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POPSBeginning of the End of Free Market Health Care in the U.S. Commercial insurers—who were still required to pay taxes, establish reserves, and adhere to other state insurance regulations—had difficulty competing with the Blues, which, by the 1950s, together were the largest provider of health insurance in America. In an effort to compete with the Blues, more and more for-profit insurance companies offered similar plans, and the model of third-party insurance plans paying the providers directly with little or no input from the patient—and paying for routine care through insurance—became entrenched. This new model was a disaster in the making. In addition to minimizing incentives for insured customers to comparison shop for medical services, it also minimized incentives for doctors and hospitals to compete on price.
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POPSWas the FDA Report on 'Bisphenol A' Ghostwritten? Buried deep in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article is a very interesting factoid: "Bisphenol A was developed in 1891 as a synthetic estrogen. It came into widespread use in the 1950s when scientists realized it could be used to make polycarbonate plastic and some epoxy resins to line food and beverage cans." About 5-10 million people were exposed to the synthetic estrogen DES between 1938-1971, and the health of so-called "DES Daughters" is still being followed due to their increased risk for vaginal and cervical cancer, reproductive tract structural differences, pregnancy complications, and infertility.
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POPSRocky Marciano
I remember that fight! full story @ source. Born in Brockton in 1923, Marciano held the heavyweight title for four years in the 1950s and is the only champion to have retired undefeated, at 49-0. Marciano died in a plane crash outside of Des Moines in 1969.The WBC had recently announced that the commission voted to erect a Marciano statue in Boston, to pay homage to the late heavyweight boxing champ. In a letter last week to Menino, Sulaiman said the WBC would pay for a large sculpture twice the size (he was 5 feet 11 inches, 184 pounds) of the Brockton Blockbuster, but it needed a site in Boston. The WBC said it picked Boston so the statue could draw attention from more visitors to a champion who "left his name with golden letters in the history of the sport of boxing.The WBC had recently announced that the commission voted to erect a Marciano statue in Boston, to pay homage to the late heavyweight boxing champ. In a letter last week to Menino, Sulaiman said the WBC would pay for
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POPSFree Download Hounddog Hounddog Is a story of lost innocence set in rural Alabama in the 1950s. Heavy with the dank, rustic hues of the South, the film is a powerfully vivid and imagistic portrayal of the power of music to overcome the greatest of obstacles.
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POPSDog Suicides He said: "Recent psychic research at the bridge has revealed ghostly sightings of a white or grey lady present on the bridge, while another medium experienced an apparition of an angry ghost." For the full story see this week's Reporter, in shops now
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POPSElfman slams Scientology critics "I've seen drug addicts completely rehabilitated, I've seen the illiterate become literate, I've seen people that were so depressed and hopeless completely rehabilitate their goals in life, become happier, find partners," she said. And people pick up their chairs and walk, if they have run out of money.
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POPSComing Soon to Morehouse and Spelman Personally, I think they should visit Candler & Columbia as well. Both are shallow, vacuous dead white men seminaries good for nothing but to be trodden under foot. Oh, well, sometimes I do get critical.
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POPSVolcanic lightning may have sparked life on Earth In the classic Miller-Urey experiment, a mixture of gases and water that Miller thought were present on early Earth was heated and zapped with electricity to mimic lightning. This created five identifiable amino acids. Yet Miller tested three versions of his spark flask. One of the two lesser-know setups – the volcanic apparatus – created 22 amino acids that could be positively identified. The findings could also give clues to life on other planets. The conditions found in the volcanic spark flask could conceivably have once existed on Mars or Titan, and Bada is developing instruments that could detect tiny amounts of amino acids frozen beneath the surface of the Red Planet.
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POPSTenor of the Times For better or worse, this representative emblematizes the impression many Democrats have of Republicans. Obviously this is not the case as many Republicans are decent, caring people. Nonetheless, she does show a disturbing element of the Republican party who are rabid in their dogma and frighteningly self centered in their world views. In her narrow outlook, you're with us or you're the enemy. I was politically unaware in the 1950s but that does not mean that I don't understand the dangers of people in power being controlled by fear and loathing of imaginary foes. The ghost of Joe McCarthy lives on.
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POPSVitalism - The Spark of Life You'll need to visit the BBC sites to get a full picture. The In Our Time Series has an episode on Vitalism just as new evidence for the role of lightning in the origins of life come to light.
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POPSFrank Marshall Davis the whole article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2601914/Frank-Marshall-Davis-alleged-Communist-was-early-influence-on-Barack-Obama.html
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POPSEXPLORING THE SUBGLACIAL GAMBURTSEV MOUNTAINS Somewhere in the Gamburtsev region there could be a location were it is possible to drill down to ices that are more than a million years old. This is at least 200,000 years older than the most ancient ices currently in the possession of scientists.
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POPSThe World's Greatest Aviation Innovations 9. The flying wing -- Yves Rossy keeps breaking records and defying expectations with his 8-foot-diameter, carbon composite flying wing. Last week he made a successful 13 minute, 125 mph trip across the English Channel. 10. Stealth aircraft -- What's cooler than a plane that can outsmart radar? Because the surfaces of a stealth are designed to absorb radio waves or reflect them away from the receiver, stealth planes can sneak in and sneak out undetected. Too bad they're so expensive: The 21 plane B-2 program cost over $45 billion. 11. Jetway -- Another one most of us don't think about is the long covered walkway the connects our departure gate with our plane. 12. Deicing -- Ice buildup is the cause of many fatal aircraft accidents, which is why applying monopropylene de-icing fluid to wings pre-flight has become standard operating procedure.
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POPSA real jewel: The 50 greatest arts videos on YouTube Many more inside like: Vladimir Nabokov discusses Lolita, 1950s; David Lynch interviewed on Scene by Scene, 1999; Jackson Pollock drip paints outside his East Hampton home, 1951; Andy Warhol's Blow Job, 1963 Maria Callas in Zeffirelli's Tosca, 1964 and more...
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POPSOur Living Constitution Like it or not....we have what is called a "Living Constitution", where Court decisions are made that are based on today's national and international events!
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