Background: After having returned from China for more than 10 days, I still felt tired. Sure, it could be due to the fact that I am old. Still, I wanted to try to improve the quality of my sleep, so I took 3 mg of melatonin at 9:30 pm and as expected I felt sleepy around 10 pm. What surprised me was that I woke up at 7 am sharp, without an alarm. This happened twice in a roll, and I could tell I was less tired during the day. Guess what I decided to do on the third night... According to wikipedia, hormones have the following effects on the body of mammals: stimulation or inhibition of growth mood swings induction or suppression of apoptosis (programmed cell death) activation or inhibition of the immune system regulation of metabolism preparation of the body for mating , fighting , fleeing , and other activity preparation of the body for a new phase of life, such as puberty , parenting , and menopause control of the reproductive cycle hunger cravings sexual arousal A hormone may also regulate the production and release of other hormones.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090112211936AAEhbX3 MICHH Member since:July 16, 2006Total points:1,193 (Level 3) Add Contact Block Resolved Question Show me another What the difference between log off,lock, sleep, hilbernate the computer? arent they all the same putting the computer to sleep 4 years ago Report Abuse by Jack C Member since:November 18, 2007Total points:1,674 (Level 3) Add Contact Block Best Answer - Chosen by Asker Log off - to end your session for you as a user so that someone else may use their profile Lock - to set up a password screen so that you may come back to it later, but only after you've entered your set password Sleep - to put the computer to a low-power state that can quickly return to the state that it was in before you put it to sleep. I use this quite often, as it uses less power, and I can quickly resume whatever I was doing without waiting for the computer to start up. Hibernate - Kind of like sleep, but for much longer periods of time, as the name implies. 4 years ago Report Abuse 1 person rated this as good Asker's Rating: Asker's Comment:really thank u !-- Action Bar: -- 0 stars - mark this as Interesting! Who found this interesting? Be the first person to mark this question as interesting! Email Comment ( 1 ) Save Add to private Watchlist Add to My Yahoo! Add to Del.icio.us RSS Briguy ProjectDSV, Hibernate isn't the same as sleep. It IS basically sleep, but when you turn the computer back on (wake it up), everything is the same as it was when you Hibernated it (Put it to hibernation). and Kudos to you, Jack C. Awesome explanation. Thumbs up. Report Abuse * You must be logged into Answers to add comments. Sign in or Register . Other Answers (6) by ProjectD... Member since:January 12, 2009Total points:251 (Level 2) Add Contact Block Not exactly. Log off keeps the computer on, but takes it to the log in screen where you can type your username/password if you have it set up. Lock-kinda like log off, just basically makes it so you need to type a password to use your computer, leaves everything running. Sleep-saves what your doing but turns off as much of the computer/fans/etc as possible. Hibernate is same as sleep. 4 years ago Report Abuse by MrGuy Member since:October 03, 2008Total points:2,948 (Level 4) Add Contact Block No. They are not all the same. Log off keeps the computer active, and just shuts off the programs that were started by the user account. Lock keeps everything active and puts a password on it. Sleep and Hibernate are the same. They store the information in a file, and make everything stop running. The file is recalled when the machine senses a mouse or button press. 4 years ago Report Abuse by Shopaholic Chick Member since:May 17, 2006Total points:14,616 (Level 6) Add Contact Block log off takes it back to the welcome screen closes all the programs/windows you have running - so someone else can sign in - it does not put it in a low energy mode lock simply locks the screen taking you to the welcome screen but without closing out of everything you are working on - incase you have to step away from a moment and don't want anyone seeing what your doing or messing anything up - again now going into low energy mode i am not sure the difference between sleep hibernate except that i think hibernate is for longer times then sleep...they both place the coputer in low energy mode shutting down screens and fans but preserving what youa re working on until you come back...i dont use either I turn mine off. 4 years ago Report Abuse by J-Money Member since:January 12, 2009Total points:308 (Level 2) Add Contact Block Logging off stops all programs that were running on your computer, effectively wiping your desktop clean. Locking and sleeping do not do this, but locking requires you to input a password to regain access to what you were doing. Hibernate actually shuts down the computer, but it saves what you doing beforehand, so when you turn your computer back on, everything that you had open will reopen. Hope I helped!g
Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again; and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked, I cried to dream again. 翻译：不要怕 这岛上充满了各种声音， 使人听了愉快 不会伤害人 有时成千的叮叮咚咚的乐器在我耳边鸣响 有时在我酣睡醒来的时候 听见了那种歌声 又使我沉沉睡去 那时在梦中便好像云端里开了门 无数珍宝要向我倾倒下来 当我醒来之后 我简直哭了起来 希望重新做一遍这样的梦 扮演布鲁内尔的是英国莎士比亚戏剧演员布拉纳，他的第一句台词，不要怕，这岛上充满了各种声音。这句话，也被刻在现场悬挂的奥林匹克大钟上。
Ok, I am not teaching addition here. I slept five hours first, got up to take a friend to the airport, and came home to rest for another 1.5 hours before I had to get up again for work. They are definitely not the same as sleeping 6.5 hrs straight.
1、I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness. 开始我直接求上帝赐辆自行车。 后来我琢磨上帝办事儿不是这个路数。 于是老子偷了一辆然后求上帝宽恕。 2、I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather.. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. 我希望能像爷爷那样，安静地在睡梦中死去…… 而不是要像他开的车上那些惨叫滴乘客一样死法啊！ 3、Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. 你永远不能战胜一个纯SB,因为他会把你的智商拉到跟他个水平,然后用丰富的经验打败你 4、The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list. 直译：在这个世界上,我最不愿意做的事就是伤害你,但是这件事仍在我的考虑之列。 意译a：我真不想伤害你，但你也别逼我。 意译b：吾虽不杀伯仁，伯仁由我而死。 5、If sex is a pain in the ass, then you’re doing it wrong… a. 如觉嘿咻乃屁眼不能承受之痛，那是你操错洞… b. 若XXOO是下体的痛，那么，是你操错。 6、The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. a. 早起滴小鸟有虫虫！晚到的老鼠有奶酪！ b. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃，早起的虫儿被鸟吃。 7、We live in a society where pizza gets to your house before the police. 在咱们这噶哒送外卖的都比警察来的快. 8、Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand. XXOO就象打桥牌。 如果对手不好使，自己的手必须好使。 9、 Some people are like Slinkies … not really good for anything, but you can’t help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs. 有些人就像 Slinkies （弹簧玩具），没什么实在用处，但看他们在楼梯上倒腾来捣腾去还是很有喜感。 10、Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason. 政客和纸尿布有一个共同点就是：他们都很有规律地被替换，而且因为同一个理由——脏了！！ 11、War does not determine who is right – only who is left. 战争不能决出正义，但能判出哪方出局。 12、Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship. a. 女人的高潮可能是装出来的。但是男人TMD可以整段感情都是装出来的！ b. 女人假装高潮以获取真实的感情；男人假装感情以获取真实的高潮。 13、We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. 我们永远不可能真正的成熟，我们只是学会在众人面前装逼。 14、Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich. 男人就两种状态：饿 和 性饥渴。 要是他不硬，就给他个三明治！ 15、Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 光总是比声音跑的快点….这就是为嘛有些SB只有在开口说话之后你才发现他是在装B… 16、My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch. 我妈每次对着我骂草泥马的时候都没看出其中笑点。 17、I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks. 曾以为我想要的是职业，结果发现我只是想要工资。 18、If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments. 你要是觉得没人在乎你的死活,那你不妨尝试一下跟你的债主玩躲猫猫~~ 19、Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. “Yes” is the answer. XXOO并不是结论而是个问题…爽不爽才是答案… 20、Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good evening’, and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t. 晚间新闻总是以“晚上好”开头，再告诉你你为什么好不了。 21、How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire? 直译：一根火柴能点着整片森林，一盒火柴也生不起个营火，这咋回事！ 意译：想当年哥戴套都能让人怀孕，看今朝叔竟然去看男科 22、If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea… does that mean that one enjoys it? 如果4/5的人在忍受腹泻的痛苦，那剩下1/5咋回事？很享受吗？ 23、Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. 直译：知识就是说你知道西红柿是一种水果；智慧就好似不要把它放进水果沙拉里。 意译a：知识就是告诉你说应该把鸡蛋放进篮子，智慧则是叫你不要把所有鸡蛋都放进一个篮子。 意译b:所谓知识就是知道韩少和小四都属于80后，但智慧告诉你这终还是男女有别~ 24、If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining. 上帝瞅着咱们呢，大伙好歹喜感点吧！ 25、Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 无论，在任何情况下，永远，不要在一个夜晚，同时吃，安眠药，和通便灵。 26、I didn’t fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian 老子拼死拼活奋斗到食物链顶端，不是为了成为一个素食者。 27、A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.. 公车站呀公车停。火车站呀火车停。俺桌上有个工作站… 28、If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong. 要是我听你的，咱俩就都2B了。 29、 Did you know that dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish? 海豚可聪明了你知道不？只要驯养几个星期，它们就能让人类乖乖站在池边给它们扔鱼吃了。 30、A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. a. 下棋，我不行；玩跆拳道，电脑不行！ b. 下象棋电脑把我玩得团团转，拳击我能把机箱踹得七零八散！ 31、I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with “Guess” on it…so I said “Implants?” 瞅见个姐姐，胸前衣服上写着“Guess”…俺就问了一句：“…隆过？” 32、 Children: You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut-up. 孩子就是：你先花2年，教丫们走路和说话。然后你再花16年教丫们坐定和闭嘴。 33、Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? 为什么当你说天上有400亿星星时他不怀疑，却偏要检查你所说的“油漆未干”？ 34、Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. a. 宁愿闭嘴当傻瓜，也别学乌鸦乱呱呱。 b. 越解释越SB，不说话最NB。 c. 剽悍的人生不需要解释 d. 宁可闭口被人当SB，也不张口解释所有疑。 35、A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don’t need it. 银行就是当你证明了你不需要钱的时候可以借钱给你的地方 36、Laugh at your problems, everybody else does. a.对你的问题哈哈大笑吧，别人都在这么做。 b. 你有什么不开心的？说出来给大家开心开心。 37、The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas! a. 我知道没人在我脑子里跟我聊天，但那些话真TM有用！ 意译：我幻想的低吟不一定是真的，但足够让我意淫 38、A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. a. 无愧于心哈？记性不好吧？ 意译b： 自从那次在人妖身边醒来，每次去夜店我都提醒自己“一定要戴眼镜……” c. 意识清醒了，意味着不堪回首了。 39、Good girls are bad girls that never get caught. a. 所谓的好姑娘，咳！就是还没被群众抓到的JP女····· b. 想立牌坊就得会装 40、He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame. 临危忽然微笑的那谁，定是找到替罪羊鸟~ 41、 Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy. 如果女人能做到以秃顶和啤酒肚在大街上晃还觉得自己倍儿性感——此时估计男女能平等。 42、The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room. 小腿上的骨头——在黑房间里找准家具位置的好装备。 43、The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. 圣诞老人当然美，他知道所有YD妞住哪儿啊！ 44、To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research. 剽窃一个人的叫剽窃，剽窃许多人的叫研究。 意译：窃钩者诛，窃国者为诸侯。 45、Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go. 有些人一来大家就开心了；有些人一走大家就开心了。. 46、 I discovered I scream the same way whether I’m about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot. 我发现，我滴脚丫被一小片儿海藻擦过时，我滴那个惨叫声——和我被大白鲨吓坏时的惨叫声是一样滴。 47、Crowded elevators smell different to midgets. 直译：你若是挤满人的电梯里的小矮人，肯定能嗅出不同的味儿。 意译：灵感来自于所站的角度与众不同。 48、I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you. 我可没怨你！我是在谴责你！ 49、 Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says “If an emergency, notify:” I put “DOCTOR”. What’s my mother going to do? 当我填表的时候，有一项是“紧急情况联系：” 我填上了“医生”，到时候我妈能帮上什么忙？！ 50、God must love stupid people. He made SO many. 上帝一定倍儿爱SB，不然他造这么多！！！！！！！ 51、Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman. 每一个成功的男人背后都有一个女人。每一个翻了船的成功男人背后往往是另一个女人。 52、I always take life with a grain of salt, …plus a slice of lemon, …and a shot of tequila. 生活对于我来说是小菜一碟，我通常就着盐和柠檬，再来一小杯烈性酒。 意译a：生活，是一团麻……绳，……再加一根蜡烛……一柄皮鞭。 意译b: 生活，不就是先狂吃菜，然后把烈性白酒一饮而尽？ 53、The sole purpose of a child’s middle name, is so he can tell when he’s really in trouble. 直译：小孩子要中间名，纯粹是为了让他知道他啥时候真的有麻烦了。 直译a：起个全名就为了揍孩子前可以底气十足地喊出来。 意译b：贾君鹏这名字就为了让他妈喊他回家吃饭！ 54、It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end. 跳楼的时候，“啊——”的时候还没死，“啪！”那才是死了。 55、Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. 人工智能从来敌不过天然请勿使用不良词语。 56、Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a baseball bat. 直译：不要用眼镜腿来打男人，用棒球击杆。 意译: 要下手就得狠，甭来毛毛雨。 57、There’s a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can’t get away. 直译：要想留住谁，在抱摔的时候有一条细线区分出你是否为高手。 其他译法：抱摔是留不住女人的，搂抱才管用。/抱和爆是有区别的。 /推倒和拥抱是有微妙的区别的哟！/拥抱和柔道里的压制是有区别的！ 58、A bargain is something you don’t need at a price you can’t resist. 所谓砍价，就是这东西虽然你不需要，但价格太好必须要买下来！ 59、Never get into fights with ugly people, they have nothing to lose. 绝对不要和长得丑的争执，他们已经没什么可输的了。 60、My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right. 我的观点或许改变了，但我是正确的这一事实却亘古不变。 意译：我们要搞共产主义，也要搞有中国特色的社会主义。 61、My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly too. 心理医师：你神经病！！！ 我：能说点别的吗？ 心理医师：好！！而且你真TM丑！！！ 62、 A little boy asked his father, “Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?” Father replied, “I don’t know son, I’m still paying.” 一单纯傻儿子问他爹：“爸，结婚到底要花多少钱啊？”他爸说：“儿啊，我真不知道…没看见我还在交钱吗？” 63、 Some people say “If you can’t beat them, join them”. I say “If you can’t beat them, beat them”, because they will be expecting you to join them, so you will have the element of surprise. 有人说“打不过，就合作”。我说“打不过，也要打”。因为丫们指望你加入，得来点惊喜~！ 64、When in doubt, mumble. 脑子不好使的话，你就嘟囔。 不明白的话，哼哼试试。 65、I intend to live forever. So far, so good. 我已决定长生不老，目前为止，感觉良好。 66、Hospitality: making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were 好客就是：让客人觉得他们像在他们家一样，尽管你真的希望他们滚回他们家。 67、If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you! 跳伞是这样一种运动：不成功则成仁！ 68、A TV can insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a computer. 电视侮辱你的智商，电脑则是吐你槽的终极存在！ 69、Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil. 知识就是力量，力量会邪恶化。那么就好好学习当大魔王吧！ 70、Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with. 钱买不来幸福，但有了它，痛苦的日子会好熬一点。 71、Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. 跟悲观主义者借钱吧！他反正不指望你还！！！ 72、Worrying works! 90% of the things I worry about never happen. 担忧真的好使！！老子担心的事儿90%都没发生！！ 73、Virginity is like a soapbubble, one prick and it is gone. 贞操如泡影，一戳无踪影。 74、Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. 这年头，连怀旧都不如从前够味儿了。 75、With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. 只要主义真，猪也成超人。 信春哥 ，得永生 76、I should’ve known it wasn’t going to work out between my ex-wife and me. After all, I’m a Libra and she’s a bitch. 我早就该知道我跟我EX没戏！归根结底，我是天枰她是JP！ 77、Hallmark Card: “I’m so miserable without you, it’s almost like you’re still here.” 豪马克卡上的话：没有你我痛苦万分，正如你就在此处。（没有女人冷冷清清，有了女人鸡犬不宁） 78、You’re never too old to learn something stupid. 越活越2~ /活到老,2到老 79、A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip. 直译：外交家们说让你下地狱的时候，措辞也好像你正巴不得来这么趟旅行。 80、 I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, “I’m going to mop the floor with your face.” I said, “You’ll be sorry.” He said, “Oh, yeah? Why?” I said, “Well, you won’t be able to get into the corners very well.” 我和个壮汉闹急了。 他：老子非得用你丫脸把地给擦了！！！ 我：你会后悔的！！ 他：噢？真哒？怎么讲？ 我：呃，边边角角的地方你擦不到！！！ 81、Some people hear voices.. Some see invisible people.. Others have no imagination whatsoever. 有些人吹牛说丫能通灵，有些人吹牛说丫有阴阳眼，其他人只是没有这种想象力而已 82、I like work. It fascinates me. I sit and look at it for hours. 啊我好爱好爱工作啊~ 工作让我好着迷啊~我TMD死盯着它几个小时了啊！ 83、We have enough gun control. What we need is idiot control. 枪支管理不是问题，SB管理才是问题 84、Women may not hit harder, but they hit lower. 女人或许击得并不重，但她们击得更低….. 女人总是能击中男人的要害。 85、Just remember…if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off. 直译：记着吧……世界要不恶心，我们早被吐掉了。 别抱怨了，这个世界要是真和谐了，我们这种人就不应该存在~ 意译：你们TMD给我记住：没有和谐社会，你们早让美帝国主义给糟蹋了！ 86、Jesus loves you, but everyone else thinks you’re an asshole. 上帝蜀黍疼你，只是大家都觉得你2B而已 87、I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure. a. 过去老子左右为难。现在老子优柔寡断。 b. 我曾是个怀疑论者，现在我很怀疑这一点。 c. 过去我难以决断，现在我不大确信是否还是如此。 88、I don’t trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn’t die. 老子打死都不信流血5天还不挂的物种。/老子打死都不信娘们儿。 89、If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you’ll have trouble putting on your pants. 直译：如果你始终脚踏实地，那就别想穿裤子了。 意译：人太老实没法活。 90、To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target. 别人是指哪儿打哪儿，我是打哪儿指哪儿。 91、 You are such a good friend that if we were on a sinking ship together and there was only one life jacket… I’d miss you heaps and think of you often. 好吧，既然这艘船要沉了，救生衣又只有一件，我就勉为其难的虚伪一下，你对我来说实在是不能再好的朋友了…我一定会经常想念你滴~!!! 92、Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. 站在车库的你并不会变成一辆车是吧？所以站在教堂的你也不会变成基督徒。 93、Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. 世界总是在变，但我却怎么也便不出来。 意译：人生何处不杯具，唯有面对饮水机。 94、If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child. 假设我们会吃一堑，长一智，为什么总有人生了一个还会生？ 95、A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it. 公车总在被追赶的时候的速度要比你在里面时的速度快两倍。 一旦你在公车后面追，它的速度就会变得比你在里面所感觉得快。 96、Whoever coined the phrase “Quiet as a mouse” has never stepped on one. 发明“鼠动无声”这词儿的哥们一定没踩上过一只。 97、You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. 过了河也别拆桥，没准你还要回来呢。 98、The difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer is in the taste. 口腔体温计和菊花体温计有啥不同？尝尝看就知道了 99、When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water. 以暴治暴，不如以抱治爆。 100、Remember, if you smoke after sex you’re doing it too fast. 直译：记着，如果你在嘿咻后冒烟了，证明你整得太快了。
Here introduce an interesting story (actually it is a Greek mythology)named: Endymion's perpetual dreamy sleep. Endymion was a handsome young shepherd who kept his flocks of sheep on Mt. Latmos，Asia Minor．Living in a quiet, lovely valley, he lived a perfectly peaceful life. Sometimes when his sheep grazed happily on some rich grass around, he would lie down on the meadow and sleep soundly, completely free from worldly griefs and cares． One clear, bright night, as Artemis drove her carriage across the heavens, her eyes chanced upon a beautiful youth sleeping in the peaceful valley below. Her heart beat with love and admiration. She came down from her moon carriage and gave a quick but passionate kiss on his face. Even the sleepy Endymion was fascinated at the sight of the fair maiden as he opened his eyes. But the vision disappeared so soon that he regarded the whole scene as a dream. Every night Artemis floated down to steal a kiss from the lips of the sleeping shepherd until her occasional carelessness of duty caused the suspicion of Zeus. The father of gods and men decided to remove the earthly temptation to the goddess forever. He called for Endymion on to him and ordered him to choose between death in any form and everlasting youth in perpetual dreamy sleep. The shepherd chose the latter, and he still slept on Mt Latmos, with the moon goddess sadly visiting and kissing him every night. The picture comes from the the following website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sebastiano_Ricci_015.jpg Here also enclosed the mp3 of this passage in English. Endymion.mp3 The mp3 document downloaded from the following website: http://iphone.unisk.cn/iphone/enedu/everyday/article/119/30/1129006.html Enjoy it.
Sleep over 是美国少年儿童常有的习俗似的活动，一般在一个同学家，让孩子们打地铺，玩通宵（我所知道的这个习俗，男生女生各有自己的派对圈子，这样的过夜派对没有男女生混杂的，而且 hosting 的家长也有某种监督，并负责给孩子提供餐点儿。顺便提一句，中国学习西方，据说圣诞节情人节国内都很热闹了，我觉得给美国孩子带来很大乐趣的两大习俗应该引进：一是万圣节讨糖，俗称鬼节；第二就是这 sleep over 派对。）。虎妈对孩子的诸多禁令中有一条：不允许参加同学的 sleep over party. 我想说的是，这一条非常野蛮，完全不顾孩子的感受，剥夺了孩子很多的乐趣。当然，美国的学生早熟，有些地方风气很不好，吸毒酗酒都有，加上孩子的逆反，如果没有家长的督导，孩子自己的派对什么都可能发生。为了保险起见，特别是对女儿，最简单也鲁莽的办法就是家规禁止。 我家领导同样禁令多多，不允许在同学家参与 sleep over 的活动也是其一。甜甜一直特别热衷social活动，为了争取这个 sleep over 的权利，抗争了很多年。没用 -- 直到昨天。 前天晚上，甜甜一直在做习题，直到困倦得抬不起头来。问为什么不休息，也没有死期。原来是为了感动上帝。她是以她自己的方式试图说服妈妈允许她参加 sleep over. 临睡前还喃喃说，我没完成这本书的所有 review 作业，妈妈肯定不让我过夜了，说着就流泪了。我答应帮助她劝说妈妈，但是我不敢保证。泪未干，甜甜睡着了。 我于是转向领导，历数甜甜最近的优良表现，小心翼翼提到她是多么渴望 sleep over，领导断然否定这个建议，说：明天给她放假，玩到深夜，无论多晚，睡觉前把她接回来。口气里没有余地。问为什么，无非是不安全不卫生之类。同学都是多年的老同学，家里背景也都知根知底的，不存在安全的问题。卫生更是多虑，比起野地camping，在客厅地毯上打地铺算什么。每年这时候，这位甜甜最要好的朋友家都举行一次这样的派对，孩子们都很开心。今年的邀请发出去以后，已经有10位女孩表示参与。三个女孩一台戏，10 个人的派对可以想见其热闹。 夜里劝说领导未成，眼前老是闪现孩子期待的眼神和失望的哭泣。我觉得不能罢休。第二天早起，趁领导心情好，买来她喜欢的咖啡点心，一边观赏评论她最近给孩子和自己采购来的新衣服，一边想着怎样软化这条虎妈牌禁令。我慢慢转移话题，提到去年这个 sleep over 派对，我们12点多把孩子硬从派对接回家来，孩子一直没睡，那边 sleep over 的同伴直到凌晨两三点还在给她发短信，简报派对情况，问她能不能回来。记得当时领导动了恻隐之心，说也许明年可以考虑。转眼一年了，难道我们还要这样么？领导最后说：好，咱们做两手准备，先把睡袋拿到院子里晒一晒，但还是要劝说她回家睡觉。我搞不清这里面的逻辑，为什么体谅一下孩子的感受，给孩子她们自己的乐趣就那么难。但是既然有松动迹象，就是好事儿。 Anyway，又经过几番讨价还价，甜甜终于可以 sleep over 了。昨天下午送她去同学家，她兴奋得手舞足蹈。肩上扛着睡袋与洗漱用具，一下车老远就大叫开门开门我来了：open the door, I am moving here! 夜里两点，我的手机来了短信：GOOD NIGHT DADDY GOODNIGHT MOMMY :D. 今早10点半，我打电话问什么时候接她回家，她压低声音用汉语说：为什么打扰我们睡觉？ 疯玩了近一天一夜，中午12点多才接回家，问：你们几点睡觉的？答曰大约五点钟，but it was fun. 说是10个孩子最后在夜半前被家长接走了４位（我敢打包票这４位都是中国妈妈），留下了六位，叽叽喳喳一整夜，直到筋疲力竭。 She had fun, I am happy. 希望领导明年还可以恩准孩子的请求。可谁说得准呢，中国妈妈的顽固不化是有名的，连耶鲁教授都不例外呢。 写到这里，想起一件事儿。由于这条禁令，孩子不知受了多少委屈。以前岁数小，委屈了就哭，敢怒不敢言，心底对同学派对 sleep over 的向往和羡慕与日俱增。直到有一天，我有个老朋友带领一儿一女一家四口来我家玩儿，我们安排这一家睡在我们卧室，我们自己住在客厅。甜甜坚持要进卧室打地铺，与这家孩子闹了半夜，算是在自家过了一次 sleep over 的瘾。可怜童心。
Xunzheng 〖 Chinese Version-中文版 〗 It is amusing as well as amazing to see how things are viewed from utterly different perspectives. One example is the post-lunch sleepiness or after lunch drowsiness. A TCM scholar plagiarized an article about junk foods. She was asked to explain why a reader wants to sleep after a meal, especially after lunch. She has absolutely no idea about this phenomenon, but that does not prevent her from answering that it is because this person has the weakness of spleen. What the hell is weakness of spleen? The spleen is an organ of the immune system and red blood cell maintenance system. The Ancient Chinese had only limited anatomic knowledge about the spleen. All they could see at that time was that the spleen was closely seated to the stomach. Therefore, they hypothesized that the spleen was somehow linked to digestion. Anybody with anything suspected of indigestion or insufficient digestion was termed as weakness of spleen. Anatomically the spleen shares blood vessels with the stomach. Thats all. Your spleen has nothing to do with your indigestion! Not only does the spleen have nothing to do with digestion, but also the post-lunch sleepiness is not related to indigestion. It is somewhat related to digestion all right. When you eat, your digestion system has to be ready to digest the foods. It draws blood to those organs such as the stomach, small intestine (or bowel), large intestine (or bowel) and liver. It shifts blood away from your brain. It might interfere with your brain function a little bit, especially on concentration. However, the main reason for after lunch sleepiness is something inherent in us from our ancient history. We walked out of Africa. There we had a tropical weather. In the noon there was the scorching sun. The temperature rise to a degree that was intolerably high. Our ancestors chose to stay in the shades and rest during early afternoon. This was evolved into an intrinsic system called circadian cycleout body is programmed to have highs and lows during a 24-hour period. We inherited this biological clock from our ancestors. The reason we can stay awake at all after lunch is that we can reprogram ourselves and overpower this circadian system. For a modern life or even people who no longer reside in tropical areas, the post-lunch sleepiness is counterproductive. We are no longer exposed to the sun directly. If we work during the afternoon, we save energy. If we choose to have lunch nap like the Chinese people usually do, we shift work time to the night and we waste energy for lighting. The United States adopts summer time to save energy for the exact same reason. We change our biological clock for work to save the need for lighting. The collective savings are too valuable to be neglected. Fortunately, our biological clock is indeed highly flexible and reprogrammable. But, we still feel the life of our ancestors in us. The sleepiness or drowsiness does cause inefficiency in our work. Here are several tips to deal with it. If you are closer to our ancestors than others are, your choice is the apparent: take a nap. If you have sleepless nights and your body is chronically craving for a sleep, your body pushes much harder for you to sleep during this period. Resisting a strong urge to sleep may be counterproductive. You lose both the productivity and the sleep. Otherwise you want to stay awake and function as normal. You may want to cut down your activity in the night. Chronically depriving yourself of sleep is bad for your health. The time you spend at nigh may simply be stupid stuff that can wait, like, writing this article. Oh, yes, I waited for the day light to write this article. The food has a large impact on your desire to sleep. If you eat to a full stomach, your body feels a strong signal to sleep. The digestion system secretes a lot ofregulatory hormones when active. Some of thosedirectly impactyoursleep-wake systemwhile others work indirectly. Melatonin, for example, isthe critical sleep regulating hormone that is also produced by the gut. Chinese people should be very familiar with melatonin as the main ingredient in LaoBaiJin (脑白金). pulls blood away from the brain and it likes to shut down completely, even if there is more energy material (sugar) available in the blood. So, its best to eat a light lunch. With modern day standard of living, malnutrition stems from overeating. A light lunch is actually healthy. If you still feel a little bit drowsy, you know that your brain is turning to shutting-down mode. There is a lack of internal stimuli. The patients of attention deficit suffer a chronic lack of internal stimuli. If they let nature take over, they would be in a constant state of sleep. Therefore, their brain figures out that they have to move around. When we are physically active, we send signals to the brain center in charge of the internal stimuli. The center sends out signals to make us alert. It would be suicidal if we move around and brain shuts down. Therefore, attention deficit patients compensate their lack of internal stimuli by hyperactivity. Thats why the condition is called attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD). When you are drowsy, get up and work around, do stuff that requires physical activity. Once the circadian rhythm passes, you can be as productive as normal. Drinking coffee can help, but it could interfere with your night sleep. If you stay physically fit overall, you have better capability to manipulate your biological clock. That means regular exercise. Stay awake and work during the day. That is GREEN!
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