Friday, February 03, 2012

stuff below the fold

Why Beauty matters



headsup FT

more on the subject HERE

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No, Virginia, there is no such thing as Dark Energy...but the latest theory is "repulsive gravity".

or as the saying goes, what goes around comes around.

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RUN! Alien particles are invading our universe:


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Watch out for the flies.

Father Z replies on the best way to remove flies from Communion wine.

and reminds us that this was the reason for the Pall to be placed over the chalice....

ah, but what do you do when a poisonous snake falls on the alter, which happened to a priest when I was in Africa?

answer: RUN!
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Medical headlines:

Malaria deaths have been underestimated.

Measles deaths are down (but not falling)

A girl recovered from Rabies (using only supportive therapy)...where did she get the disease? from a cat...
comments on these stories moved to my xangablog.

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Unisolated tribe? Not really...apparently they found out why gave them the machetes and cooking pots (which were present in previous photos) that suggested otherwise, and now the photos show a very Spanish looking man with a beard supposed to be an Indian...

and then there is this:

That is compounded by culture clash. The Mashco-Piro live by their own social code, which Soria said includes the practice of kidnapping other tribes' women and children.


The kidnapped women were not available for comment. Where is Hirsi Ali when we need her?

update: Three of them "spoke with their feet".

Three Mashco-Piro women emerged from isolation in the late-1970s and eventually married into local villages....

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