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Sports

Chris Bosh blocks Danny Green’s 3-point attempt and no foul is called

2013-06-19 00.25.46

There was a lot of body contact for the refs to choke on their whistles.  It is easier to block a shot if your not going to be called for the body foul.  Announcer Jeff Van Gundy commented that this would have been called a foul if it had occurred in the first 45 minutes of the game.  However, this took place in the last second of overtime of Game 6 of the NBA Finals.  I suppose we will never know whether Danny Green would have made the 3 foul shots to tie the game and send it into a second overtime.

Health

What if there was a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease and no one knew?

July 2008 Article by Mary Newport, M.D.  Download Article in PDF Here

News:  http://www.coconutketones.com/

Dr. Newport’s blog: http://coconutketones.blogspot.com/

New 2013 important Ketone Ester article from Dr. Richard Veech and others based on study ending in 2012.

Download Ketone Ester article here

Title:  A ketone ester diet exhibits anxiolytic and cognition-sparing properties, and lessens amyloid and tau pathologies in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Authors: Yoshihiro Kashiwaya, Christian Bergman, Jong-Hwan Lee, Ruiqian Wan, Richard L. Veech, et al.

Published:  June 2013  Source:  neurobiologyofaging.org — Neurobiology of Aging Vol. 34, Issue 6, Pages 1530-1539

Music

It is a disgrace that Sasha Allen didn’t make the Voice Finals

Sasha Allen was clearly the best vocalist and performer on the Voice this season.  Maybe the show needs to stop multiplying the I-Tunes votes by 10 for those who make the pop top 10.  The vote is clearly skewed to the young people who vote as a popularity contest rather than whether someone can sing — on key — with range — and feeling.

Programming

De-obfuscate a backdoor PHP script

See this post:

Versatile Programmer’s Diary

This:  ‘\x63\x72\x65\x61\x74\x65\x5f\x66\x75\x6e\x63\x74\x69\x6f\x6e’ is hex encoded “create_function” string. This is a PHP function that creates a function dynamically from a string.  This is a backdoor.  What can it do, for example?

  • It can upload arbitrary files
  • It can execute mysql queries
  • Its can shell command

Others have detected the following as a Trojan function.

‘function letmein() {die’

Health

Spring Hill couple inspires research into coconut oil for Alzheimer’s patients

Story by Jodie Tillman, Staff Writer for the Tampa Bay Times

See Article:  http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/spring-hill-couple-inspires-research-into-coconut-oil-for-alzheimers/2124596

According to this Article:

Researchers at the University of South Florida’s Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute recently received a $250,000 grant from a private foundation to conduct what is thought to be the first clinical trial of the effects of coconut oil on mild to moderate cases of Alzheimer’s disease.

“One hallmark of Alzheimer’s is that some parts of the brain stop processing glucose, the primary source of energy. What could plug that fuel gap and keep the brain cells alive? One theory: ketones.”

“In 2008, she [Dr. Mary Newport] read a report on a small study of a new medicinal drink. The brew’s key ingredient is a type of fat known as a medium chain triglyceride. The liver converts part of those fats into an energy source called ketones.”

“At that time, the medicinal drink in the study had not yet hit the market. Dr. Newport learned that nonhydrogenated coconut oil is made up mostly of medium-chain triglycerides. She bought a jar of coconut oil and started spooning it into her husband’s [Steve’s] oatmeal.”

“She [Dr. Mary Newport] says she started seeing results within days. Steve improved his score on an exam used to screen for dementia. His drawings of clock faces — an important test for Alzheimer’s progression — improved. His tremors subsided. He could engage with others.”