Musea Reader, this
issue has 3 parts. Two for your health, and one for the health of music. The first "LARRY"S SUGAR
PILLS" is a one act courtroom 'drama'. See if Larry ends up in jail for
selling his miracle pills. Then something for the health of the world of music,
the NPR 200 SONG MUSIC CHALLENGE. Be a part of music history and be a bit
revolutionary too. Then finally from my sci side,
SLEEP a new hypothesis about why we sleep . If right changing how we sleep may
cure more than anyone could have imagined!!!
Then let me know what you think. Thanks - editor Tom.
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LARRY'S SUGAR PILLS (One act play.)
Scene: Courtroom.
Characters: Judge , Lawyer for the prosecution, Defendant
Larry, Narrator.
Scenery: Judge's bench, two tables, and a
witness stand.
(Narrator adds his comments from off
stage.)
"Call your first witness,"said
the Judge.
The lawyer looked out and saw just one.
"Is he of L's Pills in the court
here?
Larry looked at the two and said,
"For sure."
"Take the stand and then the
oath."
Larry arose and did both.
"Are you the president and CEO
of L's Pills and Larry Pill Co.?"
"I am I am I admit it's so.
"Does Larry's Pills make Larry's
Pills?"
"Yes we do. 'It cures your
ills'."
"Would you read the label and it's
claims?"
"This'll cure almost anything!"
"Now the contents listed there
under..."
"Contains 100% first grade
sugar."
"So you admit the ingredients are
only sugar and nothing more?"
"Yes indeed, that's all you need.
We had a sugar coating but I'm the first
to say
That seemed redundant, and got in the
way.
So we went with fundamentals and kept it
pure
Ingredients sugar and nothing more."
"What are the side affects of prolonged use?"
"Prolonged application leads to decay
of tooth,
but benefits are many and see that paper
stack..."
"Please Mr
Larry, we'll get to that...
What do they cost, how much per
dose?"
"It's ten dollars a bottle, a dollar
per pill.
I recommend 4 per day at most.
But more if your doctor says you're ill.
Take as needed is the best way to go.
Take as needed until you are well.
They also taste good, so take some extra
and they'll prevent problems that beset ya."
"Larry, If I may address you so.
Isn't this just like an M&M
dose?"
Yes you may, as you wish.
But ours contains no additives.
Beware of the cheaper brand generics.
You could be stuck with mostly corn
syrups!"
"Why an "X marked on each
one?"
"Best grade of sugar we can
find."
Your answers are clever, and so is your
wit.
But seriously Larry tell me this.
Why shouldn't you be in jail,
for peddling pills that can't cure
ills!!!"
(The lights come down till they spotlight
only Larry as he gives his soliloquy. As the lights have slowly dimmed he has
retrieved a large stack of papers from the defendant's table. The soliloquy is
not in verse.)
The science world is new to most...
(Larry clutches his hands in a serious high manner, and grows in stature as
this speech continues). And few know the ways of testing medicines or any health
product with efficacy claims. Studies
must be made. And they must be honest with no preconceived notions. They must
be designed so that they neither favor nor disfavor the pill, potion, or salve,
under scrutiny. they must be objective, not biased.
To do this a time honored method is
followed by all. It's called the'
scientific method'.
A claim is made. A test is set up. An
experiment is performed, and data is collected.
In every case there must be peer review and the test must be verifiable.
That means other scientists must check the results of the papers, and they must
get the same results when they repeat the experiments.
Now to tests. They usually involve 3
groups. The first group, Group A, is given the medicine in the test. The second
group, group B, is given SUGAR pills that look exactly like the pills in Group A.This is called a 'placebo' - though that is not a brand
name. And the third group, group C is not given anything at all. All three
groups are monitored, and the results are written up.
This stack in front of me contains
hundreds of such experiments. I offer them as evidence - exhibit A -Z, a 100
times over, so to speak. In each case the sugar pill or placebo - similar to
our product in every way - cures a certain percentage of each group taking it.
On the top is a study for pain. Next is
one for hypertension. There are tests here for Parkinson's disease, psoriasis,
rheumatoid arthritis, ulcers, depression, asthma, irritable-bowel syndrome, ...
the list goes on and on and on. The placebo effect is written up in countless
assorted science journals. I have twenty here.
In every case the results are astounding.
Many in the group taking the sugar pills, get cured from taking sugar pills.
They don't just stay the same. They GET CURED!!!
We, at Larry's Pills, are the first to
make the connection. Sugar cures! Chocolate helps!
Cupcakes benefit!!! We saw what no other
scientists saw. It was the sugar in every case that was the ingredient that
consistently cured just about everything !
My company felt it was OUR DUTY to bring
this documented cure directly to the public.
That's Larry's Pills. We also have it in
gumdrop form for the kids...
Well there's not much more to say. I
think the case is closed.
(Lights have slowly been coming up during
the end of the soliloquy. Larry folds his hands in his lap and waits for a
verdict).
Judge and Lawyer stare and are stunned.
They've listened to Larry. Has he won?
The judge comes alive. His gavel is
raised
"Order in the court" . He
hammers, then says,
After consideration of this evidence,
There's only one verdict. from this bench
-
Could I have some pills for my shoulder
pain?
I'm afraid it acting up again!"
(Lawyer yells "Your Honor
Please", Judge bangs his gavel, then rubs his sore shoulder, while Larry
jumps up and down with glee. Then he takes a bottle of his pills and pours out
two for the judge who takes them with water. Curtain).
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NPR
200 SONG CHALLENGE!
Music lover Please Send this E-mail to the addresses
listed and/or any others you can think of. Be a part of musical history and a
little revolutionary too! Thanks!
I am challenging NPR to a music
challenge, "Trendy versus Indy",
"The Trendy-ist" versus the Big
List, my Big List of 200 songs versus ANY 200 songs from them. This is the
biggest music challenge in history!!!
Help support this fun music challenge
Put these addresses in your e-mail and send this post. Send to friends
and add any comment you like. Pass the word. Music will finally be exciting
again IF you can paste and click! History of the world is in your mouse! ( Challenge goes for any corporate radio
station or music media source - you choose too.)
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Tom is right, let's have this music challenge! Here it is.
NPR
200 SONG CHALLENGE !
When it comes to QUALITY in music is NPR
up for the CHALLENGE?
NPR, it's time for a musical showdown. I
challenge NPR music writers, and both
NPR music blogs: All Songs Considered, and Monitor Mix, to a musical
challenge.(Or any music media source for that matter). You present your best 100-200 new songs, versus my BIG LIST - first
best of world music from the net, list .
For every entry you choose to play or
spotlight, I'll suggest a Big List alternative that I claim is better music.
Then your listeners, readers can vote on their favorites. Then I pick one, and you have to find an alternative
that you claim is better music. II suggest that my back-to-basics music list
will garner the most favorite votes and comments.
NPR, you can choose any new music you
covered in the last year or two. It can be any type of music, any format, any
style, from anywhere in the world. I'll find a song from The BIG LIST close to
that style. both selections will be played and YOUR listeners can vote on their
favorites. The odds are on your side,
but the music quality is on mine!
The Big List : http://wp.me/p5S9X-36 or
search 'Musea
100 Plus'. If the internet is the world's first jukebox, this list is the first
contents of that jukebox. Call it the
first "Outside of the Box"
set!
My contention is that there is a
worldwide golden age of original great music going on now, none of which NPR or
the mainstream seems to be aware of. NPR
ready for the challenge?
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SLEEP, A new
hypothesis
By
understanding why we sleep, we may resolve many chronic health and psychological
problems. Many of these problems may be directly connected to sleep body
temperature.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
/Two sleep basics /Sleep as half of the daily digestion cycle. /Two major
problem areas: wake to sleep and sleep to wake /Many underlying problems of
sleep /Sleep temperature needs to be changed. /Three main clues /Conscious awareness of how the body works,
helps resolve the problems. /Two facts that support the overall hypothesis
/Testing the Hypothesis.
INTRODUCTION
Here is a
hypothesis on why we sleep. There also seems to be a vast layer of health and
psychological problems that come from sleep disorders, that until now were not
known. By
understanding why we sleep, we may start to resolve many of those chronic
health and psychological problems. These problems may be solved by adjusting body
temperature.
This hypothesis
is based on looking at life as evolved forms of catabolic type or anabolic type
processes. (See my other discussions). This way of looking at biochemistry may
give many insights.
TWO SLEEP BASICS
First there are two things everyone
recognizes about sleep:
1. Sleep
is VERY important. Whether its fruit flies, fish, cat, or humans , whether its
seals and dolphins that sleep with alternate hemispheres of their brains
asleep, or bears hibernating during the winter. No matter the way the creature
sleeps, we know that without sleep it can die. Sleep has got to be something
very important.
2.
There are two main parts to sleep in humans:
NREM
, not random eye movements, or slow wave sleep, or deep sleep, where the brain
is less active. Most of sleep is in one aspect of the multiple stages of NREM
sleep. The other main part of sleep is
REM, rapid eye movement sleep. REM sleep seems to have a lot of dreams. REM
sleep makes up about 20% of total sleep time.
SLEEP AS HALF
OF THE DAILY DIGESTION CYCLE
My hypothesis
suggests that sleep is half of the daily digestion process for humans. Here is a quick summary. The body has a daily
digestion cycle that has two parts The first part is the wake phase. The second
part is the sleep phase. Then the daily cycle repeats.
During the
WAKE phase the person takes in food and breaks it down. This is mostly a phase
of catabolic processes that digest the food for that day. This is followed by a
SLEEP phase where the food is absorbed and used, and the body prepares waste
out. This is mostly a phase of anabolic processes.
During the
NREM part of the SLEEP phase, the person replenishes the body with nurturing
and other anabolic processes. During the REM part of the Sleep phase, the
person prepares the body for waste out. Then the person wakes and the cycle
repeats.
TWO MAJOR
PROBLEM AREAS: WAKE TO SLEEP, AND SLEEP TO WAKE
There are two
major problem areas: the transition from wake to sleep, and the transition from
sleep to wake. The body makes a major adjustment at both of these times of the
day. Note that deep sleep has 3 stages. That suggests that the transition from
wake to sleep is a major change that comes about in stages. Also note that waking from sleep can happen a
number of times before the night's sleep is completely done. Both of these
suggest that the transition phases are evolved, complex, and somewhat difficult
for the body to do.
.
.
MANY
UNDERLYING PROBLEMS OF SLEEP
The digestion
cycle pattern is set up in early childhood, and is almost impossible to change
from then on. The digestion cycle is most likely based on the breast milk feeding pattern between the mother and chlld. This sets up a food in and waste out pattern that
becomes the digestion cycle. The overall problem to solve then, is that of a
digestion cycle. That problem is resolved by resetting the daily digestion
pattern into one that is more healthy.
SLEEP
TEMPERATURE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED
To solve these
problems we need to adjust the body temperature during sleep. The body
temperature during sleep is either too high, or too low. First we adjust the body
temperature during sleep, then the body heals itself. Note the deep sleep
temperature is the one we are most consciously aware of. That means that if one
feels 'hot' too much of the time, that person's deep sleep temperature is too
hot and too high. If one feels 'cold' too much of the time, that person's deep
sleep temperature is too cool and too low.
THREE MAIN
CLUES
We have three
main clues to help determine what the sleep problems are. Therefore when there
are sleep problems OR any unresolved or hidden chronic problems, we should
check these three things: sleep problems, body weight, and the overall dominant
emotion.
1. Sleep
Problems.
Check the two
transition problem areas connected to sleep; where waking turns to sleep, and
sleep turns to wake. Also check any problems from lack of sleep or problems
during sleep.
2. Weight .
Underweight -
deep sleep temperature is too low. Person often feels too 'cold'. To fix and
resolve, raise deep sleep body temperature.
Overweight
- ddeep sleep temperature is too high.
Person often feels too 'hot'.
To fix and
resolve, lower deep sleep body temperature.
3. Emotion.
There seems to
be a basic emotion connected to underweight, and another to overweight.
Underweight = FEAR. Overweight = ANGER.
That means that every underweight person should have major fear issues that
need to be resolved, and every overweight person should have major anger issues
that need to be resolved. These emotional issues may be conscious or unconscious
feelings.
.
By using these
3 clues we should begin to open the door on understanding the many chronic health and psychological
problems caused by sleep disorders.
CONSCIOUS
AWARENESS OF HOW THE BODY WORKS, HELPS RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS.
The process of
understanding how the daily cycle works, may actually go a long way in
resetting the body temperature and resolving the inner conflicts. When the
person understands what is causing his problems, the body seems to be more able
to adjust the body temperature and resolve the problems.
TWO FACTS THAT
SUPPORT THE OVERALL HYPOTHESIS
1. IF sleep is
a part of the metabolism cycle, and mainly concerned with processing that days
food intake, then for those times when you have fasted, there should be less
sleep. We know when we eat a big meal we feel sleepy - that suggests sleep
helps process that food. But what about the other way? If we fast do we need
less sleep? Doing a quick google of fasting and
sleep, I found that that is exactly true. Those that fast need less sleep.
2. IF sleep is
part of the metabolism cycle, and mainly concerned with processing that days
food intake, then for those times when you eat more you should require more
sleep to process that food. Example, after gorging themselves on a kill, lions will
often sleep almost continuously for 2 or 3 days.
TESTING THE
HYPOTHESIS
Test the
hypothesis by testing its claims connected to sleep problems, weight problems,
and dominant emotions. Stay healthy all!
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