Taiwan before using it successfully on patients.
Aortic dissection is a condition in which a tear occurs in the aorta's inner lining, often caused by a sudden surge in blood pressure. Blood then flows between the wall's layers and forces them apart.

"The surgical risks of the (traditional) suturing method are very high due to the fragility of the dissected aorta," Wei noted.
"The VRC allows surgeons to do a quick sutureless anastomosis in less than two minutes, compared with the conventional suture technique that generally takes more than 30 minutes," he said.

2009春裝colorful穿搭

春夏最時尚 就是紅！
http://mag.udn.com/mag/happylife/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=181574
繽紛的季節來到！靛藍、玫瑰紅、紫羅蘭、灰色、亮橘色……都是今年春夏不能錯過的焦點！我們從暖色系中挑出紅與橘、中性色系中的藍和綠、寒色系中的紫色，讓你迅速瀏覽最新春裝趨勢。
紅色系就像是時尚界在春天綻放的花朵，美麗得讓人難以忽視。
但設計上要如何凸顯？達人說，今年很流行混搭和拼接的元素，像是條紋×水玉、花×格子，或異材質的拼接，都很有今年春夏的味道！
另外，一些漸層、手染的圖案，也是很不錯的選擇。格子和海軍風也是今年春夏重點，重點色為白、藍、紅，但要有小物搭配會更出色，像圍巾不只是保暖的工具，在春日更是裝飾的利器。

藍色 春天的我穿上天空
http://mag.udn.com/mag/happylife/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=181575
抬頭仰望晴朗的天空，就會想到藍……春天的藍沒有冬日的憂鬱，而是飽和的靛藍、淡淡的天空藍……讓人不自覺輕盈了起來。
少了點繁複，達人認為春日衣裝的隨興剪裁，可以有舒適俐落的感覺，而素色的服飾是任何風格都不可或缺的關鍵。
以美系品牌ALTERNATIVE來說，單品多為飽和度高，帶點復古洗舊感的單一色系，加上貼身及個性剪裁，特殊的織法和純棉的舒適質感，不管是當外衣或內搭都很適合。
若不想只有簡單的色系，配件就是能讓衣服活出另一種味道的重點。今年很流行很搶鋒頭的腰帶，使用異材質和各種圖案的拼接最夯。

粉紫、深紫 女人質感加分
http://mag.udn.com/mag/happylife/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=181577
今年春天的時尚，紫色占有一席之地，不管運用在什麼服飾上，紫色總是讓女人多了一份成熟的質感。
褪去了神秘的基調，粉紫、紫羅蘭……不管是應用在基本的T恤，或是貴氣十足的禮服，呈現出的味道，就是多了份拒絕淘氣的質感，吸引眾多女人的目光。
有些元素，是春天少不了的，時尚界總是一玩再玩，拼湊出最新穎的，但又似曾相識的紋路。達人表示，手染感的漸層、水玉、變形蟲……是每季不可或缺的元素，若是在圍巾用上這些元素，就能讓枯燥乏味的裝扮加分。

綠&黃色 我是復古春神
http://mag.udn.com/mag/happylife/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=181579
黃與綠的螢光色調，在今年春夏依然很夯，營造復古又不失流行的質感。
春天，絕對少不了黃色和綠色，那種完全自然、純淨的的視覺觀感，穿上身讓人眼睛一亮。
飽和色系的應用，在近年的復古風潮下多了分科技質感，達人表示，80’s style還是很夯，今年很多品牌都運用了珍珠光澤的布料，甚至搭配上螢光色，營造80年代的復古風格，此外Oversize的外套也是古著感的好幫手。
色系之外，達人叮嚀美眉不能忘記裝飾性強的腰帶，他表示，腰帶也是本季很重要的流行元素，尤其是用一些寶石、金屬、羽毛、流蘇等等誇張裝飾的腰帶，是改變一成不變裝扮的救星。

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愛遲到又愛找藉口的星座Top5

有我耶 哈

都說中了@@

第5名 牡羊座
雖然牡羊座個性非常急，但由於他是急驚風，所以他常常急急忙忙出門， 然後這個忘了帶那個忘了帶，他常常因為趕時間而忘東忘西。尤其牡羊座女生， 化妝可以化10個小時卻出不了門，因為她化妝時常常不小心眉毛就畫歪了， 得擦掉重畫。建議牡羊座在出門的前一天晚上，就把前一天要帶的東西準備好， 這樣子出門才不會急急忙忙地。加上他不太會找藉口，所以他的藉口通常很瞎。

來看看你的生日跟生肖會湊成什麼？

請依序連接以下三個問題的答案。
你的生肖
＜鼠＞在懸崖上
＜牛＞在麥當勞裡
＜虎＞在閣樓上
＜兔＞在廁所裡
＜龍＞在海底
＜蛇＞在下水道
＜馬＞在貨車上
＜羊＞在床上
＜猴＞在墓圓裡
＜雞＞在立法院前
＜狗＞在電影院裡
＜豬＞在河裡

你的生日月份
＜1月＞跳肚皮舞的
＜2月＞比中指的
＜3月＞偷摸雞雞的
＜4月＞寫遺書的
＜5月＞丟雞蛋的
＜6月＞講黃色笑話的
＜7月＞頭轉的
＜8月＞單臂倒立的
＜9月＞啃手榴彈的
＜10月＞做床上運動的
＜11月＞變身的
＜12月＞嘴砲的

你的生日日期
＜1日＞詐騙集團
＜2日＞恐怖份子
＜3日＞志玲姐姐
＜4日＞阿美姐
＜5日＞黑猩猩
＜6日＞長臂猿猴
＜7日＞山頂洞人
＜8日＞抗日炮灰
＜9日＞失業男子
＜10日＞神經病
＜11日＞電鋸殺人魔
＜12日＞禿頭博士
＜13日＞貪污官員
＜14日＞作弊秀才
＜15日＞飯桶衛兵
＜16日＞外星怪客
＜17日＞白米炸彈客
＜18日＞超人
＜19日＞失戀男子
＜20日＞賭徒
＜21日＞食人魔
＜22日＞變態教師
＜23日＞喜憨兒
＜24日＞預言師
＜25日＞正太
＜26日＞小羅莉
＜27日＞御姊
＜28日＞彌勒法師
＜29日＞斯巴達
＜30日＞小波
＜31日＞派大星

我是""在海里寫遺書的神經病""@@

母校怎麼了 酷酷的去掉圍牆嚕!

(這個牆我記得 運動會都在這集合呢)


中壢國小 廢植栽綠美化
【聯合報╱記者游文寶／中壢報導】
2009.02.24 02:01 am

中壢國小圍牆大改造，將以綠網圍籬植栽，取代水泥牆，學校保留3面圍牆，作為留念。

中壢國小校門四十餘年人行陸橋及圍牆大改造，將全面綠美化。以圍籬植栽取代過去水泥圍牆，學校讓出空間，建立行人及接送順暢空間，學校特地保留3面圍牆，作為歷史見證留念。

校長王國雄表示，中壢國小創校至今已有112年，面臨延平路大門前人行陸橋及圍牆興建已超過40年，縣政府城鄉發展局為推動空間美學，選擇文山及中壢兩所小學，作為通學綠橋和校園外部環境改造示範。

老校友指出，學校面臨台一線省道，早年發生大貨車衝入學生隊伍的車禍慘案，造成3人死亡多人受傷，各界才發動募款在民國57年興建人行陸橋。藉由改造，可在陸橋植栽花卉成為綠色走廊及垂直花園。

王國雄說，此次改造方案，拆除磚塊將回收再利用做成座椅，並遍植花木近千棵，設立雨水自動回收及定時澆灌系統，吸引鳥類、蝶、蟲棲息。

Big exploding of plum blossom

Just enjoy the flowers ~
Spring is coming........
We are enough with the cold weather@@
Thanks to these flowers the .
They are telling us "Don't worry! Winter's leaving~Spring's coming soon!"

20090127Sun Moon Lake

Today 0127 is not just the end of the January of 2009 but the second day of lunar calender(Chinese calender).

It is so called the second day of Chinese New Year.

In the chinese custom we have to go back to grandma and grandpa's place.

(Here grandpa and grandma refer to mother's father and mother.)

Cool isn't it?
In Taiwan we still take customs very seriously~
So we head for mid-Taiwan ,Taichun.

The first stop is "Sun Moon Lake" which is the most famous landscape of Taiwan.
Almost everybody knows about it.
It is the most high lake of course it is in the mountain.
I have a very seriou carsickness during the whole jounrney.
Why?
Cos I only slept 1 hour before we started this trip to the toss time in car at 6 a.m.
To the fear of terrible traffic jam, we didn't stop at any rest area such as our favorate one "bridgess hall."
But those sickness rushed away when I saw the beautiful scene.
The water is so clear .
It is in green-blue cos that lake full of salt water~
We sailed boat for about 1 hour and the was extremely tire.
I cooperated with my sister ,Sydney.
We row to the middle of the lake and said hello to the people who is having lunch in "The Richforest",a famous restaurant right beside the lake.
After the tired row, we walked gracefully into "The Richforest"too.

the lake

introduction

the richforest

row row row your boat

Simon and Simon junior on sail

Sydney

the beautiful place of "the richforest"

I wish I can have my wedding ceremony here~

Joan and Simon in front of "the richforest"

The second day!

We went to see some flowers.
And it was really gorgeous.

Time at Hong Kong Airport

20080116
This is the great time we are going back home!!
From Nanjing to Taipei~
I've been waiting for this time so long.
Finally it came and of course full of joys.

We departed from NJMU at about 1040 a.m
And arrived Nanjing Airport at about 1130 a.m
Becouse of building subways in Chiang-Ning we had such a terrible traffic jam on the way to the airfield.
Fortunately, we reached the port on time.
On the contray, the bloody flight delayed.
(yeah~ sounds British@@)

When we set foot on Hong Kong .
Unfortunately, because of the air fraffic control of China we have the first flight delated.
Thus, we got the next airline delayed.

Of course the airline company gave us some to make up this disaster, the HK$75 meal ticket~

That's why we had plenty of time to shopping in the duty free...

Ealeen~

Sher~

I am in the 9cm high heels.

(so I am 182cm tall)

That makes me higher and beter proportion.

It's really fun ~ Don't you think?