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post from Pharyngula on 05 November 2008 01:46:00 PM. © Pharyngula

Some people are getting a bit cranky about the fact that I pissed in their cornflakes this morning, so here's a little more exposition.

A charismatic new face appeared on the political scene, somebody who was honest and sympathetic and intelligent. So he was a little more religious than I liked; he's still a good man who promises to repair the damage of the former presidency. He's running against a relic of that previous corrupt administration, his campaign slogan is all about change, and I am so relieved to have a promising choice. I campaigned for him, I stayed up all night with my friends on election night cheering him on, and I woke up the next morning optimistic for the future, glad that we finally had a progressive president.

Obviously, that wasn't this year's election. It was 1976, the very first presidential election in which I was eligible to vote, and the candidate was Jimmy Carter, a man I still think was probably the most honorable and decent president of the 20th century. But optimism and good intentions were not, are not enough. What followed Carter's election was well-meaning bumbling, a dismal and unaccomplished presidency, and Ronald Reagan, the catastrophe that paved the road to our current state.

This election was so much like that one, only even more so. And I dread the possibility that jubilation will lead to complacency, that moderation will produce stasis, and that what will follow an Obama presidency could be something far, far worse than we can imagine.

So no, no ebullience from me, no brief relaxation into celebration. I'm charging up my cattle prod, because I want to goose the Obama administration into actually getting something done in the coming years. I think Obama could be a great president, especially since greatness in that office is measured by the magnitude of the challenges faced (which are off the scale), and the ability of the leader to rise to them. There is reason to have hope, but hope doesn't get the job done.

Ten years from now I don't want to be praising Obama by commenting on his generosity and his carpentry skills.

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More interviews and such

post from Bad Astronomy on 05 November 2008 01:34:00 PM. © Bad Astronomy

I’m still plugging away at the book, and I have a few talks and interviews still on the schedule:Wednesday, November 5 (tonight): I’ll be toasting the elections at the Boulder Drinking Skeptically meetup. That’s at 6:00 p.m. at Old[...]

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Healthy Bones Program Reduces Hip Fractures By 37
Percent, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds

post from ZAMP Bionews on 05 November 2008 01:11:49 PM. © ZAMP Bionews

Proactive measures can reduce hip fracture rates by an average of 37.2 percent — and as much as 50 percent — among those at risk, according to a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente Southern California. The study was published[...]

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Sanvar(R) (Debio 8609) For Esophageal Variceal
Bleeding

post from ZAMP Bionews on 05 November 2008 01:11:03 PM. © ZAMP Bionews

Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm), a global biopharmaceutical development specialist that focuses on serious medical conditions and particularly oncology, announced that Debiovision Inc., its Canadian affiliate, filed its Complete Response to the approvable[...]

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Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Decision To
Pursue Phase II/III Pivotal Clinical Trial

post from ZAMP Bionews on 05 November 2008 01:10:21 PM. © ZAMP Bionews

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (”Oncolytics”) (TSX:ONC, NASDAQ:ONCY) announced that it has made a decision to pursue a pivotal (Phase II/III) randomized trial using the combination of REOLYSIN(R) with paclitaxel/carboplatin in refractory [...]

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NicOx Announces Favorable Blood Pressure Data For
Naproxcinod In A Large ABPM Study

post from ZAMP Bionews on 05 November 2008 01:09:41 PM. © ZAMP Bionews

NicOx S.A. (Euronext Paris: COX) announced positive top-line results from a 118 patient Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) trial (the 111 study), which compared the 24-hour blood pressure profile of escalating doses of naproxcinod and[...]

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Cepheid Molecular Diagnostic Test For Positive
Blood Culture Bottles Categorized Moderate Complexity By FDA

post from ZAMP Bionews on 05 November 2008 01:08:57 PM. © ZAMP Bionews

Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) announced the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) categorized Cepheid’s Xpert(TM) MRSA/SA Blood Culture (BC) test as “Moderate Complexity” under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement[...]

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FDA Approves Additional Indication For
Norditropin(R) For Small For Gestational Age (SGA) In Children

post from ZAMP Bionews on 05 November 2008 01:07:42 PM. © ZAMP Bionews

Children born with a condition that can prevent them from growing to a normal height now have a new treatment option available with the approval of Norditropin(R) (somatropin [rDNA origin] injection) for the treatment of short stature in children[...]

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Double Standards In Health And Safety

post from ZAMP Bionews on 05 November 2008 01:06:56 PM. © ZAMP Bionews

Researchers in Sweden suggest in a forthcoming issue in the journal IJRAM that double standards in health and safety regulations for occupational hazards and for the public should be removed so that employees are afforded the same rights as[...]

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Computer Model Improves Ultrasound Image

post from ZAMP Bionews on 05 November 2008 01:06:14 PM. © ZAMP Bionews

Doctors use diagnostic sonography or ultrasound to visualise organs and other internal structures of the human body. Dutch researcher Koos Huijssen has developed a computer model that can predict the sound transmission of improved designs for ultrasound[...]

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