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silveradeptOook. So, tired as usual from the late shift. Was going to get a doctor’s checkout today, except the doc called in. I suppose that’s probably a good thing, as it gives me today and tomorrow to beat the tar out of a stuffed nose and get rid of it. Different doc, different day, and hopefully I’ll be able to get in and out in time to get back to my storytelling duties. I’m told it only takes about 30 minutes. If this is the case, then should be fine. If it takes longer, we could have problems. And I’ll probably have to cede one of my storytime segments to the other youth librarian next week (or get a sub) because there’s another training that runs rampantly through my story time on Tuesday, starting nice and early, and ending later. Ook, ook, ah, ah, tookie-tookie.
Anyway, moving out from my own little world into the bigger expanse of existence, if able to achieve optimal conditions for viral suppression, styles of combined antiretroviral therapy are effective in returning an HIV-positive person's CD4 cell count to that of an HIV-negative person. What that means is that the immune response returns, and appears to do so consistently over time, with asymptopic gains, so long as the person stays on cART continuously. (Izzat right?) With the restored immune functionality, a persion with HIV is less likely to die because of an opportunistic disease that would normally have been fought off by a regular immune system. In essence, HIV can be fought to a draw. It’s not a vaccination, nor is it a manner by which the virus can be removed from an already-infected person, but it takes a significant part of HIV’s deadliness away. It doesn’t necessarily work on everyone, and the study selected only the people who had the best virus suppression. If we can get to good virus suppression, at the least, if not a cure, then many more people will get their lives back. Assuming they can afford the treatment. This would be a perfect time for someone to step up to the plate and make the treatment available for extraordinarily low cost.
The Slacktivist tosses out the third theory on his Gay-Hatin’ Gospel list, one that many of those who perpetuate the Gay-Hatin’ have a good chance of believing: "They started it, with trying to push their agenda on us loudly. We're just responding to their attack." The problems with this idea? This argument sounds a lot like “Those uppity gays don’t know their place, and won’t accept it, so now we have to push it on them hard. They want special rights they don’t deserve.” You could substitute gays with some other historically discriminated-against groups, and people would recoil from endorsing it. This theory doesn’t really provide much for cover or explanation as to why, if they’re only reacting, Christianity is still getting hammered as being excessively anti-homosexual. More theories on the way.
Military themes are creeping in everywhere, including consulting firms staffed of ex-Air Force pilots. War’s cool again. [Beavis]Yeah, cool![/Beavis] My response: [Butt-head]*whock!* Shut up, Beavis![/Butt-head]. War and the military front to everything just doesn’t jive with me. I’d rather be known as a company that’s flexible and water-like, rather than rigid and run with military discipline.
There’s a lot out on the Internet meant to inflame and raise one’s blood pressure. You could run into one too many web pet peeves, and it sets you off. Or you see someone's opinion on why Bush is still relevant praising Mr. Bush for what is largely the work of others (and may not be considered victory or positive progress yet), and saying that his stubbornness on getting his way is a virtue (while laying blame at the feet of his opposition for not getting anything done or overriding him). The news that escalation with Iran is almost inevitable, with Cheney saying that Iran can never possess nuclear weaponry. Or even an opinion that still wants you to believe that wiretapping without a warrant is a necessary thing, and that giving judges the ability to review that, even if after the fact, is dangerous.
To counteract all that stuff, here's a warm and fuzzy human-interest story about a boy who was helped by U.S. soldiers. D’aww. Isn’t that cute? Of course, there’s still the Turks knocking on Iraq's door, ready to lay waste if necessary. And Mr. Bush is asking for $46 billion more dollars to funs the United States' presence in Iraq. Additionally, things have gotten sufficiently bad in Burma that women are sending their underwear to the country, trying to take advantage of a superstition that contact with women’s underwear saps a man’s power.
After all that, seeing that the monkeys are invading Delhi just kind of caps off the day, doesn’t it?
Wouldn’t it be better to find the cooperative spirit that enveloped the world on and following Sept. 11, but without the need for the great tragedy beforehand? So much potential there, but it’s been wasted away.
The misfiring of an anti-aircraft gun that killed nine last Friday has been blamed on mechanical failure. Not a software or automation error, but a jammed shell that then had another shell fire on it and set off the ammunition magazines, and then the item firing again. Thus, bad luck and a jam, not a robot gone rogue. Which makes sense, but I still wonder what happens when those automatic robots actually do have software errors. In other technology-related materials, WiMax has been given the green light by the U.N. telecom agency. Currently, WiMax can deliver faster speeds than many broadbands over a pretty good range. Perhaps with enough towers, everyone will be able to access a wireless point and get logged on. Then the idea of your Internet access being another city utility could come into play.
Regarding the primary elections upcoming, Liberal Seagull notes that there's some fault lines showing up among Republicans. Perhaps they will fracture enough to field a weaker candidate, and some of their bloc will desert to a different candidate in the general election. Although, I’m not sure I like what that would say about other candidates if Republican voters were on their side as well.
Let’s have some fun, and possibly celebrate a day of indulgence with Maximon, a Mayan Deity in charge of "backward days". It’s not intended to be a morality thing, but a day where you can accept that things got a little out of hand and dedicate that day to the patron deity of when things get a little out of hand. It’s kind of like a knitted Dalek: cute, cool, but ultimately harmless.
Having run out of stuff and steam, and realizing that I still have to go to work tomorrow... I think I’m just going to go to bed.
Anyway, moving out from my own little world into the bigger expanse of existence, if able to achieve optimal conditions for viral suppression, styles of combined antiretroviral therapy are effective in returning an HIV-positive person's CD4 cell count to that of an HIV-negative person. What that means is that the immune response returns, and appears to do so consistently over time, with asymptopic gains, so long as the person stays on cART continuously. (Izzat right?) With the restored immune functionality, a persion with HIV is less likely to die because of an opportunistic disease that would normally have been fought off by a regular immune system. In essence, HIV can be fought to a draw. It’s not a vaccination, nor is it a manner by which the virus can be removed from an already-infected person, but it takes a significant part of HIV’s deadliness away. It doesn’t necessarily work on everyone, and the study selected only the people who had the best virus suppression. If we can get to good virus suppression, at the least, if not a cure, then many more people will get their lives back. Assuming they can afford the treatment. This would be a perfect time for someone to step up to the plate and make the treatment available for extraordinarily low cost.
The Slacktivist tosses out the third theory on his Gay-Hatin’ Gospel list, one that many of those who perpetuate the Gay-Hatin’ have a good chance of believing: "They started it, with trying to push their agenda on us loudly. We're just responding to their attack." The problems with this idea? This argument sounds a lot like “Those uppity gays don’t know their place, and won’t accept it, so now we have to push it on them hard. They want special rights they don’t deserve.” You could substitute gays with some other historically discriminated-against groups, and people would recoil from endorsing it. This theory doesn’t really provide much for cover or explanation as to why, if they’re only reacting, Christianity is still getting hammered as being excessively anti-homosexual. More theories on the way.
Military themes are creeping in everywhere, including consulting firms staffed of ex-Air Force pilots. War’s cool again. [Beavis]Yeah, cool![/Beavis] My response: [Butt-head]*whock!* Shut up, Beavis![/Butt-head]. War and the military front to everything just doesn’t jive with me. I’d rather be known as a company that’s flexible and water-like, rather than rigid and run with military discipline.
There’s a lot out on the Internet meant to inflame and raise one’s blood pressure. You could run into one too many web pet peeves, and it sets you off. Or you see someone's opinion on why Bush is still relevant praising Mr. Bush for what is largely the work of others (and may not be considered victory or positive progress yet), and saying that his stubbornness on getting his way is a virtue (while laying blame at the feet of his opposition for not getting anything done or overriding him). The news that escalation with Iran is almost inevitable, with Cheney saying that Iran can never possess nuclear weaponry. Or even an opinion that still wants you to believe that wiretapping without a warrant is a necessary thing, and that giving judges the ability to review that, even if after the fact, is dangerous.
To counteract all that stuff, here's a warm and fuzzy human-interest story about a boy who was helped by U.S. soldiers. D’aww. Isn’t that cute? Of course, there’s still the Turks knocking on Iraq's door, ready to lay waste if necessary. And Mr. Bush is asking for $46 billion more dollars to funs the United States' presence in Iraq. Additionally, things have gotten sufficiently bad in Burma that women are sending their underwear to the country, trying to take advantage of a superstition that contact with women’s underwear saps a man’s power.
After all that, seeing that the monkeys are invading Delhi just kind of caps off the day, doesn’t it?
Wouldn’t it be better to find the cooperative spirit that enveloped the world on and following Sept. 11, but without the need for the great tragedy beforehand? So much potential there, but it’s been wasted away.
The misfiring of an anti-aircraft gun that killed nine last Friday has been blamed on mechanical failure. Not a software or automation error, but a jammed shell that then had another shell fire on it and set off the ammunition magazines, and then the item firing again. Thus, bad luck and a jam, not a robot gone rogue. Which makes sense, but I still wonder what happens when those automatic robots actually do have software errors. In other technology-related materials, WiMax has been given the green light by the U.N. telecom agency. Currently, WiMax can deliver faster speeds than many broadbands over a pretty good range. Perhaps with enough towers, everyone will be able to access a wireless point and get logged on. Then the idea of your Internet access being another city utility could come into play.
Regarding the primary elections upcoming, Liberal Seagull notes that there's some fault lines showing up among Republicans. Perhaps they will fracture enough to field a weaker candidate, and some of their bloc will desert to a different candidate in the general election. Although, I’m not sure I like what that would say about other candidates if Republican voters were on their side as well.
Let’s have some fun, and possibly celebrate a day of indulgence with Maximon, a Mayan Deity in charge of "backward days". It’s not intended to be a morality thing, but a day where you can accept that things got a little out of hand and dedicate that day to the patron deity of when things get a little out of hand. It’s kind of like a knitted Dalek: cute, cool, but ultimately harmless.
Having run out of stuff and steam, and realizing that I still have to go to work tomorrow... I think I’m just going to go to bed.
