He weighs in at somewhere in excess of 17 stone, has suffered several heart attacks and undergone triple heart bypass surgery. With his protruding belly, addiction to doughnuts and Duff beer and his fear of any form of physical exercise, Homer Simpson is nobody’s idea of a figure of good health. links
Unfortunately, the message appears to have gone over the heads of the health police. They want him to change, cut down on the fatty snacks and eat some pasta. It’s not going to go down well with the Atkins people, but they appear to be serious.
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A team of researchers from New Jersey’s Rutgers University ploughed through 63 episodes of the hit cartoon show to analyse what sort of a health message it was sending out. Failing to see the joke, they were unimpressed.
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"Fats, sweets and alcohol, particularly beer, doughnuts and salty/fatty/snacks accounted for 52 per cent of all foods eaten in this programme," their report said. "Homer was also portrayed eating food more often (he alone accounted for 21 per cent of all actions showing food being eaten) and ate greater quantities than other characters."
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The researchers appear not to have considered the possibility that viewers might associate the general unattractiveness of characters such as Barney and police chief Wiggum - Homer’s fellow beer and doughnut guzzlers - or that the most successful character is Montgomery Burns, a 104-year-old multi-millionaire who rarely drinks and would never stoop so low as to enter a fast food outlet.
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Instead, the academics, led by Professor Carol Byrd- Bredbenner, concluded that 40 per cent of the health messages in the programme - which also portrays Homers’ chain-smoking sisters-in-law as lonely spinsters with voices like sandpaper - ran counter to the best advice of the medical profession.
(Original story here) The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health also has linked exposure to vapors from butter flavoring to lung disease in popcorn factory workers in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.
Health officials insist people who microwave popcorn and eat it are not in danger, although the Environmental Protection Agency is studying the chemicals released into the air when a bag of microwave popcorn is popped.
Butter-flavor worker gets $20M
By CONNIE FARROW
Associated Press
JOPLIN, Mo. — Eric Peoples cradled his wife and wept after a jury agreed that vapors from butter flavoring at the microwave popcorn factory where he once worked had permanently ruined his lungs.
Peoples said his tears didn't only come out of satisfaction with the $20 million verdict. He also was thinking of the 29 other former workers at the Gilster-Mary Lee plant in Jasper who have cases pending against the same butter-flavoring manufacturers.
"The burden of proof is now on their shoulders," Peoples said.
Jurors deliberated for a little more than three hours before returning the verdict Monday against International Flavors and Fragrances Inc. and its subsidiary Bush Boake Allen Inc. The flavoring manufacturers were ordered to pay $18 million to Peoples and $2 million to his wife, Cassandra, for compensatory personal injury damages.
Eric Peoples, 32, and the other former factory workers are suffering from damaged airways and breathing problems. They contend that the two manufacturers knew their butter flavoring was hazardous but failed to warn them of the dangers or provide adequate safety instructions.
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health also has linked exposure to vapors from butter flavoring to lung disease in popcorn factory workers in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.
Health officials insist people who microwave popcorn and eat it are not in danger, although the Environmental Protection Agency is studying the chemicals released into the air when a bag of microwave popcorn is popped.
Peoples, of Carthage, was selected to have his case heard first because he is among the sickest of the Gilster-Mary Lee workers. Trial testimony showed that if his health remains stable, he could wait at least 10 years for a needed double-lung transplant.
Life expectancy is about 10 years for lung transplant recipients.
"Eric feels like he's in prison," his attorney, Ken McClain, told jurors in closing arguments. "He's going to eventually go through the physical pain of a lung transplant, knowing that he's going back to prison again because he'll eventually get lung disease again."
McClain said the next trial is set for April 20 at the Jasper County Courthouse in Joplin. He also has cases pending in Illinois and Iowa.
"I want to keep the pressure up and get these cases done as soon as we can," McClain said.
Attorneys for the manufacturers left the courthouse without speaking to reporters.
During their closing arguments, they told jurors their product is safe when handled properly. Information sent to popcorn plant officials warned the flavoring should be mixed in a well-ventilated area and a respirator should be worn when heating it.
"We know beyond a shadow of doubt that if you use basic hygiene practices, you don't have a problem in this plant," said attorney Mike Patton, who represents New York-based International Flavors and Fragrances.
Gilster-Mary Lee, which was not named in the suit, remodeled the plant and ordered workers to wear respirators after government investigators in 2001 linked a chemical in the butter flavoring, diacetyl, to the workers' illnesses. The southwest Missouri plant still uses the same butter flavoring, but there have been no reports of illness since changes were implemented, Patton said.
McClain said that is little comfort to Peoples, who each night fears he will not wake up the next morning. Peoples is angry because he cannot enjoy the simple pleasures of playing with his children or going hunting.
"I'm just happy that somebody has said Eric's life is worth something because it is worth a lot to me and the kids," Cassandra Peoples said.
Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
finally found what i was looking for. killed the crappy photoblog and started up gallery.
forgot to oc the video card. check ocfaq.com or sysopt.com for the info. i guess rivotuner is the bomb.
newest quest is to upgrade the transcoding/gaming machine... so far it looks like it's best to build the system around the ram:
1. ocz crazy fast pc4000 matched pair of 512mb DDR sticks OCZ5001024ELDC-K
2. asus p4c800-e motherboard overclock like mad.
3. whatever p4 800mhz fsb is cheap at the moment, i'm waiting for prices to be driven down by the p4extreme
4. sata drive from seagate: ST3120026AS Barracuda 7200.7 SATA (the 26AS is newer than the 23AS btw) check PLUS1080AMG
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread/t-66310.html
go for the asus p4c800-e motherboard
don't run the cpu vcore over 1.65v
other sites:
http://www.anandtech.com/index.html
http://firingsquad.com
http://www.thecrucible.ca
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http://www.ocprices.com/index.php?action=reviews&rev_id=188&page=9
2.8V 200MHz CAS 2 3-3-6 PASS
2.8V 250MHz CAS 3 4-4-8 PASS
2.8V 250MHz CAS 2.5 4-4-7 PASS
2.8V 260MHz CAS 3 4-4-8 PASS
2.8V 260MHz CAS 2.5 4-4-7 PASS
2.8V 265MHz CAS 3 4-4-8 PASS
2.8V 265MHz CAS 2.5 4-4-7 PASS
2.8V 270MHz CAS 3 4-4-8 PASS
2.8V 270MHz CAS 2.5 4-4-7 FAIL
2.8V 275MHz CAS 3 4-4-8 FAIL
2.8V 275MHz CAS 2.5 4-4-7 FAIL
2.9V 200MHz CAS 3 4-4-8 FAIL
seems asus P4C800-E Deluxe is the best
http://www.ocztechnology.com/support/motherboard/48
also tom's hardware 1000mhz fsb shootout
http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20030812/ddr500-11.html
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pricewatch.com stuff Re: new system info txt ram motherboards cpu
motherboard intel 875p sata firewire usb2 agp8x
gigabyte GA-8KNXP $204
asus P4C800-E Deluxe $170 dmuz
abit IC7-MAX3 $205
ram pc4000 1gb dual matched ddr
ocz OCZ5001024ELDC-K $330
ocz gold OCZ5001024ELDCGE-K $370
corsair TWINX1024-4000PT $345
cpu p4 800fsb ht
intel 2.8c ghz $211
intel 2.6c ghz $172
Should I buy the book? Below is from fark to retrocrush to thesneeze
Apparently when someone catches fire, the best course of action to take is to roll them up into a giant cigar. And if a child is choking, just shake them by the feet until everything's all better. I have no idea what the bottom right picture is suggesting, but apparently it's bad behavior to kick a woman in the ass when she's trying to pick up a beach ball in front of a speeding car. Also, for heaven's sake, "Don't wave to truckers."
If you talk while sharpening your pencil, you're liable to accidentally shove it deep into your nose. And I'm not sure what's going on in that creepy second picture. Did those 3 evil Indian boys push an innocent bystander into a car? And what's up with that tiny doll behind the steering wheel?