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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Drink Locally
The Philippines pays $ 500million a year to import milk and milk products.
We use carabao milk (i.e. waterbuffalo milk) for our coffee, buying a pint a day. It is higher in cream than cows milk, and delivered daily to the door.
But it is about the same price as imported cows milk from New Zealand.
But anyway, Erap was visiting the local center in San Jose two weeks ago...story HERE.. he's still popular with local folks...
Headlines below the fold
An Aussie site warns of runway collisions...in the USA....
Well, that's why they call it "fear of flying"....
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Another reason I prefer the Philippines to Oklahoma:
Yes we have typhoons, floods, and Dengue fever, but at least we don't have tornadoes...or icestorms....Dustbury reports from OKC
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Scientist suggests tax on people who breed...what's worse, they published the letter in an Australian Medical journal....
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DNA scientist James Watson accidentally made a remark saying African IQ's might be lower...now it turns out he has black genes in his DNA....
Well, that explains his stupid remark (humor, folks...)
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And finally, what half the world's been waiting for: A Smartbra...complete with sensors to ensure a good fit.
The dirty little secret is that if you bounce, it hurts, so you exercize less.
Of course, if no one bounced, a lot of guys who watch gals (including Lolo) would be unhappy...
Well, that's why they call it "fear of flying"....
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Another reason I prefer the Philippines to Oklahoma:
Yes we have typhoons, floods, and Dengue fever, but at least we don't have tornadoes...or icestorms....Dustbury reports from OKC
The company has about 755,000 customers at retail, which means that 31 percent of their customers are freezing in the dark.
Their current estimate for full restoration is "between 7 and 10 days," which, considering the sheer massiveness of the storm, is possibly a shade optimistic, even with a thousand people working in the field. I've pretty much decided that if mine goes out, I'm going to think seriously about leaving town for a week. I'm not expecting it to, though: next door has about half a foot of tree-induced deflection in their line, and they've still got the lights on.
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Tick tick tick tick...92nd death from bird flu in Indonesia...-------------------
Scientist suggests tax on people who breed...what's worse, they published the letter in an Australian Medical journal....
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DNA scientist James Watson accidentally made a remark saying African IQ's might be lower...now it turns out he has black genes in his DNA....
Well, that explains his stupid remark (humor, folks...)
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And finally, what half the world's been waiting for: A Smartbra...complete with sensors to ensure a good fit.
The dirty little secret is that if you bounce, it hurts, so you exercize less.
Of course, if no one bounced, a lot of guys who watch gals (including Lolo) would be unhappy...
The unsung hero of the Colorado church shootings
Boyd said a member of the church who volunteers as a security guard shot and killed the gunman. The guard was identified Monday by Colorado Springs police asJeanne Assam, 42.
"When the shots were fired, she rushed toward the scene and encountered the attacker there in a hallway. He never got more than 50 feet inside our building," Boyd said. "There could have been a great loss of life yesterday, and she probably saved over 100 lives."
Monday, December 10, 2007
Family news
Mama dog decided to have five puppies this morning...she delivered them on our rattan supplies. Oh well...last time it was on our good sofa...
Lolo is okay: will have some moles removed on Wednesday...surgeon thinks they're just old age spots.
Lolo is okay: will have some moles removed on Wednesday...surgeon thinks they're just old age spots.
Headlines below the fold
Canadian censorship in the name of civil rights...
But are they censoring Steyn for quoting someone else? more HERE...
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Another fake massacre in Iraq.. headlines but now no evidence it happened...maybe we also need someone to look where the bogus stories are coming from...
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Corruption and hunger in Zimbabwe....the government makes sure the food aid is distributed to their cronies...
The understanding is if you don't vote for Mugabe, you don't get food...and he will not allow outsiders to observe the rigged elections.
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Down below I mentioned how to send email cards to soldiers, but that the Army won't accept cards without names...StrategyPage explains it is because the volume was just too large to handle, and they have the address of the Red Cross if you want to send snailmail cards.
Disease of the day to worry about: Chikungunya virus can now be spread by the tiger mosquito, not just the Aedes aegypti..there was an outbreak in Italy in September.....it causes fever and achyness, but isn't usually fatal. If you can't pronounce Chikungunya, just call it by it's other name: BuggyCreek virus.
But are they censoring Steyn for quoting someone else? more HERE...
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Another fake massacre in Iraq.. headlines but now no evidence it happened...maybe we also need someone to look where the bogus stories are coming from...
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Corruption and hunger in Zimbabwe....the government makes sure the food aid is distributed to their cronies...
The understanding is if you don't vote for Mugabe, you don't get food...and he will not allow outsiders to observe the rigged elections.
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Down below I mentioned how to send email cards to soldiers, but that the Army won't accept cards without names...StrategyPage explains it is because the volume was just too large to handle, and they have the address of the Red Cross if you want to send snailmail cards.
the American Red Cross, and the Pitney Bowes Corporation, will accept such mail for the Christmas season, assign a name to it, and get it delivered. Such mail should be sent (and arrive no later than December 27th) to:
We Support You During Your Recovery!
c/o American Red Cross
P.O. Box 419
Savage, MD 20763-0419
Disease of the day to worry about: Chikungunya virus can now be spread by the tiger mosquito, not just the Aedes aegypti..there was an outbreak in Italy in September.....it causes fever and achyness, but isn't usually fatal. If you can't pronounce Chikungunya, just call it by it's other name: BuggyCreek virus.
Scary viruses and human evolution
Inactivated retroviruses are 8% of our DNA...sounds scary, but I'm going to have to read the whole thing before I write about it.
(headsup Instapundit)
(headsup Instapundit)
Ten health problems for Santa
10> Red nose and cheeks...hitting the medicinal brandy to keep warm
9> Black lung, from all that coal dust in the chimneys
8>Tch Tch: Still smoking that pipe
7>Obesity...stomach that shakes like a bowl full of jelly suggests he might have metabolic syndrome or diabetes
6>Lyme disease? all those reindeer ticks...
5>Obesity related high blood pressure and sleep apnea.
4>Exposed to extreme cold, and heat...not to mention altitude sickness from flying too high without oxygen.
3>Exposed to infectious disease from all those kids at the mall.
2>Exercizes only one day a year, sedentary the other 364 days...
1>Macular degeneration? Maybe that's why he squints all the time...
(By Michael Hickford) (headsup Megaman)
9> Black lung, from all that coal dust in the chimneys
8>Tch Tch: Still smoking that pipe
7>Obesity...stomach that shakes like a bowl full of jelly suggests he might have metabolic syndrome or diabetes
6>Lyme disease? all those reindeer ticks...
5>Obesity related high blood pressure and sleep apnea.
4>Exposed to extreme cold, and heat...not to mention altitude sickness from flying too high without oxygen.
3>Exposed to infectious disease from all those kids at the mall.
2>Exercizes only one day a year, sedentary the other 364 days...
1>Macular degeneration? Maybe that's why he squints all the time...
(By Michael Hickford) (headsup Megaman)
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Stop Global Warming
EAT KANGAROOS NOT COWS
Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence contains no methane
Don't blame it on the missionaries
Foreign missionaries thrown out in 1948...all Bibles burned in 1964...now
31% of China’s 1.05 billion adults consider themselves religious
200m of them are Buddhists or Taoists
40m the estimated population of Christians in China
1-2% are Muslims
Hams save the day
No, not the meat, the old fashioned (pre internet) radio operators aka "hams"...when the telephone wires are down and electricity is off, the hams can get the message out:
"...When twin storms hammered the coast Sunday through Monday with hurricane-force winds, snapping tree limbs like twigs and cutting power to thousands in Clatsop County, amateur radio operators didn't just bolster efforts at the county Emergency Operations Center.
They were the heart of the response....
When phone service is cut, 9-1-1 lines are down, power is out and major highways are blocked, ham radio still works. Early this week, amateur operators' signals provided the only route for sending messages across or outside Clatsop County...."
"...When twin storms hammered the coast Sunday through Monday with hurricane-force winds, snapping tree limbs like twigs and cutting power to thousands in Clatsop County, amateur radio operators didn't just bolster efforts at the county Emergency Operations Center.
They were the heart of the response....
When phone service is cut, 9-1-1 lines are down, power is out and major highways are blocked, ham radio still works. Early this week, amateur operators' signals provided the only route for sending messages across or outside Clatsop County...."
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Craft item of the day
Squirrel Armour...hmmm.that should slow down Poochie a bit...
on the other hand, BadBrad, our pittbull, says he
wants one of these for Christmas.
(headsup Instapundit).
Back to the Future
The Speculist Blog discusses a nuclear power source that is small enough to fit in your car.
It's a nuclear reactor that can fit in a rail car. Non-greenhouse-gas emitting, and -- according to Hyperion -- free from any danger of meltdown, or other nasty radiation incident.
Ah yes, but can it get you to 88 miles per hour?
Send a card to say thanks
Xerox is sponsoring ecards to say thanks to the troops.
My son in law John is still there, but coming home soon...a sad Christmas for his family...and many others
(headsup Minniepauz....who also notes that anonymous cards sent to Army hospitals like Walter Reed are usually discarded for "security reasons"....what a sad world we live in...)
Poem of the day
Christmas Poem
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know , Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child .
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
Originated from LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30th Naval Construction Regiment OIC, Logistics Cell One Al Taqqadum, Iraq.
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email of the day from Col. Updraft...
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know , Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child .
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
Originated from LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30th Naval Construction Regiment OIC, Logistics Cell One Al Taqqadum, Iraq.
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email of the day from Col. Updraft...
Friday, December 07, 2007
Family news
We spent the day in Manila....Lolo got his hearing aid fixed, we delivered supplies to the guys who are fixing up our rental property in Makati, we passed by the mall that had the explosion and the hotel where the latest coup occured, and then I went to get my health clearance for immigration...but by the time I arrived, the lab had left. I got the MD physical but can get the lab and chest X ray here and take them back down next week.
Traffic is terrible: It took us over 4 hours to get home (since we stopped to eat, it took five hours).
But at least Lolo can hear me without me shouting at him like I'm mad at him...
Traffic is terrible: It took us over 4 hours to get home (since we stopped to eat, it took five hours).
But at least Lolo can hear me without me shouting at him like I'm mad at him...
Thursday, December 06, 2007
The third "S" of Islam
In the papers, we read of Shiites versus Sunni until our heads spin. Ah, but the Sufi mystics are the heart of Islam for ordinary people, and get little attention.
The CSMonitor has a nice article on the Sufi influence on Islam: the heart of Islam, which has more to do with people's love of their religion that the nut cases that shill on your TV screen.
The CSMonitor has a nice article on the Sufi influence on Islam: the heart of Islam, which has more to do with people's love of their religion that the nut cases that shill on your TV screen.
Recipe of the day
I was looking for a Latke recipe, and came across the above link: How to get rid of left over potato salad by mixing it with Tuna and frying it like a latke...
It fits nicely into your Bento Box...
It fits nicely into your Bento Box...
Stuff below the folds
Iran's terror pipeline into Iraq...LINK
(headsup Blackfive).
Lucky for us, we can't prove they are making nukes, ...at least until they nuke Tel Aviv, and then Hillary will let them have it....
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The Lost and Found department of the Jakarta (domestic) airport is seeking the owner of a 3 meter section of airplane wing.
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Did Native Americans enjoy beer before Columbus came? Of course...
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CSI Alert: the missing missing...a scary report...
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Christopher Hitchens is wrong in seeing Hanukah as being anti Greek culture, says Lisa Schiffen: it's about vanity and preening in the (all male) gyms vs babies... and she posts a Latkes recipe as a peace offering...
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Smuggling illegals...it's not just about Mexicans....ABSCBN reports how Morocco smuggles Pinoys into Europe.
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And the most important headline of the day:
Cat spends 19 days with jar on its head
(headsup Blackfive).
Lucky for us, we can't prove they are making nukes, ...at least until they nuke Tel Aviv, and then Hillary will let them have it....
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The Lost and Found department of the Jakarta (domestic) airport is seeking the owner of a 3 meter section of airplane wing.
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Did Native Americans enjoy beer before Columbus came? Of course...
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CSI Alert: the missing missing...a scary report...
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Christopher Hitchens is wrong in seeing Hanukah as being anti Greek culture, says Lisa Schiffen: it's about vanity and preening in the (all male) gyms vs babies... and she posts a Latkes recipe as a peace offering...
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Smuggling illegals...it's not just about Mexicans....ABSCBN reports how Morocco smuggles Pinoys into Europe.
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And the most important headline of the day:
Cat spends 19 days with jar on its head
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Craft item of the day
headsup darkroastedblend...
I googled to find the artist from TechEBlog to Gizmodo to MakeMagazineBlog:
These are the works of Albanian artist Saimir Strati. The nail mosaic was named "The Largest Nail Mosaic" on September 4th, 2006.
Headlines below the fold
The latest no no promoted by environmentalists? Chanukah candles...
my rant on BNN...
Claudia Rosett predicts:
Never mind what the oceans might do; if this Bali meeting gets any more traction, we can confidently predict that within the next decade we will see a 4.6 foot rise in the global level of red tape.
Norway has a problem: moose crashes
From Rust Belt to Borscht belt: Ohio is planning to use beet juice on their roads to prevent icing. Yum!
Good news::China Ordains New Bishop with Vatican Approval... one other little known fact: The government run church uses the Latin Mass...
And your editorial Cartoon of the day:the madness spreads....
my rant on BNN...
Claudia Rosett predicts:
Never mind what the oceans might do; if this Bali meeting gets any more traction, we can confidently predict that within the next decade we will see a 4.6 foot rise in the global level of red tape.
Norway has a problem: moose crashes
From Rust Belt to Borscht belt: Ohio is planning to use beet juice on their roads to prevent icing. Yum!
Good news::China Ordains New Bishop with Vatican Approval... one other little known fact: The government run church uses the Latin Mass...
And your editorial Cartoon of the day:the madness spreads....
News below the fold
Phil president is visiting Spain...getting jobs for Pinoys there and lots of money for investment. The king congratulates her for removing the death penalty from the books, thereby stopping the execution of a Spanish Philipino for the rape and murder of two girls. Nope, wouldn't want to kill someone for such a minor crime.
The mutiny is over, things are quiet, and impeachment is off the table. And 30 congressmen went with GMA to visit Spain. No, it has nothing to do with the dropping of the latest impeachment probe...
Our congressman however stayed home, so maybe there is hope.
The mutiny is over, things are quiet, and impeachment is off the table. And 30 congressmen went with GMA to visit Spain. No, it has nothing to do with the dropping of the latest impeachment probe...
Our congressman however stayed home, so maybe there is hope.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
MPAA breaks copyright law
the MPAA is going after college students by providing colleges a program to spy on students that use the college network to download songs and movie by P2P.
Problem? They used an linux code, and violated the copyright agreement.....slashdot reports:
"Ubuntu developer Matthew Garrett has succeeded in getting the MPAA to remove their 'University Toolkit' after claims it violated the GNU GPL. After several unsuccessful attempts to contact the MPAA directly, Garrett eventually emailed the group's ISP and the violating software was taken down."
Problem? They used an linux code, and violated the copyright agreement.....slashdot reports:
"Ubuntu developer Matthew Garrett has succeeded in getting the MPAA to remove their 'University Toolkit' after claims it violated the GNU GPL. After several unsuccessful attempts to contact the MPAA directly, Garrett eventually emailed the group's ISP and the violating software was taken down."
Craft items of the day
bored? Need to think of a science project?
No problem. Just Knit a brain...
More stuff at the Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain art...
Headlines below the fold
Good news: Venezuela's Chavez lost election to become a dictator...
Guess he didn't stuff enough ballot boxes. (he refused to have outsider monitor the election)....and Lileks takes a dyspepsic view of how it was reported:
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Bad news: Ebola outbreak in Uganda...
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Good news: Don't throw out your 2 year old's mess...sell it as art...
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Confused about what's going on in Pakistan? Stratpage explains the 4 wars of the Apocolypse...
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You think your high school cafeteria food was lousy? Wait until the food police finish with it...
Wonder if they are aware that Pizza Hut delivers, and that kids have cellphones....
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Virus warning: Tiamaria emails that "holiday cards"emails might contain viruses....mine are usually Hallmark, but I've seen those emails removed by my spam filter...also you tube emails..
Guess he didn't stuff enough ballot boxes. (he refused to have outsider monitor the election)....and Lileks takes a dyspepsic view of how it was reported:
Bold! Like a steak sauce. He’s trying to make himself President for Life, which goes beyond bold, I think, and enters the realm of “Zesty.” ... If Chavez's piquant, bold, zesty, char-seared herb-encrusted "reforms" pass, he’ll be loved no less by his US supporters, who will be so blinded by the idea of enshrining socialism in a country’s constitution they will crack every vertebrae bending backwards to justify the pepetuity of rule and abolition of dissent.
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Bad news: Ebola outbreak in Uganda...
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Good news: Don't throw out your 2 year old's mess...sell it as art...
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Confused about what's going on in Pakistan? Stratpage explains the 4 wars of the Apocolypse...
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You think your high school cafeteria food was lousy? Wait until the food police finish with it...
Wonder if they are aware that Pizza Hut delivers, and that kids have cellphones....
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Virus warning: Tiamaria emails that "holiday cards"emails might contain viruses....mine are usually Hallmark, but I've seen those emails removed by my spam filter...also you tube emails..
Monday, December 03, 2007
Christians on the Golden Compass
Pullman wrote the Golden Compass as an anti Narnia, and the press will use objections to the film to demonize "christian fundamentalists".
However two good sites to read intelligent writers about the discussion are Hollywood Jesus and IgnatiusPressInsight.
However two good sites to read intelligent writers about the discussion are Hollywood Jesus and IgnatiusPressInsight.
Their consensus: Pullman's "church" is a caricature of Christianity that few Christians could take seriously, but the stories have much positive in them.
Whether they are for children is another problem. Fantasy is powerful, and can imbue ideas in the vulnerable, not only children.
However, like Nietzsche, the idea behind the trilogy is the wish for God to be dead so that humans can have the power to do good.
Ironically, this weeks' encyclical on Hope essentially notices the same thing: That many became athiests because they saw terrible injustices in the world rejected traditional religion to try to spread freedom to the powerless and make utopia, but the end result was the exact opposite.
Hope download
Don't have time to read the German rottweiler's encyclical on Hope?
Well, the CurtJester has it on line...
alas, computer read.
And if you aren't Catholic, just add it to your insomnia collection (see below).
Well, the CurtJester has it on line...
alas, computer read.
And if you aren't Catholic, just add it to your insomnia collection (see below).
Insomnia? Help is on the way
In the US, often I would put on CSPAN or EWTN to help me go to sleep. We lived too far out to get Art Bell on the radio.
But now I usually listen to podcasts, audiobooks or lectures on my mp3 player in bed. The criteria is that it not be interesting enough to keep one awake, but it should be good enough to listen to if one has insomnia.
Today's link is to Librivox's "Insomnia collection" that includes such exciting lectures as:
Reagents, from A Textbook of Assaying by C. and J.J. Beringer
American Cities. State Flowers. Height of Structures. Age of Trees. Dictionary of Aeronautics. College Colors. Osteopathy. by Joseph Trienens
and don't miss this exciting lesson:
Selections from General Instructions For The Guidance Of Post Office Inspectors In The Dominion Of Canada by Alexander Campbell
If that doesn't put you to sleep, get up and have a beer...and listen to Coast to coast AM, which is now on the internet, and yes, it comes in podcasts.
After all, you don't want to miss such exciting topics as this one:
Ian spoke with author and electronic gaming entrepreneur David Levy about his new book, Love + Sex with Robots, in which he explores how robots may one day participate in emotional relationships with human beings...cont.
But now I usually listen to podcasts, audiobooks or lectures on my mp3 player in bed. The criteria is that it not be interesting enough to keep one awake, but it should be good enough to listen to if one has insomnia.
Today's link is to Librivox's "Insomnia collection" that includes such exciting lectures as:
Reagents, from A Textbook of Assaying by C. and J.J. Beringer
American Cities. State Flowers. Height of Structures. Age of Trees. Dictionary of Aeronautics. College Colors. Osteopathy. by Joseph Trienens
and don't miss this exciting lesson:
Selections from General Instructions For The Guidance Of Post Office Inspectors In The Dominion Of Canada by Alexander Campbell
If that doesn't put you to sleep, get up and have a beer...and listen to Coast to coast AM, which is now on the internet, and yes, it comes in podcasts.
After all, you don't want to miss such exciting topics as this one:
Ian spoke with author and electronic gaming entrepreneur David Levy about his new book, Love + Sex with Robots, in which he explores how robots may one day participate in emotional relationships with human beings...cont.
Oh no, not my bagpipes
THEY were once outlawed for being used as seditious weapons of war. Now, bagpipes have been blasted as an environmental menace.
Over-intensive logging means that the African wood used to make Scotland's national instrument faces being wiped out.
Over-intensive logging means that the African wood used to make Scotland's national instrument faces being wiped out.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Parchuting Cats into Borneo
Several websites have variations of this urban legend.There was a malaria outbreak.
They sprayed with DDT.
It killed wasps that kept catepillars from eating the thatched roofs of the local homes.
Roofs fell in.
So the WHO parachuted 14thousand cats to eat the catepillars.
A longer variation of the legend is found here, which says that the cats were sent in to replace the local cats who died from DDT from eating gekkos who ate bugs.
Urban legend, of course. Gekkos would have killed the catepillars, and cats eat gekkos but there are no other reports of DDT killing mammals (the scare was that it weakened bird eggs, leading to a "silent spring".)
But like other "urban legends" it's amusing
(headsup DarkroastedblendBlog)
Good news for the day
Measles deaths plummet...
Lots of hard work behind that fact...and one factor: The Measles song:
. Schoolchildren learn 'measles songs' from their teachers; teachers tell the children to bring their younger siblings to get immunized; children march through the streets in parades, holding up signs and singing to let all households know about the importance of vaccination.
Lots of hard work behind that fact...and one factor: The Measles song:
. Schoolchildren learn 'measles songs' from their teachers; teachers tell the children to bring their younger siblings to get immunized; children march through the streets in parades, holding up signs and singing to let all households know about the importance of vaccination.
During the November 2001 campaign in Pallisa District, Uganda, one schoolgirl would look sternly at the crowd as she sang the measles song, shaking her finger at them during the verse, "take your child for immunization."
The lyrics to one of the many 'measles songs':
I am measles, killer disease
I am measles, killer disease
I am measles, killer disease
Take your child for immun-I-zation….
November 17
November 18
November 2001
Take the shot for immun-I-zation….
From the age of six months
To the age of five years
Our parents work hard
Take your child for immun-I-zation….
Immun-I-zation everywhere
Immun-I-zation everywhere
Immun-I-zation everywhere
Robots to care for grandmom
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Who is going to take care of grandmom in countries with low birth rates?
Robots, of course,
Or you could just hire a Pinay caretaker....
Whoops...got it wrong again
The "Jesus tomb" controversy took three days before scholars were pointing out they got the evidence wrong.
But the "Judas gospel" was done by the Nat'l Geographic Society, and it took a year before a scholar was given a forum to say: Wait a second you translated the darn thing wrong.
My take at BNN...
But the "Judas gospel" was done by the Nat'l Geographic Society, and it took a year before a scholar was given a forum to say: Wait a second you translated the darn thing wrong.
My take at BNN...
Alice demonstrates Global Warming
actually, when I was there in early November, the trees were still turning and it was warm.
but now, winter has arrived.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
For the troops
Hey Luke:Link is for a free cd of music to download free if you are military or military family.
Site has details
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Read it and weep
“This is the world’s worst humanitarian disaster, worse even than Darfur,” said David Coltart, an opposition MP. “We lose more people a week to preventable illnesses than are lost in Iraq, but because there’s no blood on the streets, little attention is paid to what’s going on here.”
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I usually try to only post "fun" stuff on weekends, but the UKTimes has an article about Zimbabwe...And to make things worse, it is an entirely man made humanitarian disaster...More info at my Makaipa blog.
Origami fest
Check link to BlueTeaBlog, where she has lots of Origami links and photos....
Start with JosephWu's page, and then check: everything from dinosaurs/bugs to a papercraft house.
Butterfly design at right is from papercrane:
Anthropologists gone amuk
The American Anthropology asso is having a panel discussion if female circumcision is mutilation or "empowerment"...
But there are three forms, and the most common type is barbaric and probably contributes to much of the maternal deaths in Africa.
Above Link is my rant at BNN...caution: graphic language.
But there are three forms, and the most common type is barbaric and probably contributes to much of the maternal deaths in Africa.
Above Link is my rant at BNN...caution: graphic language.
You might be a nurse if...
You Might Be a Nurse If...
** You avoid unhealthy looking people in the mall for fear
that they'll drop near you and you'll have to do CPR on
your day off.
** It doesn't bother you to eat a candy bar with one
hand while performing digital stimulation on your patient
with the other hand.
** You've had a patient with a nose ring, a brow ring
and twelve earrings say, "I'm afraid of shots."
** You've ever bet on someone's blood alcohol level.
** You plan your next meal while performing gastric lavage.
** You believe every waiting room should have a Valium
salt lick.
** You have your weekends off planned a year in advance.
** You have ever had a patient control his seizures
when offered food.
** You know it's a full moon without having to look at the sky.
(headsup GrouchyoldcrippleBlog)
** You avoid unhealthy looking people in the mall for fear
that they'll drop near you and you'll have to do CPR on
your day off.
** It doesn't bother you to eat a candy bar with one
hand while performing digital stimulation on your patient
with the other hand.
** You've had a patient with a nose ring, a brow ring
and twelve earrings say, "I'm afraid of shots."
** You've ever bet on someone's blood alcohol level.
** You plan your next meal while performing gastric lavage.
** You believe every waiting room should have a Valium
salt lick.
** You have your weekends off planned a year in advance.
** You have ever had a patient control his seizures
when offered food.
** You know it's a full moon without having to look at the sky.
(headsup GrouchyoldcrippleBlog)
Gift item of the day
Six Children Playing...Traditional Chinese figurines...
But if you look closely at number two, you see the montage has been updated...
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