just jypsy

interesting stuff from jypsy's travels on & off the web
Wed Sep 16
How to read articles about health and healthcare. By Dr Alicia White

“If you’ve just read a health-related headline that’s caused you to spit out your morning coffee (“Coffee causes cancer” usually does the trick) it’s always best to follow the Blitz slogan: “Keep Calm and Carry On”. On reading further you’ll often find the headline has left out something important, like “Injecting five rats with really highly concentrated coffee solution caused some changes in cells that might lead to tumours eventually. (Study funded by The Association of Tea Marketing)”……..”

Tue Sep 15
Trailpeak

“Our mission at Trailpeak is to provide the best source of hiking, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, canoeing, skiing, and snowshoeing trails and trip planning tools across Canada and the US.”

Last Exit to Nowhere

T-Shirts from the movies….

Deliverance

Sun Apr 19
WHEN SCIENCE GETS HIJACKED

NBC NEWS CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR TELLS WHY SHE BROKE HER SILENCE

“So my faith in vaccines stems from my experiences. But my belief is also rooted in the science, science that I believe outspoken celebrities who are self-appointed vaccine experts are derailing. Pseudoscience and dollops of pop culture grab headlines and have created an environment rich with fear and misinformation. In essence, the science has been hijacked.”

Playing by the Rules - by Harriet Hall

“We are trying to evaluate the science behind claims that are often not based on science but on beliefs that are incompatible with science. The claimants are happy to use science when it supports them, but when it doesn’t they are likely to unfairly critique the science or even to dismiss the entire scientific enterprise as a “materialistic world view” or “closed-minded.” We are talking at cross purposes. How can we communicate if we say “this variety of apple is red” and they insist “it feels green to me”?”

Tue Feb 24
Why We Immunize

by James D. Macdonald

Fri Jan 30
Mmmm…….

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The Paradoxical Commandments

  1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. （人は論理的でも合理的でもなく自己中心的なものだ。それはそれとして、人を愛しないさい。）
  2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway. （あなたが良いことをしても人はわがままだと非難するし動機を邪推する。それはそれとして、いつも良いことをしなさい。）
  3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. （あなたが成功すると、間違った友人と本当の敵を得る。それはそれとして、成功させなさい。）
  4. The good you do today, will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. （あなたがする今日の良いことは明日には忘れられる。それはそれとして、よいことをしなさい。）
  5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. （正直と気安さはあなたを弱い人にする。それはそれとして、正直で気安くありなさい。）
  6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway. （最大級の発想を抱く最大級の男も女も、最低の心情を抱く男や女によって打ち落とされる。それはそれとして、大きな発想をしよう。）
  7. People favor underdogs, but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway. （人は負け組に同情しても勝ち組に追従するものだ。それはそれとして、負け組のために戦いなさい。）
  8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. （幾年もかかる建物も一晩で壊される。それはそれとして、建てよう。）
  9. People really need help, but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway. （人が本当に助けを必要としているのに、あなたが助けようとすればあなたが非難される。それはそれとして、人を助けなさい。）
  10. Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway. （自分の持っている最善を世の中に尽くしても、それで酷い目に合わされる。それはそれとして、世の中に最善を尽くしなさい。）

I found this little gem here on the tumblr belonging to whym (who found it here). There’s a lot there that I don’t understand (even some of the stuff in English!!) but I’ve been very much enjoying wandering through it in spare moments….

Thu Jan 29
Daily routines

How writers, artists, and other interesting people organize their days.

Pop Quiz Clock

Pop Quiz Clock

A Brief History of the MMR and Autism
Five Easy Graphs

“We still hear a lot about the “autism epidemic”. I suppose it’s only to be expected, since it is repeated so often and by so many people. And clearly, there has been an increase - a steady increase - in the number of children reported as “autistic” by educational  sources and social service providers.

But is it a real epidemic?”

Wed Jan 28
Alex is very interested in the Japanese language. He has watched the entire Japanese version of the Iron Chef series on YouTube and his favourite Japanese variety show “Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!” has some cooking segments that he has found funny enough to share with us. Check out my first attempt at making sushi (New Years Eve ‘08) HERE

Alex is very interested in the Japanese language. He has watched the entire Japanese version of the Iron Chef series on YouTube and his favourite Japanese variety show “Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!” has some cooking segments that he has found funny enough to share with us.

Check out my first attempt at making sushi (New Years Eve ‘08) HERE

Tue Jan 27
About the Meaning of "Handicap"
My secret life: Stephen Wiltshire, artist, 34

Interview by Charlotte Philby
Saturday, 24 January 2009