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Posts by Matthew 25
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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Great changes, but sssh don't mention the...
Re: The fixation with 'serarch' for everything
How can Canonical have copied Windows when Canonical got there first?
Re: The narcissism of small differences
Agreed and +1 from me. I find iOS and OS X also force you to do things a certain way and I find it very frustrating.
GNOME 3.12: Pixel perfect ... but homeless
"it's intuitive, tidy, and pretty (the DE, not my wife)."
You're a braver man than me cmannett85. Ever considered posting as AC?
It's 2014 and you can pwn a PC by opening a .RTF in Word, Outlook
Interesting inclusion
...'and Office for Mac 2011 are vulnerable,'
Reality check: Java 8 finally catches a multi-core break
Re: And when can you use this in Android?
"Basically, I think of Android as a fork of Java 6."
NoNoNo! its a completely new thing... with the same API. See Oracle vs Google
Pakistan's YouTube ban may end after Google removes anti-Muslim vid
No Pakistan..
..don't let them in! You'll be buried in skateboarding dogs!
Fanbois sent into FITS of RAGE by fake Steve Jobs statue competition
Hey Fanbois
...and Fangrls
Apple doesn't love you. Just your money.
(Granted - all other companies only love your money too)
Dashboard Siri! Take me to the airport! NO, NOT the RUNWAY! Argh!
Do not want
I wouldn't buy a car with one of these. Also makes no sense for car manufacturers to target a shrinking slice of the population as iPhone market share is going down.
In spinning rust we TRUST: HGST slips out screamingly fast ... HDD
Re: Price?
Should also last longer than SSD
Github brews text editor for developers
Re: Eight Gigs And Constantly Swapping
Sorry don't get that. Are thy making it swap more or less?
Redmond in particular are known for their bloatware and Cupertino for not not doing anything that doesn't look absolutely perfect (even though it only works if you hold it right).
Apple throws sueball at China's patent office over Siri clone
Re: Did anyone read the article??
Isn't that the essence of the Apple case against Samsung? Sammy do the same thing in a different way but that means they are violating Apple patents.
Yes! New company smartphones! ... But I don't WANT one
I'm seriously falling out with the idea of a smartphone. I have constantly upgraded to get more features and different ways of connecting to things.
First it was a small phone. Then synchronizing calendars, contacts and To Dos over a wire.
Then email and integration with Exchange and cloud services. All this costs me money in data plans and roaming charges
Now I'm seriously thinking about having a phone thats just a phone. Small, light, battery that lasts for a week or so between charges and only pay for the (tiny number of) calls and texts that I use.
I have a tablet which can handle all the other stuff on WiFi I don't need to pay for. Why do I need a smartphone?
Nokia to launch low-cost Android phone this month – report
Straw Poll
All those of you out there rubbishing WP, how many have used Windows Phone 7 or 8 for any length of time (i.e. at least 6 months)?
Up vote for 'No, I just know its rubbish because its not iOS / Android.'.
Down vote for 'Yes, I know what its like from experience.'.
Judge sighs at 'whack-a-mole' lawsuits as Apple deals blow to Samsung
Historians have this way of neatening things. 100 years war sounds so much nicer than 116 years war.
Boffins measure 27 quantum states of light
Re: You must have seen the movie, you must have read the book
Java, Android were THE wide-open barn doors of security in 2013 - report
Re: Let's make it clear
"Of course, Android is not Linux when it has security problems and is Linux when market share is quoted. Sort of a particle/wave duality..."
Meet the BlackBerry wizardry that created its 'better Android than Android'
Re: "If it uses QNX rather than Linux"
"Linux originally ran on 80386 machines, which were considerably less powerful than even the most modest ARM phone."
QNX didn't even need that much processing power and was supported on 8088
Apple Schill-er: 'I was shocked - SHOCKED! They went and copied the iPhone'
Re: Pathetic lawsuit
That is not what he said, or really what the law suit is about. Samsung have copied the look and feel of the iDevices, and he said he likes the design elements of Apple devices enough to shell out his hard earned.
If you look into it, everything that Apple have innovated already existed before, and they copied it. What Apple are really great at is packaging other peoples' innovations in products people want to buy.
Fukushima fearmongers: It's YOUR FAULT Japan DUMPED CO2 targets
Re: No middle ground for the hard Greens...
That is just not true. Trees take carbon out of the atmosphere over hundreds of years which is then released in minutes when they are burned. Added to the fact the energy density of wood is nowhere near that of fossil fuels and we end up with massive deforestation
Like iPads? Like stuff called AIR? Here's our REVIEW ROUNDUP-squared
New iPad
Now with 'Air' in the name
It's the software, stupid: Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch bags big apps
I have more than two criteria for a watch.
The first is that it's face is clear, easy to read and no bigger than an inch in height or width (or diameter if round)
The second is that the whole thing is no more 3.5mm thick.
The third that the battery last at least a year.
Superstar cluster-Zuck as Facebook tries out celeb-only edition
Re: Defining a celebrity
Mmm...Melanie Sykes!
Beer for obvious reasons
Fanbois smash iPhone 5s much sooner than iPhone 3s ... but WHY?
Re: Nokia!
I dropped one down a drain in the street. Spring loaded clamshell flipped it right out of my hand. I assume that killed it but don't know for sure.
Nokia flops out its 4G, 4.7-inch WHOPPER: The Lumia 625
Re: Some daring
Some people keep their phone for more than one season
Paypal makes man 1000x as rich as the ENTIRE HUMAN RACE
Re: @Zmodem
"In the UK, when you purchase something with a credit card that is over £100 in value, the credit card company is equally liable for it."
Quite true. In-fact you only need to part pay for something e.g. pay the deposit on your car, to get this protection.
US Navy robot stealth fighter in first unmanned carrier landings
Re: Very Nice.
Most of the flying done by RN pilots during the Falklands was from carriers bobbing up and down during storms.
Outlook son of Hotmail goes titsup for many in the US and UK
Re: Does anyone with a clue use
"Well all I can say is what wisdom is there in trusting MS and perhaps the NSA with your personal or professional communications?"
About as much as using gmail, or indeed just about any email provider.
Elon Musk's Grasshopper tops 300m, lands safely
Re: Totally useless "technology" "invention".
Jake does have a bit of a point, if all we've done in 44 years, with the massively more powerful computing resources available to us is make it work on earth with something a bit bigger.
Americans attempt to throw off oppressive, unresponsive rulers on 4th of July
Re: WTF...
Not exactly. At the point NATO invaded Afghanistan, the Taliban were the legitimate government.
Bigger than Twitter: Opera releases rebuilt Chromium-based browser
I installed it this morning. Nice shiny clean PC after an upgrade to 64 bit...get my favourite browser...Ooh! an update...what?...where is Opera Link?...how do I get all my book marks back?...my speed dial?...Hmm... maybe I still have the installer for the old version on my dev box?...yep! trash this thing and install the old one...all present and correct...Happy :o)
Apple launches global 'iWatch' trademark blitz
LAPD owns this : http://lapdonline.org/iwatchla
Windows 8.1: So it's, er, half-speed ahead for Microsoft's Plan A
Re: If car manufacturers were to do the same...
To be fair some automatic chokes were a bit of a joke but automatic or manual the choke disappeared with the carburetter. Fuel injection enriches the mixture by the simple method of putting more fuel in ;)
Re: LOL yet another big FU from MS
No. I expect them to have different user interfaces for touch and mouse/keyboard. Its not that radical an idea: see iOS / OS X. It wouldn't be so bad if they had pulled off windows is windows wherever, but nope. We have 3 different operating systems for 3 different device classes and thats that. Why foist the same user interface on all of them. Microsoft need to get their heads around the fact that a mouse is not a finger and a finger is not a mouse.
P.S. I have a windows phone and the UI works really well on it, so tried win 8... and went back to win 7 after a week of suffering.
MSX: The Japanese are coming! The Japanese are coming!
Re: shurly some mishtake
Whats a couple of powers of ten between friends eh?
Apple: iOS7 dayglo Barbie makeover is UNFINISHED - report
Stock dips as fanbois complain of dodgy Wi-Fi on MacBook Air
There is no problem
People are just holding it wrong.
Sony unveils latest attempt at an Android SmartWatch
Re: Aren't Apple about to innovate one of these any year now?
Aren't Apple about to invent one of these any year now?
Premier League seeks court order to ban footie-streaming Swedish site
Sweden is a member of the EU. Won't blocking the site violate treaties on the single market?
Nissan to enter 300 kmh electric car in Le Mans endurance race
Re: Knee-Jerking...
Thanks, made me giggle: thinking of a racing car zooming past...sounding like a milk float.
Re: The questions remain ...
I can't answer most of these questions, but I can answer question 2 / 2a.
The electricity comes from the grid, so in the UK that would mean mainly coal / gas fired power stations. Even though coal is really bad, at the scale power stations work it still pollutes less than your average car petrol / diesel engine (probably better than the best too).
I can guess at some of the others.
1/1a probably about the same as a 'normal' vehicle if you don't include the battery pack (you did split it out yourself)
4/4a see answer to 1
3 this is the real crunch and I don't even have enough data to guess.
Would I want an EV? Well, not a charge up from the mains job which is what you can get at the moment. If petrol stations sold hydrogen I would consider a fuel cell car as that gets around the main draw back of limited range in current EVs.
MPs demand UK rates revamp after Google's 'extraordinary tax mismatch'
Re: FFS
I thought she had one :D
Desperate Venezuelans wiped clean of bog roll
I've heard of the paperless office...
Online music world on iRadio: Apple, imagine our concern
Re: "shouting at their iThings "
Did you mean iFlipFlops or iPants
Apache devs: 'We'll ship no OpenOffice before its time'
"I don't expect 100% OOXML compatibility. The spec is a damn nightmare that's nothing more than a binary kludge described in detail rather than an actual XML-based spec. I know it's a damn lot of hard work. But that's what the whole OO project has to deliver, or it becomes "YAOS" (Yet Another Office Suite)."
Agreed! It becomes totally redundant. If I have to buy MS Office then I might as well use it, and save the space etc of having another office suite installed.
PM Cameron calls for modern, programmable computers! (We think)
Re: He Misspoke
That's just pants. Everything you consume *someone* had to code.
Sneaky new Android Trojan is WORST yet discovered
Re: Déjà vu
Yes, I think that is a valid comparison. In 98 most of this stuff was new. We are now 15 years down the line with an OS created in an environment where infection is much more understood. The Chocolate Factory should be doing more to prevent this sort of thing.
YES, Xbox One DOES need internet, DOES restrict game trading
Re: Microsoft: "We're always listening to our customers"
"We're always listening to our customers"... And if we don't here from them we cut them off
Gourmet chemists sniff out ultimate cheese on toast
It's a fiddle! Funnyman's Irish tax flashmob floods Apple flagship store
Re: $100Bn cash pile
"Now that $100bn would go a long way to getting rid of Eire's nation debt. That must be tempting for the politico's in Dublin."
Not really. Do it once and see how quickly Apple, Google Amazon et al leave making everyone redundant on the way out. -- Will the last person leaving Ireland please turn out the lights.
Steelie Neelie: Crack down on wicked ISPs so we can Skype
Re: "Innovation"
Yes. Video calling has been around, as a concept, for quite some time: as this Wikipedia article details.
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Remember the first time I posted about the loose doggies? They were just puppies then… Here's another update from earlier this year.
There's another loose Pitbull. This is not the
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My school is a safe and fun learning environment. I think that the teachers are providing fun activities while we learn.
Honestly a great school!!! If you are stuck deciding between two this is an excellent school and you won't regret going there! Get involved in everything!!! Well there is alot but get involved in most! :) it will make it a much better high school experence! :) have fun but don't get to caught up in it and lose who you are! :) stay true to you, enjoy it, work hard, and get invoved!! :)
awesome teachers and students
My son recently graduated from this school and I am so proud of him! He failed his junior year twice, and had the added burden of becoming a father at age 14, but the school worked hard to help him graduate! Careful though, some of the teachers, according to my son, are very demanding and have difficult coursework, such as reading a minimum of 1 book a semester and being able to do long division by the end of sophmore year. It's a great, great school! No wonder they call it the Little Harvard on the Colorado!
I currently teach at this school and am refreshed coming from a district that cared more for hoop jumping and the appearance of things then the actual well being of the students and faculty. Staff receive feedback, activities are abundant if students choose to get involved, and the campus is safe. Problems that are common with large schools are evident at this school, but on significantly smaller scale. Coming from another district with 8 years under my belt, Cibola has their act together and models professionalism, a genuine concern to see its kids make it to the next level of education, trade school, or military and a student population that is proud to be a Raider. I watched the principal pick up a piece of garbage on the way to his office; he models in every way his expectations for the school and that tone resonates throughout the campus.
Having went to three diffrent high schools. i can say that Cibola is by far the best school in Yuma AZ
great teachers great experiences
imm a sophomore here and i think it is awesome. :)
I'm a senor at Cibola, and have been going there for my entire high school career. Freshman year, the teachers are amazing. The Freshman Academy was a genius idea, made better by enthusiastic, intelligent teachers. Unfortunately, as the years progress, the teachers seem to care less and less. The attendance policy punishes people who show up late to class, but lets them off entirely for ditching. Even the security guards don't question it when the final bell rings and people turn straight around to go walk off campus. All in all, the school isn't bad, with a decent student body and administration.
I am a freshman at Cibola High and I'd have to say that it is definately a great school to attend. We have alot of special events that occur throught the year and alot of programs to participate in. Of course there are going to be some gang material and sign of other things that parents may not approve of, but what public school doesnt? The school tries its best to keep the negative things under control, but after all, there is no perfect school. But I do feel like I'm in a safe leaning environment and look forward to my next three years at CHS!
This school is totally the best! Im a sophmore and I dont wanna leave CIbola in 2 more years! Cibola is very organized and it is the best school!
Cibola high school is a very well organized school. It is always clean. there are barely any fights. Friendly enviroment. Im so happy my daughter is in that school.!
Some of the teachers know not of what they hold. Most can't even do their job right. I used to be a student and from what I'd seen i was introduced to very few academic programs, the music (no practice) wasn't good enough, art seemed way out fo the picture, and sports had no hope of going anywhere (except for varsity). Also, I never seen one parent help out anywhere. I do not recommend this school
The school needs to conduct random inspections of the entire school. Rumors of drugs, are not just rumors. There needs to be positive enouragement of academic growth. Students that can achieve the grade necessary to pass the class should not be prohibited from receiving the credit due because they had one to many absences. Obviously the missed assignments were completed or they would not have had a passing grade. For some reason this decision is at the discretion of each teacher individually. Students do not know what to expect from one teacher to the next. The school should encourage excellence not stomp on it.
Too much gang activity that is allowed to exist and thrive due to lack of police involvement and teachers are scared to get involved.
My son was an honors student at Cibola. Some of the teachers in the Science Department did not know their subject well. The band teacher was excellent.
All I can say is that my son starts ASU this fall and is pulling in scholorships for academics and art. If a student wants to learn at Cibola, the resources are there for them. Very good security at the school with a closed campus.
Cibola has the highest teacher morale in the district since they are generally supported by the parents and the school administration. This positive working condition filters down to the students and they benefit from teachers that enjoy their work.
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It just makes sense. But it's also the law.
Unfortunately, too many motorists have been ignoring the law - and common sense. Law enforcement officials have become increasingly concerned for their safety and the safety of others as motorist after motorist has zoomed by in the right lane, driving at or above the speed limit.
As a result, the Legislature has put some sharper teeth into the law that creates emergency zones 200 feet in front and behind emergency vehicles. Starting on Jan. 1, drivers who speed past emergency vehicles stopped on state highways or drive too close to emergency personnel will have to pay a much larger fine. Speeding fines in the emergency zones will double, and fines for failing to slow down and safely move over will increase from $124 to $248, according to the Washington State Patrol.
"This gives the law a little bit more bite," State Patrol Capt. Steve Burns said this week.
Let's hope drivers get the message before someone is injured or killed.
The original "Move Over Law" was approved in 2007 and went into effect in 2008. In the law's first year, 30 State Patrol cars were hit by motorists on state highways. The next year, 2009, another 28 State Patrol vehicles were hit. And that's just the State Patrol,
In the past 18 months or so, state troopers contacted stopped 2,940 drivers and issued 592 citations under the "Move Over Law."
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In the comments for yesterday's post, two readers brought up a potential issue with ZooBank's records. A number of taxa published recently in PLoS One that were supposed to have been registered with ZooBank, such as Mochlodon vorosi, are not coming up in searches there. However, the original publications for these taxa cite LSIDs, the unique identifier assigned to any ZooBank registration, for them. If these taxa were never registered with ZooBank, how could there have been an LSID to cite? I ran a search of my own for two taxa recently published in a different journal, ZooKeys: Calliostoma tupinamba and Angelopteromyia korneyevi. Same result: cited LSIDs, but no results in a ZooBank search.
So what's happening here? If a paper is registered prior to being published (as must have been the case here, for the LSID to be cited in the published papers), does the registrant have to confirm publication later for that record to be visible to the public? Could these records have simply not yet been made public? Or is there a bigger problem here?
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I've had no issue with ZooBank.ReplyDelete
But, when adding new nomenclatural acts you have the option of stating whether the paper/book is published or 'in press'. (Currently ZooBank is only allowing registration of new names: species, genera, family group.)
If the nomenclatural act is 'in press' it cannot be viewed by anyone else but yourself (when logged in). I've just checked this with 'in press' taxa I've previously added to ZooBank.
My guess is the author(s) who registered the names you mention above have forgotten to switch the nomenclatural act to being published.
That make sense, but it is weird that none of the paleontology-related taxa published in PLoS One can be found on ZooBank. Would be weird that all paleontologists make this mistake!
Thank you Mark, that does make sense. I can see problems potentially arising from this in future, though, when someone assumes that something they can't find the record for on ZooBank has not been validly published.ReplyDelete
Would be weird that all paleontologists make this mistake!
My guess is that it's not the authors that have been registering the taxa, but someone working for PLoS One who's consistently forgotten (or been unaware that they needed to).
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I just discovered your blog here -- great stuff! Thank you for raising these sorts of issues.
I am the person in charge of developing and maintainign the ZooBank Website, and I want to confirm that Mark Young is exactly right in answering your question. One of the things we have wrestled with (and continue to wrestle with) is how to efficiently manage the workflow for "prospective" registrations (i.e., registrations that happen prior to publication; as all such registrations must be for electronic works under the amended Code). We're experimenting with several models (e.g., registration done by the publisher, vs. registration by an author vs. registration by a third party). It will probably be several months (at the soonest) before we have enough real-world ZooBank usage data to understand how best to ensure that records are updated with the correct publication date after publication.
In the case of PLoS ONE, I am the person most to blame. PLoS has been a tremendous advocate of ZooBank for years, and as such has required that all of its works containing Code-governed acts (new names) be registered in ZooBank -- since long before the new public release last month. In the past, authors publishing such acts have contacted me to do the registrations for them, which I have been more than happy to do. However, we don't yet have an effective mechanism for updating the ZooBank record with the publication date, after its published.
As the person who created the registrations, this is really my responsibility. However, I have been so overwhelmed with getting the new ZooBank ready for public release, that I simply have not had time to follow-up on updating these registrations with the publication date.
However, now that the dust is settling a bit after the public ZooBank launch, I have some more time to take a look at these sorts of issues. I've already updated the ones you indicated, so they should now be publicly visible. And because of of your blog post, I am now motivated to write some scripts to identify all the works I have registered that are still indicated as "In Press", and then update them accordingly. This will evolve into a feature that we have long planned where any user will get a prompting (either email, or on the ZooBank site, or both) of items that are registered but remain as "In Press", as a way to encourage and remind people to keep the records updated.
Sorry for the long comment, but I really do appreciate these issues being discussed on an open forum, and I'm glad it's done in a way that allows me to post feedback.
Richard Pyle
Thanks very much for your response, Richard. And keep up the good work!ReplyDelete
- Stephen Thorpe10 October 2012 12:32
Actually, Mark is not exactly correct! He stated: [quote] If the nomenclatural act is 'in press' it cannot be viewed by anyone else but yourself (when logged in) [unquote] Actually, in press records can be viewed by all ZooBank users with the status of 'editor' (like myself) ...ReplyDelete
press records can be viewed by all ZooBank users with the status of 'editor'ReplyDelete
That sounds like a good idea. It means that 'in press' records could be updated when necessary, even if the original registrant is, for some reason, unable to do so themselves.
Yes, Stephen is correct, of course. We are currently reviewing a draft Policy on ZooBank user levels and authorizations. A brief overview is included on the ZooBank Help page (http://zoobank.org/Help), under the 'Editing Content' section.ReplyDelete
P.S. Prompted by the earlier exchange, I have gone back and updated the publication date for all the PLoS articles that have already been published, so they are now publicly visible. Now we just need a clever mechanism to make it easy to stay on top of this -- not just for PLoS, but for all prospectively registered works in ZooBank.
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All over the United States, legal battles are fought in state capitols and courtrooms over the core democratic principle that is voting. Since 2011, at least 180 bills have been introduced in 41 states to, according to their sponsors, tighten vote security and fight voter fraud.
Voting rights activists fought back in court, using citizen initiatives and referenda to blunt or repeal the restrictive measures. The Department of Justice also blocked some. But, although evidences of voter fraud are scarce at best (see infographics below), for the 2012 elections, there are still 18 stricter voter ID laws and executive actions affecting 14 states amounting to 185 electoral votes.
According to a Brennan Center for Justice report , the new voter laws can be categorized as such:
- Photo ID laws: such introduced legislations would now require voters to show government-issued photo identification in order to vote.
- Proof of citizenship laws: such introduced legislation would now require proof of citizenship to register or vote.
- Make voter registration harder: these types of bills put an end to same-day voter registration, limit voter registration mobilization efforts and other registration opportunities.
- Reducing early voting period and absentee voting.
- Making it harder to restore voting rights: such introduced measures make it harder for citizens with past felony convictions to restore their voting rights. In South Dakota, one measure denies voting rights to persons on probation.
The Brennan Center for Justice, a liberal nonprofit research center at the New York University Law School estimated that voting may be harder for up to 5,000,000 voters nationwide and that, out of the 14 states affected, five of them are hotly-contested battleground states (Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Virginia).
The push for stricter voter registration and identification laws takes various forms but remains politically charged as Republicans and Republican-led states lead the charge.
Richard L. Hansen, law professor at UC Irvine, declared in the New Yorker "the myth that Democratic voter fraud is common, and that it helps Democrats win elections, has become part of the Republican orthodoxy." Last March Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee wrote, "Election fraud is a real and persistent threat to our electoral system."
The voting rights legal battle is also racially tinged; most of the measures affect disproportionately minorities and lower-class voters. For instance, "11% of American citizens do not possess a government-issued photo ID; that is over 21 million citizens," notes the Brennan Center for Justice, fearing disenfranchisement of a large block of the electorate.
Last September, historic African-American rights' defender the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) even sent a delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland to bring the issue of voter rights in the United States.
The bitter fight over voting rights seems to have made a first victim: the legitimacy of the election. "No matter the results of the election, I can guarantee one thing: the winner will be widely considered to be completely illegitimate by the losing side" notes Salon.com journalist Alex Pareene.
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8 March 2013 19:32 GMT / By Jake Smith
Smartphone leaders Apple plus Samsung usually feature wireless charging functions inside their next-generation smartphone models this year, according to a report from Digitimes.
Samsung's Galaxy S4 that's set to be announced 14 March is mentioned to feature wireless charging functions. But, it's not yet obvious whether the feature is embedded into the handset or when there is a substitution back cover which can charge over a separate charging pad, based on the publication.
Samsung is mentioned to employ the same Qi standard because Google that has been showcased found on the Nexus 4 as well as its wireless charger.
Apple found on the alternative hand is mentioned to be developing its own wireless charging technologies internally, instead of seeking to alternative firms for aid. The next-generation iPhone is tipped to feature wireless charging, nevertheless like the Galaxy S4, it nonetheless remains unclear when it is connected or by another accessory.
Digitimes, that has a hit-or-miss track record, sheds light found on the 2013 smartphone field because of "industry sources."
It's value noting Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller down played wireless charging whilst talking to AllThingsD inside late 2012. "As for wireless charging, Schiller notes which the wireless charging systems nevertheless need to be plugged into the wall, thus it's not well-defined how much efficiency they add. The widely-adopted USB cord, meanwhile, could charge inside wall outlets, computers plus even about airplanes, he mentioned."
We'll be viewing to find what moves Samsung makes initially, because it usually declare the Galaxy S4 at a media event inside NY about 14 March. Our sources have tipped the handset to feature a 5-inch AMOLED screen plus 8-core processor.
Apple is mentioned to debut its next-generation iPhone this summer. 9to5mac states Apple is keeping with minor specification updates plus staying away from wireless charging this year.
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A video has surfaced of a reported exorcism as it was taking place last February behind the closed doors of a Roman Catholic church in Vranov nad Dyji, Czech Republic. A 26 year old visitor heard screams and filmed through the keyhole of the door. Not much is visible; there is plenty of screaming and obscenity (in another language) but nothing supernatural happens from this perspective. The drama that unfolded is what we would expect an exorcism to look like from our familiarity with sensational news reports. Only in the movies, in fiction, are there visions of horror that break the bounds of physics or human capabilities. In reality, exorcisms at their most basic, are an interaction between the victim in some disturbed state and the people who are enacting the ritual. Some might say the ritual enables the victim, encouraging the expression of possession. For some afflicted people, they may benefit psychologically from the process.
By Guy Chapman
If you want an alternative to reputable health magazines, look no further than What Doctors Don't Tell You (WDDTY) - the winner, once again, thanks to assiduous astroturfing, of a "people's choice" award for most popular website in the Health category.
This paean to quackery is published in the UK by US expatriate Lynne McTaggart and her husband Bryan Hubbard. Its editorial panel is a rogues' gallery of "alternative" practitioners, several of whom are no longer licensed to practice medicine. It's now being published in the US.
Originally by subscription only, WDDTY's editors promised to offer a well-researched independent critique of medical practice and never to take advertising, in order to stay pure.
The former went by the wayside at roughly Issue 1, whose opening headline was "A Shot In The Dark: The measles vaccine in all its forms doesn't really work." The latter was jettisoned when the magazine relaunched in a glossy "lifestyle" format in September 2012 to sell directly through mainstream outlets such as newsagents and supermarkets.
It was this relaunch which brought WDDTY to wider skeptical notice.
By Harriet Hall
Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo-woo in medicine.
Eminent Harvard psychologist, mother of positive psychology, New Age quack? (James Coyne) Ellen Langer, who has carried out several questionable studies in positive psychology, is now planning a psychosocial intervention study of women with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer that involves sending women to a resort in Mexico to be saturated with cues invoking a time before their diagnosis. This study is arguably unethical and unlikely to produce credible scientific evidence; she is not acting like a scientist, and the enthusiastic media coverage is regrettable.
Ontario fails to protect the life of a First Nations girl with cancer (David Gorski) The parents of an 11-year-old girl with leukemia have stopped her chemotherapy and resorted to quack treatments in a Florida clinic. Instead of acting to protect the girl's health, a Canadian court upheld aboriginal "First Nation" rights to choose "natural healing" based on their cultural traditions. A child's life is being sacrificed for political purposes.
Recent Developments and Recurring Dilemmas in Cancer Screening: Colon, Lung, Thyroid (Harriet Hall) There is a new stool DNA test to screen for colon cancer, and new recommendations to screen high-risk smokers with lung CT scans. In Korea, injudicious screening for thyroid cancer has caused a pseudo-epidemic: more diagnoses without any change in death rates. Some people think we should always screen everyone for all kinds of cancer because early detection saves lives. We shouldn't always, because sometimes it doesn't.
Low Dose Aspirin for Primary Prevention (Steven Novella) There is strong evidence that aspirin is useful in secondary prevention to reduce the risk of recurrence for people who have already had a heart attack or stroke, but the evidence for primary prevention is not as clear. It doesn't support a blanket recommendation to give everyone low dose aspirin; decisions should be made on an individual basis, with consideration of various factors such as the person's level of risk.
Naturopathy vs. Science: Autism (Scott Gavura) Naturopaths have a non-science-based approach to autism, with strong emphasis on environmental factors as causes (including vaccines). They offer an array of "biomedical" treatments ranging from chemical castration and bleach enemas to supplements and diets; some of these are quackery, others are unsupported by any meaningful evidence. They are essentially engaging in anecdote-driven experimentation.
Energy Drinks are Risky, Especially for Kids (Clay Jones) There are a variety of energy drinks and shots on the market that contain caffeine in large amounts. Too much caffeine can have adverse effects on health in adults, and children are more susceptible. Over 3 years, energy drinks resulted in more than 5000 calls to poison control centers. Education and warning labels would help.
By Sharon Hill
Last month, I posted the tragic story of a missing little girl in Mississippi and the efforts to try to find her. A volunteer group called "Find Me" who uses so-called psychic means to locate missing persons and help solve crimes gave police information they felt was pertinent to her location. I was highly critical of psychic detectives - anyone who values making conclusions via evidence should be. There is extremely poor evidence (usually exaggerated testimonials) that psychics help in any way to solve crimes any more skillfully than the police or private investigators. They simply do not give useful results and it can clearly be argued that there is no merit in consulting a psychic to help find a person or solve a mystery.
Myra Lewis is still missing. This week, the county sheriff held a press conference announcing that the report of GPS locations from the Find Me group did not yield any helpful information towards the case.
Doubtful News Roundup for 21 November 2014
Here are the prime cuts from Doubtful News for the past week.
Is a tiger on the loose near Paris or is it another big cat false alarm? Neighborhoods around the Paris DisneyLand were on alert as the police and military searched for a tiger reported to have been seen in roaming around. Prints were found that looked very dog-like. No animal was found. Backtracking ensued.
Aboriginal rights trump necessary treatment for child with leukemia in Canada A controversial legal decision was reached in Canada as a Native child, ill with leukemia, was given special status and did not have to undergo life-saving chemotherapy. The judge ruled she had a protected right to pursue the First Nation traditional medicine. When aboriginal medicine was deemed to include a naturopathic clinic in the southern US remains unanswered.
Juiced frog fad may be the death of this strange species A horrible story from Peru: a freshly killed specimen of a critically endangered frog has become a fad treatment for several unrelated conditions. 150 animals a day are needed for a nonsense brew.
Psychic mail fraud scheme busted by U.S. feds The US Justice Department cracks down on exploitative mailings that promise wealth if you purchase good luck baubles. The deceptive mailing targeted elderly and vulnerable citizens who thought they were headed for a change in fortune.
New Zealand monster eel video hoaxes This film finagling was deemed too hoax by the artists. HOwever, that didn't stop the internet from thinking there were human-sized eels eating from your hands in New Zealand. Our comments suggest that giant eels are not that far fetched.
Alternative advice leads to death in Norway A "healer" advises a cancer patient to give up chemotherapy for alternative treatments. You can surmise what the outcome was. The 70 year old gave misleading and illegal health advice to the woman who was fully aware of her choice. He goes to jail for illegal treatment.
Magneto Boy? Try some powder or a shower Oh, we've seen this one so often. A plump male with no hair claims to be "magnetic" and sticks cutlery to his chest. It's a neat trick but so very lame; we wonder if journalist know how to Google.
Visit DoubtfulNews.com for more stories everyday. Then respond when friends and family pass on these false stories and misinformation. Do your part. Spread the word. Share.
By Sharon Hill
Infamous "healer" John of God is on tour of Australia. Interestingly, one of the local faith healers has taken exception to this. John Mellor of Sunshine Coast claims he heals through the power of Jesus. John of God, he asserts, claims instead that "spiritual entities from the dead enter him and take over his body" to effect a "cure".
Uh oh, a dispute about methods!
Ignored is the fact that faith healing has not ever been shown to be effective in curing disease over conventional treatment.
Ask the SkepDoc: Eye health and aspirin
The JREF is pleased to bring you Dr. Harriet Hall to answer your health-related questions about alternative treatments, questionable claims and science-based medical information.
This edition: Supplements for eye health and prescribed use of aspirin
By William M. London
The 68-minute first episode of the 11-part video documentary series "The Quest for Cures…Continues" features several deceptive ploys commonly used by promoters of so-called alternative cancer treatments in order to recruit patients. These promoters are well organized to undermine trust in the expertise of oncologists (and modern medicine, in general) while portraying "alternative" cancer treatment as superior and unfairly dismissed by "the medical establishment."
In Part 1 of my critique, I provided background about the documentary and its host Ty Bollinger. In this part, I introduce the commentators Bollinger interviews to pitch the ploys, list ten types of ploys, discuss the first three ploys, and describe the background and activities of some of the commentators. I'll continue my discussion of the remaining ploys and of the commentators in an upcoming critique [Part 3] for Swift.
by Ken Biddle
On a cold Sunday afternoon, I walked the streets of New Hope, PA with my wife and a close friend. Along with browsing the many shops, my wife enjoys visiting one of the local psychics, to sit for a tarot card reading. The Yellow Pages lists three psychic shops, and her choice for today was Readings by Edith. I agreed not only to accompany her, but to sit for my own reading.
I'm not a fan of psychics, but I'm not going to discount someone's claim without allowing them to demonstrate what they believe they can do. Maybe they really can do what they say they can do.
We arrived for our 1:30 appointment and were greeted by Robert, the son of Edith. He explained that he comes from four generations of psychics, and they run the longest running psychic shop in the area (34 years). He has been a medium for 27 years. In addition to the $30 fee for a tarot card reading, we could ask additional questions at $5 each.
Randi and others have written many times on the outrageous claims about facilitated communication (FC). This month, we have another court decision that provides some relief and another nail in the coffin for this communication process that has not been shown to work. This particular court decision, a civil case, was a smack down to police, prosecutors and a school. It has reminded us how false beliefs can be a dangerous and manipulative tool in court.
Followup to "craft beer" comments
On Sunday, we posted Food Babe: Serving up misinformation and rancid advice by Guy Chapman. We have received some feedback on one point related to craft beer:
"She'd have done the public a much greater service by pointing them to better quality craft-brewed beers, which are not only less likely to be mass produced using chemicals, but also taste much better and support family firms."
The author has responded to those comments. Thank you for your comments, it's been a very popular article! Vani Hari sure is a controversial figure and we are pleased to have sparked discussion and intelligent criticism of her claims.
Also note that it was the Editor, not Mr. Chapman, who added the graphics to the story. It appears that one may be a photoshop job ("kemicles"). I did assume this when I saw it but I was attempting a visual statement that Hari tends to also abuse and misuse some facts in her work. I apologize that it may have been misinterpreted. - Editor
Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo-woo in medicine.
Blaming breast cancer on autism (David Gorski) Gayle DeLong is an anti-vaccine activist who believes the stress of dealing with her autistic children was what caused her to develop breast cancer. She rejects expert advice and scientific evidence and demonstrates magical thinking.
Retconning the story of traditional Chinese medicine (David Gorski) The concept of RETroactive CONtinuity comes from the world of comic books, where information is added to the back story of a character. History was systematically retconned by the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's novel 1984, and the history of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been similarly revised. Its origin and lack of scientific basis have been obscured and misrepresented in an effort to promote the integration of quackery into modern medicine. Researchers are even engaged in a quixotic quest to find a scientific basis for the TCM notion of hot and cold syndromes.
Oxygen Myths That Refuse to Die (Harriet Hall) Myths about the alleged health benefits of supplemental oxygen refuse to die. Oxygen bars, diet supplements, and other products continue to be sold with fanciful claims ranging from anti-aging to improving test scores, despite a total lack of scientific evidence. It isn't even plausible that they could raise blood oxygen levels by any significant amount.
Stroke Death from Chiropractic Neck Manipulation (Steven Novella) In a recent case, a healthy 30-year-old had a stroke in his chiropractor's office; the chiropractor didn't even call 911. The death certificate showed the cause of death as vertebral artery dissection caused by chiropractic neck manipulation. Strokes due to neck manipulation are rare, but there is sufficient evidence to cause concern. Since there is no evidence that neck manipulation is beneficial, there should be informed consent, further study, and arguably a moratorium on neck manipulation for any indication.
Political Science: Chronic Lyme Disease (Jann Bellamy) Several states have rejected science-based treatment of Lyme disease in favor of the ideological guidelines of believers in "chronic Lyme disease," a condition not recognized by the medical community. Legislation has blocked medical boards from taking action against so-called "Lyme literate" providers who prescribe unwarranted and potentially dangerous long-term antibiotic therapy. Advocacy groups have managed to browbeat legislators into equating popularity with scientific evidence.
Why Get A Flu Shot? (Mark Crislip) There are good science-based reasons why you and yours should get the flu vaccine: less chance of flu, less chance of spreading flu, less chance of severe disease, less chance of complications from flu, and less chance of death. It will benefit not only you, but others in your community, and will even make Dr. Crislip's Rainbow Unicorn happy.
Fear mongering about vaccines as "racist population control" in Kenya (David Gorski) Vaccines are a common target of anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists. Mike Adams and others have irresponsibly spread ridiculous rumors that tetanus vaccines in Kenya were spiked with a sterilization chemical to carry out race-based genocide against Africans. Women of reproductive age were targeted by a vaccine campaign, but only because neonatal tetanus is a serious threat. And there was never any evidence that the vaccines contained a sterilizing agent.
By Guy Chapman
Vani Hari, known to most as The Food Babe and to skeptics as The FUD Babe, is a blogger, affiliate marketer and self-styled consumer activist who offers a potent and media-friendly mix of good looks and bad science. She has been described as "the Jenny McCarthy of the food industry".
Her signature tactic is rallying credulous followers via her Twitter hashtag #FoodBabeArmy to try to coerce businesses into making changes to products based on alarmist claims about their ingredients - a process colloquially known as "quackmail". In this she has been notably successful despite the absence of any actual evidence that the ingredients are in any way harmful.
Targets to date include Chick-fil-A, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Kraft Foods, Subway and brewery giants Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors. Several have caved in to the social media pressure and removed sometimes entirely benign ingredients. [More details on a couple of examples appear in the reference footnotes below.]
Hari started her "Food Babe" blog in 2011 using skills learned as a computer science graduate and in her job as a management consultant for Accenture. She has no known qualifications in chemistry, biology, dietetics or any other subject relevant to the science of food. She does, however, have evident talent for monetising social media campaigns: many of the products she hypes are linked to direct sales pages via affiliate marketing links meaning that she gets a cut from followers who buy these products and others from the same store. She also charges substantial speaking fees, reportedly $6,000 for one engagement, which is quite a chunk of change for promoting your personal brand. Nice work if you can get it.
Doubtful News Roundup for 14 November 2014
Some crazy news this week. You'd be wise to be very skeptical of this week's media headlines from Doubtful News.
Legend tripping gone wrong? Man stabs himself in a "haunted" house What happened this night when a paranormal investigator stabbed himself in the chest while visiting the Villisca murder house in Iowa, a place he had been before? It's still not clear. Will the event enhance the haunted reputation? Does it suggest that some people take their hobbies a bit too far and become too emotionally affected? That is also not clear.
UK paper stokes fire of Satanic Panic. False before, what makes it true now? The claims sound remarkably the same as they did in the 1980s and 90s about underground Satanic groups conducting rituals and pulling children off the street for blood sacrifices. It was bogus then and no new evidence has shown up of late to make these new tabloid accusations plausible. Facts don't matter, since the story is meant to scare people.
TV news in Virginia promotes disturbing story about "reincarnated" 4-yr old A local news station in Virginia highlights an exploitative tale for Veterans Day about a mother who thinks her child harbors the spirit of a US Marine killed in Beirut in 1983. The story is full of red flags that it is baseless and exaggerated. We sent this link with a complaint to the news station, they never responded.
Kent Hovind, Creationist, must like jail a lot Hovind and another man who holds contempt for US tax laws have been charged with mail fraud and criminal contempt for interfering with the sale of Pensacola properties Hovind was forced to forfeit as a result of his 2006 tax evasion case. He'll have another trial for this charge in December.
Blockbuster Bible bombshell book: Jesus married Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene? A pair of authors are promote a new book but Biblical scholars say there is nothing to be excited about. In fact, the reviews are particular bad. One of the authors simply makes actual archaeologists cringe with his sensationalist conclusions.
L'Aquila decision against geoscientists overturned Very good news to report out of Italy all but one of the geoscientists involved in the misguided ruling regarding earthquake prediction are off the hook. Six who were convicted of manslaughter over their supposed advice about earthquake hazards had their rulings overturned. Only one, who made erroneous statements to the press, had his sentence reduced. The L'Aquila earthquake of 2009 killed over 300 people.
Catholic priests in Kenya preaching unfounded claim about tetanus vaccine Pseudoscience and misinformation sites are promoting this story about deliberate vaccine contamination in Kenya. The claims have not been confirmed and are regarded as false by health officials and medical professionals. Yet, the conspiracy mongerers and Catholic Priests in Kenya are fanning the flames that the tetanus vaccines contain a nefarious birth control additive.
New evidence of mystery creature in Lake Champlain? Dennis Jay Hall and Katy Elizabeth, self-proclaimed "Champ" experts, claim to have discovered evidence of not only a relict reptile that is the monster but also a Beluga whale in the lake. While the latter is exponentially more plausible than the former, neither is confirmed by experts or scientists. That does not deter the Champ hunters from making extraordinary claims they can't support. The comments are especially enlightening in this piece as Hall chimes in.
Food Babe clueless about food, science, and apparently, air Vani Hari, the "Food Babe", has become infamous for her criticism of the food industry. However, with a degree in computer science and experience as a management consultant, she sounds like an idiot when talking about food facts and science. Last week, she posted a blog piece on travel that was so ludicrous and full of misinformation that it was scrubbed from the Internet. We don't want you to forget that she is pretending to be sciencey, but is not scientifically literate.
Visit DoubtfulNews.com for more stories everyday. Then respond when friends and family pass on these false stories and misinformation. Do your part. Spread the word. Share.
Watch the Million Dollar Challenge
We have the video from the Live Million Dollar Challenge that took place last July at The Amazing Meeting. The MDC crew included Banachek, Chip Denman, Richard Saunders, Krystyn Lambert, and Jamy Ian Swiss and several helpful volunteers.
For behind the scenes details, check out Richard Saunders' The trials and tribulations of the 2014 James Randi Educational Foundation's Million Dollar Challenge.
Also, don't miss the New York Times Magazine feature on Randi and the MDC.
A few religious communities in the U.S. deny their children basic health care because they believe it's a sin not to trust God to heal. The parents dare not seek out doctor's care for illnesses that are directly curable with modern treatments because of the fear of being chastised by their insular social network and accused of having weak faith. Children suffer and die from this antiquated, absurd belief system. As more cases come to light, U.S. lawmakers, law enforcement and children's advocates are pushing to punish parents who use faith in lieu of medicine with serious jail time while informing these faith-centered communities that putting the child's welfare second to religious tenets will not be tolerated.
The JREF continues the tradition of bringing you professional critique of suspected pseudoscientific claptrap and quackery. Now featuring unqualified purveyors of "truth" about cancer cures...
By William M. London
"The Quest for Cures…Continues" is a lengthy video documentary in eleven parts promoted at thetruthaboutcancer.com. I learned about it on October 13th when "The Food Revolution Network," a chemophobia-promoting, veganism-hyping organization hosted by John Robbins and his son Ocean, recommended it to people on its email list. It turned out to be the kind of cancer pseudomedicine-promoting video I would expect Robbins père and Robbins fils to recommend.
The email I received indicated that the documentary would be available only until October 24th and that I would need to sign up in order to watch it. After I signed up, I received 32 emails from "The Truth About Cancer" about episode availability through October 26th. The last five messages indicated that the time available to watch the videos was extended through the weekend. Several of the messages included links to buy various recordings and transcripts of the documentary.
By Sharon Hill
Does violence in movies, television and video games correlate to increased violence and homicide rates? Some people would like you to assume that they do. It's an easy scapegoat to blame the media for societal ills. But as we often see with social issues, I think you'll find things are a bit more complicated than that… (Source)
Dr. Christopher J. Ferguson has published a two-pronged study in the 5 Nov 2014 issue of Journal of Communication (DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12129) to address the question "Does Media Violence Predict Societal Violence?" The answer is, he concludes, "It Depends on What You Look at and When".
In the introduction of the journal article, Ferguson outlines the pitfalls in the still-raging debate about media as a contributing factor to violence. The American Psychological Association put out a policy statement in 2005 linking media violence to societal aggression. But a backlash of other researchers resulted in a request for the APA to review their policy because there is not a consensus among scholars (an ACTUAL scientific controversy).
In what appears to be "common sense", we notice an increase in violence on television and in movies and tend to associate it with news stories about youth violence or mass shootings especially when the news media emphases a suspect's connection with such media. Video games in particular have notably evolved to show more realistic and graphic depictions of war, criminal violence, and horror scenes. It seems all too easy to blame new media for the increase in mass shootings or heinous crimes. And it is too easy; that is not the whole story.
The Prism Podcast recently interviewed Randi and got him talking about the new goal of the JREF to engage school-aged kids and their parents. Plans are currently in the works to implement these new ideas but we want to know your stories.
Randi spoke fondly of his physics teacher in high school, Mr. Tibbell, who would give the class assignments such as explaining why this example device (a perpetual motion machine) would or wouldn't work. Randi called him "my Carl Sagan" because of the curiosity he inspired and for the gift of teaching HOW to think rather than WHAT to think.
Did you have a teacher that did the same? What was special about them that inspired you? We'd like to hear your stories about how a teacher inspired your thinking about the world and appreciation for science. This is your opportunity to honor those who were influential to you.
Or, are YOU a teacher that had an experience with a student that allowed you to witness the "light bulb turning on". What works to reach kids?
Send your remembrances to email@example.com and we may print your story.
Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo-woo in medicine.
Using the fear of Ebola to promote the placebo legislation that is "right to try" (David Gorski) Proposed "right-to-try" bills capitalize on fears that the FDA is withholding cures from desperately ill people, and now on fears of Ebola. Existing laws already allow for compassionate use of experimental drugs; and anyway, state laws are likely to be ignored at the federal level. Even the financial aspects of "right-to-try" legislation are disturbing, offering no protection to those who suffer adverse effects of treatment, and providing access only to those who can afford the considerable expense.
Conspiracy theories and Ebola virus transmission (David Gorski) Ebola quarantine policies are being questioned, and conspiracy theories are running wild. The CDC is alleged to have lied about Ebola transmission, denying that it can be spread by airborne droplets. This is due to a misunderstanding about droplet size and the difference between airborne transmission and droplet transmission; some droplets can stay airborne but are not infectious. To catch Ebola, direct contact with infected body fluids is required.
Can Airrosti Really Resolve Most Chronic Pain in Just Three Visits? (Harriet Hall) Airrosti is an organization that claims amazing success in treating musculoskeletal pain. They use myofascial release and other treatments that are not supported by scientific evidence. They advertise that they have "extensive third-party research" proving Airrosti is the most effective, efficient, and affordable option; they don't have any such thing.
False Memory Syndrome Alive and Well (Steven Novella) Recovered memory syndrome was a massive failure on the part of the mental health profession that peaked in the 1980s. The myth of repressed memories of sexual abuse was used to explain all kinds of symptoms, leading to ruined lives and criminal convictions of innocent people. A recent survey shows that the majority of clinical psychologists continue to hold these false beliefs.
Naturopathy vs. Science: Fake Diseases (Scott Gavura) Naturopaths diagnose Wilson's Temperature Syndrome in healthy people whose temperatures are on the low side of the normal range and treat them inappropriately with thyroid hormone. It is an invented pseudoscientific fake disease, like many other fake diseases diagnosed by naturopaths, such as adrenal fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivity, Morgellons, chronic candida, and "chronic" Lyme disease.
More Fear-Based Practice Building: Shaken Baby Syndrome and Chiropractic (Clay Jones) "Shaken baby syndrome," or abusive head trauma, is a devastating form of child abuse. In order to increase their business, chiropractors have frightened parents with blatant misinformation, claiming that normal play activities like bouncing a child on one's knee can injure the brain and spine, and that chiropractic adjustments are necessary to correct subluxations in infants and young children.


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The 2015 Conference reinforces the positive message of Detroit's ongoing economic resurgence by bringing together key business, community and political leaders to inspire innovative solutions and urban revitalization.
By increasing dialogue between urban and suburban decision-makers, the Conference encourages collaborative efforts to grow business and shape the city and the region's future.
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