After reading this Financial Times article Tim Dunlop concludes :
If this is true, then my conslusion from that earlier post stands: if this is the case, this is a much more serious issue than the case of simply trying to smear and intimidate a dissenter (ie Joseph Wilson). This indicates a complete breakdown in trust between various government agencies.
Are the bushies really playing these kind of silly and dangerous to us games?
These guys might have just the thing for you:
Writing in the journal Science, the researchers said mutations that inhibit insulin/IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor) signalling can double the life span of C. elegans.
Removing precursor reproductive cells also extended lifespan by 60%. This was not due to sterility, but appeared to be the result of altered hormonal signalling.
Further genetic interference of mutation-carrying worms, plus the removal of their reproductive systems, produced lifespans six times longer than normal.
This last step might be a bit much fore most folks. Then again, if you aren’t planning any more children,….
Here is an interesting list of occupations:
many are archaic. These are useful to genealogists since surnames usually originated from someone’s occupation. They also are useful to historians in general. The list is by no means complete.
Many are interesting and still in use to day.
One that does not seem to be in use today that perhaps should be is this one:
STATIST – politician
Via Languagehat.
NB: The author of the list, John J. Lacombe, II passed away in 2001. Here is a memorial statement from his family.
Well, staying with wierd there is General Boykin and here is a bit of Boykin satire from Emma Goldman.
Regular readers know that I like a bit of oddity and humor now and again. I was feeling a bit of withdrawal as it has been a few days since anything has cropped up.
But thanks to Jaquandor who I hope will keep up Friday’s Burst of Weirdness there is this.
And also thanks for the link to Particles where the proprietess of Making Light has many one line links to the sacred, the profane and, yes, the wierd.