For the Mysterious Blonde.  This article claims an increase in allergy sufferers from 10% to 30% of the population.  ” Allergies have become a widespread in developed countries: hay fever, eczema, hives and asthma are all increasingly prevalent. The reason? Excessive cleanliness is to blame according to Dr. Guy Delespesse, a professor at the Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine” - Full Slice

“…The researchers analyzed 18 canned tomato products from various markets with NMR and found that the instrument could estimate most of the tastes assessed by the human taste testers. But the NMR instrument went even farther. By determining the chemical composition, it showed which compound is related to which sensory descriptor….” Full Slice

Actually, the leaves are starting to fall, but it is rather late this year.  Here is a picture from my backyard.

Oh no Dean, I’m onto a new concept without any scientific understanding - Intellectual Violence.  I’m have a not even conjecture that words, just as sticks as stones, can actually hurt you.  Something to add to the next agenda.

From Terry:

A time to share memories of Scott with family and friends will be held Sunday, October 16th, from 2 to 4 PM, in Adams Hall, Tibbetts United Methodist Church, 3940 41st Ave. SW, in West Seattle. Memorials may be made to your favorite charity. Please sign the online memorial at www.bonneywatson.com.

We are thinking of putting out an empty scrap book we are hoping people will fill with stories, photos, art, music, etc. about the Scott that all of you knew. Perhaps you could encourage people to bring something along, or create something at this gathering.

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Wad NOTE:  Based on my experience with Scott, this is the charity I will donate to utility charities.

Wad NOTE2:  Pictures of Scott from Baloney Memorial.

The Mysterious Blonde and I will be hosting a memorial gathering for Scott on Saturday October 1 from 2pm until whenever.  Dinner and refreshments will be provided.  You may attend in person or online using Google+.   There will be no formal ceremony so come by any time.  We would like to work on an online document celebrating Scott so please bring pictures and stories.

Please contact robertDOTcahnATgmailDOTcom for specific location details.  Also add robertDOTcahnATgmailDOTcom to a google+ circle so I can invite you to the hangout.

Damn you Scidmore…

The idea that we are living in a simulation is just another religious trap.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of the great Baloneys, Scott Scidmore.

“Terrible news for all of us and the world is a little greyer now. I’ll never forget how Scott would wave his hands when he was making a point he was excited about, how he surprised us with his daughter, that one party where the host thought stone-cold sober Scott was oo drunk to drive. How I always felt Scott had several lives he was leading, with all his far-flung connections and friends.

I too thought he would always be around. As Virgil said, he still looked the same as 25 years ago, like a middle-aged, jolly mad scientist.”

”We shall all miss his wit, his insight and his quiet mastery of so much that underlies our speculations and hopes. I will miss him terribly. We should establish the Scidmore Lecture Series of the Baloney Institute which contains our best work — work to which we still strive to attain, but for which will shall never stop striving. Worthy of his delight when one of us, or several of us, create something worthy of delight. I, for one, will think of Scott whenever I think of something wonderful or hear a wonder-full idea from another Baloney. ”

“Oh, sad! It’s just shy of 30 years since I met him. As much as anyone he’s
responsible for my successful career, having persuaded me to learn C
early in 1982….”

“Well, BUGGER!  :(  Scott was a fine guy. I admired him for his seemingly imperturable
calmness. Damn damn damn. 

I’m saddened by this news.”

”Scott, RIP. I’m very sad to hear about Scott. I/we have known him since the
Morrow User Group days back in the early 80’s.”

“He was a fine guy indeed.”

“I’m so sorry about Scott. I was very fond of him and always enjoyed
talking to him when our paths crossed.”

“I am very sorry to hear of this. Scott was always interesting to talk with, and he helped me concoct some creditable physics for my story “Nirvana High,” which I wrote with Leslie What. I have fond memories of him and Jon Singer conversing at Vanguard parties, which created a sort of psychic blur, as they generated intelligence particles.”

or maybe art crime…

“Swiss artist and comedian Ursus Wehrli likes his artwork meticulously neat. For his popular book series, Tidying Up Art, Wehrli rearranges famous art pieces by the likes of Chagall and Picasso, extracting the work’s basic components and repositioning them in a perfectly organized way.

Wehrli’s latest book, The Art of Clean Up, skips famous artwork in favor of everyday life. A bowl of alphabet soup or a fallen pine tree branch get a well ordered revamp in the hands of Wehrli.” Full Slice

Sorry, couldn’t help myself:

And could be a bad advertisement for pot.

Watch starting from 3:30 to 5:25 minutes.

Lesson:  “Spend less on the whacky tobaccy and more on the super pac-y” - Stephen Colbert.

“…”We were initially surprised to learn how much the pancreatic beta cell contributes to the onset and severity of diabetes,”…”The observation that beta cell malfunction significantly contributes to multiple disease signs, including insulin resistance, was unexpected. We noted, however, that studies from other laboratories published over the past few decades had alluded to this possibility.”

In healthy people, pancreatic beta cells monitor the bloodstream for glucose
using glucose transporters anchored in their cellular membranes. When blood
glucose is high, such as after a meal, beta cells take in this additional glucose and respond by secreting insulin in a timed and measured response. In turn, insulin stimulates other cells in the body to take up glucose, a nutrient they need to produce energy. In this newly discovered pathway, high levels of fat were found to interfere with two key transcription factors—proteins that switch genes on and off.

These transcription factors, FOXA2 and HNF1A, are normally required for the production of an enzyme called GnT-4a glycosyltransferase that modifies proteins with a particular glycan (polysaccharide or sugar) structure….” Full Slice

Wad, Secure Care, Dean C, and Mr. Guyll were hanging out using Google +. If you can score an invite, it is pretty cool. However, it would be much cooler if Wave were included. Google Docs suck for collaboration.

Space 2.0 and true next generation education.

Just a thought.

There were some tense moments before the crew got their revised flight plan approved, to briefly image Pluto’s shadow as it occulted a star. The only observatory in human space capable of doing so.