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Supine Figure 8 Energy

a: Mentally my energy ~
b: a figure eight

What: "Mentally my energy, is like a figure eight, on it's side"

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Writer: The Notorious B.I.G
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Date: Feb 11 2012 1:12 PM



a: Geophysics ~
b: candy store

What: This is an interview with Mike Batzle. He is a Professor at the Colorado School of Mines. He liken the intellectual environment around geophysics as being in a candy store. In that, there is so much interesting stuff to study it's difficult to say no to many of the projects that he can work on.

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Writer: Mike Batzle
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Date: Apr 13 2013 4:18 PM



a: Anorexia ~
b: alcoholism

What: "Anorexia is like alcoholism in many ways. It is strong, chronic, and vexing, and it defies rehabilitation. There is considerable debate over whether anorexia has a biological base, is an outward symptom of deeper pathology, or is the result of external conditioning in a society obsessed with weight and beauty."

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Writer: Jennifer Hendricks
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Date: Oct 17 2013 6:07 PM



a: enzyme inhibitor ~
b: soft ball in a base ball glove

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Think of a enzyme as a glove and its substrate as a baseball. They are made for each other. One captures the other. Now think about a baseball glove with a large softball in it. The glove can no longer effectively capture the baseball because there is another ball blocking the pocket. It much more complicated than this, but the essence is something is blocking something else.


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Writer: Lucrezia
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 22 2015 9:54 AM



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