Posts Tagged ‘John Cmar’
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
"Black Hole" specialty cocktail from Farpoint 2011, CC BY-NC-SA image from DocOperon via Flickr
This weekend, Laura and I will be swinging by that tiny little con that could, Farpoint. Sunday at 1:00pm, I’ll be giving the State of the Flu address for 2012, where I’ll look at what’s going on with this year’s influenza season (hint – it’s starting now). I’ll also be addressing other recent bits of news, such as the ethical debate behind the attempted publication of the genome for an influenza virus that could be very lethal to humans, and a recent contention in the media that based on scientific evidence, the influenza vaccines don’t work.
Laura will be talking today at 11:00am about the International Space University, and tomorrow at noon on her current project, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. We’re also both listed as participating in the podcasting roundtable at 3:00pm Sunday. As always, please say hello if you are in attendance, and otherwise I may be sharing pithy comments here.
Tags: Farpoint, influenza, International Space University, ISU, John Cmar, Landsat, Landsat Data Continuity Mission, Laura Burns, LDCM, Moon Ranger Laura
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
…as a guest on Midday with Dan Rodricks, talking about Human Papilloma Virus infections and the use of vaccines to prevent them. Additionally, I’m excited and honored to announce that I’ll be a regular health and medical guest for the show on a monthly basis. Dan’s an outstanding host, and I’m greatly looking forward to our conversations. We’ll also be taking listener calls, which always makes things interesting.
The story about how this came about, which may or may not be true, can be found at The Secret Lair. You can listen to the audio stream online at the appointed time here, or download the show after the fact here. Additionally, you can follow Dan on Twitter @DanRodricks, WYPR @WYPR881FM, and the Midday show @MiddayWYPR.
Tags: Dan Rodricks, HPV, John Cmar, WYPR
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The Moon Ranger and I will be headed shortly to Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA. We will both be attending the Charity Star Party at the Emory University Math & Science Center tomorrow night, and we will both be participating in the Parsec Awards ceremony late Saturday afternoon. In addition, my schedule includes:
- Title: These are the ways the world will end…
Time: Sat 11:30 am Location: 207 / 206 / 205 – Hilton (Length: 1)
Description: Our panel tears apart the asteroid apocalypse theory, rips into the latest “world enders”, and answers questions. We’re probably safe (for now).
- Title: XMRV, CFS, and the Internet: How Patient Communities Are Changing Medicine
Time: Sun 11:30 am Location: 201 – Hilton (Length: 1)
Description: How the Internet and patient advocacy is changing research and medicine, using the XMRV and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome controversy as a case study.
- Title: KILLER STAPH OF DEADLY DOOM!!!
Time: Sun 07:00 pm Location: 202 – Hilton (Length: 1)
Moderator / MC for panel
Description: Terrifying developments! New strains jumping from livestock to humans! Antibiotics that don’t work! But don’t panic – yet.
Laura will be involved in:
- Title: LandSat – The Origins of Earth Imaging
Time: Sun 04:00 pm Location: 203 – Hilton (Length: 1)
Description: Before Google Earth or Mapquest , the LandSat program was delivering images of Earth & it continues to be a valuable scientific resource.
- Title: I Work in the Space Industry, But NOT for NASA!
Time: Sun 08:30 pm Location: 203 – Hilton (Length: 1)
Description: You’ve always dreamed of working in the space industry but NASA’s not your thing. We’ve got the people to tell you how.
- Additionally, Laura is assembling a so-fresh-it’s-not-on-the-schedule panel on Friday at 4pm that will spotlight the James Webb Space Telescope, which will focus on the importance of the mission as well as the plethora of reasons why a loss of funding for the project would be both an epic loss to science and an incredibly bad idea. Co-panelists will include Dr. Pamela Gay, and possibly another special guest.
Apart from these, I will be otherwise hanging about the science and podcasting tracks, and possibly be doing some Bad Doctoring for The Secret Lair. As usual, I will be posting occasional pithy observations, and if you are going, I look forward to seeing you there!
Tags: Dragon*Con, John Cmar, Moon Ranger Laura, Pamela Gay
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
I shall be doing a more proper update on what’s been going on in The Secret Lair shortly, but for now, know this: it is Angry Robot week in The Lair, and if you send us glorious haiku, you have a chance to win 5 of their books!
Angry Robot is an excellent UK-based publisher whose mission “is to publish the best in brand new genre fiction – SF, F and WTF?!” Apart from publishing excellent books, they are doing some seriously cool, innovative things, like their freshly announced WorldBuilder project. All this week, we’re taking a look at some of their novels and short stories, as well as doing several interviews and taking a closer look at their WorldBuilder initiative, so please join us.
All of this culminates in the Angry Robot Haiku Contest, which is taking submissions until 8pm EDT on Thursday, September 1st. The details and prize descriptions are here. Enter! Amuse us! Win great stories!
Tags: Angry Robot, Angry Robot books, haiku, John Cmar, the secret lair
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
I’ll be headed shortly to Renovation, the 69th (In Reno. With brothels. Yes. Ok, it’s out of my system now.) World Science Fiction Convention. Tomorrow, I have the good fortune of participating in a couple of science panels:
- Thu 16:00 – 17:00, Space and the Biological Economy: How does space exploration drive the United States’ biological economy? What do the advances in telemedicine and the biological sciences driven by NASA mean to our nation’s long-term economic and physical health? – David W. Goldman (M), Nick Kanas, H. G. Stratmann, John Cmar, Greg Bear
- Thu 17:00 – 18:00, Infections and Viruses that Could Doom Humankind: What could create the next pandemic? A virus from animals? Food-borne illness? An engineered retrovirus? – John Cmar (M), Vylar Kaftan, Tom Lehmann, Jim Fiscus
Apart from these, I will be otherwise hanging about with the Moon Ranger and other good folk, and possibly be doing some Bad Doctoring for The Secret Lair. As usual, I will be posting occasional pithy observations, and if you are going, I look forward to seeing you there!
Tags: John Cmar, Renovation, worldcon
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Friday, July 15th, 2011
My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate why anyone expecting Duke Nukem Forever to be successful is likely making a poor choice.
Tags: Duke Nukem Forever, John Cmar
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
At long last, the latest episode of The Secret Lair is up, in which Overlord Miller calls a board meeting with yours truly as the Chief Medical Officer, Natalie as the Secretary of Aesthetic Engineering, and David as the Commandant of the Air Forces in attendance. We address both the scent of bacon wafting through The Lair, and what that might have to do with the fate of the absent Overlord Johnson.
Also, therein lies a roundtable on our recent geeky pursuits, after which I find myself strapped into the Interrogation Chamber: I am interviewed about the need for, and the issues surrounding, the non-medically trained public reading articles from the medical literature directly, as opposed to merely accepting media reporting on medical study results at face value. From the medical evidence behind bedbugs and superbugs to finding citations to support beer and good health, it’s a fun and informative chat.
Go here and listen, else when the Overlords’ time comes, you will be the first into servitude.
Tags: John Cmar, podcast, the secret lair
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Tags: Akira, Art of Akira, education, INTERPHONE, John Cmar, Marian Call, medicine, mobile, mobile phones, Science, the secret lair, ThinkGeek, WHO
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Saturday, June 4th, 2011
My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate the WHO’s classification of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, such as those emitted by mobile phones, into the category of “possibly carcinogenic to humans”. (Hint – I disagree.)
Tags: brain cancer, cancer, carcinogen, cell phones, glioma, John Cmar, mobile phones, WHO, World Health Organization
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, in which I clinically evaluate whether 2011 is the year when the smartphone can replace a full featured computer in terms of functionality.
Tags: iPad, iPhone, John Cmar, smartphone, tablet, the secret lair
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