Please meet my newest role model: At 102, therapist is too busy to stop working - latimes.com
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Study debunks myths on organic farms
Study debunks myths on organic farms
The results are in from a 30-year side-by-side trial of conventional and organic farming methods at Pennsylvania's Rodale Institute. Contrary to conventional wisdom, organic farming outperformed conventional farming in every measure.
Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/Study+debunks+myths+organic+farms/5462520/story.html#ixzz1ZOimmLdA
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #86: Tiny Revolutions - The Rumpus.net
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #86: Tiny Revolutions - The Rumpus.net
I know as women we’re constantly being scorched by the relentless porno/Hollywood beauty blow-torch, but in my real life I’ve found that the men worth fucking are far more good-natured about the female body in its varied forms than is generally acknowledged. Naked and smiling, is one male friend’s only requirement for a lover. Perhaps it’s because men are people with bodies full of fears and insecurities and shortcomings of their own.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
All you need to know about Republicans
Is right here:
* American Solutions, the fundraising powerhouse at the center for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s promotional empire, has quietly shut its doors. Gingrich was forced to sever ties with the 527 group in order to run for president. At its peak, the group raised more money than any other such organization, collecting in excess of $52 million in its first four years. But it also spent nearly two-thirds of that on fundraising.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
The NFL star and the brain injuries that destroyed him | Science | The Guardian
The NFL star and the brain injuries that destroyed him | Science | The Guardian
If I had a child, I would never let him/her play tackle football ...
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Gardasil Researcher Speaks Out - CBS News
Gardasil Researcher Speaks Out - CBS News
VERY interesting article about the HPV vaccine.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Suzuki warns Tory scheme to cancel green energy plans is ‘absolute insanity’ - thestar.com
Suzuki warns Tory scheme to cancel green energy plans is ‘absolute insanity’ - thestar.com
Something to think about while we're in the throes of Thermageddon ...
Monday, July 18, 2011
Why I quit my job: « Kai Nagata
A journalist's Jerry Maguire moment. Awesome. Why I quit my job: « Kai Nagata
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
“Arrival of the Fittest” by Rachel Giese | The Walrus | June 2011
“Arrival of the Fittest” by Rachel Giese | The Walrus | June 2011
In addition to finding out whether their teenage respondents were getting into trouble, the researchers also asked them about their values, habits, and temperaments. Do you talk to your mother about your feelings? Do you finish your homework? Do you like to take chances? What ultimately set the first generation kids apart were three important protective factors against delinquency: strong family bonds, commitment to education, and aversion to risk. What’s more, these three qualities acted in a kind of feedback loop: the kids who regularly did their homework were also the kids who admired and confided in their parents, and were also the kids who shied away from troublemaking behaviour.
Dinovitzer stresses that these qualities would deter any young person from engaging in crime, whatever their ethnicity or immigration status. It’s just that first generation immigrants — again, across ethnic lines — tend to possess these traits to a greater extent than their peers do. And that makes sense: the traits required for a person to leave behind all that’s familiar and take a chance on making it in a new country — ambition, resilience, perseverance, imagination, optimism — are conducive to the rearing of successful children; those children, in turn, naturally feel an obligation to their self-sacrificing parents. “The kids said they didn’t want to let their parents down,” Levi says. “Their parents had suffered to get here, so they owed it to them to succeed.”
Sunday, May 22, 2011
YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF
"Worst" analogies found in high school papers.
Some of them are brilliantly funny. ;->
Thursday, May 19, 2011
This one’s for the birds - Life - Macleans.ca
I used to do patrols for birds before school took over my life. This is a fascinating article on legal steps that are being taken to try to hold landlords accountable for so many killed birds (some of them endangered!)
This one’s for the birds - Life - Macleans.ca
Monday, May 16, 2011
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
'Growing up bin Laden' Book: Osama's son Omar Speaks - TIME
'Growing up bin Laden - Book: Osama's son Omar Speaks - TIME
Intelligence agencies and scholars of extremist movements might do well to pay attention to Omar's al-Qaeda childhood for clues about how to inoculate young people against radicalism. His remarkable achievement — to have maintained humane beliefs despite being pulled from school at the age of 12 and exposed to a near constant deluge of hateful propaganda, isolation and family pressure — seems to have been helped by a love of animals. A constant collector of pets — against his father's wishes — and an avid horseman, Omar's awareness of the madness of al-Qaeda was fueled in part by several acts of animal cruelty by his father's men.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Dear Globe and Mail
Dear Globe and Mail
A wonderful response to the Globe and Mail's editorial endorsing Harper for PM.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Royal wedding: Does Kate Middleton really want to marry into a family like this? - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine
Royal wedding: Does Kate Middleton really want to marry into a family like this? - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine
I can't argue with anything Hitchens writes here, but I still hope for the best for these two. It helps that I don't watch TV news.
An Open Letter to Stephen Harper
An Open Letter to Stephen Harper: "Nowhere is your mastery of fiction more evident than in your decision to run on your economic record when you don’t actually have one. Smart of you to take credit for Canada’s financial stability in the current global recession when it was exactly neoconservative policies like yours that unraveled the economy south of the border, and shamefacedly socialist ones, put in place before your party even existed, that protected our own. (I don’t know if you remember, for instance, a certain Liberal decision back in 1998 to pull the plug on some major bank mergers.)"
Canada's image lies in tatters. It is now to climate what Japan is to whaling | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian
Canada's image lies in tatters. It is now to climate what Japan is to whaling | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian: "Canada is a cultured, peaceful nation, which every so often allows a band of Neanderthals to trample over it. Timber firms were licensed to log the old-growth forest in Clayaquot Sound; fishing companies were permitted to destroy the Grand Banks: in both cases these get-rich-quick schemes impoverished Canada and its reputation. But this is much worse, as it affects the whole world. The government's scheming at the climate talks is doing for its national image what whaling has done for Japan."
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Gender Imbalance in Media, Geena Davis, Broken Models of Masculinity & Femininity - Thompson on Hollywood
Gender Imbalance in Media, Geena Davis, Broken Models of Masculinity & Femininity - Thompson on Hollywood: "“the more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she believes she has in life. And the more hours a boy watches, the more sexist his views become.”"
Sunday, April 10, 2011
The Blind Man Who Taught Himself To See | Men’s Journal
Utterly amazing.: "Kish can hardly remember a time when he didn’t click. He came to it on his own, intuitively, at age two, about a year after his second eye was removed. Many blind children make noises in order to get feedback — foot stomping, finger snapping, hand clapping, tongue clicking. These behaviors are the beginnings of echolocation, but they’re almost invariably deemed asocial by parents or caretakers and swiftly extinguished. Kish was fortunate that his mother never tried to dissuade him from clicking. “That tongue click was everything to me,” he says."
Silencing Dissent: The Conservative Record | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Silencing Dissent: The Conservative Record | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: "The Harper government’s now lengthy record of silencing – or attempting to silence – its critics also includes the removal of heads of government agencies, commissions, and tribunals who insist on making independent decisions. Academics who have spoken against government actions or policies have also been targeted."
An open letter to Canadian journalists - CAJ
An open letter to Canadian journalists - CAJ:
Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the flow of information out of Ottawa has slowed to a trickle. Cabinet ministers and civil servants are muzzled. Access to Information requests are stalled and stymied by political interference. Genuine transparency is replaced by slick propaganda and spin designed to manipulate public opinion ...
In addition, the Access to Information system has been “totally obliterated” by delays and denials, according to a scathing report by the country’s information commissioner. Requests are met with months-long delays, needless censoring and petty political interference ...
Politicians should not get to decide what information is released. This information belongs to Canadians, the taxpayers who paid for its production. Its release should be based on public interest, not political expediency.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
The Dollars and Cents of Bats and Farming - NYTimes.com
The Dollars and Cents of Bats and Farming - NYTimes.com
Every day, a bat eats much of its body weight in insects, many of them harmful to crops. A group of scientists led by Thomas Kunz at Boston University calculated how much more money cotton farmers in one region of Texas would spend on pesticides if bats weren’t present. Extrapolating from those numbers, they estimated that bats save American farmers somewhere between $3.7 billion and $54 billion a year, most likely about $22.9 billion.
This is a huge savings no one notices as long as bats flourish. But bat populations are severely threatened, especially the commonest species, the little brown bat, which is being decimated by a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome. The disease has spread all across the eastern half of the country and is now moving westward from Oklahoma.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The Canadian Nixon | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
The Canadian Nixon | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "As prime minister, Harper's shocking comments about Elections Canada's investigation of the 'in and out' scam alleged by the agency are perhaps the most alarming outburst by any sitting prime minister. Desperate to take Canadians' focus off the Conservatives' allegedly illegal overspending during the 2006 campaign, Harper actually publicly criticised the head of Elections Canada for upholding the law ..."
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Freedom’s Painful Price - NYTimes.com
Freedom’s Painful Price - NYTimes.com: "“The revolution isn’t over yet,” Ms. Omran told me. “Freedom isn’t for free.”"
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Harris: Owl Whisperer | mamapundit
Harris: Owl Whisperer | mamapundit
This story is so beautiful that I can hardly breathe.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Is Daylight Saving Time Bad for Your Health? – TIME Healthland
Is Daylight Saving Time Bad for Your Health? – TIME Healthland:
An Australian study study published in 2008 in Sleep and Biological Rhythms found that men were more likely to commit suicide during the first few weeks of Daylight Saving Time (DST) than at any other time during the year.
Another 2008 study, published by Swedish researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that the number of serious heart attacks jumps 6% to 10% on the first three workdays after DST begins.
In other words, people who are already vulnerable to certain health problems may experience more severe effects of their body-clock disruption.
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/03/12/is-daylight-saving-time-bad-for-your-health/#ixzz1GXAw9A74
Eye of The Newt - NYTimes.com
Gingrich is asked about his personal life more often than most politicians. If you’re on your third wife, cheated perpetually on the first two, and are running for the Republican presidential nomination as a social conservative, these things come up.
The most famous story about Gingrich’s failed marriages is about his first wife, Jackie, who had been Newt’s high school math teacher before he appeared at her door and suggested a new equation. Jackie was recovering from surgery for uterine cancer when her husband walked in and started talking about the terms of a divorce.
She is not to be confused with the second wife, Marianne, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and was visiting her mother when her husband called to tell her there was another woman.
...
People, can we all agree now that men who spend their early and middle ages betraying women right and left are not allowed to get credit for discovering the joys of monogamy at about the same time that they receive their first Social Security check?
Of course, Gingrich is being a better husband this time around. He’s 67! By then, most men have not just finished sowing their wild oats. The oats have been harvested, ground up, reprocessed and turned into soggy cornflakes.
But it's because he's so "passionate" about his country ...
Honestly, if the U.S. even seriously considers this man for president - ever - I will just give up on the whole country.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #67: The Black Arc Of It - The Rumpus.net
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #67: The Black Arc Of It - The Rumpus.net: "... compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got."
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
44 - Newt Gingrich: 'Passion for the country' led to personal indiscretions (video)
44 - Newt Gingrich: 'Passion for the country' led to personal indiscretions (video)
It's times like this that I would really like to live with someone who follows U.S. politics. Because right now, I'd like to walk into the next room, saying "You gotta hear this", and proceed to read:
"There's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate," said Gingrich
And then that other person would laugh so hard, milk would come out of her/his nose.
Ah, at least I have Blogger. Giggle with me, I beg you.
Is Gandhi really in hell? - CSMonitor.com
Is Gandhi really in hell? - CSMonitor.com: "“I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” – Gandhi"
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science - Magazine - The Atlantic
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science - Magazine - The Atlantic
Fascinating article about some of the questions about "Evidence-based" medicine.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
The 'Nocebo' Effect: Pessimism Can Hinder Treatment
The 'Nocebo' Effect: Pessimism Can Hinder Treatment: "'We all know that many treatments work for some people but not for others,' says neuroscientist Dr. Randy Gollub of Massachusetts General Hospital. Instead of stressing only the percentages, 'say, `I have every reason to believe that you could be one of the people who will respond.''"
Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Madeleine Albright: On being a woman and a diplomat | Video on TED.com
Madeleine Albright: On being a woman and a diplomat | Video on TED.com
This gladdens my heart on so many levels ... the full-throated, unapologetic embrace of feminism, a celebration of the accomplishments of a strong and smart woman, the intelligent conversation between two women, and - not least - two women "of a certain age" whose faces haven't been maimed in the name of "beauty" and pulled as tight as a goddamned drum.
BBC News - Gene Sharp: Author of the nonviolent revolution rulebook
BBC News - Gene Sharp: Author of the nonviolent revolution rulebook
Truly fascinating. We are living in a new time.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Daily Kos: Union is the measure
Daily Kos: Union is the measure: "Nothing has changed since the time that first line of the Constitution was written. Union is not just a means to oppose tyranny, it is the only means."
Lying to Ourselves « WilloToons
Lying to Ourselves « WilloToons: "Often our white lies are our inability to forgive ourselves for messing up or not knowing better. So if we lie to ourselves, and others, we’re really just trying to be [an illusion of] perfect. By blaming something else, it’s not your fault. Or by making up an answer, you don’t look stupid. What if we started accepting responsibility? What if we committed to being aware of our feelings in those moments we find ourselves wanting to make up a story, and get curious as to why we feel compelled to speak anything other than the truth? Even if that means admitting you’re embarrassed or ashamed. Don’t take this as an invitation to beat yourself up about your shortcomings, just be aware of what’s really going on."
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
The G.O.P.’s Post-Tucson Traumatic Stress Disorder - NYTimes.com
The G.O.P.’s Post-Tucson Traumatic Stress Disorder - NYTimes.com: "Indeed, his appearance at CPAC on the morning of Friday, Feb. 11, was entirely consistent with his public image as an otherworldly visitor from an Aqua Velva commercial circa 1985."
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Saturday, February 05, 2011
YouTube - Senator John Kerry on Hypocrisy
YouTube - Senator John Kerry on Hypocrisy
God, if only he had won that presidential race ... :(
Willie Smits restores a rainforest | Video on TED.com
Willie Smits restores a rainforest | Video on TED.com
So empowering and exciting.
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Unexpected find opens up new front in effort to stop HIV
Unexpected find opens up new front in effort to stop HIV
Marvellous Cordyceps sinensis ...
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
In 1997 Letter, Vatican Warned Irish Bishops on Abuse Policy - NYTimes.com
In 1997 Letter, Vatican Warned Irish Bishops on Abuse Policy - NYTimes.com
I can understand why Catholics continue to go to their own local churches. I can understand why Catholics give some of their hard-earned money to support their churches. What I cannot understand is why they don't fight TOOTH AND NAIL to keep any of that money from going to the Vatican to support these f---ers.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Daily Kos: The First Megaton is the Hardest
Amazing writing and a fascinating account of the history of nuclear weapons.
Thursday, January 06, 2011
New Medical School Model: Adopt A Family To Treat : NPR
Awesome, so awesome. Sounds like a program I'd love to do once I got over the current one. :->
Monday, January 03, 2011
The ecosystem engineer: Research looks at beavers' role in river restoration
Love it! Hard to improve on Nature.
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Equality, a True Soul Food - NYTimes.com
The ideas in this column should inform our economic policy going forward. It's that important.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Chicken Lovers.ca
Don't tell the Ontario Chicken Board this, but
this oh-so-easy and -yummy chicken noodle soup recipe works great with leftover turkey! I really recommend using FRESH rosemary rather than dried, though. And don't forget the parsley (fresh or dried, doesn't matter). A little squeeze of lemon juice adds some snap to the bowl.
Catelli's come out with whole wheat egg noodles that are yummy, so you can be brave about making that substitution as well.
Feel free to add in an extra leek (such a wonderful flavour!), or add some mung sprouts and/or ripped fresh baby spinach to your bowl when the soup's steaming hot. VEGETABLES ARE GOOD.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Each of us is a seed
I am blown away by the beauty of this thought:
"Each of us is a seed, a silent promise, and it is always spring." - Merle Shain
This, my friends, is a meditation-worthy quote. I think it could be a life-changing one.
You are what your father ate too
Fascinating. It's not just genes, but which ones are turned on/off, and how somehow this gene activation is transmitted from one generation to another. The implications are enormous - not just for those who are considering having kids, but what about *society*? If we needed additional moral imperative to intervene in famines, wars, etc., or even just in elevating the standards of nutrition in our cultures, here it is ...
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Do Statins Cause Diabetes and Heart Disease?
Do Statins Cause Diabetes and Heart Disease?: "Nutrition, exercise, and stress management can no longer be considered alternative medicine. They are essential medicine."
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Untitled
There's a thank-you card inside you, waiting to be written. Don't take someone else's contributions for granted. We all want to be appreciated. Send that note - you will have NO IDEA how much it will mean - to them, to you. Who knows what beautiful chain of events it will trigger as your gratitude goes out into the world?
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Matthew Norman: How did this wastrel ever find his way to the White House? - Matthew Norman, Commentators - The Independent
A review of Bush's memoirs.
Only the British can make "scathing" seem like an understatement.
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Thursday, November 04, 2010
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