Permanent marker

El Trapiche community. Six-year-old Mario made his way to the front of the crowd with a wistful, yet anxious look to his face. He had never learned to write his name, I reached out my arm and asked him to spell out his name for me. I used the black marker to write the five letters in large script across my forearm, and asked him if he could copy the shapes onto my ukulele exactly as I had drawn them. Mario drafted his letters beautifully and quickly kissed my cheek out of excitement. From that…

It uses physical markers, or fiducials, which are surgically embedded in and around a tumor to locate it within the body. With the assistance of the fiducials, high doses of radiation can be delivered to the tumor with submillimeter accuracy. In recent years, real time imaging of the fiducials allows SBRT to account for a tumor’s movement caused by breathing. Typical markers are small gold cylinders roughly 0.8 x 5mm. They are placed in a tumor…

happy as a person we are better at our mission. If each aspect of our life was a sheet of paper stacked on a desk, happiness is a marker left too long in one spot. It bleeds through from one area of our life to another, and often leaves a wonderful, permanent mark. If hard times are weighing heavy on you, seek help. We are all accountable for our own happiness, and my marker cannot color your sheets, but together we can guide your own…

Halloween is an exciting time of the year. Many people like to make their own decorations instead of buying them. Do-it-yourself decorations give you a chance to show off your creative side. Below is a list of some of the do-it-yourself decorations that you can make yourself: Glowing Eyes You can make glowing eyes using glowsticks and toilet paper rolls. You can hide the glowing eyes in trees, bushes and shrubs. The glowing eyes make a nice decoration for the trick or treaters that will be…

One of the most incredible things we see every day is color. Color is what makes objects more interesting and less annoying to look at. There are many colors: Red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple, and so forth. We use these colors for drawing, coloring, printing on the computer, watching tv shows, and playing video games. My experiment is, “Does color affect test scores?”. How I am going to do this experiment is I will first collect supplies and participants for the experiment. Then, I will…

Both “Kiswana Browne” by Gloria Naylor and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker focus on female characters with identities in conflict with the way in which they were raised. Kiswana, formerly Melanie, revolts against the older generation’s investment in politics of respectability, instead searching to reclaim her older, African roots. Kiswana is dedicated to a movement that advocates pride in being black, rather than a conformance to white normativity. This approach, unfortunately, splits the world…

When it accumulates, it forms yellowish spots known as drusen. Drusen, in turn, is the primary marker for dry AMD. Often in response to dry AMD, the body tries to resupply the eye with nutrients and oxygen. It does this through a process called choroidal neovascularization which is the abnormal growth of blood vessels in the retina. Eventually these leak blood or fluid, which, in turn, causes permanent damage to light-sensitive cells. This condition is known as wet AMD, which appears in 10…

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a type of malignant brain tumor typically found in the cerebral hemispheres, but can be found anywhere in the brain or spinal cord. These tumors are highly malignant meaning a large number of cells reproduce at any given time. There are two main types: primary, or de novo meaning the tumors make themselves known quickly and are extremely aggressive, and secondary meaning the tumors have a slower growth history but are equally aggressive . Secondary tumors are…

The American Institute of Stress states that women are twice as likely to experience major depression compared to men and three times as likely to suffer from anxiety or stress related disorders; most likely due to hormone level differences and a variation of genetic make-up. That being said, women already have a greater chance, statistically and under the previous idea of the human genome, to endure the effects of stress related disorders. However, recent research on a process known as…

memories attached to sites of memorial and commemoration. He also explores the concept of shared meaning as it relates to the people and events that the sites stand for. Foote also facilitates a discussion regarding temporary versus permanent status of markers and memorials. Foote’s background as a Cultural…