Thursday, September 24, 2009

Ontario Swine Flu and Flu Vaccination Schedule

HealthZone.ca
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Ontario's influenza campaign will roll out in three stages:

In October, seasonal flu vaccine will be made available to persons 65 and older, and to residents of long-term care facilities.

In November, the H1N1 vaccine will become available in a sequenced fashion with those most susceptible to serious illness at the front of the line.

And in December and January, the regular seasonal flu vaccine will again be made available, this time to the rest of the population.

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Plants vs Zombie game - free flash version

Plants vs Zombies™ Official Site - PopCap Games - Free Online Games
If you haven't already played this very fun game, here is a free on-line flash version.



Anglo-Saxon Treasure foound

TheStar.com | World | Anglo-Saxon treasure found in farmer's field



THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON – An amateur treasure hunter prowling English farmland with a metal detector stumbled upon what has been described as the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever discovered, a massive collection of gold and silver crosses, sword decorations and other items, British archaeologists said Thursday.

One expert said the treasure would revolutionize understanding of the Anglo-Saxons, a Germanic people who ruled England from the fifth century until the Norman conquest in 1066. Another said the find would rank among Britain's best-known historic treasures.

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Comic book characters grouped by religious affiliation

Religious Super-Teams
A strange but thorough site.
I didn't know that "Hippy" was a religion.
Hippie Super-Heroes


Junkbot!

More actors chosen for the Thor movie

Hydrogen in Space creates water on the Moon

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Trailer Park Boys finale - Countdown to Liquor Day movie

Countdown to Trailer Park Boys movie - The Globe and Mail
This, apparently, is to be the last Trailer Park Boys film. The movie hits the big screen this Friday.
A promotional photo for TRAILER PARK BOYS COUNTDOWN TO LIQUOR DAY shows John Paul Tremblay (left), Mike Smith (centre) and Robb Wells in the Mike Clattenburg directed film.


Healthcare around the World

BBC NEWS | Health | Healthcare around the world

Healthcare figures
US, UK, France and Singapore are compared in this news item.

Here are the Canadian numbers compared to the US

Expenditure on health % GDP (Wikipedia - 2005): US: 15.2% , Canada: 9.8%
Expenditure on health per capita (Wikipedia - 2005): US: US$6,347 per capita, Canada: US$3,463 per capita
Expenditure from the private sector (Wikipedia - 2005): US: 55% , Canada: 30%
Live Expectancy (Wikipedia - CIA World Factbook 2009 estimates): US: 78.11 (ranked 50th on this list) , Canada: 81.23 (ranked 8th on this list)
Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per thousand)  (from Wikipedia - CIA World Factbook 2009 estimates): US: 6.3, Canada: 4.8
Population without healthcare: US: 15.3%, Canada: 0%




Enforcing bedtimes improves kids' health

Monday, September 21, 2009

Mars colour may be due to something other than water

Jack Kirby estate goes after everyone for what is due to Jack.

Surrogates movie trailer

Bruce Willis Likes His Blonde Robots When They're Bad - surrogates - io9
This looks very interesting. I will definitely be checking this out.


Saturday, September 19, 2009

Plans to reduce the volume of loud TV commercials

Effort to Shush Loud TV Commercials | LiveScience
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A technical organization that sets standards for digital TV broadcasters moved forward on Sept. 16 with new recommendations that may finally dial down the volume of these obnoxious ads.

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Friday, September 18, 2009

Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day! new movie coming soon!

Trailer Park Boys 2
In theatres Sept. 25, 2009



New Wolfman movie trailer

Thewolfmanmovie
Benicio Del Toro, Hugo Weaving, Anthony Hopkins
Directed by Joe Johnston


Brain Regeneration

Harry Potter Theme Park

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Smell Cthulu

Now You Can Find Out What Cthulhu Smells Like - sci fashion - io9
Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs has created a bunch of perfumes inspired by HP Lovecraft. Including - yes - a Cthulhu scent. Here's how they describe it:

A creeping, wet, slithering scent, dripping with seaweed, oceanic plants and dark, unfathomable waters.




Terraforming the Sahara

Russian horror subway

Giant Jellyfish Space Candies!

Copenhagaen to get bicycle superhighways

Possible Ridley Scott vampire movie

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Hello Kitty Computer

Friday, September 11, 2009

Earliest evidence of woven clothing

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

28 most horrifying movie moments

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Gamer movie review