Good
morning to you, today is Tuesday, January 10, 2012, and I am your humble host,
the sultan of sarcasm, the purveyor of non-pertinent information, the troublemaker
extraordinaire and I are coming to you recorded from the Eagle’s nest here at
wake up central with news you can’t use here on the Tuesday edition of The
Morning Wake Up Call.
Election Update
Today
is the big primary in New Hampshire. The tiny town of Dixvile Notch opened the
polls for their 9 registered voters at midnight last night with Huntsman and
Romney each getting 2 votes, Paul and Gingrich getting 1 vote each and NoBama
capturing the 3 Demorat votes. We will be bringing you the final score tomorrow
on the Wednesday Wake Up Call
Sports
Alabama
won the National Championship against LSU 21-0
Tattle Tale –
Huffington Post
Well, at least his son believes honesty is the best policy. A St. Petersburg police report obtained by theTampa Bay Times says a fugitive's 2-year-old son told
authorities his father was hiding in the family's attic. Valdet Gjeloshi was wanted for violating
probation on a battery charge.
Gjeloshi's wife, Megan Merschen, had told police that he was not in the
house. But when his son said otherwise, police soon found and handcuffed the
unlucky man on the run. Gjeloshi was
charged with a parole violation and for resisting arrest without violence,
according to Pinellas County Sheriff's records. The 29-year-old's rap sheet includes arrests for battery and DUI, according to arrest records. This isn't the only time a 2-year-old has helped
cops pursue law breakers. Last Year, the Deccan Chronicle reported that
a 2-year-old boy told police that his father had murdered his wife. There are also plenty of other examples of
kids turning in their parents for crimes such as drug possession and molestation.
Occupy Rats –
Washington Post
The rat population around the two
Occupy D.C. camps at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza has “exploded” since
protesters began their vigil in October, according to Mohammad N. Akhter, the
director of the District’s Department of Health.
Akhter said in an interview Monday
that city health inspectors have seen rats running openly through both camps
and spotted numerous new burrows and nests underneath hay-stuffed pallets
occupiers are using for beds. Both campsites had working kitchens for weeks
until last week, but protesters at McPherson Square voluntarily closed down theirs after health inspectors pointed out
unsanitary conditions during an informal monitoring visit.
Akhter said his concerns about the
health and safety at the camps prompted him to order a city-wide review of
conditions there, including input from health inspectors, mental health
professionals, experts on the homeless and others. He is reviewing their
findings this week.
“I’m very supportive of their rights
and ability to demonstrate but I have concerns about their personal safety,”
Akhter said.
Smoke Out Memory Loss
– ABC News
The nicotine patch designed to help
people quit smoking can also
improve memory in older adults with mild
cognitive impairment, or MCI,
a small clinical trial found.
The trial involved 67 non-smokers with
MCI, which is considered an intermediate between normal aging and dementia.
People with MCI are more likely to develop Alzheimer's
disease.
Half of the patients wore a skin patch
that delivered 15 milligrams of nicotine per day; the other half wore a placebo
patch. The study was double-blinded, meaning both the patients and the
researchers were unaware who was getting the drug.
After six months, patients who wore
the nicotine patch regained 46 percent of their age-adjusted "normal
performance" on long-term memory tests, whereas patients in the placebo
group worsened by 26 percent.
Nicotine stimulates receptors on neurons involved in learning
and memory, called cholinergic neurons. In Alzheimer's disease, those neurons
die off. In an earlier study, Newhouse showed intravenous nicotine could improve memory in Alzheimer's patients.
Quote of the Day
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep
and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in
government. – Thomas Jefferson
Useless Facts
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus
every two weeks. Otherwise it would digest itself.
Legal Mumbo Jumbo
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