Tomorrow will be the annual open wide day at UofA dental clinic. Looking forward to it. 
Open Wide Day - UAlberta Free Dental Services
When: 7am - 3pm, March 31, 2007
Where: Dentistry/Pharmacy Centre on UofA Campus
More info here.
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A parody of this famous Korean TV series 《대장금》 (Jewel in Palace), based on a Chinese story.
Now everything makes sense. 
View hilarious 大長今 Spoof video clip.
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Identical Twins: 1 egg fertilized with 1 sperm, and then later splits into two.
Fraternal (non-identical) Twins: 2 separate eggs fertilized with 2 separate sperms
How about 1 egg fertilized with 2 sperms? Semi-identical Twins!
Semi-identical twins discovered
Scientists have revealed details of the world’s only known case of “semi-identical” twins.
The journal Nature says the twins are identical on their mother’s side, but share only half their genes on their father’s side.They are the result of two sperm cells fertilising a single egg, which then divided to form two embryos - and each sperm contributed genes to each child.
Each stage is unlikely, and scientists believe the twins are probably unique.
These twins were born in the US, but neither their identity or their exact location is being revealed.
Their case is also reported in the journal Human Genetics.
Normally, twins either develop from the same egg which later splits to form identical twins - who share all their genetic material, or from two separate eggs which are fertilised by two separate sperm.
This creates non-identical (fraternal) twins - who share on average 50% of their genetic material.
Sometimes, two sperm can fertilise a single egg, but this is only thought to happen in about 1% of human conceptions.
Most embryos created this way do not survive.
Hermaphrodite
These twins, who were conceived normally, only came to the attention of scientists because one was born with sexually ambiguous genitalia.
The child was discovered to be a hermaphrodite, and has both ovarian and testicular tissue, while the other child is anatomically male.
But genetic tests show both are “chimeras”, and have some male cells - which have an X and Y chromosome, and female cells - which have two X chromosomes.
The most likely explanation for how they were formed is that two sperm cells - one with an X chromosome and one with a Y chromosome - fused with a single egg.
Read more: bbc.co.uk
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The world tallest man finally found a girlfriend and got married a few days ago. How tall is his girlfriend?
Chinaenws, Hohhot, March 28 - Bao Xishun (é²å–œé¡º), the naturally-grown tallest man in the world, finally registered for marriage in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia with Xia Shujuan, his girlfriend, on March 26, 2007.
Bao was born in Inner Mongolia in 1951. Currently, he is 2.36 m tall, and was entered the Guinness Books of Records as the naturally-grown tallest man in the world in 2005. However, he had been too tall to find a marriage partner.
In the 1970s, Bao used to be a basketball player of the Shenyang Military Area Command. Being very tall, Bao has to order clothes of extra large size, and the rooms in his house all have 5.7-m clearance above the floor. Of course his bed is special, too, about 2.6 m long.
Xia, now his wife, is only 28 years old and 1.68 m tall. She works in a shopping mall in Chifeng.
They met on February 24, and fell in love at first sight.
Read more: chinanews.cn
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Theme song from 대장금 (Korean), Dae Jang Geum (Korean phonetic), 大長今 (Chinese translation), Jewel in Palace (English translation).
Singer: Alessandro Safina
演唱者 : 義大利男高音沙費ç´
First line: Korean
Second line: Phonetic sound in Korean
Third line: English translation
Fourth line: Chinese translation
ë°”ëžŒì— ì§€ëŠ” ì•„ë ¨í•œ 사랑
pa ra me ji neng a ryon han sa rang
A vague love which disappears with a wind
風å¹èµ°é‚£é€åŽ»çš„æ„›
별헤예 지듯 사ë¼ì ¸ê°€ë‚˜
Peor hae ye ji de sa ra chyo ka na
Would be gone as if a star falls?
為什麼離我é 去
천해를 괸들 ëª»ë‹¤í• ì‚¬ëž‘
chon hae rur kwein der mo da har sa rang
A love which would not end even if all the oceans are combined
我們的愛被上天所背棄
ì²ìƒì— 새겨 ë¯¸ì›Œë„ ê³±ë‹¤
chong sang e sae kyo mi wo do kop da
Is engraved on a blue skirt, which is mean but beautiful
心裡想著永é 部è¦æ¨ä½
ë†’ê³ ëŠ˜ì§„ í•˜ëŠ˜ì´ ë‚˜ë”러 함께 ì‚´ìž í•˜ë”ë¼
nop ko ner jin ha ne ri na do ro ham ke sar ja ha do ra
The high and drooping heaven told me to live together
ä½ æ›¾å‘上天約定è¦å’Œæˆ‘相守到永é
ê¹Šê³ í—˜í•œ 바다로 ì‚´ì•„ ìš°ë‹ ì œ 사랑ì€
kip ko hom han pa da ro sa ra u nier che sa rang un
My love which will live and weep like a deep and rough sea
在這黑暗的世界裡
ì´ˆê°•ì„ ì—워 í르리
cho kang er e wo he re ri
Will flow surrounding the Cho River
我們的愛將隨著河æµæ¼‚å‘é æ–¹
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