The drugs most commonly prescribed today for Alzheimer’s Disease have no effect on the underlying cause and are no more effective against agitation and aggression than placebos, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. By contrast, a drug that now shown to reverse the accumulation of Alzheimer’s-causing plaques, atContinue reading “innaresting fact”
Monthly Archives: October 2006
“The Earth Has Enough for the Needs of All, but Not for the Greed of a Few.”
That’s from Mahatma Ghandi, via Subhankar Banerjee‘s knock-out site. (You might recall that Banerjee’s photos of the Arctic National Wildlife Refugee became controversial–too beautiful, perhaps–when they were posted at the Smithsonian.) Here’s one to hold your attention, while I’m off up the coast for a couple of days.
New on the Endangered Species List: The LA Times
I exaggerate, but not all that much. After many rounds of job cuts in the last ten years–and the elimination of numerous regional editions, such as the Ventura County edition, which is still missed–the corporation in Chicago fired the publisher in LA, Jeff Johnson, because he refused to cut an estimated 200 or more jobsContinue reading “New on the Endangered Species List: The LA Times”
Environmentalism: Is There Any Other Word for this Movement?
This past week the paper for which I often write, the VC Reporter, launched blogs on their website…and in an editorial singled out this particular blog as an example of how to do it. I don’t get a chance to pat myself on the back often, so indulge me this once: Great blogs exist alreadyContinue reading “Environmentalism: Is There Any Other Word for this Movement?”
El Nino, Then and Now
A nice graphic from JPL of the central Pacific from September 1997 and September of this year. It’s easy to see why Bill Patzert and his colleagues are predicting a mild event. Rain for the Southwest, they say we’ll likely see, but nothing like the disastrous year of l997-l998. But we had a mild ElContinue reading “El Nino, Then and Now”
Turning the Page on the Day Fire
After burning through a month’s time, 259 square miles and over seventy million dollars, the Day Fire is history. Crews are heading home, scientists are assessing the damage, and homeowners in this area are heaving a big sigh of relief. What put the fire out? Not the thousands of firefighters, the countless helicopters, engines, andContinue reading “Turning the Page on the Day Fire”
Barney Says: Enuf!
Following SFMike‘s wise advice, I try and stay out of politics on this blog. There’s plenty of other folks who can do that for you, and most of them far better than I. But this one from the great Mike Luckovich is just too good.
Global Warming, Super El Ninos and Ultra La Ninas: An Expert Explains
Note: Over the last two weeks, I’ve conducted an interview with a mentor of mine, Bill Patzert, a meterologist and oceanographer with JPL. I’ve never met Bill, and only talked to him a few times on the phone, and I don’t even remember why exactly I first contacted him years ago, but he’s been hugelyContinue reading “Global Warming, Super El Ninos and Ultra La Ninas: An Expert Explains”
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