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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health Anand Grover has made public statements criticizing the Japanese government for lack of comprehensive care of all those affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This is really inexcusable on the part of Japan and is somewhat shocking if it was not providing rigorous, consistent, comprehensive,…

I’m creating this post to put this information out in order to see if this is something anyone else has experienced.  Something happened today which has happened before and I am trying to come up with an explanation. I was bicycling outdoors and the weather was not really cold but a bit brisk.  Then I…

This video is of historical linguist Edward Vajda who has been conducting extensive research on the Ket language and its possible link to the Na-Dene languages of various indigenous North American populations. If true, it would be the oldest known link between two languages and the first link between North American and Eurasian langauges. But…

WHAT: The latest update to the Mozilla Firefox browser, version 17, is not compatible with the latest release of the Tab Mix Plus addon. Tab Mix Plus is an essential addon which I cannot live without. HOW: There is a solution to the problem: Install the development version of Tab Mix Plus. Firefox will ask…

I was reading this brochure from a company that makes probiotic products and they state that sugar is actually good for probiotic microorganisms.  They love it.  They feast on it and it makes them grow and flourish. So now I wonder, because sometimes I do get a craving for something sweet and, after eating it,…

A new record has been set for the oldest galaxy ever observed by humans. “MACS0647-JD” was viewed by using the gravitational lensing effect of a massive galaxy cluster. It dates to only 420 million years after the Big Bang. At that time the Universe was inconceivably smaller than it is today. The size of the…

One thing that is truly sickening about Apple is that they will not allow their dock to be used by other device manufacturers. Many appliances feature iPad or iPhone docks – for example things like clock radios or car stereos – where one can connect their iPhone and play music. Obviously there should be an…

Most people I’m sure already know about this but I found it good to refresh my knowledge of the basic guidelines for food combining. If nothing else these guidelines indicate which foods are more compatible and why. Even if they are not always strictly adhered to, they are a good guiding principle to have in…

Interesting article talks about the toxicity of hyperosmolar(pronounced “hyper ahhzmolar”) lubricants which are lubricants the salt, carb, and protein content of which is greater than that of cells of the vagina and rectum.  The article states: This imbalance causes epithelial cells to lose water and, as a result, dry out. They are different from iso-osmolar…

The news clip on the BBC website said that the ancient gold artifacts discovered at a Thracian site in what is now Bulgaria may date back as far as the 3rd century BC [I hate our date system]. From Wikipedia: These Indo-European peoples, while considered barbarian and rural by their refined and urbanized Greek neighbors,…