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Jilly_in_VA's JournalNew treatment destroys head and neck cancer tumours in trial
A new cancer treatment can wipe out tumours in terminally ill head and neck cancer patients, scientists have discovered.
In a landmark trial, a cocktail of immunotherapy medications harnessed patients’ immune systems to kill their own cancer cells and prompted “a positive trend in survival”, according to researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, and the Royal Marsden NHS foundation trust.
One patient, who was expected to die four years ago, told the Guardian of the “amazing” moment nurses called him weeks after he joined the study to say his tumour had “completely disappeared”. The 77-year-old grandfather is now cancer-free and spent last week on a cruise with his wife.
Scientists found the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab medications led to a reduction in the size of tumours in terminally ill head and neck cancer patients. In some, their cancer vanished altogether, with doctors stunned to find no detectable sign of disease.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/oct/11/new-cancer-treatment-destroys-tumours-in-terminally-ill-finds-trial
Massive Byzantine-era winery discovered in Israel
Near a soccer pitch and a suburban neighborhood in central Israel, archaeologists say they discovered the world's largest known Byzantine-era winery.
The winery, dating back 1,500 years, is believed to have produced one of the finest white wines of the Mediterranean at the time. It was widely praised in Byzantine-era literature and known as vinum Gazetum or Gaza wine because it was exported from the ancient port city near modern-day Gaza.
Archeologists found a large complex of five winepresses, four large warehouses where the wine was aged, kilns where the clay wine jugs were fired, and tens of thousands of broken pieces of jugs.
They estimate the winery produced between two to three million liters of wine a year.
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/11/1045048469/massive-byzantine-era-winery-discovered-in-israel
Colombian woman's euthanasia blocked days before she was ready to die legally
A Colombian woman who was set to become the country's first person to die by legal euthanasia without an immediate terminal prognosis had the procedure canceled days before it was scheduled to occur, a human rights group said.
Martha Sepúlveda, 51, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, was scheduled to die by euthanasia Sunday but received a letter late Friday that the procedure would not be allowed to go forward.
The Colombian Pain Institute, where Sepúlveda was to die, ruled that her condition had improved from July to October and that it could no longer take place, according to the Laboratory of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, or DescLAB, the organization representing Sepúlveda.
DescLAB said, however, Sepúlveda had not been treated at the pain institute for months, "but according to them she is better."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/10/11/euthanasia-martha-sepulveda-colombia-blocked-pain-clinic/6087220001/
MAGA QAnon's 2 Biggest Celebrities Are at War
Two of the biggest figures in the MAGA and QAnon worlds are involved in an increasingly bitter fight over who is the bigger supporter of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting two people at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
And the spat is splitting their supporters down the middle.
A simmering feud between pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene spilled over into all-out acrimony over the weekend after Wood accused Greene of failing to do enough to “fix election 2020.”
For weeks, Wood, who has over 800,000 followers on his Telegram channel, has been complaining about what he perceives as Greene’s lack of effort to force a forensic audit in Georgia similar to the one that has just concluded in Arizona.
On Friday, things escalated when Wood called Greene a “communist”:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xjx9/maga-qanon-war-marjorie-taylor-greene-lin-wood
Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea
It has taken weeks of discussions to get an interview with him, and he's still worried about who might be listening. He wears dark glasses for the camera, and only two of our team know what we think is his real name.
Mr Kim spent 30 years working his way to the top ranks of North Korea's powerful spy agencies. The agencies were the "eyes, ears, and brains of the Supreme Leader", he says.
He claims he kept their secrets, sent assassins to kill their critics, and even built an illegal drugs-lab to help raise "revolutionary" funds.
Now, the former senior colonel has decided to tell his story to the BBC. It's the first time such a senior military officer from Pyongyang has given an interview to a major broadcaster.
Mr Kim was the "reddest of the red", he says in an exclusive interview. A loyal communist servant.
But rank and loyalty do not guarantee your safety in North Korea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58838834
'Solar warriors' train for Native American energy fight
It is a jump from doing office paperwork to building solar power systems, but that is the leap Lorraine Nez is taking to bring renewable energy to her Native American reservation.
Nez was one of a dozen Native trainees who took a monthlong course this summer on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation to become certified solar power installers and trainers.
The students from six tribes are among Native Americans tapping into vast renewable energy potential on tribal lands and fighting economic inequalities holding back access to clean power.
"This is still a new industry, there are not many people out here in this world with any type of knowledge," said Nez, 44, a former nurse with a degree in business management, who is from the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakota and lives in Rapid City, South Dakota, where she works in medical billing.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/solar-warriors-train-native-american-energy-fight/story?id=80484300
Dinwiddie mom "livid" as back-to-school issues continue to affect her 5 year old
One Dinwiddie mom is “livid” that the bus driver shortage and food and water delays within Dinwiddie County Public Schools haven’t been handled, especially seeing as the district is now in its second month of the school year.
DCPS posted on Facebook Tuesday, asking parents to use the Versatrans app to monitor their kids on buses, to make sure their child brings a water bottle to school because there weren’t enough water bottles and to let them know their child’s menu may look a little different because of the supply chain interruptions with food products.
Mom Tiffany Griffith has been taking her five-year-old to Southside Elementary, saying the bus has been arriving after school starts.
Griffith helps one teacher she knows to take her 5 year old to the same school, and with tears in her eyes, said the driver forgot that child was on the bus Tuesday after school, so the child didn’t make it home until almost 6 p.m.
“The incompetence is just baffling,” she told 8News in an interview Wednesday. “He had no idea he was even left on the bus yesterday.”
https://www.wric.com/news/taking-action/dinwiddie-mom-livid-as-back-to-school-issues-continue-to-affect-her-5-year-old/
Cars line up for miles in Hanover as Tyson Foods offers food donations, jobs
Bacon, sausage links, tortillas and more: Tyson Foods in Hanover gave away 36,000 pounds of food on Saturday, Oct. 9.
The event was a roaring success. Willie Walker, a training specialist who’s been with Tyson Foods for fifteen years, told 8News, “The sheriff’s department did come by – you know, we had so much traffic and people that were on the road that he wanted us to get going.”
The event took place at Debbie’s Kitchen, a local restaurant in Glen Allen. Large pallets of food were unloaded in the gravel parking lot, with Tyson employees in reflective safety vests handing food to drivers.
Alan King is a Henrico resident who attended the event.
He said he’d like to see other companies put on similar events, especially after they see the success of this one, “If there’s other sponsors out here that can hear me, this is something that y’all need to start doing, to help our community.”
https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/cars-line-up-for-miles-as-tyson-foods-offers-food-donations-jobs/
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East Tennessee man kicked off his flight because of his dialysis machine
An East Tennessee man says he will never get on another airplane. He was kicked off of a United Airlines flight from Denver to Knoxville for reasons tied to his disability.
WBIR sat down with Adron Mccarter, who explained what happened and how the airline responded.
He said it was his first time flying on an airplane. He said everything was running smoothly until he started heading home. He said a pilot refused to fly the aircraft with his dialysis machine on board.
This was particularly difficult for Mccarter because he depends on the machine to live, and he said and he went through the extra paperwork to ensure he could bring it on his flight. His at-home dialysis machine, he said, was supposed to provide freedom.
“You can travel and it opens up the world so you're not tied up to a clinic that's 'x' amount of miles away from your house," he said.
But there are still constant setbacks that come along with his kidney disease. He said that his dialysis treatments limit his ability to travel as much as he’d like to
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/east-tennessee-man-kicked-off-his-flight-because-of-his-dialysis-machine/51-9de0d235-1a27-4b23-9ca3-2f70f0aa6ba0
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What the cornbread hell is WRONG with people? This pilot should be suspended without pay until he completes disability training
California will soon require free tampons in public schools
California public schools and colleges must stock their restrooms with free menstrual products under a bill signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The move comes as women's rights advocates push nationwide for affordable access to pads, tampons and other items.
California's latest effort builds on a 2017 law requiring low-income schools in disadvantaged areas to provide students with free menstrual products.
It expands the law to include grades 6 to 12, community colleges and the California State University and University of California systems, starting in the 2022-23 school year. It encourages private schools and colleges to follow suit.
"Our biology doesn't always send an advanced warning when we're about to start menstruating, which often means we need to stop whatever we're doing and deal with a period," Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia said of her legislation. "Just as toilet paper and paper towels are provided in virtually every public bathrooms, so should menstrual products."
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/09/1044720102/california-free-tampons-schools
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