Dr. Kevin Patterson on Western Diets and Health

A few readers have pointed me to an interesting NPR interview with the Canadian physician Kevin Patterson (link). He describes his medical work in Afghanistan and the Canadian arctic treating cultures with various degrees of industrialization. He discusses the "epidemiological transition", the idea that cultures experience predictable changes in their health as they go from hunter-gatherer, to agricultural, to industrial. I think he has an uncommonly...

[CFP] GraphiCon-2011 and MSCVSS

Our lab traditionally organizes GraphiCon, the major (and may be the only) conference in Russia specialized in computer graphics and computer vision. The conference is not very selective, still it has a decent community of professionals behind it. So, if you want to get a quality feedback on your preliminary work, or always wanted to visit Russia, consider submitting a paper by May, 16.Special offer for young readers of my blog: If it is the place...

Walt Disney World

taylor turns 4 in may and the girl talks about cinderella nonstop...it's time we take her to the castle.  but every time i go to book the trip, i get soooooo overwhelmed.  please help!!  i need advise:  where to stay- in park vs. outside of park, what to do if we are going to be there for 4 days, where to eat/ should we do a character dinner, if we should rent a house, take a stroller,...

Sejarah Bola Basket

Dr James Naismith dikenal di seluruh dunia sebagai penemu bola basket. Ia lahir pada 1861 di perkampungan Ramsay, dekat Almonte, Ontario, Kanada. Konsep basket lahir dari hari-hari sekolah Naismith di daerah di mana ia bermain permainan anak yang sederhana dikenal sebagai bebek rock-on-a-di luar satu sekolah-kamarnya. Permainan yang terlibat mencoba ketukan "bebek" dari atas sebuah batu besar dengan...