Here’s my Karrimor Alpinist Rucksack in 1991 in Switzerland.
Here’s the same rucksack in 2005 on Helvellyn.
It’s had the odd repair, but nothing major.
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Monthly Archives: October 2005
A tribute to Karrimor rucksacks
31-Oct-05Professor Bill Inman, who died on October 20 aged 76, devoted his working life to researching the risks of treatment with drugs, and developed new early warning systems to prevent a repeat of the thalidomide scandal, in which thousands of babies were born without limbs after their mothers had taken the drug to combat morning [...]
Sue the Lancet?
24-Oct-05Nick Cohen on who to sue over the MMR fiasco…
The editor of the Lancet is a more tempting target. Wakefield’s original research was based on a sample of just 12 children, which was too small to be meaningful, as the Lancet ought to have known. Medical journals are not the richest of institutions, however, and [...]
Cochrane review on MMR
19-Oct-05Here’s the lead author of the newly published Cochrane Review on MMR vaccine, Dr Vittorio Demicheli:
“We conclude that all the major unintended events, such as triggering Crohn’s disease or autism, were suspected on the basis of unreliable evidence.â€
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“Public health decisions need to be based on sound evidence.
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“If this principle had been applied in the [...]
Whacking polio
16-Oct-05A while back there was a problem with Islamic leaders in Northern Nigeria, who refused to sanction a polio vaccination campaign – on the grounds it was an American ploy to weaken muslims. This decision led to a string of polio cases scretching across Africa and severely disrupted WHO plans to eradicate Polio once and [...]
Gerin oil
16-Oct-05Richard Dawkins is outlining the dangers of a very old drug:
As with many drugs, refined Gerin oil in low doses is largely harmless, and can even serve as a social lubricant on occasions such as marriages, funerals and ceremonies of state. Experts differ over whether such social use, though harmless in itself, is a risk [...]
Maimonides
16-Oct-05In the September 2005 edition of the Israeli Medical Association Journal there is a paper dedicated to “Rabbi Dr. David Applebaum Rabbi, Physician, Teacher and Friend, murdered together with his daughter Naavah in a terrorist attack, Jerusalem, 9 September 2003 on the eve of her wedding.”. It’s a fascinating account of the life of Moses [...]
Secularist of the Year 2005
16-Oct-05Nick Cohen, who now has his own website, on Maryam Namazie – an Iranian who won Secularist of the Year 2005 last week:
It was the decision of broad-minded politicians in Ottawa to allow Sharia courts in Canada which did it for her. They said if they were not established, the Muslim minority would be marginalised [...]
Silent Labour
15-Oct-05Tom Cruise again I’m afraid. It appears his pregnant girlfriend has a big task ahead.
According to the teachings of the Church of Scientology, pregnant women are encouraged to give birth silently, as Scientologists believe a baby can be traumatized by hearing his or her mother scream or moan during the process of childbirth.
Any passing [...]