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From: starkid@mcs.com (Lance Sanders)
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Subject: GL: 'Zilla Update Extra 940928
Status: R


Re: Ed Bauer's (storyline-mentioned)
    "Emotions and The Immune System" lecture
    (to have been delivered at a Chicago symposium)


[excerpts from my information mosaic,
 ChemTao: Synergies In The Life Sciences]

   It has been recognized since 1968, when a cancerous kidney was 
mistakenly transplanted in an immune-compromised person, that the immune 
system plays a large role in cancer prevention. 
   What is only recently becoming evident is the extraordinary 
interactive relationship between the immune system and the mind. 


   Dr. Paul J. Rosch, President of the American Institute of Stress: 

   "...they use the same chemical messengers to communicate, and both 
have the ability to remember. Further links are likely, because there are 
networks of nerve fibers in the thymus, spleen and lymph nodes, which 
indicate that these important mediators of immune activity may actually 
be hard-wired to the central nervous system." 


   Leroy Hood, Chairman of Caltech's biology division, inventor of the 
DNA sequencer: 

   "It looks like we'll be able to say that our immune system is 
constructed from elements that evolved from molecules originally 
operating in the nervous system....in one immune gene superfamily, that 
connection is absolutely explicit! It has eight multigene families and 
twelve single-gene members identified so far. The genes fall into three 
catagories: those connected only to the immune system, those primarily in 
the nervous system, and those shared by both the immune and nervous 
systems. And we have absolutely no idea what the shared sets do! But it's 
a beautiful relationship..." 


   Findings reported at the March 21, 1989 annual meeting of the 
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology provided 
further insight into brain-immune system links. 
   University of Alabama researchers (Raymond N. Hiramoto, prof. of 
microbiology; Vithal Ghanta, assc. prof. of biology and microbiology; H. 
Brent Solvasson, grad. student in microbiology dept.) have shown that at 
least in mice, the brain can be taught to control part of the immune 
system. 
   In the study, mice were exposed to the pungent mothball smell of 
heated camphor for one hour. Immediately afterward, they were injected 
with a drug called poly I:C, which mimics a viral infection and causes 
certain immune system cells (natural killer cells) to become more active. 
NK cells are "general purpose", first-line-of-attack responders and are 
important in fighting viruses and tumors. 
   After only one lesson, the mice learned to connect the camphor smell 
with what seemed to be a viral infection. When they were exposed to the 
camphor again, without being injected, the "conditioned" mice were found 
to have increased the activity of their natural killer cells by 20 to 100 
percent. Mice that hadn't been conditioned or were not re-exposed to the 
smell did not show increases in immune system activity. 

   Dr. Raymond N. Hiramoto:

   "Since smell is perceived in the brain, the mice that raised their 
immune system activity in response to the camphor odor had to be 
communicating between brain and immune system. What we're showing, is 
once the brain learns this response, it can direct the activity of the 
immune system and the natural killer cells. This 'talk' had to go on, or 
you wouldn't get an immune response. We've definitely established a link 
between immune functions and processes in the brain." 


   Candace B. Pert, chief of the section on brain biochemistry in the 
clinical neuroscience branch of the National Institute of Mental Health: 

   "Cells in the immune system that heal wounds, repair tissue and ingest 
foreign bodies are shaped in such a way that they invite chemical 
interaction with neuropeptides...there is a particularly strong 
concentration of cells shaped to interact with neuropeptides in the 
limbic system, the network of brain structures that controls emotion.  
Research suggests that the immune system itself is one source of the 
chemicals that control mood. 
    I believe the findings I have described indicate that we need to 
start thinking about how consciousness can project into the body." 


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Subject: GL: Godzilla Speaks Update (WED) 940928
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(c)

     ***  Godzilla Speaks Update --- Wednesday, September 28, 1994  ***
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                                Storylines
                     (ranked by relative superiority)
                     --------------------------------

[D]:
---

     At The Lair [:)], Susan walks in on the end of a Mahler symphony, 
and finds Alan deep in meditation on philosophies espoused in 
Machiavelli recountings ("The Prince") and other "Art of War"-type 
literature (1). 
     The Big A is tired of "killing time" and remaining cloaked in 
Springfield, and decides that regaining his bold roots is the key to 
countering Roger. 
     [Weird moment: Alan later freaks when Susan's tea kettle
      erupts, screaming that it reminds him of lockdown at prison.]

     The doctor that treated AM is summoned, and instructed (under 
threat of losing his license to practice via a police tip) to insert a 
faux document into Alan's prison medical file (to confuse Roger). 
     Mid-day, Alan dramatically suspends electronic monitoring of 
Vanessa and blows out the front door (to make his presence widely 
known??). 



[F]:
---

     With Tangie (fully dressed) napping at the foot of the bed, AM 
awakens and reads aloud from the book of poetry by her side. Yes, 
cadets, she suddenly snaps to consciousness, remarking: "I thought you 
were a dream...". That's spelled b-o-n-d-i-n-g. 
     They decide to peruse Ye Olde Mugshot Book for snicks, and Alan 
Michael recognizes Harry Jones as both his and Tangie's attacker. In a 
display of logic that would make Spock proud, AM realizes that Jones is 
the guy his father went up against in prison, and would never work for 
Alan. Thus, Alan isn't trying to kill him. 
     [Ross makes a surprise appearance to query Tangie on her sudden 
      interest in Spaulding (T's questioning of Blake for Alan), and
      informs her of the vandalism of Blake's car while near her property.]

     AM asks Tangie to serve as liason between him and his father.
     [...snicker...  :)]



[E]:
---

     Vanessa is flitting about town like she's on hormone-overload this 
episode, first stopping by Company to, um, retrieve her purse (and 
merely by her presence, teasing poor Matthew up the yang), then heading 
over to Ed and Eve's to make it clear that their pending union has her 
approval (and taking time to reflect on the righteousness of "odd 
couplings" [;)] ), _then_ dropping by Dylan's construction site 
afterhours to ask Matt (harmonica-to-mouth, playing the "I've Got The 
Contessa Poontang Blues" like a madman) to return the scrimshaw keyring 
she gave him. 
     Hey. We KNOW what she really wants. :)



[C]:
---

     Grand Central Station-time in the Bauer-Guthrie kitchen.
     Ed is off to Chicago to deliver a talk on "The Effects of Emotions 
on the Immune System" (2) [!]. 
     A brief wedding prep convo is held, and it's decided that a theme 
wedding (for example, a faux operating room scenario w/"patient" 
included, and guests above, surrounding the ceremony in an observation 
deck) is not in the picture. ;) 
     After Van makes a stop, Ross bops over at the behest of Blake 
(she wants a definite time for an anniversary party she's planning for 
the two of them), and post-"age is just a number" chat, the Ross-ster is 
tagged "best man" for the pending nups. 



[A]:
---

     Chez Cutter, Dylan and David, tired of waiting for things to happen 
(and much to Bridget's consternation), decide to set a trap for the 
saboteurs/hijackers and have a bogus shipment delivered to a parking lot 
so they can decloak and kick some ass. 
     Patrick arrives, gets an earfull, and after brainslapping Dave up 
the wazoo for withholding evidence and (possible) witnesses (scrimshaw 
keyring and Gabriella), actually decides to help them implement the plan (3).



[B]:
---

     At the boarding house, Gabriella is "busted" when she sneaks up 
from the basement to make a phone call, unaware Matt is in the kitchen 
snarking down a brewski (4).
     Bridget returns home, and Gabby's "cover story" rapidly melts in 
the heat of Jet and Matt's combined questioning. Dave also transports 
in, and after deftly deflecting a cabbage-patch slap from Jet 
("Sweetheart, when were you planning on teling me about your 'little 
friend'??"), manages to finagle a room for Gabriella --- Kat's old room, 
to be exact.  ;) 
         [During some downtime (laundry sorting), Gabby and Jet
          are seated at the kitchen table, and more than a few
          sparks fly as Bridget subtly defends Kat's "territory". :)]
     Later, Dave catches G evesdropping on Dylan and Bridget, just as 
Dyl's telling her the details of the hijacker-trap.  [!] 

     Meanwhile, the spy-saboteur at Lewis Construction makes a call to 
his boss to deliver a progress report on the evening's events (a 
"'booty' call" for you sophisticates [;] [Brumpt-TING!]). The man 
(Hispanic?) is pleased, remarking that "at this rate, they'll have to 
take longer to build than the pyramids of Egypt...". 
     Not insignificantly, BossMan has a tattoo on his left forearm. One 
that would appear to match the one on Gabriella's shoulder (?!) 
     The plot thickens.


+++
+++
+++

(1)
     I had a problem with the overall writing and direction of this 
episode.
     Essentially, there was too much going on; too many plot 
developments, too many little asides and clues, too much name-dropping, 
etc. Most of it great stuff, but it should have been spread out over a 
couple of days. 
     The writers seem to have confused abundance with texture, and I 
hope this isn't a Wednesday trend. 

     A clear, micro-example was Alan's opening scene, where  a) in 
stage-voice (time to tone it down, guy), he lets us know (Susan acting 
as stooge) that he's  b) listening to Mahler, c) is into Machiavelli and 
other accompished "schemers" and d) is thus a grand, sophisticated 
fellow making an attitude adjustment. 
     Yo. We already know Alan is cool.
     IMO, TPTB should have used an establishing shot showing the books 
(a few titles clearly visible) sprawled on Alan's desk, with the 
concluding bars of the Mahler symphony as background, sans verbal 
description. A pan to Alan in his chair, in contemplation, then Susan 
makes her entrance as the music concludes. 

     BTW, Big Al, there are two more tomes you should add to your 
collection:
     "Zen In The Martial Arts" [Joe Hyams - Bantam Books]
                               and
     "The Tao Of Power --- Lao Tzu's Classic Guide to Leadership,
                           Influence, and Excellence"
      [Translation of the Tao Te Ching
       by R.L. Wing - Doubleday/Dolphin]

     {excerpt:  26 - The Gravity Of Power}

     "Gravity is the foundation of levity.
      Stillness is the master of agitation.

      Thus Evolved Individuals can travel the whole day
           Without leaving behind their baggage.
      However arresting the views,
         They remain calm and unattached.
      How can leaders with ten thousand chariots
          Have a light-hearted position in the world?

      If they are light-hearted, they lose their foundation.
      If they are agitated, they lose their mastery."


(2)

     Ed's speech to be delivered in Chicago touches on some very 
interesting territory. See the accompanying (separate) post:
     GL: 'Zilla Update Extra 940928

(3)

     It was intriguing to see David (and Dylan) stand up to Cutter, 
following the latter's accusation of "amateurish investigating" (re: the 
Wisconsin trip). 
     Not only did Dave not "blink", he didn't even miss a beat. :))
     David and Blake working together on a case (hopefully Frank will 
hire her) is a storyline that I'm _really_ looking forward to.
     Break out the popcorn.

(4)

     After Matt chased and (literally) wrestled Gabriella back to the 
kitchen and assured himself of her relative harmlessness, he showed 
major cool in not hassling her further ("...go ahead, make your call; 
I'll leave the room..."). He also remarked about "understanding her 
situation" and "having been homeless" himself. 
     I'm curious if this simply refers to his time on the road as we 
understand it, or if there have been harsher periods yet to be 
eleucidated... 


     Finally, a Tip of the Day:
     Nickelodeon is running "The Bullwinkle Show" in the afternoon, now, 
and in the Chicago-area it comes on 1/2 hour before GL (1:30 pm).
     I think it makes a great appetizer or "palate cleanser" for the 
Light. :)
     No matter how hip you think you were watching it as a kid, there 
are some _outrageous_ tidbits geared specifically to adults that almost 
certainly went over your head.
     [During a Tues. Dudley Do-Right segment, Inspector Fenwick
      made a sudden hand gesture that had me OTF for several seconds...]
     Re-set those VCR's, people.  ;)


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lance "Ed and Eve already do a great 'moose & squirrel' act" sanders
            starkid@mcs.com /// L.Sanders6@genie.geis.com



