Posts about Junk Science as of September 30, 2009

Washington, Connecticut. The urge, some might say mania with which our species has attempted to distance itself from Nature is a defining occupation and it appears to be quickening in this mechanized modern era, despite oft-discussed presumptions of the new “Green” Politics. Though we cannot yet cheat death, we negotiate with it as a matter of course and are forever engaged in the Methodological Skepticism of Cartesian thought.

When writing articles for Answers In Genesis magazines, those seemingly bottomless pools of anti-scientific pseudo-profundities and woefully ignorant gotcha pieces ran by Ken Ham, not even basic logic seems to be allowed. How else could you explain this article tackling the issue of matter/antimatter disparity predicted to have occurred after the Big Bang? After misrepresenting one of theory’s claims, correcting himself by quoting actual scientists and explaining what would’ve happened to the initial wealth of antimatter created by the blast, the author still demands that cosmologists produce the missing antimatter or admit that the theory is a bust.

The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit: Stories, Michael Zadoorian, Wayne State University PressThe Made in Michigan Writers Series showcases some of the state’s best new, or not so new, writers. Michael Zadoorian is one of these writers, not so new, with two novels (The Leisure Seeker and Second Hand) already on the shelf. While the country struggles and just begins to show signs of emerging from economic muck, and more often than not, the national finger is pointed at Detroit as the example of the worst anywhere, dying and in parts already dead… Zadoorian rises from those ashes and finds the grit and pearl of story to tell.No mistake, these are pearls.

0 0 0 In a world of Michael Bays and bloated summer blockbuster spectacles, District 9 is a welcome breath of fresh air. For those still among the un-initiated, District 9 is a science fiction film from Director Neil Blomkamp that has caused quite a stir among sci-fi fan boys and Hollywood filmmakers alike.

SOS Forests : Let It Burn Fires Blow Up All Over Fire Fund Grab by DC Parks Averted Station Fire Damage Assessment in Progress Smoky summer stokes demands for firefighting changes by Interior Alaskans Firefighting Funds Diverted to DC Park Fests Norman Borlaug, Father of the Green Revolution, Passes Who Needs Science When the Gods Are Managing Your Forests?

The Washington Post claimed near-supernatural powers for a tiny beer tax on Monday. A booze tax, write Lloyd I. Sederer and Eric Goplerud, will pay for health care reform. But that’s not all!: Research indicates that a 10 percent increase in current alcohol excise taxes—that is a penny for a beer—would result in less drinking, especially among underage drinkers, reducing rape, robbery, domestic violence and liver disease.

An idea whose time has come? GIFTegrity—an Alternative to Market Timothy Wilken, MD Tensegrity is the pattern that results when push and pull have a win-win relationship with each other. The pull is continuous and the push is discontinuous. The continuous pull is balanced by the discontinuous push producing an integrity of tension and compression. This creates a powerful self-stabilizing system. The term tensegrity comes from synergic science.

WASHINGTON — Two Senate Democrats Wednesday unveiled climate legislation that aims to drastically cut greenhouse-gas emissions beginning in 2012, starting an effort that threatens to divide the party amid opposition from coal, manufacturing and oil interests. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry outlined the measure, which would cut emissions from 2005 levels 20% by 2020 and more than 80% by 2050.

I have yet to read the book, but this story of a self-taught Malawian boy building a windmill to bring electricity to his village is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Mind you, he built this windmill out of parts from a junk yard. I am totally blown away. And that is just the beginning. William Kamkwamba was kicked out of school because his family could not afford to pay the roughly $80 a year tuition. Instead of hanging his head, William went to go to the library. It was there he found the book, Using Energy .

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I don’t want to sound like a climate crank — there are more than enough of them out there, on both sides of the issue — and I’m still very much of the opinion that the question of anthropomorphic global warming/climate change still needs a lot of work to answer. If human activities are causing the planet’s atmosphere to warm up in excess of what the natural feedback systems of the planet can handle, then we do need to look at ways to reduce our contribution to that warming.

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Of all the junk food out there in the world, my one weakness is pizza. Burgers just don’t do it for me, potato chips are just okay in my book, and hot dogs? Forget about them. Give me a thin crust pizza, with a layer of tomato sauce and bubbling cheese, and you’ll have one happy girl. I don’t know where my love of pizza began, but the earliest I can trace it to is the pizza parties that teachers seemed to be perpetually throwing back in elementary school.

Food Industry Suggests Change But Maintains Marketing To Children In Schools and A New Bill In Congress Will Evaluate School Based Marketing. Given the fact that the incidence of childhood obesity and diabetes has grown to epidemic proportions with millions of young boys and girls being affected, you would think that schools would have stepped up their involvement in combating this situation by completely eliminating the marketing and sale of junk food and low nutrition quality foods to students.

Fight Back Against the FDA and Big Pharma (All Jacked Up)This segment from the documentary film All Jacked Up features Mike Adams (the Health Ranger) talking with Bobby Rice about how We the People can defend ourselves against the marketing lies, junk science and massive chemical onslaught dumped onto consumers by Big Pharma and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Features a cartoon segment and an urgent call for action to protect ourselves and our children from the deadly chemicals fed to us by food corporations and drug companies.

by Tyran Smith A great many individuals that have attempted the detox diet program have reported significant alterations within their body over just a few days. However, in spite of its enormous popularity, some experts have suggested that detox diet should be circumvented, if possible. Critics say that detox treatment is a rather severe diet which may end in serious side effects, if it is not properly performed. They say that the mechanics of the detox diet wasn’t founded on scientific research, mostly it is referred to as ‘junk science’.

by Tyran Smith A number of individuals who have tried the detox diet program have reported huge alterations within their body over only a few days. Nonetheless, despite its popularity, a few experts have suggested that detox diet should be circumvented, if possible. Critics say that detox treatment is a rather extreme diet which might end in serious side effects, if it is not done right. They have said that the functions of the detox diet was not founded upon scientific facts, mostly, it’s referred to as ‘junk science’.

by Tyran Smith A number of individuals who have tried the detox diet program have reported huge alterations within their body over only a few days. Nonetheless, despite its popularity, a few experts have suggested that detox diet should be circumvented, if possible. Critics say that detox treatment is a rather extreme diet which might end in serious side effects, if it is not done right. They have said that the functions of the detox diet was not founded upon scientific facts, mostly, it’s referred to as ‘junk science’.

by Tyran Smith Most people who have tried a detox diet have reported huge changes in their bodies in just a couple days. Nonetheless, in spite of its popularity, a few experts have stated that detox diet must be avoided, if possible. Critics say that detox treatment is a rather extreme diet which might end in serious side effects, if it is not done right. They have said that the functions of the detox diet was not founded upon scientific facts, mostly, it’s referred to as ‘junk science’.

Public service managers are at the frontline of the cuts – The Guardian 30th September 2009 “In hard times we want more public services, with better leaders. How can they be equipped to bear the attacks?” tags : Public Sector , Education , News , Health , Social Services , The Guardian , UHN , Quality , Financial Management , Voluntary Sector , Health Economics , Economics , Local Authorities Additional Stories Cuts to public services will result in risk-taking and

EARTH SONG SOUND IT OUT Jason Moran Black Stars Blue Note : 2001 JM, piano; Sam Rivers, tenor sax, flute; Tarus Mateen, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums. As an antidote to the recent strain of Jazz is Dead discussions, NPR’s A Blog Supreme recently issued this thoughtful invitation – “ Which five albums would you pick to get an open-minded listener into the jazz of today ? ” That open query has led to a wide array of fine responses, which are all listed here , including links to third parties who chimed in from all corners of the interwebs.

We live in a world where everybody wants the latest and greatest, somewhere along the way we have come to the conclusion that the newer something is the better. If we are buying a CD it has to be the latest release from the new one hit wonder, we don’t care if the song writer couldn’t tell melody from harmony or that the singer is incapable of carrying a tune, all that matters is that it’s new.

( source of photo ) NPR Check reader “Gope” noted in the open thread of Sept. 25th that NPR is launching a yearlong series on education. As Gope states “Horrors, a teacher quality series is launched. ‘over the next year NPR will explore [efforts to improve teacher quality.] We’ll take a look at the latest crop of teachers entering the profession.