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Does ohare airport have full body x-ray scans for non-international security? I'm going to Washington dc and its that time and things have been crazy for TSA and i just wanted to know could they see my tampon or pads through security. honest answers and yes i'm serious.

Body scan at the airports.?? ? Do we have the right to ask not to be scanned at the airports such as O’Hare International Airport ?? Is this option, if there is one, listed anywhere online? I do not like to be scanned.... There is no privacy for women. If you refused to be scanned as a women, what happens?

Full body scan Las Vegas--Richmond Intl(pregnant)? Planning a trip in the coming weeks and turns out both the airport I am leaving from as well as the one I will be making the return trip from do in fact have body scanners. I realize that since I am pregnant I will not be forced to go through the body scanner(I'm sorry, but I'm not taking my chances with X-rays) but does that mean I automatically have to have the invasive patdown? Has anyone recently flown from Las Vegas Mccarran Airport or Richmond International Airport? Do they still have the metal detectors or does EVERYONE have to go through the new scanners?

New FBI full-body airport scan tested in Salt Lake City ...? but can it see through Mormon magic underwear? http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Transportation-Security-Administration-Salt-Lake-International-Airport-Salt-Lake-City2C-Utah/photo//090311/ids_photos_ts/r353350876.jpg/;_ylt=ApH7uL2ImIjWkmGKT5EH0SkDW7oF

Hartsfield Jackson international airport? Will be traveling out of hjia in Atlanta soon.....does anyone know how bad the body scan or pat downs are there?

Airport International Secruity? Okay so isnt it against our rights that they give us a full body scan, like they give us a full body search. If you were a guy, a guy who walks at the airport will "search" you. and a girl another girl will do so. I feel violated, dont you? Now they have a naked scanner? Isnt that illegal? Next thing you know you need to have a cavity search before you board the airplane.

pittsburgh international airport? in the PITT inter. airport, do you have a choice as to having the pat down or the body scan?

If airport body scanner operators make remarks about EACH OTHER, what do they say about passengers? http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/05/06/tsa.scanner.assault/?hpt=T3 Anatomical ridicule raises body-scanning concerns "A TSA worker at Miami International Airport in Florida was arrested for allegedly assaulting a co-worker who had repeatedly teased him about the size of his genitals. "The insults stemmed from an X-ray of the accused captured during a training exercise with the airport's full-body scanning machines, the report said. "Rolando Negrin "stated he could not take the jokes anymore and lost his mind," allegedly striking the victim with a police baton. According to the report, a witness heard Negrin say in Spanish, "get on your knees or I will kill you and you better apoligise [sic]." " But oh, NOOO they would never treat a passenger that way, even though the passenger would have NO IDEA he or she was being mocked about their body parts during an electronic strip search by an unseen person in another room...

How do these new full body scans work? Last time I was in an airport was September of '10 and since then I know they have installed many full body scanners. I was wondering, how do they work? Do you just walk in, stand still, and then move along? Also, do kids or teens (12 & 14) have to go through? Or do they just go through a normal metal detector? I'm very confused, and I am flying tomorrow, so JW. Idc if I do have to go through a detector, but I'm just wondering. Sorry if I sound very ignorant. I'll be in these airports throughout the following week, which ones do have the full-body scanners? Do they all? -Cleveland Hopkins -John Wayne -Denver International -Dallas Fort Worth Thanks!

Do India's international airports have thermal scanning facility to monitor oncoming/outgoing passengers? to detect body temperature and quarantine them or put them under isolation and give proper medical care so as to prevent swine flu infection to spread in India?

People are going to be looking at you naked - Because of Islamic terrorism? Following the failed terrorist attack of Abdul Mutallab, Who was trained by Al-Quada. They're bringing in full body x-ray scans at international airpots all around the world. With full body x-ray scans already being used in Londons Heathrow airport, and now Orlando International airport. "The $200,000 machine has already been tested at Orlando's International airport — where the x-rays of men were even more revealing." “You feel like strangers are really looking at you,” Stacey says. “I don't know; it would really creep me out.” But would you rather be patted down or would you rather go through this? Even the manufacturer was a little surprised at the clarity of some of its images. Tanya Van Dorn from New York says she would be okay with that, “as long as they’re not saving it and putting it on the Internet.” Miriam Schwarz agrees. “It’s not nice, but I guess in the world we live in today, it probably has to be.” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/17/eveningnews/main563797.shtml __________ Isn't that scary that when you go to the airport, people are going to be looking at your penises and vaginas and boobies at airports? Because of Islamic terrorists? And what about transvestites and transsexuals, imagine what would happen to them!?!? But, its only Muslims who carry out terrorist attacks, In the interest of political correctness they have to scan everyone. But why don't they just scan the Muslims? I know it seems discriminatory, but it's true. If they just scanned the Muslims we'd all be fine? What do you reckon? @Gee whiz! My display picture is of, myself.

Flying on airplane...TSA / Security Questions?!!! [International Flight...if that matters] (10pts easy)? 0) What do you have to put in a container when going through security? (is it like your jacket or outerwear, any metal thing, your shoes, and even your ipod? 1) What is the best way to carry cash? (wallet, pocket, etc? its going to be around 700 dollars...not much and if its wallet, what if the wallet has a little metal on it? should i then just carry it without anything and put it in my pockets?) 2) Is it very necessary to lock up your checked luggage so it doesnt get opened or stolen? (like where you put all your clothes and food or presents your going to bring such as my mom is putting almonds and coffee that are inside their regular containers) 3) Im bringing my laptop and want to just put it inside a school backpack and nothing else except the battery charger and mouse... Is that fine also? and this counts as carry-on luggage so i bring it inside the airplane with me right? Also when i go through security, i just take it out of my backpack along with the AC charger and mouse? or just the laptop and in a separate container so they can xray it? Whats the chance of them asking me to turn it on? (not that i would mind) 4) Since i havent flown on an airplane since almost 12 years or so, is the process like this... a) get ticket / passport (international flight) ***(already have the tickets)*** b) register your ticket / passport at the front office? c) wait to get to security / TSA and you have a option of getting checked physically or by computer that scans your whole body NUDE!!!?!?!? (no prob.) d) and finally, wait for your plane to get ready and you go... BTW, if it matters, im going to be flying on SFO (San Francisco International Airport)

Airport Security Poll/Survey? Hello everyone, I have to have forty people take a 20 question poll/survey on airport security and I would really appreciate it if you could just post your answers as a reply and Age, Gender and Ethnicity if you could. Thanks in advance. ~Charlie 1) Are the new increasing airport security procedures right for America? a) Yes b) No c) It doesn’t need to happen d) It should have happened a long time ago 2) Have you avoided the airport because of the lengthy and somewhat extreme security process? a) Yes b) No c) No, however have thought about it 3) From 1 to 10, rate how safe you feel when flying or in the terminals before your flight. a) 1-2 b) 3-4 c) 5-6 d) 7-8 e) 9-10 4) Should pilots or government officials be allowed to carry concealed weapons onboard? a) Yes, it is important for the safety of the people and the plane b) Yes, it will prevent the high-jacking of planes c) No, security is secure enough d) No, it may cause potential risk 5) How many air marshals should be present on every domestic/international flight? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 or more 6) How much control should the airport security have over us, the people? a) Total control b) Somewhat control c) No control 7) On a scale from 1 to 10, how safe do you feel in an airport/flight? a) 1-3 b) 4-6 c) 7-8 d) 9-10 8) How many years of training/experience do you think an air marshal needs to protect flyers? a) 1-2 b) 3-4 c) 5-6 d) 7 or more years 9) Have you ever felt uncomfortable while going through security at an airport? a) No, it is for good measure and safety b) Yes, I felt violated at some points 10) Do you believe that we should be forced to undergo full body scans? a) Yes, it is a necessity b) Yes, because it will make people feel more safe c) No, it is a waste of time and money d) No, I feel violated when this happens 11) Should all people be put up to a full body scan regardless of age, gender, or race? a) Yes, it will add more security b) No, it will slow down the process 12) Have you, or someone you know personally, ever been selected for a full body scan? a) Yes b) No¬ 13) Do you feel that it is necessary to take your shoes off before you walk through the metal detector? a) Yes, because it will reduce the threat of terrorism b) Yes, because it will make more people fee safe c) No, it is completely unnecessary d) No, metal detector should pick up any foreign objects inside everyone’s shoes 14) Have you ever been randomly selected to be searched farther than a metal detector? a) Yes b) No 15) Should you be able to take food purchased from outside the airport, into the airport? a) Yes, I hate paying ridiculous prices inside the airport when I can buy them cheaper outside b) No, it is a security factor that should be taken seriously 16) Is it right to have 12 Islamic countries be classified as high risk in security relations? a) Strongly Agree b) Agree c) Disagree d) Strongly Disagree 17) Are the new airport security measures unjustly targeting Muslim travelers? a) Strongly Agree b) Agree c) Disagree d) Strongly Disagree 18) Is it a violation of your personal rights to have your bags searched when traveling from country to country? a) Yes b) No c) It is for the safety of the people, so I don’t mind. 19) When entering the United States from any other country, should there be search dogs sniffing out all bags? a) Yes, I feel safer knowing there will be dogs there b) No, it is unnecessary because of the scanners they will go through 20) Have you or anybody you know ever had anything confiscated even though you think it should not have been? a) No b) Yes

Did the German Brownshirts shout at civilians before the roundups began? HAVING been taught by nuns in grade school and later going through military boot camp, I have always disliked uniformed authorities shouting at me. So I was unhappy last week when some security screeners at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago started yelling. “Opt out! We got an opt out!” one bellowed about me in a tone that people in my desert neighborhood in Tucson usually reserve for declaring, “Rattlesnake!” Other screeners took up the “Opt out!” shout. I was marched from the metal detector lane to one of those nearby whole-body imagers, ordered to take everything out of my pockets, remove my belt and hold my possessions up high. Then I was required to stand still while I received a rough pat-down by a man whose résumé, I suspected, included experience at a state prison. “Hold your pants up!” he ordered me. What did I do to deserve this? Well, as I approached the checkpoints, I had two choices. One was a familiar lane with the metal detector, so I put my bag on that. To my right was a separate lane dominated with what the Transportation Security Administration initially called “whole-body imagers” but has now labeled “advanced imaging technology” units. Critics, of course, call them strip-search machines. I don’t like these things, and not just because of privacy concerns or because of what some critics have asserted are radiation safety issues with some of the machines that use X-ray technology. No, I don’t like the fact that I have to remove every item from every pocket, including my wallet and things as trivial as a Kleenex. You then strike a pose inside with your hands submissively held above your head, like some desperado cornered by the sheriff in a Western movie, while the see-through-clothes machine makes an image of your body. The T.S.A.’s position is that anyone can “opt out” of a body scan for reasons of privacy or whatever, but will then be subjected to a thorough physical pat-down and careful search of belongings. In my case, I had been routinely using a normal metal detector checkpoint, when I was ordered to switch lanes and instead go to one of the new machines. I said I would prefer not to, given that my carry-on bag, laptop and shoes were already trundling along the regular machine’s conveyor belt, out of sight. That’s when the shouting started. As of Monday afternoon, the agency had not responded to several requests for comment on this. Last week, the agency did tell me that there were 317 of the advanced imaging technology machines now in use at 65 airports around the country. About 500 should be online by the end of the year, the agency said, and another 500 are expected to be installed next year. Ultimately, the agency plans to have the new machines replace metal detectors at all of the roughly 2,000 airport checkpoints. Meanwhile, both passengers and security screeners are making accommodations, and I acknowledge, change is a challenge. But hey, security folks, could we please start communicating better about the procedures, preferably without shouting or insulting our intelligence? Bruce Delahorne, a marketing executive who flies frequently, said he was also recently going through a standard metal detector at O’Hare — no body imager in sight — when the old rules abruptly changed. Mr. Delahorne said: “They had one of the T.S.A. staff announcing loudly: ‘Take everything out of your pockets. If you have a wallet, take it out. A handkerchief, out.’ I asked the guy, ‘Can you explain the reason for the new process?’ He said there was nothing new. ‘We have always done this.’ ” Well, no they haven’t, as you and I and Mr. Delahorne all know. Mr. Delahorne said he thought, “O.K., I get it. This guy is reading from the card, not talking to me.” So, Mr. Delahorne said, “I did what they told me to. But on the other side of the metal detector, I said to another screener, ‘Could you explain to me why the procedure is now different at this airport, like having to remove a wallet that never set off the metal detector?’ And he said, ‘No, no. The process has always been the same, at every airport.’ ” Mr. Delahorne said he was perfectly willing to comply with all procedures to ensure good security. He just wondered whether some of them were being made up on the spot. “For me,” he said, “the issue is, who’s in charge here and what are the rules?” E-mail: jsharkey@nytimes.com

Do you think Airport Body Scanners are justified ? "Airport officials at Denver International airport were on high alert yesterday when a full body scanner operator was caught masturbating in his booth as a team of High School netball players went through the scanner." "The young ladies were going through the scanner one by one, and every time one went through, this guys face was getting redder and redder. His hand was moving and then he started sweating. He was then seen doing his 'O' face. That's when the security dragged him out of his booth and cuffed him. He had his pants round his ankles and everybody was really disgusted," Jeb Rather, a passenger on a flight to New York told CBS news" "What do you want to do, get blown up by a goddamn Arab at 30,000 feet or we get to see your private parts? It's up to you, the ball's in your park," head of the TSA's scanning department, Rodney Schroeder, told CNN. http://www.dailysquib.co.uk/?a=2389&c=124

Does the extensive use of Biometrics encourage further state involvement in our physical existence? Our fingerprints, iris or retina scan are something considered to be uniquely owned by a human being. The intereference of public sphere (which initially had to only with the figure of "person", public persona, that is political body) into our body is becoming more and more visible today and to mention even crucial in the age of international crime and growing intolerance. On one hand we left with our security and on the other we are deprived everyday little by little what is left of our precious physical existence. I don't expect your answers to be in line with overly scrutinized academical staff like biopolitcs or scaredness of biological being, researched by Foucault and everybosy else. Only your opinion that counts

Confused about TSA/Airport security (first time flying since 10+years) EASY 10 PTS!!!!? What are the process steps of going through security line in the airport? If it matters, i'm going on SFO airport and its an international flight... So after i check my ticket/passport in at the front office, and i have to go through security like everyone else, what happens here is what confuses me... Is it A) you have a choice of getting a full pat down B) you have a choice of going through the full body scanning NUDE C) BOTH? D) everyone has to go to the metal detectors right?

Why dont we just follow the Israeli Model for airport security? Questions Asked Boarding a plane at Ben Gurion airport, shoes aren’t removed (no stocking feet!), passengers aren’t body scanned, and there are no pat downs. There are, however, plenty of questions asked by intelligent security officers who have got their eyes firmly on you, know exactly what to look for, and have no qualms about detaining any individual or group who arouse their suspicions. Once you pass muster, your luggage is X-rayed, you walk through a metal detector and you’re in. That’s that. Interestingly, the last time I traveled from Ben Gurion, just a few months ago, there was a large Muslim family in front of me, the women in head scarves. Security asked questions tailored to the group, and when the travelers answered appropriately, they got right through. All was fine. — ydm Stress Security, Not Convenience The safest airline in the world, it is widely agreed, is El Al, Israel’s national carrier. The safest airport is Ben Gurion International, in Tel Aviv. No El Al plane has been attacked by terrorists in more than three decades, and no flight leaving Ben Gurion has ever been hijacked. What are the Israelis doing that we aren’t? Airports in the United States and many other countries are built around convenience while in Israel it’s all about security. We get our boarding passes online and check our baggage at the curb. At T.S.A. checkpoints, youths stare at screens, doing the best they can to not look at nor talk to us. Contrast this with an Israeli airport where you stay with your bags until your security check is complete, and airline and highly trained security personnel talk to you and watch you constantly. You’re not allowed to approach the ticket counter until you are cleared by the security system, while in the United States, security is an apparent afterthought. Israeli airport security, much of it invisible to the untrained eye, begins before passengers even enter the terminal. Officials are constantly monitoring passengers’ behavior, alert to clues that may hint at danger. http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/aviation-security-and-the-israeli-model/

science questions.? QUESTION 1. the steps of the scientific method.. a.) must all be used in every scientific investigatiion b.) must always be used in the same order c.) are not always used in order d.) start with the development of a theory QUESTION 2. In a controlled experiment, a.) a control group is compared with one or more experimental groups b.) there are at least two variables c.) all factors should be different d.) a variable is not needed QUESTION 3. The International System of Units a.) is based on standardized body meeasurements b.) contains units that are based on the number 10 c.) is useful only for measuring lengths d.) is a device used to measure volume QUESTION 4. What toold would a life scientist use to get a three-dimensional image of a microscopic organism? a.) CT scan b.) X ray c.) scanning electron microscope d.) a hand lens

Whether job offer is geneuein or bogus? INTERVIEW WITH EMPLOYERS Message Body Dear Employee, E-mail your CV TO (cv4jobatpetronas@live.com) The Petroliam Nasional Berhad Petronas Oil Company Recruitment team has reviewed your CV/Resume published in (naukrigulf.com) below you will find the current positions where expatriates are needed in our Company. Positions: Inspection Engineer, Administration Assistants, QA/QC Engineer, Accountant, Design Engineer, Factory Engineer, Environment Engineer, Production Manager, Safety Officer, Workman/Foreman/Technician, Service/Maintenance Supervisor, Site Engineer, Computer Engineer and Project Manager, Planner Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Executive Electrical (Electrical Engineer), Confidential Secretary, Executive IT ( Network Work & Admin), Ecutive Finance (Tax Executive), Executive Corporate Performance Management, Executive Manufacturing (Process Engineer) Benefits: 1. Free Medical & Travel Insurance, 10 Days Leave / break/Vacation after every 90 working days, Four Bedroom Flat Duplex, Flight Fares (Air Tickets). Kindly send the following information (International Passport data page Copy and Current CV/Resume) The Documents should be provided to us through scan e-mail attachment For fast processing, because all the positions need expatriates" who Can be able to start up employment on November/December 2011, and all the Arrangement need to be done as fast as possible. Do you have a dream working in Malaysia? E-mail your CV TO (cv4jobatpetronas@live.com) for more details you may wish to call undersigned for urgent response! Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS OIL COMPANY) Tower 1, PETRONAS Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur City Centre 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Contact Person: Dr. Ahmad Zainal Bin Mat Isa. E-mail: cv4jobatpetronas@live.com Telephone: +601116334840 Fax: +60321784708 Message Body PETRONAS OIL COMPANY Tower 1, PETRONAS Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur City Centre 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dear Rajendra Joshi, The Petronas Oil Company Malaysia has considered you for a Position Based on your experience. This recruitment exercise is done via Our On-line Method for easier and Faster Processing. You are Kindly advised to establish a voice contact upon receipt of this E-mail message. We are sending you our International Online Interview Questionnaire to endorse and get back to us within 48 hours of receipt. Your application will be evaluated on the basis of the answers from the Online Questionnaire alongside your Resume and you will surely be notified upon review of your whole submitted information. Please find enclosed and attached, herewith documents for your endorsement. Good luck! as you take steps to the right path in building your career. Regards: Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) Tower 1, PETRONAS Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur City Centre 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Contact Person: Dr. Ahmad Zainal Bin Mat Isa. Telephone: +601116334840 Fax: +60321784708. Attachments Download All Petronas_International_Interview_Online.doc Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) Tower 1, PETRONAS Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur City Centre 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Confidential! Please endorse fully, The Official Online questionnaire for Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) *Note: Only Successful and Short-listed Applicants will be contacted! 1. Briefly describe your ideal job? 2. Why did you choose this career? 3. What goals do you have in your career? 4. How do you plan to achieve these goals? 5. Can you work well under deadlines or pressure? 6. Tell us about a time when you failed to meet a deadline. What were the repercussions? 7. Do you have reference list? 8. Why do you want to work here? 9. Why should we hire you over the others waiting to be interviewed? 10. Give us details of your present Employment Status. 11. How soon can you travel down to any Location posted U? 12. What three Specific Job Positions do you target from the Company? 13. Give us your full details on the Following; Full Name, Permanent Mailing address, Office/Work Mailing Address, Direct Contact Number(s), E-mail. 14. What is your Future Plans for the Company if Permanently Employed? 15. What is your current Salary? 16. What is your expected Salary? Will work as a good staff, work for the progress of the institution. Good Luck! Please ensure that all information provided is true and correct. Petronas. Reserves the right to investigate on all information and details given. Falsification of documents, incomplete data and or In-correct information is ground for Denial, Refusal or Termination of Employment. *Copyright 2009 AKSH - MALAYSIA. All Rights Reserved*

I have got a offer letter from Qatar Airways is it real? They need my certificate scan copy and dully signed a format regarding the five yrs contract? any body who get through this kind of job email please ans me....... what kind of the possibilities are come if I send them my all documents scan copy are they cheats me or can kidnapping me if i get in UK(where they told to come)? I am an Engineer and I never get this thing before so please help me I am trying to contact there customer care by mail but no response is came from their side ......... if any one there any kind of direct mail id then pls help me..... there email is come like this way:- QATAR AIRWAYS, UK. This is an affirmation that you have emerged Successful and being appointed for the position stated in your appointment document. The mode of selection was based on the following; 1. CV and qualification 2. Mode in which your data is being presented on the employment data sheet. 3. Work experiences. We employ staff based on four core values namely; Productivity, Talent, Ambitions and Character and we expect all our newly recruited staff to exhibit these core values. Also we ensure that all our staff especially our International employees are comfortable. Please find attached herewith, relevant document containing the Soft Copy of your Contract Package for your perusal and approval. Your Job Offer Summary is as follows; CONTRACT DURATION: 60 MONTHS CONTRACT TERM. JOB DESIGNATION : Design Engineer - Executive START UP DATE: FLEXIBLE LEAVE PERIOD: TWICE EVERY 12 MONTHS JOB REF: 008/01-QA/UK. JOB LOCATION: HEATH ROW AIRPORT UK SOFT COPY OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, THIS AGREEMENT is made today between QATAR AIRWAYS, UK of the 1st party and you as a 2nd party. For good consideration, QATAR AIRWAYS, UK employs the Employee on the following terms and conditions. uring the Orientation/ Training Program, newly employed staff of QATAR AIRWAYS, UK will be enlightened on the Work out sketch, schedules and time- table. All questions pertaining to newly offered Job will be addressed during this period. Additionally, newly employed staff of QATAR AIRWAYS, UK will be made familiar with the Working environment, Staff and key executives of QATAR AIRWAYS, UK. We are glad today because you have taken the very important step in your career, We congratulate you and look forward to meeting you soon! Sincerely, Kenneth Stevenson HUMAN RESOURCES EXECUTIVE QATAR AIRWAYS UNITED KINGDOM TEL: +44 7024054277 FAX: +44 700 580 0431 qatarairwayshrmanager@live.com careerqatarairwaysrecruitgroup@gmail.com

Do You Think People Is Over Praising Goku? I've been looking at Goku verses threads all over the international network, and notice that people is giving Goku to much credit. I've seen stuff like goku verses Galactus(like as if that is a fair match up) and to make it worst they believe goku would win! To me! Goku rates as the 6th to 5th powerful supernatural entity(1 being the highest) Goku-_-: Max Power level was 1,080,000,000(no i am not counting Dbgt because Akira Toriyama didn't have much to do with dbgt) Goku never been able to take lava nor the sun! When Krillin thrown a rock at SSj Goku head it hurt em' Goku is powerful, but no where near the power of marvel finest. Galactus: Galactus possesses cosmic power beyond the abilities of human beings to measure. Galactus is able to use the vast energies within him for an incalculable number of effects. Some of his most rudimentary abilities are the molecular restructuring or conversion of matter, the projection of energy with enormous concussive force, the teleportation of objects across space or even time, and the erection of invincible energy-screens and force fields. Even his heralds, whom he has endowed with a small fraction of his ever-renewing power, are able to manipulate matter and energy in ways far beyond human comprehension. Galactus wears a full-body suit of armor constructed from an unknown extraterrestrial metal that permits him to regulate and control his personal energy. If he were to remove the armor, the vast cosmic energies that empower him would run rampant, with the potential to turn him into a small sun. Galactus requires unknown energies obtainable only from a certain type of planet in order to sustain his life. The suitable type of planet need not be one where life is present, but it must have the potential to support life. Although he is able to extract and absorb this energy himself, he generally employs a complicated array of equipment to perform the conversion process for him. The equipment is not only more efficient than he is, but also enables him to avoid the needless expenditure of energy involved in the process. Sometimes Galactus drains the energies he needs from a planet while still leaving it barely habitable. Other times he destroys all life and water on the planet in the process, leaving its surface devastated and barren. Most often his feeding process destroys the planet, reducing it to space rubble. When Galactus was newly born in his current form, the energy of a medium-size Earth-like planet was enough to sustain him for over a century (using Earthly measurements of time). Now, for unknown reasons, he needs to feed about once a month. His body totally converts the energy he absorbs for its life functions and bodily activities without any waste products. Galactus is telepathic, able to scan the thoughts of any mind he has yet encountered, no matter how alien or advanced it was. Dragon ball is wasn't even a good cartoon! All it was: racially offensive, Copied superman, rocky, and what ever akria could steal.. all i see of dragon ball is was a bunch of Aryans screaming and repeated art work. Atro boy was a cartoon. Dragon ball(first one) was a cartoon, but DBZ is top 40 at best.

Health Insurance Claim (Emergency Admission)? I was admitted to the hospital about 2 weeks ago. About me, I am an international student so I had to buy a student resource insurance here in my college. It cost around $1500 annually if it matters. About a couple of weeks ago, I was having a severe abdominal pain and it was 2 AM. I went to a nearby preferred emergency hospital and got treated. They did CT scan to rule out kidney stones and some urine test and gave me a medicine. At about 6 AM, they discharged me after giving me some medicine. Now, my question is, is this considered an Emergency? Is this even covered in the coverage? In the policy, it says, and I quote, ------------------------------------ "Medical Emergency means the occurence of a sudden, serious and unexpected sickness or injury. In the abscence of immediate medical attention, a reasonable person could believe this condition would result in: 1.) Death; 2) Placement of the Insured's health in jeopardy; 3) Serious impairment of bodily functions; 4) Serious dysfunction of any body organ or part; or 5) In the case of a pregnant woman, serious jeopardy to the health of the fetus. Expenses incurred for "Medical Emergency" will be paid only for sickness or Injury which fulfills the above conditions. These expenses will not be paid for minor injuries or minor sicknesses. -------------------------------------- Also, in the end, the doctor says I got a stomach virus so I guess I don't know if this would be considered as a minor sickness. Would this whole thing even be covered? the total medical bill is about 4 grand but the deductible is $350. If it's considered a medical emergency, the policy says I don't have to pay anything. Finally, I guess what I'm asking is how much would I have to pay? Do I have to pay at all? or just the deductible or maybe even the whole bill? Link to policy... https://www.uhcsr.com/Public/ClientBrochures/2008_261_4_Brochure_v5_web_v1.pdf

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Can someone proofread this essay ? Outline I. INTRODUCTION - Television is a great asset to many people. II. BODY - TV is Born, Television’s Revolution, Television Now A. How TV was Created 1. Inventors A. Willoughby Smith B. Philo Farnsworth C. Paul Gottlieb B. Television’s Revolution 1. Kinds of television A. Mechanical color television I. John Logie Baird B. Electronic color television I. Werner Flechsig C. Television Now 1. Television Sets 2. Broadcast television A. United States III. CONCLUSION A. Analytical summary 1. Works Cited 2. Glossary How TV was Created The origins today's television system can be traced back to the discovery of the television system by Willoughby Smith in 1873, the invention of a scanning disk by Paul Gottlieb Nipkow in 1884, and Philo Farnsworth's Image dissector in 1927.The 20-year old German university student Nipkow proposed and patented the first electromechanical television system in 1884. Nipkow's spinning disk design. Constantin Perskyi had invented the word television in a paper read to the International Electricity Congress at the International World Fair in Paris on August 25, 1900. Perskyi's paper reviewed the existing electromechanical technologies, mentioning the work of Nipkow and others. Nipkow's scanning disks were first for practical use in the electronic transmission of still pictures and photographs, and by the first decade of the 20th century halftone photographs were being transmitted by a copy over telegraph and telephone lines as a newspaper service. However, it wasn't until 1907 that developments in amplification tube technology made the design practical. The first demonstration of the instantaneous transmission of still images was by Georges Rignoux and A. Fournier in Paris in 1909, using a rotating mirror-drum as the scanner, and a matrix of 64 selenium cells as the receiver. In 1911, Boris Rosing and his student Vladimir Kosma Zworykin created a television system that used a mechanical mirror-drum scanner to transmit, in Zworykin's words, "very crude images" over wires to the electronic Braun tube in the receiver. Moving images were not possible because, in the scanner, the sensitivity was not enough and the selenium cell was very laggy. On March 25, 1925, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave a demonstration of televised images in motion at Selfridge's Department Store in London ,but if television is defined as the transmission of live, moving, half-tone images and not , still images. Baird first achieved this privately on October 2, 1925. Then he gave the world's first public demonstration of a working television system to members of the Royal Institution and a newspaper reporter on January 26, 1926 at his laboratory in London. Unlike later electronic systems with several hundred lines of resolution, Baird's vertically scanned image, using a scanning disk embedded with a double spiral of lenses, had only 30 lines, just enough to reproduce a recognizable human face. In 1927, Baird transmitted a signal over 438 miles of telephone line between London and Glasgow. In 1928, Baird's company (Baird Television Development Company / Cinema Television) broadcast the first transatlantic television signal, between London and New York, and the first shore-to-ship transmission. He also demonstrated an electromechanical color, infrared , and stereoscopic television, using additional lenses, disks and filters. In parallel, Baird developed a video disk recording system. A number of the Phonovision recordings, dating back to 1927, still exist. In 1929, he became involved in the first experimental electromechanical television service in Germany. In November 1929, Baird and Bernard Natan of Pathe established France's first television company, Télévision-Baird-Natan. In 1931, he made the first live transmission, of the Epsom Derby. In 1932, he demonstrated ultra-short wave television. Baird's electromechanical system reached a peak of 240 lines of resolution on BBC television broadcasts in 1936, before being discontinued in favor of a 405-line all-electronic system developed by Marconi-EMI. Television’s Revolution Most television researchers appreciated the value of color image transmission, with an early patent application in Russia in 1889 for a mechanically-scanned color system showing how early the importance of color was realized. John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first color transmission on July 3, 1928, using scanning discs at the transmitting and receiving ends with three spirals of apertures, each spiral with filters of a different primary color; and three light sources at the receiving end, with a commutator to alternate their illumination. Baird also made the world's first color broadcast on February 4, 1938, sending a mechanically scanned 120-line image from Baird's Crystal Palace studios to a projection screen at London's Dominion Theatre. In 1938 the shadow mask color television was patented by Werner Flechsig in Germany, and was demonstrated at the International radio exhibition Berlin in 1939. The analog color televisions we use today are based on this technology. On August 16, 1944, Baird gave the first demonstration of a fully electronic color television display. His 600-line color system used triple interlacing, using six scans to build each picture. Television Now In television's electromechanical era, commercially made television sets were sold from 1928 to 1934 in the United Kingdom, United States, and Russia. The earliest commercially made sets sold by Baird in the UK in 1928 were radios with the addition of a television device consisting of a neon tube behind a mechanically spinning disk (the Nipkow disk) with a spiral of apertures that produced a red postage-stamp size image, enlarged to twice that size by a magnifying glass. The Baird "Televisor" was also available without the radio. The Televisor sold in 1930–1933 is considered the first mass-produced set, selling about a thousand units. The first regularly scheduled television service in the United States began on July 2, 1928. The Federal Radio Commission authorized C.F. Jenkins to broadcast from experimental station W3XK in Wheaton, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. But for at least the first eighteen months, only silhouette images from motion picture film were broadcast. Work Cited Abramson, Albert. The History of Television, 1880 to 1941. (1987). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. “ History of Television”. Wikipedia. 22 May. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_television> Glossary Transmission - the act or process of transmitting something, especially radio signals, radio or television broadcasts, data, or a disease Halftone - a photoengraving process by which shading is produced by photographing an image through a screen, then etching a plate so that the shading is reproduced as dots Amplification - the act or process of making a spoken or written account fuller or clearer Instantaneous - occurring immediately or almost immediately Selenium - a nonmetallic chemical element that occurs in several forms ranging from a red powder to gray-black crystals. It is an essential trace element, although toxic in excess, and is used in photocells and photocopiers owing to its light-sensitive properties. Stereoscopic - involving, producing, or resembling the effects of seeing something as three dimensional Illumination - the provision of light to make something visible or bright, or the fact of being lit up Interlacing - to join together or interweave, often in an intricate pattern, by crossing over each other, or to cause two or more things to do this Commercially - in commercial terms or from a profit-making point of view Silhouette - an outline of somebody or something filled in with black or a dark color on a light background, especially when done as a likeness or work of art .

Could someone proofread this essay ? Outline I. INTRODUCTION - Television is a great asset to many people. II. BODY - TV is Born, Television’s Revolution, Television Now A. How TV was Created 1. Inventors A. Willoughby Smith B. Philo Farnsworth C. Paul Gottlieb B. Television’s Revolution 1. Kinds of television A. Mechanical color television I. John Logie Baird B. Electronic color television I. Werner Flechsig C. Television Now 1. Television Sets 2. Broadcast television A. United States III. CONCLUSION A. Analytical summary 1. Works Cited 2. Glossary How TV was Created The origins today's television system can be traced back to the discovery of the television system by Willoughby Smith in 1873, the invention of a scanning disk by Paul Gottlieb Nipkow in 1884, and Philo Farnsworth's Image dissector in 1927.The 20-year old German university student Nipkow proposed and patented the first electromechanical television system in 1884. Nipkow's spinning disk design. Constantin Perskyi had invented the word television in a paper read to the International Electricity Congress at the International World Fair in Paris on August 25, 1900. Perskyi's paper reviewed the existing electromechanical technologies, mentioning the work of Nipkow and others. Nipkow's scanning disks were first for practical use in the electronic transmission of still pictures and photographs, and by the first decade of the 20th century halftone photographs were being transmitted by a copy over telegraph and telephone lines as a newspaper service. However, it wasn't until 1907 that developments in amplification tube technology made the design practical. The first demonstration of the instantaneous transmission of still images was by Georges Rignoux and A. Fournier in Paris in 1909, using a rotating mirror-drum as the scanner, and a matrix of 64 selenium cells as the receiver. In 1911, Boris Rosing and his student Vladimir Kosma Zworykin created a television system that used a mechanical mirror-drum scanner to transmit, in Zworykin's words, "very crude images" over wires to the electronic Braun tube in the receiver. Moving images were not possible because, in the scanner, the sensitivity was not enough and the selenium cell was very laggy. On March 25, 1925, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave a demonstration of televised images in motion at Selfridge's Department Store in London ,but if television is defined as the transmission of live, moving, half-tone images and not , still images. Baird first achieved this privately on October 2, 1925. Then he gave the world's first public demonstration of a working television system to members of the Royal Institution and a newspaper reporter on January 26, 1926 at his laboratory in London. Unlike later electronic systems with several hundred lines of resolution, Baird's vertically scanned image, using a scanning disk embedded with a double spiral of lenses, had only 30 lines, just enough to reproduce a recognizable human face. In 1927, Baird transmitted a signal over 438 miles of telephone line between London and Glasgow. In 1928, Baird's company (Baird Television Development Company / Cinema Television) broadcast the first transatlantic television signal, between London and New York, and the first shore-to-ship transmission. He also demonstrated an electromechanical color, infrared , and stereoscopic television, using additional lenses, disks and filters. In parallel, Baird developed a video disk recording system. A number of the Phonovision recordings, dating back to 1927, still exist. In 1929, he became involved in the first experimental electromechanical television service in Germany. In November 1929, Baird and Bernard Natan of Pathe established France's first television company, Télévision-Baird-Natan. In 1931, he made the first live transmission, of the Epsom Derby. In 1932, he demonstrated ultra-short wave television. Baird's electromechanical system reached a peak of 240 lines of resolution on BBC television broadcasts in 1936, before being discontinued in favor of a 405-line all-electronic system developed by Marconi-EMI. Television’s Revolution Most television researchers appreciated the value of color image transmission, with an early patent application in Russia in 1889 for a mechanically-scanned color system showing how early the importance of color was realized. John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first color transmission on July 3, 1928, using scanning discs at the transmitting and receiving ends with three spirals of apertures, each spiral with filters of a different primary color; and three light sources at the receiving end, with a commutator to alternate their illumination. Baird also made the world's first color broadcast on February 4, 1938, sending a mechanically scanned 120-line image from Baird's Crystal Palace studios to a projection screen at London's Dominion Theatre. In 1938 the shadow mask color television was patented by Werner Flechsig in Germany, and was demonstrated at the International radio exhibition Berlin in 1939. The analog color televisions we use today are based on this technology. On August 16, 1944, Baird gave the first demonstration of a fully electronic color television display. His 600-line color system used triple interlacing, using six scans to build each picture. Television Now In television's electromechanical era, commercially made television sets were sold from 1928 to 1934 in the United Kingdom, United States, and Russia. The earliest commercially made sets sold by Baird in the UK in 1928 were radios with the addition of a television device consisting of a neon tube behind a mechanically spinning disk (the Nipkow disk) with a spiral of apertures that produced a red postage-stamp size image, enlarged to twice that size by a magnifying glass. The Baird "Televisor" was also available without the radio. The Televisor sold in 1930–1933 is considered the first mass-produced set, selling about a thousand units. The first regularly scheduled television service in the United States began on July 2, 1928. The Federal Radio Commission authorized C.F. Jenkins to broadcast from experimental station W3XK in Wheaton, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. But for at least the first eighteen months, only silhouette images from motion picture film were broadcast. Work Cited Abramson, Albert. The History of Television, 1880 to 1941. (1987). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. “ History of Television”. Wikipedia. 22 May. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_television> Glossary Transmission - the act or process of transmitting something, especially radio signals, radio or television broadcasts, data, or a disease Halftone - a photoengraving process by which shading is produced by photographing an image through a screen, then etching a plate so that the shading is reproduced as dots Amplification - the act or process of making a spoken or written account fuller or clearer Instantaneous - occurring immediately or almost immediately Selenium - a nonmetallic chemical element that occurs in several forms ranging from a red powder to gray-black crystals. It is an essential trace element, although toxic in excess, and is used in photocells and photocopiers owing to its light-sensitive properties. Stereoscopic - involving, producing, or resembling the effects of seeing something as three dimensional Illumination - the provision of light to make something visible or bright, or the fact of being lit up Interlacing - to join together or interweave, often in an intricate pattern, by crossing over each other, or to cause two or more things to do this Commercially - in commercial terms or from a profit-making point of view Silhouette - an outline of somebody or something filled in with black or a dark color on a light background, especially when done as a likeness or work of art

Is the republican party really the pro-life? When they not only support outsourcing U.S. Jobs, but also preferential trade with a Government that not by individual choice, but by mandate forces women to have abortions. China Uses Abortion as Female Genocide CNSNews.com Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001 LONDON - Shocking pictures of an apparent victim of China's "one-child policy" - a newborn baby girl lying dead in a gutter, ignored by passers-by - have prompted shock and revulsion. The pictures, published in a British newspaper Wednesday, come at a time British government officials are holding talks in China over human rights issues. The U.S. administration is also this week expected to decide on whether to support an annual U.N. resolution condemning China's human rights record. Members of the Senate Tuesday introduced a resolution urging President Bush to "take the lead" in an international censure of Beijing. The photographs were taken by a horrified visitor and smuggled out of China after police questioned her for photographing the dead child, and confiscated films. The woman said the baby's naked body, spotted lying alongside a road in a small town in Hunan province, was still warm - she had clearly been dumped and had just died. Many passers-by on their way to work ignored the child, the Mirror quoted her as saying, while some stopped to look, then walked on. Pictures showed life going on as normal, until an elderly man eventually put the tiny body into a box and carried it away. The woman said she called the police, who took more than three hours to arrive. When they did, they questioned her for an hour, checked her identification papers, and took all her film, except for one she managed to hide. China's population is expected to increase from 1.26 billion at the end of 1999 to 1.6 billion in 2050. Abortion Used Against Women Under a "one-child policy," introduced in 1979 to help slow down the galloping population growth rate, parents are routinely sterilized and face large fines if they have more than one child. The government claims it has successfully prevented 250 million births since it was introduced. But it has also been estimated that the policy has resulted in there being 60 million more males in China than females. Many parents, aware they will only have one child to look after them in their old age, want that child to be a son, say human rights campaigners. As a result, parents who can afford it have their child screened in the womb, then abort girls. Those who give birth to girls may abandon them or leave them to die. Determination of gender during ultrasound scans has been officially banned for years, but the practice continues. One 1999 report on the International Planned Parenthood Federation Web site says that between 500,000 and 750,000 unborn Chinese girls are aborted every year after sex screening. Last August, Western newspapers reported a case in which "family planning" officials had killed an unauthorized baby in front of its parents. The Huang family already had three children when the mother fell pregnant again, according to the reports. Having botched an attempt to induce an abortion, "family planning" officials then ordered the father to kill the newborn baby, whom he instead tried to hide. Eventually they found the baby boy and drowned him in a rice paddy, in front of the parents. "China's population-control policies allow petty bureaucrats across the country a free hand to ruin people's lives as they extort bribes and gifts and dispense life-or-death decisions," one London newspaper reported at the time. After a public outcry, authorities reportedly arrested three "family planning" officials. According to information provided by the Chinese Embassy in Britain, the government views the policy as benefiting the whole of society. It claims that "forced abortion and sterilization are strictly prohibited by the Chinese laws and offenders will be punished according to law." A Taiwan newspaper in December quoted the director of China's state "family planning" commission as admitting that the policy has led to forced abortions, sex-selective abortions, as well as infanticide and the abandonment of newborn girls. But China would go on implementing the policy, he said, while continuing to oppose "coercion" and "induced abortion." The policy has been relaxed in some areas, and some parents are allowed to have a second child, in return for paying a fee, often more than a year's wages. Desensitized Britain's largest pro-life organization, Life, said that while the pictures were deeply upsetting, it was grateful to the photographer for getting out images depicting so vividly "the depths that China's so-called family-planning policy has sunk to." Life spokesperson Nuala Scarisbrick commented on th http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/2/14/202119.shtml

If the Republican Party is Pro-Life, than why do they finance abortion in China? When they not only support outsourcing U.S. Jobs, but also preferential trade with a Government that not by individual choice, but by mandate forces women to have abortions. China Uses Abortion as Female Genocide CNSNews.com Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001 LONDON - Shocking pictures of an apparent victim of China's "one-child policy" - a newborn baby girl lying dead in a gutter, ignored by passers-by - have prompted shock and revulsion. The pictures, published in a British newspaper Wednesday, come at a time British government officials are holding talks in China over human rights issues. The U.S. administration is also this week expected to decide on whether to support an annual U.N. resolution condemning China's human rights record. Members of the Senate Tuesday introduced a resolution urging President Bush to "take the lead" in an international censure of Beijing. The photographs were taken by a horrified visitor and smuggled out of China after police questioned her for photographing the dead child, and confiscated films. The woman said the baby's naked body, spotted lying alongside a road in a small town in Hunan province, was still warm - she had clearly been dumped and had just died. Many passers-by on their way to work ignored the child, the Mirror quoted her as saying, while some stopped to look, then walked on. Pictures showed life going on as normal, until an elderly man eventually put the tiny body into a box and carried it away. The woman said she called the police, who took more than three hours to arrive. When they did, they questioned her for an hour, checked her identification papers, and took all her film, except for one she managed to hide. China's population is expected to increase from 1.26 billion at the end of 1999 to 1.6 billion in 2050. Abortion Used Against Women Under a "one-child policy," introduced in 1979 to help slow down the galloping population growth rate, parents are routinely sterilized and face large fines if they have more than one child. The government claims it has successfully prevented 250 million births since it was introduced. But it has also been estimated that the policy has resulted in there being 60 million more males in China than females. Many parents, aware they will only have one child to look after them in their old age, want that child to be a son, say human rights campaigners. As a result, parents who can afford it have their child screened in the womb, then abort girls. Those who give birth to girls may abandon them or leave them to die. Determination of gender during ultrasound scans has been officially banned for years, but the practice continues. One 1999 report on the International Planned Parenthood Federation Web site says that between 500,000 and 750,000 unborn Chinese girls are aborted every year after sex screening. Last August, Western newspapers reported a case in which "family planning" officials had killed an unauthorized baby in front of its parents. The Huang family already had three children when the mother fell pregnant again, according to the reports. Having botched an attempt to induce an abortion, "family planning" officials then ordered the father to kill the newborn baby, whom he instead tried to hide. Eventually they found the baby boy and drowned him in a rice paddy, in front of the parents. "China's population-control policies allow petty bureaucrats across the country a free hand to ruin people's lives as they extort bribes and gifts and dispense life-or-death decisions," one London newspaper reported at the time. After a public outcry, authorities reportedly arrested three "family planning" officials. According to information provided by the Chinese Embassy in Britain, the government views the policy as benefiting the whole of society. It claims that "forced abortion and sterilization are strictly prohibited by the Chinese laws and offenders will be punished according to law." A Taiwan newspaper in December quoted the director of China's state "family planning" commission as admitting that the policy has led to forced abortions, sex-selective abortions, as well as infanticide and the abandonment of newborn girls. But China would go on implementing the policy, he said, while continuing to oppose "coercion" and "induced abortion." The policy has been relaxed in some areas, and some parents are allowed to have a second child, in return for paying a fee, often more than a year's wages. Desensitized Britain's largest pro-life organization, Life, said that while the pictures were deeply upsetting, it was grateful to the photographer for getting out images depicting so vividly "the depths that China's so-called family-planning policy has sunk to.". . . . http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/

Why there are so many holocaust survivals? How they flee from the extermination camps? Don't you feel sometimes they are having the same story as if it was written by the same person? How could the survivals remember the exact location of the execution camps even though they were very young and they were transferred by military vans? Why until now no body find any of the victims remains even the camps locations were scanned several times by very sophisticated instruments. Why the Nazis kept all this records of the holocaust in their archives? Why it was so important for them? Is there any international esteemed laboratory confirm that this documents were written in that period? Why all pictures of the holocaust made in a very emotive way? As if there are directors want to show it as something sad? I think the photographer should by Nazi too!! Rat- race, I am not denying, I am wondering…Please read my question again.

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Hercules WOW or Hercules cycles or hero cycles? Hi All, During my childwood i puchased Hercules MTB i used this very roughly from 8th std to 12th std.I was totally fit and enjoyed my riding each day , this was the basic model without any gears but i used to ride for 20kms every day. (1993 to 1998). My cycle was my life at this time. Later in 2002 i entered the software profession i was fit healthy and muscular, but down the time this stamina got declining, My friends and readers(Other Software professionals) will know why it happened to me? Reason : Sloggin and working on computer for a long time. Life style totally changed i used my car and 2 wheeler for most of the transportation. I was really embarrassed and depressed reg my health and my situation, but I never found a way to overcome this, but I always used to repent on this. Then on one day i thought i will commute to office by using cycle. I took Hero Hawk (With out gears) for communting from office to home, i rode this for 1 month, but i used to put lot of efforts on cycling. Later i developed back pain because this cycle was not a perfect design for my body’s attributes(iam 100 Kilos and 5’7") The seat of this bicycle is really pathetic I donated this bicycle(Hero Hawk) My health started declining onceagain daily i used to think weather i will survive or not for the another 1 year. I started doing Yoga and Brisk walking now iam fit and energetic now i love myself and have pride about myself . After 2 months i wanted to go for a bicycle once again but but this time i did a lots of research on bikes and came to know that i have to use a good bike(BICYCLE) where in which the efforts for pedalling should be very very less this and this are all my findings. Hero: 1) Octane DTB1 (5500rs) 2) Octane DTB2 (5500 rs) 3) Octane Nv (5500rs) 4) Octane 26t (7500 rs with speed brakes) all the above models have 21 gears. Hercules Models 1) Hecules Turbodrive 2) Hercules wow(18 gear ) - 5500 rs 3) Hercules Wow -(21 gears with speed brake) - 7500rs 4) Hercules dtb4 -(21 gears but a heavy vehicle)-5500rs 5) Hercules DTB5-(21 gears aluminum bike ) - 6500 rs 6) Hercules Fusion (6 gears) - 3500rs 7) Hercules fusion whith shock absorbers(6 gears) - 4000rs. Trek Models 1) Trek 3700 ( 17000 rs ) 2) Trek 4300(22000 rs +) Merrida 1) model 1 2) Model 2 the prices of merrida is same as trek models. FireFox 1) Basic Model with 6 gears starts from 6000 rs+ For me i dont wanted to invest a large amount for bicycle, because if some theft happens i would repent a lot then i dont wanted to go for an international or imported brand because of maintainence issues. so i choosed 2 indian Brands 1) Hero and 2) Hercules. With the review comments that what i have read in the internet directly i rejected hero brand. My inclination started growing with hercules. and i decided to go for any one of the below bikes 1) Hercules Wow (18 Gear) 2) Hercules dtb 5(21 gear) While commuting to office with my Petrol Vehicle i always scanned the roads for this higer end bicycles i found a couple of riders with Hercules Wow. They gave me the best feed back reg this Bikes. Then i made my mind to buy hercules WoW (18 Gear)- 5500RS. To make this decesion i have done mining on the different category of cycles. The feedback from various people who were using Hercules Wow is amazing. i will be purchasing this bicycle at the earliest and i will presume my cycling journey of my life once again to keep myself fit , energetic, active and to build stamina. I have done lots and lots of research on bicycles. Below are some of the links you can look in to (Because i have used this links for my initial research) http://groups.google.co.in/group/Bangalore-bikers http://www.bikeszone.com/ http://www.bumsonthesaddle.com/mountainBikes If you still require any other info or want to make some decesion you can mail me back or call me up. This is my number 9916487474 All the best for other who are venturing for getting new bicycles. Purchase Price (INR): 5500

Cycling for life and My story of life.? Hi All, During my childwood i puchased Hercules MTB i used this very roughly from 8th std to 12th std.I was totally fit and enjoyed my riding each day , this was the basic model without any gears but i used to ride for 20kms every day. (1993 to 1998). My cycle was my life at this time. Later in 2002 i entered the software profession i was fit healthy and muscular, but down the time this stamina got declining, My friends and readers(Other Software professionals) will know why it happened to me? Reason : Sloggin and working on computer for a long time. Life style totally changed i used my car and 2 wheeler for most of the transportation. I was really embarrassed and depressed reg my health and my situation, but I never found a way to overcome this, but I always used to repent on this. Then on one day i thought i will commute to office by using cycle. I took Hero Hawk (With out gears) for communting from office to home, i rode this for 1 month, but i used to put lot of efforts on cycling. Later i developed back pain because this cycle was not a perfect design for my body’s attributes(iam 100 Kilos and 5’7") The seat of this bicycle is really pathetic I donated this bicycle(Hero Hawk) My health started declining onceagain daily i used to think weather i will survive or not for the another 1 year. I started doing Yoga and Brisk walking now iam fit and energetic now i love myself and have pride about myself . After 2 months i wanted to go for a bicycle once again but but this time i did a lots of research on bikes and came to know that i have to use a good bike(BICYCLE) where in which the efforts for pedalling should be very very less this and this are all my findings. Hero: 1) Octane DTB1 (5500rs) 2) Octane DTB2 (5500 rs) 3) Octane Nv (5500rs) 4) Octane 26t (7500 rs with speed brakes) all the above models have 21 gears. Hercules Models 1) Hecules Turbodrive 2) Hercules wow(18 gear ) - 5500 rs 3) Hercules Wow -(21 gears with speed brake) - 7500rs 4) Hercules dtb4 -(21 gears but a heavy vehicle)-5500rs 5) Hercules DTB5-(21 gears aluminum bike ) - 6500 rs 6) Hercules Fusion (6 gears) - 3500rs 7) Hercules fusion whith shock absorbers(6 gears) - 4000rs. Trek Models 1) Trek 3700 ( 17000 rs ) 2) Trek 4300(22000 rs +) Merrida 1) model 1 2) Model 2 the prices of merrida is same as trek models. FireFox 1) Basic Model with 6 gears starts from 6000 rs+ For me i dont wanted to invest a large amount for bicycle, because if some theft happens i would repent a lot then i dont wanted to go for an international or imported brand because of maintainence issues. so i choosed 2 indian Brands 1) Hero and 2) Hercules. With the review comments that what i have read in the internet directly i rejected hero brand. My inclination started growing with hercules. and i decided to go for any one of the below bikes 1) Hercules Wow (18 Gear) 2) Hercules dtb 5(21 gear) While commuting to office with my Petrol Vehicle i always scanned the roads for this higer end bicycles i found a couple of riders with Hercules Wow. They gave me the best feed back reg this Bikes. Then i made my mind to buy hercules WoW (18 Gear)- 5500RS. To make this decesion i have done mining on the different category of cycles. The feedback from various people who were using Hercules Wow is amazing. i will be purchasing this bicycle at the earliest and i will presume my cycling journey of my life once again to keep myself fit , energetic, active and to build stamina. I have done lots and lots of research on bicycles. Below are some of the links you can look in to (Because i have used this links for my initial research) http://groups.google.co.in/group/Bangalore-bikers http://www.bikeszone.com/ http://www.bumsonthesaddle.com/mountainBikes If you still require any other info or want to make some decesion you can mail me back or call me up. This is my number 9916487474 All the best for other who are venturing for getting new bicycles. Purchase Price (INR): 5500

Do you think Thilan Samaraweera's cricket Test career is finish for the future? Thilan Samaraweera may have been discharged from the hospital & he can say all he wants but, i personally think his test or any cricket career for SL is finish (srry to say) hver, once u get an bullet into ur knee cap. There is no way u can recover 100% by operating ur foot componets effectivly or using ur legs 100%. As a lakan desi or a Lakan supporter of SL Cricket i feel sad & angry for his case bc, he wont be the same & smack double centuries....so that my frd is the whoel trh & nutin but the trhth. Amin. Thilan Samaraweera feared for his cricket career after the Lahore attack but is now confident of making a comeback to international cricket. Cricket, he says, remains his first priority and he is even open to playing in Pakistan again. Samaraweera, who had a bullet removed from his left leg, was discharged from a Colombo hospital on Tuesday - two weeks after the attack - and went to the Sri Lankan board office today for physiotherapy. Two of his injuries have healed but his leg is still heavily plastered as he is yet to recover from the most serious injury, that to his hamstring. He has not held a bat yet but is hopeful of resuming practice in April. Has the attack changed his outlook on the game? "No, I don't think so," Samaraweera told Cricinfo in an extensive interview. "Cricket is my No. 1 priority and I have to get physically and mentally strong to represent my country again. I was out of the team for two years but I came back strongly and I will do so again after this incident. "I have had two weeks to think about it. Today I decided not to think about the past and to try and be positive." The recent past has been extremely difficult for Samaraweera. The four days immediately proceding the Lahore attack were particularly torturous. "They were terrible. I couldn't go to the toilet, I couldn't walk, I couldn't even sleep as I couldn't change my body position. Those four days really worried me a lot. But, after the second operation it got better and, at the moment, my leg movements are improving every day." Apart from conventional treatment, Samaraweera also met up with the Sri Lankan President's personal physician, Dr Eliyantha White, a faith healer who has successfully treated Lasith Malinga and Sanath Jayasuriya in the recent past. "I had a couple of sessions with him; he blessed me and gave me herbs. Everything is working well for me now." Looking back at the incident, what strikes Samaraweera the most is how he and his team-mates didn't panic and how survival instincts took over. "That was the best thing. I was lying on the floor, in front of Sangakkara, when I got hit. I immediately put my head under the seat to protect it from getting hit. My leg was bleeding but survival instincts didn't allow me to panic. Once the bus stopped, I told [Chamara] Kapugedera, 'I can't walk; please take me to the dressing-room.'" He was shifted immediately to hospital, where thoughts regarding his cricketing future terrified him. " I thought my career was over but a professor, who saw my X-rays and scans, came in and said, 'You are a lucky man. Don't worry, you will play again.' The bullet had gone through the muscle and not hit the bone or the knee." Yet he was unaware of the gravity of the attacks until he reached the army base near Lahore, from where he was airlifted to Colombo. "There I saw [the footage] on news channels and it was terrible." Samaraweera did not speak to his wife until six hours after the attack. "I didn't want to as I knew she would panic. I spoke to her brother and told him the injuries were not serious. When I finally did speak to my wife, she didn't believe that I was alright - the channels were saying I'd been hit in the head and chest. Only after she saw me at Colombo airport was she happy and relieved. Looking back at the incident, what strikes Samaraweera the most is how he and his team-mates didn't panic and how survival instincts took over "She is yet to fully recover from the shock, though. She is going to counselling sessions, arranged by the board, and is improving [Samaraweera himself will attend those sessions when fully fit]. The sessions have helped her a lot; they've also helped me in my rehabilitation back home. She is now moving on, dropping my kid to school and running the house." Samaraweera has been spending time with his two daughters, aged eight and three. "The younger one doesn't know anything," he said with a laugh. "The elder one was worried about my leg and kept asking her mother whether I would be okay, whether I would be able to drop her at school soon! I am really happy with the emotional support that I have got from my family. My wife has never said not to play cricket in the future; she is just worried about my health." He also cited his faith in Buddhism as another healing factor. "It clears your mind and calms you. None of us was seriously injured. Call it luck or whatever you will … My faith in r

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If the Republican Party is Pro-Life, than why do they finance abortion in China? When they not only support outsourcing U.S. Jobs, but also preferential trade with a Government that not by individual choice, but by mandate forces women to have abortions. China Uses Abortion as Female Genocide CNSNews.com Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001 LONDON - Shocking pictures of an apparent victim of China's "one-child policy" - a newborn baby girl lying dead in a gutter, ignored by passers-by - have prompted shock and revulsion. The pictures, published in a British newspaper Wednesday, come at a time British government officials are holding talks in China over human rights issues. The U.S. administration is also this week expected to decide on whether to support an annual U.N. resolution condemning China's human rights record. Members of the Senate Tuesday introduced a resolution urging President Bush to "take the lead" in an international censure of Beijing. The photographs were taken by a horrified visitor and smuggled out of China after police questioned her for photographing the dead child, and confiscated films. The woman said the baby's naked body, spotted lying alongside a road in a small town in Hunan province, was still warm - she had clearly been dumped and had just died. Many passers-by on their way to work ignored the child, the Mirror quoted her as saying, while some stopped to look, then walked on. Pictures showed life going on as normal, until an elderly man eventually put the tiny body into a box and carried it away. The woman said she called the police, who took more than three hours to arrive. When they did, they questioned her for an hour, checked her identification papers, and took all her film, except for one she managed to hide. China's population is expected to increase from 1.26 billion at the end of 1999 to 1.6 billion in 2050. Abortion Used Against Women Under a "one-child policy," introduced in 1979 to help slow down the galloping population growth rate, parents are routinely sterilized and face large fines if they have more than one child. The government claims it has successfully prevented 250 million births since it was introduced. But it has also been estimated that the policy has resulted in there being 60 million more males in China than females. Many parents, aware they will only have one child to look after them in their old age, want that child to be a son, say human rights campaigners. As a result, parents who can afford it have their child screened in the womb, then abort girls. Those who give birth to girls may abandon them or leave them to die. Determination of gender during ultrasound scans has been officially banned for years, but the practice continues. One 1999 report on the International Planned Parenthood Federation Web site says that between 500,000 and 750,000 unborn Chinese girls are aborted every year after sex screening. Last August, Western newspapers reported a case in which "family planning" officials had killed an unauthorized baby in front of its parents. The Huang family already had three children when the mother fell pregnant again, according to the reports. Having botched an attempt to induce an abortion, "family planning" officials then ordered the father to kill the newborn baby, whom he instead tried to hide. Eventually they found the baby boy and drowned him in a rice paddy, in front of the parents. "China's population-control policies allow petty bureaucrats across the country a free hand to ruin people's lives as they extort bribes and gifts and dispense life-or-death decisions," one London newspaper reported at the time. After a public outcry, authorities reportedly arrested three "family planning" officials. According to information provided by the Chinese Embassy in Britain, the government views the policy as benefiting the whole of society. It claims that "forced abortion and sterilization are strictly prohibited by the Chinese laws and offenders will be punished according to law." A Taiwan newspaper in December quoted the director of China's state "family planning" commission as admitting that the policy has led to forced abortions, sex-selective abortions, as well as infanticide and the abandonment of newborn girls. But China would go on implementing the policy, he said, while continuing to oppose "coercion" and "induced abortion." The policy has been relaxed in some areas, and some parents are allowed to have a second child, in return for paying a fee, often more than a year's wages. Desensitized Britain's largest pro-life organization, Life, said that while the pictures were deeply upsetting, it was grateful to the photographer for getting out images depicting so vividly "the depths that China's so-called family-planning policy has sunk to.". . . . http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/

Is it good to drink milk? The text is too long but worthwhile read....? "MILK" Just the word itself sounds comforting! "How about a nice cup of hot milk?" The last time you heard that question it was from someone who cared for you--and you appreciated their effort. The entire matter of food and especially that of milk is surrounded with emotional and cultural importance. Milk was our very first food. If we were fortunate it was our mother's milk. A loving link, given and taken. It was the only path to survival. If not mother's milk it was cow's milk or soy milk "formula"--rarely it was goat, camel or water buffalo milk. Now, we are a nation of milk drinkers. Nearly all of us. Infants, the young, adolescents, adults and even the aged. We drink dozens or even several hundred gallons a year and add to that many pounds of "dairy products" such as cheese, butter, and yogurt. Can there be anything wrong with this? We see reassuring images of healthy, beautiful people on our television screens and hear messages that assure us that, "Milk is good for your body." Our dieticians insist that: "You've got to have milk, or where will you get your calcium?" School lunches always include milk and nearly every hospital meal will have milk added. And if that isn't enough, our nutritionists told us for years that dairy products make up an "essential food group." Industry spokesmen made sure that colourful charts proclaiming the necessity of milk and other essential nutrients were made available at no cost for schools. Cow's milk became "normal." You may be surprised to learn that most of the human beings that live on planet Earth today do not drink or use cow's milk. Further, most of them can't drink milk because it makes them ill. There are students of human nutrition who are not supportive of milk use for adults. Here is a quotation from the March/April 1991 Utne Reader: If you really want to play it safe, you may decide to join the growing number of Americans who are eliminating dairy products from their diets altogether. Although this sounds radical to those of us weaned on milk and the five basic food groups, it is eminently viable. Indeed, of all the mammals, only humans--and then only a minority, principally Caucasians--continue to drink milk beyond babyhood. Who is right? Why the confusion? Where best to get our answers? Can we trust milk industry spokesmen? Can you trust any industry spokesmen? Are nutritionists up to date or are they simply repeating what their professors learned years ago? What about the new voices urging caution? I believe that there are three reliable sources of information. The first, and probably the best, is a study of nature. The second is to study the history of our own species. Finally we need to look at the world's scientific literature on the subject of milk. Let's look at the scientific literature first. From 1988 to 1993 there were over 2,700 articles dealing with milk recorded in the 'Medicine' archives. Fifteen hundred of theses had milk as the main focus of the article. There is no lack of scientific information on this subject. I reviewed over 500 of the 1,500 articles, discarding articles that dealt exclusively with animals, esoteric research and inconclusive studies. How would I summarize the articles? They were only slightly less than horrifying. First of all, none of the authors spoke of cow's milk as an excellent food, free of side effects and the 'perfect food' as we have been led to believe by the industry. The main focus of the published reports seems to be on intestinal colic, intestinal irritation, intestinal bleeding, anemia, allergic reactions in infants and children as well as infections such as salmonella. More ominous is the fear of viral infection with bovine leukemia virus or an AIDS-like virus as well as concern for childhood diabetes. Contamination of milk by blood and white (pus) cells as well as a variety of chemicals and insecticides was also discussed. Among children the problems were allergy, ear and tonsillar infections, bedwetting, asthma, intestinal bleeding, colic and childhood diabetes. In adults the problems seemed centered more around heart disease and arthritis, allergy, sinusitis, and the more serious questions of leukemia, lymphoma and cancer. I think that an answer can also be found in a consideration of what occurs in nature & what happens with free living mammals and what happens with human groups living in close to a natural state as 'hunter-gatherers'. Our paleolithic ancestors are another crucial and interesting group to study. Here we are limited to speculation and indirect evidences, but the bony remains available for our study are remarkable. There is no doubt whatever that these skeletal remains reflect great strength, muscularity (the size of the muscular insertions show this), and total absence of advanced osteoporosis. And if you feel that these people are not important for us to study, consider that today our genes are programming our bodies in almost exactly the same way as our ancestors of 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. WHAT IS MILK? Milk is a maternal lactating secretion, a short term nutrient for new-borns. Nothing more, nothing less. Invariably, the mother of any mammal will provide her milk for a short period of time immediately after birth. When the time comes for 'weaning', the young offspring is introduced to the proper food for that species of mammal. A familiar example is that of a puppy. The mother nurses the pup for just a few weeks and then rejects the young animal and teaches it to eat solid food. Nursing is provided by nature only for the very youngest of mammals. Of course, it is not possible for animals living in a natural state to continue with the drinking of milk after weaning. IS ALL MILK THE SAME? Then there is the matter of where we get our milk. We have settled on the cow because of its docile nature, its size, and its abundant milk supply. Somehow this choice seems 'normal' and blessed by nature, our culture, and our customs. But is it natural? Is it wise to drink the milk of another species of mammal? Consider for a moment, if it was possible, to drink the milk of a mammal other than a cow, let's say a rat. Or perhaps the milk of a dog would be more to your liking. Possibly some horse milk or cat milk. Do you get the idea? Well, I'm not serious about this, except to suggest that human milk is for human infants, dogs' milk is for pups, cows' milk is for calves, cats' milk is for kittens, and so forth. Clearly, this is the way nature intends it. Just use your own good judgement on this one. Milk is not just milk. The milk of every species of mammal is unique and specifically tailored to the requirements of that animal. For example, cows' milk is very much richer in protein than human milk. Three to four times as much. It has five to seven times the mineral content. However, it is markedly deficient in essential fatty acids when compared to human mothers' milk. Mothers' milk has six to ten times as much of the essential fatty acids, especially linoleic acid. (Incidentally, skimmed cow's milk has no linoleic acid). It simply is not designed for humans. Food is not just food, and milk is not just milk. It is not only the proper amount of food but the proper qualitative composition that is critical for the very best in health and growth. Biochemists and physiologists -and rarely medical doctors - are gradually learning that foods contain the crucial elements that allow a particular species to develop its unique specializations. Clearly, our specialization is for advanced neurological development and delicate neuromuscular control. We do not have much need of massive skeletal growth or huge muscle groups as does a calf. Think of the difference between the demands make on the human hand and the demands on a cow's hoof. Human new-borns specifically need critical material for their brains, spinal cord and nerves. Can mother's milk increase intelligence? It seems that it can. In a remarkable study published in Lancet during 1992 (Vol. 339, p. 261-4), a group of British workers randomly placed premature infants into two groups. One group received a proper formula, the other group received human breast milk. Both fluids were given by stomach tube. These children were followed up for over 10 years. In intelligence testing, the human milk children averaged 10 IQ points higher! Well, why not? Why wouldn't the correct building blocks for the rapidly maturing and growing brain have a positive effect? In the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1982) Ralph Holman described an infant who developed profound neurological disease while being nourished by intravenous fluids only. The fluids used contained only linoleic acid - just one of the essential fatty acids. When the other, alpha linoleic acid, was added to the intravenous fluids the neurological disorders cleared. In the same journal five years later Bjerve, Mostad and Thoresen, working in Norway found exactly the same problem in adult patients on long term gastric tube feeding. In 1930 Dr. G.O. Burr in Minnesota working with rats found that linoleic acid deficiencies created a deficiency syndrome. Why is this mentioned? In the early 1960s pediatricians found skin lesions in children fed formulas without the same linoleic acid. Remembering the research, the addition of the acid to the formula cured the problem. Essential fatty acids are just that and cows' milk is markedly deficient in these when compared to human milk. WELL, AT LEAST COW'S MILK IS PURE Or is it? Fifty years ago an average cow produced 2,000 pounds of milk per year. Today the top producers give 50,000 pounds! How was this accomplished? Drugs, antibiotics, hormones, forced feeding plans and specialized breeding; that's how. The latest high-tech onslaught on the poor cow is bovine growth hormone or BGH. This genetically engineered drug is supposed to stimulate milk production but, according to Monsanto, the hormone's manufacturer, does not affect the milk or meat. There are three other manufacturers: Upjohn, Eli Lilly, and American Cyanamid Company. Obviously, there have been no long-term studies on the hormone's effect on the humans drinking the milk. Other countries have banned BGH because of safety concerns. One of the problems with adding molecules to a milk cows' body is that the molecules usually come out in the milk. I don't know how you feel, but I don't want to experiment with the ingestion of a growth hormone. A related problem is that it causes a marked increase (50 to 70 per cent) in mastitis. This, then, requires antibiotic therapy, and the residues of the antibiotics appear in the milk. It seems that the public is uneasy about this product and in one survey 43 per cent felt that growth hormone treated milk represented a health risk. A vice president for public policy at Monsanto was opposed to labelling for that reason, and because the labelling would create an 'artificial distinction'. The country is awash with milk as it is, we produce more milk than we can consume. Let's not create storage costs and further taxpayer burdens, because the law requires the USDA to buy any surplus of butter, cheese, or non-fat dry milk at a support price set by Congress! In fiscal 1991, the USDA spent $757 million on surplus butter, and one billion dollars a year on average for price supports during the 1980s (Consumer Reports, May 1992: 330-32). Any lactating mammal excretes toxins through her milk. This includes antibiotics, pesticides, chemicals and hormones. Also, all cows' milk contains blood! The inspectors are simply asked to keep it under certain limits. You may be horrified to learn that the USDA allows milk to contain from one to one and a half million white blood cells per millilitre. (That's only 1/30 of an ounce). If you don't already know this, I'm sorry to tell you that another way to describe white cells where they don't belong would be to call them pus cells. To get to the point, is milk pure or is it a chemical, biological, and bacterial cocktail? Finally, will the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) protect you? The United States General Accounting Office (GAO) tells us that the FDA and the individual States are failing to protect the public from drug residues in milk. Authorities test for only 4 of the 82 drugs in dairy cows. As you can imagine, the Milk Industry Foundation's spokesman claims it's perfectly safe. Jerome Kozak says, "I still think that milk is the safest product we have." Other, perhaps less biased observers, have found the following: 38% of milk samples in 10 cities were contaminated with sulfa drugs or other antibiotics. (This from the Centre for Science in the Public Interest and The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 29, 1989).. A similar study in Washington, DC found a 20 percent contamination rate (Nutrition Action Healthletter, April 1990). What's going on here? When the FDA tested milk, they found few problems. However, they used very lax standards. When they used the same criteria, the FDA data showed 51 percent of the milk samples showed drug traces. Let's focus in on this because it’s critical to our understanding of the apparent discrepancies. The FDA uses a disk-assay method that can detect only 2 of the 30 or so drugs found in milk. Also, the test detects only at the relatively high level. A more powerful test called the 'Charm II test' can detect drugs down to 5 parts per billion. One nasty subject must be discussed. It seems that cows are forever getting infections around the udder that require ointments and antibiotics. An article from France tells us that when a cow receives penicillin, that penicillin appears in the milk for from 4 to 7 milkings. Another study from the University of Nevada, Reno tells of cells in 'mastic milk', milk from cows with infected udders. An elaborate analysis of the cell fragments, employing cell cultures, flow cytometric analysis , and a great deal of high tech stuff. Do you know what the conclusion was? If the cow has mastitis, there is pus in the milk. Sorry, it’s in the study, all concealed with language such as "macrophages containing many vacuoles and phagocytosed particles," etc. IT GETS WORSE Well, at least human mothers' milk is pure! Sorry. A huge study showed that human breast milk in over 14,000 women had contamination by pesticides! Further, it seems that the sources of the pesticides are meat and--you guessed it-- dairy products. Well, why not? These pesticides are concentrated in fat and that's what's in these products. (Of interest, a subgroup of lactating vegetarian mothers had only half the levels of contamination). A recent report showed an increased concentration of pesticides in the breast tissue of women with breast cancer when compared to the tissue of women with fibrocystic disease. Other articles in the standard medical literature describe problems. Just scan these titles: 1.Cow's Milk as a Cause of Infantile Colic Breast-Fed Infants. Lancet 2 (1978): 437 2.Dietary Protein-Induced Colitis in Breast- Fed Infants, J. Pediatr. I01 (1982): 906 3.The Question of the Elimination of Foreign Protein in Women's Milk, J. Immunology 19 (1930): 15 There are many others. There are dozens of studies describing the prompt appearance of cows' milk allergy in children being exclusively breast-fed! The cows' milk allergens simply appear in the mother's milk and are transmitted to the infant. A committee on nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics reported on the use of whole cows' milk in infancy (Pediatrics 1983: 72-253). They were unable to provide any cogent reason why bovine milk should be used before the first birthday yet continued to recommend its use! Doctor Frank Oski from the Upstate Medical Centre Department of Pediatrics, commenting on the recommendation, cited the problems of acute gastrointestinal blood loss in infants, the lack of iron, recurrent abdominal pain, milk- borne infections and contaminants, and said: Why give it at all - then or ever? In the face of uncertainty about many of the potential dangers of whole bovine milk, it would seem prudent to recommend that whole milk not be started until the answers are available. Isn't it time for these uncontrolled experiments on human nutrition to come to an end? In the same issue of Pediatrics he further commented: It is my thesis that whole milk should not be fed to the infant in the first year of life because of its association with iron deficiency anemia (milk is so deficient in iron that an infant would have to drink an impossible 31 quarts a day to get the RDA of 15 mg), acute gastrointiestinal bleeding, and various manifestations of food allergy. I suggest that unmodified whole bovine milk should not be consumed after infancy because of the problems of lactose intolerance, its contribution to the genesis of atherosclerosis, and its possible link to other diseases. In late 1992 Dr. Benjamin Spock, possibly the best known pediatrician in history, shocked the country when he articulated the same thoughts and specified avoidance for the first two years of life. Here is his quotation: I want to pass on the word to parents that cows' milk from the carton has definite faults for some babies. Human milk is the right one for babies. A study comparing the incidence of allergy and colic in the breast-fed infants of omnivorous and vegan mothers would be important. I haven't found such a study; it would be both important and inexpensive. And it will probably never be done. There is simply no academic or economic profit involved. OTHER PROBLEMS Let's just mention the problems of bacterial contamination. Salmonella, E. coli, and staphylococcal infections can be traced to milk. In the old days tuberculosis was a major problem and some folks want to go back to those times by insisting on raw milk on the basis that it's "natural." This is insanity! A study from UCLA showed that over a third of all cases of salmonella infection in California, 1980-1983 were traced to raw milk. That'll be a way to revive good old brucellosis again and I would fear leukemia, too. (More about that later). In England, and Wales where raw milk is still consumed there have been outbreaks of milk-borne diseases. The Journal of the American Medical Association (251: 483, 1984) reported a multi-state series of infections caused by Yersinia enterocolitica in pasteurised whole milk. This is despite safety precautions. All parents dread juvenile diabetes for their children. A Canadian study reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Mar. 1990, describes a "...significant positive correlation between consumption of unfermented milk protein and incidence of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in data from various countries. Conversely a possible negative relationship is observed between breast-feeding at age 3 months and diabetes risk.". Another study from Finland found that diabetic children had higher levels of serum antibodies to cows’ milk (Diabetes Research 7(3): 137-140 March 1988). Here is a quotation from this study: We infer that either the pattern of cows' milk consumption is altered in children who will have insulin dependent diabetes mellitus or, their immunological reactivity to proteins in cows' milk is enhanced, or the permeability of their intestines to cows' milk protein is higher than normal. The April 18, 1992 British Medical Journal has a fascinating study contrasting the difference in incidence of juvenile insulin dependent diabetes in Pakistani children who have migrated to England. The incidence is roughly 10 times greater in the English group compared to children remaining in Pakistan! What caused this highly significant increase? The authors said that "the diet was unchanged in Great Britain." Do you believe that? Do you think that the availability of milk, sugar and fat is the same in Pakistan as it is in England? That a grocery store in England has the same products as food sources in Pakistan? I don't believe that for a minute. Remember, we're not talking here about adult onset, type II diabetes which all workers agree is strongly linked to diet as well as to a genetic predisposition. This study is a major blow to the "it's all in your genes" crowd. Type I diabetes was always considered to be genetic or possibly viral, but now this? So resistant are we to consider diet as causation that the authors of the last article concluded that the cooler climate in England altered viruses and caused the very real increase in diabetes! The first two authors had the same reluctance top admit the obvious. The milk just may have had something to do with the disease. The latest in this remarkable list of reports, a New England Journal of Medicine article (July 30, 1992), also reported in the Los Angeles Times. This study comes from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and from Finnish researchers. In Finland there is "...the world's highest rate of dairy product consumption and the world's highest rate of insulin dependent diabetes. The disease strikes about 40 children out of every 1,000 there contrasted with six to eight per 1,000 in the United States.... Antibodies produced against the milk protein during the first year of life, the researchers speculate, also attack and destroy the pancreas in a so-called auto-immune reaction, producing diabetes in people whose genetic makeup leaves them vulnerable." "...142 Finnish children with newly diagnosed diabetes. They found that every one had at least eight times as many antibodies against the milk protein as did healthy children, clear evidence that the children had a raging auto immune disorder." The team has now expanded the study to 400 children and is starting a trial where 3,000 children will receive no dairy products during the first nine months of life. "The study may take 10 years, but we'll get a definitive answer one way or the other," according to one of the researchers. I would caution them to be certain that the breast feeding mothers use on cows' milk in their diets or the results will be confounded by the transmission of the cows' milk protein in the mother's breast milk.... Now what was the reaction from the diabetes association? This is very interesting! Dr. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, the president of the association says: "It does not mean that children should stop drinking milk or that parents of diabetics should withdraw dairy products. These are rich sources of good protein." (Emphasis added) My God, it's the "good protein" that causes the problem! Do you suspect that the dairy industry may have helped the American Diabetes Association in the past? LEUKEMIA? LYMPHOMA? THIS MAY BE THE WORST--BRACE YOURSELF! I hate to tell you this, but the bovine leukemia virus is found in more than three of five dairy cows in the United States! This involves about 80% of dairy herds. Unfortunately, when the milk is pooled, a very large percentage of all milk produced is contaminated (90 to 95 per cent). Of course the virus is killed in pasteurisation-- if the pasteurisation was done correctly. What if the milk is raw? In a study of randomly collected raw milk samples the bovine leukemia virus was recovered from two-thirds. I sincerely hope that the raw milk dairy herds are carefully monitored when compared to the regular herds. (Science 1981; 213:1014). This is a world-wide problem. One lengthy study from Germany deplored the problem and admitted the impossibility of keeping the virus from infected cows' milk from the rest of the milk. Several European countries, including Germany and Switzerland, have attempted to "cull" the infected cows from their herds. Certainly the United States must be the leader in the fight against leukemic dairy cows, right? Wrong! We are the worst in the world with the former exception of Venezuela according to Virgil Hulse MD, a milk specialist who also has a B.S. in Dairy Manufacturing as well as a Master's degree in Public Health. As mentioned, the leukemia virus is rendered inactive by pasteurisation. Of course. However, there can be Chernobyl like accidents. One of these occurred in the Chicago area in April, 1985. At a modern, large, milk processing plant an accidental "cross connection" between raw and pasteurized milk occurred. A violent salmonella outbreak followed, killing 4 and making an estimated 150,000 ill. Now the question I would pose to the dairy industry people is this: "How can you assure the people who drank this milk that they were not exposed to the ingestion of raw, unkilled, bully active bovine leukemia viruses?" Further, it would be fascinating to know if a "cluster" of leukemia cases blossoms in that area in 1 to 3 decades. There are reports of "leukemia clusters" elsewhere, one of them mentioned in the June 10, 1990 San Francisco Chronicle involving Northern California. What happens to other species of mammals when they are exposed to the bovine leukemia virus? It's a fair question and the answer is not reassuring. Virtually all animals exposed to the virus develop leukemia. This includes sheep, goats, and even primates such as rhesus monkeys and chimpanzees. The route of transmission includes ingestion (both intravenous and intramuscular) and cells present in milk. There are obviously no instances of transfer attempts to human beings, but we know that the virus can infect human cells in vitro. There is evidence of human antibody formation to the bovine leukemia virus; this is disturbing. How did the bovine leukemia virus particles gain access to humans and become antigens? Was it as small, denatured particles? If the bovine leukemia viruses causes human leukemia, we could expect the dairy states with known leukemic herds to have a higher incidence of human leukemia. Is this so? Unfortunately, it seems to be the case! Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin have statistically higher incidence of leukemia than the national average. In Russia and in Sweden, areas with uncontrolled bovine leukemia virus have been linked with increases in human leukemia. I am also told that veterinarians have higher rates of leukemia than the general public. Dairy farmers have significantly elevated leukemia rates. Recent research shows lymphocytes from milk fed to neonatal mammals gains access to bodily tissues by passing directly through the intestinal wall. An optimistic note from the University of Illinois, Ubana from the Department of Animal Sciences shows the importance of one's perspective. Since they are concerned with the economics of milk and not primarily the health aspects, they noted that the production of milk was greater in the cows with the bovine leukemia virus. However when the leukemia produced a persistent and significant lymphocytosis (increased white blood cell count), the production fell off. They suggested "a need to re-evaluate the economic impact of bovine leukemia virus infection on the dairy industry". Does this mean that leukemia is good for profits only if we can keep it under control? You can get the details on this business concern from Proc. Nat. Acad. Sciences, U.S. Feb. 1989. I added emphasis and am insulted that a university department feels that this is an economic and not a human health issue. Do not expect help from the Department of Agriculture or the universities. The money stakes and the political pressures are too great. You're on you own. What does this all mean? We know that virus is capable of producing leukemia in other animals. Is it proven that it can contribute to human leukemia (or lymphoma, a related cancer)? Several articles tackle this one: 1.Epidemiologic Relationships of the Bovine Population and Human Leukemia in Iowa. Am Journal of Epidemiology 112 (1980):80 2.Milk of Dairy Cows Frequently Contains a Leukemogenic Virus. Science 213 (1981): 1014 3.Beware of the Cow. (Editorial) Lancet 2 (1974):30 4.Is Bovine Milk A Health Hazard?. Pediatrics; Suppl. Feeding the Normal Infant. 75:182-186; 1985 In Norway, 1422 individuals were followed for 11 and a half years. Those drinking 2 or more glasses of milk per day had 3.5 times the incidence of cancer of the lymphatic organs. British Med. Journal 61:456-9, March 1990. One of the more thoughtful articles on this subject is from Allan S. Cunningham of Cooperstown, New York. Writing in the Lancet, November 27, 1976 (page 1184), his article is entitled, "Lymphomas and Animal-Protein Consumption". Many people think of milk as “liquid meat” and Dr. Cunningham agrees with this. He tracked the beef and dairy consumption in terms of grams per day for a one year period, 1955-1956., in 15 countries . New Zealand, United States and Canada were highest in that order. The lowest was Japan followed by Yugoslavia and France. The difference between the highest and lowest was quite pronounced: 43.8 grams/day for New Zealanders versus 1.5 for Japan. Nearly a 30-fold difference! (Parenthetically, the last 36 years have seen a startling increase in the amount of beef and milk used in Japan and their disease patterns are reflecting this, confirming the lack of 'genetic protection' seen in migration studies. Formerly the increase in frequency of lymphomas in Japanese people was only in those who moved to the USA)! An interesting bit of trivia is to note the memorial built at the Gyokusenji Temple in Shimoda, Japan. This marked the spot where the first cow was killed in Japan for human consumption! The chains around this memorial were a gift from the US Navy. Where do you suppose the Japanese got the idea to eat beef? The year? 1930. Cunningham found a highly significant positive correlation between deaths from lymphomas and beef and dairy ingestion in the 15 countries analysed. A few quotations from his article follow: The average intake of protein in many countries is far in excess of the recommended requirements. Excessive consumption of animal protein may be one co-factor in the causation of lymphomas by acting in the following manner. Ingestion of certain proteins results in the adsorption of antigenic fragments through the gastrointestinal mucous membrane. This results in chronic stimulation of lymphoid tissue to which these fragments gain access "Chronic immunological stimulation causes lymphomas in laboratory animals and is believed to cause lymphoid cancers in men." The gastrointestinal mucous membrane is only a partial barrier to the absorption of food antigens, and circulating antibodies to food protein is commonplace especially potent lymphoid stimulants. Ingestion of cows' milk can produce generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and profound adenoid hypertrophy. It has been conservatively estimated that more than 100 distinct antigens are released by the normal digestion of cows' milk which evoke production of all antibody classes [This may explain why pasteurized, killed viruses are still antigenic and can still cause disease. Here's more. A large prospective study from Norway was reported in the British Journal of Cancer 61 (3):456-9, March 1990. (Almost 16,000 individuals were followed for 11 and a half years). For most cancers there was no association between the tumour and milk ingestion. However, in lymphoma, there was a strong positive association. If one drank two glasses or more daily (or the equivalent in dairy products), the odds were 3.4 times greater than in persons drinking less than one glass of developing a lymphoma. There are two other cow-related diseases that you should be aware of. At this time they are not known to be spread by the use of dairy products and are not known to involve man. The first is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and the second is the bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV). The first of these diseases, we hope, is confined to England and causes cavities in the animal's brain. Sheep have long been known to suffer from a disease called scrapie. It seems to have been started by the feeding of contaminated sheep parts, especially brains, to the British cows. Now, use your good sense. Do cows seem like carnivores? Should they eat meat? This profit-motivated practice backfired and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease, swept Britain. The disease literally causes dementia in the unfortunate animal and is 100 per cent incurable. To date, over 100,000 cows have been incinerated in England in keeping with British law. Four hundred to 500 cows are reported as infected each month. The British public is concerned and has dropped its beef consumption by 25 per cent, while some 2,000 schools have stopped serving beef to children. Several farmers have developed a fatal disease syndrome that resembles both BSE and CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob- Disease). But the British Veterinary Association says that transmission of BSE to humans is "remote." The USDA agrees that the British epidemic was due to the feeding of cattle with bonemeal or animal protein produced at rendering plants from the carcasses of scrapie-infected sheep. The have prohibited the importation of live cattle and zoo ruminants from Great Britain and claim that the disease does not exist in the United States. However, there may be a problem. "Downer cows" are animals who arrive at auction yards or slaughter houses dead, trampled, lacerated, dehydrated, or too ill from viral or bacterial diseases to walk. Thus they are "down." If they cannot respond to electrical shocks by walking, they are dragged by chains to dumpsters and transported to rendering plants where, if they are not already dead, they are killed. Even a "humane" death is usually denied them. They are then turned into protein food for animals as well as other preparations. Minks that have been fed this protein have developed a fatal encephalopathy that has some resemblance to BSE. Entire colonies of minks have been lost in this manner, particularly in Wisconsin. It is feared that the infective agent is a prion or slow virus possible obtained from the ill "downer cows." The British Medical Journal in an editorial whimsically entitled "How Now Mad Cow?" (BMJ vol. 304, 11 Apr. 1992:929- 30) describes cases of BSE in species not previously known to be affected, such as cats. They admit that produce contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy entered the human food chain in England between 1986 and 1989. They say. "The result of this experiment is awaited." As the incubation period can be up to three decades, wait we must. The immunodeficency virus is seen in cattle in the United States and is more worrisome. Its structure is closely related to that of the human AIDS virus. At this time we do not know if exposure to the raw BIV proteins can cause the sera of humans to become positive for HIV. The extent of the virus among American herds is said to be "widespread". (The USDA refuses to inspect the meat and milk to see if antibodies to this retrovirus is present). It also has no plans to quarantine the infected animals. As in the case of humans with AIDS, there is no cure for BIV in cows. Each day we consume beef and diary products from cows infected with these viruses and no scientific assurance exists that the products are safe. Eating raw beef (as in steak Tartare) strikes me as being very risky, especially after the Seattle E. coli deaths of 1993. A report in the Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, October 1992, Vol. 56 pp.353-359 and another from the Russian literature, tell of a horrifying development. They report the first detection in human serum of the antibody to a bovine immunodeficiency virus protein. In addition to this disturbing report, is another from Russia telling us of the presence of virus proteins related to the bovine leukemia virus in 5 of 89 women with breast disease (Acta Virologica Feb. 1990 34(1): 19-26). The implications of these developments are unknown at present. However, it is safe to assume that these animal viruses are unlikely to "stay" in the animal kingdom. OTHER CANCERS--DOES IT GET WORSE? Unfortunately it does. Ovarian cancer--a particularly nasty tumour--was associated with milk consumption by workers at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, New York. Drinking more than one glass of whole milk or equivalent daily gave a woman a 3.1 times risk over non-milk users. They felt that the reduced fat milk products helped reduce the risk. This association has been made repeatedly by numerous investigators. Another important study, this from the Harvard Medical School, analyzed data from 27 countries mainly from the 1970s. Again a significant positive correlation is revealed between ovarian cancer and per capita milk consumption. These investigators feel that the lactose component of milk is the responsible fraction, and the digestion of this is facilitated by the persistence of the ability to digest the lactose (lactose persistence) - a little different emphasis, but the same conclusion. This study was reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology 130 (5): 904-10 Nov. 1989. These articles come from two of the country's leading institutions, not the Rodale Press or Prevention Magazine. Even lung cancer has been associated with milk ingestion? The beverage habits of 569 lung cancer patients and 569 controls again at Roswell Park were studied in the International Journal of Cancer, April 15, 1989. Persons drinking whole milk 3 or more times daily had a 2-fold increase in lung cancer risk when compared to those never drinking whole milk. For many years we have been watching the lung cancer rates for Japanese men who smoke far more than American or European men but who develop fewer lung cancers. Workers in this research area feel that the total fat intake is the difference. There are not many reports studying an association between milk ingestion and prostate cancer. One such report though was of great interest. This is from the Roswell Park Memorial Institute and is found in Cancer 64 (3): 605-12, 1989. They analyzed the diets of 371 prostate cancer patients and comparable control subjects: Men who reported drinking three or more glasses of whole milk daily had a relative risk of 2.49 compared with men who reported never drinking whole milk the weight of the evidence appears to favour the hypothesis that animal fat is related to increased risk of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in US men and is the second leading cause of cancer mortality. WELL, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? Is there any health reason at all for an adult human to drink cows' milk? It's hard for me to come up with even one good reason other than simple preference. But if you try hard, in my opinion, these would be the best two: milk is a source of calcium and it's a source of amino acids (proteins). Let's look at the calcium first. Why are we concerned at all about calcium? Obviously, we intend it to build strong bones and protect us against osteoporosis. And no doubt about it, milk is loaded with calcium. But is it a good calcium source for humans? I think not. These are the reasons. Excessive amounts of dairy products actually interfere with calcium absorption. Secondly, the excess of protein that the milk provides is a major cause of the osteoporosis problem. Dr. H egsted in England has been writing for years about the geographical distribution of osteoporosis. It seems that the countries with the highest intake of dairy products are invariably the countries with the most osteoporosis. He feels that milk is a cause of osteoporosis. Reasons to be given below. Numerous studies have shown that the level of calcium ingestion and especially calcium supplementation has no effect whatever on the development of osteoporosis. The most important such article appeared recently in the British Journal of Medicine where the long arm of our dairy industry can't reach. Another study in the United States actually showed a worsening in calcium balance in post-menopausal women given three 8-ounce glasses of cows' milk per day. (Am. Journal of Clin. Nutrition, 1985). The effects of hormone, gender, weight bearing on the axial bones, and in particular protein intake, are critically important. Another observation that may be helpful to our analysis is to note the absence of any recorded dietary deficiencies of calcium among people living on a natural diet without milk. For the key to the osteoporosis riddle, don’t look at calcium, look at protein. Consider these two contrasting groups. Eskimos have an exceptionally high protein intake estimated at 25 percent of total calories. They also have a high calcium intake at 2,500 mg/day. Their osteoporosis is among the worst in the world. The other instructive group are the Bantus of South Africa. They have a 12 percent protein diet, mostly p lant protein, and only 200 to 350 mg/day of calcium, about half our women's intake. The women have virtually no osteoporosis despite bearing six or more children and nursing them for prolonged periods! When African women immigrate to the United States, do they develop osteoporosis? The answer is yes, but not quite are much as Caucasian or Asian women. Thus, there is a genetic difference that is modified by diet. To answer the obvious question, "Well, where do you get your calcium?" The answer is: "From exactly the same place the cow gets the calcium, from green things that grow in the ground," mainly from leafy vegetables. After all, elephants and rhinos develop their huge bones (after being weaned) by eating green leafy plants, so do horses. Carnivorous animals also do quite nicely without leafy plants. It seems that all of earth's mammals do well if they live in harmony with their genetic programming and natural food. Only humans living an affluent life style have rampant osteoporosis. If animal references do not convince you, think of the several billion humans on this earth who have never seen cows' milk. Wouldn't you think osteoporosis would be prevalent in this huge group? The dairy people would suggest this but the truth is exactly the opposite. They have far less than that seen in the countries where dairy products are commonly consumed. It is the subject of another paper, but the truly significant determinants of osteoporosis are grossly excessive protein intakes and lack of weight bearing on long bones, both taking place over decades. Hormones play a secondary, but not trivial role in women. Milk is a deterrent to good bone health. THE PROTEIN MYTH Remember when you were a kid and the adults all told you to "make sure you get plenty of good protein". Protein was the nutritional "good guy”" when I was young. And of course milk is fitted right in. As regards protein, milk is indeed a rich source of protein- -"liquid meat," remember? However that isn't necessarily what we need. In actual fact it is a source of difficulty. Nearly all Americans eat too much protein. For this information we rely on the most authoritative source that I am aware of. This is the latest edition (1oth, 1989: 4th printing, Jan. 1992) of the Recommended Dietary Allowances produced by the National Research Council. Of interest, the current editor of this important work is Dr. Richard Havel of the University of California in San Francisco. First to be noted is that the recommended protein has been steadily revised downward in successive editions. The current recommendation is 0.75 g/kilo/day for adults 19 through 51 years. This, of course, is only 45 grams per day for the mythical 60 kilogram adult. You should also know that the WHO estimated the need for protein in adults to by .6g/kilo per day. (All RDA's are calculated with large safety allowances in case you're the type that wants to add some more to "be sure.") You can "get by" on 28 to 30 grams a day if necessary! Now 45 grams a day is a tiny amount of protein. That's an ounce and a half! Consider too, that the protein does not have to be animal protein. Vegetable protein is identical for all practical purposes and has no cholesterol and vastly less saturated fat. (Do not be misled by the antiquated belief that plant proteins must be carefully balanced to avoid deficiencies. This is not a realistic concern.) Therefore virtually all Americans, Canadians, British and European people are in a protein overloaded state. This has serious consequences when maintained over decades. The problems are the already mentioned osteoporosis, atherosclerosis and kidney damage. There is good evidence that certain malignancies, chiefly colon and rectal, are related to excessive meat intake. Barry Brenner, an eminent renal physiologist was the first to fully point out the dangers of excess protein for the kidney tubule. The dangers of the fat and cholesterol are known to all. Finally, you should know that the protein content of human milk is amount the lowest (0.9%) in mammals. IS THAT ALL OF THE TROUBLE? Sorry, there's more. Remember lactose? This is the principal carbohydrate of milk. It seems that nature provides new- borns with the enzymatic equipment to metabolize lactose, but this ability often extinguishes by age 4 or 5 years. What is the problem with lactose or milk sugar? It seems that it is a disaccharide which is too large to be absorbed into the blood stream without first being broken down into monosaccharides, namely galactose and glucose. This requires the presence of an enzyme, lactase plus additional enzymes to break down the galactose into glucose. Let's think about his for a moment. Nature gives us the ability to metabolize lactose for a few years and then shuts off the mechanism. Is Mother Nature trying to tell us something? Clearly all infants must drink milk. The fact that so many adults cannot seems to be related to the tendency for nature to abandon mechanisms that are not needed. At least half of the adult humans on this earth are lactose intolerant. It was not until the relatively recent introduction of dairy herding and the ability to "borrow" milk from another group of mammals that the survival advantage of preserving lactase (the enzyme that allows us to digest lactose) became evident. But why would it be advantageous to drink cows' milk? After all, most of the human beings in the history of the world did. And further, why was it just the white or light skinned humans who retained this knack while the pigmented people tended to lose it? Some students of evolution feel that white skin is a fairly recent innovation, perhaps not more than 20,000 or 30,000 years old. It clearly has to do with the Northward migration of early man to cold and relatively sunless areas when skins and clothing became available. Fair skin allows the production of Vitamin D from sunlight more readily than does dark skin. However, when only the face was exposed to sunlight that area of fair skin was insufficient to provide the vitamin D from sunlight. If dietary and sunlight sources were poorly available, the ability to use the abundant calcium in cows' milk would give a survival advantage to humans who could digest that milk. This seems to be the only logical explanation for fair skinned humans having a high degree of lactose tolerance when compared to dark skinned people. How does this break down? Certain racial groups, namely blacks are up to 90% lactose intolerant as adults. Caucasians are 20 to 40% lactose intolerant. Orientals are midway between the above two groups. Diarrhea, gas and abdominal cramps are the results of substantial milk intake in such persons. Most American Indians cannot tolerate milk. The milk industry admits that lactose intolerance plays intestinal havoc with as many as 50 million Americans. A lactose-intolerance industry has sprung up and had sales of $117 million in 1992 (Time May 17, 1993.) What if you are lactose-intolerant and lust after dairy products? Is all lost? Not at all. It seems that lactose is largely digested by bacteria and you will be able to enjoy your cheese despite lactose intolerance. Yogurt is similar in this respect. Finally, and I could never have dreamed this up, geneticists want to splice genes to alter the composition of milk (Am J Clin Nutr 1993 Suppl 302s). One could quibble and say that milk is totally devoid of fiber content and that its habitual use will predispose to constipation and bowel disorders. The association with anemia and occult intestinal bleeding in infants is known to all physicians. This is chiefly from its lack of iron and its irritating qualities for the intestinal mucosa. The pediatric literature abounds with articles describing irritated intestinal lining, bleeding, increased permeability as well as colic, diarrhea and vomiting in cows'milk-sensitive babies. The anemia gets a double push by loss of blood and iron as well as deficiency of iron in the cows' milk. Milk is also the leading cause of childhood allergy. LOW FAT One additional topic: the matter of "low fat" milk. A common and sincere question is: "Well, low fat milk is OK, isn't it?" The answer to this question is that low fat milk isn't low fat. The term "low fat" is a marketing term used to gull the public. Low fat milk contains from 24 to 33% fat as calories! The 2% figure is also misleading. This refers to weight. They don't tell you that, by weight, the milk is 87% water! "Well, then, kill-joy surely you must approve of non-fat milk!" I hear this quite a bit. (Another constant concern is: "What do you put on your cereal?") True, there is little or no fat, but now you have a relative overburden of protein and lactose. It there is something that we do not need more of it is another simple sugar-lactose, composed of galactose and glucose. Millions of Americans are lactose intolerant to boot, as noted. As for protein, as stated earlier, we live in a society that routinely ingests far more protein than we need. It is a burden for our bodies, especially the kidneys, and a prominent cause of osteoporosis. Concerning the dry cereal issue, I would suggest soy milk, rice milk or almond milk as a healthy substitute. If you're still concerned about calcium, "Westsoy" is formulated to have the same calcium concentration as milk. SUMMARY To my thinking, there is only one valid reason to drink milk or use milk products. That is just because we simply want to. Because we like it and because it has become a part of our culture. Because we have become accustomed to its taste and texture. Because we like the way it slides down our throat. Because our parents did the very best they could for us and provided milk in our earliest training and conditioning. They taught us to like it. And then probably the very best reason is ice cream! I've heard it described "to die for". I had one patient who did exactly that. He had no obvious vices. He didn't smoke or drink, he didn’t eat meat, his diet and lifestyle was nearly a perfectly health promoting one; but he had a passion. You guessed it, he loved rich ice cream. A pint of the richest would be a lean day's ration for him. On many occasions he would eat an entire quart - and yes there were some cookies and other pastries. Good ice cream deserves this after all. He seemed to be in good health despite some expected "middle age spread" when he had a devastating stroke which left him paralyzed, miserable and helpless, and he had additional strokes and d ied several years later never having left a hospital or rehabilitation unit. Was he old? I don't think so. He was in his 50s. So don't drink milk for health. I am convinced on the weight of the scientific evidence that it does not "do a body good." Inclusion of milk will only reduce your diet's nutritional value and safety. Most of the people on this planet live very healthfully without cows' milk. You can too. 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How do you like the first three chapters of a short teen book I'm writing? Chapter 1: Simply Lucy The hot summer sun shone through the windows in the family room as I sat waiting for something to happen. No matter how high I turned up air conditioning, the rays of heat beat across my body. But I imagine that no matter how high I blasted the a/c I’d still be hot with excitement. I was waiting. Every summer day spent at home was the same. Some down time is always good, but my least favorite part of the summer is always those weeks and weeks of nothing before school begins. Usually, the weeks aren’t as bad because I have something to look forward to, but the international band was done and the next big event was marching band. I’d say that I hate it if I didn’t love playing my trumpet, but nine hours a day of marching back and forth a parking lot under blazing heat breaking only for ten minutes every few hours? Not exactly my idea of fun. However, the people in the band are wonderful enough to make this experience glorious. So why am I dreading it this year? Because of something I learned last year, band is about to become a whole lot more challenging. I consider myself a musician in training, so I’m not dreading the music. I absolutely love playing my trumpet and I really would like to turn this hobby into a career. So I practice religiously and I’ve auditioned for and made a number of bands outside of the school upperclassmen band. This year I made an orchestra hosted by the local music school and that will be my first real orchestra. I’m super excited especially because I’m one of the only sophomore trumpet players to make the orchestra at the local music school ever, except of course for him. He is one of the best trumpet players I have ever heard or at least for a person my age. So naturally, he’s easily found sitting at the top of the section of the most prestige bands and orchestras. To top it off, he goes to my school, lucky me, forever shadowing a prodigy. What this means is no matter how good I get, after he’s graduated, I still get to live in his shadow. Also, no matter how hard I work, I will always be overshadowed by him and never receive the respect I deserve. Oh how I long to cream him! I wish I could challenge him in an epic battle in front of the whole band and take his title from him. Unfortunately, I’m not quite ready to do that yet and even if I could I wouldn’t. Why? For some reason I have fallen head over heels for him. He’s really sweet and sensitive, but most importantly shares my passion for music and trumpet. Being around him makes me feel so empowered and he encourages me every step of the way. I also deeply admire his trumpet playing, his time management ability, and how in his heart he seems to really know why he is here. He has all these wondrous qualities and yet doesn’t boast about it. I suppose one flaw that will make that other girls turn away is that he’s not exactly that good looking. But I still have a strong attraction to him. So I guess because of his personality, it’s no doubt that I like him. Looking at all the time we spend together, one would think, “Hey, Lucy, you have a really good chance with this boy!” but I know better; I don’t stand a chance. For one thing, to him I’m a little girl. He’ll be a senior and I’ll be a sophomore. I know that that is only two years, but last year I was introduced to him as the freshman who will be in his band with him, and I have a reputation for being the young trumpet player. One of my nicknames is “Little Zach” or “Future Zach”, so the young girl is what he will know me as. Another is that I am not attractive either. I’m very fat. I look like I swallowed a whale whole one morning and was too lazy (and too addicted to chocolate) to digest it all. My hair is crazy; mid-length goldish brown hair with bangs that never go the way I want them too. It’s usually in a sloppy mess. I suppose in my defense I have a charismatic smile and people say that my deep blue eyes are pretty. But even they are covered by big glasses. I truly believe that I have the power to fix this, but I suppose I’m just too lazy to get around and start. But I’m not sure if I’m ready for everyone to know about how I like him or that I like him at all. Only three people in this world know about it, myself, one of my best friends and a girl who guessed it out of me and I’ve regretted telling her ever since. I scared and excited for the drama this will bring to the school year between me and Zach and between my best friend and hers (who is a whole new bowl of wax). Not to mention the extremely hard classes I elected to take. But no matter what life will bring for me, I will survive and remain simply Lucy. So this is the story of my sophomore year. Chapter 2: Mary “He responded, he responded!” she circled my chair and plopped on my bed. Her blue eyes were wild with anticipation and excitement. “Maybe this is the start to something! Maybe he’ll finally notice me!” I grinned, entertained with her joy. “Well, what did he say?” “He asked me how my summer was!” I breathed in to reply but then held my breath sharp in my mouth. That’s all? That little comment was what was exciting her so? “Oh,” I said a little melodramatically, “And what did you say?” “I…” she paused sensing how unimpressed I was. She sloughed back a little and sighed. “Do you really think that this means nothing?” “No, no, no, no, no! For your situation right now any form of communication is very good. It just wasn’t much” “Is that bad?” I sighed, “Well, it definitely could be worse.” At this Mary beamed. “Perhaps this could be the start of something!” However her big smile faded away quickly. I didn’t need to ask her what was wrong; I could tell that she knew that nothing would happen. Jumping off the bed, she dragged herself over to my mirror. She played with her short fire-red, bouncy hair and took off her glasses exposing her big, deep blue eyes; comparable to my own. Sighing she breathed, “I suppose he would never love someone as terribly ugly as me.” I shot her a frustrated look. I hate it when she does this. Mary is so pretty but never gives herself any credit for it. I suppose she doesn’t care if the whole world thinks she is gorgeous as long as John doesn’t notice. John is completely different from Zach. Unlike Zach, John is an attractive boy. He has a wonderful smile and dark brown hair which is never consistently the same length. His shoulders are strong and his skin is quite tan. John towers over Mary and Zach as well. However, he also plays trumpet, not very well, but I suppose he’s decent. The main problem with John is he has a dead personality. He’s polite sure, but he says nothing and sits through life as if someone has a gun up to his head. He also barely knows that Mary exists which could prove to be potentially problematic. “You know very well that you’re pretty, you don’t need me to remind you!” “Yes, but then why doesn’t he love me?” “John doesn’t know you!” She paused, clearly contemplating what I had said. “Well maybe, but if I were beautiful he’d want to know me!” “Mary” I turned and faced her, giving her a serious look, “do you honestly think that he is brave enough to walk up to a pretty girl and say ‘hey, you look gorgeous, wanna go out?’ No he’s not. Remember that just because you don’t know him doesn’t mean that I don’t either. But, this year when you sit next to each other in band…” “Oh stop it! You know that I’m not good enough to sit next to him on either side.” “And you also know that you purposely say that stuff so you won’t let yourself down when it doesn’t happen” “I most certainly do not!” She looked a way with an air of discomfort. Mary isn’t a confident girl. She has so many talents and good in her but she can’t see it because she views herself narrowly and one-sided. This is a reason why most people want her to give up on John because he’s blinding her. I suppose you could call me a pro- Mary/John person, I know that she does, but in reality, I’m really just a pro-Mary’s happiness person. I’ll never tell her that because I’m worried about how she’d take knowing that I don’t really care whether she goes out with him or not. That could come off as something it isn’t and ruin our friendship. “I honestly believe that I’m not good enough. I mean listen to yourself, listen to Zach! You guys are AMAZING! And then listen to John, he’s really good! And then listen to me. You’re ears would just… die” “Stop that! You’re not bad! John isn’t all that good and I’m not amazing.” “Come on, you made the orchestra at the U, you’re obviously amazing! Cathy could beat me easy!” “No she couldn’t!” Cathy is another sophomore trumpet player. The band director, Mr. Beirbell, put all of the first chairs of the freshman band into the upperclassmen band. I was already there for my freshman year so that means that Cathy was first chair. I’ll always have a spot in my heart that fears her because she used to be real competition for me until I had a huge trumpet growth spurt. Actually, I owe most of the sudden improvement to her because I wanted to beat her so I practiced and I did. If it weren’t for Cathy I wouldn’t be were I am today. She’s really is no threat to me now and I like her, but I will always keep one eye on her. It’s also important to the dirty part of my soul to be better than her so I never allow myself to think that she’s any good. But I will give her this: Cathy is a good to average sophomore trumpet player. Why Mary thinks that that could beat her, a good to average junior trumpet player, remains a mystery to me. Mary’s only problem is that she is a touch under-practiced and very unconfident. I know that if Mary gave herself some credit and stopped worrying about looking conceited I would have to start watching her! “As much as I like Mr. Beirbell, he’s not that intelligent about chair placements. But he’s honestly not that stupid!” “I want to be good so much!” “Don’t worry about it. You’re fine” “But I’m not amazing! I know I’ll never be anything like you…” “Please don’t. I’m not amazing. I’m just a student.” “Not long. Soon you’ll be a famous professional trumpeter! I know it!” I gave her a weak smile. Yes, I love hearing people say that because it makes me feel like maybe everything wasn’t stolen by Zach. But it really doesn’t mean as much to hear her say it as much as it would from Mr. Beirbell. As sweet as she is, she doesn’t understand how competitive music is. She doesn’t understand that America only needs so many of us and that it’s a dog eat dog world out there. Now, to hear that from someone like Mr. Beirbell who really understands that would be the best thing ever. However, he will never notice me because of Zach. He gave my parents a lecture on how wonderful it would be if I learned from him and how amazing Zach is during my parent-teacher conference. I don’t think he knows how badly that hurts someone who wants to become a professional more than anything else she’s ever wanted. A car horn sounded and Mary was dumped into her mother’s car. This would be the last I would see of her until marching band. I told her I’m looking forward to it, but as I said it a knot formed in my stomach. I’m not sure if it was an excitement knot or a nervous knot. But marching band, like Zach, was a reality I’d have to face sooner or later. Chapter 3: Little Girls and Big Boys “Lucy, hurry you don’t want to be late!” “I’m working on it Mom” The day had come; the first day of marching camp. I cleaned out my trumpet the previous day although cleaning it just to dirty it again was a little pointless. I found my lire, bought sunscreen almost adequate enough for this, found the old marching charts and now all I had to do was fix myself. My hair was crazy. I must not have combed it very well after my shower because my bangs were sticking up in all directions. The round glasses on my face weren’t helping either. I would completely pass as twelve if I weren’t so fat and so freakishly tall. My goal with band is to always look like serious competition; reminding Zach and Mr. Beirbell that I’m a little kid is not desired. However, being late would make a worse impression so I took a comb and dashed it with water. If water could make it crazy maybe it can flatten it also. My mom was pulling out of the driveway when I finally caught up with her and jumped in the car. I think what a lot of people don’t realize about me is how I want to be pretty. People see me as the innocent girl that doesn’t really care about boys or anything. My parents do too and part of my brain wants me to be sweet and innocent. But I have this huge part that longs to be beautiful. I secretly want to be that beautiful girl that all the boys want but no one can touch. The one that makes the boys drool and then plays with them. Reel them in and then push them away without any second thoughts. But the reality is I don’t have that power. I’ve never had a boyfriend before and I don’t think that will change this year. Maybe I can change my image this year. Maybe I can make people see me as a young women and not a freakishly tall two year old. Life would be so much better if people saw that I’m not the little girl I used to be. My trumpet teacher would give me real music, Mr. Beirbell would take me seriously, and maybe Zach would give me the time of day. But these are all just dreams that mean nothing until I work for them. The car screeched to a stop and I half-heartily walked into the busy band room of people talking and playing their instruments. Everyone was rushing to the table to retrieve their marching charts and their nametags. “Hey, you don’t need to get tangled in that swarm” a familiar voice says behind me. “Lizzy!” I turned around and to face one of my closest friends. “Yeah, I took the liberty of grabbing you a chart and your nametag. But I don’t see why you’d need it. Everyone knows who you are!” Liz smiled up at me with loving brown eyes. Liz is completely different from Megan. For one thing, she really doesn’t care or notice the guys at all. Liz keeps herself completely shut out of the real world by obsessing over school work and cramming her schedule with clubs. She is a big geek; a member of the Robotics Team, Science Olympiad, oceanography, the Mathletes and band. She doesn’t realize that by doing this she doesn’t make more friends, she loses them. She’s always running back and forth between these groups and her homework that no one gets to really meet her. I’ve been her only consistent friend for a while now. Liz is so nice and caring that being around her makes me feel guilty but no one else knows that because of her stressed out façade. But the conversation with Liz didn’t last long because we were interrupted by Mary. She ran up looking pale and flabbergasted. “Lucy, you got to see this!” “What, are you okay?” “Oh yeah, but oh my gosh!” “What?” I found myself being pulled over to the leadership board. Mary was a fabulous conductor and she has auditioned for the role of assistant drum major. I knew she’d make it, but she as usual doubted herself. She pushed past her way through the crowd and placed me in front of the board. I quickly scanned for her name under assistant and I sure enough found it. I turned to congratulate her but she shook her head and pointed to the drum major list. I scrolled down the list until my eyes caught a name. “John A. Sysleton” I breathed. “Yeah” We knew that he’d get it and yet we still stood in awe for a couple seconds. “You do know what this means, Mary?” “Shhhh! Not here!” We relocated to band storage room. It’s a place that most people aren’t allowed in but because she’s a member of leadership and I’m Mr. Beirbell’s favorite sophomore, we have access. “You will be spending a whole lot more time with him. He’ll ask you to perform petty tasks and you know just…” “Lucy, I can’t do this.” “What are you talking about? You’ll be great!” “I’m gonna have to drop out” “No Mary! This is exactly what you need!” “Hm?” “Time to get to know him. So he can meet the remarkable girl I know” “But what if he doesn’t think so?” “Then he’s an idiot. Just go out there and show him! I mean it’s his senior year, what could happen?” “Ha! Right after you go show Zach!” “I was planning to!” “Well, then me too!” We exchanged confident glances. But at the sound of a whistle, they fell. It was time for us to report to the band room. These promises were much easier said than done and marching band had officially started.

Archaeopteryx? What do you think of this article? Bird evolution flies out the window Carl Wieland talks with anatomist [Retired 2000] Professor David Menton, who reveals some exciting new thoughts on that controversial ‘early bird’, Archaeopteryx by Carl Wieland Dr David Menton is Associate Professor of Anatomy at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri. Dr Carl Wieland talks with him, and he reveals some fascinating new thoughts on that controversial ‘early bird’, Archaeopteryx. [See fossil of Archaeopteryx] CW: Dr Menton, I understand that in the past few years you’ve become interested in scales, feathers and theories of bird evolution? DM: Yes. Some years ago I picked up a wild bird feather. My area of research deals largely with the skin and, of course, feathers grow from the skin, so I thought it would be appropriate to take a peek under the scanning electron microscope, which stimulated my interest in feathers. Of course, evolutionists have long argued that feathers evolved from reptile scales and are thus fundamentally the same structure — very similar. Yes — so I became interested in comparing them myself. I had a laboratory technician at the time who had a ‘pet’ boa constrictor, so I took a look at some of its scales from shed skin. I was amused that they were, of course, not even the slightest bit similar to feathers, as these photographs show [see below]. The only similarity is that they are both made of the protein keratin — like hair, nails and our skin. [Ed. note: after this Creation magazine article was written, we came across evidence that even this similarity may not be as great as supposed. Feather proteins (f-keratins) are biochemically different from skin and scale proteins (a-keratins). An evolutionary feather expert, Alan Brush, concludes: ‘At the morphological level feathers are traditionally considered homologous with reptilian scales. However, in development, morphogenesis, gene structure, protein shape and sequence, and filament formation and structure, feathers are different.’ A.H. Brush, ‘On the origin of feathers’, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 9:131–142, 1996.] Evolutionists sometimes claim that the fossil creature Archaeopteryx is the link between reptiles and birds. In Eichstátt, Germany, in 1984 there was a major meeting of scientists who specialize in bird evolution, the International Archaeopteryx Conference. They disagreed on just about anything that was covered there on this creature, but there was very broad agreement on the belief that Archaeopteryx was a true bird. Only a tiny minority thought that it was actually one of the small, lightly built coelurosaurian dinosaurs [small lightly framed dinosaurs]. Did that mean that really they didn’t think it was a transitional pre-bird? Well, it’s kind of interesting that they found it necessary to draft the following statement. ‘Conferees did agree unanimously to the declaration that organic evolution is a fundamental process of biology and we recognize the importance of the Archaeopteryx contribution to that problem.’ So you can see they were acutely aware that their deliberations might lead some to wonder whether, in fact, Archaeopteryx had anything to say about evolution, so they all did sign this. If, of course, it’s a true bird, it is not the half-way, half-reptile, half-bird like we've often heard. Dr Menton, the first issue of our magazine had an article about Archaeopteryx, which I wrote. At that time everyone was drawing its skull as quite reptilian. I understand that’s changed a bit? Yes. The crushed nature of the skull in one of the specimens may have caused the problem. The general consensus now is that the brain is essentially that of a flying bird, with a large cerebellum and visual cortex. Also, in most vertebrates, including reptiles, the mandible (lower jaw) moves, but in birds (including Archaeopteryx) so does the maxilla (upper jaw). Evolutionists point out that it does have some characteristics which are found in other classes, such as reptiles. This is true, but then it’s true of almost any vertebrate skeleton. There are also design similarities between reptiles, mammals and living birds too. Birds have a distinctive, specialized skeleton because, as one distinguished evolutionist who is also an ornithologist once said, ‘Birds are formed to fly.’ So was Archaeopteryx. Much is made of the fact that Archaeopteryx had teeth. Archaeopteryx was not the only fossil bird to have had grasping teeth. Some fossil birds had teeth, some didn’t. But how can teeth prove a relationship to reptiles, when many reptiles don’t have teeth? Crocodiles are really the only group of reptiles that consistently have very well developed teeth. And of course even some mammals have teeth and some don’t. Some evolutionists have claimed that Archaeopteryx was just a dinosaur plus feathers, in effect. Others have suggested that it’s just a hoax — a dinosaur fossil plus chicken feather imprints. Yes, they have — Sir Fred Hoyle, for example. I find that unconvincing for a variety of reasons. The feathers are not just simply applied to the surface of the bird. Where they are attached to bone by ligaments, we see tiny ‘bumps’. So in Archaeopteryx, the primary and secondary wing feathers are attached to the ‘hand’ and ulna, respectively. And the feathers on the tail are actually minutely attached to each of the 20 vertebrae. There are also a lot of small feathers on the legs and body of this bird, and there is compelling evidence that the head was covered with feathers too. However, when you see pictures of Archaeopteryx or its imaginary ancestors, it’s quite common for artists to show a scaly head. What about the wishbone? Archaeopteryx has a robust wishbone [furcula]. Some recent fascinating studies using moving X-rays of birds as they fly show how the shoulder girdle has to be flexible to cope with the incredible forces of the power-stroke in flight. You can actually see the wishbone flex with each wing-beat. Do the feet of Archaeopteryx support the view that it was a dinosaur that ran along the ground? No. Archaeopteryx, along with all perching birds, has what is called a grasping hallux, or hind toe, pointing backwards. Rearward-facing toes may be found in some of the dinosaurs but not a true grasping hallux with curved claws for perching. Your pictures below, under the scanning electron microscope, show the tremendous difference between feathers (left) and scales (right) [both magnified 80 times]. But is their development similar? [Examine the amazing close-up of the barbules of a feather showing the tiny hooklets and grooves (Magnified 20,000 times, courtesy of David Menton).] It’s quite different. The most fundamental difference is that the feather grows out of a follicle. A follicle is a tubular down-growth of the epidermis that protrudes deeply into the skin — all the way down to underlying bone in the case of primary feathers. And this tube of specialized living skin produces the feather inside of itself from a growth matrix at the very bottom. The reptilian scale has absolutely nothing to do with follicles. All of the scales can shed as a sheet because they’re nothing but folds in the epidermis, like fabric folded over on itself, whereas feathers would have to come out of their own follicle. Similarities between hair and feathers: 1. Grow from follicles which are tubular down-growths from the epidermis of the skin. 2. Specialized growth matrix at the base of the follicle which is solely responsible for growth in length. 3. Growth matrix part of follicle is the only permanent part of the follicle. 4. Dermal papilla at the base of the follicle. 5. Nutrient foramen at the base of the follicle where blood vessels enter to supply nutrition. 6. Surface of the shaft is a hard keratinized structure while the centre (medulla) is comprised of vacuolated chambers. 7. Follicles and their shafts are oriented at critical angles established early in their development. 8. Growing cylindrical shaft slides out of the tube-like follicle. 9. Follicle extends deep into the hypodermis. 10. Follicle associated with sensory nerves. 11. Muscles associated with the follicle provide movement and orientation of the shaft. 12. Shafts vary with the stage of development showing, for example, different structure and colouration in the neonate, juvenile and adult. 13. Shafts shed or mould seasonally resulting in changes in structure and colour. 14. Sexual dimorphism of shafts under endocrine control. 15. Growth cycle with a growing and resting stage. 16. The growth cycle can be initiated at any time by plucking the shaft from the follicle. 17. In the growth cycle, the old shaft is ejected by the growth of a new one. 18. Exocrine function of follicle and shaft. ‘Follicles’ brings ‘hair’ to mind. Indeed. The list shown here gives 18 very nontrivial similarities between feathers and hairs. So, if evolutionists really wanted to make a case, they could argue that feathers evolved from hair, or vice versa. Now, of course, that wouldn’t fit the evolutionary belief that mammals and birds evolved independently from reptiles. So hardly anyone gets to know that in fact, it’s hairs, not scales, that are similar to feathers. How do evolutionists believe birds evolved flight? There are really two theories — you can’t test either, of course. The arboreal theory says that they started up in the trees, and flew down, and so scales are viewed as having grown longer and longer somehow to promote gliding. The cursorial theory postulates that the birds really started on the ground and after vigorous hopping and what-have-you managed to eventually fly up. Each side is quite certain the other side is dead wrong, of course. Evolutionist John Ostrom speculates that feathers evolved from large scales on the forelimbs of dinosaurs and that these long feathers, as they developed, were used to catch insects! Now, while feathers are remarkably strong for their weight, I can’t think of any worse treatment than to bang them together to catch insects. Also, they're an incredibly complex structure to use just for this purpose. And they would blow the insect out of the way. Birds couldn’t clap their limbs together in front anyway — they just don't have that kind of a shoulder. Is there any evidence for either theory? Not the slightest — and the people who take each view make that point. There are no examples of living or fossil scales that even remotely resemble a feather. Archaeopteryx has complete feathers like modern birds. So how would you sum up your opinion? The theory of the evolution of flight is not about the birds, so much as it’s a theory ‘for the birds’. Dr Menton — thank you.

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