Sunday, August 16, 2009
Swine Flu Vaccine
I DO think the government is on this. Have heard of several FDA-funded university studies on effectiveness of vaccines. In fact, I'd say the Fed's responded unusually well. Generally the FDA brain donors get plenty of rest. In the 50s (I think) Harvard's Hans Zinsser wrote "Rats, Lice, and History," which predicted the resistant strains that wonder drugs would produce and cautioned against overuse. Advice ignored, and they, plus the abolition of DDT, account for a great deal of trouble. There's another problem: the postwar idea of "humanizing" hospitals. Instead of tile rooms with Venetian blinds scrubbed down with Hexol every day, why shouldn't patients and staff enjoy lovely carpeting, drapes, upholstered chairs, etc? Nice incubators..
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Blurb re "I've Always Loved You" by Ann Seymour
“Childhood memories are always the clearest! Ann has written a poignant tribute to her father, and given us a fresh view of our heroes. This is a good read, accurate and personal. I strongly recommend it.” - Admiral S. Robert Foley Jr. USN (Ret.), Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
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A toothy amphibian with keen hearing represents a missing link that at last settles a debate over the origin of frogs and salamanders. A Texan fossil, Gerobatrachus hottoni ("Hotton’s elder frog") from around 300 million years ago, proves that some modern amphibians, frogs, and salamanders
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A toothy amphibian with keen hearing represents a missing link that at last settles a debate over the origin of frogs and salamanders. A Texan fossil, Gerobatrachus hottoni ("Hotton’s elder frog") from around 300 million years ago, proves that some modern amphibians, frogs, and salamanders
A toothy amphibian with keen hearing represents a missing link that at last settles a debate over the origin of frogs and salamanders. A Texan fossil, Gerobatrachus hottoni ("Hotton’s elder frog") from around 300 million years ago, proves that some modern amphibians, frogs, and salamanders evolved from one group of ancient primitive amphibians called temnospondyls, some of which were up to 1.5 feet long.
More news: scientists in Canada's Arctichave discovered a "missing link" in the early evolution of seals and walruses - the skeleton of a web-footed, otter-like creature that was evolving away from a life on land. Developing flippers, etc. The 23 million-year-old creature was not a direct ancestor of today's seals, sea lions and walruses, more like a branch of the family tree. But it does show what an early direct ancestor looked like.
You've heard of Richard the Lion Hearted, but di you know that giant lions once roamed the world alongside tigers and jaguars? As recently as 13,000 years ago , the British Isles, Europe, and North America had cats that weighed about the same amount as a small car.
If only Darwin were alive, I'd forward this so fast. He would particularly appreciate the elegance of the frog reasoning. Here in my Sausalito forest overlooking the water, I'm dreaming of those huge cats. What marvels they must have been. But other evolution news, like the fate of the wooly mammoths, depresses me,. Today, the rate of species extinction now is expotentially faster than any time in history.
Weather? People can certainly die from heat, though today's climate change seems erratic, since some parts of the globe are cooling. The good thing is that you take the same preventive measures for climate control, whether it's heat or chill. Readers, have you seen the movie "Winged Migration?" If not, DVD time. It's magnificent. Sadly, heat, chill, and man are altering the markers for the migrating flocks, which the movie doesn't preach about, but it worries me . Love cash for clunkers (even though the cars will all sell in SA, thus retaining the present carbon print) but dislike the windmill lobby. Those contraptions slaughter 100s of thousnads of birds.
Did you know Neanderthals, freckled redheads, were overrun (like the Europeans today), but they did ask for it when they began clubbing baby seals. Right now there's a documentary film playing here and there that shows the Japanese butchering dolphins for snacks. Have any of you ever gone swimming with dolphins? One of life's great experiences. - Ann Seymour, author of "I've Always Loved You," a true story of ww2 in the Pacific.
More news: scientists in Canada's Arctichave discovered a "missing link" in the early evolution of seals and walruses - the skeleton of a web-footed, otter-like creature that was evolving away from a life on land. Developing flippers, etc. The 23 million-year-old creature was not a direct ancestor of today's seals, sea lions and walruses, more like a branch of the family tree. But it does show what an early direct ancestor looked like.
You've heard of Richard the Lion Hearted, but di you know that giant lions once roamed the world alongside tigers and jaguars? As recently as 13,000 years ago , the British Isles, Europe, and North America had cats that weighed about the same amount as a small car.
If only Darwin were alive, I'd forward this so fast. He would particularly appreciate the elegance of the frog reasoning. Here in my Sausalito forest overlooking the water, I'm dreaming of those huge cats. What marvels they must have been. But other evolution news, like the fate of the wooly mammoths, depresses me,. Today, the rate of species extinction now is expotentially faster than any time in history.
Weather? People can certainly die from heat, though today's climate change seems erratic, since some parts of the globe are cooling. The good thing is that you take the same preventive measures for climate control, whether it's heat or chill. Readers, have you seen the movie "Winged Migration?" If not, DVD time. It's magnificent. Sadly, heat, chill, and man are altering the markers for the migrating flocks, which the movie doesn't preach about, but it worries me . Love cash for clunkers (even though the cars will all sell in SA, thus retaining the present carbon print) but dislike the windmill lobby. Those contraptions slaughter 100s of thousnads of birds.
Did you know Neanderthals, freckled redheads, were overrun (like the Europeans today), but they did ask for it when they began clubbing baby seals. Right now there's a documentary film playing here and there that shows the Japanese butchering dolphins for snacks. Have any of you ever gone swimming with dolphins? One of life's great experiences. - Ann Seymour, author of "I've Always Loved You," a true story of ww2 in the Pacific.
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