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Tobii PCEye
The Tobii PCEye is the most advanced stand-alone eye control device on the market for operating a standard PC through eye gaze. Designed to dock under retail PC monitors, it operates with precision and effectively tracks nearly every user regardless of eye color, lighting conditions, environments or head movement. LAS VEGAS, CES 2013 — In […]
Bitter Pill
“The health care market is not a market at all. It’s a crapshoot. Everyone fares differently based on circumstances they can neither control nor predict. They may have no insurance. They may have insurance, but their employer chooses their insurance plan and it may have a payout limit or not cover a drug or treatment […]
Slip Sliding Away
I Ramble … Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan The information’s unavailable to the mortal man We’re workin’ our jobs, collect our pay Believe we’re gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away
ALS Meditation
Meditation from a Wheelchair Find yourself a fairly quiet location either inside or outside weather permitting. If possible — place your body and chair level to the ground with back, lap, and legs all it 90°. Also rest your neck and head on your head rest. We start this meditation by placing our hands on our thighs, […]
Discretionary Spending – Health 5%
I Ramble … I certainly hope our military gets down-sized – 58% of Discretionary Spending on war is insane. Health, Science, and Veteran benefits need major increases.
Medicare to Cover More Home Health Services
Good news for Medicare recipients! Just in time for the New Year 2013! In the past, Medicare recipients were unable to receive home health services such as nursing care and therapies if they had a chronic condition. As a result of a court case that originated in Vermont, that is about to change. Vermont Chief […]
Going Postal – Union vs. Management
Going postal, in American English slang, means becoming extremely and uncontrollably angry, often to the point of violence, and usually in a post office or other workplace environment. The expression derives from a series of incidents from 1983 onward in which United States Postal Service (USPS) workers shot and killed managers, fellow workers, and members of the police or general public […]
Duh, Second Amendment
This cartoon by Clay Bennett from the Chattanooga Free Times Press relates to the ongoing debate about gun control in the USA following the Tucson shooting. A man is explaining to his neighbour why he has a nuclear missile as well as a rifle in his pickup truck: “The Constitution doesn’t specify what kind of arms I have a right […]
Take Action – HR1364 vs FDA
To the Honorable: FDA regulations prohibit reference to a scientific study by producers of food relating to the health benefits. Violation of this ban can result in FDA declaring common food to be unapproved drugs — this is censorship! The Free Speech about Science Act provides a limited and carefully targeted change to FDA regulations so that […]
Avanir Gets Emotional
Neurodex – Nuedexta, whatever! Here’s the skinny. Avanir Pharmaceuticals has a plan. Take minced garlic, cook it down with heat, add melted butter, and label it Garlic Butter. This sensation is then poured into little plastic cups. Packaging begins with 60 cups to a carton. They are then shipped off to Poppa John’s Pizza for […]
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Having grown up with rock legend Bob Dylan, Rob Borsellino always wanted to shake the hand of his favorite artist. With the help of a friend those hands finally met out west near a corn field. On April 21, 2006, legendary musicians Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard traveled to Des Moines, Iowa to perform a […]
Right To Work — Sunrise Showdown at Denny’s
To work, or not to work, that is the question. As explained by Wikipedia: Right-to-work laws exist in twenty-three U.S. states, mostly in the southern and western United States. Such laws are allowed under the 1947 federal Taft–Hartley Act. A further distinction is often made within the law between those employed by state and municipal governments and those employed […]
