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 'bird'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:55:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028674&cid=t_114174_117_f&fid=37824&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doctorkalitenko.com%2Fblog%2Fnight-owls-give-hoot%2F Are you a night owl or an early bird? Do you burn the midnight oil or are you early to bed, early to rise? It is customary now to divide people into morning and evening people. The morning type has peak performance in the morning. They are perky, get up easily and get started with work with a clear head. This is as it is supposed to be in nature. Then there is the evening type, who is at peak performance in the afternoon or evening.  They have difficulty waking up and can’t function without their coffee. It takes them more effort to concentrate on a morning task and they often don’t seem cheerful until later in the day. The morning type is not a problem at all, but evening people usually complain of fatigue, poor sleep and other problems.  How does it happen that some people func... Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028674 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:48:51 +0100 5028674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828987&cid=t_114174_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F14%2F8-reasons-why-twitter-can-make-you-happy%2F I’m a huge fan of Twitter, and I’ve tried to persuade several people to give it a try. (My greatest triumph: convincing my sister to use it. Seeing my sister in my Twitter feed — that makes me very happy.) We’ve all seen how Twitter can play an unprecedented role in world events and in news communication. But on a very personal, routine level, there are several (other) ways in which Twitter can boost your happiness. After all, is it just a coincidence that a blue bird is both the symbol for happiness and the symbol for Twitter? Probably yes, I know, but still, it’s a happy coincidence. 1. Twitter allows you to pursue your passion — even if only in your imagination. A key to a happier life is to have fun – people who regularly have fun are twenty times ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828987 Sat, 14 May 2011 16:30:58 +0100 4828987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4626991&cid=t_114174_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FMCfdTWvn0I0%2F   Annoyingly wet Spring morning, only two days into the season. The trees on the horizon look ever so slightly thicker in their bareness: the sap and the buds doing their stuff, just invisible to us yet, “us” being the largely untrained (okay, I’ve had some ornithology training by people who were just as happy to regard the plants around them if there were no birds to be had in our immediate area) passers-by or rather passers-through. The red-bellied woodpecker is showing off across the gully in someone else’s presumably old and therefore wormy tree. It’s been working on this same tree for days now. I hope it moves soon. The local bird that I hope stays around more is the adult Red-tailed Hawk who took up residence in our neighborhood about four or five y... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4626991 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:47:20 +0100 4626991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4450390&cid=t_114174_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FDyXSG_WBfSQ%2F What may be the most time and cost-efficient way to attend a conference, learn from world-class speakers and meet old and new colleagues? Answer: A virtual conference, such as the upcoming 2011 SharpBrains Summit: Retooling Brain Health for the 21st Century (March 30th — April 1st). Please watch this 3-minute clip to learn how the SharpBrains Summit works, and why you should consider joining the good company of over 35 leading Speakers drawn from industry, research and the front lines. Confirmed Speakers include: === To Learn More About Summit Faculty & Agenda, click HERE We’d be delighted to count on your participation in this innovative endeavor, - The SharpBrains Team PS: Early-bird registration rates end on February 18th, with substantial savings available both for companies a... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4450390 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:25:38 +0100 4450390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338209&cid=t_114174_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2Fqw0rbJ26UmU%2F In the middle of January, like now, it is very easy to get into the mindset that this gray weather is going to last forever. Since I am a (very) amateur birder, though, I also know that the spring migration is about to start probably within the next couple of weeks. The birds won’t hit our continent for a while, though. Entirely self -propelled animals. Actually, come to think of it, humans are the only animals that can travel in non-self-propelled ways. Still have respect, though, for flocks of millions of tiny birds propelling themselves across the Gulf of Mexico to summer in our back yards. Renewed resolutions to haul myself around the thickets of Boulder Creek or up in the mountains near Nederland. Filed under: Ephemera Tagged: Bird, birds, Birdwatching, Boulder Creek, Gulf Coast... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338209 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:16:08 +0100 4338209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133973&cid=t_114174_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D1236  In Case of Emergency – Borrow a Bra from the Biggest Breasted Woman you can Find! Dr. Elena Bodnar won an Ignoble (aka Stupid) Award for her invention of a bra that can be used for a dust mask for just $29.95.  The fibers on the cups might hold back large dust particles but they are not woven tight enough to prevent bacteria, colds, or the bird flu as many foolishly hoped.  And then you have to share with some other fool?  No thanks! Bras can be quite utilitarian however, and have been around for over 103 years now!  Thanks Italy! The Real Baconator Double! Move over Wendy’s – there’s a new sheriff in town!  Throw out your 980 calorie two pattie and  6 bacon strip sandwich and let’s have some real dining pleasure with this bacon bra.  I guess, if y... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133973 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:38:55 +0100 4133973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098306&cid=t_114174_133_f&fid=35124&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspergerwoman%2F%7E3%2FgKf9A8fN4Og%2Foctober-2010.html Autum brings us lots of beautiful things. The trees begin to show their colours, the woods seem to be places to discover many hidden treasures. I love this time of year. We make many long walks. It seems a time of changes is coming up. Bf has been told his job almost certainly might be discontinued. Insecurity rules. We try to keep positive and each step in life might bring new opportunities despite the crisis. The hardest thing these days is to cope with insecurity. This all costs lots of energy. I try to support Bf as much as possible. He shows he is grateful for this! Meanwhile my agryophobia treatment (agyrophobia is the fear of crossing the streets)continues and further progress has been made. Slowly I lean to deal with the different ways one can look around being on the pavement. I ... The Art of Being Asperger Woman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098306 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:35:00 +0100 4098306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074342&cid=t_114174_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FEwcAJujzgdQ%2F Though I grew up in the countryside and wandered in the woods as I grew up, I knew little about the names of things. I knew oaks from maples and robins from that which was not a robin. I knew pine trees and boxwood bushes. I knew what I thought were hawks but which were really turkey vultures. On spring days after I was old enough to drive myself to school and back home again, driving along the interminably winding road that led to nowhere other than our house, I kept my eye out for hawks in the sky. We lived on top of a great ridge of hills overlooking the Ohio River. Most clear afternoons, I could see the hawks circling the air overhead, riding the thermals all afternoon. Park the car in front of the house and get out of the car and leave the door open to stand there on the warm asphalt ... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074342 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:38:17 +0100 4074342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3943029&cid=t_114174_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F3o9Y7yzjjz8%2F First, a dissident shareholder launches a web site to write about undisclosed conflicts of interest involving Elan management, calls for ceo Kelly Martin to go and proposes his own board candidates (look here). Now, two dissident directors want to conduct their own audit of corporate governance issue and the beleaguered biotech had to race to court to obtain an injunction to stop them. The latest dust-up involves Vaughn Bryson, a former Eli Lilly ceo, and Jack Schuler, a former president at Abbott Laboratories, who are both Elan board members and have hired the Bird Marella law firm to review corporate governance, notably the controversial deal last year between Elan and Johnson & Johnson involving Alzheimer’s drugs and research, particlarly bapineuzumab. The transaction quickly... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3943029 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:35:45 +0100 3943029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3676639&cid=t_114174_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fafrican-penguins-cute-picture-sad-story%2F Bird Island, a small island off the coast of South Africa, is home to the breeding grounds of the African Penguin, a species recently classified as endangered. The population of African Penguins has dwindled from 150,000 mating pairs to 26,000 mating pairs, and 600 baby chicks just died due to harsh weather off of the coast of South Africa. Check out this site to find out how you can help these adorable African Penguins. photo via Treehugger via Treehugger Post from: BlissTree African Penguins: Cute Picture, Sad Story (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3676639 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:05:26 +0100 3676639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595712&cid=t_114174_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FT38ThbcsgI0%2F Please join us in congratulating USA Hockey, Allstate, and Nationwide, for reaching the podium of the 2010 Brain Fitness Innovation Awards, unveiled today. The podium’s top position went to USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NTDP), a full-time development program aimed at preparing student-athletes for participation on the US National Under-18 and Under-17 Teams, for its innovative cognitive training system designed with the help of Applied Cognitive Engineering (ACE) and the BIRD Foundation to help hockey players develop perception and decision-making skills. More than two years in the making and $2 million to produce, the Hockey IntelliGym offers players a video-game-like training environment to enhance ‘hockey-sense’-the information gathered from surrounding... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595712 Mon, 24 May 2010 19:59:55 +0100 3595712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490736&cid=t_114174_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D913                               To all the ladies and men out there who find themselves up against the clock of aging, seeing all those facial lines and creases appearing out of nowhere – it is time to fight back! I remember a time when I worked for a greeting card company and the biggest selling card was a birthday one.. It said, “May the bluebird of happiness…..crap all over your birthday cake!” That was over 40 years ago, and maybe we should update the message to appeal to today’s audience. ” May the nightingale of the Bronx…..crap all over your face!” They can, and do now, in spas across the Nation- and it will cost you $180 to have it happen. Based on a traditional skin care secret practiced by the beautiful Geisha of Japan... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490736 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:25:14 +0100 3490736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416057&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FJ32Z_b55i7I%2Fducks_chickens_bits_of_dna_and.php I'm an epidemiologist, not an immunologist or a virologist but I like reading immunology and virology. It's interesting, in some ways for me it's more interesting than reading epidemiology. In an epidemiological paper I can see pretty quickly where things are going (or going wrong) and there isn't much mystery. But the sheer number of moving parts in a cellular system is amazing and confounding. Navigating through the myriad bits and pieces that appear every week in the scientific literature is tough for experts and even tougher for the rest of us who aren't experts. Vincent Racaniello over at Virology Blog is a great source of information and I read him in an effort not to fall too far behind and help me understand new papers as they come out. One appeared the other day in the Proceedings... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416057 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:27:33 +0100 3416057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408398&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FyLVet_GdJpo%2Fimmunity_and_the_1918_and_2009.php We continue to learn a great deal about influenza infection as researchers harvest information from the recent swine flu pandemic. The pork producers don't like to call it "swine flu" but it may well be that its long sojourn in that animal since 1918 (did we give Spanish flu to pigs or did pigs give it us?) may hold an important clue to why older people suffered less than younger ones. It seemed fairly likely that the difference was related to immunity, but since H1N1 came back in 1977 after being absent since 1957, it wasn't clear why younger people born after 1977 would be as immune as older ones born before 1957. Now two papers published in Science and Science Translational Medicine shed some light on this. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effec... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408398 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:17:21 +0100 3408398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366171&cid=t_114174_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Flark-or-owl-whats-your-sleep-power-animal%2F From Monday to Friday, most working Americans keep pretty similar hours. We get to work around 9 a.m., which dictates the schedule of our days and nights, including when and how much we sleep. Yet, intuitively, it’s obvious: We don’t all march to the tick of the same clock. The timing of our alertness and our drowsiness, according to the National Sleep Foundation, not only has to do with how much sleep we got last night, but also with our “circadian biological clock”. Some research indicates that our internal clocks could be genetically pre-coded, at least in part. But there are also ways to control that clock and get your sleep in step with your schedule. The BBC’s “Sleep Profiler Quiz”, below, helps to determine whether you’re a lark or an owl, and how to get the most out... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366171 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:00:12 +0100 3366171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227958&cid=t_114174_134_f&fid=35193&url=http%3A%2F%2Fannetics.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fearly-bird-crit-revisited.html Last year after my horrible crash, when I was still unable to get out of bed without crying tears of pain, I was faced with the decision of whether I would get a kit (jersey + bike shorts) for the bike race team I had joined.  "Why in the world would I even consider this?"  The final diagnosis had been fractures in my left clavicle, 9 posterior ribs (if I add up all the fractures reported on the Xrays) and L2 transverse process, pleural effusion, severe bruising and road rash.  I have never gone through anything else even remotely as painful, physically, as that experience.  But, I decided that it was not a good time to make the decision to quit.  I would order the kit.As the months passed, I thought a lot about what I would do with bike racing.  I debated, "D... Annetics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227958 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:10:00 +0100 3227958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092887&cid=t_114174_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2Fs5Wykm7M7uM%2F So my one and only son graduated from the University of Cincinnati this past Saturday, and there was a lovely celebration. A couple of weeks ago, he had the sudden notion that we should all go to Hawaii to celebrate: him, his girlfriend, and his parents. Since the cold is settling in in Cincinnati with a vengeance, we all of us thought that was a remarkably good idea. Now that we are all here, I think that was an especially remarkably good idea. Warm but not too warm in the daytime, and at night, not too cool. Dramatic landscapes surround us. Exotic birds abound; zebra doves are a refreshing alternative to the ubiquitous house sparrows of home. The last bird that I added to my list was a Pacific golden plover, which was hanging out by the pool. This was all without even trying. I’m n... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092887 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:46:45 +0100 3092887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2943954&cid=t_114174_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fcranham-on-swine-flu-and-infection-control%2F This is a personal interest for me since my son was premature and is at high risk for flu and illness. We’re always on top of these things. The Swine Flu has been a little blown out of proportion by the media in my opinion, but whatever strain of flu exists, it’s good for professionals to think at a high level for infection control – from how we wash hands to always wearing gloves to covering surfaces to sterilizing handpieces and lasers. It’s a great time to review these procedures that prevent disease transmission. We don’t need to go crazy, but we need to prioritize infection control. I think staff vaccinations should be a personal decision for each individual, not mandated by the government. For me, I get the vaccine, but I haven’t yet gotten the H1N1 vaccine because it’s... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2943954 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:27:17 +0100 2943954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2931130&cid=t_114174_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fdentist%25e2%2580%2599s-news-lots-of-info-on-swine-flu%2F As a doctor, your patients and employees trust you with their safety. The Swine Flu (H1N1) has everyone in a panic, and with good cause. Here’s a brief overview of the facts. The Facts about Swine Flu Swine Flu is common in pigs, and this is not the first outbreak in humans. In 1918, pigs and humans became ill at the same time, which created a question as to connection. In 1930, the flu was identified in pigs. Another outbreak occurred in 1976, and the nation experienced significant turmoil over deaths and a paralyzing disorder thought to be associated with the inoculations provided by the US government’s National Influenza Immunization Program. Until recently, most Swine Flu occurrences were of the H1N1 strain. However, in 1997, new variations were identified. Humans contract the dise... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2931130 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:31:55 +0100 2931130 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2904998&cid=t_114174_123_f&fid=39037&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.drgreene.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F10%2F19%2Fcan-changing-our-buying-habits-reduce-the-risk-of-another-pandemic-flu%2F Even though the flu is less dangerous than many think and this vaccine less dangerous than many think, factory farming of animals may continue to promote the creation of serious viruses and bacteria that threaten human populations. Swine flu comes from pigs shoved together where the virus spreads and mutates, then escapes to spread in [...] (Source: Conversations with Dr Greene) Conversations with Dr Greene blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2904998 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:01:08 +0100 2904998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751947&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Falchemist-checks-oxy-cholesterol-levels.html The Alchemist this week learns how fluorine chemistry is blooming, how to melt proteins, and how cholesterol is all about the good, the bad, and the oxy. Also this week, a technique borrowed from organic LED fabrication could lead to a new way to manufacture tiny inorganic LEDs for next generation displays, while a conductive flip has been observed with clusters of atoms close to absolute zero. Finally, the American Chemical Society announces this years previously unsung chemical heroes from across the industry. Previously on ChemWeb, we heard rumors of silicon neurons and the coming cyborg age, he discovers that a compound that leads to ovine Cyclops has now been synthesized for cancer drug research, and how chicken poop down on the shooting range could help solve the problem of lead in t... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751947 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:00:43 +0100 2751947 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613879&cid=t_114174_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2FhBqdVLgOht0%2F Swine flu continues its rampage - and it is not flu season yet! “Although the media buzz has died down a bit, swine flu continues to affect thousands of people each week. As of July 2, the H1N1 virus has killed 170 people in the U.S. The CDC reports 33,000 confirmed cases of the virus have affected 53 U.S. states and territories. “ More on Swine Flu addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F07%2F17%2Fswine-flu-continues-it-rampage%2F'; addthis_title = 'Swine+Flu+continues+it+rampage'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Medicine and Man) Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613879 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:47:16 +0100 2613879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510789&cid=t_114174_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2FVBsRtPl37Fg%2F Since we are still in midst of the swine flu (H1N1) pandemic - here is a quick summary and useful links: “In this video, Dr. Joe Bresee with the CDC Influenza Division describes swine flu - its signs and symptoms, how it’s transmitted, medicines to treat it, steps people can take to protect themselves from it, and what people should do if they become ill.” Map: Weekly Influenza Activity Estimates Reported by State and Territorial Epidemiologists Swine Flu Cases per million population by country: (Data taken from The Guardian - Data Blog) Useful Links: Center of Disease Control Swine Flu update RSS feed from CDC WHO - Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response New England Journal of Medicine H1N1 Influenza Center Lancet - H... Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510789 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:46:47 +0100 2510789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510792&cid=t_114174_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2FQ4DypJowUUo%2F Guest Post: The word pandemic has been thrown around in recent years because of the prevalence of many major illnesses that have occurred throughout the third world nations as well as even many Western nations. However, the recent Swine Flu outbreak has caused much deliberation as to the proper terminology of the word itself. There have been generations of widespread epidemics in the past that have included influenza, cholera, and a multitude of other diseases. However, the World Health Organization has come up with a six-tiered level in which to determine when to implement specific disease control efforts around the world, which has successfully led to many countries quarantining illnesses which could be easily spread abroad. However, the true definition of a pandemic is not delivered by ... Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510792 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:52:19 +0100 2510792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469557&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F_w4E-dD5Jy8%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_279.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Photographed in Clallum County, Washington State. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Marv Breece, 23 May 2009 [larger view]. Canon EOS 350D 1/2000s f/7.1 at 300.0mm iso400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469557 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:59:20 +0100 2469557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458145&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FuUg-NGHNEHg%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_238.php tags: Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni, photographed near Anahuac Wildlife Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 29 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/1500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458145 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:59:43 +0100 2458145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452630&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FQS8RUH-oU9c%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_278.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Clallam County, Washington State. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Marv Breece, 23 May 2009 [larger view]. Canon EOS 350D 1/2000s f/7.1 at 300.0mm iso400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452630 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:59:45 +0100 2452630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452636&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FsIu7yKSAq74%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to.php tags: Sandwich Tern, Sterna sandvicensis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Sandwich Tern, Sterna sandvicensis, photographed at Corpus Christi, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Dan Logen, 2 May 2009 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452636 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:59:22 +0100 2452636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447640&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2Fsle0HSZsQ6M%2Ftoday.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Denmark. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Roger Tidman/ RSPB. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447640 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:59:32 +0100 2447640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447650&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FO8HKABVL5jo%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_272.php tags: Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora peregrina, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora peregrina, photographed at Lake Thompson in Kingsbury County, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 2 May 2009 [larger view] Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447650 Sun, 31 May 2009 14:59:25 +0100 2447650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441552&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FS7zl6h1a5L4%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_165.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 30 January 2005. Date Time Original: 2005:01:30 07:51:30 Exposure Time: 1/159 F-Number: 8.00 ISO: 400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441552 Fri, 29 May 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2441552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441565&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F_BxgjcTO1B8%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_277.php tags: Greylag Goose, Anser anser, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Greylag Goose, Anser anser, photographed at an RSPB reserve in Strumpshaw, Norfolk, UK. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Brian McFarlane, 2009. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Here's a bit of a change of pace: The ID of this bird is easy, but can you tell me the proper term for what it is doing and explain why it is doing this? Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441565 Tue, 26 May 2009 14:59:52 +0100 2441565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424176&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FMdfvWVzXsBY%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_273.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed at the Big Sioux Recreation Area near Brandon, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 10 May 2009 [larger view] Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424176 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:59:42 +0100 2424176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416942&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FR_17wgXDdxw%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_114.php tags: White Ibis, Eudocimus albus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] White Ibis, Eudocimus albus, photographed the San Bernard Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 12 February 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/350s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416942 Sun, 17 May 2009 14:59:57 +0100 2416942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414857&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FJAmgMioEjkk%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_268.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Minnehaha County, near Wall lake, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 10 November 2008 [larger view] Photo taken with a Canon 40D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414857 Sat, 16 May 2009 14:59:48 +0100 2414857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414863&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2Fw2kDp7vOyOA%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_237.php tags: Great Egret, Casmerodius albus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Great Egret, Casmerodius albus, photographed on High Island, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 29 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414863 Fri, 15 May 2009 14:59:47 +0100 2414863 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405311&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F1wXWAFce9MI%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_256.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 2 January 2006 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2006:01:02 15:42:48 Exposure Time: 1/159 F-Number: 10.00 ISO: 200 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405311 Thu, 14 May 2009 14:59:30 +0100 2405311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405316&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FCrzpBytwGmg%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_227.php tags: Northern Parula, Parula americana, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Northern Parula, Parula americana, photographed at Quintana and Beach, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/1250s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405316 Wed, 13 May 2009 14:59:56 +0100 2405316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405320&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FTkMmjHsZ11Y%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_263.php tags: White-Crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] White-Crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 23 December 2007 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2007:12:23 09:04:20 Exposure Time: 1/350 F-Number: 10.00 ISO: 400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405320 Tue, 12 May 2009 14:59:32 +0100 2405320 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398762&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F0YVewWpHRRo%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_232.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] photographed at Paul Rushing Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 28 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/350s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398762 Sat, 09 May 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2398762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389850&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fswine-flu-update.html Swine flu (H1N1) information leaflets are being delivered to households across the UK today. I suspect they do nothing but increase fear and confuse people, especially as the WHO/UN are about to lower the swine flu alert level. In the UK, 27 people now have the virus, with 23 in England and four in Scotland and the first P2P transmission in the UK has been reported. But, what happened to the thousands, if not millions, affected we were warned of by the media and government and WHO and UN over the last few weeks? It just hasn’t happened, thankfully. The leaflets will, of course, explain exactly what is swine flu (I wonder whether they will explain why we now have to call it H1N1 though), who is most at risk, what are the symptoms, and what people can do to reduce their risk of catchin... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389850 Thu, 07 May 2009 07:04:39 +0100 2389850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398772&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F7oCwnm4GlwM%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_267.php tags: Hoopoe, Epupa epops, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Hoopoe, Epupa epops, feeding its chick [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Orphaned -- contact me for attribution [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Can you tell me where this bird species is endemic? Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398772 Wed, 06 May 2009 14:59:16 +0100 2398772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389857&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F7oCwnm4GlwM%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_267.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Orphaned -- contact me for attribution [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Can you tell me where this bird species is endemic? Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389857 Wed, 06 May 2009 14:59:16 +0100 2389857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382527&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FNVPxcrHDWDI%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_265.php tags: Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 12 November 2007 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2007:11:12 09:10:55 Exposure Time: 1/124 F-Number: 8.00 ISO: 400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382527 Fri, 01 May 2009 14:59:49 +0100 2382527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380839&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FIkzlMUkiaDA%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_239.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] photographed in Paul Rushing Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 3 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/200s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380839 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:59:51 +0100 2380839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376119&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fraspberry-ripple-galaxy.html Recently, an innocuous-seeming press release was released by German astronomers announcing that they had found two of the most complex molecules ever in space - n-propyl cyanide, more commonly known to chemists as butyronitrile, and ethyl formate. Now, butyronitrile is a nasty poison with a characteristic odour and I’m sure you’d get a whiff of bitter almonds as you lay dying should you breathe it in too deep or get a mouthful of the stuff. Ethyl formate is altogether different. Ethyl formate, The Guardian’s science correspondent Ian Sample found out (I think already knew) is the fragrant ester molecule that gives raspberries their distinct flavour. It also smells vaguely of rum. Having latched on to this fact, Sample went to town on his galactic press release suggesting,... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376119 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:25:49 +0100 2376119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376131&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FkQTpSPy3YI8%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_231.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] photographed at Tom Bass Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376131 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2376131 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376567&cid=t_114174_133_f&fid=35124&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspergerwoman%2F%7E3%2Fw44l4CVKd1s%2Faspie-bird-at-filmset-forgotten-food.html Just so much to see, I forgot about food today. Had taken plenty of beverages with me, but while I was in the studio, I just could not eat properly because of the stress. That seems to happen quite often. That is not just an autism thing. On the way back home I had lunch. Now I have to choose between having some kind of late dinner or going to bed early. Think the food is gonna win. There were lots of things I thought about this afternoon. Nice people around there. The recordings themselves lasted for about 1 minute. No close up. No talking to do. I was filmed in the archive, next to this (see picture :Had to sort out papers and to them into the box. Haha pretending that empty box was full LOL It turned out pretty well. It took just 1 cut!Afterwards they filmed me being a waitress. Just wa... The Art of Being Asperger Woman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376567 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:18:00 +0100 2376567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376137&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FWg92nwPnNIc%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_262.php tags: leucistic Red-Winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] leucistic Red-Winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 18 January 2009 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2009:01:18 08:46:49 Exposure Time: 1/750 F-Number: 8.00 ISO: 320 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376137 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:59:56 +0100 2376137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376568&cid=t_114174_133_f&fid=35124&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspergerwoman%2F%7E3%2FFfXBHvi_wlc%2Faspie-bird-on-screen.html Yes Yes, in my humble opinion (ahum ;-)) I knew this day had to come.... (now you take a deep breath, have a deep sigh and smile?!): Aspie Bird will appear on screen.(Do not wish to sound very arrogant, but something inside my mind tells me that I will be much more on publicity things in future...well of course after my book has been published)My job coach has chosen me to be one of the twenty something participants for the job agencies new commercial. Lucky me ;-)))This is an unique chance to show my capabilities to interest potential workgivers.The agency is specialised in job seeking things for people with autism. No offend but many people with autism might give a somewhat withdrawn first time impression. However my verbal abilities are pretty well, my voice will not be used for this co... The Art of Being Asperger Woman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376568 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:09:00 +0100 2376568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367505&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FQc4LwdRgeME%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_255.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 7 January 2006 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2006:01:07 15:08:24 Exposure Time: 1/159 F-Number: 13.00 ISO: 200 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367505 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:59:57 +0100 2367505 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2357134&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2F3EDTFh-gs98%2Fthe_california_swine_flu_cases.php Late yesterday afternoon a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Dispatch appeared on CDC's website that is unique in my experience. MMWR is usually heavily vetted and edited and nothing gets out of there fast. Indeed, in recent years, nothing at all got out of CDC very fast. And yet here is this Dispatch, with text referring to the same day of issue (April 21), reporting on two young patients with febrile respiratory illnesses, one of whose cases CDC only learned about on April 13, 8 days earlier. April 17 CDC determined that the two children, both from the San Diego, California area, were infected with a swine flu virus of a novel kind. That was five days ago. The extremely rapid publication of this MMWR is apparently a consequence of the new International Health Regulations. It's... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2357134 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:48:22 +0100 2357134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353854&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2Flue_oGuXNT8%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_217.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 18 May 2005 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2005:05:18 08:27:35 Exposure Time: 1/249 F-Number: 16.00 ISO: 400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353854 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2353854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353832&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2F4KeBgnzxEEw%2Fimportant_flu_paper_on_immune.php Every day, it seems, we find out that what we thought we knew about flu isn't the case. As one noted flu expert said to me once, "I knew much more about flu 20 years ago than I do now." So it's good to remember that we are also finding out a lot about flu that we never knew or even thought we knew. A case in point is an extremely important new paper in PLoS Medicine ( Khurana S, Suguitan AL Jr., Rivera Y, Simmons CP, Lanzavecchia A, et al.(2009) Antigenic Fingerprinting of H5N1 Avian Influenza Using Convalescent Sera and Monoclonal Antibodies Reveals Potential Vaccine and Diagnostic Targets. PLoS Med 6(4): e1000049; online as of last night). This work makes a major advance in the science of antibody response to avian influenza/H5N1 ("bird flu"). The advance has two aspects. One is the info... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353832 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:16:13 +0100 2353832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348331&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FkBfVe7m5UQg%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_222.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] photographed in Tom Bass Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/400s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348331 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2348331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348343&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FlISCnAno4l0%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_221.php tags: Muscovy Duckling, Cairina moschata, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Muscovy Duckling, Cairina moschata, photographed in Hermann Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 22 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/320s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348343 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2348343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2325102&cid=t_114174_134_f&fid=35193&url=http%3A%2F%2Fannetics.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2F10-weeks-post-almost.html Today I had some good news from my visit with the orthopedic physician assistant (PA) who has been following my progress over the past two months. The X-ray tech showed me the images of my clavicle and ribs immediately after the exam and my first reaction was, "Oh no! I haven't healed at all!" I walked back over to visit with the PA and wondered what he would say. He pulled up the X-rays and pointed out the areas where bone callus has formed, which is a critical stage in healing. I don't know why, but thinking about all of those bone cells finding each other just makes me laugh. I have this image of cells on one bone calling out, "We're here! We're here!" and cells on the other fragment saying "Catch this rope!" Anyway, I am happy to think of my bone doing its thing to repair the damage I ... Annetics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2325102 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:11:00 +0100 2325102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348177&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FSprFotzOohs%2Fthe_egyptian_toddle_case_conun.php A tantalizing Reuters story yesterday called attention to the uptick in human bird flu cases in Egypt, the African country with more cases than any other (although far behind Asian countries like Indonesia). The observation prompting renewed expressions of concern are that new cases seem to be in the very young (toddlers) but adult cases have almost disappeared. So where are these toddlers picking up the virus? A possibility that is consistent with the observations is that adults are giving it to the toddlers but are themselves symptomless carriers. It's not impossible, because we know that flu affects different age groups differently (most existing cases of bird flu are under the age of 40, with new among the elderly, unlike seasonal influenza); and a large proportion (possibly as many as... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348177 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:52:23 +0100 2348177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2312643&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2Fn994ZbeSs88%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_220.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed at the Unitarian/Universalist Fellowship building in Manhattan Kansas, Photographed from the inside with the woods outside to the south. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: photographed by Thomas Manney, this image appears here at the suggestion of Dave Rintoul. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2312643 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2312643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2310021&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FrPzUfqpVB-k%2Fmore_on_the_science_of_the_inf.php If you had a prowler at your house you'd call the police. You'd want them to come. But what if they sent a SWAT Team, surrounded the house and blasted it from all sides. Not good. That seems to be something like the scenario for a response to a class of virulent influenza viruses. They trip the alarm and the army descends and levels the house. The prowler is taken care of. So are you. The phenomenon has acquired the name "cytokine storm," although a better description might be immune system dysregulation. Your immune system has a lot of powerful weapons to protect you, but like a police force you want them used lawfully and appropriately. This week scientists at the St. Judes flu group in Memphis published an intriguing paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with the ... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2310021 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:36:37 +0100 2310021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2286161&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F4x4tthhDBFU%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_178.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Brazoria Wildlife Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 10 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2286161 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2286161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2271230&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2Fu63y7O8P9s8%2Fsomething_to_fear_from_fear_of.php There is an attitude toward the prospects of an influenza pandemic and what, or what not, to do about it that I have little patience with. We saw examples a couple of years ago with the writings of Wendy Orent and Marc Siegel and now it is surfacing again from Philip Alcabes, in an op ed in the Washington Post over the weekend. All three are smart and well informed -- but that doesn't prevent them from being wrong headed. The Alcabes piece, ironically entitled "5 Myths About Pandemic Panic" is either built on myths or strawmen, take your pick. Here is my commentary on the "5 Myths": Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2271230 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:20:33 +0100 2271230 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2272388&cid=t_114174_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FSm23WPzaGzY%2F Caught an interesting article recently that wondered what happened to all of our fears about disease outbreaks. You remember the hoopla over SARS, West Nile, and the Avian flu? For a while, that’s all anyone could talk about. We were watching the crows in our backyard closely because if you saw one dead it could mean the West Nile virus had killed it. People were buying surgical masks and staying away from standing water. But now, just a few years later, talk of these diseases is almost nonexistent. The article questioned where this was due to an actual decline in these diseases, or less media attention. Given the state of the economy and healthcare status in the U.S., it seems that the attention has simply shifted. We can only worry about so many things at one time, and when you do... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2272388 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:23:10 +0100 2272388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2266282&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FpVWOmQqq9YU%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_147.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed on the Fort Pierre National Grasslands in South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 4 January 2009 [larger view]. Photo taken with Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2266282 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:25:21 +0100 2266282 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2257917&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2Fa2Lyj56XEwE%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_179.php tags: Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus photographed in Brazoria Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 12 February 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2257917 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2257917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2257922&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FqkiJrgYgtYk%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_128.php tags: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, photographed in Starr County Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 5 April 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2257922 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2257922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2241014&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FvQxw1VTaOMo%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_184.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed at Fort Pierre National Grasslands in South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 9 December 2005 [larger view]. Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2241014 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2241014 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240677&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2Fn1RjG_EFNG4%2Fhow_much_human_bird_flu_in_ind.php Flu season is in full swing and cases of bird flu seem to follow the same kind of seasonal pattern as "ordinary" flu. Last year more than half the reported human bird flu cases were in Indoesia. But the Indonesian health minister has already warned the world she was only going to tell us what was happening with human bird flu in her country when she felt like it, and apparently she doesn't feel like telling anyone. In December of 2007 (last flu season) Indonesia officially reported 4 cases of bird flu and the following month, January 2008, 9 more. February 2008 brought another 3. This flu season Indonesia has reported only four cases (2 in November, 2 in December). Nothing at all for calendar year 2009, while 14 cases have occurred elsewhwere. We know from local press reports and the assid... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240677 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:38:25 +0100 2240677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2241020&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FgUjmcvl-7RY%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_122.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 6 December 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2241020 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:59:58 +0100 2241020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232731&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F6TTTg-vvfLQ%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_162.php tags: Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 16 April 2008 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2008:04:16 08:46:29 Exposure Time: 1/319 F-Number: 5.60 ISO: 320 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232731 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2232731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240681&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2F4hQvGw9ddhQ%2Fpiggy-backing_flu_on_smallpox.php There is as yet no pandemic bird flu vaccine but there are a lot of potential vaccines. The recent fiasco involving Baxter International (here, here) involved one in development. There are many more. They employ old and new technologies and are in various stages, a few in early clinical trials. Many more are in the pre-clinical (animal or test tube) phase, although they are frequently reported in the news because the company developing it wants to attract support or publicity. I often don't pay attention to announcements of "breakthroughs" that are successful in mice. Many vaccines work in mice but not in humans or work in mice and can't be used in humans because of side effects. This weekend we are brought news of yet another of these. It was also announced at a press conference, but no c... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240681 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:33:56 +0100 2240681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240686&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2Fd9JvK095Lpw%2Fquestions_about_bird_flu_conta.php As I write this the story is still hazy [see Addendum] but it sounds like the kind of colossal screw-up we had four years ago when the American College of Pathology sent a pandemic flu strain (H2N2) to thousands of clinical and hospital laboratories as part of routine competency testing (see here, here, here). That was inattention by CDC, whose Director was mesmerized by the bioterrorism phantom and couldn't see beyond them. This time it's a vaccine maker and the cock-up sounds pretty horrendous, although it is hard to figure out exactly what has happened given the incomplete descriptions and lack of information from the parties involved: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240686 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:42:42 +0100 2240686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240687&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FSYR-DOxFqPw%2Fis_the_pandemic_flu_vaccine_gl.php A just released report on world wide vaccine production capacity says . . . if you don't have access to the report (and I don't, as yet), what it says depends on which news source you want to read. For example you can read Reuters (the glass half full wire service stroy) or Agence France Presse (the glass half empty wire service study). Here are the ledes in each: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240687 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:50:51 +0100 2240687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2210569&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2Fqrokm76uHPw%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_175.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Sacramento, California. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: John del Rio, autumn 2007 [larger view]. More images by this photographer can be seen on the front page and in the gallery. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/800s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2210569 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2210569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2210581&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F3NtVNKhdz8A%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_180.php tags: Juvenile Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax violaceus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Juvenile Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax violaceus, photographed by Crab Road, Surfside, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 12 February 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/1250s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2210581 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2210581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182696&cid=t_114174_134_f&fid=35193&url=http%3A%2F%2Fannetics.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fearly-bird-criti-should-have-slept-late.html My goal for the first 6 or 7 months of 2009 was to spend a lot of time on the bike. Things were going along as planned until February 1, the day of the Early Bird Criterium Bike Race in Fremont, CA. There was a lot of aggressive riding and the field was large at 62, so I was relieved to finally hear the bell signaling the final lap. I took the 3rd of 4 corners wide and had a clear path ahead of me--I had decided to stay away from the pack for the final corner and sprint to the finish. Out of nowhere someone was down in front of me and with horror, I ran into the woman and flipped over the handlebars, landing flat on my back according to a witness. From what I have been told, the other rider had some mishap in the pack and darted out to the left and crashed right in front of me. Laying curl... Annetics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182696 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:22:00 +0100 2182696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2163621&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FnP7E2XcxOKM%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_159.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in the brush in Lake County, near Madison, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 30 September 2006 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2163621 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:59:59 +0100 2163621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2163529&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2F2a2hczqa66c%2Fflu_and_the_news_business.php The question of reporting on flu comes up here from time to time and one of those times was a few days ago. In a post on the low path bird flu outbreaks in British Columbia's Fraser Valley we raised a number of questions we thought should have been asked by the Canadian Press's reporter. We drew a comparison with the exemplary reporting for the same wire service (Canadian Press) by Helen Branswell, generally regarded by flu folks as the best reporter on the subject (there are also other extremely good reporters, among them Maggie Fox at Reuters and John Lauerman at Bloomberg, to name just two). Ms. Branswell took the time to comment on that post, and lest her words get lost in the comment thread, here they are again: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2163529 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:24:22 +0100 2163529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2160413&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FvL8P7FSgv8w%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_157.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in central Ontario. The bird died after striking the window of lakeside cottage fringed with Eastern Hemlock, Red Oak, Winterberry and American Bittersweet. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Michael Butler, 16 November 2008. [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2160413 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2160413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2152862&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2Fv6lq6vWt1_I%2Fthe_mystery_of_fraser_valley_c.php Yesterday there was a fairly long story from the wire service Canadian Press that wasn't written by their ace flu reporter, Helen Branswell. It carried the byline of Greg Joyce. I'll come back to why I mention this at the end of this post, but first, here's what it was about: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2152862 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:15:47 +0100 2152862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2152973&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F1ZbQoipIzYQ%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_148.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed at "Land's End", an area in San Francisco on the Pacific Coast. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 18 December 2008 [larger view]. Photo taken with Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2152973 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2152973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125248&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2Fzf1T_1yhI2g%2Fchina_syndrome.php Readers want to know what I think about the bird flu situation in China, where four human cases have been reported in the last couple of weeks. I haven't said anything about it so far, which is normal for me. I usually like to wait for more information. There are dedicated and smart flu bloggers out there who spend more time collecting scraps of information than I do. Check out fluwiki forum and CureEvents, for the latest word, all accurately reported by top rank flu bloggers like crof and Mike and a number of others (it is dangerous to start naming people because you inevitably leave out high quality sources; the blog roll on the side bar has more). I can't improve on what these folks do and I see my role as different: taking a step back and adding some perspective. Not everyone agrees wi... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125248 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:06:23 +0100 2125248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2121738&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FL3olPbBlZ5s%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_137.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 2007 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2007:06:21 07:31:23 Exposure Time: 1/80 F-Number: 5.60 ISO: 800 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2121738 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:59:43 +0100 2121738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2116740&cid=t_114174_134_f&fid=36985&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fsugarstats%2F%7E3%2F516795132%2F Yesterday I was able to kick back and relax a little and lo and behold….I fell asleep on the couch. After about a 2 hour deep sleep nap, I awoke with some unexplained high numbers. Am I the only one who sometimes seems to get a liver dump after a long nap?  This is not [...] (Source: SugarStats.com - Simple, Online Blood Sugar Tracking for Diabetes Management) SugarStats.com - Simple, Online Blood Sugar Tracking for Diabetes Management blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2116740 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:07:37 +0100 2116740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2115607&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2FXnr746HCdIs%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_144.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in tributary called the Rio Ariau, a tributary that runs between the Rio Negro and Amazon rivers about 35 miles west of Manaus. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Martin, 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D80 300mm lens at 1/100th sec, ISO1600. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2115607 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2115607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2113372&cid=t_114174_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FrrNuUiu_Jws%2Fdemfromcts_flu_and_you_part_ii.php DemFromCT has Flu and You, Part II up over at DailyKos. As with Part I, it is well worth reading. It implicitly raises an extraordinarily important issue -- the crucial value of the public health infrastructure -- and explicitly lays out a vital part of it, the public health laboratory network. Next week Dem plans Part III, where he will interview us on this. It is an opportunity for us to get our thoughts together on a subject we have often promoted but haven't spelled out. I'll keep you posted on the plans. Meanwhile, pop over to DailyKos and have a read. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2113372 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:21:11 +0100 2113372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2113635&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2Fk9T8_Pv5tAY%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_141.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 2008 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2008:01:20 09:04:13 Exposure Time: 1/639 F-Number: 10.00 ISO: 400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2113635 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:59:24 +0100 2113635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2087056&cid=t_114174_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FLFpL0e3frfo%2F I mentioned National Bird Day on Monday and related how my mom enjoyed watching the birds and listening to their songs when she was in the earlier stages of Alzheimer’s.  As her illness advanced, then her recognition of birds was only fleeting. To extend the pleasure of birdwatching for Alzheimer’s patients, children if they’re in the house, as well as yourself, I’ve researched some books for all ages and posted them on my One Book Two Book blog.  You might want to stop by to check them out, Bird Books: Stories, Information and Fun. My mom probably would have looked at the cover of this board book and began reminiscing with me about raising ducks and ducklings on our farm.  We had a brook that ran between the house and barn where the ducks liked to swim.  We did... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2087056 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:30:44 +0100 2087056 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2086981&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F505310410%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_76.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] endemic to marshes and reedbeds across eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image:GrrlScientist, 2 September 2008 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2086981 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:59:59 +0100 2086981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2081178&cid=t_114174_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FVXDVZ-DSpbQ%2F Today is National Bird Day! My mother always enjoyed birds and taught my brothers, sister and me much about them as we watched the various ones around our farm.  When she developed Alzheimer’s, Mother found great enjoyment watching the birds at the feeder on our deck. Take time to  appreciate your birds (if you have birds for pets) and those in the out-of-doors with your Alzheimer’s family member.  Nursing homes sometimes have birds their patients can watch, either inside in cages or outside at feeders.  They also may play bird’s songs on CDs. Here are some ideas for bird watching activities. Do you have a bird feeder you keep well stocked in winter that you and your patient can watch from the window? Do you read and learn about birds? Can you recognize various bir... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2081178 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:25:56 +0100 2081178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2081126&cid=t_114174_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F503435406%2Ftodays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_66.php tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed at Eisenhower Park, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 17 July 2007 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... 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