It’s THAT time of the year now! If you haven’t gone pink, now’s the best time to do it :D
If your friends will laugh at you for turning your blog pink despite being a boy/gentleman, tell them that it’s for a wonderful cause — a cause that everybody who has a Mum, a grandmother, a sister, a girlfriend, a wife, a friend, a colleague or a neighbour should be concerned about.
For your information, I will be running a super-fun a la photo hunt contest on the official Pink for October website throughout the month. It is a very simple and flexible contest, and is aimed at getting more people involved in the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as well as learning something new each day :D
Also, check out our list of sponsors who have so generously offered some pretty and unique prizes for the contest. Without our sponsors, there wouldn’t be a contest.
That said, I will not be writing about breast cancer here, but if you’d like to read some of the stuff that I have written in the last 2 years, here they are:
October 2006
October 2007
I’ve gone pink. Have you? It’s easy, I swear :secret:
In less than a week, websites will GO PINK to bring attention to the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. People will start talking about breast cancer and raise money for research.
The hope is that you turn your site pink (in whatever way works for your site), educate yourself about the multiple issues related to Breast Cancer, then take that knowledge and tell someone else what you’ve learned.
- Source: Pink for October
If you’re game, go ahead and sign up to go pink in October. You don’t have to redo your entire theme, though you may do it if you want to :D You could just change your banner image, or the colours of your fonts, or links. Really, whatever rocks your boat :D
You may also want to check out the list of websites/blogs that have signed up to go pink in October in 2008. Go visit their websites/blogs and learn a little more about breast cancer.
As with previous years, there are some really pretty Go Pink badges and buttons that you can download and place on your website/blog. You could also design and contribute some badges and buttons if you wish :D
To keep yourself updated, do subscribe to Pink for October. Please remember to check it out because I will also be writing for Pink for October (check out my first introductory post) :D
What better to way to learn about the effects of certain drugs — such as ecstasy, coccaine, LSD or heroine — on our brains than this cute little flash program?
So what you do is catch a mouse and place the poor guy on the chair, and it will be transported into a microwave-like equipment, and the effects the certain drug has on its brain will be explained. When you’re done, click the EJECT button to return the poor guy into the tank.
The simplified mechanisms of drug action presented here are just a small part of the story. When drugs enter the body they elicit very complex effects in many different regions of the brain. Often they interact with many different types of neurotransmitters and may bind with a variety of receptor types in a variety of different locations. For example, THC in marijuana can bind with cannabinoid receptors located on the presynaptic and/or postsynaptic cell in a synapse.
Where applicable, this presentation primarily depicts how drugs interact with dopamine neurotransmitters because this website focuses on the brain’s reward pathway. Mouse Party is designed to provide a small glimpse into the chemical interactions at the synaptic level that cause the drug user to feel ‘high’.
- Learn.Genetics @ The University of Utah
Recent Comments