“Study links restless leg syndrome with [redacted] dysfunction in older men…more common in older men with restless leg syndrome (RLS) than in those without RLS, and the magnitude of this association increased with a higher frequency of RLS symptoms….” Full Slice

Yup, can’t deny it now.  Any organization can send a satellite to take pictures of the moon which will prove we were there.

Congratulations NASA!  Regardless of why you did it, you did it and everyone survived the trips.

During the course of a recent e-exchange, I was reminded of the futility of tit-for-tat exchanges vis-a-vis [insert controversial topic here]. First, attempting to understand the other seems to fall by the wayside, followed by a general failure to attempt being understood (no doubt the between-the-lines understanding sort of happens, but that’s not ostensibly what’s being legitimately sought). Ultimately, there are dribbling attempts to get last words in and the sad thing just peters out.

Nevertheless, I was inspired, by the claimed lack of facile touchibility about various forms of reliable information, to ‘ogle

global warming faq

only to locate a third-hand, yet promising, pointer. This finding led to further ‘ogling, quickly turning up

The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change

Which contains a series of chapters of interpretations referring to the primary scientific literature.

I am not content to simply trade unsubstantiated claims in an emotional, posturing context (despite the wanking joy of doing that). I would rather trade substantiated claims and backed-up interepretations in an emotional, posturing context. I would most like to trade substantiated claims and backed-up interepretations in a dispassionate context.

That would require buy-in, and not a little work (i.e. this is an invitation to a journal club, or perhaps “sequential blogging on peer-reviewed research“). Could just be a measure of just how much Baloney Factor people may have.

What the heck is this?

No cries for justice, just sensible forgiveness.

“Sukhvir Singh said through a Punjabi interpreter on Friday that he and other members of the Sikh community wanted to offer forgiveness to Vázquez once they learned he had no previous criminal offenses and had a history of steady work.

Singh said he did not want to see the young man’s life ruined.

“If someone has made a mistake, they should learn a lesson from it,” Singh said. “They should be punished accordingly, and it should be known to society that it is not good to have hate toward any human being.”

“Vázquez said after the hearing that he was grateful for Singh’s forgiveness and that he has learned his lesson.

He is attending an alcohol-treatment program and said he does not intend to drink anymore.” Full slice

Maybe we have something to learn from the Sikhs.