MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'airbus'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:01:51 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4522088&cid=t_290017_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fgy-EULHJcRM%2F By Benjamin H. FriedmanThe Defense Department announced yesterday that it is awarding its aerial refueling tanker contract to Boeing. We'll pay them $3.5 billion for the first 18 tankers and $35 billion if all the planned 179 tankers get built. These are essentially gas stations in the sky that extend the range of bomber and fighter aircraft. The decision is causing great consternation in Alabama, where EADS, the losing bidder, would have located most of the manufacturing for the deal. Governor Robert Bentley compared the loss of federal spending to a "death in family." I'll leave it to others to speculate as to what that says about his priorities and just point that the decision is good for Americans generally.* From a military perspective, both aircraft likely would have performed w... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4522088 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:07:51 +0100 4522088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4159276&cid=t_290017_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2FZfVMnbGkAHs%2Falcohol-effects-giant-testicles-pennycress-diesel.html An alcoholic FAQ – Aspirin and other drugs prevent the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (found in the stomach and liver) from breaking down alcohol, thus slowing the liver’s ability to metabolise alcohol and so it accumulates in your blood faster and has longer-lasting effects, which means you get drunk faster and say drunk longer, but you will have an almighty hangover too (one that aspirin will not cure) The biggest balls of all – The largest testicles by mass as a proportion of body mass are those of the bush cricket. According to behavioural ecologist Karim Vahed who has presumably had a good look, the tuberous bush cricket has testes accounting for 14% of its body mass. Making pennycress pay its way – I'd never heard of this weed until today, but apparently, p... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4159276 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:29:19 +0100 4159276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4151855&cid=t_290017_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2FZfVMnbGkAHs%2Falcohol-effects-giant-testicles-pennycress-diesel.html An alcoholic FAQ – Aspirin and other drugs prevent the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (found in the stomach and liver) from breaking down alcohol, thus slowing the liver’s ability to metabolise alcohol and so it accumulates in your blood faster and has longer-lasting effects, which means you get drunk faster and say drunk longer, but you will have an almighty hangover too (one that aspirin will not cure) The biggest balls of all – The largest testicles by mass as a proportion of body mass are those of the bush cricket. According to behavioural ecologist Karim Vahed who has presumably had a good look, the tuberous bush cricket has testes accounting for 14% of its body mass. Making pennycress pay its way – I'd never heard of this weed until today, but apparently, p... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4151855 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:29:19 +0100 4151855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800373&cid=t_290017_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBLoUkxOpCjg%2F An article today in Congress Daily [$] made me laugh out loud. In a “Geez, these people have some nerve” kind of way. A bunch of politicians have written to Obama, saying that Airbus should be disqualified from the current bidding process for the Air Force refueling tanker contract on the grounds that the World Trade Organization has reportedly (the final ruling is not yet out) ruled EU subsidies to Airbus illegal. Here’s part of their letter: Buying Airbus tankers would reward European governments with Department of Defense dollars at the same time that the U.S. Trade Representative is trying to punish European governments for flouting international laws… American taxpayers must not be forced to foot the bill for products which benefited from illegal subsidies. A... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800373 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:15:46 +0100 2800373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452457&cid=t_290017_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fair-france-airbus-330-management-speak.html Part of the joys of being a doctor through twelve years of New Labour government is the endless stream of top-down, micro-managing, egg-sucking twaddle that each day sits momentarily in my in-box before it is diverted to the round green filing cabinet under the desk.I am not scared of flying, not at all, but I must say that the recent tragic loss of the Air France Airbus 330 scheduled flight was a shock. There but for the grace of God! Today, I read the following:Airbus is to send advice on flying in storms to operators of its A330 jets, Le Monde reported today. It would remind crews of the need to maintain adequate thrust from the engines and the correct attitude, or angle of flight, when entering heavy turbulence.The TimesAm I missing something here? Is this another example of top down,... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452457 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:44:00 +0100 2452457