October 2009

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Health Care

by L J Furman on October 29, 2009

in Public Health

If it is right for the government to distribute flu vaccine, and try to stop smallpox, malaria, other epidemics, then it is right for the government to institute a national health care plan – “Single Payer” or “Medicare for All,” or “The Public Option.”

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The Washington Post has this report by Sholnn Freeman on the Northwest Pilots who missed their destination by about 150 miles. The plane was also out of contact (that is, not responding to radio hails for over an hour.  Northwest pilots say they were distracted by laptops. Interestingly, the pilots don’t allege fatigue as a [...]

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Michael Schwirtz reported in the The New York Times of 13 October, the death of Vyacheslav K. Ivankov. Vyacheslav K. Ivankov, a Russian crime boss who survived tangles with the K.G.B., the F.B.I. and other violent criminals in a bloody career that spanned decades, was laid to rest at a Moscow cemetery. Hundreds attended the [...]

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Popular Logistics Congratulates President Obama on the Nobel Prize for Peace, 2009. Popular Logistics is a Policy Blog, not a Politics Blog. We don’t really have to answer “Why Obama?” We are not on the Nobel Committee, we don’t know anyone on the Nobel Committee, and the Nobel Committee does not answer to us.  However, [...]

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Anne Reagan, writing at Apartment Therapy SF – an excellent piece on the reduced risk of tempered glass – Making Your Home Safe: Tempered Glass According to Consumer Reports, an estimated 20,000 people, mostly children, are treated for injuries related to glass furniture every year. On average, three children die each year from these injuries. [...]

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Sierra Trading Post has solar-powered LED flashlights on sale for $7.96.I believe this is identical to a flashlight I’ve been testing and using and it’s pretty impressive – if kept on a windowsill – or exposed to artificial interior light – all day, it runs for at least a couple of hours. And it’s got [...]

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For some background, see our earlier post, Mindgrowth – affordable, effective biofeedback devices. The United States military and veterans hospital systems are making effective and widespread use of biofeedback 1  in treating PTSD2 That biofeedback (sometimes referred to as “neurofeedback”) can be of medical use seems uncontroversial. The desired end-state, of course, is for the patient [...]

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[Note: we're reprinting this here to accompany a related post which will follow shortly]. Mindgrowth wall street: money never sleeps movie in english to download , a U.S.-Canadian company – distributes biofeedback equipment  – with and without tracking software – used for, among other things, pain management/reduction, treating PTSD, panic disorders, and other uses.The GSR2 [...]

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Chevy Volt 230 mpg Car

by L J Furman on October 7, 2009

in Hybrids

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GRM) announced Tuesday, August 11, 2009 that the Chevrolet Volt, to be available as a 2011 model in 2010, is expected to achieve city fuel economy of 230 miles per gallon (Press Release, Official Site – GM-Volt.com). The Volt is powered by an electric motor and battery pack with a 40-mile [...]

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