Archive for November, 2009
Friday, November 20th, 2009 853 views
Shots for AIDS
The government’s list of recommended vaccines for children since has more than doubled since 1985 to 17, with half-dozen vaccines for everyone over 18. The last decade brought breakthrough vaccines against pneumococcal disease and rotavirus — two of the world’s top killers — meningitis, cervical cancer and more., like MRSA and C. difficile, even ending addiction to cocaine and nicotine. Success on some vaccines in development, particularly for Alzheimer’s and AIDS, likely would bring billions a year in sales…
Shots for AIDS
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Friday, November 20th, 2009 681 views
A source close to the British Labour Government has just given me reliable information about the most radical copyright proposal I’ve ever seen.
Secretary of State Peter Mandelson is planning to introduce changes to the Digital Economy Bill now under debate in Parliament. These changes will give the Secretary of State (Mandelson — or his successor in the next government) the power to make “secondary legislation” (legislation that is passed without debate) to amend the provisions of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988).
What that means is that an unelected official would have the power to do anything without Parliamentary oversight or debate, provided it was done in the name of protecting copyright. Mandelson elaborates on this, giving three reasons for his proposal: (more…)
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Friday, November 20th, 2009 966 views
Great American Smokeout 2009: Quit smoking without gaining weight
Today is the Great American Smokeout, where millions (hopefully) will make the decision to quit smoking for good. But people often worry about weight gain that seems to often follow giving up cigarettes.
Smoking does appear to slightly boost metabolism and burn calories, but the change is not likely the primary reason for the weight gain. Nicotine acts as an appetite suppressant, making you less hungry. Also, tobacco smoke dulls the taste buds, which quickly shed and new ones grow in their place – making foods taste better.
A recent study found that nicotine replacement products are very helpful when quitting smoking. Continuing to have a source of nicotine may help break the cigarette habit without causing too much of an appetite change. But there are ways to prevent or minimize weight gain while quitting: (more…)
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Friday, November 20th, 2009 979 views
Today is the 146th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address – November 19th, 1963.
On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner commented on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called it a “monumental act.” He said Lincoln was mistaken that “the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here.” Rather, the Bostonian remarked, “The world noted at once what he said, and will never cease to remember it. The battle itself was less important than the speech.”
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. (more…)
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Friday, November 20th, 2009 926 views
FAA Computer glitch that delayed flights repaired
A computer glitch that shut down most departing flights at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and caused long delays across the country was repaired late Thursday morning, but it will likely take hours for flight schedules to return to normal. “Systems that allow for the automated processing of flight plan information have been restored,” Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said at 10:30 a.m.
“We are investigating the cause of the problem,” Bergen said.
Bergen said earlier in the morning that the problem was affecting flights that had not yet taken off and that air traffic controllers “have radar coverage and communications with planes” already in the air. (more…)
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