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Well hells bells, it was only yesterday that the idea of an e-ink / LCD screen mash-up device was the stuff of patent dreams, and now it's a reality. The chaps at Stuff were shown the prototype handsets at a closed meeting at IFA, as expected with a regular screen on one side, and the e-reader-style display on the other. E-ink was apparently tight lipped about possible vendor interest, but they did confirm that one firm was working with the concept already. We're not about to make any leaps, but if we'd applied for the patent, we'd also want first dibs.
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2012) ? On the surface, ants and the Internet don't seem to have much in common. But two Stanford researchers have discovered that a species of harvester ants determine how many foragers to send out of the nest in much the same way that Internet protocols discover how much bandwidth is available for the transfer of data. The researchers are calling it the "anternet."
Deborah Gordon, a biology professor at Stanford, has been studying ants for more than 20 years. When she figured out how the harvester ant colonies she had been observing in Arizona decided when to send out more ants to get food, she called across campus to Balaji Prabhakar, a professor of computer science at Stanford and an expert on how files are transferred on a computer network. At first he didn't see any overlap between his and Gordon's work, but inspiration would soon strike.
"The next day it occurred to me, 'Oh wait, this is almost the same as how [Internet] protocols discover how much bandwidth is available for transferring a file!'" Prabhakar said. "The algorithm the ants were using to discover how much food there is available is essentially the same as that used in the Transmission Control Protocol."
Transmission Control Protocol, or TCP, is an algorithm that manages data congestion on the Internet, and as such was integral in allowing the early web to scale up from a few dozen nodes to the billions in use today. Here's how it works: As a source, A, transfers a file to a destination, B, the file is broken into numbered packets. When B receives each packet, it sends an acknowledgment, or an ack, to A, that the packet arrived.
This feedback loop allows TCP to run congestion avoidance: If acks return at a slower rate than the data was sent out, that indicates that there is little bandwidth available, and the source throttles data transmission down accordingly. If acks return quickly, the source boosts its transmission speed. The process determines how much bandwidth is available and throttles data transmission accordingly.
It turns out that harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) behave nearly the same way when searching for food. Gordon has found that the rate at which harvester ants -- which forage for seeds as individuals -- leave the nest to search for food corresponds to food availability.
A forager won't return to the nest until it finds food. If seeds are plentiful, foragers return faster, and more ants leave the nest to forage. If, however, ants begin returning empty handed, the search is slowed, and perhaps called off.
Prabhakar wrote an ant algorithm to predict foraging behavior depending on the amount of food -- i.e., bandwidth -- available. Gordon's experiments manipulate the rate of forager return. Working with Stanford student Katie Dektar, they found that the TCP-influenced algorithm almost exactly matched the ant behavior found in Gordon's experiments.
"Ants have discovered an algorithm that we know well, and they've been doing it for millions of years," Prabhakar said.
They also found that the ants followed two other phases of TCP. One phase is known as slow start, which describes how a source sends out a large wave of packets at the beginning of a transmission to gauge bandwidth; similarly, when the harvester ants begin foraging, they send out foragers to scope out food availability before scaling up or down the rate of outgoing foragers.
Another protocol, called time-out, occurs when a data transfer link breaks or is disrupted, and the source stops sending packets. Similarly, when foragers are prevented from returning to the nest for more than 20 minutes, no more foragers leave the nest.
Prabhakar said that had this discovery been made in the 1970s, before TCP was written, harvester ants very well could have influenced the design of the Internet.
Gordon thinks that scientists have just scratched the surface for how ant colony behavior could help us in the design of networked systems.
There are 11,000 species of ants, living in every habitat and dealing with every type of ecological problem, Gordon said. "Ants have evolved ways of doing things that we haven't thought up, but could apply in computer systems. Computationally speaking, each ant has limited capabilities, but the collective can perform complex tasks.
"So ant algorithms have to be simple, distributed and scalable -- the very qualities that we need in large engineered distributed systems," she said. "I think as we start understanding more about how species of ants regulate their behavior, we'll find many more useful applications for network algorithms."
The work is published in the Aug. 23 issue of PLoS Computational Biology.
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With the busy lifestyle today that most of us are experiencing, our body is subjected to different varieties of anxiety. Included in these are real, mental, psychological, and if you might acknowledge, perhaps financial. Although we have specific things to somehow manage it, there is usually a place of fatigue where we want to escape from what we?re doing and just submit. Because we know there is no way for us to do just that, we then resort to different ways of releasing the tension that?s implicated with it certainly one of which will be massage.Some enjoy into different activities and recreations or jump into a shopping spree. Their way is made by others to lovely locations and seaside resorts for a weekend escape. Still others need not go anywhere far to raise up the stress. A visit to a spa will give them the same gain without a lot of physical effort or financial injury. A massage has its healing power. And you just have to have faith, it?s real!Touch therapy has long been known previously generations and it began with the Chinese people that are common for his or her very alternative way of treat illnesses. Previously years, lots of different practices were developed, various of strokes have advanced, but that use the same rule and supply the same effect.The technique can be done using herbs, fragrant oils and even stones. There are also therapists who provide home service. So at the convenience of one?s home, merely a phone call away, you get the really calming incentive that you deserve after having a long days work.Aside from the ease there?s, this sort of therapy provides a lot of benefits outside from what it?s noted for. Not only does it function being an anti-stress but it may be quite effective for weight management since it?s thought to cause weight loss when done frequently. Therefore no more slimming coffees and teas for you.It also assists tone down our muscles, which only ensures that there?s no need for you to visit the gymnasium. Then it increases the circulation of blood and breathing making us be much more resistant to infection. Not merely does it alleviate real stress but is also a good way to develop mental alertness caused by increased blood circulation to the brain.However, if you?re really limited on your budget and can?t afford to cover a counselor but still need the experience of being inside your preferred spa, you may have your own setup. Light several fragrant candles as part of your room, scatter lots of petals of one?s favorite flower from your yard around the spot and then ask your mate to accomplish the massage for you personally. What might be more calming than that? You are not just produced from muscle tension but have a chance to spend quality and sensuous time with each other.So when you feel like the entire world has just placed all its stress on you and just desire to try to escape and vanish from everyone?s view, fear not. Leave everything behind and indulge you to ultimately a body massage and dramatically, everything will fall back to its place. You will be as effective as new with a peaceful mind and energized body.
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DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) ? AAA Michigan says gasoline prices jumped 12 cents during the past day to a statewide average of about $4.05 per gallon as Hurricane Isaac made landfall.
The auto club said Wednesday's average for self-serve unleaded fuel was up from Tuesday's average of about $3.93.
Prices already rose ahead of the Labor Day weekend holiday, and AAA Michigan had predicted increases because of possible effects on oil production in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dearborn-based AAA Michigan surveys 2,800 Michigan gas stations daily.
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Since I seem to be on a roll the last few days discussing cancer quackery, I thought I?d just go with it at least one more day. Frequently, when I get on these rolls laying down the Insolence, both Respectful and not-so-Respectful, over antivaccine quackery I start whining about how I need to change topics, but not this time around, not this topic. It takes a lot more than what I?ve posted lately to make me feel as though I need a change of pace. Besides, for whatever reason, the blog fodder is flying at me fast and furious, whether it be the dubious testimonial I discussed yesterday, yet another deconstruction of the moral bankruptcy that is Stanislaw Burzynski, or my take on the sheer quackery that is ?naturopathic oncology.? The first rule of blogging is that you don?t talk about blogging. Oh, wait. That?s not it. I talk about blogging all the time. The first rule of blogging is: When the world is throwing easy blogging material at you, for cryin? out loud, go for it. Yeah, that?s it.
So I?m going for it.
The blog fodder this time around comes in the form of three articles that appeared in ONCOLOGY: Perspectives on Best Practices, an open-access journal about?well, oncology. All three of them are about cancer quackery. Shockingly, in the first article, by Barrie Cassileth, director of all woo integrative oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and IIan R. Yarett, actually uses the word ?quackery? in its title: Cancer Quackery: The Persistent Popularity of Useless, Irrational ?Alternative? Treatments. In it, Cassileth provides a rather standard discussion of bogus cancer treatments that almost could have been written by Orac, were it not for the complete and utter lack of snark, even the subtle snark that academics sneak into papers. She does, however, complain that quacks have appropriated the term ?complementary? in order to ?use it incorrectly.? This complaint derives from how many of these cancer quacks don?t actually advocate using their nostrums in addition to conventional therapy but rather in lieu of science-based medicine. Personally, I find this amusing, given that quackademics have no one to blame but themselves for this, given the specific modalities they have tried to ?integrate? with science-based medicine. It rather reminds me of the ?intelligent design? creationists, craving respectability and crowing to high heaven that they aren?t pseudoscientists but real ?scientists,? taking umbrage at being lumped together with fundamentalist creationists who believe that the earth was created 6,000 years ago with all animals in their current forms. No, Cassileth seems to be saying, we don?t associate with that riff-raff. They?re fundamentalist loons. We?re scientists!
I?ll give her some credit for this article, though, and why not? Cassileth lists a fairly standard bunch of quack treatments, the majority of which have been covered on this blog at one time or another, and rips into them. The litany should be familiar: laetrile, shark cartilage, Entelev/Cantron (which I recently discussed, with the comment thread afterward having swollen as of this writing to nearly 1,100 entries), various oxygen therapies (such as hyperbaric oxygen or various means of administering hydrogen peroxide, ?energy therapies,? which Cassileth admits have no evidence to support them. Given that admission, one wonders why reiki, which is a form of ?energy therapy,? is offered at MSKCC. Come to think of it, acupuncture is also a form of ?energy healing? as well, given its claim to be able to manipulate the flow of qi through the body to healing intent, and MSKCC offers acupuncture as well. That doesn?t stop Cassileth from making the dubious claim that acupuncture and other woo have ?been shown to be safe and effective as adjunctive treatments for managing pain, nausea, stress, and many other symptoms, and for supporting patient well-being in general,? whatever ?supporting patient well-being in general? means.
There are other weaknesses. For instance, no mention is made of Gerson therapy, and it is that particular form of quackery, as well as its many variants (such as the Gonzalez protocol and other treatments that loosely fall under the rubric of ?metabolic therapies? and often include such lovely interventions as coffee enemas), that is arguably the cancer quackery most heavily promoted right now; that is, unless high dose vitamin C, which never seems to stay dead no matter how many scientific stakes are driven into its heart, isn?t the most common quackery. One could only wish that, like the vampires on True Blood, such quackeries would explode into a disgusting blob of blood and tissue when the stake of science is driven through their hearts, but sadly this never seems to happen. Her omissions aside, I can?t be too hard on Cassileth. Her article is actually pretty good, by and large, if you can ignore that she is in charge of bringing quackademic medicine into one of the greatest cancer centers in the world. She also makes this statement:
Many alternative approaches to healing are premised on the concept of the mind/body connection, and specifically on the theory that patients can harness the power of their mind to heal their physical ills.[4] Many mind/body techniques, such as meditation and biofeedback, have been shown to reduce stress and promote relaxation, and are effectively and appropriately used as complementary therapies today. However, some proponents of these techniques overpromise, suggesting that emotional stress or other emotional issues can cause diseases like cancer and that correction of these deficiencies through mind-body therapies can effectively treat major illnesses. Such claims are unsupported.
Many of these ideas were promoted by a former Yale surgeon, a popular author who advocated special cancer patient support groups in his books. The importance of a positive attitude was stressed, as was the idea that disease could spring from unmet emotional needs. This belief anguished many cancer patients, who assumed responsibility for getting cancer because of an imperfect emotional status. Among alternative modalities, the mind/body approach has been especially persistent over time, possibly in part because it resonates with the American notion of rugged individualism.[4]
Of course, none of this stops MSKCC from offering ?mind-body? services. I guess it?s OK to Cassileth because she doesn?t promise that such woo will cure the cancer. OK, I?ll stop with the snark (at least the snark directed at Cassileth). She?s basically correct that there is no evidence that these therapies can impact the natural history of cancer and produce a survival benefit, and I give her props for carpet-bombing the quackery that is the German New Medicine.
Cassileth?s article was accompanied by not one, but two, additional commentaries, both of which didn?t take issue with the criticism of specific cancer quackeries, such as Entelev, but rather with her statement above about mind-body ?healing.? Neither of the commentators were happy that Cassileth had questioned the central dogma of alternative medicine, which is what I?ve been discussing the last couple of days. That central dogma is that if you wish for it hard enough your mind can heal you of anything. The corollary of this central dogma is that if you are ill it is your fault for not having the right ?intent,? attitude, and thoughts and therefore not doing the right things and/or not believing hard enough. It?s not for nothing that I have likened alternative medicine to religion or the New Age woo that is The Secret, and these authors simply reinforce that view. First up is radiation oncologist and practitioner of ?integrative oncology? Brian D. Lawenda, MD, who pens Quackery, Placebos, and Other Thoughts: An Integrative Oncologist?s Perspective.
In the first part of his article, Lawenda protests loudly, arguing that ?not all therapies categorized as ?alternative,? ?nonconventional,? or ?unconventional? are completely ineffective.? I suppose it depends on what you mean by ?completely ineffective.? Personally, when I say ?completely ineffective,? I mean ?indistinguishable from placebo.? That?s the usual definition of ?ineffective? in medical circles, and it is a description that applies to the vast majority of ?integrative oncology,? including acupuncture, therapeutic touch, reiki, and the like. In the case of acupuncture, for instance, it doesn?t matter where you stick the needles or even if you stick the needles in at all (a toothpick twirled against the skin will do as well or better). In other words, in the case of acupuncture, the effects are entirely nonspecific. Indeed, Lawenda?s claim that these therapies are being used in an ?evidence-based? manner is almost as overblown as the claims that quacks make; real ?evidence-based? use of the vast majority of these modalities would be not to use them at all. They don?t work. That doesn?t stop Lawenda from advocating placebo medicine. But first he has to remonstrate with Cassileth over her characterization of ?mind-body? medicine:
One area of controversy that comes up often in integrative oncology circles is whether or not there is an association between chronic stress and cancer-specific outcomes. Dr. Cassileth asserts that the association between chronic stress and cancer development, progression, and recurrence has not been definitively established. Those who support this view might categorize as quackery the claim that stress reduction (eg, through lifestyle changes, mind-body therapies, etc) can improve cancer-specific outcomes.
Those who believe that chronic stress and cancer are linked cite data that support this claim. In particular, there are clinical studies[7] that report improvements in cancer-specific outcomes in patients who are taught stress management techniques. Furthermore, researchers continue to identify chronic stress as a causative factor in numerous pathophysiologic processes that are known to be associated with the development, progression, and recurrence of various cancers (eg, stimulation of systemic inflammation and oxidation, impairment of immune function, increases in insulin resistance and weight gain, etc).[8]
Lawenda overstates his case massively. The evidence that improving ?attitude? improves cancer-specific survival is of shockingly low quality. There?s just no ?there? there. As I?ve said before, that?s not to say that psychotherapy and other modalities designed to improve a patient?s mood and mental state might not be useful. Certainly, they can improve quality of life, used in the proper situation. However, there just isn?t any evidence that is even mildly convincing that such modalities can improve a patient?s chances of surviving his cancer.
I also know that Lawenda is laying down pure, grade-A woo when I see him retreating into the favorite alt-med trope, ?absence of evidence is not evidence of absence? and claiming that ?many alternative therapies, once believed by conventional medical practitioners to be merely placebos, have now been shown to have proven therapeutic value (eg, acupuncture, numerous botanical extracts, meditation).? Well, no. Acupuncture has not been convincingly shown to have therapeutic value for any condition, and it?s no surprise that botanical extracts might be effective for some things; they are, after all, drugs. Adulterated drugs with lots of impurities whose potency can vary widely from lot to lot, but drugs nonetheless. He even attacks antidepressants based on more recent evidence suggesting that they might not be as effective as previously thought and in some cases might not be better than placebo, an idea ably countered by James Coyne.
Lawenda?s rebuke, however, is nothing compared to what comes next. Remember Cassileth?s dismissal of the findings of a ?Yale surgeon? who claimed that support groups improved cancer survival? Here comes that Yale surgeon! Yes, indeed. It?s Bernie Siegel, and he?s pissed, proclaiming that The Key to Reducing Quackery Lies in Healing Patients and Treating Their Experience. Of course, his carefully cultivated image of being the ultimate nice guy and caring physician can?t be endangered; I only infer his annoyance from the tone of his response. I also infer a lot from the fact that, unlike Lawenda and Cassileth, who at least include some references taken from the peer-reviewed scientific literature to support their points, Siegel cites exactly one reference, and one reference only, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?s Cancer Ward. Lawenda cites mostly poor quality studies, but at least he tries by citing studies. Siegel, on the other hand, seems to think he is the Great and Powerful Oz (Dr. Oz or the Wizard of Oz, take your pick) and that you should just take his pronouncements on faith because he is so awesome. I will admit that Siegel probably has a point when he says that better communication could potentially reduce the incidence of cancer patients turning to quackery, but even making this reasonable point he overstates his case when he says that quackery would ?diminish greatly? if doctors would just learn to communicate better. There?s a lot more to the appeal of quackery than having a doctor who can?t communicate, much of which wouldn?t even come close to disappearing, even if every doctor turned into a Bernie Siegel clone with respect to showing incredible empathy to patients.
Siegel then dives right in, relying on the sheer force of that awesome empathy of his to rip Cassileth a new one for daring to criticize his work:
Our emotions govern our internal chemistry, and hope is therapeutic. We know that laughter enhances survival time in cancer patients, while loneliness has a negative effect. When a Yale graduate student did a study on our support group members and it showed increased survival time for the group?s members, his professor told him that couldn?t be true and made him change the control group so that everything came out equal. Doctors don?t study survival and the power of the mind.
Which is, of course, utter nonsense, leavened with more than a little conspiracy mongering. Doctors have been studying the ?power of the mind? and survival for a very long time. What Siegel doesn?t like is that they haven?t found that the mind is nearly as powerful as Siegel would like to believe. It?s a topic I?ve been writing about since the very beginning. There?s a reason for the central dogma of alternative medicine; it?s very appealing to believe that sheer force of will or thinking happy thoughts can heal us of serious diseases. Talk about the ultimate form of ?empowerment?!
Siegel then goes completely off the deep end:
The mind and energy will be therapies of the future. I know of patients who were not irradiated because the therapy machine was being repaired and no radioactive material was reinserted. The radiation therapist told me about it because he was feeling terrible. I told him he didn?t know what he was saying to me. ?You?d have to be an idiot to not know you weren?t treating people for a month?so obviously they had side effects and shrinking tumors, which was why you assumed they were being treated.? He said, ?Oh my God, you?re right.? I couldn?t get him to write an article about it. I also have patients who have no side effects because they get out of the way and let the radiation go to their tumor.
Yes, an unsubstantiated anecdote about an apparently incompetent radiation oncology tech who didn?t notice that his radiation machine wasn?t actually delivering radiation trumps evidence, apparently. (One wonders how the machine still functioned if its source wasn?t re-inserted. Most such machines have a warning light or won?t turn on if the source isn?t properly in place.) Siegel?s article is so full of alt-med tropes and a heaping? helpin? of what can best be described as pure woo. Besides recommending his own books (one of which I actually have on my shelf but have not gotten around to reading), Siegel recommends The Energy Cure: Unraveling the Mystery of Hands-On Healing by William Bengston, The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles by Bruce Lipton, and The Psychobiology of Gene Expression by Ernest Rossi. Lipton, as you recall, is a cell biologist who abandoned ?conventional? biology after having some sort of mystical revelation about cells that led him to conclude that God must exist and that ?holistic? therapies work. I hadn?t heard of the other two, but Siegel describes Bengston thusly:
Bengston cured mice of cancer in a controlled study with the energy conducted through his hands. I was healed of an injury in the same way by healer Olga Worral many years ago. We definitely need to test potential therapies to verify whether or not they are useful, but we also have to keep an open mind to what might be possible, and we must understand that we are treating a patient?s experience and not just a disease.
It turns out that Bengston preaches exactly the sort of quackery that Cassileth quite correctly castigated, namely that energy healing can cure cancer! From his own website:
Can energy healing really cure cancer? Is it possible for you to heal someone?s terminal illness with your bare hands? Is the Western medical community ready for a fundamental change in its approach to treatment??Dr. William Bengston invites you to decide by taking a journey with him into the mystery and power of hands-on healing. Drawing on his 30 years of rigorous research, unbelievable results, and mind-bending questions, Bengston challenges us to totally rethink what we believe about our ability to heal.
As there so frequently is after a book advertisement, there are blurbs with people saying how great Bengston?s book is. Guess who gave Bengston a plug. Yes, Bernie Siegel. I must say, I had no idea that Siegel was so deep into woo. Elsewhere in his article he says he had chronic Lyme disease and was helped by homeopathic remedies. He even says that he ?knows they work? because of his ?experience of having the symptoms of the disease alleviated.? It doesn?t get much quackier than energy healing and homeopathy. They are the two most ridiculous quackeries out there, and Bernie Siegel is promoting them both.
Siegel concludes:
I was a pediatric surgeon and a general surgeon, and I know how powerful my words were to the children?and adults?who believed in me. I had no problem deceiving children into health by labeling vitamin pills as medications to prevent nausea and hair loss, or telling them the alcohol (Drug information on alcohol) sponge would numb their skin (and of course, sharing this with their parents, who helped empower their child?s belief). The mind and attitude are powerful healing forces. The mind and body do communicate, so I work with patients? dreams and drawings and have diagnosed illnesses from them. I have yet to meet a physician who was told in medical school that Carl Jung correctly diagnosed a brain tumor by interpreting a patient?s dream.
This may not seem related to the subject of quackery, but it is?because it is about how to train doctors so that they know how to provide hope and potential to patients and how to use the mind and placebo effects. Doctors? ?wordswordswords? can become ?swordswordswords? and kill or cure patients. I know a man who had cancer and needed cataract surgery so he could enjoy the life that remained to him with restored vision. His health plan denied the surgery because they expected him to die within 6 months and didn?t want to spend the money. He died in a week. The Lockerbie Bomber was released by the Scottish authorities because he was dying of cancer. He went back home to the Middle East and survived for over 3 years? and that is no coincidence.
Note the mind-body dualism (?the mind and body do communicate?). Of course they do, because the mind is the brain, and the brain is in constant communication with the body! That doesn?t mean you can think yourself healthy. Remember how I discussed some time ago the way that this increasing emphasis on placebo medicine among promoters of ?integrative medicine.? As I?ve said so many times before, the reason IM fans have taken this position is because they?re finally being forced to accept that high quality evidence shows that most alt-med nostrums rebranded as ?CAM? or ?integrative medicine? produce nonspecific effects no better than placebo. So these nonspecific effects get relabeled as the ?powerful placebo,? as proponents of ?integrating? quackery into real medicine pivot on the proverbial dime and say that?s how their favored therapies worked all along, by firing up placebo effects! It?s pure paternalism, as well, as I have discussed multiple times.
Siegel claims he?s ?unleashing the healing power? in each of us, but what he is really doing is advocating a return to the paternalistic, unquestioned, shaman-healer so common in so many societies in pre-scientific times. In ancient Egypt, physicians were also priests; both functions were one, which made sense given how little effective medicine there was. Praying to the gods for patients to get better was in most cases as good as anything those ancient physicians could do. Also notice how, to Siegel, apparently the end justifies the means. Siegel can deceive patients about vitamins and alcohol sponges because he thinks it?s all for a greater good, really believing that he is so all-powerful a shaman-healer that his words alone can have a huge effect in curing or killing patients. That?s how he appears to be justifying the deception. He needs to get a clue (and some humility) and realize that, although placebo effects are important confounders in clinical trials, it?s a huge stretch to ascribe such awesome power to their effects. What Siegel is describing is magic, not science; religion, not medicine. Thinking does not make it so.
Unfortunately, Cassileth doesn?t seem to realize that, at their core, the ?unconventional? aspects of the ?integrative medicine? that she is promoting are little or no different than what Siegel promotes. In essence, ?integrative medicine? is all about ?integrating? magical thinking into scientific medicine. Acupuncture, ?mind-body? interventions, reiki, and all the various quackademic medicine that has infiltrated medical academia relies on the same ideas, the same magical thinking, that we see on display from Bernie Siegel. Cassileth might think herself so much more rational and ?evidence-based? by attacking the most egregrious cancer quackery, but she?s only fooling herself.
Source: http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/08/22/quackademic-medicine-versus-cancer-quackery/
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ? Spacewalking astronauts improved the safety of their orbiting home Monday by installing shields to protect against zooming pieces of junk.
Gennady Padalka and Yuri Malenchenko hung the panels on the Russian side of the International Space Station, after moving a bulky crane and tossing overboard a small spherical satellite.
The Russian spacewalking powerhouse ? the two have 14 spacewalks between them ? kept going even after Mission Control in Moscow advised them to take a break 3? hours into their excursion.
They surged ahead despite a late start to Monday's spacewalk, the first at the space station in six months. A leaky valve somewhere on the Russian side forced the crew to reopen the air lock and check the seals to ensure a tight fit, before Padalka and Malenchenko could go out. Padalka assured flight controllers they were in no rush, but admitted it was "kind of boring" to wait an extra hour.
The five 1-inch-thick micrometeorite debris panels were supposed to be installed during a previous spacewalk in February, but got put on hold when other work ran long. The pieces were hauled up by the now-retired space shuttles.
Armor is needed to reinforce the Russian segment, which unlike the U.S. compartments, arrived without the proper protection already in place. Such shielding is crucial given the booming threat of space junk; even a tiny scrap can inflict damage.
A 46-foot crane, meanwhile, needed to be moved from one spot on the Russian portion of the space station to another, in advance of the arrival of a new chamber a year or two from now. The astronauts used a companion crane for the job.
And the 20-pound, 1.7-foot-diameter satellite hurled by Padalka will orbit for about three months before burning up in the atmosphere, allowing Russian engineers to track its movement as part of a study on space junk.
This was the ninth spacewalk for Padalka and the fifth for Malenchenko. It was overseen from Moscow and went so well that flight controllers added some extra chores for the two. The only snag was an experiment that wouldn't close properly for retrieval; the spacewalkers were told to leave it outside.
An American and a Japanese astronaut will venture out next week on a NASA-controlled spacewalk.
Spacewalks are no longer commonplace, now that the space station is virtually complete and running fairly trouble-free. It is home to six astronauts.
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Alex Morgan, soccer star on the US Olympic team will write a soccer series targeted at middle school girls.?
Alex Morgan says she hopes to ?inspire young girls? with a middle-school-age trilogy about four soccer-loving girls. Photo: Japan's Azusa Iwashimizu (L) fights for the ball against Alex Morgan of the U.S (R). By Mike Blake/Reuters.
EnlargeOlympic gold medalist, and key player on the US Olympic soccer team, Alex Morgan, has signed a contract with Simon & Schuster to write a trilogy for middle schoolers entitled ?Three Kicks.? ?
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The first installment will be released summer 2013. The series will center on the friendship of four middle school, soccer-loving girls. Editor Kristin Ostby says that the series should display how ?sports are such an integral part of girls? lives ??as much as friends and boys.?
According to?Publisher?s Weekly, the idea for the series was brought to Simon & Schuster soon after Morgan scored the winning goal against Canada during the semi-finals. She is reported to have said that she wanted her series to ?inspire young girls? and ?celebrate? her passion for soccer.
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World Wrestling Council will be at the Pepin Cestero Arena in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on August 25th. Advertised: "Mr. Rayting" Ray Gonzales vs. Thunder in a non holds barred street fight. Barrabas & Lightning are barred from the building. Carlito Carribean Cool vs. "Silent Rage" Andy Leavine (w/Orlando Toledo). "The Academy" Chris Angel vs. "The Precious One" Gilbert. Wes Brisco vs. Ligntning (w/Barrabas). "The Lost Soul" Xix Xavant vs. The Dominican Colonel. "The Archangel" Tommy Diablo vs. WWC Tag Team champion El Diabolico. Chris Joel vs. Superstar Romeo. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 children. Tickets go on sale at 6:00 and bell time is at 8:35.Source: http://www.gwhnews.com/2012/08/august-25-world-wrestling-council-event.html
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's federal police agency has replaced all 348 officers at the capital's international airport almost two months after police there shot dead three of their fellow officers in an alleged drug related killing.
The new agents have been drawn from across Mexico and have all passed psychological and drug tests, regional federal police chief Luis Cardenas said at a news conference.
Three federal policemen have been charged in the June 25 killings, which were embarrassing for President Felipe Calderon, who has waged a six year offensive against drug cartels.
One of those officers is in custody while two others are on the run. A cash reward has been offered for their capture.
Cardenas said the officers were involved in smuggling in cocaine from South America and attacked officers who spotted their wrongdoing.
All the other federal police officers who worked at the airport have been reassigned to other posts across Mexico, Cardenas said.
There have been than 55,000 drug related killings, including those of 3,000 police officers, in Mexico since Calderon took office in late 2006.
Enrique Pena Nieto of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party will assume the presidency in December and has promised to quickly reduce the number of drug related killings.
(Reporting by Ioan Grillo; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-replaces-police-capital-airport-shooting-014352877.html
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Mr Reeves Of House of Reeves at Reeves Corner Croydon at the opening of the new Showrooms with Theo The Magician a year after the London riots
On Wednesday 8th August 2012 Sutton?s Business Award Winning Corporate Entertainer Theo The Magician was asked along to entertain family, friends and supporters.
Mr Reeves commented, ?Just a note to say thank you for entertaining the family and guests at House of Reeves last Wednesday. The balloon hats are still in existence and amusing customers and the plate spinning is driving everyone to distraction trying to emulate your skills. I?ve had to take it home to practice so I can still be the boss!.As for the magic, its a skill that we will will never understand so keep up the entertainment?
Both children and adults enjoyed Theo The Magician?s Close Up Magic, Balloon Modelling and Plate Spinning. The?Favourite?Balloon Model of them all was Theo?s Olympic Balloon Modelling Hat. They were originally for the children, but the adults enjoyed them just as much. It was a?colourful??fun morning, just right for this very special occasion.
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FILE - This Jan. 10, 2006 file photo shows bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman star of the Hawaii-based reality show, "Dog the Bounty Hunter," on Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu. Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom. He was to appear on another reality show, "Celebrity Big Brother," but he has been denied a visa. "It's something that follows you the rest of your life, no matter who you become or who you are," Chapman, 59, said Monday from Honolulu, where he lives. "I'm not proud of it." (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, file)
FILE - This Jan. 10, 2006 file photo shows bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman star of the Hawaii-based reality show, "Dog the Bounty Hunter," on Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu. Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom. He was to appear on another reality show, "Celebrity Big Brother," but he has been denied a visa. "It's something that follows you the rest of your life, no matter who you become or who you are," Chapman, 59, said Monday from Honolulu, where he lives. "I'm not proud of it." (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, file)
FILE - This Jan. 10, 2006 file photo shows bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman star of the Hawaii-based reality show, "Dog the Bounty Hunter," on Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu. Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom. He was to appear on another reality show, "Celebrity Big Brother," but he has been denied a visa. "It's something that follows you the rest of your life, no matter who you become or who you are," Chapman, 59, said Monday from Honolulu, where he lives. "I'm not proud of it." (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, file)
HONOLULU (AP) ? Duane "Dog" Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom.
The reality television star from the show "Dog the Bounty Hunter" was to appear on another reality show, "Celebrity Big Brother," but he has been denied a visa.
"It's something that follows you the rest of your life, no matter who you become or who you are," Chapman, 59, said Monday from Honolulu, where he lives. "I'm not proud of it."
He was 23 in Pampa, Texas, in 1976 when he was in a car outside a house where a friend had gone inside to buy marijuana, he explained. The friend got into an argument with the dealer and shot him.
"In Texas in the '70s, if you were present, you were just as guilty," Chapman said. He and the others in the group were all found guilty of murder. Chapman was sentenced to five years in prison and was paroled after 18 months.
"I shouldn't have went and I shouldn't have been the person I was back then," he said. But he's frustrated that it's keeping him from visiting his fans in the UK. "It feels terrible. I'm dumbfounded. I can't believe it, after all these years, especially when we've been on television for the past nine years."
While he's been denied a visa to visit the UK in the past, his temporary worker visa application notes he has traveled outside the United States, including to Mexico, where he went to capture serial rapist and fugitive Andrew Luster in 2003.
Former Pampa Police Department Officer Charles Love, who was the responding officer in 1976, submitted a declaration saying that "Chapman's role in the crime was minor," and that he was a model inmate until he was granted early release.
Regardless of whether it will sway the UK government, Chapman said he has waited three decades for that statement, which he sees as vindication. "I'm so grateful for it," he said, getting emotional. "I have been telling the truth."
Britain's Home Office said in a statement Tuesday it doesn't comment on individual cases: "All visa applicants are required to declare any criminal convictions when applying to come to the UK. The UK Border Agency subjects all applications for visas to the same rigorous checks."
According to the UK Border Agency's refusal notice provided by the Chapmans, the visa was denied because of the conviction and because his application didn't include enough information about his visit.
Production company Endemol UK Limited submitted a letter saying it is sponsoring Chapman's trip and that he was selected for the show "due to his public interest in his lifestyle and celebrity personality."
Chapman is appealing the visa denial and hoping for a last-minute decision, even though the show was to start to this week.
His wife, Beth Chapman, called the denial "insulting" in light of his charity work. "For 30 years he's lived with the X on his back," she said. "Society just doesn't let it go."
A&E decided not to renew Chapman's series after eight seasons. He said that while he works to get the show back on the air, he was relying on the UK show and the other gigs he lined up in London.
"I've got to make a living. It's really stunned us financially."
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AP correspondent Raphael Satter contributed to this report from London.
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Three people, including a police officer and the suspected gunman, are dead following a shooting near the Texas A&M campus in College Station on Monday, police and university officials say. Four others, including three police officers and a female civilian, were wounded.
According to the College Station Police Department, the gunman--35-year-old Thomas "Tres" Caffall--was shot and taken to College Station Medical Center, where he was? pronounced dead. Chris Northcliff, a 43-year-old College Station resident, was shot and killed in the "gunfight," police said.
The shooting began when Brian Bachmann, a 41-year-old Brazos County constable, attempted to serve an eviction notice. College Station police officers responded to the off-campus house shortly after noon following reports of shots fired, and found Bachmann on the ground.
[Slideshow: Photos from the scene]
"It appears that the shooter [was] shooting from a house with semi-automatic weapons," KBTX-TV said.
The suspect "engaged the officers with gunfire over a period of approximately 30 minutes before he was shot by a College Station officer," according to the police report.
College Station officer Justin Oehlke was shot in the leg. He's listed in stable condition. Two other wounded officers were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and were released, the police spokesman said.
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The unidentified female civilian underwent surgery Monday; her condition was not released.
According to KBTX anchor Steve Fullhart, Caffall's mother released a statement late Monday saying he had "been ill."
"It breaks our hearts his illness led to this," the statement read.
Texas A&M issued an alert on its website just before 12:30 p.m. local time on Monday warning of an active shooter near Kyle Field, the campus football stadium.
The shooting occurred near Highlands and Fidelity Streets in College Station, just south of George Bush Drive and east of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
Monday's shooting comes a little more than a week after seven people, including the suspected gunman, were killed in a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., and less than a month after a gunman opened fire at Aurora, Colo., movie theater during a midnight screening of "Dark Knight Rises," killing 12 and wounding 58.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/report-shooter-apprehended-near-texas-m-campus-183653265.html
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(Patient Dierdre Duffy got a complementary makeover at Fox Chase Cancer Center. Credit: John Ostapkovich)
By John Ostapkovich
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) ? More than two dozen women got makeovers today in an unusual place: Fox Chase Cancer Center.
The idea germinated in May, says hospital spokeswoman Lisa Bailey.
?The Lanc?me counter at Bloomingdale?s in Willow Grove had Manuel Villegas, their national make-up artist, in for the day, and they had a few openings and called us and said, ?Would you like to bring some patients????
Six Fox Chase cancer patients got the star treatment then, and it was such a hit that Villegas was back with some assistants to do 28 this time, with one aim: ?Make these ladies understand that they?re beautiful, no matter what, no matter what stage of their life,? he says.
Dierdre Duffy looked smashing as she emerged with a new outlook.
?It was pleasant to come here for this kind of event and not be coming for chemo, for instance, or a CAT scan,? she said with a smile.
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Here are links and summaries for recent news and opinion about food restrictions.
Unilever campaigns to cut 100 calories from top sellers Jul-16-12 QSR Magazine
The latest World Menu Report commissioned by Unilever Food Solutions finds that while more than 65 percent of consumers surveyed said they would like a ?slightly? healthier dish when eating out, they are not demanding an overhaul of menus. By pledging to the Seductive Nutrition Challenge, restaurant chefs and operators agree to reduce a top menu item by 100 calories and enhance the menu description of the dish to make it more appealing to guests.
Women are driving trend for low-alcohol drinks Jul-18-12 FoodBev.com
Demand for low-alcohol and low-calorie beverages is increasing around the world, according to findings in the new IWSR Insight Report 2012, and women are said to be driving the trend.
McDonalds ?Favorites Under 400 Calories? Jul-25-12 The Food Channel
While some health organizations continue to criticize the hamburger chain?s overwhelming presence as a major sponsor of the London Olympic Games, McDonald?s USA introduced ?Favorites Under 400 Calories? ? a new menu platform featuring existing food and beverage choices.
Momentum builds to overhaul global calorie system Jul-31-12 Food Navigator
A storm in the US over how calories are measured could cross to Europe and an overhaul of the system is long overdue, according to one nutrition expert. Some say that the Atwater system for measuring calories, based on research in the early 1900s, would not bear the scrutiny of modern methods.
Increased interest in healthy eating Jul-17-12 Progressive Grocer
According to Mintel, some 31% of consumers choose healthy foods to lose weight and 30% do so to maintain weight. Some 67% of males think they are a good judge of healthy foods versus 76% of females. Perhaps that?s because 64% of women say they read nutritional information on products, while only 56% of men do the same. 67% of women and 57% of men claim to eat healthy food more often to set a good example for their kids.
Clean food movement growing Jul-24-12 USA Today
The term generally refers to the eating of food as close to its natural state and point of origin as possible, and the movement is a reaction against the health problems caused by our growing fast food-oriented diet. Eat whole, minimally processed food.
Popularity of juicing Jul-31-12 Washington Post
Juicing, said to cleanse and detoxify the body and help you take in more nutrients, is becoming more popular and easier with new-generation juicers. It?s also a way to disguise the taste of kale and other greens. Beware juices heavy on fruit as they can be high in sugar.
Shoppers driven by nutrition Aug-1-12 Shopper360
Customers are attempting to make more of their calories count for better overall health, with 55 percent of shoppers switching to whole grain bread, 33% showing an interest in protein on the label (up 10 points since 2009), and 30% switching to Greek yogurt (up 9 points versus 2011).? 32% of shoppers report that they are buying more foods based on nutritional components versus last year. People are steering away from empty calories and asking, ?what?s in my food, and how is it good for me??
Many new diet books avoid food extremes Aug-4-12 LA Times
There is one consensus among the most popular new diet books on the market: They are largely free of food extremes. All emphasize the need to scrutinize food labels and ditch chemical-laden products in favor of fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and healthy fats.
Vegan diets surging in popularity Jul-24-12 US News & World Report
Vegan diets have lately been surging in popularity, thanks in part to the example of celebrities who are publicly forswearing all animal products (Michelle Pfeiffer, Carrie Underwood, Russell Brand, and Ozzy Osbourne, to name a few others). While many vegans still take the stand because they believe in animal rights, a growing number are swayed by mounting research showing a profound impact on health.
USDA meatless Monday posting retracted after beef industry calls foul Jul-25-12 HuffPost Food
The Agriculture Department says a statement on its website encouraging its employees not to eat meat on Mondays was made without proper clearance. The agency removed the posting hours after the National Cattlemen?s Beef Association denounced it in a news release.
Vegetarians statistics from Gallup Jul-26-12 HuffPost Food
In the USA, 5% are vegetarians and 2% are vegans. 7% of women, 4% of men. 8% of single people, 5% of married people. 5% of 18-29 year olds, 4% of 30-49, 7% of 50-64, 7% 65 and older. 6% of people educated to high school or less or some college; 3% of college graduates, 5% of post-grads. 7% of liberals, 5% of conservatives.
Lactose-free dairy launches tripled in 5 years Jul-18-12 New Hope 360
Global launch numbers for lactose-free dairy products more than tripled in the five-year period to the beginning of 2012, according to Innova Market Insights data.
Treating children?s egg allergies with eggs Jul-18-12 Food Product Design
New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests giving children with egg allergies increasingly higher doses of eggs (oral immunotherapy) can eliminate or ease reactions in most of them.
7 tips for beating bloating during PMS Jul-23-12 Joy Bauer?s Food Cures
Avoid carbonated beverages; limit gas-producing foods (such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, beans and cabbage); avoid salty foods; limit sugar alcohols; don?t overdo it on fiber; avoid large meals; incorporate protein in every meal
Allergy-friendly restaurants Aug-2-12 Fox News
Restaurants have become increasingly more aware of the array of allergens that many suffer from and have made several changes to serve those with allergies. Restaurants that cater to gluten, dairy, nut, egg, and soy allergies.
Butter flavoring linked to Alzheimer?s disease Aug-3-12 Food Navigator USA
An artificial food flavoring compound ? diacetyl (DA) ? used for its butter-like taste and mouthfeel may be linked with key processes in the development of Alzheimer?s disease, according to new research.
Jamba Juice healthier smoothie beverage for schools Jul-16-12 BusinessWire
Jamba Juice Company and National Dairy Council (NDC) have collaborated to create a new fat-free milk and whole fruit smoothie for schools that contains no added sugars. Delivers USDA recommended one-half serving of fat-free dairy and a full serving of whole fruit in 8 fluid ounce size.
School nutrition standards ? Go, Slow, Whoa Aug-2-12 Florida Today
Foods in schools now are categorized by the ?Go, Slow, Whoa? concept adopted by the Coordinated Approach to Child Health program. ?Go? foods are deemed safe and healthy at any time. ?Slow? categorizes those that can be eaten sometimes, but not as a steady diet (e.g., pancakes). ?Whoa? foods should cause children to stop and ask themselves if the food in question would be good for him or her.
Hospital to offer gluten-free menu options Jul-24-12 6HD Omaha
The Celiac Sprue Association is teaming up with Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha to bring gluten-free menu options to the recently renovated cafeteria.
Some quinoa varieties may be unsuitable for strict gluten-free diets Jul-25-12 Food Navigator USA
A new study has questioned advice to include quinoa in gluten-free diets for those with celiac disease, finding that some varieties may trigger symptoms. Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Artificial sweeteners: sugar-free, but at what cost? Jul-16-12 Harvard Health Blog
The American Heart Association (AHA) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) have given a cautious nod to the use of artificial sweeteners in place of sugar to combat obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes, all risk factors for heart disease. However, use of artificial sweeteners can make you shun healthy, filling, and highly nutritious foods while consuming more artificially flavored foods with less nutritional value.
Innova Market Insights top 10 IFT trends Jul-18-12 Food Product Design
Pure is the new Natural; Green is a given; Local and regional foods; Premium foods; Food for seniors (easy to open, easy to digest, reduced acid, for strong bones, specifically formulated, nutritionally balanced, improved health, easy to read labels, and lightweight packaging); Anti-aging; Scientifically-proven claims; Reformulating after regulation (e.g. trans fat); Dietary niches; Plant protein
Sysco pledges to stop gestation crates Jul-24-12 HuffPost Food
Sysco, the world?s largest broadline food distributor, is the latest to join the ranks of other restaurant chains and organizations that have pledged to stop using pork from distributors who use gestation crates.
Chick-fil-A boycott Jul-27-12
Some people are avoiding Chick-fil-A after president/CEO Dan Cathy judged against gay marriage. Here are some other reasons people may avoid the chain.
Nature Valley products are not ?100% natural?, lawsuit claims Jul-30-12 Food Navigator USA
General Mills is the latest food company to face litigation over claims that its products are 100% natural, with a lawsuit alleging that maltodextrin and high maltose corn syrup used in Nature Valley products are artificial ingredients.
Sustainable fast food at Lyfe Kitchen Jul-31-12 Wired Magazine
At Lyfe Kitchen, all the cookies shall be dairy-free, all the beef from grass-fed, humanely raised cows. At Lyfe Kitchen there shall be no butter, no cream, no white sugar, no white flour, no high-fructose corn syrup, no GMOs, no trans fats, no additives. Ingredients include brussels sprouts and quinoa. Mike Roberts, former president and chief operating officer of McDonald?s, is starting this venture.
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