Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Macbeth Act 1

Act 1 starts with the three witches around a cauldron chanting and talking about when they are going to meet again. We are then taken to an army camp near King Duncan's castle, where we witness a bloody Sergent reports to King Duncan how the war is going. He reports how grand Macbeth battled in the war, and King Duncan announces he will kill the traitor Cawdor and give his land and title to Macbeth as a reward for his service. The next scene the witches are back, but this time they meet up with Macbeth and Banquo. Macbeth and Banquo question the reality of the witches. The witches then refer Macbeth as the Thane of Glamis, to the Than of Cawdor, and lastly calling him King. The witches then vanish and Ross greets Macbeth as Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth then gets the idea of killing King Duncan but decides not too. In scene 4 we are taken to King Duncans castle and Duncan is confronted by his son. Malcom tells the king that the old Thane of Cawdor is dead. The King is then introduced to Macbeth and the others, Duncan then greets Macbeth, calling him his worthiest cousin, and saying that thanks and recompense are not enough to pay for all he did in battle. The king also greets and embraces Banquo. While leaving Macbeth feels he must take out Malcom, because he stands in his way to the crown. We then see Lady Macbeth reading the letter Macbeth sent her. Telling her about meeting the 3 witches and how they predicted the future and it came true.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Sleepwalking and Hallucinations

Over 15% of people in our society suffer from the disorder somnambulism, more popularly known as sleepwalking. About 14% of them are adolescent and 1% are adults. Sleepwalkers while in a low wave sleep will begin to do tasks as if they are awake and conscious.Sleepwalkers may do a number of tasks while in their "trance" from talking and eating, to driving and cooking. The people perform these task because of their dream their in. People without this disorder will go into rapid eye movement (REM) as well as the sleepwalker, but there body will endure a sort of paralyzed state to protect the person from in acting their dream. This does not occur to someone with somnambulism, so instead the person will begin sleepwalking. Sleepwalkers may endure hallucinations while in their trance. Hallucinations may happen to a sleepwalker while he is partially awake, yet deeply asleep. The person will be experiencing their dream while partially awake. This may result their sleepwalking turning into night terrors. If they wake from their dream while experiencing hallucinations, it may take 10-15 minutes to rouse the person from their troubled sleep. Even though waking a sleepwalker aggressively may be dangerous for you and the person. The sleepwalker may strike at you or itself because of confusion and stress from them being woken up. A good non-medical way to prevent hallucinations while sleeping is too keep a light on while sleeping.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

A taxi ride with, Sean Avery and Martin Brodeur.

After another impressive shutout over New York. Martin Brodeur, known as "The greatest goalie of all time," was just leaving the arena, when he realizes that he took too long signing autographs and missed his private jet home.  So instead of calling his pilot and wasting all that time waiting for him to get there. Brodeur decides to just call a cab. Once inside he realizes he is not alone. right beside him listening to Sidney Lawford, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Is his arch nemesis, Sean Avery. Instead of getting out and grabbing the next cab, Brodeur decides to stay and see how int- resting this will get. After about a minute, Avery's song finishes and that's when he first notices who's sitting next to him. Avery shrieks a little and tries to get out, but it's too late because the cab has already left the arena and is on the highway. His first instinct is too grab his ipod and wave it in front of Brodeurs face, but Brodeur just shakes his head.