Monthly Archives: October 2009

Each year, a vaccine is produced to combat seasonal influenza. The most likely strains are assembled and downtrodden. When administered, your immune system fights this weak version theoretically building the antibodies necessary to fight the strain. Study after study shows … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the French for their court’s successful prosecution of the Church of Scientology for fraud and levying a fine of nearly a million dollars. I have no illusions that other branches of this criminal organization will be prosecuted. I … Continue reading →

The town of Canmore is currently seeking a new home for it’s yearly 3,000 tonnes of sewage sludge. Until recently, it was shipped to Bowden correctional facility where it was converted to compost at a cost to the municipality of … Continue reading →

Wonderful slide show of the oldest living organisms on earth. Includes a few things I’ve never seen or heard of. Here’s a lovely shot of my favorite BORG otherwise know as the trembling aspen. This grove is actually a single … Continue reading →

Last weekend Suz and I climbed up local landmark Heart Mt. From the Trans Canada, the name seems fairly arbitrary since it’s wonderful shape can’t really be seen. This picture is taken on the north side of the valley close … Continue reading →

More News of leather and feather

Congratulations to Canadian Willard Boyle for sharing the Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-invention of the charge coupled device. A fascinating story of the discovery is worth reading here. The CCD is of course the chip that converts light … Continue reading →