European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 11 that Odd ticking sound letters to the editor your body May Well be biggest clock watcher on european discharges new York up if you hear an Odd ticking in the Middle of the May be its your biological biological clocks actually dont tick in the usual but they in the biological they Are wound by the rhythms of the Sun and there is evidence that natures timepieces can affect health and disease patterns and even tinker with emotional and mental some of the evidence was listed in a re cent National institutes of health Roundup of the subject by Margie records kept by surgeons in she showed that Haemorrhages in Throat operations were 82 percent higher when the Moon was in the second other doctors have found periodic variations in the Onset of bronchitis and Epi Lep and researchers at the University of have declared that rhythmic Phenomena May be associated with also of interest is a report from the Gen eral clinical research Center at masonic memorial Hospital in researchers lessened the sometimes fatal Side effects of two potent anticancer drugs by giving the drugs at what has been declared the right time of when one drug was Given Early in the it reduced kidney function by an average of 30 the same Given in late afternoon or resulted in kid Ney function remaining near it has Long been known that blood pres hormone and other measurements of the body state have been found to vary with time of the daily rhythms Are called circadian latin for about a that is because the time during which a Cycle occurs is close but not usually the same the 24hour studies of Many kinds show cycles of Light and dark also can affect growth Pat terns or consider they Are expected to shed their Antlers every Spring european edition Rose Delto Rinchley Mert edlt0r Elmer fran production manager and grow a new research at Brown provi has shown powerful effects of changing these annual dark Light at first we thought that Antler replace ment might be caused by an innate biological clock set to time passage of a said Richard Goss of now weve found that the time does not have to be the Normal 12month Pilot funded by the have shown speeding up the Cycle dramatically affects when Deer were kept on 16hour Days with equal 8hour Light and dark they completed their yearly Cycle of ant Ler replacement in Only eight according to when Deer were exposed to Days that were two thirds of nor their yearly cycles were shortened by when the annual Cycle of seasonal in creases and decreases in Day lengths was sped up to six months instead of Deer grew two sets of Antlers a believe it or further studies demonstrated that Deer could grow up to four sets of Antlers per year when exposed to correspondingly shortened for the first time in the Long history of research on biological we have com Pelling evidence of How daily and annual cycles Are Goss the findings have implications for All As to How the relative lengths of alternating Light and dark can affect growth and remember attack Rabbit now a rogue rooster South Africa up a vicious rooster has been terrorizing residents of this Small attacking people As they stroll through the Village police the rooster has struck several jumping out of Bushes and pecking his latest victim was 2yearold Selwyn whose wounds required several children have been advised to avoid the Park until the rooster is sweeps through the Park by assisted by have failed to find the there seems to be Many questions sur rounding european outs but very few an perhaps you can give me and avoid the and the situation is this i am a command sponsored e5 who will ets in March of i have opted for a european out so my wife and i can travel via eur Alpass for three after our three months of we will return to the United now Here Are the questions will we be permitted to ship household goods Back to our Home of record in the same manner and under the same conditions As anyone else will i be formally discharged from the army while in Europe will finance pay me All that is due including leave time i intend to Cash in will i be forced to vacate my apart ment i live on the Economy in order to officially Clear the housing referral of fice my ets Date is on the 21st of the month but i would like to stay until the end of the particularly since i will have already paid for the entire How will i be returned to the United states and what will i have to do to assure that both my wife and i Are returned As soon As our travels Are completed would it be possible to get a port Call or a plane reservation at government expense before 1 begin my trip i have been told that even though i opted for a european my wife and i can still Fly Back to the at government expense As Long As the time be tween my ets and the time of our return does not exceed one we would be a lot More comfortable while travelling if we knew the exact Date we were leaving eur where we were flying and with whom we were if we can we Purchase plane tickets before i ets and be reimbursed also before i ets i realize that i must Fly on an american Flag Carrier and that transportation costs will be computed from my duty station to my Home of regardless where i May Fly i also realize that this reimbursement will not cover the com plete Cost of our plane tickets purchased from a commercial Gween Germany editors note Carl separations 1st replies the answers Are keyed to the writers under the provisions of a 55 you have one year to ship hug to your Home of if you have an approved Over seas All entitlements due at time of according to the housing referral office in Heidelberg a if the service member lives on German he has a private contract with landlord and May remain As Long As contract is in b if he lives in government leased housing on the individual must Clear prior to or at time of the Mode of travel service member can request a port Call directly from 4th trans Usa eur reg 55142 or he May Purchase his own tickets and be reimbursed at the Mac Tariff Between authorized Aerial ports specified in separa Tion travel must be accomplished within one year of separation for further assistance in applying for overseas individual should con tact his Pac no or his misconceptions about Canada having recently spent some time in the Lan Stuhl i would like to pass on my compliments to the staff and personnel of that Hospital concerning the professional and courteous manner in which i was both As a patient and an there a few Points i believe should be clarified in respect to the some what yet exasperating misconceptions americans have of Canada and Henry s7 manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for u armed forces the stars and stripes is published in con unction with the armed forces information program of the department of contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the the 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since an has steadily increased the number of new programs it is Able to they Are still behind the stateside but if it we rent for i would never have seen such shows As facts of Dukes of diff rent strokes and the among countless other new fans live satellite broadcasts of news and sports events have increased Treen the 1980 presidential the super and the return of the former american hostages from Iran Are but a few compare that to the amount of satellite sports events broadcast in and its quite easy to see that an has improved a great Public affairs programs have also in Herb Glover s which at one time was buried in the programming is now seen every night on week an has aired some excellent stateside such As scared straight and the Dinah Shore drug abuse i have a few but they Are minor and Are far outweighed by fans accomplishments Over the past three they never seem to get enough positive and i for one would like to put an end to the Bottom line of my letter is that no matter what anyone youre Okay with and thanks for three great years never Stop getting better 5 Samuel Bethune Germany canadians in there Are French canadians in can the vast majority residing in the prov Ince of which is still a member of we do not All speak with a French accent in 80 percent of canadians speak Toronto is not a state it is a City in the province of which is not the nations Ottawa there is Snow in Canada during the Winter As there is in new and but the Polar bears rarely dare to venture upon the streets of preferring a cooler climate some Miles Distant in the High the mounties will not give High Speed Pursuit on a horse wearing Scarlet tunics they use automobiles we have a currency in but it is not the French British or hockey it is the there Are people of Indian heritage in but we Are nor Ever at War with them so leave your shooting Irons at Home on the next take a bit of time to think about what youre and be thankful you have Canada As a natural Buffer zone to keep those Nasty 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