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Rise and Fall of the “Sunshine Vitamin,” Part Two
Last week, I outlined the importance of vitamin D for healthy bodies and how recommendations for adequacy published in 2011 were, in retrospect, far too extreme. To understand why vitamin D assumed such a huge role in the health of the nation — vitamin D tests are still the fifth-most-common Medicare-funded lab tests — it’s […]
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Crabs Rally to Win Third Series in a Row
After an exciting week that featured three walk-off wins and their first conference series victory, the Humboldt Crabs had seemingly turned things around after opening conference play 0-7. They’d get one day to enjoy it before embarking on a new week of challenges that included six games in six days. Momentum can be fickle, especially […]
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Resilient Crabs Rally Behind Three Walk-off Wins
Sunday’s game was bigger than the others. A win in this contest would signal the first conference series win of the new era of Crabs baseball, while a loss would mean far more. Despite palpable tension, coach John Bryant sat calmly reading his book, the fifth in a 13-volume series, pregame outside of the dugout. […]
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Rise and Fall of the ‘Sunshine Vitamin,’ Part One
Vitamin D is essential for a healthy body, in particular, strong bones. The sunlight-bone link was recognized nearly 200 years ago, when dark, smoky skies in newly industrialized cities in England led to an epidemic of rickets: weak and deformed bones, especially in children. In the 1920s, the vitamin D link was further established when […]
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My Juneteenth Revelation of Embracing Culture in Humboldt
My great-great-granny Momma Martha, my great-granny Madea and my granny Jonnie saw the remnants of slavery, the peak of Jim Crow, witnessed MLK Jr. speak and experienced so many other pivotal Black moments that I’ve only read about in books. Growing up in East Texas, everything granny Jonnie did felt like Black History Month, her […]
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Solstice Puzzles
It’s summer solstice — and therefore puzzle — time again! Here are some of the best puzzles to have come my way in the last 12 months for your entertainment and frustration. So, deep breath and … Laterally Yours When this old chestnut was posted in Britain’s New Scientist, everyone got the obvious “aha” answer, […]