tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91109232773412875052024-03-21T20:57:31.669-07:00ALCHEssMIST NewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110923277341287505.post-48008284717089595922010-08-09T13:54:00.000-07:002010-08-09T13:58:21.304-07:00Nao - Clever Robot Which Can Express Emotions And Detect Emotions<span style="font-weight: bold;">Nao - Clever Robot Which Can Express Emotions And Detect Emotions</span><br /><blockquote>The world’s first robot to be able to display and detect emotions has been unveiled by European scientists. </blockquote><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Source: </span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7934318/Nao-the-robot-that-expresses-and-detects-emotions.html">Telegraph Newspaper</a> - Monday, August 9, 2010.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Image:</span> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/annenoble2">Anne Noble - A Co...</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">(cc)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tags:</span> Emotions - Nao - Robot </span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 78%;">Posted by <a href="http://alchessmist.blogspot.com/">ALCHEssMIST</a> - <a href="http://alchemipedia.blogspot.com/">Alchemipedia</a> - <a href="http://cetacographer.blogspot.com/">Cetacographer</a> - <a href="http://nirvana-bookmarks.blogspot.com/">Nirvana</a> - <a href="http://tags-a-z-0-9.blogspot.com/">Tags</a> alliance.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110923277341287505.post-11209189463159675532010-08-09T13:47:00.000-07:002010-08-09T13:51:09.975-07:00Complement Factor H Linked To Meningitis RiskComplement Factor H Linked To Meningitis Risk:<br /><blockquote>“Researchers have found "the strongest evidence so far" that genetic factors can increase the risk of a person developing meningitis”, reported <em>The Guardian</em>. The newspaper said the discovery could help in the search for a vaccine.</blockquote><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Source:<span style="font-size:78%;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/news/2010/08August/Pages/genes-may-control-meningitis-b-risk.aspx">Gene Clue To Meningitis Risk</a> (NHS Choices)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tags:</span> Complement Factor H - Meningitis </span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 78%;">Posted by <a href="http://alchessmist.blogspot.com/">ALCHEssMIST</a> - <a href="http://alchemipedia.blogspot.com/">Alchemipedia</a> - <a href="http://cetacographer.blogspot.com/">Cetacographer</a> - <a href="http://nirvana-bookmarks.blogspot.com/">Nirvana</a> - <a href="http://tags-a-z-0-9.blogspot.com/">Tags</a> alliance.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110923277341287505.post-6150507506957407092010-08-09T13:34:00.000-07:002010-08-09T13:41:23.911-07:00APPLE iPhone Engineering Chief Leaves Company Following the iPhone 4's Signal Problems<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBE11V0YoSgPS0CZ4nmbGVyhSnPDlbC7jP1rSogPI0bar7oa5P40M30uPBBm9dYX-xGaxaRjQhi_-s25oD73ENoK26LKv84r3t90CzxgEt_GCD92dY629wB9tcla5MDYZz5qhF110DX8M/s1600/iPhone_4.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBE11V0YoSgPS0CZ4nmbGVyhSnPDlbC7jP1rSogPI0bar7oa5P40M30uPBBm9dYX-xGaxaRjQhi_-s25oD73ENoK26LKv84r3t90CzxgEt_GCD92dY629wB9tcla5MDYZz5qhF110DX8M/s400/iPhone_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503512625740404898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News Details:</span><br /><ul><li>APPLE iPhone Engineering Chief Leaves Company Following the iPhone 4's Signal Problems.</li><li>It has not been confirmed whether Mark Papermaster, senior vice-president of iPhone & iPod hardware engineering, has resigned or been sacked.</li></ul><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Source: </span>Metro Newspaper (www.metro.co.uk), Monday, August 9, 2010.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Image:</span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tychay/">tychay</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(cc)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tags:</span> APPLE - Engineer - iPhone - iPod </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >Posted by <a href="http://alchessmist.blogspot.com/">ALCHEssMIST</a> - <a href="http://alchemipedia.blogspot.com/">Alchemipedia</a> - <a href="http://cetacographer.blogspot.com/">Cetacographer</a> - <a href="http://nirvana-bookmarks.blogspot.com/">Nirvana</a> - <a href="http://tags-a-z-0-9.blogspot.com/">Tags</a> alliance.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110923277341287505.post-70756177310725545252010-08-09T13:26:00.000-07:002010-08-09T13:33:53.999-07:00Death At World Sauna Championships In Heinola, Finland<span style="font-weight: bold;">Report Details:</span><br /><ul><li>The recent World Sauna Championship was marred by the death in the final of Russian Vladimir Ladyzhensky.</li><li>The reigning champion, Timo Kaukonen from Finland, received burns & required admission to hospital.</li><li>The temperature of the sauna was 110 C (230 F).</li><li>The event which has been held since 1999 in Heinola, Finland will never be staged again.</li></ul><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Source: </span>Metro Newspaper (www.metro.co.uk), Monday, August 9, 2010.</span><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tags:</span> Death - Finland - Heinola - Sauna - </span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 78%;">Posted by <a href="http://alchessmist.blogspot.com/">ALCHEssMIST</a> - <a href="http://alchemipedia.blogspot.com/">Alchemipedia</a> - <a href="http://cetacographer.blogspot.com/">Cetacographer</a> - <a href="http://nirvana-bookmarks.blogspot.com/">Nirvana</a> - <a href="http://tags-a-z-0-9.blogspot.com/">Tags</a> alliance.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110923277341287505.post-33783525213255889252010-08-09T13:16:00.001-07:002010-08-09T13:25:36.957-07:00Fergie (The Duchess of York) 'Only' Owes £2 Million<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxPzBFk_OvmtLOIRuMsxerIIQizFE8CrkxlB_FUkypSrOVITs-AGkioHtgMWHfpeOcuavYY6FQw0wZYMm4T9XO264oQM-hu3pXA1KpfqgAD1xuhQQU_HlpHFp7HQGOFyZ07P1bZK3iF8/s1600/sarah_ferguson_wedding.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxPzBFk_OvmtLOIRuMsxerIIQizFE8CrkxlB_FUkypSrOVITs-AGkioHtgMWHfpeOcuavYY6FQw0wZYMm4T9XO264oQM-hu3pXA1KpfqgAD1xuhQQU_HlpHFp7HQGOFyZ07P1bZK3iF8/s400/sarah_ferguson_wedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503508597306785026" border="0" /></a><br />Fergie (Sarah Ferguson) is doing everything she can to avoid declaring bankruptcy.<br />She owes £2 million related to business commitments.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Source: </span>Metro Newspaper (www.metro.co.uk), Monday, August 9, 2010.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Image:</span> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/annenoble2">Anne Noble - A Co...</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">(cc)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tags:</span> Bankruptcy - Business - Fergie </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >Posted by <a href="http://alchessmist.blogspot.com/">ALCHEssMIST</a> - <a href="http://alchemipedia.blogspot.com/">Alchemipedia</a> - <a href="http://cetacographer.blogspot.com/">Cetacographer</a> - <a href="http://nirvana-bookmarks.blogspot.com/">Nirvana</a> - <a href="http://tags-a-z-0-9.blogspot.com/">Tags</a> alliance.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110923277341287505.post-52319393806842540372009-10-12T15:45:00.000-07:002010-07-27T15:26:35.126-07:00Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and Cost/Benefit Analyses (Economist)<span style="font-weight: bold;">Important health debate from The Economist [</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/395">link</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">].</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"This house believes that the widespread use of comparative effectiveness reviews and cost/benefit analyses will stifle medical innovation and lead to an unacceptable rationing of health care."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Defending the motion - Newt Gingrich</span><br />Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Founder, Center for Health Transformation<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Against the motion - Sir Michael Rawlins</span><br />Chairman, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)<br /><br />My vote is for Sir Michael Rawlins.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tags: </span>Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Cost-Benefit Analysis - Health Care - Medical Innovation - Michael Rawlins - Newt Ginrich - Rationing</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Posted by the </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://alchessmist.blogspot.com/">ALCHEssMIST</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">-</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://alchemipedia.blogspot.com/">Alchemipedia</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">-</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cetacographer.blogspot.com/">Cetacographer</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> alliance.</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110923277341287505.post-52677130209867834282009-10-11T12:17:00.000-07:002009-10-11T12:31:16.964-07:00President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Revealed to Have Jewish Past<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUck3BB0X4ly9JlmPPNItIhCVWqjxV5iONXZUE7K1yXhjP0O45eTnjKLcjWpKD9J51WktSwFvkrA68_X4tNvKQnNQYVRiAp83x2vFg_dE7MZfMAr6X7Hs-DEddWiFp_5YJyucXnD3MQyY/s1600-h/Ahmadinejad-lecturing-an-audience.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUck3BB0X4ly9JlmPPNItIhCVWqjxV5iONXZUE7K1yXhjP0O45eTnjKLcjWpKD9J51WktSwFvkrA68_X4tNvKQnNQYVRiAp83x2vFg_dE7MZfMAr6X7Hs-DEddWiFp_5YJyucXnD3MQyY/s400/Ahmadinejad-lecturing-an-audience.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391426249431731058" border="0" /></a>Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is revealed to have Jewish past according to a report in the Telegraph newspaper (<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6256173/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-revealed-to-have-Jewish-past.html">link</a>).<br /><br />A photograph of Ahmadinejad, holding up his identity card, during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots. He was previously known as Sabourjian – a Jewish name meaning cloth weaver. Sabourjian is a well known Jewish name in Iran.<br /><br />A note on the card suggests his family changed its name to Ahmadinejad when they converted to Islam after his birth.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Image Credit - by Daniella Zalcman on Flickr.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 78%;">Posted by <a href="http://alchessmist.blogspot.com/">ALCHEssMIST</a></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110923277341287505.post-48108147294459294912009-10-11T11:47:00.000-07:002009-10-11T11:53:14.293-07:00Bill O'Reilly vs. 'Atheist' Richard Dawkins (9 October 2009)Bill O'Reilly clearly loses this argument, and resorts to thuggery.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ECE77Imki9M&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ECE77Imki9M&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110923277341287505.post-11672560819792895772009-08-16T02:45:00.000-07:002009-08-16T02:57:24.747-07:00Britain's Perfect Pet Part Dog-Cat-Horse-Rabbit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ideal_pet_is_part-dog,_part-cat&in_article_id=718582&in_page_id=34"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEghMwG3RBURjSd7Hf_f3Y8j5eghU-7UhM5YE21RJCKfKkf4Y0QAzX6DdkqqafcausA__YDalNB2RORw-PL3Uu7kN7bcISj2YVP5vk1uyLGr0zX71dIcAJvFsW1MXayvknRalfLwPRhGQ/s400/superpet_th.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370497712988260978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Researchers claim this composite animal is Britain's perfect pet.<br /><ul><li>Rabbit ears</li><li>Cat face</li><li>Dog body (golden retriever)</li><li>Horse tail</li></ul>The percentage composition from each animal was:<br /><ul><li>49% Dog</li><li>35% Cat</li><li>9% Horse</li><li>7% Rabbit</li></ul>News link from <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ideal_pet_is_part-dog,_part-cat&in_article_id=718582&in_page_id=34">Metro.co.uk</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Posted by <a href="http://alchessmist.blogspot.com/">ALCHEssMIST</a>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110923277341287505.post-70073114755766662752009-08-16T02:14:00.000-07:002009-08-16T02:18:03.885-07:00ALCHEssMIST News BlogCurrent news stories as selected by ALCHEssMIST.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0