Archives: 2006   November

On being left-handed

Murray Kaufman is a retired high-school science teacher and ardent activist. In the following video he describes how, as a child, he was held back in first grade for being left-handed.
http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/13/i-was-a-rebel/

“You know what I learned from that … to be very tough … and to do what you know is right … and to not give in to any authority that is [...]

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Posted in dyslexic quirks, public education on Nov 30th, 2006, 6:12 am by centaur     

Dr. Sami Timimi challenging the assumptions of his training

I’m sorry, but this is just too good. Written by Dr. Sami Timimi, child and adolescent psychiatrist, author of Pathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood, Jan/Feb 2003.
Found this on the site: Young Minds for children’s mental health. He urges professionals who work with children and young people to question their assumptions. http://www.youngminds.org.uk/magazine/62/timimi.php 
“What is it, then, that keeps professionals [...]

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Posted in medicine and health, psychiatry and labels on Nov 24th, 2006, 4:31 am by centaur     

Synthetic ingredients to avoid in cosmetics

Here’s a list of ‘The 10 synthetic cosmetic ingredients to avoid’, written by Aubrey Hampton of Aubrey Organics. Aubrey Organics is one of the companies that has signed the ‘Compact for the Global Production of Safe Health and Beauty Products’.
http://www.aubrey-organics.com/about/treat_10synth.cfm
If you want natural products, you have to be willing to search them out. Learn to read labels, and [...]

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Posted in all, medicine and health on Nov 24th, 2006, 4:22 am by centaur     

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

Have you heard of the campaign for safe cosmetics?
http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/pp.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE&b=70918
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition of public health, educational, religious, labor, women’s, environmental and consumer groups. The mission of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the health and beauty industry to phase out the [...]

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Posted in all, medicine and health on Nov 17th, 2006, 5:30 am by centaur     

Great music!

So inspirational – I’m loving ‘Time For Three’
Bluegrass / Jam Band / Folk
I think you will too – http://www.myspace.com/timeforthree

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Posted in music on Nov 15th, 2006, 8:45 am by centaur     

Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Did you see this on MSN? 
Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award winning rock band that holds the record for the most #1 hits, and most weeks on the top of the charts. 
This from Wikipedia about ‘Dani California’:
The music video for “Dani California” premiered on MTV on April 4, 2006. Directed by Tony Kaye, acclaimed director of American History X, the video is [...]

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Posted in music on Nov 7th, 2006, 6:41 am by centaur  2 comments   

2007 Playboy Bunny Calendar

Here it is - a special advance edition:
2007 Playboy Bunny Calendar
Enjoy!

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Posted in humour on Nov 4th, 2006, 5:26 am by centaur     

Preventing Breast Cancer

Education Not Medication – click here for the truth about breast cancer

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Posted in medicine and health on Nov 1st, 2006, 12:17 am by centaur