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With all the studies and news about using tea to detox, how do you know that what's on the label is in the tea? And what happens if the tea bag leaches unwanted chemicals into your cup of water along with any antioxidants from the tea? Detox diets often suggest tea to boost enzymes. But is there really such a process as a detox? After all, if you juice too much without eating foods, eventually your muscles begin to waste and weaken as the body 'eats' the muscles to get some protein.
Too much protein, and you have other health issues that could affect your eyesight and other parts of your body. See the article on how too much protein powder may raise the risk of developing glaucoma. Check out the article, Glaucoma awareness month: excess protein and glaucoma risk. Also see, Why are more cataracts found in people taking statins? Also check out the articles, "Are too many doctors paid to advocate statin use?" and "Why are more cataracts found in people taking statins?"
Interestingly, when it comes to detox diets, one study from the Arizona Cancer Center noted that tea boosts production of detox enzymes, rendering cancerous chemicals harmless, according to an August 10, 2007 news release, "Green tea boosts production of detox enzymes, rendering cancerous chemicals harmless."
You can read the abstract of the original study, "Prospective Cohort Study of Green Tea Consumption and Colorectal Cancer Risk in Women," These findings, published in the August 2007 issue of the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggest that a green tea concentrate might help some people strengthen their metabolic defense against toxins capable of causing cancer.
You also can check out the abstract of more recent research commentary, "Cancer prevention by green tea: evidence from epidemiologic studies," published in 2013 in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. The more recent 2013 research, according to the abstract, "Cancer prevention by green tea: evidence from epidemiologic studies," in contrast noted that evidence in support of green tea intake against the development of liver cancer risk is limited and inconsistent. An inverse association between green tea intake and lung cancer risk has been observed among never smokers but not among smokers.
Although observational studies do not support a beneficial role of tea intake against the development of prostate cancer, several phase 2 clinical trials have shown an inhibitory effect of green tea extract against the progression of prostate premalignant lesions to malignant tumors, the research commentary notes, explaining that prospective epidemiologic studies so far have not provided evidence for a protective effect of green tea consumption on breast cancer development, notes that abstract.
Current data neither confirm nor refute a definitive cancer-preventive role of green tea intake, says the 2013 research commentary
Large randomized intervention trials on the efficacy of green tea polyphenols or extracts are required before a recommendation for green tea consumption for cancer prevention should be made, explains the 2013 research commentary. But in a 2007 study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers found that the concentrated chemicals derived from green tea boosted production of a group of detox enzymes in people who had low levels of these enzymes.
Concentrated chemicals derived from green tea dramatically boosted production of a group of key detoxification enzymes in people with low levels of these beneficial proteins, according to researchers at Arizona Cancer Center
In a study published in 2007 which looked at 42 people, the concentrate − composed of chemicals known as green tea catechins in amounts equal to that found in 8-16 cups of green tea − boosted production of the enzymes, which belong to the glutathione S-transferase (GST) family, by as much as 80 percent in some participants.
Most people are not drinking 8 to 16 cups of green tea, but green tea extracts in supplements are sold in most health food stores and online
GST enzymes are believed to be crucial to the body's defense against cancer-causing chemicals and other toxins, according to the study's lead investigator, H.-H. Sherry Chow, Ph.D., a research associate professor at the University of Arizona. They modify the cancer-causing molecules that would otherwise damage cellular DNA, thus rendering them inert, the 2007 news release explains.
"They actually convert known carcinogens to non-toxic chemicals, and studies have shown a correlation between deficient expression of these enzymes and increased risk of developing some cancers," Chow said, according to the August 10, 2007 news release, "Green tea boosts production of detox enzymes, rendering cancerous chemicals harmless."
"Expression of this enzyme varies dramatically in people due to genetic variation and environmental factors," Chow added in the news release. "Green tea catechins somehow increase gene expression of these enzymes, which can be an advantage to people with low levels to start with."
Green tea catechins increase gene expression of certain enzymes, the study shows
Green tea has long been of interest to researchers given studies that have shown populations in which it is often consumed, such as the Chinese and Japanese, generally have lower rates of cancer. To find out if green tea can protect against cancer, the NCI has sponsored a number of rigorous scientific studies testing capsules of the extract, Polyphenon E, that have been prepared in Japan to meet exact specifications. These pills contain epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a catechin known for its potent antioxidant activity, and are currently being tested against a variety of cancers in clinical trials.
This study was designed to see if green tea catechin concentrate had any effect on the levels of GST enzymes in healthy individuals − research that could explain the tea's anti-cancer properties. Healthy volunteers were asked to abstain from consuming any tea or tea-related products for four weeks.
At the end of this "washout period," blood was drawn and baseline GST enzyme levels were determined for each participant
Then, the volunteers were asked to take four Polyphenon E capsules, for a total of 800 milligrams of EGCG, each morning on an empty stomach for four weeks and to abstain from drinking tea or eating many cruciferous vegetables, which contain other beneficial chemicals. Another blood sample was taken after four weeks, and GST activity was determined.
Researchers found that use of Polyphenon E enhanced GST activity when data from all participants were included for analysis. But it had its most significant effect in volunteers whose baseline blood measurements showed low GST activity − an 80 percent increase compared to baseline GST activity. Activity did not change in volunteers with medium GST expression, or in those with the highest levels, GST seemed to decrease slightly although researchers believe that decline was due to random variation.
"This is the first clinical study to show proof that chemicals in green tea can increase detoxification enzymes in humans," Chow said in the news release. "There may be other mechanism in play by which green tea may protect against cancer development, but this is a good place to start." The NCI supported the study and researchers from NCI also participated in conducting the study.
What makes up a green health detox cocktail of nutrients or supplements?
And should they come from food directly as in fresh, raw plant foods or extracts or from vitamins and any other supplements? How would you know what is safe other than to read some of the medical studies published in credible science journals? Check out site such as, "Yabba Pot - 21 day raw food diet - instructions - YouTube," and Starting a Raw Food Diet.
The detox cocktail that some physicians recommend is found in the book, The High Blood Pressure Hoax by Sherry A. Rogers, M.D. on pages 40-43. Detoxing starts with fighting free radicals. Dr. Rogers emphasizes that your detox cocktail consists of three ingredients: vitamin C, glutathione, and lipoic acid.
Up to 75 percent of pantothenic acid, which is vitamin B5, is lost when food is canned or frozen. Yet according to a study at the University of Windsor, Canada, researchers found that tissue cells treated with pantothenic acid found in COQ10, detoxifies numerous synthetic compounds that you can absorb from drugs, herbicides, and insecticides, according to the book Healing with Vitamins, pages 14-15.
Readers also should take into consideration that according to an answer the doctor noted in response to a viewer's question about lipoic acid on the Dr. Ray Sahanian's site, heart rhythm disturbances have been reported from some people that were taking too high dosages of lipoic acid.
"There are no indications that low doses of lipoic acid, such as 5 to 20 mg, have side effects," reads the answer on Dr. Ray Sahelian's site to a viewer's question. The answer noted on Dr. Ray Sahelian's site states, "In my personal experience, high dosages of alpha lipoic acid can cause insomnia and ALA (alpha lipoic acid) may cause heart rhythm disturbances. Until we know more about the long term side effects of these supplements, I prefer to take low dosages and take days off."
Different doctors will differ on the dose you need. You have to tailor what you take in the form of any detoxifiers to your own body and needs.
R-lipoic acid is recommended over alpha lipoic acid by numerous nutrition-oriented doctors. On page 132 of The Cholesterol Hoax, Dr. Rogers notes, "Make sure you at least get minimum 300 mgs of R-Lipoic Acid twice a day..." (to detox from plastics pollutants).
Dr. Rogers notes that "Plastics that are the highest pollutant in the human body now also trigger insulin resistence." Three studies also are noted for reference on page 132 of the book, The Cholesterol Hoax. The important point is to find the dose that's correct for you by working with your doctor if you want to detox from plastics pollutants or insecticide contamination.
In the book, The High Blood Pressure Hoax by Sherry A. Rogers, M.D. on page 42, Dr. Rogers explains how to make your own personal detox cocktail: "It begins with one teaspoon of Ultrafine Pure Ascorbic acid." (The doctor notes that if that gives you diarrhea, to "cut it back to half a teaspoon."
Add the glutathione. Dr. Rogers suggests "the best source I know of, Recancostat, 400-800mg and Lipoic Acid, 300-600 mg." The 'cocktail' is to be taken with one to two glasses of water. The healthy goal on page 43 is to "boost your endothelial lining."
In the book, The Cholesterol Hoax, Dr. Rogers also refers to the detox cocktail using vitamin C, R-Lipoic acid, and Recancostat. It's also covered in Dr. Rogers book, Detoxify or Die. And statements on page 225 of The Cholesterol Hoax mention that "the daily detox cocktail not only lowers cholesterol, but also boosts your daily blood and gut detoxification."
The book gives excellent sources of the various studies and also notes, "One very serious sign of a bad gut with hidden toxins is an elevated fibrinogen." (Patel). See the research study noted: Patel P, Carrington D, Strachean DP, Leatham E, Goggin P, Northfield TC, Mendall, MA, "Fibrinogen: a link between chronic infection and coronary heart disease," Lancet, 343; 1634-5, June 25, 1994.
According to page 77 in the book titled, Is Your Cardiologist Killing You?, by Sherry R. Rogers, M.D., "Sometimes a vitamin B1 (thiamin) deficiency can't be corrected until a magnesium deficiency is corrected." (Zieve). See Zieve L, "Influence of magnesium deficiency on the normalization of thiamin," Annals of the NY Academy of Science, 162; 732-43, 1969. Also look at another book titled, The Magnesium Miracle, by Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.
You also might read, The Calcium Lie, by Robert Thompson, M.D. and Kathleen Barnes. In the chapter titled, "The Vitamin Lie." On page 89, the book suggests that you take whole food vitamin C, not just the ascorbic acid part. You need the bioflavinoids contained in whole food vitamin C.
A statement on page 88 explains, "The body is completely dependent upon the whole vitamin C molecule." The chapter notes that ascorbic acid "also blocks the absorption of the whole C molecule as well as interfering with its benefits and causing its excretion in the urine, depleting your body's stores of this important molecule."
Is the solution to take whole foods vitamin C, not merely ascorbic acid by itself? Or do you take your usual ascorbic acid followed by a capsule of citrus bioflavonoids? Watch the YouTube video featuring Dr. Robert Thompson, speaking on balancing your minerals to avoid mineral deficiency and calcium excess, "The Calcium Lie - What Your Doctor Doesn't Know."
What chemicals are in your tea and tea bags?
You may wish to check out the article on the "Food Babe" site, "Do you know what's really in your tea?" The article not only offers a list of tea with possible GMOs, probable GMOs, and natural flavors that don't list what actually is meant in detail of what natural flavors are or from where they originate.
The article also informs the reader to beware of paper tea bags. The reason why is that numerous paper tea bags are treated with epichlorohydrin, a compound mainly used in the production of epoxy resins. See, "Basic Information about Epichlorohydrin in Drinking Water."
Considered a potential carcinogen by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health2 (NIOSH), epichlorohydrin also is used as a pesticide. When epichlorohydrin comes in contact with water, it hydrolyzes to 3-MCPD, which has been shown to cause cancer in animals, the article, "Do you know what's really in your tea?" explains.
EpichlorohydrinIt has also been implicated in infertility. According to a recent study, it has a spermatoxic effect in male rats and suppressed immune function. The article, "Do you know what's really in your tea?" mentions loose tea rather than tea in paper tea bags.
You don't want plastic bags used to showcase tea because the plastics may have their own chemicals. You can't put a plastic teabag in water and expect the tea to become an infusion of tea and water. You need a porous bag. You're not going to find cheesecloth tea bags with tea. So you could turn to what's available, that is loose tea. The big picture with tea bags and GMOs in the tea is that the antioxidants in the tea are competing with the chemicals in the tea and in the tea bags as to which will get into your body to do what it's supposed to do. There's also an issue of what flavorings are used. Most people don't like the term "natural flavorings" because it's so vague. Natural can refer to a plant, a rock, or a chemical extracted from anything in nature.
You may wish to check out that article, "Do you know what's really in your tea?" There's a table listing types of tea and whether they have listed natural flavorings and/or GMO ingredients. The goal is to find tea without GMOs, unknown flavorings, and chemicals leaching from tea bags. The article also has graphics/table comparing various types of tea and whether the tea has or doesn't have pesticides and other questionable ingredients in the tea or in the tea and the tea bag.
That article asks you to question terms such as "natural flavors." Some types of tea have caramel powder or modified corn starch. Other types (brands) of tea have soy lecithin. Is the soy GMO or organic, for example? That's not written on labels of the teas listed at the site. Check out that article. It may help you find a type of tea that works for you.
Too many people don't think of drinking GMOs when they make a cup of tea, either herbal, green, black, or other. That article also refers readers to another article in The Atlantic that discusses the "silky sachet" and "luxurious mesh bags" that hold loose leaf teas (like in brands Tea Forte and Mighty Leaf). The article also explains that those plastic bags are meant to showcase the tea leaves.
Understanding genetically modified food messages and math anxiety: A new study
Math anxiety factors into understanding genetically modified food messages, says a new study, "Math Anxiety and Exposure to Statistics in Messages About Genetically Modified Foods: Effects of Numeracy, Math Self-Efficacy, and Form of Presentation," recently published in the Journal of Health Communication. People who feel intimidated by math may be less able to understand messages about genetically modified foods and other health-related information, according to researchers
"Math anxiety, which happens when people are worried or are concerned about using math or statistics, leads to less effort and decreases the ability to do math," says Roxanne Parrott, according to the February 27, 2014 news release, "Math anxiety factors into understanding genetically modified food messages." Parrott is a Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Health Policy and Administration at Penn State. "Math anxiety also has been found to impair working memory."
The researchers found that math anxiety led to a decrease in comprehension for people who read statistics in a message about genetically modified foods, while an increase in skills in math and a confidence in those skills led to better comprehension
"This is the first study that we know of to take math anxiety to a health and risk setting," said Parrott, according to the news release. "Math skills have become a common element in many health and risk message studies, which addresses the skill component of math competence but ignores the cognitive and affective components."
People who have lower levels of math skills and who have less confidence in their ability to do math had higher levels of math anxiety, said Parrott in the news release. Parrott worked with Kami J. Silk, professor of communication, Michigan State University in the study. However, math anxiety also increased for people who had high levels in both math skills and their belief in those math-solving skills when exposed to a message about genetically modified foods. The math anxiety in high-skilled individuals did not significantly affect the understanding of the message.
How do people react to messages about GMO foods?
"Perhaps this is due to performance anxiety," Parrott explains, according to the February 27, 2014 news release, Math anxiety factors into understanding genetically modified food messages. "It's a sense of 'I know I can do it and I have the skills to do it, but it is making me anxious to apply my skills.'"
Participants also reported they believed that statistics presented in messages were more important than those presented on a bar graph, according to the researchers. The perceived level of importance of the messages may make text more persuasive than graphics.
The study underscores the need to not only improve math skills, but also confidence in one's skills
The study also emphasizes that anxiety about facing tasks that require math or statistics skills likely reduces efforts to understand consumer warnings and other health information that relies on numbers. "This is one more piece of evidence about the importance of applied math education, in which students tackle real world messages and content when learning math skills," says Parrott, according to the news release. "We have to focus on teaching people math, but also we need to tell people that they do have the skills, and find strategic ways to communicate that ease anxiety and worry about understanding math."
The researchers, who reported their findings in the online issue of the Journal of Health Communication, recruited 323 university students for the study
The participants were randomly assigned a message that was altered to contain one of three different ways of presenting the statistics: a text with percentages, bar graph and both text and graphs. The statistics were related to three different messages on genetically modified foods, including the results of an animal study, a Brazil nut study and a food recall announcement.
Researchers measured the participants' math skills, confidence and anxiety prior to reading the message. After the test, the researchers again measured the participants' levels of math anxiety, as well as other abilities, including their comprehension, sense of the message's importance and intentions.
Math anxiety and health risk messages? Is there a link?
Parrott explains, according to the news release, that future research should determine whether math anxiety plays a similar role in other types of health risk messages. The researchers investigated genetically modified food messages because the topic is currently in the news and developing smart policies on food acquisition and safety is increasing.
"My goal is to help people make informed decisions and to do that, they need to understand and comprehend messages," says Parrott in the news release. "Food policy, in particular, interests me because having enough food to feed people is a really big issue that we're facing."
Does too much protein lead to glaucoma? And does too much milk and sugar lead to cataracts?
Thousands of cataract surgeries are performed in Sacramento each year and is the most common surgery done in the USA. But so far, no one is telling any person what to eat or not eat to prevent cataracts from forming, possibly by the build up of galactose from certain foods that are stored in the eyes which may contribute to the formation of cataracts.
If milk and sugar is supposed to cause cataracts, then why is whey protein suggested by some nutritionists to give to senior citizens in order to possibly protect them against getting cataracts in the first place? Do babies raised on breast milk have higher IQs than babies raised on cow's milk?
Yes, according to the YouTube video, Walter Veith 304 Udderly Amazing 1 of 8 - You Tube. There's also a shorter uTube video clip, Dairy Galactose in Milk and Cataracts etc. This shorter clip explains how galactose raises the risk of developing cataracts as galactose builds up in the body over the years, settling in the eyes as cataracts.
Nutritionists are interested to find out the links between dairy products and cataracts, if any
That's where the research takes you on a path to finding out what happens in the body when you eat certain foods. You see, you can't use the word 'milk' but you can use the word 'dairy' to discuss research and any links. But the dairy industry will fight you if you say anything bad about dairy products.
So how can nutritionists let people know what happens? You can use words such as 'galactose' and glucose or any other enzyme or chemical found in humans and animals or various foods.
Whey protein contains amino acids, according to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. See the YouTube video, "Dairy Galactose in Milk and Cataracts." There's also a longer lecture online related to this topic. To see the longer lecture, check out the eight segments of the program, Udderly Amazing.
You take a small amount of whey protein in order to increase glutathione levels in your body to fight free radicals. Glutathione also protects your body from toxins, preventing damage and improving excretion of the toxins. People with certain types of cancer, cataracts, diabetes and liver disease tend to have deficiencies of glutathione. The only problem is too much whey protein causes bone loss and kidney problems.
On the other hand, older adults who suffer from osteoporosis, cancer and an impaired immune system could benefit from taking whey protein supplements, notes the University of Michigan Health System. Whey could help support cancer treatment, as well as treat cataracts, diabetes and viral hepatitis, reporrts the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. To read more on this topic, check out the article, Is Whey Protein Powder Beneficial For Seniors?
So who do you believe? The people who say all milk products are bad because they cause cataracts, the nutritionists who say fermented milk products like yogurt, kefir, and certain cheeses are okay, or the people who say whey that comes from milk is beneficial in small amounts? Too large amounts of protein may cause kidney problems, bone loss, and possibly glaucoma. See the article,
Glutathione is known to be one of the most powerful antioxidants
Unfortunately, it isn't well absorbed into the body when taken orally. Therefore, we must find other supplements which will support the production of glutathione within the cells. One product is N-Acetyl-cysteine which is a compound the body uses to produce glutathione. NAC works especially well when used in conjunction with Garlic. You can probably find NAC at your health food store.
Be careful as some people develop kidney stones from taking N-Acetyl cysteine. Another source of glutathione is found in milk whey. If you don't have a milk sensitivity or allergy you will benefit from whey protein extract which is a strong precursor to glutathione. NAC also has received some warnings on what happens to your health when you take it for too long or in too high a dose. Check out any product on effects and warnings. See the Web MD site article, "N-ACETYL CYSTEINE: Uses, Side Effects, Interactions and interactions."
Protein and glaucoma?
You may wish to see the article on how too much protein powder may raise the risk of developing glaucoma. Check out the article, Glaucoma awareness month: excess protein and glaucoma risk. Also see, Why are more cataracts found in people taking statins? Also check out the articles, "Are too many doctors paid to advocate statin use?" and "Why are more cataracts found in people taking statins?"
You also might want to take a look at the article, "Drug Company Pleads Guilty to Health Fraud," Life Extension magazine, March 2010. The healthy trends are pointing toward nutrition as a first line of treatment or solutions to problems of high cholesterol.
Basically, Sacramentans are looking at micronutrients from Mother Nature to improve nutrition--such as raw food diets for a few weeks or juicing vegetables with deep green, purple, and red colors. Why? They want to avoid cataracts and the side effects of statins that are being reported widely in the mainstream media.
A recent British study eight weeks ago of more than 2 million patients found that those using statins were significantly more likely to suffer cataracts.The five-year study found that for every 10,000 patients on statins, up to 307 more had cataracts than non-statin users. Read the article about the study, "Heart drugs may increase cataract, kidney failure risk," published May 22, 2010 in The Age.
In May, 2010, Life Extension magazine ran an article on statins and cataracts, "Nutritional Strategies for Preventing Age-Related Vision Loss." That article noted that "Millions of Americans are taking so-called 'statin' medications to combat high cholesterol, yet few are aware that these drugs may pose a serious threat to their eye health.
According to that article, "In early research, statin medications led to cataract formation in animals. While human studies have failed to identify a causal link between statin drugs and cataracts, some of the most widely used statins—including Zocor® and Mevacor® –carry warnings that they may contribute to the progression of cataracts."
Check out this article for the footnotes giving the sources of these studies. The footnotes refer readers to Merck circulars ( a product pdf. file) and Zocor shared documents (pdf. file), accessed February 27, 2006.
Also, a recent study from Japan reveals a possible link between cholesterol and cataracts. The researchers found that rats that are genetically susceptible to developing cataracts demonstrate defects in two genes involved in cholesterol synthesis. Cholesterol is required for proper development of the epithelial cells of the eye lens, helping to maintain its transparency.
The decreased availability of cholesterol in these animals may thus contribute to the eye lens becoming opaque. So think about it, if your cholesterol is high, you may get cataracts (if what happens to rats happens to humans). But if you're given statins for your high cholesterol, you also may get cataracts as a side effect of the drug, the study suggests. So where do you turn to? How about foods and nutrition?
Another study released yesterday links depression and anxiety to statins. According to a July 1, 2010 article, "Studies link anti-cholesterol statin drugs to increased risk of anxiety and depression," scientists are reporting a possible explanation for the symptoms of anxiety and depression that occur in some patients taking the popular statin family of anti-cholesterol drugs, and reported by some individuals on low-cholesterol diets. These symptoms could result from long-term, low levels of cholesterol in the brain, the report suggests. It appears in ACS' weekly journal Biochemistry.
Amitabha Chattopadhyay and colleagues, according to that article, note in the study that statins "work by blocking a key enzyme involved in the body's production of cholesterol. Some studies link the drugs to an increased risk of anxiety and depression, but the reasons are unclear."
As reported in that article also, the scientists previously showed that maintaining normal cholesterol levels is important for the function of cell receptors for serotonin, a brain hormone that influences mood and behavior. But the long-term effect of cholesterol depletion on these receptors, which can occur in patients taking anti-cholesterol drugs, is unknown.
So why would you take a drug where the outcome is unknown if your doctor tells you to take this drug long-term? Wouldn't you want a second or third opinion before making a choice?
In the study, the article reports that the scientists turned to the statin medication mevastatin to find out. In lab tests using human serotonin receptors expressed in animal cells, they showed that long-term use of the drug caused significant changes in the structure and function of serotonin cell receptors, according to that article.
Adding cholesterol to cells treated with mevastatin restored them to normal. The results represent the first report describing the effect of long-term cholesterol depletion on this type of cell receptor.
Three major articles on what statins don't do appeared in the last three days, two articles on June 28, 2010 and one on July 1, 2010. See, "Studies link anti-cholesterol statin drugs to increased risk of anxiety and depression," published July 1, 2010 in The Medical News.
Patients and consumers in general wonder whether doctors who don't prescribe drugs, but use nutrition and certain supplements instead, usually make patients pay out of pocket because the doctors can't get insurance based on nutritional solutions or treatments using food-based products such as vitamins or minerals?
These are questions patients have about the decision to go with statins. Patients have to decide as a first line of treatment whether to go with food as medicine without being called a quack follower--unless of course, you work with licensed dietitians with R.D. certification or nutritionists and naturopaths with M.D. or D.O. degrees who really know their food biochemistry.
Basically, disputes almost always are about following the big money. And when it comes down to statins or any other drug, the lawyers are waiting in the wings for symptoms to show up. So what's the latest statins dispute about? The answer is the reputation of drugs. How are the various media handling news of the statins studies?
The dispute in the latest news concerns statins, the cholesterol-lowering prescription drugs that earn about $26 billion a year for their makers. Basically, news articles and medical studies in scientific journals are pummeling the reputation of the widely prescribed medications in one area even as it advanced their stature in another.
A meta-analysis — a review of previous studies — published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that statins do not lower death rates among patients with risk factors but no evidence of established cardiovascular disease who take them as a preventive measure, according to the Los Angeles Times article.
Are studies telling doctors or patients that the risk outweighs the benefits, or are they saying that for average risk patients, simply that the drugs don't lower death rates. What do studies say the drugs actually do? The studies are filtered through the eyes of mass media mainstream newspapers.
Who's telling the truth--newspapers or drug manufacturers? That's the question. Answer: follow the money to see who has more to lose by a tarnished reputation--the medicine manufacturers, the media, or nutritionists that tout using food as your medicine.
The drugs' makers don't like their reputation hacked by the press or in medical journals by their own prescribers, physicians and the scientists who study prescription drugs. The Los Angeles Times article mentioned that three-quarters of statin users take statins in hopes of averting a first heart attack or stroke. But if statins don't lower death rates if you have a risk factor but no heart disease, what do they do for you?
At the same time, a study in the journal Cancer suggests that for men who have undergone surgery for prostate cancer, statin use appears to reduce the chance that the disease will return, according to news articles on the web.
Maybe it's time to look more closely at nutritional-oriented changes. The biggest problem is with what doctors are being told and sold. Are too many doctors tightly controlled by the pharmaceutical industry?
The question arises because the specific doctors that physicians look up to, those prominent medical school faculty and other highly renowned doctor-mentors from prestige medical schools, are sometimes paid by the giant pharmaceutical industries to market medicines via dinner meeting speeches to other doctors. And the public is wondering whether their doctors are being lied to by the powerful prescription drug industries.
Locally, on Sacramento radio, at least on one sports station, is finally alerting average listeners to the latest medical studies on statins as related to the risks and benefit. The studies are pointing to statins raising more risk of harm than benefits of health for average cardiovascular disease and stroke risk folks.
It's looking more like statins aren't reducing that many heart attacks and strokes after all, according to the latest studies on statins. Basically, it's one of the radio talk show personalities that yesterday (and repeated this morning) has let the public know more about the latest studies on statins and where to read one study. Also read the June 29, 2010 Los Angeles Times article by Melissa Healy about this latest study, Rift Over Statins.
You also can read the study from its primary source, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Read the study yourself, "Statins and All-Cause Mortality in High-Risk Primary Prevention: A Meta-analysis of 11 Randomized Controlled Trials Involving 65,229 Participants." Archives of Internal Medicine, 2010; 170(12):1024-1031.
The media is now disseminating this dispute between medical studies and the claims of the big prescription drug industries. The consumers' questions keep asking whether most doctors are controlled by big pharma's claims? And what happens to dissenting doctors that don't want to prescribe? Do they get intimidated by insurance companies who may want them to prescribe in order to get insurance?
One advantage radio talk show personalities can get away with is to say almost any statement allowed on the air by prefacing their comments with the phrase, "in my opinion." Yesterday, a major radio talk show personality on Sacramento's Extra Sports 860 station made the statements (paraphrased here) that "Doctors are controlled by the pharmaceutical industries just like pimps control prostitutes." He added, "Doctors are lied to by the pharmaceutical manufacturers."
The big question comes up for people who have doctors prescribing life-long use of statins soon after high cholesterol levels are found. If your doctor don't know, if the scientists need more time for research, it's left up to you to figure out whether the study applies to you and possibly suggests to that chronic, low cholesterol levels in the brain might trigger anxiety and depression. That's what the scientists say, but of course, they preface their study with the word "might trigger anxiety and depression."
Of course, your genetic predisposition kicks in here. Do you feel anxious and depressed when you take statins? And if chronic, low cholesterol levels in your brain could trigger depression, couldn't it also trigger the kind of behavior anxiety or depression leads to?
Scientists are reporting a possible explanation for the symptoms of anxiety and depression that occur in some patients taking the popular statin family of anti-cholesterol drugs, and reported by some individuals on low-cholesterol diets, according to the study.
Think about it. If you're on a low cholesterol diet, do you feel anxious and depressed? If you do, what if you eat a high cholesterol food, such as one of the three-egg omelettes? How about when you eat lots of fatty fish such as salmon or take fish oils? Do you feel less depressed at that time? These symptoms could result from long-term, low levels of cholesterol in the brain, the report suggests. Read the report in ACS' weekly journal Biochemistry.
There's also another article, "Aggressive control of cardiac risk factors might not benefit all patients with diabetes," according to the Phys.Org site. According to this article, a mathematical model suggests that aggressively pursuing low blood pressure and cholesterol levels may not benefit, and could even harm, some patients with diabetes, according to a report in the June 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Think about this topic regarding statins, and ask this question: Is it possible your doctor is being lied to about statins being able to lower the incidence of strokes and heart attacks? Another study was published on June 28, 2010 noting how many guidelines that direct doctors to treat patients with diabetes by aggressively treating high low-density lipoprotein (LDL or "bad" cholesterol) and blood pressure levels to reduce patients' risk of developing heart disease, according to background information in the article.
Doctors keep weighing risks against benefits and benefits against risks. But the studies are simply based on the average results of various trials. Doctors and scientists look at relative benefits of trials. The health care professionals you go to are looking at average results of trials that evaluate benefits and discuss risk factor control.
The big problem is that the studies or clinical trials are never tailored to your individual genetic risk for cardiovascular disease. You're not being treated based on treatment individually tailored to your genetic express, inherited risk factors, or even lifestyle. Your being prescribed drugs based on average clinical trial reports.
For example, did you ever ask your doctor whether or not all patients with diabetes are at equally high risk of cardiovascular disease? But think about it, aren't all patients with diabetes treated aggressively to lower their cholesterol levels whether or not they're at different levels of risk? And what did the study reveal about aggressive treatment?
Justin W. Timbie, Ph.D., of RAND Corp., Arlington, Va., and colleagues constructed a mathematical model to assess whether aggressive treatment would equally benefit all patients with diabetes. They started by using data from 30- to 75-year-old participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which provided representative estimates for the nearly 8 million individuals with diabetes in the 1990s, according to the article.
At this time, aggressive cholesterol and blood pressure treatment was uncommon. After excluding participants with low LDL levels and low blood pressure, the average LDL-C level was 151 milligrams per deciliter and the average blood pressure was 144/79 millimeters of mercury.
The researchers then simulated what would happen if these patients underwent increasingly intensive treatment until their LDL-C levels were lowered to 100 milligrams per deciliter and their blood pressure to 130/80 millimeters of mercury, according to that article. Treating to these targets resulted in estimated gains of 1.5 quality-adjusted life years—years of life in perfect health—for LDL-C levels and 1.35 for blood pressure.
Studies on Treatment-Related Declines in Life Span Reported in the Mainstream Media
These gains declined to 1.42 quality-adjusted life years for LDL-C and to 1.16 for blood pressure after considering treatment-related harms, which include muscle pain from taking statins and the safety hazards of taking multiple medications.
Basically, would you take a drug with possible side effects just to increase your life span one year and a few months? Wouldn't you rather use something else to get that extra year, such as exercise, walking more, or better food--perhaps trying a raw foods vegetarian diet a few days a week for a month? What else, you have to ask would get you that extra year or so? Of course, it's based on averages.
So is it worth the risk to take statins if other methods can be used that don't have the risks?
What about quality of life? These are questions a lot of patients ask. The decision, of course, is between you and your doctor. But consider whether your doctor is controlled by the pharmaceutical giant industries, and question the authority, that is the possibility that your doctor is being marketed to, even, perhaps lied to?
The study's authors reported that "Most of the total benefit was limited to the first few steps of medication intensification or to tight control for a limited group of very high-risk patients."
What the outcome of the study revealed is that for the nearly three-fourths of patients at average risk, received very little benefit. So shouldn't you talk to your doctor and ask whether or not aggressive treatment with statins be geared more for patients not at average risk but at more serious risk?
Chances are your doctor could be a dynamo or a dinosaur as far as integrative and functional medicine combined with nutrition....maybe...or maybe not. What happens if and when you ask your doctor such a question? Is the doctor perhaps so controlled by the giant prescription drug companies marketing information that the individual physician may not know who to believe?
Or perhaps the doctor's entire career is controlled by the manufacturers of the drugs. One alternative is to go to a naturopath who also is an M.D. or D.O. who doesn't give prescription drugs such as statins as the first line of treatment. Just be sure that doctor also is trained in nutrition and how to use food as medicine as well as any type of supplements and how the supplements impact your system. Does the doctor know what's in the supplements and where they originated?
The study looked at the process of accounting for treatment-related harms. The study's authors identified numerous examples in which "intensifying treatment would be contraindicated on the basis of risk-benefit considerations."
Also, the authors of the study concluded that in many instances the "expected benefits would be so small that shared patient-clinician decision making would seem to be the appropriate medical intervention."
So how aggressively should type 2 diabetics be treated for high cholesterol, for example? Shouldn't doctors first look at their patient's underlying cardiovascular disease risk? And instead of being controlled by the big pharma's marketing techniques using famous, prestige university-educated doctors, instead might take a look at the "diminishing efficacy of combination therapy and increasing polypharmacy and adverse effects," as the study's authors put it. These are informational questions people think about before they research their conditions with credible, reliable, and validated sources.
As far as this study, the authors recommend "a strategy of tailoring treatments to individual patients on the basis of their expected benefit of intensifying treatment."
The treatment being given presently, the study reports, "to encourage uniformly lowering risk factors to common target levels can be both inefficient and cause unnecessary harm." You may wish to read the study yourself. See: JAMA and Archives Journals.


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Trump's third shot at a luxury magazine (after two failed attempts), this luxury quarterly launched in late 2007 and got off to a good start, leading the Luxist, a luxury lifestyle website to wonder, "could this, once again, be the year of Trump?" Well, no. Trump Magazine went down in 2009.
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Chances are if you've seen a Marlene Dietrich movie, then you've heard her sing a tune or two. If you've never watched a Dietrich movie, well you better get to that! So first fans and new fans, spend the afternoon hearing the actress sing!
Just click on the title of the song and you'll be taken to Youtube to listen to the song!
"Falling in Love Again," was the English version of her German song, which she sings in the classic, "The Blue Angel." The original 1930 German song was composed by Friedrich Hollaender, and the English lyrics had been written by Sammy Lerner.
In 1952 Marlene sang a cover of "Come Rain or Come Shine." The song was originally created for the musical "St. Louis Woman" and was released in 1946. Many have since then recorded the song, some names like Barbra Streisand and Bette Milder.
3. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
'Where Have All the Flowers Gone" was a folk song that was popular by Pete Seeger, In the 60s, Marlene had covered the song in three languages, English, French and German.
She sang a cover version of the song, and that was used for the title song for the 1978 film, "Just a Gigolo." It's interesting to note that that movie was her last one that she starred in, David Bowie also starred in the movie.
While many remember Edith Piaf singing this son (she also wrote the lyrics), in 1954 Marlene did her own cover version of the song. It's actually interesting to see how many singers have done this, check it out!
So with those five songs, take the afternoon off and travel back in time with the voice of actress Marlene Dietrich.


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College Hockey:Geneseo Rallies Past Fredonia
Short-handed goal sparks Ice Knights
GENESEO, N.Y. — Geneseo spotted Fredonia two goals and then came storming back to defeat the Blue Devils 6-2. The Ice Knights scored a short-handed goal to tie the game late in the second period and never looked back.
"Definitely the short-handed goal by Panetta," Geneseo coach Chris Schultz said of the turning point in the game. "Going down 2-0 when you think you should have been up 2-0 at that point, it's tough being in that position because you are getting you're chances but you're not finishing. Finally, we got one by [Pat] Street and when Panetta went off the bar on that shot it got the crowd going and got everybody into it. As soon as that goal was scored there wasn't any doubt on our bench. The guys were ready to get going and win the game."
Geneseo accomplished what they set out to do in the first period with one important exception; they did not score. The Ice Knights applied a strong forecheck, took a lot of shots (13), and dumped it in whenever they could not gain the zone. This caused Fredonia to play back on their heels for a fair share of the opening period. However, Pat Street kept the puck out of the net and Fredonia's defensemen cleared the rebounds, preventing Geneseo from getting any second shots.
"When we walked in after the first period the first thing I told the guys were we were fine," Schultz said. "It was 0-0. I wouldn't call it great, I wouldn't call it bad. We played our system. We worked through their neutral zone trap. We did all the things we wanted to do. We just weren't scoring."
It was more of the same at the start of the second period, but it was Fredonia that got on the scoreboard first at 3:24. Andrew Dissanayake picked up the loose puck behind the net and wrapped it around the left post, avoiding the skate of Cory Gershon.
Fredonia quickly made it 2-0 at 6:36 on their second power play of the night. Jordan Oye banged in a rebound from in close after a shot from Bryan Goudy.
Suddenly, despite territorial advantage in Geneseo's favor, the Ice Knights found themselves in a 2-0 hole.
Geneseo was not deterred.
"They just believed in each other," Schultz said. "There wasn't any panic at all. We just stuck with what we were doing, stuck to our game plan."
They finally got on the scoreboard at 6:36 when Dan Brown converted a cross-ice pass from Sebastian Panetta. Brown's quick shot prevented Street from making the save.
Then came the key short-handed goal at 18:15. Panetta and Phil Rose broke out on a clean two-on-one. Panetta carried the puck down the right side, used Rose as a perfect decoy, and blasted a waist high shot past Street that glanced the post on the way in.
Now, the game was tied and the momentum was back on Geneseo's side. The Ice Knights then applied shock and awe, scoring twice in the first 1:45 of the third period.
Stefan Decosse got things going 44 seconds in, beating Street from right in front. Rose followed suit with a shot on the doorstep that Street once again was hopeless on. Geneseo now had their two goal lead.
Street kept the game close on the next Geneseo power play when he made a miraculous dive across the net to stop a sure open net goal.
However, Street couldn't do anything when Geneseo made it 5-2 at 12:44. Balog, left alone in the slot area, was fed by Brandon French from behind the net and wristed a shot easily by Street. Street was replaced by Kody Van Rentergem after that goal.
Van Rentergem didn't let up another goal, but Geneseo did score again. It was an empty netter, as Brown shot it from the red line just under the crossbar.
Cory Gershon got the win with 26 saves.
"I thought he was strong," Schultz said. "He looked a little shaky at times playing the simple pucks, but other than that he was pretty good positionally. He gave our team an opportunity to win, and that's all you can ask."
Geneseo (9-3-1,5-2-1) takes a break between semesters. The Ice Knights are tied for second place and next play on January 9 at non conference foe Utica.
Fredonia (4-5-3,2-4-2) travels to play the USA Under-18 Team on December 11 in an exhibition game before taking their break.
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Ancient Rome: An Illustrated History tracks the progress from the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus in 753 BCE, to the heights of the Roman Empire around 117 CE, and on to the death of Theodosius (the last man to rule over a unified Roman Empire) in 395 CE. The Author of this Book is M.rshall C.vendish Review: In 98 AD, Rome became the greatest empire of its time. Array ISBN 0761499563. This book takes the reader from Rome's beginning to the rise of its empire through its transformation to Christianity and the empire's decline. Ancient Rome: an Illustrated History available in English. It begins with a look at early Rome with its seven kings and then a republic governed by assemblies and elected officials. When the republic came to an end and after many civil wars, men like Julius Caesar and Mark Antony ruled. Emperors highlighted in the book include Caesar Augustus as the first Roman emperor and Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. Beyond history, the book focuses on Roman civilization, social life and customs. Readers will learn about the Roman religion, including Vestal Virgins (the six priestesses who kept the eternal flame alight in the shrine to Vesta) and the Lares (the protective spirits watching over travelers and family). Everyday life is featured in the book as well, including the bread and circuses, the trade guilds, the blood games, chariot races, the baths, theatre, poetry and education. Maps, timelines, insets, and photos of archaeological digs and their finds are interspersed throughout the text. Readers of this book will learn more about known topics as well as be introduced to totally new subject areas. The appendices include a glossary and a listing of major historical figures. Lynn O'Connell


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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) -- Bowling Green Police say they were called to the parking lot of Buffalo Wild Wings just after 10 p.m. Monday, November 18.
The victims told police they had parked their truck in the parking lot earlier, and went into the restaurant. They realized the tool box was missing later in the evening. With the help of employees, police were able to locate suspicious activity on video surveillance.
Four people can be seen lingering in the parking lot close to where the truck is parked. After one of the people spoke briefly to the driver of another car, the car backed into a parking spot. The driver would then flash the headlights whenever a vehicle would pull into the parking lot.
The tool box is described as a gray rubber box with red handles. The words "Container World" is written on the inside and the box contained multiple tools, a two-ton jack, and a bottle of rum.
The four people walked into Buffalo Wild Wings, stayed a few moments, and left without speaking to anyone, but they were there long enough to get caught on camera.
The suspects are described as three black males: one with a goatee and a black coat, one wearing a hooded sweatshirt, and a third wearing an Under Armor sweatshirt and baseball cap. The men also had a child with them.
If you have any information about this or any crime, please call South Central Kentucky Crime Stoppers at 781-CLUE, toll free at 866-842-CLUE or click on the link under the picture.
You can also "text a tip" to Crime Stoppers. Text "SCKY" plus your message to 274637 (Crimes). All of your information is secure, and you will remain anonymous.
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SHEARING DONE! Great day with 7 multi age women. The youngest from a household, I am not used to being the oldest, and it is new and wonderful territory. Of course my heart is the same, and I LOVED being around sisters and mothers and daughters of all places in their time. Sorry you weren't there, but I suppose you were in spirit, and there's always next year;~) What an excellent beehive, I am the luckiest girl in the world.
For a Future w/a Pasture:
2014 Show & Market Schedule:
You can find Nanne and the Maine Blankets, Seacolors Sweaters and Seacolors Yarns (and sometimes Leelu) at the following shows:
You can find Nanne and the Maine Blankets, Seacolors Sweaters and Seacolors Yarns at the following shows:
March 17-18 New England Product Trade Show
March 23-25 CraftBoston, Seaport World Trade Ctr, Boston, MA
April 28 Gore Place/Sheep Shearing, 52 Gore St., Waltham, MA
May 5/6 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, Howard County
Fairgrounds, Frederick, MD
June 2/3 Maine Fiber Frolic, Windsor, Maine
6/30- 7/1 Maine Home and Design, Rockport, ME
July 21/22 Blue Hill Invitational Craft Fair, Blue Hill, ME
July 28/29 Grand Lake Stream Folk Fest of the Arts, Grand Lake, ME
Aug 2/3/4 Neighborhood House, Northeast Hbr, ME
Aug 10-12 Maine Boats, Homes and Harbors, Rockland, ME
Aug 18/19 Gilsland Farm Audubon Preserve, Falmouth, ME
Sept 8/9 Laudholm Nature Crafts, Laudholm Preserve, Wells, ME
Sept 22-23 Common Ground Country Fair, Unity, ME
Sept 29/30 Camden Harbor Arts, Atlantic Ave, Camden, ME
Oct 20/21 New York State Sheep and Wool Fest., Dutchess Cty
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Farmers' Markets:
Summer: Every Thursday, 9-noon at the Boothbay Farmers Market, On the Green, Boothbay, ME
Every Friday, 9-noon at the Damariscotta Farmers Market
MANY Saturdays, 8:30-noon at the Bath Farmers Market
Winter: MOST Saturdays, 9-noon at the Bath Farmers Market at Church of Christ on Congress
Stop by to see an assortment of blankets, sweaters and yarn.


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The public is invited to attend a free Networking Success seminar Monday, November 12, from 6-7:30 p.m., sponsored by Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC). The event will be held in the Atrium (lower level, College Center), at the College?s North Branch Campus.
The program is being facilitated by Giulio Padovani, MBA, a seasoned professional in the areas of management, sales, entrepreneurship and marketing within the insurance and financial services industry.
Participants will be introduced to tips on successful networking strategies as they learn that networking creates contacts and contacts create opportunities.
To register for the seminar, call RVCC?s Career Services Registration Hotline, 908-526-1200, ext. 8934.
RVCC, located on Route 28 and Lamington Road in North Branch, NJ, and serving Somerset and Hunterdon County residents for close to 40 years, offers more than 80 associate degrees and certificates. In addition, customized training programs and non-credit courses are available for those seeking personal and professional development.
The College is committed to offering a quality and affordable education through effective teaching, liaisons with the community?s businesses and state-of-the-art technology. For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu .
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The independent containership owner and manager purchased the vessels for $195.6 million.
The U.S. Commerce Department's International Trade Administration released a report Wednesday, showing that 92 percent of more than $1.3 trillion worth of U.S. goods exported in 2015 were likely affected by foreign technical regulations.
The Arab ocean carrier's shareholders would own 28 percent of the combined company, while the existing shareholders of Hapag-Lloyd would own 72 percent of the new company.
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Annual costs at container lines have increased a combined $500 million due to new sulfur emissions rules requiring vessels to use more expensive fuel, according to a report released last week by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Rail theft has emerged as a more prevalent problem in Mexico, primarily in the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro, while fuel theft across the nation has also increased.
Although one might expect bad service to be the primary reason for switching suppliers, this is not the case in the container shipping industry, Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund explained.


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Oct. 5, 2001
By JIM LITKE
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HOUSTON - Barry Bonds finally has an October memory worth keeping.
By redirecting a belt-high fastball from a 22-year-old rookie reliever named Wilfredo Rodriguez, the man who is arguably the best ballplayer of his generation may have accomplished more than just tie a 3-year-old record for home runs in a season.
With one home run, Bonds may also have begun turning perceptions of him 180 degrees. It's hard to say which was the more impressive feat.
Before Thursday night, Bonds was having one of the greatest offensive seasons in baseball history. But near the end of a four-game stretch that would try anybody's patience, he put one punctuation mark on it and left himself room for several more. Afterward, flanked on a stage by daughter Shikari and son Nikolai, he said he hadn't even begun thinking about No. 71.
"I don't really care. I just want to win," he said. "I want another shot at the postseason."
Called arrogant and aloof, criticized sometimes even by his own teammates, and often dismissed for his failure to deliver in all five of his forays into the postseason, Bonds hammered his name into the record books with the kind of resilience many doubted he had.
What made the feat special was the tough road Bonds had to walk to earn it. Unlike Mark McGwire, he had to compile his home runs in the crucible of a playoff race. For nearly all of the four games after he hit home run No. 69, Bonds saw fewer strikes than a roomful of teamsters - 12, to be exact, in his 19 trips to the plate. Opposing pitchers appeared to be under a mandate: If you're going to get beat, let it be anybody but Barry.
On Sunday, after Bonds lacquered the Padres for home runs in the two previous games, he was walked twice and hit by a pitch. Just before Tuesday's opener of this three-game series, he practically begged the Astros pitching staff to throw him something - anything - to hit.
"I don't want to get cheated by them not making good pitches," Bonds said. "I want their best."
What he got for his trouble was more of the same - until that singular moment in the ninth Thursday night.
"It's hard to just keep taking pitches all the time," Bonds recalled. "You don't get any opportunities. You feel like you're losing your swing."
Yet Bonds refused to give in. He refused to taunt his opponents or put added pressure on his teammates. He relied on his father, former major leaguer Bobby Bonds, and his godfather, San Francisco great Willie Mays, for advice. And once he held a share of the most treasured season mark in sports, Bonds repeated what they told him.
"Stay patient. Stay patient. The main job is winning," he recalled. "The best thing they told me is that if I keep doing my job, eventually it has to come."
It did - at the end of a run in which the Giants won eight of their last 11 and remained within striking distance of Arizona in the National League West race.
As impressive as the shot into the upper deck in right in Enron Field was, more impressive might have been the scene that followed it.
Earlier this season, when Bonds deposited his 500th career homer into McCovey Cove at Pac Bell Park, the only member of the team waiting at home plate to congratulate him was the bat girl. This time, his teammates came streaming out of the dugout. When he went to the outfield to start the bottom of the ninth, the relievers came out of the bullpen and threw another party for Bonds.
"That really touched me," Bonds said. A moment later, his grin widened. "But some of them got off some cheap shots in the rib cage. After some long years of frustration, they finally got at me."
Earlier this season, Jeff Kent publicly questioned Bonds credentials as a leader. As opponents began pitching around Bonds, it fell to Kent more and more to pick up the slack. Slowly, almost grudgingly, both learned to adjust to their roles. As the Giants kept winning, a mutual respect developed between them.
"We've been running on a little bit of adrenaline because of Barry," Kent said. "He just continues to impress. We've watched him in amazement all year long."
Bonds' teammates had the best seats in the house to watch him fight through one of the most frustrating stretches of his career with patience and grace. The rest of us looked on from a distance. Bonds is a changed man, to be sure, but exactly how much different remains to be seen.
The fans in Enron Field demanded a curtain call on this night from an opponent they once loved to boo. They screamed, "Barry! Barry! Barry!" until he came out a second time, to a standing ovation, rewarding Bonds for playing the game the right way, even when their hometown Astros did everything to ruin his chances.
But Bonds allowed the echoes of those cheers to ring only so long. He was already looking ahead to the Giants' three-game series against the Dodgers at home this weekend and the chance to get back to the playoffs.
He finally had one October night to remember and liked how it felt. Now, he wanted a few more.
Jim Litke is the national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke(at)ap.org


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Around 100 Long Island VIPs gathered at Plainview's Ferrari-Maserati dealership in November to peruse the luxury cars, snap pictures and try top cuisine.
It was a fabulous Night of Culinary Bliss, put on by Glen Cove's Elegant Affairs Caterers, who aimed to bring a little extra excitement to Long Island.
"It was all of the Ferrari owners, all of my VIP clients," said Elegant Affairs' Andrea Correale. "All of the guests were blown away not only by the atmosphere of Ferrari but also by all of the great food that was served."
The special culinary event was the fruit of a new partnership between Elegant Affairs Off Premise Catering & Event Design and Ferrari.
"I am the exclusive caterer at the Ferrari venue," explained Correale. "I recently signed a partnership with the owner."
The partnership, forged about six months ago, lets Correale exclusively host awesome parties on the second floor of the up-scale dealership, a space now reserved for something special.
"It's open for all Long Island events," said Correale. "From corporate events to private parties and social events."
Correale isn't new to the luxury-car scene; she just executed a re-opening at a fancy Long Island Mercedes dealership.
The Night of Culinary Bliss at Ferrari-Maserati featured a collaboration with New York City's renowned restaurant Le Cirque.
"My culinary team worked with theirs," said Correale. "We brought out the executive chef and owners of Le Cirque, and our clients got to taste some of the signature dishes that they're known for."
Correale says it was a welcome challenge working with such a top-notch team.
"It was quite an experience because their level of culinary experience is superior," she says. "The opportunity to work with these guys and learn how they produce food on a high scale was really exhilarating and exciting for us."
The event Correale organized at the luxurious space is just the first of a planned series of special culinary evenings.
"We put together a series of well-known restaurants or celebrity chefs that will come to Ferrari, and will work along with our own Elegant Affairs culinary team," she explained. "We are looking to do four to six a year."
The VIP parties are for a good cause; each is attached to a local Long Island charity with all of the night's proceeds benefiting that specific organization. The recipient of this particular event was Long Island Cares, Inc,, the Harry Chapin Food Bank.
The next Night of Culinary Bliss will happen this Saturday, when "Housewives of New Jersey" reality star Teresa Guidice will be the guest of honor.
Correale plans to work with Guidice, who is the author of a new cookbook, and duplicate some of her recipes for the crowd.
"We are making a whole Italian night out of it, so we will have Italian wines and music," added Correale. The event is open to the public.
Correale says attendees can expect to dine on top cuisine from the likes of Nobu or Rao's.


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The elegant 4-diamond AAA-rated Woodstock Inn and Resort is offering an overnight stay $179, a $342 value. It was named to Travel and Leisure's "World's Best" list and Condé Nast's readers' choice "Best Resorts in the Northeast". Skiers will appreciate the proximity to the Suicide Six Mountain and the Woodstock Inn Nordic center's eighteen miles of cross country trails. See Travelzoo for details, blackout dates, or to book a stay.


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Chapter Thirty-Nine The Avatar and the Sentry
When I went home that night, I went the whole way without Dan-Tei. What had been such a wonderful day turned into a stormy evening, at least in my mind. I walked with my fingertips brushing against my lips, lost in thought and too scared to speak.
I didn't know what I was feeling. It was part guilt, knowing I had broken that promise I'd made to Dan-Tei so long ago; I'd forgotten him. It was part pleasure, because I remembered that, once upon a time, he was the person that made me happy, my first kiss. And it was part pain. Because through it all, I kept thinking of Rinzen, and wondering if the way I felt about Dan-Tei was anything like the way I felt about him. The confusion caused a pain that was nearly physical.
I got home, and Dad was there, as usual. But I wasn't late. He was just there to see me, and although I couldn't bring myself to smile, it did make me feel a bit better.
"Hi, Dad," I said softly, closing the door behind me. "It's good to see you."
I came to sit down across from him, and he poured me some tea. I guess I needed that. I took a long sip, scalding my tongue but not paying much attention. I blew on the water, cooling it with a little help from my waterbending.
"It's good to see you, too, sweetie," he answered, smiling gently. "Something wrong?"
"Nothing really," I lied.
He could tell I was lying. But the thing about my dad was that he understood when I didn't want to talk about things. So he didn't pry.
"Hey, Dad," I said eventually. He looked up from his cup of tea to listen. I pondered my words before allowing them to pass my lips. "I
I get why you kept all of this from me. Republic City, Councilman Mako, Dan-Tei
." He looked at me curiously as I continued. "I mean, it was all so I wouldn't find out about the way Mako feels about me. So I wouldn't get hurt, right
"Yes," he said, putting down his cup to look at me softly. "I'm sorry about all of that, Kono."
I waved away the apology. There was no need for one.
that's not what I'm troubled about," I admitted. "Now I understand why you lied to me about those things, but
." I choked out the rest of the sentence. "What about your bending?"
He drew in a short breath, suddenly disconnecting. He looked away, and I knew I would have to dig to find out.
"I lost it to Amon," he said simply. "The Equalist leader."
"You were a great bender before," I said hesitantly. "You won the probending championships so many times."
"Yeah," he said, relaxing a bit to reminisce. "I was a great bender, I guess. But I was a cheater, too. Man, your mom hated me back then."
I smiled a bit at that. That sounded a lot like Mom.
Dad," I added. "Mom's the avatar."
"I know," he said. He seemed to know what I was implying.
did you just
never let her help you? Or
or did she actually give your bending back?" He didn't answer me. "And then
take it away again?"
He didn't look so relaxed anymore.
"It doesn't matter what happened, Kono," he sighed. "All that matters is that I'm not a bender anymore."
you could be."
"That doesn't matter, either. I made my choice. I don't deserve those abilities."
"Don't deserve them?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My Dad, who so worshipped benders for everything they were, had the ability to become one again, and refused.
"I used those powers to gain
popularity and fame and money. That's not what those abilities are for. Bending was built for self-defense, and I used it to bully."
that's not you anymore, Dad," I insisted. "Even if you were really ever like that
you're not, now."
He was quiet. In the silence, we held each other's gazes until his broke.
"I'm scared," he whispered. My eyes widened a little, and when I recovered myself, I felt a little sad. "I'm afraid that if I ever accept that part of me back, the rest will come, too. I don't want to be that selfish, arrogant person anymore."
," was all I could say. "Dad, a lot of things changed since then. Back then, you didn't have Mom to remind you. You don't have to be afraid of becoming that person. I won't let you. Back then, you didn't have me."
He stared at the tabletop, then let a small smile replace the wariness on his face. He nodded.
"I guess I still have a lot of things to work out, don't I?" he asked.
"Yeah," I sighed. "So do I. Let's
let's take some time. To figure out things together."
"What do you mean by that?"
I looked at him, smiling sadly.
"You haven't been a waterbender in a long time," I reminded him. "And we both need some time to think. I say
let's find you a waterbending master."
"Kono, do you really mean
"I need you, Dad," I said finally. "I'm confused, and I don't know what to do. I need some time to collect myself. We both do. Please
please let me help you. And
please help me."
His gaze held true for a long time, and then:
"Okay, sweetie," he said. "Let's take some time to think."
Tahno is getting his bending back!!!!!! I hope he can water-bend his hair to 'The Famous Tahno'!
Looks like play-boy, water-bender Tahno's coming back without the play-boy!
Wow.... First Dan-Tei kissed her, now her dad is getting all bending-blah blah blah on her, either this is the greatest day fo her life, or Kono is gonna have to comfort a wierded out father,


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38 Days, 38 Sports: Football
As a countdown to the start of the 2013-14 athletic schedule, GoPrincetonTigers.com will take a look at each of Princeton's 38 sports. A new post will be added each day Monday through Friday until the first Princeton athletic event on Aug. 31.
Bob Surace
Princeton Football • Thirty Fast Facts
Here are 30 fast facts to get you ready for the 2013 Princeton Football Season:
1) By winning four more games in 2012 (5) than 2011 (1), Princeton had its best single-season turnaround since 1990-1991, when Princeton went from three wins to eight.
2) Princeton earned its 25th "Big Three" sweep and traditional bonfire on Cannon Green last year with a 39-34 win over Harvard and a 29-7 win at Yale.
3) In both victories over Harvard and Yale, Princeton ended the game on a 29-0 run. Against Harvard, it came over the final 11:19. Against Yale, it lasted over the final three quarters.
4) Princeton led in nine of 10 games it played last season, and it had the ball down three points at Lehigh in the final minutes in the 10th.
5) Princeton scored a total of 78 fourth-quarter points in the 2010 and 2011 seasons combined. Last season, it scored 89 fourth-quarter points.
6) Sixteen players scored touchdowns last season. They included a throwback to an offensive lineman (Spenser Huston), a blocked punt (John Hill), a 100-yard interception return (Trocon Davis), an interception return (Phillip Bhaya), a kickoff return on the first play of the Ivy League season (Anthony Gaffney) and two receptions on botched field goal snaps (Mark Hayes and Des Smith).
7) Princeton shut out Brown 19-0; it was the first time Brown did not score in a game since the 1996 season opener. The only points that came off a Brown offensive play was a safety, via a Caraun Reid tackle in the end zone.
8) Four different players led Princeton in rushing in at least one game: Will Powers (five), Akil Sharp (two), DiAndre Atwater (two) and Quinn Epperly (one).
9) For the first time since Colin McDonough in 2006, Princeton had two All-Americas last season. The Sports Network named Caraun Reid to the second team and Mike Catapano to the third team.
10) Princeton won four straight games midway through last season, its longest winning streak since a six-game streak during the 2006 championship season.
11) Mike Catapano became Princeton's seventh Bushnell Cup recipient when he was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.
12) Roman Wilson led Princeton in receptions during seven of 10 games, including his 5-111 effort against Harvard. He caught the 36-yard game-winning touchdown pass from Quinn Epperly with 13 seconds remaining.
13) Anthony Gaffney intercepted two passes in the win over Columbia during his first Ivy League game. He was the first Tiger with multiple interceptions in a game since Kevin Kelleher did it, also against Harvard, in 2007.
14) Connor Michelsen was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week after completing 20 of 33 passes for 237 yards and three fourth-quarter touchdowns in the 39-34 comeback win over Harvard.
15) During an 11-drive sequence in Ithaca, Princeton and Cornell combined for eight touchdowns. The other three drives ended with a punt, an interception and halftime.
16) Princeton averaged more points, yards per game, first downs and time of possession in its five road games than it did in five home games. The Tigers were 3-2 on the road (Columbia, Lafayette and Yale) and 2-3 at home (Brown and Harvard).
17) Khamal Brown recorded an interception in Princeton's win over Lafayette. That would be his final game until at least 2014, as he suffered an aneurism the following week. To read more on Brown's rehabilitation, click here.
18) In his first year as a starter, Alex Polofsky finished third on the team (and first among returners) with 67 tackles. He had 11 in the win over Harvard, and added eight more the previous week in the shutout of Brown.
19) Princeton scored five touchdowns that accounted for more than 40 yards on the play. The two longest were Davis' 100-yard interception return (Yale) and Gaffney's 94-yard kickoff return.
20) Mike Catapano became the 13th player from Princeton to ever get drafted (7th round, Kansas City), although the 10th in the modern era (post-merge), and the first since Dennis Norman was selected by Seattle in 2001. Since the modern era, only two Princeton players have been drafted before him: Jon Schultheis (Philadelphia, 1983, 182nd pick) and Bob Hews (Kansas City, 1970, 156th pick).
21) Princeton will open its season against Lehigh (Sept. 21) for the third-straight season and the sixth time in eight years. The only time Princeton won one of those games (2006), it went on to win the Ivy League championship.
22) Princeton will make its first trip to Georgetown Sept. 28 for the seventh game a series that dates back 110 years. It will be Princeton's second game of the season and first on the road; it will be Georgetown's fifth game of the season and third at home.
23) Princeton opens the Ivy League season Oct. 5 against Columbia. Lions head coach Pete Mangurian will be looking to duplicate the second-season success he had at Cornell (1999), when he improved by three overall wins and four in Ivy League play.
24) Princeton has won six straight games over Lafayette (Oct. 12), its longest active winning streak against any team on its 2013 schedule.
25) Brown Stadium will host its first Ivy League night game on Oct. 19 when the Bears host Princeton at 6 pm. It will also be Princeton's first ever road night game in Ivy League play.
26) Princeton will travel to Harvard Oct. 26 in a series that has produced three straight offensive shootouts. Since 2010, the Princeton-Harvard games have averaged 80 points and 1,010 offensive yards per game. Over the three games, there have been 33 touchdowns scored.
27) By the time Cornell comes to Princeton Stadium on Nov. 2, Jeff Mathews will likely have surpassed Princeton offensive coordinator James Perry atop the all-time Ivy League passing list. Mathews needs 964 yards to move past Perry's career total of 9,294 yards.
28) The Princeton offense has had three straight forgettable trips to Franklin Field, where it will return Nov. 9 to take on the reigning Ivy champion Penn Quakers. Since Princeton's 30-13 win in Philadelphia in 2005, the Tigers have scored only one touchdown in 12 quarters.
29) Princeton will host Yale for the 136th meeting in this historic series on Nov. 16, as part of Alumni Weekend. It will be looking for its first two-game win streak over the Bulldogs since 2000-01; the Tigers have won at least two straight games over every other Ivy program during the last decade.
30) Since the 1917 Sawhorse Dollar was introduced before the 2004 Princeton-Dartmouth game, Don Dobes has been part of the winning side (2004-09 as Princeton's linebackers coach, 2010-12 as Dartmouth's defensive coordinator). The Tigers will try to end that streak in the 2013 season finale on Nov. 23.
Princeton Football • Three To Watch
Anthony Gaffney DB/KR
A preseason All-America (BSN), Gaffney earned first-team All-Ivy honors during his freshman season at cornerback and kick returner.
An All-Ivy League left tackle in 2012, Huston is the anchor on a deeper, improved offensive line, which returns four starters from last season.
Caraun Reid
Roman Wilson
Mike Zeuli
July 10 - Baseball
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July 12 - Football


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Lillian Hurst Movies and Career Information
Aug 13, 1943
San Juan
Aug 13, 1943
San Juan
Lillian Hurst is a Puerto Rican actress and comedian. Hurst made her debut as a television comedian in the early 1960s. She participated in various Off-Broadway and movie productions in the United States.
- Lillian Hurst Movies before 2015
- Orange County 2002
- Bread and Roses 2001
- Amigos (1985) 1985
- Continued Adventures of Reptile Man


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Published: July 11, 2011
Visiting Judge William H. Wolff Jr. dismissed all charges against all 10 defendants Monday in the Oakhill Renaissance Place criminal conspiracy case. A Mahoning County grand jury returned a 73-count indictment in the case nearly a year ago.
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08.02.2010 / Creative Ways to Pay College Tuition
So you or one of your children will be ready for college soon but you are not sure how you are going to pay the hefty tuition bill that comes along with it. The tough economic times are only adding to your concern. Tough times call for creative solutions. Use some of these smart solutions to help pay your college tuition bill.
Get a Head Start
Most high schools offer advanced placement courses that may qualify for college credit. The best part is that the college credit obtain through advanced placement courses is tuition-free. Many students can start their freshman year practically as a sophomore which saves both time and money.
Apply for Scholarships
Okay, so this one is not creative per se, but it is an often overlooked option. Many people think they have to be at the top of their class to be granted a scholarship. That couldn't be farther from the truth. Often, a minimum GPA of 2.5 is all this is needed to be eligible for a scholarship. Go ahead and apply. You never know what you might get in return.
Be a Transfer Student
So you want to go to a prestigious school but aren't sure your can afford four years of the prestigious bill? Consider taking your prerequisites at a less expensive community college and transferring to your desired school later on. You can get that prestigious degree at a fraction of the price.
Be a Wanted Student
No, we are not suggesting you go on a crime spree at your college of choice. Rather, select a college that wants you as a student. Schools are known for offering aid and grants to students that they really want for various reasons such as GPA, field of study, and other accomplishments. Find the school that wants you and see the savings roll in.
Consider an Accelerated Degree
Often, it costs less to obtain your degree through an accelerated program than it does through a traditional program. Not only will you save some money but you can get into your desired field of work quicker.
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This year's theme is Scaling Challenges: The Future of Materials and Packaging.
Traditional device scaling has become a challenging technical problem that is accepted by an ever smaller group of companies. Process and device architecture innovations continue to deliver device density improvements, but are threatening to slow the pace of scaling, and come at prices that risk upsetting the continued reduction of silicon transistor costs with each node.
Productivity gains, process improvements, and materials innovation have mitigated scaling costs, and are now being combined with novel device packaging approaches to offer continued functionality to users in all market segments.
SMC 2016 will take a broad look at what is driving the demand for new materials and how material suppliers are being impacted by the value chain it serves and how this affects scaling challenges for the future of Materals and Packaging. SMC is also a great way to network with Industry leaders in the Microelectronics Ecosystem.
2016 Keynote Speakers:
Dr. John Hu
Ingrid Y. Shi
Dr. Anton DeVilliers
Highlights from 2015
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SMC has provided valuable information and networking opportunities to materials and electronics industry professionals since 1995.
SMC 2015 builds on that legacy, expanding the reach and focus of the conference to examine advanced electronics materials for the semiconductor and adjacent industries.
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- Single family building permits are down -8% from May. 2012 to Jun. 2012
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Taiwan's Chungwa Telecom plans to sell 50,000 iPhone 3Gs in 3 months
One of the latest networks to gain the ability to brag about marketing the iPhone 3G is Taiwan's Chungwa Telecom, and it is said that the telco plans to go full-speed with their iPhone 3G campaign starting December 13th.
The number 13 might spell a bad omen for some, but Chungwa Telecom apparently feels good about it, and from that day towards the first quarter of 2009, it aims to sell a total of at least 50,000 iPhone 3G units.
As with all the other networks around the world currently offering Apple's popular touchscreen smartphone, Chungwa Telecom will give customers the ability to avail it for free (with a two-year contract that costs a NT$2,549 per month) as well as for a fixed price (NT$26,600 or $799 USD for the 8GB model, and NT$29,900 or $899 USD).
Pre-sale orders are already being taken by Chungwa Telecom, and it will go on until December 10th. The current estimated number of pre-sale orders has already topped 10,000 units.
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I'm dealing with an issue that has arisen for an application I've been working on which connects to a Access file via JDBC-ODBC. On other Windows platforms, this issue hasn't been encountered, but on Windows 7 64-bit boxes, attempting to connect with DSN-less connection strings return:
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified
Multiple variations on the string have been attempted, but all of them have returned the same error. Here's how it currently tries to connect:
StringBuffer databaseConnectionString;
if (SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS_7) {
databaseConnectionString = new StringBuffer("jdbc:odbc:DRIVER=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb);DBQ=");
} else {
databaseConnectionString = new StringBuffer("jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=");
Examining the driver in the 32-bit ODBC Data Source Admin confirms that the drivers are present. However, when regedt32.exe is used to examine ODBC drivers
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ODBC/ODBCINST.INI/ODBC Drivers), none of them appear.
Can anyone help to shed some light on this?


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Tracy Lavon Sanders
Position: WR
Height: 5-7 Weight: 173 lbs.
Born: November 11, 1991 in Bradenton, FL
High School: Manatee
College: South Carolina (school history) (Sanders college stats)
Drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 4th round (101st overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 3 (10660th overall since 1950)