Mood:  a-ok

Who me what crazy?

Look at this...

Spaceweather PHONE is an astronomy alert service  Sign up for our service --for yourself or as a gift for someone else-- and we'll phone you when things are happening in the sky.

from the creators of Spaceweather.com.

I have only two word to say to this: uh-huh.

http://spaceweatherphone.com/

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But I think its a good idea, esp if you wont want to miss out on events like a long-duration C4-class solar flare erupted  from around the sunspot,  hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) headed towards Earth.  Observers at high-latitude could see some aurora action when the CME arrives on or about Dec. 18th.

And photos like these. POsitively awesome.

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/16/solar-activity-is-picking-up/

But speaking of crazy, with the recent news of a city sized iceberg breaking up and disrupting shipping routes and headed towards Australia, and news and facts and arguments about global warming, theres lots of action leftover on global currents. Its kinda funny, for a planet that is 75 percent water, we spend a lot of time and eneryg focused on saving the "earth". Perhaps we are a lot more interdependent on the oceans currents than we think.

Heres a guy who , back in 1997, came up with the idea to start hauling parts of the icebergs found around the Antarctic to Africa. Crazy? Sounds like it. I guess you could say the fact that he is a scientist is incidental.

Icebergs to Africa

Posted by mach1231 at 4:56 PM PST

Updated: Wednesday, 16 December 2009 5:19 PM PST

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Mood:  bright

There's like an old joke about a man at a bar who learns to think twice about obliging on the 'free peanuts' on the  bars counter after returning from having visited the mens restroom (which are ostensibly placed there to make you thirsty)...

As a man, I can t begin to lament on the number of occasions  I seen  witnessed members of my gender leave with not so much as a cursory glance towards the handwashing sink and basin

And then I hear of a study in the U.K (where else) has confirmed your worst fears

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that 28 percent of U.K. commuters carried fecal matter on their hands

 It's a Dirty Commute in the U.K.

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This Machs Cafe blog entry has been brought to you by

http://www.healthycleaning101.org/ 

 Mach has kept his hands clean since 1968 (thanks Mom!) and absolutely cant stand dirty keyboards esp. at public library terminals.

Posted by mach1231 at 1:05 PM PDT

Updated: Wednesday, 7 October 2009 6:10 PM PDT

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Mood:  incredulous

It's not so much the salt Canadians can taste that's harming us,  it's the sodium

According to the latest statistics available from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) — a nationally representative survey of more than 35,000 Canadians — the average sodium intake of all age/sex groups is at or above the tolerable upper intake level (UL).  

Ninety per cent of Canadians who eat the high salt content of today's diet will develop high blood pressure, also a high-salt diet not only contributes to hypertension, it can undermine the benefits of blood pressure medication. 

And now new research shows that people in some countries are being fed over twice as much salt in popular global brands as their counterparts elsewhere in the world..

and this means C A N A D A !!!

Posted by mach1231 at 2:49 PM PDT

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Mood:  hug me

Since it was discovered many Americans could not actually name a single living scientist, making "Britney Spears more influential than Stephen Hawking among most Americans." 

...here comes now:  Rock stars and science.

A few of the world's top researchers and doctors with some of the top rock stars are featured together in this months issue of GQ Magazine.
http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=103998@kcbs.dayport.com

And voila, here is the actual spread.

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"The age-adjusted mortality rate for cancer is about the same in the 21st century as it was 50 years ago, ...whereas the death rates for cardiac, cerebrovascular, and infectious diseases have declined by about two-thirds. ^"

Like me, before today you may have not even heard of Joseph Burchenal , (doesn't even have a Wik page? ) as one of the pioneers in the use of chemotherapy.

It was from his work and his team, that the resulting progress against childhood leukemias, despite the toxicity of the drugs and the lethality of the diseases, built confidence in the notion that biology and chemistry could be harnessed to benefit patients with cancer.

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Also, I found this interesting contest. Aslan are makers of luxury Alpaca wool. They are offering cash prizes plus a chance to help benefit cancer research and support.

It's open to all North American residents, novice or expert.

http://www.aslantrends.com/contest.html

So,...go be a rock star now. :)

Posted by mach1231 at 3:58 AM PDT

Updated: Saturday, 20 June 2009 4:56 AM PDT

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Mood:  not sure

http://www.starbucks.com/thewayiseeit  The Way I See It #264
Every 20 minutes – less time than it will take you to drink your coffee – another child is diagnosed with autism. It’s much more common than people think, with one out of every 150 children diagnosed. Learn the early warning signs of autism, and if you’re concerned about your child’s development, talk to your doctor. Early intervention could make a big difference in your child’s future.
-- Bob Wright Former chairman and CEO of NBC/Universal, cofounder of Autism Speaks   For my area of the world, I am wondering why  there hasnt been a  fundraising event for  three years.  It looks very much like  downloading costs to the public. Good timing: heres someone with a brainchild

And also someone who begs to differ.

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RELATED 

Province of Ontario's prognosis for autism research and treatment not very hopeful. 

Letter from reader: (scroll down)  (Blame the feds/prov's)

See also

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080720.wautismfunding0720/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/ 

Man Runs Length of Country, coast to coast, in bid to raise awareness funds for autism researching, ; treatment

http://www.barrieadvance.com/barrieadvance/pictorial/112906 

Posted by mach1231 at 10:40 AM PDT

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Mood:  loud

Tomato walks into a salsa bar and sez what you're not serving me?

Alas, food lovers and health alarmists alike are crying the same thing...it's no joke!

 

Salmonella probe likened to 'Keystone Kops'

Mexico criticizes US salmonella findings

Linke here. 

 

 That pretty well sums up the voice of the indepdent media, eff em if they can't take a joke, seriously. It's just us.

Make us all martrys to the cause. Now serving at Machs Cafe...

Posted by mach1231 at 7:14 PM PDT

Updated: Friday, 1 August 2008 11:04 AM PDT

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Mood:  cheeky

New study with youngsters showed that eating while watching  tv over rides the 'Im full' signal we send to our brains when eating.

So if you have ever noticed your self feeding your face while the news or your favorite show is on and dont seem to feel full this could be a relative reason why.

The researchers in the aforementioned study conducted an experiment with kids/teens with a control group in which free pizza was given out. Kids who were watching a TV show (The Simpsons) ate 1-2 slices more pizza than the rest of the kids who never had the TV on in their group.

But what if they used a tv program the kids found boring I wonder? Or, what if Homer Simpson were the reason and not the TV. Huh?

HEADLINE: (chomp!) TV MAKES KIDS EAT MORE

Posted by mach1231 at 12:37 AM PDT

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Mood:  energetic

Those huggable loveable garage sale mainstays are back and have leaped from standard VHS to digital versatile disc (DVD)

Yes folks, I am talking about Buns of Steel.

They were really big way back when.

And overdue for a comeback

http://www.tamileewebb.com/

 I thought Kentucky native actor producer activist George Clooney once quipped about using Buns of Steel. Perhaps though he was talking about his Batman uniform (cough cough) ...costume.

I know a girl who dresses like this everyday. Except to her it is no costume. A lot of women dress the part you know...such women truly are heroes and deserve our admiration as well as support. Dont you agree?

Posted by mach1231 at 3:03 PM PDT

Updated: Sunday, 13 July 2008 4:15 PM PDT

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Mood:  party time!

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Never mind the Wimbledon matches, look at the outfits

Politics schmolitics

Tennis schmennis

 

Posted by mach1231 at 2:20 PM PDT

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Mood:  caffeinated

What would be an example of one of the least possible harbingers of an infectious disease and I don't mean say, your average mosquito but I mean..

 

 would you believe "used tires"?

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Global warming is man made and real. If global warming is a natural occurence certainly we cannot call all human activity (from factories to modes of rail air sea and car transport) benign to the natural process and not contributers.

 A) Global warming can also be called: "climate change".

 a.1) Climate change, natural or man made can contribute to a food crisis.

a.1-b) As the costs of energy rise due to supply and demand,  so do costs in agricultural production and adverse weather events i.e. cyclones can lower crop yields.

Talk about your adverse-inverse relationships. 

But even with cyclones, cyclones followed by food shortages in combination with already rising food costs (global food prices have increased an average 43 percent since March 2007)

Theres still something else lurking behind but does not necessarily have to follow.

 The threat of infectious disease as a result of manmade/natural

global warming.climate change need not be an international security threat.

 

 

http://www.glu.org/english/invasive_species/index.htm 

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/12/science-invasive.html 

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 Further reading....                               

Available May 27, 2008

 http://www.richardpreston.net/

Posted by mach1231 at 11:36 AM PDT

Updated: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 12:45 PM PDT

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