75. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Film Drama Photo: Courtesy of Columbia Pictures Director: David Lean Cast: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins Best quote: “This is war! This is not a game of cricket!” The killer scene: The climactic bust-up between heroic Holden and ...
Marine Corps on 1aug1946 to a package of hair with one word on the outside of the 8½ x 11″ manilla envelope that proclaimed “SHAME” in large red letters that made me thrilled that I lived on the West Coast while the lady who sent me the package lived on the East Coast as th...
“There hasn’t been this kind of harassment on previous New Year’s Eves or other occasions for that matter. This is a completely new phenomenon in Helsinki,” Ilkka Koskimaki, the city’s deputy police chief, told AFP. “The suspects were asylum seekers. The three were caught and taken...
"The provinces reclaimed from the Kamakura rebels nearly all answer to Miura and his allies. How few will follow Shouni Kagesuke to his doom!" As the two began to excitedly chat about the coming rebellion, Serada sighed. So much of this plot relies on one man. Yet shou...
In the 120 days that the red blood cells are alive it must perform the function of delivering oxygen from lungs to all the peripheral tissues in the body. It must also assist in the synthesis of ATP molecules and last but not the least, RBCs must collect CO2generated in the peripheral ti...
Previously, the only way parents could find out about such samples being stored and used by third parties was by looking it up, using information on the bottom of a small card they’re given after the blood draw at the hospital — along with a full packet of new parent resources including...
"Oh, this must be Silenus. He went a bit far last night. A bit too far, actually. Has he thrown up? "I don't think so. Is this Silenus, the Member of Parliament?" The answer seemed so obvious for Sabazius that he didn't bother to give it. His office appeared to be empty, ...
To understand how much energy the brains of our ancestors used, we focused on the rate of blood flow to the brain. Because blood supplies essential oxygen to the brain, it's closely related to synapticenergy use. The human brain requires about 10 mL of blood every second. This changes rem...
and is generally referred to as the natural killer cells. A human body comprises on average 10 to 12 cells of lymphocytes. WBC are colourless cells that develop in lymphoid tissue, hence called lymphocytes. These cells are quite significant in the immune system. The two main lymphocyte types ...