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Sunday, September 08, 2013

DNA and Human Ancestry

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Actress Vanessa Williams Explains How DNA Powers Her Family Tree The following appeared in the Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2013. Written ...
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Ubuntu Edge: Smartphone Convergence

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Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth presents his vision for the future with Ubuntu Edge, a smartphone that will transform into a PC when docked...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Republican Party Reform/Revitalization

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Some thoughts on the topic: Social Conservatives: The Republican Party’s Dilemma [...] In order to win, therefore, Republicans need to f...

Cruise Ship Talking Points

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And why you shouldn't believe them: Six Lies The Cruise Lines Will Tell You After The Costa Concordia Crash Shortly after the Costa ...

The positive side to being a Crackpot

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Various versions of this story can be found on the internet. The Cracked Pot A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on ea...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Farewell, Eydie Gorme

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Popular singer Eydie Gorme dead at 84 Eydie Gorme, a popular nightclub and television singer as a solo act and as a team with her husband...
Saturday, July 06, 2013

Can a Warp Drive really "fly"?

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Some people say definitely "yes": Why Warp Drives Aren't Just Science Fiction [...] According to Einstein's theory of...
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Nattokinase: a replacement for Warfrin?

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I've been looking at Nattokinase as a supplement for my mother, who is suffering from a calcified heart valve, due to (I believe) her lo...

The End of Work?

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Uh... what exactly does that mean? Depends who you talk to: Should We Fear "the End of Work"? [...]  Cornell University's ...
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Taxes on Credit Unions?

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It's a possibility, as government looks for more tax revenues: www.donttaxmycreditunion.org/learn-more/ Credit unions promote the eco...

WHO gets ready for MERS

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WHO Sets Up Emergency Committee on MERS Virus GENEVA — The World Health Organization is forming an emergency committee of international ex...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Commercials for Drugs: Ablixa, Epiphanix?

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We recently watched the movie Side Effects . It was good, I recommend it. The DVD had links to extra stuff, including two "drug...

Tsunami Movie Special Effects

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I posted previously about the movie The Impossible . The special effects were very good. Here is a website showing how they did it . Lots ...

What Young Voter's REALLY Think

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About Republicans. And why: The Real Reason Young People Don’t Like Republicans [...] It’s true that most polls find strong support for ...
Monday, June 17, 2013

The S.S. United States: Darkest Days

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I've been posting about this previously . Here is chapter 4: Published on Apr 5, 2013 CHAPTER 4: DARKEST DAYS. The SS United Sta...

Drug information at RXlist.com

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While doing my on-line Introduction to Pharmacy Technician course, I found some useful websites, like rxlist.com . It lets you look up many...

Story telling technique in "Cloud Atlas"

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We recently tried watching the movie " Cloud Atlas ". It seemed like it could be promising. At first. But we eventually gave up...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013

"Middle East respiratory symptom coronavirus, or MERS-CoV"

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Newly discovered virus takes more lives, spreads (CNN) -- A new SARS-like virus recently found in humans continues to spread -- with the w...
Sunday, June 02, 2013

My Brilliant Career, Part III: Medical Coding

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Medical Records and Health Information Technicians It's not exactly exciting; it sounds like the medical equivalent of tax preparati...

"Who the heck was Anne Hutchinson?"

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A well known New Age guru has released a novel called "God". I was reading the blurb from the back of the book, part of which sai...