(no subject)
Apparently the EPA is going all Tuskegee on our asses
Though my dad argued that the chief of staff of the White House Council on Environmental Quality did worse by selling out the well-being of the whole world...
While the glorification of feminine, blonde-haired, white women doesn't really qualify as news, this piece makes a good point about the underrepresentation of most anyone else in our news coverage.
Wisconsin may ban morning-after pill from public colleges
New Israeli device measures hemoglobin without a pinprick, making giving blood less painful
Jun. 15, 2005
Less ouch from donating blood, thanks to Israeli innovation
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
If the painful pinprick in your finger to determine if you are anemic has kept you from donating blood to Magen David Adom, you no longer have an excuse: MDA announced that it has begun to use a non-invasive, Israeli-developed device worn on the finger for a few seconds to determine hemoglobin levels.
MDA announced this to mark International Blood Donors Day on June 14.
Many would-be blood donors have complained about discomfort from the pinprick carried out before the pint of blood is taken; the pinprick is more painful than the insertion of a needle into a vein to remove the blood. The new device, based on a ring-shaped sensor, is called NBM-100.
It calculates the level of hemoglobin by combining an optical reading with pressure on the finger.
The device, developed and manufactured by the Orsense company and MDA's blood services, has been proven to produce very accurate results. "We are sure that testing for hemoglobin without a pinprick will significantly improve the experience of donating blood," said MDA blood services director Prof. Eilat Shinar.
The device received approval in January by the European drug authorities and is now in the process of undergoing US Food and Drug Administration licensing.
MDA collected 282,000 units of blood last year - a 3 percent increase over 2003. The Health Ministry requires women - who tend to get anemia during their fertile years - to have their hemoglobin levels tested before donating blood.
The new device will probably be used on both male and female donors.
International Blood Donors Day was set for June 14 to mark the anniversary of the birth of Dr. Karl Landsteiner, the scientist who identified human blood types. This year, MDA is also marking its 75th anniversary and the 70th anniversary of the establishment of its Volunteer Blood Donation Society.
While I'm fine with testing rapists for STDS, shouldn't you wait 'til they're convicted? I'm also cool with testing convicted prostitutes and intravenous drug users, but, given that the crimes against nature law is unconstitutional, why did the legislature pass and the governor sign this bill mandating testing for hepatitis for people convicted of "crimes against nature", prostitution, or intravenous drug use?
Here's some of the failed bills that I found:
This bill, that the House passed overwhelmingly, would have banned gay adoption.
This bill would have removed the cap on the car tax (thereby rendering it a goldmine for the wealthy).
This bill could have made it impossible for most legal immigrants to drive.
This bill would have required mothers to report miscarriages to the police within 12 hours.
This bill would have effectively taken away parental rights from new fathers in prison.
Darwin Awards .....2005
Yes, it's that magical time of the year again when the Darwin Awards are
bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
Here then, is the glorious winner:
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim
during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot
did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel
and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.....
And now, the honorable mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting
machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his
insurance company.
The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look
for himself. He tried the machine and lost a finger. The chef's claim
was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car
during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman
had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver
found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting
from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his
incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone
waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the
mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable
and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3
days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head
wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the
injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close
he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the
counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer,
the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which
the clerk promptly provided.
The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on
the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer...$15. (If
someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?)
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that
he'd just throw a cinderblock through a liquor store window, grab some
booze, and run. So he lifted the cinderblock and heaved it over his head
at the window.
The cinderblock bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head,
knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas.
The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man
grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the
woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher.
Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the
car and drove back to the store.
The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a
positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the
lady I stole the purse from."
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a
Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 a.m., flashed a gun, and
demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't
open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion
rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man,
frustrated, walked away.
A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER!
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on
a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived
at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near
spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying
to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's
sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press
charges, saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
In the interest of bettering human kind please share these with your
friends and family unless of course one of these 10 individuals by
chance is a distant relative or long lost friend. In that case be glad
they are distant and hope they remain lost.
Though my dad argued that the chief of staff of the White House Council on Environmental Quality did worse by selling out the well-being of the whole world...
While the glorification of feminine, blonde-haired, white women doesn't really qualify as news, this piece makes a good point about the underrepresentation of most anyone else in our news coverage.
Wisconsin may ban morning-after pill from public colleges
New Israeli device measures hemoglobin without a pinprick, making giving blood less painful
Jun. 15, 2005
Less ouch from donating blood, thanks to Israeli innovation
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
If the painful pinprick in your finger to determine if you are anemic has kept you from donating blood to Magen David Adom, you no longer have an excuse: MDA announced that it has begun to use a non-invasive, Israeli-developed device worn on the finger for a few seconds to determine hemoglobin levels.
MDA announced this to mark International Blood Donors Day on June 14.
Many would-be blood donors have complained about discomfort from the pinprick carried out before the pint of blood is taken; the pinprick is more painful than the insertion of a needle into a vein to remove the blood. The new device, based on a ring-shaped sensor, is called NBM-100.
It calculates the level of hemoglobin by combining an optical reading with pressure on the finger.
The device, developed and manufactured by the Orsense company and MDA's blood services, has been proven to produce very accurate results. "We are sure that testing for hemoglobin without a pinprick will significantly improve the experience of donating blood," said MDA blood services director Prof. Eilat Shinar.
The device received approval in January by the European drug authorities and is now in the process of undergoing US Food and Drug Administration licensing.
MDA collected 282,000 units of blood last year - a 3 percent increase over 2003. The Health Ministry requires women - who tend to get anemia during their fertile years - to have their hemoglobin levels tested before donating blood.
The new device will probably be used on both male and female donors.
International Blood Donors Day was set for June 14 to mark the anniversary of the birth of Dr. Karl Landsteiner, the scientist who identified human blood types. This year, MDA is also marking its 75th anniversary and the 70th anniversary of the establishment of its Volunteer Blood Donation Society.
While I'm fine with testing rapists for STDS, shouldn't you wait 'til they're convicted? I'm also cool with testing convicted prostitutes and intravenous drug users, but, given that the crimes against nature law is unconstitutional, why did the legislature pass and the governor sign this bill mandating testing for hepatitis for people convicted of "crimes against nature", prostitution, or intravenous drug use?
Here's some of the failed bills that I found:
This bill, that the House passed overwhelmingly, would have banned gay adoption.
This bill would have removed the cap on the car tax (thereby rendering it a goldmine for the wealthy).
This bill could have made it impossible for most legal immigrants to drive.
This bill would have required mothers to report miscarriages to the police within 12 hours.
This bill would have effectively taken away parental rights from new fathers in prison.
Darwin Awards .....2005
Yes, it's that magical time of the year again when the Darwin Awards are
bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
Here then, is the glorious winner:
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim
during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot
did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel
and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.....
And now, the honorable mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting
machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his
insurance company.
The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look
for himself. He tried the machine and lost a finger. The chef's claim
was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car
during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman
had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver
found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting
from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his
incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone
waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the
mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable
and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3
days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head
wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the
injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close
he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the
counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer,
the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which
the clerk promptly provided.
The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on
the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer...$15. (If
someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?)
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that
he'd just throw a cinderblock through a liquor store window, grab some
booze, and run. So he lifted the cinderblock and heaved it over his head
at the window.
The cinderblock bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head,
knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas.
The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man
grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the
woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher.
Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the
car and drove back to the store.
The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a
positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the
lady I stole the purse from."
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a
Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 a.m., flashed a gun, and
demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't
open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion
rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man,
frustrated, walked away.
A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER!
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on
a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived
at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near
spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying
to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's
sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press
charges, saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
In the interest of bettering human kind please share these with your
friends and family unless of course one of these 10 individuals by
chance is a distant relative or long lost friend. In that case be glad
they are distant and hope they remain lost.