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« Reply #60 on: May 30th, 2012, 9:58pm » |
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Is 'old person smell' real? Yes, but it's not what you think
No matter how much you try to hide your age, you can’t nip-and-tuck your scent away. People will still be able to figure out how old you are simply by taking a sniff.
Researchers have determined that there really is an “old person smell” -- and a young person smell and a middle-aged smell -- according to a study published Wednesday in PLoS ONE.
“This study shows you can’t fake it,” says study co-author Johan Lundstrom, an assistant professor at the Monell Chemical Senses Center and at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute. “If you walk around a corner, you don’t have to look at someone to know they’re older; you can just sniff them out.”
Advertise | AdChoicesAt a time when we spray, spritz and anxiously try to scrub away and cover up our natural body odor, the new research should be reassuring to our noses. But our paranoia that we turn into pungent, musty moth balls as we age turns out to be completely wrong. Older people, in fact, have less intense -- and more pleasant -- scents than their younger counterparts, the new research indicates.
Scientists have long known that our bodies give off scents that contain a variety of chemicals and that those chemicals can convey a lot of information. But they didn’t know whether body odor changed with age in an easily detectable way.
Though this is the first study to document that an “old person smell” exists, it’s recognized in many cultures around the world. The Japanese, in fact, have a special word to describe how old people smell: Kareishu.
Earlier studies in animals showed that body odor changes with age, Lundstrom says. He wondered whether that might be true for people, too.
To see if people could accurately identify a person’s age through smell, Lundstrom and his colleagues asked 41 volunteers to wear a special T-shirt to bed for five nights, after bathing and washing their hair with unscented products.
Each of the unscented shirts contained underarm pads which, by the end of five days, were steeped in the volunteer’s body odor.
Pieces of the pads were then dropped into glass jars, which were grouped by age: Some jars contained scents of 20- to 30-year-olds, some the scents of 45- to 55-year-olds, and some the scents of 75- to 95-year-olds.
The researchers then rounded up another 41 volunteers and had them sniff the jars. The volunteers were then asked to guess the age group associated with the scent in each jar and to rate the intensity of each scent and its pleasantness.
The volunteers were pretty good at figuring out the ages -- better than would be predicted by chance. But they were even more accurate when they were simply asked to group together all the jars that smelled like old people. Which means that they could detect the old person smell the best.
Intriguingly, the volunteers scored old people’s odors highest for pleasantness and lowest for intensity.
Lundstrom doesn’t know why our scents change with age. But he’s got a theory that it’s got to do with reproduction.
Other studies have shown that people often choose mates that are unlike them genetically. In fact, those who marry third cousins, have the highest reproductive success, Lundstrom says. And it’s by smell that we determine how closely related we are to the person sitting next to us, even if we’re unconscious of it.
Similarly, Lundstrom suspects that some women might seek out older men because they’ve proven that they’ve got longevity genes.
“We favor the older individuals because they are survivors,” he explains. “Of course, when that developed many thousands of years ago, we didn’t get that old. So, it’s not like we’re favoring 80 year-olds.”
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« Reply #62 on: May 31st, 2012, 10:01pm » |
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Solution sought as residents complain of headaches, eye and throat irritation
Stonington, Connecticut - The stink has returned.
Diving Street resident Geoffrey Little said that for the past several weeks he and his borough neighbors have suffered from irritated throats and eyes and have been awakened by severe headaches, which they attribute to the hydrogen sulfide smell emanating from nearby rotting algae.
That algae has attached itself to large amounts of seaweed that has washed ashore and has also formed a crust atop the shallow water between two jetties at the end of Ash Street, which is one block over from Little's home. On Wednesday, the small shoreline area with little tidal flushing was thick with seaweed and the slight odor of rotting eggs.
But when the wind blows from the northeast, Little said, he and his family have been forced to flee their home until the smell subsides. They have had to keep their windows closed and move to a front bedroom and at times have been unable to use their outdoor deck. The back of their home overlooks the end of Ash Street.
Little said the problem intensified at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, when borough firefighters using a ladder truck sprayed fresh water on the algae. "We had to run out of the house last night, and so did our neighbors next door," he said. "We had to go down to my office on Cutler Street."
The problem is not a new one. Borough Warden Paul Burgess said that 20 truckloads of seaweed were removed last summer from the Ash Street area, an action Little said ended the problem for the season. Burgess said the borough is currently looking at possible solutions and has been in contact with the town sanitarian, state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and locally based Clean up Harbors and Sound.
Burgess, First Selectmen Ed Haberek and other town and borough officials are slated to meet with DEEP officials on Monday.
Little, meanwhile, is angry with Burgess and borough officials for not notifying him and his neighbors before firefighters sprayed water on the seaweed Tuesday. "We're not opposed to action, but we want considered action," he said.
Little said Burgess told his wife Tuesday night that the borough was also considering putting lime on the algae. "It's like some bumbling 1950s science fiction movie, where they're trying to kill the creature," he said.
Little said the odor is not only a public-health hazard but could decrease property values for homeowners as well. Burgess Ed McCreary, who also lives on Diving Street, has sent an email to Burgess saying he is worried about his tenants leaving because of the smell.
Little said the small area off Ash Street has already become a "dead zone" for fish and waterfowl because of the lack of oxygen.
"This is just a little hot spot here, but this could be the beginning of a bigger problem for the entire town," Little said. "All we're asking is for them to talk to experts who have dealt with this kind of thing and see what we can do. This is not a business for amateurs."
The smell has also been reported on Lords Point and Masons Island, according to Haberek.
Little said some research has found that dumping oyster shells on the algae has helped absorb the odor. He said such a solution would cost several thousands dollars.
"There's plenty of experts out there to talk to," said Little, who has been in contact with James Carlton, a marine ecologist who directs the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program at Mystic Seaport. "This is an issue that a lot of communities face that are on the water."
Little said he plans to commission his own environmental testing of the hydrogen sulfide levels and to contact an environmental attorney in case he needs to take legal action
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« Reply #64 on: Jun 9th, 2012, 7:05pm » |
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Would you move next to a raw sewage treatment plant and hope to smell lavender and honey? Time to move, people! 
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« Reply #65 on: Jun 11th, 2012, 12:38am » |
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Annie Oakley's hat, guns going on auction block
Relatives of legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley are offering up a collection of items - including her Stetson hat, guns, letters and photographs - in an auction that one expert says hits the mark for its breadth and sentimental value.
On Sunday, Heritage Auctions will offer up about 100 Oakley-related items in Dallas, including a 12-gauge Parker Brothers shotgun that is expected to fetch about $100,000. Two Marlin .22 caliber rifles are expected to sell for more than $20,000 each.
Oakley gained fame in the 1880s and 1890s for her shooting skills as a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. She died in 1926 at the age of 66, but has remained a pop culture icon.
"The country kind of took her to heart," said Tom Slater, Heritage's director of Americana auctions.
Over the decades, her likeness has appeared on everything from dolls to lunchboxes and her life story inspired a Hollywood movie and Broadway's "Annie Get Your Gun."
"She was just sparkling as a public performer," said Paul Fees, former senior curator at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyo., with whom Heritage consulted on the auction. "This petite person handling firearms was startling. She was a natural at it. She made it look easy."
The items are being offered up by Oakley's great-grandnieces - sisters Tommye Tait and Terrye Holcomb of California. They inherited the items from their mother, Billie Butler Serene, who died in 2009 at the age of 95.
Serene was raised by her grandparents, and her grandfather, William Butler, was the brother of Oakley's husband, Frank Butler, a marksman who became Oakley's manager. Oakley and Frank Butler frequently visited and Oakley taught Serene how to handle a gun.
"They were fun and they were almost like surrogate grandparents to her," Holcomb said.
Holcomb said that she had grown up with many of the items, such as Oakley's famous Stetson with a ribbon trim - expected to sell for more than $4,000 - which was a favorite for school plays and Halloween costumes.
But Holcomb and her sister didn't realize how many of Oakley's possessions their mother had until they went through the West Los Angeles house after her death.
Fees said several museums across the country have collections related to Oakley, including the Garst Museum's Annie Oakley Center in her hometown of Greenville, Ohio, and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
What makes this auction significant, Fees said, is the number of items in the collection and the fact that it's been in the family all this time.
He also said many of the letters speak to how close the family was. In one letter to William Butler, Oakley refers to Serene, telling him to "give dear little Billie a big hug."
"The correspondence in this collection is really emotionally revealing," Fees said.
The photos in the auction include several of Oakley hunting with her dog, Dave, and more formal shots of her posing with a gun. A promotional mini-postcard that Oakley sent William Butler has the words "Compliments of Annie Oakley" on the front with an adjacent heart that's been pierced with a bullet.
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« Reply #66 on: Jun 11th, 2012, 7:36pm » |
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All that stuff should be in a museum, not a private collection.
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« Reply #67 on: Jun 20th, 2012, 12:17am » |
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16th century French queen's pin found in toilet
PARIS, Tue Jun 19
It may be the Renaissance equivalent of a royal flush.
A hairpin belonging to 16th century French Queen Catherine de Medici has been discovered at a royal residence outside Paris. What has conservators scratching their heads is exactly where it was found: down a communal toilet.
Officials said it's the first time in modern history that a possession of the Renaissance royal has been found at Fontainebleau Palace.
Though the queen was renowned across Europe for her lavish jewelry, much of her collection has been lost, sold or stolen over the centuries.
The rare 9 centimeter- (3.5 inch-) pin was identified easily because it bore interlocking C's - for "Catherine."
After the age-old soil was cleaned off, Fontainebleau Palace's conservator Vincent Droguet also noted a finish of white and green, known to be Catherine's colors.
Less easy for the experts, however, was to explain why the personal possession of a queen known for luxury would end up in a Renaissance-era communal toilet - as opposed to her royal one.
The artifact was found by accident as archeologists dug around the toilet to prepare the surrounding area for restoration.
Droguet called the find a "mystery."
"But what would Catherine de Medici be doing there? Maybe it was a lady-in-waiting who took it. Perhaps it was stolen, and just fell in."
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« Reply #68 on: Jun 20th, 2012, 8:30pm » |
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When ya gotta go, ya gotta go!!! 
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Sacramento couple find 1961 wedding ring in car
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The new California owners of a 2004 car from Texas have found a more than 50-year-old wedding ring lodged in a seat.
The El Paso Times reported Tuesday that Steve and Shannon Callahan of Sacramento want to find the ring's owner.
"It's from the heart. It's deep. It's not just a ring," Shannon Callahan said.
She said the pair discovered the 14-karat gold ring last week while seeking her husband's cellphone. The ring, with several diamond chips, is inscribed with the year 1961.
"This is their wedding ring. This is their token of their life together. In my heart, I hope that there are enough good people out there that, if this was reversed, they would do the same," Shannon Callahan said.
The Callahans believe the ring's owner could live in El Paso, Texas. A label on the Grand Am says Crawford Auto Plaza in El Paso.
Callahan, using the vehicle ID number, determined the vehicle the couple bought in January originally was sold in March 2004 in El Paso.
The Callahans, who've been married 11 years, still haven't found their cellphone.
The couple has kept the engraved month and day on the ring a secret. They hope they owner will come forward with that information.
The car was in a crash before the Callahans bought it.
If the owner of the ring died in the wreck, the Sacramento pair hopes family members will come forward to claim it.
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« Reply #70 on: Jun 21st, 2012, 8:25pm » |
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I hope they're not divorced by now!!! 
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Fallen Chicago Firefighter Receives Headstone 60 Years Later
Chicago firefighter John Francis Minich died after saving many lives from a burning building 60 years ago, but until Saturday there was nothing to mark his grave site. NBC5 Sharon Wright reports.
Chicago firefighter John Francis Minich died after saving many lives from a burning building 60 years ago, but until Saturday there was nothing to mark his grave site.
“One of the lives saved that day [was] my mother, pregnant with me,” said Debbie McCann who discovered Minich’s unmarked grave and brought it to the attention of officials.
The Chicago Fire Department along with the Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 joined with McCann Saturday afternoon to honor the anniversary of Minich’s death with a permanent grave marker.
His name is etched in granite at the Stockyard memorial and his badge is mounted on the Wall of Honor at the Quinn Fire Academy in memory of his heroic actions. However, there was nothing to honor the hero in the All Saints Cemetery where his body was laid to rest.
“This was something that had to be made right,” said Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 President Tom Ryan. “He gave his life and made the ultimate sacrifice for the people he served, and that needed to be recognized.”
McCann’s mother was one of 12 people Minich rescued during an arson fire on October 25, 1952. After carrying the pregnant mother to safety, he took off his crucifix and put it in her hand, said McCann who considered him her guardian angel.
Shortly after the rescue he collapsed and was taken to the hospital where he died. Doctors described the cause of death as a heart attack and smoke inhalation. Minich was 43-years old.
McCann began searching for her guardian angel and tracked down his grave site at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, only to discover there was no marker in place for this hero. She then worked with the cemetery’s field manager John Stewart to correct the oversight.
“She went to great lengths to contact our office,” said Ryan. “She originally planned to pay for the headstone on her own.”
Ryan said he told her it was not necessary and motions were put in place for the permanent marker that now marks the place of a Chicago hero and guardian angel.
Riadas Retort: Thank God there were people like this firefighter. I'd do the same thing if I was the one who got to live because a brave man saved my mother, and in the interim lost his life. These stories kind of bring you back to reality when you're feeling depressed about something that isnt worth fretting about...
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« Reply #72 on: Jun 27th, 2012, 6:31am » |
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My dad is a retired Philadelphia Firefighter and I remember wondering if he was going to come home the next day every time he went to work.
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Search to find Earhart wreckage begins in Hawaii
HONOLULU
A $2.2 million expedition is hoping to finally solve one of America's most enduring mysteries: What exactly happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart when she went missing over the South Pacific 75 years ago?
A group of scientists, historians and salvagers think they have a good idea, and they're trekking from Honolulu to a remote island in the Pacific nation of Kiribati starting Tuesday in hopes of finding wreckage of Earhart's Lockheed Electra plane in nearby waters.
Their working theory is that Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan landed on a reef near the Kiribati atoll of Nikumaroro, then survived a short time.
"Everything has pointed to the airplane having gone over the edge of that reef in a particular spot, and the wreckage ought to be right down there," said Ric Gillespie, the founder and executive director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, the group leading the search.
"We're going to search where it - in quotes - should be," he said. "And maybe it's there, maybe it's not. And there's no way to know unless you go and look."
Previous visits to the island have recovered artifacts that could have belonged to Earhart and Noonan, and experts say an October 1937 photo of the shoreline of the island could include a blurry image of the strut and wheel of a Lockheed Electra landing gear.
"That was the icing on the cake," said Gillespie, who said the picture added to 24 years of evidence gathering used to form the group's working theory.
The photo was enough for the U.S. State Department to hold an event to give encouragement to the privately funded expedition, and enough for the Kiribati government to sign a contract with the group to work together if anything is found, Gillespie said.
But the hunt using nearly 30,000 pounds of specialized underwater equipment is just a sophisticated way to try to prove a hunch that could be flat wrong, or not provable if the plane simply floated too far or broke up into tiny, undetectable pieces.
A separate group working under a different theory plans its third voyage later this year near Howland Island.
Earhart and Noonan were flying from New Guinea to Howland Island when they went missing July 2, 1937, during Earhart's bid to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.
Gillespie's group raised enough funds to embark on the nearly monthlong voyage through individual and corporate donors, including funds from Discovery, which plans to document the trip and air it on cable TV in August, and $250,000 worth of free shipping from FedEx of the underwater science gear.
Still, the trip is nearly a half-million dollars short, said Patricia Webb, a retired Air Force colonel who helped raise funds for the trip.
If the voyage succeeds, it could add to Earhart's legacy and solve a mystery that's captured national attention since her disappearance, she said.
"If they find something, that adds a lot of credibility to her, to her navigator Fred Noonan, and to their survival skills because of the things that have been found so far on Nikumaroro," she said.
The trip is planned to last roughly 26 days, including 10 days of searching and 16 days traveling between Honolulu and the atoll. The voyagers will use a ship owned by the University of Hawaii, an oceanographic research vessel named Kaimikai-O-Kanaloa, which translates into English, "The Searcher of the Seas of the God Kanaloa."
Gillespie said the group has as good of a chance as it can expect given its equipment, including an unmanned vehicle that looks like a torpedo used for mapping terrain on the ocean floor and a tethered remote-operated vehicle that will be used to take pictures and look at objects identified in the water.
And Earhart's standing as an American icon - especially to young women - and fascination in her story means it's important to solve the mystery, he said.
"That kind of inspiration matters," Gillespie said. "We want to know what happened to her."
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« Reply #74 on: Jul 4th, 2012, 8:38am » |
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That's fantastic!
I've always been intrigued by her story. I hope they find the plane.
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