every smile means a different thing.
Something off the net again, the content below is all available from this webbie.
Apparently, there are different types of smiles. And they have been broadly classified into 3 categories.
The Commissure Smile
67% of the population exhibit the commissure smile, making it the most common smile pattern. In this smile, the corners of the mouth are first pulled up and outward, followed by the contraction of the levators (muscles that raise the upper lip) to show the upper teeth. Celebrities with recognizable commissure smiles include: Dennis Quaid, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Lee Curtis and Mel Gibson.
The Cuspid Smile
31% of the population exhibit the cuspid smile. This smile pattern is commonly associated with the shape of the lips visualized as a diamond. The levator labbi superiorois is dominant. They contract first, exposing the cuspid teeth, then the corners of the mouth contract to pull the lips upward and outward. However, the corners of the mouth are often inferior to the height of the lip above the maxillary cuspids. Celebrities with recognizable cuspid smiles include: Elvis Presley, Tiger Woods, Drew Barrymore, Sharon Stone and Tom Cruise.
The Complex Smile
2% of the population have a complex smile. The shape of the lips are often illustrated as two parallel chevrons. The levators of the upper lip, the levators of the corners of the mouth, and the depressors of the lower lip contract at the same time, displaying all the upper and lower teeth simultaneously. A key characteristic of the complex smile is the strong muscular pull and retraction of the lower lip downward and back.
Celebrities with recognizable complex smiles include: Julia Roberts, Marilyn Monroe, Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey and Angelina Jolie.
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As if it wasn’t complicated enough, someone came up with the real and the fake smile.
Try out the test, see if you can pick out a fake smile. I scored pretty well. hoho. only 1 wrong. wahah. so be warned, i know if you’re for real or not.
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Today, after spending a ridiculous 27 bucks at spotlight over pretty papers, i was walking happily alongside bao but was completely weirded out, having 2 complete strangers stared at me then giving me a smile.
The first was a middle-aged, chubby caucasian, who stared at me as if i had a mushroom growing on my forehead, and then caught my eye, and gave me a broad grin. I guess he was trying to be friendly.
The second was another middle-aged, chubby indian man, with a huge moustache, who stared at me as if i had a dozen more mushrooms growing out from my forehead, and then caught my eye, proceeded to raise his eyebrows, looked at me with a sideward glance, and showed me his perfect set of teeth.
something like this, but minus the elaborate head-dress and armour.
and my facial muscles failed me, i think i gave him a terrified face. oops.
if you have an elder brother(/s), and if you’re a rightie, you have to read this.
This is a really interesting article I saw on yahoo news today. It claims that it has been proven in many studies that the likelihood of a man being gay, is increased by one-third, with every older brother he has. And, it only affects the boy if he is right-handed.
There is mention of this really cool theory, where the mother’s body remembers the Y-chromosome of the first son as a foreign body not found in females, and develops “antibodies” as part of the normal bodily immune response. The presence of these antibodies will affect the development of the brains of subsequent sons during gestation, which may cause them to be gay.
Here’s the study, the theory formally known as Maternal Immunization Hypothesis.
Figure1: Maternal Immunization Hypothesis.
SOURCE: Puts, D.A., Jordon, C.L. and Breedlove, S.M. (2006)
I can’t believe i’m actually referencing this. shows you how many essays i’ve done in this 1 yr of study. anyways, i kinda thought the name (initials and last) of the third author is quite *ahem* apt. heh) i’ve got it linked to the pdf if anyone’s interested anyway.
Homosexuality Again Linked to Biological Factors
Yahoo! Health: Relationships News
MONDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — Adding to the theory that homosexuality may be hardwired and not the product of environmental factors, new research again confirms that the more older brothers a male has, the more likely he is to be gay.
Researchers have known for years that a man’s likelihood of being gay rises with the number of older biological brothers. But the new study found that the so-called “fraternal birth order effect” persists even if gay men were raised away from their biological families.
Study author Anthony F. Bogaert said the findings add to a growing body of evidence that links homosexuality to nature, not nurture.
“The research suggests that the development of sexual orientation is influenced before birth,” said Bogaert, a professor of community health sciences at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Bogaert and a colleague first reported the older-brother effect a decade ago. According to Bogaert, men with no older brothers have about a 2 percent to 3 percent chance of being gay. If they have three or four older brothers, the rate goes up to about 5 percent.
About 20 studies have reinforced the link between fraternal birth order and male homosexuality, Bogaert said. However, no similar link has been found in lesbians.
Bogaert said he launched his new study to better understand the fraternal birth order effect. “Is it a biological phenomenon? Or is it psychological or have to do with rearing?” he said.
To find the answer, Bogaert examined surveys of 944 Canadian men, both gay and straight, about their sexuality and their families.
The older-brother effect was constant regardless of whether the men were raised with natural, adopted or stepbrothers. It also didn’t matter if they weren’t raised with their biological mothers.
If gay younger brothers and older brothers don’t have the same home environments, what do they have in common? “They shared the same uterus, the same womb, the same mother,” Bogaert said.
His findings are published in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The next step is to figure out exactly how biology contributes to homosexuality, said Sven Bocklandt, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who applauded the new research.
“For me as a molecular geneticist, this study opens a new path of research into the biology of sexual orientation,” Bocklandt said.
According to Bocklandt, one avenue of study would be to test the blood of mothers with multiple male sons to see whether their immune systems might be more likely to target genes linked to homosexuality.
Earlier this year, Bocklandt was co-author of a study that found that nearly one-quarter of women with multiple gay sons showed signs of genetic differences from other women.
just for laughs
1. Men are like ……. Laxatives …..
They irritate the shit out of you.
2. Men are like …… Bananas ……
The older they get, the less firm they are.
3. Men are like …… Weather …..
Nothing can be done to change them.
4. Men are like ……Blenders …
You need One, but you’re not quite sure why.
5. Men are like ……Chocolate Bars ….
Sweet, smooth, &they usually head right for your hips.
6. Men are like …. Commercials ……
You can’t believe a word they say.
7. Men are like ……. Department Stores …..
Their clothes are always 1/2 off.
8. Men are like …….Government Bonds ….
They take soooooooo long to mature.
9. Men are like …. .Mascara ……
They usually run at the first sign of emotion.
10. Men are like ….. Popcorn ….
They satisfy you, but only for a little while.
11. Men are like …….Lava Lamps ….
Fun to look at, but not very bright.
12. Men are like …….Parking Spots …….
All the good ones are taken, the rest are handicapped.
I kinda like the first one. hee hee.
chapped but running.
Slightly less than 1 month before leaving Sillypore. Trillions of things undone, visas to apply, tickets to book, vaccinations to jab (oh, my aching body), catching up with people etc.
People ask me what have I been up to. So far, its all 80% laser and 20% shopping? Except that the finance deployment is just about opposite. Laser has always been fun, quite brainless actually, with the wacky bunch of nutcases and of course, cute angmohs and foreigners. No, I'm referring to chewren.
The rain and sun for the past 4 days at police academy left me with muddy, soaked shoes, wrinkly toes, bad cold and swollen eyes. First day, my pumas drowned and I still hear them protesting under the sun. Second day, my soles died and I had to walk around barefooted the whole day. Very convenient for it to die on the way to work somemore. The Osim people thought I was mad or smth. I spent the whole night scrubbing 5 layers of epithelials of my feet and getting rid of mud stuck in between the crevices. Third day, my blain grew and I wore slippers there and changed to boots. It still was a pretty wet and squishy day, but at least my feet were spared from another round of exfoliation, so I'm not complaining.
But sometimes, living in brainless fun, leaves me feeling empty somewhat.
