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Monthly Archives: October 2009
“HYPEROPIA.”
“HYPEROPIA.” I have posted (for example, here) about the problems that people have in deferring gratification. But I also posted here about my brother Elmer’s insight of forty years ago that one can store up happy memories and that students … Continue reading
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THE COSTS OF TOO LITTLE MEDICAL TESTING.
THE COSTS OF TOO LITTLE MEDICAL TESTING. Medical tests are not like ice cream or cake which people will be tempted to indulge in if they are free. Tests are uncomfortable and time consuming at best. There is a lot … Continue reading
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HARMFUL HEADLINES.
HARMFUL HEADLINES. The author of the article, Gina Kolata, is a good science writer, but I don’t understand how or why the article was written, and it seems to me that it can be harmful. The article indicates that the … Continue reading
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BALANCING BENEFITS AND COSTS OF MAMMOGRAMS.
BALANCING BENEFITS AND COSTS OF MAMMOGRAMS. My brother Elmer and I were independently struck by this article—and struck by the same sentence in the article. The point of the article is that “the American Cancer Society is now saying that … Continue reading
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SEEING WITH DAVID HOCKNEY’S EYES.
SEEING WITH DAVID HOCKNEY’S EYES. What I liked about this article is the way it shows David Hockney telling the writer, Carol Kino, how Hockney sees a beloved alleyway of trees, issuing orders on how to look. (“The ash tree … Continue reading
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COCKTAILS MADE WITH LAPHROAIG.
COCKTAILS MADE WITH LAPHROAIG. Lee Bryant called my attention to the fact that there has been a Laphroaig cocktail contest in San Francisco. Lee commented: “Talk about the acid test of a good bartender.” This site describes the winning cocktails. … Continue reading
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TASTING NOTES ON LAPHROAIG.
TASTING NOTES ON LAPHROAIG. When Henry Nejako was visiting us a while ago, he tasted some of the Laphroaig that I was drinking. His comments included: “kerosene”… “creosote”… “turpentine’ ….”pitch.” It occurred to me to look up what some other … Continue reading
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A JOURNAL OF REPLICATED RESULTS.
A JOURNAL OF REPLICATED RESULTS. In the article by Robert Samuelson I posted on yesterday, he questions whether increased health expenditures have much effect on health. He says: “But the connections between being healthy and more health spending are loose. … Continue reading
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WILL THE NEXT GENERATION BE DOWNWARDLY MOBILE?
WILL THE NEXT GENERATION BE DOWNWARDLY MOBILE? Kids, in this article, Robert Samuelson presents a plausible scenario (one of many, of course) for the next 20 years (2010 to 2030). Suppose health care spending continues to grow at rates comparable … Continue reading
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DEFENDING THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.
DEFENDING THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. Max Colchester’s article traces the 18 month path of a proposed translation of “cloud computing” as “information en nuage.” The proposal was ultimately rejected, but the French authorities have been successful with other efforts to establish … Continue reading
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