Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
2 Movies - one starring Emma Caulfied and another about Ray Kurzweil
Tribeca Film Festival: A Sneak Peek At Your Future Love Implants And Human-Robot Hybrids
Could be meat, could be cake...
Could be meat, could be cake...
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Children seriously affected when parent suffers from depression
Children Seriously Affected When Parent Suffers From Depression
Excerpt:
The results show how the family’s daily life changes and becomes more complicated when a parent is suffering from depression. Uncertainty about what is happening has an effect on the daily life of the entire family. Depression also means that the parent becomes tired and exhausted, which then affects and weighs heavily on the children’s daily life. Depression changes the relationship between a parent and his/her children, since they no longer communicate with each other as they used to. Family interplay and reciprocity decrease. The depressed parent withdraws from the family, and the children feel that they have been left to themselves.
Excerpt:
The results show how the family’s daily life changes and becomes more complicated when a parent is suffering from depression. Uncertainty about what is happening has an effect on the daily life of the entire family. Depression also means that the parent becomes tired and exhausted, which then affects and weighs heavily on the children’s daily life. Depression changes the relationship between a parent and his/her children, since they no longer communicate with each other as they used to. Family interplay and reciprocity decrease. The depressed parent withdraws from the family, and the children feel that they have been left to themselves.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Illegal marketing by Eli Lilly led to deaths
Eli Lilly and the Case for a Corporate Death Penalty | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet <read for details
On January 15, 2009, Lilly pled guilty to charges that it had illegally marketed its blockbuster drug Zyprexa for unapproved uses to children and the elderly, two populations especially vulnerable to its dangerous side effect. Lilly plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge and agreed to pay $1.42 billion, which included $615 million to end the criminal investigation and approximately $800 million to settle the civil case.
One of the eight whistle-blowers in this case, former Lilly sales representative Robert Rudolph, says the settlement will not completely change Lilly's business practices, and he wants jail time for executives. "You have to remember, with Zyprexa," said Rudolph, "people lost their lives."
Rudolph is not exaggerating. Zyprexa, marketed as an "atypical" antipsychotic drug, has been promoted as having less dangerous adverse effects than "typical" antipsychotic drugs such as Thorazine and Haldol. However, on February 25, 2009, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that the rate of sudden cardiac death in patients taking either typical or atypical antipsychotic drugs is double the death rate of a control group of patients not taking these drugs.
Health warning about soft drinks
globeandmail.com: Tests find Bisphenol A in majority of soft drinks <read all the details
The estrogen-mimicking chemical BPA, already banished from baby bottles and frowned upon in water jugs, has now shown up in significant levels in soft drinks.
Tests by Health Canada scientists revealed the highest levels were in energy drinks, the often caffeine-loaded beverages that have become popular with teenagers seeking a buzz and athletes chasing a quick pick-me-up. But the study also found the controversial compound in a wide variety of ginger ales, diet colas, root beers and citrus-flavoured sodas.
Bisphenol A was detected in 96 per cent of soft drinks tested, in quantities below regulatory limits. But a growing body of science suggests the chemical may have harmful effects at levels far below those limits.
Health Canada did not disclose the brand names of the beverages it evaluated, but estimated that the survey covered at least 84 per cent of canned soft drinks sold in Canada.
Wonder Woman movie musings by Lynda Carter
Wonder Woman: Lynda Carter - Out Of Touch Or Knows Something We Don't?
Former Wonder Woman Lynda Carter has given her blessing to Dollhouse's Eliza Dushku to take on the satin tights and red boots of Wonder Woman if the movie ever happens. But what's this about Whedon?
Former Wonder Woman Lynda Carter has given her blessing to Dollhouse's Eliza Dushku to take on the satin tights and red boots of Wonder Woman if the movie ever happens. But what's this about Whedon?
Carter recently told the World Entertainment News Network that she knows exactly what should be done with any potential Wonder Woman movie:
I've always liked Joss, and Eliza would make a great Wonder Woman.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Harper admits we wasted lives and money in Afghanistan
Another Point of View: Harper: War-Cheerleading Rhetoric Being Thrown Back In His Face <read full post
In the final analysis, it has been clearly and definitely established that Harper and his Harpies are nothing but the very chickenhawk poseurs I previously called them out to be.
And in their wake, we have lives of our soldiers, and those of their families, utterly wasted - not counting Afghan lives and the billions spent - for nothing more than an empty political excercize aimed at stirring patriotic frenzy and dishing out fearmongering in order to have the power of elected offices.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Conservative Party proposes harsh penalties for pot
TheFilter.ca » Articles » New Conservative Drug Legislation Includes Harsh Penalties For Pot <full post
The Conservative Party of Canada has proposed draconian new drug legislation that includes mandatory prison sentences for non-violent offenders. If passed, the laws would significantly increase jail time for adults caught possessing, selling, or growing marijuana, and would introduce outrageous penalties like six-months imprisonment for producing as little as a single plant.
Israeli Apartheid Week at UBC
World Report: Israeli Apartheid Week at UBC < read for more details
Israeli Apartheid Week will bring you a series of events (mentioned below) aimed at raising awareness about the reality, nature, and consequences of racist and discriminatory Israeli policies which have led to a complete disenfranchisement of the Palestinian peoples. Apart from raising awareness, one of the main objectives will be to offer suggestions on required measures to halt grave and continual violations of Palestinian human rights and to provide practical mechanisms on how best to organize and campaign against the powers and policies denying Palestinians these very basic rights.
Israeli Apartheid Week will bring you a series of events (mentioned below) aimed at raising awareness about the reality, nature, and consequences of racist and discriminatory Israeli policies which have led to a complete disenfranchisement of the Palestinian peoples. Apart from raising awareness, one of the main objectives will be to offer suggestions on required measures to halt grave and continual violations of Palestinian human rights and to provide practical mechanisms on how best to organize and campaign against the powers and policies denying Palestinians these very basic rights.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Eat less to diet
What's the Best Diet? Eating Less Food - TIME
Keep eating a healthy balance, but just eat a little less.
Keep eating a healthy balance, but just eat a little less.
Porn in the USA
Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers - science-in-society - 27 February 2009 - New Scientist
However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds.
"Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by," Edelman says.
Canada's Number One!
TheStar.com | Canada | U.S. says Canada the top source for ecstasy
The report says Canada has become the No. 1 source of ecstasy south of the border.
Now, just imagine if recreational drugs were legalized and regulated. Big savings in the judicial system and policing, big income for the government in tax revenues, and better quality and safety of drugs supplied and produced. And, as with all jurisdictions where prohibition ends, a reduction in users.
The report says Canada has become the No. 1 source of ecstasy south of the border.
Now, just imagine if recreational drugs were legalized and regulated. Big savings in the judicial system and policing, big income for the government in tax revenues, and better quality and safety of drugs supplied and produced. And, as with all jurisdictions where prohibition ends, a reduction in users.
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