Health And Wellness – Page 12

Your Brain – Now Open!

Posted on June 19, 2014 by admin

THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, 222 N 20th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 — The Franklin Institute just got bigger!

Be among the first to explore the newest and largest core exhibit designed to help you understand more about the most complex and misunderstood vital organ in your body.

Scale the 18-foot-tall neural climb. With each step you take, watch the larger-than-life neural network burst with light, color, and sound, reflecting how your brain sends messages throughout your body.

Morph a life-size photograph of yourself into a homunculus—-a figure of crazy proportions that represents how your brain maps your body by the complexity of its movements.

How good is your memory? Find out when we challenge you to remember a short code to open a safe. Sounds simple, right? Perhaps at first, but it will be a real test of your mind as the code gets longer and longer with each try.

Walk through the street scene that at first glance appears normal, but is filled with optical illusions that conflict with what your brain is expecting to see. The mind tricks are sure to amuse and confuse your brain, as well as help to explain how your brain processes what it sees!

Don’t miss these 3 exhibits also included with admission to the museum:
* Circus! Science Under the Big Top
* 101 Inventions That Changed the World
* Ocean Soul, a National Geographic Photography Exhibit

Ozone Action Day

Posted on June 17, 2014 by admin

Ozone action days happen when the ground level ozone becomes hazardous to your health. In essence, this means you should try not to breath. Certainly, do not suggest that your kids go outside and play. More people die from air pollution than guns… way more. Please do not pull the trigger.

Here is an example from June 17, 2014 issued by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection:

Ozone Action Warning:
Air Quality Index (AQI)
106
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Health Message: Active children and adults, and people with lung disease, such as asthma, should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
ACTION DAY

Forecast Discussion: Tuesday will be an Air Quality Action day for ozone for the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Full sun all afternoon, along with temperatures rising into the 90s °F, will promote ozone formation. An Appalachian lee trough will form east of I-95, which will be a focus for pollutant accumulation. Warm air arriving aloft will limit mixing. As a result of these factors, ozone will increase into the Code Orange range. Rising humidity and westerly transport aloft from the Ohio River Valley will increase particles into the mid-Moderate range. **Extended Forecast: Wednesday will be hotter and more humid, but stronger winds in the afternoon and the chance for convection in advance of a slowly moving cold front will limit ozone to the upper Moderate range. Particles will remain in the mid-Moderate range. The cold front will slowly move through the area on Thursday. Temperatures will decrease, although it will remain humid. Thunderstorms forming in the afternoon will limit both ozone and particles to the low Moderate range. -Huff/Catena/Ryan

March Against Monsanto – Philadelphia, PA

Posted on May 25, 2014 by admin

According to protest organizers, “It is official everyone.On Saturday, May 24th March Against Monsanto Philadelphia will be at Rittenhouse Farmers’ Market . We will march through the streets of Philadelphia at the markets close (MARCH AT 3PM) !! I just got off the phone with Bob Pierson founder and director of Farm to City and he is delighted to have us. He informed me that the market is 100% non-gmo with a concentration on organic and local foods. March Against Monsanto Philly and GMO Free PA will have free information and GMO-Free swag available to the public fro 9am to 3pm. Food not bombs will be feeding the masses for free from 12 noon until we march. The march will start at 3pm and the march route will weave through center city as we distribute thousands of flyers to the sheeple. The march will end in Love Park with a moment of love and solidarity for all the awareness we have inspired!”