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 'bulbs'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4575042&cid=t_169380_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FfI09sNqlXxE%2F By Thomas FireyI generally admire the work of Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist in the University of Colorado-Boulder's Center for Science and Technology Policy Research. His new book on climate change is refreshingly honest and non-ideological, if a bit overly technophilic. His broader work offers the important insight that science alone cannot direct public policy, but rather it can only lay out possible results of different policy choices. Given the quality of his work, I was disappointed by Pielke's op-ed in today's NYT defending Congress's legislated obsolescence of the incandescent light bulb. He argues that government standard-setting is an important contribution to human welfare, and the light bulb standard is just part of that standard-setting (though he does suggest som... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4575042 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:16:01 +0100 4575042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4349499&cid=t_169380_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKxScuSntUwc%2F By Doug Bandow I’ve decided the time has come to become an entrepreneur — as a black market operator. Come next January, 100-watt incandescent light bulbs will be illegal, courtesy of Congress and President George W. Bush.  Lower wattages will be banned the following year.  As usual, politicians in Washington believe they know best and are determined to inconvenience the public in the name of saving energy. No matter that incandescent lights offer a softer light and are a better value than fluorescent bulbs if turned on only briefly.  And no matter that breaking a fluorescent light will spill mercury, creating what in any other circumstance would be considered to be a biohazard. There are other consequences of the coming prohibition.  Notes Tim Carney of the Washington Examine... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4349499 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:04:13 +0100 4349499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3827040&cid=t_169380_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Finfographic-of-the-day-the-cost-of-keeping-the-lights-on%2F This fall, The Little Book of Shocking Eco Facts, by Mark Crundwell and Cameron Dunn, will be released. Fast Company got a preview: via Fast Company Post from: BlissTree Infographic of the Day: The Cost of Keeping the Lights On (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3827040 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:05:47 +0100 3827040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3827134&cid=t_169380_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F17100414%2F1nq6m8%2Fneuromarketing%7ECent-Creativity-Booster.htm Want to boost your creativity by investing a quarter or so? Buy a lightbulb. Not the fancy LED, halogen, or compact fluorescent variety – just the old-fashioned, cheap incandescent kind that come in four-packs for a buck or so. Skeptical? Read on… As long as I can remember, the image of a [...] CommentsAdam, I suggested $2 because a typical compact fluorescent ... by Roger DooleyFunny. Incandescent light bulbs have an effect analog to ... by AnonymousPlus 3 more... (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3827134 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:52:29 +0100 3827134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757837&cid=t_169380_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F10-ways-to-an-eco-chic-living-room-green-your-house-series%2F Kick back and relax at home in your living room — just not in a pleather recliner in front of a plasma TV with the A/C blasting. Here are 10 natural selections that will liven up your living room in the eco-friendliest (and eco-chicest) ways. Energy-Efficient Boob-Tube With all their bells and whistles, some flat-screens now rival the fridge as your home’s energy Public Enemy Number One. Your best bet: an Energy Star-certified LCD or LED model (plasma TVs tend to be the biggest electricity hogs). We like the sleek look of Philips’ new Eco TVs from the 5000 and 7000 series. From $1,000; visit Philips for more. Clean Carpets Sure, sisal and sea grass are earth-friendly and affordable rug options, but unless your house is free of kids wielding markers, pets that pee, or guests who s... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757837 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:42:05 +0100 3757837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2747913&cid=t_169380_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnB9H7_RbfUM%2F Unfortunately, there are many good (and sad) examples of Uncle Sam’s insatiable desire to regulate the smallest aspects of our lives.  Legislators can’t even let us decide which light bulbs to buy.  Government believes that it knows best, and is banning the venerable incandescent bulb. Lighting consultant Howard Brandston makes a plaintive plea for lighting that serves people rather than politics: The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 will effectively phase out incandescent light bulbs by 2012-2014 in favor of compact fluorescent lamps, or CFLs. Other countries around the world have passed similar legislation to ban most incandescents. Will some energy be saved? Probably. The problem is this benefit will be more than offset by rampant dissatisfaction with lighting.... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2747913 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:53:17 +0100 2747913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2096163&cid=t_169380_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspieweb%2F%7E3%2Fwo6AkwIltNU%2F I was having a conversation with someone a few days ago and they asked a conversation somewhere along the lines “How does Aspergers affect you?”  At first I did not know how to answer this question… The most difficult thing about explaining how Aspergers affects my day to day living is I never knew what life [...] This is an excerpt from an article on AspieWeb.net, A blog writen by an Autistic Blogger. (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2096163 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:00:08 +0100 2096163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1225258&cid=t_169380_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F02%2F12%2Fmood-lighting-webcomic%2F Awesome webcomic Overcompensating by Jeffrey Rowland recently featured light therapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Click the image to see all of Mood Lighting, including this endorsement in teensy words at the bottom: “SAD light is designed for successful creative people who need to not suck.” SAD is affected by variable seasonable levels of sunlight, and other environmental cues. A vanguard considers it to be part of the bipolar spectrum, since it’s cyclical depression and predictably recurrent with the seasons in affected people. I remember an ignorant old skool nurse scoffing at the idea that mood changes with weather (”ridiculous” was her descriptor). She obviously hadn’t read the substantial literature on light therapy (also called phototh... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1225258 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:57:04 +0100 1225258