How Pencils Are Made

How Pencils Are Made

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The picture at left illustrates the steps involved in the manufacture of a wood pencil.

It starts with a block of cedar (1) which is then cut into slats (2).

The slats are then stained (3) and grooves are cut into one surface (4).

Prepared leads are placed into the grooves (5) and a second slat is placed on top and bonded with the first (6).

This 'pencil sandwich' is then passed through a milling process (7) to separate the individual pencils (8).

The pencil is painted and finished (9 & 10), a ferrule crimped onto the end (11), and finally, an eraser is crimped into the ferrule (12).

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WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?

WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?

 

 

Plato:For the greater good.

 

Karl Marx:It was a historical inevitability.

 

Machiavelli:So that its subjects will view it with admiration,

as a chicken which has the daring and courage to

boldly cross the road, but also with fear, for whom

among them has the strength to contend with such a

paragon of avian virtue?In such a manner is the

princely chicken's dominion maintained.

 

Hippocrates:Because of an excess of light pink gooey stuff in its

pancreas.

 

Jacques Derrida:Any number of contending discourses may be discovered

within the act of the chicken crossing the road, and

each interpretation is equally valid as the authorial

intent can never be discerned, because structuralism

is DEAD, DAMMIT, DEAD!

 

 

Thomas de Torquemada: Give me ten minutes with the chicken and I'll find out.

 

Timothy Leary:Because that's the only kind of trip the Establishment

would let it take.

 

Douglas Adams:Forty-two.

 

Nietzsche:Because if you gaze too long across the Road, the Road

gazes also across you.

 

Oliver North: National Security was at stake.

 

 

B.F. Skinner: Because the external influences which had pervaded its

sensorium from birth had caused it to develop in such a

fashion that it would tend to cross roads, even while

believing these actions to be of its own free will.

 

Carl Jung:The confluence of events in the cultural gestalt

necessitated that individual chickens cross roads at

this historical juncture, and therefore

synchronicitously brought such occurrences into being.

 

Jean-Paul Sartre: In order to act in good faith and be true to itself,

the chicken found it necessary to cross the road.

 

Ludwig Wittgenstein:The possibility of "crossing" was encoded into the

objects "chicken" and "road", and circumstances came

into being which caused the actualization of this

potential occurrence.

 

Albert Einstein:Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed

the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.

 

Aristotle:To actualize its potential.

 

Buddha: If you ask this question, you deny your own chicken-

nature.

 

Howard Cosell:It may very well have been one of the most astonishing

events to grace the annals of history.An historic,

unprecedented avian biped with the temerity to attempt

such an herculean achievement formerly relegated to

homo sapien pedestrians is truly a remarkable occurence.

 

Salvador Dali:The Fish.

 

Darwin: It was the logical next step after coming down from

the trees.

 

 

Emily Dickinson:Because it could not stop for death.

 

Epicurus: For fun.

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson:It didn't cross the road; it transcended it.

 

Johann von Goethe:The eternal hen-principle made it do it.

 

Ernest Hemingway: To die. In the rain.

 

Werner Heisenberg:We are not sure which side of the road the chicken

was on, but it was moving very fast.

 

David Hume: Out of custom and habit.

 

Jack Nicholson:'Cause it (censored) wanted to. That's the (censored)

reason.

 

Pyrrho the Skeptic: What road?

 

Ronald Reagan:I forget.

 

John Sununu:The Air Force was only too happy to provide the

transportation, so quite understandably the chicken

availed himself of the opportunity.

 

The Sphinx: You tell me.

 

Mr. T:If you saw me coming you'd cross the road too!

 

Henry David Thoreau:To live deliberately ... and suck all the marrow

out of life.

 

Mark Twain: The news of its crossing has been greatly exaggerated.

 

Molly Yard: It was a hen!

 

Zeno of Elea: To prove it could never reach the other side.

 

Chaucer:So priketh hem nature in hir corages.

 

Wordsworth: To wander lonely as a cloud.

 

The Godfather:I didn't want its mother to see it like that.

 

 

Keats:Philosophy will clip a chicken's wings.

 

Blake:To see heaven in a wild fowl.

 

Othello:Jealousy.

 

Dr Johnson: Sir, had you known the Chicken for as long as I have,

you would not so readily enquire, but feel rather the

Need to resist such a public Display of your own

lamentable and incorrigible Ignorance.

 

Mrs Thatcher: This chicken's not for turning.

 

Supreme Soviet: There has never been a chicken in this photograph.

 

Oscar Wilde:Why, indeed? One's social engagements whilst in

town ought never expose one to such barbarous

inconvenience - although, perhaps, if one must cross a

road, one may do far worse than to cross it as the

chicken in question.

 

Kafka:Hardly the most urgent enquiry to make of a low-grade

insurance clerk who woke up that morning as a hen.

 

Swift:It is, of course, inevitable that such a loathsome,

filth-ridden and degraded creature as Man should assume

to question the actions of one in all respects his

superior.

 

Macbeth:To have turned back were as tedious as to go o'er.

 

Whitehead:Clearly, having fallen victim to the fallacy of

misplaced concreteness.

 

Freud:An die andere Seite zu kommen. (Much laughter)

 

Hamlet: That is not the question.

 

Donne:It crosseth for thee.

 

Pope: It was mimicking my Lord Hervey.

 

Constable:To get a better view.

 

And Now the Political Side :)

 

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!

 

JOHN MCCAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

 

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure (right from Day One!) that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.

 

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

 

DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

 

 

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

 

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of road?

 

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

 

 

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

 

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need more black chickens.

 

 

 

                                                                    

 

 

 

                                  AFTER ALL DO I HAVE  INDIVIDUALITY OF MY OWN OR NOT? - AMK

                                                                    Lovely as it goes ;) !!!

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TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS!!!

TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS:

Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who
had 8 kids
already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one
mentally
retarded,and she had syphilis; would you recommend
that she have an
abortion?

Read the next question before scrolling down to the
answer of this
one.

Question 2: It is time to elect a new world leader,
and your vote
counts.
Here are the facts about the three leading
candidates:

Candidate A: Associates with crooked politicians, and
consults with
astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain
smokes and
drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B: He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps
until noon,
used opium in college and drinks a quart of whisky
every evening.

Candidate C: He is a decorated war hero. He's a
vegetarian, doesn't
smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn't had any
extramarital
affairs.

Which of these candidates would be your choice? Decide
first, no
peeking, then scroll down for the answer.

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....
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Answer to Q 2::

Candidate A is Franklin D Roosevelt

Candidate B is Winston Churchill

Candidate C is Adolph Hitler

And by the way: Answer to the abortion question: if
you said yes,
you just killed Beethoven.

Pretty interesting isn't it. Makes a person think
before judging someone.

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Sarchasm - The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it.

Understanding Bowel Movement

Understanding Bowel Movement Stool Color

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"C'mon, you've done it before! You should look twice - look at the shape and then, the color." ~ Dr. Oz

While most people don't examine their stool after having a bowel movement, it may be one of the most important things that you can do for your digestive health. The color of your stool can tell you all sorts of things about the health of your digestive system, ranging from what you ate the previous night to having dangerous bleeding in your colon.

Let's take a look at all the different colors starting with...

Black, Maroon and Tarry Bowel Movement Stool Color

Black, tarry and foul-smelling stools may be referred to as "Melena" by your doctor. The color may be because of blood in the stool, which indicates an injury or disorder somewhere in your digestive tract.

If the amount of blood is enough to change the appearance of your stool, your doctor may ask the exact color. This will determine the origin point of the blood. Black bowel movements generally mean the blood is coming from the upper section of the GI Tract. That means the esophagus, stomach or first section of the small intestine. The tar-like consistency in the stool means the blood has been exposed to digestive juices.

Stomach ulcers caused by ibuprofen, naproxen or aspirin are also common causes of upper GI bleeding. Other causes may include:

• Esophageal variances (e.g. heavy consumption of alcohol for long periods)
• Mallory-Weiss tear (a tear in the esophagus from violent vomiting)
• Bleeding stomach or duodenal ulcer
• Gastritis
• Trauma or foreign body
• Bowel ischemia (a lack of proper blood flow to the intestines)
• Vascular malformation

Certain foods and medicines can also contribute to a black or tarry-stool color. Black licorice, iron, lead, bismuth medicines (Pepto-Bismol) and blueberries can contribute to black stool color.

Red or Maroon Colored Bowel Movement

Red or maroon colored stools can also mean the presence of blood in your stools; in the medical field this condition is called hematochezi. The difference between this color and the black or tarry color is the location of the bleeding. A red or maroon colored stool usually indicates a fresher blood and therefore lower GI bleeding.

Maroon colored stools may indicate bleeding from:

• Diverticulitis
• Vascular malformation
• Intestinal infection
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Tumor
• Polyps
• Colon Cancer
• Bleeding Ulcer
• Gastritis
• Esophageal variances (e.g. heavy consumption of alcohol for long periods)
• A tear in the esophagus

Bright red colored stools may indicate bleeding from:

• Hemorrhoids
• Anal Fissures
• All the causes of dark red and black stools

Not all red colored stools are caused by bleeding, as some foods can have the same effect. If you've recently consumed red-colored gelatin, popsicles, Kool-Aid, tomato juice, soup and/or beets, you may experience reddish stools.

Orange Bowel Movement

If your stool shows orange coloring, it can usually be attributed to foods or medications that you may be taking. Certain medications with beta-carotene (such as a form of vitamin A) can cause orange coloring of your stool. Antacids which contain aluminum hydroxide can also cause orange stool.

Foods that are high in beta-carotene can have the same orange effect on your stool. These include; carrots, sweet potatoes, kale, spinach, turnip greens, winter squash, collard greens, cilantro and fresh thyme. Lastly any foods that have yellow or orange artificial colorings can also cause orange colored stool.

If you can't attribute your orange stool with anything you ingested, then it may be caused by a lack of exposure to bile salt. Stool starts out as green, and then turns to a yellow-orange in color before being exposed to bile and bacteria which turns the stool brown.

Low exposure to bile salt can be caused by a couple different factors. First, your transit time is so fast that your stool is being pushed through your digestive system too quickly. This quick movement of stool reduces the exposure to bile salt resulting in orange stool.

Second, your liver may not be producing enough bile salt or your bile glands may be obstructed. If it's the latter, you may want to consider liver cleansing or liver support supplementation.

Yellow Bowel Movement Color Is Rare

A pale or yellow colored stool is rare and can be caused by a few different malfunctions of the digestive system.

The first is known as Gilbert's Syndrome, which mainly affects males in their teens. If you suffer from this ailment, it means your liver doesn't process enough red blood cells. Broken down, red blood cells give stool much of its color. When fewer cells are processed, the stool can appear a pale brown or yellow in color.

A more serious problem is yellow stool resulting from malabsorption. When your body doesn't properly absorb fats from the food you eat, the excess fat passes through your colon and into your stool, giving your stool a yellowish hue.

A parasite infection known as giardia, in which protozoans invade the intestines, results in diarrhea that is yellow in color.

Lastly, in some instances, a change in stool color to yellow can be an indication of pancreatic cancer, so it's a good idea to go for testing.

Green Bowel Movement

Like an orange stool, a green stool can usually be attributed to something you have ingested.

The most obvious is green foods that you have eaten, such as green leafy vegetables, or foods with a lot of dark purple or green food coloring like Kool-Aid or gelatin. It can also be caused by vitamins that contain chlorophyll. These may not appear green, but the chlorophyll in them will turn stool a green color.

Food and medicine are not the only reasons for green stool; again a fast transit time can cause a stool to turn green. If your stool is passing too rapidly through your intestines, it does not allow bile to break it down. Before being broken down by bile, stool is green. It is the bile that actually turns stools brown in color.

Clay Colored Bowel Movement

A stool that appears clay in color is often seen in cases of mal-absorption, hepatitis, or gallbladder disorders.

Hepatitis and gallbladder disorders often interrupt the flow of bile out of the liver. This disruption will cause the clay color of the stool. Mal-absorption also disrupts the output of bile by increasing the amount of undigested fat in the stool. Bile is responsible for breaking down stool and making it brown in color. When the production is lowered the stool can appear clay in color.

Prevention and Treatment of Bloody Bowel Movements

Here are some do's and don'ts to help prevent the causes of all types of blood in your stool:

• Increase your daily fiber intake to 25-30 grams a day. This can help prevent constipation, hemorrhoids, anal fissures, diverticulosis, IBS and even colon cancer. [Fiber Chart]
• Avoid excessive use of anti-inflammatory drugs for long periods of time. (e.g., aspirin, Ibuprofen) They irritate the stomach and cause ulcers.
• Do not drink excessive amounts of alcohol. It irritates the lining of the stomach and esophagus.
• Quit smoking. Peptic ulcers and cancer of the GI tract are linked to smoking.
• Reduce stress. It's been linked to peptic-ulcer disease.
• Practice prevention. Support your liver, cleanse your colon and take a good multivitamin every day.

Never Hesitate

Never hesitate to call your health care practitioner if you find blood in your stool. A proper diagnosis should be made as quickly as possible, even if you think its just hemorrhoids or anal fissures.

In children a small amount of blood in the stool usually is linked to constipation, milk and dairy allergies. However, it is still a reason to call your child's doctor, even if he or she does not recommend a full diagnosis at the time.

The earlier colon cancer is detected, the greater the likelihood of successful treatment. The American Caner Society recommends the following tests for adults over fifty for early and pre-cancer screening tests.

• Fecal occult blood testing every year.
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy or barium enema every five years.
• Colonoscopy every ten years.

If you have a family history of colon cancer, screening should be started earlier and done more often. Be sure to discuss family history with your doctor.

Summary

Paying attention to how and what you eliminate will not only improve your quality of life, but it could also save your life. Your digestive habits will tell you how efficiently your body is working and how well you feel, and it's your job to listen.

Consider supporting your body with a prevention approach as recommended on this site. Supporting your liver and colon with cleansings can benefit you a great deal. Supplement with a good multivitamin every day and be sure to also intake the proper amount of fiber.

As always, pay attention to your stool color and consult your doctor if you have ongoing concerns.

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