Month: March 2013

How Guinea Pigs Could Help Autistic Children

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How Guinea Pigs Could Help Autistic Children
February 27, 2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/27/172965436/how-guinea-pigs-could-help-autistic-children
autistic children were significantly more talkative and cheerful in the presence of guinea pigs than in the presence of toys.
The children were also more likely to look at faces, make physical contact, and interact with other children and adults.

In Cancer Care, Cost Matters

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When A Famous Hospital Didn’t Want An Expensive New Drug
by David Kestenbaum
March 28, 2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/03/28/175368440/when-a-famous-hospital-didnt-want-an-expensive-new-drug
comparative effectiveness
extends life for 1.4 months

ZALTRAP (ziv-aflibercept)
https://www.zaltrap.com
ZALTRAP®, in combination with 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan-(FOLFIRI), is indicated for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) that is resistant to or has progressed following an oxaliplatin-containing regimen.

In Cancer Care, Cost Matters  
By PETER B. BACH, LEONARD B. SALTZ and ROBERT E. WITTES
October 14, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/opinion/a-hospital-says-no-to-an-11000-a-month-cancer-drug.html

“Outer Coastal Plain” … it does sound fancier than New Jersey

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The Trick To Selling Fancy Wine From New Jersey: Don’t Say It’s From New Jersey
March 29, 2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/03/29/175603136/the-trick-to-selling-fancy-wine-from-new-jersey-dont-say-its-from-new-jersey
A reputation, like a good wine, only matures with time.

Tomasello Winery
http://www.tomasellowinery.com

related:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/08/26/434821401/why-french-winemakers-are-seeing-the-world-through-ros-colored-glasses

white wine as an ingredient of food
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_wine

wine123

Time Travel

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Time Travel
The Universe > Season 5. 08/19/2010
http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/episodes/season-5
One of the Universe’s most enduring mysteries is Time Travel.
In this episode, we explore the possibilities. Discover why Time Travel into the future is unavoidable in the Einsteinian world of Relativity.
As for the past… the laws of physics do not tell us it’s impossible, but the bizarre consequences of going into the past and altering the future make for mind-bending science.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cytRMq5kQXk
the arrow of time
paradoxes
self-consistency
time dilation
worm hole
Carl Sagan: Contact
time machine
Large Hadron Collider
warp drive; warp bubbles
dark energy as a power source
closest star: Alpha Centauri (4.37 light years from the Sun)