Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Revealing the anti-vaccination lobby
The anti-vaccination lobby < click me for the full post
... The current swine flu pandemic has really stirred up the anti-vaccination lobby and has brought out some wonderful examples of their use of free speech. ...
... The current swine flu pandemic has really stirred up the anti-vaccination lobby and has brought out some wonderful examples of their use of free speech. ...
The Real Truth About Vaccinations
The real truth about vaccinations
I want you to imagine a medical product which can save and has saved many millions of lives, the majority of them children. Imagine that the procedure is safe (not 100%, absolutely safe, of course, because nothing is that) and has been used literally billions of times with only a small number of bad reactions. It is cheap and can be administered by people with almost no training. It is not very profitable for the pharmaceutical industry because research is expensive but the buyers are mainly governments and charities who are very cost conscious.
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I want you to imagine a medical product which can save and has saved many millions of lives, the majority of them children. Imagine that the procedure is safe (not 100%, absolutely safe, of course, because nothing is that) and has been used literally billions of times with only a small number of bad reactions. It is cheap and can be administered by people with almost no training. It is not very profitable for the pharmaceutical industry because research is expensive but the buyers are mainly governments and charities who are very cost conscious.
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Medical Morons in the Age of Information
Bottom of the Glass: Medical Morons in the Age of Information
An interesting post about how a lot of people are believing in what a small number of "kooks" are claiming about vaccines.
We have people on both sides of the political spectrum who are railing against the swine flu vaccine. Celebrities who have no more medical training or knowledge than you, me, or the Keebler frappin' Elf are claiming that the vaccine is more dangerous than the flu it aims to prevent.
Click the link to read the full post from Bottom of the Glass.
An interesting post about how a lot of people are believing in what a small number of "kooks" are claiming about vaccines.
We have people on both sides of the political spectrum who are railing against the swine flu vaccine. Celebrities who have no more medical training or knowledge than you, me, or the Keebler frappin' Elf are claiming that the vaccine is more dangerous than the flu it aims to prevent.
Click the link to read the full post from Bottom of the Glass.
Omar Khadr Innocent but still imprisoned
Omar Khadr 'innocent' in death of U.S. soldier - thestar.com
Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr was buried face down under rubble, blinded by shrapnel and crippled, at the time the Pentagon alleges he threw a grenade that fatally wounded a U.S. soldier, according to classified photographs and defence documents obtained by the Star.
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Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr was buried face down under rubble, blinded by shrapnel and crippled, at the time the Pentagon alleges he threw a grenade that fatally wounded a U.S. soldier, according to classified photographs and defence documents obtained by the Star.
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Children and H1N1
No matter what you do, children always get flu - Healthzone.ca
Read the link first.
So, it is good advice to get your kids vaccinated against the H1N1 this year, especially if your child is under 5 years (6 months to 5 years old) and especially if they have health issues that could make their systems react in a stronger more negative way to the H1N1 virus.
Read the link first.
So, it is good advice to get your kids vaccinated against the H1N1 this year, especially if your child is under 5 years (6 months to 5 years old) and especially if they have health issues that could make their systems react in a stronger more negative way to the H1N1 virus.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Mental Health Benefits of LSD
Scientists study possible health benefits of LSD and ecstacy | Science | The Guardian
A growing number of people are taking LSD and other psychedelic drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy to help them cope with a variety of conditions including anorexia nervosa, cluster headaches and chronic anxiety attacks.
The emergence of a community that passes the drugs between users on the basis of friendship, support and need – with money rarely involved – comes amid a resurgence of research into the possible therapeutic benefits of psychedelics. This is leading to a growing optimism among those using the drugs that soon they may be able to obtain medicines based on psychedelics from their doctor, rather than risk jail for taking illicit drugs.
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Toy company Apple to put ads in their operating system
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/apple_files_patent_os_embedded_advertising
I wonder how my users they will lose when they start running ads on theircomputers and ipods and iphones toys.
I wonder how my users they will lose when they start running ads on their
Friday, October 23, 2009
Doesn't it make you feel better
Trent Reznor Makes Fringe Even Creepier - Trent Reznor - io9
Trent Reznor music and possibly a cameo on Fringe.
Trent Reznor music and possibly a cameo on Fringe.
A new Mad Max movie with Charlize Theron?
Is Charlize Theron Taking Mel Gibson's Place As Mad Max Star? - mad max - io9
Could be meat, could be cake...
A female Mad Max type character could be interesting if done right.
Could be meat, could be cake...
A female Mad Max type character could be interesting if done right.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Larry's Hideaway - old Toronto club retrospective
The Eyeopener Online
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Located in the basement of the Prince Carlton Hotel on the northwest corner of what is now Allan Gardens, Larry’s Hideaway was the place to be to hear the latest punk rock and heavy metal music of the early- to mid-1980s. Local bands were given opportunities to perform on stage, sometimes alongside international acts. The basement was always packed with people because there were not many alternatives offered at the time. In an era where original music was difficult to play and find, Larry’s was a gateway to this new sound. Because of Larry’s, punk music flourished in Toronto.
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Click the link above for the whole post.
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Located in the basement of the Prince Carlton Hotel on the northwest corner of what is now Allan Gardens, Larry’s Hideaway was the place to be to hear the latest punk rock and heavy metal music of the early- to mid-1980s. Local bands were given opportunities to perform on stage, sometimes alongside international acts. The basement was always packed with people because there were not many alternatives offered at the time. In an era where original music was difficult to play and find, Larry’s was a gateway to this new sound. Because of Larry’s, punk music flourished in Toronto.
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Click the link above for the whole post.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Flu Vaccine Efficacy
Science-Based Medicine » Flu Vaccine Efficacy
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The influenza vaccine is not 100% efficacious in preventing disease, but it is as close to 100% safe, and much safer than the disease.
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Read the whole post (very detailed) at the above link.
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The influenza vaccine is not 100% efficacious in preventing disease, but it is as close to 100% safe, and much safer than the disease.
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Read the whole post (very detailed) at the above link.
Welsh Language
Watch What You Say About Welsh - Boing Boing
It does have vowels, it's not the oldest language in Europe, and, yes, it does have words for modern technologies. Welsh, or Cymraeg as we probably ought to call it, is spoken by more than 580,000 people and was one of the 55 Earth languages chosen to represent our global culture on the Golden Record launched with the Voyager spacecraft in 1977.
But it's still very much a small language and, to English speakers, a weird-looking one, so it's no surprise that tall tales abound. Garic, an evolutionary linguist and Welshman, is out to change that. He's written a series of posts that debunks pop-culture's worst Welsh fallacies and, along the way, makes some interesting points about the way speakers of common languages view the rare and unique tongues of the world...
...New collection of Robert E. Howard stories
Robert E Howard collection, HEROES IN THE WIND: revisit your heroic past - Boing Boing
Yep, my mom used to read me Conan stories when I was a kid (she used to read them herself too).
Yep, my mom used to read me Conan stories when I was a kid (she used to read them herself too).
Friday, October 9, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
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