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MICHAEL C. MOORE | VIEWPOINT: Disneyland Looks Better Through a Child's Eyes
I miss the mountains.
Not the Cascades. Not even the Olympics. I love 'em, but those aren't the mountains I'm talking about.
I miss Thunder Mountain. Space Mountain. Splash Mountain. I miss the Matterhorn.
I'm in Disneyland withdrawal, baby.
I've had the blues ever since my daughter and I trudged out the front gate of Walt Disney's baby — born the same year I was, just up the road in Upland, Calif. — last Sunday afternoon, and the realization hit her that we wouldn't be going back in.
She stopped in her tracks, wordless, dumbstruck. She turned and stared dumbly, motionless. And then the tears came.
For four and a half days, she hadn't just visited the Magic Kingdom. She'd been a resident. We'd squeezed just about as much out of those Park-Hopper passes as was humanly possible, and the thought never once crossed her mind that we should be anywhere else — not even across the concrete no-man's land that separates Disneyland from its kid sister, Disney's California Adventure.
It might be fun over there, with the Tower of Terror and that big California Screamin' whirlygig. I tried to sell it to her, but it wasn't Disneyland, so she wasn't buyin'.
She's a Disneyland kid. And I'm a Disneyland guy, so I can relate.
My brother and I grew up a stone's throw from the park — or at least it seemed like a stone's throw, back in the days before the traffic was two deep on all the freeways. When we decided, months ago, to get our kids there one more time while they all were still "little," we said it was for them, but it really was for us. We wanted to see it again, through their eyes, live the wonder vicariously.
Let's face it. Disneyland's a lot bigger, a lot more wondrous, to the pint-sized. They're impressed by the oversized characters, nonplussed by the overpriced food. They're immersed in the magic, oblivious to the fact that it's got to end. They make priceless a vacation that we adults might shrug off as simply pricy.
I still love Disneyland, but I love it for different reasons than I used to. I love it now because, in a world that's rife with half-baked swindlers and scammers and schemers who want themselves to get the most bang for your buck, it's a place where you still feel like you get value for the price of that Park-Hopper.
It's entertaining even when you're standing in those legendarily long lines (which aren't, incidentally, very long at all in mid-February). The buildings, the decoration, the attention to detail are more impressive to me now than when I was a kid, and I marvel at them as I pass the time until it's our turn to plop into whatever railroad car or space capsule or hollow log we've been in line for.
It's clean — you see somebody drop something, there's usually a costumed "cast member" there to snaffle it up almost before it hits the ground.
The food's good — spendy, yes, but it'll keep you alive, and it beats the heck out of having to leave the park just to get a meal.
There are dozens of foreign languages to decipher, hundreds of slogans on hats and sweatshirts to digest, thousands of adorable, wide-eyed kids.
I was particularly amused this time by the local kids. It's been said that half the young people of Orange and Los Angeles counties will, at some point, have a job at Disneyland, and the rest of them go there frequently, just to hang out.
We were in a boat floating through the Pirates of the Caribbean (still, for my two cents, the best and most amazing attraction in the park), with a trio of SoCal teens in the row behind us. Their banter was loud, vapid ... and had nothing to do with the ride, the park, what they'd just done, what they wanted to do next. They were on about boys and cars and parents and school, a conversation that could just as well have been carried out (a lot more cheaply, I might add) at the mall.
But Disneyland's where you hang out.
They don't know how lucky they are. My daughter asked me why we couldn't have a Disneyland in Washington, and I'm sure if we did, she and I would have annual passes. I didn't even try to explain to her that building something on that scale, in this day and age, would be just about as impossible as an escalator to Pluto (the sub-planet, not the Disney dog).
The night we got home, we started a Disneyland Jar, a place for spare change meant to hasten our next trip just a little.
I'll toss money in every chance I get — because it's a place we can go and give something to each other. I give her the experience, she gives me that sense of wonder.
So, next time you hear me talking about "going to the mountains," you'll know which mountains I mean.
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Wed, September 29, 2010Students from Marywood University's School of Architecture and Interior Architecture will showcase an art installation celebrating architecture and literature at Shopland Hall, Scranton Cultural Center, as part of the Pages and Places Book Festival. The installation will be on display Saturday, October 2 from 2 - 5 p.m.
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HOPKINS COUNTY, Ky. - Cliston Ray Brackett, 84, of Madisonville, KY passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Hillside Villa in Madisonville.
He was born November 23, 1928 in Madisonville to the late Leamon Brackett and Edna Franklin Brackett. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Jean Brackett in 2012; two brothers, Billy Leamon Brackett and Norris Franklin Brackett and one sister, Bettie Wray.
Mr. Brackett was a US Navy Veteran and he was a member of the Earlington Masonic Lodge. He worked for South Central Bell where he was a foreman.
He is survived by two sons, Bryan Brackett of Madisonville and Steve Brackett of Hopkins Co.; three sisters, Linda Pendley of Madisonville; Freda Goodman of Madisonville and Rev. Faye Bumpas of Madisonville; one brother, Bobby (Brenda) Brackett of Madisonville; four grandchildren, Steven Brackett; Timothy Brackett; Taylor Brackett; and Tanner Brackett and one great grandchild; Edward Ray Brackett.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home with Bro. Keith Harris officiating. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Madisonville with military graveside rites conducted by the Hopkins County Honor Guard.
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Introducing the ultrahuman makeover.
By Brian Alexander
|Immortality Reality Check
Judith Campisi, Calvin Harley, Cynthia Kenyon, and Gregory Stock are sitting onstage in a campus theater at UC Berkeley, looking a little shell-shocked. All four are big-time researchers studying various aspects of aging: Campisi is a cell biologist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Harley is a cell biologist and chief scientific officer at Geron Corporation, Kenyon is a geneticist at UC San Francisco, and Stock directs the Program on Science, Technology, and Society at UCLA. They're not the types to brag about the implications of their work. But this event - Extro 4, the fourth confab of the Extropy Institute - is all about big-noise pronouncements, and the volume is drowning out the panel's scientific modesty.
The Extropians, of course, are techno-believers with boundless faith in science's power to amp up human potential. Extro 4 is devoted to their favorite topics: life extension, and the utopian future they believe will come about thanks to 21st-century advances in genetic engineering, biochemistry, and medical technology. A little later, the scientists will hear the Extropy Institute's founder, a chiseled, ponytailed philosophy PhD named Max More, confidently declare, "This is the fourth revolution in our history - the ultrahuman revolution." They'll also hear More's wife, an artist and bodybuilder named Natasha Vita-More, sketch out a future in which people will enjoy multiple sex organs, polymer skin that changes color like a mood ring, and virtual reality eyeball implants.
But right now the researchers are getting an earful from another Extropian, Robert Bradbury, a Harvard dropout and failed biotech entrepreneur. He provokes an awkward moment by addressing the panelists as fellow warriors in a crusade against anyone who doubts the possibility (or wisdom) of vastly increased human longevity.
"We have to deal with human naturalists," he says, "those people who think it is nonhuman to live 200 years, or the religious deathists, who have a significant amount of power by having the key to the Pearly Gates, so to speak, and the limits-to-growth camp, and, of course, the bureaucratic fearmongers like the Social Security Administration!" He looks at the scientists. "I realize most of the panel are not sociologists. Maybe Greg would like to comment."
Campisi tries to stifle a smirk. Harley's shoulders slump. Stock shifts in his chair and gets ready to say something. Here they sit, an all-star group, facing an organization founded by life-extension zealots who met at one of Timothy Leary's parties - and they've suddenly become "we." It's as if four Catholic bishops found themselves in a nude, sweaty scrum with a roomful of Larry Flynts.
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But the scientists did show up, a visible acknowledgment that Extropian rhetoric isn't nearly as wild as it sounds. For years the research establishment has treated efforts to lengthen the maximum human life span as a kind of science porn. That's changing: In recent months, it has become obvious that many scientists and research corporations are taking longevity research seriously enough to make hefty investments in it.
Life extension remains a touchy topic, though. Few legitimate scientists will publicly advocate it; government grants still don't flow to it. As enthusiastic amateurs, the Extropians can afford to be loud - but in the mainstream, reflexive condemnation is more often the rule. In his 1999 book on aging, Time of Our Lives, British gerontologist Tom Kirkwood dismisses as "contemptible" scientists who "tout their advances as heralding 200-year human life spans coming soon, or who condone journalists who hint at this."
"When people apply for funding to the National Institute on Aging, they are exceptionally careful not to bring up life-span extension," says Richard Miller, a University of Michigan gerontologist. "It is forbidden. They talk about specific diseases and preserving health and 'successful aging.' That is what's politically clever."
Uneasy though the Extro 4 panelists might be, the gap between the two sides is narrowing. The Extropians know it. The scientists know it. Gregory Stock especially seems to know it. Looking reluctant at first, he responds to Bradbury's monologue. To the Extropians' delight, he agrees with Bradbury. It's true, he says. Life extension is coming. In time the opposition will be outweighed by the sheer numbers of people willing to pay for a future of increased longevity.
And they will have something worth paying for. Because, Stock says, "we are at the point of remaking human biology."
Scientists have long regarded the human life span as relatively fixed. Currently, the maximum is 122 years, the age at which Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, the longest-lived human for whom reliable records exist, died in 1997.
In the 20th century, doctors and researchers have focused mainly on expanding the average life expectancy, succeeding dramatically in the developed world - adding 30 years in the United States, for instance. Today, as a result of antibiotics, vaccines, public sanitation, and preventive medicine, so many centenarians are puttering around that Willard Scott would have to say happy birthday to about 200 a day just to keep up.
Until recently, it was assumed that these oldsters were simply edging closer to a set-in-stone life-span limit. But these days, a growing number of scientists agree that humans are poised for a breakthrough in longevity and what might be called "human repairability" - a new era that will not only raise the maximum age, but also deliver unimaginable new methods for preserving and even redesigning our own bodies. The scientific stigma is disappearing.
Just ask Michael Rose, a UC Irvine evolutionary biologist who has spent more than 10 years studying fruit-fly genetics, helping the flies more than double their previous life span. "I am now working on immortality," Rose says flatly. "It is an Einsteinian revolution compared with what we used to do."
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Originally built for and named after the 23d Bavarian Infantry Regiment, the installation is still called the 23er Kaserne by the local German populace. When construction was completed in 1913, the 23d Regiment was on extended maneuvers east of Kaiserslautern. Following the outbreak of World War I, the regiment was immediately committed to battle und consequently never occupied the 23er Kaserne. Meanwhile, the 8th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment used the facility until the end of the war. Shortly after the armistice was signed in November 1918, French forces occupied the kaserne, including mountain infantry troops, a communications unit, and an Annamese (Vietnamese) motorized support unit.
The French forces did not depart until 1930, when prolonged diplomatic efforts to bring the Palatinate area under French sovereignty failed. During the early years of the subsequent economic depression era, the city of Kaiserslautern used the 23er Kaserne as a low income housing area. In 1935, after Adolph Hitler's rise to power, national service labor units engaged in land conservation projects occupied the installation.
The rapidly expanding German Army took over the kaserne in 1936. The 1st Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, of the Wehrmacht's 36th Infantry Division was stationed at 23er Kaserne, along with an artillery company and tank destroyer company. The 118th Regiment's 2d Battalion occupied Daenner Kaserne (named in memory of the 23d Infantry Regiment's last commander) after it was constructed adjacent to 23er Kaserne in 1938, while the 3d Battalion was located at Landstuhl. The 36th Division headquarters was housed in four buildings on 23er Kaserne, fenced off from the rest of the installation. In September 1939, shortly after World War II began, the division departed for combat service in France. (In 1941 it was deployed to the Eastern Front in the Soviet Union and advanced as far as Leningrad before the Wehrmacht's retreat in 1943-44.)
Available records do not reflect the ensuing activities at 23er Kaserne from 1940 to 1945. Toward the end of World War II, US air attacks on military installations in Kaiserslautern inflicted extensive damage in the 23er Kaserne area.
After Germany's surrender, French forces again occupied the kaserne on 6 July 1945. They renamed the installation Kleber Kaserne after General Jean Baptist Kleber, a prominent commander in the Napoleonic campaigns. In the early 1950s, US Army units moved into Kleber Kaserne and began reconstruction. Many buildings were replaced by new structures and others less damaged were renovated. A succession of various US Army units have since been stationed at the kaserne.
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Dos Blues: Tommy Marsh And Bag Dog Play VCBS Jam (And) The Palms This Week
Dos Blues: Tommy Marsh & Bad Dog Play VCBS Jam On Wednesday At The Tavern, And Again At The Palms In Carpinteria On Friday Night
*Also Catch Tommy Sitting In With Michael John And The Bottom Line At The 8th Annual Ventura County Blues Festival - Taking Place This Saturday, April 27 At Moorpark College*
Dos Blues: As in two great chances to catch the fun 'n' frenzied blues of Tommy Marsh And Bad Dog this week: Wednesday, April 24 (with special guest artist, guitarist-vocalist Lenny Kerley) at the weekly Ventura County Blues Society-sponsored Wednesday night Jam session (The Tavern, 211 Santa Clara Ave. 8-11 p.m. no cover); and again on Friday, April 26 at The Palms, 701 Linden Ave., in scenic Carpinteria, 9-12 pm, no cover.
Tommy Marsh will be performing with Michael John and the Bottom Line at the upcoming 8th Annual Ventura County Blues Festival, Saturday, April 27 at Moorpark College (click on the link here for additional information)
Note: The Wednesday night VCBS Jam moves to The Bombay Bar & Grill in Ventura beginning Wednesday, May 1. Special guests on 5/1 include Theresa Russell, Guy Martin, Mikey Mo and others to be announced shortly.
"Tommy Marsh & Bad Dog is a red-hot blues outfit. He has a strong crowd showing up on a weekly basis seeing great out-of-town talent with some very hot locals. The Ventura Blues Society sponsors the weekly event, with a featured artist showcased, (with) Tommy Marsh and Bad Dog backing that person. Afterward there is a jam with Bad Dog, that is fun to watch. At some of these jams you can see some real talent come to life. The room was humming with people casually dancing, some more intense than others - all having a wonderful time. If you are in Ventura you need to check out The Tavern. It is a fantastic place with good food and spirits." - B Noel Barr, Random Lengths News.
Wailing Guitars, Soulful vocals speak to the listener.... drawing from Blues, soul, country and Southern Rock roots, Tommy Marsh and Bad Dog have a sound you will truly enjoy listening to. Great originals and a few extended guitar solos make Tommy Marsh and Bad Dog a real Jam band - one you will want come back to see again and again!
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I saw the movie "The Avengers" this weekend. A character played by Samuel Jackson recruits superheroes to save the world. Shocking spoiler alert: they save the world.
Republicans in New York City are searching for their GOP superhero who will hold onto City Hall. Good luck!
New York may be dominated by Democrats, who hold a 6-1 registration advantage over Republicans.
But for 20 years a Republican has been mayor. So what gives?
Do New Yorkers want a "divided government" as a form of check and balance? Or maybe things run in cycles.
Before Rudy Giuliani succeeded David Dinkins, the city had not had a Republican mayor since John Lindsay in 1966 (and he eventually became a Democrat).
So now Republican County chairmen are doing a city-wide search for the next great GOP hope, deep pockets preferred.
Even better: superior polling. The first choice in that category might need some convincing. While Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is said to "contemplating" a run for mayor, he has never seemed enthusiastic about it. For one, elective political life rarely begins at 70. And the commissioner is very clear that he loves his day job, so much so that its his day, night, and weekend job. Good thing we don't have to pay the commissioner OT.
Ray Kelly has built one of the most extraordinary law enforcement agencies in the nation, which in the era of terrorism now goes way beyond fighting crime.
But while crime figures continue to plunge to historic lows, a drumbeat of criticism has grown around the commissioner. It appears "stop and frisk" could become a campaign issue whether Kelly runs or not. And the tactics used in the Muslim community has put the NYPD on the defensive.
Does Kelly, after such a successful career, really want to be subject to a bruising campaign?
Perhaps it depends on how much pressure he feels. At least one potential GOP candidate has said he would sit out any race involving Kelly.
Billionaire supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis thought about a mayoral run in 2009, until Mike Bloomberg changed the law and ran for a third term.
Now he hopes to be among those convincing Kelly. He says he's "in the bullpen" if Kelly doesn't run.
New York City GOP county chairmen actually put out a press release that said they have a fall deadline for anyone looking to grab the GOP line.
They also appear to be beating the bushes, hoping other candidates might fall out. They say they interviewed newspaper publisher Tom Allon one night at Sparks Steak House.
County Chairman have others on their radar.
Among the names they say are being "bandied about in the press" were Dick Grasso, former Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, State Senator Marty Golden, and two Democrats, former Councilmember Eva Moskowitz and former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion.
They even mentioned the mayor's girlfriend, Diana Taylor.
Grasso also is supporting Kelly, and wants to form one of those Super Pacs to come up with super bucks.
Marty Golden could be a formidable candidate. But his GOP State Senate colleagues who hold a razor-thin balance of power might be very unhappy trying to find a suitable replacement for him.
If she runs, Moskowitz does not seem interested in the Republican line. But party chairmen seem very much enamored with Carrion, whom they describe as a conservative Democrat.
There's still plenty of time. The presidential race will keep the run for mayor on the back burner.
So commissioner Kelly can continue to "contemplate". And John Catsimatidis can keep warming up in the bullpen.
As for those superheroes, they made a killing at the box office. None has declared a political inclination. But at least one out of six has to be a Republican.


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Michael B. Jordan: World is ready for black Human Torch
05:00 AM, May 17, 2013
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The internet has been abuzz about Michael B. Jordan's possible casting as Johnny Storm, aka the fiery Human Torch, in director Josh Trank's reboot of The Fantastic Four, due out in 2015.
One item of note for fans of the original comic: Johnny Storm is white, while Friday Night Lights star Jordan is African-American.
Jordan is at the Cannes Film Festival where his widely praised role in Fruitvale Station is being shown on an international stage and talked with USA TODAY about the possibilities of taking on the role.
"Things change and time goes on, it's 2013 right now," Jordan says of the Torch talk. "The characteristics of the Human Torch are his name is Johnny Storm, he's charismatic, and he's a playboy. That's it. You know what I'm saying? That's all there is."
Chris Evans played the role most recently, in 2005's Fantastic Four and 2007's Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, both directed by Tim Story.
Rest assured Jordan has the goods to take this on. He makes clear that right now the casting is all talk. But he starred in Trank's superhero drama Chronicle, and the two are good friends.
"Nothing is real. Everyone knows we're good friends. It's something that if it happened I would be ecstatic," says Jordan, giving a big wink. "I'd love to be a part of it."
"That wink was off the record," he then laughs.
Superhero movies have been part of a genre that has seen colorblind casting in the past: The late Michael Clarke Duncan played the Kingpin, a caucasian supervillain, in Daredevil (2003), and in this summer's Man of Steel, Laurence Fishburne takes on the role of newspaper editor Perry White, the gruff old white guy from decades of Superman comics.
There have been critics of Jordan's possible casting. "I think all these people have a continuity problem," the actor says.
But he believes most people are more than ready to accept the proposition, and the self-confessed comic-book/graphic-novel geek says he's getting a lot of love on Twitter about the talk.
"I get a lot of support and a lot of love from comic-book geeks. I love it," says Jordan. "If you go looking for negative things you're going to find it. You never go through a girl's phone. If you're looking for trouble, you're going to find it. But we'll see where this all goes."


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Boost Your Immune System (or Not)
Is "boosting your immune system" for real? Is that possible, and can you really buy it in a bottle?
by Brian Dunning
Filed under Alternative Medicine, Consumer Ripoffs, Health
|Skeptoid #227
October 12, 2010
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By Brian Dunning, Skeptoid Podcast
Episode 227, October 12, 2010
Today we're going to point our skeptical eye at one of the most popular marketing gimmicks from the past few years: the sales of products and services with the claim that they will "boost your immune system". It sounds simple and desirable. Who wouldn't want a superpowered immune system capable of fighting off anything from a cold to cancer? Is such an ability really something you can buy in a bottle?
It's an easy claim to sell to people, because it's so clear and seems to make such obvious logical sense. The stronger your immune system, the greater its ability to fight disease. It sounds like it should be just like building muscle: A stronger bodybuilder can lift heavier weights, and a boosted immune system can fight off stronger diseases. Doesn't that sound right?
It may, but it's a completely invalid analogy. A healthy immune system is more accurately represented by a balanced teeter totter. If your immune system is compromised or otherwise weakened, one side of the teeter totter sags, and your body becomes more easily susceptible to infection. Conversely, if your immune system is overactive, the other side of the teeter totter sags, and the immune system attacks your own healthy tissues. This is what we call an autoimmune disease. Conditions like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and multiple sclerosis are all autoimmune diseases caused by "boosted", or overactive, immune systems. You're at your healthiest when the teeter totter of your immune system is balanced right in the center; neither too weak, nor too strong.
If you could boost your immune system, it would automatically and immediately be harmful.
So what do these companies mean when they claim their products boost the immune system? Fortunately for your body, they generally mean nothing at all. In recent years, the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration has been trying to crack down on products making unsubstantiated health claims, such as boosting the immune system. This is difficult for a number of reasons. First, "boosting your immune system" is medically meaningless; there is no such thing, so the assertion does not constitute a medical claim all by itself. You may recall that the supplement product Airborne was fined by the FTC and ordered to refund the money of everyone who had ever bought their product, but this was only because they went farther and specifically claimed their product could treat and prevent colds. Second, regulators are hopelessly outnumbered by the hordes of mail order and Internet businesses that can literally pop up overnight, to say nothing of the many well established companies like Airborne. Third, it's a very simple matter for such companies to subtly change their wording to make it even less specific, and thus escape prosecution. Today it's popular for products to say they "support a healthy immune system", and so they do, in the same way that any food or even breathing keeps your body alive and thus "supports" all its functions. They could just as honestly say their product supports body odor and aging.
Up until about ten years ago, nobody had invented the marketing term yet, so nobody ever thought to buy special supplements or specially grown produce to boost their immunity. Without such products, one wonders how the human race could have survived hundreds of thousands of years. Or even the 1980s or 1990s. Were we really less healthy then? Did we all truly have compromised immune systems?
You see, health is not the result of a superpowered immune system. Health is simply the absence of disease. Good health is the baseline. You can't be healthier than baseline. Once you're at the baseline, anything that happens to your immune system in either direction is bad. For a person in good health, who watches their diet and exercises, to walk into a smoothie store and order the special immunity boosting supplement, would be harmful to their health. Would be, if that supplement actually did anything.
It would be easy for companies to demonstrate that their products work as advertised. The immune system is a surprisingly complex collection of structures and processes throughout the body. Many of these are types of cells that can be found in the blood. If a product actually boosted your immune system, it would have to increase the counts of one or more of these cell types. That's something that we could measure directly, and prove or disprove the claim. The problem with doing such a test is that it would be unethical, since you would have to give someone an imbalance likely to result in an autoimmune disease.
Let's take a quick look at what some of these systems are:
- The most obvious parts of your immune system are the external physical barriers: Your skin, saliva, tears, and processes such as coughing and sneezing. When we catch a cold, our immune system responds by increasing production of all of these responses. It's not the cold that gives you a running nose and makes you cough and sneeze, that's your immune system. Do you really want to boost that and walk around sneezing and drooling? Because that's what a "boosted" immune system means.
- Inflammation is another important immune response. Damaged cells release several types of triggering molecules that do such things as attract leukocytes or tell your body's blood vessels to dilate. These molecules can also hamper protein synthesis, which is intended to harm any viruses nearby that might have caused the damage. Inflammation is not a good thing. It's like a fireman spraying water on your house. You do it when you have to, you absolutely do not want to artifically stimulate inflammation when you don't have to.
- White blood cells, or leukocytes, are what most people think of when they hear "immune system". But what many people don't know is that there are many different types of leukocytes, not just those in our blood, but also other types in most of our other tissues as well. Leukocytes include macrophages, neutrophils, dendritic cells, mast cells, killer cells, and basophils, and others, all of which do different things.
All of those systems together comprise our "innate" immune systems, and they're just the half of it. We also have "adaptive" immune systems, and these are the systems that react to specific pathogens, multiply, and then become long-term guards against a recurrence of that same pathogen, becoming a sort of "memory" for your immune system. The adaptive immune system grows every time you challenge it with a specific germ, and it's also what reacts to a vaccine and becomes a prophylactic against a specific disease. The adaptive immune system is made up of special cells called lymphocytes, which include:
- Killer T cells, which do the dirty work, binding to and killing cells that match their specific receptor. Each killer T cell recognizes only one specific antigen, so we all have many, many, many different populations of killer T cells.
- Helper T cells are those which recognize pathogens, and express new T cell receptors for the killer T cells; in effect, creating new types of killer T cells designed to fight that specific pathogen.
- γδ (gamma delta) T cells perform a function similar to helper T cells, but are not necessarily triggered by new pathogens. Their function is pretty complex.
- B cells come between pathogens and helper T cells. They have a vast array of receptor proteins on their surfaces, and when a pathogen binds to one, the B cell divides millions of times. Each copy then finds a helper T cell to transfer the information about the new pathogen to killer T cells.
Those are the major components, but believe me, I've just given you an oversimplified 30,000-foot view of the immune system. Both halves, the innate and the adaptive, are comprised of many different components. Some act in concert, some act independently. There are many, many different ways in which parts of your immune system can be compromised, and addressing each of these deficiencies requires a different strategy. The notion that a single juice drink or supplement pill can "boost your immune system" is — to borrow a phrase — "so wrong it's not even wrong".
Since the function of the adaptive immune system is to react to challenges and develop new defenses, it can indeed be improved. Every time you catch a cold or get vaccinated, your adaptive immune system builds a new army of killer T cells ready to fight off a future recurrence of the same pathogen. There is no nutritional supplement, superfood, or mind/body/spirit technique that will do this for you. Those B cells only know which proteins to express by being attacked by specific disease agents.
The usual response that I hear to these arguments is that "immune boosting" products are simply trying to restore healthy immune function, since we're all walking around with compromised immune systems, because we eat badly and are obese and live in a toxic world. This is a familiar argument, and it's also easy to sell. It sounds like it makes sense. People do overeat, we love our prepared foods, and few of us take any special interest in the chemicals making up the objects in our daily lives. Has this truly resulted in compromised immune systems?
In fact, the opposite is true. Obese people generally have inflammation, which is an immune response. We catch colds and have no difficulty in producing symptoms. When we're exposed to irritating substances, we react with hives or itching or asthma, all of which are immune responses. Practically every one of us has some immune system response going on right now. The claim that living in our modern world has compromised our immune systems is measurably, and unambiguously, untrue.
There are real conditions in which immune systems can be compromised. These include primary immunodeficiencies, which are usually genetic and exist from birth, and require complex medical intervention; and acquired immunodeficiencies, usually resulting from disease, like AIDS, some cancers, even chemotherapy. A specific component of the immune system is affected and requires a specific treatment. Acquired immunodeficiency can result from malnutrition, but you have to be practically starving to death. It's the opposite problem from eating too many cheeseburgers.
Supplements, juices, or any products that claim to "boost your immune system" are frauds. They are for-profit solutions to a problem that does not exist and was invented by clever marketers to scare you into buying the products. Don't stand for anyone telling you that your balanced teeter totter can be brought into better balance by piling sandbags on one end.
© 2010 Skeptoid Media
References & Further Reading
Brain, M. "How Your Immune System Works." Discovery Health. Discovery Communications Inc., 1 Apr. 2000. Web. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/human-biology/immune-system.htm>
Crislip, M. "Boost Your Immune System?" Science-Based Medicine. Science-Based Medicine, 25 Sep. 2009. Web. 7 Oct. 2010. <http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=1828>
Goldacre, B. "When it comes to a cold, you might as well try goat entrails." The Guardian. 22 Nov. 2008, Newspaper.
Hall, H. "Boost My Immune System? No Thanks!" Skeptic. 22 Mar. 2010, Volume 15, Number 4: 4-6.
Schindler, L. Understanding the Immune System. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1988.
Singh, S., Ernst, E. Trick or Treatment. New York: W. W. Norton, 2008.
Wallace, A. "An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All." Wired. 1 Nov. 2009, Volume 17, Number 11.
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Dunning, B. "Boost Your Immune System (or Not)." Skeptoid Podcast. Skeptoid Media, 12 Oct 2010. Web. 4 Oct 2015. <http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4227>
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You got this one wrong, unfortunately. If not, then please explain how interferon cures hepatitis C in about 50% of patients infected with the virus (and don't say it boosts immune response, because apparently that is "meaningless"). Of course, I won't say that many supplements that claim to boost the immune system actually do anything, but the idea is scientifically valid.
Bob, that's a great point had we bothered to canvass how drugs work.
As to the idea being scientifically valid, anyone can posit anything. But you need empirical data to sell drugs, make a claim of efficacy (for reward) or even make the claim where others may review your work.
The notions that ideas arent examined are fallacies. They are exhaustively challenged and all you have to do is look them up.
I hope this isn't a show stopping comment as many of the claims (nearly all of the vitalism) deserve to be discussed in a skeptoid like this.
All I'm saying is that "boosting your immune system" isn't meaningless. Interferon HAS exhaustive empirical evidence. So if a supplement were shown to increase interferon levels, it would be possible that it actually "boosts immune response" and therefore could help one fight off a viral infection. Have some supplements been shown to increase interferon levels? I can think of a couple that contain IFNs and/or have been shown to increase IFN levels. For example, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17464769
Bob K.
I personally benefited from a round of interferon treatment. I cleared the Hepatitis C virus in under 3 weeks.
All I can say is that I had never been sicker in my life. I asked my my doctor if I should get a flu shot, while undergoing treatment. The response I received from my doctor is that a flu shot is not medically necessary while on interferon because of the unknown mechanism of the treatment.
Bottom line, I don't think science fully understands how interferon treatment works.
This article is the biggest piece of bs I have every read. Obviously a paid shill for big pharma and Rockefeller medicine.
I agree, Tootsie. He thinks he's being scientific, but lacks wisdom and real knowledge. He probably even thinks caesarian birth is preferable to natural birth. He's obviously an intelligent guy. Yet he's terribly close-minded.
He's addicted to being right all the time, no matter what. What a waste of talent.
Sounds like a clinician is writing this article. Anyone with any common sense would know in 5 minutes that we don't need highly complex therapies to treat disease.
It really is as simple as eating good food, not eating fake food, getting enough rest, and taking the proper food supplements that the body needs (whether that be vitamins, minerals, proteins, enzymes or whatever natural food that your body needs).
The absolute worst thing you can do is take pharmaceutical drugs, biochemical medicines, vaccines which destroy brain cells when the toxic adjuvants breach the blood brain barrier and can cause autism, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and alzheimers, among other things.
After that long article explaining why I'm stupid and don't know anything, I think I'll just go mix up a protein drink with all those precious life-giving amino acids, throw in a little peanut butter, a couple ice cubes, my 1/4 cup scoop of protein, and add a banana, and I'll be good for the day!
Another homeschoolteacher Mom taught me this trick 35 years ago, and since then, I never get colds, flus or sore throats. I think her advice is working just fine, Thank You Very Much!
Why would God create an immune system that needed the help of poisonous vaccines to sustain homeostasis? That sounds counterproductive to me. Much better to eliminate all toxins, and give yourself good nutrition. The immune system will figure out it's own cure by itself!
Filgrastim boosts your immune system: it causes your bone marrow to throw additional stem cells into your blood.
It also hurts like an S.O.B.
It can be given to a bone marrow donor so the stem cells can be collected and injected to a person whose bone marrow has stopped producing health stem cells. The stem cells are given like a blood transfusion and if everything goes right they head right to the recipients bone marrow, settle in , and BINGO you have a brand new immune system and the cancer patient gets his/her life back. If it doesn't go right, either they don't work at all or they work so well they reject the recipient's body (host vs. graft disease) and the recipient dies.
Filgrastim is given to cancer patients whose immune system has been squashed by chemo.
An overactive immune system (Lupus) will also kill you.
For those Immune Sysem boosters you see in the store, well, better nutrition won't hurt.
I agree with the core of the article, in that many unscrupulous supplement sellers will try to fool us and sell us useless crap.
That said, the concept of immune-modulation is scientifically valid. The immune response is triggered by elements (let's say pathogens) that the body sees as 'non-self' and tries to destroy.
These pathogens trigger receptors that in turn will cause T-cells, NK-cells etc. to be produced and do their work.
These receptors can also be triggered by non-pathogens, such as mushroom derived beta-glucans. These are acknowledged immune-modulators (which includes 'boosting' in case you wondered) but do not cause any harm themselves: being just chains of sugars (carbohydrates - polysaccharides). Read this Harvard publication: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11023954
By taking extracts based on medicinal mushrooms you can counter the negative effects of age and stress on the immune function. They modulate (not just 'boost') the immune function.
Make sure the percentage of beta-glucans is on the label, otherwise you'll end up buying expensive laxatives. Why ? These supplements should be extracts because raw mushrooms are indigestible.
The argument that boosting can lead to an overactive immune function (which is NOT good) is correct in itself, but only valid when using chemical boosters such as pharmaceutical drugs.
The beta-glucans are not able to push the immune function beyond its natural limits. 'Normalizing' is the max they can and do achieve.
I'm a big fan of this website as well as many other skeptic websites.
I sometimes find a tendency to not consider science with contrary evidence. Please watch this video to flesh out and perhaps balance the knowledge you received from Brian Dunning. See what you think.
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YIELD: 16 to 20 servings
- 1 1/2 cups rye whiskey (bourbon or other whiskey will do, too)
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup mildflavored (light) molasses
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper
- One 12–14-pound cured smoked bone-in ham (skin removed if needed)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk 1 1/2 cups rye whiskey (bourbon or other whiskey will do, too), 3/4 cup honey, 1/4 cup mild-flavored (light) molasses, 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, and 1/2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper in a medium bowl.
Set one 12–14-pound cured smoked bone-in ham (skin removed if needed) on a rack in a large roasting pan and pour in 2 cups water. Score fat in a crosshatch pattern. Brush ham with rye whiskey mixture and roast, basting every 20 minutes with pan juices and tenting with foil if browning too quickly, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of ham registers 135°F, 1 1/2–2 hours.
Transfer ham to a cutting board and let rest 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with pan juices.
Once you've mastered the basics, experiment with the glaze:
Hot & Tangy = Maple Syrup + Apple Cider Vinegar + Prepared Hot Mustard
Holiday Spirit = Orange Marmalade + Rum + Ground Cloves
Sweet & Spiced = Apricot Jam + Orange Juice + Crushed Fennel Seeds
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Nutritional Info
- Calories474
- Carbohydrates28 g (9%)
- Fat16 g (25%)
- Protein42 g (84%)
- Saturated Fat6 g (32%)
- Sodium1,378 mg (57%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber0 g (0%)
- Monounsaturated Fat3 g
- Cholesterol64 mg (21%)


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ERRATA: Zelda, p. 53
First line should read
instead of 96 (96, 102, 102).
Also, the last line of that skirt decrease section is oddly worded. You should continue to place the decreases in the first row of those last 3 (3, 4, 4) 6-row lace sets.
Thanks to Nicole G. for alerting me to the error!
And on that note, anyone using the patterns: please do give a shout when you have questions or notice anything fishy.
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Is there an errata for Mrs. Robinson? in requirements it states size 3 and 7 needles yet in the patterns it does not state which size to use and when.
Comment by AnjaOrion — March 5, 2007 #
Let me check my original notes–offhand, I only recall one needle size on the Mrs. Robinson. Weird. Thanks for the catch!
Comment by nikol — March 6, 2007 #
Is there an errata on those saucy criss-cross gloves? I count 41 stitches altogether in row 17 of the thumb, but in row 18, there are mysteriously 2 stitches fewer.
I'm wondering if it should say to BO 19 stitches in seed?
Comment by Steph — April 10, 2007 #
I have 2 questions. Your note at the end of errata says to drop you a line with any questions, but I don't see any way to do that. so… I'm going to leave my questions here.
question 1: At the end of the baby blue ball gag pattern on page 95, it says to overlap and seam ends up 4″ in on either side. I can't figure out if you mean from the end towards teh middle for 4 inches leaving an open area in the middle to put the ball into. Or seam the middle up and slip the ball in the side. It must be the latter, right?
question 2: On page 101 it says "If you're not a free former by nature, you can find simple patterns for all of these ideas and pictures, plus instructions for casting on around a D-ring at naughtyneedlesknitting.com That's actually what brought me here. But I haven't found those instructions anywhere. I've looked through all of the free patterns. And I just don't see them anywhere. … Is there somewhere I'm not looking? Did I miss them?
Comment by xoe — August 28, 2007 #
On the ball gag, you seam the sides from the end towards the middle, then the ball slips in to the middle, which will overlap around the ball, kind of like the flaps on a pillow sham? It's easiest to do it with the ball in place, so you can get a nice snug wrap.
Comment by nikol — September 20, 2007 #
For the legs of the condom critter when you reach the second foot it says to break the yarn leaving 3yd/3.3m tail.
I don't deal in yards so left the 3.3m tail. It was ridiculously too much. When I made my next critter I left half as much and there was still heaps left over.
When I make my next one I might actually measure the amount left over to work out how much to initially leave.
Cotton here in New Zealand is quite exspensive compared to wool because we have to ship in in from the states!
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Sam's Club Opens Linden LocationBENTONVILLE, ARK., January 24, 2008 –Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and one of the nation's largest warehouse clubs will open a new facility at 1900 East Linden Ave, Linden, NJ 07036.
Prior to the Sam's Club grand opening for the public, an exclusive tour for the news media is planned at 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 29, during which 27 local charities and community organizations will receive grants totaling $37,000. The grant presentation begins with a special breakfast for all grant recipients, and Mayor Richard J. Gerbounka is scheduled to be the keynote speaker. Media are invited to attend the breakfast and check presentation prior to the club tour.
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Grand opening ceremonies will begin at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, January 31. Several special events are also planned throughout the month. Twin Towers
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"We are excited to serve the needs of the Linden community with a new Sam's Club," said Trina Rumph, club manager. "We believe existing members in the region, as well as shoppers unfamiliar with warehouse clubs, will enjoy and find value in our selection of fresh foods, brand name electronics, jewelry and exciting treasure hunt items. In addition, we expect to be better able to serve the growing number of small businesses in Linden and the surrounding areas by helping them to cut costs and achieve further success."
Sam's Club offers a variety of services through its third party providers, including health insurance, merchant credit card processing and travel services as well as other programs. Both Business and Advantage Members can save even more on club services and purchases with a Plus Membership earning up to two percent cash back by using a Sam's Club Discover card.
Regular Club hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Gold Key Hours for business members are 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 7 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
A new Sam's Club logo graces the entry and interior of the building as part of an effort to refresh and update branding.
Linden Good Works Grant Recipients
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|Linden Public Library $1000
|Meals on Wheels $2000
|Linden Emergency Medical Services $2000
|Linden Fire Prevention $2000
|Polish Legion American Vets $1000
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|Linden PAL $1000
|Linden Interfaith for Community Services $2000
|IB Vision Services Co. $1000
|American Legion (color guard) Post 102 $2000
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|Kiwanis of Linden $1000
|The Arc of Union County $1000
|Boys & Girls Club of Union $1000
|American Lung Association—Union $1000
|Special Wishes Foundation—Union
|Family & Children's Services $1000
|Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless $1000
|YWCA Ea. Union County $1000
|New Horizons in Autism $1000
|Tri-County Red Cross $1000
|Union County College Foundation $5000
|Linden County Chamber of Commerce $1000
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Sams Club Corporate Facts
• First Sam's Club opened in 1983 in Midwest City, Okla.
• More than 590 Sam's Club locations in U.S.
• Associate count--approx. 109,000
About Sam's Club
Sam's Club is a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., (NYSE:WMT). The first Sam's Club opened its doors in Midwest City, Oklahoma in 1983. Today, Sam's Club serves more than 47 million U.S. members with locations nationwide, and in Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Sam's Club offers exceptional values on merchandise and services for business owners and consumers. Online merchandise and club information is available at samsclub.com.
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As is usually the case when Herman Cain appears at a conference, he usually draws most of the attention. In this week's Right Online conference in Las Vegas, Cain addressed the general session — this time, thankfully, after I did — he also joined a panel that encourages activists to work with employers to teach basic economics to their employees. Certainly, as the man who had to rescue Godfather's Pizza from oblivion, Cain himself had to do a lot of that kind of teaching within the company first. Cain says that one of the biggest problems facing the US is ignorance of how the economy works. However, people seem thirstier for that knowledge now than ever. We also talked about his presidential aspirations, or prayerful considerations thereof, the racism debate and the distraction it provides, Fannie/Freddie and the Fed, and much more:
As always, Cain is warm and personable, but has no reluctance to get impassioned about his principles — and does not suffer fools lightly. Whatever role he decides to play in 2012, he will make a powerful voice for conservatives.
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Thank State Rep. Steve McManus for opposing BIG government intrusion into local affairs
Tennessee Equality Project welcomes recent action in the House Subcommittee on Commerce on Wednesday, March 23. The "Special Access to Discriminate" Act (HB0598) was taken off notice for lack of support among members of the subcommittee.
For the moment, this withdrawal means that state government will not be intruding in the contractual affairs of local government in Tennessee. Cities, counties and school boards rightfully remain free to define what is best for their communities in expanding workplace equality, living wages and other employee benefits without BIG government interference from the state.
TEP applauds the coordinated efforts of equality, labor, and municipal government advocates who helped bring about this bill's retreat. However, we are not out of the woods yet. Bill sponsor Glen Casada told The Tennessean that:
he plans to put the bill back on notice in about two weeks and will use the interim to lobby opponents (he named Cordova lawmakers Steve McManus and Dennis Roach, specifically) to vote for the bill.
While the withdrawal of HB0598 is a joyous event, we must be vigilant in making sure that this bill or others like it do not return while the 107th General Assembly is in session. Supporters of the "Special Access to Discriminate" Act have threatened to introduce another version of the legislation: HB0600 specifically targets lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees for discrimination.
House Representative Steve McManus of Cordova was among those who opposed the SAD Act in the House Subcommittee on Commerce. The Memphis Tea Party and Family Action Council of Tennessee have decided that they can pressure him into voting for HB0600 in the House Subcommittee on Commerce. Both organizations are currently marshaling their supporters to pressure Rep. McManus into abandoning the principles of small government. He needs to hear from equality and labor advocates and proponents of small government alike that we support his firm stand against HB0598 and HB0600.
If you live in Shelby County, Tennessee, send a message to House Representative Steve McManus thanking him for supporting community standards and local government control over the contracting process. Then forward this message to your friends and neighbors in your community via email, Facebook and Twitter.
Private businesses are completely free to enter into contracts with local governments. Businesses that voluntarily enter into contracts with local governments routinely comply with community standards. Proponents of HB0598 and HB0600 are asking the House Subcommittee on Commerce to set a bad precedent for interfering in local community affairs. These bills are solutions in search of problems that don't exist.
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Born: c. 1919
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Best known as: Popeye's fickle gal
Animator Max Fleischer brought Olive Oyl to the big screen in 1933, when he developed a cartoon from E.C. Slegar's popular comic strip Popeye, The Sailor Man. Olive is Popeye's love interest, a toothpick of a gal with dowdy clothes and big feet. Occasionally her affections stray toward that of Bluto, an abusive hulk who woos Olive with he-man muscularity (or kidnaps her outright). When Olive's flirtations with Bluto turn ugly, Popeye gives him a drubbing while Olive cheers from the sidelines. Often portrayed as flighty, flirty and fickle, Olive is Popeye's one true love. In later animated versions, Olive and Popeye appear as man and wife.
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Adam Ant back in a glorious, glorious way, and well worth the wait for his Adam Ant Is the Blueback Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter album, even if he does seem to be aiming to be the UK's answer to Fiona Apple in the lengthy album titles. I'd have shared a review a month ago, but the All Music Guide critic's take pretty identical to what crept around in my brain (and he probably says it better).
Nifty little Rolling Stone interview here, too.
Did you feel less pressure having been away so long?
There's always the welcome pressure of a certain competitiveness, but there wasn't the kind of incessant chart pressure – "This week, you're number three," or number two. I'm behind that now, and I feel comfortable. I just want to make an album of different stories, if you like, drawing upon experiences that I've discussed many times in interviews. But I think the best way of answering certain questions is actually in a song, which allows the audience to make their own interpretations. I think it's quite a traditional record in that respect, but I've never really had the luxury of allowing myself to do that.


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Forerunner 305 sports a unique design that wraps the GPS antenna around part of the wrist for a better view of the sky, and its high sensitivity GPS receiver provides improved tracking under trees and near tall buildings. Forerunner 305 also sports a robust ANT wireless heart rate monitor with softer, more comfortable chest strap and superior battery life. It eliminates cross-talk with other devices to reliably measure and send heart rate data, and it helps you train in your optimal heart rate zone.
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Forerunner 305's courses feature lets you compete against previous workouts: you can compare your pace and heart rate to your past performance over the same run. You can also use Forerunner 305 to train for your next duathlon or triathlon with multi-sport workouts, a feature that lets you seamlessly transition between sports without resetting the unit, so you can use it for running, biking and more.
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HOUSTON, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The University Cancer Centers' pilot study demonstrated that benzene exposure has significant health risks, specifically, altering the blood cells and liver enzymes. This indicates the Texas City subjects exposed to benzene are at higher risk of developing hepatic or blood related cancer due to the inflammatory response it may produce in the bone marrow, which may be cytokine mediated or acute chemical hepatic toxicity.
The purpose of this study was to assess a cohort of subjects who underwent clinical evaluation, specifically, in relation to array of clinical findings characteristic of ambient exposure to benzene at the University Cancer Centers. In particular, the clinical findings of the subjects exposed to benzene evaluated and compared to the cohort of subjects who were not exposed to benzene.
In 2010, British petroleum (BP) refinery spewed tens of thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals into the skies of Texas city, Texas. Specifically, the release from the BP facility began April 6 and lasted 40 days due to a problem with a compressor on the refinery's ultracracker unit resulted in increased flaring as the unit continued to operate.
The scope of the problem was realized only after analyzing data from a monitor that measures emissions from a flare 300 feet above the ground that was supposed to incinerate the toxic chemicals. It is estimated that more than 500,000 pounds of chemicals, including benzene and carbon monoxide escaped from the refinery while it was replacing the equipment and contaminated the air surrounding the refinery.
A total of 200 subjects (benzene exposed, n=100 and non-exposed, n= 100) were included in this analysis. The mean age of subjects was 32.6 and 50.3 years in the exposed and non-exposed groups, respect
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