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Antony and the Johnsons (formed 1998) Antony and the Johnsons is an American music collective, supporting and showcasing the work of singer, musician and songwriter Antony Hegarty.
Formation: Hergarty's career began when a demo tape of his was heard by Current 93's David Tibet, who offered to release the work under his own music label, Durtro. In 2000, Hegarty released his debut album, entitled 'Anthony and the Johnsons'.
Career: In 2001, Anthony (now with the accompaniment of Anthony and the Johnsons) released an EP entitled 'I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy'. A live album was then released by Durtro in 2003 entitled 'Live at St. Olave's'. When 'I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy' was given to the Velvet Underground's Lou Reed, Reed invited Anthony to take part in his recording sessions for 'The Raven'. The project was started with the intent of recording the stories of Edgar Allen Poe to music. After the release of 'The Raven', Hergarty signed on to Secretly Canadian and released 'The Lake' EP, as well as a rerelease of the debut album.
The second studio album from Anthony and the Johnsons was released in 2005, and entitled 'I Am a Bird Now', which went on to receive generally positive reviews. In addition, the album's release lead to them being award the Mercury Music Prize for 2005. The following year, Anthony and the Johnsons teamed by with film-maker Charles Atlas on a film named 'Turning'. This in itself was followed in 2008 by the release of the 'Another World' EP.
In 2009, Anthony and the Johnsons released their third studio album, 'The Crying Light'. It was supported by a performance at the Manchester International Festival. In January 2012, the fourth album from Anthony and the Johnsons was supported by a sold out performance at the New York Museum of Modern Art. The following year, the group created an exclusive song for 'The Hunger Games: Catching Far' entitled 'Angel on Fire'.
If it sometimes feels that the more choice there is the more conservative our music tastes are becoming, one only need look at the on-going success of Antony Hegarty as proof that there is still room for a compelling, challenging and unique artist to broach mainstream success. Hegarty has long since justified the initial acclaim that greeted him upon winning the Mercury Music Prize back in 2005 with his second LP 'I Am A Bird Now'.
Having had the introduction I bought the album, I Am A Bird Now, and its predecessor. They were, and still are fantastic. Whatever the detractors may have had to say about the Mercury winning album of 2005, because of Antony's country of residence, or the collaborators that contributed to its brilliance, I still think it was a very worthy winner. The stories and recollections were told so vividly and candidly that they were at times disturbingly honest. Antony laid his heart bare and told of his struggles to find acceptance and love whilst wrestling with his inner demons.
Video for Another World from Antony and the Johnsons released through Secretly Canadian.


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HEART OF A DOG is a personal essay that weaves together childhood memories, video diaries, philosophical musings on data collection, surveillance culture and the Buddhist conception of the afterlife, and heartfelt tributes to the artists, writers, musicians and thinkers who inspire her.Fusing her own witty, inquisitive narration with original violin compositions, hand-drawn animation, 8mm home movies and artwork culled from exhibitions past and present, Anderson creates a hypnotic, collage-like visual language out of the raw materials of her life and art, examining how stories are constructed and told — and how we use them to make sense of our lives.
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West Hartford considers protected bike lanes for New Park Avenue reconstruction
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WEST HARTFORD — The town is considering using protected bike lanes for the first time when reconstructing New Park Avenue.
At Wednesday morning's Community Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting, Town Engineer Greg Sommer made a formal recommendation to construct a 9-foot-wide two-way cycle track with a vertical separation buffer in the form of bollards or a raised curb on the west side of New Park Avenue as part of the Complete Streets project that will implement a road diet, turning a four-lane road into a three-lane road, with one of those lanes being a shared two-way left turn lane.
Until now, West Hartford's bike lanes have only been delineated by paint on the road. Sommer said New Park Avenue is a suitable candidate for the town's first-ever protected bike lane, which would carry bike traffic north and south on the same western side of the road.
"New Park Avenue, this is a good candidate for this type of treatment where you have a protected facility," Sommer said. "We've received requests in other areas of town for this, such as North Main Street, but as you can imagine, in residential areas, you have a lot of service vehicles, deliveries and things of that nature. Those vehicles are short term and they rely on the ability to pull over into the bike lane to make those deliveries. If you were to add a curb or a delineation, they wouldn't be able to do that."
The protected bike lane would take cyclists from New Britain Avenue to Talcott Road. At that point, cyclists would enter an off-road path, taking their travel entirely off the street and further north up New Park Avenue.
The committee, consisting of Town Council members Leon Davidoff, Ben Wenograd and Mark Zydanowicz, heard Sommer's presentation but didn't take action on referring it to the Town Council. Town Manager Rick Ledwith and Mayor Shari Cantor were absent from the meeting as they were attending a rally that morning where a pedestrian had been killed in a hit-and-run the night before.
But should the committee refer the model to the Town Council, it would do so knowing the extra strain the town's public works department said it would incur.
John Phillips, director of public works, cited new equipment his department would need to maintain the cycle track — a mini sweeper costing $230,000 and utility equipment costing $150,000 for snow and ice removal. Phillips also said hiring two new staff members at the annual cost of $140,000 would help maintain the lane. Other recurring costs associated with the project would include moving snow to an off-site location, replacing bollards and pavement markings.
"Public works supports these infrastructure improvements," Phillips said. "By no way does public works want to come off as an obstacle to progress on any of these infrastructure improvements for both pedestrian and bike lane additions. These changes do have long-term legacy maintenance changes that public works would have to address both on an equipment resource side but probably and most likely leading into a labor resource side."
Phillips said public works is already understaffed in trying to keep up with new infrastructure changes in town, so hiring two more employees would help him better manage that workload.
"It's a reactive and proactive approach," Phillips said. "We're already understaffed to some of the improvements that have already been made, both in unprotected bike lanes as well as the 3.5 miles of off-street trails that have been installed. This is something that's been boiling with us. As we continue to see these developments come online, public works is just trying to keep up with the pace of demand and the levels of service that is expected in the West Hartford community."
The committee, though, could opt for one of the two other options Sommer presented. One option would be similar to other bike lanes in town, with 5-foot-wide lanes on the east and west sides of the road only separated by paint. Another option would replicate that setup but include the protected vertical separation buffers.
Zydanowicz questioned including these types of bike lanes on New Park Avenue, citing the road's heavy traffic.
"I support the bike traffic and always have. For some reason, this doesn't sit well with me at all," he said. "We know that we have a traffic issue here in town that we have to fix and alleviate somehow. This side of town is no exception. If we want to move bikes, why is this the best option? There's a reason this is requested and supported for bollards, because it is so busy. This is not a route that I would typically take, nor would I tell my kids to take to go north and south. I would give them other options."
Sommer said that with the town's Complete Streets policy, any road reconstruction requires them to look at incorporating ways to make that road accessible to cyclists and other methods of transportation that aren't vehicles.
"We're looking to try and promote this area as a transit-oriented development along that corridor," Sommer said. "From that standpoint, it makes sense that we are trying to provide these bicycle facilities and promote more cycling through that area and provide a safe way for them to do that."
Davidoff wondered that because the protected bike lanes would have openings in them for traffic turning in and out if they might create a false sense of security.
Ed Pawlak, chair of West Hartford's Pedestrian Bicyclist Advisory Commission, who also recommended the same option as Sommer, said any protection is a good thing. He also noted the New Park Avenue road diet is intended to change the traffic of that roadway considerably.
"The more protected bike lanes are, the safer that they feel," Pawlak said. "I believe the more protected the bike facility is, the greater the ridership will be. It's very unsafe right now. That's why it's getting a Complete Streets. It's going to be a different roadway. It won't be the motorway that it is today."
Pawlak said turning even one vehicle into a cyclist would be a win in his eyes.
"Every time that you can allow a resident to choose to ride their bicycle to a destination in town rather than a motor vehicle, that's one less car on the road," he said. "That's incrementally just a little bit less congestion. I think that benefits all of us."
The committee will continue discussions on the bike lane in the new year.
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Bolt has pretty much won it all, as far as track events are concerned, securing gold medals in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100 meter relay events. His record for finishing the 100m sprint at 9.58 sec is the crown jewel of his athletic career but he has different plans for the future. Bolt is set to have his first professional football trial with German club Borussia Dortmund this summer in March, which has been arranged by the club's sponsor Puma, who also sponsor the Jamaican athlete.
'In March we're going to do trials with Dortmund and that will determine what I do with that career, which way it goes. If they say I'm good, and that I need a bit of training, I'll do it,' the eight-time Olympic gold medalist told the Express in an interview.
Bolt added that the idea of playing professional football makes him nervous.
"It makes me nervous. I don't get nervous but this is different, this is football now. It'll take time to adjust but once I play a few times I'll get used to it. One of my biggest dreams is to sign for Manchester United. If Dortmund say I'm good enough, I'll crack on and train hard," he said.
Bolt has always harvested a dream of representing his favourite club, Manchester United, ever since he was a young lad. He has also reiterated his desire to push a move to the club if things go smoothly and also claimed to have already spoken to legendary former coach Sir Alex Ferguson regarding the same.
"One of my biggest dreams is to sign for Manchester United. If Dortmund say I'm good enough, I'll crack on and train hard. I've spoken to (former United manager) Alex Ferguson and I told him he needs to put in a good word. He told me if I get fit and ready, he will see what he can do."


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It's coming to the end of the university year and to celebrate the end of a long tough year, we're holding a 2021 Lecturer Awards event! Voting was held over the past month, join us on Wednesday to see who won.

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Cristiano Ronaldo has completed his move to Juventus.
Real Madrid have failed to persuade Cristiano Ronaldo to extend his stay at the European champions into a 10th season as he has opted to sign for Juventus.
The Portugal international has rejected the offer of an improved contract at the Santiago Bernabeu and his move to the Italian giants was confirmed on Tuesday evening.
Juventus have agreed a deal worth in the region of €120million for Ronaldo, having already agreed personal terms with the 33-year-old.
Madrid are understood to have asked for Ronaldo's transfer fee to be paid in a single instalment.
Ronaldo said: "These years in Real Madrid, and in this city of Madrid, have been possibly the happiest of my life.
The Serie A club will pay a basic salary of €30m after tax to a player who has won four of the last five Ballons d'Or and wanted that status reflected in his financial terms.
Juve, who reported turnover of €555m in the 2016-17 season, will reward Ronaldo with a salary package worth more than four times that of their current best-paid player. Their pursuit of the Champions League record goalscorer is the boldest aspect of a squad rebuild designed to bring Europe's premier club trophy back to the Turin club for the first time since 1996.
The Italian champions have already signed Joao Cancelo from Valencia, Emre Can from Liverpool at significant expense, as well as converting Douglas Costa's loan from Bayern Munich into a permanent transfer for an initial fee of €40m.
They have also recruited a pair of young Italians in Mattia Perin and Andrea Favilli from domestic opponents.
Ronaldo loved his time in Madrid but wants a new challenge.
Juve's restructuring, which also involves the release of Kwadwo Asamoah, Gianluigi Buffon and Stephan Lichtsteiner while considering offers for Gonzalo Higuain, Mario Mandzukic and Alex Sandro, has been driven by Massimiliano Allegri.
A domestic double winner in every one of his four seasons at the club, Juve's coach rejected approaches from Arsenal, Chelsea and Madrid on condition that his squad was radically restructured with the Champions League in mind.
Club president Florentino Perez will use the funds recouped from and the wage bill freed up by a sale to bring new 'Galactico' signings to the Bernabeu.
Perez holds a long standing interest in bringing Neymar and Kylian Mbappe to Madrid. Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari owners have made it clear they will not allow the Brazilian to force an exit this summer, but there may be scope to take advantage of PSG's problems complying with Financial Fair Play and pursue Mbappe.


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Joe Young, (* 4. Juli 1889 in New York City; † 21. April 1939 ebenda) war ein amerikanischer Songtexter.

Youngs aktivste Zeit war zwischen 1911 und den späten 1930er-Jahren, als er für eine Vielzahl von Musikproduzenten arbeitete. Im Ersten Weltkrieg sang er für die amerikanischen Truppen in Europa. Zwischen 1916 und 1930 schrieb er eine Reihe von Liedtexten gemeinsam mit Sam M. Lewis, etwa Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (1918), How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? (1919), Tuck Me to Sleep (in My Old 'Tucky Home) (1922), I'm Sitting on Top of the World (1925) oder den Jazzstandard Dinah (1925, Musik Harry Akst). 1970 wurde er in die Songwriters Hall of Fame aufgenommen.

The Laugh Parade
Für die 1931er Broadway-Show The Laugh Parade arbeitete Young mit seinem Texterkollegen Mort Dixon und Komponisten Harry Warren zusammen an seinem langanhaltendsten Erfolg You're My Everything. Die Darbietung enthielt außerdem:
 Ooh! That Kiss
 Love Me Forever
 That Torch Song
 Joseph Young III

Spätere Arbeiten
 In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
 Lullaby of the Leaves
 Snuggled On Your Shoulder, Cuddled In Your Arms
 Was That the Human Thing To Do?
 Something In The Night
 Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore
 I'm Growing Fonder of You
 You're A Heavenly Thing
 Sing an Old Fashioned Song
 Dancing With You

Sein letztes Werk war der bekannte Fats-Waller-Standard I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, den er 1935 zusammen mit Fred Ahlert schrieb.

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Pseudoscience is a claim, belief, or practice which is presented as scientific, but does not adhere to a valid scientific method, lacks supporting evidence or plausibility, cannot be reliably tested, or otherwise lacks scientific status. Pseudoscience is often characterized by the use of vague, contradictory, exaggerated or unprovable claims, an over-reliance on confirmation rather than rigorous attempts at refutation, a lack of openness to evaluation by other experts, and a general absence of systematic processes to rationally develop theories.
A field, practice, or body of knowledge can reasonably be called pseudoscientific when it is presented as consistent with the norms of scientific research, but it demonstrably fails to meet these norms. Science is also distinguishable from revelation, theology, or spirituality in that it offers insight into the physical world obtained by empirical research and testing. Commonly held beliefs in popular science may not meet the criteria of science. "Pop science" may blur the divide between science and pseudoscience among the general public, and may also involve science fiction. Pseudoscientific beliefs are widespread, even among public school science teachers and newspaper reporters.
The demarcation problem between science and pseudoscience has ethical political implications, as well as philosophical and scientific issues. Differentiating science from pseudoscience has practical implications in the case of health care, expert testimony, environmental policies, and science education. Distinguishing scientific facts and theories from pseudoscientific beliefs such as those found in astrology, medical quackery, and occult beliefs combined with scientific concepts, is part of science education and scientific literacy.
The term pseudoscience is often considered inherently pejorative, because it suggests something is being inaccurately or even deceptively portrayed as science. Accordingly, those labeled as practicing or advocating pseudoscience usually dispute the characterization.
While the standards for determining whether a body of knowledge, methodology, or practice is scientific can vary from field to field, a number of basic principles are widely agreed upon by scientists. The basic notion is that all experimental results should be reproducible, and able to be verified by other individuals. These principles aim to ensure experiments can be measurably reproduced under the same conditions, allowing further investigation to determine whether a hypothesis or theory related to given phenomena is both valid and reliable. Standards require the scientific method to be applied throughout, and bias will be controlled for or eliminated through randomization, fair sampling procedures, blinding of studies, and other methods. All gathered data, including the experimental or environmental conditions, are expected to be documented for scrutiny and made available for peer review, allowing further experiments or studies to be conducted to confirm or falsify results. Statistical quantification of significance, confidence, and error are also important tools for the scientific method.
In the mid-20th century, Karl Popper put forth the criterion of falsifiability to distinguish science from nonscience. Falsifiability means a result can be disproved. For example, a statement such as "God created the universe" may be true or false, but no tests can be devised that could prove it either way; it simply lies outside the reach of science. Popper used astrology and psychoanalysis as examples of pseudoscience and Einstein's theory of relativity as an example of science. He subdivided nonscience into philosophical, mathematical, mythological, religious and/or metaphysical formulations on one hand, and pseudoscientific formulations on the other, though he did not provide clear criteria for the differences.
Originality: The tests and research done must present something new to the scientific community.
Detachment: The scientists' reasons for practicing this science must be simply for the expansion of their knowledge. The scientists should not have personal reasons to expect certain results.
Universality: No person should be able to more easily obtain the information of a test than another person. Social class, religion, ethnicity, or any other personal factors should not be factors in someone's ability to receive or perform a type of science.
Skepticism: Scientific facts must not be based on faith. One should always question every case and argument and constantly check for errors or invalid claims.
Public accessibility: Any scientific knowledge one obtains should be made available to everyone. The results of any research should be openly published and shared with the scientific community.
In 1978, Paul Thagard proposed that pseudoscience is primarily distinguishable from science when it is less progressive than alternative theories over a long period of time, and its proponents fail to acknowledge or address problems with the theory. In 1983, Mario Bunge has suggested the categories of "belief fields" and "research fields" to help distinguish between pseudoscience and science, where the first is primarily personal and subjective and the latter involves a certain systematic approach.
Philosophers of science, such as Paul Feyerabend, argued that a distinction between science and nonscience is neither possible nor desirable. Among the issues which can make the distinction difficult is variable rates of evolution among the theories and methodologies of science in response to new data. In addition, specific standards applicable to one field of science may not be applicable in other fields.
Larry Laudan has suggested pseudoscience has no scientific meaning and is mostly used to describe our emotions: "If we would stand up and be counted on the side of reason, we ought to drop terms like 'pseudo-science' and 'unscientific' from our vocabulary; they are just hollow phrases which do only emotive work for us". Likewise, Richard McNally states, "The term 'pseudoscience' has become little more than an inflammatory buzzword for quickly dismissing one's opponents in media sound-bites" and "When therapeutic entrepreneurs make claims on behalf of their interventions, we should not waste our time trying to determine whether their interventions qualify as pseudoscientific. Rather, we should ask them: How do you know that your intervention works? What is your evidence?"
The word "pseudoscience" is derived from the Greek root pseudo meaning false and the English word science. Although the term has been in use since at least the late 18th century (used in 1796 in reference to alchemy,) the concept of pseudoscience as distinct from real or proper science appears to have emerged in the mid-19th century. Among the first recorded uses of the word "pseudo-science" was in 1844 in the Northern Journal of Medicine, I 387: "That opposite kind of innovation which pronounces what has been recognized as a branch of science, to have been a pseudo-science, composed merely of so-called facts, connected together by misapprehensions under the disguise of principles". An earlier recorded use of the term was in 1843 by the French physiologist François Magendie. During the 20th century, the word was used rhetorically to ascribe to an action falsely maintaining scientific status. From time to time, though, the usage of the word occurred in a more formal, technical manner around a perceived threat to individual and institutional security in a social and cultural setting.
The history of pseudoscience is the study of pseudoscientific theories over time. A pseudoscience is a set of ideas that presents itself as science, while it does not meet the criteria to properly be called such.
Distinguishing between proper science and pseudoscience is sometimes difficult. One proposal for demarcation between the two is the falsification criterion, most notably attributed to the philosopher Karl Popper. In the history of science and "history of pseudoscience" it can be especially hard to separate the two, because some sciences developed from pseudosciences. An example of this is the science chemistry, which traces its origins to pseudoscientific alchemy.
The vast diversity in pseudosciences further complicates the history of science. Some modern pseudosciences, such as astrology and acupuncture, originated before the scientific era. Others developed as part of an ideology, such as Lysenkoism, or as a response to perceived threats to an ideology. Examples are creation science and intelligent design, which were developed in response to the scientific theory of evolution.
Despite failing to meet proper scientific standards, many pseudosciences survive. This is usually due to a persistent core of devotees who refuse to accept scientific criticism of their beliefs, or due to popular misconceptions. Sheer popularity is also a factor, as is attested by astrology, which remains popular despite being rejected by a large majority of scientists.
A field, practice, or body of knowledge might reasonably be called pseudoscientific when it is presented as consistent with the norms of scientific research, but it demonstrably fails to meet these norms.
Karl Popper stated it is insufficient to distinguish science from pseudoscience, or from metaphysics, by the criterion of rigorous adherence to the empirical method, which is essentially inductive, based on observation or experimentation. He proposed a method to distinguish between genuine empirical, nonempirical or even pseudoempirical methods. The latter case was exemplified by astrology, which appeals to observation and experimentation. While it had astonishing empirical evidence based on observation, on horoscopes and biographies, it crucially failed to adhere to acceptable scientific standards. Popper proposed falsifiability as an important criterion in distinguishing science from pseudoscience.
To demonstrate this point, Popper gave two cases of human behavior and typical explanations from Freud and Adler's theories: "that of a man who pushes a child into the water with the intention of drowning it; and that of a man who sacrifices his life in an attempt to save the child." From Freud's perspective, the first man would have suffered from psychological repression, probably originating from an Oedipus complex, whereas the second had attained sublimation. From Adler's perspective, the first and second man suffered from feelings of inferiority and had to prove himself which drove him to commit the crime or, in the second case, rescue the child. Popper was not able to find any counterexamples of human behavior in which the behavior could not be explained in the terms of Adler's or Freud's theory. Popper argued it was that the observation always fitted or confirmed the theory which, rather than being its strength, was actually its weakness.
In contrast, Popper gave the example of Einstein's gravitational theory, which predicted "light must be attracted by heavy bodies (such as the sun), precisely as material bodies were attracted." Following from this, stars closer to the sun would appear to have moved a small distance away from the sun, and away from each other. This prediction was particularly striking to Popper because it involved considerable risk. The brightness of the sun prevented this effect from being observed under normal circumstances, so photographs had to be taken during an eclipse and compared to photographs taken at night. Popper states, "If observation shows that the predicted effect is definitely absent, then the theory is simply refuted." Popper summed up his criterion for the scientific status of a theory as depending on its falsifiability, refutability, or testability.
Paul R. Thagard used astrology as a case study to distinguish science from pseudoscience and proposed principles and criteria to delineate them. First, astrology has not progressed in that it has not been updated nor added any explanatory power since Ptolemy. Second, it has ignored outstanding problems such as the precession of equinoxes in astronomy. Third, alternative theories of personality and behavior have grown progressively to encompass explanations of phenomena which astrology statically attributes to heavenly forces. Fourth, astrologers have remained uninterested in furthering the theory to deal with outstanding problems or in critically evaluating the theory in relation to other theories. Thagard intended this criterion to be extended to areas other than astrology. He believed it would delineate as pseudoscientific such practices as witchcraft and pyramidology, while leaving physics, chemistry and biology in the realm of science. Biorhythms, which like astrology relied uncritically on birth dates, did not meet the criterion of pseudoscience at the time because there were no alternative explanations for the same observations. The use of this criterion has the consequence that a theory can at one time be scientific and at another pseudoscientific.
Science is also distinguishable from revelation, theology, or spirituality in that it offers insight into the physical world obtained by empirical research and testing. For this reason, the teaching of creation science and intelligent design has been strongly condemned in position statements from scientific organisations. The most notable disputes concern the evolution of living organisms, the idea of common descent, the geologic history of the Earth, the formation of the solar system, and the origin of the universe. Systems of belief that derive from divine or inspired knowledge are not considered pseudoscience if they do not claim either to be scientific or to overturn well-established science. Moreover, some specific religious claims, such as the power of intercessory prayer to heal the sick can be tested by the scientific method, though they may be based on untestable beliefs.
Some statements and commonly held beliefs in popular science may not meet the criteria of science. "Pop" science may blur the divide between science and pseudoscience among the general public, and may also involve science fiction. Indeed, pop science is disseminated to, and can also easily emanate from, persons not accountable to scientific methodology and expert peer review.
If the claims of a given field can be experimentally tested and methodological standards are upheld, it is not "pseudoscience", however odd, astonishing, or counterintuitive. If claims made are inconsistent with existing experimental results or established theory, but the methodology is sound, caution should be used; science consists of testing hypotheses which may turn out to be false. In such a case, the work may be better described as ideas that are "not yet generally accepted". Protoscience is a term sometimes used to describe a hypothesis that has not yet been adequately tested by the scientific method, but which is otherwise consistent with existing science or which, where inconsistent, offers reasonable account of the inconsistency. It may also describe the transition from a body of practical knowledge into a scientific field.
Examples of pseudoscience concepts, proposed as scientific when they are not scientific, include: acupuncture, alchemy, ancient astronauts, applied kinesiology, astrology, Ayurvedic medicine, biorhythms, cellular memory, cold fusion, craniometry, creation science, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's engram theory, enneagrams, eugenics, extrasensory perception (ESP), facilitated communication, graphology, homeopathy, intelligent design, iridology, kundalini, Lysenkoism, metoposcopy, N-rays, naturopathy, orgone energy, Oyagaku, paranormal plant perception, phrenology, physiognomy, qi, New Age psychotherapies (e.g., rebirthing therapy), reflexology, remote viewing, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), reiki, Rolfing, therapeutic touch, and the revised history of the solar system proposed by Immanuel Velikovsky.
Robert T. Carroll stated in part: "Pseudoscientists claim to base their theories on empirical evidence, and they may even use some scientific methods, though often their understanding of a controlled experiment is inadequate. Many pseudoscientists relish being able to point out the consistency of their ideas with known facts or with predicted consequences, but they do not recognize that such consistency is not proof of anything. It is a necessary condition but not a sufficient condition that a good scientific theory be consistent with the facts."
In 2006, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) issued an executive summary of a paper on science and engineering which briefly discussed the prevalence of pseudoscience in modern times. It said, "belief in pseudoscience is widespread" and, referencing a Gallup Poll, stated that belief in the 10 commonly believed examples of paranormal phenomena listed in the poll were "pseudoscientific beliefs". The items were: "extrasensory perception (ESP), that houses can be haunted, ghosts, telepathy, clairvoyance, astrology, that people can communicate mentally with someone who has died, witches, reincarnation, and channelling". Such beliefs in pseudoscience reflect a lack of knowledge of how science works. The scientific community may aim to communicate information about science out of concern for the public's susceptibility to unproven claims. The following are some of the indicators of the possible presence of pseudoscience.
Lack of boundary conditions: Most well-supported scientific theories possess well-articulated limitations under which the predicted phenomena do and do not apply.
Over-reliance on testimonial, anecdotal evidence, or personal experience: This evidence may be useful for the context of discovery (i.e. hypothesis generation), but should not be used in the context of justification (e.g. Statistical hypothesis testing).
Presentation of data that seems to support its claims while suppressing or refusing to consider data that conflict with its claims This is an example of selection bias, a distortion of evidence or data that arises from the way that the data are collected. It is sometimes referred to as the selection effect.
Reversed burden of proof: In science, the burden of proof rests on those making a claim, not on the critic. "Pseudoscientific" arguments may neglect this principle and demand that skeptics demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that a claim (e.g. an assertion regarding the efficacy of a novel therapeutic technique) is false. It is essentially impossible to prove a universal negative, so this tactic incorrectly places the burden of proof on the skeptic rather than the claimant.
Appeals to holism as opposed to reductionism: Proponents of pseudoscientific claims, especially in organic medicine, alternative medicine, naturopathy and mental health, often resort to the "mantra of holism" to dismiss negative findings.
Evasion of peer review before publicizing results (called "science by press conference"): Some proponents of ideas that contradict accepted scientific theories avoid subjecting their ideas to peer review, sometimes on the grounds that peer review is biased towards established paradigms, and sometimes on the grounds that assertions cannot be evaluated adequately using standard scientific methods. By remaining insulated from the peer review process, these proponents forgo the opportunity of corrective feedback from informed colleagues.
Some agencies, institutions, and publications that fund scientific research require authors to share data so others can evaluate a paper independently. Failure to provide adequate information for other researchers to reproduce the claims contributes to a lack of openness.
Lack of self-correction: scientific research programmes make mistakes, but they tend to eliminate these errors over time. By contrast, ideas may be regarded as pseudoscientific because they have remained unaltered despite contradictory evidence. The work Scientists Confront Velikovsky (1976) Cornell University, also delves into these features in some detail, as does the work of Thomas Kuhn, e.g. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) which also discusses some of the items on the list of characteristics of pseudoscience.
Statistical significance of supporting experimental results does not improve over time and are usually close to the cutoff for statistical significance. Normally, experimental techniques improve or the experiments are repeated, and this gives ever stronger evidence. If statistical significance does not improve, this typically shows the experiments have just been repeated until a success occurs due to chance variations.
Tight social groups and authoritarian personality, suppression of dissent, and groupthink can enhance the adoption of beliefs that have no rational basis. In attempting to confirm their beliefs, the group tends to identify their critics as enemies.
Creating scientific-sounding terms to add weight to claims and persuade nonexperts to believe statements that may be false or meaningless: For example, a long-standing hoax refers to water by the rarely used formal name "dihydrogen monoxide" and describes it as the main constituent in most poisonous solutions to show how easily the general public can be misled.
In his book The Most Precious Thing Carl Sagan discusses the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party concern about Western pseudoscience developments and certain ancient Chinese practices in China. He sees pseudoscience occurring in the U.S. as part of a worldwide trend and suggests its causes, dangers, diagnosis and treatment may be universal. In Spain, another science writer Luis Alfonso Gámez was sued after he notified the public about the lack of efficacy to support the claims of a popular pseudoscientist. In the US, 54% of the population believe in psychic healing and 35% believe in telepathy. In Europe, the statistics are not that much different. A significant percentage of Europeans consider homeopathy (34%) and horoscopes (13%) to be reliable science. Over the past decade, consumer interest in the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices and/or products has increased. Surveys demonstrate that the people with the most serious medical conditions, such as cancer, chronic pain, and HIV, are the most routine consumers of CAM.
The National Science Foundation stated that pseudoscientific beliefs in the U.S. became more widespread during the 1990s, peaked near 2001, and declined slightly since with pseudoscientific beliefs remaining common. According to the NSF report, there is a lack of knowledge of pseudoscientific issues in society and pseudoscientific practices are commonly followed. Bunge states, "A survey on public knowledge of science in the United States showed that in 1988 50% of American adults [rejected] evolution, and 88% believed astrology is a science." Other surveys indicate about a third of all adult Americans consider astrology to be scientific.
In the Journal of College Science Teaching, Art Hobson writes, "Pseudoscientific beliefs are surprisingly widespread in our culture even among public school science teachers and newspaper editors, and are closely related to scientific illiteracy."
In a report Singer and Benassi (1981) wrote that pseudoscientific beliefs have their origin from at least four sources.
Another American study (Eve and Dunn, 1990) supported the findings of Singer and Benassi and found sufficient levels of pseudoscientific belief being promoted by high school life science and biology teachers.
Pseudoscientific thinking has been explained in terms of psychology and social psychology. The human proclivity for seeking confirmation rather than refutation (confirmation bias), the tendency to hold comforting beliefs, and the tendency to overgeneralize have been proposed as reasons for the common adherence to pseudoscientific thinking. According to Beyerstein (1991), humans are prone to associations based on resemblances only, and often prone to misattribution in cause-effect thinking.
Lindeman states that social motives (i.e., "to comprehend self and the world, to have a sense of control over outcomes, to belong, to find the world benevolent and to maintain one's self-esteem") are often "more easily" fulfilled by pseudoscience than by scientific information. Furthermore, pseudoscientific explanations are generally not analyzed rationally, but instead experientially. Operating within a different set of rules compared to rational thinking, experiential thinking regards an explanation as valid if the explanation is "personally functional, satisfying and sufficient", offering a description of the world that may be more personal than can be provided by science and reducing the amount of potential work involved in understanding complex events and outcomes.
In our culture and thinking, people appear to have trouble distinguishing science from pseuodoscience. The prime reason people believe in wishful things is because they want to, it feels good and it is consoling. Many weird beliefs give immediate gratification. Immediate gratification of a person's belief is made a lot easier by simple explanations for an often complicated and contingent world. The scientific and secular systems of morality and meaning are generally unsatisfying to most people. Humans are, by nature, a forward-minded species pursuing greater avenues of happiness and satisfaction, but we are all too frequently willing to grasp at unrealistic promises of a better life.
Psychology has much to discuss about pseudoscience thinking, as it is the illusory perceptions of causality and effectiveness of numerous individuals that needs to be illuminated. Research suggests that illusionary thinking happens in most people when exposed to certain circumstances such as reading a book, an advertisement or the testimony of others are the basis of pseudoscience beliefs. It is assumed that illusions are not unusual, and given the right conditions, illusions are able to occur systematically even in normal emotional situations. One of the things pseudoscience believers quibble most about is that academic science usually treats them as fools. Minimizing these illusions in the real world is not simple. To this aim, designing evidence-based educational programs can be effective to help people identify and reduce their own illusions.
In the philosophy and history of science, Imre Lakatos stresses the social and political importance of the demarcation problem, the normative methodological problem of distinguishing between science and pseudoscience. His distinctive historical analysis of scientific methodology based on research programmes suggests: "scientists regard the successful theoretical prediction of stunning novel facts – such as the return of Halley's comet or the gravitational bending of light rays – as what demarcates good scientific theories from pseudo-scientific and degenerate theories, and in spite of all scientific theories being forever confronted by 'an ocean of counterexamples'". Lakatos offers a "novel fallibilist analysis of the development of Newton's celestial dynamics, [his] favourite historical example of his methodology" and argues in light of this historical turn, that his account answers for certain inadequacies in those of Sir Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn. "Nonetheless, Lakatos did recognize the force of Kuhn's historical criticism of Popper – all important theories have been surrounded by an 'ocean of anomalies', which on a falsificationist view would require the rejection of the theory outright... Lakatos sought to reconcile the rationalism of Popperian falsificationism with what seemed to be its own refutation by history".
Many philosophers have tried to solve the problem of demarcation in the following terms: a statement constitutes knowledge if sufficiently many people believe it sufficiently strongly. But the history of thought shows us that many people were totally committed to absurd beliefs. If the strengths of beliefs were a hallmark of knowledge, we should have to rank some tales about demons, angels, devils, and of heaven and hell as knowledge. Scientists, on the other hand, are very sceptical even of their best theories. Newton's is the most powerful theory science has yet produced, but Newton himself never believed that bodies attract each other at a distance. So no degree of commitment to beliefs makes them knowledge. Indeed, the hallmark of scientific behaviour is a certain scepticism even towards one's most cherished theories. Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.
Thus a statement may be pseudoscientific even if it is eminently 'plausible' and everybody believes in it, and it may be scientifically valuable even if it is unbelievable and nobody believes in it. A theory may even be of supreme scientific value even if no one understands it, let alone believes in it.
The boundary lines between science and pseudoscience are disputed and difficult to determine analytically, even after more than a century of dialogue among philosophers of science and scientists in varied fields, and despite some basic agreements on the fundaments of scientific methodology. The concept of pseudoscience rests on an understanding that scientific methodology has been misrepresented or misapplied with respect to a given theory, but many philosophers of science maintain that different kinds of methods are held as appropriate across different fields and different eras of human history. According to Lakatos, the typical descriptive unit of great scientific achievements is not an isolated hypothesis but "a powerful problem-solving machinery, which, with the help of sophisticated mathematical techniques, digests anomalies and even turns them into positive evidence."
To Popper, pseudoscience uses induction to generate theories, and only performs experiments to seek to verify them. To Popper, falsifiability is what determines the scientific status of a theory. Taking a historical approach, Kuhn observed that scientists did not follow Popper's rule, and might ignore falsifying data, unless overwhelming. To Kuhn, puzzle-solving within a paradigm is science. Lakatos attempted to resolve this debate, by suggesting history shows that science occurs in research programmes, competing according to how progressive they are. The leading idea of a programme could evolve, driven by its heuristic to make predictions that can be supported by evidence. Feyerabend claimed that Lakatos was selective in his examples, and the whole history of science shows there is no universal rule of scientific method, and imposing one on the scientific community impedes progress.
Laudan maintained that the demarcation between science and non-science was a pseudo-problem, preferring to focus on the more general distinction between reliable and unreliable knowledge.
[Feyerabend] regards Lakatos's view as being closet anarchism disguised as methodological rationalism. It should be noted that Feyerabend's claim was not that standard methodological rules should never be obeyed, but rather that sometimes progress is made by abandoning them. In the absence of a generally accepted rule, there is a need for alternative methods of persuasion. According to Feyerabend, Galileo employed stylistic and rhetorical techniques to convince his reader, while he also wrote in Italian rather than Latin and directed his arguments to those already temperamentally inclined to accept them.
The demarcation problem between science and pseudoscience brings up debate in the realms of science, philosophy and politics. Imre Lakatos, for instance, points out that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at one point declared that Mendelian genetics was pseudoscientific and had its advocates, including well-established scientists such as Nikolai Vavilov, sent to a Gulag and that the "liberal Establishment of the West" denies freedom of speech to topics it regards as pseudoscience, particularly where they run up against social mores.
Pseudoscience is used recurrently in political, policy-making discourse in allegations of distortion or fabrication of scientific findings to support a political position. The Prince of Wales has accused climate change skeptics of using pseudoscience and persuasion to hinder the world from adopting precautionary principles to avert the negative effects of global warming. People have given attention to the climate skeptics and have tried to understand the kind of pseudoscience they are canvassing. But he insisted the "environmental collapse" evidence is already here, not only in climbing temperatures but the imprint on particular species like honey bees.
It becomes pseudoscientific when science cannot be separated from ideology, scientists misrepresent scientific findings to promote or draw attention for publicity, when politicians, journalists and a nation's intellectual elite distort the facts of science for short-term political gain, when powerful individuals in the public conflate causation and cofactors (for example, in the causes of HIV/AIDS) through a mixture of clever wordplay, or when science is being used by the powerful to promote ignorance rather than tackle ignorance. These ideas reduce the authority, value, integrity and independence of science in society.
A large percentage of the United States population lacks scientific literacy, not adequately understanding scientific principles and methodology. Instead of seeking scientific professionals for expert medical advise, people increasingly put their trust in pseudoscience, with its claims that are not supported and not testable. Research scientists and doctors have been drowned out by pseudoscientists, in topics from evolution to animal models of human biology. The backlash against science threatens to halt progress in combating disease and erodes public support for research and development. The ridicule of researchers has been a tool for political advantage, assisting to the public condemnation of science and medicine.
Distinguishing science from pseudoscience has practical implications in the case of health care, expert testimony, environmental policies, and science education. Treatments with a patina of scientific authority which have not actually been subjected to actual scientific testing may be ineffective, expensive, and dangerous to patients, and confuse health providers, insurers, government decision makers, and the public as to what treatments are appropriate. Claims advanced by pseudoscience may result in government officials and educators making poor decisions in selecting curricula; for example, creation science may replace evolution in studies of biology.
The extent to which students acquire a range of social and cognitive thinking skills related to the proper usage of science and technology determines whether they are scientifically literate. Education in the sciences encounters new dimensions with the changing landscape of science and technology, a fast-changing culture, and a knowledge-driven era. A reinvention of the school science curriculum is one that shapes students to contend with its changing influence on human welfare. Scientific literacy, which allows a person to distinguish science from pseudosciences such as astrology, is among the attributes that enable students to adapt to the changing world. Its characteristics are embedded in a curriculum where students are engaged in resolving problems, conductung investigations, or developing projects.
Scientists do not want to get involved to counter pseudoscience for various reasons. For example, pseudoscientific beliefs are irrational and impossible to combat with rational arguments, and even agreeing to talk about pseudoscience indicates acceptance as a credible discipline. Pseudoscience harbors a continuous and an increasing threat to our society. It is impossible to determine the irreversible harm that will happen in the long term. In a time when the public science literacy has declined and the danger of pseudoscience has increased, revising the conventional science course to address current science through the prism of pseudoscience could help improve science literacy and help society to eliminate misconceptions and assault growing trends (remote viewing, psychic readings, etc.) that may harm (financially or otherwise) trusting citizens.
Pseudosciences such as homeopathy, even if generally benign, are magnets for charlatans. This poses a serious issue because incompetent practitioners should not be given the right of administering health care. True-believing zealots may pose a more serious threat than typical con men because of their affection to homeopathy's ideology. Irrational health care is not harmless, and it is careless to create patient confidence in pseudomedicine.
Hoodoo science is an expression used by conservative sociologists to refer to bad faith and junk science or pseudoscience related to the science of sociology, such as used in the collected sociology essays in Measured Lies: The Bell Curve Examined.
'"claims presented so that they appear [to be] scientific even though they lack supporting evidence and plausibility"(p. 33). In contrast, science is "a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed and inferred phenomena, past or present, and aimed at building a testable body of knowledge open to rejection or confirmation"(p. 17)' National Science Foundation).
First published 1992 by Faber & Faber, London.
Originally published 1952 by G.P. Putnam's Sons, under the title In the Name of Science.
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The design of the new air pro
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Some time back, some one told me a story: if you take a story and change each word in it such, that the first and last letters remain the same, you can jumble up all the letters in between and the human eye will still read the correct word. It did work for the prepared text. But will it work for any text? Let's see. We need a program to test it though. This topic is about that program: whash01.
As of now, Wordhash is available online as a CGI executable. Check it out at WordHash.html in the CGI section where you can also run it in a webform.
Below is the source code for whash01.mod. It relies on the random number generator module and on SysLib.time to seed the random number generator in order to prevent that the random numbers become predictable.
For simple words I can deduce the original words. But even a word like 'boiler' is incomprehensible after a wordhash operation.


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a Battle of Cultures
By: Rav Yitzchak Dei
The parsha begins with a detailed account of the grueling negotiations between Avraham Avinu and Efron the Hittite. Avraham wants to bury Sarah in the Cave of Machpelah, and therefore he addresses the people of Heth who reside in Hebron, and specifically asks for Efron's parcel of land. At this point, Efron enters the picture and the dialogue begins between him and Avraham: At first Avraham asks to purchase the place, and Efron responds that out of respect for Avraham's importance he is willing to give it to him for free. Afterwards Avraham implores him, and then Efron agrees to sell it, but demands an astronomical price!
How can Efron's behavior be explained?
The sages explain that before his encounter with Avraham, Efron was not the leader of B'nei Heth, and they appointed him as their chief on that day, and only because Avraham needed him.
The Zohar HaKadosh adds some interesting details which cast light on this strange story. According to the Zohar, Efron was a particularly insignificant person in the Hittite community, and his plot of land was considered undesirable by everyone including himself. When Avraham comes and asks to speak with Efron "make my request to Efron the son of Tzohar" he is suddenly seen differently and becomes an important man. Why was his piece of land initially frowned upon, and what caused the change in the way it was regarded?
Avraham the Ivri stands on one side (eiver = Ivri) and all the world stands on the other side. He spreads the recognition that "there is a leader in the city." When he meets B'nei Heth, there is a collision of opposing cultures. The people of Heth scorned Efron's burial ground because on this site Adam and Eve were buried, those ancient and "primitive" people who had no concept of progress. Whoever owns this site is considered anachronistic and unenlightened, someone who should be pushed to the sidelines and deprived of any opportunity to express himself. The accepted wisdom among B'nei Heth was that they must blur their connection with the previous generations, similarly to the generation of the dispersion (the tower of Babel) who wanted "to make a name for ourselves."
Avraham presents a different thesis: that exactly by virtue of connection with the ancients – with G-d's own handiwork - we connect better with goodness and wholeness.
Efron wants to get rid of this "closet of skeletons" which relegated him to the sidelines of society, and he is willing to give it to Avraham for nothing. Here Avraham creates a revolution: he shows Efron and his neighbors how awesome this place is, where G-d's "handmade" creations are buried. He gives utmost importance to the Cave of Machpelah, and makes Efron and his people aware of the fact that progress has no value without connection to past generations. To the contrary, on the strength of continuity and connection with our predecessors it is possible to make new developments. After Efron hears this approach, he understands that he has a great treasure on his property – and immediately demands a high price for it. This change in outlook causes the change in attitude towards the field of Machpelah, and this leads directly to the dramatic rise in its monetary value.
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"Alkaline water produced by a water ionizer has become the most important advancement in health care since Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin".
In his Best-Seller "The Cancer Conundrum", Rick Hill who conquered cancer without chemo or radiation says, "The newest innovation is to drink ionized water or water that has been made more alkaline through electrolysis. I own a Tyent unit and drink alkaline water. Interestingly enough, the antioxidant level in this water is through the charts!"
In his book, "The pH Miracle" Dr. Robert O. Young, PhD says: "Those willing to look again, and with clear eyes, will be rewarded with the secrets to permanent health. We can heal ourselves by changing the environment inside our bodies. Potentially harmful invaders, then, will have nowhere to grow and will become harmless." "The ph level of our internal fluids affects every cell in our bodies. Extended acid imbalances of any kind are not well tolerated.... Indeed, the entire metabolic process depends on a balanced internal alkaline environment. A chronically over-acidic pH corrodes body tissue, slowly eating into the 60,000 miles of veins and arteries like acid eating into marble. If left unchecked, it will interrupt all cellular activities and functions, from the beating of your heart to the neural firing of your brain. In summary, over-acidification interferes with life itself leading to all sickness and disease!" "Sickness and disease, including the symptoms of cancer, tumors, AIDS, diabetes, MS, lupus, HIV/AIDS, depression, hyperthyroidism, Wilson's Syndrome, fybromyalgia, pain in every joint and muscle, chronic fatigue syndrome, muscle cramps, allergies (food), asthma, bronchitis, frequent colds, candida, hypoglycemia, allergic reaction to any chemical, fatigued all the time, food cravings, indigestion, inflamed joints, insomnia, mood swings, gas, bloating, diverticulitis, irritable bowel, pneumonia, ulcers, stomach and bowel cramps and even memory loss is the culmination of years of abuse of nutrition and acid build-up. The most powerful program to reduce or eliminate these effects is to remove acid from the blood and tissues with an alkaline lifestyle and wise dietary and water consumption choices." "If someone were to ask me, What is the one thing I can do to have better health? The answer would be very simple, "Start drinking alkalized and ionized water!"
"Restructured alkaline water may well be the best element or supplement you can put in your body! Did you know the Japanese have researched this subject for over forty years and have found that drinking restructured alkaline water can relieve or reduce the three main causes for sickness, disease and pre-mature aging? Restructured alkaline water made using electrolysis has been consumed by the Japanese for over 40 years and has touched and changed every disease and condition imaginable. I have been using this water for over 6 years and have seen similar results when it is used persistently and consistently. The water is smooth, delicious, hydrating, energizing, permeating, pH balancing and a strong antioxidant. Does this sound like the water you should be drinking? I wish you all good health..."
"No longer is a headache a Darvon deficiency. We now have the tools with which any symptom can be turned around, including many cancers, chemical sensitivity, allergies, and much more. Alkaline water rids the body of acid waste... After carefully evaluating the results of my advice to hundreds of individuals, I'm convinced that toxicity in the form of acidic waste is the primary cause of degenerative disease."
"There are more benefits to alkaline water than simply the alkalinity or pH. The most important feature of alkaline water produced by a water alkalizer is its oxidation reduction potential (ORP). Water with a high negative ORP is of particular value in its ability to neutralize oxygen free radicals. Consuming the right type of water is vital to detoxifying the body's acidic waste products and is one of the most powerful health treatments available. It is recommended that you drink 8-10 glasses per day of this alkaline water. It is one of the simplest and most powerful things that you can do to combat a wide range of disease processes. It is interesting to note that in Japan , professional sports teams drink alkaline water to improve their performance."
"After years of very positive continuous clinical experiment that I am conducting with hundreds of clients using electronically restructured alkaline water, it is my opinion that this technology will change the way in which all health providers and the public will approach their health in the coming years. ...My suggestion is to drink restructured alkaline water whenever possible."
"It is my opinion that ionized water will change the way in which all health practitioners and the public approach their health in the coming years. I have administered over 5000 gallons of this water for about every health situation imaginable. I feel that restructured alkaline water can benefit everyone. The countless names attached to illness do not really matter. What does matter is that they all come from the same root cause: too much tissue acid waste in the body."
"Bad diets such as meat and potatoes, fried foods, soft drink colas, and sugars build up acid salts in the body. Often these deposits, by having to be stored away from the blood flow, can remain in the body for decades. I recommend the consumption of ionized alkaline water, which will slowly and gently wash these salts away."
"Here is the simple process of aging. Every living cell within our body creates waste products. The nutrients from our food are delivered to each cell and they burn with oxygen to provide energy for us to live. The burned nutrients are the waste products. The food that is either good or bad for you is determined by the amount and quality of the wastes produced: toxic, acid, alkaline, etc. Most of our cells go through metabolism and old dead cells become waste products. These waste products must be discharged from our body. In fact, our body tries its best to dispose of them through urine and perspiration. Virtually all waste products are acidic; that is why urine is acidic and the skin surface is also acidic. The problem is that, due to several reasons, our body cannot get rid of 100% of the waste products it produces. The main reason for this is our lifestyle. We, therefore, spend more time producing waste products than processing them."
"If the blood develops a more acidic condition, then these excess acidic wastes have to be deposited somewhere in the body. If this unhealthy process continues year after year, these areas steadily increase in acidity and their cells begin to die. Other cells in the affected area may survive by becoming abnormal, these are called malignant. Malignant cells cannot respond to brain commands. They undergo a cellular division that is out of control. This is the beginning of cancer. Modern medicine treats these malignant cells as if they were bacteria and viruses, it uses chemotherapy, radiation and surgery to treat cancer. Yet none of these treatments will help very much if the environment of the body continues to remain acidic. Ed McCabe, who has done so much to promote oxygen therapies, says: 'Deprive a cell 60% of its oxygen and it will turn cancerous.'"
Researcher and Author of "The Hidden Truth of Cancer"


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The gravel trails from the docks to the campsites are steep and change each year depending on water fluctuations. Lucerne Valley Marina is a few miles away by boat, where gas, boat slips, fishing licenses, bait and groceries are available at the small general store.
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She's Baaaaack... Watch out for CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND's Fall Premiere Friday
Rebecca Bunch, the character who brings the crazy to CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, will be back in a new time slot this Friday, October 21, at 9 pm Eastern/8 Central. It's probably not good news for the show that it's been shipped to Fridays, a TV wasteland, but it's good news for people like me who aren't averse to watching something during that wasteland.
Creator Rachel Bloom plays Rebecca in all her off-balance glory, with a boffo musical number or two every episode. My favorite last season was the Fred-and-Ginger inspired "Settle for Me," where one of the men in Rebecca Bunch's life, Greg (played by the amazing Santino Fontana) tried to get her to give him a shot even though they both knew he wasn't her first choice. There was lots to choose from, however, including "A Boy Band Made Up of Four Joshes," which put Rebecca's fantasy man, Josh, as every member of a bouncy boy band and gave Vincent Rodriguez III a great spotlight for his dance talents.
This season, we're getting a new theme song to illustrate that Rebecca's life has changed from moving all the way from New York to West Covina to be near her teen crush Josh to actually thinking he's in love with her and all her dreams are coming true. The AV Club describes the new song this way: "Rebecca, done up like a 1930s showgirl, croons about how she can't be 'held responsible' for the insane things she does because she's in love." In other words, Rebecca is just as unhinged as ever and hijinks will ensue.
If you want a hint as to what that will mean in the first episode, Rebecca will sing a song spoofing Beyonce and "Lemonade" song about supposedly being satisfied with the tiny droplets of affection (or "Love Kernels") she gets from Josh. As with most of the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend musical numbers, there is something sharp and pointed underneath the zippy lyrics.
I wasn't that happy with Season 1's final episode, where Greg acted stupid at a wedding reception and Rebecca and Josh got together for sexy time, whereafter Rebecca confessed that she only moved to West Covina for him. But it does set up some interesting plot possibilities for Season 2, now that Josh knows the truth, Greg has to deal with Josh and Rebecca as a couple, and Rebecca is no more in touch with reality than she ever was. Plus the musical numbers are worth the DVR space all by themselves.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and its new theme song (plus its "Love Kernels") premiere Friday at 8 Central on the CW.
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A million years ago, in the time before food TV, food blogging, and pop-ups, my then-apartment-mate and I held weekly Sunday dinner parties in the spacious dining room of my roomy Cleveland Heights, OH apartment. The guest lists and menus were different every week, and the point was interesting food and conversation on what was usually a nothing night in the CLE. One week we did a traditional (and pork-tastic) soul food dinner from scratch. Another week we made an all-vegetarian meal. A splendid time was always had by all.
Leading up to the Sunday that had inspired this post I had been fired up by memories of a trip to New York and The Coffee Shop Restaurant. On my visit to the Brazillian-American late night spot the menu there had offered a special that had appealed to my soul food-loving heart: Brazillian-style feijoada. The flavors of the black beans, salted pork trimmings, smoked sausage, and I-wish-that-I-could-recall vegetables, served over white rice with orange slices comforted me like a hand stroking my head among the metropolitan intensity of the pre-Giuliani NYC that I so loved, but that was sometimes too much to bear.
Two days before that Sunday dinner party I'd also been thinking about having been slapped around by tacos and burritos I'd experienced on then-recent trips to San Francisco. Tacos that were ... tacos ... and weren't the product of the dog food-dishing chain (Is that description ringing any bells?) I'd grown to loathe throughout my frozen Northeastern Ohio upbringing. So, fueled by food experiences from two coasts, I grabbed the wheel of the taco truck and took it off-roading.
What was the result? 1) Flour tortilla, 2) Feijoada 3) Crisp spinach leaves, 4) Crumbled feta, 5) Major Grey's mango chutney. These were not the tacos my Ohioan guests were looking for, but they were good. My guests may have been confused by them, but they gushed as they eagerly cleaned their plates. I'd paired them (pairing? what?) with Xingu. Because, Brazillian-inspired taco filling and Brazilian black beer.
Of the many slogans this blog carries, the one that I think communicates the most about what yours truly and Doc Gus are trying to say is "Play With Your Food". Food, like people, like language, should grow and change. To say that a taco should be the taco you know ... well, they aren't. Like the sandwich, which I have seen Doc Gus argue that the taco is, tacos are varied in fillings throughout their native land and beyond. The first sandwich was "bits of cold meat" between slices of bread. What if the sandwich was stopped there? I'd be deprived of one of my favorite sandwiches: Sliced Granny Smith apple, sweet hot mustard, and double creme brie on baguette*.
Is a taco a sandwich? Is a gyro? What about a shawarma? Arguable. Arguable. Arguable. Is a wrap a sandwich? I'll slap you. Wraps are marketing. My point is, however, that you can monkey around with the concept. Besides, at least in Mexico, a torta IS a sandwich.
So, remembering those tacos of the past, I messed around with the taco again. This time it was with black rice, black beans, shaved purple carrot, mustard greens, kale, sacred basil and purple shiso flowers, seasoned grass-fed beef (fresh oregano, culantro, and sacred basil from the garden, garlic powder, smoked paprika, sage, turmeric, sea salt), "sour cream" (two parts Greek yogurt to one part Trader Joe's organic mayonnaise), and, on alternating tacos, my home made habanero hot sauce or my beloved Tapatio. What a flavor-filled bite!
Of course, you don't have to get so crazy to be adventurous. Recently, I stuck a little closer to home with jasmine rice, seasoned grass-fed beef (fresh oregano, ground cumin, garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt), baby mustard greens, baby kale, red bell pepper, red onion, cuban beans, jalapeño chutney, and sriracha "sour cream". Again, a tasty treat.
What's my point? Maybe "don't be boring"? Maybe "have fun"? Definitely "play with your food". Even if you think that a taco is no more a sandwich than a Kangaroo is vodka martini, you can call it whatever you'd like, just don't call me late for dinner. Okay? Okay.
Perhaps my real point is this: A lead-in to my next project. I've been kicking this one around for a while and now that I have a good source for goat meat it's about to happen. At the moment I only know that it's going to be a chalupa shell filled with seasoned goat meat, nopales, "sour cream", some of the Scotch Bonnet (100,000-350,000 Scoville units) and Black Cobra pepper (20,000-40,000 Scoville units) sririacha I'm putting together, and perhaps cabbage and an as-yet-to-be-determined bean. I'm calling it the Chalupacabra after the "goat sucker" of myth.
It's going to be fun. I can't wait.
Have fun, Chowbaccans. Play with your food.
*H/t to the long-gone Apple Deli, but I had to replace the havarti with double-cream brie. Because, double-cream brie.