a couple years ago i took a law-related class that assigned a couple brief articles about brain death and how it's measured. there are a few devices that are used in the death-evaluation process, including the EKG (electroencardiograph) and the EEG (electroencephalograph).
EKGs measure heart activity ("cardio"), if im not mistaken, and EEGs measure brain waves. (An interesting observation in the articles was that shortly after EEGs were first developed they started using them to measure brain activityor the lack thereof. But then advances in the technology made the EEGs more sensitive, sensitive enough that they could now detect signals that the old machines could not. The implication being that a person who would have qualified as dead by one of the older machines might be classified as STILL ALIVE by a newer machine. Note also that we still use EEGs...)
anyway, for some reason I never forgot about those articles. I just think its really interesting to think about what an EEG might "see" as it monitors the brain of a person, dying or healthy, but especially what it might see as a person passes through the end of life.
Presumably what exactly such a machine could see would be relatively astounding from a human perspective, hence, "Astounded."
and I think being astounded in itself is a marvelous and unique sensation, and thats another reason I chose the word.
hey very nice tread! I read it whole! I imagined AnnamariaNJ with her magic wand saying "Bumperoo...!" and voila thread raises from the death... just as a phoenix...
Well, my name is Francisco. I had this friend who started calling me Fran like when I was 6 or 7. My friends and family liked it and I've been called Fran ever since. I even really feel like Fran is my real name.
Now some very close friends of mine have been calling me "Frani" as a dimminutive since I was like 15 or 16... My girlfriend started to spontanously call me Frani a couple months ago... It seems I have a "you can just call me Frani" sign in my forehead or something...
So "Franny" is more or less how "Frani" will be spelled in english and the "man" part comes from the Megaman games, wich I just loved when I was a kid.
And about the pic in the avatar, it was a real pic of me and the teddy bear, wich has one of the most cheessy names that can be conceived... I thought photoshoping the robocop armor would look funny...
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I have an uncle named Sean who lives in CA and since the age of 10 or so I have always wanted to be just like him. He is a networker and makes about $60/hour, so he always gets the toys and lets me play with them. ie. Tablets, laptops, new desktops, game consols, tivos, and about anything with a processor I it. Hence the name. wannabesean.
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Life is not measured by how many breaths you take, but by how many times your breath is taken away.
...actually, it IS Canadian French when SAID IN FRENCH:
Canadien français
__________________ Learn as much as you can. Do what you think is right. Don't fear losing. When down, pick yourself right back up. Do not give up. Do not give in. Keep going forward. If you can do all of that and like what you see in the mirror, you are where you want to be... and ahead of most.
tons of programs
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quote. "why do things the easy way when complicated works too"
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