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A few quick articles
Apr. 25th, 2008 12:13 amOne on organic food.
One on why being barefoot (or as close as possible to barefoot) is a lot better for your feet than being heavily shod. (Well, duh.)
One on proposed library budget cuts in NYC.
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An article on language and thought
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An article about an Aramaic-speaking area in Syria
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And one on teaching math
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One on why being barefoot (or as close as possible to barefoot) is a lot better for your feet than being heavily shod. (Well, duh.)
One on proposed library budget cuts in NYC.
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An article on language and thought
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An article about an Aramaic-speaking area in Syria
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And one on teaching math
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And that's bogus statistics.
"100% of pediatricians suggest that if possible a child would go barefoot - however they also note that it is not possible as a result of sharp objects like glass, rocks, tacks, tree roots or even toys on the floor - so a shoe which is very flexible is needed."
100%? Really, exactly, precisely 100%?
How did they find that out? Did they poll every pediatrician on the planet, and keep an updated list from med schools so that as new pediatricians are created, their opinions are also noted?
No group of people ever agrees 100% on any subject. I promise you, there's even one pediatrician out there right now who thinks that sugar water is an appropriate diet for a baby, or that children grow best on a diet of chips and ice cream. Sure, that pediatrician isn't very well qualified, but that's not the point, is it? (And this is an issue of an entirely different nature, anyway.)
Their site is also poorly edited. Never use a period when a comma is better, folks.
You know, it's not the fact that these stats are wrong, it's that they're blatantly wrong. It's insulting!
Just like I tell Ana: "If you can't lie well, you shouldn't lie at all." It's bad enough being lied to, if they'd said 99.9 I would have been taken in - but to lie badly, that's just... just... that's rude!
"100% of pediatricians suggest that if possible a child would go barefoot - however they also note that it is not possible as a result of sharp objects like glass, rocks, tacks, tree roots or even toys on the floor - so a shoe which is very flexible is needed."
100%? Really, exactly, precisely 100%?
How did they find that out? Did they poll every pediatrician on the planet, and keep an updated list from med schools so that as new pediatricians are created, their opinions are also noted?
No group of people ever agrees 100% on any subject. I promise you, there's even one pediatrician out there right now who thinks that sugar water is an appropriate diet for a baby, or that children grow best on a diet of chips and ice cream. Sure, that pediatrician isn't very well qualified, but that's not the point, is it? (And this is an issue of an entirely different nature, anyway.)
Their site is also poorly edited. Never use a period when a comma is better, folks.
You know, it's not the fact that these stats are wrong, it's that they're blatantly wrong. It's insulting!
Just like I tell Ana: "If you can't lie well, you shouldn't lie at all." It's bad enough being lied to, if they'd said 99.9 I would have been taken in - but to lie badly, that's just... just... that's rude!
Link for the interested....
Jul. 4th, 2006 05:11 pmA group that promotes having children go barefoot.
I'm not the only person who gets to the park and immediately wants the child I'm with to take her shoes off, right?
I'm not the only person who gets to the park and immediately wants the child I'm with to take her shoes off, right?
An article on running barefoot...
Jul. 4th, 2006 03:32 pmWith, of course, the obligatory scary quote about "broken glass"....
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I'd like to propose an experiment of sorts. A survey, rather. I will go out every day and write down any instance of "broken glass" on the pavement, for a week, including quantity, visibility, and odds of cutting (if it's flat on the ground, it probably won't cut, if it's sticking up, it probably will). I'll also make a short list of places I've been that were glass-free.
If I can get some other people to do the same, I might be able to find the place where glass grows on the ground to accost hapless walkers. Who's with me?
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I'd like to propose an experiment of sorts. A survey, rather. I will go out every day and write down any instance of "broken glass" on the pavement, for a week, including quantity, visibility, and odds of cutting (if it's flat on the ground, it probably won't cut, if it's sticking up, it probably will). I'll also make a short list of places I've been that were glass-free.
If I can get some other people to do the same, I might be able to find the place where glass grows on the ground to accost hapless walkers. Who's with me?
