tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10453602990738980862024-02-19T21:09:09.796-05:00Why are we alive?And here's how they replied.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger771125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-28382662304131648752012-03-06T22:17:00.001-05:002012-03-06T23:57:14.141-05:00The lengths.<br>On February 5, 1945, with World War II in its last desperate months, a German train made its way to the city of Linz. Suddenly, Allied planes swooped in, dropping bombs and derailing it. As the train’s cargo—mail bound for several northern Austrian towns—scattered over the area, a second wave of bombers flew in with a strange payload.<br><br>
Eight mail bags hit the ground around the train with a thud. Inside each bag were 800 propaganda letters, all addressed to homes and businesses along the train’s route and appropriately stamped. When the train was discovered, German postal workers recovered the bags and delivered the letters without being any wiser about their contents or origins.<br><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cornflakes">Operation Cornflakes</a> had begun.<br><br>
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/operation-cornflakes-how-the-allies-got-the-nazi-postal-service-to-deliver-their-propoganda-for-them-2012-3">http://www.businessinsider.com/operation-cornflakes-how-the-allies-got-the-nazi-postal-service-to-deliver-their-propoganda-for-them-2012-3</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-44615689442908250002012-03-06T12:57:00.001-05:002012-03-06T23:58:07.059-05:00Really??This is the worst article I've read from the Globe in a long time.<br />
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<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/robo-calls-get-a-grip-were-canadian/article2359578/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=Referrer%3A+Social+Network+%2F+Media&utm_content=2359578&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/robo-calls-get-a-grip-were-canadian/article2359578/</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-55214404319652785712012-03-06T10:34:00.003-05:002012-03-06T10:47:08.540-05:00Registering a new website?The Bodog.com case provides a warning that by using popular dot-com (dot-net, and dot-org) domain names, companies and registrants EVEN IN CANADA are effectively opting-in to U.S. law and courts as part of the package.
What does this mean?:<br />
<a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1140589--bodog-com-case-sends-warning-to-all-canadian-websites">http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1140589--bodog-com-case-sends-warning-to-all-canadian-websites</a><br />
<a href="http://www.slaw.ca/2012/02/06/collateral-damage-innocent-users-impacted-megaupload-takedown/">http://www.slaw.ca/2012/02/06/collateral-damage-innocent-users-impacted-megaupload-takedown/</a><br />
<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204616504577171060611948408.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fxml%2Frss%2F3_7011+%28WSJ.com%3A+What%27s+News+US%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204616504577171060611948408.html</a><br />
<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/its-official-us-demands-extradition-of-megaupload-suspects-120305/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">http://torrentfreak.com/its-official-us-demands-extradition-of-megaupload-suspects-120305/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-7121154923208335802012-02-29T21:41:00.000-05:002012-02-29T21:44:30.220-05:00Bill C-10<iframe width="450" height="259" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1qGHF5IzfaE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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I suggest watching this 4-minute video, and if it feels right, call a Senator. That's it. Just leave a message. All the info is in the link below.
<a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenatorsMembers/Senate/SenatorsBiography/isenator.asp">http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenatorsMembers/Senate/SenatorsBiography/isenator.asp</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-69601337220066316352012-02-25T21:27:00.000-05:002012-02-29T21:27:45.724-05:00Bill C-30<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="259" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2xfwJ2magpw" width="450"></iframe>
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Including <a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6339/125/">12 ways to fix Bill C-30</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-57455666784464651092012-02-09T18:23:00.001-05:002012-02-09T18:23:43.141-05:00Supreme Court rules ISPs not subject to broadcast regulationsA coalition formed by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and
Radio Artists, Canadian Media Production Association, the Directors
Guild of Canada and the Writers Guild of Canada, had argued that <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/supreme-court-rules-isps-not-subject-to-broadcast-regulations/article2332233/">ISPs should be treated as broadcasters</a>.<br />
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Money well spent.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-64601823842610207462012-02-01T09:38:00.000-05:002012-02-01T09:38:00.117-05:00If you ever wanted to write your representative, this is how to find him or her:<br />
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http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-74585366258139702692011-07-27T02:46:00.000-04:002011-07-27T02:46:18.424-04:00The drug industry, in a nutshellLu AA12004 is one of the few new (3 in the last decade) anti-depressant drugs about to go to market. They are tested by "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_trial">Clinical trial</a>". <br />
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"If you ask me, this study <span>should</span> have compared the new drug to an SSRI, because they're used much more widely than venlafaxine. ... although there are no fewer than <a href="http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=Lu+AA21004&pg=1">26 registered clinical trials</a> of Lu AA21004 either ongoing or completed, only one is comparing it to an SSRI. "<br />
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<a href="http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-antidepressant-old-tricks.html">http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-antidepressant-old-tricks.html</a><br />
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Pharmacologically, Lu AA21004 is kind of <a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm101459g">a new twist on an old classic </a>. Its main mechanism of action is inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin, just like Prozac and other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_serotonin_reuptake_inhibitor">SSRIs</a>. However, unlike them, it also blocks serotonin 5HT3 and 5HT7 receptors, activates 5HT1A receptors and partially agonizes 5HT1B.<br />
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Basically, the main problem with Lu AA21004 was that it made people sick. Literally - 9% of people on the highest dose suffered vomiting, and 38% got nausea. However, the 5 mg dose was no worse than venlafaxine for nausea, and was relatively vomit-free. Unlike venlafaxine, it <span style="font-style: italic;">didn't</span> cause dry mouth, constipation, or sexual problems.<br />
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Yeah. This is what a body needs.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-79510906797566290662011-07-01T13:30:00.001-04:002011-07-01T13:30:33.413-04:00Prague<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/01/2459.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/01/s_2459.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='208' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-58561815929302362352011-06-27T10:36:00.001-04:002011-06-27T10:36:06.709-04:00The last communication before the Eastern Block<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/06/27/1450.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/06/27/s_1450.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />"Please have your papers ready..."<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-17119050992966724272011-06-18T16:37:00.000-04:002011-06-18T16:37:19.573-04:00Ahhh, the traditional exam time postsSo, been on vacation, in reality, for the last couple weeks. But, once again it's exam time, and obviously there some procrastination going on. Among that, there are always a few videos... so let the roll begin!<br />
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/maya_beiser_s_and_her_cello_s.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/maya_beiser_s_and_her_cello_s.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.radiolab.org/2011/may/31/">http://www.radiolab.org/2011/may/31/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_dawkins_on_our_queer_universe.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_dawkins_on_our_queer_universe.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/douglas_adams_parrots_the_universe_and_everything.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/douglas_adams_parrots_the_universe_and_everything.html</a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_saxe_how_brains_make_moral_judgments.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_saxe_how_brains_make_moral_judgments.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/alice_dreger_is_anatomy_destiny.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/alice_dreger_is_anatomy_destiny.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat.html</a><br />
Link to her audiobook: <a href="http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5652331/Why_Him_Why_Her.Helen_Fisher">http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5652331/Why_Him_Why_Her.Helen_Fisher</a><br />
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(The above TED talks all take a bit of time to get going, but they are all GREAT.)<br />
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So, I'll leave it at this for now. Anyway, there are tons of pictures and stories being prepared. I'll be traveling until July 9-10th, so there probably won't be (m)any updates until then.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-10931824069954546392011-05-15T09:47:00.003-04:002011-05-15T10:04:23.989-04:00Can you spot a fake smile?19 out of 20.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/</a><br />
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Most people are surprisingly bad at spotting fake smiles. One possible explanation for this is that it may be easier for people to get along if they don't always know what others are really feeling. <br />
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Although fake smiles often look very similar to genuine smiles, they are actually slightly different, because they are brought about by different muscles, which are controlled by different parts of the brain.<br />
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Fake smiles can be performed at will, because the brain signals that create them come from the conscious part of the brain and prompt the zygomaticus major muscles in the cheeks to contract. These are the muscles that pull the corners of the mouth outwards.<br />
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Genuine smiles, on the other hand, are generated by the unconscious brain, so are automatic. When people feel pleasure, signals pass through the part of the brain that processes emotion. As well as making the mouth muscles move, the muscles that raise the cheeks – the orbicularis oculi and the pars orbitalis – also contract, making the eyes crease up, and the eyebrows dip slightly.<br />
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Lines around the eyes do sometimes appear in intense fake smiles, and the cheeks may bunch up, making it look as if the eyes are contracting and the smile is genuine. But there are a few key signs that distinguish these smiles from real ones. For example, when a smile is genuine, the eye cover fold - the fleshy part of the eye between the eyebrow and the eyelid - moves downwards and the end of the eyebrows dip slightly.<br />
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Scientists distinguish between genuine and fake smiles by using a coding system called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), which was devised by Professor Paul Ekman of the University of California and Dr Wallace V. Friesen of the University of Kentucky.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-54982114141191573212011-05-15T06:52:00.003-04:002011-05-15T06:52:00.188-04:00How to live foreverIn <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172957/">How To Live Forever</a>, a new film launching Friday in New York, director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923315/">Mark Wexler</a> (Air Force One, PBS-National Geographic) does just that. Ya gotta love Buster, a 101-year-old chain-smoking, beer-drinking marathoner, and Marge Jetton, a 104-year-old iron-pumping Seventh-day Adventist.<br />
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<iframe width="475" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UZGDUFHhyko" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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Here's Buster:<br />
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More clips <a href="http://www.liveforevermovie.com./media-gallery">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-44767875031713454982011-04-23T15:48:00.001-04:002011-10-20T12:46:58.224-04:00Song of the Day: Cuff the Duke - Listen to Your HeartRemember "Song of the Day"? Me neither, but this song has been playing in my mind all day. <br />
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<a href="http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/concert/Cuff-the-Duke-2009-10-06/Listen-To-Your-Heart">http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/concert/Cuff-the-Duke-2009-10-06/Listen-To-Your-Heart</a><br />
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Light is darkened in the rain,<br />
whispers linger and remain.<br />
There you are just wondering who to blame.<br />
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Has it passed you by,<br />
like a stranger in a crowd.<br />
All you have are distant memories.<br />
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Listen to your heart, baby it'll be okay.<br />
Whoa, listen to your heart, baby it'll be okay.<br />
Whoa, listen to your heart, baby it'll be okay.<br />
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You've been looking for your chance,<br />
to get away from it all.<br />
Bu'it's still here while your friends moved on.<br />
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Well the time finally came,<br />
but the moment wasn't right.<br />
There you were just feeling left behind.<br />
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Listen to your heart, baby it'll be okay.<br />
Whoa, listen to your heart, baby it'll be okay.<br />
Whoa, listen to your heart, baby it'll be okay, okay.<br />
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Night is darkening the rain,<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">whispers linger and remain.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Listen to your heart, baby it'll be okay.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Whoa, listen to your heart, baby it'll be okay.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Whoa, listen to your heart, baby it'll be okay, okay.</div><br />
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Gorgeous song. Especially live.<br />
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And so, naturally, when looking up "Listen to your Heart" on youtube, you get this also awesome song. <br />
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Roxette? Very underrated. <br />
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<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="450" height="283" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/I7tADdFkaL8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-2421946034154164172011-04-23T09:04:00.000-04:002011-04-23T09:04:54.458-04:00oh Dell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Cn2s-6RvtsBTAMqFsEUL54rEletgr2sbz_eLJM2YLkvk7kv0xboRrfZZXx4xlQjO22pb5punSRMjLBTTpjNU7TztrxQFPLc_s5HpqsjlkqppEpVwBlLKTEO96Dt5VOYxlka3eufnj_0/s1600/Gmail+-+Earth+Day+Super+Sale++-+up+to+40++off.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Cn2s-6RvtsBTAMqFsEUL54rEletgr2sbz_eLJM2YLkvk7kv0xboRrfZZXx4xlQjO22pb5punSRMjLBTTpjNU7TztrxQFPLc_s5HpqsjlkqppEpVwBlLKTEO96Dt5VOYxlka3eufnj_0/s400/Gmail+-+Earth+Day+Super+Sale++-+up+to+40++off.png" width="400" /></a></div>Oh Dell. So wanting to participate in Earth day.<br />
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Sending a Super Sale promotion out the day after earth day was not enough for you, but you also suggest to "Save Energy and shop online".<br />
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Really? Like, energy energy, or laziness energy? I was planning to go into this whole harangue about box stores vs driving assumptions vs delivery services and trucks vs whatever else came to mind at that exact moment, but knowing Dude, you got a Dell's target marketing audience, I'm going to take a Saturday morning break and just assume it's the latter.<br />
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Mmmm, <i>yes Dell</i>, show me how you care for that earth...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-43785858391813151422011-04-21T14:37:00.001-04:002011-04-21T14:37:00.425-04:00In preparation for England,I picked up TomTom's iphone mapping software...<br />
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... and can't wait to buy one of these hammock tents from MEC for countryside expeditions.<br />
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I did check; there are trees in the UK.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-1694887813988013732011-04-21T10:31:00.001-04:002011-04-21T10:31:00.674-04:00I had high hopes for mlb.tv's iphone app but...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqKnssoDJUA1jBmX52byW4hOrGS6uQvS72dF7p2vwGjeaxe6nRzJnoX5QBF2rpTuQlO_r1Y2-OqJBe6ApFiMuZJt_ReV5sLjhGJJZ7vQy9MtsoWoa60QdkbTXbppw9kVSRtkUQLvFzko/s1600/Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqKnssoDJUA1jBmX52byW4hOrGS6uQvS72dF7p2vwGjeaxe6nRzJnoX5QBF2rpTuQlO_r1Y2-OqJBe6ApFiMuZJt_ReV5sLjhGJJZ7vQy9MtsoWoa60QdkbTXbppw9kVSRtkUQLvFzko/s320/Image.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-88019688118676560982011-04-18T13:09:00.000-04:002011-04-18T13:09:28.946-04:00Lawyers, doctors, journalists, oh my.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://jasonmillar.ca/roboethics/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/robot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="http://jasonmillar.ca/roboethics/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/robot.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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What<i> can't</i> robots do?<br />
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Automation of higher-level jobs is accelerating because of progress in computer science and linguistics. Only recently have researchers been able to test and refine algorithms on vast data samples, including a huge trove of e-mail from the Enron Corporation.<br />
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“The economic impact will be huge,” said Tom Mitchell, chairman of the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “We’re at the beginning of a 10-year period where we’re going to transition from computers that can’t understand language to a point where computers can understand quite a bit about language.”<br />
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Nowhere are these advances clearer than in the legal world.<br />
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A typical physician spends most of the day playing twenty questions.<br />
Where does it hurt? Do you have a cough? How high is the patient’s blood pressure? But an expert system can play twenty questions better than most people. An expert system can use the best knowledge in the field, it can stay current with the journals, and it never forgets.<br />
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Consider how many people die because physicians forget the basics. Gina Kolata reports on a Medicare program to rate hospitals on the quality of care provided in the treatment of heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia – these three areas chosen because there are standard, clinically proven, treatments that everyone agrees are highly beneficial.<br />
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<a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2004/12/in_praise_of_im.html">http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2004/12/in_praise_of_im.html</a><br />
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Deadspin conceded. They published a follow up, saying that — in this case — the machine did write the better story.<br />
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"The image of the robots typing wins me over for sure," says Carmichael. "And on top of that, in some cases, as we've seen with Narrative Science's story, they actually can produce the stronger story."<br />
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/04/17/135471975/robot-journalist-out-writes-human-sports-reporter?ft=1&f=1001">http://www.npr.org/2011/04/17/135471975/robot-journalist-out-writes-human-sports-reporter?ft=1&f=1001</a><br />
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This robot journalist can explore its surroundings, take pictures, interview people, perform internet searches, and publish online. Ok, I'm about to lose my job.<br />
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A browser extension "bookmarklet" (chrome, firefox, safari) allows you to send any web article straight to your kindle for later reading at the push of a button.<br />
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<a href="http://www.klip.me/sendtokindle/">http://www.klip.me/sendtokindle/</a><br />
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Or, send articles/attachments straight to your kindle with its personal email address (@free.kindle.com). No spam either; all incoming email addresses need to be pre-approved.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-16801659385979183842011-04-10T16:20:00.000-04:002011-04-10T16:20:42.021-04:00Are lawyers really in trouble?<a href="http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/strategy/article.jsp?content=20110425_10024_10024">http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/strategy/article.jsp?content=20110425_10024_10024</a><br />
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These people obviously haven't heard that the four digit hourly fee ceiling has been broken recently. It is funny though; there is certainly a growing discrepancy between what you are reading and what you are hearing lately. These articles keep coming out one after another all saying exactly the same thing, yet every lawyer I'm talking to, new graduate or established, isn't complaining a lick about a lack of business.<br />
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Maybe it is a larger problem in the states, and just like good Canadian journalism, it's unabashedly echoed here. The story du jour. I suspect the problem is also magnified in business centres like Manhattan and Toronto, where once would be corporate lawyers aren't finding what they were promised and don't want to leave their chosen path (or residence), and it is from these business sectors that these articles are focused on and are coming from. In truth, I think the dip in new hires extends to the business sector as a whole (don't tell me it's rebounded), and even corporate jobs by the boatload will soon be available for those those who are born for a Bay Street gig. However, in saying that, as a practicing lawyer in Canada even today, you certainly won't starve.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-81255862055573050632011-04-10T10:41:00.002-04:002011-04-10T10:41:00.271-04:00Space signpost!In Bristol, there's a "space signpost".<br />
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It's a signpost that points at things in space; planets, comets, satellites in orbit around the earth. Press a button, and the signpost will point at the object, actually track it across the sky, and show you the exact distance it is from the signposts location, updated every second or two! It's inspiring and accessible!<br />
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But, in this potpourri blog update (<i>you thought I jumped around a lot before?</i>), in preparation for the summer, I've picked myself up a Kindle. <br />
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The ebook tipping point came when I found a mound of online resources for free downloads of current books, news and magazine releases <a href="http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2010/07/14/how-to-get-kindle-nook-sony-e-subscriptions-for-free/">downloaded straight to the Kindle</a> (including the New Yorker, w cartoons!), as well as free international 3G internet service. Sure it's in black and white, but it's perfect for email, directions, wikipedia, facebook, etc. I <i>was</i> thinking of a Nook Color for the longest time, but figured that was more just another toy than an actual reader, and I'm happy, especially with all of Kindle's automations, that I went for the Kindle. That, and with little games included (Scrabble, Sudoku, Mathdoku!, etc... ), it was a no-brainer. <br />
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SO, to distract myself even further from the upcoming exams, I've been thinking about what to do this summer. The current plan is to travel around Europe for a bit after school, and then maybe a bike trip over the Rockies in late July. <br />
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The school in England is located about 90 kms south of London (but only <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=herstmontceaux+castle,+England&daddr=51.01677,0.06822+to:Gatwick+Airport+station,+Gatwick,+England,+United+Kingdom&geocode=FW81CAMd_SkFACGwCmJ49Ymfpw%3BFUJ0CgMdfAoBACkhe-FhH17fRzGBr4SyLa4OEw%3BFTiUDAMdW4r9_yEVBKOA3EXRxQ&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=10&via=1&doflg=ptk&sll=50.993245,0.074625&sspn=0.539368,1.674042&ie=UTF8&ll=50.993014,0.074158&spn=1.078742,3.348083&t=h&z=9">65 kms</a> from Gatwick airport). So, easy and cheap access to the rest of Europe for a weekend trip.<br />
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I've been fortunate enough to visit the castle once before with Jeremy when we went over to visit Simon while he was on exchange from Dalhousie, and it's absolutely great there. They even have a WORKING OBSERVATORY!!!<br />
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So, when not spending time on the grounds, current weekend trip ideas include Berlin, Madrid or Barcelona, and Paris, and maybe a cost saving long weekend bike/camping trip to <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=herstmontceaux+castle,+England&daddr=Stonehenge,+United+Kingdom&geocode=FW81CAMd_SkFACGwCmJ49Ymfpw%3BFVjtDAMdVCLk_yH1quOuqyTSsw&hl=en&mra=ltm&dirflg=w&doflg=ptk&sll=51.170733,-0.856934&sspn=1.038422,3.348083&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.179494,-1.825858&panoid=FGB9AyRPrTvwL2VspsXZNg&cbp=11,197.03,,1,-2.18&ll=51.179343,-1.826477&spn=0.485546,3.348083&z=9">Stonehenge</a>, which is about 180 kms away. And yes, through the wonderful Tori, who happens to have cousins living a short <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=herstmontceaux+castle,+England&daddr=St+Leonards,+East+Sussex,+United+Kingdom&hl=en&geocode=FW81CAMd_SkFACGwCmJ49Ymfpw%3BFRn-BwMdmVQIACl14WcvBBDfRzFkgUYWHFvMqQ&mra=pd&dirflg=w&doflg=ptk&sll=50.855449,0.475816&sspn=0.135241,0.41851&ie=UTF8&ll=50.851258,0.462112&spn=0.135253,0.41851&t=h&z=12">18 km jog away</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Leonards-on-Sea">St. Leonard's-on-sea</a>, I think I may have secured a bike for the duration of my visit.<br />
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Speaking of Stonehenge for a second, which archaeologist believe was erected around 2500 BC, there are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories_about_Stonehenge">many theories</a> as to why it was built. However, they all seem to centre around the idea that it was a religious meeting place of some kind. BUT, perhaps more interesting is the recently discovered Gobelki Tepe.<br />
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</div>Located in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=37%C2%B013%E2%80%B222.81%E2%80%B3N+38%C2%B055%E2%80%B220.51%E2%80%B3E&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=40.86791,107.138672&ie=UTF8&ll=37.223214,38.922447&spn=0.001258,0.00327&t=k&z=19">south east Turkey</a>, dating back to around 9000 BC (!), current theories surrounding this, errr, erection are that this is the reason for and the beginning of the transformation of the homo sapien nomadic hunter-gatherer to the current farming and agriculture lifestyle. These profound changes in our understanding of human societal and cultural development are absolutely amazing. Despite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe#Chronological_context">only about 5%</a> of the area has been excavated so far, tremendous scientific research and theories have emerged.<br />
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Get this: A current theory holds that nomadic homo sapiens would gather in this area, and had been for years before erecting the monument, and because of the constant and consistent revisiting, sedentary farming villages emerged. Firstly, the hill was ideally situated for ancient hunters. Wild gazelles still migrate past twice a year as they did 11ish millennia ago. Secondly, for some reason they picked this place to make a consistent ritual place out of, for whatever reason. So, more proof right?<br />
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Wheat is considered the basis for farming culture today and in ancient times. One of the earliest domesticated form of wheat was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einkorn_wheat">einkorn</a>. <br />
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The cultivation of einkorn, perhaps for eating as gruel, is thought to mark the origin of agriculture in the ancient world. "If you know where [einkorn] wheat was domesticated, you know where agriculture originated," says wheat geneticist geneticist Jan Dvorak of the University of California. A newish study aimed to find those whereabouts, and has (read the <a href="http://peterpietraszek.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/science-1997-nov-14th-issue-location-location-location_-the-first-farmers.pdf">full article pdf print here</a>... you just gotta love the periodical access given with an active student number...). <br />
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Heun and his colleagues analyzed the DNA from 270 lines of the wild einkorn, as well as 68 lines of the larger, cultivated grain, which differs genetically only slightly from the wild forms. In the DNA fragments they examined, the cultivated einkorn most closely resembles 11 lines of wild einkorn that grow in the Karacadag Mountains, less than 30 kms from Gobekli Tepe.<br />
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"They show that all the cultivated einkorn is related to one specific population in Turkey," says Dvorak. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE FINDING. Along with the cultivated wheat came barley and lentils, then other crops, including another form of wheat that led eventually to the familiar bread wheat. Likewise, sheep, goats, and pigs were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent, along with dogs (<a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CDUQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencenews.org%2Fpages%2Fpdfs%2Fdata%2F1997%2F151-26%2F15126-11.pdf&rct=j&q=SN%3A%206%2F28%2F97%2C%20p.%20400&ei=ykShTZ_DAuOC0QGMpaWQBQ&usg=AFQjCNEogBhKEjgrL9OfP-zy2LcvFm9jEQ&sig2=yVsMZGRdt47y16MQVOk8_g&cad=rja">SN: 6/28/97, p. 400</a> (pdf)).<br />
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Incredible. This seems to be where it all started. It seems that the erection of monumental complexes was within the capacities of hunter-gatherers and not only of sedentary farming communities as had been previously assumed. In other words, as excavator Klaus Schmidt puts it: "First came the temple, then the city." (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe">link</a>)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe#cite_note-14"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.gobeklitepe.info/news.html#main">More good, and obviously biased, reading on Gobekli here</a>.<br />
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Anyway yes, I have checked out flights from London to Sanliurfa (where Sanliurfa is less than 20 kms outside <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=FTDdNgIdgApQAimRkGHc63E0FTFsRgm3FoV4jg%3BFVv6NwIdfOhRAg&q=urfa,+turkey+to+37%C2%B013%E2%80%B222.81%E2%80%B3N+38%C2%B055%E2%80%B220.51%E2%80%B3E&aq=&sll=37.17933,38.912351&sspn=0.010668,0.026157&ie=UTF8&ll=37.190134,38.856239&spn=0.170666,0.41851&t=h&z=12&saddr=urfa,+turkey&daddr=37%C2%B013%E2%80%B222.81%E2%80%B3N+38%C2%B055%E2%80%B220.51%E2%80%B3E">Gobekli Tepe</a>), and they are currently running about <a href="http://flights.idealo.co.uk/result/4S5Bi/">250 pounds</a>, or <a href="http://www.kayak.com/#flights/LON-sanliurfa,turkey/2011-05-06-flexible/2011-05-13-flexible">$540</a>, with a stop in Istanbul... Gobekli is about <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Istanbul,+Turkey&daddr=G%C3%B6ktepe%2FSakarya+Province,+Turkey&geocode=FdawcQIdQCe6ASlrCGgABKfKFDHQsAG8mP7M4Q%3BFf1UbwIdRyfQASmFvpy6rvCdQDGGi90CeMVdVQ&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=40.522151,30.539246&sspn=1.302797,3.348083&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=10">170 kms by road</a> from Istanbul.<br />
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Anyway anyway, after the castle (classes end on the 23rd of June), if not Gobekli, which does seem a bit out of the way and hence more of a one off trip(?), we're thinking of visiting Simon in Warsaw, go down to Krakow and Auschwitz, Vienna, and then Croatia to visit Milan. We have our return flight booked for July 9th. Of course this is still very much in the air, so to speak.<br />
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Ok, I'm not done procrastinating yet. I'm currently looking for people to come along on this trip, as current enlistees are waivering... here's the recruitment email I sent out a couple months ago if anyone is interested. <br />
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Ok, I did some research on a <span class="il">Calgary</span> to Kelowna bike route. <br />
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TOTALLY DOABLE in 6 days. <br />
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- <span class="il">Calgary</span> <span class="il">Folk</span> <span class="il">Festival</span> Thursday July 21st - 24th. <a href="http://www.calgaryfolkfest.com/" target="_blank">Awesome</a>. <br />
- Leave <span class="il">Calgary</span> by bike Monday July 25th - arrive in Kelowna Saturday July 30th. <br />
- Adam/Claire wedding. <br />
- Monday August 1st is the August long weekend holiday. Fly back.<br />
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All these events are once in a lifetime opportunities as I see it. Except for Adam's wedding. HEY-OOOO!<br />
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Ok, <br />
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<a href="http://veloroutes.org/bikemaps/?route=63623" target="_blank">http://veloroutes.org/<wbr></wbr>bikemaps/?route=63623</a> (route mapped out)<br />
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Around 600 kms. +/- 100 kms a day depending on hills = 6-7 hours on the bike on hard days, 5 hours on easy days. This obviously doesn't include stops, but, if we start each day at 8am and finish at 6pm, that's 10 hours travelling time, for 7 hours max bike time. Lots of time for food and exploration, never mind the early evenings. It's certainly not "easy", but totally doable, and a major accomplishment. <br />
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And look at the elevation below. There are 5-6 hard climbs, and don't get me wrong, these are hard, world famous climbs. <a href="http://www.womenscycling.ca/blog/heather-pardons-cycling-adventures/i-couldn%E2%80%99t-pass-up-on-rogers-pass/" target="_blank">Rogers Pass</a> being one. Obviously we take the total kms down those days...<br />
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<img alt="Calgary_Kelowna_elevation_graph_63623.png" height="111" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=004a7dd8d7&view=att&th=12e2d9225d92f33f&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_12e2d55a160cf818&zw" title="Calgary_Kelowna_elevation_graph_63623.png" width="400" /><br />
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Although we may be against some wind, most of the trip is downhill! An ideal direction to do the Rockies if you're EVER going to do them. <br />
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On the way, we would pass some AMAZING places and views, with plenty of hostels/motels to stay in (so we don't need to haul tents, etc). <a href="http://www.moon.com/destinations/alberta/calgary/kananaskis-country/bow-valley-provincial-park" target="_blank">Bow Valley Provincial Park</a>, <a href="http://www.banff.ca/" target="_blank">Banff</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawback_Range" target="_blank">Sawback Range</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Louise,_Alberta" target="_blank">Lake Louise</a>, <a href="http://www.google.ca/images?hl=en&xhr=t&q=yoho+national+park&cp=4&client=firefox-a&hs=4Id&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=868" target="_blank">Yoho National Park</a>, <a href="http://www.vancouverisland.com/parks/?id=398" target="_blank">Glacier National Park</a>, <a href="http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/parks/revel.htm" target="_blank">Mt Revelstoke National Park</a>, and the Okanagan towns of <a href="http://www.armstrongbc.com/" target="_blank">Armstrong</a> and <a href="http://www.tourismvernon.com/index.php/activities/attractions" target="_blank">Vernon</a>, are just a few of the major stops along the way... Also, I don't think I need to tell you of the potential <a href="http://www.wildflowersandwine.com/map.htm" target="_blank">bike-wine tours in and around Kelowna</a> as REWARD when we get there. <br />
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What a great accomplishment this would be, and to be bookended by two awesome events... it's practically a sin not to do this. I'm currently sending email inquiries to Vienna on how to <i>actually </i>make it a sin. <br />
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A few links:<br />
<a href="http://www.canadabybicycle.com/bc/day8" target="_blank">http://www.canadabybicycle.<wbr></wbr>com/bc/day8</a><br />
<a href="http://www.womenscycling.ca/blog/heather-pardons-cycling-adventures/i-couldn%E2%80%99t-pass-up-on-rogers-pass/" target="_blank">http://www.womenscycling.ca/<wbr></wbr>blog/heather-pardons-cycling-<wbr></wbr>adventures/i-couldn%E2%80%99t-<wbr></wbr>pass-up-on-rogers-pass/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fernandocandido.com/bcbiketrip/bcbiketrip.html" target="_blank">http://www.fernandocandido.<wbr></wbr>com/bcbiketrip/bcbiketrip.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.karlaugenstein.com/bc2.htm" target="_blank">http://www.karlaugenstein.com/<wbr></wbr>bc2.htm</a><br />
(remember, we'd be doing most of these in reverse... )<br />
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Here's one in our general direction:<br />
<a href="http://bikeforchildrenoflabour.blogspot.com/2010/07/day-3-lake-louise-golden.html" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr>bikeforchildrenoflabour.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/2010/07/day-3-<wbr></wbr>lake-louise-golden.html</a> <br />
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Alright, enough for tonight. Back to consuming, and "the readings"... but first, <i>solely </i>on our Property Prof's recommendation, the following Cosby show clip. <br />
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This is perhaps 4:27 minutes you will ever spend.<br />
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AND, perhaps the best Cosby episode ever... <br />
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.....<br />
<a href="http://starting-points.blogspot.com/2010/02/turkey-archeological-dig-reshaping.html">http://starting-points.blogspot.com/2010/02/turkey-archeological-dig-reshaping.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.gobeklitepe.info/news.html#main">http://www.gobeklitepe.info/news.html#main</a><br />
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If you're going to watch this, skip the first minute, cuz it's ridiculous. <br />
<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uFgcmXRHcLU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-71892078113128268812011-03-09T22:20:00.002-05:002011-03-09T22:34:19.015-05:00Cabaret for a CureThe Queens Law Cancer Society once again held the Cabaret for a Cure. The Cabaret is a fun event where Queen's Law students perform dance routines choreographed by Queen's law students. There's also be a raffle at the event with several amazing prizes! All money raised from the event goes to the <a href="http://www.cancer.ca/">Canadian Cancer Society</a>.<br />
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Yes, the above was basically ripped from the LSS newsletter. So, with the formalities out of the way, here are some pics!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ladies and Gentlemen, your future lawyers of Canada! And all for unquestionably <a href="http://www.cancer.ca/">a great cause</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yup. Solid night. And relatively short too. Got home, and still had time for <a href="http://brothersgrimmandgorey.blogspot.com/2010/11/anton-kuerti-albert.html">Albert</a> to introduce me to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Power">Tower of Power</a> (So they're playing 4 consecutive nights in Tokyo, and another 4 nights in Seattle. Then they come to Ontario, and play: Ottawa, Kingston, Oakville, Chatham, Mississauga, St. Catherine's, and Markham; we're going to see them <a href="http://www.kingstongrand.ca/events/detail/277/describe">April 2nd at the Grand</a>.) His suggested listening tracks: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Up tempo: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcmSn3qOMbE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr></wbr>v=WcmSn3qOMbE</a></div>Mid tempo: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnwCiR9igBk&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr></wbr>v=xnwCiR9igBk&feature=related</a><br />
Mid tempo 2: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfpFxBLS-bE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr></wbr>v=FfpFxBLS-bE</a><br />
Down tempo cover: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWgL-jaxOEw&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr></wbr>v=bWgL-jaxOEw&feature=related</a><br />
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Bela Fleck, <br />
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and some amazing ragtime improvisation. <br />
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Oh, and this duo... <br />
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... who are two are Julliard grads that now just book gigs as a classical piano duo doing all sorts of crazy arrangements.<br />
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Yup. Solid Tuesday night.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045360299073898086.post-13407515325828634642011-03-08T22:27:00.004-05:002011-03-09T22:55:02.940-05:00Plaskett at the Dakota tonight?Cuff the Duke Tweet:<br />
I'm playing the Dakota tonight with my solo band the Thieves! Peter Elkas is playing as well. There will also be a surprise guest.<br />
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Joel Plaskett Blog post:<br />
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Hey Upper Canadians,<br />
The van is packed and on its way to Ontario. See you at Peter Elkas’ residency tomorrow night at the Dakota in Toronto. Might even sing a few songs.<br />
Meaford on Wednesday and away we roll.<br />
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Thanks Albert! <br />
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