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Show B2 The Salt Lake Tribune HEALTH & SCIENCE Thursday, September 30, 1999 Thank You for Your Support: 125 Years With the Jockstrap CIENCEQAMAT arat Farming Synthetic diamonds havebeen made for almost 50 years. but the equipment has been expensive andthe cost of making them has beenhigher thanthecost of mining natural diamonds. Now a simpler Russian processfor creating gem-quality diamonds has beenperfected in the lab, andit may shake upthe jewelindustry. The Russian diamond press. (left) is much smaller than theolder presses, which cantake up a whole room, The process What is a diamond? RVICE Withall the excitement about *sand a crystalof pure Y2K and the advent of the 2ist century, we may haveoverlooked was developed by animportant anniversary. 1999 ee the 125th birthday in the 1980s and refined by aU.S Russianteam alter the Ba onin the middle ofthe last ceniury, they didn’t have skateboarders or rs. But theydid have bic: These were the dudes who courted orthopedic disaster and displayed their athletic of the Growing a diamond oO A bail of ¥ c ‘arbon and "We a tiny diamond ¥ ‘seed’ are putin the press derring-do by riding those un gainly high-wheelbikes. For aguyespecially, this could prove uncomfortable, inasmuch @ Six steel wedges ¢ dies” are stacked as the seats were woodenand hard andthestreets were paved with cobblestones. argund the core An alert Boston entrepreneur named William Bennett (no rela © Eight large tion to the former educationsecretary, culture critic and viceroy dies are stacked 4 around the small dies, of virtue) decided to give these fellas some support byinventi the “bicycle jockey rider strap,” He poe his Trial and error: i nd eventually the “jock Early synthetics Experiments date back ame know nas the to 1795, when it was discovered that > 4 diamonds are madeof A f carbon. A containment systemstrong enough lo withstandthe high Boe tb soldiers to reduce “scrotal thetroops returned home, football pressure and temperature needed was built in the was early 1950s, when U.S. and diamondfrom graphite. The team has grown more than 230 diamondsin severalcolors and weighing up to 1.6 carats. The scientists believe they can make 5-carat gems. Do Atypical jeweler can't distinguish betw >en the synthetics and natural Jiamonds. The synthetics may reachthe consumer marketin aslittle as two years. able as electronic semiconductors. They can now be made synthetically Geological Survey Knight Ridder Tribune U. Researcher. Link Geneto a ate sequencing, said Leppert “The most obvious a Feb ile Seizures hold: ger different nt who and more rare seizure Clical features of febrile seizures Yat¥ somewhat from patient to anon 2 i \ fontiste can inne eaaonent port aM lisord hae what pene, itean be identified and, ulti. enced febrile Pearce the \ human genetics depar mately, the protein it produces; he do Atmad with that infor, ex LA area ie nya ty nes, simi nformation, They 1 the: famil who SPER genes are ion chant lar to those that the Utah research team previously found to cause a edatechnique ki to compare along chromo. ularstructures that tt members task is to identify the gene.” said Andy Pe iffer, a research associate in the disorder. fon channel genes pro: dulce proteins that regulate the electrical activity of brain cells. But, said Peiffer, “Febrile sei 2Ures are very common and prob ably are caused by mutations in jany different but likely re srient is zures in this family. Someof the ilso co-authored the report. “Sub. sequent stv will focus on de termining what percer fe brile seizures outside this family are caused by mutations in the pene we identify ob locatine abl @ Continued from B-1 The alled have targeted genes that they sus: pect might ise the febrile sei: Si Mian fae. isporicd: nel deter ieee 1 cid ! peeatattytigng sda be Heneagcas a ate te loca heable to forth mut divid effects of the th Peiffer cho and t ua ' { Hisor Previous resustte fied hn \ identi or nd [led genes. The fact that the patient and family to family may _be.flue to the fact that mutations Bike makes a wide range ofsports gearandathletic apparel, such as compression shorts, sports bras support underwear, knee braces andelbowpads. But the jockstrap. inall its permutations, remains its best-selling item. The original design, so simple and functional, hasn't changed much. It's reflected in Bike's standard-issue model. the classic “No. 19.” a staple in gyms everywhere. — It felt like a gorilla was . In Right Place, ¢ Foe ee eo ay it om Binet m : pager ing 0 Cemeu i off eu id hospital wid ma ther families with a history of fe rile seizures to participate in th to help find the gene or ehes that cause them more juickly. For more informatior Hl the el tudy. | oordinator of the Kuhn. a 585-7702. potential for dying E icky? Oh was huge. ages 10and 12. In the Jan. night before, he went to the St Mark's Hospital emergency room. where they ran a battery of te ind asked about his family hi y of the disease, which | nsive. The tests showed no sijgn: fa heart attack, but the pt ‘heart Ray Gonzales m. pan in r | radiated ' It felt like his foot into: " left side te willa Was push my tch and pulling on my arms like he's try. ing to rip them out of my sock Gonzales said. “lm just be the doctor to stop the pain, telling him | was getting ready to pa out The doctors first tried aspirin then nitroglycerine tablets. They hocked him three times with defibrillator paddles and admini an got him an appointment at tered Lidocaine through an LV, and After running on the treadmill und check for Gonzales waited for Nelson intermitten performed CPR. Meanwhile, Evie Gonzale tood holding the [V bag and try to calm her husband His left ventricle, the side of the the cardiology unit for 9 the morning next to tost his heart rate hest pains, the results in his internist’s office When his wife walked in the door he was on his knees in horrific 1A heart that pumps blood through the aorta, finally »ped us ming und resumed a normal A iperignce ot havin right after” the ee a Rien a a few wnts from his his right ing attack TO + ms da: 24 heart attack been experiencing heartburn, headaches, shortness of breath, exhaustion and dizziness, The shiccauininie the | howed the f cardiac It yeah hi telling him | was getting ready to pass out.” absolutely hi Gonzales lives in Taylorsville. He and his wife have two bo: his ¢ evices wal Orel ihrough Hs Toma faenallave Himehedtnainiag ah cd giopla aed f rer C Se eetenleicdee was perfect [timing]. Idea because ideal would have had him laying on a eatherization lab ble. rhythm. He was taken to the car we catheterization lab, where an ets. 1'm just beggingthe doctor to stop the pain HoMAE heen when it happened. Alljocularityaside, the athletic supporter, like the flushtoilet, is oneofthose blessings we tend to take for granted but that have ade modernlife infinitely more ant. God was a fabulouse! gineer, but when fashioning the male body he took a slide and left the essential plumbing outside. This hetic breach sort of like mounting solar collecto n Monticello is whyancient chedto the ‘sticles are constantly contract. ing, pulling them upclose to the body, the way aturtle pulls inits head whenit senses danger. Even in noncontact sports, such as run ning, the jarring of the scrotum can cause harmful strain. Like a woman's bra, the jock. strapis a useful tool. Semiotically speaking, the jock isn’t in the same league. It doesn’t pack the sculptors always coveredthatpart samecultural wallop. A bra sug: ofthe male anatomywithafigleaf. The jockstrap is about function, gests female mystery; a jock sug. not form. It represents m: gests male vulnerability. A boy's getting his first jockstrap doesn’t tempt to finish the job, to shelter compare to a girl's and protect his original equip- training bra. Thereis norite of passage or coming-of-age poi gnancy, mainly because your first ment. Thanks to rugby, football, hockey, pro wrestling and ex tremesports ofall kinds, there are manifold opportunities to inflict injury in the domain ofthejock. ‘As any active man canattest, a blowto thetesticles produces pain of another order of magnitude instant, direct and visceral, that can crumple the toughest he-man. Speaking of he-men, I can vaguely recall wearing a jockstrap on myhead. It seemed the ap: propriate haberdashery during bibulous evenings at the animal. houseeating clubI patronizedin college. This is whyjocksareoften called jocks, a word that has ac crued a connotation implying a fondness for Ortlieb’s beer and a certain deficit in intellectual wattage Amazingly, the properplace to wear a jock is around yourhips Jockstraps today come in all shapes andsizes, with all manner of protective inserts and cups protectors”) so to speak, and preventing free swinging spectacles when he’s ina There are even jockstraps for women (called “pelvic them in responsetostimuli, such as jumping into the icy water of FrenchmanBay in Maine. When you exercise or play Besides keepinga guytogether, getting her joc ‘ap is usually shovedat you by a chomping equipment manager or bu ut PEteacher. Newspapersbrimwith adsfea turing women inbras, and while thereare alsoplentyofmenposing injockeybriefs, you'd be hardput to find many hunks modeling the latest jockstraps. outside of the International Male catalog pos: sibly because men are more modest (narrowly), probably because the jockstrapis still viewed pri marily as a pieceofathletic gear rather than a fashion a Clearly, what's needed i signer jockstrap. I cansee it now Polo Jock by Ralph Lauren. Jockstraps with protective cups are Secured by more and more youth teams, but among Generations X, Y and Z, the popu larity of the basic jockstrap is slipping. Corbett attributes it to the decline of phys ed, during which young malesand jockstraps traditionally bonded. Toda: whenplaying casual sports, su dudes are likely to wear snug: Forthose interested in some thing more racy, the Order of the Manly Men, a men’s support groupin Tacoma, Wash., offers a more important purpose: It sup: ports and fortifies the scrotum. fitting jockey or bikini briefs or Bike jockstrap in black, strategi to waist, not endowment, so bigger muscles, These muscles help pro thing, of course. Which Bike than 3. jockst ar, “As ther athletes.” says the will be swimsuit, the jockstrap serves a (True fact: Jockstrapsizerefers rely on compressionshorts. Nothing compares to the real is why million long as Corbett athletic cally adorned with its official, dis appointingly tasteful manly em blem(a heraldic shieldflanked by two boxing lions). On the plus side, it comes in three sizes ticles. tect the testicles by retracting supporters.” Solar Cooker but there are people [from the countries along the equator to build and use their own cookers freely He plans to publish instruc tions on how to build the cooker isn’t necessarilybetter.) Inside the scrotumare the tes which are suspended by we oebunelng ndiffere different parts of the same gene he researchersare le shing his foot tito my crotch and pulling on ny arislike he’s tryingto rip themout of my sock At Right Time ‘ S the Pennsylvania chapter, andI’m not makingthis up.) Your jegs are supposed to go through the loops, not your ears. So says Jim Corbett, Bike Athlet ic’s executive v.p Makes Dinner While Sun Shines @ Continued from B-1 H Or A ‘ “k art Aftac “Huge,” ly Huge” and “Beyond Belief.” (I’m president of hoart att cate a NAIA ICUAPSOR BRENT PO NRRRTCUOienitceann 1 the v 2 none ig simi notto take \ others ns of heart disease chance Ison puts it mind sending experien “We don't you home with a bottle of Maalox for indigestion we Just want to be able to send you home You want to optimize the en bounce, But it ure Every time [the you lose that patent for Jones’ cooker, but they don't planto sell it on the mass market. They submitted an appli rays] ne and a template of the designof the cation so the design would fall into the public domain and other com cone on the Internet The challenge is to make this interesting for Third World coun cept. After all, Jones said, the idea said. panies would not patent the con two years ago. ergy. United Ste who work with them all the time.” BYU officials applied for a is to get peoplefrom all over the world especially those in poor tries to use instead of fires,” he said Tilo wasn't that dificult to fig out. calculation Jon It’s a also learned his had a surprising benefit, refrigerate food. An one-page ec it can Arizona physicist reminded Jonesthat the black jar alse can repel heat at r night, the jar can night On be 20 deyree cooler than the out ide tempersture, which ean be good enough to refrigerate milk Nearly two years ago, a group of Utah doctors on a huma arian trip to Guatemala for the Hirsehe Smiles Foundation took about 20 of Jones’ cookers, hoping to teach people there howto use them These people don't take well to changes,” said Sue Chamberlain 1 volunteer who went with the group in January 1998. “They cook over open fire and it was difficult to have them put it into practice, (THE REBER VALLEYRAILROAD aR, FALL COLORS! 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