The tl;dr : We should vaccinate the whole population of 11 year olds against HPVirus if we actually want to save lives.
So good I had to share it... http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/10/21/vaccinating-boys-against-hpv
(btw, hate to point out the obvious but I think lots of legislators would love it if more gay people died of anal cancer. That's probably why the problem continues.)
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
THE FUTURE .. but when?
So for almost two decades now, American newborns have been injected with a tiny dose of Vitamin K at birth. Vitamin K helps infants not bleed to death shortly after birth - pretty much undeniably a good thing. Thankfully, unlike vaccines, no unfounded accusations (*ahem* autism) have stuck to this practice so the injections continue to this day.
Since this practice continues for the good of newborns around the country, I'm starting to wonder when there'll be mandatory planned Growth Hormone injections. Hey, free muscle mass and bone density for everyone! If applied in the correct amounts, ... well, lets just say we haven't found any bad side effects yet. After all, most of the meat we're eating contains growth hormones (albeit for a different mammal) and all our AMERICAN flour is enriched with B vitamins and Iron.
Also I was thinking, can we all get free psychostimulant (Adderall/Ritalin) shots too? If we just throw some super-focused human beings at the problem, I'm sure it'll go away.
"Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead)
See? It's true. Call your local public health office today!
While you're on hold, remember to thank them for putting Fluoride in the water. Instead of getting cancer (or hell, even AIDS) like they feared, people that lobbied against water fluoridation now have kids with cavities. Enjoy your freedom!
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Since this practice continues for the good of newborns around the country, I'm starting to wonder when there'll be mandatory planned Growth Hormone injections. Hey, free muscle mass and bone density for everyone! If applied in the correct amounts, ... well, lets just say we haven't found any bad side effects yet. After all, most of the meat we're eating contains growth hormones (albeit for a different mammal) and all our AMERICAN flour is enriched with B vitamins and Iron.
Also I was thinking, can we all get free psychostimulant (Adderall/Ritalin) shots too? If we just throw some super-focused human beings at the problem, I'm sure it'll go away.
"Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead)
See? It's true. Call your local public health office today!
While you're on hold, remember to thank them for putting Fluoride in the water. Instead of getting cancer (or hell, even AIDS) like they feared, people that lobbied against water fluoridation now have kids with cavities. Enjoy your freedom!
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
I hope the real GREs aren't like this
Since the non-essay part of the GRE (Graduate Record Exam) are only 60 something questions total, it's more important that any one of them is ... improper.
SPHINX : PERPLEX
(a) Oracle : Interpret
(b) Prophet : Prepare
(c) Siren : Lure
(d) Jester : Astound
(e) Minotaur : Anger
Okay, this question is only forgiven for 2 reasons:
1) This was a practice exam by Kaplan. Obviously it's here because they wanna prove how easy it is to "game" the test because, "don't be fooled!" by the fact that 4 of them are of religious/mythical significance.
2) Well, I guess all Classically-trained American schoolchildren should have learned about Sphinxes and Sirens and Minotaurs at their high-real-estate-taxes, well funded public schools, right? But wait! Answer me this!
SUN WUKONG : SUTRA
(a) NuWa : Egg
(b) King Wen : Fishing Pole
(c) Buddha : Lotus
(d) BaiSuZhen : Demon
(e) Tian : Heaven
If that was on the GRE would people's complaints be legitimate? Okay, well, I think even if
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT : 16TH AMENDMENT
(a) Martin Van Buren : War of 1812
(b) George Washington : Cherry Tree
(c) Grover Cleveland : 18th Amendment
(d) James Madison : Bill of Rights
(e) Alexander Hamilton : Federal Reserve Bank
was on our ALL-AMERICAN GREs, there would still be complaints. Most likely "wow I didn't think I needed to know any history!" Okay, sure, this isn't the ACTs, but when was the last time you used words like Fecundity, Diluvial, Mawkish or Jejune? Why is unnecessary history any worse than unnecessary English? How are either of these things predicting how well I'll do in grad school in my first year?
I guess the true genius of the GREs/SATs is, how well can you "game" the test? Failing that, how many fancy dictionary words can you memorize for the span of 4 hours? Wow! That many!? You've obviously got the skills to pass the Bio101 final, you're in!
For $1,200 Kaplan will teach you how to "game" your GREs.
Kaplan knows, it's not about innate ability, heck, my scores were perfect but I couldn't get into college because I was a jew.
Kaplan knows, if you had $1,200 to throw around, you're gonna do good in life, kid. Start a business in your own basement if you don't. repeat until you can.
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*Kaplan Knew... my hero passed away August 23, 2009.
SPHINX : PERPLEX
(a) Oracle : Interpret
(b) Prophet : Prepare
(c) Siren : Lure
(d) Jester : Astound
(e) Minotaur : Anger
Okay, this question is only forgiven for 2 reasons:
1) This was a practice exam by Kaplan. Obviously it's here because they wanna prove how easy it is to "game" the test because, "don't be fooled!" by the fact that 4 of them are of religious/mythical significance.
2) Well, I guess all Classically-trained American schoolchildren should have learned about Sphinxes and Sirens and Minotaurs at their high-real-estate-taxes, well funded public schools, right? But wait! Answer me this!
SUN WUKONG : SUTRA
(a) NuWa : Egg
(b) King Wen : Fishing Pole
(c) Buddha : Lotus
(d) BaiSuZhen : Demon
(e) Tian : Heaven
If that was on the GRE would people's complaints be legitimate? Okay, well, I think even if
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT : 16TH AMENDMENT
(a) Martin Van Buren : War of 1812
(b) George Washington : Cherry Tree
(c) Grover Cleveland : 18th Amendment
(d) James Madison : Bill of Rights
(e) Alexander Hamilton : Federal Reserve Bank
was on our ALL-AMERICAN GREs, there would still be complaints. Most likely "wow I didn't think I needed to know any history!" Okay, sure, this isn't the ACTs, but when was the last time you used words like Fecundity, Diluvial, Mawkish or Jejune? Why is unnecessary history any worse than unnecessary English? How are either of these things predicting how well I'll do in grad school in my first year?
I guess the true genius of the GREs/SATs is, how well can you "game" the test? Failing that, how many fancy dictionary words can you memorize for the span of 4 hours? Wow! That many!? You've obviously got the skills to pass the Bio101 final, you're in!
For $1,200 Kaplan will teach you how to "game" your GREs.
Kaplan knows, it's not about innate ability, heck, my scores were perfect but I couldn't get into college because I was a jew.
Kaplan knows, if you had $1,200 to throw around, you're gonna do good in life, kid. Start a business in your own basement if you don't. repeat until you can.
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*Kaplan Knew... my hero passed away August 23, 2009.
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