Sunday, August 30, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
The Myth of the Monolith
There was an interesting opinion piece by Professor Olivier Roy and Justin Vaisse in the NY Times entitled, "How to Win Islam Over."
Vaisse is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute
Olivier Roy, is author of "The Failure of Political Islam," a standard text on political Islam. There is an interesting interview of him as part of the series, "Conversations with history."
Vaisse is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute
Olivier Roy, is author of "The Failure of Political Islam," a standard text on political Islam. There is an interesting interview of him as part of the series, "Conversations with history."
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Ramadan 2009 - The Big Picture
Absolutely beautiful photo essay in The Boston Globe about Ramadan...check it out:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/ramadan_2009.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/ramadan_2009.html
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 07, 2009
Give that bird a drink, never mind I'll get it myself!
This is a fascinating story about some ingenious birds. Check it out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8181233.stm
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Ghostwriters paid by Wyeth Aided its Drugs
The NY Times and others have uncovered that Wyeth used ghostwriters to write a large number of journal articles trumpeting the merits of hormone replacement therapy. These articles were often published as review articles or editorials, formats that are designed to influence physician thinking on a subject.
Often, physicians would sign their names on to such documents, with minimal original contribution, presumably in exchange for pay or simply the "academic" output such a publication would provide.
These discoveries were made as a result of ongoing lawsuits against Wyeth for the deleterious effects of hormone replacement therapy on inappropriately selected female patients.
It's just a reminder to me about the importance of learning to read the medical literature critically and objectively.
Often, physicians would sign their names on to such documents, with minimal original contribution, presumably in exchange for pay or simply the "academic" output such a publication would provide.
These discoveries were made as a result of ongoing lawsuits against Wyeth for the deleterious effects of hormone replacement therapy on inappropriately selected female patients.
It's just a reminder to me about the importance of learning to read the medical literature critically and objectively.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Status: Managed
Well, it can be tough to keep your status updated across all the social networking platforms out there. I mean logging in, typing it, logging out and repeating for 3-4 sites...who wants all the hassle?
You all want to know what I'm doing right now, right away, don't you? Here are three different ways to do just that...the sites are called ping.fm, pixelpipe and quub...anyone else use any of these services? Let me know what you think...
You all want to know what I'm doing right now, right away, don't you? Here are three different ways to do just that...the sites are called ping.fm, pixelpipe and quub...anyone else use any of these services? Let me know what you think...
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Flying with faith
Nice story about airport chapels and the increasingly diverse mix of faiths that use them...I have certainly found them useful, especially when flights are delayed...
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