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...There´s a new blog and a new podcast. I hope you find them interesting.
The weather is absolutely fantastic today. We have mountain to sea sunshine with a wonderful definition on the mountains and beautiful blue sea. The world really does look a different place. Butterflies are now beginning to appear and I am trying to remember which month of last year we had the major butterfly fly past. It went on for days ansd this location is obviously on their flight path. They came in thousands and were a novelty for our cat for the first few days.The novelty eventually wore off and he went back to chasing birds. Sadly to say he catches too many. We've had words but he's like the kids. He just ignores what we say. I've threatened him with a visit to0 the cattery. He's already had his testicles pruned and we cut down his treats but NO. He still wants to catch birds. I think it gives him street cred!
Well, let´s get the all important weather forecast for the Alicante province.......
This looks good for the Easter break when thousands of domestic tourists hit the Costa Blanca in general and Benidorm in particular.
If you are a rugby fan then Villajoyosa play their next rugby against Seville on Sunday (12 April) at 12:30pm. Spurs looked comfortable as they edged their way past Fulham. In the Premiership, Everton are now just three points behind Liverpool as they did their Liverpool rivals a favour by beating Manchester City. Aston Villa also dropped two points at home to Sunderland who, rather uncannily, visit Liverpool next. This would all seem to suggest Tottenham for the fourth spot. In La Liga, Barcelona went back to the top with an unconvincing win last night.
How does vitamin D protect your body? It sounds like a science fiction movie...
An army of robot guards roams the corridors of an immense structure. When a dangerous intruder is detected inside the walls, the robots activate their antennas, ready to receive the signal that will mobilize them into action. When the signal arrives, the robots act swiftly to defeat and remove the intruder.
But if the signal doesn't arrive, the robots can't activate their defensive network.
In your body, the "robots" are known as T cells--the killer cells of your immune system. When a foreign pathogen enters, T cells activate a vitamin D receptor. All that's needed now is a sufficient level of vitamin D in the blood stream.
When T cells find their D, they power up, go to work, and the good guys win.
For years, scientists have known that vitamin D plays an indispensable role in controlling disease. And for years they've been asking: How does D do it?
Researchers from Copenhagen University believe they've found the answer, as described above.
I honestly don't know if the Copenhagen researchers are actually the first to discover this brilliant collaboration of vitamin D and T cells. But if they really are, my hat is off to them. Thanks, guys, for helping us better understand the nature of this vitamin that's one of the primary lynchpins of good health.
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Aspirin: A loaded gun for your heart
The drug companies want you to think of aspirin as a magic bullet for your heart. Oh, it's a bullet all right -- and it's definitely aimed at your ticker.
One of the most irritatingly persistent myths in modern medicine is the downright insane notion that daily aspirin can help your heart. So I can't tell you how it lifts my own heart to see this one finally crumbling.
Even the Wall Street Journal is giving aspirin therapy the kiss of death. A recent story with the headline "The Danger of Daily Aspirin" began with this sentence: "If you're taking a daily aspirin for your heart, you may want to reconsider."
Forget "may" -- definitely reconsider, because this was a bad idea the moment Big Pharma's marketing department dreamed it up.
One new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found no benefit at all in giving aspirin to people at high risk of heart disease. My favorite part: It was funded in part by Bayer.
Must've been awkward when it came time to deliver the results. I'll bet they're looking for a refund... and a few researchers' heads.
But the truth's the truth... and the truth is, aspirin can cause bleeding in the stomach and brain. And that's not the only way this supposed painkiller can kill you... because aspirin can actually cause potentially deadly blood clots.
Yet despite aspirin's obvious dangers, you can't turn on the TV without seeing a commercial that talks up aspirin therapy for heart patients. An actress in one commercial claims, "My doctor says it's the easiest preventive measure you can take."
Easy -- yes. Safe -- heck no! Sounds like you need a new doctor, lady... one who's been reading the medical journals instead of watching aspirin commercials.
Here's one fact you won't hear in those ads: Roughly half of all people who suffer a fatal heart attack took an aspirin that day. I wonder what their final thoughts were. I bet more than a few clutched their chest and cried out, "But... I took an aspirin today!"
Bottom line: Don't gobble down daily aspirin unless you've got a death wish. And if you really hate life, add an ibuprofen to the mix -- patients who take that and aspirin together have double the risk of fatal heart attack.
These are powerful drugs, not candy... even if many people munch on them like Skittles. If you really want to pop a pill for your heart, take a fish oil capsule instead.
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
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Word of the Day
fall, loss, drop; drape (of cloth/material); crash; downfall, collapse (political); waterfall
La caída del cabello le preocupa mucho. - He is really worried about hair loss.
Nací después de la caída del muro de Berlín. - I was born after the fall of the Berlin wall.
For more information and examples, visit the SpanishDict.com entry for la caída.
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Music Stuff March 25th
1958, Buddy Holly appeared at The Gaumont Theatre in London, the final date on his only UK tour. Also on the bill was Des O'Connor!
1964, The Beatles made their debut on UK 'Top Of The Pops' singing 'Can't Buy Me Love' and ‘You Can’t Do That.’
1965, Bobby Vee, Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, Heinz and The Zombies all appeared at The Odeon Cinema, Stockton, Cleveland
1967, The Turtles US No.1 with 'Happy Together', No.12 in the UK.
1967, Pink Floyd played three gigs in 24 hours. ...... Ricky Tick Club in Windsor, England, .... New Yorker Discotheque in Swindon..... Shoreline Club in Bognor Regis
1969, John and Yoko started their week long 'bed-in' in the presidential suite at The Amsterdam Hilton hotel.
1972, America US No.1 with their debut hit 'Horse With No Name', it made No.3 in the UK.
1972, Lindisfarne UK No.1 album 'Fog On The Tyne.'
1978, Bill Kenny, lead singer of The Ink Spots died.
1978, 20 Golden Greats' by Buddy Holly and The Crickets went to No.1 on the UK album chart, giving Holly his first ever No.1 LP
1983, Motown Records celebrated its 25 anniversary with a concert in Pasadena, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, Jr. Walker, The Commodores, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and The Jackson 5. What a great show!
1989, Madonna UK No.1 with 'Like A Prayer'
1989, Mike And The Mechanics US No.1 with 'The Living Years', a No. 2 hit in the UK.
1995, The Comic Relief charity record 'Love Can Build A Bridge' featuring Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton went to No.1 on the UK singles chart for one week.
2001, the first Britney Spears Pepsi TV commercial was aired on US television.
2002, Bono from U2 made a appearance at the air rage trial of R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, telling the court 'I came to court because Peter is actually famously know for being a peaceable person. I once had to twist his arm to get him to a boxing match'.
2002, The seven-year mystery of missing Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards took a grisly twist when human feet were found near where he vanished in 1995.
2005, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne were forced to flee their Buckinghamshire mansion after a blaze broke out as they slept.
2006, Buck Owens Jr. American singer and guitarist died. Pioneered the Bakersfield sound—a reference to Bakersfield, California.
2007, The reformed Take That UK No 1 album with 'Beautiful World.'
2007, Proclaimers feat Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin UK No.1 with 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)'. The Scottish duo teamed up with Peter Kay and Matt Lucas for this unofficial Comic Relief charity hit.
Birthday Boys and Girls March 25th
1934, US singer Johnny Burnette,
1938, Hoyt Axton, US singer, songwriter and actor who wrote songs for Elvis Presley, Three Dog Night, John Denver, Ringo Starr and Glen Campbell.
1942, Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul
1947, Elton John. Some of the aliases Sir Elton has used checking into hotels include, Prince Fooboo, Sir Humphrey Handbag, Lillian Lollipop, Lord Choc Ice, Lord Elpus, Binky Poodleclip and Sir Henry Poodle. Elton John’s official nickname is Rocket Man - but Rod Stewart calls him Sharon.
1949, Nick Lowe,
1951, Born on this day, Maisie Williams, Boney M
...There´s a new blog and a new podcast. I hope you find them interesting.
The weather is absolutely fantastic today. We have mountain to sea sunshine with a wonderful definition on the mountains and beautiful blue sea. The world really does look a different place. Butterflies are now beginning to appear and I am trying to remember which month of last year we had the major butterfly fly past. It went on for days ansd this location is obviously on their flight path. They came in thousands and were a novelty for our cat for the first few days.The novelty eventually wore off and he went back to chasing birds. Sadly to say he catches too many. We've had words but he's like the kids. He just ignores what we say. I've threatened him with a visit to0 the cattery. He's already had his testicles pruned and we cut down his treats but NO. He still wants to catch birds. I think it gives him street cred!Well, let´s get the all important weather forecast for the Alicante province.......
| Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday |
 21° C | 10° C | 19° C | 9° C |  20° C | 10° C | 20° C | 9° C | 22° C | 14° C |
This looks good for the Easter break when thousands of domestic tourists hit the Costa Blanca in general and Benidorm in particular.
If you are a rugby fan then Villajoyosa play their next rugby against Seville on Sunday (12 April) at 12:30pm. Spurs looked comfortable as they edged their way past Fulham. In the Premiership, Everton are now just three points behind Liverpool as they did their Liverpool rivals a favour by beating Manchester City. Aston Villa also dropped two points at home to Sunderland who, rather uncannily, visit Liverpool next. This would all seem to suggest Tottenham for the fourth spot. In La Liga, Barcelona went back to the top with an unconvincing win last night.
How does vitamin D protect your body? It sounds like a science fiction movie...
An army of robot guards roams the corridors of an immense structure. When a dangerous intruder is detected inside the walls, the robots activate their antennas, ready to receive the signal that will mobilize them into action. When the signal arrives, the robots act swiftly to defeat and remove the intruder.
But if the signal doesn't arrive, the robots can't activate their defensive network.
In your body, the "robots" are known as T cells--the killer cells of your immune system. When a foreign pathogen enters, T cells activate a vitamin D receptor. All that's needed now is a sufficient level of vitamin D in the blood stream.
When T cells find their D, they power up, go to work, and the good guys win.
For years, scientists have known that vitamin D plays an indispensable role in controlling disease. And for years they've been asking: How does D do it?
Researchers from Copenhagen University believe they've found the answer, as described above.
I honestly don't know if the Copenhagen researchers are actually the first to discover this brilliant collaboration of vitamin D and T cells. But if they really are, my hat is off to them. Thanks, guys, for helping us better understand the nature of this vitamin that's one of the primary lynchpins of good health.
Source
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aspirin: A loaded gun for your heartThe drug companies want you to think of aspirin as a magic bullet for your heart. Oh, it's a bullet all right -- and it's definitely aimed at your ticker.
One of the most irritatingly persistent myths in modern medicine is the downright insane notion that daily aspirin can help your heart. So I can't tell you how it lifts my own heart to see this one finally crumbling.
Even the Wall Street Journal is giving aspirin therapy the kiss of death. A recent story with the headline "The Danger of Daily Aspirin" began with this sentence: "If you're taking a daily aspirin for your heart, you may want to reconsider."
Forget "may" -- definitely reconsider, because this was a bad idea the moment Big Pharma's marketing department dreamed it up.
One new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found no benefit at all in giving aspirin to people at high risk of heart disease. My favorite part: It was funded in part by Bayer.
Must've been awkward when it came time to deliver the results. I'll bet they're looking for a refund... and a few researchers' heads.
But the truth's the truth... and the truth is, aspirin can cause bleeding in the stomach and brain. And that's not the only way this supposed painkiller can kill you... because aspirin can actually cause potentially deadly blood clots.
Yet despite aspirin's obvious dangers, you can't turn on the TV without seeing a commercial that talks up aspirin therapy for heart patients. An actress in one commercial claims, "My doctor says it's the easiest preventive measure you can take."
Easy -- yes. Safe -- heck no! Sounds like you need a new doctor, lady... one who's been reading the medical journals instead of watching aspirin commercials.
Here's one fact you won't hear in those ads: Roughly half of all people who suffer a fatal heart attack took an aspirin that day. I wonder what their final thoughts were. I bet more than a few clutched their chest and cried out, "But... I took an aspirin today!"
Bottom line: Don't gobble down daily aspirin unless you've got a death wish. And if you really hate life, add an ibuprofen to the mix -- patients who take that and aspirin together have double the risk of fatal heart attack.
These are powerful drugs, not candy... even if many people munch on them like Skittles. If you really want to pop a pill for your heart, take a fish oil capsule instead.
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
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Word of the Day
la caída cah-ee'-dah (noun)
fall, loss, drop; drape (of cloth/material); crash; downfall, collapse (political); waterfall
EXAMPLES
La caída del cabello le preocupa mucho. - He is really worried about hair loss.
Nací después de la caída del muro de Berlín. - I was born after the fall of the Berlin wall.
For more information and examples, visit the SpanishDict.com entry for la caída.
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Music Stuff March 25th
1958, Buddy Holly appeared at The Gaumont Theatre in London, the final date on his only UK tour. Also on the bill was Des O'Connor!
1964, The Beatles made their debut on UK 'Top Of The Pops' singing 'Can't Buy Me Love' and ‘You Can’t Do That.’
1965, Bobby Vee, Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, Heinz and The Zombies all appeared at The Odeon Cinema, Stockton, Cleveland
1967, The Turtles US No.1 with 'Happy Together', No.12 in the UK.
1967, Pink Floyd played three gigs in 24 hours. ...... Ricky Tick Club in Windsor, England, .... New Yorker Discotheque in Swindon..... Shoreline Club in Bognor Regis
1969, John and Yoko started their week long 'bed-in' in the presidential suite at The Amsterdam Hilton hotel.
1972, America US No.1 with their debut hit 'Horse With No Name', it made No.3 in the UK.
1972, Lindisfarne UK No.1 album 'Fog On The Tyne.'
1978, Bill Kenny, lead singer of The Ink Spots died.
1978, 20 Golden Greats' by Buddy Holly and The Crickets went to No.1 on the UK album chart, giving Holly his first ever No.1 LP
1983, Motown Records celebrated its 25 anniversary with a concert in Pasadena, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, Jr. Walker, The Commodores, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and The Jackson 5. What a great show!
1989, Madonna UK No.1 with 'Like A Prayer'
1989, Mike And The Mechanics US No.1 with 'The Living Years', a No. 2 hit in the UK.
1995, The Comic Relief charity record 'Love Can Build A Bridge' featuring Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton went to No.1 on the UK singles chart for one week.
2001, the first Britney Spears Pepsi TV commercial was aired on US television.
2002, Bono from U2 made a appearance at the air rage trial of R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, telling the court 'I came to court because Peter is actually famously know for being a peaceable person. I once had to twist his arm to get him to a boxing match'.
2002, The seven-year mystery of missing Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards took a grisly twist when human feet were found near where he vanished in 1995.
2005, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne were forced to flee their Buckinghamshire mansion after a blaze broke out as they slept.
2006, Buck Owens Jr. American singer and guitarist died. Pioneered the Bakersfield sound—a reference to Bakersfield, California.
2007, The reformed Take That UK No 1 album with 'Beautiful World.'
2007, Proclaimers feat Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin UK No.1 with 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)'. The Scottish duo teamed up with Peter Kay and Matt Lucas for this unofficial Comic Relief charity hit.
Birthday Boys and Girls March 25th
1934, US singer Johnny Burnette,
1938, Hoyt Axton, US singer, songwriter and actor who wrote songs for Elvis Presley, Three Dog Night, John Denver, Ringo Starr and Glen Campbell.
1942, Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul
1947, Elton John. Some of the aliases Sir Elton has used checking into hotels include, Prince Fooboo, Sir Humphrey Handbag, Lillian Lollipop, Lord Choc Ice, Lord Elpus, Binky Poodleclip and Sir Henry Poodle. Elton John’s official nickname is Rocket Man - but Rod Stewart calls him Sharon.
1949, Nick Lowe,
1951, Born on this day, Maisie Williams, Boney M
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