John Andrew Smoltz (born May 15, 1967), nicknamed “Smoltzie” and “Marmaduke,”
Is an American former baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2009, all but the last year with the Atlanta Braves. “[John]’s got a great fastball, a good breaking ball, and he has a good knowledge of pitching. When you’re looking at film, if there’s a mechanical flaw, he understands. He’s not just a thrower. There might be a misconception there as far as his being a thrower and not a pitcher. But he is a pitcher. He knows what he wants to do, and when he executes it consistently, nobody can touch him.” – Leo Mazzone in Chop Talk (April 2001)
Smoltz was awful even before the start of 1991. For about a year’s worth of games before that first 2nd half game, Smoltz posted an ERA over 5. He started off as a young pitcher with great potential to be a staff ace but struggled in the 2nd half of ’90 and it continued into ’91. This game however, and for the rest of the ’91 season after that, Smoltz turned it around and never looked back. It’s like he needed to go through that adversity and learn to overcome it to eventually become a main fixture in the Braves teams for nearly 2 decades.
Insane movement 0:45 In this video John was 2 and 11 with 5 ERA. He finished the season at 14 and 13 with a 3.80 ERA. Meaning, from this start, he went 12 and 2 with a low 2 ERA to finish the rest of the season. Absolutely incredible. How one pitch might have sent John Smoltz on a path to the Hall of Fame. And he was on the mound for the three biggest games the Braves had that year. The clincher against Houston. And game 7 vs Pittsburgh and game 7 vs the Twins. Smoltz would’ve won game 7 of the 1991 world series if it wasn’t for that base running era by Lonnie Smith.
A lot of stars in every sport aren’t stars right away. Some are, but most aren’t. A lot of guys don’t put things ALL together until they hit their late 20’s.
It’s probably simplistic to say a single pitch could chart a pitcher’s path to the Hall of Fame, but that might be just what happened for John Smoltz.
On a scorching July night 31 years ago, one pitch, to one batter, not only changed the direction of an inning, but also, likely the direction of Smoltz’s season and, by extension, his career.
Yes, one pitch.
Starting Nine: A study in No. 29, John Smoltz – Battery Power As the Braves limped into the 1991 All-Star break a game under .500, 9 1/2 games out of first place and with their surprisingly competitive season having lost momentum, Smoltz had wrapped up a nightmarish personal start to his third full season in the majors.
The 24-year-old former All-Star and touted “Young Gun” had a dismal 2-11 record and an ERA of 5.16. Almost nothing had gone right. Low run support. Control problems. Big innings. Bad luck. Smoltz later said he tried to use a contract dispute as emotional fuel to pitch better. Not only did it not work, but he also said, it backfired big time.
“I know my teammates, my manager, my coaches are sick of seeing this,” Smoltz told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after his last outing of the first half, a 7-6 loss to the Dodgers in which he gave up five earned runs and walked four batters in 1 2/3 innings.
“It’s not going to happen anymore.”
The Braves’ front office and manager Bobby Cox had a tough decision: send the struggling Smoltz to the bullpen, demote him to the minors or stick with him as a starter.
It was at this time that Braves GM John Schuerholz famously suggested Smoltz visit sports psychologist Jack Llewellyn in hopes of solving the right-hander’s pitching ills, which it was assumed were at least part mental. “I knew that I wasn’t seeing the real John Smoltz,” Schuerholz later told the AJC.
Scheurholz made the suggestion on July 11. The next day, Smoltz met with Llewellyn for five hours before making his first start of the second half, according to an AJC report.
The crux of the advice: Prepare yourself mentally and don’t go negative.
But just three pitches into his game that night against the Cardinals, Smoltz found himself in a frustratingly familiar position.
Milt Thompson led off with a solid single to left. Ozzie Smith followed with a bunt hit down the third-base line. Three pitches, two on, nobody out. Here we go again.
Up stepped Smoltz’s former teammate, Gerald Perry. First pitch, a ball just inside. Second pitch, a foul back. Third pitch, a ball low and inside. Fourth pitch, a ball high and away — and a 3-1 count.
In the first half, the outcome would’ve been predictable — a walk, or perhaps a bloop single, would’ve led to a big inning for the Cardinals and another start spiraling out of control for Smoltz.
Now, just a few minutes into his first start of the second half, the 3-1 pitch to Perry became the most important pitch of the inning, maybe of the game, maybe of Smoltz’s season.
Smoltz released a fastball right down the middle. Perry swung hard and hit it — but just missed it. A harmless flyout to center. The runners held. The next batter, Todd Zeile, flew out to deep left on the first pitch. The runners held. Smoltz then struck out Felix Jose looking. Threat over.
He escaped unscathed. This was new.
Though only a half-inning, it felt like a turning point. “When a guy turns a season around, you can always point back to something. And you may not know that it’s happening then,” Braves TV commentator and eventual Hall-of-Famer Don Sutton said as Smoltz pitched in the top of the second. “The last three batters in the first inning for John Smoltz … that’s three of the best-pitched sequences and the best job I’ve seen him do with runners on base this year.”
It was, as Sutton said later, “a different John Smoltz.”
Though Smoltz would run into trouble later in the game, even giving a 2-0 lead right back in the top of the fourth after the Braves went ahead in the bottom of the third, he limited the damage. He kept things manageable. He never trailed. That certainly was different for Smoltz to that point in 1991. The first-inning escape job had set a new tone. The pivotal moment, TBS announcer Skip Caray surmised, was Perry’s at-bat.
“You never know how things are going to work out,” Caray said in the sixth inning, “But if John Smoltz gets his season turned around, remember the 3-1 pitch to Gerald Perry in the first inning with two on and nobody out.” Twenty-four years later, we know how things worked out. Smoltz did turn his season around, which turned his career around. To put it another way, with that 3-1 fastball to Perry, it can be argued, John Smoltz became John Smoltz.
After that win against the Cardinals on July 12, Smoltz went 11-2 over his final 17 starts, posting a 2.62 ERA in 117 innings and holding opponents to a .206 average.
Smoltz proved particularly dominating during the last two months. From Aug. 5 through Oct. 5, he went 8-1 with a 1.49 ERA — including a complete game to clinch the division for the Braves. He carried that success into the postseason, when he tossed a complete-game shutout on the road in Game 7 of the NLCS to beat the Pirates and send the Braves to the World Series, then pitched seven strong innings in Game 4 before dueling Jack Morris in perhaps the most memorable Game 7 in history.
Smoltz finished 1991 with a 14-13 record and an ERA of 3.80 in 229 2/3 innings. The media gave those mid-season psychology sessions a lot of credit for his turnaround, but Smoltz would later say the therapy played only a small role.
Still, overcoming his own doubts after the 2-11 start was key. “When you start having doubts, you start creating an atmosphere of ‘things are going to go wrong,’ and they will,” Smoltz told “The Dan Patrick Show” in 2014. “… If you say, ‘don’t hang a slider’ or ‘don’t leave this pitch (up),’ … you start having negative thoughts, and those negative thoughts become positive reinforcement for what you don’t want to do.”
Whether the result of talks with Llewellyn, pitching skill, determination or a combination of the three, it’s clear that Smoltz’s turnaround in 1991 began July 12 against the Cardinals. And the turnaround started in the first inning on the 3-1 pitch to Perry — the pitch that, it seems, changed everything.
The 3-1 pitch to Perry changed the direction of the inning, which changed the direction of the game, which gave Smoltz a needed confidence boost, which led to continued success down the stretch, which led to a dominant postseason, which led to more confidence and more growth, which led to years of excellence as a starter, which, despite having to reinvent himself after arm troubles, led to three years of excellence as a closer, which led to another successful stint as a starter, which made Smoltz a unique pitcher in baseball history, which stamped his ticket to Cooperstown.
Of course, it’s possible Smoltz could’ve failed to retire Perry and still gone on to a Hall of Fame career. But it’s also possible, perhaps probable, it would’ve caused his ugly season to continue and prompted a demotion to the bullpen or the minors. From there, it’s anyone’s guess the direction his career might’ve taken.
Fortunately for Smoltz, and for the Braves, the what-ifs don’t matter.
A new pitcher emerged on July 12, 1991, one who became a dominating presence, who forged a reputation as one of the best postseason performers of all time, who wanted the ball when it mattered most — and who you wanted to have it?
Eight All-Star Games, the 1992 NLCS MVP, the 1996 NL Cy Young Award, the 2002 Rolaids Relief Award, 213 wins, 154 saves and 3,084 strikeouts.
A pitcher who found his way on a 3-1 fastball to Gerald Perry.
July 20 was Glioblastoma Day, which helps raise awareness of one of the rarest and deadliest forms of brain cancer. And this Texas Man with Brain Tumor Given Only Two Months to Live Shares Powerful Testimony Six Years Later.
Mind Body Spirit – Search (bing.com) In 2016, he experienced a seizure and doctors found he had a tumor the size of a golf ball in his brain, adding he suffers from glioblastoma grade four. After experiencing seizures, Israel Lemus was told there was a mass in his brain. Weeks later, doctors gave him the gut-wrenching news and told him he had two months to live. Six years later Lemus is still alive. While this is very rare, famous people have lost their battle with GBM. Senator Ted Kennedy, the youngest brother of President John F Kennedy, died on August 25, 2009, from glioblastoma at the age of 77. He suffered a seizure in May 2008 while walking his dogs outside his home in Barnstable, Massachusetts and also Republican Sen. John McCain died in 2018.
Glioblastoma was described as an aggressive form of cancer found in a person’s brain or spinal cord that can happen at any age, causing headaches, nausea, vomiting, and seizures. “Glioblastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, can be very difficult to treat and a cure is often not possible. Treatments may slow progression of the cancer and reduce signs and symptoms,” the Mayo Clinic’s website said. Although the usual prognosis was 14 to 24 months, “they told Israel two months. That was six years ago, and he has since endured three surgeries and all the cancer treatments available to him.
The young man’s doctor noted there was no cure, but also deemed it a “miracle.” Dr. Jay-Jiguang Zhu of UTHealth Houston/Memorial Hermann, added the disease was visible on the MRI. Therefore, medical teams did not call it being in remission. Zhu said a good attitude, support, and excellent doctors have also been a big part of the journey. Doctors performed three surgeries and everything they could do to treat the cancer of Lemus at the time of his diagnosis but Lemus’ oncologist at UTHealth Houston and Memorial Hermann,
Dr. Jay-Jiguang Zhu, told him directly that it’s really not working and there’s no more they could do to cure his worsening golf ball-sized glioblastoma in the brain.
When Lemus learned about the time left, he had, he immediately planned to have an engagement and get married and spend the rest of his life in his own house with wife. He also grabs the chance to pursue the dreams he really wanted. He has done all the things that some other man will do if they found out they have a time limit.
He was only 29 years old when he was diagnosed, but he’s still feeling great just like a healthy man, for he doesn’t feel sick at all. And what’s more astonishing is that his life is getting longer and longer until it reaches six incredibly years despite the two months life term.
The first thing I do when I wake up and the last thing I do before going to sleep is Thank God for that day.” Lemus said in the KHOU-11 interview for the challenges he had overcome with God on his side. “He’s, my miracle.” Lemus’ wife also said. It was indeed a miracle from God. He is our great doctor, a great healer. When everything seems impossible to us, surrender it to Him and believe in his amazing power, then he will turn it into possible.
Luke 18:27 Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” The average length of survival for patients after being diagnosed is eight months, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. But doctors are optimistic — as advances in research have helped extend patients’ lives even for a short period.
“I had always been a relatively healthy person,” Israel Lemus said.
For Lemus, glioblastoma came out of nowhere.
“I was getting ready for bed. (I was) brushing my teeth and looking in the mirror, I lost control of my eyes; they started shooting up in the left repeatedly,” he said.
Soon after that, he started experiencing full-blown seizures. A few days passed before he was scheduled to have surgery, but at the time, he was only told there was a mass in his brain. It wasn’t until weeks later, at just 29 years old, that Lemus received gut-wrenching news. Doctors told him he had very aggressive brain cancer, and he only had two months to live.
“It just turned my life upside down,” he said.
But as fate would have it, Lemus found the best team of physicians with UT Health Houston and Memorial Hermann. Now, Dr. Jay-Jiguang Zhu and his colleagues call Lemus a miracle. “We try to learn from him and many patients we call long-term survivors,” Zhu said.
Glioblastoma, or GBM for short, is a fast-growing brain tumor. Zhu said that about 15,000 people a year in the U.S. are diagnosed with this rare cancer. He explained it comes down to our genes. As our stem cells continue to grow in our brain, sometimes there’s a glitch, and that glitch can develop into a mass.
“Our cells (are) dividing all the time,” Zhu said. “We don’t see it, but that process sometimes, mistakes happen, and that mistake allows the cells to grow out of control.” It’s when cells start miscommunication when disease array.
“I think, one day, we will have more effective treatment on the horizon,” Zhu said.
For the time being, he said a family support system, a strong team of doctors, and, above all, faith is what have helped miracle patients like Lemus. “We don’t have this magical answer. ‘Oh, this is it. We can copy that to many other patients.’
We love to know, but don’t,” he said.
Treatment for each patient is unique. It all depends on the size of the tumor and where it is. Lemus has had three surgeries to remove parts of the mass safely. He’s on two types of medication, rounds of radiation, and several rounds of chemo. While part of the cancer is still embedded in Lemus’ brain, his team of doctors has been able to keep it at bay for an amazing six years.
“I was able to get engaged to my girlfriend at the time,” he said. “We got married. We bought our first home.” Lemus hopes he can provide a ray of hope for other patients and know there is life after diagnosis. “The first thing I do when I wake up and when I go to bed is, thank God for that day,” he said.
Brain Tumor Patient Given Months to Live Still Alive Six Years Later: ‘All Glory to God’
Houston residents Israel Lemus and his wife, Samantha, are not letting a serious medical diagnosis get in the way of their future.
“I’m very proud and thankful to God for allowing me to take part in sharing his glory and giving hope to those in similar situations just as someone was for me. All glory be to God,” Lemus wrote in a recent social media post.
In the past few years, Lemus continued with life and got married, bought a house, and also decided to take a different career path.
Photos showed Lemus and his glowing bride enjoying their wedding ceremony:
“To me, it’s 100% God. His mystery is my Faith in God,” Lemus told KHOU.
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In the wake of Sen. Joe Manchin’s announcement that he won’t vote for a bill addressing climate change unless inflation slows next month, climate leaders are calling for President Biden to declare climate change a national emergency — and it appears that the White House is seriously considering the move. A formal declaration would open up new possibilities for unilateral action by the executive branch to combat climate change, including halting U.S. exports of crude oil andhalting offshore drilling. Biden could even redirect military funding to the construction of renewable energy projects — much as former President Donald Trump diverted more than $18 billion in Pentagon funding to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico — and impose trade penalties on countries that permit deforestation, such as the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. But such a creative use of the relevant federal law would also undoubtedly trigger lawsuits from fossil fuel companies and Republicans.
On Monday evening, Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., held a press conference to ask Biden to explore a range of actions to reduce climate pollution. Many of these, such as using the Defense Production Act to build up domestic clean energy manufacturing capacity, are extensions and expansions of moves Biden has already begun to make. “There is probably nothing more important for our nation and for our world than for the United States to drive a bold, energetic transition in its energy economy from fossil fuels to renewable energy,” Merkley said. Amid record-breaking heat waves in the Western U.S. and in Europe, Merkley argued that climate change is no longer a future threat but an already unfolding disaster.
“My state is in crisis,” he said. “We have massive droughts that are destroying our farmers. It’s affecting our forests. We have the red zone where the pine beetles are killing the pine trees. We have forest fires … and we have a huge impact on our fishing, both in our streams and offshore.” The most dramatic option that Merkley wants Biden to take is to declare a national emergency on climate. Later that evening, the Washington Post reported that the White House is indeed considering doing so. “The president made clear that if the Senate doesn’t act to tackle the climate crisis and strengthen our domestic clean energy industry, he will,” a White House official said in a statement. “We are considering all options, and no decision has been made.” Speculation that the president would soon declare a climate emergency increased when it was announced that he will visit the Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Mass., on Wednesday to give a speech about climate change. Brayton Point is currently shuttered while it transitions from burning coal to generating wind power.
U.S. presidents have declared 60 national emergencies since 1976, according to the think tank Demos. Historically, those have typically been for acute crises, such as specific natural disasters, rather than a long-term predicament like climate change. In an era of increased partisan polarization and congressional gridlock, however, pushing the boundaries of executive action is becoming more common. Trump, for instance, declared illegal migration across the southern border a national emergency so he could use funds that Congress appropriated for the military to build a border wall, a move the Supreme Court upheld in 2019. In theory, such a precedent would bode well for a climate emergency declaration, but one cannot assume too much consistency from a court that has also become more partisan and seen fit to limit the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce the Clean Air Act.
The Associated Press reported that on Wednesday, Biden “will stop short of issuing an emergency declaration that would unlock federal resources to deal with the issue,” according to a person familiar with the president’s plans. Sources acquainted with the White House’s thinking also told Yahoo News that though a climate emergency declaration is under serious consideration, it will not be coming this week. Instead, the president will reportedly announce some new executive orders on climate change during his Massachusetts speech. “Don’t be disappointed if you don’t see a climate emergency tomorrow,” one source told Reuters. Biden has already signaled his intent to pursue an array of executive actions, such as stricter new rules limiting various pollutants. Until now, the White House has moved cautiously on executive actions on climate change, as it tried to get its proposal to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on subsidizing the adoption of electric vehicles and clean energy sources such as solar panels, formerly known as Build Back Better, through an evenly split Senate with unified Republican opposition. Absent Manchin’s support for that package, experts say, it will be virtually impossible for the United States to fulfill Biden’s pledge to reduce emissions by half this decade. “If the Senate will not move to tackle the climate crisis and strengthen our domestic clean energy industry, I will take strong executive action to meet this moment,” Biden said in a statement released Friday evening.
The cooling towers at the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Mass., crumbled during a controlled implosion on April 27, 2019. (Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Some environmental advocacy organizations have been urging Biden to declare climate, change a national emergency ever since he won the presidency. “If he declares a national emergency, it triggers the ability for him to deploy around 130 different powers,” Jean Su, energy justice program director and senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, said. “One of the most useful for climate is the reinstatement of the crude oil export ban.” Stopping the export of crude oil would reduce emissions by the equivalent of shutting 42 coal plants, according to the Center for Biological Diversity’s calculations, because it would reduce domestic oil production. “Shutting that off would actually reduce the incentive for companies from fracking in the Permian Basin” in Texas and New Mexico, Su said. With an emergency declaration, Biden could even phase out all exports and imports of fossil fuels entirely, she said.
Similarly, while the president already has the authority to stop selling new leases for offshore drilling, an emergency declaration would allow him to go further and stop issuing permits for offshore oil and gas wells under already existing leases and halt all drilling immediately. Whether he would do so is a different matter: He pledged on the campaign trail to end new fossil fuel leasing, but — feeling political pressure to look as if he’s pursuing every possible approach to lowering gasoline prices — the administration is currently considering selling new oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and in Cook Inlet in Alaska. Su also argues that an emergency declaration would allow the White House to do more under the Defense Production Act (DPA) than it would under that law alone, such as marshaling funding under the DPA to deploy clean energy — for example, rooftop solar installations on low-income housing. There are some in the climate advocacy community who think such a move would have limited ability to alter the U.S.’s emissions trajectory, which can be dramatically moved only if Congress passes new laws with broad new regulatory powers, fees for carbon emissions or spending to deploy renewables and electric vehicles, as Build Back Better would have. “While a climate declaration is important in terms of media attention and galvanizing the climate movement, it does not have significant impacts on carbon pollution,” said one climate expert, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid upsetting colleagues.
Global temperatures are on the rise and have been for decades. Step inside the data and see the magnitude of climate change. We now have an authoritarian government that rules by decree. Declaring an emergency to do what you otherwise can’t do legally is what a dictator would do. Besides he basically tried that with the EPA and the courts stopped it. If he declares an “emergency” the courts will likely stop that as well. Trump would not do it. Do you have any idea what shutting down oil exports would do to the already crumbling economy? How much can you afford for gas? I am at my limit. wake up before it is too late. On top of all that, China puts out more pollution than the rest of the world combined. Yet the USA is the bad guy in all this? PUHLEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSEEEEEEE…. It comes down to one thing: MONEY. The banking cartel has spent years trying to figure out how to tax us on the air we breathe. Now, instead of taxing us on the air we breathe in, they’ve figured out how to tax us on the air we breathe out. You want to understand climate change? Just follow the money trail……………… So, sending the world into economic chaos is an emergency now. Brandon should be addressing record high gasoline prices, runaway inflation, record southern border crossings and record high crime rates.
Sounds like becoming a dictator. ” Halting U.S. exports of crude oil and halting offshore drilling. Biden could even redirect military funding to the construction of renewable energy projects” We export oil then buy oil back at higher prices. Most renewable project money will feed Illinois more money to pay off the pension funds as Illinois Gov. Pritzker did with the covid money. This will be turned down as illegal by the supreme court. When it does all who voted for it should be held accountable as traitors! What we need is ADULT LEADERSHIP in the white House and Congress to stop this Recession/Depression!
What this means is Biden is acting like a dictator with an “executive decision” when the people’s representatives don’t vote for the radical extremist agenda of climate change. The majority of representatives not moving this agenda across the finish line shows that the majority of the country does NOT agree with this. I would demand impeachment if Biden does something illegal like this. I will pray republicans sue him if he tries. There is no climate crisis, only a political crisis on the democrat side. Lame ducks are really scary. Any mess created; his party can blame him later. As usual, this will be a transfer of our money into the hands of the unknown. Much like the covid funds were. It will have zero effect on the climate.
The government can’t even stop robocalls on my cell phone. Now they think they can curb the climate?
I think this country has several more pressing issues that could be better described as national emergencies instead of so-called climate change, which has always been debated. What about the lawlessness at the southern border? It is stated very clearly in the constitution that one of the main functions of the federal government is to protect the country’s borders – the federal government is a dismal failure at this constitutional requirement – no debate needed!
I’m sorry but there is no climate change emergency. It is just another Biden trick to control us. Most of us cannot afford an electric car much less the costly upkeep of one. The climate is no more in trouble than it was 40 years ago when it got so hot that the highways buckled. Doesn’t anyone remember that? Besides, what are you going to do while you’re faced with an emergency and waiting for your car to charge?
This is your typical liberal thinking they are saving the world while other countries go about their business 10 times worse than us. The democrats are trying to make a play before the midterms because they know they are doomed by their own failures to help America! Instead, they insist on sending our money abroad helping nations while our own people suffer. This demonic party’s appetite to spend us into oblivion while doing away with thousands of high paying American jobs is not only idiotic it proves they do not have the necessities nor the understanding to lead our nation back to prosperity. As far as America is concerned the new green deal is done and the polls show the democratic party is also on its final stages of majority rule. We need their self-induced inflation like we need holes in our heads. Please vote for common sense and not on party lines! Our country is in grave danger by overreacting misfits pretending they were elected!
Renewable energy is great and all but look at its impacts. Wind blades can’t be recycled, new batteries require tearing up the earth to get to metals needed, solar panels can be recycled. These things need to be considered too, yea it’s green but look at the damage. “Stopping the export of crude oil would reduce emissions by the equivalent of shutting 42 coal plants” Yeah, you’ll also kill millions of people and drive-up energy costs so high that the poorest people in the world will get crushed with energy inflation. Just look at what’s already unfolding in Europe and America and we’re talking about reducing availability even more? Trust me, if green energy was TRULY competitive and cheaper than fossil fuels, we wouldn’t need to force people to do it. This will simply create another crisis that will need to be solved…the same people creating the crisis’ are the same that have the solutions. Funny, I live in a state that is providing almost all my power via “green” energy and surprise, my bill has basically doubled in the last 5-7 years…I thought it was supposed to make it cheaper? Last point…please provide the report that shows the total globe impact to climate change even if we did everything suggested here…. go ahead let’s see what the models show will change in America with all the suffering they’d push on people vs the MASSIVE costs. To declare an independent climate emergency for 334m people is nuts. Why should the US be the only country that does this? If you want to declare a climate emergency, it has to be a collective effort.
But again – why the US alone?
Most polluted: 2021 – #3 India – 2022 #5 with 1.3b people 2021 – #10 China – 2022 #22 with 1.3b people 2021 – Pakistan – 2022 #3 Pakistan with 220m people 2021 – Indonesia – 2022 #17 with 273m people 2021 – “#85” – United States – 2022 “#90” with 334m people (NOT BAD)
The 4 countries above couldn’t possibly declare a climate emergency (maybe China because they are “ruled”) with a collective population of over 3 billion people. So, isolate the US with a population of 334m and #90 as the most populated country in the world? Please, stop isolating the US with a bunch of nonsense happening everywhere!
And I don’t feel like providing the long list of issues facing this country as it is. It’s just another forceful approach that the administration will do although they’ve created enough damage as it is. I don’t need to save the world as a global power. I’m just a drop in the ocean like the majority of the citizens that agree with me. If the situation is truly dire, why not restrict air travel both private and commercial including private jets used by the government (congress) stop all car racing cruise ships or similar activities stop using plastic for everything and look into more nuclear power generation? I love the climate Czar flitting around in his private jet while telling us to stop polluting or Biden flying to the middle east to beg for more oil and telling us to go electric. SMH
Gas Would go up to about $15 a gallon, we would go into a depression, your electric bill would go sky high, groceries would triple. The American economy would be destroyed, and Russia and China would keep on doing what they’re doing and don’t care what the United States says. They would be nowhere for you to charge your electric car. And if you did find some where it would cost you about $300 for eight hours. There’s no amount of money you can obtain to change mother nature. In the end you would not be stopping anything. And Trump would be right Mexico would pay to finish the wall to keep us out and the candidate would probably start there. How many times did the article mention a crude oil export ban?
Does that mean Brandon will no longer export Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude? He can declare any emergency he wants regarding climate change- mother nature’s wrath will continue for the foreseeable future and most of us will be living with the heat and floods in snowstorms that are imminent to affect all of America and Europe. In a few years we will have water, no irrigated land and the population will be fighting to meet basic needs. Thank you for industrialization, globalization and dependence on fossil fuel. For bribes from China, the Far-Left extremist Biden wants to destroy the remains of the US economy and transfer the rest of our high pay jobs to China, that manufactures practically all of the outrageously expensive and environmentally destroying solar panels, electric cars, batteries and parts, and the windmill nonsense.
From climate.gov “Short-lived solar explosions don’t influence weather events like the March 2012 heat wave, but longer-term variations in solar output might affect Earth’s climate. The latter half of the seventeenth century experienced a decades-long stretch of minimal solar activity known as the Maunder Minimum, which many scientists suspect may have triggered the Little Ice Age—a cold spell that chilled the Northern Hemisphere from about 1650 to 1850.” it’s been warming up since then??
If Biden declares an independent state of emergency to go lone wolf in the US – he will lose his presidency. He doesn’t have enough gusto to have any impact. In fact, we can’t even transport grain from Iowa to feed chickens which is 60% of the optimum costs for raising chickens and 80% of the total grain supply “on the mainland”. What, does Biden want to cut down on chicken droppings too to help the climate? Biden and the rich democrats are bound and determined to end big oil and fossil fuels in place of Green Energy investments that they are waiting to make a killing on. That’s what this is about. When you look and see who is invested in all the Green Energy companies, you’ll realize this.
The man should have left our domestic energy alone and concentrated on creating the things his ideas need to work. Lithium, rare earth magnets facilities and mining. He could have retained jobs and created jobs for two wins instead of going through two losses. 40 years of experience in what? Taking bribes. Let’s hope Biden does not declare an emergency just to get his agenda through. It’s a bad precedent and not the way for a republic to be run. We didn’t elect a king; we got rid of one a long time ago. It is amazing to me how EVERY single thing that Biden does has to have a comment about how Trump did something. The WALL has NOTHING to do with climate change! Halting the building of the wall was one of the most detrimental things that have been forced on this country EVER.
We as a country need to declare a Biden Emergency, along with a Democratic Left Wing Socialist emergency. They are responsible for our current predicaments with the economy, inflation, energy, the border, Afghanistan, etc. This man is now officially desperate due to these policy failures. But in reality, all of this is just smoke, and mirrors deliberate in its intent, to detract and distract us from the horrible shape the country is now in. He knows the deceitful media will not come after him like they should. And it’s easy to understand why, since they’re the very reason he got elected in the first place. They are essentially co-conspirators. They won’t even tell us what’s going on with the Hunter Biden investigations. I’m sure the media will be issuing their apology to America for hiding Biden’s incompetence, the same day hell freezes over!
He will do anything to squeeze more money and take this country towards socialism! Biden is declaring a new American Civil War if he does this. The nation has been crippled badly with his agenda and this will be the last straw of Working America. Climate change fraud is a ploy to give the Far-Left extremist Biden unlimited power over our lives, to shut down the economy, prohibit private cars, to make us eat insects, and to reduce the entire nation to hunger in rags, like in all communist countries. So, in over SEVENTY YEARS the temps have risen 1.2 degrees! Holy cow, stop the presses, we need to …. do nothing. We are killing ourselves for 1.2 degrees.
I remember when it was “Global Warming,” then there was a short-lived “Global Cooling” and now its “Climate Change.” It’s all politics to depart you from your money. Summer is supposed to be hot. It’s not supposed to be comfortable. This will do nothing to impact “climate change”. This will be to garner some praise from some fans of this egotistical belief that we can actually change the climate. What next, an executive order to use a “way back machine” to change the past? Oh wait…. The only way you will stop this so-called climate change is to stop cutting down millions of trees daily. I’m not a tree hugger but common sense tells you that the tree is what keeps the earth cool. Trees help produce more rain to cool the earth as well. But we all know that this earth is meant to burn up.
Let me ask, how many of John Kerry’s homes have solar panels on them or round them? Are there any wind turbines in Vermont? Does Joe Biden have any homes powered by wind or solar? The answer to these questions is no. They own no electric cars or bio willie aircraft. while they parade around telling us that only more tax dollars will stop the crisis. while they are doing nothing to help. Wakeup people I wonder why more Republicans are not on board these initiatives, too. We are talking about a healthier environment and atmosphere. Also, consider that in a few decades, with lots of climate science research and resources that are carbon limited, we may even be able to create mechanisms for some climate control.
Maybe tell John Kerry to quit jetting around the world spewing garbage out his mouth about emissions and then maybe some people would pay more attention. It is almost likely that we will hear a states’ rights argument if Biden would declare a climate emergency. The result of that is yet more head in the sand inaction on man’s contributing to our climate/weather changes. It is hard to deny that there are more than just natural cycles happening to our climate/weather. After all the hubbub about Trump being a “dictator”, we’re going to allow a senile bumbler to become one man rule on something as important as energy??? This is insanity. One more step towards the Great Reset.
“Climate change” is just a pretext for achieving a socialist dictatorship. If Biden stupidly declares a “climate emergency,” the number of moderate democrat voters defecting to the GOP will increase immediately and exponentially. Over 2 million moderate democrat voters have already defected to the GOP in the first half of 2022 with another million expected by November and we will be voting straight red as a vote AGAINST the radical leftist extremism that has kidnapped and infected our once-decent political party. If we moderate democrat voters cannot expel the leftists from our party, we will beat them at the polls. I don’t see Biden declaring such an emergency. For one thing that would be a bold move and he’s just too timid. Secondly, he doesn’t seem to care about campaign promises made which makes you doubt whether he really thinks climate change is an existential crisis.
This is all just a joke. The planet is going through another change. It’s not global warming, it is a phase that occurred hundreds of years ago. In 50 years or more it will change to arctic air and the planet once again gets cold. Someone needs to tell us what is normal with our planet. I remember 60 years ago we had very cold winters and then people were saying that the planet was dying because of all the cold temperatures. Someone needs to convince me what the norm is. The leading cause of Climate Change is warning labels. Without warning labels, Mother Nature was able to get rid of the weakest of the herd. Now we are stuck with them and they breed and contribute to greenhouse gasses and have a carbon footprint that would not be there.
If we don’t do something very soon, it will be too late, and our ancestors will inherit an earth that is uninhabitable. Anyone that doesn’t realize that the weather trends, the increasing fires, the tornadoes, the radical temperature changes are an effect of climate change have their heads in the sand. Dinosaurs became extinct and humans could also become extinct. It won’t be in our lifetime, however, perhaps in our children’s or grandchildren’s lifetime. Educate yourself about Climate versus Weather and don’t fall for the shell game. China and India continue to build coal powered electrical generation plants. So, while Jurassic Biden cackles on about a phony crisis, and our economy tanks, the rest of the world grows in economic strength. When will the less intelligent who believe they can control weather wake up? The Sun is our source of climate and until the deficient leader of the free world wakes up, we are doomed.
What happens when he declares an emergency is we spend more money that we don’t have, on things that we don’t need or that won’t work to change the climate. The items we will be purchasing will be made by those companies that Nancy Pelosi’s husband just happened to have recently invested in. “Su said. With an emergency declaration, Biden could even phase out all exports and imports of fossil fuels entirely”. Seems clear that the Biden Admin wants to shut down the petroleum industry. If Biden pulls the trigger on an emergency order that includes this kind of action, you will see lawsuits and $10/gal gas and doubling inflation. Every product made from hydrocarbon as well as the means of getting it to market will contribute to scarcity and inflation Even the smug, elite EV owners will see scarcity and higher cost as brown outs sweep the nation and our already overtaxed power grid fizzles even more because 65% of the power source is, you guessed it, Hydrocarbon.
Is this Biden’s next disastrous decision?? Joe couldn’t lead us out of a one door room. Climate change is the biggest fraud of all time.
This is a crisis that the USA can’t solve alone. But currently we are ranked 24th in the world’s most green countries. (World Population Report is considered nonbiased with no political affiliations. They are not USA based and they are focused on interpreting international statistics in palatable reports that most people can also understand.) Some are much smaller countries which likely makes it easier to pass legislation.
These are the top 10. But again, the USA ranked 24th. #1 Switzerland #2 France #3 Denmark #4 Malta #5 Sweden #6 United Kingdom #7 Luxembourg #8 Austria #9 Ireland #10 Finland
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
by Steve Goreham Today, businesses are trapped in the green box of sustainable development. Academics, government leaders, public opinion, and thousands of laws and regulations demand the adoption of sustainability. In response, companies spend billions on renewable energy, carbon credits, biofuels, and other green policies in an effort to counter the coming environmental apocalypse. But a look at data and trends shows that the ideology of environmentally sustainable development is based on false concepts. Population growth is slowing, nations continue to reduce air and water pollution, climate change is dominated by natural factors with negligible effects from human greenhouse emissions, and societal access to resources continues to grow. Society and business should adopt a policy that is sensibly green. We should continue to reduce air and water pollution, but avoid other policies aimed at stopping global warming and halting hydrocarbon use. These other policies actually do little for Earth’s environment. Outside the Green Box is a well-illustrated and amusing look at society’s quest to be sustainable, and the resulting misguided policies that provide little benefit for the environment. Learn what “your green consultant didn’t tell you.”
The first climate change book that is fun to read! Using figures, cartoons, and whimsical sidebars, Steve Goreham describes our crazy world, which is far down the primrose path of global warming fantasy. Contrary to popular consensus, climate change is natural and NOT caused by our cars. But this book is not short on science. Goreham uses charts, graphs, and references to dozens of scientific papers to support his arguments. He shows that icecap melting, stronger storms, polar bear extinction, and many other climate fears are unfounded. At the same time, this large collection of zany pictures and quotes grabs the reader’s interest. “Goreham, the antidote for Gore!” —Doug Giles, Syndicated Radio Host
“It’s all here. Replete with great graphics and much humor, Steve Goreham reveals the mountain of failed eco-predictions, rank green hypocrisies and outright fraud that currently masquerades in the guise of modern environmentalism and ‘climate science’… The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism is an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand expose of all the key facts behind the dirty ‘green’ politics of the greatest pseudo-science racket of our age.” —Peter Glover, author, journalist, and International Associate Editor, Energy Tribune.
“This is the first book written to make you laugh at the absurdity of man-made global warming—that is, until it makes you cry. If 250 pages of facts are too much, you can simply read the amusing cartoons and quotes on every page to fully understand how the world has been misled.” —Jay Lehr, PhD, Science Director, The Heartland Institute
“I am extremely impressed with this work, easily the best of its kind I have ever read… an authoritative, well-referenced, but easy-to-understand summary of the climate scare and its dire implications for society and the environment.” —Tom Harris, Executive Director, International Climate Science Coalition
“Interesting, accurate, compellingly readable, and directly relevant to one of today’s most important political debates. What more needs to be said beyond, ‘Buy this fascinating book!'” —Robert Carter, Australian Marine Geologist and Environmental Scientist
“SteveGoreham’s new book is exactly what I hoped would be published. It makes climate science understandable to everyone. Finally, some common sense, presented in a way to inform, not to deceive.” –Burt Rutan, Aerospace Engineer, Innovator, Entrepreneur
“Steve’s insightful and readable analysis of the ideology of Climatism and its socialistic goals is an important addition to public understanding of both the facts and the critical importance of making the right decisions for America.” —Harrison H. Schmitt, PhD, Geologist, former Senator and Apollo 17 Astronaut
“Goreham’s book is an excellent, readable, comprehensive, and indispensable education for everyone. It should be required reading in all schools, universities, statehouses and Congress.” —Edwin Berry, PhD, Physicist and Meteorologist
Tim Tebow’s Shocking Story About John 3:16 ‘Coincidence’ Goes Viral!!! Tim Tebow 3:16 game: A video of former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow recalling an amazing Biblical ‘coincidence’ in his life is going viral on social media. The story begins with Tebow in his college football years. It was 2009 and he was also weeks away from competing in the highly televised national championship football game. Tebow said God led him to write John 3:16 under his eyes for all the world to see while he played.
“The next six weeks leading up to the game I was really agonizing and contemplating what verse and God kept bringing up to my heart and my head John 3:16 which is the essence of our Christianity. It’s the essence of our hope,” Tebow said in the video. After winning the championship game he found out something incredible happened- during the game: 94 million people Googled John 3:16. “Honestly my first thought was ‘How do 94 million people do not know John 3:16?’” Tebow said. “I was just so humbled by how big God is that we serve.” But that’s not where the story ends.
Fast-forward three years to 2012. Tebow is a Denver Bronco playing the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs, and after the Broncos won, he headed into the post-game press conference when his public relations representative stopped him in his tracks. “He says, ‘Timmy, did you realize what happened?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, we just beat the Steelers. We’re going to play the Patriots.’ And he was like, ‘No, do you realize what happened?’” Tebow shared. “He said, ‘It’s exactly three years later from the day that you wore John 3:16 under your eyes,'” Tebow continued. “I was like, ‘Oh, that’s really cool.'”
“He said, ‘No, I don’t think you realize what happened. During the game you threw for 316 yards, your yards per completion were 31.6, your yards per rush were 3.16, the ratings for the night we’re 31.6, and the time of possession was 31.06 and during the game 91 million people google John 3:16 and it’s the number one trending thing on every platform,’” Tebow shared. “I was just standing there in the hallway about to do this press conference just thinking that that night was about a football game. It really wasn’t… we serve such a big God,” he continued.
Tebow believes God did something miraculous that night. “The God that we serve is a God of miracles,” he said. “I just have to be willing to step out and say, ‘Here you go, God, I’m going to give you my fish and my loaves of bread and watch what he does with it.”
The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t by Julia Galef
When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a soldier mindset. From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalizing in our personal lives and everything in between, we are driven to defend the ideas we most want to believe–and shoot down those we don’t. But if we want to get things right more often, argues Galef, we should train ourselves to have a scout mindset. Unlike the soldier, a scout’s goal isn’t to defend one side over the other. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the scout wants to know what’s actually true.
In The Scout Mindset, Galef shows that what makes scouts better at getting things right isn’t that they’re smarter or more knowledgeable than everyone else. It’s a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world–which anyone can learn. With fascinating examples ranging from how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how super forecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think. There is a kind of smug, self-satisfaction to books like this that invariably make me feel, regardless of how useful parts of them might prove to be, uncomfortable. I used to think of political beliefs as existing on a continuum running from left to right. Then I thought of this continuum as being more like a circle, where the far left and far right end up virtually touching – something the current pandemic has made particularly clear to me. As I’ve watched some Marxists have started sounding much more like Q-Anon supporters. But I’ve started thinking that perhaps the geometric figure that most accurately describes ideas is the triangle. Aristotle liked to talk of the ‘golden mean’ – his rational position between two extremes – and this book certainly plays that idea for all that it is worth – but actually, I sometimes feel that the center can be just as extreme as any of the ‘ends.
Surely, we have all met one of these people in our travels. The sort who says things like ‘correlation doesn’t equal causation’ or ‘it seems like you are projecting’ or ‘can we stick to the facts and leave the ad hominem attacks at the door’. And don’t get me wrong – I’ve been that person too. But again, the problem isn’t always what is said, but rather the unbearable smugness with which it is said.
At one point the author says that all she is really doing is providing us with the tools discussed in all those books popular in the early 2000s more accessible to people – books like Predictably Irrational, thinking: Fast and Slow, Mistakes Were Made, but not by me… I was struggling with this book anyway but became completely put off at the end when she started spruiking her group – the ‘effective altruists’. Look, I don’t believe in God, I feel uncomfortable around people who say very silly things about science – but you will definitely know something is deeply wrong if I ever join an evangelical Atheist rationalist society or if I start wearing ‘Science Rocks, but you are just too stupid to know…fart face.’ t-shirt. The author criticizes people like this too, well, in part, although she has nice things to say about Richard Dawkins. All the same, an organization that spends its time praising itself for how wonderfully self-critical it can be. Hmm… I don’t know.
She ends the book with a list of ‘Scout Habits’ for the reader to practice.
I’m going to quote them in full:
1. The next time you’re making a decision, ask yourself what kind of bias could be affecting your judgment in that situation, and then do the relevant thought experiment (e.g., outsider test, conformity test, status quo bias test). 2. When you notice yourself making a claim with certainty (“There’s no way . . .”), ask yourself how sure you really are. 3. The next time a worry pops into your head and you’re tempted to rationalize it away, instead make a concrete plan for how you would deal with it if it came true. 4. Find an author, media outlet, or other opinion source who holds different views from you, but who has a better-than-average shot at changing your mind—someone you find reasonable or with whom you share some common ground. 5. The next time you notice someone else being “irrational,” “crazy,” or “rude,” get curious about why their behavior might make sense to them. 6. Look for opportunities to update at least a little bit. Can you find a caveat or exception to one of your beliefs, or a bit of empirical evidence that should make you slightly less confident in your position? 7. Think back to a disagreement you had with someone in the past in which your perspective has since shifted and reach out to that person to let them know how you’ve updated. 8. Pick a belief you hold strongly and attempt an ideological Turing test of the other side. (Bonus points if you can actually find someone from the other side to judge your attempt.)
Again, she doesn’t say this is an exhaustive list, just something people might like to practice. It is a list of what I guess could be called ‘intellectual empathy exercises’ – and as such they aren’t outrageous. In fact, some of them are quite good, I mean, I quite like the idea of the ‘ideological Turing test’. It is just — that I think some of her earlier advice is better, and that this stuff is likely to be the take-away people leave the book with – mixed with a hyper-dose of smugness too, I fear.
Earlier, she said we should ‘hold our identities lightly’ – since having decided we are a particular kind of person makes it very difficult for us to ever change our minds. She says somewhere else that we should notice that we are highly influenced by the situations that we find ourselves in. This is one of the reasons she gives for joining a group like her effective altruists, that you will be around people who hold their identities lightly and so they will help to make you a better person. I find that the generally accepted ideas around identities are something I’m rather uncomfortable with at the best of times.
I don’t think we have nearly as fixed identities as we imagine we have. I think our identities are much more situationally constrained. In fact, my main problem with this book is that it assumes that people’s behavior can be changed by changing how they think – whereas the reality is more that the cart of thinking needs to go behind the horse of being, that is, people’s ideas are unlikely to change until their situation does.
That is, this book is a kind of primer advocating a new form of consciousness raising – but I’m not sure any form of consciousness raising really works all that well. I think, instead, I think that people’s ideas are much more tied to their life experiences than to how they go about practicing particular habits of mind. Still, the people most likely to learn to practice these habits of mind will then be able to congratulate themselves on how open they are, how rational, how reasonable. Whereas, they have likely just codified what were already their ‘extreme middle’ views.
To provide what I think might be a case in point. I consider myself to be a feminist – which, in turn, I do not consider to be a particularly big statement. In fact, it strikes me as odd that we are in the 2020s and the idea that men and women should be judged on their abilities and their character rather than their genitals still hasn’t quite taken on. We have had decades and decades of ‘steps’ towards equality between the sexes. Yet men are still paid significantly more than women, men still do significantly less housework than women, and men are still much more likely to work in jobs with higher status than women. I don’t know that the decades and decades of consciousness raising have achieved anywhere near enough.
I don’t want to say it has been a complete waste of time – but I do think that were the changes brought about by feminism have been most impactful have been where facts on the ground have been changed – rather than just opinions. I don’t know that the real achievements of feminism have been where it has made an old male chauvinist feel a bit uncomfortable while noticing the logical inconsistency in some of their strongly held opinions.
The world really does need to change, it’s just I’m not in the least sure that scouting is likely to get us to where we need to be. Another case in point – and perhaps a clearer example of my view – the US has just ended its longest foreign war. It spent something like $2 trillion blowing up stuff in Afghanistan. The Taliban are back in control. Presumably, they are even more convinced they are right than before. What if, rather than blowing stuff up, the US had sought to build Afghanistan up? Two trillion dollars might have made a pretty nice country. It certainly would have completely changed the situation in the country and possibly made it very hard for the Taliban to convince people that they look like a credible alternative. I just don’t think people’s ideas are as fixed as they are made out to be. But, sure, there really are great ways to make them as fixed as you want them to be. A solid book with mass appeal to help people care more about being accurate. Highly readable, easy to recommend.
The Scout Mindset is the sort of book I’m both happy with and frustrated by. I’m frustrated because this is a relatively casual overview of what I wish were a thorough Academic specialty. I felt similarly with The Life You Can Save when that was released. I think it’s quite good on its own and recommend it as such. Just know what you’re going in for!
Another way of putting this is that I was sort of hoping for an academic work, but instead, think of this more as a journalistic work. It reminds me a bit more of Popular Documentaries and Malcolm Gladwell (in a nice way), instead of Super forecasting or The Elephant in the Brain. That said, journalistic works have their unique contributions in the literature, it’s just a very different sort of work.
I just read through the book on Audible and don’t have notes. To write a really solid review would take more time than I have now, so instead, I’ll leave scattered thoughts.
The main theme of the book is the dichotomy of “The Scout Mindset” vs. “The Soldier Mindset”, and more specifically, why the Scout Mindset is (almost always?) better than the Soldier Mindset. Put differently, we have a bunch of books about “how to think accurately”, but surprisingly few on “you should even try thinking accurately.” Sadly, this latter part has to be stated, but that’s how things are.
In considering how I liked this book, one of the author’s phrases comes to mind: “Just as there are fashions in clothing, so, too are their fashions in ideas.” Understandably, people are trying to make sense of a world that makes less and less sense every day, and I believe the current rationality movement is the latest fad to capitalize upon the need for more certainty. In turn, this book will seemingly appeal to those who are already convinced that they will be able to see things clearly when others don’t.
And this, in my opinion, is: Issue #1: the subtitle implies an “us” and “them” worldview: one hopes that “rational people” will be better than “irrational people.” Is the categorization of a person as either “rational” or “irrational” a moral statement?
Issue #2: After reading this book, I continue to be at a loss as to what “rationality” actually is. In the author’s opinion, what is behind this idea? It seems to me that “rational” is associated with a range of definitions that seem to be a function of the academic discipline providing the definition (e.g., economics, history, mathematics, philosophy, sociology, neuroscience, physics, etc.).
Issue #3: The author presumes a common understanding of “reality” and “truth.” Rest assured, I am not the “everything is relative” type, but the book left me with the impression that I am “rational” when I stumble into “reality” or the “truth” – that is, we’ll realize it in retrospect IF we are rational, however, how do I know I’m not making the “best” decision already?
Issue #4: The author convinced me that I am really alone with my circumstances. It is very easy for me to imagine making an irrational decision (ha-ha – I think it’s my default setting). In this decision, as with every decision, I’m either rational or irrational – I have to be clever enough to figure it out. If anything goes wrong, I’ve only got myself to blame, right? What a terrible way to live. What if I have to make a very time-sensitive medical decision for a person I love?
Do I have time to run through a menu of decision-making tools, or can I turn to someone I trust to help me with the decision. How do I know that person is rational? Is it enough to know that they care, and that I trust them under the circumstances? Is rational thinking the litmus test for every real-life situation? Ultimately, I believe the author falls short in her effort to suggest that rationality is not only necessary, but sufficient in order to be “better than” those who can’t see clearly. How many grandparents do you have? (2021)
Originally Answered: What was Abraham Lincoln’s early life like?
Abraham Lincoln’s early life was unimaginably difficult. In his early years, he knew nothing of the hardships his family faced. When Lincoln was old enough to understand his relationship with his family and his surroundings, his family was living in Pigeon Creek, Indiana. When the Lincoln’s moved to Pigeon Creek, they had little or nothing. Thomas and Nancy could not read; they had no books, papers, or writing implements. Papers with words on them were of no use to them. They had an ax, rifle, sewing needle, cooking pot, a wagon and mules, and not much more. They traded their wagon and mules for needed supplies. When they moved to Indiana, they had no home and no place to stay. They found themselves living in the middle of the woods. They had to build a shelter.
Thomas and Nancy built a lean-to. The lean-to was open to the weather on one side and when you went inside, you had to crouch down. They had dry grass to sleep on, and bear skins for blankets. Their food came from fish, birds, and animals. They had no fruit or vegetables at this time. Living under these conditions made life difficult. They survived these horrible conditions for over a year while they built a cabin. Soon after moving to Pigeon Creek, their clothing began to wear out. Nancy was able to make clothes out of buckskin and she made moccasins for shoes. In the summertime, the children went naked. While Abraham was too young to work, he was of no use to Thomas. As Abraham grew, Thomas was able to sell his labor. Thomas worked Abraham as much as he could.
Thomas had no love for Nancy. He worked with her from sunrise to sunset. The constant hard work took its toll on her. She became an old hag at thirty. Abraham described his mother as worn, and sad. When Abraham was nine, his mother died of milk-sickness. It’s believed that life was so difficult, Nancy welcomed death.
Thomas needed a new wife, and he went looking for her. For three- or four-months during winter, he left Sarah and Abraham to take care of themselves while he was away. They were only ten and twelve. They almost starved. If Thomas were gone much longer, he would have come home to two dead children.
Thomas was able to find a wife. Unfortunately for Thomas and fortunately for Abraham, Thomas couldn’t control Sarah as easily as he could Nancy. Abraham loved his new mother. She made life at home bearable. Thomas continued to hire Abraham to work in the surrounding area. Thomas kept all the money Abraham earned. Abraham felt that he was a slave and Thomas was his master. If the hard work killed Abraham, Thomas would miss the income, not Abraham.
When Abraham was fourteen, a family’s wagon broke down near their cabin. While the men worked on the wagon, the man’s wife gathered the children together and read to them. Abraham was amazed that the black marks on paper could tell a story. It was the first time anyone read to him, and he wanted to learn to read. Abraham asked Sarah to help him convince Thomas to allow him to go to school.
Thomas reluctantly let Abraham attend school. Abraham lived and grew into a strong young man. He was smart. He learned to read at fifteen. At twenty-three, he began teaching himself grammar and law. There are several themes and meanings which can be inferred from the quote, “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s life in your years”. Live it Thoroughly. ← Listen, smile, agree…then do whatever you were going to do anyway. → You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
Related:“I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live by the light I have. “If Abraham Lincoln didn’t say this, who did?
Well, this is an interesting case. US President Barack Obama quoted Abraham Lincoln in his speech to the Democratic Lawmakers on the day before they passed the health care bill. The full quotation is “I am not bound to win, but I am bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody, who stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong”. The quotation was amazing but there is no documentary evidence that Lincoln said that. This quotation was used several times by President Ronald Reagan several times in his speeches. It can be guessed that Obama’s speech writer took it from there. The fact is that every time you quote someone as great as Lincoln, your speech becomes much more effective. But the same fact makes people careless about checking the authenticity of the quotation. Due to this a lot of fake quotations go in the name of Lincoln. The fake quotations come into being when by mistake or by fantasy, a wrong quotation gets published. Once it is published, then, generally people take the written word to be authentic. But it is very difficult to get to the actual roots of a fake quotation. Its origin mysteriously vanishes into the mayhem of the crowd. There are two books which enlighten us on the fake quotations, namely: They Never Said It by Paul Boller and also The Quote Verifier by Ralph Keyes. Hope you like the answer. Thank you 🙂
—Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, the “United Colonies” were declared to be “Free and independent States;” but even then, the object plainly was not to declare their independence of one another or of the Union, but directly the contrary, as their mutual pledge and their mutual action before, at the time, and afterwards abundantly show. But obviously, they were never dependent on the Union or each other for their national sovereignty, like they were Great Britain; and thus, they were “free and independent states” in the purest sense of the term, as noted from the start: We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; and that, as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
On the contrary, Lincoln’s defenders grasp at the Constitution as validating him— despite that in reality, the Constitution did not abrogate any state’s national sovereignty, but on the contrary established the voters in each nation-state as their own supreme rulers, who could overrule their government at will, thereby creating true democracy. And Lincoln’s lies were adopted by other dictators, in order to achieve similar conquests: And thus, Lincoln destroyed our Constitutional Republic under a rogue empire, which spread worldwide. But sadly, even when confronted with the facts; Lincoln’s worshipers are so brainwashed by government as to his “greatness,” that they read this, and STILL defend him— despite that this means he conquered EVERYONE under an imperial oligarchy, through mass-murder and deception, by taking away free speech in the manner of all dictators and besieging the federal courts in order to do so.
Lincoln’s worshipers then robotically defend his actions as “saving the national union from rebellion—-” which is a self-fulfilling delusion, since they turn a blind eye to proof that the states NEVER FORMED a national union. Instead, they simply insist that the state voluntarily chose to form a national union, and voluntarily subject themselves to such massacre under Lincoln by willingly giving up national sovereignty— despite that Lincoln claimed that no state ever HAD it, since no sane person would BELIEVE that they would do so. For the obvious reason, no sane person would do so. Thus, it’s plain that Lincoln’s legacy— and worship— are purely irrational, as with any cult-religion that is based on emotional lifelong programming, rather than facts and reason.
Most people think that the events of the last two years were not premeditated and happened organically. That’s not the case. The truth is, we are at war, and we have been under attack for the last two years from globalists who openly state they want a Great Reset. These globalists want you to believe that the COVID-19 was from an accidental outbreak in China but there is more than enough empirical evidence that shows this virus was planned many years ago. You will never hear this from the corporate media because they are the propagandist arm of the globalists perpetrating this attack. Dr. David Martin does an excellent presentation where he breaks down the events leading up to one of the most insidious attacks on humanity in modern history. David Martin News Update – YouTube
Being picky about getting everything little thing “right” or just so is chasing perfectionism. It’s feeding a sensory or egotistical desire. And this denies us the grace to simply….
BE in the now. Letting go of all the little details calms the mind
and brings us to the breath and closer to the greater thing. . Alignment and technique are helpful and important, but don’t let it get in your way.
MORE vulnerable than men to cardiometabolic disease.
Plus, we’ve got actionable tips.
LEVELS – A Whole New Level on Apple Podcasts 11 reasons why Hormones (estrogens and androgens) change around age 35, impacting insulin sensitivity. Metabolic health decline is mostly silent. Systems could change in your body and not be detected by standard healthcare for 10-15 years. Trauma shows up differently for women, and women have a higher risk of experiencing trauma. Women are more susceptible to cerebral hypometabolism (when the body doesn’t use glucose the way it used to).
This affects your brain and can cause us not to feel as sharp as we used to. Women have double the rate of insomnia. Sleep disruption, lack of REM sleep, and sleep apnea are all associated with changes in your insulin and cortisol. Women can have a somewhat different stress response than men. If someone experiences certain health problems during pregnancy it can 2x the risk of future heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
Use of birth control pills increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. A study in England also shows that women receive about 60% more antibiotics than men, perhaps due to UTIs, and that affects microbiome diversity.
Women tend to be primary caregivers in society, even on top of other responsibilities. Women have a more responsive immune system, leading to a higher chance of developing Alzheimer’s or autoimmune disease. What can you do Focus on diet, lifestyle, behaviors, and your environment. What you measure you can improve. Track key biomarkers to know where you’re at! Move your body in a way you love and do it often! Develop a healthy mindset with purpose, meaning, love, and connection. A functional medicine practitioner can help you with a full assessment, while looking at 7 clinical imbalances. Check out the link in my bio for my full conversation with @DrGottfried. #CVD#hearthealth#womenshealth#MetabolicHealth#hearthealthy
Inflation numbers from June surpassed experts’ estimates. Sarah Tew/CNET
What’s happening Inflation hit a US record high in June. As the Fed prepares to raise rates again, economists say that a recession, or even stagflation, is a high risk.
Why it matters Stagflation (a rare combination of high inflation and high unemployment) ravaged the US economy in the 1970s and early 1980s.
What it means for you Soaring prices mean that gas, food and necessities are more expensive, and a slow economy means it’s harder for Americans to earn money, secure employment and save. The latest Consumer Price Index report is out, and it’s not pretty. Inflation jumped by another 1.3% in June, making its 12-month rate of 9.1% the highest level of inflation since November 1981. While gasoline, food and housing are the biggest drivers of inflation right now, prices are up across the board. “Core inflation” — the inflation rate not including food and energy — rose by 0.7% in June, after increasing by 0.6% the past two months. Price indices for medical care, car insurance, clothing, household furnishings and recreation all rose in June. As wages struggle to keep up with skyrocketing prices for basic goods and more companies initiate layoffs, US households, particularly low-income Americans, are feeling severe financial strain on their wallets. The stock market is also taking a hit, with the S&P 500 down by 20% this year.
As if June inflation data reaching a 41-year high wasn’t enough Wednesday, here’s some worse news: Americans’ earnings declined yet again last month when factoring in rising costs.
While the cost of living climbed 1.3% from May to June according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it said that the inflation-adjusted average hourly earnings actually declined by 1% in the same time period.
Last week, the June jobs report showed the average hourly wage was $32.08 across all industries, a 0.3% month-over-month increase.
When the 0.3% monthly increase in average earnings takes the latest CPI data into account, wages fell by 1% on the month.
When the 0.3% monthly increase in average earnings takes the latest CPI data into account, wages fell by 1% on the month. That’s a 3.6% contraction in real hourly earnings year-over-year, paired against a 9.1% annualized inflation rate in June.
Year-over-year decreases in real hourly earnings have been occurring since April 2021, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Harvard University economist Jason Furman, who chaired the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers for several years during the Obama administration, ALSO tweeted Wednesday that it was “another brutal [Consumer Price Index] report.” And the earnings data fared no better in his view.
Raises are one obvious solution. Employers are trying to entice and keep workers with pay increases, but employers have to grapple with rising costs too.
Across all sectors, nominal hourly wages grew 5.1% on the year, according to the June jobs report. Compared to the last decade, that’s a significant number — but it’s no match for current inflation rates.
During June, leisure and hospitality jobs were the one place where hourly wage growth was keeping up with inflation. There, hourly pay grew by 9.1% on the year, exactly the same percentage increase as the CPI.
During June, leisure and hospitality jobs were the one place where hourly wage growth was keeping up with inflation. Here’s the catch: the rate of pay for restaurants, bars and hotel workers was $20.16, below the going rate for many jobs.
Some critics say corporate America has been greedy with profits, at the expense of consumers and rank and file workers. The upcoming earnings season could shed more light on the issue. In the meantime, waning purchasing power is grinding people down.
It just takes a trip to the grocery store to remember that. The latest inflation data showed grocery prices climbing 1% month over month and 12.2% year-over-year, marking the biggest increase since 1979.
It marks the fastest pace of inflation since December 1981. So-called core prices, which exclude more volatile measurements of food and energy, climbed 5.9% from the previous year. Core prices also rose 0.7% on a monthly basis – higher than in April and May – suggesting that underlying inflationary pressures remain strong and widespread. SEVERE RECESSION NEEDED TO COOL INFLATION, BANK OF AMERICA ANALYSTS SAY OR STOP ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM COMING HERE WITH ONLY A BACKPACK STRAPPED TO THEIR BACK — WOULD BE A GOOD START.
WE THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY TO GET THEM STARTED WITH
INCREASE INSURANCE PREMIUMS!!!
Price increases were extensive, suggesting inflation may not be near its peak: Energy prices rose 7.5% in June from the previous month, and are up 41.6% from last year. Gasoline, on average, costs 59.9% more than it did one year ago and 11.2% more than it did in May. The food index, meanwhile, climbed 1% in June, as consumers paid more for items like cereal, chicken, milk and fresh vegetables. In another worrisome sign, shelter costs – which account for roughly one-third of the CPI – sped up again in June, climbing 0.6%, matching an 18-year-high set in May. On an annual basis, shelter costs have climbed 5.6%, the fastest since February 1991. Rent costs also surged in June, jumping 0.8% over the month, the largest monthly increase since April 1986. Rising rents are a concerning development because higher housing costs most directly and acutely affect household budgets. Another data point that measures how much homeowners would pay in equivalent rent if they had not bought their home, also jumped 0.7% in June from the previous month.
People shop for frozen food at a store in Rosemead, California on June 28, 2022. ((Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images) / Getty Images)
“CPI delivered another shock, and as painful as June’s higher number is, equally as bad is the broadening sources of inflation,” said Robert Frick, corporate economist with Navy Federal Credit Union. “Though CPI’s spike is led by energy and food prices, which are largely global problems, prices continue to mount for domestic goods and services, from shelter to autos to apparel.” Stocks fell following the report, while government bond yields jumped.
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Scorching hot inflation has created severe financial pressures for most U.S. households, which are forced to pay more everyday necessities like food, gasoline and rent. The burden is disproportionately borne by low-income Americans, whose already-stretched paychecks are heavily impacted by price fluctuations. Although American workers have seen strong wage gains in recent months, inflation has largely eroded those: Real average hourly earnings decreased 1% in June from the previous month when accounting for higher consumer prices, according to the Labor Department. On an annual basis, real earnings actually dropped 3.6% in June. Rampant inflation and the rapid dissolution of Americans’ buying power has become a major political liability for Biden ahead of the November midterm elections, in which Democrats are expected to lose their already razor-thin majorities. Surveys show that Americans see inflation as the biggest problem facing the country – and that many households blame Biden for the price spike.
The president has blamed higher prices on greedy corporations, supply chain bottlenecks and other pandemic-induced disruptions in the economy, as well as the Russian war in Ukraine. Most economists now agree that unprecedented levels of government stimulus and a stronger-than-expected recovery from the pandemic have also played at least some role in exacerbating the price spike. In a statement after the report’s release, Biden acknowledged that inflation is “unacceptably high” and called tackling it his “top priority.” But he suggested the data is “out-of-date,” arguing that record-high gas prices are to blame for the ugly CPI reading — and noted that prices at the pump have since subsided. “While today’s headline inflation reading is unacceptably high, it is also out-of-date,” Biden said. “Today’s data does not reflect the full impact of nearly 30 days of decreases in gas prices that have reduced the price at the pump by about 40 cents since mid-June. Those savings are providing important breathing room for American families.”
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., US, on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The worse-than-expected report will also have major implications for the Federal Reserve, likely solidifying a series of aggressive rate hikes — as central bank officials try to tame inflation. Policymakers already raised the benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points last month for the first time since 1994 and have confirmed that a similarly sized increase is on the table in July. With inflation running even hotter than economists expected in June, Wall Street is now ramping up the odds of a mega-sized, 100-basis point hike in July. About 38% of traders are now pricing in the chances of a 100-basis point increase later this month, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool, which tracks trading.
Still, the Fed is in a precarious situation as it walks the line between cooling consumer demand and bringing inflation closer to its 2% target without inadvertently dragging the economy into a recession. Hiking rates tends to create higher rates on consumer and business loans, which slows the economy by forcing employers to cut back on spending. “Inflation continues to broaden out with price increases inside the core implying that it will require strong and sustained policy action out of the Federal Reserve that risks sending the economy into recession early next year,” Joe Brusuelas, RSM chief economist, said. “In our estimation there is a 45% probability of a recession over the next twelve months.”
“So, I know — I know the media wants to distract from the Biden administration’s failed agenda by focusing on one day in January. They want to use that one day to try and demean the — the character and intentions of 74 million Americans who believe we could be strong again and prosperous again and support our administration in 2016 and 2020.” ~Mike Pence
Why did Pence betray President Trump?
Is it the media that keeps talking about “one day in January”? Because, uh, they want to distract from the struggles of President Joe Biden? And they want to “demean” the character of the people who voted for Trump?
Give. Me. A. Break. Start here: January 6 wasn’t just “one day in January,” Mike Pence. It was, in fact, the first time the U.S. Capitol had been breached in more than 200 years. It was a violent insurrection aimed at overturning the certified results of a presidential election. It was the culmination of years of lies told by the Trump administration about election integrity. As for the notion that the media has pushed January 6 as a way to distract from what is happening in the Biden administration, well, you should tell that to law enforcement. According to a database maintained by USA Today, more than 600 people in 40 states have been charged with a crime (or crimes) for their actions on January 6. More than 100 police officers were injured in the melee. Five people lost their lives that day. Many people who lived through the experience continue to struggle with the physical and emotional fallout.
Then, finally, the idea put forward by Pence that “they” — the media? Democrats? The Deep State? — are trying to paint all Trump supporters with the broad brush of insurrectionists because of the actions of a few. Well, let’s be clear: Trump relentlessly promoted the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6. He and his top allies — including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani — spoke at the rally. And Trump flags and paraphernalia were everywhere as the crowd stormed the Capitol. That doesn’t mean that every person who voted for Trump wanted to storm the capitol in a violent insurrection. But it does mean that more than just a few bad apples were involved in a riot aimed at trying to keep Pence from doing his Constitutional duty and affirming the results of the electoral college.
What Pence is doing here is both transparent and gross: He desperately wants to run for president in 2024 and knows he can’t do that as long as he is persona non grata in Trumpworld. So, despite the fact — that he didn’t overturn the election results as the president wanted, Pence is now trying to find common cause with the very same people who chanted “Hang Mike Pence” as they rioted through the Capitol. Unreal. Some say Pence didn’t have the courage to stand for us and Trump. I call that bullcrap. Pence knew he was screwed if he stood for Trump, that his sins would be revealed to all. I think they’re going to be revealed anyway. And that “Christian” veneer he wears will crack and fall away, revealing the real Mike Pence for the world to see. The following was written by JR Diekmann: Why did Mike Pence betray President Donald Trump and side with the swamp?
The following may explain it. An email chain from one of the project managers of a website Pence-Ryan 2016 campaign ticket that was called off after Trump won his second debate. Obtained by RealTrueNews.org. After you read this, then click on the attachment (Pence-Ryan 2016) to see the email chain between Pence, Ryan, and the swamp. Included in this email chain is talk of Judge Scalia being a threat to the plan and his death. Did they ice him?
See for yourself. Note: I have reformatted this to a text format for easier reading. The names: “mpence” and “spkrryan” are, of course, Mike Pence and Paul Ryan. The second attachment is the original in PDF format which will open in your browser. Preface: As the election nominee process evolved on the Republican side. The RINOs and NeverTrumpers where apoplectic at the thought that Trump might actually win the nomination and with General Flynn as a VP, they knew their days would be numbered in single digits. Then how did Trump end up with Mike Pence, a Globalist, as his running mate?
If you think Pence is loyal to Trump, you probably don’t even know about the Cleveland Deal made just before the Republican National Convention. Oathkeeper NavyJack @USNJack shares, “There are a LOT of NEO-CONs in the cabinet (Pompeo, Coats, Haley, Perry, Cohn, Priebus, etc.). All of them came with the Pence/Cleveland Deal. Paul Ryan was about to change the rules to allow delegates to vote, however, they wanted on the first ballot. Trump would not have been nominated.
” So how could Ryan alone change it?” The rules had to be voted on by delegates. NavyJack shares, “And they would have voted for it had Ryan allowed it to come to a vote. He did not because of the deal. “Did the Cleveland Deal include Pence/Ryan picking Trump’s cabinet for the first year? So, Trump picks Pence in July and by October the Globalists (DEMs, RINOs, NeverTrumpers, etc) are in a panic. Trump is gaining ground on the Globalist pick – Hillary Clinton. Time is running out and their options are limited. So, Pence and Ryan continue to connive: Pence and Ryan were not on the Republican ballot at all so you must be wondering why they would be discussing hijacking a national presidential election. It might be because they already knew some of their past sins were well known and discussed by the Trump Election team.
By this time, they were already aware Hillary’s lead was slipping dramatically and most Bernie Sanders fans were not about to vote for Hillary. What options did they have to sway voters and ensure the globalist plan continued to move forward as many of their financial backers insisted? So, Chase got busy after securing the guys under a non-disclosure to make a purse out of pig’s ears, well, a Pence-Ryan 2016 website from a napkin. So, in August of 2017 when the American Digital News article was written, it was put forth. . . You decide if they are real.
What do you think of Paul Ryan’s actions you have seen?
Trump Tweets About Mike Pence’s Betrayal While His Supporters Force the V.P. To Evacuate the Capitol Pence had been presiding over the tally of Electoral College votes before rioters broke into the Capitol Building, forcing him to flee. Currently, right-wing supporters of President Donald Trump are storming the U.S. capitol building in an effort to stop Congress tallying Electoral College votes that will deliver the presidency to Joe Biden. The ever-gracious Trump has decided to use this opportunity to attack Vice President Mike Pence for not doing that job for them. “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify,” said Trump on Twitter. “The USA demands the truth!” Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. The USA demands the truth! — Donald J. Trump January 6, 2021
That tweet came roughly 10 minutes after it was reported that Pence had been escorted off the Senate floor—where he was presiding of the electoral college tally—in response to aforementioned protesters breaking through police lines and entering the Capitol. That tweet also comes a day after Pence told Trump, per reporting from The New York Times, that he did not have the power to unilaterally reject electoral votes for Joe Biden, even though the vice president did promise to keep studying the issue of voter fraud. Pence’s mealy-mouthed resistance to Trump’s demands was always going to provoke condemnation from the president, as Reason‘s Jacob Sullum presciently noted yesterday.
“In the end, Pence will be forced to declare Biden the next president of the United States, at which point Trump, being Trump, might very well turn against him, as he has when other loyal allies dared to defy his whims,” wrote Sullum. Few could have predicted Trump’s turn on Pence would come right as the vice president was fleeing from rioters who were more willing to do Trump’s dirty work for him. In a bit of surreal irony, one such rioter who’d made it into the Senate chamber took up Pence’s seat and declared Trump to be the actual winner of the presidential election.
Pence supported Trump right until the very end. It appears that wasn’t long enough.
I watched this show in the sky this morning in Sarasota, Florida. ~Kim G
This is weather manipulation at its finest… but not so fine. No, these are not commercial or private jets merely to transport people. They are small, quiet planes, and they make these designs when we look up into the skies. These lines do not dissolve, they spread and spread and can cover large portions of visible sky. Often, I notice this happening when there is a forecast for rain, or they are trying to add a haze layer to cool things down. Today it’s dark, and there is thunder and I see rain in the distance. …This is happening daily all over the United States, and all over this beautiful earth. These chemicals are toxic. …I am spreading this perspective for the sake of awareness, and as an example of what’s going on in which we have no say in the matter. I believe the intentions are not in the best interest of the health and well-being of all life. It’s time to question all that is going on in the world that doesn’t FEEL right. The great thing is that we are becoming more and more deeply aware and can tap in and read the energies of what feels pure and life giving, and what feels like a distortion and unsustainable. I say let’s practice sharpening our inherent ways of being that many of us have lost touch with. Let’s keep trusting our inner guidance system no matter what is happening in the world.
I catch grief and criticism many times for blogs not being my own.
What I do with some is spread the word of information I find on the internet as I scope around looking for new research. When I saw the information in this link… I thought “why not” blog Dr. Linda White for the purpose in a blog that’s credible for building up immunity?
12StrategiestoStrengthenYourImmuneSystem Also, Modern medicine can help if you get sick, but for the most part it’s up to you whether you maintain good health. If you want good health, here are tips to strengthen your immune system naturally.
Infections are as inevitable as death and taxes. You spend your first years catching colds, influenza and strep throat. You sniffle, scratch, cough, vomit, ache, sweat and shiver. Your immune system remembers the microbes it has encountered and protects you the next go around. At the other end of life, your immune system wearies from the years of fighting. In that great expanse of active, productive life in between, you still get colds and flus and “stomach bugs.”
You may wonder why you are sick more or less often than your partner, co-workers and neighbors. You may wonder why one person hacking on the airplane successfully sickens the passenger to his right but not the one to his left. The answer is that not all immune systems function alike. A number of factors affect immune system health.
Some you can’t control: The very young and the very old are vulnerable. Surgery and wounds give microbes a chance to sneak also into the inner sanctum. Other risks include chronic, living with lots of other people (dormitories, low-income housing), and drinking tap water (with its local microbes) in many foreign countries. Fortunately, there are many ways you can strengthen your immune system.
1:Eat Like Peter Rabbit. Malnutrition impairs immune function. French fries, soft drinks and bourbon don’t build strong white blood cells either. No, it’s those virtuous, self-righteous diets high in fruits, vegetables and nuts promoting immune health, presumably because they’re rich in nutrients the immune system requires. Adequate protein intake is also important; the source can be plant or animal. Medicinal mushrooms such as shiitake, maitake and reishi contain beta-glucans (complex carbohydrates) that enhance immune activity against infections and cancer and reduce allergies (cases of inappropriate immune system activity). While studies have focused on purified mushroom extracts, fresh shiitake and maitake (also called “hen of the woods”) mushrooms are delicious sautéed in a little olive oil. One substance to avoid is simple sugar. Brigitte Mars, master herbalist and author of The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicines, notes that sugary foods and juices impair immune function; research bears her out. If you’re a new mother, breast milk provides essential nutrients and immune system components to your developing child. Compared with formula-fed babies, those that are nourished at the breast have fewer serious infections. Dr Richard Becker Shiitake Mushroom – Search (bing.com) Medicinal Mushroom | Cancer Quick Facts (solitarius.org) 2: Stress Less. When you’re stressed, your adrenal glands churn out epinephrine (aka, adrenaline) and cortisol. While acute stress pumps up the immune system, grinding long-term duress taxes it. For instance, psychological stress raises the risk for the common cold and other viruses. Less often, chronic stress can promote a hyper-reactive immune system and aggravate conditions such as allergies, asthma and autoimmune disease. While most of us can’t move into a spa, we can learn to save our stress responses for true emergencies and not fire them up over stalled traffic, bad hair days and aphids on the begonias. Stress-reducing activities such as meditation produce positive changes in the immune system. Massage has also shown to improve immune function in studies of Dominican children with HIV. Quiet music can aid recovery from everyday hassles and may therefore buttress immune function.
3: Move Your Body. Moderate exercise discharges tension and also stress and enhances immune function. In a 2006 study, researchers took 115 obese, sedentary, postmenopausal women and assigned half of them to stretching exercises once a week and the other half to at least 45 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise 5 days a week. At the end of the year-long study, the stretchers had three times the rate of colds as the moderate-exercise group.
4: Sleep Soundly. Sleep is a time when growth-promoting and reparative hormones knit up the unraveled sleeve of daily life. Sleep deprivation also activates the stress response, depresses immune function and elevates inflammatory chemicals (which cause you to feel ill). Chronic sleep deprivation raises the risk of the common cold. Mothers whose small children interrupt their sleep have more respiratory infections, particularly if those wee ones go to day care. In one study, after researchers inoculated volunteers’ noses with cold viruses (a reward was involved), men and women who habitually slept less than seven hours a night were almost three times more likely to develop a cold than those who slept eight hours or more.
5: Socialize More. People with richer social lives enjoy better health and longevity than loners do. You may think that the more people you interact with, the more chances you have for picking something up. Not so. Again, researchers blew cold viruses up people’s noses and sent them into the world. Compared with the lone wolves, the social butterflies were less susceptible to developing common, if they did get sick, they had fewer symptoms for a shorter period of time. Many of us count furred and feathered companions as friends, and it turns out they do us a world of good. Animals such as dogs and horses get us outside exercising. Stroking an animal stirs feelings of well — being, lowers blood pressure and, according to recent research, boosts the immune system. Researchers assigned college students to pet either a stuffed dog or a live dog. Those who petted a real dog had a significant increase in levels of salivary IgG, an antibody (immune protein) that fights infection. Those who petted the stuffed dog just felt silly.
6: Make more love. While having lots of friends is healthy, science also shows that intimate, sexual relationships have immune system perks. Michael Castleman, renowned health writer and publisher of Great Sex After 40, writes, “A 2004 study shows that the close contact of lovemaking reduces the risk of colds.” Specifically, this study found that college students who had sex …once or twice a week… had 30 percent more salivary IgA antibody than those who had sex infrequently.
7: Shun Tobacco Smoke. Tobacco smoke — triggers inflammation, increases respiratory mucus, and inhibits the hairlike projections inside your nose (cilia) from clearing that mucus. Children and adults exposed to tobacco smoke are more at risk for respiratory infections, including colds, bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis and also middle ear infections. 8: Consume Friendly Bacteria. Beneficial microorganisms colonize our intestinal, lower urinary and upper respiratory tracts. They outcompete bad “bugs” and enhance immune function. You can consume such bacteria in the form of live-cultured products such as yogurt, sauerkraut and kimchi. Probiotic supplements, available at natural food stores, may reduce the risk of antibiotic-induced diarrhea, viral diarrhea, vaginitis and respiratory infections.
9: Expose Yourself. Vitamin D plays a number of important roles in promoting normal immune function. Vitamin D deficiency correlates with asthma, cancer, several autoimmune diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis), and susceptibility to infection (including viral respiratory infections). One study linked deficiency to a greater likelihood of carrying MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in the nose. Unfortunately, nearly one-third of the U.S. population is vitamin D deficient. Because few foods contain much vitamin D, your best bet is to regularly spend short periods of time in the sun (without sunscreen), and to take supplements in northern climes during the colder months. Guidelines for the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of vitamin D, currently set at 400 IU/day, are being revised. Experts predict that the new RDA will be about 1,000 IU/day (25 ug/day).
10: Choose Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Wisely. Studies link deficiencies of zinc, selenium, folic acid, and vitamins A, B6, C, D and E to reduced immune function. But scientists have yet to pinpoint …. exact levels of these nutrients for optimal immune function, much less whether dietary supplementation really helps the average, well-fed American. For instance, research on vitamin C for the prevention and treatment of the common cold has been inconclusive. Some micronutrients, notably vitamin A, can be toxic in overdose. Excessive levels of zinc paradoxically suppress immune function. A varied, plant-based diet and a good multivitamin supplement should meet your needs.
11: Immunize Yourself. Routine vaccinations have a huge impact on reducing, and in many cases nearly eradicating, a number of infectious diseases. Most immunizations occur during childhood. Vaccinations for adults to consider include …. yearly influenza vaccines, tetanus boosters, also the shingles vaccine for people 60 and up, and also the pneumococcal vaccine for people over the age of 65. For more information, check with the Centers for Disease Control.
Please Note: I disagree with Dr. White on #11 and believe it should read as follows.
11. Immunize Yourself: “Systematic diseases such as children’s diseases, fevers and all infectious processes exhaust the reserves of vitamin C and often rapid degeneration of the dental structures follow… The slow convalescence from fevers, pneumonia, etc. Is mainly due to increased requirement (of vitamin C) which is inadequately supplied at this time in the great majority of cases. If the requirement happens to be greater than the intake for any reason, the patient declines into some fatal outcome such as heart involvement or a new infection is made possible by the low resistance. It is a tragic fact that no patient is known to die until his reserves of vitamin C are completely exhausted. No vitamin C can be found in any of the tissues of a victim of an infectious disease. Also remember adequate levels of vitamin D and Selenium is vitally important for a strong immune system. That is why pneumonia so often recurs several times in one winter in the same patient. Vitamin D and the shadow test – Search (bing.com)
12: Familiarize Yourself with Immune-Enhancing Herbs. A long list of medicinal plants contains chemicals that enhance immune system activity, including echinacea, eleuthero (also called Siberian ginseng), ginseng (Asian and American), astragalus, garlic, and shiitake, reishi and maitake mushrooms. Garlic is the favorite choice of many. In addition to boosting the immune system, it’s anticancer and antimicrobial against a variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Key ingredients don’t survive cooking, add a clove or two of raw, minced garlic to meals just before serving. When someone in my family sniffles, and I make an immune soup based on a recipe Brigitte Mars shared years ago: Pretend you’re making chicken soup. Sauté onions, shiitake mushrooms and chicken, adding just enough water to keep the chicken from drying out. Remove the chicken when it’s cooked and set aside. Add fresh vegetables such as carrots and celery. Cover with plenty of water. Toss in three or four astragalus roots (the pressed roots, also available in natural foods stores or from online herb retailers such as Mountain Rose Herbs and Pacific Botanicals). Toward the end of the cooking, add Italian seasonings (thyme, rosemary, oregano), which are tasty and antimicrobial, and the chopped, cooked chicken. Before serving, add fresh, pressed garlic (one to two cloves per person) removing the astragalus roots.
Hiking is often derided by adrenaline addicts as somehow lesser than more hardcore mountain experiences like climbing or skiing.
But as these challenging trails show, putting one foot in front of the other isn’t always the easy option.
To undertake these famous hikes, you’ll need more than just a hefty dose of gumption.
These routes are dangerous and for experienced hikers only. That means those with the right gear, the ability to get themselves out of tricky situations and a willingness to plan for the worst and pack accordingly.
Whether you want to try out a vertiginous English Lake District classic or tackle the “most dangerous hike in the world” in rural China, this list has got you covered.
The Lake District’s famously changeable weather can make even the most bucolic of strolls a challenge.
But Striding Edge – a sharp arête leading to the summit of Helvellyn, the third highest peak in Lake District National Park – stands apart in this corner of England.
Hikers can choose to follow the paths that run along the side of the ridge, but for those keen on thrills, the ridge itself is where it’s at.
On a clear day, the views are sensational, stretching all the way to Scotland.
This is not for novices or the faint of heart: walkers will need to be prepared to scramble, have decent climbing skills for the final push to the top and know how to properly navigate if the clouds roll in.
Ice and snow make it lethal in winter, so preparation and a willingness to turn back are a must.
The National Park Service cuts right to the chase when it comes to the Maze.
It calls hiking here “very challenging,” warning of slick rocks and steep drops.
It’s the most remote part of Canyonlands, with visitors needing to negotiate long drives on dirt roads before setting out into the deep gullies, where rockfalls and flash floods are not uncommon and water from the area’s few springs is hard to come by (packing enough fluid for a multi-day trip is a must).
Park rangers demand all visitors share their itineraries and stay in touch as often as practicable. Those that do come will be treated to landscapes that feel utterly timeless and will be unlikely to encounter other people on their adventures, either.
This epic trail to the South Peak of HuaShan, one of China’s Five Great Mountains, is often billed as the most dangerous hike in the world, and for good reason.
To reach the summit, which stands at 7,070 feet, hikers need to scale uneven steps and a series of ladders before hooking themselves onto a chain using a harness and carabiners to traverse its renowned “plank walk.”
This is as basic as it sounds – planks of wood bolted into the rock face which you follow both up and down the mountain.
While many tourists come in just sneakers and T-shirts, this is not a place to arrive unprepared.
Proper hiking boots, plenty of food and water and a decent level of fitness are essential.
The Dolomites are home to a series of stomach-churning via ferrata (literally, ways of iron) – paths of metal rungs hammered into the rock during World War I, when Italian and Austrian troops fought fierce battles across the region’s limestone peaks.
Today, hikers looking for the thrill of climbing without the fear of long falls flock here during the spring and summer months.
The Giro del Sorapiss offers the biggest challenge of them all, starting from Rifugio Vandelli before heading high into the mountains along sheer rock faces and taking in three separate via ferrata.
Hikers will need harnesses for clipping into the lines, as well as a helmet and ideally a guide who can provide the requisite equipment and show the way.
Multi-day hikes offer intrepid walkers the chance to test their skills to the limit, with changing weather and the need to carry ample supplies creating a real challenge.
The Drakensberg Grand Traverse certainly represents one. An epic, 230 kilometer (143 miles) journey that can take up to two weeks to complete, it kicks off with a climb up a set of chain ladders to the Drakensberg Escarpment, before heading over the border with Lesotho and eventually heading back into South Africa.
This long distance monster can be attempted alone, but hikers should be aware that the trail itself is more of a concept than a visible path, meaning anyone planning to head here will need all of the KZN Wildlife Drakensberg hiking maps, a GPS and enough food and water to last for the entire trip.
Spring or fall visits are recommended, avoiding the lush, hard-to-walk-on grass of summer and the bitter days of winter.
In the heart of Mount Aspiring National Park on New Zealand’s South Island, Cascade Saddle offers some of the finest mountain views in the world.
But having seen a number of deaths earlier this century due to slippery rocks and treacherous conditions, the country’s conservation department is keen to emphasize that this is a route “only for people with navigation and high level backcountry skills and experience,” warning those who do come to be prepared to turn back if things get hairy.
Completed over two days, with the option to camp or bunk up in mountain huts along the way, the route includes wild scrambles, rocky outcrops and hikes over ankle-cracking tussocky grass.
The reward is endless vistas of snow-capped peaks, including the stunning Mount Aspiring, also known by its Maori name of Tititea.
A 22-mile “out and back” along the Na Pali Coast of Kauai, the Kalalau Trail isn’t just Hawaii’s most dangerous hike: It’s one of the most lethal in the entire United States.
The jungle trail cleaves to the coastline, with the Pacific raging below.
You’ll need a permit to go beyond Hanakapiai Beach to Hanakoa Valley in order to camp either in the valley or at Kalalau beach.
While it sounds idyllic, the trio of stream crossings here can be brutal in the wake of heavy rain, when the water swells to extremely high levels.
Throw in a vertiginous path along Crawler’s Ledge and it’s a recipe for disaster for the inexperienced. Only those with proper outdoor smarts need apply.
Anyone who has seen a picture of Peru’s wildly popular Machu Picchu will have caught a glimpse of Huayna Picchu. It’s the towering peak which sits behind the Incas’ famous lost city, seen in countless Instagram posts and on postcards sent home from South America.
Getting to the top, however, requires scaling the unsubtly titled ‘“stairs of death,” a section of 500-year-old steps with sheer drops down to the valley below.
Throw in ladder sections that leave even the most hardened hikers feeling queasy and this is a route that isn’t to be underestimated. While plenty come unprepared, hiking boots and the help of a local guide are highly advisable. It may seem daunting, but the view of the citadel below is worth the three-hour effort.
At 96 kilometers (around 60 miles), the Kokoda Track charts a route from just outside of the Papuan capital of Port Moresby to the village of Kokoda, crossing the Owen Stanley Range.
This is isolated terrain, with a trek taking up to two weeks to complete thanks to afternoon deluges, raging torrents and conditions that can become treacherously slippery thanks to ankle deep mud and tree roots growing slippery in the tropical heat.
Following the death of 13 Australians heading to the track in a light aircraft in 2009, authorities have moved to make access to the path safer.
Permits are required and all visitors must walk with a licensed operator, in a bid to help local communities benefit from tourism. To prepare for the sweaty days and bitter nights in this remote corner of the world, organizers recommend training for up to a year.
When trekking this verdant and wild route, it pays to remember it was the scene of vicious battles between Japanese and Allied Australian and Papuan forces during World War II.
Japan’s Northern Alps serve up arguably the best and certainly the most challenging hiking in the country. And the Daikiretto Traverse is unquestionably the route to try for hikers looking for a proper adventure – one that’s as close as they’ll get to a technical climb without the need for ropes.
The traverse itself covers less than two miles but can take hours to complete and is best undertaken as part of a longer guided trek through this beautiful range.
The path over the traverse makes use of chains and ladders, following a knife-edge ridge with drops of over a hundred meters on either side.
A high level of fitness and a head for heights are musts. A helmet and gloves will make passage easier, and it should be noted that attempting it alone, especially in winter, is ill-advised.
Mount Washington is known for being home to the “world’s worst weather” (at least according to the Mount Washington Observatory).
In January 2004, temperatures at the summit plunged to a bitter -47º F (-44º C), while it also set a record for the fastest wind recorded on land, a barely believable 231 mph (372 kph) in 1934, only surpassed in 1996 on Barrow Island, Australia.
All that’s to say that hiking here requires serious preparation. Conditions can flip at any minute, meaning you’ll need to pack winter gear even in the height of summer.
The ascent is no joke, with hikers needing to be in great shape to achieve it. Yes, it’s possible to drive or take the iconic cog train to the summit, but anyone who’s well-prepared and keen on a challenge should pull on their boots, fill their backpacks and do so on foot.
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Who invented the declaration of independence? Written in June 1776, Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence, included eighty-six changes made later by John Adams (1735–1826), Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790), other members of the committee appointed to draft the document, and by Congress.
The United States Declaration of Independence, formally the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, is the pronouncement and the founding document adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. Enacted during the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence.
An international team of researchers led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities engineers have found that cancer cells can gravitate toward certain mechanical “sweet spot” environments, providing new insights into how cancer invades the body. The findings could help scientists and engineers better understand how cancer spreads and could improve future treatments.
Cancer Cells Migrate Towards “Sweet Spot” Environments. Published: July 13, 2022
The study is published in Nature Materials, a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary scientific journal.
In a previous study, the University of Minnesota-led team found that cells have the ability to sense the stiffness of their environment—which ranges from stiff (bone tissue) to soft (fatty tissue) to medium stiffness (muscle tissue)—and their ability to move is dependent upon that environment. Their research showed that the cells can have a “sweet spot” of stiffness, that isn’t too hard or too soft, in which they have better traction and can move faster.
In this study, the researchers found that not only does the stiffness of the environment impact the speed at which cells move, but it also affects the direction in which they move. For many years, scientists have thought that cells would always gravitate toward a stiffer environment, but the University of Minnesota researchers observed for the first time that cells can actually move toward a “sweet spot” that’s more in the middle.
“This discovery challenges the current thinking in the field, which is that cells only move toward stiffer environments,” said David Odde, a professor in the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Department of Biomedical Engineering and senior author of the study. “I think that this finding will change how people think about this phenomenon. Our mathematical model predicted, and we’ve shown through experiments, that cells actually can move toward the softer side.”
Cancer cells migrating toward a “sweet spot” – YouTube The video above shows the migration of cancer cells over a span of 24 hours toward a “Sweet spot” in the middle of stiff and soft environments, represented by the gray box at the bottom. Video credit: David Odde Laboratory, University of Minnesota.
During the study, Odde and his team looked at both brain cancer and breast cancer cells. They placed cells between two environments—a stiffer region and a softer region—and observed where they accumulated. The research team also found that some cells, like the breast cancer cells they studied, have a feedback mechanism that causes them to grip more strongly onto stiffer environments, which explains why many previous studies showed cells moving to the stiffer side.
However, if you turn that mechanism off genetically, the cells will then gravitate more toward the middle. “We’re basically decoding how cancer cells invade tissue,” Odde said. “They don’t just move randomly. They actually have particular ways in which they like to move, and if we can understand that we may be better able to trip them up.” The next step for the researchers is to use this information to build a simulator that shows how cancer cells move through an entire tumor, which will help them better predict cells’ movements based on their environments.
Reference: Isomursu A, Park KY, Hou J, et al. Directed cell migration towards softer environments. Nat Mater. 2022:1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41563-022-01294-2 This article has been republished from the following materials. Note: material may have been edited for length and content. For further information, please contact the cited source.
“We need to rethink how we are studying cancer metabolism’ Insights into how cancer cells adapt and rewire their metabolism to achieve growth and survive were accompanied by a call for tools to study this on a nearly single-cell level, according to a new paper in Nature Communications.
Glucose metabolism in cancer cells. A new paper in Nature Communications reveals new insights into adaptations made by cancer cells to rewire their metabolism to achieve growth and survive. Among the discoveries are a challenge to a well-known feature in cancer metabolism, raising the call for tools to study cancer cell metabolism on a nearly single-cell level. In the 1920s, Otto Warburg observed cancer cells metabolically adapt their glucose pathway in unusual ways. Normally, glucose—the main nutrient needed for cells to function—is sent to the cell’s mitochondria to be broken down for energy, a process that requires oxygen. However, cancer cells appear to rapidly increase their glucose uptake and directly ferment it into lactate, even in the presence of oxygen and functional mitochondria. “He called it aerobic glycolysis, but we know it as the Warburg effect,” says author Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, Ph.D., scientific co-director of Mass General Cancer Center and the Laurel Schwartz Professor of Oncology (Medicine) at Harvard Medical School. For nearly 15 years researchers have been trying to explain why cancer cells do this. In this paper, Mostoslavsky’s team studied colon cancer tumors to learn more. They developed a fluorescent reporter that stained only a marker of glycolysis in cells of the tumor. Using this reporter and a mass spectrometry imaging approach developed by collaborator Nathalie Agar of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the researchers found that not all cells within the colon cancer cell relied on Warburg glycolysis.
“We found that this metabolic adaptation does not happen in the whole tumor, only in a heterogeneous group that were not dividing,” says Mostoslavsky. His team had published this heterogeneous feature in squamous cell carcinoma, but this is the first time it has been shown in colon cancer, and in non-dividing cells. “What really surprised us is that when we stained the tumor cells with a marker of cell proliferation, they were mutually exclusive,” adds Mostoslavsky. Within fully transformed colon cancers, the cells that were doing Warburg glycolysis were not dividing. “This completely challenges the dogma of the Warburg effect,” he adds. For the past 10 to 15 years, most researchers working in cancer metabolism have held that cancer cells do Warburg glycolysis to send glucose for biomass production, or rapid proliferation. “Instead, we found that the main reason they were doing it was to reduce reactive oxygen species, or ROS.” Reactive oxygen species damage cells during glucose breakdown and energy production: “The cells do Warburg metabolism to protect against accumulation of ROS.” This research showed that indeed Warburg glycolysis is real and functional in cancer cells as a needed adaptation.
Mostoslavsky Lab (massgeneral.org) “But it’s not for the reason we used to think,” says Mostoslavsky. “This means we need to rethink how we are studying cancer metabolism.” Much of the advancements made in the past 10 years studying cancer metabolism come from mass spectrometry analysis of metabolomics, which require many cells. The problem is a lack of means for analyzing cellular heterogeneity. “If metabolic adaptation happens in some cancer cells or not in others, you will not be able to determine that with the current technologies that exist,” he says. “We now know Warburg glycolysis is a heterogeneous feature happening in tumors so we need to develop tools that will allow us to investigate tumors in a single-cell fashion.” In this paper, the team relied on a novel mass spectrometry imaging tool developed to achieve data almost at a single cell resolution. Says Mostoslavsky: “It is clear that cancer metabolism is highly heterogeneous so we will need new tools like this to study and define these metabolic features in tumors.” Other authors of the study Carlos Sebastian, Christina Ferrer, Maria Serra, Jee-Eun Choi, Nadia Ducano, Alessia Mira, Manasvi Shah, Sylwia Stopka, Andrew Perciaccante, Claudio Isella, Daniel Moya-Rull, Marianela Vara-Messler, Silvia Giordano, Elena Maldi, Niyata Desai, Diane Capen, Enzo Medico, Murat Cetinbas, Ruslan Sadreyev, Dennis Brown, Miguel Rivera, Anna Sapino, and David Breault. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, FPRC 5 per mille 2011 MIUR, FPRC 5 per mille 2014 MIUR, RC 2018 Ministero della Salute, and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program. This was adapted from a Massachusetts General Hospital press release.
More information: Carlos Sebastian et al, A non-dividing cell population with high pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity regulates metabolic heterogeneity and tumorigenesis in the intestine, Nature Communications (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29085-yJournal information: Nature Communications
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