I wrote this for Skeptical Dog, and I’m re-posting it here on my regular site. Eye Weekly’s Semi-Weekly Load of Crazy Eye Weekly is one of Toronto’s free weekly newspapers, and their editorial policy seems to be on par with the Huffington Post when it comes to issues of health. Damian has told readers “Don’t [...]
Read more →“Government authorities should allow medically supervised sites where crack-cocaine users can legally smoke their potent drug, researchers and B.C.’s top public-health doctor urged on Monday after a new study suggested crack addicts are particularly prone to contracting HIV.” — National Post, Oct 19, 2009 I’m familiar with insite, BC’s safe injection site in downtown Vancouver. [...]
Read more →Three photographic projects that even fit together nicely in theme, and one large music project that needs a bit more attention in the next month and a half. Photography first A PORTRAIT OF AMERICA LEFT BEHIND: A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF AMERICAN TOWNS AND SPACES $1429/3000, 42 days to go I have fallen for small town [...]
Read more →Their new PDF still shows the heading as dated the 14th October, as if the previous version with the claim that Dr. Singh maliciously attacked chiropractors in his Guardian piece. It seems that the BCA lawyers have made some things clear to the original press relations person who drafted the libelous piece, and they’ve updated [...]
Read more →Pulled the text out (thanks to PDFtextonline.com) of the BCA Statement from Oct 14 (PDF). Their statement is also archived on Doctor Atlantis’s site. Watch as the British Chiropractic speaks, apparently ironically, of supporting scientific debate! Amaze that they accuse Dr. Simon Singh of a malicious attack! Wonder how they can bend their spine in [...]
Read more →I was reading Amanda Palmer’s blog entry about what she calls virtual crowd surfing or what others have called crowd-sourcing. I followed Kim’s link to her project, and then looked around for other interesting projects. Impossible Girl: Solo Record Project by Kim Boekbinder (of Vermillion Lies) This is the project that I went to today [...]
Read more →I’ve included some interesting jobs below, or you can check the main job listing site. I believe that these links will all function outside of RBC’s network, but haven’t been able to verify them yet. If not, http://www.rbc.com/careers should definitely work, if not as directly. If you see anything you like, and you apply, there [...]
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