The Research Channel on the Web - a new resource

This Internet service provides "hard" science lectures on a large number of topics to be able to learn about subjects without the filter of the news media.


http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/

Their description:
"ResearchChannel was founded by a consortium of leading research and academic institutions to share the valuable work of their researchers with the public. ResearchChannel is now available to nearly 38 million satellite and cable television subscribers and our Web site is visited by 2 million visitors each year. The channel is also available on more than 80 university-and school-based cable systems in the United States and in other countries."

Rotarians in the Polio Survivor's Group

I have been working with some Rotarians in the Polio Survivor's Association (http://www.rotarypoliosurvivors.com ). They have put together the video listed below featuring a North Carolina past district govenor who is a polio survivor.

Rotary - Stop Hunger Now

Today I helped out filling food bags with Rotarians, Rotoracter and others for “Stop Hunger Now”. Each bag contains soy meal, rice, dried veggies and a “chicken flavored” pill that contains vitamins but no chicken. The meal is all vegetarian. Each packet will provide a school lunch for 6 children when boiled to rehydrate the mixture. Four people at each table add one of the four ingredients each while the fifth holds the bag under a funnel to collect the mixture. The bags are then taken to a weighting station to be adjusted in weight and then to a heat sealing station. The morning shift in which I participated filled over 25,000 lunches. The effort was headed by Dan Askins, a local realtor and Rotarian.

http://www.stophungernow.org/site/PageServer

Kenya Medical Mission presentation to the Southern Pines NC Rotary Club

This Friday the 13th I gave a presentation at the Southern Pines NC Rotary club on the September 2008 Rotary Medical Mission to Kenya. This was the largest medical mission in Rotary’s history. Over 70 volunteers treated about 10,000 children in three slums in and around Nairobi during a two week period.

Because of my experience in the development of HIV test I visited several Voluntary Testing and Counseling clinics during this trip. These efforts are supported by Rotarians for Fighting Aids and the US government among others.

http://www.rffa.org/

More information is at http://kenyaaidscarl.blogspot.com/

A kitten I met in Kenya

It is always good to take a nap after eating a GNU. Too bad it wasn't a hedge fund manager.

Joined Rotarians for Fighting AIDS

Yesterday I received my lifetime membership pin for RFFA. Marion Bunch introduced me to this organization during the Rotary Medical Mission to Kenya this September. It is of special interest because of my involvement in the development of HIV tests that are used around the world. I encourage others to join.

Please check out their web page: http://www.rffa.org/ and join.

New polio video from Rotary and DNA vaccines

I am currently listening to a podcast on DNA vaccines. The advantage of such vaccines is that new vaccines can be made by changing the DNA sequence rather than developing new growth and processing technology for each new vaccine. However, they are not yet working well. These could be better than the current vaccines for polio once the technology is perfected.

http://www.genengnews.com/gencasts.aspx